Chapter 457 Hero

I thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's give the defenders of Fancheng another week." Junshi, immediately sent an order to the Xiangyang Military Region, and I gave them the time to hold on until the 23rd of the end of this month. Of course, if the defenders of Fancheng are able to kill as many enemies as possible while preserving themselves, they can also extend the time to retreat to the inner city. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Junshi, your Military Affairs Yuan once again reiterates to the military regions on the front line the task of the first phase of the war, that is, relying on the city, to destroy a large number of enemy troops, and at the same time, it is also necessary to protect our army's soldiers and avoid unnecessary casualties, which is just like the battle in Fancheng Outer City, to eliminate the Mongolian soldiers who are twice as large as our army at a lower cost."

"Yes, I obey." Lu Xiufu stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, the minister retires." ”

The Mongol soldiers besieging the outer city of Fancheng under the command of Ali Hague and Kong Yuan launched attacks one after another, and as the destruction of the outer city walls intensified, the Song soldiers as the defenders felt more and more struggling, and Niu Fu, Fan Tianshun, and Wang Fu, the three members of the Fan City Lord, would devote themselves almost wholeheartedly to the defensive battle of the outer city.

At seven o'clock in the morning of April 19, when the Mongolian stone thrower roared again, dozens of death squad members finally opened a gap and climbed the city tower under the leadership of Yantai Hezong, the head of the hundred households. Guarding this section of the tower was the 228th Battalion of the 17th and 46th Army of the Xiangyang Military Region.

This group of Mongolian army death squads was extremely fierce, armed with Mongolian scimitars, all of them were skillful, and launched a fierce hand-to-hand fight with the Song soldiers who rushed up. The hundred households are tall and powerful, and they hold an extremely rare iron thistle bone with both hands, or smash, or shabu, as long as the weapons of the Song army are touched, they will be knocked out immediately.

The Iron Tribulus Bone Duo is equipped with a handle at one end, and the other end is oblong, and it is equipped with iron thorns on it, which is an improved version of the war hammer, that is, adding a lot of sharp spikes to the hammer head, it becomes the Qimen weapon Iron Tribulus Bone Duo. This rare Outer Eight weapon requires a lot of strength to use, so it is not common in the military. According to legend, the only celebrity in history who used the iron thistle bone as a weapon was Shamoke, the leader of the ethnic minorities in Wuling County during the Three Kingdoms period (that is, the king of Wuxi in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms).

The Mongol soldiers who climbed the tower closely followed Yantai Hezong, intending to hold this hard-won gap so that subsequent reinforcements could climb up from here.

The Song army defending the city naturally knew that if the enemy was not driven down as soon as possible, the consequences would be unimaginable. As the supreme general defending this section of the city wall, Wei Guohu shouted angrily, raised his spear in his hand, and went straight to Yanzong, and the two were entangled together by the city wall in an instant. Although Yantai Hezong's moves were heavy, Wei Guohu was not a vegetarian, and the spear in his hand was deftly waved up and down, which also blocked Yantai Hezong for a while.

About seven or eight minutes later, when the first 30 Mongolian soldiers to climb the tower were all killed, more than 100 Mongolian soldiers climbed up from the gap one after another, and with the addition of more than 100 Mongolian soldiers, the Song army in front of the gap immediately fell into a bitter battle.

Seeing this, Wei Guohu was in a hurry, and he was already slightly inferior to Yantai Hezong's martial arts, so his marksmanship was chaotic in a hurry, revealing a few flaws, and he was seized by an experienced opponent and smashed the spear in Wei Guohu's palm with a move of "sweeping thousands of troops".

Under the collision, Wei Guohu was suddenly shocked and his blood was churning, his hands were numb even to his shoulders, and a mouthful of blood spurted out immediately. Yantai Hezong was unforgiving, and his backhand was another move "White Snake Upper Body", only to hear the quinoa bones with a whistling wind, viciously slashing over. At this time, Wei Guohu was no longer able to fight back, and the soldiers around him couldn't come to the rescue at all, even if they had the heart, they didn't have the ability to rescue their battalion commanders from under the blades of Yantai Hezong.

At this moment, Wei Guohu moved.

To the surprise of Yantai Hezong, Wei Guohu did not make any form of resistance, but suddenly abandoned the spear in his hand, pounced on it alone, hugged his opponent with lightning speed, and rushed to the gap at the head of the city. This gap has long been smoothed by the rubble, and the two of them fell off the tower together.

From Wei Guohu abandoning the gun to falling off the city tower, this series of movements was only between lightning and flint.

The sudden change made the soldiers on both sides stunned for a moment.

The first to react was the head of the Song army, only to hear him shout: "Brothers, avenge the commander and make the lord." Wei Guohu's heroic actions immediately infected all the Song soldiers present, and everyone fought with the Mongolian soldiers with great strength.

At this moment, although more and more Mongolian soldiers climbed up, the 200 soldiers of the Black Tan Regiment arrived in time under the leadership of General Wang Fu. As the most elite unit of the Xiangyang Military Region, the combat effectiveness of the Black Tan Regiment was extraordinary, and with the advantage in numbers, it quickly drove down or slaughtered the Mongolian soldiers who climbed the tower.

The soldiers of the 228th Battalion immediately came to the side of the city tower and looked down, only to see that more than 20 meters away from the city wall, Yantai Hezong was carrying Wei Guohu towards the Mongolian army that was plundering the formation.

"General Wei is still alive?"

The outer city wall of Fancheng is not very high, and there are many corpses of Mongolian soldiers at the bottom of the city wall, Wei Guohu and Yantai Hezong happened to hit one of the corpses when they fell, so that the two were not in danger of life, but only temporarily passed out. After the physically strong Yantai Hezong was woken up by the Mongolian soldiers, he saw that Wei Guohu beside him was still breathing, so he carried it on his body and retreated.

Yantai Hezong was rude outside, but he had a lot of eyes, although the siege failed, he captured a general of the Song army, and he was the only enemy general captured alive since the attack on Fancheng, which can be regarded as an explanation.

However, Song Jun could not judge Wei Guohu's life or death, let alone go down to the rescue.

With his eyes fixed on the front, Wang Fudao, the deputy commander of the seventeenth chamber: "Regardless of whether the commander of Wei is dead or alive, he is the hero of my seventeenth chamber, the hero of my Xiangyang army, and the hero of my Great Song army." After speaking, facing Wei Guohu's direction, Wang Fu solemnly saluted a military salute.

Although the 200 soldiers of the Black Carbon Regiment were arrogant and had always looked down on the soldiers of other fraternal units, they were also impressed by Wei Guohu's heroic deeds, and they all saluted in the direction of Wei Guohu's departure with General Wang Fu and paid tribute to the heroes in their hearts.

The intensity of the battle that day was the highest since the Mongol army attacked Xiangfan, and after more than two hours, the soldiers in the city heard the Mongolian army's order to withdraw their troops.

Looking at the wounded outer city wall, Wang Fu said worriedly: "If Ali Hague continues to launch several such fierce attacks, I wonder if the outer city will be able to hold out until the end of the month?" ”

Fan Tianshun also said with a serious face: "Our army is not comfortable, and the Mongols are also not happy, according to their military strength, in today's battle, Ali Hague has used at least seventy percent of the troops, and in two or three days, once the Mongolian army has used all its strength, it will be a real big war." ”

"Well, but our army finally killed and wounded nearly 10,000 Mongolian soldiers in this outer city, and completed the task assigned to us by the imperial court." Niu Fu smiled and said, "General Fan, General Wang, I estimate that the instructions from the imperial court should also arrive." ”

On 22 April, Lu Wenhuan and Senator Lu Shimeng of the Xiangyang Military Region came to Fancheng again.

After a brief greeting, Lu Wenhuan said: "Three generals, the order of the Military Affairs Yuan has arrived. Shi Meng, read. ”

"Yes." Lu Shimeng took out the military order from his bosom and read, "Generals of the Xiangyang Military Region, the war on the periphery of Fancheng has been discussed by the Military Affairs Yuan, and with the consent of the emperor, the soldiers of Fancheng can retreat to the inner city for defense as early as April 23, and if they have the ability to continue, they can postpone the retreat until the end of the month. ”

"Twenty-three? It's tomorrow. Fan Tian said.

Lu Wenhuan said: "Yes, it's tomorrow." Three generals, Your Majesty was very satisfied with the battle on the outskirts of Fancheng, and once again emphasized that the first task of our army is to kill and wound as much as possible while preserving itself. ”

"Yes, Lu Shuai, the last general understands."

"Well, let's discuss the battle on the outskirts of Fancheng, three, what do you think, when will the troops be withdrawn?"

Fan Tianshun first said: "Lu Shuai, in the opinion of the last general, it is better to persist until the end of the month." In the past half a month, our army has relied on the outer city walls to kill and wound nearly 10,000 Mongolian soldiers, and the effect is still obvious. According to our estimates, Ali Hague will launch an even more fierce attack tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, which will also create favorable conditions for us to inflict heavy losses on the enemy. ”

"Will it be dangerous?" Lu Wenhuan was a little worried and asked, "For example, after being broken through by the Mongol army, forcing our army to fight a decisive battle outside the inner city?" ”

Wang Fuyan said: "Lu Shuai, this possibility is not impossible, if the Mongolian army is allowed to climb the city tower, and our army cannot withdraw to the inner city for a while, it is possible that there will be a situation as Lu Shuai said, and there will be street battles with the Mongolian army between the outer city and the inner city." However, the last general thought that General Fan was right, and since there was this opportunity, our army should fight for it. ”

Lu Wenhuan said: "This situation must be avoided, such an ending is difficult to predict, in case of a mistake, even the inner city may be lost." ”

Niu Fudao: "My defenders of Fancheng have a total of more than 17,000 people, in addition to the dead and seriously wounded soldiers, counting the lightly wounded and the militia, there are 13,000 or 4,000 people, all of whom have been stationed in the outer city, if they cannot be withdrawn to the inner city before the fall of the outer city, then there is a danger of annihilation, and the last general thinks that it is better to hold until the 23rd, there is no need to take this risk." ”

Just when Lu Wenhuan was hesitating, Lu Shimeng, who had been listening, suddenly asked, "Three generals, does Fancheng have fierce fire oil?" ”