Pirate Song

The blood of all the generals Gao Huaiyuan said suddenly boiled with enthusiasm. Although they were also shocked by the strength of the Jin army, after listening to Gao Huaiyuan's words, everyone suddenly became full of pride. It would be a good ending to be able to die for the country, so everyone immediately clasped their fists together to accept the order, and seeing that the panic on the faces of the people had disappeared at this time, and everyone showed flaws in their faces.

After Gao Huaiyuan said so many things, he dismissed everyone and returned to the place of duty to start the final preparations. However, he himself rushed to the city immediately and found Jiang Fang who was busy leading the crowd. Ye supervised the transportation of materials in the city, and got Jiang Fang's affirmative answer.

Batches of rolled wood and stones, bundles of arrows, barrels of turpentine and kerosene were continuously transported to and below the city wall by the people in the city, and they were hoarded below the city wall, so that they could be used at any time on the city wall.

And after two days of preparation, the craftsmen in the city also exerted all their strength, using local materials, and rushed out dozens of throwing carts in a row, and transported them to the top and bottom of the city wall at night, and placed them on the The location designated by Gao Huaiyuan, as well as various stones used as ammunition, were also transported to the designated location. After two days of preparation work, Huangzhou's city defense has undergone tremendous changes, and the Huangzhou defenders have been greatly strengthened. ability to defend against enemies.

Because Huangzhou will be the main target of the Jin army this time, Zhao Fang from Ezhou on the south bank also did not dare to take this matter lightly. The recruited township soldiers once again increased the strength of Huangzhou's defenders, and delivered a large amount of supplies to Huangzhou in two days, which also strengthened Huangzhou's defense force.

Jiang Fang took advantage of the time when the boats were commuting on the river, wrote a written report on the situation in Huangzhou, and handed it to Zhao Fang. Stick to it and wait for help, and you must support it until the soldiers and horses from all walks of life rush to Huangzhou.

And the many materials sent from the Ezhou camp in the past two days have also greatly enhanced the strength of the Huangzhou defenders. The sharpest weapon among them is the twenty bed crossbows, which were immediately placed by Gao Huaiyuan at the most dangerous position on the city wall As a result, he became the most powerful defender in Huangzhou.

Gao Huaiyuan had been busy until the middle of the night, when Gao Huaiyuan had the opportunity to personally go to the east wall to check the defense of the east wall. As his deputy, Zhou Hao, together with Guo Liang, also stayed up all night. Constantly patrolling back and forth on the city wall to check the readiness of the townspeople.

Although these village warriors from Daye County experienced such a battle for the first time, under the encouragement of their officers, they did not panic too much, but fell asleep on the city wall as instructed, and everyone Ready to fight, ready to fight at any time,

After looking at the situation on the east wall, Gao Huaiyuan was somewhat relieved. This time he can basically bring most of the elites from Crouching Tiger Village. It was a huge loss, so he made up his mind to keep Huangzhou City no matter what, otherwise, he would lose a lot!

"Brother, don't worry here. With my younger brother here, as long as you have a breath, you will never let the east fall! It's just that you are at the north gate, so you have to be more careful!" Zhou Hao followed Gao Huaiyuan to check After looking at the situation on the city wall, he whispered to Gao Huaiyuan.

"Well! You guys are actually the place where I feel most at ease. With people like you here, our country warriors in Daye won't be too cowards! But you should also be more careful, Jin Jun is here this time. Pusan ​​Anzhen The elite troops are not easy to deal with, let us brothers pay attention to protection, I hope you can all come home with me alive! Here I will leave it to you people! Be more careful!" Gao Huaiyuan spoke earnestly to Zhou Hao and others The person confessed in a low voice.

When the daylight gradually brightened, Gao Huaiyuan took a nap on the seat of the city tower to refresh himself. When he heard the sound of war drums outside the city, he immediately stood up and strode outside the city tower , looked out of the city.

For a long time, he wanted to meet Pu San Anzhen, the most stalwart general in the Kingdom of Jin, and this day finally came!Watching the golden army phalanx outside the city gradually advance to the outside of the city, Gao Huaiyuan waved the flag and shouted: "Positioning arrow!"

A group of archers stepped forward, and following the orders of the officers, they pressed down their bows with all their might, opened their bows and raised their arms, pointed to the outside of the city, and then released their arrows, falling a hundred steps away from the city. The white arrow feathers arranged at a fixed distance became a marking line in front of the Jin army. As long as the Jin army crossed this line, they entered the killing range of the Song army's bow and crossbow, which meant the beginning of the war.

After the Jin army followed the positioning arrows of the Song army on the city, it immediately stopped and continued to advance, and took a stand outside the city, forming a coercive trend against Huangzhou from a distance.

With the sound of the horns of the Jin army, a fast horse rushed out of the formation of the Jin army, galloped towards the city of Huangzhou, and immediately sat an officer in armor of the Song army, and went straight to the marking line formed by the positioning arrow In the front, the rein was reined in, and the horse circled back and forth outside the city, not moving forward.

"Damn traitor!" Someone cursed in a low voice in the crowd, and there was a contemptuous curse immediately on the city wall. Some people even spit at the general of the Song army below the city, expressing their disdain for him!

"Silence! Listen to what this guy will say!" Gao Huaiyuan raised his hand to stop the impulse of these soldiers on the city wall, and told them that wars often have routines, and siege battles like this In the past, the Jin Army would inevitably send people to persuade them to surrender, which is nothing surprising!

At this time, the surrendered general of the Song Army who rushed out of the ranks of the Jin army began to shout loudly to the city: "My brothers in the city are listening! I am Zhang Tianxiang, the defender of Macheng, and I am here to persuade you to surrender by the order of the Grand Marshal of the Jin Kingdom. Brothers!

Now Huangzhou has been surrounded by the army of the Kingdom of Jin, and my Song Dynasty court is so incompetent that it can't even protect itself. You don't have to serve such a foolish king, so you should quickly open the city and surrender!

Marshal is a trustworthy person, and I promise that as long as you brothers surrender the city, you will never be killed wantonly. If you are willing to settle in the Central Plains with the army, Marshal is welcome. Even if you don’t want to go north to settle, Marshal promises not to stop you. , as long as you put down your weapons, you can leave this place, and I promise not to hurt your lives!You brothers are just food for soldiers, why bother to lose your life here for the stupid officials of the Song Dynasty court? "

This guy has a really loud voice, and his voice spread all over the north wall of Huangzhou City, so that everyone could hear it clearly. Some timid people in the city were moved by it after hearing it.

Gao Huaiyuan sneered, stretched out his hand and whispered to Li Ruohu who was standing behind him, "Bring my bow!"

As Gao Huaiyuan pulled the bowstring, the body of the bow with two stones and five buckets was slowly opened with a slight creaking sound, and it seemed to be poured in Gao Huaiyuan's hands, without a trace of shaking, and it aimed steadily at the city under the city. The general of the Song army who was shouting, had a cold light shining on the sharp arrow of the three-edged armor-piercing arrow fastened to the bowstring.

"Don't hesitate, this is your last chance to survive. The Generalissimo said that as long as you dedicate your city and surrender, you will be rewarded with great rewards. Once the war starts, your swords and guns will be blind, and then you want to surrender... "The general of the Song army continued to stand outside the city and shouted loudly, but suddenly his voice seemed to be blocked in his throat, and the shouting stopped abruptly.

Seeing that there was something extra on General Song's chest suddenly, he looked down at the quivering arrow feather on his chest in disbelief, and saw that the whole arrow only had a short tail exposed on his chest , most of it has been submerged into his body, and the other end has come out through his body. Only then did he realize that he was shot through by an arrow, but how is this possible?He is still so far away from the city wall, who can shoot him with an arrow?

It's a pity that the next severe pain interrupted his train of thought, he screamed wildly on the horse, and fell under the horse on his back, fell into the dust and rolled without a sound.

"Song Jun doesn't have a scum like you, Da Song Erlang would rather die standing up than kneeling to live! The Jin soldiers outside the city listen! Don't do this boring thing again, just do what you can!" A very The loud voice resounded in the air, and it spread far outside the city like a spring thunder, which surprised the entire Jin army. They did not expect that there were such brave men in Huangzhou City.

Especially the Song general who persuaded him to surrender just now was far beyond the range of ordinary crossbows, and he would be pierced by an arrow shot from the city. This is only possible with a strong bow. incredible!

And Gao Huaiyuan's arrow immediately attracted cheers from the soldiers of the Song army who were watching on the city wall. They saw Gao Huaiyuan's archery skills for the first time today, and they actually hunted and killed those who persuaded them to surrender at such a long distance. The Song army surrendered, so the morale that had just been affected at the top of the city was once again encouraged.

At this time, Hu Luci, the vanguard officer of the Jin Army, sat on his horse, glanced at the cheering Huangzhou City, and ordered in a deep voice with no expression on his face: "Siege the city!"

Several long tube tubas were blown at the same time, making a dull sound of horns, and then the war drums were also sounded, and the sound of rumbling drums rolled over the battlefield. Teams of golden soldiers immediately, under the command of their respective generals, He started to walk again, raised his shield, carried the ladder and other objects, and advanced towards Huangzhou City.

This time the Jin army attacked Huangzhou City, and they had already prepared in advance. They brought a lot of ladders and other siege equipment with them. Dozens of cannons were brought along with them. They were also formed outside the city at this time. The guards of the Jin soldiers pushed towards the city wall of Huangzhou City, preparing to bombard the city with artillery stones to support the Jin army in attacking the city.

This kind of formal siege warfare can be said to be completely free of tricks. The fight is about the morale and offensive and defensive skills of both sides. Either side must pay the price in order to achieve the results they want in the war.

Following the actions of the Golden Army outside the city, the atmosphere in Huangzhou City suddenly became solemn. Teams of defenders ran up the city wall, prepared all kinds of defensive equipment, and were ready for the battle.

Gao Huaiyuan has long been familiar with the various tactics of this kind of urban offensive and defensive warfare. In this regard, he can be said to have made great efforts to study the various tactics of urban offensive and defensive warfare, especially Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty. During the years, Zeng Gongliang always wanted the classics of martial arts, so when he saw the Jin soldiers coming to attack, he was not very nervous. Come up with something new.

Although Jiang Fang's defense work in Huangzhou was not done properly during this period of time, he was not idle anyway. He had organized soldiers outside the city and set up several fortifications to delay the Jin army in advance. Outside the moat, he also organized people to set up a carbine-repelling gun outside the moat, dug a trench, and placed sharp staghorn wood in it. To a considerable effect.

At least if the golden soldiers want to get close to the city wall, they have to climb over these obstacles, and these obstacles are all within the range of the crossbow. If the golden soldiers want to attack the city without paying a little price, it is simply impossible.

Sure enough, the Jin army still adopted a steady and steady strategy. After the army started to advance, they had to solve the first ditch in front of them, so a large number of Jin soldiers, under the cover of shield soldiers, carried wooden boards and a large number of sand bags. They rushed to the first ditch covered with staghorn wood, trying to fill up the ditch with wood or sand bags, at least to open up a few passages forward.

And Gao Huaiyuan watched the actions of the Jin army calmly, and when he saw a large number of Jin soldiers stepping over the positioning arrows they shot and entered the range of the bow and crossbow, he immediately waved his flag and said: "Let all the bows and crossbows! "

Hundreds of Song soldiers with bows and crossbows immediately took a step forward and came to the parapet beside the city wall. Then they opened their bows vigorously, or used machine crossbows, and raised their arms to point in the air. Following the officers' orders, They loosened their bowstrings one after another, or pulled down their bows, and a cloud of arrows immediately floated from the top of the city, and drifted towards the Jin army's team, and then drew a circular arc in the air, with fierce wind and whistling sound. A lot of it fell into the golden army.

Shooting at this distance is not enough for archers to use direct aiming. All crossbowmen use diffuse, using the dense formation of the Jin army to kill the enemy with arrow rain, and the arrows fall The time basically falls from top to bottom, and the golden soldiers can only raise their shields to block the rain of arrows, so when they see the arrows on the city, the first few rows of golden soldiers immediately raised their shields above their heads, and then their There was a ding-dong sound on the shield, some of the arrows were blocked by the shield, but some arrows still crossed or passed through the shield, and were nailed to the golden soldiers, so the offensive and defensive battle of Huangzhou began, and a group of golden soldiers were killed. With a cry, he fell down on the way forward with an arrow stuck in his body.

Although Jiang Fang is not good at commanding operations, there are always knowledgeable people responsible for things like digging trenches. Therefore, the distance between the excavation of this trench is quite appropriate, just enough for the Song army's bows and arrows to shoot into the Jin soldiers who are close to the trench. , but the archers of the Jin Bing were unable to counterattack effectively because of their upward shooting. In this way, before the Jin Army broke through this trench, they could only defend passively. room.

Gao Huaiyuan would never waste such a god-given opportunity. He ordered the Song Army crossbowmen on the city wall to shoot arrows non-stop, trying their best to inflict a lot of damage to the Jin army. Like rain, the golden soldiers attacking the city shot a large number of arrows, and there was almost no pause here. Immediately, they shot and killed hundreds of golden soldiers in front of the trench, and injured many people. Less is cheaper.

When Song Jun saw Jin Bing deflated, his morale soared. He was a little nervous at the beginning, but after shooting a few arrows, he stabilized his mood, and you fought for me to shoot more arrows.

This caused a considerable delay to the attack of the golden soldiers, but after all, there were a large number of golden soldiers. After paying a certain price of casualties, the large group of soldiers finally began to approach the trench, and the shield hand gave way to the passage, followed by The golden soldiers immediately rushed forward, threw the wood and sand bags on their shoulders into the ditch, and began to fill the ditch, but under the heavy rain of arrows shot from the city, the golden soldiers who had just rushed to the front of the ditch lost their lives. Protected by shields, although many people dropped the things on their shoulders, they had no time to retreat. They were hit by arrows and rolled over in the ditch. The sharp staghorn wood at the bottom of the ditch immediately penetrated their bodies and pierced them. Died at the bottom of the ditch, the wounded golden soldiers howled at the bottom of the ditch, but no one could rescue them out of the ditch at this time, they could only become stepping stones for the subsequent golden soldiers, this is the cruelty of war , no one has the opportunity to sympathize with their fate.

Hu Luci is one of the brave generals in front of Pu San Anzhen's tent, and he made a lot of achievements in the South and North Wars with Pu San Anzhen. He didn't even blink for such a loss, and immediately held the knife expressionlessly and stood up. Among the Chinese army, he raised his eyes to observe the situation on the battlefield. This time when he marched into Huangzhou, Pu San Anzhen gave him [-] soldiers and horses as a vanguard, ordering him to conquer Huangzhou City as soon as possible.

Before coming here, through interrogating the Song Army prisoners of war, he had already learned that the Song Army defenders in Huangzhou City were weak, and the number of soldiers was no more than a thousand. Even if they got some reinforcements these days, there would not be too many Song Army stationed in Huangzhou, so Hu It can be said that Lu Spur's attack on Huangzhou is inevitable, because his number of troops has greatly exceeded that of the Song army, and his subordinates are all elite soldiers who have been fighting for a long time. Compared with the Song army in Huangzhou, He has an absolute advantage.