Great Song Pirate

Chapter 670

The battle outside the city of Liaoyang Mansion has become intense from the very beginning. This is because both Zong Han and Zong Pan have received the imperial decree from Wu Qimai, requiring them to take at least Liaoyang Mansion and Gaizhou within one month. City, at least the Fubo army must be suppressed in the hinterland where Liaodong can no longer threaten Dajin.

The reason why Wu Qimai asked the two of them so much was because he saw Da Song's eagerness to move. If it was last year, he didn't pay attention to Da Song at all, but after the spring of this year, it can be seen from the news sent back from the south Well, after only a short winter, the Song army had a tendency to want to change from a sheep to a jackal.

After Zong Wang led the army to Cangzhou, he immediately divided his troops and marched towards the Song and Jin borders. Jin Wushu was still in charge of leading the first army to Shandong to resist the Song army, and he himself led the army to Yanshan Mansion to attack Zongze in Hebei. The army was suppressed, but when he returned to Yanshan Mansion, he was surprised to find that things were not as simple as he thought.

It turned out that most of the Song people in Hebei chose to flee when they saw Jin Bing. A scout team of hundreds of people chased tens of thousands of Song people and could kill tens of miles or even hundreds of miles. But this time The scouts he sent were not far from the city, and they would be ambushed by the Song people. There was even a time when a Jin army with more than a thousand people encountered a Song army with hundreds of people. Instead, they lined up and launched an attack on the Jin army, which was far more than their number. Although the entire Song army of hundreds of people died in battle, they killed less than half of the Jin soldiers, which made the Jin people surprised.

Zong Wang couldn't help but sighed, obviously the people of Song Dynasty had begun to recover from the initial panic. Once the fighting spirit of the people of Song Dynasty was ignited, it might not be easy to extinguish them again!

After Wanyan Zongjun arrived at Yanshan Mansion in Zongwang, he immediately set off for Datong Mansion, where he deployed the Taoist army to resist Taiyuan Mansion. The army sprung up like mushrooms, attacking the Jin army everywhere, which caused Zongwang a headache, so he could only temporarily abandon some less important places and concentrate his troops to deal with the upcoming counterattack of the Song army.

A letter of emergency flew from the south to the Huining mansion, making Wu Qimai unable to sit still anymore. In order to solve the Liaodong matter as soon as possible, he allocated more troops to deal with the Song army, so he issued an order, Mingzong Han and Zong Pan took the Liaoyang Mansion as soon as possible and suppressed the Fubo Army back to Liaodong. Now he didn't have the confidence to beat the Fubo Army back into the sea, and faintly, he felt that if he wanted to completely To solve the Fubo army, we should first start with the soft persimmon of Da Song, and after pinching Da Song, cut off the back of the Fubo army, and then completely solve the matter of the Fubo army.

After Zong Han received Wu Qimai's strong-worded edict, he didn't dare to neglect any more, so he had to join hands with Zong Pan to order his subordinates to launch a fierce attack on Liaoyang Mansion.

Therefore, the original plan to gradually advance to the city of Liaoyang Prefecture was overturned and turned into a full-scale assault. Therefore, the battle outside the city of the two sides was very fierce from the beginning, but after the war, Zong Han and Zong Pan I found that this bone in Liaoyang Mansion is really hard to chew!
Because on the surface, there are only some trenches and barriers outside the city of Liaoyang Prefecture, but in fact, there are traps everywhere here, and the Fubo Army has deployed many heavy defensive weapons in advance on many favorable terrains. The artillery carts and bed crossbows form crossfire, making the attacking Jin army on the front line feel like they have entered hell. They often send out a team of thousands of people. The sharp weapon was crippled, so I had no choice but to take it back and send troops to continue the attack again!
The current Liaoyang Mansion relies on these fortifications outside the city, like eggs that have been poured with a layer of iron shells. After three days, they couldn't even crack the outermost eggshell. The loss was heavy, and thousands of golden soldiers were left behind in front of the outermost trench.

However, Zong Han and Zong Pan couldn't think of a good solution. In terms of heavy weapons, their number of catapults was far less than that of the Fubo Army on the other side of the trench, and their quality was not as good as that of the Fubo Army. So good, often they have just built some stone catapults with great difficulty, and they will immediately be turned over by the stone catapults of the opposite Fubo army. It is not easy to form effective support for the attacking soldiers and horses. The Polish army has a well-defended barrier, using various heavy equipment to fight against their attacking soldiers and horses. Although they have a great advantage in bows and arrows, they cannot effectively kill the soldiers of the Fubo army on the opposite side of the trench. Those attacking soldiers of the Golden Army were depressed to death, and the exchange ratio of battle damage between the two sides was simply unacceptable to Zong Han.

Fortunately, the first batch of people sent to attack were Liao people or Song soldiers. It would not be a pity to die. Otherwise, the Jurchens would really be unable to bear such a huge battle loss!
But even so, after a few days, the morale of their two armies inevitably suffered a big blow. The army that was aggressive at the beginning seemed to have weakened a bit now.

Moreover, the Fubo army repeated the old trick again, playing the tactic of boiling the eagle. As soon as night fell, the Fubo army would put out some rockets from their positions, and after igniting them, they would shoot fiercely into the Jin army camp. After three days, Zong Han and his gang really understood Zong Qian Zongqiang's difficulties before, and they all jumped angrily and only scolded, but there was nothing they could do about it. , I have seen shameless play, but this is the first time they have seen such shameless play!

As a last resort, in order to reduce losses, Zong Han and Zong Pan had no choice but to temporarily stop the attack, so that the soldiers in the army could take a breather. At the same time, they called many generals to discuss how to attack. After three days of rest, the Jin army started to move again. stand up.

As the battle drums sounded in the golden camp, the Fubo army on the position immediately took action, and teams of soldiers quickly ran to their defending positions through the traffic trenches, and quickly loaded all kinds of equipment , eyes fixed on Jin Bing's camp.

This time, the action of the Jin army seemed a little strange. Instead of sending a large number of soldiers and horses to attack the trenches of the Fubo army, they pushed out some head cars and trench cars temporarily built by the craftsmen accompanying the camp. The vehicle led the way, followed by a large number of golden soldiers, advancing gradually towards the front of the Fubo army.

Standing behind the low wall, Gao Dapao looked at the crude front cars and trench cars in front of him, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. The current Liu Da is no longer the gunner he used to be. After such a long battle, he This master gunner had already been promoted by Gao Jun to be the battalion commander of the artillery battalion. This time, before the battle, he was in charge of allocating heavy weapons to the north of the city, mainly dealing with Zong Pan's army.

After Gao Dapao saw these rags from the Zongpan Barracks, he ordered the messengers around him: "Send the order, let the light thunder cannons in front prepare, and concentrate on knocking out these rags for me first." , the rest of the cannon carriages and bed crossbows are also ready, we will bring these golden dogs closer and then make them bigger! Ask the crossbowmen to prepare, after we destroy these leading carriages, they will be responsible for the rest!"

The position immediately became busy, and several light thunder cannons were pushed to the gap in the low wall. After the gunners quickly arranged the artillery, they began to carefully aim. The rope gunners threw off their cotton coats, grabbed the ropes tightly, and one after another huge arrows were loaded onto the bed crossbow.

Jin Bing's battle this time, with the cover of these leading vehicles and large shields that can resist arrows, seemed to be much more courageous. After forming an array, they immediately began to advance with the leading vehicles.

Zong Pan stood behind the formation and watched the army advancing nervously. This time, he made up his mind to take down the outermost barrier of the Fubo Army, otherwise, there would be no place for his face to rest, but in this way Whether the method is effective or not, he has no idea in his heart, because until today, the roaring artillery in the legend of the Fubo Army has not really appeared, and from the mouths of Zong Qian and Zong Qiang's defeated soldiers before, he also I learned that when the first car encountered the artillery of the Fubo Army, it was like a piece of paper, but he really couldn't think of any better way to capture the Fubo Army as soon as possible. The position outside the city!
The sound of the war drums made the ground seem to be shaking. A large number of golden soldiers carrying sandbags followed closely behind the soldiers holding large shields and marched towards the trenches. As the distance got closer, everyone felt a sense of excitement.

The golden soldiers pushing the lead cart were panting heavily, with steam rising from the top of their heads. All of them took off their shirts and pushed the lead cart forward with all their might, hiding behind the lead cart. It is much stronger.

Until the golden soldiers advanced to about [-] steps in front of the trench, there was still no sound on the Fubo army's position, as if there was no one there, which made the attacking golden soldiers a little puzzled. Besides, it is impossible to have any other thoughts, so after the leader of the Golden Army general roared, the golden soldiers in the front row who were carrying the big shield immediately roared in unison, raised their big shields and ran away Get up, their task is to stand the big shield on the edge of the trench, it is considered a victory, so after getting the order, these big shield players who acted as death squads formed a row of shield walls on both sides of the lead car and moved towards the enemy. The trench rushed past.

Followed by the soldiers with sandbags on their shoulders, they also dreamed of running along with the big shield holders. The temperature in the morning was still very cold. Among the thousands of people in the queue, the exhaled heat formed a faint cloud above their heads. In the mist, the archers held horn bows and ran while shooting arrows on the bowstring. At the moment, they were the only ones who could cover the soldiers in front and fill the trenches. All the golden soldiers accelerated.

In the rear row of the Jin army, a group of Jin soldiers began to push the newly built stone catapults and moved towards the trenches. As long as they set up these catapults, the low walls of the Fubo army would be flattened by them, and they also Then the road leading to Liaoyang Prefecture can be opened.

Everything seems to be well arranged, and this is thanks to the surrendered troops in the army, otherwise, relying on the Jurchen, they would not be able to come up with such a method of attacking the city.

As his army got closer and closer to the trench, a glimmer of hope rose in Zong Pan's heart. Maybe today he can really take down the defense line outside the Fubo Army!

The gold soldiers who were attacking also started to get a little excited, shouting and continuing to speed up, and from time to time someone would step on the corpse of a fellow robe left behind a few days ago, but they couldn't care less now. After these things, get up and run, otherwise, if you step on it, you will be trampled to death by the people behind!

Seeing that they approached within [-] steps of the trench, the position of the Fubo Army finally reacted. Several gaps in the low wall suddenly burst into flames, and then there was the sound of rolling thunder. Jin Bing reflected that the leading carts in front of them were immediately blown away by the roaring iron bullets, and even the golden soldiers pushing the carts were knocked upside down and flew out before they hit the ground. It's almost dead.

After the roar of these artillery pieces, a long pole of a stone catapult was erected behind the low wall, and the huge stones rose into the air again, mixed with many bed crossbows and giant arrows coming towards them, once again in the golden army. There was a rain of blood in the neat queue. When the big shield hand walking in the front was beaten to the side, the rows of crossbowmen also straightened their bodies, loosened the bowstring in their hands, and a large number of carved feathers left the string. The arrow roared and rushed into the array of golden troops as if they had been stripped of their clothes...

Seeing the chaotic army formation, Zong Pan felt like vomiting blood. After holding back for a few days, he finally saw the power of the Fubo Army's artillery. Hearing the roaring sound, he finally put together The leading cars that came out were blasted apart one after another, and the trench car that followed the leading car became the next victim and was blasted into a pile of waste.

"Press me up! Don't retreat! Even if you fill it with corpses, make a path for me!" Zong Pan waved the horsewhip in his hand with red eyes, and shouted hysterically to the lieutenants around him.

The chaotic golden army retreated a little, and was driven back by the supervisors swarming from behind. One by one, the soldiers of the supervisors waved their big knives and chopped down many frightened soldiers in succession. Finally, Grabbing the decline, he continued to rush towards the front of the Fubo army.

In desperation, these golden troops would die if they advanced, and they would die if they retreated. So in desperation, they had to brave the rain of guns and arrows from the Fubo army to advance desperately, and fell on the side of the trench one after another. Finally, someone arrived at the trench , threw the sandbags on his shoulders into a ditch full of thorns and thorns, but was nailed to death by the arrows of the Fubo Army oncoming, and fell into the ditch along with the sandbags. Hanging on the wooden thorns below the ditch, there were desperate screams of dying.

The archers who were driven crazy saw no hope of retreating, so they had to hide behind the big shield who was still alive, and chose to shoot against the archers of the Fubo Army on the opposite side of the trench. Moreover, the heavily guarded Fubo army fired at each other, what was their final result? The entire trench was filled with the steaming corpses of the golden soldiers, and on these corpses, arrows with white arrow feathers were also inserted. It was as if a reed flower suddenly grew here.

The battle was so fierce that even the Fubo army guarding this section of the trench was shocked. Some people couldn't bear the bloody smell in the air and retched. Although the Fubo army resisted fiercely, this During the day, Zong Pan acted like he was going crazy. He continued to invest wave after wave of offensives in front of this section of fortifications. He insisted on building a corpse wall made of human corpses on the other side of the trench, which seriously affected the The observation of the Fubo Army finally gradually filled up this section of the trench.

"Damn! I've never seen such a way of taking human life and not treating it as human life! The Jurchens are so fucking inhuman! Come on, let me remove the Thunder Cannon first, we can't hold this position! It's almost time to give They have some sweets!" Gao Dapao showed his head slightly behind the low wall, looked towards the opposite side, and swore with a click of his tongue.

As soon as his words fell to the ground, an arrow shot by a golden soldier came straight towards him. With a clang, it hit the top of his round helmet, shot a stream of sparks, and flew out again, so frightened Gao Cannon hurriedly shot it again. He retracted his head and cursed loudly.

As more and more Jin Bing archers arrived at the side of the trench, relying on the corpse wall and desperately shooting arrows at the position of the Fubo Army, the number of soldiers stationed by the Fubo Army in this section was far less than that of the Jin Bing, and gradually their counterattack Began to be suppressed by the Jin army, and the archers suffered more and more casualties. This time, Zong Pan was determined to break through this line of defense, so basically no casualties were counted, and he was always using his life to move towards the trenches. fill.

Gao Jun stood at the top of the north gate, frowning and watching the situation on the outer front. Teams of stretchers kept carrying the casualties into the city. He knew that the fight there must be very difficult. , Finally, an order was sent to Liu Da and the others to withdraw from the front line, transfer all the equipment that could be transferred to the second line of defense, and burn those that could not be transferred on the spot, which was the end of the day's fierce fighting.

After sunset, when Zong Pan was considering whether to continue the attack, news came from the front that the trench had been completely breached, and that the Fubo Army had abandoned this line of defense and retreated to the second line of defense, Zong Pan finally let go. He took a deep breath and paid such a big loss. If he couldn't even break through a line of defense, then Zong Pan really wanted to find a piece of tofu and crash him to death. After asking about it, I found out that when the Fubo army retreated, they set fire to all kinds of equipment that could not be dismantled and transported away. Zong Pan was so angry that he felt dizzy and died after beating for a day After a few thousand people, he didn't even get a little bit of a bargain, he just pushed the front line forward for about two miles. This battle was really f*ckingly depressing!

But at any rate, he managed to achieve such a little achievement in the siege battle. Maybe Zong Han didn't even achieve this achievement!Thinking of this, Zong Pan became a little complacent again, so he immediately sent someone to Zong Han's camp to deliver a letter, but when the messenger came back, he brought back a message saying that Zong Han had also broken through the ambush in the west of the city after a day of onslaught. Zong Pan nodded helplessly for the Polish army's defense line. After a busy day, he still failed to overwhelm Zong Han, and the two armies were still on the same starting line.

In the next few days, the Zong Han and Zong Pan armies continued to launch fierce attacks again and again, but the Liaoyang Mansion guarded by the Fubo Army seemed to be an invincible black hole, constantly sucking the blood of countless golden soldiers. It almost made Zong Han desperate. Even when he fought in Taiyuan, he never suffered such huge casualties, and this battle made him extremely depressed. The Bo army has a huge advantage in terms of terrain and long-range heavy firepower. Every step forward, their Jin army has to pay the lives of countless soldiers, but they can't deal a heavy blow to the Fubo army. They understood the feelings of Alu and Wuben at the beginning, Fubo Army is really a hard nut to crack!

Not only that, the Fubo army in the city has been launching counterattacks continuously in the past few days. Often, their Jin army will be hit back by the counterattack of the Fubo army just after a few steps. If there is a chance, they will chop off the head of the corpse of the Jin Army they encountered and take it away, and then use a trebuchet or something else to throw it into their queue as a cannonball the next day, making it a mess. The morale of the soldiers on my side plummeted. After being hit by a head shell, many soldiers were often driven almost crazy even if they were not crushed to death. People throw it like a stone for fun.

Not only that, the closer to the city wall, the more fierce the firepower of the Fubo army, as if they had endless arrows and stones, every time the Jin army launched an attack, they would shoot all kinds of things at the Jin army like rain, making them The casualties of the Jin army have been increasing geometrically these days, and the corpses of the fallen soldiers are placed behind the entire camp, and as they gradually rot, they emit an unpleasant stench.

In desperation, Zong Han knew that it was unrealistic to solve the Fubo Army in Liaoyang Mansion in a short time, so he had to discuss with Zong Pan, hold his ground and make a plan, and Jin Jun also began to change his strategy , no longer launched the human sea tactics, but switched to a new tactic, like a mouse, imitating the Fubo army outside the city of Liaoyang, digging trenches fiercely, relying on soil work, and gradually nibbling away at the Fubo army. The position outside the city of the Polish army has begun to receive some results.

(End of this chapter)