Han Shizu

Chapter 1288 The Fall of Jinzhou
The construction of Jinzhou City in the Liao Dynasty began in the era of Yelu Abaoji. Although it was the throat of east-west traffic, it was not paid attention to for a long time. It was not until after the first Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty that under the pressure of the Youyan Han Army, Only then did he pay attention.

In the past ten years or so, the Liao Kingdom has confiscated people's power four times and invested a large amount of money, food and materials to expand and strengthen Jinzhou City. It has just been built into this majestic city that stands at the eastern end of the West Liao Corridor and has become a defense against the Han army. strong off.

Judging from the process of the Northern Expedition, Liao's investment in Jinzhou City was rewarded, and it once became an insurmountable obstacle for the Han army, causing huge troubles and heavy casualties to the Han army.

The city walls of Jinzhou, especially the outer city, are exceptionally solid, rarely made of masonry, with a circumference of more than seven miles and a wall width of more than two feet.However, under the continuous attack of the Han army, this fortified city, which can be called impregnable, finally had gaps and flaws.

And one point of breaking often leads to the collapse of the whole line!
That deafening explosion almost suppressed the blazing shouts of both attackers and defenders, and the earth-shaking movement attracted everyone's attention.

In the southwest corner of Jinzhou City, almost the entire section of the thick city wall collapsed. The wall bricks quickly slid down, gravel flew, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the tower on the side collapsed. The soldiers of the Liao army were not among them, and the short screams seemed so insignificant.

The thick dust rolled around and lasted for a long time. After the dust cleared, the collapsed city wall finally revealed its shattered appearance.The gravel is jagged and devastated. However, for the Han and Liao armies who are in the fierce offensive and defensive, there are different sorrows and joys.The Han army was overjoyed and their morale was greatly boosted. The tortoise shell was finally smashed; the Liao army was shocked, as if they had been hit hard.

Now, the biggest reliance has been smashed by the Han army.When the Han army attacked the city, they could also be driven down by melee combat. In the past two months of attack and defense, there were no less than ten times of fighting on the city, and the Han army was repelled every time.

Therefore, the Liao army, which has been defending for so long, is not afraid of the Han army climbing to the city, especially after the reinforcements from Liaoyang come.However, the city collapsed, what to do, the three or four zhang wide hole blasted by the Han army is like a gate knocked by the Han army, a gate to send them to hell, and it seems that they have been defending it for more than two months. It will also be destroyed once.

After a short period of silence, fierce fighting broke out again. The two Han generals Liu Guangyi and Li Hanqiong who were commanding the attack in the west and south cities, without any hesitation, ordered almost at the same time to urge the soldiers to step up the attack.Near the city, powerful crossbow arrows shot upwards frantically, intending to suppress the Liao army, while the soldiers who attacked the city continued to climb up the city through the ladder.

Knowing the blasting plan, they didn't care about the hole at all, but continued to attack the Liao army on the city, and there were people to take care of it.

The Deputy Commander of the Xiaodi Army, Zhang Qiong, a fierce general of the Han army known for his bravery and fearlessness, this time it is time for him to take the lead again.

In the last Northern Expedition, when Tanzhou City was broken, it was the first to lead people to the top of the city, defeating the defenders in one fell swoop, and achieved a great victory in Tanzhou.Now, more than ten years later, although he is a little older, his ambition is still the same as before. During the military discussion, he asked Liu Yanggu for an attack mission.

Although the city walls were damaged and exposed the biggest flaw, it is by no means an easy task to break through this flaw and completely tear through the Jinzhou defense line. It can be said that this is even more dangerous. With the fighting will shown by the Liao army before, they will definitely fight back desperately .

In fact, this is exactly the case. Brother Yeluxiu was also in command on the city, and he was also shocked when he learned the result of the city's collapse. But after being shocked, he quickly adjusted and issued several military orders in succession to deal with this sudden attack. crisis.

His defense arrangement for Jinzhou City is extremely layered, and there are prepared troops above and below the city.Immediately, he ordered the Liao army in Urn City to go to the collapsed place, strictly ordering to stop the Han army at all costs and buy time to repair the gap.

Even, while facing enormous pressure in the city, he had to make a brief explanation and go there in person.Under such circumstances, facing such a situation, the biggest problem is that no one can replace him to complete this arduous task except for him as the chief general, and it is hard to rest assured that it is difficult for anyone else.

But when Brother Yeluxiu arrived in a hurry, the city fell and the battle had already begun. The Han army had already prepared and came up quickly.The number of Han troops who followed Zhang Qiong's advance attack was not many, only two thousand soldiers, everyone was an elite, and everyone was a dead soldier.Five hundred heavy armor, three hundred shield soldiers, two hundred strong throwing soldiers, plus one thousand sharp soldiers with continuous crossbows.

The attack was well-prepared and well-organized. Thousands of powerful thunderbolts were thrown into the gap, supplemented by fire and oil tanks, which were blown up and burned again. Afterwards, the crossbows fired continuously, directly clearing the blocked Liao pawns. Produce a large piece.

Afterwards, Zhang Qiong led the heavy armor first, and without hesitation or fear, stepped on the broken bricks and quickly climbed up.The Han soldiers who followed him were all amazing in physical strength. They were warriors who stood up to ten and wore heavy armor weighing dozens of kilograms.

They are like arrows with too strong penetrating power. With a strong impact, they break through the barrier, enter the city, and fight with the Liao army who came, firmly guarding the door to victory.The Han soldiers in the rear followed suit.

One side was prepared long ago, and the other side was caught off guard. Under the leadership of Zhang Qiong, the expected results were achieved without accident.Of course, the will of the Liao army has not been completely defeated. There is still the Liao army military academy, commanding the subordinates, and fighting at the expense of casualties, trying to repel the Han army with their lives and fill this fatal vacancy.

Where there are fighters, there are those who are in a hurry. Therefore, the first thing Yeluxiu did when he arrived was not to command people to recapture the gap, but to order the execution of military laws on those Liao soldiers who were in a state of panic and almost turned into chaos.

Brother Yeluxiu's prestige from defending the city, coupled with the lives of hundreds of rebellious soldiers, finally stabilized his position.Then, without any need for words, they fought hand to hand and fought fiercely.

It is also a desperate way to cross the collapsed obstacles. After the crossbowmen shot their arrows, they also directly discarded their precious crossbow machines and participated in hand-to-hand combat with their swords in hand.

Zhang Qiong rushed to the front like an arrow, and the Mo Dao in his hand was like a magic weapon, showing its sharpness and invincibility. He behaved extraordinarily ferociously.

However, in such a fight, the battle armor covering his whole body could hardly protect him well. A sharp arrow pierced his calf, but Zhang Qiong didn't seem to notice it, dragging his injured leg and continuing to fight.

Such a situation was not what Brother Yeluxiu wanted to see. He wanted to quickly repel the Han army and regain the gap, but under the leadership of Zhang Qiong, his calculations were completely in vain.

Both sides had no room to retreat. The Han army had infinite anger and sullenness to vent on Jinzhou City, which had blocked them for more than two months. If the Liao army retreated, it would mean a complete collapse.

In Jinzhou City, there is the Wengcheng and the inner city. If the normal defense is not enough, at the last moment, with Brother Yeluxiu's command ability, he can retreat gradually, maintain his vitality, and retreat into the inner city to continue to hold on.

However, the city was broken down suddenly, even if Brother Yeluxiu was the God of War, in such a situation where he was caught off guard, there were not many choices he could make.The frontal Han army, the more urgent the offensive, there is no chance to take a breather.

In the southwest corner, the Han and Liao soldiers engaged in the most intense fight since the opening of the Jinzhou offensive and defense. Blood flowed into rivers and corpses piled up like mountains. As time went by, both sides almost stepped on the corpses to fight.

And the longer it dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for the Liao army. Brother Yeluxiu kept mobilizing manpower to stop it. In the narrow space, it was already a Shura hell.

The Liao army is like this, how can the Han army fall behind? Behind Zhang Qiong, Zhao Kuangyin is also dispatching troops. The damaged city wall is like a gap in a dam, and the Han army pours in like a flood.Competing for military strength and numbers, the Han army certainly has an absolute advantage!
This battle did not end in a short period of time, and the destruction of the city was only the beginning. The battle lasted for more than two hours until the afternoon, when the two gates of the west and south were broken by the Han army. The city, soaked in the blood of countless Han and Liao soldiers, finally declared a breakthrough, and the Han army thus broke through the strongest and most important pass to Liaodong.

The conquest of Jinzhou also represents that the Northern Expedition has entered a new situation again. With this as a basis, the Han army can let go and attack Liaodong
(End of this chapter)