Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 900
In the Jiexiu county government office, Zhao Ding rested his head on his hands, looked at the candles on the table, and remained motionless.A volume of "Spring and Autumn" was put aside, and a few pages were opened, shaking gently in the breeze.Moonlight came in through the window and sprinkled on the table, leaving mottled shadows.

Qi Chongli came in from the outside, clasped his hands and said, "Report to the governor, Wu Jie has sent news from the front that a high platform has been built in the south of the city, and the cannon will be pulled up tomorrow."

Zhao Ding woke up suddenly, sighed and said: "Today is already the fourth day of the siege of Pingyao County. If we can't break the city, what should we do? The second division of Wang Xuanfu has already assembled, can we wait for them Come?"

Qi Chongli said: "The governor doesn't have to worry. As long as the cannons are mounted on the high platform, Pingyao City will definitely be unstoppable, and it will be destroyed in the near future!"

"I hope—" Zhao Ding kept sighing. "To be the governor, I must have military power in my hands to feel decent. How could I have thought that with military power, this battle would be so difficult to fight! The three generals in Shaanxi can be said to be careless. They defeated Jiexiu in one day and Xiaoyi in two days. They marched quickly How could they have imagined that when they arrived at Xihe and Pingyao, they would be blocked and there would be no progress for a few days. But they couldn’t wait! If the reinforcements from the Jin soldiers arrive, what’s the use of hundreds of thousands of troops, 6 of them?”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ding stood up, walked slowly to the window, and looked at the moon outside the window.

Qi Chongli said: "Datong is nearly a thousand miles away, and every time we come and go, it will be a long time before the reinforcements of the Jin army come."

Zhao Ding shook his head: "The Jin army is all cavalry, so we can't look at them with ordinary eyes. It will take only ten days to get here."

Qi Chongli said in a low voice: "Captain, if Pingyao City is really hard to break, why don't we surround it with a small amount of troops and attack Qi County and Taigu in the back. If these two counties are broken, how long will the Pingyao defenders be able to defend?"

Zhao Dingdao: "There are nearly ten thousand defenders in Pingyao City, how many should be left to guard them? If they accidentally rush out, it will become a serious disaster!"

Qi Chongli lowered his head, not good to say.

Under the city of Pingyao, Wu Jie climbed up the high platform and looked at the city by the moonlight.After looking at it for a while, he said to Liu Kai beside him: "Bring up the artillery tomorrow, first destroy a few cannons of the Jin Army on the city wall. By that time, Pingyao City will still be out of our hands!"

Liu Kai said: "Zhizhi is talking about it. As long as the cannons at the top of the city are abolished, what is difficult to attack in Pingyao? If you say that in the past, it was very fast to capture a city within ten days. Now, everything Changed, ten days seems too long."

Wu Jie nodded: "That's right, the current battle is different from before. Ten days is really too long."

In the final analysis, it was because Jin Junbing had reinforcements by his side.As long as time passes, reinforcements arrive, and Wu Jie and Liu Kai are no match.At that time, it was not a question of whether Taiyuan could be captured, but whether Jinzhou behind could hold it.

What the Jin army wants is looting, not siege.As long as they break through Jinzhou and return to Taiyuan after looting, the Song army will be considered a major failure.

At this moment, suddenly the gate of Pingyao County opened wide in front, and a group of Jin Army cavalry rushed out.Under the moonlight, just listening to the rumble of horseshoes, there is a thrilling feeling.Soon the cavalry approached, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

Wu Jie and Liu Kai were taken aback, they didn't expect the Jin army to come out of the city at this time.Hastily commanded his subordinates, ready to face the battle.

The Song army hadn't lined up yet, but the Jin army had already arrived.There was a rain of arrows, and the unprepared Song Army fell down many times, and the untidy formation suddenly became chaotic.

Some of the Jin soldiers were armed with steel knives, and some of them were armed with maces, and they smashed at the Song soldiers head-on.

The so-called defense of the city, the strongest thing is not to defend against the danger, but to defend the center and lead the attack.Taking advantage of the high wall, the city can observe the siege troops, and at the most critical time, attack from the enemy's weakest point.Although the enemy cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, it can cause a certain amount of confusion to the enemy, thus gaining a breathing space.

Wanyan Kuiying endured for five days, observing the movement of the Song army from the top of the city.From yesterday to today, the Song army has been building towers in all directions of the city.Of course Wanyan Yuying knew what the purpose of the Song army was, and that once the high platforms were piled up, they would pose a fatal threat to the city.

In the middle of the night, the Song army had already rested, and the guards began to relax, and the Song camp was not far from the Jin army, and Wanyan Kuiying suddenly came out.

Generally, the two armies confront each other, leaving a few miles of space between the barracks.When one side attacks suddenly, the other side has time to deploy troops to respond.Coupled with the various defensive measures of the barracks, the attackers will not be able to take advantage.

Today, the earth platform is piled up, and a large-scale attack can be made at dawn. Wu Jie did not carefully arrange the army camp.Because of the attack, the camp was very close to the city, barely reachable by shells.As soon as the Jin army charged, the brigade of cavalry rushed into the Song army barracks.

Wu Jie shouted hoarsely, and ordered the soldiers to form a formation. How many soldiers below heard the order?On the battlefield, generals command soldiers by relying on banners and golden drums, how could it be possible to rely on their voices!Bringing a few personal soldiers, Wu Jie watched helplessly as his army was crushed.

Helpless, Wu Jie could only command the troops to retreat slowly.Lead a personal army, personally step forward to block the golden soldiers, and serve as the rear for the army.

Wanyan Yuying held a steel gun in one hand and a mace in the other, with eagle-like eyes, searching for Song Jun.

When facing Wang Xiaohun's army, there is no such opportunity.Even if such an opportunity is found, Wang Xiaolie's army can quickly assemble and form a team with the capital as a unit.Then pass the bugle, all in regiments.Forming an army formation with regiments as units, the raiders lost their chance.After confronting each other for more than a year, Wanyan Yuying encountered countless times, feeling extremely depressed.

When I met Wu Jie today, the team was like an ordinary Song army, breaking up as soon as they charged, Wanyan Yuying was very excited.

Suddenly seeing Wu Jie, who was not wearing armor, leading a group of personal soldiers to resist the Jin army desperately, Wanyan Yuying was so excited that blood rushed to his forehead.Busily led the horse forward a few steps, took off the bow, aimed at Wu Jie, and shot out with an arrow.

Wu Jie was brandishing a long spear to fight against the incoming Jin army when he suddenly heard the wind.Knowing something was wrong, he dodged to the side, and the arrow hit his arm.Fortunately, that flash only hit the flesh, not the bones.However, the pain in his arm was extremely severe, and huge beads of sweat immediately rolled down from his forehead.

Wanyan Yuying was overjoyed, raised her long spear and rushed towards Wu Jie.

Seeing this, Wu Jie endured the pain in his arm, shouted loudly, and stabbed at Wanyan Yuying with a spear in his hand like a poisonous dragon.

Seeing Wanyan Yuying, she hurriedly hid to the side.Unexpectedly, Wu Jie's long spear did not retract, but took advantage of the situation and swept over.Wanyan Yuying didn't dodge, but was hit hard on the helmet.As the spear passed over the head, it scratched the nose and nearly severed it.

Wanyan Yuying was taken aback, and hurriedly led the horse aside.I touched my nose with my hand and felt severe pain, and my hand was already dripping with blood.

Wu Jie was wounded and forced his troops to retreat.

At this time, Liu Kai led his soldiers and horses to come from the other side of the city.Together with Wu Jie, they slowly retreated to a place five miles away from the city.

Wanyan Kuiying looked at Song Jun's shadow and hated it.But he didn't chase after him, and ordered his men to bulldoze the high platform that the Song army had piled up, and slowly retreated back into the city.

The high platform that Song Jun spent two days and countless energy to build was wiped out.If you want to break through Pingyao, you can only start from scratch.

(End of this chapter)