Chapter 580: Conquering Xicheng
When Commander Jiang heard this, he was so suffocated that he couldn't speak for a while, and suddenly slammed his fist on the table, and said angrily: "Damn! I didn't get a good deal for the Jurchens, not to mention it, and now even my parents, wives and children have to get in! Didn't the Purple Gold Tiger surrender twice in the city? Why didn't Zhang Dutong listen? Is he Xu Wei's opponent? ”
"You and I can't be the master of this, what can we do?" Qi Wu smiled bitterly.
"Can't be the master? Hum! If those two birds had grown an extra brain the night before yesterday to talk to you and my brother, now, hum. Commander Jiang sneered.
Qi Wu looked at him and said in a deep voice, "Aren't you afraid if you say this in front of me?" ”
"Afraid! I'm afraid! Your Hun family is my aunt, my Hun family is your aunt, will you betray me? Besides, it's all fucking like a bear anyway, and sooner or later it's going to die! Commander Jiang scolded non-stop.
"The walls have ears." Qi Wu reminded.
Commander Jiang looked around, his face disdainful, but he never said half a word in his mouth. After enduring it for a while, he couldn't stop asking, "What did you say when you went out of the city?" ”
Qi Wu thought for a moment, and then spoke: "Dutong pretended to surrender and wanted to delay time, Xu Wei has already agreed, and our army will surrender within two days, otherwise the day the city will be broken......"
"Two days? What can you do in two days? Requisition some people, plugging a city hole, and repairing a broken city, can you block the Western Army? How did the north gate break yesterday? Why do you say Zhang Dutong is ...... Hey, how can the Jurchen be his own father? "Commander Jiang couldn't hold it anymore.
Qi Wu sighed: "If you don't know, we can all descend, but he can't." ”
"Why is that?" Commander Chiang was puzzled.
"In Dunzhou that year, the little captain of Xihe led his troops to seize the city, and Zhang Du led us and other enemies to reject Ganquan. How it turned out, you know. This alone is a capital offense! In addition, he has resisted for a long time, how many lives have he injured the brothers in the Western Army? Can Xu Xuanfu spare him? Even if Xu Jiu can let him live, then the marshals of the Western Army, such as the little handsome Xu Cheng, can tolerate him? That's why he plans to go all the way to the dark! Qi Wudao.
His brother-in-law immediately became angry, and said through gritted teeth: "He wants to be a loyal minister of the Jin Kingdom, that's his business!" How can you drag our brothers to the funeral! Fuck it! Left and right is a death, I might as well stab him to death! ”
Qi Wu glanced at him: "You said it's useless!" You don't have a single soldier in your hand now, what can you do? ”
"Bing? Hey, although Zhang Baiying took over my military power, my thousands of brothers only need one sentence, and they will follow me desperately! Now the new commander is also my lifelong friend! I really want to do it, nothing can't be done! Commander Jiang said in a deep voice.
Qi Wu heard it in his heart, felt that it was almost over, and asked tentatively, "What?" Do you really want to do it? ”
These words aroused the vigilance of Lian Lian, and he asked rhetorically: "Brother, what do you think?" ”
Qi Wu didn't answer for a while, got up and went to cover the doors and windows, and listened to the sound of the rain ticking, and it was estimated that he couldn't eavesdrop. Only then did he hurriedly return to his seat, and said in a low voice: "I really want to do it, now I have a chance!" ”
Jiang Tong's heart was shocked, and he changed color and said, "What chance?" ”
Qi Wu then concisely told the reason for the facts, emphasizing Xu Wei's promise, and his brother-in-law was overjoyed when he heard it, and said excitedly: "This is the way you and my brother live!" What I didn't say,! There are two commanders of the Youyi Army who are good with me, count them together! ”
"Don't! You and I are not outsiders, so tell each other, don't involve too much, otherwise it is easy to have an accident! I can probably use seven or eight hundred people, just you and me! Qi Wu said sharply.
"Okay, okay, how to do it, I'll listen to you!" Commander Jiang moved his fat body, and he was almost unable to sit still.
"As soon as the two-day deadline arrives, Zhang Jun will have to send me out of the city, and I will contact Xu Xuanfu for a good signal at that time. As soon as the Western Army attacks the city, we should join forces inside and outside! You know this for the time being, and you must not expand it! ”
It rained all day on the sixth day of the new month, and it stopped in the early morning of the seventh day of the first month. Zhang Jun's project in the city could not be carried out at all. On the afternoon of the seventh day of the first lunar month, he ordered all places to start rushing work, but the two-day deadline had arrived, and he had to send Qi Wu out of the city again and enter the Western Army camp as an envoy. Under the pretext that there are still forces outside the Western Army system in the city that need to be settled, please ask Xu Xuanfu to give grace again.
Qi Wu naturally revealed these internal facts and reported his results. Xu Wei instructed him that if the weather remained unchanged, the Western Army would launch a general attack by the afternoon of the eighth day of the first lunar month at the latest, and ordered him to act as an internal response and make an appointment for a signal.
After Qi Wu returned to the city, he still said to Zhang Jun that Xu Wei promised a grace period of three days, but this was the last concession, if the city was not opened and surrendered after three days, once the western army entered the city, all the soldiers would be killed! Zhang Junyou is undoubted.
On the eighth day of the first month, it was a sunny day. In the morning, there was nothing unusual, Zhang Jun thought that his plan to delay the army was beautiful, Xu Wei was led by his nose, and ordered everywhere to speed up the construction of the urn city.
The urn city was originally a large city in order to protect the city gate from breaking, and a small round city or square city was built outside the city gate to wrap the city gate. Now Zhang Jun is building the urn city in the city, his original intention is to prevent the city gate from being attacked, the western army will drive straight in, and there will be an urn city to block again, which is better than nothing.
However, inside the city gate, followed by the street dwellings, this is destined to be a small scale of this urn city, and the walls cannot be too thick, basically there is not much significance, but it is just a dying struggle. But Zhang Baiying, who is desperate, still regards these as life-saving straws and attaches great importance to them.
At the north gate, the bloodstains left by the fierce battle a few days ago are still there. The people were busy building fortifications under the drive of the soldiers. A tall earthen city has sprung up, and the people are either picking up dirt or ramming earth walls, and they can't stop cursing in their hearts.
"Dutong, I'm afraid this earthen wall can't stand the beating." Not far away, Zhang Junzheng led a group of generals and guards to walk through the streets full of deep pits and freshly filled with mud to inspect.
Zhang Jun didn't respond, he was helpless, time was pressing, how could he have the time to get stones to build the city, and the earth city would make do with it. Qi Wu was also entourage, but the ironclad guards surrounded Zhang Baiying, even if he was not close to the other party. It's past noon, and the Western Army may attack at any moment!
They were walking towards the gate of the city, when suddenly, the soldiers at the head of the northern city shouted. When they looked up, they saw the soldiers running away, and they didn't know what had happened.
Zhang Jun's face changed, and when he was surprised, he saw the stone bullets on the top of the city whistling! One of them flew over the city and landed more than a dozen paces in front of him, and after a loud noise, a deep pit was made!
The Western Army has begun to attack the city again!
The people who built the urn city screamed again and again, and the soldiers who didn't care about the supervision scattered and fled! And the defenders of the city all shrank behind the flat-headed wall and did not dare to show their heads! Zhang Jun is shocked! He realized what was going on! Suddenly turned around, stared at Qi Wu, and shouted, "Isn't Xu Jiu a grace period of three days!" ”
"This, all unified, the lowly committee really doesn't know!" Qi Wu bowed his head and said.
Ignoring him, Zhang Jun shouted loudly: "Quick! Send additional troops to the city, and the two city gates must be defended! Fast! As he spoke, stone bullets flew wildly, and the guards escorted him to the Shuaifu in a hurry, and his entourage also dispersed in a hurry, and Qi Wu took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Outside the city, the artillery bombardment continued, and more than a hundred mighty cannons continued to throw boulders at the city. Tens of thousands of soldiers stood behind the artillery array, ready to attack! Today, the city will be broken!
After the time of the meal, the artillery attack stopped, and Wang Yu, who was immediately in front of the battle, raised his sword and shouted: "Attack!" ”
"Brethren! Break the city and make meritorious contributions! The officers leading the army shouted loudly, and before they took the lead, they rushed towards Yan'an Xicheng! Tens of thousands of soldiers surged like a tide, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and they were all pressed over!
At the head of the city, the Jin sergeant, who heard the horn of the charge, stood up, and the arrow went into the arrow, and the bowstring was twisted, ready to be fired from the firing platoon.
This section of the city wall is in charge of the Huanqing Army, which has reduced gold, and the number is Youyi. As a former member of the Western Army, the quality of the Huanqing Army is not a little higher than those Han Signing Army, and they are also equipped with strong bows and crossbows by Zhang Jun, which can be said to be a strong enemy of the Western Army besieging the city!
At this time, one commander and multiple commanders were in command of the battle in the city. Seeing the tide of the Western Army coming, these old people of Huanqing can only be sideways, helpless, each for his own master, and he can't help himself!
The commander of the Youyi Army, dressed in full uniform, was observing the progress of the Western Army's charge, and someone next to him shouted coldly: "Commander Shen." ”
When I looked sideways, I saw two of my commanders following behind one of them. He recognized that person, as if he was a commander of the enemy army who had been reunified from the old part of the Jingyuan Army, surnamed Jiang. What made him feel strange was that this Jiang Commander had two mud marks on his forehead, somehow.
"What?" Shen Tongzhi asked. No, this guy has been explained to be in command, why did he go to the city again?
"No more gossip! We, the brothers of the Jingyuan Army, have decided to turn against the water, return to the Western Army, and listen to Xu Xuanfu's moderation. What do you Huanqing Army say! Commander Jiang grabbed the bright sword in his hand and asked in a fierce voice.
As soon as these words came out, not only Shen was in control, but the soldiers who heard it around were also terrified! How good is that! The people immediately came to the front, but there was infighting at this end!
"Commander! We are originally from the Western Army, and now the city is inevitably broken, so why bother to work for the Jurchens? Death for Zhang Jun? The two of them had already listened to the advice of Commander Jiang and ordered the subordinates not to resist, and they fought back! A commander of the Rangers said.
Commander Shen looked sideways, and the siege troops of the Western Army were already within the range of the bow and crossbow! shivered all over his body, and shouted loudly: "No arrows!" No arrows! ”
As soon as he shouted, the soldiers around him loosened their strings and shouted in unison. The old people of the Huanqing Army near and far don't know what's going on, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what's going on.
"Good! This is the brethren! Shen commanded, quickly ordered your soldiers to draw two mud marks on their foreheads, this is the signal agreed with the Western Army! Those who have no marks on their foreheads will be killed! After Commander Jiang said this, he turned around and left!
Without hesitation, Shen Commander leaned down and touched a handful of mud on the ground, and crossed out two fingers and scratched his forehead. Then he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Fuck it! Brethren, anti-water! ”
"There is an order for the system! Anti-water! The cries echoed in the city. The soldiers who were at a loss woke up like a dream, and they all did the same, and they all scratched their foreheads with mud on the ground.
"Let's go! Dry the cannon first! "Shen Tongzhi reacted very quickly, and ran down the city with a knife!
However, it was said that the siege troops of the Western Army outside the city were all armed with weapons, holding side cards, and showed great courage to charge. I don't know that along the way, although there are some arrows, they are far less violent than a few days ago. Rush all the way to the city, take the ladder, the flying bridge, and the goose cart to rush up!
The northern part of the city is completely in chaos! With two mud marks on his forehead, the old department of Jingyuan Huanqing rushed around to kill! The first to strike was the crossbowmen on the faces of the horses. These people are preoccupied with killing the Western Army, and they are caught off guard by the internal ghosts, and they are caught off guard!
The artillery beneath the city was violently throwing stone projectiles outside the city. Suddenly, some of the soldiers noticed that a large group of "comrades" were rushing towards them, and when they realized that something was wrong, some of them began to throw their cannons and retreat. That group of "comrades" rushed over, regardless of whether they were indiscriminate, and splitting their heads and covering their brains was a slashing and stabbing! The gunners had no weapons, and in the blink of an eye, they were cut to the ground, and blood flowed everywhere!
"The Western Army is in the city! The Western Army is in town! Brethren, anti-water! Such cries are everywhere!
It is very difficult for the enemy to attack a city from the outside. But once there is civil strife, it will be too easy! This is not comparable to fighting for power in the field, everyone is on a through city wall, the old department of Jingyuan Huanqing is reversed, and the soldiers are divided into two ways to rush and kill, where can the other troops still take care of defending the city?
And the soldiers of the Western Army were not suppressed, and they successfully climbed to the top of the city, and they were about to cut off the head of the row with a knife, and when they looked at it, damn, there is a mark on the forehead of this guy, and it is an internal fire! All of a sudden, the city was like a cub, and the soldiers of the Western Army continued to pour in!
Wang Yu put his hand on the pergola and looked at the city, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently showed a smile, fuck you, Zhang Baiying, Lao Tzu will come into the city to be close to you later! You Jingyuan traitor!
The sound of hooves sounded behind him, Wang Yu looked back, and suddenly shouted: "Xuanfu Xianggong, the city must be broken today!" ”
Xu Wei stepped forward, reined in the war horse, glanced at it a few times, and said unalarmedly: "Crash open the city gate as soon as possible, and the army will cover up." ”
"Order!"
But he said that Zhang Jun returned to the Shuai Mansion, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, and when he saw the general Zuori who rushed in, Qi Wu was missing, and his heart shook wildly, and he ordered the guards to arrest him! But this Qi Wu didn't catch it, but he waited for a disaster!
"All of them! Big things are not good! The defenders of the city are against the water to help the Song! The Western Army has entered the city! A rolling belt crawled into the hall and shouted hoarsely.
When Zhang Jun heard this, his head boomed! The three souls and six spirits were shocked out of the body! Finished! Finished! It's all over!
"All of them! How good is that! How good is that! The adjutants asked in a rambling voice.
Zhang Jun's face is pale! Not a word! Suddenly, he pushed everyone away and grabbed out of the festival hall, not knowing where to go! The adjutants looked at each other, at a loss, and after a while, I don't know who shouted: "What are you doing!" Don't you take this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and wait for Xu Wei to come in and kill all of us! Suddenly, they dispersed!
The entire Yan'an Xicheng is in chaos, the defenders attack and kill each other, and the western army is endless! The common people don't know the inside story, they can only hear the sound of killing, and the loud noise is not this! They all rejoiced! All right! All right! Look at this movement, Wang Shi has entered the city!
"Get out of the way! Fire! "In the gate cave of the North City, the soldiers of the Western Army who had just blown up the city cave were holding a flying artillery! I saw that the cannon fired, and the iron cannonball blasted a hole in the half-earthen wall! The loud roar shook the soldiers' ears, and they couldn't hear anything.
"Flocks of birds! Don't bang! This broken wall will fall down as soon as you push it! One of the commanders shouted. Then the commander raised the batter and smashed the earthen wall into the hole in one go!
"Disarm or kill! Surrender or die! "A mighty roar resounded throughout the city! The soldiers of the Western Army who swarmed in all directions were killed in all directions, except for the marked internal response, those who did not abandon their weapons and knelt on the ground, but wore armor to carry out the army, were killed on the spot!
In less than an hour! Yan'an West City is breached! All four walls are controlled by the Western Army! There are still sporadic battles in the city, and the general trend has been decided! The soldiers were still full, and the war was almost over.
Qi Wu's brother-in-law, that commander Jiang led a group of soldiers into the Shuaifu, and wanted to capture Zhang Jun alive, but he couldn't find a trace. He cut down all the civil and military adjutants who were stranded in the Shuai's mansion! Then he rushed into the back hall and looted, but he still couldn't find Zhang Jun!
"! Is that guy heavenly! Commander Jiang, covered in blood, scolded.
"Commander! Only then did Zhang Jun's guards see him snatch out of the Shuaifu, and he didn't bring a single soldier, so he didn't know where to go! ”
"It's definitely in town! Search! Dig three feet into the ground and find out for Lao Tzu! Catch Zhang Jun, Xu Xuanfu has a great achievement in front of him! ”
After noon, there was no sound of fighting in the west city of Yan'an, and the western army fully controlled the city. Zhang Xian and the others have already entered the city and cleaned up a little to welcome Xu Wei.
At this time, Xu Wei was in the camp, listening to the subordinates sent by Wu Yu to report on the battle situation. Han Chang, who was guarding Dongcheng, organized troops out of the city several times, but was killed and retreated by Wu Jinqing. Today, hearing the shouts of killing, Han Chang knew that the Western Army was detaining the city again, and the Jurchen army was coming to fight, and now it was fighting fiercely, and the Qin Feng army that cut off the river channel was at a disadvantage, and the battle was stalemate.
"Go! Go into the city and call Zhang Zongben out, and let him send four thousand elite soldiers to help! Xu Wei ordered.
As soon as the herald left, Xu Chengcheng entered the tent and reported to his uncle with a happy face: "You declare the husband and the minister!" Our army has fully controlled Xicheng, please enter the city and settle the people! ”
"You go first, I still have something to do." Xu Wei waved his hand.
Xu Cheng was overjoyed and excited, but when he saw that his uncle was fine, he had to withdraw from the account. Thinking in my heart, my father often said when he was alive, the one next to your ninth uncle is not counted, but this is a big event, it is indeed good, and you have to learn more.
"As soon as the western city is broken, only the eastern city remains. Dongcheng is estimated to be Han Chang personally in charge, and he is not afraid of him, my township soldiers from all walks of life have arrived one after another, and there are troops available in the city, and then he will gather more than 100,000 horses and horses to make calculations. Taking advantage of this victory, I can also recover all parts of Suide in the north, and the entire territory of Shaanxi will be under my control. The enemy of Tongzhou has been locked up, and there has been no movement in Pujin Pass so far, and it seems that the situation is generally stable. ”
Xu Wei stood up, moved his neck, shook his legs again, took a few steps, lifted the curtain, looked at Yan'an Xicheng, and chuckled.