Chapter 56: The Battle of the Siege
The prefect Zhu Ji had to inquire about the movements of the Tartars every day, and after two days, he didn't know how many gray hairs and beards he had.
Liang Dong is also asking for troops from cities in all directions, but the Yuan army has blossomed in many places, and these cities either need to resist the enemy, or they have sent most of the troops to the front line, and for a time there are no troops to adjust, and Jingjiang City seems to be surrounded into a lonely city.
The letter to the imperial court was also sent three days ago, and I don't know if there will be reinforcements.
All men in the city, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, all over the age of 12 were used as militiamen, training all day and night.
Compared with the Han Chinese, the Tartars outside are much more comfortable. Although they did not attack the city, they were not idle, and went to the nearby villages to burn and loot for fun.
The surrounding villages and towns are in dire straits, and a large number of displaced people are already migrating eastward.
Especially after Bamutu left, the army became even more unscrupulous, and even arrested a large number of women to prostitute themselves in the big tent during the day, and then threw the bodies of those wives who were tortured to death under the city wall, and loudly laughed at the Song people as shrunken turtles.
The turtle is the turtle, there are so many Tartar soldiers, no one dares to go out and send them to death rashly.
Just when the Tartars were having fun, several cavalry galloped from the direction of Lingshan County, these were the Tartars guarding the county seat, seeing that Zhao Rui's musket was unstoppable, they hurriedly rode their horses and ran to report the news.
The deputy commander of the army was called Wu Enqi, and he saw someone coming from Lingshan County, so he put down his wine glass and came out to see what was going on.
"Oh no! It's a big deal! ”
The cavalry at the front saw that Wu Enqi was not far in front, and hurriedly pulled the reins hard, but he didn't expect the horse's front legs to fold, and he actually threw the cavalry off his horse, turned over a few times, and turned in front of Wu Enqi.
Wu Enqi's face was pale, this was obviously the loss of the war horse's strength, what was so urgent!
"My lord! The marshal Bamutu was ambushed in Lingshan County, the Song people had strong firearms, and all 2,000 cavalry were killed! ”
"What!"
How could there be such a powerful Song person?
Several generals around Wu Enqi were shocked, and they didn't expect that the marshal would be killed by the Song people.
Wu Enqi was even more furious, he was a general who was single-handedly raised by Bamutu, not to mention his deep feelings, and he also had to rely on Bamutu's relationship to make achievements.
But now, all the dreams have come to naught.
It seems that he is still too merciful to the Song people!
"All of them, ready for battle! An hour later, the siege begins! ”
The commander died, and the deputy commander was the supreme general, and under the order of Wu Enqi, several officers ran to their respective teams for deployment.
For a time, the entire Yuan army camp was busy.
Some of the Tartar soldiers who were still lying on the woman's body screamed and directly stabbed the woman under them to death and threw them out.
The Tartars are going to attack the city!
The guards at the city gate were so frightened that they almost rolled down the tower, and regardless of the mud on their bodies, they hurriedly led people to report to the prefect.
Jingjiang Prefecture was also mobilized from top to bottom, and a large number of soldiers were dispatched to the location of the city gate.
Liang Dong and Zhu Ji came to the north gate facing the Tartars to supervise the battle.
Most of the people in the city are left with some old and weak women and children, and at this time they are also closed, each of them worships the Buddha at home, praying that God can give a glimmer of life.
There is no one walking on the streets of Jingjiang City!
On the other hand, there is the brothel "Chunfeng Building".
The wind outside the building is loud, and inside the building is a spring color of warblers and swallows.
Zhou Junnan is drinking and listening to music with his cousin Zhou Junzhang, Zhou Junzhang, as the son of the general judge, has started a salt tea business by relying on his relationship, and he is a frequent customer of the brothel, and now he has a brother of the same age to accompany him, and he has a lot of fun.
The table is full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, elixir and jade liquid, and there is a music troupe composed of young women on the side, playing all kinds of musical instruments.
But Zhou Junnan just couldn't be happy.
Zhou Junbrown shook his head when he heard the song slowly, and saw that the singer looked upright, and directly rewarded ten taels of silver, which made the woman happy and flattering.
"Haha! Brother, what do you think of this little lady? I'm going to take her tonight......"
Zhou Junchang laughed and turned his head, only to see Zhou Junnan's thoughtful appearance, then he was stunned for a moment, and said nonchalantly: "Junnan, you won't be worried about the Tartars attacking the city, right?" I told you a long time ago, none of us can run away when the city is broken, so it's better to take advantage of this calm, let's enjoy it more, so that we don't lose it! ”
"No, I don't care about this, it's just that there is a little lady who has always worried me, in case the city is broken and dies, wouldn't it be a great pity?" Zhou Junnan shook his head and said.
"Oh?"
Zhou Junbrown suddenly became interested, and asked with wide eyes: "Is it possible, that little lady is extremely beautiful?" There is no one in this spring breeze building who can compare? ”
"Hehe, it's just vulgar powder, how can it be compared to the clear water hibiscus."
Zhou Junnan showed a yearning look again, which made Zhou Junzhang curious, what does a woman who is more beautiful than the girls in Chunfeng Lou look like?
Zhou Junbrown thought for a moment, patted his thigh and said, "Brother, don't you say it earlier!" Now that there are no strong men in the city, how about I bring someone to help you grab it? I want to see what the little lady who haunts you is really like! ”
Zhou Junnan's eyes lit up, thinking yes!
If you want to be strong against the Lin family, now is the best time!
Not only are there no officers and soldiers in the city, but Zhao Rui is also dead, coupled with the relationship between his uncle's family, who cares about a people's daughter?
"Okay, then there's Brother Lao!"
Zhou Junnan was overjoyed and stood up impatiently.
"Haha! Let's go! ”
I didn't eat the wine and food, and I didn't listen to the song, Zhou Junbrown took the four families downstairs and followed Zhou Junnan straight to the direction of the Lin family.
Zhao Rui ordered people to fill all the spare **, Zhao Gong and Sun Tie also took people to the front to explore the way, and the distance from Jingjiang Mansion was getting closer and closer, and Zhao Rui was also a little more nervous.
"Young Master! The Tartars in front are ready to storm the city! ”
Zhao Gong rode a horse and galloped to report the news.
"All of them! Speed up! ”
Kunnu, who was driving the cart in front, whipped a few lashes and let the horses pulling the cart run and keep up with the other galloping horses.
Unqi's side is ready, and the return cannon has also been loaded with boulders, and the city will be attacked immediately.
"Commander! Behind him came a cavalry army of more than 100 people, like a Song man! ”
Wu Enqi turned his head and looked into the distance, saw the group of galloping black dots, and ordered nonchalantly: "Five hundred people will come forward to encircle and suppress, and the others will start to attack the city!" ”
"Whoosh! Whoosh......"
Dozens of sounds of breaking the air sounded at the same time, and the return cannon had already launched its first wave of attacks towards the city gate of Jingjiang Mansion!
The Huihui Cannon is a large trebuchet that can throw boulders up to 800 sticks, which is a catastrophic test for the walls and defenders of Jingjiang Province.
Dozens of boulders fell near the city gate in an instant, making a thunderous sound, and the walls of many places were smashed into big gaps.
There were also some defenders who were directly smashed into meat because they couldn't dodge, and some flying rubble also caused a lot of lethality.
By the time the Yuan army loaded the stones for the second time, the Tartar soldiers had already rushed to the city like a tidal wave, running in front with ladders, and the Tartars behind were covered by bows and arrows.
For a time, the city wall became a hell on earth, and countless arrows covered the entire sky, and the Song soldiers had to use large shields and planks to cover them to avoid injury.
The Yuan army's advantage in attacking the city can really be attributed to their archery skills, which officers and soldiers would dare to stand up to meet the enemy in such a dense rain of arrows? It's strange not to be shot as a hedgehog!
The Tartars under the city had already set up ladders and rushed up to fight the officers and soldiers with their scimitars.
In particular, some militiamen, who have never seen such a formation, have long been frightened and urinated, their legs are bent, and they can't stop retreating backwards.
"Made, hold it all for me! No one is allowed to retreat! ”
Liang Dong led a group of personal soldiers to supervise the battle in the back, just now a stone almost killed him, and now he saw someone fighting, and he was even more angry!
The state soldiers who had not undergone training were weak in battle, and the Song Dynasty was not good for military generals, and treated soldiers as general as inferior. At that time, some of the punishments were to be sent to the army, and the word "enlistment" was branded on the forehead.
In this case, there are still brave and warlike men in the army.
Some of them are poor and can't eat in the army, and then there are some ordinary people who are forced to join the army, and the rest are criminals and the like.
The officers and soldiers of Jingjiang Mansion are retreating one after another, and Zhu Ji's eyes are about to burst into flames!
Originally, I wanted to hold on for a while and wait for reinforcements, but now the situation seems to be broken at any time!
The situation was critical, and the military superintendent mobilized the officers and soldiers of the other three city gates, and it was necessary to defend the north gate.
The Tartars seemed to be full of confidence, and they didn't bother to engage in any kind of warfare, and they didn't know how many walls they had broken through with such a powerful attack tactic.
Zhou Tongju shrunk his head and shrunk his head to accompany Zhu Ji, just now a gravel suddenly flew over and almost hit the face, which scared Zhou Tongju so much that he didn't dare to straighten his waist now.
"Lord Zhu, it's too dangerous here! Let's go a little later! ”
"! Go on your own! ”
Zhu Ji's heart was anxious, and he was even more angry when he heard Zhou Tong's words! Although he scolded Zhou Tongju, his eyes were still staring straight at the battle on the city wall.
"I ...... I'm going to make it easier......"
Zhou Tongju didn't want to be smashed at any time in this place, so he hurriedly used a urine escape technique.
Zhu Ji was relieved, pouted, and didn't bother to take care of him at all.
Zhou Tongju looked back at the sky and ran cautiously.
Grass, I'm really a little anxious.
Zhou Tongju was nervous and scared to pee.
It happened that there was a market next to it, and there was an open-air latrine.
"Alas......"
After letting go of the water, Zhou Tongju felt a little more relaxed, and was about to lift his pants when a boulder fell from the sky and directly collapsed half of the latrine.
The dung bucket on the side was smashed and burst open!
Groove ......
The boulder was close at hand, and it was just a fraction of a millimeter away from Zhou Tongju's life.
But Zhou Tongju couldn't be happy at all now, because a huge amount of excrement had taken up his whole body, and even his entire face......
"Ahh
A "man" ran out of the latrine.