Chapter 270: The Tartar's Head That Can't Be Chopped Off

As the drums sounded, the third round of the Golden Man's attack began.

This round was different from the previous two rounds, in which the Jin people only drove away the people who had been brought in, and this round finally used the regular Jin army. Unlike the indiscriminate bombardment of the city, the regular Jin army was obviously much more disciplined, although their number was small, but they were all elite soldiers selected from tens of thousands of people, and they were mixed with the people, but they were silent.

Duan You also had a few around him, Duan You didn't understand what Irabuha was going to do, he had woken up from the pain of losing his brother, and he originally had something to say to the eldest brother, but because of those regular Jin Army, he had to hold back.

"Rush, rush!" The Overseer roared angrily, and Duan You was caught in the crowd and involuntarily rushed forward. After running for dozens of steps, the formation began to disperse, but the "big brother" was still following him. Duan You heard him and said, "Be careful, follow me, I know that your Duan brothers are very good at fists and feet, don't forget to help me!" ”

Duan You was full of surprise, not knowing what the "big brother" meant. Before he could figure it out, he heard the cannon roaring from the Qinglong Fort again. Although the sound of the cannon was still deafening, Duan You felt that its killing was far less than the previous two times, he followed behind the "big brother", and found that the big brother was acting very strangely, as soon as the cannon sounded, he threw himself into the pit that had been blasted by the cannon and lay down, and after the explosion, he got up and ran forward, and he was nearly 20 people on the left, Duan You followed him, and couldn't help but learn to rush forward.

After rushing forward nearly a hundred steps in the artillery fire, Duan You was surprised to find that there were no casualties among the more than 20 people. There were clearly a few shells around them, and although the dust and debris from the explosion splashed all over them, at most they only scratched some oily skin.

Duan You vaguely felt in his heart that they seemed to have found a way to avoid the artillery fire, but where did the "big brother" and his gang learn the strategy of evasion?

At this moment, he was surprised to see that the "eldest brother" took advantage of the smoke from the explosion behind him, and suddenly pounced forward, it was a regular Jin army mixed in with them, and the eldest brother stabbed him in from behind with a knife, screamed, looked back in disbelief, and fell.

"You...... You ......" Duan You exclaimed after "Big Brother".

"Shh The eldest brother crouched in a cannon crater and turned back to him and smiled, his white teeth showing in the firelight. Duan You was a little confused, such white teeth, in the few villages near them, no one had such white teeth.

"What are you...... What does this do? Duan You asked in surprise.

"Avenge your brother." The "big brother" said.

Duan You was stunned, and then suddenly realized.

"Find a cannon crater and play dead." The eldest brother said: "When they escape, let's get up and flee again, and we will save our lives, don't die unjustly like your brother!" ”

Duan You fell to the ground on his stomach, he didn't move, he only felt that at least six feet had stepped on him. He held back and did not move, and only then did he raise his head and glance when he heard the sound of killing under the city of Qinglong Castle.

"The ladder is on the rack." By the light of the fire at the head of the city, he saw that the golden soldiers had more than 20 ladders on the city wall, and he was secretly anxious. He originally felt that both the Song army and the Jin soldiers wanted his life, and they were not his "own people", but after his brother was killed by the Jin people, his hatred for the Jin soldiers had far exceeded his hostility towards the Song people, so unconsciously, he began to worry about the Song people.

"Jin Yu sent us to death so that the guards thought that their combat strength was low, and then hid among us, so that the guards could be caught off guard." "Big brother" said in a low voice: "Duan You, take this opportunity, you can hear it clearly to Lao Tzu, stay back for a while, keep your mouth closed, and don't talk nonsense." ”

"You...... You are? Duan You looked at him in a daze, not understanding what he meant for a while.

"We can't die in vain, I know where our family is, if we can go back alive, I will take you to rescue your family, let's go to Song Kingdom, grandma!" The eldest brother scolded in a low voice: "Both of your brothers have good fists and feet, Lao Tzu has long wanted to ask you for help, but he has never seen him, are you willing to do it?" ”

"Yes!" Duan You heard these words clearly, and he whispered.

He raised his head again and looked at the city, only to see the golden soldiers mixed in them quickly climbed up the ladder, which was one in a hundred agile people, so the movement was much faster than the people, although half of the ladder was pushed down, but above one, one of the most brave golden soldiers rushed up to the city.

"Yikes!" The golden soldier climbed to the top of the city and shouted loudly, Irabuha had already ordered, the first person to climb the city was rewarded with a thousand dollars, and the official was promoted to the third level, so he danced a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, and guarded the ladder to prevent the Song army from forcing up.

But the Guards were the best at fighting more and less in a small area, and a small squad of the Guards on the left swooped down, and the golden soldier, though he was very brave, only held up for a moment, and when his companion climbed up, he was seen screaming, with an iron spear stuck in his chest, and planted himself from the top of the city. The newly climbed Jin Bing saw a spear stabbing at him, and he turned over suddenly on his stomach on the battlement, and before he could get up, another bright knife was chopped off his head.

Qin Dashi watched this scene from the watchtower and shook his head, if he thought that the Guards were fighting completely on the power of artillery, then he would be too contemptuous of the Guards. After the Battle of Tamna Island, in view of the weaknesses of the Guards in close combat, Yang Miaozhen trained the Guards fiercely, and the distance between advance and retreat in that close combat was also regarded by Li Ye and Li Yunrui as a great shame for the Guards. In the past few years, the Guards have not rested, and have constantly helped the loyal and righteous army to fight with Menghu Yanshi and Shi Tianze's annexes on the East Road of Hebei.

But he just relaxed for a moment, and his brows locked again, at the junction of the southern city and the western wall, three cloud ladders were actually set up on the city wall, and a small group of golden soldiers climbed up, they firmly guarded the city wall for more than ten steps, and more golden soldiers continued to climb up from under the city.

This was a group of golden soldiers mixed in with the people who had been brought in, and they gathered together under the city, and with a sudden force, they actually occupied a section of the city wall. Seeing that they had gained a firm foothold at the head of the city, more golden soldiers poured towards this section of the city wall, and Irabuha, who was under the city, was also overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "Attack, attack with all your strength, and the stone cart is ready to send stones to the city!" ”

The range of the golden man's catapult was not comparable to that of artillery, and he pushed it up at this time to take the opportunity to occupy a section of the city wall to see if he could take advantage of it. However, the sound of Irabuha did not stop, and suddenly I saw fireballs rising into the air on the wall of the Song people, and the sound of explosions was endless, but it was not as loud as artillery. Ilabha saw that the section of the wall occupied by the golden soldiers was engulfed in the fire and gunsmoke, and when the smoke dissipated slightly, he saw that there was no one left in the original 100 elite golden soldiers on the city.

"Did the Song people use artillery to blow up their own city walls?" Ilabha thought in surprise, because it was far away, the sky was dark, although there was firelight, he could not see whether that section of the city wall had been seriously damaged, and in a blink of an eye, he suddenly saw that his own army under the city began to retreat again, and on the way to retreat, the Song artillery began to fire again.

"About thirty cannons, guarding the four walls, each side is only six to ten cannons, according to the detailed work, the Song people have twelve shells for each cannon, so calculated, the Song people have consumed nearly half of the cannonballs, and then rush twice, he is temporarily transported to the battery, and there will be a time when it will not be able to be transported." Irabuha secretly calculated, in recent years, taking advantage of the good opportunity of the Song-Jin Alliance, the Jin people sent a lot of detailed work to explore the secrets of the Song artillery. Therefore, for the artillery units of the Guards, the Jin people are no longer as strange as they used to be.

"After the reorganization is done, the city will be attacked again." Irabuha said again.

Duan You retreated again with the rout, if according to the normal appearance, there were no gains in three attacks like this, and the losses had exceeded one or five, the army would have no will to fight again, and it was necessary to avoid the battle and rest, and wait for the morale and strength of the soldiers to recover before attacking the city. Irabuha also knew that this matter was not to be forced, and although there was no time for these dead people to rest, there were still arrangements for taking turns to attack. Therefore, after Duan You and the eldest brother and the others were introduced to the Jin side, another army of civilians who had been sent to death was driven forward and a new round of attrition began.

From night to day, the Jin tens of thousands of people connected and attacked all night, and when the number of people was counted in the morning, half of the loss had passed. Under the city of Qinglong Castle, tens of thousands of corpses were piled up, and the smell of blood made people feel disgusted and vomit.

"The Song people have a thing, but it's the size of a fist, and it will explode when you throw it, and the sound is like thunder, and the fragments can splash through the heavy armor." Irabuha also did not close his eyes all night, and while he ordered the pot to be buried to make food, he wrote hard in the camp tent: "This thing is really a sharp weapon in close combat, and the lower officials have been thinking hard all night, but there is no way to break it, but the huge shield and thick armor can slightly reduce its harm." ”

After a pause, he wrote: "The blades used by the Song people are all long-handled things, and they are long and short to attack me. Although the elite of our army is brave, but the equipment and armor are not as good as others, Pingzhang is good at the art of war, and he should know that it is not my Great Song Dynasty soldiers who are unwilling to use their lives. ”

"The Menghu envoy is rebellious and rude, and he has many disrespectful words on the spot, not only insulting the lower officials, but His Majesty and Pingzhang, who are also bullied, and the lower officials are dull, but they only stick to the dignity of the country. Now although he is allied with Menghu, he thinks that his wolf ambition is really rare, and the so-called people who want to be difficult to fill are also. Pingzhang bears the trust of the Son of Heaven, supervises the military affairs of the world, and is cautious, so as not to let Menghu have a chance, and I have to be ridiculed by false ways. ”

"The lower officials have been burdened with the grace of the country for generations, and they can only repay the red with their loyalty, and then supervise the three armies, attack the enemy with the crowd, and if they are lucky, they will break the city and return, and then be taught before Pingzhang."

After he had finished writing, he summoned a soldier and gave him the letter: "Send this letter to Wanyan Heda Pingzhang quickly." ”

Like Monk Wanyan Chen, Irabuha is also an old member of Wanyan Heda, although he is not as brave as Monk Wanyan Chen, but he is not strict in battle, and he can be regarded as a famous general of the Jin State.

In his opinion, the strength of the Song State is the strength of the alloy country and the Meng Yuan, and it may not be able to compete with it, so although Irabuha supports the alliance with the Meng Yuan, he does not support the initiative and the destruction of the alliance with the Song State to attack the Song State. He thinks that a weak country should focus on defense against a strong country, otherwise a wise man is like Kong Ming, and a brave general is better than Guan Zhang, and it is just a waste of national strength to harm the people. But Wanyan Shouxu's strategy of winning or losing is not something that can be reversed by his identity, and all he can do is to win for the Jin Kingdom as much as possible.

After sending the messenger, Ilabha sighed twice, and suddenly heard the guards outside the tent shouting: "The commander has something to do, and he must not trespass." ”

Irabuha frowned, and before he could stand up and ask, he heard the sound of the sword, and then the bearded man came in on foot, and he slept all night, so he was in good spirits, and when he saw Irabuha, he shouted, "Why don't you continue to attack the city?" ”

"Your envoy just lies down, and the army is camping and fighting, and there are some small things, and you don't have to ask the noble envoy." Irabuha replied coldly.

Although most of the losses in the night of fierce fighting were the people who were brought in, and the elite soldiers of the Jin State did not lose their muscles and bones, Ilabha understood that driving his people to death was really self-harming. If he hadn't been persecuted too much by this Mengyuan envoy, he wouldn't have used such a method at all. In addition, the envoy of the Mengyuan Yuan was arrogant and rude, and his eyes were empty, so Irabuha was very cold to him.

"We have already had an alliance, you are responsible for driving the Song people out, and I am responsible for cleaning up the Song people." The envoy of Meng Yuan sneered: "After fighting all night, except for a corpse, not even a single city brick has been taken down, no wonder the Son of Heaven of your country is called the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"The headless corpse of your Mengyuan Great Khan Temuzhen is still in Lin'an, what face do you have to be ashamed of in front of this handsome?" Irabuha's forehead was bruised, and he was about to blurt out this evil word, but he endured it again after remembering Yan Heda's repeated explanations.

He ignored the envoy and walked out of the camp quickly, and the Mengyuan envoy sneered and came out after him.

After breakfast, Irabuha ordered again: "Array, prepare for the siege ......"

However, before his order was passed on, there was a sudden commotion in the Jin army's array, and then, the sound of shouting and scolding sounded from the front, and the people who had fought hard all night were now exhausted, and no matter how the Jin army officers whipped and kicked and scolded, they just refused to get up by the fire.

"Hmph, it's all rubbish." Meng Yuan's voice sneered behind Irabuha.

"What?" Seeing that the flag officer hurriedly came to report, Irabuha asked with a calm face.

The people said that they were exhausted and could not fight again, and they said...... It is better to die than to die by resisting the order, it is better to die than to die under the artillery of the Song people. ”

"Tell them that he is the only one who dies when he comes forward, and if he resists the order, it will be his family." Irabuha glanced at the envoy of the Mongol Yuan: "Where have you driven the families of the people to?" ”

"Haha, you don't care about this matter." The envoy of Meng Yuan laughed wildly.

In fact, the families of these Jin people were not under the control of Irabuha, and Meng Yuan asked them to go, only saying that they wanted to act as a master and porter to transport logistics for them. But Menghu didn't have any logistical gains, it was nothing more than the property they had looted and looted from the territory of the Jin Kingdom all the way. The thought that he had to let the people work for the robbers who had robbed them of their property made Irabuha feel sick in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it, because the envoy of Meng Yuan made it clear that if he did not hand over the services of these family members, then Meng Yuan would have to arrest the people himself.

"The Central Plains was originally ruined, and now it is like a wash, I hope that after taking Xuzhou, I can get compensation from the Song treasury, if not, this battle is not over, and the soldiers and the people are afraid that they will starve to death first......," Ilabha thought to himself. In order to stabilize those people, it is not enough to rely on intimidation, but only to let them see their families, so he said to the envoy of Meng Yuan: "Please send some family members of the people, and only when they see their families and relatives can they be willing to fight obediently." ”

"Don't think about it." The Mengyuan envoy refused: "Since it is dedicated to my Da Yuan's drive, where is there any reason to return it to you!" ”

"Mouthful? To? Irabuha was furious: "It is clearly borrowed from you and others to haul logistics, where is it dedicated to you and others as slaves?" Mengtar, since you don't want the great cause of the two countries to join forces, why should you endure it? Someone came, killed this crazy Menghu, and sent the first achievement to Polu, only to say that this person was rude! ”

Under his order, the warriors of the Jin Kingdom, who had long been unable to hold back, immediately rushed up, and the envoy of Meng Yuan was dumbfounded, never thinking that Irabuha, who had always endured him, would dare to change his face. He shouted, "You dare to kill me, aren't you afraid that your emperor will cut off your dog's head?" ”

"Before that, Lao Tzu has to ask for your dog's head first!"