She Song

Chapter 250 Is Zong Han stupid?

The Jurchens left hundreds of corpses and retreated again. Han Shizhong, Xiao Qian and others hurriedly took off their armor and sat down against the crenel.

At this time, the correspondent hurried to the top of the city and sent an order to Han Shizhong and Xiao Qian.

"In five days, we defeated the 3 men who could pull off the silver-spelled Lisu, and captured more than half of them. Now the prince is marching his army eastward to fight Zong Han?"

Xiao Qian was very shocked by Han Xiaoyao's determination, which showed that the main force of the Zhen Guo Army did not suffer too much loss, and he was very confident in solving Zong Han's 5 troops.

Is the Zhenguo Army actually that strong?
Han Shizhong smiled and said: "In other words, Jinzhou will be guarded for two to three days. This matter must be carefully considered."

Xiao Qian also fell into deep thought. The two of them currently have less than 3000 troops in total, and they probably won't last until the third day.

Zong Han seemed to know this, so he launched three or five attacks every day. Every time Jinzhou repelled an attack, hundreds of defenders had to be filled in. It was a veritable millstone of flesh and blood.

After thinking about it, Xiao Qian gritted his teeth and said, "I will recruit more troops!"

Han Shizhong couldn't bear it and said: "How can we recruit troops when everyone under 45 and over 16 is on top of the city?"

Xiao Qian made up his mind, smiled and said: "Xiren is considered an adult at the age of 14, and he can still shoot a bow at the age of 50. There are many women in their prime who are not inferior to men, so they must recruit again, even three to five hundred is good..."

Looking at Xiao Qian's decisive departure, Han Shizhong sighed helplessly.

Jinzhou is the city that Yanyun Management Committee promised to give Xi Ren self-government. He has no authority to interfere with Xiao Qian's decision.

At the gate of the Jinzhou Mansion Yamen, Xiao Qian summoned more than ten leaders of the same clan.

"If we hold on for another three days, the Zhenguo Army will arrive, so I want soldiers. The men are over 14 years old and under 50 years old, and the women are between 20 and 40 years old. They must go to the city to kill the enemy! I also want bricks, stones, and rolling logs to cross the border." The more, the merrier! You all know the consequences of the Jurchens coming in... Even if we spend all our money and demolish the houses, we still have to guard for three days!"

The leaders of each tribe looked extremely ugly. The battles in the past few months had wiped out all the strong men in the tribe. Now it is finally the turn of the old people, children and women!
But they also know that the result of not being able to hold on is to be exterminated by the Jurchens, and this is unacceptable to every Xiren.

The leaders dispersed silently, Xiao Qian did not urge him, he sat on the threshold and waited patiently with his saber in his hand.

After a while, people gradually gathered from all directions, including a white-haired old man, a young man with pigtails, a woman with her head bowed in silence, including more than a dozen tribal leaders, each holding swords, guns and sticks.

Looking at the clansmen filling the street, it is not just three to five hundred, but at least one thousand and fifty six, which is probably the Xi clan's entire family fortune.

Xiao Qian stood up and walked to the headman step by step.

The eldest leader said with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty, everyone here is in your hands!"

Xiao Qian nodded and then knelt down on one knee, everyone was shocked.

As the incarnation of the wisdom and bravery of the Xi clan, Xiao Qian's status was extremely respected, but now that he suddenly knelt down, they were at a loss.

"Your Majesty, you can't do it!"

Xiao Qian shook his head, drew out his sword and said loudly: "Today, the old, weak, women and children are needed to fight, all because of Qian's incompetence. Now I cut my face and swear: If I don't kill the gold-returning dog, Qian will die under the knife!"

After speaking, he cut himself hard on the cheek. Red blood flowed gurglingly, but he did not show any pain. He stood up and said, "Everyone, go to the top of the city!"

So scenes of brutal attack and defense began again...

In the early morning of the third day, there were very few soldiers in military uniforms at the top of Jinzhou City, and there were only about 600 civilians included. Everyone knew that if the Jurchens launched another attack, Jinzhou would have no soldiers to defend it.

Silence, everyone fell into silence.

Suddenly, there was a harsh sound of gongs in the south of the city!
alarm?The enemy is coming from the south?
Soon, a war horse galloped from the south gate, confirming everyone's suspicions.

"A large number of Jurchen cavalry appeared in the south of the city!" Xiao Qian's heart suddenly lifted. At this time, he really had no way to defend Nancheng.

Han Shizhong suddenly came to his senses and shouted: "Reinforcements must be coming!"

Xiao Qian's heart changed with the news, and he also figured out that this should be the case, otherwise the Jurchen cavalry going south would not be able to return.Whether it’s true or not, this is a life-sustaining shot in the arm!

"The Jurchens will be defeated, Jinzhou will be saved!"

A burst of cheers suddenly erupted at the top of the city, and everyone waved their incomplete swords and guns. The long-lost joy finally came.

Han Shizhong pointed his long sword at the Jin army and said, "Your Majesty has annihilated thirty thousand cavalrymen with the ability to pull out silver skills. Now we come to Jinzhou for a decisive battle with Zong Han. We must not only defend Jinzhou, but also fight back decisively to hold off the Jurchens!"

Xiao Qian also laughed loudly, and then said: "Yes! Tit-for-tat, after so many days of beatings, it's finally our turn to beat them! Sons, beat the drums, let Zong Han's son I know Xi Ren is not dead!"

"Dong dong dong..."

The cheerful drumbeats resounded through the city and reached the Jurchen army formation on the opposite side.

Wanyan Zonghan has received the Pegasus Express. Han Xiaoyao's vanguard force and more than [-] cavalry brigade are driving nearly [-] Jin troops southward and are rapidly approaching Jinzhou.

It's not that [-] troops can't defeat the opponent's [-] cavalry, but that the [-] troops of the Zhen Guojun have received nearly [-] silver horses, and the whole army has been equipped with horses, and the Chinese army is only an hour away from them.

After the Chinese army, there are also large-scale equipment such as artillery and continuous ballista. Once bitten by the cavalry brigade, it will not take half a day to face the continuous crossbow attack of tens of thousands of Zhen Guojun elites. Annihilating.

The southern troops who attacked Pingzhou and Jingzhou had to retreat to Jinzhou after suffering thousands of casualties, but were pursued by Zheng Liang.

Wanyan Zonghan looked at the dilapidated and miserable Jinzhou City and couldn't help but twitching on his face.

He also didn't expect that Jinzhou's defenders would be so tenacious.

After fighting for six days, although the opponent was killed and wounded tens of thousands, he also suffered six to seven thousand casualties. Every attack seemed to be successful, but Jinzhou was always hanging on to its last breath. What a headache!
Now, his situation is very embarrassing.

He knew that Jinzhou was at the end of the war, but the Zhenguo Army was close at hand, and he heard that the other party had annihilated 3 people in Yin Shuke, so he came for a decisive battle. Although the victory or defeat was between two points, as the commander of the army, any omission would not be ignored. not allowed.

Soon, he made a decision. The army went out to fight and could not return empty-handed. Jinzhou was a thorn in his heart and he had to pull it out no matter what!
Now that the troops on the southern front had withdrawn, they simply launched an attack on the city at the same time from the north and the south, recaptured the city in one fell swoop, dealt with Xi Ren by the way, and confronted Han Xiaoyao again!

The attack horn sounded immediately, and tens of thousands of Jurchens from the north and south of Jinzhou City approached the city step by step, ready to board the city at any time.

Xiao Qian laughed miserably and said, "Today, all I have to do is die!"

Han Shizhong spat and said with a smile: "Grandma, I don't know which bastard will take advantage of my new concubine. I'll be in a big loss..."

As the front-line generals waved their machetes, the northern and southern Jin armies charged simultaneously. The howls of the soldiers spread throughout the fields, like a group of hungry wolves rushing toward Jinzhou.

Suddenly, melodious horns sounded in the Jurchen camp, and everyone inside and outside Jinzhou City was stunned.

Han Shizhong's eyes widened and he murmured: "Is Zong Han stupid? He is withdrawing his troops at this time? What is he doing?"

All the Jurchen officers and soldiers were even more confused. They all rushed to the city. How could they retreat?

Wanyan Zonghan, however, was in trouble. With fire in his eyes, he wished he could kill this untimely scout in front of him with a knife!
It only takes half an hour, half an hour to capture Jinzhou!

However, in the end, reason overcame anger, and Zong Han ordered: "The entire army assembles towards Nanyang Pass!"

(End of this chapter)