Chapter 606: The Battle of Juma City (Part II)

On the fourth watch, Juma City has already fallen into a tranquility, the whole city seems to be asleep, years of peace have already made the soldiers in the city lose their vigilance, but at this moment, a cavalry suddenly rushed out of the dark night on the south bank of the Juma River, and the defenders of the bridgehead in their sleep were almost defenseless, and when they were awakened and opened their eyes, they saw a bright saber from their necks.

"Ah~" A terrible scream crossed the night sky, and also broke the tranquility of Juma City, especially the defenders who were dozing off at the head of the city suddenly woke up, when they saw the cavalry that was slaughtering their comrades below, the sound of "enemy attack" was immediately connected, and the entire Juma City also woke up.

But it was too late, although the defenders were arranged at Juma Bridge, but these soldiers were usually only responsible for collecting taxes, or bullying the merchants of the Song Kingdom, not only were there not many people, but also neglected to practice, plus there was no defense, in the face of this cavalry killed in the dark, they had no power to fight back at all, and they were slaughtered in the blink of an eye.

The defenders were destroyed, and the Juma Bridge naturally fell into the hands of the cavalry, but although the bridge was important, their purpose was not only the bridge, especially the defenders on the head of the city also reacted at this time, and there were already scarce bows and arrows shot down, if they didn't act, I am afraid they would miss the opportunity.

"Rush" With Di Qing's order, a special carriage rushed to the bridge, Di Qing is the leader of this cavalry, he was already serving under Cao Mata, he had made great contributions when attacking the party before, and now he has been promoted to the commander of the army, in charge of the 2,500 cavalry in the musket army, and the task of hitting the vanguard was also handed over to him by Cao Mata.

I saw the special carriage galloping all the way to the city gate, and the defenders at the head of the city also discovered the abnormality of the carriage, and immediately wanted to push down the rolling logs to block, but it was too late, only to see the carriage rush into the doorway, the soldiers on the carriage immediately untied the horses, and then ignited something, and then beat the horses and galloped away.

"Boom~" With a loud bang, the Liao army at the head of the city only felt that the solid city wall under his feet was like a wave, but at this time, it seemed to have turned into a wave, and suddenly shook a wave, knocking all the defenders on the city head to the ground, and the solid city gate was immediately blown to pieces, after all, no matter how strong the city gate is, the main body is also wooden, far less than the city wall built of earth and stone, so the city gate is also the easiest place to blow up.

"Rush!" Di Qing saw the city gate explode, immediately ordered loudly, and then rushed to the city gate first, and the cavalry behind him was also the first, at this time, although the Liao army at the head of the city was also desperately shooting arrows downward, but it could not stop the charge of this cavalry at all, and finally could only watch the other party kill into the city.

Although the defenders in the city have been awakened, because they were not prepared in advance, they were also scurrying around like headless flies at this time, and after Di Qing led the cavalry into the city, he immediately set fire everywhere, and threw grenades when he encountered stubborn resistance, anyway, it was to disturb the order in the city as much as possible, and pave the way for the main army behind to enter the city.

The guards in the city also rushed to the head of the city at this time, and immediately commanded the troops in his hands to prepare for a counterattack, after all, he also had three thousand defenders in his hands, and then he also found that it was the Song army that had never been put in their eyes, which made him ashamed and angry, even if he defeated this Song army today, but if it was spread in the future, I am afraid he would also become a laughing stock in the Liao army, after all, he was killed into the city by the Song army, which has always been cowardly, it is a great shame.

However, before the guard could convey the order, he suddenly heard the sound of "rumbling" footsteps outside the city again, and when he turned his head, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock, although it was in the dark, he could still feel a huge army approaching in the distance, after all, the footsteps of that kind of march would never deceive people, and even he could tell from the sound that the number of this army was definitely beyond his imagination.

"Kill into the city, not a single Liao army will be left!" Cao Yu rode on his horse and looked at the brightly lit city in the distance, and then issued his own order, this order was ordered by Liu Ping a long time ago, the first battle of the three-way army must be fast, accurate, and ruthless, especially the first battle, the murderous spirit of the Song army must be beaten out, after all, the Great Song Dynasty has been suppressed by the Liao State for too long, and even the soldiers in the army have a natural awe of the Liao army, so the first battle is particularly critical.

With Cao Mata's order, this musket army is the main force, and there are 10,000 infantry as the auxiliary army also immediately killed the horse city, Cao Mata is the main general of the East Route Army, and Hu Yan Shouxin is his deputy general, after all, compared to merit and qualifications, Hu Yan Shouxin is worse than Cao Mata.

Hu Yan Shouxin also personally led a large army into the city at this time, Di Qing set fire to the city and threw grenades everywhere, which has caused chaos in the city, in fact, only relying on his cavalry, he can control this Juma City, but Juma City also needs to be used for the training of the main army, so while he is making trouble, he also let people guard the city gate.

"Kill!" Huyan Shouxin commanded his soldiers to begin to climb the city wall, and then launched a battle for the city wall with the Liao State, the city wall is also the focus of the Liao army's defense, most of the troops in the city are arranged on the city wall, which is also the main reason why Di Qing was able to gallop in the city before, after all, as long as the city wall is not lost, the Liao army can block the city gate at any time, and then trap these thousands of cavalry in the city.

It's just that the defenders in the city never dreamed that the Song army would use so many troops this time, even in the dark, they could estimate that the Song army that entered the city was definitely not less than 20,000, if the city gate was not broken, they still had the confidence to defend with the city wall, waiting for reinforcements from the rear, but now the other party has entered the city and attacked the city, which makes all the Liao troops feel a sense of despair in their hearts.

The musketeers of the "...... of the "Woo Woo Woo" came to the top of the city, and rows of gunners took turns to shoot, and when the recalcitrant Liao army was defeated, the spearmen on both sides immediately stepped forward to chase and kill, if they encountered a strong enemy again, the musketeers would come forward again to defeat the strong enemy, and the cooperation between the two sides was simply seamless.

Huyan Shouxin in the back looked at the cooperation between these musketeers and spearmen, and couldn't help but show an expression of admiration at the moment, the first batch of people who entered the city were experienced Northwest Army, after all, the Northwest Army was a veteran who had seen blood, and they were also very experienced, so the battle was all theirs, and the Hebei Army was arranged in the back, mainly to clean up the remnants of the city, so as to train the troops, so as not to make mistakes.

The resistance of the Liao army has to be said to be very tenacious, but in the face of the invincibility of the musket army, their stubborn resistance is meaningless, the Liao army on the head of the city fell one after another, and the blood continued to flow down the steps of the city, and finally the remnants of the Liao army finally collapsed, and the command of the generals also lost its effect, and they scattered and fled down the city in a hurry.

However, the city was also full of Song troops, and one after another of the Song army began to take over the entire Juma City, because Juma City is a transportation hub, so there are not a few residents in the city, but when the war is fought at night, these residents are also closed doors, and the more daring ones only wait until dawn to dare to look out through the crack in the door.

Cao Ma and Hu Yan walked on the streets of Juma City, and both sides of the street were under complete martial law, but at this time, Cao Yu looked around, but said very dissatisfied: "I remember that most of the residents in Juma City are Han Chinese, and we have now laid down Juma City, why don't they open the door to welcome Wang Shi?" ”

"The Han people of Liao have been ruled by the Khitans for many years, and the backbone has long been killed, and the rest are a group of obedient people of Liao, in their eyes, we Song people are their enemies, how can they come out to greet them?" Hu Yan Shouxin replied with a smile at this time.

Hu Yan Shouxin has been in Suicheng for many years, and he has long been familiar with the situation in Liao, especially after Li Zhang returned from his mission to Liao, he once wrote to him to discuss the situation of some Han people in Liao, so he was not surprised by the situation in front of him, as for Cao Yu, after all, he had stayed in the northwest for many years and did not know much about the situation in Liao.

Hearing Hu Yan's trustworthy answer, Cao Yu couldn't help frowning, but at this moment, he suddenly saw a person rushing out of the courtyard on the side of the street, holding a long knife and yelling at them: "Song thief is killed!" ”

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