Chapter 1827 Brother Ling Zhen, it's time for you to make a contribution
In the well-defended Yanjing City, as the generals of the Jin Army yelled and cursed one after another in Jurchen dialect, countless civilians were like a swarm of ants, and they were also busy in the camp under the city, adding firewood to the city.
, the boiling water and scalding oil kept rolling, and the smoke filled the air as if it was shrouding the head of Yanjing City in a fog. The city gate tower, the urn city, the watchtower, and the rows of weapons above the city wall shone with cold light.
And bundles of arrows and crossbows with their tips shining with cold light have already been prepared. When the siege enemy comes into range, countless bows and crossbows will immediately focus on the target.
Trench after ditch was dug under the city wall, and urns and jars were buried every 100 steps or so to listen for underground movement, in case enemy troops attacking the city would dig in and sneak in. As for other defensive equipment,
, have long been fixed on the four city walls. Although the current battle to defend the city will be the largest battle that the Jin army has to fight, the Yanjing City has already been built like a railway.
, there are still 70,000 defenders in the city, mainly Jurchen Erlangs from the Yanyun areas, gathered in the city. With such a tight city defense, I am afraid that even if the siege army several times larger than ours attacks with all its strength, it may not be possible to pay heavy casualties.
Attack and win.
On the watchtower at the south gate of Yanjing City, surrounded by a group of military officers and generals, Wanyan Xieye narrowed his eyes slightly and looked out at the densely packed swarms outside the city, like ants gathering together, but they were arranged in a dense formation with the longest range in the city.
Xiao Tang's army was stationed far away from the range of the slingshot artillery. His eagle-like look on the wolf was somewhat similar to that of his brother Wanyan Aguda, who just stared at the enemy with bated breath.
After moving for a while, Wanyan Xie, whose face was originally full of solemnity, resentment, and ferocious color, couldn't help but feel even more surprised.
When he finally heard the news that Xiao Tang had mobilized troops to mobilize troops, Wanyan Xie thought that the fierce battle to attack Yanjing City was about to begin, but now it seems that Wan Yanxie also feels something strange. Although there are already large armies gathered outside the city,
However, the army and horses commanded by Xiao Tang were not in a hurry to launch an attack on the city. Instead, they set up camp on the spot. They saw groups of enemy troops on the opposite side that looked like ants and looked like black dots moving back and forth, but they seemed to be moving back and forth.
We took wood and stones on the spot and built a wall in an area outside the range of the city's catapults, but within the range of the three-bow bed crossbow. Looking at this momentum, it seems that we are building a series of inconsistent earth and rocks in the south of Yanjing City.
The wall fortified the defenders inside the city from the siege troops outside the city...
Is the traitor Xiao Tang planning to use the method of locking the city? But if he only repairs the barrier on the south side of the city, how can this help? What's more, the food in Yanjing City is enough to last more than a year, and a certain family can afford the energy consumption. You
Can Xiao Tang afford the energy consumption?
Wanyan Xie also saw the slightly strange movements of the enemy troops outside the city. Although he felt a little unsure, he couldn't figure out what means Xiao Tang planned to use to capture Yanjing City, the capital of Yanyun. But now, in order to defend the city to the death, he should be able to
All the corresponding measures have been taken. No matter what, we must grit our teeth and hold on. Now Xiao Tang is really too rampant. Not only does he have no scruples about the rupture of the Southern Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, he is not satisfied with separatist rule.
He has a large territory under the control of Hebei, Hedong, Jingdong, and Shaanxi. This guy is very ambitious. Not only does he want to unify the sixteen states of Yanyun, he will lead an army all the way to Yanjing City. He will also take advantage of the situation to seize everything.
I, the Jurchen, invaded the Liao Kingdom and tried to destroy me, the Jin Dynasty!
But... even though I, the Kingdom of Jin, had gained power and indulged in arrogance for a time, ever since I invaded the Song Dynasty, I have been repeatedly defeated by your roaring army and horses, killing many of my Jurchen heroes and warriors, and the country's power has gradually declined...
. But now it’s you, Xiao Tang, who is so aggressive and reckless! I, the Jin State, control the westward march, Zhongjing, Shangjing, and Tokyo roads (the Liao Dynasty called these roads the names of first-level administrative regions. In the early years after the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty, it inherited the Song Dynasty system.
Then the various roads were renamed Luzhi, which is equivalent to the provincial level in later administrative divisions.) A large territory. Since the war has started here, and you have been attacking Yanjing for a long time, how can the Jin Kingdom's troops and horses not take advantage of the situation to attack your retreat?
Counterattack?
As for the Song Dynasty, how could they miss the God-given opportunity to eliminate you, a traitor and a treacherous enemy? The more state capitals you occupy, the easier it will be to lose sight of one thing, until the ties between your military states are cut off, and you will be attacked from both sides.
And if the attack cannot be taken for a long time, the morale of the army will inevitably be in chaos. Therefore, no matter what evil plans you have now, the three armies under my command are determined to defend Yanjing. The longer the delay is, the more beneficial it will be to the Jin Kingdom. Now Yanjing City Defense
The offensive facilities are complete and complete, how can we easily break through it? Until the army under your command is exhausted and unable to continue, that is, when you are going from prosperity to decline, it may not be possible to assemble several troops from the Jin Kingdom to counterattack and attack fiercely.
I won’t teach you that Xiao Tang was killed by a certain family’s sword!
Although Wanyan Xieye was thinking this in his mind, he always felt that he was in trouble for no reason. After a few days, he saw sergeants coming and going in the enemy formation in the south of Yanjing City. It seemed that they were using local materials to make stones.
Blocks of loess were compacted, and walls about two feet high and only one foot long were piled up in an orderly manner. However, after all, Xiao Tang's fellow was the one attacking the city, and it was only on the south side of Yanjing City and was
What's the use of temporarily building these walls two to three hundred paces away? Wanyan Xie actually planned to dispatch some elite troops to attack the city and see what Xiao Tang's army was doing.
There is some kind of trick, but it is possible that this is a conspiracy by the enemy, deliberately trying to use suspicion tactics to disturb the morale of my subordinate, Erlang, before attacking with all their strength...
Wanyan Xie also thought for a while, and his sinister eyes turned towards the huge military formation outside the city. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered in one camp, looking at the boundless company camp and looking at it. After a moment,
Wanyan Xie, who had a gloomy and uncertain expression, finally gave an order to Meng An, a personal attendant beside him: "Pass a military order from a certain family, be sure to keep an eye on the enemy's movements, the generals guarding the city gates on the east, west and north sides.
We are also determined not to be negligent. The traitors of Xiaotang are cunning. They may not be setting up a battle array in front of the South Gate City, but they are trying to avoid the weak and have other agendas. Every day, any movements in the enemy camp must be reported to someone in time.
, supervise and supervise the sergeants of each department, but those who are lazy in patrolling and disturb the morale of the army will be killed on the spot as a warning to others!"...
At the same time, opposite the south gate of Yanjing City, in the headquarters of the rebel companies, Xiao Tang nodded slightly after hearing the sergeant's report on the progress of the fortifications in front of the formation, and then said in a deep voice: "Except for the twelve-stone winch crossbow, even if
Along the towers of Yanjing City, three-bowed crossbows capable of firing three swords and arrows were arranged. When the golden captives in the city learned how our army planned to invade Yanjing City, they were afraid that they would have nothing to do...
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While the walls more than two feet high were being built on the south side of Yanjing City, many military service workers were already busy in the rear, fixing the bases of the gun mounts one after another, and began to follow the instructions of the gunners of the teams.
He pulled the rope hard, shouted loudly, and erected two logs nearly two feet long. He also used a huge log to tie across the cannon axis, and installed live hooks, wooden frames, throwing rods and other accessories in combination to prevent the enemy from moving again.
After a day or two, dozens of towering huge catapults were erected directly in front of the forest, and the direction they were aiming at was the watchtowers and key gates of the city gate ahead...
Xiao Tang immediately raised his head again, stared at the leader who was already gearing up in the commander's tent, and said: "Brother Ling Zhen, until the artillery equipment delivered by the gunners in your command team is properly deployed, we will bombard the walls of Yanjing first.