Chapter Eighty-Seven: Thunderbolt

Seeing that the soldiers of the Jin army continued to dismantle the obstacles, pushing the horses and wooden carts down the river, and the archers of the Jingsui camp on the south bank of the barrier kept firing arrows, but the Jin army relied on the shield protection and did not mess up at all. At this time, on the city wall on the north bank, a loud horn sounded again, and the Jurchen soldiers seemed to be greatly encouraged, and shouted the trumpet neatly, and the sound entered the sky. The thousands of soldiers of the Song Army gathered behind the fortress on the south bank, although they could not see the enemy, they were also terrified!

Yang Yan was covered in heavy armor all over his body, carrying a curved blade spear, facing hundreds of heavy infantry under his subordinates, without saying a word, after giving an order, he also joined the formation and advanced towards the pontoon bridge. The archers saw the heavy infantry formation of Yang Dutou departing from the city, and immediately burst into cheers.

"Brethren! We are all elite forbidden troops of the imperial court! Your comrades in chief may have collapsed without a fight, but you have remained! You're all iron-clad men! The brothers of the Daimyo Township Warrior Battalion are desperately resisting, and there is no reason for our forbidden army to let the township soldiers compare! Now, let's rush forward and let the Jurchen barbarians see how powerful our weapons are! Sun Zheng made a generous statement, nearly a thousand forbidden officers and soldiers raised their arms and shouted, and other soldiers around them also roared and cheered, and their morale was boosted!

On the pontoon bridge, Yang Yan's hoplites were in a row of ten people, in a neat formation, with a passage between the two columns. The troops in front had just reached the obstacle when they suddenly saw several enemies flash from the top of the barrier, and they jumped down in the air, their scimitars shining in their hands, and they slashed down on their heads! Yang Yan struck "kill" with a big gun in his hand, and forcibly picked an enemy who jumped down on the gun. The Jurchen soldier screamed miserably and struggled hard, Yang Yan snorted, and threw him into the river with the strength of his arms. The soldiers beside him relied on their spears and axes, and their armor was strong, and they did not give an inch, and they fought together in the face of the incoming enemy! For a while, the sound of killing was everywhere! The archers at the head of the city were in sight, but any enemy who dared to jump over the obstacle was either shot by sharp arrows or strangled under the obstacle.

The Jin army was originally good at charging into battle, but first, the pontoon bridge was not wide, which restricted movement, and second, there were obstacles to block it, and it could not be used. No matter how brave and good you are at fighting and not afraid of death, you can't get any cheap in this kind of place.

Just when Xu Wei, Han Shizhong and other officers in the city were a little relieved, suddenly! There was a loud bang! That pile of obstacles collapsed like a landslide! The Jurchens dismantled the wooden cart in front of them, and the tree trunks piled up behind them had no support points and slid down. The obstacle that was originally more than two feet high was less than one foot in an instant! The Jin army seized the fighter plane and swarmed up with shields!

At this moment, on the passage left by Yang Yan's heavy armored infantry, one after another forbidden soldiers came in a row, three in groups, two carrying thunderbolt cannons, and one holding torches. Sun Zheng was also in the camp, looking at the formation of Yang Yan's department, and seeing the Jin army swarming over, he shouted: "Block ahead!" ”

Yang Yan was so strong that he couldn't hear it at all, Sun Zheng was in a hurry, and rushed forward to push and kick, blocking dozens of heavy steps in one place. Then he raised his long knife and roared: "Release!" Dozens of torches were lowered at the same time, and a moment later, thunderbolts as large as basins flew over the obstacle and fell like hail with ropes at both ends.

Above the city, Xu Wei, Zhang Qing, Han Shizhong and other officers couldn't take their eyes off it!

On the other side of the obstacle, the Jurchen soldiers who maintained a strict formation were anxiously waiting for their companions in front to kill the bloody road, so they rushed over in one go, seized the pontoon bridge, and hit the capital of the Nanren. Someone suddenly felt that the shield held above his head had been hit hard, and when he was wondering if the Song army was rolling wood and beating stones, he saw an object fall at his feet. On the black ball, a clue as thick as a little finger is burning!

Earth-shattering explosions rang out one after another! One by one, the thunderbolts exploded in the Jin Army's array! In the blink of an eye, the rock-solid Jin Army formation was shattered! The fierce soldiers were frightened by the loud explosion and pushed each other! Countless soldiers fell into the roaring Yellow River like pearls of broken thread! The nightmare had just begun, and a succession of thunderbolts fell into the formation and blossomed in all directions. The power of the explosion had already frightened the Jurchens, who were flesh and blood, but after the explosion, yellow smoke overflowed. The soldier who stood still was choked and coughed, and his eyes were full of tears! After a while, almost all the Jurchen soldiers within dozens of steps close to the obstacle were unsteady on their feet, and then they realized that the smoke was poisonous! Taking advantage of the chaos of the Jin army's formation, the archers of the Jingsui camp on the barrier rained arrows! The terrible screams echoed on both sides of the Yellow River, making people smell the color change!

On the north shore rampart, the eight-foot-long warrior was accompanying a Jurchen to observe the battle. The Jurchen was about forty years old, tall and towering like an iron tower, with a swarthy face full of beard. Those wolf-like eyes stared at the bridge. Wearing a fur coat and covered with iron armor, his right hand is holding the hilt of the knife, and the green tendons are bursting out!

Seeing that the formation of his troops was shattered, this man suddenly turned his head and yelled at his general, his eyes full of fierce light, and his teeth were almost crushed. A short and weak man of about fifty beside him, dressed in Hanfu, immediately said to the general: "The second prince asked, who is in charge of the army on the other side?" ”

The general was expressionless, glanced at the other side, bowed his head and said, "I really don't know." ”

The second prince screamed again, and the man then explained: "The second prince ordered you to personally step forward and take down the pontoon bridge!" ”

The general's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Prince Rongyu, I think this soldier and horse are different from other Song troops, and they are quite powerful. And the arrangement is very appropriate, the archers are lined up on the barrier to suppress, and the heavy infantry is sent to block the bridge deck, and then the firearms are attacked, which is almost flawless. Even if our army swept the world and was invincible, it would be difficult to exert it at this time. ”

After hearing this, the second prince was speechless for a while, looked towards the bridge, and suddenly slammed his palm on the wall, looked back and yelled at his subordinates behind him. One of them ran down the barrier, and after a while, the Jurchen soldiers who were blocked in the middle shouted loudly, and many of them struggled forward, holding shields in one hand to block the attacking arrows, and guarding against thunderbolts and other firearms that might fall on them at any time, and stomped on the fire on the bridge with both feet. As if in order to cooperate with the Jin army to fight the fire, the Song army's offensive was slowed down. When the firearms were thrown again, even the feathered arrows became sparse. The soldiers of the Jin Army took the opportunity to put out the fire with all their might.

"The second prince asked you, because you suggested that the army of the Southern Dynasty and Hebei was empty, and our army could come straight to the Yellow River, cross the river, and approach Tokyo, so that the Southern Dynasty could be forced to be a vassal without a fight, and offer a huge amount of money to cede the land of Hebei. At present, the defense of the Song army on the other side is so tenacious, our army is blocked in Hebei, and it is rumored in the army that the famous general of the Southern Dynasty has led a million western troops to Qinwang, and it will arrive at night. ”