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

Chapter 240
By the moat, Zhai Jin's 3 men had already taken over all the visible siege ladders from the Western Route Army's siege infantry.

Zhai Jin stood on the bank of the moat, looking at the broken ice in front of him, and then at the smoke-filled top of the Wengcheng, wondering what on earth was going on?

As a middle-level general of the Song Army, although he had not seen the power of thunderbolts with his own eyes, he had heard about it more or less. Especially after Taiyuan General Yue Fei led his troops back to Kaifeng, rumors about the great victory in Taiyuan spread almost throughout the Song Army. opened.

After the false surrender, I occasionally heard soldiers from the Jin Army's West Route Army talking about why the West Route Army was so defeated during the Battle of Taiyuan. Apart from the unparalleled golden armored general, the most talked about was thunder bullets.

However, Zhai Jin was still a little puzzled. He had just asked the siege infantry of the West Route Army and found that no thunderbolts were thrown from the top of the city. They all exploded in the ice for no apparent reason.

No matter how hard Zhai Jin tried, he still couldn't figure out what was going on.

After pondering for a moment, Zhai Jin decided to risk crossing the river. Zhai Jin felt that since Shilang Han knew that he was pretending to surrender, he shouldn't kill these Song troops, right?

The ice facing the Wengcheng gate was no longer able to pass people, so Zhai Jin ordered 3 horses to be divided into two teams, and cross the river from both sides away from the Wengcheng gate.

The more Wanyan Zonghan thought about it, the more worried he became. Under the cover of two or three trench-filling trucks with adjustable-angle gratings, Wanyan Zonghan moved forward from the Chinese army so that he could see Zhai Jin's place as clearly as possible. He was aware of the situation at his headquarters, but he did not dare to get too close, lest he follow in the footsteps of Liao general Xiao Talin.

Without the barrier of Wengcheng, the [-] surrendered troops faced the Nanxunmen city wall. When they reached the center of the moat, they saw a hail of arrows coming. Under the cover of the shield soldiers, the entire army moved forward slowly.

Wanyan Zonghan frowned and looked at Wanyan Xiyin who was accompanying him: "Gu Shen, these arrows don't seem to be as dense as those in Taiyuan City?"

Wanyan Xiyin thought for a while and asked: "What does the commander mean..."

Before he finished speaking, there was another loud noise on the ice.

The two stopped talking and looked sideways

Although he couldn't see the specific situation clearly, he could see a small group of teams on the right that seemed to be in commotion. After a while, Zhai Jin shouted: "Don't panic! Keep moving!"

Only then did the situation stabilize. Under the attack of sporadic arrows, the whole army continued to move forward. Not far away, there was another explosion on the left and another commotion.

Wanyan Xiyin smiled and said: "Is there a possibility that the Kaifeng Song Army is counting on the strange weapons under the ice to break the ice and drown our army, so the archers guarding the city are not attacking with all their strength at this time?"

Wanyan Zonghan felt that what Gu Shen said made sense, so he was no longer suspicious. Since he could drown the enemy by exploding the ice, why waste arrows?
"If these surrendering troops rush over and capture Wengcheng, our people will follow their route to cross the river. If these surrendering troops cannot rush through, we will have to use the moat bridge. Goddess of God, the width of this moat, the trench bridge feasible?"

Wanyan Xiyin nodded: "Don't worry, Commander, it's enough!"

There were a few sporadic explosions on the ice, but they did not cause large-scale collapse of the ice. Zhai Jin's troops finally crossed the moat despite the rain of arrows.

Once across the river, Zhai Jin did not order the entire army to climb the city. Instead, he only used three ladders to set up on the wall of Wengcheng. Then he ordered people to quickly climb the city wall. Not long after, the gate of Wengcheng slowly opened. Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief: "The whole army obeys the order and enters the city!"

After that, he took the lead and rushed into the urn city. When the generals behind him saw it, they all followed Zhai Jin and rushed into the city gate.

The first batch of surrender troops to climb up to the top of the Wengcheng City had already cleared away the debris blocking the entrance to the upper and lower steps on the city wall. Then they followed Zhai Jin and rushed into the Wengcheng's large troops, quickly climbing up to the top of the Wengcheng City from the two stairs on the left and right. .

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin looked at each other, this Wengcheng was captured just like that?

"Why don't they take a ladder?" Wanyan Zonghan muttered.Wanyan Xiyin smiled and said: "The city gates are already open, why do we need a ladder? The Wengcheng city wall is connected to the Nanxunmen city wall. Let's just kill them. The commander-in-chief gives the order to cross the river!"

According to common sense, Wengcheng has been conquered. If the siege infantry of the Western Route Army rushes in at this time, not only can they quickly capture the Nanxunmen city head, they can at least stabilize Wengcheng and become an outpost for the Jin Army's siege.

However, Wanyan Zonghan didn't seem to be in a hurry. He smiled and said to Wanyan Xiyin: "Let the Song people fight among themselves for a while. No matter which side is seriously injured, it will be beneficial to us."

Wanyan Xiyin was startled and advised: "Then how will I explain to the second prince after the war?"

Wanyan Zonghan snorted coldly: "How can anyone attack a city without death? What should I explain to him?"

Wanyan Xiyin understood that Zong Han was taking the opportunity to weaken the second prince's troops. Although he felt it was inappropriate, he did not dare to say anything more and could only look at the top of Wengcheng from a distance.

Viewed from a distance, on the top of the Wengcheng city, the defenders of Nanxun Gate had rushed over along the junction of the city walls and were fighting with Zhai Jin's men.

Even from a few dozen feet away, the loud sounds of fighting on the top of the city could be heard.

Wanyan Zonghan sneered and immediately ordered: "Light cannon..."

"Commander, be careful!" Wanyan Xiyin knew what Wanyan Zonghan wanted to do.

If the light artillery were to hit the top of Wengcheng again at this time, it would be an indiscriminate killing. The Song army would suffer huge losses, and the [-] surrendered troops would be gone. If this was really done, the Second Prince would really be unjustifiable.

Wanyan Zonghan had already raised Ling Qi's right hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally lowered it slowly: "Forget it! Let them fight for a while first."

This is a situation seen from dozens of feet away. If the sight is at the top of Wengcheng, it will be a different scene.

The [-] surrendered troops were no strangers to the generals of the Song Army who came from the Nanxunmen city wall: "The former commander of the third battalion of the Zizhou Army, Liu Jin; the former commander of the Northeast Beijing Road, Zhang Maocai; the former deputy commander of the Qingzhou Army , Li Fu..."

They are all old leaders!
They were all "surrendered generals" who had just returned to Kaifeng with the Ministry of War officials a few days ago when the body of Wanyan Huonv was returned.

These generals were slashing left and right like murderers while shouting: "Lie down! Lie down! Lie down for me!"

The ones with brighter minds had already pretended to scream and lay down on the ground to watch the show.

Those with duller minds saw the blade strike in front of their eyes and stopped abruptly. Their butts were kicked by the old leader and he scolded: "Fuck you, can't you understand? Lie down!" Suddenly enlightened, he groaned and lay on the ground, muttering to himself: "What about pretending?"

Of course, there are also some really stupid people who are really cut and cover their wounds and lose their fighting ability, but there are not many such fools after all.

After fighting for a while, another team suddenly rushed over from the Nanxunmen city wall. This team was bent over and pushing carts. On each cart, there was a black stick as thick as a bowl. There is an iron cylinder at the mouth, and there are two supporting brackets under the iron cylinder mouth.

Zhai Jin crouched down, raised his head and asked the guard at the head of Nanxun Gate who was running by him: "What is it?"

The guard lowered his head to look at the costume and knew who was in front of him. He also squatted down and patted Zhai Jin on the shoulder: "Dongfeng Pao, General Zhai, thank you for your hard work. Let's wait and watch the show later!"

(End of this chapter)