Chapter 759: A Red Letter

Under the command of Xiao Weili, the Western Liao army launched a fierce attack on Shangjing, using wooden ladders, kicking ladders, crashing into city cars and even tower cars, climbing to the head of the city to attack.

However, the Jin army guarding Shangjing, its ability to defend the city and its weapons have been the last foundation of the Jin country, and a large number of weapons and tools to defend the city have been collected in the city, as well as a considerable number of primary firearms.

These are the Song Dynasty utensils imitated by the Jin Kingdom after more than ten years, and their performance is almost comparable to that of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, these comparable appliances do not include the new firearms manufactured by Ye Yu. Because of Ye Yu's appearance, he is an outlier in everyone's eyes.

However, even these low-grade firearms, as well as the equipment used by the Song army, were not something that the Western Liao Army could easily break through!

Therefore, in the face of the attack of the Western Liao army, Wanyan Yuntang, who was guarding the capital, did not panic at all.

Moreover, Wanyan Yuntang, who is the prince of the Great Golden Emperor, has no way to retreat in a panic, and he can't let his imperial nephew, who is a few years old, go to the city to command the battle.

He commanded the Jin army to first use ** crossbows, stone throwers, bows and arrows to shoot, and after the Western Liao army approached the city wall, the archers retreated to the second line, using stones and big wood, boiling oil and boiling water to deal with the Western Liao army with wooden ladders and cloud ladders to climb the city.

As the king of the Southern Courtyard of Western Liao, and the pillar of the country of Western Liao, his military talent is naturally far superior to ordinary people, and he is good at solving the Mongolian tribes by virtue of his strength, so he did not waste too many troops all the way.

But when the army arrived in Shangjing in Huining Mansion, it became a difficult bone to gnaw!

There is no big problem with Xiao Weili's command, but whether it is the personal combat strength of the soldiers or the tools of siege, the Western Liao army is not as good as the 60,000 Jin troops guarding the city at the moment.

One of the reasons why ethnic groups other than the Han are called ethnic minorities is that the reproductive capacity of this ethnic group is very weak, and the production is not as high as that of the Han people in the Central Plains.

Therefore, since Ye Yu ruthlessly slaughtered 100,000 elite Western Liao troops on the battlefield of Western Xia, Western Liao, which was originally on the Xinjiang Plateau, began to decline invisibly.

Because in terms of combat strength alone, the Liao army outside the city is far inferior to the Jin army soldiers who swear to defend the city inside the city.

Therefore, the Western Liao army was beaten and screamed, and the corpses were piled up all over the field outside Shangjing. After two days of attack, nearly 6,000 soldiers were lost, but even the city wall of Shangjing was not attacked.

Seeing that the attack could not be carried out, Xiao Lili had to order the troops to be collected, and then gathered the generals to discuss how to capture Xicheng.

In the big tent, Yelu Zhanshuo spoke: "My lord, with all due respect, with the current siege ability of our army, it is not difficult to capture Shangjing, but if it continues to be consumed like this, it can only injure the soldiers, and the battle is useless, so we must find another way." ”

Although Yelu Zhanshuo's speech was very prestigious, after all, what he said was also the truth. Xiao Weili, who has been in the military for a long time, is not an arrogant person, so he is not angry because of this.

On the contrary, Yelu Zhanshuo's worries were also his worries, so he asked, "Is there a situation where Song Jun is?" ”

"Since our army attacked the city for two consecutive days, the Song army has not moved in the slightest, and from the point of view of the last general, they want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight......

"These Song barbarians really have a lot of eyes, this is to wait until we have almost consumed the troops in the city before we plan to pick up the cheap?"

"Well, in my opinion, the cunning Han people are such virtues!"

“……”

The generals under his command spoke their own words, but Xiao Yuli was silent, he was thinking about the purpose of Song Jun's actions.

Yelu Zhanshuo saw Xiao Yu's eyebrows tightly locked, so his tone became heavy: "Doesn't the king think that Song Jun has another deep meaning? ”

"Since the Song army invaded gold, it has always been attacking cities and pulling out fortresses like a swift wind, how can there ever be such a stagnation now? If the Song army didn't know that our army raided the western city of Shangjing at the beginning, it didn't make any moves, but this has been a fierce battle for two days, how can the Song army really not know? ”

"That'...... Why don't you go to the Song army camp and take a look......"

"No need, maybe this king is too worried, maybe as you just said, Song Jun is going to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!"

Xiao Weili breathed a deep sigh of relief, and then said, "Actually, it's okay, at least in the matter of competing for Shangjing, our army has one less opponent for the time being. ”

"If the Song army has bad intentions in the future, and our army suffers heavy losses, won't it be controlled by others?" There are already generals in the tent, and they have expressed their concerns.

Xiao Weili thorned his beard lightly and nodded: "Yes, this has to be guarded against, so we have to prepare with both hands!" ”

"Please show the king!"

"Yelu Zhanshuo, this king ordered you to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses alone, and after our army captured Shangjing, you don't need to enter the city, you only need to station the soldiers and horses in Songpeng Mountain north of Shangjing!"

"Yes!"

"Quickly activate the secret messenger to report to Her Majesty the Empress, and ask the Ministry of War to send additional reinforcements here, so that our army can fully control Shangjing and the thirteen states north of Shangjing!"

"Yes!"

Yelu Zhanshuo nodded, and said very much in agreement: "This is the base for my Da Liao to return to his homeland, whether he can return in the future depends on whether he can control this territory, and I must not let this hard-won springboard be annexed by the Song army again!" ”

"If you want to say that the Song Dynasty was a dance with the wolf when we joined forces with the Jin State, then now we are joining forces with the Song Dynasty to fight the Jin, which is to seek skin with the tiger, and the current Tiger of the Song Kingdom is more ferocious than the wolf of the Jin Country back then, and we have to guard against ......it."

Xiao Weili stabbed as he spoke, but he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

……

The Xiliao military camp outside the West City was full of secrets, and at the same time, the atmosphere in the Shangjing City was also tense.

Even though the 60,000 defenders in Shangjing are elite soldiers, but now that there is only one place left in Shangjing, the fact that the general trend has gone is like a mountain pressing on everyone's heart.

Although it resisted the attacks of the Western Liao army again and again, it did not bring the slightest joy to the civil and military forces of the Jin State in the city. Because in their opinion, the Western Liao Army is not enough, and the real pressure comes from the 100,000 Song Army that has not moved!

The quiet night enveloped the entire Shangjing, and also shrouded everyone in the regent's palace.

Wanyan Yuntang was ordered to be in danger, and when he left Jinzhou, he was crowned regent by Wanyan Yunzhong, so that he could return to Shangjing to assist the crown prince Wanyan Chengzhi wholeheartedly.

At this moment, in the regent's mansion, after discussing the military situation with the generals, Wan Yan Yuntang was sitting alone in the hall drinking tea, which was a habit he had just developed in the past few days.

He had always liked to drink but not to eat tea, but in order to keep himself conscious, he had to start learning to drink tea.

Because of tea, it can not only maintain health, but also refresh!

(Tips: It can also detoxify, lose weight, and resist radiation!!) )

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed, causing the light of the yarn lamp in the living room of the palace to move slightly.

"Who!"

The teacup that Yan Yuntang picked up was stagnant because of this sudden murderous aura, and his sensitive expression scanned the surroundings, but he never saw the slightest abnormality.

The soldiers guarding the palace heard that there was something wrong in the hall, so they crowded into the hall one after another: "Lord Wang! ”

"It's okay, stand down!" Wanyan Yuntang paused slightly, and when he saw that there was really nothing unusual, he felt that he was dazzled, and then waved his hand to signal everyone to retreat.

After a group of guards came out, Wan Yan Yuntang put the tea cup back on the table, but when he glanced at the table, he saw a red letter......