At the beginning of the hand-to-hand fighting under the city wall, the Song army naturally had the upper hand.
The narrow cross-section of the corridor effectively protected the Jin army from bows and crossbows, but it also seriously hindered their speed of dispatching troops. Moreover, the interesting designs of the old ones always had some simple and practical effects.
For example, there is a thin wall in front of the city gate, which effectively blocks the opening and closing of the city gate like a screen wall. The Jin people cannot observe the closed state of the city gate at all, so they almost encountered a surprise attack at the beginning and were almost blocked.
At the entrance of the corridor.
This was not the first time that Zhao Guan's family watched the battle at close range at the top of the city, so he just took a few glances to confirm the situation and then squinted to the north. From this position, he could clearly see the general platform set up by Wanyan Wushu in the distance.
, and because Wanyan Wushu drew the crowd forward to watch the battle, Zhao Jiu could faintly see the densely packed gold generals under the banner of the Jin Army General Platform.
Without anyone's guidance, Zhao Jiu immediately realized that his body in history, and the old enemy of Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others, that is, Wanyan Wushu, an old friend of Huaishang, should be there.
"Officials." I don't know how long it took, but when most people's attention was on the city, Chen Gui, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who had hurriedly returned after supervising the dispatch of troops to the west of the city, suddenly stepped forward, and then lowered his voice behind Zhao Jiu.
"This is a good opportunity..."
Zhao Jiu obviously hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head firmly: "No hurry!"
Chen Gui immediately shut up and said nothing.
This hidden conversation was obviously covered up, but except for Academician Xiao Lin, almost no one noticed or paid attention, because at this time, the battle situation under the city was excellent and progress was rapid. Fu Qing had basically suppressed the Jin army and started to seduce him.
The rope tore at the corridor wall.
But the good times didn't last long. As he spoke, the battle situation below gradually changed... I don't know when. What started pouring out of the corridor were no longer ordinary Jin soldiers, let alone Zhang Yu's tofu-like supplementary soldiers. Instead, they
They are elite Golden Army warriors covered in armor, and they come in groups!
By the way, this kind of armor is not unfamiliar to the Song Army... Because the Jin people have such outstanding armor, it is directly related to the craftsmen robbed from Tokyo City. Even if you ignore the gourd-shaped helmet, these batches
The rest of the armor parts of the Jin Army are basically the most traditional and proudest infantry armor of the Song Army!
At this time, the Imperial Ban Zhi and the personal troops under various commanders in the city were wearing this kind of armor.
However, precisely because they were familiar with and understood this kind of armor, the Song army instinctively fell into panic, because they knew very well how powerful this kind of armor was. There were thousands of armor leaves, weighing as little as fifty kilograms and as much as sixty kilograms.
Layers of protection cover almost the whole body except for a few parts such as elbows, armpits, and ankles!
Moreover, those who can move freely with such armor must be one out of ten, or even one out of a hundred elites.
Relatively speaking, although Fu Qing's thousand soldiers have armor, they are only ordinary single-layer iron armor. Although they are also selected, it must be understood that this army in the imperial camp only spent half a year in Nanyang to live a peaceful life, and it was only after Xiangyang was captured.
The expanded army, the troops in units of thousands, no matter how elite they are, how can they be compared with the opponent?
Not to mention weapons. Because he was fighting under a narrow city this time, in order to facilitate close combat, Fu Qingbu brought mostly swords... How about sharpening this thing against the opponent's armor?
As a result, the battle situation below the city changed almost instantly, and the civil and military officials watching the battle on the city became worried for a moment.
Chen Gui did not dare to neglect, and while he hurriedly sent people to the west and south to check the fighting situation there, he hesitated for a moment before speaking again to Zhao Guan's house, who was still calm:
"The officials... it's not good to fight hand-to-hand, why not let Fu Tongzhi enter the city temporarily?"
"What if the enemy takes advantage of the situation and pursues us?" Hu Yin suddenly interjected and asked without waiting for the official to say anything. "What if they also rob our city gate?"
"It doesn't matter, the city gate has its own arrangement. If they come after them, a few hundred soldiers will definitely kill them all." Chen Gui responded immediately, as if he was confident.
"What about the corridor?" Hu Yin looked at the complicated city defense buildings behind him and believed him almost instinctively, but he continued to ask more questions.
"I just thought about it. When the corridor is close to the city wall, we can drop rocks from the city to temporarily seal the corridor exit." Chen Gui immediately answered. "Then we can add some rackets overnight and hit the top of the corridor from the top of the city.
, no matter how difficult it is, you can use a hook rope to hook the corridor away from the city head... This actually has a miraculous effect, because the hook rope is coupled with the pulley made by the officials before, and it is extremely strong, and can tear open the corridor no matter how strong it is."
Hu Yin immediately said nothing.
Moreover, the two prime ministers were both sitting in the palace, and Hu Yin, Chen Gui, and Lin Jingmo had the highest political status in the city. After the conversation between the two men was over, and Academician Lin didn't say much, everyone naturally instinctively looked at Guan Zhao's house.
However, Zhao Guanjia turned around and did not look at several civil servants. Instead, he looked at Wang De: "Wang Qing just seemed to want to make some comments?"
"Yes!" Wang De responded quickly. "The officials said before that if Fu Tong's plan was unfavorable, they would allow me to go out to rescue him. But since Hu Zhongcheng and Chen Shangshu have a good idea, I don't dare to say more."
"Can you deal with these armored soldiers in the city?" Zhao Jiu asked seriously.
"He's a foot soldier." Wang De, who was as majestic as a bear, stole a glance at Hu Yin, and then replied quickly. "I'm not afraid of swords, but most afraid of hammers and long axes... I have two hundred Wei troops under my command, but there is no cavalry.
, all of them wear heavy armor and use long axes like the ministers! If the official Xu Chen goes to war, as long as the minister brings these two hundred long axes to carry the Wei army, not to mention bringing Commander Fu back safely, there are several corridors under the city.
Can sweep easily!"
Zhao Jiu had no expression on his face and nodded in front of everyone: "Then I will be here to watch the general sweep the city."
Wang De was naturally overjoyed, and the surrounding generals and soldiers were also quite excited. But the civil servants in the city, below Chen Gui, Hu Yin, and Lin Jingmo, looked at each other and were speechless... Compared to these rude soldiers, these smart people
I was keenly aware of the unusual behavior of the officials after entering the battle today.
Fu Qing was already a little panicked below the city. The heavy armored soldiers of the Jin Army had already broken through the entrance of the corridor and regained control of the surrounding area. Fortunately, Zhao Guan's family on the city made a decision very quickly, so after about a quarter of an hour (mainly Wang De's troops)
Carrying Wei's armor on his back was time-consuming), so Wang De personally led two hundred heavily armored and long-axe troops out of the city to come to the rescue.
But once Wang Yaksha left the city, the situation in the battle below the city was easily reversed again.
Zhao Guan's family saw clearly from the city that two groups of heavy armored infantry were facing each other, and both sides almost took the initiative to charge. Wang De took the lead, swinging the long-handled ax easily, and hit the one in front of him directly with just one axe.
The gourd-shaped helmet on the head of the Jin Army officer. The helmet is of excellent quality and is not cracked, but the blade of the ax is deep into it. It seems that the Jin Army officer's attire should be that of Pu Liyan (Muke's deputy, fifty commander). He suffered this
Suddenly, he threw his head back and fell, without any movement... As for the other long-handled heavy-armored soldiers, although they were not as brave as their masters, they could swing the big ax. Even if the ax blade missed the vital point, the weight of the ax itself was like a huge weapon.
It's like a hammer, and can easily make the opponent lose their combat effectiveness through armor.
It can only be said that, as Wang Yaksha said, against heavy armored infantry, a long-handled ax has a miraculous effect!
Relatively speaking, the heavily armored warriors of the Jin Army fell into the same embarrassment as Fu Qing's army before... because the Beiwei Army of Wang De's army on the opposite side was also heavily armored like them, but they did not have the same kind of armor as theirs.
Armor-breaking weapon.
It’s not their fault, because they are cavalry!
As long as the war horse charges up, the ordinary spear plus the mass of the war horse will be the number one armor-breaking weapon in the sky... Otherwise? Should they be allowed to charge with long-handled axes? At most, they should be equipped with a hammer as big as a fist.
They just used their horse power to hammer down the local heavy armored infantry. But now they were dismounted and fighting, and they were holding a hand-to-hand attitude. Some of them brought hammers, but how could they fight against the long-handled axes on the opposite side?
In fact, this ax was so easy to use that the Zhao Guan family watching the battle on top of the city almost wanted to replace their imperial squad with long-handled axes.
And not to mention the Zhao Guan family's constant lust, when the fighter plane was revealed, Fu Qing was not incompetent. While he ordered the melee troops originally scheduled to disperse to help Wang De's troops strangle the Jin Army's heavy armor soldiers who were in trouble, he also urged Gou
The cable troops quickly opened the corridor.
The Jin army was temporarily restrained and could only watch helplessly as the corridors were being torn apart and destroyed. Looking from a distance, the five corridors were shrinking together, as if the five tentacles were shrinking rapidly.
"Fourth Prince!" Han Chang, who had a keen eye, spoke immediately. "The corridor is destroyed, and the offensive behind the sheep and horse wall will inevitably be blocked... Do we need to withdraw our troops?"
Wanyan Wushu turned his head and glanced at the other party, his eyes cold.
Han Chang had no choice but to explain in a low voice: "The general is not saying that we should stop attacking the city, but that since the tunnel is broken, we can only say that the Song army must have a way to deal with Tiefutu. It is difficult to form an army at Tiefutu, so it is better to let
The five hundred people should withdraw first, and then let Zhang Yu continue to send troops to fight through the tunnel."
"That's right." Chi Zhanhui also tried to persuade him. "Fourth Prince, the Iron Buddha Tu is too precious. Since it can't be built today, why let them damage it in vain?"
"That makes sense." Wanyan Wushu looked thoughtfully at the dragon on the wall opposite, and nodded his head. "But if you want to keep the Tiefu Tu, why do you need them to withdraw? Have you ever thought about it?
The pagodas are the most elite members of our army, and once they withdraw in a defeated manner, their morale will be greatly damaged!"
Han Chang, Chi Zhanhui, and Bali Su, who had been silent all this time, were almost all stunned.
"You go." Wu Shu looked away from the dragon scroll, turned his head, but raised his finger and pointed at Han Chang and gave an order. "Let Zhang Yu withdraw all his troops and send your troops to take advantage of the opportunity."
There were a lot of Song troops under the city. They marched out from the corridor in five directions and marched forward to bite them at the bottom of the city! Today I want to see your subordinates, Han Chang, fight hand-to-hand with the Song troops under the city until dark! Then fight with the iron in a majestic manner.
Withdraw the troops together with the pagoda!"
The meaning of this statement is obvious. We do not expect to use the corridor to attack the city, but only use it as a safe passage to transport troops into the sheep and horse wall.
After hearing these words, Han Chang, a member of the Han army who had always seemed lazy and contemptuous since arriving at Nanyang City, suddenly became serious, bowed his head, and then walked away as fast as he could.
The rest of the generals, the many fierce soldiers of Han Chang's tribe, Mou Ke naturally ignored them, and the others all became solemn, and no longer had the non-stop chatting attitude before.
The war continued, Zhang Yu was naturally overjoyed when he heard this order, and those below Zhang Yu, from Li Dayin who had just been promoted to Deputy Commander of the Army and Horses, to Zhou Bin, the newly promoted soldier who was going to enter the corridor to support, were almost all like Meng.
amnesty.
In this way, Han Chang's troops suddenly entered the battle in large numbers, which proved that although Wanyan Wushu's method was unexpected, it was actually very effective... The Song army gathered under the city, and the long-range projection power on the city could not be used at all, so they could only
Sitting and watching the melee fighting below, the arrival of elite reinforcements from the Jin Army quickly diluted the iron pagoda, making the previous restraint of the long-handled ax against heavy armor no longer obvious.
At the same time, as a steady stream of the main force of the Jin Army replaced Zhang Yu's civilians and replenished troops, the demolition work of the corridor was also forced to get stuck at the Sheep and Horse Wall.
"Official!"
The evolution of the war situation has exceeded everyone's expectations, and Chen Gui instinctively asked Zhao Guan's family for orders.
"Activate the backup city gate, take turns to attack, and suppress the opponent." Behind the parapet of the female wall, Zhao Jiu looked at the movement below the city with an expressionless face. As expected, as many people had guessed, he made a decision without hesitation, and
It is to increase the number of troops and fight to the end. "Liu Yan went down and found Fu Qing to escort him into the city... When Yang Yizhong opened the tunnel in the west, he asked him to come back and wait for Wang De's rotation. Only one commander was left outside the city.
A senior general can preside over it!"
At this point, without waiting for the people around him to say anything, Zhao Guanjia just paused and continued coldly: "Jin Wushu just wants to demonstrate today, and I am determined to accompany him to the end. You don't need to say more!"
The stereotypes gave up helplessly.
Immediately, a sudden change occurred on the northern wall of Nanyang City...Suddenly, several walls were knocked open from the inside by the Song Army themselves, and several city gates hidden inside were revealed.
Needless to say, this is Chen Gui's plan. It is one of the ways to send troops to sneak attacks outside the city when necessary, and it is also one of the means to secretly send Zhao Guan's family out when necessary. However, at this time, Zhao Guan's family personally forced them to leave.
It was exposed in advance.
Let's say that Chen Gui acted extremely passively today, but this is not because Chen Shangshu is incompetent, nor does it mean that he lacks decision-making. It means that today's battle was completely different from Chen Gui's idea of defending the city from the beginning.
Chen Gui painstakingly designed and created a Nanyang city defense system, from the inner and outer double trenches of the Sheep and Horse Wall, to the radical new design on the city wall, and to other things. It basically followed the characteristics of artillery warfare, and then used the depth of the city defense to kill as many people as possible.
Tired of the other party's thinking.
This idea actually coincides with the Zhao Guan family.
However, before entering the artillery battle stage, it has to be said that Chen Shangshu still generally has a conservative approach.
And what about today's battle? In fact, it deviated from the stereotype and got out of control from the beginning.
The people who caused all this were none other than the Zhao Guan family and Wanyan Wushu, the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom across the street. These two supreme commanders of the two armies, through the new thing of the corridor, almost kept micro-managing it with some kind of tacit understanding.
Overweight, and their respective decisions were extremely quick.
Rather than calling each other out, it's better to say they are showing each other their determination.
In this situation, no matter how sane the people below are, what can they do?
Didn't you see, Du Gaoming turned off the radio station on purpose, and he couldn't escape the guidance of the Supreme Commander, let alone people like Chen Shangshu and Han Wanhu who were already in front of the Supreme Commander?
Back in front of us, following the Zhao Guan family's micro-management orders, the war under the city wall and behind the inner trench quickly entered a new stage.
So far, the Jin Army's increase has actually reached its limit, because they are limited by the speed of troop dispatch at the Yongdaokou. The Song Army's original combat power is slightly inferior, especially after the long-range projection on the city wall passively stopped, it seems a bit...
Weak, but fortunately there are still many city gates that can be used, and we can use a flexible attitude to calmly send out large groups of troops from the city gates to fight in turns.
Therefore, the battle under the city quickly entered a frenzied and seemingly meaningless posture of consumption.
But whether it was Zhao Jiu on top of the city or Wanyan Wushu hundreds of steps away, neither side wavered at all.
In fact, the battle lasted until sunset, and both sides were even prepared for a night battle!
However, the soldiers of Song Dynasty suddenly discovered that the wet felt cloth on the corridor had been dried in the sun, and then immediately threw rockets filled with gunpowder at the top of the corridor... The five corridors burned like five fire dragons in the dusk. On this day,