Chapter 765: All-out rush to storm the city
The Imperial Expeditionary Force came to the Song Kingdom to resist the Jin soldiers this time, and there were 14,000 musketeers, 10,000 elite cavalry, 5,000 bull roar barbarian heavy infantry armed to the teeth, 100 cypriot giants, 1,000 elite ninjas, and 300 snipers.
The 30,000 Imperial Expeditionary Force met Wanyan Zongwang's 70,000 Jin State East Route Army on the bank of the Yellow River, and finally annihilated more than 40,000 Jin soldiers and repelled them, but they also lost more than 5,000 soldiers.
Soon after, the seed master got the will of Zhao Ji of Huizong, and led the 100,000 Song troops who were supposed to rescue Taiyuan City and came to hunt down the imperial expeditionary force.
At the same time, Li Gang, the commander of the four walls of the capital, was also ordered to lead the 100,000 forbidden troops responsible for protecting the city of Tokyo to intercept the imperial expeditionary force.
Coupled with the 100,000 Xiang troops recruited by Liu Yanqing from other state capitals, the total of 300,000 Song troops will only have more than 20,000 left, and the imperial expeditionary force, which is still short of food and ammunition, is besieged in Dengzhou City.
After dozens of days of tragic siege battles, the number of dead and wounded of the 300,000 Song troops reached more than 60,000, and the imperial army also lost nearly 8,000 people.
It stands to reason that with the equipment of the imperial army, there should not be such a big loss, but this is the hinterland of the Song State after all, and when the three hundred snipers led by An Yuyun all picked up their long knives and boarded the city wall to defend, it can be seen how short of ammunition in the army is.
In fact, whether it was the army of the Song State or the Imperial Expeditionary Force, they were not the worst side in this battle, and those people who had lived in Dengzhou City for generations were the victims of this war.
When the imperial expeditionary force first arrived in Dengzhou, the prefect and the Xiang army here fled, leaving only the people of the city.
After Li Nan led people into the city, he sent a list to appease the people in the city, and the soldiers under his command were also strictly ordered, and no one dared to harass these innocent people.
Since Li Nan was sent to the Pirates of the Caribbean World for adventure by the system, Hu Bing and the others have also followed the previous practice, and the people of Dengzhou have been safe and sound.
If the Imperial Expeditionary Force had successfully left Dengzhou City, it was estimated that there would have been no later incidents.
At first, the besieging Song army did not attack violently, but when the Song army brought in a large number of siege equipment from other places, things changed.
Originally, according to the suggestion of the Juno and Eligang brothers, the young men in the city should be recruited to help defend the city, and the food in the people's homes should also be leisurely supplied to the army, but Hu Bing and others, who knew Li Nan's thoughts, denied this approach.
In order to prevent the people in Dengzhou City from suffering from the pond fish, Hu Bing ordered the people who were willing to leave the city to be released.
It can be said that Hu Bing has reached this point, for these people, it is already benevolent and righteous, who knows that the expeditionary force from the Chinese Empire is willing to give these innocent people a way to live, but the Song army outside the city does not think so.
Hundreds of wealthy families in Dengzhou City fled from this lonely city with their gold and silver treasures and their families after knowing that the imperial army in the city was willing to let them go.
If these rich people left from the east gate or the south gate, it was not a big problem, but perhaps it was the arrangement of fate, they chose the west gate.
The general of the Song Army stationed outside the West Gate was Liu Yanqing from the Western Army.
During the northern expedition to Liao, Liu Yanqing buried 100,000 elite Song soldiers, and in order to exempt himself from responsibility, he gave the money he had accumulated over the years of eating the blood of soldiers to the ministers of the court and the eunuchs in the palace, which was safe and sound.
Wanguan's family wealth was lost, and Liu Yanqing's heartache was indescribable, so when he found out that these rich people who had escaped from Dengzhou City carried a lot of silver money with them, he became greedy.
The surrender of the enemy country became a detailed work, and according to the charge of finding out the news in the army, Liu Yanqing directly detained these people.
In addition to taking away all the money and property of these people, Liu Yanqing also cut off the heads of these people directly under the city of Dengzhou, and their beautiful female dependents were also distributed to various generals in the army.
With these lessons learned, although the Imperial Army was willing to let the people leave the city, no one dared to go out and die.
During the siege of the city by the Song army, neither the arrows shot in nor the boulders thrown into the city by catapults had long eyes, and a large number of Dengzhou people died in the hands of their own troops.
Now Liu Yanqing saw that the imperial army in Dengzhou City was already at the end of the crossbow, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to snatch this credit, and by the way, he also wanted to kill the people in the city to prevent the evil things he did from being publicized.
After leaving the Seed Master Dao and Li Gang, Liu Yanqing returned to the camp outside the West Gate, and after gathering many generals under his command, he issued the order to launch a general attack.
The Xiang army of the Song State was of little use except for being able to farm and work, so after hearing that Liu Yanqing had won the opportunity to attack Dengzhou City for everyone to die, the many generals in the tent were not very interested.
How could Liu Yanqing, who was born in the army, not know the thoughts of these people, and immediately promised the generals of the Xiang army present: "After the city is broken, you only need to give fifty percent of what you get!" ”
"Really?" Hearing this, everyone asked in surprise.
You must know that although Dengzhou City is not a big city, there are tens of thousands of households in the city, so if you calculate it in this way, this battle is really profitable!
As the so-called wealth is moving, with Liu Yanqing's hints and assurances, the tens of thousands of troops under his command finally have the will to fight.
A few hours later, the Song army under Liu Yanqing launched a majestic attack on Dengzhou City.
I saw dozens of siege vehicles, watchtower cars, and ramming hammers approaching the western city wall of Dengzhou, and nearly 70,000 van troops all attacked, and they covered every inch of land outside the city.
The drums in the Song army sounded, and the Song army rushed towards Dengzhou City like a tide under the cover of various siege equipment.
A few soldiers wearing imperial uniforms appeared on the city wall, and before they could defend themselves, a rain of arrows rose from the camp behind the Song army near the city wall, like a dark cloud over the city.
With the suppression of a large number of archers, the head of Dengzhou City became quiet, and the Song army under the city took the opportunity to put the cloud ladder on the city wall and began to climb......
"Report!" A junior colonel rushed to Liu Yanqing, who was watching the battle, and said urgently: "General, it's not good!" The thousands of people who were responsible for defending the port of the North Gate have fled back! ”
The situation in front of him was very good, Liu Yanqing had already seen several soldiers ascend to the top of the city, and his heart was full of joy and excitement when he thought of the merits of the total annihilation of the Chinese Empire Expeditionary Force.
Just like when the husband and wife were about to have sex but were suddenly interrupted, hearing the bad news from the mouth of the little school, Liu Yanqing asked unhappily: "Is there an enemy from outside the north gate?" ”
"Here comes a ship......
"Smack!" Liu Yanqing slapped the little colonel who reported the news in the face, and scolded angrily: "What's the matter with a ship coming, hurry up and get out of me!" If you dare to spit out another word, I'll cut off your head!" ”