In the second year of the Great Song Dynasty, November 16, the Great Song Dynasty Hanzhong Plain, Xingyuan Mansion City.

In the early morning, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the mountains are stacked, and the air is cold, which should make people feel refreshed and refreshed. But the endless banner war horses have added a lot of killing aura to the heavens and the earth.

In the east, north and west directions of Xingyuanfu City, the Mongolian army camp surrounded, and the Xingyuanfu City was surrounded by water. Along the Han River, there are war horses drinking water, people and horses are full of dung and urine, and there are countless Mongolian soldiers urinating on the Han River, laughing and playing, and their spirits are flying.

The Song soldiers on the city wall were waiting for them, they looked at the yellowed river, the domineering Mongolian soldiers, and the chaotic outside the city, many of them were frowning.

On the city wall of more than two zhang, the Song soldiers sat cross-legged along the inner city wall in four rows, one by one, row by row, neatly and neatly, accounting for half of the width of the city wall. The recruits kept their eyes open, while the veterans closed their eyes and waited for the big war to come.

On the city wall, a dark and shiny cannon was lined up, and the black muzzle pointed straight out of the city. On the south city wall, Zhao Wei, Meng Hui and other Song army generals held a clairvoyant mirror and looked at the Mongolian army camp outside the city.

Outside the city, flags fluttered, and with more than ten giants beating war drums, thrilling drums sounded, which was exciting.

All the Mongolian soldiers stopped playing and became silent, and countless Mongolian soldiers came out of the camp to assemble. The huge catapult was quickly set up, and the man pushed the horse out.

Among the officers and men of the Mongolian army, there were many chariots, artillery wagons, and ballista carts, amounting to hundreds.

The Mongol army surrounded on three sides, overwhelming, and there were many Song soldiers and prisoners in front, as well as Song people, unkempt and pitiful, and it seemed that there were as many as two or three thousand people.

In front of the camp of the Mongolian army, Torrey looked at the head of the southern city of Xingyuan Mansion and was silent for a long time.

The Song army at the head of the city is fully armored, armed with guns, and does not move at all, compared to the elite of the Jin army in Fengxiang Mansion, it is even better. The cannon mouth on the head of the city was faint, as if it was about to devour everything, and he couldn't help but feel chills in his heart.

The fortified city is artillery, and I am afraid it will not be easily captured.

This reminded him of the Xiongcheng fortresses on the way to the west, such as Hu Si's ears, Samarkand, Malu, etc., all of which were considered impregnable and impregnable, and in the end they were not broken by the Mongol army and razed to ruins.

What surprised him a little was that the Song army had deployed heavy troops on the eastern Han front, tens of thousands of troops, and it seemed that they were waiting for him to fight in the field.

Moreover, Emperor Song in the city of Xingyuan Mansion, not to mention surrender, did not even seem to have any signs of peace, which made him angry and a little suspicious.

"Did Emperor Song send someone here?"

The Song people were so resolute, was this to be a blatant enemy of the Mongol Empire?

"Back to Marshal, it doesn't seem to be yet!"

Li Changguo replied cautiously on the side.

Manchu is invincible. Tens of thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry came to the city, why didn't the Song army surrender?

Emperor Song won't be scared and faint, right?

"Marshal, according to the confessions of the captives, there are 10,000 soldiers and hundreds of artillery pieces in the city of Xingyuan Mansion, and the Song Emperor still has thousands of imperial forest troops. The original Xingyuan Marshal Cao Youwan was replaced, and now he is the commander of Zhao Wei's army. Cao Youwan was the commander of the Song army to reinforce Lingzhou in Western Xia. Cao Youwan's brother Cao Youwen was the commander of the Lizhou Rongsi back then, and now he is the commander of Xixia Road. ”

Liu Heima gave Torre a detailed introduction on the side.

"Xixia Road?"

Torre snorted coldly.

Wait until the Song Emperor is destroyed, and then turn around and destroy what bullshit Xixia Road.

"Marshal, our army is encircling the point to send reinforcements, and the Song army on the east and west can't wait to come to reinforcements, and destroy them first, and Xingyuan Mansion City will inevitably be self-defeating. Marshal, leave the east road to me. ”

The broad end is high-spirited and takes the initiative to ask for battle.

"Marshal, that's good. I'll leave the west road to me! ”

Tabujir said excitedly, eager to try.

Encircling the point to send reinforcements, this is the strength of the Mongolian iron cavalry. forcibly attack the city, or hand it over to Liu Heima, the Han army in the Central Plains.

"But, ...... over there"

Torre was already a little moved, and seemed a little hesitant.

"Marshal, there is only that broken place in Henan left in the Jin Kingdom, which is already a grasshopper after the autumn, and it won't last for a few days. If we capture Emperor Song, it will be able to exchange for countless gold and silver treasures, and then we will have revenge! ”

Kuoduan said loudly, his face full of excitement.

In the history of the Song Dynasty, all foreign wars not only lost power and humiliated the country, but also paid countless gold, silver and cloth. Killed or captured the Song Emperor, maybe it was the wealth of the sky, gold, silver and jewelry, beautiful women like clouds, food and cloth, what you wanted.

"Marshal, first encircle the point and send reinforcements, it is best to capture the city, and if you can't capture it, you will consume the Song army, and force the Song Emperor to negotiate peace or surrender. In this way, if our army is inserted behind the Jin State, it can also save the lack of food and grass, as well as many unnecessary troubles. ”

Li Changguo added oil and vinegar, and his face was full of sycophancy.

"Li Changguo, you have a good idea! The broad end plundered the east, the west of Tabujier, and Liu Heima led the Han army to attack the city. ”

After Torre finished speaking, he looked at the city, and his eyes became cold again.

"Liu Heima, as long as you break the Xingyuan Mansion City, I will protect you as the king of the Central Plains in front of the Great Khan. In addition, the three armies were ordered to break the Xingyuan Mansion City and not seal the sword for seven days. The first warrior to ascend the city, a thousand taels of gold, a thousand heads of cattle and sheep, and an official promotion to the third level! Who can kill or capture the Song Emperor alive, ten thousand taels of gold, and ten thousand households of the Han army! ”

When the order was handed down, the Mongol army cheered.

Seven days of relaxation, a thousand taels of gold, but you can burn and loot well.

With the means of the Mongol army, it is not easy to kill or capture the emperor of the Song people.

Liu Heima looked at Gao Cheng in the distance, but frowned slightly.

He suddenly remembered the story of Lingzhou City five years ago. The 100,000 Mongol army did not capture Lingzhou City for several months. The city in front of him, with Emperor Song in charge, I am afraid it will not be so easy to capture.

The king of the Central Plains, is it really that easy?

At the head of the city, Huang Xi, the deputy general of the Song army who rescued the Western Xia in Ding Hainian and the current deputy commander of the Xingyuan Mansion, looked at the high-spirited Mongolian army with a clairvoyant mirror, his brows furrowed.

When attacking Lingzhou City, the Mongolian army's stone thrower was only two zhang, and the stone was only thirty or forty catties. Now this body is at least four feet, and the mountains of boulders seem to be huge, which really frightens him.

"The Tatar army has a lot more stone throwers than five years ago!"

Huang Xi couldn't help it, and spit out a sentence.

"Huang Xi, the Tatar stone thrower is okay, I heard that they also have firearms, I don't know if it's true or not, how powerful is it?"

After Zhao Wei finished speaking, he raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked around.

It was also four years ago that the Song army defended the city of Chuzhou, and the Mongolian army's stone-throwing machine could not hold the Song army's artillery, so it returned in vain. However, if the Mongolian army really had firearms, the pressure on the soldiers defending the city would be doubled.

Many Song army soldiers at the head of the city also looked solemn at the moment, and watched the Mongolian army camp together.

"Looking at the size of those boulders, I'm afraid they are about 100 catties. Once it is smashed into the city, not to mention the death or injury of the brothers, the city wall will probably be smashed down. And these houses in the city, Your Majesty is still in the city......"

Zhao Wei's gaze swept towards Meng Hui, who smiled slightly, calm.

"Don't worry, General! Leave it to me, those big guys! ”

The Mongol army broke through the impregnable Fengxiang Mansion, which used hundreds of stone throwers to smash the walls of Fengxiang Mansion, and then broke the city. If the Mongol army wants to do the same, it depends on whether their stone throwers are strong enough.

It may be difficult for a solid iron ball to accurately hit a stone thrower, but a medium-sized sub-mother cannon covers a width of forty or fifty paces, and several cannons are fired in unison, are you still afraid that you can't hit the target?

"General Meng, I heard that there are also firearms in the Tatar army, you must be careful."

Touched in his heart, Zhao Wei solemnly reminded Meng Heng.

The artillery is okay, if there is a thunderstorm when the Mongolian army is attacking the city, it will be much more difficult to fight.

"Don't worry, general, I have prepared earthen bags, and the soldiers have shields, wrap them around me!"

Meng Heng nodded and replied seriously.

The Song army defended the city, equipped with shields and earthen bags, as well as fortifications such as war sheds, and it was not so easy for the earth-shaking thunder to be thrown on the head of the city to kill and injure.

Meng Hui was calm, and Zhao Wei was also much more stable.

There are no immortals in war! It's up to whomever can carry it better.

Ten thousand armies are coming, I am afraid that this is another protracted and vicious battle, and the Han water may be dyed red.

The men and horses in the camp of the Mongol army were mobilized, and the prisoners of the Song army and the people carried the earth and stones towards the city wall, apparently to fill in the moat and pave the way for the army to attack the city.

"General, do you want to fire a cannon?"

The Song army prisoners and the Song people were dragged in all directions, dragging on their shoulders, panicked, stumbling straight to the moat, Huang Xi couldn't help but shout.

Once the moat was filled by the Mongol army and drove straight in, the difficulty of defending the city would be greatly increased.

"Let them fill it, just to concentrate on killing! There is no need to shoot those poor people, the shells are still left to the besieging Tatar army! ”

Zhao Wei shook his head and rejected his subordinates' suggestions.

Many of these Song prisoners and civilians were the defenders of Wuxiu Pass and the families of the soldiers. His former comrades were driven to fill the river, and he was angry but helpless.

"You said they, why didn't they die in battle?"

Huang Xi looked at the Song army captives who filled the moat, his face was ugly, and he said hatefully.

didn't die in battle, was driven away like a beast by the other party, and lost the face of the Great Song soldiers.

As soon as Huang Xi finished speaking, a Song prisoner suddenly threw away the soil bag, ran a few steps, jumped up, knocked down the Mongolian cavalry on the horse, followed by the Mongolian cavalry who fell to the ground, took out a knife from somewhere on the man's body, and stabbed him several times.

The rabbit fell from the falcon, the Song army captives won a blow, quickly got on the horse, and before the horse ran out of ten steps, it was shot over by the locust feather arrows and even the people and horses, and the surrounding Song people were also shot over several people.

Several Mongolian cavalrymen came over on horseback, armed with spears, and stabbed the Song prisoners who shot like hedgehogs a few times, and then beat their horses and left.

"These dog thieves!"

Huang Xi's face turned pale, and he slammed his fist on the battlement wall.

"Don't look at it! If you want revenge, there is a chance! ”

The surrounding Song soldiers were all sad and angry, and Zhao Wei remained silent and gave instructions to Huang Xi.

Huang Xi walked away with a black face, probably still angry at what happened to the captive.

The Song soldiers on the city wall all clenched their shields and stared at the outside of the city.

The Mongol army attacked the southern city wall, because the northern city wall was close to the Han River, so it was impossible to garrison and siege the city. The east and west walls are much shorter. The south city wall is slightly outside the "eight" character, the city wall is long, the outside of the city is a horse and a flat river, and the siege is the easiest to put in formation.

Driven by the Mongol army, the people who were coerced and the captives of the Song army went to a moat opposite the South Gate Tower, and everyone was full of panic and had nothing to love. Countless earth and stones were poured into the moat, and the captives turned back and carried them repeatedly.

Thousands of captives worked together, and in less than half an hour, the section of the moat that had been filled disappeared, showing a slope of more than ten zhang.

The Song army at the head of the city watched, the captives went back and forth, and an hour passed, and the moat of twenty or thirty zhang had been filled. Because it was winter, the water level of the moat was shallow, and the unfilled moat only rose a lot, but it did not overflow the river.

The captives retreated, and in the midst of the Mongolian army's large array, the horn sounded, which was breathtaking, and followed the black and oppressive Mongolian army overwhelmingly forward, which seemed to be the direction of the southern city wall.