The battle between the Jurchens and the Han has finally begun.

The name of the Jurchen's war is that the Han Ministry "rebelled and disobeyed orders"! And the slogan of Hanbe's resistance was more direct: "Protect the Tiger Princess!" Return me general! ”

At this time, Zong Han only brought 1,000 people to join the division, and the other 2,000 people were left behind and the 2,000 people led by Xianye to monitor Xiao Tienu's army, and at the same time escorted Zheyan to the east, so at this time, the Jurchen soldiers and horses outside Liaokou City were mainly more than 30,000 people of the Dajin East Route Army (Pingzhou Army), 5,000 people transferred out of the tart lazy were the left road, 10,000 people of the Tokyo Road Miscellaneous Army were the right road, and there were 15,000 soldiers and horses of various ethnic groups such as Khitan, Bohai, Xi, and Han'er. And there are only 15,000 people in Liaokou City after Wanyanhu brought 3,000 reinforcements, and the Jurchens are far superior in terms of troops, but the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Liaokou is not low, and the morale of the Jin army outside the city is not necessarily very high.

After Zong Wang and Zong Han consulted, it was decided that Zong Wang would lead the Pingzhou army and horses and attack the north gate; Zong Han commanded the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, the miscellaneous army on the Tokyo Road, and the Khitan army of Yelu Yujian, and attacked the east gate; The tart lazy led the headquarters to unite the soldiers and horses of other ethnic groups for the rescue. Zong Wang sent Zong Bi to lead a thousand people to the southeast to sweep away, and many Han villages that had not had time to retreat suffered one after another, and Zong Bi only went south for 150 miles in half a day, until he saw the land that had been ploughed by the farmer's gate and dug tunnels and ravines everywhere. He sent a group of 100 men to abandon their horses and find their way, but the group of soldiers and horses was not far from the brigade when half of them were shot and wounded by crossbowmen who were lying in ambush in the ditch tunnel. Zong Bi saw that people were constantly flashing between the mountains and ravines, he was a lone army of a thousand people, and he was here to explore the way, so he didn't dare to stay for a long time, and led the army back to the camp outside Liaokou City before the sun went down, and informed Zong Wang of the situation along the way.

At the same time that Zong Bi led the troops to sweep, the siege battle commanded by Zong Wang had also begun. He had the heart to defeat the morale of the defenders of Liaokou in one battle, so he used the main force in the first round of attacks.

At this time, although Wanyan Hu was in the city, it was Yang Kaiyuan who really presided over the battle. Under his mobilization, almost all the people in Liaokou were dispatched, and the trained ones went directly to the city wall to help defend the city, and the untrained ones carried the objects of the city under the supervision of the engineers. Even women and monks were mobilized to help.

"Oh ......" As soon as the Jurchen military command flag moved, the three-way army charged together: Zongwang mainly attacked the north gate, Zonghan attacked the east gate, and the tart and lazy two roads responded. The Jurchens are barbarians who go from the mountains and forests to the plains, so they can ride and fight in the mountains! Unfortunately, this time they encountered a city, and it was a fortified city that could not be broken by horses' hooves.

"Ahh Bed crossbow! Hanbe's bed crossbow! ”

In the exclamation of the Jurchens, fifty bed crossbows appeared on the eastern side of the city! Then there was a creepy sound of breaking the wind in the air, and more than 20 horsemen in the soldiers and horses who rushed to the east gate were pierced by people and horses before they reached the city, and the arrows and stones on the wall were fired together in the screams of men and horses, and most of the weapons of the Han Department were practical and sharp, and the stones were often wrapped in fire, so the shield could not be blocked; Arrows are often poisonous, so if they are shot, the chances of survival are extremely slim. The composition of the miscellaneous army in Tokyo Province is very complicated, there are Han'er, Khitan, Xi, and Goryeo, and their innate combat ability is not as good as that of the Jurchens, and the training organization of the day after tomorrow is not as good as that of the Han Army, so it is a little chaotic in such a fierce counterattack.

However, the main army of Pingzhou, which mainly attacked the north gate, rushed under the city wall under the cover of siege equipment. Nearly two-thirds of Liaokou's troops were gathered on this wall, but the pressure they needed to bear was far greater than that of their comrades in the East Gate! In the face of more than three times the attack force of one's own, looking at the enemy rushing up like ants, how can the psychological pressure be imagined by people in peacetime?

"Three generals!" Zhang Zhonghan said: "We must have victory!" Otherwise, our people won't be able to cheer up! A wound must be inflicted on them, otherwise our soldiers and civilians will not see any hope of victory and will be afraid! ”

"How do you want to win?"

"Let me go out and kill for a while!"

"Nope." Yang Kaiyuan said: "Go out of the city and fight with Zongwang in the field, that is the way to die!" ”

Zhang Zhonghan said: "But ......"

Yang Kaiyuan said: "Don't worry, don't worry!" Even if we only defend and don't attack, they will have to pay the price! ”

"Not good! The enemy will burn the city gates! Yes! The pile of firewood and grass is coming up! ”

Yang Kaiyuan, as the coach, didn't have time to react, and Luo Ziying, the head of the city, shouted early: "Release the rocket!" "Rockets fired in succession at the head of the city, piercing the cover and igniting the firewood and grass piles only a dozen steps away from the city gate.

"Goose cart! And the holes! ”

Luo Ziying gave a loud order, ordering the people to use a battering rod and a long fork against the hole and the goose cart to stop them from advancing, and then use a long iron hook to hook the felt on the hole. The reason why this cave is not afraid of bows and arrows is because it has this layer of leather felt as armor, and the soldiers in the hole are immediately exposed to the range of Liaokou bows and crossbows as soon as the leather felt is lost. At this time, the cave was very close to the city wall, and the people pushed the boulder down to break the hole, and the crossbowmen shot the Jurchen soldiers hiding in the cave with bows and arrows.

Before the hole was finished, there was a ladder approaching, the ladder was more than two feet high, and it was carried close by fifty or sixty people, and the ladder was wrapped in a quilt and wrapped in felt skin, so not only was it not afraid of swords, but even rockets could not be fired. Luo Ziying personally led the strong men in the army, picked up a big stick tied by a few bamboo poles and hit the ladder, after hitting a few times, the ladder was crooked, Luo Ziying shouted the order to pick up the big stick again, and finally knocked down the ladder, killing more than ten people under the ladder.

Seeing the victory, the defenders of the city cheered loudly, Yang Kaiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, in this rapidly changing battle to defend the city, the role of middle-level and grass-roots generals is sometimes greater than that of the commander-in-chief! Even if Yang Kaiyuan knew in his heart how to defend without flaws, if the soldiers did not have enough execution, it would be difficult for the entire city defense operation to be carried out smoothly.

The first day of the offensive and defensive battle in Liaokou was the first confrontation between the Jurchens and the Han army, and in this confrontation, the Liaokou army exposed a flaw: that is, some soldiers who lacked actual combat experience were at a loss when they were about to fight. Fortunately, there are many veteran cadres in the Liaokou Army who support the situation and make up for these loopholes in time, but the price of this temporary mending is more than a hundred young and heroic lives!

However, compared to the damage suffered by the defenders of Liaokou, the Jurchen suffered more damage! The soldiers and horses of Pingzhou suffered more than 300 casualties in this siege, and the losses of the miscellaneous army under the command of Zong Han were as high as 600 people! This casualty ratio was extremely rare since the Jurchen army began. Looking at the Liaokou city wall, the Jin soldiers who had experienced the Liao War were all full of emotion: Liaokou City was not as tall and thick as Yanjing and Datong, but the defensive ability of the Han generals broke out with a terrifying deterrent power.

"Can we really take Liaokou?"

Some of the Jin soldiers will begin to have suspicions, which they have never had when they attacked Liao and Xia to suppress Goryeo.

The concept of "the Jurchens are good at attacking, and the Han is good at defending" - this concept was once again reinforced after this war, and even Zongwang had to admit this fact.

Under the moonlight, Zong Wang pointed to the calm Liaokou city wall and said to Zong Wang: "Yang Kaiyuan's use of troops is really too rigid, but there are few flaws. ”

Zong Han nodded and said, "Yes, but defending the city doesn't necessarily need to be a surprise victory, and it is not easy for him to do nothing in front of us." I have fought more siege battles than you, and according to past experience, unless there is a major change, it will probably take more than a month to conquer this Liaokou! ”

"More than a month?" Zong Wang frowned and said, "That's a protracted battle. "The Jurchens are still in a protracted war when they are outnumbered, which is not a good thing for Dajin's national prestige or the morale of the generals. And the longer the war lasts, the more variables there are.

Zong Han said: "Now there are only two ways. The first is to ask the lord of the country to launch a large conscription order and pour a lot of money into the whole country to capture this city. The second is to leave a part of the men and horses here to contain it, and we will go around and go straight to Jinmen. But ......"

Zong Wang said: "But what? ”

"But if Jinmen is so hard, it won't be easy." Zong Han said: "Don't forget that Cao Guangbi hasn't made a move yet, this person is likely to be in Jinmen." His wrists were much more agile and difficult to entangle than Yang Kaiyuan's. Moreover, bypassing Liaokou and entering the hinterland of the peninsula, we have hidden worries about the way back, and we must not ignore this point. ”

Zong Wang said: "Then what do you mean......"

Zong Han said: "I think, it's time to talk to Yang Yingqi." ”

"Talk?" Zong Wang sneered: "It's only the first day now, it's too much to retreat so quickly, right?" ”

Zong Han said lightly: "We went south this time, not to destroy the Han Department for the sake of destroying the Han Department, the ultimate goal of the Han Department is still to prosper our Dajin." If the destruction of the Han Department is more harmful to Dajin, then you can't be too paranoid about this matter. ”

Zong Wangda was reluctant to stop there, but he couldn't completely ignore Zong Han's opinion, and reluctantly said: "It's okay to talk first, but the battle still has to continue!" I don't believe that the Jurchen cavalry who dominate the world can't set foot on this small Liaokou city! ”

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