Chapter 155: Attack
"Song Dog's artillery fire is fierce, and the warriors have suffered heavy casualties, so let them withdraw!"
Wan Yan Sali looked at the dead and wounded sergeants under the city wall, and the wounded who were carried back one by one with blurred flesh and blood, and couldn't help but be shocked. This dead and wounded is not just Han'er, there are a large number of Jurchen warriors inside.
Since Jingkang's three-year loyal army recovered the three passes in the north of Taiyuan, the Jin soldiers went south several times to attack Taiyuan, but they could not pass through Shiling Pass and other fortresses.
In addition to Wang Songfuzhou's serious injury, the Jin people briefly retracted Sanguan and ravaged Hedong, and as soon as Wang Song returned, Shiling Sanguan returned to the rule of the Loyal and Righteous Army.
Defending the city has never been the strength of the Jin people, but siege warfare has always been the advantage of the loyal army.
The Jin soldiers went south in three ways, one route was Wanyan Zongbi to attack Jiangnan, one route was Pucha Shijianu to attack Hebei, and the other route was to attack Hedong by Wanyan Zonghan.
If you want to attack Taiyuan, all the way is to break through the three levels, and all the way is to go down the Fen River. On the Fen River, there were countless naval divisions and warships of the Song army, and the Jin people could not take any advantage and could only advance by land.
"Sa Li, what are you howling, do you think I am willing to attack, if I don't eradicate Wang Song and the loyal army as soon as possible, my Dajin Kingdom will have to pay the price for it sooner or later!"
Wanyan Zonghan's face turned pale, and he roared loudly. Shiling Pass was attacked for more than ten days, leaving behind tens of thousands of corpses of soldiers, of which more than 2,000 Jurchen warriors were killed or wounded.
If the attack continues like this, I don't know when we will be able to break through the three passes of Shiling, and if we want to conquer Taiyuan City and continue to invade south, I am afraid that we will have to advance westward from Shaanxi, or go south along the Yellow River.
"Let the Han'er go up again, and send two more Mouke overseers, I don't believe it, this Shiling Pass really can't be taken!"
Looking down from the wall of Shiling Pass, there are dense golden soldiers, and the camp is even more continuous for several miles, as far as the eye can see. The golden soldiers swarmed to attack the city, like ants crawling all over the wall, and even the city was in fierce battles.
The wall was filled with gunsmoke, and the sound of explosions sounded at the foot of the wall from time to time, and the feather arrows whistled in unison, covering the sky and the sun, and firing at the artillery on the wall. The corpses of Jin Bing were piled up at the foot of the wall, and many ladders were directly erected on the corpse pile, and the blood accumulated into small puddles between the layers of corpses, and when the feet stepped on, the blood stretched straight to the ankles.
"Fanzi, is this crazy?"
"It seems that Fanzi is dead heart this time, and he has to take down the wall!"
The Jin soldiers were so disregarding the casualties and swarming to siege the city, which made the generals of the loyal and righteous army commanded by the wall under great pressure. Zhang Xian had to frequently increase troops from Taiyuan City to deal with the huge casualties of the soldiers guarding the pass.
Although Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass are easy to defend and difficult to attack, after years of war, Guanmao Mountain between the two passes has also become the target of the attacker. While attacking each pass, they opened mountains and chiseled rocks, and they insisted on carving out a way.
In the mountains and forests, feathers and arrows are galloping, and the two sides come and go, leaving a lot of corpses. Jin Bing tried several times, but all of them were in vain, and the enthusiasm for the attack also dimmed.
As a result, the Jin people's attack on the wall, and the battle between the wall and the wall, became extremely fierce and tragic again.
Countless sky-shaking thunderbolts were thrown up, although the gunpowder of the golden soldiers was a big shortcoming, but there were still many sky-shaking thunderbolts that exploded on the wall, even if they were split in half, they also killed and injured many soldiers of the loyal army. The golden soldiers braved the artillery on the wall, and also moved the small cannon under the wall, and fired the cannon at the wall.
The artillery carts of the golden soldiers were fired continuously, and stones flew in the air, and many soldiers on the wall were killed and injured by the stones that flew densely. Mixed with feathered arrows whistling, the loyal soldiers on the wall kept falling.
The loyal soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the Jin soldiers took the opportunity to attack the wall, and the wall immediately fell into a scuffle. In the melee, a cannon on the wall was also pushed off the wall by the golden soldiers. A box of earth-shattering thunder was accidentally ignited, blowing up a section of the wall, and the golden soldiers under the wall frantically rushed towards the gap.
You come and go on the wall, fierce battles are repeated, mutilated limbs are everywhere, blood is splattered everywhere, screams and angry curses are everywhere.
Niu Gao and Wang Yan led the soldiers and fought with the Jin soldiers on the opposite side. The wall is too narrow, and the array is difficult to form, so it can only rely on the individual combat ability of the soldiers. The Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army are all fierce pawns in the Loyal and Righteous Army, and Wanyan Zonghan's subordinates are also the elite of the Jin people, and the two sides fight bloody battles without flinching.
The Jin soldiers swarmed from the gap, sacrificing their lives to kill the wall, the loyal and righteous army desperately blocked, both sides were killed and wounded at the gap, and the corpses piled up the gap again, almost the same height as the wall.
There was a loud "boom", and the corpses flew sideways at the gap, and it turned out that the Jin soldiers used bundles of earth-shattering thunder to blow up all the corpses, and directly blew out a passage of five or six meters, and you can see the outside of the gate from the pass.
Seeing that a passage had been blown out, Jin Bing raised his shield, frantically poured in through the gap, and rushed into the wall.
"All back down, put the fan in!"
Zhang Xian roared loudly, and all the soldiers retreated towards the outside of the wall.
Seeing that the officialdom was empty, the soldiers of the Loyal and Righteous Army retreated to the south, and seeing that they were about to get out of the Nanguan Gate and flee to the south of Shiling Pass, the Jin soldiers were overjoyed and rushed forward with shouts and chases.
"Fire, drop!"
Seeing that the golden soldiers were pouring in in and soon occupied half of the pass, Zhang Xian roared loudly and gave the order to attack.
On the south wall, the smoke was filled, more than 100 artillery pieces opened fire together, and the Jin soldiers who came in screamed and fell. Immediately after, countless smoking earth-shattering thunderbolts were thrown out of the wall, and exploded one after another in the crowd of golden soldiers who entered the wall.
The sound of explosions was endless, smoke and dust were billowing out, and in an instant, thousands of golden soldiers were shrouded in smoke and dust, and there were screams everywhere, and the offensive of the golden soldiers was suddenly stopped.
"Pong! Ponto!"
The sound of artillery continued to sound, the iron pills flew, tearing hearts and lungs, pieces of golden soldiers fell to the ground one after another like cutting leeks, flesh and blood flew sideways, there were stumps and broken bodies everywhere, and the entire wall was full of wriggling, howling golden wounded soldiers, and the corpses were stacked on top of each other, just like the Shura field.
Even so, the Jin soldiers behind continued to come, braving artillery fire and bombardment, holding shields, roaring forward, and they were about to rush to the Nanguan wall.
Suddenly, the south gate was wide open, and inside the cave, more than a dozen artillery carts pushed in, side by side. Under the cover of the sword and shield hands, the gunners quickly reloaded their ammunition, the sword and shield men dodged, and the gunners quickly ignited the artillery.
More than a dozen artillery pieces were fired together, iron pills flew, and a cross-section of forty or fifty meters was swept out directly, and the oncoming golden soldiers were beaten beyond recognition, many of them were directly beaten and flew out, and some of them were even disintegrated, blood was everywhere, and human organs were thrown out.
"Artillery bombardment, earth-shattering thunder follow-up, pikemen step forward!"
Countless loyal soldiers poured in from the south gate, under the cover of artillery, the earth-shattering thunder smashed all the way, the pikemen stepped on the footsteps, neatly lined up the wall to advance, the Jin soldiers who had rushed into the pass were killed and wounded, and could not help but retreat.
Dozens of loyal soldiers even rushed to the wall, and the flags in their hands fluttered in the wind, and the word "Wang" was clearly visible on them.
"Wang Xianggong is here!"
The loyal soldiers cheered and their courage doubled, and as more loyal soldiers poured onto the wall, the golden soldiers on the wall were killed on the spot. The Jin soldiers who rushed into the wall were driven out, and the Loyal and Righteous Army regained control of the wall and the northern wall.
"Xianggong, why are you here in person?"
Zhang Xian and the others hurriedly went down the wall, only to see Wang Song surrounded by a large group of ironclad tigers and wolves, with a cold face, and strode into the pass.
"Xianggong, this place is dangerous, you still command on the south wall, and the villain will immediately go to stop the soldiers!"
Wang Song's face was pale, he looked at the miserable situation up and down the city wall, and said sharply: "Zhang Xian, the Hedong Loyal Army is getting weaker and weaker!" Tens of thousands of troops, with artillery and earth-shattering thunder, but only dare to defend the city, no courage at all, it is really eye-opening! ”
After the battle of the Daimyo's Mansion, he came to Taiyuan City non-stop to supervise the battle, but he didn't expect that Wanyan Zonghan would be so desperate and vowed to take Taiyuan.
Zhang Xian's face was flushed, and he hugged his fists and said: "Xianggong just sits in town, and the villain will take the brothers to kill the enemy!"
"Brothers, kill the thieves with me!"
The gate slowly opened, the Jin soldiers were surprised, Zhang Xian and a group of subordinate generals, led thousands of iron horses, rushed out violently, and went straight to the Jin soldiers outside the wall.
Behind them, the torrent of loyal and righteous soldiers was in a neat array, walking in unison, shouting and killing towards the golden soldiers who came to them.
Caught off guard, the Jin soldiers were knocked over, stabbed, and slashed to the ground one by one, and then swept away by the tide of loyal and righteous troops.
Seeing that the Jin soldiers attacked the pass, but they were quickly driven out, Wanyan Zonghan was so angry that he was about to send troops and go forward to reinforce him, but he saw countless Song troops killed from the pass.
Wanyan Zonghan was taken aback, and looked fixedly, but saw a big banner with the word "Wang" erected on the wall, obviously Wang Song personally came to supervise the battle.
After Yan Zonghan's eyes were dark, Wang Song personally went to Hedong to supervise the battle, and the Pucha Shi slave was probably more than lucky.
Wang Song ignored the dissuasion and personally climbed the Beiguan Wall. Looking out from the wall, the sound of killing in the hilly land shook the sky, and the Song army had come into contact with the Jin soldiers and was sacrificing their lives to fight.
"Move all the artillery to and outside the north wall for me, and kill these shitty men for me!"
Wang Song gave an order, and all the artillery was busy, and the heavy artillery of three to five hundred catties was also moved to the wall, and thirty or forty heavy artillery pieces were lined up at the gap. There were at least two or three hundred two-tiered guns lined up outside the north wall.
"Fire!"
The artillery above and below the Beiguan wall roared in unison, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the solid iron balls and iron pellets tore through the air and shot into the air together.
In front of the Beiguan wall, the Song army stepped on neat steps, spears like a forest, like a wall. The bows and arrows of the golden soldiers kept shooting, and the loyal and righteous soldiers continued to fall, but the ones behind were immediately replaced.
Solid iron balls fell into the Jin Bing's large array, smashing out bloody paths. Tens of thousands of iron pills covered the sky and the sun, and pieces of golden soldiers fell to the ground in wailing.
The artillery of the loyal army suppressed the archers and artillery carts of the Jin soldiers, and the pikemen had already made contact with the front army of the Jin soldiers.
The generals in those loyal and righteous armies are charging forward one by one, taking the lead. was reprimanded by Wang Song and lost their courage, and they did not dare to engage in hand-to-hand combat, which hurt their self-esteem. And this face, they have to get it back no matter what.
Wanyan Zonghan was dumbfounded. Wang Song personally supervised the battle, and the morale of the loyal and righteous army was greatly boosted, but the Jin soldiers suffered countless casualties and lost their morale. If we continue to fight like this, I am afraid that the losses will be even greater.
"Mingjin retreats!"
Wanyan Zonghan looked at Wang Song who was standing with his head held high on the wall, and gritted his teeth. The Jurchen army was overwhelmed and retreated to Xinzhou.
The Jurchen army retreated in disarray, and tens of thousands of loyal and righteous soldiers spread all over the mountains, all brandishing swords and guns, and shouted loudly at Wang Song, who was standing on the wall.
"Wang Xianggong!"
"Long live Wang Xianggong!"