The rise of the prince

Chapter 859 Bloody Battle + Siege
"Tartar!" someone shouted in the night wind, Jin Guowanhu had no time to react, he just felt pain everywhere in his chest, he touched it with his hand, and by the surrounding firelight, he saw that his hands were bright red, and his eyes were blurred. getting blurry
On the hillside, I vaguely saw a large number of figures rushing up like a tide. At this time, most of the soldiers had already fallen asleep, and the rest were auxiliary soldiers and handymen. They were preparing supplies for tomorrow's battle.Many people do not even have weapons to fight back.

This raid was also beyond everyone's expectations. The scouts clearly stated that the Tatars had already set up camp in the valley dozens of miles away.The Mongols almost never fought with them on foot. Everyone always rode horses, and all battles were cavalry.

Caught off guard, the Jin army on the north side of the hillside where the Mongols were first discovered was chased and killed by the rushing Mongols, and they fled to the south side of the hillside one after another.

Behind the hillside on the south side is a flat land, where the Jinjun camp is camped on the east and west sides, with an aisle in the middle, and a place to eat and drink to the south.

This area is the front battalion, which is the garrison of the army stationed on the hillside. Because there are few flat lands in the mountains, there are only about 1000 troops that can be deployed on the hillside for a long time. The front battalion is stationed with five thousand troops. The army continued to support from the mountain pass, allowing the wounded or exhausted troops in front to withdraw to rest.

The former battalion will change every ten days.

On the other side of the small river in the south is the camp of the Chinese army, with troops from fifteen thousand households stationed, and five thousand troops from every ten days cross the river to change defenses.

There is a checkpoint at the mountain pass to the north of the Qianying camp. Every [-] people are on duty, and one hundred households lead the team to alert the army camp. The pass is guarded between the position and the camp to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp.

This is the deployment method of the rear, the front, and the forefront.

In places where the terrain is narrow and the troops cannot be deployed on a large scale, the rear is in a place that is conducive to supply, and the front is stationed, and then troops are sent to the forefront.

This deployment is enough to show that Jin Guo Wanhu is not taking it easy, he is a person who has fought and knows how to fight.

After all, back then, following the Taizu of the Jin Kingdom, he fought from the west to the east, and there were like clouds of giants who defeated the Liao Kingdom. It's a pity that there are unpredictable things in the world.

In the dark night, the soldiers who were caught off guard by the Mongols ran towards the mountain pass one after another. The soldiers at the mountain pass didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly stopped drinking. The Mongols also arrived, hacking and killing.

Blood flowed into rivers at the narrow mountain pass, screaming again and again.

Then the Mongolian soldiers who rushed through the mountain pass were condescending and rushed to the forward camp under the Nanshan Mountain.

Suddenly, the battlefield was in chaos, some people were killed in their sleep, and some people died under the sword of the Mongols before they had time to put on their armor or find weapons after waking up.

In an instant, the front position at the foot of Nanshan screamed again and again, alarming the logistics camp on the south of the main road, and then alarming the main camp of the Golden Army across the river to the south, and lighting up the lights one after another.

Wave after wave, the Mongolian army attacked and killed fiercely to the south. After about two quarters of an hour of fierce fighting, the five thousand-household army camps in the front were broken, and the enemy retreated and fled southward in the valley and flat ground.

Mu Huali took the lead, leading the soldiers and coercing the rout of the Jin army across the main road, and after a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, they defeated the supply camp and reached the river.

The river was just a small river, and as a source of water for the army, it could be crossed at will, but at this time the camp on the other side had reacted, and the Jin army lit a large number of fires, and suddenly the river was bright as day.

On the opposite side, the Jin army held a strong bow and kept firing arrows. A large number of defeated troops and Mongolian soldiers in the front row were shot to death and shot down, screaming again and again.

Mu Huali quickly ordered everyone to return to the heavy camp on the side of the road, and use vehicles to avoid the rain of arrows.

Then the Jin army launched a counterattack, and thousands of people crossed the river, but they were killed by the Mongols, and the small river that was not wide for a while became a river of blood.Both armies lit fires on the bank and faced off across the winding river bank.

Mu Huali knew that they couldn't confront each other for a long time, because behind the mountain on the east side of them was the right road, and there was another Wanhu from Jin Kingdom stationed on the east side of the road, and there might be [-] thousand households under him. If there is any movement here, or if the Jin army sends people to ask for help and kill them, they will all be finished.

The [-] thousand households that fought against the Kingdom of Jin had almost the same force, and they could last and even defeat the enemy. If another [-] thousand households came, they would definitely not be able to withstand it.

(Jin Kingdom controls 500 people in one thousand households, and Mongolia has five hundred in name because of its companions, but the actual strength of each thousand households is close to [-], but generally less than [-] people, around [-])
According to the agreement, he reserved two thousand households in the rear, and he would lead the cavalry southward around dawn, while the enemy's attention was on the front, and attack the Jinren from the flanks. They will all be buried here!
The confrontation between the two sides lasted for another half an hour, and it changed from real swords and guns to verbal abuse, and shot arrows at each other from time to time.

Mu Huali was not idle in the rear. He used the firelight to find more than 300 pieces of heavy armor in the Jin army's luggage, and then found hundreds of processed cowhide.

Promising a lot of money, pick out [-] warriors who are not afraid of death, put on the iron armor that covers the whole body, and put on several layers of thick cowhide outside, each with a hammer and an axe, ready to charge the other party desperately.

When the two armies were confronting and cursing each other, Mu Hualili quietly ordered three hundred warriors to line up behind the crowd, and then suddenly launched a brave attack.

With about a hundred catties of stuff on their bodies, it was very difficult to move, especially when crossing a small river. Although the river was shallow, it was also very difficult for them.

However, due to the thick armor, several layers of cowhide, and the poor light, the arrows fired by the opponent had little effect. 300 people crossed, and only a few unlucky ones were killed.

The commander of the Golden Army hurriedly asked people to lift Guduo up, but it was already too late. The front position was killed and a gap was opened, and the long front fell into chaos. The soldiers blocking the Mongols on both wings were forced to move closer to the middle. .

In an instant, there was another bloody fight.

The screams and shouts of killing in the valley continued to echo in the night.

After three quarters of an hour of fierce fighting, the Jin army retreated to the south. Mu Huali organized his men to catch up and kill again. Although most of them were bloodied and exhausted after fighting all night, he knew that he had to pursue. If they retreated, only one out of ten people would be killed. If they were not driven out of the valley, they would surely resurface and come back again. This battle would be in vain.

The army continued to head south, but the Jin army fleeing south suddenly stagnated when they fled to the mountain pass between the two mountains in the south, and then became chaotic.

Looking from a distance to the south, the flames are soaring into the sky.

Mu Huali knew that when the reinforcements from the Jin army arrived, his breathing stopped for a moment, his heart seemed to be tightly squeezed, and he couldn't breathe.

But he quickly made up his mind and said viciously: "Kill them, take the opportunity to kill them! They are in chaos now, and we will die when we react!"

The thousands of households around him also understood instantly, and hurriedly urged the soldiers to kill them.

At this time, the two golden armies collided in different directions, causing chaos. When the chaos passed, the fleeing golden army realized that reinforcements had arrived, and they would be finished if they turned around and killed them!
Everyone rushed forward recklessly, it's time for either you to die or me to die!

Swords and soldiers meet, flesh and blood fly, and the hand-to-hand war is the most terrible. The two sides are fighting to the death on a mountain pass that is only one mile wide.

The fierce battle drove many people crazy, only knowing to keep hacking.

In positional warfare, the wounded still have the opportunity to retreat to the rear for recuperation and treatment, but in such a crowded battle in such a narrow place, there is no room for retreat at all, either they die or the opponent dies.

The blood under the feet could make people slip, and the corpses at the front quickly piled up more than half a person high. People from both sides stomped on them, and then fought on the long wall made of corpses.

The Mongols know that if they don't kill the gold retirees, they will die, because they have few people and no horses, and they can't escape.

The people of the Kingdom of Jin knew that if they lost, the country would perish, and Shangjing City was right behind!
If this place is lost, there will be no hindrance for the Mongols to go south to Beijing along the river valley!

The two sides refused to give in, and moved forward desperately, and countless corpses were buried in the small valley.

At the end of the fight, both sides regained their senses from the chaos and began to organize their personnel in an orderly manner. They stepped forward in turn and then took a rest. Because the width of the valley is limited, a large number of people are stuck there in disorder, and those behind will only waste their energy and energy.

The fighting continued until the sky turned white, and the middle of the mountain pass, which was less than a mile wide, was already full of corpses, accumulating into a wall nearly one person high, and the land on both sides was stained red with blood.

Both sides were exhausted and suffered heavy casualties, but the confrontation continued.

As the sky gradually brightened, Mu Huali on the north side of the mountain pass became more and more nervous. As soon as it dawned, the Jin people in the south would know how many people they had, and they would be in trouble!
But at this time, with the morning sun, you can vaguely see the smoke and dust in the south. Mu Huali quickly lay down on the ground, and heard the rumbling vibration of the earth, coming from the southeast.
He was overjoyed in an instant, and shouted: "Brothers, our cavalry is here!" He was the one who stayed behind with two thousand households, and all the troops of the Kingdom of Jin were diverted to this side, so they could cross the valley without any scruples. , Attacking Jin Guoren from the rear!
Upon hearing this news, the morale of the exhausted soldiers rose.

Mu Huali quickly sent people to climb up the hillsides on both sides to watch the movement of the cavalry in the distance. After waiting for the cavalry behind to attack the Jin army from the south, they also immediately attacked the Jin army from the north.

After a night of fierce fighting, the battle started again.

This time the Jin army couldn't stand it anymore, and the north-south attack caused the Jin army to suffer from the enemy, and they retreated south after holding on for less than half an hour.

A large number of golden soldiers threw away their helmets and armor, and fled southward on both sides of the valley. Some were chased and killed by the Mongolian cavalry, and some fell to the valley and died.

Mu Huali's main force suffered heavy casualties, and was exhausted from the fierce battle all night.The new cavalry had only two thousand households.

Mu Huali quickly ordered everyone to stop chasing, occupied the river valley on both banks, and sent people to rush north to report to the Khan, waiting for the army to come.

His mind is very clear, this trip is not to pursue the Jin army, nor to attack Shangjing, but to seize the positions on both sides of the valley and open the way for the follow-up army.

As long as he guards here, the Kingdom of Jin will be completely over!

At noon that day, a few defeated troops had already fled to the south of Shangjing, but no one dared to enter the city to report for fear of being punished.

Until the afternoon, more and more troops fled to the south. The defenders at the top of the city found a problem and reported it to the generals. Then someone finally entered the city and reported that after a night of fierce fighting in the north, they were flanked by two sides. In the end, they were defeated. path.

At this time, in Shangjing, the lord Wanyan Lizheng and Qi Wang Wanyan Zongbi were discussing at the Prime Minister's house whether they should plead with Jingguo again, asking them to sell a batch of muskets to maintain the current situation.

The three monarchs and ministers all reached a consensus that they should ask Jing Guo for help again now, and they are ready to send envoys.

But at this moment, the news of the defeat in the north came, and the three of them were stunned.

Pu Chayi reacted the fastest, and hurriedly found someone to protect Wan Yanli. At the same time, he got a letter from the king to call back the troops who were still outside Shangjing, especially the west of Shangjing.

At this time, it is meaningless to stick to it, because the west is defended, but the east has been breached. If you don't go, you may be attacked by the Mongols on both sides.

At the same time, the people outside the city were forced to move into the city, and the food, poultry and livestock of each household were gathered in the city to fortify the walls and clear the fields.

He also ordered the generals in the army to go out to gather the defeated soldiers and pardon their crimes.

Until night, only 30 of the more than 20 generals released came back, and the rest fled for their lives. They brought back more than 700 broken soldiers.

In addition to the troops withdrawn from outside the city, the existing troops in the city gathered a force of about 3000 people to defend Shangjing.

Most importantly, envoys were sent to the south under the escort of soldiers to ask for help from Yang Hongzhao, the envoy of Jingguo Liaoxi Jiedu near Huizhou in the south, and from the Jingguo court.

Liu Xu repeatedly told him to be respectful and explain to Jing Guo that if they died, the Mongol soldiers would soon go to the north of Huizhou, bordering Jing Guo, and save them, and Jin Guo could be Jing Guo for generations. The country resisted the advance of the Tatars in the north.

On that day, the whole city of Shangjing was in panic, and the whole city of Shangjing was extremely busy.

The lord Wan Yanli dared not come out of the palace, and Pucha kept his feet on the ground and gathered as many troops as possible to build the city defense.

Liu Xu continued to send envoys to the south to appease the ministers of the court. Until night, the city of Shangjing, which had been panic-stricken and busy all day, seemed to be quiet again.

But everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm. The northern passage was opened, and the Mongol army would arrive at the city soon. It was only a matter of time, or when the Mongols would like to come.

The next day, the army still did not come. Pu Chayi carefully sent people out to burn down all the houses outside the capital, leaving no place for the Mongolian army to rest, and at the same time not leaving wood for them to build siege equipment. Send people to repair the city wall, mobilize the young people in the city, set aside a place on the central street for training them, and send them the bows, crossbows, knives and guns stored in the treasury.

On the third day, early in the morning, more than a dozen riders swaggered under the martial law of Shangjing, and were then dispersed by the guards at the top of the city with bows and crossbows.

Nine out of ten are scouts from the Mongols.

In the morning, a large group of cavalry came from the north, about a hundred of them, and left after a few circles around the city.

At noon, a large number of cavalry passed through the valley to the east of the upper capital, and gathered under the upper capital to shout and curse, densely packed, more than a thousand people.

The defenders at the top of the city nervously entered the fighting position and began to prepare to defend the city.

However, the follow-up troops were still coming. By the afternoon, more than [-] Mongolian cavalry had been assembled in the south of Shangjing City, and fences were set up to start camping.

And this is just the forward, and the follow-up troops are still coming.

That night, the defenders of Shangjing took turns to be on duty, and the canyon in the east was constantly lit with fire dragons. By dawn, there were already countless Mongolian troops in the south of the city.

More follow-up troops are still coming.
(End of this chapter)