The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 10 Meat Grinder

"Report! Our army on the west road was attacked by the mysterious crossbow of the Song army, and the vanguard of our army suffered heavy casualties!" The scout replied panting.

"Report! Our South Army was attacked by the Song Army's mysterious giant crossbow, and our leading troops suffered heavy casualties!" As soon as the words fell, another scout ran in panting, out of breath.

After listening to the reports of the two scouts, Wanyan Zongwang's face was extremely ugly.

"Where's the East Road? Is there any news about the East Road?" Wanyan Zongwang asked.

The two scouts shook their heads.

"Hurry up and send someone to pass an order to Wanyan Zongbi, telling him to be careful of the huge crossbows of the Song army." Wanyan Zongwang said to the lieutenant general.

"General, now the four-way army has been blocked in three ways, and now we can only pin our hopes on the fourth prince." Wan Yanchang said to Wanyan Zongwang.

Wanyan Zongwang smiled wryly in his heart, if things were really as Wanyanchang said, it would be easy, I'm afraid Wanyan Zongbi did it knowingly that he couldn't do it.

"Forget it, you go there yourself, if there is anything, report to me as soon as possible." Wanyan Zongwang said to his lieutenant general.

The deputy general knew that the matter was urgent and took the order to go.

As for Wanyan Zongbi, it was exactly as Wanyan Zongwang expected.

Wanyan Zongbi also encountered Jingkangnu's attack, but unlike the retreat of other three-way armies, the Jin army under Wanyan Zongbi did not retreat, but continued to charge forward as if desperately.

It's not that these Jin soldiers are not afraid of death, it is actually Wanyan Zongbi who gave the death order, those who dare to retreat will be executed, and the first person to stand on the top of the wall will be rewarded with a reward of one hundred taels.

Either way, it's a death. Instead of retreating and being beheaded, it's better to fight hard. If you are lucky enough to climb the tower, it will be a hundred taels of gold.

There is a saying in the art of war that three times the enemy can attack the city, but in the current situation, the Jin army has only 2 people. When encountering the Song army who resisted desperately, it is not easy to climb the city wall.

The huge Jingkang crossbow was like a meat grinder, frantically harvesting the lives of the Jinjun who rushed forward, blood was flowing everywhere, broken arms and stumps were flying all over the sky, the scene was really scary.

At this point in the war, it is actually very difficult to retreat. The Jin army under the city has already been blinded, and the teammates around them are shot through by crossbow arrows, and the people behind will immediately rush up, one after another, The Jin army under the city looked like meat skewers pierced by bamboo sticks one by one. It looked a little funny, but people couldn't laugh at all when they saw it.

"General Zongbi, retreat, the Song army's giant crossbow is too powerful, if this continues, our army will suffer heavy casualties!" Wanyan Zongwang's deputy general hurried over and said to Wanyan Zongbi.

"No, so many soldiers have already been sacrificed. If we withdraw now, it will be a waste of all previous efforts." Wanyan Zongbi didn't want to stop here. In fact, sometimes this war is like a gamble, with so many people involved. If he couldn't get his money back, Wanyan Zongbi couldn't accept it at all.

"But General Zongbi, if this goes on like this, our [-] troops may have to come here." The deputy general said anxiously to Wanyan Zongbi.

"What did you say?" Enraged by the words of the deputy general, Wanyan Zongbi picked up his collar and said with red eyes.

The lieutenant general only felt as if he was being stared at by a wild beast. He lowered his head subconsciously, thinking of Wanyan Zongwang's purpose of calling him over in person, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "General Zongbi, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood." Burn, now that the Song army has come up with a giant crossbow from somewhere, let's avoid it first, and it won't be too late to make plans when we think of a way to crack it."

After all, Wanyan Zongbi was considered a fierce general. Hearing what the lieutenant general said, he took a deep breath and Yang Tian let out a loud roar, which could be regarded as venting all the turbidity in his heart.

"Ming Jin withdraws troops!" Wanyan Zongbi seemed to squeeze these four words out from between his teeth. That's right, these four words were simply a great shame to him.

"Report, the Jingkang crossbow is showing its power, and the Jin army is retreating." The Song army camp, before the scouts entered the camp gate, the sound of the victory report had already spread from afar.

In the big camp, Zhao Huan lived in the middle, and a dozen or so generals of the Song army sat beside him. Hearing the news from the scouts, all of them were excited.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the Jingkang crossbow you designed is really the number one artifact in the Song Dynasty. With this artifact in command, the safety of our capital city is guaranteed." Li Gang said excitedly beside him.

As a modern person, Zhao Huan clearly knew that although these cold weapons looked powerful, compared with real hot weapons, they were just like children compared with adults, and they were not in the same weight class at all.

"The Golden Army is only temporarily retreating, their main force is still there, and they have not really retreated, so don't take it lightly, send orders, hurry up to heal the wounded, and pay pensions to the soldiers who died in battle. Keep an eye on me. If someone Anyone who dares to withhold this money privately, no matter who it is, will be executed!" Zhao Huan ordered, but he knew that the Song Dynasty was very corrupt, and even if it was this kind of dead money, there were people who would dare to embezzle it.

The worries of these frontline soldiers who killed the enemy must be relieved, otherwise how can these people fight you desperately.

"I obey the order!" Seeing Zhao Huan's seriousness, Li Gang quickly agreed.

"It's a good thing that the Jin army has retreated. Let the gates of the city take turns to be on duty, and the rest of the people should take the time to rest to prevent the Jin army from attacking at night." Zhao Huan ordered.

Many soldiers nearby took orders.

The atmosphere in the Jinjun camp was a bit strange at this time.

Inside the commander's camp, several members of the Wanyan family looked a little unhappy. Wanyan Zongwang looked at the people present and asked, "Can you find out the origin of this weapon of the Song Army?"

"Back to the general, according to reports from scouts, it is said that after the new emperor of the Song Army came to the throne, he immediately ordered people to make this kind of giant crossbow. Now the Song Army named this kind of giant crossbow the Jingkang Crossbow." Wan Yanchang replied.

"Jingkang crossbow..." Wanyan Zongwang kept muttering the name of this giant crossbow, and asked, "Do you know how it was built?"

This is a treasure. If you snatch it, it is very useful for defending the city, but it is also very useful for attacking the city. If such a powerful arrow is fired, the city wall may be pierced.

Everyone shook their heads.

"The general wants this giant crossbow. It's not easy. When we break through Bianjing, these giant crossbows will be our spoils of war." Wanyan Zongbi said with a cold snort.

Wanyan Zongwang rolled his eyes, and said lightly, if Bianjing City was really so easy to break through, then the Jin army would not have killed or injured so many people this time.

(End of this chapter)