If you want to go to Nanjing, you can't do it without some hard goods in your hand, but Xiao Ming can't take anything good to bring to Nanjing, let alone the troops that can take it, so he has to take the money and pull out the six steel cannons in his hand and his own guard mercenaries to rush to Nanjing City.

The team was less than 300 people, but it brought more than a dozen carts, full of supplies and ammunition, this batch of materials was brought by Xiao Ming from Hangzhou, basically the replacement steel pieces of the Black God Crossbow, and then there was the ammunition for the cannon.

Xiao Ming originally wanted to leave Bing'er in Tokyo, there may be a big battle to fight in Nanjing, for her safety, Xiao Ming didn't want Bing'er to be in danger, after that cabin incident, Xiao Ming loved his own girl very much, and didn't want her to have any accidents, but Bing'er resisted and insisted on following Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming had no choice but to take her with him.

This to Nanjing to start from Tokyo through Jinzhou to Qinhuangdao and Shanhaiguan line, through Rushui Jizhou to Nanjing, here can already feel the breath of war, the winter land is bleak, the Liao army in this area out of reconnaissance, someone quickly discovered Xiao Ming's team, immediately a team came forward to intercept.

This pair of Liao troops was led by Yelu Yungu, and when they saw Xiao Ming, they rolled their saddles and fell off their horses and shouted for the king! The Liao army also cheered when he heard that his king of the southern courtyard had returned! Surrounded Xiao Ming and ran towards the city.

Shunzhou, which is the nearest to this, has been heavily guarded, and the soldiers defending the city are like facing the enemy, because they heard that the Jin soldiers have crossed the Great Wall of Gubeikou, and went south to Juyong Pass, if the Jin soldiers divide their troops to Danzhou, Yanzhou, then they will be able to capture Shunzhou immediately, and the Jin soldiers will come to Nanjing City after taking Juyong Pass.

Without further ado, there was no need to hold on to Shunzhou City, Xiao Ming immediately ordered Yelu Yungu to lead the five thousand soldiers who defended the city to follow him and return to Nanjing immediately, and the team read the Gu River to Nanjing City, as soon as the news came out, the people nearby also followed and fled, and Xiao Ming couldn't take care of it, so he returned to Nanjing first.

The first thing he did when he returned to Nanjing Xiao Ming called everyone to a meeting, Emperor Tianzuo took away 10,000 elite cavalry of the resentful army when he fled, and the defenders of Nanjing City at this stage were less than 100,000 people, and they were all infantry, and archers, everyone was worried, but Xiao Ming laughed.

"What do you want cavalry for? We're just defending the city, so what do we need so many cavalry for? ”

Xiao Ming learned that Emperor Tianzuo fled west this time, and he actually ordered Yelu Dashi to lead 10,000 cavalry to escort the emperor's harem personnel, that is to say, Nanjing City was almost not enough to defend the generals, and he couldn't help but shake his head and scold: "This faint king!" ”

Xiao Gan said: "The king is back, I don't think the Jin soldiers know, or they won't openly attack Nanjing City, according to the report of the spies, the Jin soldiers are now afraid that the king will return from Western Xia, and they are unwilling to fight with the Red Mei General!" ”

"So, Jin Bing is afraid of me?" Xiao Ming asked.

Wu Yong said: "There is a legend among the Jin people that General Red Mei has the help of the thunder god, everyone is unwilling to fight with you, and they will die if they touch it, and they dare to attack Nanjing It seems that they also see that you are not here, if you learn that the king is back, you may withdraw the army overnight!" ”

"Otherwise, you can't let them know that I'm back, that's what I need, this time you must keep the news tightly sealed, and don't leak the slightest news that I've returned!" Xiao Ming said.

Everyone happily received the order, on the same day Xiao Ming boarded the city wall of Nanjing, the city wall here because of the use of Han craftsmen to build, the city height is nearly 30 meters thick up to five or six meters, it is a veritable fortified city, the city guards are fully equipped, all kinds of materials are complete, and the morale is also very high after seeing Xiao Ming.

Time was pressing, Xiao Ming asked Qian Baguang to immediately put the cannon on the city wall, because the ammunition base is not high, it can only be used centrally, for which Qian Baguang is specially equipped with dozens of manpower, specially used for mobile cannons.

In addition to the 10,000 crossbowmen who took away from the Western Expedition and took more than 10,000 of the Black God crossbows ordered from Xuzhou last time, there are still a lot of them in the weapons warehouse, and Xiao Ming ordered them all to be distributed, which is enough to arm more than 10,000 crossbowmen, these people are all important forces to defend the city, in addition to more than a dozen return cannons.

Xiao Gan issued a special notice in the name of Liunanfu to recruit the people to participate in the defense of the city, and it was also loud for a while, Nanjing has been peaceful in the past two years, Xiao Ming has a number of tax exemption measures, and the people are also willing to participate in the defense of the city.

Who knows that this side has not yet been prepared, the Jin soldiers have arrived, that night, at the north gate outside Nanjing, the torches are like a huge fire dragon stretching in, the Jin soldiers actually came with torches overnight, they want to take Nanjing City before Nanjing City is ready to take precautions.

The fierce trumpets and gongs sounded, and the whole city of Nanjing was immediately lit with torches and lanterns, and the whole city was brightly lit, and the flashes of armor and weapons illuminated by the firelight on the city wall could be seen from afar. The Jin soldiers under the city saw that Nanjing had taken precautions, so they did not rush to attack, but camped under the city and waited for the next day to attack the city.

Early the next morning, the horn sounded in the Jin camp, the war drums rumbled, and the front of the Chinese army fluttered high, this time the leader of the troops came and the big wolf lord of the Jin country, Wanyan Zonghan, that is, Sticky Han, the last time he attacked Yunzhou, he was repelled by Xiao Ming, and he led the army south again after less than two years.

Beside him were the generals Wanyan Lou Room, Wanyan Po Lu Huo, Hu Gulu and Yi Lie and others, everyone was riding on horses and was observing the city defense of Nanjing City to try to find the weak link, but obviously did not find anything, and the Liao army defenders on the city wall had clear armor and banners, so they were obviously prepared.

Wanyan Lou said: "Big wolf lord, listen to Yelu Yu said, Nanjing belongs to the jurisdiction of the Liunan Mansion under the privy envoy of the Southern Yuan, and the military system is completely different from that of the Northern Yuan, although the commander of 100,000 resentful troops can capture Shangjing, and the combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated!" ”

Sticky Han nodded and asked the people below: "Is the news reliable?" Is their Southern Courtyard King still in Western Xia? ”

"This news is still last month, even if the person is not in Xixia, he will not be able to rush back to Nanjing City in this short time," Wanyan Bolu bowed and said.

Sticky Han nodded, "The Privy Council of the Southern Court is different from the Northern Court, but it is always some Han soldiers and miscellaneous cards, and their guard Yelu Dashi has followed Emperor Liao to the west, and there is nothing that cannot be beaten!" ”

Hu Guru and Yi Lie and the others said: "Please also ask the big wolf lord to order the siege of the city, and we will fight to the death to take Nanjing City!" ”

Sticky Han ordered: "Siege!" ”

The war drums rumbled mixed with people shouting and neighing, and the golden soldiers reorganized their formation and prepared to attack the city, but it was Nanjing City that launched the attack first, and suddenly issued a "Bang Bang!" from the city. The sound flew out of the city wall one by one, and came straight towards the Chinese army of the golden soldiers! The boulder streaked across the sky with a "Woohoo! ".

Wanyan Lou Room has gone through the battle of Shangjing, as soon as I heard the sound, I knew that it was not good, this was the Liao army's big killer, and immediately grabbed the reins of the sticky Han horse and ran, the generals just ran away from the Chinese army, the boulder had already fallen, and the people were not smashed, but the rolling of the boulder caused dozens of casualties!

After the boulder landed, the winter permafrost layer was directly smashed into a big pit, the soil splashed more than a zhang high, and also took advantage of the momentum to roll, the place where it rolled was almost a flesh alley, stained with death and death, and the golden soldiers avoided one after another!

Sticky Han was furious, with a wave of the horsewhip, the assembled Jin soldiers and cavalry immediately launched a charge like Nanjing City, and the sound of hooves rumbled to the city in a blink of an eye, and began to throw bows and arrows to the city, at this time, the defenders of the city let go, revealing the crossbow arrows that had hit the crossbow arrows to the rapid-fire position, and more than 10,000 people began to throw crossbow arrows at the cavalry of the Jin soldiers!

The battle was so fierce at the beginning, the Jin soldiers continued to have people fall off their horses, rushed to the city and quickly dismounted, supported the small round shield of the left arm to resist the rain of arrows, and at the same time shot arrows to the city, the Jurchen warriors were indeed fierce, each person hung three quivers, long bows and short bows were complete, and there were more scimitars and maces in their hands, and the scimitars were held in their mouths, and the arrows in their hands kept shooting towards the city.

The crossbowmen of the Liao army in the city used batch shooting, after two batches of shooting, they retreated back and began to load crossbow arrows, at this time, several black holes and holes of round pipes suddenly appeared on the city wall, and a burst of fire suddenly appeared, and the smoke was filled, and then it was "boom!" "Voice, the Liao army has opened fire!

Qian Baguang adjusted the angle of the cannon, and hit a row of flower shells on the heads of the Jin soldiers, the impact points were very concentrated, and the huge sound and explosion, just like the effect outside Yunzhou City, immediately caused the panic of the Jin soldiers, and the result of a row of artillery was hundreds of casualties, but more terrifying things were still to come.

On the top of the city tower between them, a black banner was suddenly erected, unfolded with a hula, fluttering in the wind, and it read: "The King of the Southern Courtyard of the Great Liao Kingdom: Xiao"! At the same time, a general with red eyebrows stood there wearing a large coat and climbed the tower, and the north wind blew his cloak, and the sound of hula la! It's really heroic and chic!

Sticky Han was shocked, "It's broken! The King of the Southern Courtyard is back! Urgently ordered his subordinates to sound the gong to withdraw the troops, and the golden soldiers retreated like a tide, throwing down thousands of corpses.

This battle was thrilling and dangerous, the Liao army suffered dozens of casualties, while the Jin soldiers suffered thousands of casualties, and the results were exchanged for one to ten, and the Liao army defending the city cheered! Waving the flag and shouting, watching the Jin soldiers retreat in a gloomy manner, Xiao Ming also breathed a sigh of relief, he went down the city tower and ordered the defenders not to slack off to prevent the Jin soldiers from suddenly attacking again.

But in fact, the Jin soldiers withdrew the next day, and since Nanjing City has become a difficult bone to gnaw, and Mu Han is afraid of Xiao Ming's return, this battle is naturally impossible to fight!

After learning the news of the withdrawal of the Jin soldiers' vehicles, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Xiao Ming didn't believe it very much, could it be that the Jin soldiers' winter offensive ended like this? Then he sent scouts to track the direction of the Jin soldiers' withdrawal to determine whether they had really withdrawn.

The news of the scout's return made Xiao Ming gasp, and Sticky Han led the army not only did not withdraw, but went west, this news not only surprised Xiao Ming, but also puzzled everyone, and Yelu came out in a row.

"King, are we going to chase it?"

"Chase? What do we pursue? Do we still have cavalry? ”

Yelu Yungu was choked back by a few questions asked by Xiao Minglian, Xiao Ming glanced at everyone: "If the Jin people hadn't touched Lao Tzu's cannon, do you think they would retreat?" ”

Everyone was silent, Xiao Ming knew in his heart that the Great Liao Kingdom was over, and the inertia of history was really terrible! The Jin soldiers will keep chasing Emperor Tianzuo until they catch him, Emperor Tianzuo should have fled to Jiashan after losing Zhongjing, it turned out that he fled from Xijing, but Xijing was occupied by Jin soldiers last time, and Emperor Tianzuo didn't think of recovering Xijing.

"I wonder how Ami is now?" Xiao Ming is very worried now, Ami is the only person Xiao Ming is not worried about, as for the life and death of Emperor Tianzuo, he doesn't care about it, anyway, he has a lot of benefits from Emperor Tianzuo, but once Emperor Tianzuo is arrested, Ami's fate is difficult to say.

Xiao Ming is now very entangled, whether to let Yang Qizhong lead the elite of the Western Expedition to return to the east, if time permits, he can save Emperor Tianzuo before the Jin soldiers, but can he really prevent the destruction of the Liao State if he saves Emperor Tianzuo? Xiao Ming himself is not confident that he can overcome the inertia of history.

Nanjing City is still in Xiao Ming's hands, the situation in Liaodong has basically not changed, and Xiao Ming has a lot of things that he hasn't figured out, so he maintains the status quo and doesn't do anything.

Soon the news came, Wanyan Zonghan led the army to Zhongjing, after besieging the city for half a month, Zhongjing fell, Emperor Tianzuo fled to Jiashan, this time he fled to the north, and was surrounded by Jin soldiers in Xijing and other places on the way, and then fled south, and finally settled in Yunzhou and Yingzhou, and the Jin soldiers ended the winter offensive, occupied Zhongjing, Xijing for the winter, and waited for the next spring.

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