Erlong Xing shows the year. At the end of October of the eighth year of Jin Tianhui, when Bu Ci attacked Song Gongfeng on two roads, the Jin army once again invaded the south! Pingyang Mansion, where Xu Wei's recruitment division was located, was the brunt, and he arranged defense affairs while sending fire reports to Tokyo and Shaanxi. On October 22, the Jin army scouts marched all the way to the city of Pingyang, and even regarded the Song army in front of them as if they were nothing, approaching the Pingyang fortifications to snoop. Zhang Qing, the guard at the north gate of Pingyang, shot a Jin army ranger at a distance of 400 paces. The enemy retreats.

On the 23rd and 24th, the Jurchen vanguard appeared in Pingyang City one after another, peeking into the city defense. Xu Wei led more than 11,000 regular forbidden troops and nearly 20,000 righteous troops. They were deployed in the main city, two moats, and three walls, and were ready for battle. At noon on the 25th, the whole city of Binh Duong seemed unusually quiet, the men and horses of all departments were already in their positions, and there were few pedestrians in the market. At the head of the city, he was clothed in armor. There were many soldiers with long bows on their backs and swords and guns in their hands, staring at the outside of the city with solemn expressions.

Xu Wei was dressed in military uniform, as usual, still did not wear a helmet, and only led two guards to the northern city. This piece is in charge of Zhang Qing. However, I saw that both officers and men stuck to their posts and were in an orderly manner. Xu Wei secretly admired that Zhang San had been holding back for several years, just waiting for this day.

The sky was surprisingly dark, and it was as dark as evening after noon. The black clouds pressed down on the city, making people invisibly feel a sense of depression, and the soldiers who had stood for a long time couldn't help but take a heavy breath. When you go up to the tower, you don't need to look at it first, and you can know how noisy it is outside the city with just your ears. The sound, like a burst of muffled thunder, gradually approached, although not loud. But it's intimidating!

Looking at the city, thousands of steps away are crowded. The Jin army came all over the mountains. It is difficult to judge how many troops the opponent has based on visual inspection alone, and I can only see that the field north of Pingyang City has been completely filled with enemy troops. They didn't seem to see the well-defended city in front of them. They were busy setting up camp. The neighing of horses and the roar of people can be heard clearly even in the city. Xu Wei went to the city just to soak in urine, at this time. The enemy army has spread like a flood to the east of the city. Any general with a little experience should understand. This is by no means a petty fight of 10,000 or 20,000 people!

"Ziang, you're in luck.

Unfortunately, in my words, the battle of life and death between Song and Jin was torn up I don't know when, Ma Kuo came to his side and said softly.

Xu Wei looked up at the increasingly dark sky, and chuckled: "But it doesn't matter, come early and come late, sooner or later."

"Wang Yu is a talent, but don't be careless, look at this formation, I bet it's only a lot more than the previous two times!" Ma Kuan's brows furrowed and he said without worry.

Xu Wei was naturally not blind, and while he was talking to Ma Kuo, the entire eastern part of the city had been filled with enemy troops. The Jurchens don't play false this time, since the Hedong incident. The Jin State did not send even a single envoy to the Song Dynasty to ask for the guilt. People are too lazy to fight, and they can see the real tricks directly under their hands! Seemingly. This time, Sticky Han is determined to destroy the Song Dynasty!

"As long as we are nailed to Pingyang and don't give way to the corridor behind us, Jin Jun wants to enter the customs? Hum. Xu Wei held the tooth stack in his hand, and a sneer flashed on his face.

"Don't forget Zhaode, if the Jin army can't attack Pingyang for a long time, it is possible to turn around the army." Ma Kuo reminded in a low voice.

Xu Wei was silent for a moment, and then slapped his palm on the city wall: "I believe that my subordinates, the Wu family brothers, are not ordinary people

Ma Kuo stared at him for a long time, and there was a smile on his face that had been elongated: "I said Ziang, since I knew you, I haven't seen your anxious and sad appearance. Can be private. You're like that, you're really twenty-four? ”

Xu Wei smiled but did not say a word, and at this moment, he suddenly saw a group of soldiers and horses rushing out of the dense crowd of the Jin army like a sea lake, running until the distance of five or six hundred steps stopped, looked at it for a while, and then turned the horse's head around

East.

"This must be a Jurchen nobleman." Ma Ku laughed.

"Let him see." Xu Wei smiled casually, turned around and walked down the city. Out of the city gates. On the sheep and horse wall for the first time, I saw that although the soldiers of the righteous army were not as equipped as people, their spirit was not inferior to that of the forbidden army. They are all children of Hedong, and what they step on is the sharp ground where their ancestors reproduced, and their hearts to resist the enemy are naturally more serious than those of other stones. Of these Hedong men, only some of them were equipped with armor, and some only had a pair of armor tied to their chests and backs, a bow on their leaning chairs, and two pots of arrows tied to their waists, but they stood motionless behind the "Pin" zigzag shooting hole.

Shao Yi, who rushed to hear the news, bowed to Xu Wei. Da Zhuo said: "The whole of my department is like, please ask the public to read it." ”

Xu Wei patted him on the shoulder, walked past him towards the other end of the sheep and horse wall, and asked, "You also saw that the enemy army is menacing, do you have the bottom in your heart?" ”

Shao Yi followed behind him and replied loudly: "Xianggong led the dignified teacher, defended the ancestors and worked hard, left behind the territory of our people, the name is justified, the ghost is subdued by the gods, and the Cambodian profession is full of confidence and fearless!" ”

"Good! With your words, this official doesn't have to look any further, two trenches and two walls, I will hand it over to you. Furthermore. I have appointed Li Chen as your deputy manager, and I will be able to help you. Xu Wei turned around and said.

While Xu Wei was inspecting the city defenses, his opponent was not idle. The group of people and horses who peeked into Pingyang had already seen the city on all sides, and finally stopped in the west of the city.

One of the generals was over fifty years old, his beard hanging down to his chest was gray, under the fur hat on his head, several braids were exposed, and a fist-sized gold ring hung from his left ear. Wear a leather coat inside, cover it with iron, and a scimitar in the waist. Maybe Jiujian books are fine and concave and say that they are different body clams, and they are good to read outside, and they have been weathered. His skin and bones were boiled like humility. The eyes of the old hungry were as tight as the wolves in the northern jungle. He is the famous Jurchen general, Wanyan Lousu, the left deputy marshal of the Jin army. Huangguan, he once used thousands of horsemen, broke the five-way Western Army led by Fan Zhixu, and became famous in the Central Plains in a war!

"The terrain here is a little higher, and the city is at the beginning. It is mainly in the west of the city. After a while, Concubine Wanyan said in Jurchen language.

When the words landed, a general beside him, dressed neatly, looked no different from Han'er, it was the Khitan general Yelu Ma Wu, pointing to Pingyang City and saying: "Marshal, this kind of formation, Ma Wu has been in battle all his life, unheard of, unseen, the southern army must be prepared, and he should not be underestimated." ”

"Hmph, how many times have you fallen to the city, dare to block my way?" Wan Yan smiled disdainfully. He didn't say this nonsense, Pingyang broke it once when he swept Hedong in Sticky Han, Li Zhi went south and fell again, and the Jin army should really have this confidence.

Ma Wu did not say anything more, but as far as he could seem. The city wall of Binh Duong is more than three zhang high, and it was built completely according to the standards of an important town. That's it, but now, before the main city and behind the moat, there are two more short walls, which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of capturing the city. And look at the soldiers on the head of the city, like a forest. Prepared for battle, obviously precautionary. And he also showed a detail, since they started from the north of the city, all the way around, such a long time. The city was always in order, and with the exception of a few officers running around, the soldiers stood still. With such a solemn military discipline, it must be the long-rumored Tiger Army?

If it is said that two or three years ago, the name Xu Wei said to the Jurchens that they still don't know what to do, but since the second prince defeated Hebei, all the main generals of the Jin Army have remembered this, the "Southern Army General" Xiaoxishan Campaign, although the scale is not large, but it is known as the sharp weapon of the Jin Army, and it is called the elite of the elite. "Tiefutu" was tied as soon as he went out. The opponent is still the Purple Gold Tiger! This made Xu Wei's name cannon in the Jin Kingdom. War. The minister of state has repeatedly explained that if he encounters Xu Wei's Hu'er army on the way to the south, he must gather troops to annihilate it!

Now, the Tiger Army is right in front of you! According to Li Zhi, as soon as he captured Zhaode Mansion, Xu Wei led a large army into Hedong to reinforce him, and now he is in charge of the military affairs of Hedong in the Southern Dynasty, presumably this little tiger.

"Order the whole army, no rest, tonight take advantage of the night to get up in the robe car! Tomorrow, go all out to capture the city! Wanyan Concubine Su shouted loudly.

When night fell, the entire Pingyang City was shrouded in an atmosphere of slaughter, from the recruiting envoy Xu Wei to the ordinary soldiers, no one dared to take it lightly. Everyone is conscientious in their duties, but they are afraid of violating military law. Before dinner, when one of the leaders was changing guards, he led his subordinates into the city without waiting for all the brother troops to enter. Less than a meal. This head was executed on the street! The level was also preached to the four gates, in order to do the same.

"Shrugged! The golden man is here! Du Feihu hurriedly stepped into Xu Wei's second office hall.

In his hand he held an arrow, and under the arrow, wrapped around the paper.

The staff looked sideways, and Xu Wei made a gesture: "Take it." ”

Du Feihu untied the letter and presented it to Xu Wei with both hands, who took it, took a cursory look, and then slapped it on the case with a displeased face. Ma Kuo sat under him, stepped forward to take the letter, and looked at it, but it was a letter from the commander of the Jin army, Wanyan Concubine, to the Song army's guards.

"Today, the tigers and wolves are driven, and there are 230,000 soldiers. With the will of heaven to cut down the unreasonable, hold an old grudge to please disbelief, "If you resist stubbornly, you will be like a mantis arm blocking the car." Honesty is unwise, and it is like Xu Wei. Towering as a general, but the ancestors' tombs can not be protected, but the wild words deceive the world, how to talk about protecting the soil, the letter arrives. Waiting for the flag to come down is enough to save your life and wealth. Otherwise, the day the city is broken,"

Ma Kuo took the letter, and he was also full of anger! The Jurchens are so rampant that they dare to submit a letter to persuade them to surrender! I simply treat my Pingyang defenders as nothing! looked at Xu Wei again, but his anger had already disappeared, and he got up and wrote lightly: "If I am a commission, I will never do such a stupid thing." Before the war, he said that he would slaughter the city, humming. ”

Du Feihu took another thing from his side and said: "In addition to the letter, the Jin people also sent a rope, so that our army master will tie himself and go."

"Phew! Whatever! The golden dog is so underestimated. He will be told that he will not return! "There is no martial arts in the hall. Everyone was furious! Ever since he was fighting and begging the madman, he had never been so despised! It's really infuriating! Straight sissy thief! Hao Peng! Jurchen birds!

Xu Wei glanced at it and smiled indifferently: "It's boundary." In the future, it will be used to tie up the committee. ”

"Xianggong, this deed must be handed over to the lowly position. On the other day, I used this rope to tie the commission to the back of the horse and drag him around Pingyang City three times! ”

"Yes, yes! Pick him up. Jingguang, drag him to a blur of flesh and blood, and only then can he relieve his anger! ”

The staff generals are gossiping, and since they haven't started the war yet, they can only talk about it. While he was laughing, another young general rushed into the hall, but it was Xu Wei's nephew Xu Cheng, who came in. Wangding's uncle reported: "Recruit the prime minister, the enemy army is taking advantage of the night to get up the robe car!" "A word full of surprise! The concubine is so anxious? I got the net today, and I didn't even breathe? Didn't he think that he would break Pingyang in three or five days and rush to Guanzhong? Be a fucking spring and autumn dream!

The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the cold was getting stronger, and some of the soldiers guarding the city were already cold in their legs, and they stomped their feet from time to time to keep warm. After Xu Wei ran to the city, Yang Yan hurriedly caught up. Finger outside the city shouted: "Ninth brother, the Jin army is setting up the robe car!" ”

Looking outside the city, I first saw that in the distance, the Jin army camp was full of lights, reflecting the night as if the old city had gradually fallen into a situation of encirclement on all sides! Since Xu Wei led the army, "seeing such a big battle, I can't help but feel a little shocked in my heart. Looking closer, about 300 paces away, the lights are lit up. It stretches for nearly two miles on the left and right. Through the dim light, I could vaguely see a figure shaking, and after staring for a while, my eyes adjusted to the darkness. It can be faintly seen that one after another huge robe car chassis has been assembled. The enemy sergeants are erecting horizontal and other objects on top.

They were out of range of bows and crossbows, so they were not worried about being attacked, and the officers with torches commanded the soldiers, trying to assemble this siege weapon at night, and tomorrow morning, the Song army would come to have a big surprise!

Wang Yu hurried over. Seeing that Xu Wei was also there. Hurry up and salute. Xu Wei nodded and said, "Give the Jurchens a meeting gift?" Wang Yu looked at the wall, then slapped the wall and said loudly: "That's nature!" Where is the first commander of the robe car? ”

"Humble duty!" One will answer loudly.

"Give the Golden Dog a taste with a thunderbolt!" Wang Yu shouted.

The commander of the robe looked at it for a while. After determining the distance, he ran to the other side of the city wall and made a gesture towards the city. Once the war starts, there is a lot of noise everywhere, and if you shout it with your mouth, how can it work? Therefore, all the robes were arranged in order, and if the robes were needed, the commander made a gesture at the head of the city to indicate which robes were in the state of shooting. A commander commands a ten-seater robe chariot, so the gestures are extremely simple. In addition, if you use stone bullets. It is faster than a fist, and if it is a thunderbolt, it is swift after clenching a fist.

Of course, there was also a soldier in each full car who was responsible for conveying orders, and they had to pay attention to the gestures of the commander of the city at all times, and then according to the orders, they commanded the robed hands.

At this time, as soon as the commander's warrant was issued, the robed carts under the city with a range of more than 300 paces were quickly loaded with thunderbolt cannons. As mentioned earlier, the so-called thunderbolt cannon, that is, sulfur, saltpeter, arsenic and other materials in an iron shell, although the explosion power cannot be compared with the bombs of later generations, its sound is like thunder, and it is heard hundreds of miles away!

Moreover, the thunderbolt cannon is obviously not as heavy as a hundred-pound boulder, and it can be thrown at a robe with the maximum range, up to three hundred and thirty paces away!

Xu Wei looked outside the city again, and the busy Jin army obviously did not perceive that the danger was approaching, and still tried his best to build the robe car. At this time, the commander of the robe once again confirmed the distance and bearing, and stood under the torch, waving his arms!

A few at the same time! All the thunderbolts are lit! The robe man's trumpet suddenly sounded! The tip of the robe was pulled, and the robe cart bounced violently! The officers and soldiers at the head of the city saw a few black shadows whistling overhead, making an arc and falling towards the position of the golden army robe car!

Not only the soldiers, but even Xu Wei held his breath, whether the robe can work or not, this test launch can be roughly seen!

Outside the city, a group of Bohai soldiers were hurriedly setting up chariots under the command of the centurion. This device is so large that it can only be folded and transported and assembled when it arrives in the city. A thousand robes can not only cause huge losses and panic to the enemy, but can pile up stones to the height of the city wall in a few days, which is really a necessary weapon for siege! It is said that this thing is still known to the south. There are thousands of people in history, but now they are in our hands. With the instruments of the Southerners. Attack the city of the southerners, even more!

When he was busy, someone suddenly heard a strange sound in mid-air. When I looked up, I was shocked to see a black shadow falling straight down! The soldier who climbed on the chassis of the robe reacted extremely quickly and jumped out! I heard a muffled sound, and the thing fell next to the chassis, smashing out a pit, and it was pitch black, and I don't know what it was.

The centurion with the torch was about to step forward to check, and suddenly! A thunderclap shook the world! That thing exploded! The loud sound makes people's ears buzz in an instant! The flying debris hit the soldier, causing a cry of pain! Looking at the centurion again, he was overturned to the ground at that time, and he convulsed incessantly.

The soldiers lost their minds for a moment, and after a while, someone waved their hands to disperse the huge smoke and dust brought up by the explosion, and wanted to come forward to rescue the commander. But the smoke was extremely choking, and after a few puffs, my chest seemed to be blocked with mud, and it was difficult to breathe! Poisonous!

This astonishing turn of events did not deter the troops who assembled the robes, and most of the soldiers looked around for the source of the thing. Tianzhan fell? Meteorite? Some people think, isn't it the Song army in the city? No way, I didn't see any sign of the robe cart in the city.

Just as he was in doubt, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Get out of the way!" ”

Looking up, in mid-air, more black shadows roared! But it is at night, if it is day. It can appear very early and dodge as soon as possible. By the time their existing stuff falls, it's too late!

The sound was loud, shaking the western suburbs of Pingyang City! The Bohai soldiers screamed and shouted, and they all retreated.

Those who did not run in time were either overturned to the ground or injured by flying debris. They are an operational unit that has no ironclad protection at all! After the explosion of the thunderbolt, the iron filings and thistles were all over the place, and they were all to the flesh! All of a sudden, the robe position of the Jin army was full of mourning!

After abandoning the full car and running a hundred paces away, the Bohai soldiers stopped and looked forward in shock. Experienced people already know that this is the firearm of the Yugoslav army, but the question is, where did the fight come from? We're out of range of each other's crossbows! If you can't figure it out, who would dare to come forward and set up a robe car?