Judgement

Chapter 240 VII

Chapter 240 VII

The heavy rain in Chuzhou Mansion continued until it was near dusk before it gradually subsided. Zhao Li was like a straight javelin staring at the corpses of the five warriors lying outside the city for a long time.The rangers of the Jin soldiers guarded a hundred paces away from the city gate and patrolled back and forth. As soon as the city gate of Chuzhou Prefecture was opened, the Jin soldiers’ cavalry would sound the bull’s horn to lure a large group of Jin soldiers into the city...

Standing at the head of the city, Zhao Li was worrying in his heart that if a hero like Zhang Xiaowei broke out tomorrow, the war would break out.The corpses of the five warriors outside the Chuzhou Mansion will surely be trampled by horses and people, chilling the hearts of the soldiers in the city, and their morale will definitely be greatly frustrated.However, the distance between the corpses of the five warriors really gave Zhao Li a headache. After all, there are not many people who take risks for dead corpses on the battlefield...

Seeing Zhao Li's frown, Fang Zichou said with concern: "General, don't worry too much. There may be a way to get back the bodies of the five warriors in the near future. It's just that all the soldiers here cooperate with me to get the five warriors back." I am sure of success, but I am afraid that if the soldiers do not have enough rest, it will affect the battle tomorrow, so I dare not say it."

The soldiers at the top of the city heard the words kneeling on one leg and shouted in unison: "Deputy General Fang, just give orders, I will wait for General Fang to dispatch and retrieve the remains of Zhang Xiaowei and others. Please order the general!"

Zhao Li didn't understand and said: "Shao Bing, I don't know what tricks you have?"

"I don't dare to take a clever plan. There are seven parts of risk and three parts of luck in this plan. Whether it succeeds or not depends on God's will..."

Jin Wushu and Wan Yanchang rode horses and patrolled around the capital city of Chuzhou after the rain stopped.The more you look at it, the more it becomes clear that Zhao Li is not simple. There were originally four gates in the outer city of Chuzhou Mansion, east, west, north, south.Now the three city gates in the east, west and north have already been sealed by Zhao Li with huge stones, leaving only the south gate unsealed.Next to the south gate, there is still a narrow side gate. In front of the gate, there are sharpened horse-rejecting fences inserted obliquely into the ground...

Jin Wushu sneered and said: "Zhao Li was too cautious. He wanted to block the city gates to reduce the force to defend the city. But he also blocked his own way of retreat. It must be the place where Zhao Li will die."

Wan Yanchang sighed: "You haven't fought against Zhao Li before, that guy sealed the city gate and planned to retreat at all."

"Hahaha, if you are lazy, let's learn Zhao Li's skills! Drive!" Jin Wushu laughed wildly and rode away, as if he was already confident about breaking the city...

The night before the battle is usually very quiet, only the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin wandering outside the city of Chuzhou Prefecture like ghosts.A brazier made of turpentine wood was burning on the top of the city of Chuzhou Prefecture, and the light of the fire illuminated every plant and tree outside the city.The defenders of the city hold big bows at the top of the city. As long as the golden cavalry dares to enter the city gate within a hundred steps, they will be pierced by random arrows. Using the battlements as cover on the city wall, it was the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin who suffered in the end.

Until Jin Wushu ordered the cavalry to retreat outside the tent and not to attack rashly, the cavalry no longer went to the city gate to poke their heads.Jin Wushu wished that Zhao Li could open the city gate and attack the camp, so he made an appearance of being loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

After the ugly time passed, a little light from the side gate of Chuzhou Funan City came out.Several chestnut brown horses carrying soldiers from the Southern Song Dynasty sneaked out of the side door, and the Jinren cavalry immediately blew the bull horn, and thousands of cavalry rushed out in formation and rushed straight to Chuzhou Mansion.The soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty immediately bypassed the horse-rejecting fence and retreated back to the city. Before the Jin cavalry arrived and pursued, the heavy side door had already been closed.The Jin cavalry had no choice but to return in vain, Wan Yanchang and Jin Wushu saw all this and stomped their feet in hatred.

Wan Yanchang said angrily: "Zhao Li wants to send a few people to attack our Jin Army camp. This is too disrespectful to us."

Jin Wushu laughed loudly and said, "Tut laziness, it's Zhao Li who wants to test us. The behavior of jumping beams is not worth mentioning. Send an order to wait for the Southern Song soldiers to go out of the city for a hundred steps before the cavalry counterattack!"

The cavalry of the Golden Army led the order to retreat to the gate of the camp and waited quietly for the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty. The tense waiting made the cavalry of the Golden Army suffer a lot.I don't know when the soldiers from Chuzhou Mansion will come out again, some cavalry are already cursing loudly.Jin Wushu resentfully said: "Little Zhao Li wants to use a few soldiers to disturb our army's morale. Thousands of cavalry guard here until tomorrow as a soldier. They will definitely surrender! Leave a line of tiger and leopard battalion cavalry to continue watching, and everyone else will go back to their tents. .”

After the third watch, the south gate of the city was opened again, and there were obviously many more soldiers leaving the city this time.The soldiers going out of the city dragged forward on horseback as if they were taking a walk, and the slowness of the march was like a stroll in a pavilion.

Wan Yanchang yelled: "The southern barbarians dare to tease us, the cavalry will attack and kill these reckless southern barbarians!"

Dozens of cavalrymen full of anger charged out, and the few Song soldiers who came out of the side door were regarded as the ones who wanted to die.When Song Bing saw the Jinren cavalry approaching, he shot a volley at them first. After shooting the arrows, he didn't even give the Jinren a chance to fight back.Hitting the horse directly and turning back to the Chuzhou mansion, those golden soldiers who closed their breath at the side door immediately cursed.The Jin soldiers pulled the reins and stopped their horses a hundred steps away from the city gate, and shot towards the top of the city. The Song defenders also shot randomly, but the distance was too far, and the defenders hid behind the battlements. Most of the arrows shot were nothing. Meaning to vent...

Wan Yanchang rode his horse and was about to lead people to the Chuzhou mansion, but was stopped by Jin Wushu. Jin Wushu said with a smile: "Talk, if you rush up now, you will be in the middle of Zhao Li's trick. Chuzhou The mansion has only two thousand troops, and the cavalry is even more pitiful. Zhao Li is not a fool. Since he dared to tease us like this, it was nothing more than a bluff to prevent us from resting. It is really a good way to wait for work. You lead the troops to rush forward. Useful, it will only make the southern barbarians laugh. You see, there are only a few dozen guards at the top of the city, but they want to disturb my entire army. Since Zhao Li wants to play, let's play with him."

When Wan Yanchang heard that it was true, he got off his horse angrily and cursed a few words loudly to watch the changes in the city quietly with Jin Wushu.The Jinren waited for a long time again, and Chuzhou City seemed to be asleep without any sound.The Jin people outside the city gate were just about to return to the camp when they heard horns beating and drums beating at the top of the city, and then the side door opened, and a dozen Song soldiers came out slowly riding horses and holding iron shields.The golden cavalry shot arrows at them, and they immediately retreated into the city for a long time without any response. This was repeated three or five times. ...

But when it was about to dawn, the golden man was also tired and began to feel sleepy while sitting on the horse.The trumpets on the top of the city sounded again, and the only south gate of Chuzhou Mansion was opened.Hundreds of cavalry galloped out of the city gate and rushed straight at the cavalry of the Jin people with the momentum of thunder. The cavalry of the Song Army stood up their shields in the front row and shot in the back row, which stunned the cavalry of the Jin people.Four or five golden cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses, and the rest of the golden soldiers retreated one after another. There was a sudden reversal on the battlefield.When Jin Bing woke up and organized a counterattack, the Song Army had already retreated into the city, and the bodies of the five Song soldiers lying on the ground had disappeared...

Jin Wushu's face was gloomy and frightening. He never thought that Zhao Li would dare to take such a big risk for the sake of five dead people, and he only did it when he had to.Zhao Li, you are teasing me severely!It's really hard to swallow this breath if I don't smash you to death, Jin Wushu's clenched fists are rattling.Turning around and stopping drinking, the golden man's horn blew a long time, and the general offensive of the two armies was ignited in advance at dawn...

Layers upon layers of infantrymen from the Kingdom of Jin drove the vanguard troops to rush towards Chuzhou Prefecture. Those vanguard troops were ragged and held up swords and shields to cover their archers and shot at the Song army at the top of the city.Zhao Li fixed his eyes on the top of the city and saw that among the infantry driven by the Jin people were Liao people, Xixia people, Mongols, and Han people who surrendered to the Jin people.Zhao Li knew that the Kingdom of Jin was originally ruled by the Kingdom of Liao, and later Jin Taizu united with the Song Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty and invaded a large area of ​​Mongolian territory. The Western Xia Kingdom surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin.

After Wan Yanchang captured Shandong, the food and surrendered troops that swept Shandong were filled into the Jin army to make up for the strength of the Jin people.Under the city, there were Han people who were forced by the swords of the Jin soldiers to surrender, and began to instigate Zhao Li to open the city and surrender. Zhao Li looked at it contemptuously from behind the battlements. The torches illuminate the outside of Chuzhou Prefecture like daylight...

One hundred steps...eighty steps...fifty steps, Jin Guo's first death troops are getting closer and closer to the gate of Chuzhou Prefecture, and some infantry are already yelling and slashing at the rebels in front of the city gate. The horse fence is gone.Zhao Lida shouted: "All the soldiers found good cover to fight back, and shot the leading soldiers of the Jin people outside the city. They must not be allowed to approach the city gate and kill them!" The arrows shot down the city like locusts, reaping the lives of the Jinren infantry who attacked.

When Jin Wushu saw that the rejecting horse in front of the city gate was almost completely chopped down, he smiled coldly.Jin Wushu didn't care about the life and death of those surrendered soldiers, what he wanted was their lives in exchange for the arrows in the hands of Zhao Li's defenders, just when the surrendered troops were about to rush under the city gate.Jin Wushu drew out the long sword in his hand, and pointed the sword's edge at the Chu state mansion, ordering the Jin men to set up wooden ladders to prepare to ascend the city.Chuzhou Mansion has been blocked by Zhao Li, leaving only one city gate. It would be a waste of money to go to other places to open the city gate.The golden man stepped forward with the help of the meat shield of the descending army, carried the long ladder on his shoulders and put the iron shield on his head, braved the rain of arrows and rushed to Chuzhou Fucheng to get off the shelf and climb on the long ladder.

Zhao Li stopped drinking on the top of the city wall, and suddenly threw many ceramic jars from the city wall.Some of the ceramic pots fell on the ground, some on the wooden ladder, and some simply fell on the iron shields of the Jinren infantrymen, smashed into pieces, and the outside of the city was filled with the pungent smell of kerosene.After the flames flickered on the top of the city, rockets shot out of the sky one by one, and the Jinren's infantry immediately became a sea of ​​flames.The golden men howled loudly in the sea of ​​flames, twisting their bodies covered in fire and falling down from the wooden ladder one by one.The fire in Chuzhou Prefecture reddened the dark night before dawn. I don’t know how many people can no longer see the new sun that is about to be born...

Wan Yanchang roared furiously: "Little Zhao Li used this trick to stop me Dajin again, Jin Wushu, what ability do you have to break through the Chuzhou government!"

Jin Wushu looked at the Jiangjun and his fellow soldiers in the sea of ​​flames not far away, and said viciously with murderous intent on his face: "I said that if you can break the city today, you must break it for me. Zhao Li will die today..."