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

Chapter 23 I am Han Shizhong of the Song Dynasty

Seeing that the Jin army failed in the first two attempts, they adjusted their deployment this time and pressed forward in three directions. Li Gang asked the messengers to mobilize all the crossbowmen at the nearest gate on both sides of the West Water Gate to assemble towards the West Water Gate.

After a while, at least a thousand crossbowmen gathered on the wall of Xishuimen.

Speaking of the crossbowmen of the Song Dynasty, they can be said to be the best in ancient and modern times. For a hundred years of the Song Dynasty, the attribute points of weapon technology were all focused on long-range shooting!
It is said that those crossbows with a range exceeding that of the AK47 are all unique to the Song Dynasty. Even in the era of hot weapons in later generations, no one can reproduce a real Song Dynasty god arm crossbow, so it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the fake.

But no matter what, anyone who has studied the war history of the Song Dynasty knows that as long as it is a city defense battle, especially a city defense battle with archers as the main force, the Song Dynasty almost never lost!

Following Li Gang's order, arrows rained down like rain!

The Jin troops guarding the fireships along the river were shot in a chaotic formation. Some of them were so unlucky that they were shot into hedgehogs!Some jumped into the Bian River because they had nowhere to dodge, and drowned after a few flops.

Someone in the Jin army shouted: "Charge over, rush over quickly!"

As long as they can get close to the Song army, the crossbowmen on the city will have no target to shoot at. They cannot attack indiscriminately. They can kill eight hundred enemies and lose one thousand to themselves.

Although these Liaodong Han troops are not as elite as the Jin army, they have been fighting in the east and west over the years, and their quality is not weak. With the loss of a small number of troops, they successfully attacked the Song army's positions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and the crossbowmen lost their role. , can only start fighting!
On the way south to touch the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zongwang's Eastern Route Army encountered almost no effective resistance. The Song troops along the way either withdrew without fighting or collapsed at the first contact. Therefore, in the view of the Jin army, the soldiers and generals of the Song Dynasty were all I'm a coward and I don't dare to resist them.

But when they charge forward with their sabers dancing, the normal script should be for tigers to invade the flock of sheep and destroy them.

But what these Jin soldiers didn't expect was that the group of Song soldiers who were smashing boats along the coast were even louder than them, and they roared to meet them.

The two armies started fighting on the river bank, and for a while they were evenly matched.

Although the Jin Army infantry did not take advantage, the Song Army on both sides of the bank did not have time to take care of the fireboats on the river. After the catapults sank two of them, the other one was getting closer and closer to the water gate!

And behind this fire ship, there were more than a dozen warships. If these Jin troops broke through the door, they would have to fight in the city.

Although there were at most a few hundred Jin troops on board these dozen ships, there was no way they could withstand the ravages of the [-]-horse infantry mobile in the city, but to defeat the city in the first attack was a huge loss of momentum!
Li Gang was staring at the fire ship and thinking about whether to send troops out to support him. Suddenly he saw the West Water Gate opened wide and a group of soldiers and horses rushed out in the dark.

This group of soldiers and horses is not the defenders of other city gates, nor is it the mobile horse infantry in the city.

Because without Li Gang's order, these defenders did not dare to act without authorization.

Li Gang frowned and asked the deputy general beside him: "Whose soldiers and horses are these?"

The deputy general squinted and looked at the sky for a long time: "I don't have a serial number, I don't know!"

Li Gang was stunned: "Go and call the city gate guard!"

A moment later, the city gate guard rushed over: "Go back to Mr. Li, the ones who just came out were mighty troops!"

Li Gang was furious: "Who asked you to open the city gate!"

The guard felt aggrieved: "There is an official handwriting!"

Li Gang then extinguished his anger and turned to look at the river bank outside the city!
I saw the mighty troops charging out, some of them fought to the front of the formation, and the other part cooperated tacitly to hook, drag, and smash the boat when the fire boat was less than five feet away from the water gate.After finally sinking it, Li Gang just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the mighty army had hooked a Jin army warship!
The warship was smaller and was quickly dragged to the shore. The golden soldiers on the warship were crowded in the narrow warship and could not even swing their swords. However, the mighty soldiers on the river bank were holding spears and spears, and they were as mindless as stabbing watermelons. stamp!In less than half a stick of incense, the two ships of golden soldiers were completely killed!

Some who jumped off the boat to escape were shot to death as soon as they swam to the river embankment before they could climb up!

This is the first time that the Jin Army attacks the city, and their defeat is certain!

Li Gang was finally relieved and said to the deputy general next to him with a smile: "The Jin army is neither as good as tigers, nor as good as otters, but also..."

Before he finished speaking, the deputy general pointed downwards and exclaimed: "Someone is heading towards Jin Camp!"

Li Gang squinted his eyes, trying hard to see clearly the battle situation below the city, but the night was already dark, and he could only see a hundred or so cavalry, ignoring the Jin army on the shore, heading straight towards the Xiaoheng Bridge!
Li Gang was shocked: "Who is that?"

On the river bank, Han Shizhong was carrying a chisel-gold tiger-headed gun and a maroon war horse on his hip. He was in a deserted place among the Jin Army infantry. Anyone who stood in the way would die!

Along the way, he stabbed left and right, and after provoking dozens of people, he didn't want to fight, but headed towards the Xiaohengqiao where the Jin Army's former command was located!
Han Shizhong had not enjoyed such a thrill of killing for four years. When he was still serving in the Western Army and fighting fiercely with Tubo in Xixia, the enemy general said: "Don't be targeted by Han Shizhong on the battlefield. If you are targeted by him, you will die!" "

Back then, thousands of troops chased and killed the Xixia Prince Consort and the Supervisory Army one by one, and were eventually killed by their horses. The man who single-handedly defeated hundreds of thieves in Qingxi Cave with one shot, and captured Fang La with one hand, he is back again!
Seeing the defeat in front of the battle, the former commander of the Jin Army quickly sent additional troops and horses to reinforce. Before the reinforcements left the military formation, they saw a bald monk wearing armor riding on horseback. Before he could react, he was already there. More than a dozen people were knocked to the ground, and the rest subconsciously moved out of the way in fear.

Looking at the back of Yi Qi Juechen, he realized: "Return to defense! Return to defense!"

When these Jin soldiers turned around and chased back, everyone was dumbfounded, because the former army commander had been shot in the chest by the bald monk, and his body was lifted up high: "I am Han Shizhong of the Song Dynasty. I don't want to die. I put down my sword." , otherwise we will kill without mercy!"

This explosion frightened all the Jin soldiers and made them lose their minds.

At this moment, the shouts of killing came from a distance. The Song Dynasty Imperial Army, which had already cleaned up the Jin army's warships, had also rushed to Xiaohengqiao under the leadership of Guo Yaoshi. Seeing this bald monk carrying the Jin army's former command, After seeing the corpse, Pharmacist Guo was speechless. He turned to the soldiers beside him and asked, "Who is this person?"

The soldier looked horrified and shook his head repeatedly: "I don't know!"

Pharmacist Guo muttered: "As expected, there is one emperor and one courtier. The empress rules the world, and the young generals fiercely attack the three armies. This time I surrendered correctly!"

The Battle of Xishui Gate, which was originally a fierce battle all night, ended in two hours. Under the leadership of Li Gang, everyone rushed to the imperial study room overnight.

In the imperial study room, Zhao Fujin was sleepy, rubbing his eyes and asked: "Is it dawn?"

Chun Xia, who was waiting next to him, smiled and said, "Guan family, it's only the middle of the night!"

Zhao Fujin yawned and asked Li Gang, "Is it all over so soon?"

Li Gang was overjoyed: "The officials directly chose the Jin Army's front army to command because of General Han's bravery!"

Han Shizhong raised his head.

Zhao Fujin was startled when he heard this, and then he saw Han Shizhong was also in the imperial study. His expression suddenly changed, he patted the imperial case and shouted: "Han Shizhong! Can't you listen to what I say?"

(End of this chapter)