February 13 of the sixth year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the light snow like dust, I saw Yingzhou City under the fortress, and the murderous aura was in the air. Standing in the Longshou Village at the highest point of the defense system of Yingzhou City Fortress, looking around, within a radius of dozens of miles, there are ominous smoke and flames, which are extremely shocking in this piece of silver-white land.

Under the military discussion, Guo Rong finally chose to protect the city fortress of Yingzhou and not take a step south. Stuck in this passage connecting Xijing, Datong Mansion and Yunnei Prefecture.

And the Jurchen Tartars suddenly appeared like ghosts, approaching the city of Yingzhou, and even divided their troops to sweep around, breaking the dock wall fortress, raising grain and grass, and coercing jīng Zhuang. In the blink of an eye, Yingzhou was devastated, and there was a lot of mourning!

Outside the city fortress of Yingzhou, a military fortress composed of cowhide tents was built outside the defense system of the city fortress. It is the place where the Jurchen Tartars are stationed. In the military village, the black sè flag flutters high, and the beast's tail is decorated with it. If you look at it, you will let it go. This banner shows that there are already Jurchen Tartar generals, who are personally sitting under the city fortress of Yingzhou!

In front of the Jurchen military village, it is not enough to strengthen Cheng dù. If the level of civil engineering construction for the defense of the Jurchen Tartars also reaches the level of Cheng dù of the Great Song Dynasty, it will be too rebellious.

The military village in front of him is just surrounded by a fence and has not been dug up. It was this fence that also opened many gaps to facilitate the entry and exit of cavalry. It doesn't play a defensive role.

What watchtowers, arrow towers, what deer swords, guns, and what plum blossom villages that defend each other, all owe it. If other military horses were to pull out of such a military village, the generals in Yingzhou City would not hesitate to point out the soldiers, and then speak after stepping on the ground in one fell swoop.

But the Jurchen Tartars have never been at their white spoon garrison level, but because their ferocious spirit has not diminished, and they have honed their battle formation experience and command ability in countless battles. After the destruction of Liao, the armor and soldiers were greatly improved. At this moment, the combat power is the most on every Jurchen Tartar!

There is no defense system in the military village, but the Jurchen sentinels patrol and ride all night. In such a cold air, wrapped in thick animal skins outside the iron armor, each with two horses, one horse loaded, and one horse carried thousands of grains and cheese wine. Like a hungry wolf, he circled around the city of Yingzhou.

The city was stuffed with grease torches and flickered, and from time to time the Jurchen patrol rode out of the darkness. Silent detachment and merging, all night long.

Yingzhou City Fortress has a slight move, but it can't hide these Jurchen Tartars who seem to be sleepless, once they get out of the city, the Jurchen Tartar Iron Cavalry will hear the sound and attack head-on!

Every time dawn, there are Jurchen military horses coming out of the camp. is so angry, even if it is a military horse from Yandi, he camps in the field tent, and when he comes out overnight, he goes to half of his life. But the Jurchen Tartars didn't care at all, and ate some meat and burned some snow water. It roared out, dozens of into a team, coming and going like the wind. Sweep the city of Yingzhou and storm it all around.

Under the dock wall, or unprepared in winter, or when they saw the Jurchen Tartars, they were already frightened and broke one after another. Everywhere the flames rose. Thousands of people tied the Jurchen tartars with big ropes and drove them like dogs and sheep. or they carried the grain and grass they had plundered, or they dismantled the huts and huts they had used to shelter from the cold, and brought in materials to build horse sheds.

The Jurchen Tartars didn't care about what kind of harsh environment they were in, but they attached great importance to their mounts. A large shack was erected within a couple of years to keep the mount warm. The rations of the Han people were looted and used to feed the horses. The ragged clothes of the Han people were stripped from the corpses, and there were still traces of blood, so they were wrapped around the horses to keep warm.

In the snow, I don't know how many Han people cried and screamed, struggling, and struggling to fight for their lives driven by the Jurchen Tartars. I don't know how many entered, just within this one or two years, buried in this ice and snow!

And the Jurchen Tartars ran back and forth, driving the slaughter as a play, and from time to time there was a rough laughter, which went straight into the city fortress of Yingzhou!

At this moment, the generals in the city, including Guo Rong, who were standing on the Longshou Village, the highest part of the Yingzhou City Fortress, were all full of anger.

Guo Rong lifted her cloak fiercely, revealing the thin fish scale armor she was wearing. I don't know if Xiao Yan found which Bianliang master craftsman specially built it for her, the nail leaves are fine, and the pieces are all cold-forged from jīng iron, and they fit perfectly. In addition to wearing armor, it can also show off a good figure with a thin waist and long legs.

Guo Rong stomped her feet, and there was a sound of a fine collision of the nail leaves, which was extremely clear. But Guo Rong's tone was full of anger: "Why can't you go out of the city and attack?" I'll take the lead! Why do you want to kill a few Jurchen Tartars to get angry! Since we have won the states of Yunnei, not to mention letting the people here live and work in peace and contentment, we have to let them barely survive, what is this? ”

Tang Huai clenched his fists and didn't answer Guo Rong's words, and his joints were almost white. A military general's face was also angry, but he forced himself to press and say for Guo Rong: "There are thousands of people in the city wearing armor, and it is enough to defend the city, but it is not enough to attack." In case of loss, the garrison is empty, but it is a small loss............"

Although the fortress of Yingzhou is small, the defense system is readily available. The main city of the garrison, relying on the fortress, was built layer by layer along the mountain. At the highest place, there is also a Longshou Village that can be relied on and dozens of soldiers can be stored.

A thousand armor guards the city, which is enough, but there is not much surplus. Bi Jing's previous southward trip to Hedong was the most important thing, and all the soldiers and horses that could be drawn were withdrawn, and there were troops in the city, which was almost the bare minimum.

Who knew that the Jurchen Tartars were such animals, and such a bad spirit would come more and more dangerously, and they would approach the city of Yingzhou?

Defending the city in winter is also a chore. has been on top of the city wall to guard the jǐng ring, or it will be stiff in a few hours, and you have to keep changing guards and take turns to rest. In this way, the troops are more strained.

It was because of the lack of troops that Guo Rong and the others did not use decisive means to deal with the hundreds of Meng Nuan's troops in the city. It's not difficult to kill all these two or three hundred, anyway, their every move is under the gaze of Jǐngti. But without these two or three hundred soldiers and horses, there will be a big gap in the strength of the defending force. It's harder to hold on———— who knows when reinforcements from the south will come?

If you go out of the city with your will to attack, it's better to win. If you lose, you will not only lose your troops, but you will also lose your troops, but I am afraid that even Meng Nuan's troops will not be able to suppress it. This should be regarded as an explanation of the state city fortress.

How does Guo Rong not know the severity? It's just that looking at the tragic scene happening in front of me, it's really hard to hold back in my heart and say some angry words.

She grew up in the military, and Guo Yaoshi was not a vegetarian back then. It's not that I haven't seen the tragedy of the military rebellion. But after he also suffered a turmoil and his family was ruined. Only then did I know that in front of the thief and the old man, all the entries were just playthings in the hands of this old man! If you enter it by yourself, you will no longer be able to look at the tragedy of the chaos that is happening almost every moment in the arms of the Northland. Not to mention, the cause of this tragedy also has her share of responsibility!

In addition to persuading Guo Rong, the general also gritted his teeth, and said hatefully: "In the field battle, I will first endure the Jurchen Tartars, and the Jurchen army in front of me is only about a thousand in, although it is also building some attack tools." But these attacking tools are a joke. Let them bang! See how much they're ready to die! If you don't die, don't think about jumping into the city. In such a bad way, the Jurchen Tartars are not real animals, and they have thick hair on their bodies. Boiled and boiled to death a lot of them. Yingzhou is not lost, and the two generals of Han Yue in the south come up, maybe there is Xiao Xianmo. At that time, the Jurchen Tartars still dared not to leave, and they cut off their heads one by one, and built a Jingguan outside the city of Yingzhou. I don't believe it, these Jurchen Tartars can't be killed! ”

As he spoke, he spat fiercely: "The Jurchen Tartar who can't be killed!" ”

Today, Guo Rong led the Shanglongshou Village, all of them were hearts, and Meng Nuan was not among them. Therefore, this general said the Shenwu Changsheng Army and Xiao Yan happily. The surrounding generals raised their eyebrows.

As long as our army comes up, as long as our army comes up!

If Xiao Xianmo is also in the army, and there are thousands of Jurchen Tartars, we will fight with you to the end. I really want to kill these Jurchen Tartars, so that you know that the pot of the straight lady thief is made of iron!

Guo Rong angrily punched the battlement of the wall of Longshou Village: "Okay, just believe that bad once." See when he comes up! I'll wait for him! If he doesn't come, I'll die here desperately to see if he can sleep in the future! ”

The generals looked at each other, but no one dared to interject.

Guo Rong changed the topic again: "What about Meng Nuan?" ”

One of the generals replied, "I am patrolling the fortress and is very diligent............ Left and right, there are always a few of us who are accompanied by white spoons, staring at them to death. If something happens, the message will be delivered immediately. Although the military horses under his command did not place our generals to lead, there are always military horses on guard at any time, as long as they move, they can be cleaned up immediately, please rest assured. ”

Guo Rong frowned.

When Meng Nuan was in Yingzhou, he opened the city without saying a word. Unexpectedly, it has become the biggest trouble now.

Regardless of whether he is guilty or not, taking down Meng Nuan is just a matter of one sentence. She Guo Rong didn't have the heart to be soft to that extent. But what about the 300 troops and horses under his command? After killing all the troops in the city, he left his soldiers and horses after taking Meng Nuan, but he was not at ease. And if things don't go well and something unpredictable happens, it will be a big matter related to the survival of Yingzhou City.

can keep Meng Nuan, but he is always worried and vigilant in every way. There is a string stretched in and in, and I can't wait for a thousand crisp hands to be cleaner.

The current disposal method is to put a few generals in the name of assistant by Meng Nuan's side, but he is uneasy to insert the generals to directly lead Meng Nuan's henchmen. We must be on guard but don't dare to push too hard, just hope that if there is a change, the news can be passed out at any time. And the henchmen and horses under his command are ready to move at any time to strangle possible accidents in the city.

After all the calculations, there may be a few more wrinkles on the forehead.

Thinking about it, Guo Rong sighed, and touched her smooth forehead worriedly. After finding that there were no wrinkles, he reluctantly ordered: "Keep an eye on it." ”

The Jurchen Tartars really came too fast, who knows how these more than 1,000 military horses could hide in the ice and snow! Suddenly, he covered up in front of him and forced the city to go down. I didn't even set aside time for my own family!

The generals bowed down to receive the order, and Guo Rong glanced at the messy military camp tent of the Jurchen Tartars outside the city fortress: "Go back!" Dine! These more than 1,000 Jurchen Tartars, I hope they will attack and fight hard, to see if these Jurchen Tartars are enough to die! ”

As soon as the fiery red cloak was rolled, Guo Rong had already turned away, and the generals followed closely and walked down the wall. Then go down a rugged mountain road that only allows one entry, and you will return to the Yingzhou city fortress almost at your feet.

Tang Huai, who had been silent, was at the end, and inspected Longshou Village again.

This dragon head village is almost hanging above the head of Yingzhou City, condescending. Backed by a cliff, there is only a very steep and narrow mountain road in front of you. On Longshou Village, the use of a strong bow and a hard crossbow alone can not only allow the enemy to enter without an inch, but also control all the cities of Yingzhou. It is the last and strongest support here.

The area of the top of the mountain is not large, this dragon head village is also a small village, the capacity of the soldiers is less than one, sixty or seventy into. The accumulation of grain and water storage can support hundreds of years for two or three months. Rolling wood and stones, bows and arrows, are also very well stocked, and there is no shortage of them. This Longshou Village alone is enough to support a period of time, and it is also the last way to retreat.

The military general who presided over the garrison of Longshou Village was born in a mink hat and was the most confidant. Accompanied Tang Huai, who had not spoken, to inspect for a short time, and then took a look at all the small Longshou Village.

In the end, Tang Huai finally spoke: "Stay here, other places, don't care!" ”

The general finally waited for Tang Huai to speak, bowed down and received the order: "If the last general is here, this dragon head village is here!" ”

Then he hesitated and asked, "Just these thousand Jurchen tartars, what big waves can be turned over?" Could it be that they can gnaw down this Yingzhou city fortress? ”

Tang Huai was silent, at this time, in the midst of the snow and dust, he heard a horn in the north of the mountains, whimpering, from north to south, faintly.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ when Guo Rong waited in Longshou Village to look at the strength of the Jurchen army, and Yinshu Ke also took the Jurchen Meng'an Mouke, and immediately looked at the fortified city in front of him.

Even if Yinshu has already inspected the city of Yingzhou once, he is approaching at this moment, and he still sighs with this strong city.

The fortress is built on the mountain, small and strong. The head of the city is densely guarded, and the soldiers on duty are densely packed. The mountain road leading to the main city fortress is guarded by small forts along the way. Each fort can accommodate dozens of enters, and the bows and arrows are connected. If you want to attack the main fortress, you have to gnaw down these small fortresses one by one.

When they rushed to the main city of Yingzhou City, they faced more than ten times the garrison force.

And the dragon head village hangs above the head of the main city, there is only one extreme narrow mountain road that can be passed, roll a stone down and don't know how much to kill along this path to attack the mountain military horses. And the strong bow and hard crossbow on the Longshou Village can scatter the rain of arrows at any time, even if it attacks the main wall of Yingzhou City, it is uncertain!

More than 1,000 Jurchen sons and daughters under his command fought in battle, and even if the enemy entered the ground, they rushed up with a roar. Kill a few in and a few out, and not a little, the more you fight, the more you will be more and more angry, until the enemy collapses. But in the face of such a fortress, even if you are afraid of death, you may not be able to shake this place!

The surrounding Jurchen generals were silent when they saw the city fortress in front of them. Especially when they saw the Longshou Village that looked like an eagle's nest overhead, these Jurchen generals who didn't know how many battles they had experienced suddenly showed a trace of fear on their faces.

At this moment, the Jurchen military horses are not afraid of death, let alone strong enemies. But in the face of such a fortified city that may not be able to be breached even if it bleeds a thousand times, the intention of retreating can't help but arise spontaneously!

Behind the hill on which they stood, there was a large number of strong men who were driven by them to build attacking tools. There are not enough tools, and there are no skilled craftsmen. The progress is extremely slow, and there is not even a look like a shield car. Not to mention the more regulated and more complex catapults and other attacking tools.

Winter trees are dry and brittle, and even if they are cut down with great painstaking efforts, they are neither strong nor fire-resistant. The Jurchen army supervising the work will walk through the construction site, and from time to time there will be angry shouts and curses in the Jurchen language. From time to time, draw a knife and kill. In this field workshop, there were corpses everywhere, cries everywhere, and from time to time they were frozen and fell headlong in the snow. There are also continuous enters, driven by the Jurchen military horses, taking the tools that still have blood stains, and placing themselves in the general location of this Shura field.

One of the Warriors looked at the Stronghold, and then looked back at the place where the attack was made. Shaking his head, he said: "Silver, this can't be done!" The city fortress in front of you can't be defeated! It's better to go back and find them, join forces, and sweep the clouds. Sweep the hometown of these Liao dogs, see if they can hold on? ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, the surrounding Jurchen generals responded one after another, and no one wanted to order his subordinates to enter this fortified city and send them to death.

“………… Not enough food! It's very poor here. Breaking so many stockades and snatching up the grain and grass can't last for a month just for us to eat with white spoons and horses. A month of hard work, where can I open here? There should be more grain and grass in Lou Chamber. If you keep up any longer, the horses will die! ”

"Jurchen Erlang, one entry can beat ten Liao dogs, and twenty barbarians of the Southern Dynasty! Give me a thousand in, and I am not afraid to meet tens of thousands of Liao dog barbarians in the wild. But it's not for them to die here in vain! Yinshu can be, there is no need to be angry with Lou Room, the matter of war, you can fight if you can, and leave if you can't. And what? ”

"The sons and daughters have suffered a lot of losses, and Zong Han is back, how can he explain it? Sweeping the clouds, it's almost the same. Wait until you open the chūn, and then order all the soldiers, and take down this bird city. That princess Liaojin, are you still afraid that she will run away? ”

The silver whip struck the saddle, and he kept his face calm and did not speak.

He has always been a staunch southerners. In the rise of the Liao Army, he keenly noticed that something was wrong. Such important places must not be in the hands of the remnants of Liao, blocking the road for the Jurchen army to attack the Song Dynasty in the south. And it can also be used to go deep into the Song realm in the name of destroying the remnants of Liao-Bi Jing is now in Shangjing, and it is still undecided whether to attack the Song Dynasty.

As a famous general, how can he let go of such an opportunity?

This time I went deep into Hanoi, after contacting Meng Nuan. Meng Nuan also told Yingzhou and even Yunnei what he knew about the Fuliao Army. Although Meng Nuan didn't know the inside story, he could vaguely feel that the Liao Army was not just as simple as Liao entering the remnants, and there must be a shadow of the Song Dynasty interfering in the meantime!

When the silver art was known, it added a bit of urgency. If you let the Southern Dynasty enter and firmly control Yunnei, you will be able to collect the remnants of the army that can fight. Then the Jurchen Western Route Army will be confined to Xijing Datong Mansion, and it will not be allowed to go south. I don't know how much effort I will have to spend in the future, and how much I will die!

If there were more barbarians surnamed Xiao in the Southern Dynasty, when would the plan to defeat the Southern Dynasty be achieved?

In any case, the states of Yunnei must be in the hands of the Jurchens. Yingzhou should be narrow, and it is the top priority, this road must be opened no matter what!

Hearing that the generals were one after another, there was a sense of retreat. Yinshu said angrily: "Yingzhou can't go down, do you still want to climb back over the mountains and mountains?" Or do you want to forcibly walk from Yingzhou Tonglu and let Liao Dog beat us on the buttocks? and as many things as you have gained, you will throw them all away. Are you willing to work hard for nothing? If you want to go, go and go to the Lou Room. I'm one into the state! ”

Yinshu can be angry, these are his most confidant Meng'an, and Yinshu can be both prosperous and lossy. Where will I go to the Yan Lou room. Shut up and bow your head, not daring to speak again.

Silversmith can throw a whip into the snow.

Even if the ground collapses, you have to take down this damn Yingzhou city fortress!

At this moment, suddenly a Jurchen knight came madly, rushed close and dismounted, and ran over with a rolling belt: "Yinshuke, the army from the north, Xi Yin leads the team, it is coming!" ”

Silversmithing can be stunned. Why did Wanyan Xiyin come?

The fact that the city of Yingzhou has not been blocked does not mean that the Jurchen military horses cannot pass through the passage controlled by Yingzhou. But if you really want to take the road of Yingzhou, first, the Liao army will be prepared, and it will no longer be able to sweep the states in Yunnei by surprise. Moreover, if there are many military horses and horses, Yunnei is barren, and there are few reserves, and every qiē must be transported from Xijing Datong Mansion. And the defenders of Yingzhou can come out at any time and plunder.

Although the Jurchen sentinels are powerful, they can only guard against the defenders in the city and cannot go out of the camp lightly. And the supply road is so long, where is it completely covered? There are too many troops left, so they can only waste their reserves under the city of Yingzhou. If there are fewer troops left, this supply road will be cut off at any time, and the army will still starve in the Yunnei states.

Now Yinshu can lead three or four thousand female real troops with Lou Room to go deep into the clouds, and they already feel that the supply is difficult, and they can't fight quickly, so they can only go back over the mountains and mountains. Now that Xi Yin is here again, there are more military horses, and if Yingzhou is not less, it will consume more. The reserves of Xijing Datong Mansion are not abundant, and they must be kept for the future army to march south. If Zong Han doesn't speak, who dares to move lightly? When he and Lou Mu went south, they made the trip by digging out all the family funds in their own army. Wanyan Xiyin is also a general, and he will never do such useless things.

And Wanyan Xiyin didn't dare to compete with himself and Lou Muro!

Could it be that Zong Han is back?

A thought suddenly flashed through Yinshuke's heart. Only Zong Han can exhaust the reserves of Xijing Datong Mansion and mobilize the whole army to go south!

In this case, Yingzhou has to fight down no matter what, before Zong Han arrives!

The sound of trumpets whimpered and sounded from north to south. The silver art god is as cold and hard as the cold wind outside his body, and he threw the horsewhip in his hand into the snow: "Or go down to Yingzhou, or die here, how can you let Xi Yin see my jokes?" ”

The Jurchen generals looked at each other, and Xi Yin suddenly arrived. It is quite possible that the army will follow. Yingzhou City Fortress controls the passage of the army, like a thorn in the flesh, it seems that it is really going to fight to the death under this fortified city!

On the wall of Yingzhou City, Meng Nuan pressed his sword and was inspecting the city defense. On his left and right, he was followed by several generals from the Shenwu Victorious Army. Meng Nuan's henchmen all looked at these generals with a complicated expression.

The sound of the horn from the north was faintly heard, and Meng Nuan pressed the battlements of the city wall and tried his best to look north. The surroundings were changing, but Meng Nuan did not have half an expression.