The winter rain fell for five days in a row, and it didn't stop until the sixth day, the winter rain in these days was not big, but the continuous drizzle and the cold winter wind still made the Liangshan army feel a headache, Jiang De urged the sergeants to build siege equipment these days, and at the same time used the medicinal materials in his hands to treat the typhoid personnel, fortunately, since the establishment of the Liangshan army, he has attached great importance to the military doctor, and there is no shortage of medicinal materials, plus there is no shortage of clothing, so that the non-combat attrition is not too much.

In the big tent of the Liangshan army, a general wearing leather armor bowed to Jiang De and said, "The last general has seen the commander, and the artillery, ammunition, grain and grass and other materials totaling 700 carts have all arrived. This time, due to the wind and waves encountered at sea, a transport ship was sunk, twelve artillery pieces were lost, and countless grain and grass supplies were lost. ”

Xu Guanzhong took it and handed it to Jiang De, Jiang De took it, looked at it and asked, "What about the personnel?" ”

"Two hundred and seventeen people were lost." The warlord said with his head bowed.

Jiang De threw away the account book that recorded the materials and said, "In the future, let's talk about the loss of personnel first, twelve cannons, we can build them in only ten days, but these hundreds of sailors can't grow in twenty years." ”

The general hurriedly said yes.

"As for whether you Huang Da is derelict in his duties this time, let the soldiers say it, okay, now that the artillery and other materials have arrived, Mr. Xu, what do you think is going to war? Is this winter rain over? Jiang De asked.

Xu Guanzhong thought for a while and said, "Lord, Xiaosheng watched the sky at night, and asked the local old farmers, from today onwards, there will be no rain for at least seven days, but the temperature will gradually decrease, and next time, it will not rain, but snow."

Therefore, it is best to end the battle within seven days. ”

"Seven days to break the city?" Jiang De strode to the sand table and asked, "Can you have confidence?" ”

Sitting down, a group of warriors shouted, "Yes! ”

"Good!" Jiang De waved his hand and said, "Order, send troops tomorrow!" Let Wang Yu take a look at the lineup of our army first, so as to chill his heart! ”

- The next day

Wang Mata, who had slept peacefully for a few days due to the rain, did not sleep well that night, and as soon as the rain stopped, everyone knew that the war was about to officially begin.

Sure enough, Wang Mata had only slept for a while when he heard the rumbling of war drums outside.

"King, King, the army of thieves has begun to assemble." Jin Fushi's voice came outside, Wang Yu hurriedly got up, and with the support of several beauties, Wang Yu changed his clothes, opened the door and saw Jin Fushi, Zheng Zhongfu and others waiting outside.

Jin Fushi said to Wang Yu, "King, the thief army has been battled under the city, please go to the city to cheer for the army!" ”

"Cheering? Good! Although Wang Yu was scared in his heart, he also knew that there was no way to retreat now.

When they came to the city wall, the sergeants and civilians who kept running around to carry the defense materials immediately stopped their movements when they saw Wang Mata.

Jin Fushi took the opportunity to shout, "Everyone, the king has come to visit you, this battle is a battle for the life and death of my Goryeo, the king is by our side, we can only win and not be defeated!" ”

"You can only win, you can't be defeated! You can only win and not be defeated!! ”

Under the leadership of officers at all levels, Hezhou City suddenly cheered, Wang Yu listened to the cheers of the city, and his heart also had some confidence, he waved his hand to everyone, and then looked at the city.

Hunting under the city, the team was neat, and the sergeants in rows and rows were as if they had been measured by a ruler, and Wang Mata couldn't help but be a little stunned.

And the countless siege equipment in front of the army made this army full of deterrence, and the artillery might not be recognized by others, but Wang Yu recognized it.

"Is this the army of thieves? Why is it so neat? Did they bring all the elite here? Wang Yu asked suspiciously: "The Jurchens have already made an agreement with them, is it possible?" ”

Jin Fushi replied: "The king... According to the battle report, at least half of this is my Goryeo rebels. ”

"What? Why are these rebels so different from those of the thieves? Wang Yu was even more puzzled.

At this time, Wang Yu saw that a phalanx sergeant at the front suddenly took out a horn and shouted loudly under the command of a general.

"The soldiers of the people in the city listened to the truth, Wang Mata went against the grain, forcibly levied and expropriated, so that Goryeo was in chaos, our army inherited the mandate of heaven, gathered people's hope, pacified half of Goryeo in a few months, wherever our army went, all harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes were exempted, and all farmers were exempted from taxes in the first year from the date of arrival of our army, and one percent was levied in the following year, two percent was levied again, and two and a half percent were levied after three years, which is a permanent precedent.

Those who listen to the truth of this battle spirit to our army, such as breaking the city in the battle and throwing themselves into it, is the first merit, and can be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the official is added to the first rank. For example, those who lead the army in the battle and surrender are uprisings in battle, and those who rebel in the battle have no merit and can be rewarded with 100 gold, and their positions remain unchanged. For example, those who voluntarily abandon their weapons and surrender during the war are surrendering, and those who surrender have no merit or fault, no reward and no punishment. Those who were forced to surrender during the war were prisoners of war, and those who were prisoners of war had no merit and were recruited for half of the land endowment. ”

Hundreds of people shouted in unison, and the shouting made Wang Yu hear it clearly, and the sergeants guarding around him naturally heard it clearly.

Jin Fushi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Beat the drum quickly, beat the drum quickly!" ”

"Knock knock!! Knock knock!! Hearing the order, Wang Yujun hurriedly began to beat the drum, covering the shouts of the Liangshan army below with the sound of the drum, Wang Yujun looked around, only to feel that everyone's eyes were a little wrong, he said angrily, "Don't listen to the words of the thief army, wherever the thief army goes, burn, kill and loot, do all kinds of evil, as long as you defeat the thief army, you can resume your original life and kill the thief!" Kill the thief!! ”

"Boom!!"

Wang Mata's roar was suppressed by a burst of thunder, Jin Fushi shouted that it was not good, and hurriedly hugged Wang Mata and squatted down, Wang Mata felt something flying above his head, followed by the squeak of the flagpole being broken, Wang Mata took the time to look back, and saw that the flag guard officer who was following him had fallen to the ground, and there was a lead ball with green smoke on his chest, and the flag in the flag guard's hand had been broken into two sections.

Then Wang Yu heard only one roar after another, like thunder, and then like a landslide, and the people and soldiers were all as frightened as he was, and from time to time they could hear screams and the sound of building bricks and tiles being shattered.

"What is this?" Wang Yu trembled and looked down from the shooting hole, only to see green smoke rising from the artillery position that was lined up in three columns, no need to ask, the roar just now was the sound of artillery.

The artillery bombardment was higher than a while, and the Goryeo army also wanted to try to counterattack, but whether it was a trebuchet or a bed crossbow, it could not compare to the range of artillery, and the best trebuchet in Wang Yu's army could only throw a distance of about three hundred meters, and Goryeo did not have a three-bow bed crossbow, and the range of the ordinary bed crossbow was less than two hundred meters, which was almost no threat to the artillery placed four hundred meters away, Jiang De sat in the carriage, looked at the continuous bombardment of hundreds of artillery, nodded and said, "Okay, let the gunners pay attention to the explosion, and when the artillery stops, start attacking!" ”

The artillery bombarded a stick of incense for a long time, this stick of incense made Wang Yu only feel like a hundred years, and as soon as the thunder ended, he ran away, and said, "Jin Fushi is in charge of all the affairs here, and the widow will go back and wait for good news." ”

Jin Fushi looked at Wang Yu, who was like a puff of smoke, sighed, and could only start to organize and prepare for melee resistance.

The artillery stopped, and the Liangshan army began to divide into three routes, one led by Wu Song, one led by Cheng Min, and one led by Zhao Kuang.

According to Jiang De's eyesight, the walls of Heju City are five or six meters high, which is already considered high among the many cities in Goryeo, and the nasty moat has caused a lot of trouble for the Liangshan army, and the Liangshan army can only brave the rain of arrows from the Wang Yujun army to build a pontoon bridge with equipment.

Wang Yujun's counterattack began, and the rain of arrows caused a lot of casualties in the Liangshan army, although the first to the shield was borne, whether it was a building car or other siege equipment, there were also some defensive equipment, but there were still arrows falling to the ground.

"Archers cover shooting! Trebuchet cover cover!! ”

Xu Guanzhong immediately ordered adjustments, and the archers of the Liangshan army stepped forward and began to shoot, but there was a lot of difference between the range of bows and arrows from the bottom to the top and from the top, and the fierce battle lasted for half an hour, and the Liangshan army lost thousands of soldiers, but only built a few pontoon bridges.

Wu Song looked at such a scene, roared angrily, held a shield in one hand, a knife in the other, and two knives on his back, and a few sergeants carried the ladder to the city wall, several Goryeo sergeants noticed Wu Song, and hurriedly stabbed Wu Song with an extended spear, Wu Song's shield was first blocked, and then the iron knife was cut, and the handles of several spears were cut off one after another, Wu Song was like an ape, three or two rushed onto the city wall, and the shield was thrown at a few Goryeo soldiers who did not react, and pulled out another knife and cut it.

He opened the gap, and soon, dozens of Liangshan troops poured in, and these Liangshan troops formed a formation and began to expand to both sides.

Jiang De saw that Wu Song had opened the gap, and immediately said happily, "Okay, worthy of being the walker Wu Song!" ”

"Walker Wu Song?" The flower carving next to him looked at Jiang De strangely.

Jiang De coughed, Wu Song, who had never seen Sun Erniang and others, naturally did not have the title of a walker, and even his iron knife was matched because of Jiang De's bad taste. At first, Wu Song wanted to use a spear.

On the city wall, Jin Fushi also noticed the situation on Wu Song's side, and hurriedly mobilized archers to shoot at Wu Song and others.

But this is just the beginning, Cheng Min, Niu Gao and other generals will take turns to rush forward to kill, even Zhao Kuang has been on the city wall once, the strong combat effectiveness of the Liangshan army killed Jin Fushi is left and right, and when it was dusk, Jiang De ordered the withdrawal of the army, and Jin Fushi was also tired and paralyzed on the ground.

"My lord, we... Are we holding on? The sergeant next to him asked Jin Fushi, Jin Fushi nodded with a wry smile and said, "Yes, we have defended Hezhou!" ”

"Oh! Hold on!! "Hold the !!"

Everyone cheered, and it means that their lives have been saved, and many people who go to the battlefield for the first time feel that it is like victory at this time, only those generals and experienced sergeants will have a hard time looking fatal, they know that today's battle is just a temptation of the Liangshan army, and the reality of the entire Hezhou city has been touched by the Liangshan army, and it has been climbed on the city wall by the Liangshan army several times, and so on for the next attack, how many places will the city wall be breached?

When Jin Fushi came to the palace, he suddenly heard the sound of silk and bamboo, and was stunned for a moment, and then his whole face turned red, and several guards said to him, "The king is resting, please wait." ”

Jin Fushi snorted, rushed in, and as soon as he opened the door, he heard a burst of laughter, only to see Guo Yu and others drinking with Wang Yu, accompanied by several beauties, which was completely different from the battlefield of life and death outside.

"What are you doing, my lord!?" Jin Fushi rushed forward excitedly, if it wasn't for the two guards to stop him, he would have to hold Wang Yu and question.

Wang Yu was already a little drunk from drinking, he looked at Jin Fushi and smiled, "Haha, it's just right, the general has fought hard, come and have a drink." ”

Jin Fushi broke free of the guard's hand, arched his hand and said, "King, this battle is a battle of survival, the enemy is strong and I am weak, the army is unstable, and the king needs to come forward to appease the military and public opinion, how can the king..." How can you indulge in wine here? ”

Guo Yu and the others glanced at each other, and they didn't know what to say, Wang Yu's face became gloomy, and after a long time, he said, "You can see the power of those cannons today." ”

Jin Fushi nodded and said, "Weichen saw it." ”

"I and the state may resist?"

After a long time, Jin Fushi said, "That artillery is so powerful that if you concentrate on attacking the city gate, our city gate will be broken." Saying that, Jin Fushi raised his head and said, "Please rest assured, the king has already asked people to block the city gate with sand, and this will never happen." ”

Wang Yu shook his head and said, "Lone woke up from the sound of those cannons, these thieves are not bandits, they are well-trained, well-equipped, and have such weapons, there must be big forces in the rear to support them, who is not the Song Kingdom?" ”

"Even so, our country will continue to fight."

Wang Yu sighed, "Three thousand miles of rivers and mountains, now there is only such a lonely city left, even if it is defended, can we recapture Xijing from the Jurchens?" Can we go back to Kaijing again? ”

Jin Fushi still wanted to say, but Wang Yu shook his hand and said, "No, I'm a sinner...", Wang Yu took another sip of wine, got up with a red face and said, "Lone has laughed at the two of them many times, saying that these two people have good ministers and famous generals available, and they can be defended, but they ended up ruining the country and ruining the family, how ridiculous, I didn't expect that Lone would come to such a point today." ”

Jin Fushi looked at Wang Yu, who was crying and laughing, he never thought that a burst of shelling would actually scare Wang Yu like this, he looked at the sky outside that had darkened, and suddenly felt that his efforts were extremely ridiculous, he shook his head and walked out step by step.

After him, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded again, and outside Hezhou City, Jiang De was also in a meeting to discuss the gains and losses of this battle.