Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Battle Outside Qingzhou City
However, he said that Li Hong had slaughtered Tata more than under the horse, and he was angry with Yelu Xiongnu. Jerodonnu wanted to fight with a spear. Zhao Mei'an persuaded to stop, go to yourself!
Li Hong saw Zhao Mei'an holding a spear in his hand, a golden helmet and golden armor, and a sword hanging from his waist, and came on a prancing horse! Therefore, he pointed at Zhao Mei'an with a big knife and said: "Come and report your name!"
He replied: "I am the generalissimo's vanguard general, Zhao Mei'an!"
Li Hong first came to greet him with a sword, and the two generals fought more than 70 times before the battle without seeing a victory, and Yelu Xiongnu was shocked when he saw this. Worried that Zhao Mei'an would lose, he secretly held a flying knife in his hand, and wanted to help at a critical time.
But seeing that Li Zhao and the two were caught and killed in front of the battle, the two of them had the same martial arts, no distinction between upper and lower. The big knife in that hand slashed like a fly, and the move was fatal. The spear in this one's hand rolled like a silver snake, and the gear was powerful. The two generals fought back and forth, but did not see a victory. When you enter, I will retreat. When I advance, you retreat.
The two generals fought dozens of times, and Li Hongxian didn't care that he had killed in front of the Jin army. It's just that the two generals are killed before the battle, and others don't have to interfere. And he was not wary of Jerodonus coming to his aid.
Zhao Mei'an stabbed a false shot on the left, immediately withdrew the gun, and swept thousands of troops towards Li Hongxian with one move. Li Hong first turned sideways and dodged this move, but turned his back to Yelu Xiongnu.
Yelu Xiongnu saw that Zhao Mei'an had been fighting Li Hongxian for a long time, and at this time, he saw Li Hongxian with his back to him, so he just happened to help. Nai pushed his left hand with the momentum, and a flying knife shot out, straight into Li Hongxian's waist.
Li Hongxian was fighting with Zhao Mei'an very quickly, and suddenly felt a huge pain in his waist, and he didn't have time to raise his knife. was stabbed to death by Zhao Mei'an under the horse!
Li Xuan and the others will see Li Hongxian die under the horse on the city tower, and they will all lose their color.
Zhao Mei'an returned victorious. Yelu Xiongnu pointed a gun at Li Xuan and said, "Who else dares to go out of the city to fight?"
Before Yelu Xiongnu's words fell, he suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing from the rear, and the rear army was in chaos first, and when he looked back, he saw a team of Song troops attacking from behind, and the shouts were loud. The first few generals are all strong in martial arts, and the sergeants under them can't stand it.
Yelu Xiongnu knew that it was a plan, and hurriedly led several troops with Zhao Mei'an, and the two of them broke through and retreated.
Li Xuan saw Lei Dahai and Zhang Zheng leading the troops back on the city tower, and urgently ordered the generals to lead the troops out of the city to kill the enemy. I saw the opening of the city gate, Wang Shijie, Deng Min, and Li Dahu took the lead, each leading a team of soldiers and horses out of the city, and Lei Zhang and the two attacked the Jin army.
The Jin army was attacked by the front and back, and it was a mess in an instant, Yelu Xiongnu and Zhao Mei'an couldn't hold down the corner, but were collided by the Jin army's iron cavalry, and were involved in the chaos, unable to display their martial arts!
Yelu Xiongnu was forced to have no way forward and backward by his own subordinate sergeants in the army on horseback, and he could not advance or retreat! When he saw Lei Dahai and Zhang Zheng leading his troops in the rear rushing and killing in the army, he was furious in his heart as if he had entered a no-man's land. Holding a spear in his hand, he took a breath of true qi, performed light skills and stepped on people's heads to go around the front, grabbed a sergeant's war horse, and grabbed the front enemy to catch the thunder sea.
Zhao Mei'an saw that Yelu Xiongnu flew around to the rear to enemy Lei Dahai, so he led several generals to reflexively kill back, and the enemy was Wang Shijie, Deng Min, and Li Dahu. The subordinate sergeants then fought indiscriminately with the Song army, and fled by seizing the road.
Zhao Mei'an fought against Wang Shijie, fought more than 40 times, and stabbed Wang Shijie's left shoulder socket with a shot, and Wang Shijie fled into the city with injuries. Zhao Mei'an didn't chase after him, and turned to fight Deng Min.
However, it was said that Deng Minnai was a disciple of the Five Elements Sect in Mengzhou, with strong martial arts, good at making double knives, and a set of Five Elements Fist alone in martial arts.
At this time, he led the troops out of the city to kill the enemy, and slaughtered several generals of the Jin army before the battle. When he saw that Wang Shijie was wounded and fled into the city, he also sent a horse to fight Zhao Mei'an. The two generals handed over horses, one made a big sword, and the other made a spear, and killed them in the array. Zhao Mei'an's martial arts were originally above Deng Min, but when he saw that there were few generals left with him, he either died or fled, and his heart was flustered. When he accidentally cut his left hand by Deng Min, he was shocked in his heart, so he fled! Deng Min did not chase after him, but only turned his horse into battle to kill the enemy.
The two armies fought for an hour, and the Jin army suffered countless casualties and retreated. Of the 6,000 men, less than 1,000 were still killed on the battlefield.
However, it was said that Yelu Xiongnu was against Lei Dahai and fought more than 50 times, and suddenly picked off the spear in Lei Dahai's hand with a single shot. Lei Dahai hurriedly pulled out the cold light sword and cut off the head of Yeluxiongnu's spear with a sword. Yelu Xiongnu saw that the spear in his hand was cut off by the sword of the thunder sea. Nai took out a snake whip and struck it at the door of the thunderous sea.
Lei Dahai saw that the snake whip in Yeluxiongnu's hand was in a hurry, and hurriedly flew up and jumped off the horse, avoiding Yeluxiongnu's whip.
Seeing that Lei Dahai was strong in martial arts, Yelu Xiongnu slaughtered several of his subordinates in the battle. At this time, seeing that Lei Dahai was defeated, he wanted to take Lei Dahai's life. Seeing that Lei Dahai was forced to dismount by his own whip, he also flew up and jumped to make a move to swim the dragon pillar and hit Lei Dahai. Although Lei Dahai had a sword in his hand, he lost his previous role in front of this soft weapon. I had to fly and jump, retreat half a foot, and avoid the whip of Yelu Xiongnu!
But seeing that he had just avoided the whip of Jerodonnu, the whip of Jerodonnu followed closely behind. In the hands of Yelushonnu, this snake whip was like having eyes, and it struck people everywhere and killed them.
Although the cold light sword in Lei Dahai's hand was less than two feet, he saw Yelu Xiongnu whipping again. But he waved his sword and wanted to cut off the snake whip in Yelu Xiongnu's hand, but he didn't expect that the sword had just touched the snake whip. Suddenly, the snake whip wrapped around the sword several times. Yelu Xiongnu also leaned over with the snake whip, and at the same time punched with his left hand to the middle of the thunder sea.
The sword in Lei Dahai's hand was entangled by Yelu Xiongnu with a snake whip, and he was in a dilemma, cutting and sharpening, and he couldn't pull it out. Suddenly, he saw that Yelu Xiongnu was punching with his left hand, and the force was fierce and urgent. It is impossible to let go of the sword. Nai hurriedly took a breath of true qi, and caused the iron finger divine skill to hit Yelu Xiongnu's left shoulder.
Yelu Xiongnu punched first, and just hit the middle point of Lei Dahai's chest in front of him, and at this moment, Lei Dahai's two fingers also hit Yelu Xiongnu's left shoulder socket.
Yelu Xiongnu only felt a numbness in his left shoulder, and the strength of his fist suddenly decreased by half. And although Lei Dahai's two fingers were on Yelu Xiongnu's left shoulder socket, because he was hit in the chest, the power of the Iron Finger Divine Skill was also reduced by several points. Although his strength was reduced, because of the different methods of hurting people in the Iron Finger Divine Skill, he still beat Yelu Xiongnu's left shoulder into an internal injury.
Yelu Xiongnu only felt that after his left shoulder was hit by Lei Dahai's two fingers, the pain was unbearable, and his left hand lost sensation. Nai secretly took a breath of true anger, endured the pain, and flew up on a war horse to escape.
Lei Dahai was hit in the chest, and although he was not seriously injured, he was still beaten back several feet. When he saw that Jerodon's slave had taken his horse and fled, he did not pursue him.
In the battle, the Jin army saw that the two main generals were not on the battlefield, and they also fled on horseback. In a matter of moments, hundreds of Jin troops fled from the battlefield following Yelu Xiongnu.
The Song army did not chase and kill, nor did they clean up the battlefield. Only follow Lei Zhang's second general to return to the city and close the city gate. Not long after, I saw the Jin army come back again.
It turned out that the 6,000 pioneers of the Jin Army were attacked by Yang Jianhui's design before and after, and more than half of them were killed and wounded, and only more than 2,000 people escaped.
Yelu Xiongnu and Zhao Mei'an led the defeated troops back more than ten miles, and suddenly saw the arrival of 30,000 horses and horses under the heavy command of Wan Yan Jie, so they joined forces with Wan Yan Jie and returned to Qingzhou City.
When Yan Jie led the team to the city of Qingzhou, he saw corpses lying all over the city, and blood flowed like a river. Most of them are golden soldiers. The Song soldiers had all gone back to the city.
Wanyan Jiezhong and Wugu Ren'an, Wanyan Shengping three generals saw that Qingzhou's city defense was strong, and it was difficult to break for a while. I had to order the sergeant to retreat twenty miles to the village, so as to wait for the arrival of the generalissimo and then make a long-term plan!
Wanyan Zongwang led more than 100,000 horses to set off from Bazhai in Dezhou, and could only travel dozens of miles a day. It took more than ten days to travel from Texas to Qingzhou.
Wan Yan Jiezhong has set up camp twenty miles north of Qingzhou City, and sent a large team of men and horses to call for battle outside Qingzhou City every day.
Li Xuan and other generals saw that the Jin army was large in number and did not dare to go out of the city. Only order the soldiers to hold on to the city and close the gates!
As soon as Wan Yan Jie saw the generalissimo again, he took Wugu Ren'an, Wan Yan Shengping and the two went to the big tent to see Wan Yan Zongwang together, and said: "Qingzhou soldiers and horses are strong, and the city is high and difficult to attack. If it is attacked, I am afraid that it will be disadvantageous to our army!"
Wanyan Zongwang said: "Qingzhou is not defeated, and it is difficult for our army to go south." We must try to break through Qingzhou to ensure that our army has no worries about going south!" Sure enough, the city of Qingzhou was high, and there were many soldiers, so it was difficult to attack.
The defenders in Qingzhou City saw that the Jin army was strong and numerous, and although they were in the city, they also had a sense of fear.
Wanyan Zongwang saw that the defenders in the city did not dare to go out of the city to engage in battle, so he led the generals to go around the city to inspect for a week. However, seeing that the city was high on all sides and the soldiers were strong, it was difficult to conquer, so he ordered the sergeants to temporarily retreat to the camp to rest. Gather the crowd to discuss the siege strategy!
Zhao Mei'an said: "Qingzhou's city defense is strong, and the soldiers and horses are strong. And there are many high-level martial arts masters in the army to help. There are also people who are good at using soldiers in the city, and if our army storms Qingzhou, I am afraid it will not be easy!"
Guo Pin sneered when he heard this, and said again: "What General Zhao said is very true, there are indeed people with extremely high martial arts in Qingzhou City who help each other in the army! A few days ago, Yelu Xiongnu and the Song army fought under the city, and saw a veteran general with a sword in his hand, which could cut gold and break jade, and his martial arts were extremely high. General Yelu Xiongnu was injured in the left shoulder by the veteran with internal strength, and the pain will not be fully healed for several days!"
Guo Pin said: "In this way, the second general Chen Xiao also died at the hands of this veteran." What if I enter the city at night and slaughter this veteran?"
Zhao Mei'an said: "If Guo Huwei is willing to enter the city to kill this veteran, it will definitely greatly weaken the fighting spirit of the Song army, and it will be beneficial to our army!"
However, this veteran also has a sword in his hand that can cut gold and break jade, and his martial arts are strange and his internal strength is strong. I'm afraid that his martial arts are not under Guo's guard!
I don't know if Guo Huwei has seen General Yelu's injury, if he has seen General Yelu's injury, he must know something about the veteran general in the Song army!"
Guo Pin has walked the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and has beaten invincible opponents all over the world with a Tianxing sword in his hand. At this time, he was provoked by Zhao Mei'an's words, and said: "I will enter the Song military camp tonight, and take the head of the veteran to be dedicated to the marshal!"
Although Yan Zongwang knew that Guo Pin's martial arts were strong, after hearing Zhao Mei'an's words, he was worried that Guo Pin would lose, so he said: "Guo Guards don't have to enter Qingzhou at night, but after I break the city, I will inevitably be captured!"
When Guo Pin heard this, he knew that the generalissimo was worried that he would not be able to fight the general, so he thought secretly: "It seems that the generalissimo still doesn't understand my ability, and when I enter the city tonight, I will take the head of the general, so that you can know what I can do." Then he said: "What the generalissimo said is very true!"
Guo Qiu thought about it for a long time, and said to the generals: "Qingzhou City is well defended, and there are heavy guards, if you want to break the city, it is not easy." However, if our army concentrates superior forces to attack its side, making it difficult for the other army to deploy, it may not be impossible to break through the city. ”
Wanyan Zongwang said: "What the military advisor said is very true, tomorrow our army will concentrate its forces to attack its north gate!"
The discussion was decided, and the generals went back to their camps to prepare siege equipment, reward the soldiers, and attack the city the next day!
Guo Pin changed into a night suit, put on the Heavenly Star Sword on his back, and went to the city to get the head of the thunder sea to show his ability!
When I came to the city wall, I looked up and saw that the city wall was only four feet high. There are countless defenders on the city tower, and the fire is bright. He sneaked to the corner of the city, jumped into the wall, and with a touch of his strength on the wall, he crossed the wall like a ghost. The high level of its light work is rare in the world.
After entering the city, a night patrol sergeant was arrested and inquired about the location of the barracks. Then he performed light feats and went to the barracks! However, he saw that there were many pavilions in the barracks, which were brightly lit and heavily guarded.
Pin then jumped onto the roof and entered the barracks from the roof. Look around for the bedroom of the Song army's main general. Inspected several pavilions, and did not find a member of the Song army, looking at the sky, it was already time. He captured a colonel in the camp and asked, "Where is the commander in your barracks?"
The junior colonel replied: "The commander of our army is not in the barracks, but in the Soldiers and Horses Division!"
Guo Pin asked, "Where is the Terracotta Division?"
The school replied, "It's on Chengbei Street!"
Guo Pin inquired about the location of the Soldiers and Horses Division's Mansion, and slashed this little colonel to death with one palm!
Guo Pin's light skills are extremely high, and he has rushed to the Terracotta Mansion in the north of the city before half a pillar of incense is released. I saw that the palace of the Soldiers and Horses Division was also heavily guarded, with many pavilions, and the palace lights shining like daylight.
Guo Pin saw that there were dozens of big men guarding the front door, so he went around to the side wall and jumped onto the roof. When I looked around, I saw a figure shaking in the south hall, and there were four big men guarding outside the hall. Then he went around the roof from the ridge to the roof of the south hall, uncovered the tiles and peeked, only to see that there were several military generals in the hall. On the left sits an elderly general, brightly armoured, with a sword hanging from his waist. The rest of the generals are middle-aged or young.
Guo Pin thought secretly and said: "It seems that the person who injured Yelu Xiongnu is this old general." But at this time, there are several military generals in the hall, all of them are not weak in martial arts, and the door is heavily guarded, so it is difficult to start for a while! I will find a good time!" I made up my mind, so I lay down on the roof and waited for the opportunity. By the turn of the day, the sky had turned white, and I couldn't wait any longer, and it would be dawn if I waited any longer. But the generals in the hall have not yet dispersed.
Impatient, Pin then covered the roof tiles and had to leave first. Otherwise, if you want to get out of the city smoothly after dawn, you will be in trouble! After leaving the city, he quickly returned to the camp tent and slept for a while, when he suddenly heard the trumpet of the Chinese army in the camp sounding, so he rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army to participate in the discussion!
Wanyan Zongwang instructed the generals: "Prepare siege equipment when you wait, and attack the city at noon!"
The generals were ordered, and each returned to the headquarters, so that the sergeants were fed and lightly clothed, and the equipment was prepared!
At noon, the Jin army gathered tens of thousands of troops under the city of Qingzhou, carrying siege equipment and waiting for the battle.
The Song army in the city saw that the Jin army had a strict lineup and a clear banner. Goose carts, ladders, stone carts, and other siege equipment were densely packed, and there was fear in my heart! Suddenly, I saw a prancing horse coming and shouted: "Call Li Xuan, the defender of Rucheng, to answer!"
Li Xuan replied when he heard this: "This is Li Xuan, what will you say?"
The general shouted: "I am the generalissimo's general, Wan Yanjie is also! I am hereby ordered by the generalissimo to persuade the general to surrender." If the general is willing to surrender the city, one can protect the people of the city from being destroyed, and the other can ensure that the rank of general and officer will not be lost! If the general is obsessed, he will defend the city. When the city is broken, the general will regret it too late! I hope the general will think twice!"
When Li Xuan heard this, he was furious and said: "You and the other Jin people are all people who have no faith and righteousness, and they do everything they can to kill wolves! All our generals would rather be broken than destroyed! If you can't hold this city, you will die and never surrender to your Jin people! You go back and tell the marshal of your army that he should attack the city!"
Wan Yanjie said: "Those who eavesdrop on the affairs of the times are Junjie! I hope to think twice before acting, so as not to regret it!"
Li Xuan was furious and said: "Don't say more, all my soldiers swear to defend this city, and you will go back and lead the troops to attack the city!"
After Yan Jie wanted to persuade again, Li Xuan saw that Yan Jie did not leave after seeing him on the city tower, and he still wanted to persuade him, but he was furious. So he took a bow and an arrow on the city tower and shot an arrow at the door of Wan Yanjie. Wan Yanjie was almost hit by an arrow. Fang Yuema left.
Wan Yan Jie came back and said that Wan Yan Zongwang said: "The Song army refuses to surrender the city!"
Wanyan Zongwang then ordered the siege of the city. As soon as the order was given, the shouting of killing was like a landslide and the ground cracked, and thousands of Jin troops pushed goose carts, stone carts, and ladders to the city wall.
When the Song army saw that the Jin army was approaching the city wall, he smashed the rolling wood and thunder stone down, boiled the fish oil and poured it down.
The Jin army then used dozens of stone carts to live on the city tower and beat the stones, the city tower collapsed in many places, and the sergeants killed many people!
From the time the Jin army attacked the city at noon to Shen, they saw piles of dead bodies by the city wall, rivers of blood, thousands of dead and wounded, and still attacked the city.
Wanyan Zongwang saw that the Jin army had suffered heavy casualties on the general's platform, and the Song army was stubborn in defending the city. Then he ordered a temporary retreat and considered it in the long run!
Li Xuan and the other generals saw that the Jin army was retreating, so they discussed countermeasures on the city tower!
Zhang Zheng said: "The Jin army is overwhelming, the stone cart is extremely powerful, and the ladder has been erected on the city tower many times, and our army has suffered heavy casualties. If the Jin army continues to attack the city, and we have no reinforcements to help, we will definitely not be able to hold this city!"
The generals were silent. Li Xuansi thought for a moment, and said: "If the city of Qingzhou is broken, the Jin army will definitely advance to Antaizhou." Since the imperial court has not sent rescue troops for a while, we can go to Antai Prefecture for help. If we can get 10,000 reinforcements from Antai Prefecture, we can hold this city for three months without a problem. As long as we can resist the Jin army for two months and cannot advance southward, the Jin army will definitely be scattered!"
Deng Min said: "What General Li said is very true! I know that Wang Jiaotou has an old relationship with Lord Liu, the governor of Antai Prefecture, and the general can make a book to explain the stakes, and ask Wang Jiaotou to take him to Antai Prefecture to present Lord Liu in person!"
Li Xuansui wrote a book and asked Wang Shijie to take it to Antai Prefecture to present Lord Liu.
Although Wang Shijie was injured in his left shoulder, he did not refuse, took the letter and rode out of the south gate of the city gate to Antaizhou.
It was only a day and a half journey from Qingzhou to Antai Prefecture, and Wang Shijie hurried to Antai Prefecture in just one day!
Lord Liu is also a person from the main battle faction of the imperial court, and after reading the letter, he discussed with Xuanwu Duwei Chai Biao. Chai Biao is a close confidant of the court lord and faction Zhang Bangchang. Chai Biao said: "There are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Taizhou, and there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou." If the soldiers and horses of Wu'an Taizhou are transferred to Qingzhou for assistance. If you still can't hold Qingzhou, and the Jin army breaks through Qingzhou and then advances southward, how will Ru Wu explain to the imperial court?"
Liu Zhizhou said: "What General Chai said is very true! However, the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Wu'an Taizhou are also owned by the imperial court, and if they can be transferred to Qingzhou for assistance and form an army with the Qingzhou army, they can greatly strengthen the defense force of Qingzhou." This plan to besiege Wei and save Zhao is also, if General Chai is unwilling to transfer troops to support Qingzhou, until Qingzhou City is broken, the Jin army will inevitably advance to Wu'an Taizhou. At that time, can the general's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses be able to hold Wu'an Taizhou?"
Chai Biao said: "Having said that, if you want to transfer the soldiers and horses of Antaizhou, you must have an order from the imperial court." If there is no order from the imperial court, please forgive the officials for their disobedience!"
Liu Zhizhou was impatient, thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered that Lord Yan, the Xuanfu envoy of Shandong Road, was in the Antaizhou Pavilion. It was to take the head of the Wang sect to the pavilion to see Lord Yan.
After Lord Yan maneuvered from it, Chai Biaofang promised to send 2,000 troops to support Qingzhou. Then he ordered the generals Li Zhi and An Letai to lead the troops into Qingzhou for reinforcement.
When the two generals were leaving, Chai Biao secretly ordered the two generals to say: "You and you can go slowly along the road and postpone it for a few days before going to Qingzhou! If the city of Qingzhou is broken, you and you can immediately lead the troops back!"
The second general Li An's order is gone!