Chapter 30: The siege of the city is endless
The moonlight is hazy and the stars are dim. Through the cold bars of the prison, Zong Zheng saw a Kong Ming lantern flying high in the sky with the cool wind.
Although it is only a light, it also adds a touch of brilliance to the dim starry sky.
Gradually, the light became dimmer and dimmed, and gradually faded out of Zongzheng's sight.
Zong Zheng thought: "This general Wang said to turn his face, if I can't think of a way within three days, it's hard to guarantee that he won't really kill me, but I grew up in the barren forest since I was a child, how can I know what way to march and fight, this suddenly asked me to come up with a way to come up with a way in three days, isn't it clear that I want my life, hey, no matter, think about it as hard as you can, life and death are up to you." ”
While he was pondering, suddenly the iron door outside the cell was opened, and Zong Zheng heard the sound and turned his head to see the general standing next to Wang Jian in the inner hall walking in.
Zong Zheng asked, "I don't know, what is this general's name?"
Zong Zheng first set foot in the world, but he didn't know the identity of the prisoner, and asked Zhang Yu's name so directly, which made Zhang Yu a little curious.
"My surname is Zhang Mingyu. Zhang Yu replied lightly,
"General Zhang, what are you doing here? It's not been three days yet, shouldn't you just come and cut me?" Zong Zheng looked disdainful, and there was irony in his words.
"You don't have to be nervous, you said that three days will be three days, what about me, I just came to remind you on behalf of General Wang, come up with a way as soon as possible, otherwise General Wang will really cut you down, he hates moles the most in his life." Zhang Yu obviously came to add a fire to Wang Jian, and there was a meaning to stimulate Zongzheng between his words.
"I know you won't believe I'm not a mole, no matter what I say, but I really can't figure it out. Zong Zheng sat on the ground and replied coldly.
"I can't control this, anyway, these three days, I still give you good food and drink, after these three days, you still can't think of a way, then you blame you for your bad life, I'm leaving, you can do it yourself." As he spoke, he turned to leave, a wicked smile on his lips.
Zong Zheng watched Zhang Yu turn around and leave, feeling very unhappy in his heart, but he was helpless.
The door to the prison slammed shut, and there was a thud.
After the Mongol army was replenished with food and grass, Meng Ge prepared to launch a general attack on Diaoyu City, and immediately convened a meeting of military aircraft to discuss the strategy of attacking Diaoyu City again.
Generals at all levels and above attended the meeting. The atmosphere was as serious as ever, and Möngke said,
"Generals, I think you already know that the grain and grass have arrived, I want to ask you, what do you think of the next attack on Diaoyu City?"
"Great Khan, our army has finished recuperating, and these days, I have thought of a plan, I don't know if it is feasible. ”
The person who spoke was called Dong Wenwei, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, and was a rare general in front of the battle, good at arranging troops, but he was a little lacking in resourcefulness.
"Let's talk about it first. Meng Ge looked at Dong Wenwei, he knew Dong Wenwei's ability to plan and plan, so he didn't have great expectations in his eyes.
"The Song army must know that we have replenished the grain and grass, and they must be secretly thinking of destroying our grain and grass, if we use the grain and grass as bait to lead them into the trap, then we can give full play to the power of our army's field warfare. Dong Wenwei gestured with his hand, quite in the posture of commanding in front of the battle.
"Your plan is good, it's just that Wang Jian is a well-known general of Jiancheng, he rarely takes the initiative to attack, and the last time we replenished grain and grass, he still didn't close the city. Möngke implicitly dismissed this plan.
"That's what the Great Khan said. Dong Wenwei replied weakly, and then stepped aside and said no more.
Aktai stepped forward and said: "Great Khan, the king has closed the city, I think we can only start with siege weapons and siege methods. ”
"Then do you have any idea of a siege?" Möngke asked Aktai,
"The subordinates have thought about it carefully these days, and think that Wang Jian should be eliminated first, so that the defenders of Diaoyu City will be leaderless. Aktai replied in a rousing tone.
Meng Ge and Wang Jian have been facing each other for many days, and they really feel that Wang Jian is a powerful opponent, the last siege was a failure, and the word city was lost and lost, thinking about this, this opponent made him feel both admiration and headache, and now Aktai mentioned this matter, and couldn't help but arouse Meng Ge's interest.
"Well, Aktai, you're getting to the point, go on. Möngke looked at Aktai expectantly.
"That Wang Jian had a habit of personally climbing the tower to direct the soldiers to defend the city in every battle. If we can ambush the earth-shattering crossbow in advance and find the right time to shoot Wang Jian in one fell swoop, then the defenders of the city will inevitably fall into chaos, and then we can take advantage of the situation to attack the city. ”
Meng Ge knew very well the power of the earth-shattering crossbow, and Aktai was a first-class archer, if the timing was right, it was not impossible to shoot Wang Jian, Meng Ge couldn't help but look happy when he thought of this.
"Well, okay, give the order, tomorrow concentrate forces to attack the west gate of the town. Aktai, you are responsible for preparing the earth-shattering crossbow from three directions, if you can shoot Wang Jian, this Khan will remember your first merit. Möngke looked at the generals, and then at Aktai, and had great hopes for them.
After receiving the order, the generals walked out of the camp one after another and reorganized their armies for battle.
The next day, the drums of war sounded, and the Mongols launched an offensive.
Wang Jian stood on the city wall and said to Zhang Yu: "Just replenish the grain and grass and attack the city immediately, it seems that the Mongolian army is really not idle." There was some banter in his words, which showed that Wang Jian had already prepared and was a little confident.
"I don't know what tricks they will play this time. Zhang Yu's expression was slightly frowned, but he was a little worried.
Wang Jian looked at the offensive formation of the Mongol army and felt that they were going to concentrate all their efforts to attack the west gate of the town, so he adjusted the deployment in time, ordered Zhang Yu to leave the militia as a reserve, ordered the rest of the people to go to the city to resist the enemy, and notified Wang Anjie and Zhu Quanyi, who were guarding the city gate to protect the country, to be ready to reinforce the west gate of the town at any time. ”
Zhang Yu received the order and immediately arranged the defense of the city, while Wang Jian continued to command the soldiers defending the city.
Aktai ordered people to launch three earth-shattering crossbows that were made overnight from three directions on the front side.
But seeing that this crossbow is in the form of a bow and arrow, but the bow body and bowstring are made of extremely strong materials, and the bow and crossbow are extremely huge.
Two soldiers carry a huge arrow on the crossbow, the soldier will stick the arrow on the string, below is a huge turntable, the turntable is twisted together by iron chains, the soldiers below tie one end of the iron chain to the harness of the two horses, whip the horses, the horse will rotate along the turntable, the tighter the iron chain below, the more the upper arrow string is pulled open, the more the arrow is lost, the more force the arrow is lost.
As soon as the bow was drawn, the horse was restrained.
Aktai ordered the axemen to prepare next to the earth-shattering crossbow, and at the first command, he raised his axe and cut the chains.
The Mongol army attacked fiercely under the cover of the fire marble, and the resistance of the Song army was also quite stubborn, and there were flying stones on the tower of the city constantly flying towards the Mongol army, and the Mongol army was repulsed by the Song army several times when they climbed the city.
After more than an hour, the war fell into a state of anxiety, and Meng Ge's heart was still hanging.
Wang Jian killed the enemy at the head of the city with all the soldiers, and Aktai kept staring at Wang Jian's moving figure, the red robe worn on Wang Jian's body seemed to have been dangling in front of Aktai's eyes, he was like a cheetah staring at his prey, with great patience and judgment, and had been directing the soldiers in charge of the earth-shattering crossbow to constantly adjust the direction of the arrow.
The Mongol army regained the top of the city, the situation of the Song army was critical, and Aktai finally saw that Wang Jian had entered the range of the earth-shattering crossbow adjusted in advance, and immediately seized the opportunity to give an order.
The three axemen cut the chains together.
The bow that lost its strong restraint immediately ejected, sending the huge arrow flying into the air.
Three arrows shot at Wang Jian from three directions, quickly slashing through the air, Wang Jian only cared about killing the enemy, and did not see the arrows surging towards him, the guards responsible for guarding Wang Jian's safety naturally noticed the three extremely lethal arrows, but it was too late, so they could only block with knives immediately, and the two instantly blocked in front of Wang Jian and prepared to fight to protect Wang Jian.
Meng Ge saw the giant arrow flying in the air, and his heart also became nervous, and he couldn't help but clench his fists, and secretly thought in his heart: "Success or failure is here." ”
The three giant arrows were getting closer and closer to Wang Jian, and it was time to avoid it.
Two of the giant arrows passed through the guards on both sides, and when they shot at the city wall, the arrows of the giant arrows immediately cracked, and dozens of small arrows were shot from inside;
The giant arrows are obviously designed and created by the master of casting arrows, and they will immediately crack when they touch the things they block, and the small arrows inside, all the arrows are made of special Jiugong Xuan iron, and they will bounce and shoot when they encounter hard things, and they will go straight into them when they encounter soft things, and for a while, there are hundreds of sharp arrows flying around Wang Jian.
Wang Jian dodged nimbly, constantly blocking with his knife, and the soldiers around him were killed and wounded by the flying arrows, and there was no shortage of Mongolian soldiers in the melee.
After all the sharp arrows stopped flying up and down, Wang Jian vaguely felt great pain in his right chest and left arm, and looked down to see that there was a sharp arrow on the chest side of his right chest and left lower arm. Suddenly, he couldn't breathe, spit out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and fell to the ground.
The soldiers closest to him hurried to pick up Wang Jian. Wang Jian's mouth opened slightly, made a faint sound, helped his soldiers close to his ears and listened carefully, Wang Jian said weakly: "Quick, quickly call Zhang Yu." ”
The Mongolian army that had already landed on the city immediately rushed in, more than a dozen Song soldiers desperately protected Wang Jian, and quickly carried him into the stretcher, and the two soldiers carried the stretcher and retreated safely to the city under the escort of many soldiers.
After Wang Jian was hit by the arrow, Meng Ge saw that Wang Jian's position on the city tower was suddenly in chaos, and his troops took advantage of the situation to quickly rush up to the city tower from the gap in the city defense, and he knew in his heart that Wang Jian's ten ** had been hit by the arrow, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and his eyes stared at the dynamics on the city tower motionlessly.
The situation in the city was extremely critical, Zhang Yu led the militia to hurry over, and just saw Wang Jian being carried by soldiers under the city tower, with two arrows in his body and blood spitting from his mouth. Seeing this situation, he knew that something was wrong, and he didn't have time to check Wang Jian's injury, so he led the militia to rush to the city tower.