In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 352: Attacking the Kingdom of Jin
The Jurchen army in Nanjing was large and the Han army was small, but the Han army took the lead in attacking. Tang Peng and others were well prepared and took the lead.

Several battalions of the Han army immediately killed the Jurchen officers in the same battalion, and quickly gathered together, with almost 700 people.

The troops went directly to the city, and then, as agreed in advance, they set fire to everything they saw and messed up the city of Nanjing first.

When we got to the street where Wang Shixian's house was, there were shouts of killing all around, flames were everywhere in the city, and many Han troops from other battalions rebelled.

Wang Shixian was escorted by dozens of people to Tang Peng's side, and learned that Tang Peng's side of the city had the largest number of Han troops. Others were smaller, some might have been suppressed by the Jin soldiers, and some might still be fighting bloody battles.

Without saying a word, Wang Shixian led his troops to the west gate.

The golden soldiers gathered heavily at the west city gate. They probably knew that there would be rebels coming to attack the city gate. Thousands of golden soldiers were densely blocking the city gate, and battalions of golden soldiers were coming from other places one after another.

But Wang Shixian and the others had already been prepared. When passing by a compound, several carriages were rolled out of the compound, and the carriages were piled with straw and other materials.

Five or six Han troops pushed one cart, and all the Han troops pushed the carriage forward.

As soon as we arrived at the west city gate, the golden soldiers were already shooting arrows in front of us.

The carriages of the Han soldiers were piled high, and the straw could be used to block arrows. The people pushing the carriages had nothing to do, as long as they hid behind the carriages.

"Light a fire." Wang Shixian gave the order, and the straw on the carriage was ignited.

"Come on." More than twenty Han soldiers pushed four carriages and rushed forward.

The golden soldiers blocking the doorway not far away kept firing arrows to no avail. Seeing the carriage getting closer and closer, the flames grew bigger and bigger.

The golden soldiers began to get out of the way, and the golden archers also scattered to both sides.

The Han troops were about to charge forward, but Wang Shixian, Tang Peng and others quickly stopped them: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute-"

The voice did not fall.

"Boom" there was a loud noise in front that was earth-shattering.

Then, boom, boom, there were explosions on the scene.

It turned out that the four carriages were provided by the rice merchant Zhu Yuanzhang, and there were gunpowder barrels inside the carriages.

A huge explosion swept across all directions. The Jin soldiers who were closer to the carriage suffered heavy casualties and fell to the ground in large pieces.

The surrounding areas were hit by the shock wave, and they fell in pieces. Many people may not have been injured, but they were directly knocked down.

"Damn it." Tang Peng and others were also yelling.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not say that the explosive was so powerful. More than half of the twenty brothers they pushed up were killed.

A few who reacted quickly fell down early, wondering whether they were knocked down.

After the huge explosion, the scene fell into a brief silence.

Both the Jin and Han armies were in a daze.

Wang Shixian and the others were far away, so he was the first to react: "Come on."

Charge, the Han army surges forward.

Although many of the Jin soldiers on the opposite side were not injured, they were knocked to the ground by the shock wave and had no time to stand up.

There was also Jin Bing who had been stunned by the shocking explosion just now.

When the Han army rushed forward, the Jin soldiers resisted for a while before collapsing.

Wang Shixian successfully led people to occupy the west gate.

But he was not in a hurry to leave the city, because everyone in his family was in the city, and his brothers' families were also in the city.

While he ordered people to guard the city gate, he also ordered people to rush back and continue to light fires and shout loudly.

"The Song army has entered the city."

"The city of Nanjing was destroyed and the Song army came in."

The Jin soldiers in this city had little resistance. Now that the city gate was captured and they heard that the Song army was coming in, many of the Jin soldiers who originally supported this side heard about it and turned around and ran away.

In mid-June, there was civil strife among the Jin soldiers in Nanjing City, and the west gate was captured.

However, Wanyan Shouxu and most of the civil and military officials of the Jin Dynasty did not know how big the scale was. If he ordered Wanyan Zhongde to gather troops and horses and then attack the Han army at the west city gate, there would still be a chance to recapture the city gate and quell the civil strife.

However, many people thought that the Song army had entered the city and that there was no hope for Nanjing to defend the city. In a hurry, Wanyan Shouxu took a small number of his family members and some civil and military personnel and fled directly to Chenliu from the east city gate.

On the way, Wanyan Shouxu realized that there was no Song army at all, but the Han army in the city was rebelling, but there was no use regretting it now.

Because nearly ten thousand gold soldiers followed him out of Nanjing City.

Now they go back and attack Nanjing City again. They don't know how long they will fight. Moreover, at this time, they have already seen the Song army's sentries and cavalry. They thought that most of the Song army was coming, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and run towards Chenliu.

In fact, the Sentinel Cavalry of the Song Army wandered outside Nanjing every day.

The Sentinels of the Song Army also saw the west gate of Nanjing wide open and the flames in the city soaring into the sky. At first, the Song Army thought that the Jin soldiers were planning to empty the city.

Only when the Han troops inside held up white flags and led Zhu Yuanzhang out did they realize that the city of Nanjing was really in chaos. The sentry cavalry quickly ran to Guide. The largest number of soldiers and horses nearby was Guide, a hundred miles away, which was quite far away from here. .

Wanyan Shouxu didn't know that the nearest place with the most troops of the Song Army was Guide, a hundred miles away. He first ran to Chenliu, and then joined forces with Wuxianyi. The emperor and his ministers also had a tacit understanding. The Song Army must have gone to Nanjing. Nanjing was lost. Just cut Zhengzhou and Chen into two sides, and Chen Liu was of no use. Wanyan Shouxu was almost the same as in history, and he led people to Zhengzhou because the city of Zhengzhou was taller than Chen Liu.

Tens of thousands of gold soldiers followed and ran out from Nanjing City, plus Chen Liu's [-].

Wanyan Shouxu took more than 3 troops and horses all the way to Zhengzhou.

Therefore, the last 5 soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom were concentrated in Zhengzhou, and the city's population was about 30.

But Chenliu and Zhengzhou also had Han troops in their armies. Because the Han troops in Nanjing were causing trouble, Wanyan Zhongde and others advocated killing all the Han troops in the army, which could also save food.

Some Han ministers proposed to sue for peace (surrender). Now that things have happened, many people feel that the Jin Kingdom is imminent and can no longer hold on.

There are more than 5 soldiers and horses in the city, at least half of them are Han troops. If they want to kill all the Han troops, the Han troops will definitely not wait for death. Otherwise, there may be another civil war.

Wanyan Shouxu had not yet decided whether to sue for peace or kill the Han army, but some Han officials had already leaked the news that they wanted to kill all the Han army.

In the afternoon when they arrived in Zhengzhou, the Han army in the city rebelled again.

The two sides fought fiercely until dark, with no winner in sight.

After dark, Zhengzhou City, like Nanjing, was set on fire everywhere. Rebel soldiers looted food and money, including both Han and Jurchen armies.

The city is divided into several areas, some occupied by the Han army and some occupied by the Jurchen army. The territory of the Han army and the Jurchen army is divided between you and me, and they are intertwined. It is very chaotic.

After finally getting through darkness, the two armies started fighting again early the next morning.

By noon that day, the Han army was at a slight disadvantage, but occupied a corner of the south city gate.

At this moment, a heavy horn sound came from not far outside the city, and a dark Song army appeared outside Zhengzhou City.

Zhengzhou was almost defeated without a fight.

After the Song army arrived, they were not in a hurry to attack. They first gathered the Han troops who were willing to surrender and formed a camp. They captured more than 7000 Han troops first.

Then let these more than 7000 Han troops be the vanguard and attack the city.

The Song army followed up with some of the archers to assist in the battle.

The two sides fought fiercely for a day, and the Song army captured the outer city and suppressed the Jin soldiers in the sub-city.

The remaining Jin soldiers resisted fiercely, and Zicheng was easier to defend than the outer city. The Song army had no artillery, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

At this time, Yu Jie also arrived at the scene. While surrounding Zicheng, he speeded up the transportation of artillery and trebuchets from Yuzhou.

The Song army came in a hurry before, with only cavalry and horse-riding infantry camps coming, and the artillery was still halfway there.

The Song army once again besieged but failed to attack.

But Wanyan Shouxu in Zicheng already knew that the country's demise was imminent.

A few days ago, he led people from Chenliu to Zhengzhou because Zhengzhou had been the capital of the country several times in history. There was a sub-city in the city that could be defended and used as a palace.

However, the circumference of Zhengzhou Zicheng is only more than 2000 meters. There are now more than 2 Jin troops pouring into the Zicheng, as well as nearly [-] officials' families and Jurchen people.

The city was so overcrowded that the Song army actually did not need to use artillery and trebuchets. As long as they did not attack for ten days, the city would be short of food and had no choice but to surrender.

Before dark on June 22.

Inside the Wende Hall in Zicheng.

Wanyan Heda, Wanyan Chenglin, Wanyan Zhongde, Wuxian, Pu Chaguannu, Pei Manchaohe, Nu Xilie Wanchu, He Shilie Alihe, Shizhannu Lu Huan, Wanyan Xixian, Zhang Tiangang, Li Xi, Ma Yi, Li Dajie and other civil and military officials were called to the scene by Song Qinu, Wanyan Shouxu's chamberlain.

The main hall was filled with the last civil and military personnel of the Jin Kingdom in darkness. Wanyan Shouxu looked haggard, looking at the courtiers in the hall with absent-minded eyes. As he looked at them, he couldn't help feeling sad, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

"Since the founding of the country by Emperor Taizu, in the 119th year of the Jin Dynasty, I never thought that I would die in my hands. I am so ashamed of the ancestors and clans of the Jin Dynasty -" Wanyan Shouxu said and burst into tears. .

In addition to crying for the subjugation of the country, Wanyan Shouxu was also crying for the betrayal of the Han ministers and the Han army.

After Wanyan Shouxu came to the throne, he reused Han officials and Han troops, and also established the Zhongxiao Army specifically for Han troops.

But after the fall of Nanjing, he first went to Chenliu and then to Zhengzhou. The Han army rebelled everywhere, and there were not many Han officials who followed him from Nanjing.

There are nearly a hundred civil and military personnel present today, and there are less than ten Han ministers and generals.

He hated that he had failed his ancestors, and even more hated that these Han ministers and Han Wu had failed to trust him.

Seeing the emperor crying bitterly, all the officials around him were moved. Many people also started crying, and some people came forward to persuade the emperor.

Wanyan Shouxu cried and said: "I cannot be the king of subjugation -"

I don’t know what’s going on around me.

Wanyan Heda thought that the emperor was going to surrender, so he immediately said: "I have been captured once by the Song people. I don't want to be insulted by the Song people again. I am willing to fight to the death with the Song army." After saying that, he looked around and what he meant was, Emperor, you can surrender if you want, but I will not.

"Fight to the death with the Song army." Wuxian also raised his arms and shouted.

Wanyan Zhongde and other generals roared angrily, preferring death to surrender.

Wanyan Shouxu smiled while crying, and nodded: "You are all my good sons and daughters, Dajin. I hope that you will face the national crisis together -"

Then he added that he wanted to abdicate the throne to Wanyan Chenglin.

Wanyan Chenglin was shocked and quickly stepped forward to push him away.

Wanyan Shouxu begged bitterly and said: "I entrust the country and the country to you because I have no choice but to do so. I am fat and cannot ride my horse to go on an expedition. If the city falls, it will be difficult to break out. But Chenglin, you are usually strong and strong, and you have The general's strategy, if he is lucky enough to escape, can continue the country's rule. This is my intention and the last hope of the Kingdom of Jin."

Among the Jin generals at the scene, Wanyan Chenglin was relatively young and very brave. No one could defeat him in a single fight. The ministers also agreed that if they could break through, Wanyan Chenglin would obviously have the best chance.

When Wanyan Chenglin saw this, he could only agree to succeed to the throne.Early the next morning, the ceremony of passing the throne had just begun. The Wu Xian came back to report that the Song army had brought in artillery and trebuchets from outside the city, and the inner city could no longer stop them.

Wanyan Shouxu was so desperate when he heard the news that he found a place to hang himself from a beam just like in history.

After Wanyan Chenglin received the news of Wanyan Shouxu's death, he went to Aizong's body with hundreds of officials to cry bitterly, and gave him the posthumous title of "Ai".

Then he organized the last troops and horses and rushed out to fight in the streets of the Song army and died in the chaos.

In the eighth year of Baoqing, 119 years after the founding of the Jin Kingdom, Taizu died in the Song Dynasty.

Zhao and Rui secured the entire Central Plains, and the Song army moved forward in a large scale.

Thirty thousand Song troops from Guide Prefecture reached Weizhou, [-] Song troops from Yuzhou reached Hanoi, and [-] Song troops successively crossed the Yellow River and reached the north bank of the Yellow River.

This was the first time that the Song Dynasty army crossed the Yellow River on the Central Plains since the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty and the loss of the north. At this time, the Song Dynasty had full border with Mongolia, and a war was imminent.
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"Plop!" A Mongolian leader (the captain of ten people) fell down in response.

Dazazan quickly retracted his head.

As soon as he retracted his head into the crenel, whoosh, he felt an arrow fly in from the crenel in front of him, about ten centimeters away from the corner of his eye.

so close.

Dazazan screamed in his heart. The opponent's arrow was accurate and steady. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough.

They built an arrow-proof awning at the top of the city. The opponent did not throw it away, but shot it directly. The arrow did not reach Zazan, but shot straight into the awning along the bottom of the awning.

Not far behind Dazazan, a Song soldier was turning back. To his surprise, the arrow hit the back of his helmet.

"Hold the grass." Song Jun exclaimed, subconsciously holding his head and squatting down.

This is a young Song army, and it is a Han army.

Chagatai stormed Shazhou City for three days. Three of the eleven Tibetans in Dazazan's team had been killed, and the other four were wounded and left the city. Seven Song troops were replaced in the team.

His team suffered relatively serious losses. In addition to the poor quality of the Tibetan servants, his team was guarding the center of the city gate. The position was not good, and the Mongolian army attacked the hardest.

"It's okay, it's okay, the armor is not broken." Dazazan squatted under the crenel and waved to Song Jun.

Song Jun wanted to take off his helmet and take a look, but after thinking about it, he still didn't dare.

Song Jun cursed and then laughed again, probably because he was lucky that his helmet was thick and heavy enough.

The helmets worn by the Song Army's Zhajia were famously thick and often made people feel top-heavy when worn on their heads. Many Song soldiers were not used to it.

But over time, after fighting, everyone knew the benefits of this helmet.

Thickness means high defense. It is difficult for the Mongolian arrows to penetrate the armor. Of course, if you go to hand-to-hand combat, this kind of helmet is not very good. It is easy to lose center of gravity. It is good for city defense and array shooting.

The arrow just now was relatively close and should have been shot within forty steps below the city. The Song Army's helmet had been torn apart and was still hanging.

I saw Song Jun turning around and running to another shed next door.

Hot oil was being burned in the shed, and there were many spears placed underneath. Song Jun put the spear in his hand and took out another spear that was burning red in front.

"Change firewood, change firewood!" Song Jun shouted from the side.

Another Song army came over and first took off the spear that was placed on the fire below, and then shoveled it with a shovel. A large amount of charcoal was shoveled out, and it was all red. Then he added new firewood, and finally put the spear on the firewood. superior.

Then he took an unoccupied helmet, turned it around, and Song Jun poured all the red charcoal in the shovel into it.

The Song army bent down and lowered his head, holding his helmet in one hand, and passed the canopy to the top of the stack. He slightly raised his head and glanced at the Mongolian army below. He flicked his helmet violently, and with a crash, a large wave of red charcoal fell down the ladder.

The Mongolian soldiers who were climbing on the ladder were yelling and screaming. Some people were directly hit in the face and fell down on the spot in pain.

Of course, this kind of damage is better than nothing, and it is of no great use. The Song army fell down just to exchange firewood for more firewood, and soon the Mongolian army continued to climb up.

Dazazan was a very good archer, and he had shot countless Mongolian soldiers in the past three days. Some Mongolian soldiers below had noticed him and were specifically watching him to shoot.

Just when Dazazan was hiding at the crenel to rest, an arrow suddenly flew up from above his head, and then fell.

This is a shot from the Mongolian army under the city.

These Mongolian soldiers had good archery skills. When they hit the top of the stack, the arrows would fall down.

Because there happened to be a weak east-west wind today, the Mongolian army was against the wind.

It is used for ejection against the wind, and can reach the dead ends of the crenels that are usually inaccessible.

But the arrow speed of this kind of projectile is relatively slow.

Dazazan looked up and saw it, and quickly raised a shield beside him to his head.

Of course, the opponent's arrow hit the shield right in the middle.

He did not dare to put down his shield. He held the shield in one hand and stayed still. He turned his head to the left and looked at the Mongolian troops under the city from the other direction of the crenel.

There are not many Mongolian troops under the city, because the Song army's bows and arrows are too powerful, and a large number of Mongolian troops are concentrated under the corner of the city. This is a blind spot for the Song army's archers at the top of the city.

Forty steps away, there was a dense Mongolian army. Many archers of the Mongolian army fired at the Song army at the top of the city.

Within forty steps from the corner of the city, the Mongolian army had only a large number of corpses and wounded, and very few soldiers.

There were flames everywhere under the city, because the Song army also used rockets in broad daylight, and many places were burned.

The Mongolian army also made many door panels out of trees to prevent arrows and to shoot at the Song army, but many of the door panels had been set on fire.

This is the experience gained from the three-day siege battle between the Mongolian army and the Song army. Within this distance, the probability of being shot by the Song army is the highest. The Song army has many arrows and likes to shoot the Mongolian archers, so the Mongolian army also built door panels and a large number of simple A shield is used to protect against arrows.

Dazazan revealed one left eye and looked around with his peripheral vision. He soon saw a Mongolian soldier who looked a bit like the person who shot him.

This Mongolian army should be of a relatively high level, about forty steps away. Most of the Mongolian army's archers are around him, and there are also a few sword and shield men. The sword and shield men will hold their shields in mid-air to prevent the Song army from shooting arrows. .

Other archers kept looking for opportunities to shoot at the city head, but the Mongolian army kept looking in the direction of Dazazan.

Apparently waiting for Dazazan to show up.

Brush, the two people's eyes met in an instant.

The Mongolian army stared at him. He didn't know if he saw Dazazan's left eye, but he was definitely looking in Dazazan's direction.

Dazazan quickly retracted his eyes, then turned back: "Azanbi, Azanbi."

"Wait, kill." Azanbi roared not far away.

There is a Mongolian soldier on the ladder holding a shield in one hand and climbing with the other hand, holding a knife in his mouth.

When Azanbi and the Song army on the opposite side saw him approaching the crenel, they simultaneously raised their red spears, pounced, and stabbed him left and right.

The Mongolian soldier was very panicked, and the shield in his right hand slammed against the spear. The spear came again from the right. In desperation, he reached out and grabbed it as a reflex.

Phew, I got a burst of meaty aroma.

"Ah" the Mongolian army screamed and let go, even the shield on the left fell off.

Azanbi was on the left. The first shot didn't hit him, so he quickly retracted it. The second shot came right after him, and it hit the opponent on the right side of his face.

He remembered Song Jun's instructions: stab the gun quickly and close the gun even faster.

One breath should complete the thrusting and gathering.

Regardless of whether you hit it or not, poke it again after collecting it.

Anyway, it’s just a quick word, so don’t hesitate.

They will stand up half their body when stabbing, and immediately squat down after stabbing.

The two stood up and squatted down almost at the same time.

Whoosh, arrows flew over the head one after another.

Azanbi glanced at Song Jun across from him, who nodded to him, indicating that he could leave for a while, it was okay.

He turned around and walked away with the spear. A Tibetan man beside him threw away the bow in his hand, picked up a shield from the ground, put it on his head to find the spear, and took his place.

Azanbi also went to another awning, first put his spear on the firewood and burned it, then bent down and trotted to Zazan's side.

"Are you taking this bow and pretending to shoot at the city?" Dazazan handed him a bow: "Be careful, the opponent's shooting skills are very good. They can shoot flatly and projectile. Don't put your face in front of him." Give it to him, lower your head after standing up, and then squat down immediately.”

Dazazan wanted to lure the snake out, then walked to the other side and changed directions with Azanbi.

Azanbi understood, picked up the bow, took a few deep breaths, and then carefully looked towards the city, waiting for Dazazan to nod to him.

Azanbi stood up suddenly, exposing half of his face, but facing the Mongolian army from the side. Then he quickly raised his bow, lowered his head, and squatted down quickly, not even daring to shoot an arrow.

At the moment Azanbi stood up, the Mongolian army under the city also raised their bows fiercely, exposing the crowd and aiming at Azanbi.

But he didn't even have time to shoot the arrow.

Azanbi stood up and squatted down, directly blinding the Mongolian army.

At the same time, Dazazan quickly stretched out his bow and arrow from the other side, aiming at the Mongolian army.

The Mongolian army quickly turned around without even having a chance to take aim.

Whoosh, the two of them released their arrows at the same time.

Dazazan's vision went dark, and there was a crisp sound, and then a flash of fire passed by, making him shrink back in with sweat profusely.

"I hit," Azanbi shouted in surprise.

Dazazan touched his face in panic. Azanbi smiled and said, "He was shot by you. You're fine. You're fine."

Dazazan was still in shock. He looked intently and saw that the arrow shot by the Mongolian army just now hit the wall tiles on the side of the crenellation.

He was leaning to the right, with his face against the wall at the back. The opponent aimed the shot at his face, and the arrow hit the wall brick on the side of the crenel. This time the arrow was less than five centimeters from his eyes.

This is the advantage of the defender. He has crenels and walls as cover.

"Where did I shoot him?" Dazazan asked in surprise.

"It was also on his face. I watched him fall to the ground." Azanbi pointed with his finger.

While the two were talking, a Tibetan soldier in the archery shed was carrying a bunch of arrows from a pot in another archery shed.

These arrows were soaked in kerosene and burned for a long time. The arrows were extremely hot. As long as they hit the enemy, even if they were not vital, it would be very uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)