Chapter 10 Meat Grinder

"Report! Our army on the western road was attacked by the mysterious giant crossbow of the Song army, and the vanguard of our army suffered heavy casualties! The scout replied breathlessly.

"Report! Our South Road army was attacked by the mysterious giant crossbow of the Song army, and the vanguard of our army suffered heavy casualties! As soon as he finished speaking, another scout also ran in out of breath and said breathlessly.

After listening to the reports of the two scouts, Wanyan Zongwang's face was extremely difficult to look at.

"What about East Road? Is there any news on East Road? Wanyan Zongwang asked.

The two scouts shook their heads.

"Hurry up and send someone to follow Yan Zongbi's order, so that he must be careful of the Song army's giant crossbow." Wanyan Zongwang said to the adjutant general.

"General, now that the four-way army has been blocked in three ways, now we can only hope for the four princes." Wan Yan Chang said to Wan Yan Zongwang.

Wanyan Zongwang smiled bitterly in his heart, if things were really like what Wanyan Chang said, it would be simple, I was afraid that Wanyan Zongbi knew that he couldn't do it.

"Forget it, you can go in person, if there is anything, report it to me as soon as possible." Wanyan Zongwang said to his lieutenant.

The adjutant knew that the matter was urgent and took the order.

And Wanyan Zongbi's side is exactly as Wanyan Zongwang expected.

Wanyan Zongbi also encountered the attack of Jingkang's crossbow, but unlike the successive defeats of the other three-way armies, the Jin army under Wanyan Zongbi did not retreat, but continued to charge forward as if they were desperate.

It's not that these Jin troops are not afraid of death, but it is really Wanyan Zongbi who gave a death order, and those who dare to retreat will be killed, and the first person to stand on the head of the city will be rewarded with a hundred taels.

Horizontal and vertical are a death, rather than retreat and be killed, it is better to fight, in case you can be lucky enough to climb the tower, it is a hundred taels of gold.

The art of war is cloudy, three times that the enemy can attack the city, and the current situation, the Jin army is only 20,000 people, and when it encounters the Song army that resists to the death, it is not easy to climb the city wall.

The huge Jingkang crossbow was like a meat grinder, frantically harvesting the lives of the Jin army that rushed to the front, blood flowed everywhere, and broken arms and stumps flew all over the sky, the scene was really scary.

The war is on this, in fact, it is already difficult to retreat, the Jin army under the city has already killed the red eye, the teammates around him were shot through by crossbow arrows, and the people behind will immediately rush up, stubble by stubble, the Jin army under the city is like a meat skewer pierced by bamboo sticks, it looks a little funny, but it makes people laugh at all.

"General Zongbi, retreat, the giant crossbow of the Song army is too powerful, if it goes on like this, our army will suffer heavy casualties!" After Yan Zongwang's lieutenant came over, he hurriedly said to Wan Yan Zongbi.

"No, so many soldiers have been sacrificed, and if you withdraw now, it's not all in vain." Wanyan Zongbi didn't want to stop there, in fact, this war was sometimes like gambling, and so many people were folded in, if he couldn't get back to his roots, Wanyan Zongbi couldn't accept it at all.

"But General Zongbi, if this continues, our 20,000 troops may have to be explained here." The deputy general said to Wan Yan Zongbi a little anxiously.

"What did you say?" Wanyan Zongbi was angered by the deputy general's words, picked up his erect collar, and said with red eyes.

The deputy general only felt like he was being stared at by a wild beast, he subconsciously lowered his head, and thought of Yan Zongwang's purpose of calling him over in person, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "General Zongbi, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, now the Song army doesn't know where to get a giant crossbow, let's avoid its edge first, and wait until we think of the way to crack it, and then it's not too late to make plans." ”

Wanyan Zongbi is also a fierce general after all, hearing what the deputy general said, he took a deep breath and roared loudly, which can be regarded as venting all the turbidity in his heart.

"Mingjin retreats!" Wanyan Zongbi seemed to squeeze out these four words from between his teeth, that's right, these four words were a huge shame for him.

"Report, Jingkang's crossbow is mighty, and the Jin army is defeated and retreats." The Song army was in a large camp, and before the scouts could enter the camp gate, the sound of good news had already come from afar.

In the camp, Zhao Huan was in the middle, and more than a dozen generals of the Song army next to him sat on both sides, and when they heard the news from the scouts, they were all excited.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the Jingkang crossbow you designed is really the first artifact of my Great Song Dynasty, and with this artifact, the safety of my Bianjing City is guaranteed." Li Gang said with some excitement next to him.

As a modern person, Zhao Huan clearly knows that although these cold weapons look powerful, compared with real hot weapons, they are not in the same heavyweight class as children and adults.

"The Jin army has only temporarily retreated, their main force is still there, and they have not really retreated, so don't take it lightly, pass on the order, seize the time to heal the wounded and sick, and the dead soldiers will be given pensions, you keep an eye on me, if anyone dares to deduct this money privately, no matter who it is, they will be beheaded!" Zhao Huan ordered, but he knew that the Song Dynasty was seriously corrupt, and even if it was this kind of dead money, there were people who dared to embezzle.

You must relieve the worries of these front-line soldiers who kill the enemy, otherwise how can you let these people fight with you.

"Obey the order!" Li Gang saw that Zhao Huan said seriously, and hurriedly agreed.

"It's a good thing that the Jin army has retreated, let the city gates be on duty in shifts, and the rest of the people should seize the time to rest to prevent the Jin army from attacking at night." Zhao Huan ordered.

Many soldiers next to him received orders.

The atmosphere of the Jin Army camp at this time was not quite right.

In the commander's camp, several people from the Wanyan family looked a little unpleasant, Wanyan Zong looked at the people present and asked, "Can you find out the origin of this weapon of the Song army?" ”

"General Hui, according to the scout's report, it is rumored that after the new emperor of the Song army ascended the throne, he immediately ordered someone to make this kind of giant crossbow, and now the Song army named this giant crossbow Jingkang crossbow." Wan Yanchang replied.

"Jingkang crossbow ......" Wan Yan Zongwang kept muttering the name of the giant crossbow in his mouth, and asked, "Do you know how it was built?" ”

This is a treasure, if you grab it, it is easy to defend the city, in fact, it is also very easy to use the siege, if such a powerful arrow is launched, the city wall may be pierced.

Everyone shook their heads.

"The general wants this giant crossbow, it's not simple, when we break through Bianjing City, these giant crossbows are our trophies." Wanyan Zongbi snorted coldly and said.

Wanyan Zongwang rolled his eyes, what he said was light, if Bianjing City was really so easy to break, then the Jin army would not have killed or injured so many people this time.