Tens of thousands of Jin troops poured into the outer city of Taiyuan City, it was already dark at this time, and Wanyan Zonghan in the distance couldn't see what was happening in front of him, he could only see the flames rushing into the sky, and he could only see the Jin army entering the city. However, he never thought that there were two gates at the south gate of Taiyuan City, and the other gate was pushed out from both sides of the aisle of the city gate, weighing thousands of catties.

The door of death was slammed shut, and there were two doors, one pushed from both sides, and the other from the sky. This is to prevent the gate from being blocked when the gate is closed.

Sure enough, the city gate that was pushed from both sides to the middle was not closed in the end, leaving a hole less than two feet wide, but what is the use of such a wide opening for tens of thousands of Jin troops? The gate that fell from heaven did not fall, because that gate is the real door of death, and it will not come down until it is at the most critical moment.

The entire open space between the inner city and the outer city was densely packed with Jin troops, but these Jin troops were separated by partitions, and there were as many as 30,000 Jin troops coming in from the south gate, and more than 10,000 people coming in from the north, west, and east. In this way, the 40,000 gold army was completely isolated from the outside world, and what awaited them was a nightmare.

As a red firework bomb exploded in the dark night sky, the brilliant fireworks seemed to ignite the fire of hell, and the fire in the urn city was raging. However, the road to the city was only six feet wide, and there were not many people walking side by side, and in this dark night, although there were torches and flames underneath, it was still not clear to see. How could it accommodate so many soldiers on the city walls?

With the sound of drums, the Song army on the head of the city began to shoot arrows downward, many of which were rockets, and many ignited materials fell from the sky, and many Jin troops were ignited.

The ignited soldiers fled in all directions due to the pain, and as a result, the other soldiers around them were set on fire, and just like this, more and more Jin troops were ignited, and the casualties were getting bigger and bigger.

In the midst of the fire, the figures of those struggling Jin soldiers were illuminated on the city wall, looking like a group of demons dancing, and the tragic situation made people shudder.

The east, west, and north walls are all Song troops, and you keep shooting arrows downward.

Behind each barrier were the Song army's crossbowmen, and these guys held back their strength to shoot the Jin army, as if they wanted to unleash all the rage of months.

The Jin army trapped in the sea of fire was dumbfounded, it was obviously unrealistic to climb the city wall, the barrier was a steel plate that could not be pushed away at all, and what was the use of pushing it away, it still could not escape from the sea of fire.

The barrier will move, constantly pressing towards the Jin army, constantly oppressing the living space of the Jin army. The Jin Army, which was already extremely chaotic, was even more chaotic in a small space.

At first, the Jin army still wanted to build a ladder to climb the city wall, but in the face of the overwhelming flying arrows, this stupid plan was abandoned, and he could only honestly rush up from the road to the city wall, although there were thousands of arrows on it, but that was the only chance. You must know that the outer city gates on the east, west, and north sides are sealed, and you can't get out 100 percent. As for the gate of the inner city wall, although it is a trap door, how can it be pushed open without tools? These three-faced soldiers cried for their fathers and mothers, and the tragic situation made the Song army feel frightened. But on the battlefield, there is only you living and dying, there is no fear, and there is no sympathy.

Zhang Chunxiao, the prefect who was sitting on the city tower watching the battle, said to Wang Yu: "General Wang, it seems that this Jin army will be wiped out tonight. ”

"No, it can annihilate more than half, but it won't and can't wipe out the whole army." Speaking of this, Wang Yu's face was full of regret, and he said helplessly: "The general of the Jin Army trapped in the south gate is Wanyan Zongzhi, Wanyan Zonghan's cousin, if this guy is annihilated here, Wanyan Zonghan will definitely attack the city after dawn." After this battle, our army's combat strength was exhausted, and it could not withstand the thunderous blow of the Jin army, and we have released the last energy. If there are no reinforcements, Taiyuan City will not be able to hold it. ”

The latter sentence was obviously said to Tongzhi Wang Wei, and he said in a firm tone: "There are still 40,000 cavalry under the command of King Han stationed not far from Yunzhou, and they have not been put into battle. It is said that it is to monitor and prevent the Western Liao army from invading the Western Xia, but in fact, it is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, watch the results of the battle between the Western Liao and the Jin army, and prepare to take Yunzhou with the benefit of the fisherman. If Taiyuan City really can't hold it, it will definitely come to help, you know, my father has already married his granddaughter to the King of Han as a side concubine, and the King of Han will not sit idly by. ”

The last sentence is a bit unnutritious, if the King of Han sent troops to rescue his father-in-law, then the King of Han would not be able to go to this position today. Wang Yu glanced at Wang Wei with disdain, meaning that the last sentence was too much, and it was nonsense.

After all, Wang Wei is a civilian official, and his reaction is still very fast, he said: "The Western Army should come to the rescue, after all, the official family has already issued an order." ”

From the peace talks between Song and Jin to Song Qinzong's order to gallop all over the world to aid the besieged three state capitals, this is more than two months, and the reason why the news of Taiyuan Mansion was received almost simultaneously was mainly because Lu Yundi, a fool, was delayed on the road. The news that the imperial court came down to help was the flying pigeon transmission obtained by the Wang family, so it was almost synchronous.

Zhang Chunxiao was not in the mood to think about that, he just wanted to know how many Song troops could be annihilated in the end of this battle.

Sure enough, no matter how slow Jin Jun's reaction was, half an hour later, he also reacted. After Yan Zonghan found out that something was wrong, he personally led 10,000 cavalry to come to the rescue.

The space inside the south gate is the largest, and the trapped Jin army is also the most, and it is also the most chaotic, mainly because there is a passage here, although it is only less than two feet wide, and it can only allow the soldiers who have taken off their cotton clothes to pass sideways, but after all, it is the only way out.

The explosives planted in the south gate were the most explosives, and the archers at the head of the city were also the most, just to strangle the 30,000 gold troops. Wang Yu also took out all the remaining fire and thunder in the city and used them all for this battle.

After the fire and thunder were thrown down, with the earth-shaking explosion, hundreds of Jin troops were killed. In this battle, the Jin army only had the score of being beaten passively, after all, the accuracy of the bow and arrow shooting from below to the top was not enough, and the Song army's cover was excellent, in fact, the casualties caused to the Song army were limited.

Escape, at this time, Wanyan Zongzhi couldn't care so much, these guys began to break through under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers, seeing that the soldiers in front of them were fighting and blocking the way out, this guy ordered the guards to kill the Jin soldiers who were blocking the way in front. All this was expected by Wang Yu, he firmly believed that as long as there was an exit, Wanyan Zongzhi would not be trapped in the city and would definitely be killed. Besides, Wanyan Zonghan will definitely come to help, and this battle is destined not to be completely annihilated.

There is no total annihilation, but it is not so easy to escape all, after all, there is only an exit less than two feet wide, and it is impossible for all the 30,000 gold troops to escape, you must know that there are dense arrows behind.

In this night battle, the Song army used all the bows and arrows, anyway, after the battle was over at dawn, they could be put away and used again.

Although there were 10,000 cavalry rushing to help, in the dark night, without siege equipment, the Jin army still gave up the siege, and could only withdraw after receiving Wan Yan Zongzhi who fled in embarrassment.

worked hard, the Jin army outside the city worked hard, and wanted to push open the iron gate, but how to fight without a reaction, it was even more difficult to climb over the city wall than to ascend to the sky, so Wanyan Zonghan couldn't care about it so much, just count as much as he could, after all, the city was still shooting arrows down, and the longer the delay, the greater the casualties. As for the Jin army in the city, it can only be self-blessed, and it can live as much as it wants.

With the departure of the Jin army outside the city, Wang Yu knew that Yan Zongzhi had escaped, so he ordered to close the last iron gate, which was the real door of death, once closed, Taiyuan City was completely isolated from the outside world, the Jin army outside could not enter, and the Song army inside could not get out.

At this time, the Jin army trapped in the south gate became a live target, and he could no longer get out, after all, even the last small exit of Monaco was blocked.

Countless soldiers were shot, mostly burned. The fire lasted until noon the next day. T

It was not until the third day that the statistical results came out, and the battle annihilated more than 55,000 Jin troops, creating the largest victory of the non-Han army since the invasion of the Zijin army. After all, the combat effectiveness of these Great Song Forbidden Army is far from catching up with the Han Army, but this is also the biggest victory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Victory, but no joy, after all, the casualties are too great, Taiyuan City lost more than 10,000 casualties in this battle, and finally there are 8,000 soldiers left to participate in the battle, and more than half of the bow and arrow are damaged, and they are no longer able to fight. If there are no reinforcements within a month or two, and the Jin army attacks the city, Taiyuan Mansion can only fall into the final street battle to end the final defense battle.

The war is over, the most brutal siege is over, but the post-war work is complicated, not to mention anything else, it is a great problem to dispose of these corpses. However, these are difficult to help the prefect Zhang Chunxiao.

The most difficult thing is to defend the city, no one dares to guarantee that the army will no longer attack the city, once the Jin army attacks the city, it is destined to be a vicious battle.

The siege of the city, there is no more, this battle Jin army is also broken, now all the total strength is less than 60,000, of course, 50,000 of them are Jurchen warriors, and the combat effectiveness is still far more than the Song army defending the city. Even the Western Army, which was carrying more than 200,000 troops head-on, did not necessarily fall behind.

The Jin army no longer attacked the city, on the one hand, Song Jin reached an agreement, and could not tear up the agreement without authorization to launch an attack, on the other hand, there was a lack of large-scale siege equipment, and in the absence of large-scale siege equipment, attacking the big city of Taiyuan City, even if it was killed, the casualties would be an unbearable number, you must know that there are fewer Jurchens, fewer warriors, it can be said that one less one dies, and Wanyan Zonghan is unwilling to take risks.

Besides, there is another problem, that is, the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty arrived, and the first to arrive was the most powerful Xihe Road Army in the Western Army, the commander was Liu Fa, a famous general of the Great Song Dynasty, and the 50,000 Liu family army was not enough to see in Wanyan Zonghan's opinion.

Since you can't conquer Taiyuan Mansion, let's surround and send reinforcements to see how many Song troops can be annihilated in the end. The Great Song court, headed by Song Qinzong, thought that the battle was over when an agreement was reached. But from Jin Taizong's Wanyan Wu begging to buy the centurion below, they all know that peace is only temporary, and after resting, the Jin army will definitely make a comeback.

Rest, of course, after the Marshal of the Jin State also took Yunzhou, once the Western Liao army was wiped out, then the Jin army would go all out to attack the Song Dynasty.

Encircling the point to send reinforcements, this is a very easy thing for the powerful Jin cavalry. Wanyan Zonghan didn't blame Wanyan Zongzhi, after all, he was also responsible for this defeat, and he couldn't blame his cousin. Although Wanyan Zongzhi has various shortcomings, he has to admit that he is a first-class cavalry general, and he may not be able to play in the siege battle, but the cavalry annihilation war can still be promoted.

Wanyan Zonghan said to Wanyan Zongzhi: "I don't blame you for the defeat in the siege battle, now give you 10,000 cavalry to annihilate the 50,000 Song army led by Liu Fa." If you can't complete the task this time, you will go back to your country and ask for the guilt of not coming back. ”

"If you don't kill Liu Fa, I'll see you."

Wanyan Zongzhi was very unconvinced by the defeat, thinking that he had fallen for a trick. Now if you want to block the Song army head-on, it is a head-to-head battle, there is no conspiracy, if you are defeated, you really have no face to live in the world.

This time, the 10,000 cavalry led by Wanyan Zongzhi can be said to be elite who followed Wanyan Zonghan to fight in the south and the north and annihilate countless Jurchen warriors of the Liao army. If this battle is lost again, there will be absolutely no reason for it. At least Wan Yan Zongzhi has no face to see Wan Yan Zonghan, and he will not be able to lead troops in the future.

Although the 10,000 Jin cavalry had a certain advantage over the 50,000 Western Army, the advantage was not large, at least not to the point where it could be crushed. The reason why Yan Zonghan arranged it this way was to see if Yan Zongzhi could rise quickly after the defeat, and whether he could use cavalry tactics to defeat the Western Army, instead of a hard-hitting frontal blockade.

Wanyan Zonghan's expectations for his cousin Wanyan Zongzhi are still very high, and he hopes that this young guy will use his brain more and be less impulsive in the war. In order to prevent accidents, he ordered the commander of ten thousand horses, Wo Lihan, to lead 10,000 cavalry quietly behind him, and 20,000 Jurchen warriors, even if they were carried head-on, there was no problem in eating 50,000 Western troops. The combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom has been verified by countless battles, and against the Western Army, as long as it is not an ambush, one to five is definitely not at a disadvantage. But if it's 2 to 5, it will definitely win, and this bit of self-confidence, Wanyan Zonghan still has it.