Great Song Pirate

Chapter 619
After the Fubo army eliminated the Jin army outside Liaoyang Mansion, Xu Yi began to worry instead. The Liaoyang Mansion in front of him was obviously the first such a strong city he encountered. What makes him even more troublesome is that the 30-meter-wide moat outside the city of Liaoyang Prefecture was filled with water from the Prince River brought in by the Jin people. It is obviously a difficult task to attack the Liaoyang Mansion.

For this point, it is obvious that before they came, they still did not fully consider how to attack the city became a problem they had to solve.

At this time, a fast horse galloped into the camp, and the arrival of a news made the atmosphere in the Fubo Army camp suddenly tense again.

Because they received bad news, Jin Guo once again recruited nearly [-] troops from the Huining Mansion in Shangjing, led by Jin Guo’s general Wanyan Zonggan, who has left Shangjing Road and rushed towards Liaoyang Mansion. According to their marching speed, at most It can be reached in five days.

"Five days! Now the time given to them by the Jinren is only five days, and we must at least take Liaoyang Mansion within three days! In that case, we still have a day or two to rest and prepare, otherwise, the consequences I think everyone should know what it is!" Xu Yi tapped on the handsome case with his fingers and said after pondering for a while.

All the generals were also very nervous. They said they had 3000 troops now, but after days of attacks, only about [-] were able to fight. Among them was an elephant soldier of nearly [-]. It will be used easily. If they can't break through the city within three days, then they will fall into a situation where they are attacked from both sides, and the situation suddenly becomes tense.

Facing the [-] Jin Kingdom army on the plain, even with artillery, rockets and other weapons, it is absolutely difficult for them to guarantee their safety. Now there are only two paths before everyone, one is to take Liaoyang within three days Mansion, after entering the city, stand by the city and wait for help!
The other is to immediately withdraw the troops back to Gaizhou City, and defend there to resist the counterattack of the Jin army. In this way, the first of the two roads is obviously to take great risks, and even if the Liaoyang Mansion is captured After that, the situation may not be very good, they will soon fall into the situation of being besieged by the army of the Kingdom of Jin, and this time is different from the battle of Fuzhou, they have enough time to calmly arrange all kinds of things outside the city. Defensive facilities, to prevent the Jin army from reaching the city, they will directly face the Jin army's crazy siege, whether they can withstand the Jin army is really a problem.

If it is safe, the second way to withdraw to Gaizhou City is much safer. Gaizhou City is built near the sea. There, they can easily get the support of personnel and materials from the rear. There is obviously a higher chance of winning against the enemy there. Some, but in this way, their plan to control the Liaoyang Mansion will be completely defeated, and all the hard work and price paid these days will be immediately in vain.

Most people can understand this truth, and no one dared to express their opinions easily. They all used their brains to weigh the current situation, and the big tent immediately became quiet, except for the breathing of the generals, there was no other sound. sound.

This kind of silence makes people feel very uncomfortable, and Xu Yi's mind is also turning sharply. No matter what choice he makes at this time, it is a very difficult decision for him. Immediately withdraw troops back to Gaizhou, how about winning steadily?Xu Yi couldn't make up his mind for a while!
Only at this time did Xu Yi realize that he still overestimated his own abilities. Although his Fubo army currently possesses so many seemingly advanced weapons, they can only be regarded as primitive firearms after all. , there are still a lot of shortcomings, and the strength of Liaoyang Prefecture is still a bit too strong for them, and the lengthening of the logistics line is a big problem for them. Gaizhou has more than 200 Here, even if he conquered the Liaoyang Mansion, the army of the Jin Kingdom would definitely cut off the connection between this place and Gaizhou when they arrived here.Xu Yi felt that for the first time since Fubo's army grew, he had no idea.

"My lord! In my opinion, in order to preserve our strength, I ask you to temporarily give up attacking Liaoyang Mansion and withdraw to Gaizhou. After all, our Fubo army is not strong enough to fully resist Jin Guo, but Right now, most of our elites are here, even the lord and mistress are here. It is obviously too risky to continue to storm the Liaoyang mansion, and now we have won Liaodong not long ago, and the rear is not yet secure. The chances of winning are not great. Once the Jin people take advantage of the emptiness behind me and besiege this place, and move their troops southward to attack Liaodong, even if we take down Liaoyang Mansion, it is likely to become an isolated city here. Besides, there are still 10,000 people in Liaoyang Mansion. +Civilians, even if we take down Liaoyang Mansion, we may not be able to subdue the people in a short time. At that time, we will face the onslaught of the Jin army on the outside, and guard against riots in the city, so I think that we will attack now Liaoyang Mansion is not a wise move!" Seeing that all the generals in the tent were silent, it was Ma Zhe who spoke first.

As soon as Ma Zhe said this, he immediately got Yang Zaixing's support, and he also said: "Mr. Ma is right, and the general agrees with Mr. Ma's opinion. The previous efforts were in vain, but continuing to attack the city will undoubtedly take a very big risk. The general also knows what the lord thinks. But don’t be in a hurry! It will take ten years for the Kingdom of Jin to destroy Liaodong, and our army has come from afar. It is obviously too impatient to attack a large number of territories of the Kingdom of Jin! The last general also thought that we have already occupied Liaodong now. A large piece of land has already reached the limit for our current strength, and it has also severely damaged the Jin Kingdom, achieving the goal of containing the Jin Army. As for the eyeliner, what we should consider is to gain a firm foothold first, and then map the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom Not too late!"

Even Yang Zaixing said that, and the rest of the generals nodded their heads in agreement. They are not afraid of death, but no one is willing to take such a big risk. Everyone wants to fight with confidence. , if there is no certainty at all, the morale of the Fubo army may also be hit.

Xu Yi gritted his teeth. He also thought clearly about these problems. Now is not the time for him to take risks. Although it is a pity to give up attacking Liaoyang Mansion now, he does not want to spend all his money here, so He sighed and said: "Everyone is right. I have become a little impatient during this period of time. The strength of the Jin people is far higher than ours, and we are not yet strong enough to compete with them. From this point of view, this time it will be a big challenge." It’s really going to be cheaper for Jin Ren!”

The generals are also a little bit sorry. After all, they have put a lot of energy here these days, and the army has also paid a considerable price. If they really decide to withdraw their troops, it is really embarrassing. The Jin army has several lines of defense, and the soldiers are approaching the city, but they just give up all the efforts ahead. It will not be too comfortable for everyone.

"My lord, don't be sorry. From my point of view, although our army failed to do its best in this battle, it has already dealt a serious blow to the Jin Kingdom. With our own strength, we were able to hit their important town in Tokyo, and we lost consecutively. The Jin army, for the king and ministers of the Jin Kingdom, has taught them a lesson, and our retreat is not necessarily a bad thing. The terrain of Gaizhou City is dangerous, and the Jin soldiers counterattacked Liaodong on a large scale. Gaizhou City is a must. Road, we can continue to repair the Jin people there, and we can also contain a large number of Jin troops to support the Song Dynasty. As long as we guard Gaizhou City, it may not be a headache for the Jin people. There, we also advance You can attack and retreat, but you can defend, it is not necessarily worse than capturing Liaoyang Mansion." Ma Zhe saw the regret on Xu Yi's face, so he spoke to comfort him.

Xu Yi thought about what Ma Zhe said was indeed reasonable. Gaizhou City is the place where the Jin soldiers must pass through when they go south. After controlling it, it is also like a light on the Jin people's back, so the regrets in their hearts will be less Some of them just feel a little bit pained that they didn't win Liaoyang Mansion, a place rich in products.

Now that the matter of withdrawing troops has been decided, the remaining question is how to withdraw troops, so Xu Yi shook his head, let go of the unwillingness in his heart, and began to discuss with the generals how to withdraw troops.

Outside the south gate of Liaoyang Mansion, the Fubo army gathered and formed a square formation. The sky above the army was filled with murderous aura, and trench filling vehicles, trench bridge vehicles, leading vehicles and other equipment were pushed outside the city. The Menlei cannon raised its black muzzle high, and the Fubo army went up and down like a forest of knives and guns, shining with a dazzling cold light. Hundreds of ladders were carried by the Fubo army, like hundreds of centipedes. The posture of the vice-attack.

The atmosphere in Liaoyang Mansion was also unprecedentedly tense. Golden soldiers and generals rushed to the top of the city, and piled up all the things they could find to defend the city on the city wall. From a distance, they gathered hundreds of simple The throwing carts, the archers are arranged behind each battlement, and the rolling logs, stones, boiling oil and other things are also in place. As long as the Fubo army is attacking the city, they will attack the Fubo army head-on. , although their morale was not high, the unrest in the army was curbed after Ahuli promised a heavy reward, not to mention that behind these golden soldiers there were many Jurchen soldiers watching them eagerly, either Fighting to the death, or being killed, they had no choice but to choose to defend Liaoyang Mansion with the Jurchens.

Ahuli stood on the tower, looking down at the Fubo army outside the city, and seeing the mighty and sturdy Fubo army soldiers, he also secretly felt a little timid, but after looking down at the wide moat below the city, he was somewhat relieved One point, although the Fubo army is powerful, they will not be able to fly over the moat, no matter how sharp their artillery is, they can only bombard their own city walls from a distance, and it may not be easy to cross the moat .

After the Fubo army set up their formation, with the sound of war drums, the army began to slowly advance towards the south gate of Liaoyang Mansion, and then the artillery positions began to roar. Seeing the Fubo army firing cannons, they immediately lay down on the ground collectively, hiding their bodies under the female wall, a group of tortoises shrunk their necks, and then the shells roared, hitting the top of the city heavily, beating hard Stones flew randomly on the city wall, and the golden soldiers who were shot screamed again and again.

Moreover, this time the Fubo Army's artillery fire was very intensive, so that the Jin soldiers did not dare to raise their heads, and many of the thrown vehicles were destroyed. A large number of Fubo Army rushed to the moat of Liaoyang Mansion.

A group of golden archers were driven to stand up and shoot arrows at the Fubo army who was approaching the city wall. The Fubo army held up their shields to resist, and continued to advance under the cover of the leading chariot, and even shot at the city wall with a strong crossbow. The golden soldiers on the ground fired and suppressed their counterattack, and the two sides began a fierce battle across the moat.

After a fierce battle, the Fubo army left a large number of corpses, and then receded like a tide, which made Ahuli on the city excited, and shouted at the Fubo army below the city: "You can't wait! I will severely teach these ignorant thieves!"

In this way, the two sides fought fiercely under the city for a day. The Fubo army has never been able to attack the moat of Liaoyang Mansion, and left a large number of corpses in front of the moat. The casualties were quite heavy. , They were really aggrieved by the beating, and this time they finally taught the Fubo army a lesson, let the Fubo army see how powerful they are, and caused a lot of damage to the Fubo army.

Ahuli was overjoyed, took out a lot of money, fulfilled his promise, rewarded the three armies, and ordered the soldiers in the city to guard against death, and beware of sneak attacks by the Fubo army at night.

As a result, that night, the Fubo army blocked the four gates of Liaoyang Mansion, and launched a fierce attack at night. Their actions were discovered by the golden soldiers in the city. The two sides fought fiercely all night, but the Fubo army still could not get close to Liaoyang Mansion. The moat once again suffered heavy casualties, and the side of the moat outside the city was piled up with the corpses of the Fubo Army.

"I'd like to see how many of these bandits are enough for us to kill. It's just a dream to take down our Liaoyang Mansion with such an attack!" After the Fubo Army's corpse, I couldn't help laughing wildly. After fighting for so many days, they were the ones who died a lot. Now I finally saw that Fubo Army also died a lot. Scan roughly, the Fubo Army's onslaught day and night, At least thousands of corpses were thrown outside the city. In terms of the strength of the Fubo army, if they fight like this for two days, there may be no one to use.

After a day and a night of onslaught, the Fubo Army's morale was obviously hit. They rested until almost noon before launching an attack on Liaoyang Mansion. Looking at it this time, the formation of the Fubo Army is not as good as it was yesterday morning. It is tidy, and the action seems to be much slower, but this time the Fubo Army launched more head cars covered with horse hide. Under the cover of these head cars, they launched an attack on the city again. After being encouraged by yesterday's battle, the soldiers' morale was greatly boosted, and they frantically shot arrows at the approaching Fubo army to prevent the Fubo army from approaching the city river. The golden soldiers on the city also rolled out thunderbolt chariots covered with thick planks, approached the city wall, and bombarded the golden soldiers on the city. In the following situation, we can only brave the fire of the Fubo army and shoot arrows.

Thick smoke billowed outside the city of Liaoyang Prefecture, and the battle lasted until the afternoon before the Fubo Army was repelled by the Jin soldiers again, and rushed back to the camp in a panic.

Ahuli climbed to the top of the city again. Today, due to the rapid-firing blast guns pushed by the Fubo army, the gold soldiers on the city suffered a lot of losses. So he was even more overjoyed, because after the gunpowder smoke cleared, the ground outside the city was full of corpses of the Fubo Army. After such a rough inventory, the Fubo Army lost almost half of its soldiers in two days, so he Completely relieved.

From this point of view, although the Fubo Army is powerful, they can't break through his Liaoyang Mansion. This wide moat cannot be crossed by the Fubo Army. Let's see how they take down Liaoyang Mansion.

The morale of the Jin army in the city was boosted even more, but some Jin generals spoke to Ah Huli with lingering fears, reminding Ah Huli to be careful of the Fubo army, because the Fubo army is really cunning, don't be fooled by them again, but At this time, Ahuli could no longer listen to it. In his opinion, the reason why the Fubo army attacked Liaoyang Mansion regardless of casualties must be because they heard that the army of the Jin Kingdom was about to arrive here. Before the arrival of the reinforcements, they would not be able to attack the Liaoyang Mansion, and they would be attacked by the enemy. That's why they attacked regardless of the cost. For this reason, they reprimanded those subordinates who spoke up.

"You people seem to be scared by the Fubo army. No matter what you say, they are still human, not gods! Although their artillery is very sharp, they have limited manpower after all, and these corpses in the city can To explain the problem, the Fubo army is afraid of the arrival of a large number of our reinforcements, so they will attack the city so frantically. Now is not the time for us to worry about them. If it is as expected, the Fubo army will withdraw tonight. They have no strength to continue Then attack our Liaoyang mansion! Order the cavalry in the city to stand by and keep an eye on the movements of the Fubo army. Once they withdraw, we will give them a tail to chase them down. Otherwise, let them retreat safely to Gaizhou. It's still a big trouble!" Ahuli summoned his generals and gave them instructions.

The Jin army in the city also got busy again, and began to gather four thousand cavalry, ready to go out of the city to chase after the Fubo army. Things really happened as Ahuli expected. The big camp was brightly lit, and people neighed and horses screamed, and the movement was very unusual, but after the Jin soldiers on the tower looked over, they didn't see the Fubo army coming out of the camp to attack Liaoyang Mansion at night, so they immediately reported the situation to Ahuli.

"As I expected, the Fubo army is going to withdraw at night! Come on! Bring me a horse and a knife, and prepare to open the south gate. I will personally lead the troops to chase the Fubo army!" The one who had been waiting for news Ahuli stood up abruptly. In order to prepare for the battle at night, Ahuli didn't even take off his armor.

Not long after, Ahuli led the most elite golden army in the four thousand city and began to gather at the south gate. The golden soldiers on the city suddenly shouted: "My lord, the Fubo army has begun to withdraw from their camp! They are in large numbers. The torches are coming out of the camp and heading south!"

Ahuli laughed loudly and shouted: "Young men of the Jin Kingdom, today is the time for us to take revenge on these thieves, show your courage and fight out with me, anyone who kills one person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver! Open the door and release the drawbridge!"

After the south gate of Liaoyang Mansion was pushed open by the golden army, the high-hanging suspension bridge was slowly placed on the moat. Their weapons shot out of Liaoyang Mansion, and rushed towards the Fubo Army camp.

Their horses galloped wildly, trampling the corpses of the Fubo army outside the city to a bloody mess, with bloodstains all over them, and rushed towards the Fubo army camp wildly. His soldiers and horses finally reached the Yuanmen. Although many torches were lit here, there was no one in sight on the watchtower. After the vanguard Jin army reached the front of the Yuanmen, they stabbed at the few people at the door with their long spears. The Fubo army standing upright with guns turned out to pick up these Fubo soldiers easily with a light hand. Only then did they realize that these Fubo soldiers were simply dummies made of straw.

"The Fubo army is really retreating! Go! Don't let them run away!" Seeing that there were no living people in the huge gate, Jin Bing yelled wildly, and galloped across the gate of the Fubo army like a torrent. The general entered the camp.

After entering the big camp, Jin Jun felt relieved. The big camp was full of dark spots, only a bunch of branches were left, and even the tents had been withdrawn by the Fubo Army. The camp was completely empty in the past. After seeing this scene, Ahuli waved his sword and shouted: "The Fubo army has withdrawn, don't let them run away, chase me!" Then he slammed his feet on the horse's belly , leaning down, rode his horse and rushed out towards the rear camp of the Fubo Army!

A large number of cavalrymen of the Kingdom of Jin followed immediately, waving their weapons, and began to charge towards the rear camp of the Fubo Army. Along the way, they only saw various vehicles and luggage scattered everywhere. I gave up here, in order to withdraw to Gaizhou City as soon as possible, I don't even want these things, so I became more confident and bold, one or two were excited, as if they were drunk, and continued to chase after screaming wildly.

At this time, among the pile of corpses under the city of Liaoyang Mansion, a group of people moved quietly, crawling and squirming towards the suspension bridge. Everyone was dressed in black. Looking down from the city in the night, there was no one People can clearly see the movements of these people. All their spears and steel knives are blackened. Even if the moonlight shines on them, there is no reflection at all. These people move very fast, regardless of whether they are still lying around Numerous corpses, these corpses have begun to emit a foul smell.

(End of this chapter)