The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 182 Tunnel Warfare Hey Tunnel Warfare

At night, when Taiyuan City's West Route Army camped outside the city, a curfew was implemented.

This can prevent Jin Army spies from sneaking into the city to cause damage and detect intelligence to the greatest extent.

At this time, three thousand Beiwei troops had gathered in the martial arts arena.

The team behind the Wei Army is relatively complicated. It was selected from the Hedong Road Ma Army that Yue Fei took over in the past few months, the Mighty Army left by Han Shizhong, the Shengjie Army originally stationed in Taiyuan, and even the Xiang Army selected by Yang Zaixing. , a new army formed after winning from the strongest.

To be precise, it should be a special combat force.

The intensity of daily training is much greater than that of ordinary teams. Not only that, the training subjects are even more diverse. Not only melee weapons such as swords, guns, swords and halberds, but also bows and crossbows, riding and shooting must be trained.

In addition to these individual soldier quality training, the collaborative combat capability is also super strong, and the orders and prohibitions are truly fulfilled.

Even if one person faces an iron pagoda of the Jin army, he can do what he says.

Looking at the entire Song Dynasty, probably only Yue Fei could develop this iron willpower and super obedience.

Yue Fei, dressed in military uniform and with a long sword on his waist, stood on the martial arts stage and issued a combat mission: "3000 people are divided into one hundred squads, with 30 people in each squad. Tonight we will sneak into the tunnel. Tomorrow we will listen to the sound of cannons as a signal and fight our way out of the tunnel." You have half a moment to kill as many gold thieves as you can, and you must return from the tunnel after half a moment!"

"Order!"

That night, everyone in Taiyuan City went about their own business, and it became quiet until the sky turned white.

Early the next morning, the Jin Army's pit-filling team, guarded by archers, moved step by step to pull earth, unload earth, and fill the pond. It took most of a day to fill a pond.

At noon, a loud noise was suddenly heard from the top of Taiyuan City, like hundreds of firecrackers exploding at once.

Not only the Jin Army who were filling holes in the ponds, but also the Jin Army camps on the periphery could hear it clearly. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up in the direction of Taiyuan City.

There was nothing unusual at the top of the city, but in the next second, groups of Song troops suddenly emerged from the ponds that had not yet been filled in. Even in the areas that had been filled in, several soldiers emerged. Many Song troops made dumplings for the Jin troops who were filling the hole.

The archers who were responsible for the escort drew their bows and nocked arrows, but they didn't know where to shoot because there were Song troops in all directions.

These Song troops were well-equipped. Almost everyone was wearing infantry armor, holding a small round shield in their left hand and a standard saber in their right hand. They were charging towards the Jin Army team filling the pit.

Since Han Shizhong took up the post of Minister of War, the Taiyuan garrison has been in shortage of military equipment.

As the Jin army's archers were scattered, the Song army came from all directions. Under the protection of shields and infantry armor, the bows and arrows could not cause any effective damage at all. Instead, the archers were rushed in face-to-face and were stunned for a while.

Some archers simply threw away their long bows and picked up shovels for digging soil to attack the Song army.

As can be imagined, the Jin army suffered heavy casualties.

Although the war has just begun, news has already been received from the Jin Army camp.

Wanyan Zonghan laughed angrily: "Not only did they not surrender, but they also launched an attack on our army?"

The drums were beating loudly in the military camp, and the light cavalry was ordered to charge. The area cleared these days was enough for the cavalry to rescue them.

This alone was not enough to vent Wanyan Zonghan's anger. After the light cavalry, the infantry also rushed out with more than a thousand people. Commander Wanyan Zonghan ordered: "Since we are here, let everyone stay!" Wanyan Zonghan wanted to use this group of Song troops Head, come and tell the Taiyuan guard: You have offended me!
The distance between the Jin army's camp and this pond was not far away. The cavalry charged and arrived in a moment. The cavalry in front had already drawn their bowstrings and arrows roared out. After a burst of long-range shooting, the Song army also fell to the ground. few.

In a corner of the battlefield, a Jin Army archer slipped and fell to the ground. Just as he was about to get up, he saw a knife slashing his head. When he was about to die, he suddenly heard someone from the Song Dynasty shouting: "Time." Come, retreat!”

The knife that was aimed at his head was retracted abruptly, and the Song soldier who killed him turned around and ran away without any hesitation.

After watching the Song Army jump into a pit, the Jin Army recovered from the fear of death and shouted to the cavalry who came to rescue: "Over there, they jumped in from over there!"

The battlefield that had been filled with loud killings just now became quiet. The Song army, which had thousands of people just now, disappeared without a trace in an instant.

From start to finish, it really only takes half an hour.

It happened to be the time for the cavalry to set off from Jin Camp and charge to the battlefield.

This group of cavalry who came to the rescue, together with thousands of infantry who came later, looked at the continuous ponds around them and listened to the pain of the Jin Army archers who were missing arms and legs and were not yet dead in the filled area. Moaning, at a loss.

This feeling is as uncomfortable as holding your breath and wanting to punch someone, but only air comes out when you punch out.

The cavalry general Wanyan Yinshuke said angrily: "Look, find all the tunnel exits!"

It is too troublesome to find the tunnel entrance between the unfilled ponds, but in the cleared area, it is not troublesome to find it, especially when the Song army retreated, there was no disguise at all.

Wanyan Yinshu looked at these tunnel entrances and pondered for a moment: "This tunnel should lead directly to the city. Abandon your horse and follow me to fight in!"

After saying that, he jumped off the horse and was about to enter the pit, but was stopped by the deputy general: "General, be careful of fraud. Why don't you report it to the commander first?"

In Zonghan's tent, the general of the Jin army, who had suffered two defeats, was feeling angry and uncomfortable.

Wanyan Zonghan sat in front of the big case without saying a word.

"Report! Our army suffered more than [-] casualties, and most of them were crossbowmen."

After hearing the battle report, Wanyan Zonghan's face turned even darker.

Before reaching Taiyuan City, thousands of people were killed?
"The Song army relied on the tunnels to come and go freely, and our army was defenseless." Wanyan Xiyin sighed: "We don't have to think too much now, we just need to fill in the pond as soon as possible, and the sooner we clear the area for siege, The more advantage it will have for our army.”

"I understand the truth, but what should I do if the Song army is harassing me every day?" Wanyan Yinshuke shouted, "Anyway, the tunnel entrance has been discovered. Why don't we send troops to fight directly into the city from the tunnel?"

Zong Han shook his head: "The tunnel is narrow and can be used as an ambush. If we send troops in hastily, no matter how much fire or water they use, we will have no way to come back and only increase casualties. Now that we have discovered some tunnel entrances, seal them all." "

"Will the filling of the pond continue?" Wanyan Yinshuke asked again.

Zong Han clapped his hands on the big case: "Of course continue! The more the enemy stops us, the more it proves that we are doing the right thing. The Song Army is afraid that we will clear the siege area and confront them head-on, so they use all means to harass them. How can we do this? What do they want?"

Zong Han's face darkened: "Gushen, starting from tomorrow, we will mobilize 1 infantrymen to guard the front row. Yin Shu can. You lead your cavalry to accompany the hole filling team. Tell your soldiers that we are not doing farm work. We are fucking attacking the city. I don’t believe it, the Song Army dares to show its face!"

(End of this chapter)