Reborn Yue Feizhi returns my rivers and mountains

Wang Zhen's words were so impassioned that all the generals below were moved. So they all stood up and said, "I am willing to die with the general!"

Lu Yundi wanted to persuade him again, but was stopped by Wang Zhen: "The angel's good intentions are understood by all the generals, but Taiyuan Mansion must not be lost. I also asked the angel to report back to Your Majesty, saying that the garrison of Taiyuan Mansion is willing to live and die with the city. If you want It is absolutely impossible to cede land!”

Lu Yundi had no choice but to come to the city in a bamboo basket, enter the Jin camp and report back to Nianhan. He explained in detail that the defenders in the city refused to accept the edict and still insisted on defending. Nianhan was furious, so he attacked again.

Wang Zhen was well prepared at this time and immediately led his troops to the city to fight. He saw the gate of Nianhan camp wide open and thirty guns arrayed outside Taiyuan City.As soon as Nianhan's flag was waved, thirty cannons threw out their cannon stones and flew toward the top of the city with fire and smoke.

When Wang Chen saw this, he quickly ordered his people to dodge. Suddenly, a cannonball as big as a bucket entered the city and landed among the broken tiles and ruins of the city.Fortunately, Wang Zhen had already seen the Jin army's offensive, so he prepared a "virtual gate" on the city and covered the oars with "chaff bags". The "virtual shed" and the "chang cloth bag" are similar to protective nets. When the Jin army's artillery stones hit them, they will act as a buffer. If they fall on the war shed or the raft, the destructive power will be greatly reduced.

After a round of shelling, Nianhan gave an order, and the Jin army drove thousands of people from surrounding counties to the front of the formation, and the Jin soldiers mixed in with the team and attacked the city wall.Although there were artillery in Taiyuan City, because the Jin army drove the people forward, Wang Zhen was unwilling to harm the people, so the artillery was left empty.

As the number of Jin soldiers increased and they attempted to forcefully cross the ditch, Wang Zhen ordered the defenders on the city to shoot downwards. After one round of shooting, the Jin soldiers retreated without attacking.

Seeing this situation, he ordered dozens of Dongzi carts to be rolled out. These carts have a hollow bottom, an ax blade on the upper cover, and four wheels.The cover has a single rope as its spine and is covered with raw cowhide. There is an open space in the middle that can shelter dozens of people.The Song army's arrows could not penetrate the cowhide, so they had no choice but to hide the Jin soldiers pushing the cart inside.

The Dongzi cart was loaded with wood and firewood. When they arrived at the ditch, the Jin soldiers threw the firewood into the ditch, covered it with straw mats and straw mats, and placed soil on top of the straw mats to fill the trench with flat ground.

I saw the Jin army sending Dongzi chariots back and forth, preparing to fill in the trenches and attack the city.Wang Zhen immediately sent someone to insert a fire drum (a kind of tubular bellows) into the small hole punched in the city wall.When the Jin soldiers had accumulated a lot of firewood in the trench, Wang Zhen sent people to use rockets and kerosene to shoot the firewood in the ditch. Then he asked people to stir up firewood. Suddenly, the fire took advantage of the wind and swept the firewood in the ditch. They were all ignited, and for a moment the flames soared into the sky, and no one could get close.Not long after, all the firewood in the ditch was burned.

Although Wang Zhen's strategy was outstanding, the Jin army was powerful after all, so they still broke through the trench and pushed up the goose cart, the weapon of siege.This goose cart is a siege vehicle used to destroy city walls. It is different from the city breaker cart. The latter uses huge wood to hit the city gate, while the former has a long wooden handle with a rake or shovel attached to the top. .When they reach the city wall, the Jin soldiers will tilt the wooden handle to dig a gap in the earthen city wall to open a passage for the rear army.In order to prevent the Song army from shooting at it with rockets, the goose cart, like the Dongzi cart, was also covered with rawhide on the top and wrapped with iron sheets.This goose cart was made by Nianhan based on the height of the city wall. It was built slightly higher than the city wall so that it could look forward to the top of the city and downward to the city's feet.It's just that there are wheels underneath the goose cart, but because of its heavy weight, it still needs hundreds or even thousands of people to push it when attacking a city. It moves very slowly, and it has a long neck and a tall shape, like a big goose, so it's called a goose cart. .

When the Jin army was rushing to make siege equipment outside the city, Wang Zhen had already made corresponding preparations in advance.He set up jumping buildings in the city, also like goose shapes, where people could be hidden in the middle.When the goose cart arrived, Song Jun threw out the long rope tied with stones and wrapped it around the top of the goose cart.Then the Song soldiers pulled the rope together with all their strength. Due to its towering height and unstable center of gravity, the goose cart was soon pulled forward and unable to move forward. Instead, it caused numerous casualties to the Jin army hiding inside.

In this way, the soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it. Although Nianhan is also a famous general of the Jin Kingdom and has extremely outstanding military strategies, he is helpless in the face of a hedgehog-like city like Taiyuan.

Since Nianhan followed Wanyan Agu and raised his army, he was sure to win every battle and conquer every attack. He had never encountered an opponent like Wang Zhen.Seeing that the siege was not going well and the Jin soldiers suffered heavy casualties, he had to stop the siege and had to change his strategy and tactics.After some hard thinking, Nianhan prepared to besiege Taiyuan City for a long time.He ordered people to plant antler trees several miles outside Taiyuan City, leaving only a small path in the middle for people to walk, and sent people to patrol from time to time.

After everything was arranged, Nianhan took command, while the rest of the Jin army divided its forces to capture the surrounding counties and counties of Taiyuan.As a result, the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan City were cut off from communication with the outside world and were trapped in the isolated city.At this time, the Jin army could not attack the city, and the Song army was unable to break through the Jin army's blockade. They had to fight here to see which side could not hold up first.

At this time, in Bianjing City, Emperor Qinzong, under the persuasion of Li Gang, Zhong Shidao and other important ministers, gradually understood the important strategic position of the three towns of Taiyuan, so he issued an edict:

"I accept the great entrustment entrusted by the Emperor Daojun. In fourteen days, the Jin army has reached the capital. The ministers suggested that donating gold and silk and dividing the land can alleviate the disaster. With the spirit of Lai Zongshe, the defense was not lacking, and the army retreated after a long time. And Jin People want to make an alliance, but it cannot be guaranteed in the end. Now that King Su has crossed the river to the north, Zong Han goes deep into the south to attack Longde. Before he reaches the three towns, he defeats Yuan Yue first, and kills and plunders the ladies in the broken prefectures and counties he passed through. How painful it is to pursue the blame! We have ordered the Yuan Lord to negotiate with Li Bangyan and send envoys Xu Di, Li Yue, Li Ye, and Zheng Wangzhi to depose them all. We have also ordered Zhongshi Dao, Yao Gu, and Zhongshizhong to come to the aid of the three towns. I However, the size of the land of our ancestors cannot be shared with others, and we must protect the location of the mausoleum. We vow to hold on to it, and we cannot bear to trap the people of three towns and twenty states in order to steal our temporary peace. Be united with the people, protect the territory forever, and broadcast it to China and foreign countries, so that I can be informed. As expected, I still communicate with the commander-in-chief of the three towns."

Emperor Qinzong's edict had been issued. Zhongshi Zhong originally came to aid the capital, but the siege of the capital had been lifted before the army arrived. So he accepted the edict and was appointed deputy envoy to the Hebei and Hedong roads. He and his brother Zhongshi stationed troops on the road to guard it. Huazhou.

Seeing the arrival of the army, Zhongshi Dao ordered Yao Gu to lead [-] troops to rescue Taiyuan. Zhongshi led [-] troops to rescue Zhongshan and Hejian. The third route was led by Zhang Hao from Fenzhou to the north.The three armies acted as each other's horns and advanced to break the siege of Taiyuan.

Yao Gu took the order and mobilized a large army to attack Longde Mansion. After a few days, the city was broken and Longde Mansion fell into the hands of the Song army again. He then led his troops to take advantage of the victory and marched in. However, he did not want to reach Longzhou Valley and was surrounded by more than [-] soldiers of the Jin army. block.The two armies fought several battles, with each winning and losing, but it was difficult for Yao and Gu's army to advance.

Zhongshi left Taihang Shanxi from Jingxing, defeated the Pingding Army, and took advantage of the victory to capture Shouyang County.At this time, Nianhan could not attack Taiyuan for a long time, so he left his general Yin Shuke to take command while he returned to his base camp Yunzhong.

This silver skill is really good. First, he defeated the Song general Huang Di's 30 troops in Wenshui County with a partial force of [-] troops. He killed [-] troops in the formation and gained countless good horses and military resources. Later, he rejected Yao Gu in the Longzhou Valley. Moving forward, they then defeated the Song army of Fan Kui, Shi Shen, and Gao Feng who came for reinforcements under Taiyuan City, and took the opportunity to seize Taigu and Qi County.

However, Zhongshi was worthy of being a famous general in the Song Dynasty. During the march, he secretly sent his subordinate Huang You to sneak attack Yuci County. They defeated them in one battle and harvested tens of thousands of dendrobium grains.However, the armies of Yao Gu and Zhang Hao had not yet arrived, and the Zhong division was afraid that the lone army would penetrate deep and find it difficult to sustain, so they returned to station their troops in Zhending, waiting for the other two armies to arrive and jointly relieve the siege of Taiyuan.

At this moment, there was another disturbance in the court.