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Chapter 391 The glory of the Han family returns now

After two days of hard fighting on the 12th and 13th, the Jin army suffered a lot of casualties.

To be precise, it was the Jin Kingdom's Han army that suffered a lot of casualties.

On the afternoon of the 13th, the Jin army briefly climbed to the top of the East City. At the critical moment, King Chu's banner appeared at the most intense attack and defense. The morale of the Qi army defending the city was greatly shaken. They counterattacked and killed all the Jin troops who had climbed the city. Behead.

After Ming Jin withdrew his troops that night, Zongbi summoned Guo An and Han Chang, the generals of Han Bo on Nanjing Road, and Wang Bolong, the Han general of Huanglong Prefecture, to the tent to discuss matters.

Although several people remained respectful, there was a hint of dissatisfaction in their words.

In the past two days, the few Jin soldiers lost thousands of people under Fucheng, all of them were Han and Bo troops. There were only three thousand elite Jin people left in the army and they never participated in the siege battle.

This inevitably made Han Bo generals feel that their own troops were cannon fodder. Especially the soldiers in Nanjing Road and Hejian Prefecture, whose hometown was unstable and the war was unfavorable, were driven as cannon fodder by the Jin people.

When I think of the slogan "Han'er is not a slave" that is still hanging outside the East City, I feel particularly heartbroken.

Zong Bi naturally noticed the change in the mentality of General Han Bo, but he did not reprimand or punish him. Instead, he encouraged him with gentle words and promised him a large sum of money after the war.

He also said that he would personally supervise the battle in front of the battle line for the general attack tomorrow, and that Jurchen warriors would attack the city together with the Han and Bo soldiers. The first to climb would be promoted to three levels and rewarded with a thousand households.

His attitude somewhat appeased General Han Bo.

After the meeting, Xie Bao reported privately that our army's scouts had contact with Qi's scouts at the same time thirty miles west and forty miles south of Fucheng, and there were also changes in the Qi garrison in the east wing of Jiaocheng.

To the west of Fucheng is the Qi State's Wang Yan Division stationed in Jizhou; to the south of Fucheng, Jiang Huaixiong is only more than a hundred miles away; and the Qi Army in Jiaocheng is the Huaibei Army Peng's Second Division.

Three directions are approaching Fucheng at the same time. Is it possible that Qi State wants to encircle and annihilate our Dajin 40,000 troops in one fell swoop?

To this day, Zong Bi has realized that Fucheng is a tough guy, but this is based on his unfulfilled efforts.

This afternoon, the Han army was able to climb to the top of the city, so he tested the limit of Fucheng's defensive strength. Tomorrow he will personally supervise the battle and let Jurchen warriors participate in the siege. The probability of breaking the city is extremely high.

As for the Qi troops that might exist in the southwest and southwest, Zongbi didn't take it too seriously. With the advantage of the city walls, the Han people might be able to hold on for a few days, but in field battles

More than a thousand Jurchen horse troops were enough to sweep away tens of thousands of Qi people.

Even though he was full of confidence in his side's combat power, Zong Bi still made a relatively appropriate arrangement, "Xie Bao, tomorrow he will lead an army of 2,000 cavalry to patrol the outskirts of Fucheng to be on guard. If the Qi army comes to reinforce him, just break up. Don't pursue too deep." .”

The fourteenth of the first lunar month.

Early in the morning, Juntian Shicang of Hejian Fuxiang found a few shreds of dried meat in the porridge and rice, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

But some old soldiers couldn't help but change their expressions when they saw that the morning meal was richer than usual.

Tian Qingyu, who lived in the same village as Tian Shicang, had scabs on his face from the whip marks. While sipping the porridge, he kindly reminded Tian Shicang, "This is a decapitation meal. I don't know how many brothers will die today."

"." Tian Shicang couldn't help but froze, and some of the rice and porridge spilled out.

Tian Qingyu glanced at Tian Shicang's rice bowl, then looked up at Fucheng in the mist, and whispered: "Eat what you have to eat. It's useless to be afraid. Be smarter later. If you can, pretend to be dead. If you can, just pretend to be dead." If you can’t survive today, it’s up to God.”

Chenshi.

The Jin army gathered.

Today is indeed extraordinary. In the previous two days of siege, only three to five hundred people were invested each time, and no more than a thousand at most.

But today, the three armies were arrayed at the same time, and there were more than a thousand golden men among them. It seemed that they were going to launch a siege battle with a scale of four to five thousand men, and this was only the east wall.

On the west and north sides, preparations for a general attack are also being made.

Because the King of Chu's banner was in the east, Zongbi also built the war platform three miles east of Fucheng.

Looking at Chen Chu from afar.

At this distance, even the strongest divine arm crossbow in Qi cannot reach it.

Two quarters of the hour.

The Han people stood on the high platform with the military recorder, and read at the top of their lungs the rewards and punishments formulated by Zong Bi. When they shouted, "Execute and capture the King of Chu of Qi State, give thousands of coins, and reward thousands of households," the Jin people below screamed excitedly, "The Han people The response was much duller.

Many things that have happened in recent days have dampened morale.

Furthermore, the torn and blood-stained banner outside the east wall of Fucheng slapped them in the face all the time.

At the middle of the hour, the general attack began.

The peaceful morning and afternoon were instantly crushed by the sound of fighting.

Countless Jin soldiers came from the northwest, east and west, carrying ladders and pushing carts, and rushed towards the small Fucheng, as if they could engulf the city at any time.

In the East City Arrow Tower, Wu Tong, the commander of the artillery regiment, saw that a golden man finally appeared in the siege team, and quickly asked for orders: "Master! Let's fire off the artillery!"

Qi and Jin fought for many days, but Chen Chu always suppressed the artillery regiment and refused to let them go on the field. Wu Tong asked for a fight several times, but Chen Chu only said: Wait for the Jin people to come on the field, give them a big surprise.

After waiting for more than ten days, the Jin people finally joined the siege. However, the boss still did not give the order.

Lin Chengfu, the deputy of the artillery regiment on the side, observed for a moment through the window, and then said: "Does the boss think there are too few gold men?"

In the battle of Jiehe, nearly half of the Jin people were lost. At this time, there were still more than 3,000 people.

But there were only about a thousand people participating in the siege.

Chen Chu thought for a moment, then shook his head, raised his hand and pointed at the two-foot-high wooden platform three miles away, and said, "Ask Master Xiao Huang if you can blow it to pieces with a volley of fire!"

Why did you change the target again?

Wu Tong looked in the direction directed by Chen Chu. Through the mist, he could see the handsome flag representing Zong Bi fluttering in the wind on the high platform.

This is what I want to do with Chen Chu. You will supervise the battle in Dongcheng, and I will supervise the battle outside Dongcheng. Who will win and who will lose can be seen today.

After more than ten breaths, Lin Chengfu took the lead and ran out of the archery tower. He was heard shouting excitedly: "Please come out of the mountain, General!"

The soldiers of the artillery regiment, who had been holding back for more than ten days, hurriedly pulled out the copper cannon buried under the straw, took off the gun jacket, and pushed it to the notch in the wall.

Because the city head was a place of war, in order to prevent the war from igniting the gunpowder, all the cartridges were placed in appropriate places within the city.

The ammunition team went down to the city to transport it immediately.

The inertia and muscle memory formed by countless trainings keep them busy but not chaotic.

"Master Huang, my boss asked me if I could take care of the general?"

Lin Chengfu hurried to Huang Jiye, the son of Huang Huihong, the director of the Gunpowder Bureau, and asked directly.

Technology guru Huang Jiye is not good at words. When he heard this, he opened his right eye, raised his right arm, raised his thumb and glanced at it, and simply responded with one word, "Yes!"

"it is good!"

Lin Chengfu rubbed his hands in excitement. Master Huang said it can be done, so it must be done.

At this time, the offensive and defensive sides had begun to engage in battle. Scattered ladders had been set up on the city wall.

After more than a hundred breaths, the ammunition team rushed to the city with gunpowder. Huang Jiye shouted while inspecting: "Add 20% of the gunpowder to the standard, and the elevation angle is 21 degrees."

Except for the artillery regiment soldiers, the rest of the city defenders could not understand what Huang Jiye was shouting at all.

But the gunners who stretched across the city quickly took action and carried out the installation in an orderly manner.

"Standard gunpowder plus 20%, elevation angle 21%"

In order to prevent Huang Jiye's instructions from distant gun positions, the gunner with him as the center also conveyed the instructions to the left and right wings.

For a time, the same command on the city wall was connected.

"One battalion, one company, one squad, single-shot test firing!"

"One battalion, one company, one squad, single-shot test firing!"

The gun position closest to Huang Jiye repeated the former's order, and then a gunman came forward with a piece of incense and lit the gun fuse.

After a few breaths, there was a roar, and the muzzle of the three-pound cannon spit out a cluster of sparks about one foot long, followed by billowing smoke.

This sound not only startled the Jin army under the city, but also the Qi army at the gun emplacement at the top of the city.

After all, when the artillery regiment made its debut on Hebei Road last year, only some of our soldiers had seen the artillery display.

Huang Jiye, however, stood calmly behind the shield hand, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance. When he saw the projectile hitting the steps of the high platform three miles away, he smiled with satisfaction.

"Good luck! Hahaha." Lin Chengfu laughed.

Wu Tong saw the effect and quickly ordered, "Everyone has it, no need to adjust. After three rounds of rapid fire, fire freely!"

As soon as the order was given, there was a continuous rumbling sound from the top of the east city.

Twelve ten-pound cannons, thirty-six five-pound cannons, and seventy three-pound cannons fired at the same target at the same time.

The east city of Fucheng was suddenly shrouded in black and gray smoke.

The entire city wall and even the ground trembled.

At a certain moment, the battlefield where tens of thousands of people gathered seemed to freeze suddenly.

Amidst the soul-shaking loud noise, countless Jin soldiers looked up to the sky. In their ears, they could hear the sound of whizzing by in the sky, but they did not know what exactly was flying by.

Three miles away, a three-pound projectile hit the high platform. After smashing through the steps made of wooden boards, the projectile disappeared. Therefore, even Zong Bi himself did not see clearly what kind of thing made a big hole in the two-finger-thick wooden board.

He sat on the stage to boost morale and frighten the Han, Liao and Bo armies who were desperate for their lives.

The sudden change caused a moment of commotion among the military generals in the audience.

Wanyan Zongbi stood up suddenly and shouted to the audience: "Why are you panicking? It's just a hole!"

Zong Bi pointed at the bowl-sized hole and said calmly, "Although he didn't understand what happened, as the commander of an army, he should not panic easily, otherwise the morale of the army would collapse, which could easily lead to serious consequences."

The generals in the audience were shocked to see that the coach was calm, and they calmed down a little.

But the next moment, thick smoke was seen rising from the east wall of Fucheng. Han Qixian was the first to notice that something was wrong, and it was Zong Bi himself who felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.

This was the first time in his decades of military service.

But the time required for the projectile to fly three miles was only a few breaths, and everything was too late.

First, there was a dull roar, and then, the projectiles hit the high platform one after another, and wood chips flew everywhere. Even if the generals below the stage were hit by the broken wood, their bones and tendons were broken immediately.

Further back, I can no longer see clearly what happened on the high platform.

After a burst of smoke and dust, the entire high platform collapsed like rotten wood.

Occasionally, projectiles that deviated slightly from their target would roll diagonally into the rear military formation, plowing out a channel of blood and water covered with severed limbs and pieces of flesh.

This scene undoubtedly reminded Jin Jun of the terrifying vision in Jiehe a year ago.

"Qi State has invited the God of Thunder again."

I don't know who yelled this in fear, and then the second round of volleys came.

In the dense formation of rear troops, a single bullet can take away the lives of dozens of people.

They were injured when they were rubbed, they died when they were touched, and both men and horses were broken into pieces.

But the Jin army didn't even know where the enemy was.

Human power can still be defeated, but how can divine power resist?

The Qi army was on the run in their hometown, a small city of Fucheng was under siege for half a month, their families on the front lines were slaughtered and humiliated by the Jinmen, Zheng Shi Desheng's cries of grief and indignation before his death in the Fuxiang military camp in Hejian, the dazzling words on the Fucheng plug-in, and the life and death of the coach were unknown. .

One after another gathered together, the Han, Liao and Bo soldiers from all walks of life near the high platform began to collapse.

He threw away the flag and weapons in his hands and ran desperately to the rear, hoping that the iron man wouldn't catch up with him.

Near the high platform built by Zongbi, there was a gathering place for the Chinese army. Not only were there a large number of generals, but also the flag soldiers who were responsible for commanding the advance and retreat of the armies using flag language.

When they were in chaos, the entire chain of command was in chaos.

Han Qixian's uncle and nephew, Guo An, and even Wang Bolong of Huanglong Mansion were extremely keen on danger. They took one look at the ruined high platform and immediately headed north.

The turmoil in the rear quickly spread to the front.

Tian Qingyu, who was always paying attention to the situation on the battlefield, felt something was wrong. When he looked back, he saw that the command post was gone and the entire Chinese army was fleeing in all directions.

The first reaction was to run away, but he only took two steps, but stopped again. Then he grabbed Tian Shicang, who was from the same village, and laid him on the ground.

"Uncle Qing! The Chinese army has collapsed, let's run for our lives!"

Tian Shicang also saw the collapse of the Chinese army and quickly stood up, but was pushed down by Tian Qingyu again, "Escape? Where can you escape? Are you going to escape back to your hometown and then be caught as a strong man and work for the Jin people!"

While talking, Tian Qingyu pulled a corpse, pressed it on the two of them, and said: "Lie down! Pretend to be dead. When the army searches the battlefield later, we will surrender together!"

As soon as the Chinese army collapsed, the siege army on the east side also collapsed.

Dongcheng was the main force of the Jin army's siege. They retreated, and chaos broke out on the west and north sides.

"Wanyan Zongbi is dead, Wanyan Zongbi is dead"

Suddenly, the excited shouts of thousands of Qi troops came from the top of the city. The Jin troops on the west and north sides couldn't help but be horrified. Even some generals didn't believe it. However, the sudden collapse of the main force on the east side could not be explained.

It can only be explained if Zong Bi is dead.

The commander is dead, why don’t we just beat him up and run away!

At this time, as long as he could run ahead of Pao Ze, he would be safe.

At noon, the Jin army's general offensive only lasted for an hour before the entire army collapsed.

Wanyan Xiebao, who was in charge of patrolling and guarding the outside of the city, didn't know what had happened. Seeing the collapse of the entire army, he hurriedly returned for reinforcements, but was entangled by his eldest son, Zhou Liangbu's horse army, who had also been patrolling outside the city for more than ten days.

At the end of Si Shi, Wang Yan's tribe rushed to the west of Fucheng, and the smoke of men and horses running wildly in the distance could be seen at the top of the city.

Fucheng, which had been closed for nearly twenty days, suddenly opened the city gates. The first, fourth, and fifth regiments came out of the city from the east, west, and north respectively to pursue the defeated army.

At early noon, Peng's Second Division stationed in Jiaocheng arrived at the battlefield.

And Jiang Huaixiong's troops were on their way 40 miles south of Fucheng.

The seventeenth day of the first lunar month.

Tokyo Daqingden.

Helian Weilun, the envoy of the Jin Dynasty, denounced the Qi people in the court, "The king is not like a king, and the ministers are not like ministers! Your Highness is trying to prevaricate his father's country by saying that he does not know what the King of Chu is doing. Could it be that I, the King of Jin, are not like me?" A three-year-old child?”

This Helian Weilun was originally a Han Chinese. After he became an official in the Jin Kingdom, he deliberately changed his surname to Jin and grew his hair to show that he had left the Han Dynasty and entered the Jin Dynasty.

The officials of the Qi State looked down upon this person's behavior. Even when Liu Yu was in power, the Han officials of the Qi State did not change their surname to Yifa!

But no matter how much you look down on it, there is nothing you can do about Helian Weilun representing the Kingdom of Jin now!

Nowadays, the situation on Hebei Road is all about preventing the Jin attack. To put it bluntly, people still have to take the initiative. If the war goes unfavorably, they still have to rely on diplomatic means to solve the problem.

Seeing that the entire Qi Kingdom was silent, Helian Weilun became even more arrogant. He actually raised his eyes to look at Jia Rou on the imperial platform, and said frivolously: "If Your Highness wants to protect the land in Hebei, it will not be difficult. I, Da Jin, The emperor is magnificent and majestic. It would be better for Your Highness to go north to Huanglong Mansion and marry our emperor as a good friend of the Qin and Jin Dynasties. My emperor will definitely forgive you for your love as husband and wife."

Jiarou, who had always had a cool smile on her face, suddenly turned red with anger and scolded: "You are presumptuous!"

Even if Jia Rou is a puppet, at this moment when the emperor is demanding humiliation and death, all the courtiers in the hall are worried. Cai Yuan was the first to step out and said in a cold voice: "Is the envoy Jin destined to defeat our Qi army? Now the two armies are In the confrontation in Hebei, who will win or lose is yet to be determined!"

In the final analysis, all talk is based on the victory or defeat on the front line.

In this regard, Helian Weilun was obviously more confident, but he laughed wildly and said loudly: "Our Jin Kingdom is brave and brave, and the world knows it! Now that the main force of King Chu of Qi Kingdom has been besieged Fucheng for more than ten days, Marshal Wanyan It is precisely because the two countries are a country of father and son that we did not attack the city immediately! If you continue to delay like this, Marshal Wanyan will break through Fucheng soon, and then his troops will arrive at Tokyo City, allowing you to have a taste of what Zhou Guoding did back then. The taste of the future!”

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There was silence in the hall. Ding Wei was not only Zhou's nightmare, but also the source of fear for all Han people.

Only a few big guys from the Huaibei faction were dissatisfied, and Lu Qinzai also had something to say. But as soon as he came out of the queue, he faintly heard a commotion in the outer city.

The inner part of the imperial city is more than a mile away from the outside of the city. How much commotion must be required to spread to the city?

In the midst of confusion, he saw Huang Doudou, the head of the palace attendants, regardless of etiquette, hurriedly walked to Jiarou from behind the curtain and whispered something in a low voice.

Huang Doudou's pale face turned red with excitement.

Jia Rou was obviously shocked when she heard the news. She turned her head to confirm again and then showed a smile, and then said: "Golden Envoy."

When he opened his mouth, his voice was trembling.

Jia Rou quickly calmed down, and then continued: "Jin Envoy just insulted me, Eunuch Huang, lead someone to take him down and cut out his tongue!"

'Buzz~'

There was an explosion in Daqing Hall.

First of all, tongue-cutting and corporal punishment have been abandoned for many years. Apparently, Her Highness was offended by Helian Weilun's suggestion that she marry the Jin Emperor.

However, no matter how annoyed His Highness is, this is also an envoy representing the Kingdom of Jin!

If you cut off his tongue, wouldn't it mean that you would fight to the death with the Kingdom of Jin? If Wanyan Zongbi really comes to Tokyo with his troops, he will definitely not let you go!

"How dare you!" Helian Weilun didn't expect that the princess would dare to issue such an outrageous order regardless of the danger of Qi's destruction.

Huang Doudou had already invited people to enter the Daqing Hall.

Du Zhaoqing, the Minister of Rites, was also afraid that the two countries would become deadlocked, so he hurriedly went out to persuade: "Your Highness, the Jin envoy speaks arrogantly and should indeed be punished. But his tongue must be cut off."

Jia Rou, who had always been obedient and respectful to ministers in the court, rarely interrupted Du Zhaoqing, but saw her stand up slowly and said calmly: "Insulting this palace is an insult to the Qi Dynasty, and it is also an insult to the soldiers fighting on the front line. ! Just now I got the report. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, our army defeated the Jin army in Fucheng, killing six thousand and capturing more than ten thousand. Marshal Wanyan Zongbi of the Jin Kingdom, known as the God of War, was beheaded by the King of Chu in front of the battle. Now, The King of Chu is leading his troops three hundred miles deep into the Golden Realm to pursue the remnants.”

The second half of Jiarou's words were lost in the chaos of the court.

The solemn court hall is like a vegetable market.

Cai Yuan ignored the disrespect and ran out of the palace to seek confirmation. When he returned, everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Jia Rou's words were too shocking, so some people still didn't believe it.

But Cai Yuan, who is mature and prudent, will never make fun of military and national affairs.

Cai Yuan stepped over the threshold and saw all the officials in the court looking at him. He felt agitated for a moment, bowed his hands and said solemnly: "Yuanzhang. Fortunately, King Chu has lived up to his command! A great victory in Fucheng."

The sound in the hall became an order of magnitude louder, almost knocking off the roof.

Some people were stunned on the spot, in a state of confusion.

Some people were dancing and going crazy.

Some people hugged the carved dragon beams and cried bitterly.

Will the glory of the Han family, which has languished for two hundred years, come back again?

Du Zhaoqing, who had just been trying to persuade Jiarou not to act on impulse, had already rushed to Helian Weilun in two steps, slapped him with two big mouths, then grabbed Helian Weilun's collar and turned to look at Jiarou. , shouted: "Your Highness! Cutting off the tongue is not enough to punish this person who utters arrogant words and forgets his ancestors. This person will be punished by Lingchi!"

If you win, you will be damn confident!

(End of this chapter)