I am Da Song

Chapter 23 The Corrupted Golden Army

Although, as Liu Fan said, the capital of Song Xiuzhi was severely corrupted, and most of the defensive equipment was rotten and damaged, but the defensive deployment on the city wall still shocked Zhao Huan, the soul of later generations.

On the wall of the inner city, the female wall of the war shed, you can see it toweringly.All kinds of defensive equipment are placed on each horse. Every dozens of steps there is a bed crossbow, nine-ox crossbow, three-bow bed crossbow, and even more miscellaneous tiger squatting guns, belly column guns, and combined guns. Wait (it is a cannon, not a cannon, a trebuchet).The city defense equipment stands at a distance from each other on the city wall.They are all barely usable equipment found in various defense city warehouses.

This scene makes it hard to imagine how dense and terrifying the defense equipment on the city walls would be if there were no officials for corruption and the warehouses of the defense cities were full of supplies.

The soldiers on the city wall saw the emperor personally wearing armor and swords to motivate the soldiers, and their morale was also boosted.

Liu Fan introduced to Zhao Huan: "Officials, the Jin army seems to be planning to attack Baokang Gate today. Soldiers and weapons are gathered in front of Baokang Gate."

The old city has a radius of about [-] miles. There are three gates on the south wall. The main gate is Zhuquemen, the east side of Zhuquemen is Baokangmen, and the west side is Xinmen.

Baokangmen, where the Jin army was attacking, was not far from Zhuquemen. Zhao Huan said, "Take me to have a look."

Liu Fan was resolute and objected: "Even if the official killed the minister, the minister would not dare to take the official to Baokang Gate. The other siege equipment of the Jin people is not a big threat, no matter fire ladders, cloud ladders, weaving bridges, goose carts, etc. , Dongzi, the soldiers in the city once went out of the city and burned them.”

"The only guards in the city are artillery. The Jin army often has more than two hundred cannons and stones, and each cannon of the scattered star cannons can be fired with several stones at the same time. With the help of more than a thousand crossbows, the arrows and stones under the city are like rain. The defenders could not stand still, and dozens of people died every day when defending the outer city. When the officials passed by, I feared that the officials would be injured by the shelling."

"Dozens of people die every day?" Zhao Huan was amazed when he heard the sound. Is this still the cold weapon war he knew?You must know that the later generations Ah San and Ba Tie bombarded each other all the year round, and only one or two people died each time, not hundreds of people died throughout the year.

But in the Battle of Tokyo, there were dozens of deaths every day, and hundreds of injured people?
Zhao Huan asked: "It's just that my Song army is not as good as the Jin people in field battles. Is it not as good as the Jin people's shelling each other?"

Liu Fan sighed and said: "The Jin attack can gather all the artillery mounts in front of a city gate, but the defense equipment is scattered on the city wall. Therefore, if only one city gate is attacked and defended, the density of the artillery stones is very high. Not as good as Jin Jun."

"Put it..." Zhao Huan wanted to swear angrily, and held back the rest of his words after holding back for a long time, and said, "Don't the golden army's gun mounts need to be demolished? Why can the golden army gather their weapons at a city gate? Can I just stand by and watch the imperial guards?"

In the final analysis, the organizational skills are not enough!In the battle of Yimao (the battle on November 25th), Wang Zong, the deputy commander in front of the Song Army Palace, gave a heavy reward. If the soldiers of the Forbidden Army dared to kill the enemy with long spears, Cheng Jielang would be awarded five gold bowls. If there is an official position in the body, he will be transferred to the three officials.So the soldiers obeyed their orders and fought to be the first, so in the battle of Yimao, more than [-] Jin people were killed.

However, more than [-] Jin men were killed in the city, and after only one night, the Jin men collected the dead bodies, while the more than [-] Song soldiers who were killed by artillery stones on the city still lay down on the city, smashing their brains and bones Lying in blood.So the next day when they attacked the city, the Jin army had no fear, but the new defenders of the Song army were afraid and retreated when they saw the miserable situation of the defenders on the city.

In addition, Wang Zongguan's promise to sue and the golden bowl did not come true, so the Song army complained, eating only dry food every day, but slowly moving, allowing the Jin army to attack the city, so the water gate fell.

As long as the Song army was willing to guard the city seriously, it would be no problem to kill a large number of Jin troops every day, and even killed more than [-] people in a day.After all, the Song Army implemented a recruitment system, so it's hard to say what the military discipline of the Forbidden Army is, but they are all professional soldiers, and their fighting skills are not weak at all.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Huan also had a firm attitude and said: "I must go to Baokang Gate to advance and retreat with the soldiers, encourage the soldiers, and fight the enemy bravely."

Liu Fan still wanted to continue to persuade Zhao Huan, so Zhao Huan simply bypassed Liu Fan and led a group of troops directly along the city wall to the east.

The crossbows on the city wall, the soldiers on the cannon mounts, and the imperial guards guarding the city were all in high spirits when they saw the emperor's cape and guards of honor marching forward with great fanfare.When the soldiers saw the emperor, they walked past them, cheering like thunder.

The garrison mountain screamed, and soon attracted the attention of the Jin army outside the city.

The commander of the Jin army in this battle is Wanyan Sheyema, the well-known King of Pearls.

If Yema was able to snatch the vanguard position from Wanyan Loushi, it's not that his ability is comparable to the military god.It was because he was the eldest son of the Prime Minister Nianhan.

As the eldest son of the Prime Minister, She Yema entered the Great Song Dynasty, and after seeing the world of flowers and flowers in the Central Plains, he decayed extremely quickly.

No, it's not just about setting up horses, it should be said that all the senior officials of the Jin Army corrupted extremely quickly after entering the Central Plains.

In ancient times, no nomadic people degenerated as quickly as the Jin army. The Jingkang disaster was not over yet, and the Jin army was repeatedly defeated by the brave Song army on the frontal battlefield.

In addition to Yisi, the Song army killed and wounded 3000 people from the Jin army under the city.

Wang Zongguan also used to recruit one spearman with 50 taels of silver in the guards, and got a hundred.At that time, the Jin army marched through the overpass and climbed onto the female wall.So these more than a hundred gunmen fought bloody battles with their lives, killing a lot of people, and smashed the bridge with poles, and the golden soldiers killed and injured thousands of people on the city wall.

The corruption of the Jin Army was also an important reason why the four generals of ZTE were able to repeatedly use the Jin Army to achieve their records.

The only country in history that has been corrupted faster than the Jin Kingdom is Houjin. The Jianzhou Jurchens began to corrupt before they entered the customs. Later, when they went south, they almost relied on the surrender of the Ming Dynasty to fight.

Today's Shi Yema is only thinking about how to ravage the Great Song Emperor Ji after entering the city, and conquer the Fu Jin Emperor Ji who has been dreaming of him for a long time, completely ignoring the strangeness on the city wall.

On the contrary, he was extremely excited and shouted: "The Lord Song is on the city wall. He used to bow his knees and beg for mercy in my camp before. He is an extremely weak and cowardly species. They all point their crossbows at him. As long as this soft bone sees blood, maybe Just cry and shout to surrender again! When the time comes, you will enter the inner city, and the Song Clan Empress can play with you as you please!"

"Aw~Aw~Aw~" Jin Jun erupted into wild cheers in an instant.

The Empress of the Song Clan!

Thinking of being able to ravage and desecrate those once noble and beautiful imperial concubines, everyone felt their hearts beating faster and their blood boiling.

(End of this chapter)