Fenghou

The sound of war drums sounded suddenly, and two thousand crossbowmen of the puppet army rushed up like a tide.

Chen Qing shouted sharply: "Defend the city bow and prepare!"

Three hundred soldiers put down their spears, took out their defensive bows from their backs, and drew out a long and thick soldier arrow. They stretched out the bow and set up arrows, lined up in two rows, and the arrow points pointed at the air at a 45-degree angle.

"Shoot!" Chen Qing ordered.

The defensive bows on the city were fired first, and 100 soldiers and arrows fell into the archers like raindrops. More than 100 soldiers fell down screaming, but for the [-] archers, more than [-] people were killed without any surprise.

They also shot back at the top of the city with their bows and arrows. In fact, from their angle, they couldn't hit the soldiers at the top of the city at all.

However, the target of the archers was not the soldiers who fired the arrows, but the soldiers of the Song army who appeared at the battlements and shot down the stones when the main force attacked the city.

At this time, two thousand soldiers of the puppet army rushed in like a second wave, carrying thirty siege ladders, and they were about to rush to the bottom of the city. Chen Qing could see clearly that the thirty siege ladders were actually wooden rungs. , did not replace the iron crossbar like the second siege, what is going on, is there a mistake in the connection of the golden soldiers?

Chen Qing was ecstatic in his heart, and shouted: "Axeman is ready, shield is covering!"

They still had more than a dozen axemen. They thought they would be useless, but they didn't expect the enemy to make such a low-level mistake.

Indeed, changing the iron rungs of the siege ladder was only Han Chang's personal idea, and there was no consensus among Jin Bing. How could the proud Jurchens adopt the idea of ​​the Han people?

They will learn their lesson only after they themselves have been hit badly.

Two thousand enemy troops rushed to the bottom of the city like a gust of wind, and put a siege ladder on the top of the city. The first to appear on the top of the city were a dozen axemen. ...

The siege soldiers jumped up and began to climb up the city. The soldiers of the Song Army on the top of the city had stopped shooting and took up their spears again. Folding, let out a desperate scream before dying, rolled and fell to the city.

The arrows under the city were as dense as a torrential rain. Although there were shields on the top of the city to cover them, soldiers of the Song Army were constantly shot by arrows and turned over and fell down.

The embarrassing situation that occurred on the first day of the siege was repeated. The siege soldiers were threatened by rolling logs and rocks, and finally climbed to the top. There was at least one person's height from the top of the city, but the stair rung was blocked. It was cut off, and it was impossible to climb up or down, and the ladder below was full of unsuspecting puppet soldiers.

Either jump off the city by himself, or be stabbed by the Song army's spear and overturn the city, there is no third choice.

Of the thirty siege ladders, only the puppet soldiers of the three siege ladders were fighting fiercely with the Song army on the top of the city.

Wanyan Wulu also noticed this scene, he frowned, and ordered: "The building car attack!"

"Ugh-"

The bottoming horn sounded on the battlefield, the drums beat rhythmically, and the most powerful building car of the golden soldiers finally attacked.

Two thousand Jurchen soldiers followed the five huge building carts, holding shields and short spears. This time it was the Jurchen soldiers who attacked the city, and Wanyan Ulu was bound to win.

Chen Qing looked at the approaching building cart with a serious expression. The building cart was well-made and made of thick materials. It was covered with thick cowhide on all sides, especially the front was made of logs spliced ​​together. It can't penetrate, its weakness is the chassis, but the defenders on the top of the city can't attack the chassis.

According to the previous discussion between Chen Qing and the generals, the only way to deal with the building car was to use fire, but the building car was full of Jurchens holding shields, and it was not easy to attack with fire.

What about bed crossbows?Can the bed crossbow show its power and break the enemy's building car?

The more than 1000 puppet soldiers under the city retreated like a tide, and the archers also retreated. It seemed that there were only five monster-like buildings left between the sky and the earth, rumbling forward.

"The bed crossbow is ready!" Chen Qing shouted.

A bed crossbow was also pushed up and aimed at the building car that was getting closer.

"The bed crossbow shoots arrows!"

Forty bed crossbows fired jackdaw arrows at the same time, and they shot at the building car with incomparable force.

"Puff puff!"

Five hundred iron arrows hit the building cart powerfully, and the iron arrows penetrated into the wood, but they still failed to penetrate the log, and the arrow tails got stuck on the log.

More than a dozen jackdaw arrows hit the uppermost baffle overpass, but the overpass was covered with iron chains, and the iron arrows even shot fire, but they still couldn't penetrate them, unless a heavy catapult was used to smash them.

Chen Qing's heart sank immediately, he couldn't even shoot the crossbow through the bed, could it be that he could only attack with fire?

He didn't have much confidence in Huo Gong, but at this time Chen Qing had no choice.

"Prepare for fire attack!"

Bundles of straw were brought up, topped with kerosene.

The first building car withstood the city wall, and erected a flyover. There are at least 30 Jurchen soldiers wearing iron helmets and holding short contradiction cards. They are all burly and hideous, like a pack of wild wolves.

When the bridge deck just fell, Yang Hua shouted, "Throw it in!"

Soldiers of the Song Army threw dozens of ignited bundles of wheat straw into the building car, together with seven or eight fire oil tanks, and the flames spread rapidly and burned blazingly.

A dozen Jurchen soldiers were splashed with kerosene and caught fire all over. They screamed and jumped down to the city.

But there were too many Jurchen soldiers, most of them ignored the flames, and still ran and jumped to the top of the wall. They screamed and killed the soldiers of the Song army, and the soldiers of the Song army also roared to meet them, and the two sides fought fiercely in an instant.

A steady stream of Jurchen soldiers came to kill them. They were all strong in physique, strong in armor, and fearless of death. The Song army fell into a passive position. There were more and more Jurchen soldiers on the top of the city, and they could not use long or short spears. , the two sides switched to fighting with swords, and the casualties on both sides became more and more serious. They were injured and fell to the ground, unable to stand up, and were trampled to death in the end.

Yang Hua was targeted by the Jurchens, and five Jurchen chiefs besieged him. He chopped off the heads of two Jurchen chiefs with a knife, and another knife next to him pierced his lower abdomen without a sound...

There were already three building vehicles on the top of the city, and there were nearly 200 Jurchen soldiers rushing up to the top of the city. Chen Qing's injuries had healed, and he stabbed with a sword and spear, killing more than [-] people in a row, and his eyes were red.

What made Chen Qing anxious was that the fire attack did not achieve its goal. Although several building trucks caught fire as planned, they were still inexperienced and thought the problem was too simple. Burned, even if they are engulfed in flames, it will not prevent enemy soldiers from using it.

If these buildings cannot be destroyed, Guancheng will inevitably fall, what should we do?

"General Yang, no!"

A soldier shouted wildly. When Chen Qing turned his head, he was so shocked that his liver and gallbladder burst. He saw that Yang Hua was covered in blood, his right arm was gone, and his intestines were still hanging out. Jin's gunpowder barrel rushed up the building car, and jumped into the building car.

"Boom!" The gunpowder barrel exploded violently, and the huge shock wave blasted the building car into two sections.

Chen Qing closed his eyes in pain, he opened them suddenly and shouted, "Blow them up with powder kegs!"

He picked up a bucket of gunpowder, grabbed the torch and lit the kindling match. When it was about to burn to embers, Chen Qing ran a few steps and threw it vigorously. The gunpowder bucket was accurately thrown into the exit of a building car three feet away.

Dozens of Jurchen soldiers in the building car exclaimed together, only hearing 'Boom! There was a loud noise, black smoke filled the air, and half of the building was blown up.

The Song army followed suit, and the third and fourth building vehicles were also blown up...

Chapter 52 The Decisive Battle

At the cost of Yang Hua's life, the Song army found a way to restrain the building cars, and cut off the follow-up Jurchen soldiers from going to the city. However, a large number of Jurchen soldiers rushed to the top of the city and started a bloody fight with the Song army soldiers. There are still more than 1000 soldiers in the city. A Jurchen soldier went to Bucheng.

Wanyan Wulu could see clearly, and immediately ordered: "Support twenty siege ladders!"

Hundreds of soldiers from the puppet army rushed forward carrying the siege ladders. One after another, the Jurchen soldiers climbed up the city, and suddenly dropped several barrels of burning gunpowder from the top of the city, falling into the crowd. Gunpowder barrels exploded continuously, several siege ladders were blown off, hundreds of soldiers were overturned to the ground, and the strong shock wave and explosion caused nearly a hundred casualties.

But a few barrels of gunpowder could not change the situation of the siege. More and more Jurchen soldiers rushed to the top of the city. The Song army on the top of the city was already at a comprehensive disadvantage, and the casualties were increasing, and there were less than a hundred people.

In desperation, Chen Qing kicked the kerosene jar and smashed the kerosene jar, and the kerosene splashed everywhere. Chen Qing then threw the torch into the kerosene.

"boom!"

The flames burned rapidly on the top of the city. Logan suddenly came to his senses and led other soldiers to smash nearly a hundred kerosene altars. Black kerosene poured out one after another and filled the top of the city. Hundreds of bundles of straw were ignited, turning the city into a sea of ​​flames.

Chen Qing shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"

He opened a bloody road and led dozens of soldiers back to the entrance of the corridor. Under the leadership of Yang Yuanqing, the [-] Song troops at the two entrances firmly resisted the Jurchen soldiers' attack into the city.

Soldiers screaming and burning were everywhere on the top of the city. Countless Jurchen soldiers couldn't bear the roasting of the fire, and they were covered in fire, rolling and climbing up the city ladder to escape.

At this time, a Song Army soldier covered in fire rushed out, pointed to the northeast corner and cried, "Luo Du's head is still on the wall!"

With a loud roar, Chen Qing turned over and rushed into the raging fire. He rushed over in one breath. The fire was slightly smaller in the northeast direction. Luo Gan was covered in blood, covering the retreat of several injured soldiers of the Song Army. Several Jurchen soldiers held swords in their hands and stared at him like a pack of wolves.

Chen Qing rushed forward, wielding his long spear and killed several people in a row. The remaining Jurchen soldiers retreated after seeing his incomparable bravery.

Luo Gan was seriously injured, Chen Qing picked him up and rushed towards the corridor...

Chen Qing rushed to the city and put Luo Gan down slowly. Not only did Luo Gan have more than a dozen cuts on his body, bleeding profusely, he was also severely burned by the fire, his hair was gone, and his chest heaved violently.

He grabbed Chen Qing's hand with his last strength, and said with difficulty: "No matter...however, we must hold...hold..."

As soon as he let go of his hand, he passed away.

Chen Qing's tears were already streaming down his face. He closed Luo Gan's wide-open eyes with his hands, and a stream of hot tears flowed down, "Don't worry, unless the enemy troops step over my corpse!"

Chen Qing stood up, wiped away tears and ordered: "Vice General Yang, throw all the remaining kerosene to the city!"

……

The flames on the top of the Jianbaiguan city were soaring, and there were no more soldiers alive. More than a thousand Jurchen soldiers also retreated hundreds of steps away, staring blankly at the five destroyed buildings, as well as the flames and flames above the city. thick smoke.

Wanyan Wulu looked at the raging flames at the top of the city in shock, and then his eyes fell on the city gate, which was scorched and hung on the city gate in tatters.

"Can the city gate be attacked?" Wanyan Wulu turned around and asked.

Wan Yanhui, the commander-in-chief, hurriedly said: "Marshal, there is a huge stone tens of thousands of catties stuck in the city gate, and it cannot be dragged out. There is another big stone blocking the gap, and then there are thousands of sandbags... "

"I just asked if you can attack?" Wanyan Wulu interrupted Wanyan Hui with an angry roar.

"Report to Marshal, don't attack!"

Wanyan Wulu clenched his fists and snorted heavily. He looked at the sky and said to everyone: "I believe the other party's fuel has been exhausted. After dark, hold a torch and continue to attack the city. Before noon tomorrow, Guancheng must be captured by me!"

……

Five soldiers of the Song Army were drawn to die. Chen Qing judged that the enemy would definitely fight at night, and they could use the cover of night to blow up the enemy's buildings.

The building cars are too much of a threat to them. It may not be successful to blow them close to the city wall. It is best to blow them up first.

Chen Qing said to the five dead warriors: "The battle at night is very chaotic. Be smart, and you have a great chance of surviving. No matter whether you survive or not, I will reward you heavily!"

The five soldiers of the Song Army nodded silently. In front of them were five gunpowder kegs. The gunpowder kegs were not big, they could only hold five catties, and they could be carried behind their backs.

"Leave after dark!"

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At nightfall, tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers held up their torches and took care of their arrows like daylight. The sound of war drums shook the sky and the horns wailed. Jurchen soldiers and puppet soldiers rushed up one after another like a tide. The siege ladder and the last five building vehicles are also on standby at any time, ready to attack the city.

The flames on the top of the city had already been extinguished, and the charred corpses had been cleaned up. Yang Yuanqing took the lead and led 50 soldiers to fight again.

The rolling logs and stones on the top of the city fell like hailstones, and soldiers kept screaming and fell down the city, and Jurchen soldiers rushed to the top of the city, and were killed by the heroic Song army...

The ten tiger shooters were still lying in ambush on the wall in front of the horse, constantly shooting the strong enemy generals or soldiers with the god arm crossbow.

"Commander, the third defensive position in the east, please help!"

A thin soldier stumbled towards him and shouted. Chen Qing recognized him. He turned out to be Du Min, a scholar who wrote letters to the soldiers. He also put on armor and held a short spear in his hand. Pale and bloody.

"Help him down to stop the bleeding!"

Chen Qing ordered the medical soldiers to take Du Min down, and he turned his head and shouted hoarsely: "Old Zheng, support the third defensive position in the east!"

From fighting in the early morning to now, Chen Qing's voice has long been hoarse.

Zheng Ping led fifty men to the third defensive position in the east, which was the Jurchen's attacking position. A dozen of the mighty Jurchens had rushed to the top of the wall, and the Song army escort guarding this position had been killed. The next seven or eight soldiers were killed and retreated steadily, and the situation was extremely critical.

With a loud roar, Zheng Ping rushed up with fifty soldiers, and in one go, he killed more than a dozen Jurchen soldiers and went to the city.

There was also a crisis at the No.15 defensive position in the west. A Jurchen centurion in heavy armor stood on the battlements, like a huge black bear, sweeping over the heads of the Song army with a mace in his hand. The head of Song Jun was smashed.

All three tiger shooters shot him, but the Jurchen centurion didn't realize it, as if he hadn't been shot at all.

Chen Qing was very anxious, picked up a short spear and threw it vigorously, the short spear drew a lightning bolt, "Puff! The short spear pierced through the helmet and head of the Jurchen centurion, and the centurion raised his head to the sky and screamed, and fell backwards.

Although he was dead, dozens of Jurchen soldiers under him had rushed to the top of the city, each one extremely fierce.

"follow me!"

Holding a shield in his hand, Chen Qing grabbed a big ax and rushed up, followed by a dozen of his men.

This gap has been opened by the Jurchen, and a steady stream of enemy troops are coming to the top of the city. Chen Qing first wants to cut off the enemy's way to the city.

He rushed to the top of the stairs and hit hard with his shield. A Jurchen soldier who had just climbed to the top of the wall screamed and fell down the wall.

"Cover me!" Chen Qing roared hoarsely.

A dozen soldiers behind rushed forward, withstood the counterattack of a group of Jurchen soldiers on the top of the wall.

Chen Qing used his shield to resist the enemy soldiers climbing up. He saw that the rungs of the siege ladder had been replaced with iron and could only deal with the handrails. The handrail was cut off, the siege ladder shook violently, several Jurchen soldiers couldn't stand, and fell to the city one after another.

He then cut off the handrail on the other side, pulled and pushed hard, and the siege ladder lost its center of gravity and fell sideways. A dozen Jurchen soldiers screamed and jumped down the city.

Chen Qing felt a pain in his left shoulder, and was shot by a cold arrow, followed by an arrow in his back. He was hit by two arrows in a row, and the Jurchen had already fixed his eyes on him.

Enduring the severe pain from the two arrow wounds, he picked up a spear, roared, and killed dozens of Jurchen soldiers on the top of the city...

There was a sudden 'boom' explosion on the battlefield, and a building car [-] paces away overturned and fell down.

Before Jin Bing could react, the other four buildings exploded continuously, or their chassis were blown up, or they were blown into two pieces. This was something that all Jin Bing did not expect. got off the bus.

Wanyan Wulu was so angry that he jumped into a rage, and immediately ordered to put all the siege ladders into the city, and then put in [-] troops. They must take down the Jiandao Pass by noon, otherwise all the siege soldiers will be killed!

'Boom!Boom!Boom! '

The sound of war drums kept going all night, and wave after wave of attacking golden soldiers fought desperately to attack Guancheng.