Under Jinyang City, the sound of killing shook the sky.
Since that bright night, siege warfare has never stopped for a day. However, although Han Dynasty only has one isolated and helpless city left, and although the soldiers and horses in the city are very limited, Han Dynasty is a country that has always been at war.
Although this country is poor, the Han soldiers have been tempered by years of war. In this desperate situation of isolation and helplessness, their tenacious fighting spirit has also shown strong combat effectiveness.
In particular, there are no natural dangers around Jinyang, so Jinyang City has become the last line of defense for the Han Dynasty. Because of this, successive Han emperors, whether wise or fatuous, spared no effort in the construction of Jinyang City.
Under the careful construction of Liu Jiye and a group of famous generals, Jinyang City has been continuously renovated and reinforced, and it has become an indestructible battle fortress. The Song army is not heroic, but after more than ten days of hard fighting, it is
Not an inch of ground has been advanced.
In the emperor's camp, Zhao Guangyi's face was filled with tears as he listened to the battle report ahead. At this moment, a guard hurried in and reported: "Your Majesty, General Liu Yu wants to see you."
"Oh?" Zhao Guangyi raised his eyebrows and said quickly: "Please come quickly."
Liu met this man, a veteran who had made outstanding achievements in the war during the Five Dynasties. This general once had sores on the soles of his feet. The sores penetrated deep into the flesh and were difficult to cure. He invited a doctor to diagnose and treat him. The doctor also felt that it was very difficult and told him that the disease was serious.
, if the sore is cured, the flesh cannot be cured, and if the flesh is not cured, the sore will inevitably recur. At that time, General Liu Yu was in his prime. He was very impatient after hearing this, so he took out a sharp knife and dug out the sore and flesh from his foot.
The doctor was so big that his face turned pale, but he still talked and laughed without changing his expression. One can imagine his bravery.
This old general is not only experienced in hundreds of battles and invincible, but also has the consciousness of a military general and never participates in political disputes, so he is highly regarded by Zhao Guangyi. When he heard that he was coming, Zhao Guangyi hurriedly stood up to greet him, and Liu Yu strode to the old general.
Teng Teng entered the emperor's army tent, raised his hands and just called the official, Zhao Guangyi stepped forward and helped him up with a smile: "Old General, without courtesy, now the war is urgent, the old general is here
See me, what’s the important thing?”
When Liu Yu heard this, his white eyebrows furrowed and he complained bitterly: "Guan Jia, I am attacking the North City. The outside of the North City is the most open and easy to mobilize troops. Therefore, the defense in the North City is also the most severe. There are more than ten soldiers in the city.
At the end of the day, nearly half of my men and horses have been lost. The officials and veterans came today to ask for mercy and let me and Li Hanqiong change the main direction of attack. My troops and horses were seriously injured. If this continues, not only will
If you can't make any progress, you will spend all your capital."
Zhao Guangyi frowned and said displeased: "What are you talking about, the old general? The troops and horses in the four cities are all useful. If everyone retreats in the face of difficulties, how can we defeat Jinyang City?"
He looked at Liu Yu's bitter gourd expression, then turned to comfort him: "Old General, in his whole life as a soldier, what kind of battle has he never seen? It is for this reason that I gave Beicheng to the old general. If you are timid in the face of an enemy, change one to another."
If the people go immediately, where will the dignity of our army of the Song Dynasty be? The old general’s lifelong reputation will be ruined in one day."
When Liu Yu was still waiting to speak, Zhao Guangyi had already interrupted and said: "Let's do this. I will mobilize the imperial army as soon as possible and I will make up for your troops and horses in full. If even the old general can't attack Jinyang City, replace the general next to him.
Who else can share my worries?"
After Zhao Guangyi finished his good words, Liu Yu stamped his feet and said, "Well, the officials value me so much, how can I not serve you? I will go back now and personally attack the city. At worst, I will leave all my troops here.
It's right under Jinyang City." After saying this, he bowed his hands and left in a hurry.
As soon as Liu Yu left, Zhao Guangyi's face darkened. Liu Yu was a strong general who refused to admit defeat, but even such a strong general became timid. What happened to the other generals? This was what he did
After defeating the emperor, this is the first battle that Yujia personally fights. If this battle fails...
Zhao Guangyi's face became increasingly gloomy, he pondered for a while, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Come here, get my armor!"
Arrows rained down from above and below the city, rocks flew, and the soldiers attacking the city fell down like leeks. However, Jinyang City remained unmoved. Gao Yin had a carved feather arrow stuck in his shoulder, and he staggered.
He staggered up to Zhao Dezhao and shouted: "General, the walls of the city are constantly rolling with logs and rocks. The defense is very fierce. Our troops have suffered heavy losses. It is... it is really impossible to attack."
“What a beautiful Jinyang city.”
Zhao Dezhao looked intently at the Jinyang City where the fighting was fierce and filled with gunpowder smoke, and said: "I, the Song Dynasty, conquered the Han Dynasty three times without success. I always thought it was because of the Khitan's obstruction, but I didn't expect that the Han army was also so brave.
Lieutenant General Gao, please withdraw my troops for a short rest and attack again in the afternoon. In addition, we need to mobilize some more siege equipment..."
Before he could finish speaking, a gloomy voice sounded not far away: "To attack and defend the city, we have to fight for morale and courage. We always retreat when encountering difficulties. How can we capture this strong city?"
Zhao Dezhao heard that the voice was very familiar, and he couldn't help being startled. He turned around and looked back, and saw a big man wearing a battle armor, holding an iron rod in his hand, full of majesty, and already striding towards the battlefield. Zhao Dezhao couldn't help but lose his voice.
He shouted: "Second uncle...Guan family!"
Zhao Guangyi personally braved the arrows and rushed to the battlefield, but he frightened the accompanying officials and Zhao Dezhao and Gao Yin. The arrows continued to flow on the battlefield, making it difficult to defend against. Even the huge rocks thrown from the top of the city were not blocked by any shield.
, if the emperor had bad luck because of this, who could bear such responsibility? Zhao Dezhao and Gao Yin immediately chased after him.
"Officials, officials, officials can't do anything. Officials are worth a lot of money. How can they charge into battle personally?"
Zhao Dezhao and other generals rushed in front of Zhao Guangyi, knelt down on the ground, and repeatedly begged him to go back. Zhao Guangyi seemed to be really angry, and frowned and shouted: "I don't believe that Liu Jiyuan, the kid, can stop me.
Hundreds of thousands of lions, you all get out of the way, I will personally lead my sons to attack Jinyang City."
Zhao Dezhao was so frightened that he turned pale, took two steps on his knees, hugged his thigh, and said in a horrified voice: "I can't do it, I absolutely can't do it. The officials have asked me to observe the enemy's formation. I will personally lead my troops and attack the city to the death.
Never take a step back."
The generals on the left and right knelt down and begged. Zhao Guangyi's legs and hands were hugged by the generals. He could not move forward any further. He roared, broke away from everyone, and thrust the iron rod in his hand into the ground. The heavy iron rod
The stick thumped a foot into the ground, and Zhao Guangyi shouted in a deep voice: "Okay, I will use this stick as a line. All the officers and men of our three armies must move forward with their lives, and anyone who takes one step back from this stick will be killed without mercy!"
Zhao Dezhao suddenly stood up, drew his sword and said: "Commanders, follow me to attack the city!" After saying that, he rushed to the bottom of Jinyang City. The emperor did this and said these words, no matter what he said,
Whether it was true or false, Zhao Dezhao had no way out and could only move forward to the death.
Zhao Guangyi stared at his back and said in a deep voice: "Murong Qiuzui, I order you to supervise the army of Zhao Dezhao and carry out this order on my behalf. I will inspect the four cities and personally supervise the battle. Come on, bring up my imperial army.
, be the vanguard of Beicheng, and attack the city side by side with General Liu Yu!"
Huangluo Umbrella appeared at the foot of Jinyang City. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty personally stepped in front of the Arrow Stone Formation to supervise the battle. When the generals saw such a battle, there was no one who would not fight to the death. The four cities immediately set off a wave of siege climax, arrows, flying arrows, etc.
Stones poured out like a torrential rain, and all kinds of siege equipment that were still intact were pushed to the bottom of the city by the generals and soldiers. People were constantly being shot by arrows, and people were being smashed into pulp by the thrown boulders, but all of them were
All the soldiers had fired their real fire, and when someone died, others immediately added more, from all directions, as if a strong wind suddenly blew up, and the already turbulent waves became more surging, roaring and impacting Jinyang City over and over again.
In the North City, an urn city is built in front, reaching directly to the moat. Behind it is the main city, which is about ten feet high. There are four arrow towers built on the east and west sides of the city tower. The arrow towers protrude one foot and a half beyond the main city wall. They can easily move forward and to the two sides.
The soldiers attacking the city fired a shower of arrows. Looking from the bottom of the city, the city wall was not only straight, but even slightly tilted. It was difficult to imagine how one could climb such a steep and difficult city.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The moats have been paved on the moat bridges. Although some of them have been damaged, they can still ensure the continuous passage of troops. However, in the process of passing, many lives were ended by the huge rocks thrown from the city and the rain of arrows shot down.
At this moment, no one paid attention to the wounded and dead soldiers. The soldiers under the city had red eyes and only had one thought: "Go to the city and kill them."
The defenders on the city also continued to shoot down the city, stabbed the enemy soldiers who climbed onto the city with their spears, picked up the boulders that were usually very difficult to carry, and smashed them down the city. Countless flesh and blood bodies were thrown down.
Being crushed and crushed by all kinds of strange weapons, whether they were enemies or comrades, they were already numb when they saw it. They had seen such scenes too many times.
The Royal Forest Army, the Forbidden Army among the Forbidden Army, the elite among the elite, the addition of this new force relieved the great pressure on the veteran Liu Yu's troops. After leaving behind countless dead bodies, a siege ladder was finally set up on the city wall.
Everyone in the inner hall knew that Xu Ziyuan was the first to rush to the top of the city, slashing Huashan with a sword in his hand, and split a spearman with helmet and head in half, and then a stray arrow hit his left eye. Xu Ziyuan yelled
With a loud sound, he suddenly pulled out the arrow and even the eyeball. Blood splashed on his face, like a ghost, which frightened the two enemies in front of him into relenting.
Xu Ziyuan only had one eye left, and blood was splashed into it. Everything he saw was blood red. He was suddenly surprised to find that although the two enemies in front of him were both wearing uniforms, the one on the left had a gray beard and was full of blood.
His face was wrinkled, with a delicate face on the right and a thin body. He was clearly still an underage child... No, no, he blinked hard and suddenly recognized that the soldier with the delicate face and thin figure was actually a woman. Absolutely
That's right, she is indeed a woman.
Xu Ziyuan couldn't help but be overjoyed. Even the old men and women in the city were sent to the battlefield. Although they fought fiercely, it seemed that they were at the end of their efforts and there was hope of breaking the city. But he didn't have time to send this important news back to the formation.
On his left side, a waist knife was stabbed into his ribs with a scream. Xu Ziyuan roared, swung the knife and slashed, slashing the enemy who stabbed him in the head and neck using the blind spot of his left eye.
At the moment of separation, I realized that it was a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old wearing commoners. Then, he let out a long breath and fell on his back.
Yulin Military Academy Chang Hui was the soldier who followed Xu Ziyuan and jumped to the top of the city. However, the defenders at the top of the city swarmed over. He chopped down seven people in a row. However, the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers at the top of the city fought for their lives, and with seven
Fighting for his life, when he cut down the seventh man, he was stabbed in the ribs and back by several spears. He fell down unwillingly. What made him especially unwilling was that the person who died under his sword was not an old man.
The child was a young woman, and those who killed him were also these crazy old men, women and children. Is it these old and weak women and children who have resisted hundreds of thousands of Song army lions these days? Or are they from the Han Dynasty?
All the troops have died in the siege for more than ten days?
Because Zhao Guangyi personally wore armor to attack the city and supervised the battle on all sides, it inspired the siege army to have endless courage. Today they climbed to the top of Jinyang City for the first time. However, due to the dangerous and difficult design of the city, it was difficult to quickly replenish the follow-up troops.
, all the soldiers who rushed to the city died for their country, but this battle, after all, achieved the greatest victory since the siege of Jinyang, and the morale of the three armies was boosted. When the golden sound of withdrawing troops finally sounded, the three armies were like a tide.
After retreating, the soldiers' faces showed a rare look of excitement.
In the city, countless corpses were brought down from the city, whether they were enemies or comrades, whether they were old people or women, they were all dragged down from the city like tattered dolls and piled on the square in front of the palace.
.A huge pit has been dug there, with layers of ashes at the bottom. A layer of firewood is laid out, and kerosene is poured on it. The corpses are thrown in, and the fire breaks out, and the burning flesh makes a strange creaking sound.
Sound, soon, when the fire goes out, they will turn into a layer of ashes. When the war ends tomorrow, they will be covered with a layer of ashes.
They originally came from dust, lived like dust, and will eventually return to dust after death, coming from nothingness and returning to nothingness.
When the fire went out, a gust of wind came, and the swallows flew past, but soon spread their wings and flew away as if they could not bear the smell of death in the pit. The wind picked up the ashes in the pit, like black and white butterflies, fluttering away
As soon as they flew to a place more than ten feet above the ground, huge raindrops pitter-pattered down, knocking them back to their original shape: they were still dust.
Liu Jiyuan's cheeks were thin, his face was pale, and his eyes were protruding, like a ghost. He walked beside the pit in panic and said in a trembling voice: "How long do I have to wait? How long do I have to wait? I can still hold on.
how long?"
He suddenly turned around, as if coming back to his senses, a flush of excitement appeared on his face, and his eyes showed a little sparkle: "Go on, continue to select all the old people, children and women who can fight, and drive them all away."
Go and defend the city for me, and all their families and children will gather in the inner city to live and die with me. If they don't defend the city to the death, when the city is broken, the inner city will be burned down, and everyone will perish together!"
The chamberlain beside him quickly leaned down and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, all...all the common people, as long as they can fight, have rushed to the top of the city."
Liu Jiyuan waved his hands nervously and screamed: "And...there are also those princes, ministers, civil and military officials, their generals, servants, nephews, etc. They also have to rush to the city and kill all their elders who can't fight.
All the young family members have been captured and used as hostages. Everyone must accompany me and live and die with the city!"
The chamberlain was startled, glanced around, and whispered: "Your Majesty, if I do this, I'm afraid the civil and military officials will not be willing to serve me."
Liu Jiyuan was stunned. At this moment, a flying horse galloped towards him. The knight on the horse rolled off his saddle and dismounted from a long way away. He stumbled over and ran over, shouting as he ran: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Xuan Hui Envoy Zhu Yuming"
Escape from the city and surrender the Song people."
Liu Jiyuan was so angry that he jumped up and cursed: "I treat him badly, but he dares to abandon me! Is this a scared man who doesn't even care about his parents, wife and children? Okay, okay, okay! Give him his
All the family members were dragged to the top of the city and killed! Kill! Kill them all!"
The little chamberlain next to him said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if Zhu Yuming escapes. Just be afraid... He has already seen some clues. If the people of Song Dynasty know about your Majesty's big plan..."
The blood on Liu Jiyuan's face suddenly drained away. He staggered back two steps and almost fell into the mass grave. He said in despair: "If this is the case, then... what should we do?"
Xicheng, the San Francisco garrison. Zhao Guangyi braved the pouring rain to inspect Yang Hao's camp.
Next to Yang Hao's camp is Pan Mei's camp. With this general in charge of attacking and supervising the battle in the West City, he does not dare to blatantly perfunctory it. Furthermore, his army is composed of newly recruited warriors from various ethnic groups and rogues from the Western Regions.
These people's physical fitness and personal martial arts are good, but they lack battle formation training and cannot cooperate with each other, let alone follow orders and prohibitions.
Now that Pan Mei was supervising the battle, he could not deliberately perfunctory, so he took advantage of this opportunity to train these soldiers in actual combat. The personal strength of these soldiers was already very outstanding, and after such cruel training of blood and fire, they gained in a day's kung fu
The battlefield experience is better than a month of hard training. Although casualties are inevitable, this army has grown rapidly.
When Zhao Guangyi arrived at Yang Hao's military camp, it was raining heavily. He saw Yang Hao, neatly dressed and still standing upright on the general platform with his sword in hand, urging the three armies to retreat in an orderly manner. The troops responsible for covering the task stood solemnly in the rain.
, despite the pouring rain, he remained motionless, not realizing that he was greatly surprised.
Although he really wished that a thunderbolt would strike from the sky and take Yang Hao's life, but seeing that Yang Hao spared no effort in commanding the battle, and did not cheat and deliberately perfunctory at all, he did not want to face this powerful northwest feudal lord who was not completely under his control.
It was still necessary to appease and commend him. Zhao Guangyi helped Yang Hao out of the rain, pulled him under his yellow umbrella cover, held his arm and climbed up to the General Pointing Platform together. Looking at the neat military appearance, he nodded with satisfaction.
: "Okay, if the three armies are not in disorder during this heavy rain, with this military discipline, a large army can be fully used! Yang Qing is a good general, and this army is a strong army."
"The officials have been rewarded. When the generals in the camp heard the news that the officials were wearing armor and holding sticks, risking their own arrows and going to the battlefield, they were all excited. The generals took the lead, and the soldiers worked hard without caring about their own lives. They were inspired by the officials, and they all went to the battlefield.
Death is out of the question."
The two people praised and praised each other, each with their own evil intentions, but they cooperated very well to perform the drama of a wise king and a loyal minister in the heavy rain. Supervisor Cao Yuguang stood outside the Huangluo umbrella cover, with his buttocks raised and half of his body leaning in.
The atmosphere was really harmonious and harmonious. It was only the soldiers under Yang Hao who suffered. Without the commander's order, the soldiers who had not yet withdrawn from the camp had to stand upright in the rain.
It turned into soaked chicken.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a noise in the distance, and the west city gate that had been closed for a long time suddenly opened, and a group of people came out from inside.
Cao Yuguang's face changed greatly and he lost his voice and said: "No, I saw the yellow umbrella cover in my camp in the city. I know that Your Majesty is here and they are attacking the camp." He immediately drew his sword and stood up in front of Zhao Guangyi, shouting righteously: "
Your Majesty, please don't panic. I have a minister here. If the enemy comes, they will not harm your Majesty even a hair unless they step on my corpse."
"Go away!" Zhao Guangyi pushed him out from under Huang Luo's umbrella and said angrily: "The enemy is still far away, how can it be so easy to attack the Chinese army?"
Cao Yuguang's face turned red and he put away his sword.
At this time, Yang Hao also saw the group of people who suddenly broke out of the city. If this group of people really had the ability to break into the Chinese army and chop off Zhao Guangyi's head with a knife, it would be what he wanted. Unfortunately..., in front of his camp
There are tens of thousands of troops standing there. Even if the troops who rush out of the city are allowed to kill casually with their swords, it will take a while, not to mention that next to it is the military camp of Pan Mei, the most adept general in the Song Dynasty.
Isn't it possible that all the members of the Imperial Guard are vegetarians?
Cao Yuguang had already made a show, and it was hard for Yang Hao to appear indifferent, not to mention that the group of people who came out of the city were directed at his camp. Yang Hao immediately pulled out his sword and shouted: "How dare you, rats?"
You, destroy them for me!"
Before the formation, Yang Hao's soldiers and horses, who had not had time to withdraw to the camp, saw the flag issued by the Chinese army and immediately swarmed forward. The commander of this group of troops was called Hu Jiaping, who was brought out by Yang Hao since Luzhou. However,
However, his troops are composed of wanderers from the Western Regions, including Xianbei people, Tuyuhun people, Turks, Wuer people, Nianbaga people, Dacan people, Persians, Tianzhu people..., all of them are arrogant and untamed.
The men are very high-minded, but facing such a high city, they can't fight at all. These days have been frustrating them, and now they finally see the city's defenders rushing out like men.
When a battle came to the city, these soldiers were overjoyed. When they saw the signal from the Chinese army to dispatch troops, they rushed forward in a swarm without waiting for the order from the general Hu Jiaping.
Master Zhuyu Mingzhu, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, was frightened by the fierce offensive of the Song army. Today he saw the yellow umbrellas under the city in front of the army. He knew that the Emperor of Song Dynasty was personally inspecting the military camp, so he couldn't help but want to surrender.
He made an excuse, dismissed the other two guards, and escaped with his own soldiers in the heavy rain. As for his parents, wife, and children, he didn't care about them.
He rushed out of the city and ran forward with all his strength, fearing that the other two guards would notice something was wrong and have them shot. Then he saw a group of big men rushing out of the camp opposite, with their hair in left-folded clothes and wearing trousers.
People in leather robes, people with high noses and deep eye sockets, people with blond hair and blue eyes, all with strange shapes, but all of them looked happy and came forward to greet them, shouting bird songs that he couldn't understand at all.
"No...it doesn't look like you're welcoming me to surrender. Why are you still holding swords and guns in your hands?" Zhu Yuming just realized that something was wrong. The strange-looking Song army had already surrounded their group, chopping melons and vegetables.
Kill.
"Don't kill, don't kill, we are here to surrender!"
Mr. Zhu jumped and shouted, but unfortunately the sounds of wind, rain and fighting were all mixed together, and no one could hear him clearly. Even if they heard it, it was still a question of whether those people could understand. Soon,
This group of people who hurriedly escaped from the city were killed by Yang Hao's command, who had never been able to show their talents. These people were used to being bandits. They had not long joined the army and had to kill everyone easily.
Go search them, take out all the valuables and put them in your pocket.
Zhao Guangyi stood in the middle of the army and saw this situation. He ignored their behavior of searching for corpses and praised: "Although Ai Qing's troops are barbarians who do not know military orders and tactics, they move forward bravely in the face of the enemy.
Don’t be afraid of life and death. If you give it a good life and practice it, it will not be difficult to become an invincible army."
Yang Hao hurriedly thanked him and said: "The officials are wrong in praising me. My subordinates are really a ragtag bunch and they don't deserve such praise from the officials. If we talk about a mighty division, it is the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army who deserve the honor."
Zhao Guangyi smiled slightly and said: "The rain is getting heavier and heavier. Pull back the troops. I will go to Pan Mei's camp to have a look."
When a group of people came out of the city just now, Pan Mei also saw it. He immediately dressed up neatly and came out of the camp with a gun to prepare for rescue. Unexpectedly, only a group of people rushed out of the city, and they were killed by Yang Hao's men in an instant.
Everything was clean. The Han army behind him saw that something was wrong and hurriedly closed the city gate, so he waited in front of the camp. When he saw the yellow umbrella cover moving towards the front of his camp, he immediately stepped forward and waited in the rain.
At this time, there was a noise at the top of Jinyang City. Many flagpoles were suddenly erected, and a human head was tied to each flagpole. There were more noises. Pan Mei was confused and hurriedly asked a primary school student to approach with a shield.
I went to listen, and after a while the primary school teacher came back to report. After hearing this, Pan Mei showed a strange look on her face.
At this time, Yang Hao and Cao Yuguang accompanied Zhao Guangyi to the front of Pan Mei's camp. Pan Mei hurriedly came forward to pay homage. Zhao Guangyi pointed to the top of the city and asked in surprise: "Zhong Xun, what tricks are the Han troops playing?"
Pan Mei's cheeks twitched twice, and she bowed expressionlessly and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the heads hanging on the top of the city...are the family members of the group of people who just left the city...and the group of people and horses that just left the city...are