She Song

Chapter 287: Surrounded on three sides, blooming in the center

More than a thousand double-armored Jurchen cavalrymen and nearly ten thousand footmen could no longer hold back, rushing forward like a fierce black iron stream.

The Jurchen cavalry was about to arrive, Xiao Qian drew his sword and pointed at the gap: "The children of my clan will die or live today!"

Thousands of ridiculed people responded in unison: "The ridiculed people will not be destroyed until death!"

After the artillery at the top of Jinzhou City was destroyed, Xi Jun decided to use explosive packs to block the Jurchen cavalry. Hundreds of blasters lit fuses and jumped out of the city wall, rushing towards the Jurchen Iron Pagoda.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

As violent explosions continued to sound, the neighing of frightened horses and the pitiful cries of the wounded could be heard outside the city.

In fact, more than a hundred demolitions knew they would never come back alive ever since they accepted this mission.

But if they don't destroy the Jurchen Iron Pagoda, once they break into the city, none of the Jinzhou defenders without heavy armored infantry defense will survive.

Therefore, they rushed out of the gap one by one, holding explosive packs and rushing into the dense queue of Jin troops to die together.

When the iron pagoda brigade gathered at the gap, the remaining twenty or so blasters at the top of the city and below the city pounced on the Jin army at the same time.

"Boom!"

After the concentrated explosion, the shock wave rolled up the broken limbs and sand and gravel, and even Xiao Qian, who was a hundred steps away, was stained with dust and blood.

After the large iron pagoda was cleared, a small number of iron cavalry still rushed into the city, and behind the iron cavalry there was still a tide of Jurchen infantry charging forward.

Xiao Qian ordered again: "First group, let go!"

The crossbowman high on the roof waved his wooden hammer and knocked on the machine bracket, "Swish, swish, swish!"

Dozens of giant javelin-like crossbow arrows nailed more than a dozen iron pagodas to the ground with whistling sounds. In this way, after the three groups of crossbows were fired, the iron pagodas were already filled with gaps.

"Throw fuel bombs!" Xiao Qian estimated the number of Iron Buddha Tu and maintained the defense in an orderly manner.

More than a dozen fuel bombs were thrown, and then the raging fire quickly ignited everything in the gap, including the gravel and the corpses of the horse soldiers. The fire continued for dozens of steps, like a large fire scene.

At this time, the few Iron Buddhas outside the city obviously did not expect the defenders to create such a huge fire. Although they were not afraid, their war horses were not stupid.

But the troops who followed were well prepared, quickly covered with sand, quickly attacked the city step by step, and successfully broke into Jinzhou.

"Liannu blockade!" Xiao Qian had been waiting for the Jurchen infantry to charge.

So across the gap, the offensive and defensive sides launched a crossbow battle.

Until, the Jurchens resisted with huge shields, covering their steps and marched into the city.

"Withdraw!" Xiao Qian, who had successfully delayed until the afternoon, led his men to resolutely move to the East City.

Street fighting is different from field battles. Various small-scale attacks that make the Jurchen soldiers unable to guard against them make them miserable.

As a large number of Jin troops entered the city, Wanyan Zonghan finally recovered from his heartache after seeing how little Tiefu Tu was left.

However, scouts reported to Dongcheng that the Zhenguo Army had transferred thousands of wounded people to the shore, and the Zhenguo Army in the city might have fled.

This made Wanyan Zonghan very distressed. The opponent's naval gun threat made it impossible to send out a large force, and a small force was ineffective. Therefore, he waved his hand again, and two men of ten thousand followed him into the city. They must bite Xi Ren to the death, no Give the other person a chance to escape.If the entire Zhenguo army fled, he would be able to take advantage of the chaos to pursue him. With the two armies mixed together, he did not believe that the naval guns would still bombard them.

Sure enough, 3 people fought with the Zhen Guo army in the city. Some spies even confirmed that Xiao Qian, the Lord of Xiren, had been supervising the battle in the city. After all the four or five thousand wounded were transferred, the Zhen Guo army stopped retreating.

it is good!
Now we can finally catch the turtle in the jar!
Wanyan Zonghan paid close attention to the fierce fighting in Jinzhou City. Although the Jin army suppressed the Zhenguo army in numbers, the attack did not go smoothly.

According to feedback from officers and soldiers at the scene, in addition to the fact that the barricade was easy to defend and difficult to attack, they occupied a block after driving away the Zhenguo army. However, when they continued to advance, the Zhenguo army inexplicably came out from behind to sneak attack. The enemy attacked them from front to back and captured it again. neighborhood.

"True!" Wanyan Zonghan quickly deduced that this strange situation was not so mysterious, and it must be that the Zhen Guojun had already prepared fortifications.

Regarding the tunnels, Wanyan Zonghan had no other good options but ordered the city to be burned. At the same time, he mobilized ten artillery pieces into the city and used the remaining shells to destroy the solid barricades.

The only good news is that Xiao Qian has been in the city for a long time, and the number of Zhenguo troops is estimated to be around [-].

Wanyan Zonghan, who suffered a heavy setback yesterday, decided to narrow the encirclement and eat the Jinzhou defenders in one bite, thereby attracting the Zhenguo Army to massively support the eastern front. In this way, Lou Shi's West Route Army could counterattack the five states of Yundi, while the hesitant Tokyo The Imperial Guard can also attack from south to north.

After all, the Zhenguo Army only had a total of 15 people, and it had eliminated 3 people in Jinzhou. Yanjing, which was besieged from three sides, would definitely fall into a passive position.

However, Xiao Qian sent out special forces and successfully blew up the explosive boxes of the Jurchen artillery, turning the ten artillery pieces into useless decorations.

The fighting continued all night, with both sides suffering huge casualties. It can be said that every inch of the street was filled with blood, and the smoke-filled city was filled with casualties.

As the dawn illuminated Jinzhou City, the eighth day of September, which decided the fate of Wanyan Zonghan's 15 gold army, finally arrived.

The Jin army hadn't had breakfast yet, but the first military news puzzled Zong Han: "Thousands of nationalist troops appeared on the northern beach of Jinzhou?"

The spies replied: "That's true. Nearly [-] troops have disembarked, but there are still ships arriving."

A troop carrier can carry up to 200 people, but I heard that the Hanji caravan has hundreds of merchant ships. From this point of view, the Zhen Guojun will receive at least [-] reinforcements within a day.

It's not surprising that there are reinforcements, but why don't they directly meet Jinzhou, but instead land in the north, thirty miles away from Jinzhou?

The spies continued to inquire about the subsequent situation. Zong Han cut a large piece from the roasted lamb leg and gnawed at it while looking at the map, trying to analyze the other party's intentions.

Immediately afterwards, a fast horse rushed into the camp. A golden soldier covered in blood and in a state of embarrassment rolled and fell from the horse. He was brought to Zong Han and said a horrifying news intermittently: "Zhongjing was captured by the Zhongguo Army." The [-]st Division captured..."

However, the next moment, all the generals flatly denied it.

The First Division of the Zhenguo Army is Han Xiaoyao's ace unit. It has been confronting Lou Shi in Yundi. How can it possibly attack Zhongjing?Unless they had long expected that the Jin Army would march south to Jinzhou, they would secretly exchange the First Division back to Tanzhou, and when the two armies were stalemate in Jinzhou, they would suddenly leave Gubeikou to capture only Zhongjing.

On the surface, Zong Han commanded an army of 15 people, but in order to ensure his retreat, he left 1 people in Zhongjing and Nanyang Pass, and at the same time, he also left 5000 people in Shengzhou.

The enemy was expected to be lenient, which made Zong Han immediately realize that the messenger from Zhongjing was likely to be telling the truth, and Han Xiaoyao was likely to replace the first division with recruits in order to cut off his retreat.

If this is the case, it can explain why the Zhen Guojun landed in the north of Jinzhou in the early hours of this morning. They definitely wanted to cut off the road to Shengzhou. This retreat, which Zong Han was least worried about, was due to the powerful shipping capabilities of the Zhen Guo Army. Cut off every step of the way.

In the last battle of Jinzhou, Zong Han used Nanyang Pass to block the pursuit of the Zhenguo Army. It seems that this time, Han Xiaoyao is bound to win.

Suddenly, Zong Han raised his head and glanced at Jinzhou City. If everything was carefully designed, could it be considered that Xiao Qian was just a bait?
Sure enough, an hour later, news of the fall of Nanyang Pass came again. The 2 men of the First Division had blocked the retreat to Zhongjing.

Just when Zong Han had the idea of ​​marching to Pingzhou, military information from the south showed that the Pingzhou Army, Changsheng Army, Cavalry Brigade, and Artillery Brigade, totaling 3 people, were approaching Jinzhou.

Surrounded on three sides, blooming in the center!
(End of this chapter)