Gao Huaiyuan's words caused the blood of all the officers in the courtyard to boil, so all the officers also drew their waist knives one after another, raised them high and shouted: "Don't worry, my lord, we will never retreat half a step!" I must let Jin Bing see how powerful our Yue family army is! ”

Gao Huaiyuan took this opportunity to raise his hand to let everyone calm down, and then changed the conversation, and then said: "Although tomorrow's battle will be very difficult, but today I want to tell you one thing, that is, tomorrow we only need to hold on for one day, then the battle of Huangzhou will end with our victory, because the Jin soldiers only have the opportunity to capture the city tomorrow, and our reinforcements will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest, and then it will be the time when we wait for the city to pursue the enemy!" As long as you dare to use your life, Huangzhou City will become a city that will not fall! ”

At this time, Gao Huaiyuan not only wanted to encourage the soldiers to have the determination to dare to die, but also to give them hope, only when he saw the hope of victory, the soldiers and civilians of Huangzhou could exert the greatest morale, and this news was also what he had just gotten, because he had his own way of information, through his own intelligence sources, he had learned that Meng Hui had led 10,000 loyal Shun troops on the way to Huangzhou at this time, so he knew that the battle of Huangzhou was coming to an end, as long as he could survive tomorrow, then the Jin soldiers would never dare to stay here again, Otherwise, after Hu Zaixing and the other army arrive, I am afraid that no matter how powerful Anzhen is, it will be difficult to retreat with his whole body.

Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan had the confidence to tell the generals about this judgment, in order to give them a hope to see and encourage them to fight this battle hard.

After Gao Huaiyuan said goodbye, Jiang Fang stood up again and encouraged, as the chief official of Huangzhou City, he was the most nervous person, this battle is not only about his life, once Huangzhou City is not lost, his career will also be smooth, so Jiang Fang also made up his mind at this time, saying that he would fight to pass tomorrow and rewrite his life.

After their agitation, the morale of these officers in the city has reached its peak, and they are eager to rush out of the city and fight to the death with the Jin soldiers, after achieving this goal, Gao Huaiyuan began to make specific arrangements for various city defense affairs, because morale alone is not enough, after all, the number of defenders in Huangzhou City is much smaller than the Jin soldiers outside the city, and the Jin soldiers outside the city have almost reached 20,000 people, and although the number of troops in the city has increased day by day, the number of defenders at present is only less than 4,000 people, plus the organized people, There are only about six or seven thousand people, and the gap between them and the Jin soldiers in terms of quantity and quality is very large, and if they are not redeployed, no matter how high the morale is, it will be in vain.

Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan came up with a detailed plan for the distribution of troops, and arranged all the people in the city who could go into battle in detail, even to the extent that each battlement was guarded by whom, so that everyone knew what to do and where they should be when the war started, and even those women who were willing to help the defenders were arranged, as long as all the forces that could be mobilized were mobilized and put into preparation for war.

Then there was the distribution of all kinds of materials, from individual weapons such as arrows, spears, axes, and iron hooks, to all kinds of newly built throwing carts using the beams of demolished houses, and even bed crossbows of various specifications.

In order to increase the strength of the counterattack, Jiang Fang personally presided over the demolition of many houses near the city wall, and the demolished bricks, stones, beams and other objects were moved to the city, neatly stacked, and ready for use.

A large number of logs or beams were nailed with iron nails to make simple night rings, and the bed boards of the common people were also removed, either to make simple stretchers for the wounded, or to be wrapped in water-soaked quilts and erected on the city wall as wooden signs to block arrows.

As long as everything that can be used, the soldiers and civilians in the city will not let go, and all the soldiers and civilians in the city have not rested overnight, and they are in a hurry to make all preparations to defend against the enemy.

A simple night fight like a super mace was erected on the city wall, tied with ropes, and could be rolled down the city wall at any time to attack the enemy, and the wolf tooth slap with iron nails on one side was hung at the battlement, and the rope could be cut at any time to kill the enemy.

Spears and axes were placed at each battlement, bundles of arrows were placed beside the arrow holes, and braziers were filled with coals, ready to be lit and thrown down the city.

Even a large number of thistles were also thrown into the city to prevent the Jin soldiers from crossing the river, as long as they could think of a way, the soldiers and civilians in Huangzhou City thought about it at this time, and almost dug three feet into the ground in the city to prepare all the things guarded.

When the first rays of the morning sun fell on the walls of Huangzhou City, the entire Huangzhou City was already unrecognizable, like a huge hedgehog, towering on the bank of the Yangtze River.

The rumbling of war drums sounded in the camp of the Jin army, and a group of Jin soldiers, led by their respective officers, walked out of the camp, and all kinds of newly built and repaired siege equipment were also pushed out of the camp and slowly came towards Huangzhou City.

Fusan Anzhen led the army out of the camp and stopped on a high ground outside the city, the handsome flag was unfurled in the wind, and the entire Huangzhou city was covered with the phalanx of the Jin army.

At this time, the sound of the war drums of the Song army also sounded at the head of Huangzhou City, except for the 500 Chinese troops who stayed in the center as a reserve and did not board the city, all the rest of the soldiers and civilians walked to their designated battle positions, watching the movements of the Jin army outside the city from a distance.

In this battle, everyone was determined to die, not many people were afraid anymore, even civilian officials like Jiang Fang have walked on the city wall, Huangzhou City has become a super large barracks at this time, there is no distinction between military and civilian, everyone knows that this will be the day to decide the fate of Huangzhou City.

Gao Huaiyuan stood in front of the collapsed city tower in the middle, took a deep breath of the still cold air, and said secretly in his heart: "Come on!" Let me see how powerful you really are! For a long time, Gao Huaiyuan has been paying attention to Fusan Anzhen, a famous general of the Jin Kingdom, and thought that he would have no chance to confront him in this life, but fate still pushed him to Huangzhou City, and Fusan Anzhen was under the handsome flag outside the city at this time, and the fates of the two people were finally staggered together today.

Gao Huaiyuan looked at the neat array of the Jin Army, and his nervous mood began to settle down a little at this moment, since fate made him disperse for a while, then come!

After several days of offensive and defensive battles, Gao Huaiyuan no longer has to personally command the defenders, and the officers everywhere are now familiar with the tactics of defense and can command their subordinates to carry out various battles, so Gao Huaiyuan has nothing to do at this time, just as a symbol, standing in front of the ruined city tower to boost the morale of the army and the people.

Hu Lu Thorn was wearing heavy armor today, and he personally stood at the front of the main attack queue, holding a wolf tooth stick full of inverted teeth in his hand, and staring at the Huangzhou City in front of him with bloodshot eyes, originally he thought that he could easily take this city and make new achievements to achieve a career! But he didn't think that after he came here, it was like a nightmare, for nearly ten days in a row, he was frustrated under this city again and again, and returned in vain, today his marshal is standing behind them, he must wash away his shame with blood, so he asked for the order to personally lead the army to fight, attack the north gate of Huangzhou, and vow to be the first to board the head of Huangzhou City, otherwise, he will have no shame to return to Jinguo.

As the horn of the attack under the Shuai flag sounded, Hu Lu Thorn raised his arms and raised the mace in his hand and shouted: "Jin Junlang! Rush with Ben! The first person to rush to Huangzhou City will receive a big reward! Kill! ”

These golden soldiers, who had been holding back for many days, followed his cry, and they all shouted in unison, and then struggled to pull out their feet and rushed towards Huangzhou City.

Don't look at Huangzhou City, which repeatedly repelled the attacks of the Jin soldiers, but the price paid is that all the imperial guard facilities outside the city have basically been pulled out, and even their last barrier moat is basically about to be filled by the Jin soldiers, and the river inside is even more shallow, and it can almost be crossed by flowing water.

And the only thing the defenders in the city can rely on at the moment is the relatively solid city walls, so as soon as this battle begins, it will enter the level of close siege warfare.

Seeing the tide rolling in the Jin army, there was also a soldier and horse wearing Song army uniforms, this time the Jin army can be said to be pouring out, even the Song army surrendered to them this time was driven to the battlefield, these Song troops who have surrendered, there is no choice at the moment, except for the new master who is loyal to them, they don't even have any way to retreat, so today they were also placed at the front of the team to launch an attack on Huangzhou City, success is meritorious, failure is to die here.

Now the soldiers and civilians of Huangzhou City all regard themselves as bloody Song people, and they look down on the Song army outside the city who were defeated and surrendered to the Jin army, and now they shamelessly assist the Jin soldiers to attack the city, which immediately provoked a scolding.

"Aim at those shameless things, since they don't even want their faces, then we will kill them! Grandma's! Put it on me! "A Song soldier stood beside a bed crossbow, pointed at the soldiers who were rushing under the city, and while scolding, he commanded the soldiers to aim the bed crossbow at them, and mounted a huge flat shovel-like spear and arrow on the arrow path, and ordered it to be fired.

After the sound of a percussion machine, the thick spear and arrow immediately flew out of the city wall, and fell far away into the advancing group of Song army soldiers, and suddenly swept out a clearing in the crowd, and saw the blood splash from a distance, and several unlucky soldiers were immediately swept away, and they couldn't live after landing.

At this point, the longest day of Huangzhou City kicked off, and several bed crossbows in the city fired one after another, sending thick spears and arrows towards the array of the Jin army outside the city, and a blood mist rose again and again.

Before the artillery did not appear, the bed crossbow can be called the longest range weapon in the world, the golden soldiers are still five or six hundred steps away from Huangzhou City, which caused a counterattack on the city, first paid the price of blood, but such an attack is limited after all, for the Jin soldiers who charge more than 10,000 can only cause very little damage, far from enough to stop the pace of the Jin soldiers' impact, a large number of Jin soldiers under the gaze of the commander, look down and don't even look at these crossbow arrows flying out of the city, still run wildly, let out a beast-like howl.

The howls of the Jin soldiers resounded inside and outside Huangzhou City, making the heavens and the earth change color, as if forming an unstoppable torrent, wanting to destroy Huangzhou City at once.

"Four hundred steps...... Crossbowmen prepare! …… Three hundred steps, the god arm crossbow is released! …… Two hundred and fifty steps...... 200 steps...... Crossbowman put! Archers prepare ...... One hundred steps...... Shoot! "There is a special person who is reporting the distance between the golden soldiers and the city for the soldiers and civilians in the city, and after the golden soldiers enter the firing range, the commanders ordered to fire the password suddenly rise and fall in the city.

The first to start firing was the crossbowmen in the city, after several days of fierce fighting, the city once again got a large number of crossbows sent by Ezhou, even the original only as porters of those strong people were also equipped with these crossbows, a little practice became a crossbowman, today also on the city to cooperate with the guard.

And the Song army's divine arm crossbow is the king of crossbows in addition to the bed crossbow, the range can be as far as 300 steps, without waiting for the Jin soldiers to approach the city wall, the first batch of launches, followed by the Song army on the city held by the yellow birch crossbow, black lacquer crossbow and other strong crossbows with a slightly closer range also began to speak.

These hundreds of machine crossbows became the most troublesome thing for the Jin soldiers, and the distance of hundreds of steps made the Jin soldiers pay heavy losses, at least two or three hundred people became victims of the crossbow arrows they fired, and many of them were injured, which caused a certain delay in the advance of the Jin army.

But the golden soldiers also came prepared, each team of golden soldiers used shields to form a shield wall to provide defense for the other troops behind them, plus the protection of the armor on their bodies, greatly reduced casualties, and continued to advance with arrows falling like rain.

In this way, the Jin soldiers rushed to Huangzhou City a hundred steps away, and many archers on the city also began to release arrows, and the dense arrows were sprinkled outside the city like rain, and the advancing Jin soldiers were constantly shot to the ground, but no matter how the Song army on the city released the arrows, Hu Lu Thorn seemed to turn a blind eye, and strode towards Huangzhou City, his war horse just fell to the ground, but this guy was really fierce, after jumping off the war horse, he walked forward on foot, which greatly mobilized the morale of his Jin soldiers, All the fierce and fearless pushed all kinds of siege equipment to follow him in stride.

Newly built throwing cars, towering building cars, and various ladders and other objects staggered forward like monsters, slowly approaching the city wall of Huangzhou City.

Although the defenders of the city tried their best to release arrows, under the impact of the golden soldiers, it seemed that the bows and arrows could never stop their advance, and the crowd of the black and oppressed Jin army was still close to the city wall.

"Prepare to throw the car! Put! After seeing that the golden soldiers had approached the moat in large numbers, the officers in the city gave the order again.

Many people immediately struggled to pull up the rope in their hands, a long wooden pole immediately flew up, and threw a piece of boulder out of the city wall in response, although these throwing cars are simple and abnormal, most of them are made of demolished beams, but the power is not small, each throwing car has twenty or thirty people to operate together, enough to throw more than 20 pounds of stones out of fifty steps away.

As a heavy weapon defending the city, from Gao Huaiyuan to here, it attaches great importance to the construction of this kind of throwing car, although the fierce battle for days is damaged, but the craftsmen in the city have never stopped the manufacture of this thing, after nearly ten days, the city throwing car almost reached more than 100 units, which were erected to all parts of the city wall, and even a group was arranged in the open space in the city, which was commanded and launched by people in the city.

Almost all the people in the city were requisitioned to operate this kind of throwing carts, and their launch finally caused heavy damage to the charging Jin soldiers.

After the huge stone falls, it is simply not human to resist, even if the shield of the golden soldier is thick, no matter how good the armor on the body, it can not block the blow of the big stone, as long as it sticks, it will break and fracture, the golden soldier who just rushed to the side of the moat was smashed by a rain of bullets, and suddenly fell down, and the wailing resounded throughout the city, and the death of the golden soldier who was stoned to death was simply miserable.

Standing far away in front of the handsome flag to watch the battle, Anzhen couldn't help but be shocked by the scene in front of him, from the beginning of his wave of the army to attack, he has been looking at the city in front of him, since this time the army, he has never encountered such a resolute resistance of the Song army, even in the battle of Loess Pass, where the five thousand Song army failed to cause him such a shock, when he sent the soldiers and horses on both sides of the pass appeared, the whole army collapsed in an instant, but today Huangzhou City, but let him see a textbook-like defensive battle.

From far to near defense, step by step fortification is constantly blocking, always creating death for his soldiers, although the besieging side is indeed in a disadvantageous position in the terrain, but like today, with a degree of counterattack, since he was a general, he really has not encountered a few times, even he has to admire those commanders in Huangzhou City, at this time, he really wants to see what kind of person this person who has caused him so much trouble, but whether this idea can become a reality, he can only hope for the next battle, Will they be able to take Huangzhou City?

"The herald continues to beat the drums and cheer, speed up the siege, and there is no pause!" As a perennial commander of the war, the death and injury of these generals are inevitable, sometimes war is a game of numbers, and the lives of the generals are these changing numbers, the key is to see who persists to the end, it is impossible to attack the city without paying the price, so he does not feel sad for the death and injury of these generals.

Bearing all kinds of arrows and stones constantly shot down on the city, the golden soldiers continued to rush to the moat one after another under the leadership of the generals, and finally several flying bridges were carried on the moat, and a large number of golden soldiers carried simple ladders on the flying bridge, scrambling to try to lean on the city wall.