"The golden thieves are going all the way south, and the momentum is like a bamboo, and this is the time when their morale is high, if they can't meet the head-on attack, it will be difficult to defend the heavenly city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"And the soldiers and civilians of Yingtian, who have not been warned, if they can't understand that they are in a desperate situation, I am afraid they will not be able to hold on."

"Therefore, in the battle with the gold thief, the first battle is a decisive battle, and the first battle must be a head-on blow to the enemy."

Zong Ze was still standing at the head of the city, under the light of countless torches, his figure was proud, although his body was stained with a lot of blood stains, but his waist was still straight, and his eyes were still full of fighting intent.

It was already midnight that the Jin people no longer shelled, but launched a siege.

During this time, the Jin people launched five charges, but except for the first time when they rushed to the top of the city and almost rushed into the city, the next four times stopped under the city walls.

Even if a section of the city wall collapsed and became the focus of the Jin soldiers' attack, Zong Ze personally guarded this section of the city wall, and even killed two enemies with his own hands as a veteran.

"The gold thief has retreated again." Looking at the retreating enemies, the soldiers and civilians at the head of the city cheered.

When the Jin people rushed to the city for the first time, the soldiers and civilians in the city were almost shaken, and they all relied on Zong Ze to take the lead, so they held on. After several enemy sieges in a row, the soldiers and civilians in the city are now accustomed to it, because of the presence of Zhou Quan's disciples, they can always organize the manpower in the shortest possible time, rush to repair the city wall, replenish the equipment, and transport the wounded, so although they are panicked, they are not chaotic.

As the enemy retreated, in the cheers, Zhou Quan walked up to the city.

"How did Je Guogong come?" Zong Ze saw him coming here and hurriedly persuaded him to go down to the city.

Zhou Quan smiled at him, revealing a mouthful of shining white teeth in the firelight: "Zonggong, you have worked hard, I expect that after this hard battle in the middle of the night, the gold thieves have exhausted their strength, and they are going to take it back to rest, and it is my turn to perform at this time." ”

"You want a night raid?" Zong Ze's complexion changed slightly.

No matter how fierce the battle was before, Zhou Quan never went to the city except for showing his face at the beginning. Even the 3,000 guards he had brought with him were resting in the city, and did not come up to help defend the city. Zong Ze originally thought that Zhou Quan would put this army into battle when the city defense was at its most critical, but he never thought that they had been recuperating in order to attack at night when the enemy army retreated.

"This matter is not appropriate, you must know that the Jin people are all old soldiers, they will not be fooled by this, and there will definitely be ambush soldiers!" Zong Ze immediately objected.

If Zhou Quan wins the attack, it will only be a heavy setback to the spirit of the Jin people, and it will not be of decisive significance to defend the city, on the contrary, if Zhou Quan loses or even himself is in danger, it will be a fatal blow to the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Zhou Quan smiled: "If I want to attract more Jin people, lest they harass the rest of the places and harm the people elsewhere, I have to take some risks." It is the only way to really go crazy...... Zonggong, please rest assured, I'm not sure I won't move, and you're ready to answer me. ”

Zong Ze heard that he wanted to attract the Jin people to avoid them from harassing the people, and his face changed for a while, and finally he was silent.

A faint sadness rose in his heart at the same time.

When the officials and Manchu ministers in Beijing shrank their heads and did not come out, the only one who put the safety of the people in their hearts was Zhou Quan.

With such a Zhou Quan, how can he not be supported by the people and soldiers?

After nodding slowly, Zong Ze ordered the city head to get ready.

Among the gates of Yingtianfu, most of them were stuffed with mud bags to prevent the Jin people from taking the opportunity to enter the city after the doors were broken. Now that Zhou Quan wants to go out, he must first arrange manpower to temporarily remove these mud bags.

After removing all the mud bags, Zhou Quan had not yet moved, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind.

But it was Zhou Fu who rushed to hear the news.

When defending the city during the day, Zhou Fu participated in the battle several times at the head of the city, and did not withdraw to rest until he was exhausted, at this time he came again, wearing his whole body, obviously preparing to fight with Zhou Quan.

It's just that before he could speak, Zhou Quan asked: "If my father goes out with me, will the soldiers listen to me or you, and if you and my father and son are in danger, will the soldiers protect you or me?" ”

Zhou Fu was dumbfounded.

"I'm not taking any chances, Daddy, I'm out of town." Zhou Quan said again.

This time, Zhou Fu could only pat him on the shoulder, and then watched with a single worry as Zhou Quan led his subordinates out of the city gate.

At this time, the torches were extinguished at the head of the city, and as soon as Zhou Quan and the others came out of the urn city, they entered a darkness, so that the golden people outside the city would notice. When they arrived outside the city, they did not rush to leave, but waited there.

About half an hour later, I saw a huge firework rising into the sky with a bang!

"What's going on?" As Zong Ze expected, there was no rear army left behind, one was to be on guard, and the other was to ambush the Song army that might go out of the city to attack. But the fireworks that suddenly burst into the sky made Yu Li stunned.

This firework did not come from the head of Yingtian City, but behind the Jin Army!

The Jin army has a total of more than 100,000 ethnic groups, divided into camps and hoarded, stretching for one or twenty miles, the land of fireworks soaring to the sky, far away from the Chinese army, so it did not wait for a while, only to wait for the exact news: the elite troops of the Song people, broke into the Jin military camp, took advantage of the fatigue of the Jin army's continuous siege of the city, wantonly burned and killed, and now has retreated to the east.

He was not angry, he originally thought that the Song people would come out of the city to attack at night, but he never thought that they had already left their troops outside the city.

Fortunately, judging from the news learned, this group of Song troops was not large, only less than 2,000 people, they were very good at night fighting and running, and after attacking the camp, they had already gone to the east.

On the one hand, he ordered to continue to be on guard, and on the other hand, he ordered the battalions to stabilize, and only sent a team of elites to chase after this night attack of the Song people. He didn't think that the night attack of this Song army might be known to the defenders in the city, and the defenders might send someone out to respond.

To his surprise again, the Song army in the city did not take the opportunity to kill, and the head of Tianfu City was still silent, and he waited for a long time, seeing that it was already the second half of the night, and the soldiers were tired, so he could only order the battalions to be on guard and rest.

Unbeknownst to him, shortly after he gave the order, a torch flickered and shook a few times above the guard tower of the victorious army.

At this time, they had already touched the two people near Chang Shengjun, and when they saw this signal, they immediately crawled on the ground, crawling half a mile, far away from the range where the torch light could shine, and they quickly ran towards the direction of Ying Tianfu City. Ben De Lixu, they covered up with their bodies, so that the camp of the golden people behind them could not be seen, but in the direction of Tianfu City, a light could be seen flickering.

Zhou Quan didn't notice the light at first, but someone reminded him that after confirming that it was correct, he ordered: "Get on the horse, attack!" ”

His 3,000 horsemen are all cavalry!

After nearly ten years of business development, there are now more than 90,000 usable horses on the island, which also allows Zhou Quan to finally form his own cavalry unit.

The three thousand rode forward slowly, their horses chewing and wrapping their feet, so that the sound they made as they moved was very slight. The Jin people's camp was six miles away, and when they were three miles away, some soldiers dismounted, set up the field guns they brought, and began to adjust the angle of the guns.

The rest of the soldiers continued to move forward.

At a distance of one mile, the sentry post of the Jin people could already be seen, and everyone stopped their horses again, rested for a while, and then heard the sound of cannons behind them.

The rumbling sound of artillery instantly broke the calm of the golden camp.

At the same time as the cannon sounded, Zhou Quan waved his hand, and nearly three thousand horsemen rushed out at the same time!

He who had just been lying down suddenly jumped up when he heard the sound of the cannon, and the Jin soldiers got up in a daze, but fortunately there was no camp roar.

He reacted quickly, and immediately understood that this was the night attack of the Song people.

But Zhou Quan's timing was quite ingenious, at this moment it was when the Jin people had just relaxed, and they were sleepy, that is, they knew that when they encountered a night attack, their bodies and brains did not react so quickly. And Zhou Quan brought even more selected elites, many of whom were the elite cavalry of the Liao Kingdom brought to Zhou Quan by Yelu Yanxi, these people had national hatred and family hatred, and they were most interested in killing Jinren, but in an instant, they broke through the outer fence and broke into the camp.

Fire, fire, fire!

Before this, Zhou Quan had arranged, arsonists who specialized in arson, smashed out the skins and bottles on their bodies one by one, and the grease contained in them was splashed everywhere - this kind of smelly grease came from Shaanxi, Shen Kuo had said in "Mengxi Writings" that it could be used to make ink, but Zhou Quan felt that it was more appropriate to use it for arson.

There are also people who are responsible for killing the enemy, and those who come out of the tent to resist will be cut down in an instant, and they will use scimitars and long axes to chop down all the pillars, and cut down any upright flagpoles, and these will be excellent fuel, and with the help of fire oil, the whole camp will be turned into a sea of fire, and the golden soldiers who have not had time to escape will naturally become a ball of fire, and then the flames will be transmitted to the rest of the place.

As soon as the cannon sounded, above the head of Yingtian City, Zong Ze raised the telescope and never put it down.

It was nearly an hour before he finally heard the sound of horses' hooves.

"Raise the fire!" He ordered.

The torch at the head of the city was raised high, and Zong Ze looked nervously at the place where he came, only to see a team of men and horses galloping over, and after a while, it was convenient for the city to assemble.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Quan urged him to step forward and appeared in Zong Ze's sight, he looked up and smiled: "Come back safely, fortunately live up to your mission!" ”

The head of the city suddenly thundered with joy!

Zong Ze's hanging heart also let go, he raised his eyes with emotion, and finally had the leisure to look at the camp in the distance of the Jin people.

Originally, the camp of the golden people was the light of a large torch, but now it has become a continuous fire. It seemed that the Jin had given up fighting the fire, and they were beginning to retreat, moving their camp farther and less vulnerable to Song attacks.

In this night attack, Zhou Quan attacked with 3,000 men and suffered more than 200 casualties, but killed more than 1,000 Jin soldiers in close combat, and more than 3,000 were burned to death. The Jin people had to retreat five miles and put the camp farther away, which also made them die down the next day and dare not continue to attack the city.

The people in Yingtian City didn't know the details, they only learned from rumors that last night the Jeguo Gong attacked the enemy camp at night, and the Jin people were defeated and retreated. When they climbed the city wall and looked at it, sure enough, the Jin people camp that was still dense yesterday was now only a few embers, and the Jin soldiers could no longer be seen as far as they could see.

They immediately cheered, feasted, and congratulated Zhou Quan and Zong Ze.

Zong Ze still had a doubt in his heart, who would be the army that Zhou Quan arranged to attack outside at night to divert the attention of the Jin people? (To be continued.) )