Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 181 The battle of defense
The Yuguan was broken, and the Jin army had artillery. Jizhou Zunhua could no longer be defended, but the Song army was even more unfavorable in field battles.

When Wanyan Loushi arrived at the foot of Zunhua City, twelve cannons were fired, and the city tower collapsed immediately.

Although Xin Xingzong liked to be greedy for the merits of Mo's subordinates, he was much more kind than Liu Yanqing. He went to the top of the city to boost morale and fought back with artillery. After smashing three artillery pieces of the Jin army, the Jin army also destroyed a city wall.

Then a brutal street fight broke out, which was almost a one-sided massacre.

With no escape, Xin Xingzong ordered people to ignite gunpowder to blow up all the artillery in the city, and led his own soldiers to fight fiercely with the Jin army and died.

After the war, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Loushi were angry that the defenders destroyed gunpowder and artillery, dismembered Xin Xingzong's body to vent their anger, and then ordered the massacre of the city, killing tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians.

Then they went straight to Jizhou with a large amount of looted supplies. When the defenders of Jizhou heard that Zunhua had been broken, they immediately withdrew to Yanjing City, but Jizhou was taken by the Jin army without resistance.

During this period, Zhong Shidao ordered Yang Keshi to lead an army to rescue. Yang Keshi won a game against a small group of gold troops, and then encountered a million gold army.

At this point, there will be no more barriers around Yanjing City, and they can only face the 15 Jin army directly.

Tong Guan went back and forth in the White Tiger Festival Hall, and finally said to Li Gang: "No! The Jin army is strong, and I must lead my troops back to Bianjing to defend the capital!"

Fan Zhuoyuan was also on the spot. He and Wang Ting exchanged glances. They both knew that Tong Guan had been completely frightened. For example, before the Taiyuan Defense War in history, he also heard that the Jin army was approaching, so he gave up almost without any resistance. Fleeing from the city, only Wang Zhi's three thousand victorious Czech troops were left to defend the city.

Li Gang said angrily: "Tong Guan! You eunuch! Your Majesty appointed you as the highest military officer on Yanshanfu Road, and you want to abandon the city and run away?!"

Tong Guan shot back: "I just want to keep some soldiers for the capital!"

When he said this, even he himself didn't believe it.

Li Gang went up against the case, he was obviously a civil servant, but he was so strong that even the two cups of tea on the table were knocked over by him and fell to the ground.

"In this way, if Yancheng falls, you will bear the main responsibility!"

Tong Guan also got up and said: "Your Majesty will understand me, and any of the generals will return to Bianjing with me."

Fan Zhuoyuan and the others looked at each other, Guo Yaoshi's expression was fluctuating. Seeing the commander like this, all the generals were already thinking about it, and each had their own ideas. If this goes on, Yancheng will be defeated without guarding.

Seeing this, Fan Zhuoyuan knew that this situation cannot continue.

Quickly got up and said, "Tong Shuai!"

Tong Guan looked at Fan Zhuoyuan and said pleasantly, "Heng Wu is going south with me too? Very good! When I come to His Majesty, I will definitely recommend you as..."

Seeing that Tong Guan's thoughts were getting more and more confused, Fan Zhuoyuan quickly said: "Tong Shuai, have you ever thought about what will happen if you go back to Beijing and are impeached by everyone?"

Tong Guan screamed: "Your Majesty trusts me more than anyone else, who can impeach me?!"

"The land of Yan is of great significance to the capital. No matter what, we must find someone to take the blame... It is impossible for Cai Jing to take this responsibility."

Tong Guan's face darkened, and he said: "Even so, the big deal is that His Majesty will cut my position and let me return to the palace to serve. This is originally my responsibility."

Well, it's so bad that it's so bad, and it's even fantasizing that I don't have to die.

Hehe, winning the land of Yan was a long-cherished wish of the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, and it was left in your hands. No matter how much Zhao Ji favors you, he has to find a scapegoat, except you who can take on the responsibility.

Fan Zhuoyuan persuaded again: "Tong Shuai, Yancheng is strong, and there are dozens of cannons, it's nothing to shake the sky.

The army and the people in the city are working together, and now they have implemented the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness. No matter how large the Jin army is, it is helpless. Believe me, the city will be able to defend it. "

Tong Guan sneered and said, "If the Jinjun hadn't got the artillery, and I still believe you, think about how the city wall of Zunhua was blasted."

As he spoke, he jumped again and said, "You shouldn't, you shouldn't have made this cannon! Now it has become the Jin army's siege weapon, Fan Zhuoyuan, you deserve to die!"

Everyone looked at Tong Guan in shock, Li Gang said: "What does this matter have to do with Fan Tongzhi? If it wasn't for your confidant Liu Yanqing abandoning the defense, Yuguan fell into the hands of the Jinren, otherwise how could there be such difficulties today."

Tong Guan said hysterically: "I don't care what you think, I must preserve my strength! Those who are willing to leave can come with me!"

Fan Zhuoyuan quickly blocked the door and said: "If Commander Tong wants to go south, please take the Hebei Imperial Army away, and leave the Yan people to guard the land!"

Then he looked at the generals again and said, "I am from Yan. I cannot just sit back and watch the Jin people ravage my hometown. I will definitely defend it to the end! You are not originally from Yan. If you don't want to stay, you can go south with Tong Shuai. But if you want For those left behind, I hope everyone can work together.”

Tong Guan finally took away [-] Hebei forbidden troops. Before leaving, he retained Wang Ting as the supreme military commander of Yanjing City, and Fan Zhuoyuan as his deputy.

The [-] defenders in the city were all soldiers recruited by Yandi in the past two years.

Fan Zhuoyuan still had [-] soldiers under his command, of which [-] infantry remained at Juyongguan, continuing to guard against the Jin army's attack on the left army in Yunzhong.

The rest of the soldiers and horses were all stationed in the city. Except for the [-] elite troops who were first dug from the Shengjie Army, the rest of the troops under his command were all from Yandi, especially among the [-] cavalry, [-] were Sinicized Khitans from Yandi. .

These people have deep blood feuds with Jin Guo, so their will to resist is naturally firm.

Although Tong Guan's departure cast a cloud over the heads of everyone in Yancheng, Li Gang stepped forward to appease the people, organized the defense of the city and increased the construction, and stabilized the hearts of the people with his charisma.

As for the defenders in the city, although Wang Tin was the leader in name, Wang Tin's personal prestige was not as high as Fan Zhuoyuan's, and he himself followed Fan Zhuoyuan's lead.

Therefore, the actual commander is Fan Zhuoyuan, and Fan Zhuoyuan will also stage a battle to defend Yanjing here.

First of all, he asked the messenger to communicate with Zhong Shidao stationed in Miyun, Tanzhou, to inform the other party of Tong Guan's escape, and to express his determination to stick to Li Gang and others.

Make sure that Tanzhou is not lost, and the walls are clear, so that it can be a corner guard with Yanjing.

Then, the Western Army currently led by Zhong Shidao is better at mountain warfare than plain field warfare, so he is asked to stick to it as much as possible, and harass the Jin Army's rear if possible. The main battlefield will still be arranged near Yanjing City.

Now that the people in the city are panicking, Fan Zhuoyuan knows that he must not be sluggish, there must be a victory, even a small victory, so as to inspire the army to ensure victory in the next battle of defending the city.

At this time, the system that had been silent for two years suddenly sent a task.

"Mission: Jurchen is less than [-] and invincible. With the rise of the Kingdom of Jin to destroy the Liao Dynasty, the legend has become a fact, and it has become a myth that the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin are strong. The mission is to break the myth that the Jurchen is invincible!

Reward: [-] proficiency points, [-] karma points. "

Fan Zhuoyuan was thinking about a small victory, but unexpectedly the system came up with a mission, and this mission was exactly what he longed for!
Next, he plans to fight an onslaught to give the invading Jin people a blow!
After studying the topographic map for a long time, Fan Zhuoyuan found that there was really no danger to defend the vicinity of Yanjing City, and he could only fight a tough battle.

And tough battles were not fought casually. In the end, he ordered a spot on the bank of Lushui in Tongzhou County, east of Yancheng, and decided to set the battlefield here!

After scouting and cavalry investigation, the vanguard of the Jin Army was [-], and they were coming from Jizhou at this time. They had already crossed the ditch river, and they would reach Tongzhou County in [-] miles.

(End of this chapter)