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Chapter 467 0463 [Multi-front combat! 】

After leaving Yanmen Pass, there is a vast plain.

The uncanny workmanship of nature has carved out a large open area north of Yanmenguan, south of Yinshan Mountain, east of the Yellow River, and west of Yanshan Taihang Mountain.

This area is the transition zone between the Loess Plateau and the Inner Mongolia Plateau. It is also the frontier of the collision and integration of the Central Plains farming civilization and the grassland nomadic civilization. It is also an ancient battlefield where the Han nationality and the nomadic people outside the Great Wall competed.

When the 40,000-strong army crossed Yanmen Pass and arrived in the valley behind the pass, the sky had already turned bright.

The entire army was exhausted and could no longer fight.

There is no way, the road to Yanmen Pass is too dangerous, and it is extremely difficult to transport food and grass.

Seeing this, Han Zhen ordered: "Stay camp and rest for a day."

After having breakfast and feeding the horses, oxen and donkeys, the soldiers fell asleep after being tired for a day and a night.

In the main tent, Han Zhen and He Guan were holding bowls of rice porridge and gathered around the map.

At this moment, Han Shizhong was leading an army to besiege Jincheng.

There is also a mechanism at the wheel. Once the mechanism is opened, the wheel will be stuck and it will be extremely difficult to push it.

However, the resistance of the defenders was very tenacious. After the city gate was blasted, the defenders immediately pushed carts with swords and blocked the cave.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the city tower was suppressed, the soldiers who had arrived at the camp first rushed into the city gate.

Even with a huge shield on their backs, many of the soldiers who arrived at the camp first were injured.

If you want to take Jincheng, you must first break through the three hills and four towns.

"The city gate is broken!"

Han Shizhong drew out the steel knife from his waist and shouted: "The artillery battalion suppresses the defenders of the city tower and enters the city first!"

For a while, screams could not be heard.

The remaining soldiers put away their swords and advanced against the shield soldiers.

Boom boom boom!
The siege cannon was aimed at the tower and fired a volley.

Taking advantage of the darkness and the bombardment of siege artillery, Han Shizhong easily captured the two towns of Sangang, leaving only the towns of Shenwu and Pinggao in the north.

boom!
After three rounds of bombardment, the Thousand Jin Gate could no longer hold up and collapsed.

At the same time, taking advantage of the pause in the siege artillery, the defenders on the tower began to counterattack, and huge rocks and rolling wood were thrown at them from above.

The reason why these two towns have not been moved for the time being is that they are too far away from Jincheng County, more than twenty miles away, and they are in the north.

However, the first one was filled with panic, while the other one was filled with excitement.

As the saying goes, soldiers are more valuable than speed.

"Wan Sheng!!!"

He Guan suggested: "Your Majesty, Shuozhou is empty now, and the two cities of Shanyang and Wuzhou have only eight thousand defenders in total. They need to capture it as soon as possible. Then they will approach Datong Prefecture and form an encirclement. Otherwise, if it takes too long, , Yingzhou, where General Han is located, may not be able to withstand the Jin army’s counterattack.”

On the other side of the sword cart, there was a burst of chirping Jurchen words, and then there were defenders blocking the sword cart.

Yingzhou.

The front of the cart is wide and filled with sharp blades. Several knife carts lined up can block the city gate.

On top of the city tower, a Jurchen supervisor shouted: "Quick, block the city gate with sword carts, the crossbowmen camp is ready..."

"I know."

Before he finished speaking, there were several loud noises.

Relying on brute force, several knife carts kept moving backwards.

"Go to his mother's house and get a firearm."

Han Zhen nodded.

……

Boom boom boom!
Eight siege guns made of brass aimed at the southern city gate and bombarded them indiscriminately.

Although there is no dangerous pass like Yanmen Pass in Yingzhou, it is said that there are three hills and four towns to protect the golden city.

"Push away!"

Two chants sounded almost simultaneously.

Li Keyong established three hills and four towns in the east, west, north, and south directions of Jincheng County. Like stars over the moon, Jincheng County was firmly protected in the center.

The sword cart is a great weapon for defending the city.

The two thousand soldiers who first arrived at the camp looked up to the sky and roared, running towards the city gate.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and neither could do anything to the other.

As the commander of the Xianden camp roared, huge shields stood up in front and crashed towards the sword cart.

The fierce fighting continues.

"Quick, get on top!"

Datong Prefecture is a flat basin, and Datong and Shenwu Town are only a hundred miles apart. The cavalry can reach them in half a day's rapid march.

In fact, before the battalion commander could say anything, some soldiers couldn't help but take off their firearms.

Chi Chi Chi!
Five firearms were ignited at the same time, and after a silent count of seven or eight, they were thrown towards the back of the knife cart.

The next moment, a deafening explosion sounded.

The loud noise echoed continuously in the city cave, causing the eardrums of the soldiers who first entered the camp to tingle.

However, the effect was outstanding. After one round of firearms, the shield soldiers in front suddenly felt that the power of resistance disappeared, and they immediately roared and pushed hard against the knife cart.

After finally pushing back the knife cart, he was met with a volley of arrows.

Fortunately, there was a huge shield in front of him, which blocked all the arrows.

Seeing this formation, the commander of the Xianden camp knew that the Jin army was determined to fight with them in the streets, so he shouted: "Fish scale formation, street fighting!"

Wow!

The soldiers who rushed into the city first immediately switched formations and turned into small fish-scale formations.

No matter how fancy they are, they haven't been afraid of anyone yet!
The resistance of the Jin army was tenacious, but the moment the city gate was blasted open, the victory or defeat was decided.

As the Qi troops continued to pour in, the Jin troops defending the city were defeated and retreated.

The battle lasted until noon and ended completely.

A messenger came to the outside of the city and reported: "Commander, the Jin army has been wiped out in the city." "Yes."

Han Shizhong nodded, but there was no joy on his face. The intensity of the Jin army's resistance was beyond his imagination, which disrupted the plan.

At the latest in the evening, Wanyan Zonghan in Datong will get the news and send troops.

Therefore, we must race against time to capture the towns of Shenwu and Pinggao before the Jin reinforcements arrive.

Thinking of this, Han Shizhong looked up at the gloomy sky again and ordered: "General Yu, I now order you to command 10,000 troops and rush to Pinggao Town immediately. You must capture it before the Jin army arrives!"

"The general's order!"

Yu Jun answered with cupped fists, turned around and left in a hurry.

Han Shizhong himself left three thousand soldiers to guard Jincheng County, and then led the remaining 17,000 troops to attack Shenwu Town.

……

……

Da da da!
The rapid sound of horse hooves galloping on the official road.

The golden spy on the horse looked panicked, turning his head and looking back from time to time, with fear in his eyes.

A hundred steps behind, three spies from the scout battalion wearing leather armor and gray cloaks were seen chasing after them on horseback.

In fact, the moment the gate of Jincheng County was breached, more than fifty spies came out from the north gate and ran towards Datong.

Not long after these spies left, they were ambushed by the scout camp.

Of more than fifty Jin Army spies, only the last one managed to escape.

The two sides ran wildly for a while.

Suddenly, a large group of cavalry appeared at the end of the official road.

After seeing the attire of the opponent's cavalry clearly, the Jin Army spy looked surprised and shouted loudly in Khitan.

When the scout battalion chasing behind saw this, their expressions changed. They took off their hand crossbows and pointed them at the Jin spies and shot at them.

It's just that the distance between the two sides is too far, and the range of the hand crossbow is out of reach.

Seeing the Jin cavalry getting closer and closer, the leader of the scout battalion showed unwillingness and said: "Hey!"

……

"what?"

"The Qi army invaded Yingzhou and Jincheng County fell?"

Wanyan Zonghan was having dinner when he learned the news.

boom!
Putting the bowl upside down on the table, Wanyan Zonghan stood up and said: "Come here, please change my clothes and armor, and notify Orliyan, Wushi, Yelu Yujian, Gao Qingyi, Xiao Qing and other generals to go to the army. Camp!”

Under the scouting of his servants, Wanyan Zonghan put on a heavy suit of armor, mounted his horse, and led a group of Jurchen retainers straight out of the city and straight to the military camp.

All the way into the handsome tent, Wanyan Xiyin and others had already arrived first.

At this moment, they didn't understand what was going on, but the people present were all veterans who had been on the battlefield, and they could smell something unusual.

"Everyone I've seen is handsome!"

Seeing Wanyan Zonghan, everyone immediately bowed to him.

The man with the golden sword came to the main seat and sat down. Wanyan Zonghan said: "Just now, I received a secret report that the Yuzhou Army invaded Yingzhou today and Jincheng County fell."

"what?"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the tent.

Wanyan Loushi frowned and asked: "I dare to ask Du Shuai, how is Shuozhou and Weizhou??"

He is not a reckless man, but very strategic.

At first Aguda was hesitant about conquering Liao, so he asked Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Yinshu to be together.

Both of them saw through the reality of the Liao Kingdom and advocated launching an army to conquer the Liao Kingdom.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Wanyan Loushi to become the God of War of the Jin Kingdom just by relying on his personal bravery.

At this moment, after learning about the Qi army's surprise attack on Yingzhou, his first reaction was that Shuozhou and Yuzhou might not be spared.

Because if the Qi army only attacks Yingzhou, it will be surrounded by three sides.

The commander-in-chief of the Yuzhou Army was Han Shizhong. The two of them had fought against each other in Hebei, so Wanyan Loushi naturally knew that the other party was not mediocre.

His words made everyone in the tent wake up.

Wanyan Zonghan shook his head: "There is no news from Shuozhou and Weizhou yet."

Wanyan Yinshu analyzed: "Since the Qi army attacked Yingzhou, they would not let go of Shuo and Weizhou. However, Shuozhou was blocked by Yanmen Pass, and there were more than 8,000 troops stationed in Shuozhou itself. The Qi army was temporarily We won’t be able to enter Shuozhou for a while. The same goes for Yuzhou, where there are important places such as Pingxing Pass and Zijin Pass.”

"The general feels that the Qi army in Yingzhou should be annihilated in one fell swoop before the Qi army enters Shuo and Wei states."

Wanyan Xiyin and others nodded in agreement: "Not bad."

However, Wanyan Loushi refuted: "If it is an army from another country, it may be as expected by silver skills, but the Qi army has artillery in hand, and it is easy to attack the city, break through the pass, enter the bag and retrieve the items. Jincheng County has three hills and four towns to defend it. , but when the spies came to report, they said that they broke through the city gate in just a cup of tea. Who among you here can do it?"

Hearing this, Xiao Qing exclaimed: "General Oriyan means that Yanmen Pass may have been breached by the Qi army?"

hiss!
Wanyan Zonghan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

That's Yanmen Pass.

Wanyan Loushi said with a solemn expression: "This Qi army's surprise attack is obviously well prepared. The Qi army's scouts are elusive and all of them are brave. During the battle in Yanzhou last year, Orulu Bu suffered a heavy loss. Therefore, it is normal for no news to come from Shuo and Wei states."

Wanyan Zonghan was a little incredulous: "Qi Army's artillery is really that powerful?"

Wanyan Loushi nodded: "That's true. There are two types of artillery in the Qi army. One type has a sound like thunder and can hit for several miles. It can kill enemy generals in the midst of thousands of troops. The other type is used in field battles. Iron bullets can penetrate huge shields and heavy armor, and have a very wide range."

I think that Wanyan Loushi has followed Taizu since he was a child. He conquered Xiao Haili, conquered Liao Kingdom, attacked Xixia, and captured Emperor Tianzuo. He was sure to win every battle and never suffered a defeat. He always used the small to defeat the large and the weak to defeat the strong. .

However, last year in Hebei, he led an army of 60,000 people but was beaten by the opponent's 10,000 people until he cried for his father and mother.

He himself was almost beaten to death by Han Zhen. Fortunately, he was in amazing physical condition and managed to resist.

That battle was a great shame and humiliation for him.

What the other side relies on is firearms and artillery.

Only by personal experience can you know the horror of firearms and artillery.

(End of this chapter)