Chapter 158 The famous general Wang Zhen is good at defending the city
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Chapter 158: The famous general Wang Zhen is good at defending the city
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Zhao Ji could clearly feel that the roof of the tower where he was was being hit by the rocks thrown by Fang La's bandit army...
Moreover, there are still rubbles sliding down from the eaves of the tower...
In fact, the rocks thrown up from the city even injured two officials of the Imperial City Division.
"Alas!" Zhao Ji sighed in his heart: As long as there is a war, how can there be no reason to avoid casualties?
The eunuch Liang Shicheng saw that it was not safe on the tower, so he immediately advised:
"Officials, how about we move down to the city?"
Zhao Ji smiled and said: "It doesn't matter! All the soldiers are not afraid of life and death, how can I go to the city first?"
Liang Shicheng had no choice but to pay close attention to the Imperial City and obey the orders of his subordinates, saying: "I'd like to help you, my subordinates, and protect the official family and the two princes."
The subordinate officer promised loudly: "We will protect you to the death!"
Zhao Ji looked at Prince Yun Zhao Kai and Prince Kang Xiao Zhao Gou. The two princes seemed a little nervous and timid.
However, when Zhao Kai and Xiao Zhao Gou saw their father looking at them, they said:
"My son, Zhao Kai, must protect my father."
"My son, Zhao Gou, must protect my father even at the cost of his own life."
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said: "Kaier, Gou'er, take care of yourself."
Zhao Ji was quite pleased. After all, these two princes, for now, definitely have to talk about filial piety. However, he felt that Zhao Kai and Zhao Gou still need to experience their courage in the war. This is why I, the emperor, personally marched to the southeast and led them.
The purpose of their journey.
Zhao Ji glanced at the roof of the city tower. Although it was hit by a wave of rocks from Fang La's bandits, less than ten stones were actually hit. The current roof of the city tower was still intact when viewed from the inside.
At this time, at one of the battlements of the city wall, Wang Zhen, the city defense commander who was commanding the battle, also saw the random stones thrown by the trebuchets of the Fang La bandit army hitting the city tower. However, with his twenty-year army,
Years of experience judged that the enemy's remaining trebuchets could only throw a limited number of stones and each stone projectile was no more than five kilograms. This Nancheng city tower could definitely withstand two or three enemy shellings.
However, Wang Zhen did not dare to take it lightly. After all, the family of Zhao Guan, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, definitely had no shortcomings in this city tower.
He pointed his sword at the remaining five trebuchets of the enemy under the city and the hundreds of Fangla bandits beside them, and shouted:
"First team, second team of archers, volley at the enemy's slingers."
"No!" Above the southern city, archers had already been prepared. Before receiving the order, they all knelt down and used the city wall as a cover. After receiving the military order from the city defender Wang Zhen, they immediately bent their bows and nocked arrows, and suddenly
stood up.
There were a total of 200 archers in the first and second teams. They all quickly stood up, exposing less than half of their upper bodies, and quickly took aim at the hundreds of slingers in the Fang La bandit army.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Arrows like raindrops were shot from various battlements on the southern city towards the Fangla bandit army who were preparing to launch the second wave of stone-throwing missions...
"Ah! Ah! Ah..." Among the more than a hundred stone-throwers from Fang La's bandit army, seventy or eighty of them were hit by arrows, and they screamed in agony.
Many of the enemy soldiers were hit by two or three arrows, and some who were lucky enough not to be hit by arrows were also in shock. They watched their companions scream and fall in a pool of blood after being hit by arrows. They were so frightened that they fled in all directions...
After all, these stone-throwers in the Fangla bandit army were not professional soldiers. They followed the Fangla rebels for only a month at first, and for a shorter period of only five or six days. Many of them were captured and forcibly joined the group like strong men.
Therefore, when the Fang La bandit army won the battle, the whole army was in high spirits and the soldiers were brave enough to charge and kill. If they encountered such a setback, naturally those poor people who were originally poor farmers or long-term workers would not sacrifice their lives.
This wave of arrow rain interrupted Fang La's bandit army's attempt to fire a second wave of stone cannons at the tower where Zhao Guan's family was located.
The Zhao Guan family, who was standing inside the city tower, also heard Wang Zhen on the city wall below ordering the archers of the Song Army to shoot the enemy's stone throwers first. In this way, the city tower where he was standing would not be in danger of flying stones.
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Zhao Ji watched Wang Zhen's deeds and heard the military orders he commanded when he commanded the soldiers to defend the territory and the city. He not only sighed: Wang Zhen is really a military talent, and he deserves to be a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty.
From the history I knew before I traveled through time: Before the Jingkang disaster, when food and aid were exhausted, Wang Zhen led the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan City to attack the famous generals of the Jin Kingdom who went south to attack the Song Dynasty.
The army of Jin soldiers led by Wanyan Zonghan defended Taiyuan City alone for more than 250 days. Nine out of ten soldiers and civilians in the city suffered casualties.
When the city of Taiyuan was destroyed, Wanyan Zonghan admired the generals of Wang Zhen, the general manager of Bingzhou, and wanted to recruit Wang Zhen to surrender.
Wang Xun vowed not to surrender, but still led the remaining troops to fight in the streets with the Jin army. He was wounded dozens of times by swords and guns, but he still wielded his sword and led his troops to fight hard to kill the enemy. When the battle reached the point where all his troops were injured and could no longer fight, he did not want to be killed by the Jin army.
Captured alive, he committed suicide by committing suicide (another record is that he drowned himself in a river).
Thinking of this, Zhao Ji saw that Fangla's bandits did not throw stones at the city tower anymore and that this place was relatively safe for the time being. He stood up excitedly and was protected by a group of officials holding shields.
, walked towards the fence in front of the tower.
Zhao Ji wanted to see with his own eyes the commanding style of Wang Zhen, a famous Northern Song general, and the casualties of the La bandits below the city.
Liang Shicheng hurriedly squeezed in front of Zhao Guan's family and said loyally:
"Although I have the protection of the imperial city's ministers and subordinates, the old slave is also willing to be the official's human shield."
Zhao Ji's mood was a little complicated, and he looked at the pale-haired and fat eunuch Liang Shicheng with approving eyes.
Whether before or after time travel, Zhao Ji is a person who is very good at judging people's hearts by observing words and expressions. He can see from Liang Shicheng's firm words and sincere eyes that Liang Shicheng wants to use his fat body as a human shield to protect me.
What he said was true and he was sincere.
Zhao Ji not only sighed in his heart: Although Liang Shicheng was known as a hidden minister, he was also extremely corrupt, and was called one of the Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty, but he was truly loyal to me.
After all, Liang Shicheng knew who gave him his current power and status.
"My sons, please come and protect your father." At this time, King Yun Zhao Kai and King Kang Xiao Zhao Gou, who were not far away from Zhao Ji, also wanted to go to Zhao Ji and said with confidence.
Zhao Ji took a look and found that if there were two more princes in front of me to protect me, the shield bearers of the Imperial City Division would be farther away from me, which would make it less safe.
Zhao Ji ordered: "Kaier, Gourer, there is no need to come here to protect you."
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