Chapter 270: The Crisis in Tokyo City
On the sixth day of the sixth month of June in the first year of Kangzheng, the Jin people had besieged the city of Tokyo for nearly ten days, and the 300,000 Jing troops who entered the king of Beijing were all disabled, losing about 100,000 people, and the remaining 200,000 people fled, but there were nearly 100,000 left.
These Jing armies reorganized themselves and began to attack the surrounding Jin people, although they would be broken up every time, but these Jing troops would organize again and attack the Jin people.
Although the casualties on the city wall were large, after ten days of baptism of blood and fire, the Praetorian Guards defending the city were able to control the battle loss ratio at three to one, and sometimes even two to one.
In the entire city of Tokyo, the Praetorian Guard was 150,000, the patrol army was 100,000, and the army of 250,000, plus the people in the city of Tokyo, even if the siege lasted for ten days, the battle was very fierce, but the city wall was still preserved.
Song Ji and Song Ming, the father and son, are always concerned about whether the city wall is broken, and once the city is broken, they are only afraid of their fate.
At this time, the Praetorian Guard in the city lost nearly 70,000 men, and the patrol army also lost 30,000. The loss of 100,000 people was only exchanged for the loss of less than 20,000 people.
Just when Yang Wu felt that he could take a breath, or that the Jin army would retreat if he couldn't hold on.
The 40,000 reinforcements of the Jin people Wanyan Zongbi also rushed over at this time, adding up to the 120,000 Jin army, before the momentum and strength were even stronger.
The most important thing is that in addition to the 120,000 Jin army, Guo Zhaotu also led 40,000 troops to join the siege of Tokyo.
The army of 160,000 put great pressure on Yang Wu in Tokyo City, especially after the arrival of Guo Zhaotu, the number of enemies besieging the city doubled.
In addition to the original Jin army siege soldiers, Guo Zhaotu also invested 20,000 troops to join the siege battle, and Guo Zhaotu in front of the battle scolded the city loudly.
He scolded the eighteen generations of Song Ji and Song Ming's ancestors. The deep hatred in his eyes made Guo Zhaotu even more direct his soldiers to attack the city with all their might.
Song Ji and Song Ming, who were guarding the palace, were full of despair when they heard that Guo Zhaotu had also brought troops to attack the city. Their hearts were also full of regret, they regretted that they shouldn't have been angry for a moment and killed Guo Zhaotu's entire family.
Guo Zhaotu threatened to slaughter the city, which also made those people in the city who first regarded Guo Zhaotu as a hero and scolded Guo Zhaotu as a traitor full of panic and fear.
Millions of people throughout the city of Tokyo are in constant fear and their hearts are full of despair.
And with the Jin army and Guo Zhaotu joining the forces to attack the city, Yang Wu felt that the pressure on the city defense was increasing, and he let the Jin people and Guo Zhaotu attack the city wall several times.
If he hadn't filled it with the blood of his soldiers, regardless of casualties, I'm afraid that the city of Tokyo might have been breached by now.
It's just that the loss of troops is increasing, and the pressure on the soldiers under him is increasing, thinking at any time that after going to the city wall, it will be a dead end. Many people are already showing signs of collapse.
It is estimated that it will not be long before the enemy does not break through the city walls, and the soldiers in Tokyo City may collapse on all fronts. Defeat without a fight!
"General, the eastern corner of the city has been attacked by the Jin people again......" At this moment, an anxious voice pulled Yang Wu's thoughts back.
Seeing the Jin army on the city wall, Yang Wu's eyes were full of anger, and his figure rushed over in an instant.
"Patrol army, if you don't want your parents and relatives to be slaughtered by the Jin people, cheer up Lao Tzu, you are not fighting for yourself, you are fighting for your family, and you are fighting for millions of people in the entire city of Tokyo!"
With his angry shout, the cowering patrols were stunned for a moment, and soon, their eyes were blood-red, and they killed them with their weapons.
There were forty or fifty Jin troops rushing up from the east corner of the city, and they had opened an area on the city wall, and Jin people rushed up one after another.
Those timid and cowardly patrol soldiers had forgotten the fear in their hearts at this time, and thought of the scene of their parents and relatives being slaughtered by the Jin.
The Jin people went all the way south and slaughtered countless cities, and the people were like pigs and dogs in their eyes. Everywhere they went, blood flowed, men, women, old and weak, all died under their butcher's knives.
White bones and corpses on the road can be seen everywhere. Although the combat effectiveness of the patrol army is not strong, they also have their own blood.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of patrols rushed towards the Praetorian Guards, the two sides were entangled, the Patrols fell one by one, and the Praetorian Guards also fell one by one.
They were either beheaded or had their bodies cut off, even if their intestines were running all over the ground. Even if they broke an arm or a broken leg, they all rushed towards those golden people.
After a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, the Jin people in this corner of the city were finally beaten, but the corpses left behind were mostly patrol troops and Janissaline soldiers, and the Jin people only left less than a hundred corpses.
The Praetorian Guards and Inspectors who were still alive on the city wall saw the corpses on the ground, some of them having escaped death, and there was only fear and fear in their eyes. Most of them vomited.
On the entire city wall, a gloomy atmosphere spread, and there was only despair in everyone's eyes, such an offensive and defensive battle, such casualties, so that everyone was about to collapse.
Without reinforcements, they don't know when it will be the head, even if Yang Wu repeatedly builds his heart with the soldiers, and repeatedly says that as long as he holds on, the Jin people will retreat.
But with such persistence, they don't know when it will end. Some people are already weeping bitterly. Someone is already running in frenzy.
And the siege of Jin and Guo Zhaotu was ready to start again. The desperation on the walls brought everyone to the brink of collapse.
Seeing this scene, Yang Wu's face was full of helplessness, if the Jin people attacked it again this time, it is estimated that the city wall will not be able to be saved, and it is very likely that the Jin people will break through Tokyo City.
Just when everyone was desperate, suddenly, thousands of cavalry appeared in the right direction, led by a young general in red and black armor.
He held a spear, his face was heroic, and his galloping war horse attacked the soldiers of Guo Zhaotu of the Jin army besieging the city, and thousands of horsemen under his leadership burst out with amazing might.
"Jing general Yue Peng is here, and the Jin people will die quickly...... "The young general's mouth let out a burst of heavy shouts, and in the blink of an eye, his war horse rushed to the Jin army under the city wall who were preparing to attack the city.
The spear stabbed straight into the room, and instantly stabbed the three Jin soldiers together, and the powerful impact force made the dozens of Jin soldiers behind them be trampled to death by knocking over the war horses.
The young general even slapped his palm on the spear, and the body of the spear passed through the bodies of the three golden men, stabbing the two golden soldiers in front of him to death on the spot in the blink of an eye.
At the moment when the two golden men fell to the ground, the young general rushed to the gun, drew his spear and slashed it horizontally, and in the blink of an eye, he shot several people away, and the throats of several people were cut by the spear.
As soon as the young general entered the battlefield, he killed more than a dozen Jin soldiers in a row, and his bravery made the Jing army on the city wall full of shock, but he was soon aroused by this person.
"Kill...... Kill ......" the Jing army shouted, giving a strong voice to the young generals. And behind the young generals, there were also several generals who beheaded more than a dozen Jin soldiers in a row, and their bravery was not inferior to him.
Under the battle between the two sides, the thousands of cavalry actually caused chaos in the siege army of the Jin army. Wherever they passed, they drove the besiegers into flight.
Even if an effective counterattack is organized, it will soon be overwhelmed by their cavalry attacks. Nearly 40,000 siege troops were directly disabled by the thousands of horsemen who appeared.
The soldiers on the city wall who were about to collapse dissipated a lot of despair in their hearts, and faintly seemed to see hope. There are thousands of cavalry in there. Or, there is a real possibility that the siege of Tokyo will be solved.
Everyone hoped that these thousands of cavalry would directly destroy the Jin people, but their idea was good, but the number of cavalry was still too small after all.
Just as these thousands of horsemen were wreaking havoc on the battlefield, changes finally appeared in the Jin army camp in the distance. They saw the change here, and they had already sent cavalry, and there were 30,000 cavalry.
The Jin people were all cavalry, 120,000 cavalry, except for the 20,000 who besieged the city, and the rest were still resting in the rear. If it weren't for the suddenness of this cavalry. I guess they won't even be able to get close to the walls of Tokyo!
Seeing the nearly 30,000 cavalry of the Jin Army camp surrounding the thousands of Jing Army cavalry, everyone on the city wall was suddenly full of nervousness.
Yang Wu sighed and looked at the young general named Yue Pengju who rushed to the front, although this person was brave, his troops were still too small. It is too difficult to rely on these thousands of people to fight against the 100,000 army of the Jin people.
Not to mention, the 40,000 army still in Guo Zhaotu, even if Guo Zhaotu sent 20,000 to attack the city, there are still 20,000 cavalry, and they can join the battle at any time.
Among the thousands of cavalry rushing under the city wall, an equally young spear general beside the young general said to him: "Pengju, the Jin army is surrounding, the army is about 30,000, shouldn't we withdraw!" Relying on our 5,000 horsemen alone, once surrounded, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated. ”
When the general who was called Pengju heard this, he looked at the cavalry of the Jin people, and his face showed a sense of unwillingness. He turned his head to look at the soldiers behind him, and hurriedly said, "All teams follow me and leave the battlefield!" Don't be in love! ”
As his voice spoke, the soldiers shouted. The 5,000 cavalry, which had beaten the siege of 40,000 into confusion, suddenly turned into a torrent and rushed in the direction of the right.
They have limited forces and can't confront the Jin people, the only thing they can do is to keep harassing the Jin army and not let them put too much pressure on the city wall, only in this way can they force the Jin people away.
In addition to them, there were more than 100,000 troops around him who were constantly attacking, but only his group of 5,000 cavalry could really attack effectively.
These people are the old department of Taiyuan City, and since the destruction of Taiyuan City, they have escaped and finally rushed to Tokyo. In the past few days, Yue Pengju has been looking for an opportunity to watch the attacks of the hundreds of thousands of troops around him on the Jin army.
He saw that the city of Tokyo was almost broken under several attacks by the Jin army. He knew that the army in the city was about to lose its hold.
After all, when he was in Taiyuan City before, he knew that the pressure caused by the long-term defense of the city would be on the defenders in the city, and if this pressure could not be released, or if there was no hope, it would be a matter of time before the city was broken.
Therefore, he decided to give hope to the soldiers of Tokyo Castle, so he ventured to sneak in from the flank and launched an attack on the besieging Jinren.
This tactic seems to have worked, judging from the shouts of the soldiers on the city wall, at least, they can hold out for a while.
But such an adventure also cost his more than 5,000 cavalry nearly three or four hundred men. However, the casualties inflicted on the enemy were nearly 1,000.
The number of casualties is not much, but the psychological trauma will make the Jin army besieging the city wonder if there will be an ambush at any time. You won't be too focused when you're attacking a city.
Yue Pengju led his 5,000 cavalry to run wildly, and 30,000 cavalry chased after him, as if they wanted to eat Yue Pengju's 5,000 cavalry.
The 30,000 cavalry kept pursuing in an encirclement, and such a pursuit depended on the physical fitness of the horses on both sides and their individual riding skills.
However, fortunately, Yue Pengju and the others reacted in time, and the distance was large enough, and the number of 30,000 cavalry behind them was too much, and it was time-consuming to deploy.
Therefore, they quickly got rid of the pursuit of thirty thousand cavalry. Disappeared into the distance. When the 30,000 cavalry of the Golden Army saw this, although they were unwilling, they finally returned to the city of Tokyo.
On the hillside in the distance, Yun Ze watched from a distance with two thousand cavalry, and he had already arrived dozens of miles outside Tokyo an hour ago.
It's just that after knowing that the Jin army has reached 120,000 and adding Guo Zhaotu's 40,000, he was a little difficult for a while. As for the 2,000 cavalry under him, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is and how advanced the equipment is.
But if you really match 160,000 people, the final result may not even be scum. If you want to solve the siege of Tokyo, you have to think long-term. The appearance of the Jing army cavalry just now made Yun Ze see hope.
Or, a little bit of cannibalization of the Jin people, and when the encroachment reaches a certain level, the Jin people will automatically withdraw after they can't bear such losses.
What Yun Ze didn't expect was that he thought that the Tokyo City side should be able to hold on, but he didn't expect that the Jin Army was different from the historical development of the previous life, and the army sent reached 120,000.
Although it is estimated that there may be a loss of more than 10,000 now, the loss of more than 10,000 is not unacceptable to them.
Not to mention, in terms of battle losses, the loss of troops on the Jing Dynasty's side has reached more than 200,000. The battle loss ratio was twenty to one. More than 100,000 Jin people can definitely press the 300,000 or 400,000 Jing army to the ground and blast the hammer.
Besides, the 40,000 troops brought by Guo Zhaotu now, even if they lost a few thousand people, they have not lost their combat effectiveness.
"Qian Mo, you are waiting here...... I'll come ......when I go," Yun Ze looked in the direction of the cavalry that left, and said to Su Qianmo beside him.
When Su Qianmo heard this, there was a worry in her eyes. She opened her mouth, she wanted to go with Yun Ze, but after thinking about it, she nodded and answered.
"Husband, be careful, go and return to ...... quickly"
Yun Ze answered, rode the horse king, and galloped away in the direction where Yue Pengju and the others disappeared.
On the other side, Song Youwei was hurrying here with 2,000 musketeers, who not only brought ten new mountain cannons this time, but also brought a lot of gunpowder.
The gunpowder produced by Yun Cheng in the past two years has almost emptied nearly half of her, and if it weren't for the fact that the soldiers really couldn't carry it, Yun Ze might let her bring more.
After all, whether or not you can turn the tide of the war depends on these things. Yun Ze now has insufficient troops in his hands, but in terms of gunpowder, he can barely fight a big battle.
Song Youwei's heart was full of worry at this time, although she was very tired now, but because she was worried about Yun Ze, she almost let the soldiers keep hurrying.
Even though everyone was tired at this time, no one complained, and everyone was forbidden and disciplined in the military. This is the new army trained by Yunze.
According to Song Youwei's estimate, it will only take one day at most, and it should be possible to rush to Tokyo City. As long as she meets Yun Ze, she can feel at ease.
At the same time, Yun Ze had caught up with the evacuated cavalry of the Jing Army. The speed of the King of Horses is not comparable to that of other war horses.
Seeing Yun Ze chasing after him, the cavalry who were moving forward were suddenly a little surprised, and soon, someone spread the news of Yun Ze's pursuit to the front.
The advance of the cavalry did not stop, but Yue Pengju and another young man with a gun glanced at each other, and turned to come behind the cavalry formation.
Soon, they saw Yun Ze who was chasing after them, and the two of them stood with guns in their hands, looking coldly at Yun Ze who was rushing towards them, their eyes were full of war intent.