Boom Boom!

The frequency of siege artillery bombardment gradually slowed down, and in the back, the interval between each salvo became longer and longer.

After each shot, Hu Zhong had to lead a group of gunners to carefully inspect the barrel, the chamber and the iron hoop outside.

Once a crack is found, it can no longer be used.

There is no way, the main body of the siege cannon is iron wood.

Although the hardness is five or six times that of ordinary trees, in any case, it is still wood, and how can steel be strong?

If it weren't for the copper core inlaid in the barrel, I was afraid that it would be scrapped after a dozen shots.

Before you know it, the sky is getting overcast.

Bang!

A blast of thunder rang out from the sky, drowning out all sounds.

The power of heaven and earth is not comparable to artillery.

Han Shizhong looked up at the sky, his face becoming more and more gloomy.

It's going to rain!

As soon as it rains, firearms are useless!

Just as he was about to give the order for an onslaught, a herald came galloping on horseback.

"Pass on Your Majesty's message, Mingjin will withdraw the troops!"

"Alas!"

Han Shizhong unwillingly smashed his fist on his leg, gritted his teeth and said, "Mingjin retreats!" ”

Bang Bang Bang!

The piercing sound of golden drums sounded on the battlefield.

On the top of the city tower, Yue Fei smashed an iron spine on He Guan's shoulder, and was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, when the sound of golden drums suddenly sounded in his ears.

Taking a deep look at He Guan who had retreated into the crowd, Yue Fei shouted: "The whole army listens to the order and evacuates in an orderly manner!" ”

Hearing this, the Qingzhou army suddenly gathered together, the shield hand was at the front, and the rest withdrew from the ladder in an orderly manner.

He Guan was guarded in the formation, cold sweat flowed from his forehead, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "You thief, do you dare to leave your name?" ”

The hammer just now smashed his shoulder bone, and it hurt his heart.

Yue Fei replied loudly: "Brigade Commander of the Qingzhou Army, Yue Fei is also!" ”

He Guan dropped a cruel sentence: "Okay, I remember you!" ”

"Brigade Commander, get out of here!"

The shieldman behind him reminded.

Yue Fei didn't talk nonsense, and retreated to the city wall.

Seeing this, the Song army immediately surrounded him, and Yue Fei made a gesture to take the firearm from his waist.

Seeing this scene, Song Jun was so frightened that he retreated in unison.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yue Fei laughed, turned over and climbed up the ladder, and quickly climbed down.

Falling to the ground, a drop of rain fell from the sky and landed on the back of Yue Fei's hand.

Gradually, the raindrops became more and more, and soon they became a curtain of rain.

Summer weather is like this, it changes when you say it.

After a while, torrential rain covered the sky.

In the tent, Shi Wenhui was reporting the battle losses: "The Qingzhou army lost more than 800 people and more than 2,000 wounded, and the Song army camp lost 3,000 killed and more than 5,000 wounded. In addition, two siege guns blew up. ”

Han Shizhong said with a ashamed face: "The last general is not good for attacking the city, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

"Heaven is not beautiful, what does it have to do with you."

Han Zhen waved his hand indifferently.

Seeing that Wu Bao, Yu Jun and others had gloomy faces and a depressed atmosphere, Han Zhen suddenly smiled and said, "Why are they all the same as the dead mother?" Could it be that you really plan to take Tokyo Castle in one day? If it was so easy to defeat, the Jin people would have already entered the city, so how could they wait for us to come. ”

Such a majestic city, it is normal to fight it, and it is not normal to fight it.

Han Shizhong said indignantly: "Your Majesty, I just feel aggrieved in my heart, at that time, Brigade Commander Yue had already gained a firm foothold in the city tower, if it hadn't rained suddenly, I would have had a chance to take Nanxun Gate with more strength." ”

Han Zhen shook his head: "It's not that simple, there are a large number of crossbowmen hidden in the Tooth Road and the corner tower of the Urn City, once the Song army on the city tower is defeated, you will face a salvo of divine arm crossbows from all directions." ”

When the city was attacked, Han Zhen boarded the nest car to watch the whole process.

The Divine Arm Crossbowman Battalion deployed by the Song Army has not yet exerted its strength.

Han Zhen's eyes fell on Yue Fei, and he said with concern: "Is Peng Ju's injury serious?" ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, the skin is traumatic, and it is not in the way."

Yue Fei's upper body was naked, revealing his strong muscles, a layer of gauze was wrapped around his chest, and a trace of red blood appeared on his right chest.

Wu Bao proposed: "Your Majesty, although this battle was not captured, the Song army suffered heavy casualties and its morale plummeted. After the rain stopped, regroup and take it in one go. ”

"If we continue to fight like this, after taking Tokyo City, there won't be much left of the 80,000 army."

Han Zhen waved his hand and vetoed this proposal, today's battle is itself a try.

It is best to be able to fight, and if you can't fight, you will change the siege.

Shi Wenhui asked, "Your Majesty wants to besiege it?" ”

"That's right!"

Han Zhen nodded.

Shi Wenhui frowned and said: "But there are more than 100 granaries in Tokyo City, and a large amount of grain and grass has been hoarded, which is enough to support the whole city for a year. ”

Han Zhen shook his head, and said confidently: "How can there be so much grain and grass, it would be good to last for half a month." In addition, there is a more important point that there are not many coal reserves in the city of Tokyo, and in a few days, the people and soldiers in the city will have to eat cold food. ”

After the strategy of attacking the Song Dynasty in the south was formulated, he sent small worms to investigate the situation in Tokyo City.

At the same time, the kid Qiu Niu was also sent over.

It can be said that Han Zhen knows the situation in Tokyo well.

The first is coal.

At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, a Song Dynasty man named Zhuang Sui recalled: "In the past, there were millions of families in Biandu, all of them relied on coal, and there was no one who burned wages. ”

In fact, by the time Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty succeeded to the throne, no one in the city of Tokyo used firewood and charcoal for cooking, but only coal.

Firewood and charcoal are scarce and expensive, and ordinary people simply cannot afford them.

Especially after the coal furnace briquettes invented by Han Zhen were introduced to the Zhao and Song dynasties, the proportion of coal use was intensified, because it was too convenient.

As a result, the city of Tokyo consumes around 500,000 tons of coal every year.

According to the statistics of Xiaoworm, once the supply is cut off, the stock of the major coal trading houses in the city is only enough to support the people in the city for ten days.

And then there's the grain.

There are more than 100 granaries of all sizes around the city, but most of them are outside the city.

There were only thirty-eight granaries in the city.

First, he paid compensation last year, and then Han Zhen took advantage of Jiang Suyi's three daughters to extort 500,000 stones, including 200,000 stones that later went north to fight against Jin.

In addition, more than 100,000 garrisons have been stationed around Gyeonggi for more than a year, and there are not many granaries left in Tokyo City.

Under normal circumstances, the summer harvest will be in two months.

The grain and grass from all walks of life in the south will be transported to Tokyo City one after another to ensure the daily consumption of the people of Beijing.

But as the Jin people went south, all plans were disrupted.

And after Song Huizong fled to the south, he did not stop, continued to toss, and withheld the grain and grass transported from the south to Gyeonggi.

In the previous life, when the Jin people went south for the second time, they still couldn't defeat Tokyo City, and finally chose to besiege it.

There was a shortage of food and coal in the city, and officials colluded with wealthy merchants to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune and secretly resell the grain in the granary to merchants, who then sold it at a high price.

As a result, many people in the city were starved to death, wailing all over the field, and soldiers from all walks of life mutinied due to lack of food and clothing.

It was at this critical juncture that Sun Fu chose to take a risk and boost morale with Liuding Liujia.

And Guo Jing is just a failed version of Joan of Arc.

According to the Shinto inscription of Wanyan Lou's room:

[Brave the siege to fight, the king saw its sharpness, did not counterattack, so that the living girl led the elite soldiers to cut it, the enemy was chaotic, Wang Nai supervised the army to fight, the arrows in his hands, the whole bridle and the gun, galloping freely, the enemy was defeated, and ran to the city and the city]

It can be seen that the so-called Liuding Liujia Divine Soldier is not a miscellaneous fish, but the elite of the elite, all the way into the camp of the Jin Army, Wan Yan Lou Room was hit by an arrow, and the Jin Army was almost defeated.

In a hurry, Wanyan Lou sent his eldest son and daughter to lead the Jurchen elite to fight to the death to stop Guo Jing.

Subsequently, the Jin army took advantage of the situation and entered the city.

If that arrow hits not Wanyan Lou's hand, but his head, then history will likely be rewritten.

Sun Fu will also become a hero who will turn the tide and help the building to fall.

This is the reason why later generations of history books and literati did not criticize Sun Fu.

Because everyone knows that Sun Fu is not to blame for this at all.

Even Wen Tianxiang admired Sun Fu very much and regarded him as an idol.

After the Jin army broke through Bianjing, when the Huiqin Erzong was put in the prison car, only Sun Fu stood up and shouted: I, the minister of Song, and the crown prince Fu, should die!

The only difference between Sun Fu and Yu Qian is that Yu Qian guarded the capital, while Sun Fu did not.

"Yes."

After listening to Han Zhen's analysis, Shi Wenhui nodded in agreement.

Otherwise, if you really want to attack, even if you can take down the city of Tokyo, there will be not much left with 80,000 troops under your command.

Han Zhen knew that Han Shizhong and other generals were holding their breath in their hearts, and it was impossible for him to let the 80,000 army be consumed here all the time, so he named him: "Han Shizhong, Wu Bao, Yu Jun, Zhang He!" ”

"The last general!"

The four of them looked shocked and responded in unison.

Han Zhen ordered: "The four of you each lead 1,000 Qingzhou troops and 5,000 Song troops, and the troops are divided into four routes, armed with field artillery and firearms, and capture the North and South Roads of Beijing." ”

As long as Jingbei Road and South Road are laid, Tokyo City will become a completely isolated city.

As for the army of King Qin...... Let's pass the level of Song Huizong first!

"The last general commands!"

Xiao Wu and the others looked happy.

Han Zhen continued to order: "Yue Fei and Huang Kai, after the rain stops, you two will shell all the towers in Tokyo City day and night with siege artillery, pretending to attack the city, and don't give the defenders a chance to breathe." ”

"Spread my word and ordered Wu Jue to lead his troops south and attack the Jianghuai two roads."

Looking at Tokyo City in the rain from afar, the corners of Han Zhen's mouth rose slightly.

This is the most prosperous and majestic capital in the world today, and it has long become dirty and rotten under its glamorous and gorgeous coat.

……

……

Rain cats and dogs.

On top of the three city towers in the east, west and south, the Song soldiers braved the heavy rain to clean up the corpses on the city towers.

Generally speaking, during the siege of a city, the battle damage of the besieging side is much larger than that of the defending side, and the more powerful the city, the higher the proportion.

The Song army defending the city died 1,000 people, and the besieging side had to fill it with at least 3,500 lives.

However, the Qingzhou army had firearms, which reversed the battle losses of the two sides.

In this siege battle, the number of Song soldiers killed was close to 10,000, and countless people were wounded.

Moreover, the power of firearms and siege artillery made the defenders frightened and demoralized.

Li Gang and Sun Fu, who had just appeased Zhao Huan, immediately changed their faces and were worried after walking out of the main hall.

Sun Fu looked worried: "The Han thief's firearms are sharp, and the soldiers' battle losses are too great. In this siege, nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed, and the wounded were as high as seven or eight thousand. ”

Li Gang said in a firm tone: "At present, the only way is to defend to the death and drag the army of King Qin to come from all over the country." At that time, Han Zhen doesn't want to retreat, and he has to retreat! ”

"The official is afraid of being beaten to the back, Li Bangyan and Cai You, a group of traitors, to persuade His Majesty to negotiate peace."

Sun Fu's worries were unreasonable, and the withdrawal of the Jin army had given the officials confidence.

But if the Han thieves attack fiercely, it is difficult to guarantee that the official family will not waver under the instigation of Li Bangyan and others and choose peace talks.

"We can only do our best."

Li Gang sighed, and then said: "The top priority at the moment is to gather the doctors in the city to heal the wounded soldiers. ”

Sun Fu said: "This official has already sent someone to handle this matter. ”

"That's good."

Li Gang nodded, and suddenly asked, "By the way, how much food is there in the city?" ”

Sun Fu muttered: "There should be about two million stones, and a little later, the official will personally go to the granaries to inspect the granaries." ”

"The matter of grain and grass will be handed over to Sun Shangshu, and the official will go to comfort the soldiers who are guarding the city."

"Good!"

The two said goodbye and immediately parted ways.

(End of chapter)