Chapter 247: Yanzhou

The Song army came to Yanzhou City on the afternoon of the tenth day of the second month, and they did not attack immediately, but first transported the siege weapons to the various city gates! 100,000 Northern Shaanxi Forbidden Army and 50,000 Huanqing Army surrounded Yanzhou City from all sides! The 10,000 soldiers of the imperial camp are stationed in the distance! Zhao Chen stood on top of a hill and watched the scene of Yanzhou City!

At this moment, on the southern wall of Yanzhou City, Yanzhou City General Ren Duo Ah Wu is also frowning and looking at the scene below! He is the grandson of the famous Western Xia general Renduo Lingding, who was taught by his grandfather since he was a child, and once invaded Guanshan with his father Renduo Baozhong and fought against the Western Army! He has an unusual understanding of the Western Army, but in his eyes, the Song Army below is very different from the original Western Army!

The war had not yet begun, and he could not hear the slightest noise! The army below is as if it were machines and does not make a sound at all! Only the occasional command from the general can be heard, and the voice of the messenger can be heard! The formation of the army below was unusually neat, and it was the first time he had seen such a neat formation! They surrounded Yanzhou City from all directions, and there was not the slightest gap in the middle!

"I heard that the crown prince of Emperor Jingkang of the Song Dynasty ascended the throne in Hanzhong, leading Hanzhong, Sichuan, Shu, and Guanshan, his territory and population were only half of that of the Great Song Dynasty, and his military strength was far inferior to the original Great Song Dynasty! However, how can the army below now be better than the original Great Song Western Army? Rindo Ah Wu said in disbelief.

"General, the Han people have always been cowardly and incompetent! I don't think they're just a façade! The lieutenant next to him said disdainfully.

"You can't have such thoughts! If this is the case, it will be impossible for them to break through all parts of Hongzhou and Youzhou! "Rindo Ah Wu said.

"The only reason why they were able to break through all parts of Hongzhou and Youzhou was because they were taken by surprise! If it was a regular battle, they would never have been able to break through Hongzhou and Youzhou! Today, there are 40,000 elite soldiers stationed in Yanzhou City, and with General Renduo personally guarding it, they will never be able to break through Yanzhou City! Waiting for the arrival of the army of the DPRK and China, they have only one way to die! The adjutant said.

"We still have to be careful!" Rindo Ah Wu Dao.

"General, it's impossible for them to attack today!" Adjutant said.

Renduo Ah Wu nodded!

He once fought against the Western Army, and he knows the Song people very well! The soldiers of the Song people were unusually lazy, they generally fought during the day, and at night the soldiers had to rest, so they did not fight at night! Of course, after more than a hundred years, the Western Xia army and the Song army are almost not far apart! Now the soldiers of the Western Xia army are also lazy to the extreme, often fighting for two or three hours, and the soldiers have to rest! In the past, on the battlefields of the Northern Song Dynasty and Western Xia, the two armies often had a "tacit understanding" to collect troops at the same time, let the soldiers rest, and wait until the next day to continue fighting! In Renduo Wu's opinion, the Song army should be the same now! They have been running around for a long time to come to Yanzhou, and now they must rest below!

Renduo Ah Wu was even thinking about whether to send someone to steal the camp, but after thinking about it carefully, Ren Duo Ah Wu felt that the Song army had just arrived today, and he must be cautious, and stealing the camp today would definitely not have any effect! After ten days, he will send someone to steal the camp, and he will naturally be able to destroy the Song army in one fell swoop!

"My grandfather and father are all famous generals of a generation, and I should also become a famous general in the world! This time, let's use the blood of the Han people to establish my merits! Renduo Ah Wu said secretly.

The sky was getting dark, and the Western Xia soldiers on the city wall were gradually tired at the moment, and many Western Xia soldiers were already yawning! Some of the Western Xia soldiers had already slept against the city walls!

However, at this very moment, fierce war drums sounded below!

To the sound of war drums, an army of 150,000 launched an attack on Yanzhou City!

This time they forcibly attacked the city without any conspiracy! Both Li Xianzhong and Liu Qi are famous generals in history, and both of them know that the news of Hongzhou and Youzhou being breached must have spread to Yanzhou, and now there is only a forcible siege!

The Western Xia soldiers on the city wall were unbelievable, it was already dark, and the Song army did not take a break, and launched an attack at this time!

Ren Duo Ah Wu frowned, and immediately led the soldiers to resist!

The Art of War says "Ten Rules of Siege", which means that when besieging a city, the strength of the besieging side can only ensure victory if the strength of the besieging side reaches ten times that of the defending side! At this moment, although the Northern Shaanxi Forbidden Army and the Huanqing Army have a large number of troops, they are only four times that of the enemy! However, the actual combat effectiveness of the Northern Shaanxi Forbidden Army and the Huanqing Army far exceeded that of the Western Army and the Western Xia Army with the same strength!

Less than a quarter of an hour after the battle began, Rindo Ah Wu realized that something was wrong! It is the same Song army, and the combat effectiveness of the Song army below is ten times that of the previous Western Army! He couldn't believe it! After only a few years of work, why did the Song army, which should have become weaker and weaker, suddenly become so strong?

From the dark day of the 10th month of February to the dawn of the 11th day of February, the flames of war are not extinguished!

All the Western Xia soldiers in the city were sent to the city walls, and even this was only barely blocking the attack of the army below!

"General, it's been a night, and the soldiers can't stand it anymore!" The deputy general came to the side of Rindo Awu and said.

"Don't worry, Song Jun must be tired! They should also retire! "Rindo Ah Wu said.

Any army must be exhausted to the extreme after a night of fierce fighting! In the heart of Rindo Awu, there is only one army in the world that can continue to fight after one night, and that is the Jurchen army! The Jurchens' will to fight is far stronger than that of the Tanguts and Han Chinese! But the following are only Han Chinese, not Jurchens! Even if their combat effectiveness has become stronger, it is impossible for their will to fight to improve in a short period of time!

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the Song army below shows no signs of stopping! Ren Duo Ah Wu frowned slightly!

An hour has passed since dawn, and the Song army below still shows no signs of stopping! Rindo Ah Wu has realized that something is wrong at this moment!

It's already noon, the Western Xia soldiers are listless one by one, and the Song army below is still going forward one after another, as if they don't know that they are tired! By this time, Rindo Awu's body had already begun to tremble!

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On the hill in the distance, Zhao Chen has been standing there from last night to now!

"Your Majesty, we are going to win!" Qu Duan came behind Zhao Chen and said.

Zhao Chen nodded!

"More than ten years ago, when the Jurchens were just rising, Emperor Daojun wanted to join forces with Jin to fight against Liao! On the same day, Emperor Daojun sent Ma Zhi to the north to meet the Emperor of the Jin State, Wanyan Aguta! Ma Zhi saw Wanyan Aguta and wanted to present his national credentials, but Wanyan Aguta told Ma Zhi that he was very busy now and would wait for another day! On that day, under Ma Zhi's gaze, the 100,000 Jurchen army took only one day to defeat the Shangjing of the Liao State! After coming back, Ma Zhi's heart was shocked, he told Emperor Daojun about this matter, but Emperor Daojun didn't think so! Today, our Northern Shaanxi Forbidden Army and Huanqing Army also broke through Yanzhou City in just one night! This battle was completely a forcible attack, without the slightest stratagem! The strength of our army's combat power is no longer under the golden soldiers led by Wanyan Aguta back then! Yu Yunwen said with a smile.

"This Yanzhou City can't be compared to the Shangjing City of Liao State at all! The capital city is the capital of the Liao State, and the defense is strong and the number of troops is far better than the Yanzhou City in front of you! Wanyan Aguda is a peerless genius, and no one in our Song army can compare with him! Zhao Chen smiled and shook his head.

Wanyan Aguta and Genghis Khan, these are the two most powerful ethnic minorities in Chinese history! Wanyan Aguta died early, so he didn't have time to lead his troops south! If Yan Aguda had lived for another ten years, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty would have perished long ago! After Yan Agu was killed, the Jin Kingdom slowly degenerated, and the current Jin soldiers were not as elite as they were at the beginning! Moreover, the military talents of Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Wushu and others cannot be compared with Wanyan Aguda! In Zhao Chen's opinion, even Yue Fei is difficult to compare to Wanyan Aguda! There were only 2,000 men when Wanyan Agu started his army, but he could repeatedly defeat more with less, and at the earliest time, he had to defeat almost ten times as many enemies every time! It was he who created the myth that "the Jurchens are invincible", and it was not until after his death that this myth was shattered.

But now, although Zhao Chen is very appreciative of Wanyan Aguta, he doesn't think that Song Jun is not the opponent of Jin Bing at the beginning! Since the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters, the command system in the army has undergone tremendous changes, and this is an advanced command system that is a thousand years ahead of this era! Although Wanyan Aguta is a genius, he created a military system such as the commander of 10,000 commanders, the commander of a thousand soldiers, and the commander of a centurion, and the command of the army is simple and direct, but it cannot be compared with the advanced command system that has been verified by various teams and two world wars a thousand years later!

Rumble!

At this time, a piece of the city wall of Yanzhou City began to collapse! The Song army below let out an earth-shattering cheer!

They rushed forward even harder!

The faces of the Western Xia soldiers above have changed greatly at this moment, including Renduo Ah Wu all know that Yanzhou City can't be saved!

"One night's time! In just one night, Yanzhou City was breached? Is Yanzhou City, with a garrison of 40,000, so vulnerable? "Rindo Ah Wu is unbelievable!

Rumble!

Another loud bang came, and in the east, dozens of stone throwers attacked the city wall, and another wall collapsed!

On the city wall in the north, more than 3,000 Song troops have rushed up at this moment! These more than 3,000 Song troops are struggling to move forward! After another quarter of an hour, the number of Song troops on the northern city wall had reached 10,000!

On the northern wall, the Western Xia soldiers fell to their knees, begging for surrender!

The gates of the city to the north are opened!

At this moment, on the eastern city wall, those Western Xia soldiers also began to kneel down and surrender! They don't have the courage to fight to the end! In fact, in this era, if history remains unchanged, no one will fight until death except the Jurchens! Of course, now that history has changed, the army under Zhao Chen definitely has the determination to fight to the last man!

It was still cloudy, but now it is becoming clear!

The midday sun shone on the earth, and the fighting slowly stopped!

Rindo Ah Wu is also kneeling on the ground at this moment, and he has already surrendered!

The city gates on all sides opened, and Zhao Chen entered Yanzhou City under the support of countless soldiers!

"Now the news should have reached Xingqing Mansion, right?" Zhao Chen stood on the city wall of Yanzhou, looking at the distance to the west.

"It's been almost a month, and the battle situation must have reached Xingqing Mansion!" Qu Duan nodded and said.

"Pass the order down, let the army rest well in Yanzhou City for a few days! I've repaired the walls of Yanzhou City! Let's wait for the arrival of the main force of Western Xia! Zhao Chen said.

This is a decision made by the General Staff Headquarters from the beginning, after taking Yanzhou City, they will not continue to march into the army, but wait for the main force of Western Xia here! According to the battle plan of the General Staff Headquarters, it will be followed by a war of annihilation against hundreds of thousands of main forces in Western Xia!