She Song

Chapter 228 Han Shizhong descended from the sky
The effect of filling in the moat with more than a thousand people was very obvious. Seeing the earth and rocks pile up and expand little by little, Zhang Dungu was angry and anxious.

When they were persuaded to evacuate three days ago, the surrounding farmers were indifferent. They believed that the war had nothing to do with them and refused to enter or stay away from the city. Now they were caught by the Jurchens and forced to destroy the Pingzhou city defenses.

Although Pingzhou City is not big, it basically maintains its previous life because it has not been attacked by the Jurchens.

At present, there are about [-] permanent residents in the city. With the clearing of the walls and the military garrison in the past few days, the population has already exceeded [-]. Once the Jurchens come in, the outcome will be disastrous!

Looking at the women and children filling soil under the knife edge, and looking at Han Shizhong who bit his lip and was bleeding but didn't notice it, Zhang Dungu could feel the other person's helplessness.

The soldiers of the Chengtou Town National Army and the Pingzhou Army witnessed everything, clutching their swords and guns tightly, and remained silent.

Sima Hengru and Han Xiaoyao were also observing the situation. The one-foot-wide moat was nearly half filled, and anyone could jump across it.

However, hundreds of heavily armed Jurchens did not launch an attack. It seemed that they planned to completely fill the area.

How to do?
Everyone looked at Han Xiaoyao. King Zhenbei was now the highest official in Pingzhou City.

Looking at the large group of Jin troops 600 steps away, Han Xiaoyao asked: "Does Zong Wang expect these [-] people to open the gap and hold it?"

Sima Hengru nodded and said: "The cavalry assault of [-] steps is coming in an instant. These [-] to [-] old soldiers are extremely fierce, and we should be [-]% sure."

"Then let Zong Wang give up!" Han Xiaoyao immediately called Han Shizhong and Zhang Dungu: "Kill the Jurchen infantry under the city, what are your requirements?"

Zhang Dungu compared it and felt that it was quite awkward.

The opponent is too strong. They are obviously veterans who are accustomed to fighting. It is estimated that even 2000 of his men may not be able to bear it.

Han Shizhong said: "Give me 1000 humble men, and then suppress the cavalry on the opposite side. I promise not to let a golden dog break in!"

Han Xiaoyao only said four words: "Let it go and do it!"

Han Shizhong immediately went back to arrange it.

The river filling place chosen by Zong Wang is located on the north side of the northeast corner of Pingzhou. The city wall here is not as spacious as the gate tower, and there is no horse path for transporting troops. Once the Jin soldiers attack the city wall, only a small number of troops can hold it. reinforcements, especially because there were no defensive artillery on the north and south sides.

Of course, Zong Wang also expected that the other party would bring artillery over, but with the artillery and ammunition at the gun emplacement, the space at the top of the wall would be even narrower.

Then, when the Jurchen warriors rely on civilians' human shields to attack the city, in terms of individual combat power, it is more conducive for Nuochi to capture the artillery and defend the city.

Moreover, Nuo Chi was not in a hurry to attack the city across the river. Under the situation where the Song army was wary of rats, he planned to fill up the moat and then order the civilians to continue digging the city wall.

Nuo Chi knew that he was taking a risk, because any rational city defender would not let his opponent dig down the city wall.

The other party would definitely take action. As for whether to shoot indiscriminately or send troops out of the city to intercept, he had to make the right response at the first time. Therefore, Nuochi stared at every move of the Song army officers and soldiers at the top of the city.

When eight gun ports were exposed in the north, Nuochi received a notice that three to four hundred Song troops were released from each of the east and west gates of the city, and they were rushing towards the inner edge of the moat.

The moat and city wall were more than ten feet wide, only enough for 20 people to walk side by side. Nuo Chi scoffed.

He pointed out two Muke, each with a hundred foot soldiers and dozens of civilians, and went up to block the other side, while urging the civilians to dig the city wall.

Except for the masonry structure of the tower, the walls of Pingzhou City are made of rammed earth, so they can be effectively destroyed with picks and shovels.

The one who left the city from the east gate was Su Ge. After more than a month of rigorous training, he had been promoted to battalion commander in the reserve force with Han Shizhong and was very familiar with infantry and cavalry tactical combat.

The two armies met in the northeast corner, and Su Ge was approaching step by step. The Jin army used civilians to block the front and refused to retreat.

When they were ten steps together, Su Ge asked the Pingzhou soldiers to shout in local slang: "Folks, we are about to shoot arrows, get down quickly!" Many civilians were so frightened that they fell to the ground quickly, and the Jin soldiers just wanted to attack them. To kill civilians, the soldiers behind Su Ge began to quickly trigger the crossbow mechanism, immediately killing and injuring a dozen Jurchen soldiers in the front row.

Su Ge then shouted: "Everyone, come crawl over and get behind us!"

The advantage of repeating crossbows is that they can fire intensively in a short period of time. Among the more than 300 people led by Su Ge, fifty repeating crossbowmen were divided into two rows, causing continuous fire damage.

Under such intensive shooting, more than half of the civilians crawled from under the Jurchens' swords to the side of the Zhenguo Army, and were guided to the rear by the soldiers and ran towards the east gate.

The Mouke was suddenly hit by a repeating crossbow attack and lost more than ten of his men in the blink of an eye. He raised his shield to protect his head and chest and gave the order to charge.

So more than eighty Jurchen soldiers shouted and rushed towards the Zhenguo army, and a melee ensued.

It has to be said that at this time, the Jurchens were warlike and capable, with superb killing skills. Under the leadership of Mou Ke, a veteran in formation battles, the Jin army's fearless charge made the Zhenguo army unable to withstand it.

About to collapse, the city's crossbowmen seized the opportunity to shoot at the Jin army without civilian cover from above.

Su Ge took the opportunity to adjust his layout and ordered the spearmen to replace the crossbowmen. This was able to barely block the opponent's offensive momentum.

Just as Su Ge and the Jin army were fighting, a fierce battle also broke out in the north. Han Shizhong, who was in charge of commanding the attack, was staring at Nuo Chi from the top of the city.

The opponent was experienced and ruthless. Although 200 people were sent out, there were still more than 300 veterans on hand, who were still closely guarding the more than a thousand civilians digging the city wall.

He had an account in his mind. A total of 700 people were sent out by the left and right groups, and he still had 300 people on hand. If he wanted to annihilate Nuochi and save the civilians, he must make the other party divide their troops again.

In the main camp of the Jin army, Zong Wang learned from the scouts that Nuochi had begun digging the city wall. Although the Song army sent people out of the city to attack, they could finally withstand it. It was predicted that the wall would collapse within half an hour.

Even if there are eight artillery bombardments, his own cavalry can break into the city at a very small cost, and Pingzhou City will no longer exist.

In order to preserve this fighter opportunity, Zongwang sent 300 reinforcements to support Nuochi, and also used nearly a hundred civilians to cover the advance.

Han Shizhong witnessed the Jurchens increasing their troops and knew that the opportunity was fleeting.

"Let the brothers kill the blocking golden dogs as quickly as possible at any cost and rescue the people!" Han Shizhong had to give the order to charge.

Su Ge knew that the enemy situation must have changed, otherwise Han Shizhong would not force the attack, and shouted: "Charge forward and fight hand to hand!"

After saying that, he pulled out his sword and flew towards the murderer, while the officers and soldiers of Zhenguo who had ordered and prohibited rushed towards the Jin army in front.

Cut, poke, split, stab... bite, scratch, kick...

Mou Ke was stunned, is Song Jun crazy?
During the melee, soldiers from both sides kept pulling each other and falling into the moat. Most of the golden soldiers couldn't swim, and their armor was too heavy, so they all sank to the bottom of the river.

This situation made the Zhenguo army aware of the opportunity to win, so more and more soldiers deliberately pulled the enemy down the moat. Some even worked together to push the Jurchens. For a while, it was like dumplings were falling on the moat. .

When Su Ge and his men finally stabbed Mou Ke to death, the remaining twenty or so Jin soldiers finally couldn't resist and retreated one after another.

Nuo Chi frowned and scolded the southerners for being so shameless. They couldn't beat them but they resorted to dirty tricks... to pull people into the river!
However, reinforcements from the rear were coming and had to be resisted, so he made a decision and sent 70 people to both wings to support the defense line.

However, what Nuochi didn't expect was that as soon as the troops were divided, countless ropes were thrown from the city in front of him.

Three hundred of the most elite Zhenguo officers and soldiers, led by Han Shizhong, fell from the sky in the blink of an eye and charged towards him brandishing spears and swords.

Han Shizhong slashed a Jurchen soldier with a long sword and shouted: "Kill all these sons of bitches, don't spare any of them!"

(End of this chapter)