Chapter 200: Imminent

The assault battalion blew open the gates of the city of Urn. The urn city is a defensive measure to protect the city gate, and it is a set of city gates, in which the Tibetan soldiers are specially used to counterattack the besiegers, and then there is the main gate arch gate that is more than two zhang high. The urn city is still fifty steps away from the city gate, and the city gate hole is blocked by sand bags, wooden piles, waste bricks and rotten tiles, and it is more than a zhang high. The assault battalion immediately attacked, and for a moment the flames flashed, swords and guns burst out, and the sound of killing was aloud.

Seeing the Song army rushing over, the enemy army on the city wall condescendingly released arrows, the arrows were as dense as a weaving net, and they shot all around, and the ambushes in the urn city were everywhere, and the enemy troops in the city also continued to go down to the city through the horse road on the city wall to reinforce, and at the same time, hundreds of Jin troops also rushed out of the secret door dug on the city wall to try to detour from the side and back, and wanted to annihilate the Song army that attacked the city.

Under the fierce counterattack of the Jin army, the first attack of the assault battalion was thwarted, and the casualties were heavy, and it had to retreat to the door to defend it. At this time, the other two battalions of the second brigade of the wolf general saw that the gate of the urn city was blown open and also launched an attack, and with the cooperation of reinforcements, they repelled the Jin army that sneaked from the secret gate, annihilated the ambush soldiers in the urn city, and controlled the entire urn city.

"Guo Lin, how many troops are left, is it okay to break through the city gate?" Wu Tao, the commander of the second wolf brigade, led the reserve team up and asked.

"No matter how many are left, we will take the gates!" Guo Lin said categorically. Seeing this, Wu Tao moved the command post to the door hole and concentrated more than a dozen machine guns to provide fire support for the assault battalion.

Guo Lin regrouped the scattered soldiers into several teams, replenished ammunition and divided into several waves to launch another assault under the cover of powerful firepower, and the demolition team carried out blasting one after another, blowing up the blockage in the doorway, and then the following assault team rushed to the horse road to the city. Keep throwing porcelain thunder to open the way, and blow down and disperse the Jin army that is preparing to go down to the city. Stepping on the blood that did not reach the surface of his feet, he attacked the head of the city.

Up and down the city, bricks and stones flew horizontally. The assault battalion, which had been seriously depleted, engaged in a brutal and bloody battle with the enemy, repelling more than a dozen enemy counterattacks one after another, without any of them taking half a step back. As more and more troops ascended the city, the enemy on the walls began to retreat... When the night closed and the morning light was revealed, three red signals rose together with the rising sun, announcing that Gongchen Gate had been broken through by the Song army!

The news of the loss of Gongchen Gate reached the Miyagi Soaux Office. Now there is also a fierce battle here, Danfeng Gate and Gongchen Gate two gates lost, Zongfu like five thunder thunder, he knows that the city wall is like a high ring road, he can use the city wall to transfer troops, the enemy can also use the city wall to capture the gates, the angry Zongfu red eyes ordered the north gate guards to do whatever it takes, while the enemy is not firmly footed, concentrate forces to recapture Gongchen Gate. And make the silver art go to oversee the battle.

Yinshu can concentrate the defenders of the north gate and the young and strong people who assisted in the defense, a total of 10,000 locusts swarmed, attacking from the city wall and under the city, trying to drive the Song army down the city and recapture the city gate. Offensive and defensive castling. The Second Wolf Brigade, which had established a firm foothold in the city, was unwilling to go down, and they relied on the superiority of the weapons in their hands to launch a counterattack, and for a while the gunfire rang out in the sky. To be precise, a massacre was carried out against the Jin army. Waves of Jin army corpses were piled up above and below the city, covering the horse roads on the city walls. The smell of blood mixed with the smoke of gunpowder choked people out of breath...

The battle lasted until the end of the day, and the Jin army, which had suffered heavy casualties, could no longer fight. The whole line retreated and gave way to the Gongchen Gate. The two generals and four brigades of the Song army all went to the city to develop along the city wall to the two wings, and the northwest Tongtianmen, the northeast Andong Gate, and the southwest Qingzhimen were lost successively. The leopard will enter the city from the four gates, along the main road in the city to the city to break into the front army, the west city guard general Han army captain led the army to surrender, Yinshu can lead the remnants of the east city to retreat to the southeast of Yanjing City to meet Yan Xiyin's department to hold the main road to guard.

At this moment, the Southern Route Army that broke into the palace city after a fierce battle, after conquering the Danyang Gate, the army entered the city, after half a day of fierce fighting, the tiger general controlled the entire palace city, and the army of Zongfu retreated into the imperial city with the city wall and moat. Zhao Yong was not in a hurry to attack the imperial city, there were many palaces there, the core of the entire Yanjing City, and the valuable objects were there! If he beat it to pieces, the money-greedy second master would not eat him raw, so he divided his troops to besiege it. Then the main force went out of the east gate of the city, Xuanhe Gate, and attacked along the main road from east to west, divided the defenders in the city, and launched a fierce street battle with the enemy.

The good news of Yanjing's comprehensive breakthrough was sent to the Emperor's Divine Hidden Palace in the evening. Zong Ze was ecstatic, this is not only the loss of Yanjing City again, but after this battle, the sixteen states of Yanyun, which had been lost in the hands of foreign races for more than 200 years, returned to the hands of the Han people, and since then there has been a barrier in the northeast of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no need to worry that foreign races can easily go south to the Central Plains.

"Your Majesty, Yanjing City has been captured!" After Zong Ze entered the hall, he knelt down in his clothes, made a big salute, and said loudly with tears in his eyes.

"Good!" Zhao Ta just smiled when he heard this, he was not surprised to capture Yanjing City, the 100,000 army equipped with muskets and cannons that only came after hundreds of years, if he couldn't take down a city and couldn't clean up a group of barbarians with bows and arrows and big swords, then he was really ashamed to death, such as killing chickens with cattle knives just to end the battle as soon as possible in order to welcome the arrival of Wushu.

"His Majesty has only been on the throne for three years to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, this merit can be compared with the founding of Taizu, and it will definitely be able to shine in history!" Zong Ze praised again.

"Master Zong praises it, how can I be compared to Taizu's merits!" Seeing that the seventy-year-old man was so excited that he kept giving salutes, Zhao Tazhi was worried that he would have a cerebral hemorrhage again under his excitement, so he hurriedly left his seat and picked him up and said.

"Your Majesty is too humble, now that the Jurchens have been defeated, and Yanyun has been lost, and they are ashamed of the snow, they can take the opportunity to welcome back the King of Liao!" Zong Ze's excitement has not passed, and he said with his hands dancing.

"It's too early!" Zhao Ta smiled faintly, sat down reflexively and said.

"Oh..."Zong Ze asked puzzled when he saw that the emperor was not happy after the great victory.

"Master Zong, although we have won two battles in succession now, the Wushu army has entered Yanjing from Juyong Pass, which is only two or three days away, and the Jin reinforcements outside the pass are also reinforcing towards Yuguan in the starry night, and our army has shown fatigue in successive battles, so the situation is still in crisis, and it is not too early to be happy!" After the great victory, Zhao Ta was most worried about two things: first, after the capture of Youyun, the voice of 'peace' rose again, advocating the use of negotiation instead of war to make peace with Jin; second, he was carried away by the victory, forgetting that the situation facing the Great Song Dynasty was still tense, and re-followed the old path of winning first and then losing. Now he was worried that Zong Ze would be carried away by the victory and had to pour some cold water on him.

"Your Majesty is right, the minister is arrogant!" Zong Ze was immediately awakened by the emperor's words, realized his gaffe, and hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"We should be happy to recover Yanjing, Master Zong is right!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and smiled.

"Your Majesty seems to have a good idea of this, and the minister is willing to listen to it!" Zong Ze's admiration for the emperor's victory but not arrogance, and still being able to deal with the current situation calmly, Zong Ze's admiration rose to another level, Shi Li said.

"Let's take a closer look!" Zhao Ta ordered someone to give a seat, "Although the Jin army has suffered successive defeats, its strength still exists, if we don't inflict heavy losses on it, it will definitely come back and fall into the flames of war for many years, so we must annihilate the reinforcements from both directions." Now that the Wushu are all the way in a blink of an eye, we must end the battle in Yanjing City as soon as possible, concentrate the two forces to destroy the Wushu army, and then go north to meet the reinforcements of the Jin army outside the Guan, and annihilate them individually. But Yanjing City has just been recovered, the people's hearts are unstable, and the remnants of the enemy are still there, which makes me worried! ”

"The ministers are willing to share the worries of His Majesty, guard Yanjing, clear the remnants of the enemy, and appease the people!" Zong Ze immediately got up and said.

"This..."Zhao Ta hesitated and said, "Of course, it is best for the Zongda Humanities and Martial Arts to be all-round to guard Yanjing, but the Lord is the ruler of the court, how can I be..."

"Your Majesty is too old to take on this position, right?" Zong Ze listened to the emperor's words, and suddenly said with some annoyance.

"Master Zong misunderstood, and let you guard Yanjing think it's overkill!" Zhao Ta motioned for him not to get excited, asked him to sit down and said.

"Your Majesty personally recruited Youyan to come to the front of the army, the minister is just an old man, how dare you say it!" Zong Ze said loudly with anger on his face, but in fact, he was very useful to the emperor's words in his heart.

"That's it, I shouldn't be able to do it!" Zhao Ta smiled dumbly and said helplessly, his heart was also secretly happy, although Zong Ze was old, he had the courage to support the overall situation, solve problems, and be loyal. In the current complicated situation, he is indeed the best candidate, but if he says that he wants a second-in-command in the court to manage the place, he will definitely not be angry in his heart, but it is much better to let him say it himself!

"Please leave for Yanjing City, please give your Majesty's permission!" Zong Ze immediately asked, as if he was afraid that the emperor would regret it again. Zhao Ta pushed the boat along the way, and ordered someone to draw up an order, appointing Zong Ze to stay in Yanjing, leading the affairs of the civil affairs of the soldiers and horses, and sending a battalion of guards to accompany him to protect his safety.

After sending Zong Ze away, Zhao Ta fell into contemplation again, and now that the Wushu has entered the hub, it is difficult to escape the destruction, and Zhao Zhibu also set foot on the journey again after resting to prepare to meet the Guanwai reinforcements, if there is no major accident, it will not be calculated. Now what he has to think about is the post-war matter, which will greatly reduce the result of this victory at a small level, and at a large level, it will be related to the long-term peace and stability of the Great Song Dynasty!

After the defeat, the Jin State will inevitably suffer a great loss of vitality, the country's strength will turn from strong to weak, and its control over the surrounding areas will decline. And history will tell you that whenever the strength of an old power declines, there will inevitably be a power vacuum, and some of the forces that were suppressed in the past will take the opportunity to fill in and become a new hegemon. Now the Yelu Dashi who was driven away by the Jurchens, the Western Xia who were subjected to the Song and Jin splints, the Tatars who were ruled by the Jin State and lived in dire straits, and even the Goryeo sticks who had repeatedly called themselves vassals all had the strength to become a new generation of regional overlords. But their rise was not a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty... (To be continued......)