Chapter 26: The Battle of Diaoyu City
The next day, the sky was bright, the white of the fish belly had not yet been revealed, and the gray sky did not seem to wake up, and in the morning, Zong Zheng was kicked awake by Zhu Yunshi.
Looking at the woman in white clothes in front of him who was urging him to get up, it reminded Zongzheng of Xian'er.
Xian'er also often urged me to get up, but in a much gentler way than the woman in front of me, one was gently pushing with her hands, and the other was kicking hard with her feet. Zong Zheng secretly compared, and his heart was full of thoughts of Xianjie.
Zhu Yunshi looked at Zong Zheng indifferently, so she lifted the corner of the carpet and lifted Zong Zheng to the ground.
Zong Zheng was really taken aback, he couldn't imagine that this woman was hiding her internal strength.
"With my Vientiane renewal skills, I have only noticed this woman's hidden internal skills until now, which shows that this woman's skills must be very deep, and once today is over, I have to leave as soon as possible. Zong Zheng thought to himself.
"Hurry up and follow me to the front of the army. Zhu Yunshi coldly dropped a sentence and threw the carpet she was holding in her hand on the ground.
Zong Zheng never thought that the seemingly delicate woman in front of him would be so arrogant, and he couldn't help but feel a little scared, so he hurriedly got up and went out with Zhu Yunshi.
According to the battle plan drawn up yesterday, Meng Ge was ready to attack Diaoyu City again, he stood in the middle of the Chinese army, personally ordered the generals in Shuaitai, he divided the army into two groups, one group was reserved in the rear, and the other group was divided into five groups to attack the city and the city gates of Zhenxi, Dongxin, Qisheng, and Huguo.
The sound of trumpets and whining, and the sound of war drums shook the heavens and the earth.
A large number of infantry marched towards the city gate under the escort of crossbowmen and shield men, the rear infantry pushed out trebuchets, and the heavy armoured soldiers in the middle pushed the huge stakes of the door with great difficulty, and every three meters was a ladder team, carrying the ladder to climb the siege.
The siege battle is about to begin.
On the city wall, the Song army saw that the Mongol soldiers were coming from all directions, and the crowd was surging like a tide, threatening to swallow the city, but they were not afraid.
At the head of the city, I saw a man with a thick black beard, round eyes, a strong posture, wearing armor, and a sword at his waist. It is quite a general's majesty and demeanor.
This is the general Wang Jian, who stands at the head of the city and commands Ruoding.
"The crossbowmen obey the order and release the arrows as soon as the enemy approaches the range of the bows. β
"The artillery commander obeys the order, and when the enemy approaches the range of the artillery, he will immediately open fire,"
Li Zizhang, the chief soldier of the bow and crossbow, and Zhang Chi, the chief soldier of artillery, received the order successively.
Wang Jian then commanded: "Zhu Quanyi listened to the order, and prepared two jars of tung oil collected the day before yesterday every three meters, and when the enemy climbed the ladder to the city wall, immediately sprinkled a jar of tung oil on the bamboo poles on both sides of the ladder, and then lit a fire. β
After receiving the order, the general Zhu Quanyi left immediately.
Ma Qian listened to the order, and immediately asked the militia team to reserve troops, the four city gates, where there is danger, where to support immediately. β
Then he ordered Zhang Yu to say: "I command the guards of the two gates of Zhenxi and Qisheng, and you are responsible for the two gates of Dongxin and Huguo." Remember, the city is in the people, and the city is dead. β
General Zhang Yu commanded: "Yes, general, take care." Then he departed.
A young man, also wearing armor and robes, saw that Zhang Jian had not arranged a task for himself, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the initiative to ask,
"General, what can I do?"
This person is Wang Anjie, the son of Wang Jian, who is worthy of the tiger general, and is quite courageous and brave.
Wang Jian patted Wang Anjie's shoulder,
"Your task is the most urgent, you are responsible for assisting Uncle Ma, this time the Mongolian army has changed the norm and attacked on all fronts, I am afraid that there will be a case, so the militia will be left as a reserved force, you remember, once which city gate is critical, after Uncle Ma leads part of the militia to support, you must not move, stay and command the remaining militia, I am afraid that the two city gates will be in danger at the same time. β
Wang Anjie naturally understood Wang Jian's intentions, and left immediately after receiving the order.
The momentum of the Mongol army was like a rainbow, and seeing that the siege force was about to approach the moat, there were already people in the Song army who couldn't hold it.
Wang Jian still did not issue the order to release the arrows, but just said loudly: "The whole army, hold steady." β
The voice is like thunder, and it is quite majestic.
On the towering stands of the Mongol rear army, the flag bearers waved their flags.
Suddenly, the army in charge of the fire marble rush placed the fire marble on the trebuchet.
The flag-bearers waved their flags again, and the sound of the bull's horn also changed abruptly, and in an instant, dozens of fire marble stones flew towards the city wall, drawing an arc of fire in the air.
The siege infantry also instantly increased their advance under the cover of the fire marble.
Wang Jian shouted loudly: "Release." β
The crossbowmen on the city wall took advantage of the situation and flew the arrows in their hands, and in an instant, tens of thousands of black arrows poured down like a flood.
At this moment, the fire marble also landed in the air, smashed on the city, and exploded immediately.
The Song soldiers on the city wall were immediately killed and wounded.
In a few moments, another man took the position of the dead and wounded and continued to defend the city.
The Mongol army used marble as infantry cover, and every few minutes a wave of marble descended into the air.
Despite this, the Song army still resisted stubbornly in an orderly manner under the command of the general Wang Jian.
The Mongol army besieging the city was also under great pressure from the rain of arrows from the Song army in the city.
When the ladder climbed the ladder and leaned against the city wall, there were Mongolian soldiers who climbed the ladder and fought bloodily to defend the city.
Dozens of heavily armored soldiers pushed the stumps under the protection of shields to storm the city gates, and the soldiers in the city supported the city gates with large tree stumps, and dozens of people resisted with force.
Wang Jian immediately ordered a team of crossbowmen to come to the city gate tower, ignited a rocket and shot at the bottom of the gate post and the people who pushed and collided next to him. Unfortunately, many arrows hit the shield, and occasionally a few arrows knocked over one person, and then another person held the shield on top, and the gap was immediately blocked.
The gates were slammed violently.
Zong Zheng followed Zhu Yunshi to stand in front of the formation, and when he saw the Mongolian soldiers surging on the ground and the fire marble flying in the sky, he couldn't help but be shocked for a while, who had never seen such a big battle.
Zhu Yunshi looked at Zong Zheng as if he was uncomfortable, and sneered: "You are really useless, and you didn't let you go into battle to kill the enemy, look at you nervous." β
"I'm not nervous, I'm just uncomfortable seeing so many people dying because of the war. "Zongzheng is not lying, he is not afraid, but seeing so many people die, it seems that for them, life is so unvalued, it can't help but be a little uncomfortable and sad.
"If there is war, there will be casualties, this is inevitable, if you can't stand it, turn away, don't be embarrassed here. Zhu Yunshi ridiculed Zongzheng for a while.
Although Zongzheng was angry, he really couldn't stand it, so he turned around and sat on the ground.
The war suddenly fell into a state of anxiety, the Mongol army attacked from all sides, and the Song army was in danger for a while.
When MΓΆngke saw that the siege force was much more effective than before, he knew that this method had been slightly effective.
But the city was not taken for a day, and Meng Ge was finally uneasy.
By noon, the sun was getting warmer and the wind was stopping.
Meng Ge closed his eyes, stretched out his palm to feel the sunlight and the faint wind, and took a deep breath.
Slowly open your eyes.
"The time has come, the order, the front siege troops to withdraw and rest, the reserve troops to take over the original siege force to continue the siege. Order the fire cloud chariot troops, wait for the siege troops to be replaced, and replace the fire cloud stone with the jar prepared in advance. β
The heralds took the order and rode away on horseback.
In the stands, the flag-bearers changed their flags and waved them again, and the horns changed their voices.
The besieging troops in front heard the horn and the whole army retreated.
When the defenders saw the Mongol army retreating, they couldn't help but cheer: "Retreat! Retreat!"
The general Wang Jian didn't care, and years of experience told him that there must be a conspiracy here.
Li Zizhang and Zhu Quanyi ran over and asked, "The Mongolian army was repelled by our army, why is the general unhappy?"
Wang Jian said: "The Mongolian army fought fiercely with our army until noon, and our army was obviously invincible, and it should have taken advantage of the victory to step up the siege of the city, so why did it withdraw its troops? Presumably, there must be some deception in this!"
Zhu Quanyi said: "Maybe they have a mess inside?"
"You see, the rear troops of the Mongolian army are deployed in an attack formation, and there is no chaos at all, how can there be chaos inside?" Wang Jian said, pointing to the retreating Mongolian soldiers in the distance,
Zhu Quanyi echoed: "What the general said is reasonable. β
"The order, the defenders of the city immediately entered a state of readiness. Wang Jian had a bad premonition.
In less than a moment, the flag bearers in the stands waved their flags again, and the horns sounded again.
The reserve units of the Mongolian army advanced in battle formation one after another, and the black pressure was another large area.
The defenders heard the trumpets and saw a large number of Mongol soldiers coming again like a flood.
Wang Jian shouted: "The whole army has entered the alert. β
The soldier in charge of the fire cloud car replaced the fire cloud stone and replaced the large wine jar.
Zavin Nayan ordered, "Release." β
Dozens of jars flew up in the space and fell to the city wall together.
After the jar fell and shattered, a yellow liquid flowed out, the smell was very pungent, and it only took a moment for another wave of jars to fall.
Wang Jian couldn't help but have doubts in his heart: "The Mongolian army used to use fire marble as a cover for the siege troops, and only when the soldiers approached the range of my bow and crossbow would they launch the fire marstone, but the troops just started to attack the city and threw this unknown liquid in advance, presumably there must be a trick behind it, but I don't know what trick it is?"
While they were thinking, the besieging force was approaching the moat.
Wang Jian didn't have time to think about how to deal with it, and the enemy moved quickly.
Wang Jian had no choice but to respond to all changes with the same.
"The whole army is steady, the archers are ready. β
The whole army was held steady under the command of General Wang Jian.
Wait for the Mongol army to approach the moat.
Wang Jian gave an order, and the arrow fell into the air.
At this moment, the Mongolian soldiers in charge of the fire cloud car had already replaced the fire cloud stones, and also threw dozens of fire cloud stones towards the front city wall.
The fire marble exploded on the city wall, and the yellow liquid met the sparks and emitted yellow smoke, and immediately the soldiers defending the city were choked by the yellow smoke, and the most terrible thing was that the smoke was quite irritating to the eyes, and the eyes of the soldiers guarding the city were smoked with tears, and they couldn't see the objects under the city clearly.
The city was in chaos immediately, and Wang Jian's eyes were suddenly confused.
"Quickly mobilize the militia. Wang Jian squinted his eyes and shouted loudly.
It turned out that the book that Zhu Yunshi handed to Meng Ge yesterday was actually a recipe for making drugs, and Meng Ge rushed to make it overnight after getting it, just as the weather warmed up at noon and the wind direction changed abruptly, so he used this evil strategy.