The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

The top brass of the Jin Army soon discovered that the defenders were switching defenses, so they stepped up the offensive again. For a time, several sections of the city wall were on the verge of being captured by the Jin soldiers. Song Jiang's two captains, Guo Sheng and Lu Fang, were facing each other. The surging large number of enemy soldiers and generals were a little unable to withstand it for a while. Among them, the sprig of Fang Tian's painted halberd in Lu Fang's hand was accidentally caught by the enemy's weapon and could not be withdrawn for a while. A golden soldier took advantage of this gap to break through its blockade and kill the man with bright armor. Song Jiang looks very high-status at first glance.

Upon seeing this, Song Jiang quickly pulled out the long sword from his waist and blocked it in front of him. The swords and swords quickly collided fiercely seven or eight times. Song Jiang performed superbly this time, blocking all the attacks of the golden soldier. Attack, and then when the opponent's strength is too old and he has to withdraw his attack, he lifts his right foot and kicks him hard in the abdomen.

The Jin soldier was kicked by Song Jiang and fell to the ground. His butt hurt from the fall, and because he was wearing heavy armor, he couldn't get up again for a while. Song Jiang caught up and stabbed his neck with his sword. Then he grabbed the hilt of the sword with both hands and cut off his neck abruptly.

The Jin Army soldier screamed in pain, then grabbed the sword with both hands, and did not let go even though his palm was cut with blood. The two sides could not help but be in a stalemate for a while.

In the end, because the Jin Army soldier lost too much blood and his strength weakened, Song Jiang finally succeeded in cutting the opponent's neck with a sword, and then withdrew the long sword.

As a result, when he pulled the long sword back, he discovered that the long sword had some distortion due to the wrestling between him and the opponent.

"Brother Song, withdraw first!"

After Guo Sheng and Lu Fang repelled this wave of attacks by the Jin army, they stepped forward to persuade Song Jiang.

"Yes! Lord Shangshu, it's too dangerous here, you'd better retreat first!" Many of Song Jiang's soldiers also tried to persuade him at this time. After all, they all knew that this eldest brother was a civil servant and had real strength. No!

However, Song Jiang did not listen to the persuasion of these subordinates at all. He had just watched several old brothers from Liangshan shed blood on the battlefield, and now he was rarely aroused with anger and murderous intent.

I saw the big leader of Liang Shanshuibo throwing the bent long sword in his hand to the ground and yelling at the soldiers beside him: "If these golden soldiers don't retreat, I won't retreat either." , get my knife!"

Song Jiang did not want to withdraw, and others did not dare to take him down by force. A simple sword made of dark alloy with a golden dragon pattern on it was quickly carried over by a soldier.

This simple sword was also rewarded by Emperor Ye Tianlong after Song Jiang joined the Qinglong Empire after seeing his hard work and achievements and tailor-made it specially for him.

It's a pity that after obtaining this imperial sword, Song Jiang has never used it to kill an enemy! Usually, at most, a decorative sword is hung around the waist.

But it seems that this simple sword is finally going to see blood today. After Song Jiang grabbed the simple sword from the hands of the soldiers, the Jin army just launched another wave of fierce attacks. At this time, the shift changed Not all the soldiers had been able to reach the top of the wall, which caused defense gaps to appear in many places on the city wall.

So Song Jiang, surrounded by two pro-army captains, Guo Sheng and Lu Fang, and dozens of pro-army soldiers, rushed towards one of the gaps.

As soon as a Jin Army soldier climbed up the wall, his head was chopped off by Song Jiang who came over with a knife. The headless body rolled down from the ladder, knocking down many more Jin Army soldiers.

However, many Jin Army crossbowmen below the city wall soon fired arrows at Song Jiang. Although Song Jiang quickly retracted his sword, he was still hung with seven or eight arrows.

"Brother Song, are you okay?" Upon seeing this, Guo Sheng and Lu Fang hurried forward and asked worriedly.

Song Jiang felt it carefully and found that none of the arrows actually penetrated his armor, so he waved his hand pretending not to care at all, pushed away the two worried captains, and replied angrily: " It’s okay! These few arrows can’t hurt me.”

In order to prove that what he said was true, Song Jiang quickly rushed forward and killed several Jin soldiers.

Seeing that Song Jiang was indeed fine, Guo Sheng and Lu Fang could finally lead their soldiers and fight with peace of mind against the Jin soldiers who kept pouring onto the city wall.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, as the sky gradually darkened, the sound of Ming Jin's retreat finally came from the Jin Army formation.

The soldiers of the Jin army who were also exhausted from fighting couldn't help but feel as if they were being pardoned when they heard the sound of gold ringing, and quickly retreated one by one.

The soldiers on the side of the Qinglong Empire were also so tired that their limbs were so weak that they couldn't muster the energy to chase down and intercept the retreating Jin Army soldiers.

Only Li Kui, a war madman, was still waving the two axes in his hands, cutting down the Jin Army soldiers passing in front of him.

After all the Jin soldiers finally withdrew, this guy still leaned out from the wall, wanting to see if there were any alive Jin soldiers under the wall that he could chop down.

"Tieniu, come back! Save your energy, we have to fight again tomorrow!" Seeing this scene, Song Jiang shouted to Li Kui.

Li Kui listened very well to what this elder brother said. After hearing this, he immediately came to Song Jiang with his two axes that had been dyed dark red. He said to Song Jiang with a look of amazement: "Brother, you actually did this today." He also went to fight in person! No injuries, right?"

"With Guo Sheng and Lu Fang protecting me, I didn't get hurt! I'm just exhausted. Those Jin soldiers really don't look like humans! They're so powerful!" Song Jiang sat on the body of a tall Jin soldier. , raised his hands and rubbed his sore shoulders and replied.

"Haha! I think those golden people are almost like monsters, so naturally they can't be considered human beings!" Li Kui smiled and sat aside after hearing this, and then wanted to take off his armor to cool down.

When Song Jiang saw this, he quickly stopped Li Kui. To be honest, he was also hot now! After fighting Jin Bing for such a long time, Song Jiang felt as if his whole body had been steamed halfway, and he felt even more wet and uncomfortable under the thick armor.

However, Song Jiang had heard that many generals died from the armor-removing wind, so he would not remove his armor immediately after the battle. At this time, he also stopped Li Kui from doing so.

After Song Jiang explained, Li Kui also understood that it would be easy to cause problems if he took off his armor just after the battle and caused his body to suddenly heat up and cool down. So he and Song Jiang endured the sweltering heat without taking off their armor immediately.

Just as Song Jiang and Li Kui were talking, a sudden sound of bowstrings reached their ears, and then hundreds of arrows were suddenly shot from outside the city. Some of them landed on the city wall, and some It was shot into the city.

The first time Lu Fang and Guo Sheng heard the sound of the bowstring ringing, they immediately grabbed two shields from the soldiers beside them and blocked them in front of Song Jiang to prevent their eldest brother Song Jiang from being sneak attacked by the enemy's cold arrows.

But after the arrows landed, Lu Fang and Guo Sheng discovered that these arrows were actually tied with pieces of letter paper.

Song Jiang stepped forward and picked up an arrow, took off the letter paper on it, opened it and browsed it, and found that it was actually a letter from the Jin to persuade him to surrender.

In order to make the defenders in the city surrender, the Jin men used carrots and sticks at the same time. They not only offered generous bounties and official positions to those defenders who were willing to surrender, but also threatened the soldiers in the city. If they continue to choose If they resist stubbornly and refuse to open the city and surrender, then once they capture the city, they will massacre the city and kill everyone in the city.

After Song Jiang read this letter of persuasion to surrender, he couldn't help but chuckle. People around asked him why he was laughing. Song Jiang smiled and explained that through this letter of persuasion to surrender, he had already seen that those Jin people were at their wits end. Throughout the whole day today During the siege, the Jin people definitely suffered heavy losses, but in the end they did not achieve any obvious results. Therefore, the Jin people's senior officials must not be optimistic about the prospects of this battle, and felt that they could not defeat the Qinglong Empire before the reinforcements arrived. The city of Zhending was captured.

Therefore, these Jin talents began to persuade them to surrender uncharacteristically, using money and official positions to find ways to seduce the defenders in the city. In the past, those Jin people had never tried to persuade them to surrender. In the face of any enemy force, even if they were outnumbered, these reckless men dared to launch a direct charge. In the end, relying on their strong force value and tenacious fighting will, they often succeeded. Able to achieve the ultimate victory in the battle. So in this case, those Jin people never thought about trying to persuade the enemy to surrender!

But this time they finally met an opponent they were not confident of winning despite all their efforts, so they resorted to what Song Jiang considered an extremely clumsy tactic to persuade them to surrender.

However, although he felt that this strategy was very clumsy, in order to avoid distracting the exhausted soldiers who had fought hard for a day, Song Jiang still asked Lu Fang and Guo Sheng to lead the soldiers to shoot the Jin people who had just entered the city. The letters urging surrender were collected and burned.

After resting for about half an hour and feeling that he had regained some strength, Song Jiang took the group of men back to the city and prepared to have dinner.

Because he personally went into battle to kill people today, Song Jiang was also very hungry at this time, and he ate up a large bowl of rice in less than ten minutes.

After finishing his meal, Song Jiang originally wanted to go back to his room to lie down and rest, but he met Wu Yong at the door. It seemed that the other party had been waiting here for a while.

Song Jiang saw that the other party probably had something to say to him, so he opened the door and asked Guo Sheng and Lu Fang to guard the door. No one was allowed in without his order.

After the door closed, Wu Yong took out a piece of letter paper from his sleeve and placed it on the table in front of Song Jiang.

Song Jiang lowered his head and saw that this was the surrender letter from the Jin that he had asked his men to collect and destroy not long ago!

"Commander Wu, what do you mean by showing this to me?" Although Song Jiang already had some guesses about Wu Yong's idea of ​​coming to see him today, in order to be completely sure, he still pretended to be confused and asked.

Wu Yong faced Song Jiang's inquiry and said solemnly: "Brother Song, do you know that in just one day of fighting, five of our leaders in Liangshan were killed, and seven or eight leaders were seriously injured! The soldiers below also suffered five casualties. Qian Duo, if this fight continues like this, all of our troops in Liangshan will be wiped out in a few days! I think it’s better to pretend to agree to the Jin’s surrender, conserve our strength, and wait until domestic reinforcements arrive before we can fight back. !”

After listening to Wu Yong's words, Song Jiang was so angry that he slapped the table hard, then stood up and replied with an angry face: "Shut up! Wu Yong, do you know what you are talking about? Those Jin people are barbarians. We How can I surrender to these barbarians? My brothers lost their lives on this battlefield against the Jin. They sacrificed their lives for the country and deserved their death! But if I surrender to those Jin people now, then wouldn’t I let their death be in vain? !”

To be honest, Song Jiang was really angry this time. After all, he originally thought that Wu Yong was one of the few smart people in Liangshan, but he didn't expect that such a smart man would be treated like a mere Jinren. A letter of persuasion persuaded him to surrender, and he came to him to ask him to surrender to the Jin people. As for what the other party said about waiting for reinforcements to come before fighting back, just listen to it. Those Jin people are here How could they not be on guard after they surrendered! It is estimated that when the reinforcements arrive, they will not even have military power in their hands. How can they lead their soldiers to fight back!

When Wu Yong saw that Song Jiang was unusually angry, he also knew that he had made a stupid move this time, so he quickly got up and admitted his mistake to Song Jiang, saying that he was just confused for a moment.

But in fact, Wu Yong was wronged! After all, in the past, his eldest brother had used all kinds of underhanded methods for his own benefit, just like the Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming. If Song Jiang hadn't asked someone to pretend to be Qin Ming and massacre civilians, cutting off his retreat, he would have Qin Ming was a good officer, so how could he be a thief?

This time Wu Yong saw that his troops had indeed suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Jin, so he felt that his elder brother must also feel distressed. Later, he happened to pick up a letter from the Jin to persuade him to surrender. Hui came over and gave Song Jiang an idea to surrender to the Jin people. He thought to himself that his eldest brother had not been soft-hearted in the past when he tried to trick his Han compatriots for profit. This time, in order to preserve the strength of the Liangshan Group, temporarily surrendering to the Jin people should not be unacceptable. Unexpectedly, his eldest brother was extremely excited this time, and even rarely blushed with him.

After getting up, Wu Yong happened to see a flag hung by his elder brother in the house, with the four characters "loyalty to the king and protection of the country" written on it. This is the new slogan of Liangshan specially set by his eldest brother after he defected to the Qinglong Empire. Wu Yong originally thought that this new slogan was just like the previous "Practice for Heaven", which was used to shout to fool the soldiers below, but now It seems that his eldest brother has really recognized Ye Tianlong as the new lord and is ready to swear allegiance to him.

At this time, Song Jiang seemed to feel that his tone was a bit harsh, so he explained to Wu Yong: "Commander Wu, I was a little excited just now! Don't mind it! But the surrender of the Jinren is not allowed to be mentioned again in the future. Yes, I predict that the reinforcements will arrive in two or three days. Even if the Jin people continue to attack fiercely in the next few days, they will be able to defend it with the soldiers and horses in our city, so you must not think too much in the future. , so much so that he did some stupid things that made his relatives angry and his enemies happy!"

"Brother Song, I understand, I'm resigning now!"

Wu Yong, who had completely understood Song Jiang's thoughts, immediately nodded in agreement upon hearing this. Then he didn't stay here to disturb Song Jiang's rest, and quickly left quietly.