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Chapter 148 Fuhu Army breaks wolf cavalry and saves Tokyo
Sixth day of the siege of Tokyo.

Since the Liao people and the rebels launched a formal siege three days ago, a wave of ferocious attacks has been organized almost every day, which will last for about two or three hours.

The battle was very brutal.

As of today, the Tokyo Imperial Army's reserves of bows and arrows and defensive equipment, such as rolling logs and rocks, have basically bottomed out. In the future, they can only demolish the houses of the people in the city.

The actual reserve army has already begun to be dismantled!
Li Gang and Zhang Shuye stayed on the top of the city gate day and night. They hadn't closed their eyes for several days, and their eyes were bloodshot.

The 2 Imperial Army has been reduced by nearly 2%, and currently less than [-] people can persist in combat resistance, and these [-] people are scattered to the surrounding city gates and city wall defense lines. One can imagine the weakness of the defensive strength of each front .

The city of Tokyo is overcast, and more and more people lack confidence in holding Tokyo.

The only thing that could boost the morale of the Forbidden Army soldiers was that Crown Prince Zhao Huan led several other princes and led hundreds of imperial servants to go up to the tower to fight with the Forbidden Army.

Although their combat was mostly formal, it still lifted the spirits of Tokyoites.

Zhang Shuye's face was gloomy, he had been closely watching the movements of the Liao people's camp, especially the movement of the Iron Forest Army under Yeluao Luwo.

Fortunately, heavy cavalry can't play a big role in siege battles, and they won't be useful for the time being.

Li Gang climbed up the tower in a hurry, seeing the crown prince Zhao Huan, the ninth son Zhao Gou, and the third son Zhao Kai coming up, he cupped his hands and said, "I have seen the three Highnesses!"

Zhao Huan waved his hands hastily and said, "President Li, you don't need to be too polite."

The performance of these sons of Zhao Ji in the past two days is remarkable, which makes Li Gang, Zhang Shuye and everyone a little impressed.

Many people who were disappointed with Zhao Song's royal family couldn't help feeling a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

Not to mention anything else, it is commendable to dare to go up to the tower to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers and fight side by side.

In the Jinren camp, the tunnel leading to the city is still being excavated, and the piles of the three earth mountains have basically been completed.

Zhang Shuye said in a deep voice to Li Gang: "Li Xiang, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, the Liao people will use large catapults. If so, the city will suffer heavy casualties, and the people in the city who have crypts must be ordered to avoid them." If there is no crypt, try to stay in an open area outside."

Li Gang looked solemn, and nodded slowly: "Master Lu has already arranged it. It's a pity that the city has limited soldiers and horses. Otherwise, at this time, we should send troops out of the city to harass the Liao people from time to time, burn their catapult machines, and at least delay their construction."

Zhao Gou, the ninth son of the emperor, suddenly interjected: "Mr. Zhang, Li Xianggong, I wonder if my master will be here soon to rescue the soldiers?"

Li Gang was stunned: "Your Highness said your master?"

Zhao Kai, the third son of the emperor, said in a low voice: "The ninth younger brother is talking about Master Wang! Young master Wang was ordered by the emperor to teach the ninth younger brother bow horse riding and archery, so the ninth younger brother has the name of master."

Li Gang was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and then sighed: "It's about [-] miles from Jingdong Dongping to Tokyo, and the round trip is [-] miles. Master Wang has been away for six or seven days, and he should have arrived in Dongping based on his journey day and night." Well, but mobilizing soldiers and horses to march is not a trivial matter, even if Wang Shaoshi has brought tens of thousands of troops to rush to Tokyo to help, at least ten days later he will arrive!"

Eighty miles a day is Li Gang's maximum limit.

After all, most of the tens of thousands of troops are infantry, and they have luggage. Even if they march in a hurry, they can only travel seventy or eighty miles a day at most, and no amount of manpower can bear it.

Everyone's faces are not good-looking.

Given the current situation in Tokyo, it is unlikely that the city will not be destroyed after another ten days.

If the Liao people had used heavy trebuchets, the casualties in the city, especially the damage to the city walls, would have been huge, and the process of breaking Tokyo would have been accelerated.

The atmosphere above the city gate was extremely solemn.

All the soldiers were silent, only Zhang Shuye said with emotion: "The only way to fight to the death is to die for the country!"

Li Gang burst into tears, and raised his arms and shouted: "Fight to the death, don't retreat!"

Immediately, many soldiers on the city tower gradually began to raise their arms in mourning and cry out to fight to the death, and soon this resolute mood of mourning spread to the entire city wall.

In the camp of the Liao people on the opposite side, Yelu Yu Jian immediately sneered and said: "Long on his last days, at most two days, this commander will take Tokyo, slaughter the royal family of Zhao and Song, and defend His Majesty to proclaim the emperor in Tokyo!"

Yeluao Luwo laughed loudly: "Marshal, I have been waiting for this day for a long time!"

The two immediately exchanged a knowing look.

They failed in the struggle for power in Khitan, but they retreated into the territory of Song Dynasty.It just happened that Liang Shijie rebelled, so he used Liang Shijie to first capture the states in Hebei, and then rushed to Tokyo. As long as the Song Dynasty was destroyed, they would be able to make contributions in the Central Plains and fight against the Liao Dynasty.

And given time, they will definitely lead their army back to Khitan and take back what should belong to them!
Liang Shijie behind the two of them sneered.

He quietly winked at Lu Bin, the young general in white beside him.

Lu Bin calmly urged his horse to leave Liaoying, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

the seventh day.

The Liao people finally used the trebuchet.

In the era of cold weapons, the main function of trebuchets was to attack cities.

Compared with ladders, carts and siege towers, the stones thrown by the trebuchet can easily knock down the yellow mud city wall. Even the thick and hard blue brick city wall of Tokyo cannot withstand hundreds of kilograms of stone bombs for a long time. Repeated blows.

In ancient siege, once the city wall collapsed, it meant that the attacker had won a decisive victory.

The cavalry and heavy infantry pouring into the city through the gap can quickly advance towards the center of the city, while the defending troops without the protection of the city wall can only fight to the death with the siege troops.

Since the siege troops generally have a numerical advantage, once the city wall is broken, it means that the defense of the city will fail.

Huge boulders roared in mid-air, and almost all Song soldiers showed fear, looked up and prepared to escape.

Many pieces fell into the outer city, and earth-shattering vibrations resounded throughout the city, and smoke and dust billowed in the air. I don't know how many houses were damaged, and how many people were crushed to death.

And most of the stone bullets came towards the walls of Tokyo.

Boom boom boom!
Loud noises came again and again, the smoke cleared away, and the section of the main city wall where Li Gang and Zhang Shuye led the troops was smashed into a gap of more than ten feet in size!
At this time, the bullhorn whimpered in the Liao people's camp, and a Tielin army finally launched!
Thousands of heavily armored wolf riders charged towards them like a torrent of steel.

Those ordinary bows and arrows couldn't hurt them at all. If the Tielin army was allowed to rush into Tokyo through the gap, killing a bloody road, and the overwhelming Liao army came to cover up and kill them, Tokyo would not be safe!
Zhang Shuye shouted: "Go and plug the gap!"

However, at this moment, the Liao people launched a simultaneous fierce attack on the four walls, and there were not many people left to seal the gap.

Moreover, the ordinary imperial guards were no match for the elite Khitan wolf cavalry at all, and they would die if they went there!

Zhao Huan looked gloomy.

He gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and led Zhao Gou and Zhao Kai down the city gate with the few guards left, and galloped straight to the imperial city.

Seeing that the outer city could not be kept, they could only avoid and defend the imperial city to see if there was a last chance of survival.

A civil official like Li Gang, who is very old, led the guards to fight with the Liao people on the city wall, and it was conceivable that his physical strength was exhausted.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the backs of Zhao Huan and the others fleeing on horseback, and he sighed inwardly: "Forget it, it's already quite precious to be able to do this. But Your Highness, if the outer city is destroyed, the imperial city will also be destroyed." I can't keep it, and now I'm afraid it's the end of Song Dynasty!"

Li Gang looked up at the clear blue sky, which was cloudless.

And the dark Liao rebels are still attacking frantically, shouting and killing, and the sound of killing is earth-shattering, and right under his feet, he has already felt the roar and tremor of the earth!
The Iron Forest Army has arrived!
Li Gang closed his eyes in grief, but immediately opened his eyes wide with anger, and shouted: "All soldiers, fight to the death with this old man, and don't retreat!"

To be honest, for the Zaifu and Taiwei of the current dynasty, Li Gang and Zhang Shuye have personally commanded the battle these days, and lived with the soldiers. They did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives for the country. Many, some soldiers spontaneously gathered around Li Gang in order to protect him!

Li Gang, Zhang Shuye and the Forbidden Army in the city tower all made up their minds to die.

At this moment, there were suddenly two shrill and angry tiger roars!

Immediately, someone yelled: "Fu Hu's army obeys orders, all of them are there, and I will face the Liao people!"

The city gate was opened, Yan Qing took the lead and rushed out first, and then the sound of horseshoes roared like thunder, and two thousand cavalrymen of the Fuhu Army rushed out in a line with a cold expression and armed with hook-linked spears, shields and crossbows!
The cyan military flag was flying fiercely, and the three gold-embroidered characters of Fuhu Army fluttered in the wind on the military flag.

Two thousand Fuhu cavalry and one thousand Khitan wolf cavalry Tielin face off!

Although the Tie Lin Army is the elite cavalry of Khitan, Wang Lin's cavalry is also very powerful, especially the 2000 soldiers who came to Beijing with him are all carefully selected and sturdy soldiers. Able to draw a strong bow, all of them have extraordinary skills, Wang Lin also invested a lot, and the equipment is well equipped, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

The key is to follow Wang Lin for a long time and develop a morale that looks down on the world!
Two colorful tigers rushed to the front. The murderous aura and power of the king of the forest were not unfounded. The two tigers howled loudly one after another. They didn't dare to move anymore, and as a result, the Tielin Army's formation began to appear chaotic!
Two fierce tigers rushed into the enemy's formation, killing more than a dozen people one after another. No matter how tough the Khitan wolf cavalry was, they were human beings. Fear and powerlessness in the face of beasts were almost innate. The cavalry of the Iron Forest Army avoided the tiger pounce , the formation becomes even more chaotic!

Yan Qing roared and charged into the formation first with guns, and then the two thousand subduing tiger troops cut the Tielin army's charge formation with sharp knives, and rushed back and forth, killing the Tielin army and turning them on their backs!

Yeluao Luwo's ​​face changed suddenly: "Why does this Song army cavalry keep tigers? Whose horse is this?"

Yeluyu Jian's expression was gloomy: "Your Majesty, this is the Fuhu Army. This commander has heard that a new general named Fuhu has risen in the Song Dynasty. It is said that this person is invincible. His subordinate is the Fuhu Army!"

Liang Shijie, who was behind the two, caught a glimpse of the Fuhu Army gradually gaining the upper hand in the battle with the Tielin Army, and the faint hiss of fierce people on the battlefield could be heard, and he felt a little cold in his heart.

Wang Lin!

If Wang Lin hadn't killed Cai Jing, he would still occupy a high position in the Daming Mansion and enjoy the glory and wealth. Why did he rebel and be surrounded by the Liao people?

So Liang Shijie hated Wang Lin to death.

On the top of the city gate, the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty saw that the Fuhu Army was so brave that they were able to kill the Khitan Wolf Cavalry Iron Forest Army, and their morale was greatly boosted.

But when the sound of Mingjin withdrawing troops came from the Liao people's camp, the remaining two hundred Tielin troops were routed and fled back to the camp with a lot of dead bodies.

Yan Qing ordered his troops to bring back the corpses of three hundred brothers who had been damaged on the battlefield, and captured hundreds of Khitan war horses.

Yan Qing's heart ached like a stir.

The two thousand cavalrymen were Wang Lin's darlings, and more than three hundred people were lost in the first battle, and one of the two tigers was also stabbed, how can it not make people feel heartbroken!

Fortunately, the results of the battle are outstanding, killing [-] cavalry from the enemy Tielin Army, and the people of Liao are shocked!

This time, the name of the Subduing Tiger Army was truly revealed!

"Fu Hujun! Invincible in a hundred battles!"

When cheers from soldiers of the Imperial Army came from the city gate tower, the corner of Yan Qing's mouth twitched. He didn't know how he would explain to the envoy when he saw Wang Lin in the future.

But the situation was very critical at that time. If he hadn't been prepared, he led the Fuhu Army to ambush here, rushed out in time, and resisted the attack of the Iron Forest Army, Tokyo would have been destroyed by this moment!
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Although the Iron Forest Army has thousands of people, but now it has lost 800 people, and the loss to the Liao people is also heavy.This is an important fundamental force that Yeluao Luwo relied on. Under the premise of not knowing the situation in the city, the Liao people did not dare to easily dispatch the Tielin Army to attack the city wall.

And relying solely on infantry to attack, this gave the Song Army a buffer.

Yan Qing led the Fuhu army to repair it, but some young officials in the court spontaneously organized and led the people in the city to assist the Song army in defending the city. In fact, there are quite a few. At this moment of life and death, in order to save their lives, the whole city mobilized.

The damaged city walls were quickly repaired and blocked.

The young and strong among the people were temporarily assigned weapons and incorporated into the reserve army.

Hearing that the Fuhu army actually killed the famous Khitan wolf cavalry and iron forest army, even the official Zhao Ji became more confident and felt that there was a turning point.

Under Zhao Huan's suggestion, Zhao Ji issued a death order, all the private soldiers supported by the big families and the powerful families must all be sent to the battlefield, and those who resist the order will be killed without mercy.

In this way, another 5000 people were gathered.

The fighting power of these noble family members is obviously much stronger than that of ordinary people. With them assisting in defending the city wall, the defense power of the Song army has skyrocketed unprecedentedly. The Liao people's fierce attack in the next two days basically failed.

Later, the government also issued a commendation order for the Fuhu Army. Yanqing gave a hundred taels of gold, five times the pension for those who died, and tens of thousands of dollars for the rest of the soldiers.Promise to wait until after this battle, and then promote meritorious service.

Yan Qing distributed the hundred gold bestowed by the emperor to the family members of the deceased brother, and of course recorded it in the account first.Seeing this, the rest of the soldiers also took half of the reward and distributed it to the families of the victims.

Unexpectedly, since then, it has become a routine of Fuhu Army.

(End of this chapter)