Fenghou

Chapter 51

In the tent of Jin Bing's head coach, Wanyan Wulu paced back and forth in the room with an urgent report, looking very nervous.

How could Wanyan Wulu not be nervous?He had just received a military order from Pingliang Mansion, the fourth prince Wanyan Wushu ordered him to arrive at Xigu before the end of February, and if he was a day late, his head would be cut off.

Unexpectedly, the situation became so serious, Wanyan Wulu regretted it in his heart, Han Chang was actually right, once the monk Yuan was defeated, the wolf lord would definitely be held accountable, and he might not be able to escape the blame, and the third prince might not be able to keep himself.

Wanyan Wulu finally realized how naive and ridiculous his little thoughts were in the face of the powerful kingship.

Now there are only three days left before the deadline, which makes him distraught for a while.

At this time, Wan Yanhui, the commander-in-chief of his subordinates, persuaded: "In any case, we must take the Jiandao Pass in the past two days. In this way, our progress will be slow at most, and it must not be said that it is because we can't take even a small Jiandao Pass. come down."

Wanyan Wulu nodded, that was all he could do. He could blame Han Chang for his inability to attack the city, but if he couldn't even conquer the Jiandao Pass, how could he shirk it?

Wanyan Wulu finally made up his mind, no matter how much he paid, he must win the Jiandao Pass tomorrow.

'Boom-thump-'

Before dawn, the earth-shattering sound of war drums came from outside the valley. The sound of the drums was dull and slow.

Chen Qing walked out of the big tent. The sound of the war drums was a bit unusual today, and the sound was particularly heavy.

Yang Yuanqing walked over quickly, "Commander, today may not be Huo Gong!"

Chen Qing nodded, he also had this intuition.

At present, the Song army in Guancheng has more than [-] people. If the Jin soldiers attack the city with all their strength again, how long can they last?

Chen Qing quickly climbed to the top of the city. At the mouth of the gray valley, a large number of troops could be faintly seen marching towards the valley.

"Ugh-"

The low sound of antlers continued to sound.

The enemy army is getting closer and closer. In front are the mighty Jurchen cavalry, one after another, making low-pitched shouts. Behind them are countless infantry, as dense as an ant colony, and the gleaming spears seem to be suspended. In the forest in the air, there are also huge buildings, like black monsters, slowly moving in the team, and the boundless murderous aura pervades the valley.

Half an hour later, [-] troops spread out in the wilderness north of Guancheng, like four huge maps, [-] puppet troops and [-] Jurchen soldiers.

All the siege weapons of Jin Bing are displayed, one hundred and twenty siege ladders, ten building vehicles, twelve catapults and two battering rams, they stand quietly in the wilderness, but they have unique characteristics Different biting murderous aura.

At this moment, even the spring breeze in the valley became cold, as if there was no life in the valley, only the breath of death remained.

The three hundred soldiers on the top of the city clenched their spears tightly, their eyes full of tragedy, and there were three hundred soldiers standing under the corridors on both sides, and they would replace the soldiers on the top of the city when they were killed.

Wanyan Wulu looked at the city coldly, waved his saber, "Archer!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of war drums sounded suddenly, and two thousand crossbowmen of the puppet army rushed up like a tide.

Chen Qing shouted sharply: "Defend the city bow and prepare!"

The three hundred soldiers put down their spears, took out their defensive bows from their backs, and drew out a long and thick soldier arrow. They stretched out the bow and set up arrows, lined up in two rows, with the tips of the arrows pointing to the air at a forty-five-degree angle.

"Shoot!" Chen Qing ordered.

The defensive bows on the city were fired first, and three hundred arrows fell into the archers like raindrops. More than one hundred soldiers fell down screaming, but for the three thousand archers, more than one hundred died without any surprise.

They also shot back at the top of the city with their bows and arrows. In fact, from their angle, they couldn't hit the soldiers at the top of the city at all.

However, the target of the archers was not the soldiers who fired the arrows, but the soldiers of the Song army who appeared at the battlements and shot down the stones when the main force attacked the city.

At this time, two thousand soldiers of the puppet army rushed in like a second wave, carrying thirty siege ladders, and they were about to rush to the bottom of the city. Chen Qing could see clearly that the thirty siege ladders were actually wooden rungs. , did not replace the iron crossbar like the second siege, what is going on, is there a mistake in the connection of the golden soldiers?

Chen Qing was ecstatic in his heart, and shouted: "Axeman is ready, shield is covering!"

They still had more than a dozen axemen. They thought they would be useless, but they didn't expect the enemy to make such a low-level mistake.

Indeed, changing the iron rungs of the siege ladder was only Han Chang's personal idea, and there was no consensus among Jin Bing. How could the proud Jurchens adopt the idea of ​​the Han people?

They will learn their lesson only after they themselves have been hit badly.

Two thousand enemy troops rushed to the bottom of the city like a gust of wind, and set up a siege ladder to the top of the city. The first to appear on the top of the city were more than a dozen axemen. .
The siege soldiers jumped up and began to climb up the city. The soldiers of the Song Army on the top of the city had stopped shooting and took up their spears again. Folding, let out a desperate scream before dying, rolled and fell to the city.

The arrows under the city were as dense as a torrential rain. Although there were shields on the top of the city to cover them, soldiers of the Song Army were constantly shot by arrows and turned over and fell down.

The embarrassing situation that occurred on the first day of the siege was repeated. The siege soldiers were threatened by rolling logs and rocks, and finally climbed to the top. There was at least one person's height from the top of the city, but the stair rung was blocked. It was cut off, and it was impossible to climb up or go down. The ladder below was full of unsuspecting puppet soldiers.
Either jump off the city by himself, or be stabbed by the Song army's spear and overturn the city, there is no third choice.

Of the thirty siege ladders, only the puppet soldiers of the three siege ladders were fighting fiercely with the Song army on the top of the city.

Wanyan Wulu also noticed this scene, he frowned, and ordered: "The building car attack!"

"Ugh-"

The bottoming horn sounded on the battlefield, the drums beat rhythmically, and the most powerful building car of the golden soldiers finally attacked.

Two thousand Jurchen soldiers followed the five huge building carts, holding shields and short spears. This time it was the Jurchen soldiers who attacked the city, and Wanyan Ulu was bound to win.

Chen Qing looked at the approaching building cart with a serious expression. The building cart was well-made and made of thick materials. It was covered with thick cowhide on all sides, especially the front was made of logs spliced ​​together. It can't penetrate, its weakness is the chassis, but the defenders on the top of the city can't attack the chassis.

According to the previous discussion between Chen Qing and the generals, the only way to deal with the building car was to use fire, but the building car was full of Jurchens holding shields, and it was not easy to attack with fire.

What about bed crossbows?Can the bed crossbow show its power and break the enemy's building car?

More than a thousand puppet soldiers under the city retreated like a tide, and the archers also retreated. It seemed that there were only five monster-like buildings left between the sky and the earth, rumbling forward.

"The bed crossbow is ready!" Chen Qing shouted.

A bed crossbow was also pushed up and aimed at the building car that was getting closer.

"The bed crossbow shoots arrows!"

Forty bed crossbows fired jackdaw arrows at the same time, and they shot at the building car with incomparable force.

"Puff puff!"

Five hundred iron arrows hit the building cart powerfully, and the iron arrows penetrated into the wood, but they still failed to penetrate the log, and the arrow tails got stuck on the log.

More than a dozen jackdaw arrows hit the uppermost baffle overpass, but the overpass was covered with iron chains, and the iron arrows even shot fire, but they still couldn't penetrate them, unless a heavy catapult was used to smash them.

Chen Qing's heart sank immediately, he couldn't even shoot the crossbow through the bed, could it be that he could only attack with fire?
He didn't have much confidence in Huo Gong, but at this time Chen Qing had no choice.

"Prepare for fire attack!"

Bundles of straw were brought up, topped with kerosene.

The first building car withstood the city wall, erected a flyover slab, and fell heavily on the top of the city. The broken stones flew around and the air waves hit people. The soldiers of the Song Army all around were startled. There are at least [-] Jurchen soldiers wearing iron helmets and holding short contradiction cards. They are all burly and hideous, like a pack of wild wolves.

When the bridge deck just fell, Yang Hua shouted, "Throw it in!"

Soldiers of the Song Army threw dozens of ignited bundles of wheat straw into the building car, together with seven or eight fire oil tanks, and the flames spread rapidly and burned blazingly.

A dozen Jurchen soldiers were splashed with kerosene and caught fire all over. They screamed and jumped down to the city.

But there were too many Jurchen soldiers, most of them ignored the flames, and still ran and jumped to the top of the wall. They screamed and killed the soldiers of the Song army, and the soldiers of the Song army also roared to meet them, and the two sides fought fiercely in an instant.

A steady stream of Jurchen soldiers came to kill them. They were all strong in physique, strong in armor, and fearless of death. The Song army fell into a passive position. There were more and more Jurchen soldiers on the top of the city, and they could not use long or short spears. , the two sides switched to fighting with swords, and the casualties on both sides became more and more serious. They were injured and fell to the ground, unable to stand up, and were trampled to death in the end.

Yang Hua was targeted by the Jurchens, and five Jurchen elders surrounded him. He chopped off the heads of two Jurchen elders with a knife, while another knife next to him stabbed silently into his lower abdomen.
There were already three buildings on the top of the city, and there were nearly [-] Jurchen soldiers rushing up to the top of the city. Chen Qing's injuries had healed, and he stabbed with a sword and spear, killing more than [-] people in a row, and his eyes were red.

What made Chen Qing anxious was that the fire attack did not achieve its goal. Although several building trucks caught fire as planned, they were still inexperienced and thought the problem was too simple. Burned, even if they are engulfed in flames, it will not prevent enemy soldiers from using it.

If these buildings cannot be destroyed, Guancheng will inevitably fall, what should we do?
"General Yang, no!"

A soldier shouted wildly. When Chen Qing turned his head, he was so shocked that his liver and gallbladder burst. He saw that Yang Hua was covered in blood, his right arm was gone, and his intestines were still hanging out. Jin's gunpowder barrel rushed up the building car, and jumped into the building car.

"Boom!" The gunpowder barrel exploded violently, and the huge shock wave blasted the building car into two sections.

Chen Qing closed his eyes in pain, he opened them suddenly and shouted, "Blow them up with powder kegs!"

He picked up a bucket of gunpowder, grabbed the torch and lit the kindling match. When it was about to burn to embers, Chen Qing ran a few steps and threw it vigorously. The gunpowder bucket was accurately thrown into the exit of a building car three feet away.

Dozens of Jurchen soldiers in the building car exclaimed together, only hearing 'Boom! There was a loud noise, black smoke filled the air, and half of the building was blown up.

The Song army followed suit, and the third and fourth building vehicles were also blown up.
(End of this chapter)