Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

There is a baffle at the top of the Jin soldiers' Linchong, and two archers are condescending and shoot arrows at the Ming soldiers on the city.

The Ming army was also shooting at each other, but it was difficult to hit through the baffle.

A large number of rockets were pierced on Linchong, but the outer layer was covered with cowhide, making it difficult to ignite for a while.

It is not difficult for the Thunder Fire Soldiers to throw a four-pound Thunderbolt on the top of Linchong.

However, two archers of the Jin soldiers interfered, and there were spearmen stabbing at the top of the city. If the Thunder Fire soldiers were hit by arrows and fell down, the thunder might fall on the top of the city and blow up their own people.

So when they were halfway through Linchong, the Thunder Fire Soldiers had already made preparations.

They had long wooden poles and simple nets made of thin hemp rope. Place the thunderbolt in the net bag at the top of the long pole. After lighting it, the pole presses against the female wall and stretches out. The shield hand raises the shield to block the arrows of the thunder fire soldiers.

A Linchong was gradually approaching the city wall, and the golden soldiers holding spears were already stabbing at the top of the wall.

The golden soldiers in the back row hold short soldiers. As long as the distance is enough, they will jump directly onto the city wall.

"ignition!"

Use a match rope made of ramie to quickly light the fuse of the thunder.

The long pole was pivoted on the female wall and was pushed diagonally upward by a thunderbolt. The arrows of the golden soldiers were blocked by the large shield soldiers of the Ming army.

The spearmen of the Jin soldiers were still poking, and suddenly they saw the long pole stretched out, and it was pushed closer and closer diagonally upward, reaching over the front barrier and reaching above their heads.

What is this?

The golden spearman stabbed and stepped sideways to make room for the melee soldiers in the back row to board the city.

"Get down!"

"boom!"

There was a loud noise, and the thunderbolt hanging on the long pole exploded above the heads of the eight golden soldiers.

They were all destroyed on the spot and no one survived.

As for the Ming army approaching Linchong, they all lay down, and even the shield bearers pressed their shields against the wall to prevent them from being hit by flying shrapnel.

"Ah...my ass!"

Some people were still tricked, and after lying down, their butt suffered misfortune.

The Thunder Fire Soldier who caused all this was fine. He hid his whole body behind the parapet, pulled down his hands and used the parapet as a fulcrum to fix the long pole.

"Come again, come again!"

As the team leader shouted, another Thunder Fire Soldier had mounted the Thunderbolt.

Linchong Lu Bus has several floors, and a maximum of eight people can stand on one floor. The eight people on the top floor were just killed, and the Jin soldiers on the lower floor might climb up at any time.

In fact, the lower Jin soldiers were still wondering at this time.

They heard the terrifying explosion, but because the upper-level Jin soldiers died too simply, they did not let out any screams to alert the friendly forces.

After more than ten seconds, finally there were golden soldiers from the lower level, curiously climbing up the wooden ladder to the top.

The man's eyes were higher than the stairs, and he instantly saw a pile of corpses, and the corpses were still mutilated.

Except for two archers, the eight golden soldiers who were killed were all wearing double-layer armor. But the thunderbolt exploded at close range above their heads. Even if they were not hit by shrapnel, their heads would be damaged by the impact.

The two closest to them even had their heads deformed.

"What's going on up there?" a Jin general asked from the penultimate floor.

Jin Bing climbed up to check and subconsciously replied: "Dead, dead... dead!"

The Jin general asked: "Who died?"

The Jin Bing said: "They are all dead."

The conversation was suddenly interrupted and I didn’t know how to continue.

Finally, the Jin general roared: "Everyone, climb up and climb to the city quickly!"

The lower-level Jin Bing was confused and urged the Jin Bing who was lying on the wooden ladder to move quickly. But the golden soldier was frightened by the horror of the eight corpses. His legs were so weak that he couldn't move at all. He was quickly dragged down by friendly forces.

Another golden soldier climbed up, but also lay motionless on the wooden ladder, and then exclaimed: "Don't... don't come up, the enemy knows magic!"

"Hurry up to the city, those who are timid will die!" the Jin general shouted angrily.

The golden soldier had no choice but to climb to the top floor, and then came up one after another, looking at the corpses around him and looking at each other in confusion.

"ignition!"

The Jin soldiers who climbed up one after another saw a long pole with iron knots stretched out. Although they didn't know what it was, they subconsciously shouted in fear: "Run!"

Several people rushed to the stairs at the same time, but only one person could pass there.

"boom!"

There was another explosion, and once again there were no survivors at the top of Linchong.

The Jin general finally realized something was wrong and climbed the stairs tremblingly. As soon as he put his head out, he retracted and shouted in horror: "Escape quickly!"

Similar things happen on all Linchong Lu buses.

There were more than twenty teams of Jin elites hidden in the Linchong Hexingnu Wall. They were bombed and retreated in panic.

Those Han and Bohai cannon fodders were already suffering from low morale after being attacked. Seeing that the elites of the Jin Kingdom were fleeing, they all fled with them.

"Suspended rope!"

The archer, whose arms were already sore, gritted his teeth and shot arrows at the fleeing enemy.

The civilian husbands were urged by the officers from the other end of the top of the city wall to hang baskets down.

Some civilians carried oil cans and torches to burn the enemy's various siege equipment.

Other civilian husbands picked up arrows below the city, and even carried stones and put them into baskets, and the civilian husbands on the city pulled the baskets to collect the materials.

The siege equipment that the Jin soldiers spent many days building was burned to the ground by the Ming army.

Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Talan both owned imitation telescopes from Yanshan Mansion, and they clearly witnessed several explosions.

"Are we still going to attack the city?" Wanyan asked lazily.

Wanyan Zongbi also practiced Buddhism devoutly. Even after winning a battle, he would collect nearby Buddhist statues and Buddhist scriptures. He said with a dry mouth: "Could the Ming army have the help of the God of Thunder Bodhisattva?"

The gods of Buddhism and Taoism absorb each other.

The Taoist God of Thunder was integrated into Buddhism and became a protector. His image is like holding drumsticks in both hands, with many drum heads arranged in a halo behind him.

Wanyan Talan was much more materialistic: "Where did the God of Thunder Bodhisattva come from? It's clearly a firearm!"

Wanyan Zongbi calmed himself down: "With this firearm, it will be more difficult to attack the city than before."

"Withdraw your troops," Wanyan Talan said. "The soldiers sent out today were frightened to death. Even Tabuye (Dabuye) was broken. Tabuye is the number one warrior of the Bohai tribe. He was killed by the Ming army's firearms. I'm afraid no one from Bohai will dare to attack the city again. Even if they attack by force, they will surely retreat quickly."

"We mobilized a large number of troops and spent countless amounts of food and grass. Should we withdraw like this?" Wanyan Zongbi was unwilling to accept it. He stayed in Shangjing all year round and had few opportunities to lead troops alone.

"What else can we do if we don't withdraw?" Wanyan Talan asked, "If we don't send elites to attack the city, we can't attack it at all. If we send elites to attack the city, the Ming army will use those firearms again. Even if it is delayed for another month or two, it will be impossible to attack the city. Several parts of the city wall were destroyed by artillery carts. How could the Ming army invade the city if they had firearms? They would run out of food and grass, and the whole army might be annihilated by then!"

Wanyan Zongbi calmed down and thought about it over and over, but he always remembered the explosion scene in the telescope. He clenched his fist angrily and said: "Let's withdraw our troops tonight. I will go back to Jinzhou, and you will go back to Youzhou. We will fight again when we have enough food and grass in the future!"

Two groups of Jin soldiers slowly returned to the camp.

Wanyan Zongbi turned back three times with each step. He hoped that the Ming army would come out of the city to pursue them and he could take the opportunity to win in the field.

Then, the Ming army didn't come at all.

Li Bao just sent some soldiers and civilian husbands to clean the battlefield, waiting to continue the battle to defend the city tomorrow.

Liu E also followed Wanyan Talan into the battle this time, and one of his Han soldiers was used as cannon fodder to attack the city.

After returning to the camp, Liu E called his cousin Liu Yi: "There is an order from above. All ministries must pack their things and retreat tonight. Go down and prepare."

Liu Yi did not take the order and leave immediately, but said: "Brother, the Ming army's firearms are becoming more and more powerful, and the Jin Kingdom may not last long. Should we..."

Liu E said: "When I return to Yanshan Mansion, I will write a letter to Prince Zhu immediately."

Only then did Liu Yang become happy: "If the Jin people are defeated, they will definitely force all the tribes to move to Liaodong. By then, the population of Youyan will be sparse, and the Ming Dynasty will have to rely on our Liu family. Otherwise, Prince Zhu will not be able to recruit troops in the north." .”

Liu E thought: "This is not enough. I have to find opportunities to make contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Only by making great contributions can I be reused by Prince Zhu."

"How about assassinating Wanyan Zongwang?" Liu Yi suggested.

Liu E shook his head and said: "The risk of an assassination is too high. If the two armies can fight, it is best to find an opportunity to defect in front of the formation. If there is no chance to defect in front of the formation, then wait for the main force of the Jin soldiers to leave, and then we will lead our troops to intercept and kill each other. They can not only steal property, but also cut off some heads to perform meritorious deeds. Especially for the Shi family, Shi Liai is Wanyan Zongwang’s counselor. Prince Zhu cut off Shi Jian’s ear, so he must have hated the Shi family deeply.”

Liu Yi smiled and said: "Brother is really smart!"

…

Li Bao knew that the Jin people would withdraw their troops, but he didn't know when the other side would withdraw.

He had always sent people to keep an eye on them, but there were all cavalry around the Jin camp, and they wouldn't let the Ming army's scouting horses approach at all.

The light cavalry of the Ming army could only investigate from a distance, and felt that there seemed to be movement in the Jin camp. They wanted to approach but were blocked by the Jin cavalry.

After spending more than a dozen light cavalry, exact information was still not available.

It was not until dawn the next day that the Ming army approached the Jin camp and found that the Jin soldiers in the camp had withdrawn.

"Chase!"

Li Bao left a thousand soldiers to defend, distributed the newly captured soldiers and armor to the salt workers and peasants Qingzhuang, and took the remaining troops out of the city to pursue them.

By boat of course!

He did not pursue Wanyan Talan, who was further away on his way home, because that guy must be heavily guarded.

On the contrary, Wanyan Zongbi, whose return journey was closer, would be safe as long as he retreated to Jinzhou. The Jin soldiers would definitely be more likely to slack off on this journey.

Passing Juehua Island halfway, Li Bao took the garrison on the island with him and took a sea boat to ambush the Jin soldiers on their way back.

Wanyan Zongbi also prevented Li Bao from chasing him by boat, so he sent thousands of cavalry to explore the way.

These cavalrymen ran for fifty miles and reached an unknown river. It was called Ningyuan River in the Ming Dynasty and Xingcheng River in the Qing Dynasty, but now it has no decent name.

The cavalry patrolled both sides of the river, which was the most dangerous area for the Jin soldiers to withdraw.

Wanyan Zongbi led a large army and walked for two days. The whole army crossed the river safely, and their vigilance dropped by half.

After another day's march, Jin Bing crossed the Wuli River and Lianshan River in Huludao City one after another. Wanyan Zongbi completely relaxed his vigilance - just a few dozen miles away was Jinzhou City. The road ahead was mostly smooth, and the passage became particularly wide. The whole army does not need to march into a long snake.

There is no place suitable for the Ming army to set up an ambush!