One Piece of Song Dynasty

Yang Yizhong, who was walking on the city wall, looked at the tired soldier Gao Xin: "Soldiers, the prince has asked me to tell you good news. Our bloody battles for more than ten years have not been in vain. Yan Yun has been killed by other troops of our army. Recovered.”

After listening to Yang Yizhong's words, the soldiers had different reactions. Some were so tired that they continued to remain silent, while others couldn't believe it and said: "General, what you said is true."

Some questioned: "General, could it be that the prince lied to us?"

Yang Yizhong said displeased: "What did He Dayuan say? Has the prince ever lied to you?"

He Dayuan said excitedly: "General, does that mean that as long as we win this battle, we can return to our hometown?"

Yang Yizhong nodded and said: "Yes, as long as we win this war, we can go home."

Yang Yizhong was chatting with the soldiers when suddenly a swarm of torches were lit outside the city. Zhao Qi said: "It seems that Jin Manzi does not intend to rest."

Yang Yizhong shouted: "Brothers, keep the gold thief out of the city. If we hold on for a few more days, we can go home."

The fierce offensive and defensive battle began again. The soldiers were busy shooting arrows, firing cannons, moving rocks, moving arrows, and boiling gold juice.

However, it seems like a fierce offensive and defensive battle. In fact, the soldiers of the Jin Army have no fighting spirit, especially the Han soldiers and Khitan soldiers in the Jin Army. Their losses have been the biggest since the war began. The real Jurchen soldiers have not done much. These people also understood that Jin Wushu was using them as cannon fodder, so as the war prolonged, their morale dropped to the bottom. They often retreated after encountering some fierce resistance just after attacking. , Jin Wushu was very anxious when he saw this situation. He killed a few leaders, but it was of no use. There were only a few million Jurchens in the entire Jin Kingdom, and the others were either Han, Khitan or For the other minority ethnic groups, Jin Wushu only brought Jurchens with him during the southern invasion. The rest were Han or Khitan people. These Jurchens were Jin Wushu's last trump card. Until the critical moment, he would be I won't use this trump card.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Jin Wushu had no choice but to play the card of heavy reward. Jin Wushu ordered to step up the siege and announced that he would reward the first person who broke into Luzhou City with the position of Captain Ten Thousands of Gold, as well as a thousand gold reward. .

There must be brave men under the heavy reward. After hearing the news announced by Jin Wushu, the Jin army's siege soldiers also regained their morale and began to risk their lives to attack the city.

However, after a night of fierce fighting and repeated fierce attacks by the Jin army, Luzhou City remained unmoved, standing in front of the Jin army. The Song army flag on the city head and the handsome flag with the Chinese character "Li" were still on the top of the Luzhou city city. However, the Jin army attacking the city still suffered casualties and casualties under the stubborn resistance of the Song army, and was unable to take even half a step into Luzhou City.

On July th, while the Jin Army was resting in the morning, Yang Yizhong quickly took advantage of this gap to relax for a while. He had not had much peace of mind since the Jin Army's attack regardless of day or night.

After a while, Lieutenant General Yang Yi Liu Zhengfei came over to report: "General, the kerosene is ready."

Yang Yizhong opened his eyes and said: "Okay, soon the Jin army will attack the city and spread the fire oil under the city. Today we will build a wall of fire and see what the Jin army will do."

Soon the Jin Army began to attack the city again. When the Jin Army's siege ladder trucks and siege hammers finally reached the gate of Luzhou City after all the hardships, following Yang Yizhong's order, countless Song Army soldiers carried the prepared kerosene. They poured it down along the city wall, and some even splashed onto the Jin soldiers attacking the city.

Some soldiers of the Jin Army had seen kerosene in battles with the Song Army for many years. When the kerosene was poured down, they knew something was wrong and immediately ran back. Some soldiers who had never seen it were still in shock after being splashed with it. In confusion, Jin Wushu hurriedly ordered the entire army to withdraw after seeing the Song army pouring fire oil on it.

After pouring the kerosene, the Song Army's crossbowmen immediately fired rockets. In an instant, a wall of fire ignited outside the entire Luzhou City Wall. Many of the Jin Army's siege equipment and soldiers that had not had time to withdraw were ignited. The entire Luzhou City Wall was made of masonry. The ones made of bricks are not afraid of fire. The only thing that is really afraid of fire is the city gate. However, some time ago, Li Xin ordered the soldiers to build another layer of earth wall behind the city gate. This is equivalent to sealing off the land entrance and exit of Luzhou City, leaving only There are three water gates. The water gates are all made of steel, so they are naturally not afraid of fire.

The raging fire outside the city wall could be felt on the city wall, so in order to avoid heatstroke, Yang Yizhong and Zhang Jun ordered the soldiers to go down to the city to take shelter temporarily, leaving only patrol soldiers to monitor the situation outside the city.

Looking at the fire, Han Chang sighed: "Commander, Song Jun has really spent a lot of money. How much fuel will it cost?"

Jin Wushu said calmly: "It is a good thing to spend money. There are not many defensive means in the Ming city. Now it seems that the city cannot be attacked. I ordered the whole army to rest for a while, and the craftsmen with the army continued to build siege equipment. Ming is the last step to attack the city." Within a certain period of time, Han Chang, Ming, I am going to use the Jurchen soldiers to make a last-ditch effort to win over Luzhou City and end this war."

This fire gave both armies a chance to breathe, especially the Song Army. After all, after so many battles, they had never had a good rest. The fact that they can still fight with such combat effectiveness is entirely due to their perseverance. Hold on, Han Shizhong's army is still or kilometers away from Luzhou at this time. If there is no accident, it will reach Luzhou on the afternoon of the th.

On the morning of July th, Li Xin once again climbed onto the north gate of Luzhou City. His tall figure looked so eye-catching on the top of the city. A red cloak was draped on his broad shoulders. The wind was blowing, and through the gaps in the clouds, a ray of rays of light fell on Luzhou City, coating his body with a layer of light gold, invisibly making his body emit a halo like a god, and he His body remained motionless in the wind, as majestic as a mountain.

There were shouts of killing everywhere above and below the city. Huge boulders were thrown by the catapults of the Jin army outside the city, falling like hail on the walls of Luzhou City. The dust filled the Luzhou City. The originally neat battlements were almost completely destroyed under such repeated attacks. The entire city wall became mottled and dilapidated, as if it would collapse at any time. Countless Jin troops came towards the city like a tide. Swarming along the city wall, carrying or pushing various siege equipment, they swarmed under the city wall of Luzhou City, climbing up the long ladder like ants and swarming towards the city wall, and more Jin soldiers The generals stood under the city and lined up to shoot arrows at the city wall. The arrows rained down on the city wall like locusts, suppressing the resistance of the Song army on the wall.