Chapter 494: The Counterattack Begins (2 in 1)

The Song army cavalry swept past, and a military general shot and killed hundreds of golden soldiers.

There were few large-scale cavalry units in the Song army, but a few generals of the Song army were not inferior to the Jin army when they led the cavalry in battle!

A small leader of the Song army cavalry said: "The general is very brave, but unfortunately there are only 300 cavalry. If the general has 30,000 cavalry, he can easily defeat the Jin Kingdom and relieve Kaifeng."

Song Jun was silent.

The current Song Dynasty is on the verge of extinction. Where can we set up an elite cavalry of 30,000 people?

This team of Song Bing came to the Yellow River and found Jin Bing's camp.

The main force of the Jin army surrounded Kaifeng. In addition, north of the Yellow River, there was also a branch of the Jin army stationed to block reinforcements from Hebei.

After crossing the Yellow River and marching for a few days, you can reach Kaifeng.

But it was only the Jinbing divisions on the north bank of the Yellow River. After strengthening, the Song army cavalry with no more than 300 people could be expelled.

Unless Zhao Gou and the troops and horses from all over the north go south in time to encircle the Jin army.

However, the reinforcements from all over the country did not cooperate at all. There were hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of rebels in Hebei, but they always lingered and were delayed by the Jin Army's partial division.

Song Jun looked at the rolling water of the Yellow River. He had a humble position, but he was just a general under the command of a rebel leader. Facing the building, he leaned forward and spoke softly.

In the inner city of Kaifeng, Chu Tian was sitting leisurely in a restaurant, the shopkeeper carefully serving the heavenly generals sent by heaven. It is said that among these heavenly soldiers and generals, there are people from the Western Heavenly Court. Otherwise, how could there be two blond girls sitting in the wine shop.

"Le Yi is training his troops. All the equipment, arrows, and crossbows have been moved out. The time for the counterattack is coming."

Chutian was blocked by the Jin army in Kaifeng City for a long time, and he was used to it.

The Han army, Song army and Jin army were tugging at the outer city and could not reach the inner city for the time being.

Song Qinzong was taken to the wine shop by Chu Tian. Now Song Qinzong is wearing civilian clothes, so that the shopkeeper of the wine shop does not recognize this as their emperor.

"You know, if we were not here, you would be captured by the Jin Bing, and your wife and daughter would become slaves to the Jin Bing, and would be cast aside for the rest of your life?"

Chu Tian beat Song Qinzong.

Song Qinzong was as frightened of this heavenly general as a tiger, and at this time he only promised: "The Jin Bing's plan is only a little land and cloth north of the Yellow River. As long as the conditions of the Jin people are met, they will definitely withdraw."

Chu Tian said, "Last year, Jin Bing had to go to Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian. How many houses will he want this year, and how many houses will he need next year? How many houses do you have that can be compensated to Jin Bing?"

Song Qinzong hesitated: "The Jin people just want to rule with me by rowing a river."

The river that Song Qinzong refers to is the Yellow River.

"The human heart is not enough to swallow an elephant. You don't really believe that the Jin people are only satisfied with the north of the Yellow River? If this is the case, why did they go south to loot so many times?"

"Only by using force to defeat the golden soldiers and make them suffer heavy losses every time they go on expedition, can they understand what fear is."

Chu Tian had time to reprimand Song Qinzong to relieve the hatred in his heart.

As for Song Huizong, he was criticized by other princes.

Song Qinzong was silent.

The Song Dynasty was poor and weak for a long time. Internally, the sixteen states of Yanyun were captured by the Liao and Jin, and the Hetao area was occupied by the Western Xia.

In short, there were too many problems, and it was difficult for Chu Tian to elaborate with Song Qinzong one by one, and he was unwilling to change. This was just a battle.

He brought Song Qinzong, who was under house arrest, to drink, just to lecture and vent.

Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums came from the outer city, Chu Tian was moved, and Jin Bing launched an attack!

The strengthened Jin Army attacked strongly, and the two major Jin Guo coaches had full confidence in their army. When they found that the Song army was unwilling to surrender, they decided to storm the inner city.

When the Jin army went south, in fact, he had exhausted his national strength and was unwilling to return empty-handed.

"Take him back to the little black room and continue to reflect."

Chutian asked the guards to take away Song Qinzong, who was arrogant, and closed the small black house.

And he personally led Joan of Arc and Artoria to guard the Longjin Bridge.

The flags of the Jin Kingdom were fluttering, and the two Jin Kingdom coaches launched another fierce attack on the inner city.

The bed crossbows and catapults were pushed into the city by the Jin soldiers, and the stones and crossbows whistled, smashing at the Han and Song troops near the Longjin Bridge.

Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army was hit by stones and crossbow arrows, killing and injuring dozens of people.

The soldiers of the Jin Kingdom used the wind to set fire, and the fire swept in the direction of Longjin Bridge.

Realizing that the situation was not good, the Jin army hurriedly attacked the city, and even used the fire to attack the Han and Song troops and set fire to the outer city.

The billowing smoke was mixed with the arrows of the golden soldiers, and the Han army and the Song army fell into a passive state.

Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan, the two coaches, were waiting for the wind direction to change. Once the wind direction changed, they set fire to it.

"Let Wang Bolong, Pucha Shijie, and Gao Biao lead the heavy infantry to attack the Longjin Bridge, take this bridge in one fell swoop, and attack the Suzaku Gate!"

Wanyan Zongwang sent a group of generals of the Eastern Route Army.

"Let Wanyan Yinshu Ke, Wanyan rush to see the generals, and attack Lijingmen!"

Wanyan Zonghan personally led the West Route Army generals to attack another city gate.

Two soldiers and horses attacked at the same time, mixed with pseudo-sacred generals.

Jin Wushu personally led Tiefutu to stand by. Tiefutu's whole body was covered with iron armor, the square armor was stacked with mountains and peaks, and there were two iron pockets. Only two eyes were exposed, and the eyes were murderous.

After this high-level heavy cavalry dismounted, it turned into heavy infantry, serving as the reserve team for attacking the inner city and the trump card of the Golden Man.

Longjin Bridge was jointly guarded by Chutian, Laoqin and Mingguan. Lu Xiangsheng's 3,000 Tianxiong troops were sitting in the left camp of Longjin Bridge. They were violently attacked by golden catapults and crossbows and retreated to Longjin Bridge.

The thick smoke blocked the sight of the Han and Song troops, putting the Han and Song troops in crisis.

Dozens of war horses rushed out of the thick smoke, all wearing heavy armor. Jin Guo's fierce generals Wang Bolong, Pu Cha Shijie, and Gao Biao joined forces to lead a small team of Tiefu Tu to attack Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army!

Gao Biao's mace smashed, Tianxiong's spear broke, and the horses in horse armor broke into Tianxiong's army!

The mace swept across, and several Tianxiong soldiers were killed!

Pu Cha Shijie was fierce and innocuous. He dismounted his horse and fought on foot, and the ground trembled. With his powerful personal force, he pushed down the horse-rejecting and brick walls along the way!

This small group of Tiefutu is the soldiers and horses separated by Jin Wushu.

A soldier of the Tianxiong Army with a gun was knocked away by Tiefutu. He raised his head in horror and saw a heavy hammer fall!

The heavy armor of Tiefutu was stained with blood.

However, the Tianxiong Army, who had replaced the Divine Arm Bow, was organizing a counterattack. A round of Divine Arm Bow was shot, and several Tiefutu were covered with crossbow arrows and fell to the ground.

At close range, the intensive blow damage of the Divine Arm Bow is not low, and even Tiefutu will hate it.

"Pseudo-Saint-level generals..."

Lu Xiangsheng knew that only relying on the Tianxiong Army equipped with the divine arm bow, he was still not the opponent of the pseudo-sacred generals. Wang Bolong's big sword had already killed hundreds of Tianxiong soldiers, but he had no intention of falling down. more courageous.

So, Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong army to retreat to Longjin Bridge.

The Han army and the Song army deployed the bed crossbow on the other side of the river. Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was chased by the Jin soldiers, the Song army immediately manipulated the bed crossbow to snipe the Jin soldiers!

Although Song Jun generally lacked the courage to fight hand-to-hand, he was still able to use long-range weapons.

Song Jun pulled the winch with all his might and pulled the crossbow apart. The huge tension made the arrows burst out of the air, and shot at the Jin Kingdom general and Tiefutu on the other side!

The crossbow bolts roared, and the fierce general Gao Biao of the Bohai Sea swung his mace, his arms skyrocketed, and a powerful force erupted.

The terrifying force of the pseudo-holy-level generals made Song Jun on the other side stunned.

No wonder Lu Xiangsheng was attacked by the Jin army alone and had to retreat.

It is difficult for the bed crossbow to kill the pseudo-sage-level generals, but for other Jin army generals and Tiefutu, this is a big killer. If they are hit by the bedcrossbow, even the Tiefutu will be killed directly.

The bed crossbow is a weapon that can be used to siege cities. When two or three large bows are stacked together, the tension is amazing.

Because of the power of the bed crossbow, it temporarily slowed down the offensive of a group of Koryo generals and Tiefutu.

Li Chengliang led the Guanning iron cavalry, armed with three-eyed fire guns, and used firearms to support the Tianxiong army.

Row after row of three-eyed fire cannons rang out, and several Tiefutu rushing in front were shot and killed by lead bullets.

The pseudo-sacred generals at the rear, Wang Bolong, Pu Cha Shijie, Gao Biao, and a small death squad composed of Jin generals, were a little hesitant when they saw this unfamiliar weapon.

The armor-piercing damage of firearms is higher than that of bows and crossbows. If you are hit by such a thing at close range, even a general will be injured.

"The fire is about to spread, and retreat to the north of Longjin Bridge!"

The Han army princes had already arrived, and secretly ordered the defenders south of Longjin Bridge to retreat.

Guan Ning's iron cavalry and Tianxiong's army retreated. Song's bed crossbow troops were still shooting at the Jin soldiers, while Li Guang led the Shesheng Battalion to cover, and the arrows from the Shesheng Battalion poured into the Jin soldiers.

"Occupy Longjin Bridge!"

Wanyan Zongwang, the commander of the East Route Army, personally led a team of heavy infantry, and followed Lu Xiangsheng and Li Chengliang who were retreating to attack.

Because of the command of the coach, Wang Bolong and other pseudo-sage generals became more courageous and rushed into the Guanning Iron Cavalry!

Guan Ning Iron Cavalry was shooting with a three-eyed fire gun, and the white smoke produced by the burning of black gunpowder filled the air. Among them, Gao Biao's shoulder armor was shot by lead bullets, but Gao Biao's savage blood was activated and broke into Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, killing him. Quartet!

The mace covered with iron cones smashed Guan Ning's cavalry from their horses, and even killed them with their horses!

Pu Cha Shijie mounted his horse, used a bow and arrow, and even shot dozens of Guan Ning cavalry in succession. He was a marksman himself. After the force increased by 5 points, Guan Ning cavalry's armor was shot through by him personally!

Wang Bolong dragged a long knife and chopped down Guan Ning's iron cavalry one after another. There was no one enemy!

These three people were originally just reckless generals with a force of 95 or more, but in the Battle of Jingkang, after the force was +5, they became pseudo-sacred generals, and when they were used as sharp knives for breakthroughs, they were extremely terrifying!

When Wanyan Zong wanted to throw these three fierce men into the attack on Longjin Bridge, he realized that the defenders in the inner city were gathering strength to fight back.

The inner city defenders must be destroyed before they are fully prepared!

Now Wanyan Zongwang has regretted it. When he first fought with the Han army, why didn't he defeat the Han army in one go?

Perhaps Wanyan Zongwang did not expect that the Eastern Han princes would directly hijack Emperor Song and reorganize the defense of Kaifeng City in the name of Emperor Song.

In short, Wanyan Zong hoped that he could not regret it.

Therefore, Wanyan Zongwang must take the inner city as soon as possible.

Chutian brought Joan of Arc and Arturia to Suzaku Gate, and found that the Jin army, the Han army and the Song army were pulling saws in the area of ​​Longjin Bridge. As the main force, he stormed the Longjin Bridge, and thousands of Tianxiong troops and Guan Ning's iron cavalry were killed in action.

The high-level arms were killed and injured in a short period of time, showing the force of the pseudo-holy-level generals.

Almost all the Han troops fought with the Jin army, while the Song army used bed crossbows and divine arm bows for long-range shooting. The Han army deployed a sound battalion and a large number of divine arm bows across the Cai River. Half of the 100-person Tiefu Tu was killed or injured.

"Burn down Longjin Bridge!"

Chu Tian saw that the Jin army generals were about to break through the Longjin Bridge. If they were to gain a firm foothold in the north of the Longjin Bridge, it would be bad.

"The last general led the knight army to expel the golden soldiers."

King Arthur volunteered to fight.

"No, now is not the time to counterattack. The Knights are one of the cards. The God Arm Bow will force the Golden Soldiers back."

Chutian always retains the Cavaliers Corps as a reserve team.

After careful calculation and formation of the Han army, three thousand divine arm bows and ten crossbows were aimed at Longjin Bridge. When the fierce general Gao Biao held a mace and led the cavalry to cut through the defenders of Longjin Bridge, he waited. His is a dense rain of arrows!

The lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty understood the concept of cross-fire, and the crossbow troops shot at Gao Biao and a team of Tiefu Tu led by him in a geese formation!

The infantry pulled the crossbow machine, and a dense rain of arrows covered Gao Biao and his small team of Tiefu Tu!

Gao Biao hurriedly waved his mace to resist the rain of arrows!

Under the crossfire, almost every horse and soldier had a few crossbow arrows stuck in it, and about 60 iron Buddhas were wiped out!

Gao Biao was hit by three arrows, but he was not killed, but fled backwards.

Even a pseudo-holy-level general would not dare to say that he was alone, blocking the next round of salvo from three thousand divine arm bows and ten crossbows.

The Han army was determined to burn down the Longjin Bridge.

The fire covered the Longjin Bridge, the wooden bridge leading to the Suzaku Gate was burnt down, and black smoke rose.

Some of the Jin Army heavy infantry were anxious, and simply stepped on the frozen Cai River, trying to kill to the other side.

However, they overestimated the thickness of the Cai River ice layer. When they walked to the middle of the Cai River, the ice layer could not withstand the trampling of dozens of heavy infantry, and it split quickly. Dozens of heavy infantry fell into the river and were frozen to death.

"idiot!"

Wanyanzong only shook his head when he saw his group of subordinates seeking their own death.

The Longjin Bridge was destroyed, and the Jin army could not take advantage of the situation to capture the Suzaku Gate for a while, and could only try to build a pontoon bridge, or attack other inner city gates.

"The same weapon, in the hands of this group of people, is completely different from that in the hands of Song Jun."

Wanyan Zongwang found that the weapons of the Song army were in the hands of the Han army. The Han army made perfect use of the range and shooting angle of the divine arm bow. Coupled with the strong will of the Han army, they could often hit the Jin soldiers severely. Song, who had fought against the previous Jin soldiers, The army is completely different.

The vast majority of the feudal lords in the Han army practiced the military merit system. The higher the military merit, the higher the status in the army. Moreover, the status of military generals is not weaker than that of civil servants, but higher, so the army is all belligerent.

On the contrary, the morale of the forbidden army in the late Northern Song Dynasty was very touching, and they were often chased and killed by dozens or hundreds of golden soldiers.

Wanyan Zongwang pushed forward to Longjin Bridge, which was only a short distance from the inner city and could not move forward. In order to attack the Suzaku Gate, he almost ransacked the houses near Yujie Street, and set fire to the surrounding houses, forcing the Han and Song troops to retreat, and only then took over the outer city.

However, Wanyan Zongwang found that the Han and Song troops were not frustrated by the sudden and violent offensive of the Jinbing.

Although the Jin Bing had occupied almost the entire outer city of Kaifeng City and dismantled the fortifications of the Han and Song troops in the streets and lanes of the outer city, the Han army did not panic.

Jin Bing wants to capture the inner city again, and the difficulty increases. The inner city has towering walls and a lot of defense equipment.

"The granary in the outer city has been occupied by us. I don't believe they can support it for more than a month!"

Wanyanzong saw that the inner city was strong and difficult to attack, and the Jin soldiers were always not good at attacking fortifications, so they had to besiege and not attack.

Jin Wushu led Tiefutu to Wanyan Zongwang's side: "Second brother, in a head-on battle, no one is our opponent, but the Song people often hide in the city, avoiding and not fighting. Taiyuan City took nine months, so that the West Route Army massacred the city after the city was captured. This time, the inner city of Kaifeng may not be captured for several months. When the weather gets warmer, we will have to return to the north. ."

Wanyan Zongwang had no idea: "You are wrong. Do you think I ordered the burning of my outer city just to occupy the outer city? People from the outer city flooded into the inner city, and the food in the inner city will probably take less than a month. Surrender to us."

Hearing Wanyan Zongwang's vicious tactics, Jin Wushu's eyes lit up, but then he worried: "Zhao Gou, the general of the Song Dynasty, is recruiting reinforcements in Daming Mansion. If we rush to help Kaifeng within a month, our army will be attacked from inside and outside."

Wanyan Zongwang was indifferent: "Wushu, remember that the internal struggle of the Song people is far more serious than we thought. Our majesty can safely use the clan as a military general, but the Song people dare not, because their emperor is afraid of himself being trumped up."

"It's not just that they don't trust the clan, the Zhao family also doesn't trust the generals, so the soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, and they lose many battles. If there is an enemy you can't deal with in the Song army in the future, you don't even have to face it. Confrontation, as long as you use the infighting between the Song people, you can eradicate your enemies."

"The recruitment of Zhao Gou this time was done by Emperor Song as a last resort, because only Zhao Gou has a clan outside Kaifeng City. Zhao Gou is like a fish leaping from the sea, and birds flying in the sky, so he must support his own troops, how could he easily support Kaifeng? ?"

Wanyan Zongwang's earnest teachings were imprinted in Jin Wushu's mind.

However, Jin Wushu was a little puzzled: "Will there be a general in the cowardly Song army that I am also afraid of? One day, I need to use the infighting between the Song people to eradicate him?"

Chu Tian stood on the gate of the Suzaku Gate, and saw the outer city of Kaifeng City reduced to a sea of ​​fire.

Jin Guo's two coaches experienced hundreds of battles, from Liaodong to Kaifeng, naturally they have their own advantages. In the face of the iron barrel-like defense of the Han and Song troops, they chose the right direction of the wind and set fire to attack, which was often unfavorable.

There are many wooden houses in the outer city of Kaifeng, and when the fire burns, it is a piece.

It is estimated that after this war, Kaifeng's status has plummeted, and the place that will rise is Suzhou and Hangzhou.

According to the historical process, Zhao Gou, the Marshal of the World's Military and Horses, did not fight the main force of the Jin army at all in the Battle of Jingkang, but fled to Henan to become the emperor, and then fled to Hangzhou to establish the Southern Song Dynasty.

If it weren't for the emergence of a group of famous anti-gold generals such as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Wu Jie, maybe the Southern Song Dynasty would soon be destroyed by the Jin Wushu who went south.

The Southern Song Dynasty could block the fierce offensive of the Jin State, which was also related to the fact that the Jin State cavalry was not adapted to the southern climate.

These are all things that really happened, and Chu Tian couldn't be in a hurry.

He had no intention of relying on Zhao Gou's reinforcements at all. The Han army only needed to mobilize the war potential of Kaifeng City to defeat the Jin army.

The Jin army almost burned down half of the outer city and seized the granary of the outer city.

Almost all the people of Kaifeng City poured into the inner city.

In less than a month, the surplus food in the inner city and the palace will be exhausted.

In other words, the people of the entire Kaifeng city have been driven to a desperate situation.

Houses were burned, the people were angry, the food and grass were exhausted, the people were afraid, and the people's hearts were available.

The time to strike back has come!

"Tomorrow, 50,000 Song soldiers and 200,000 Baojia will be summoned at Daxiangguo Temple to mobilize and tell everyone that all the food was taken by the Jin soldiers. Only by defeating the Jin soldiers and grabbing the granary can we survive!"

Chutian and other Eastern Han princes naturally had grain in their hands, and they occupied the granary in the inner city.

But they couldn't let the hungry people know that there was still food and they had to drive them to a dead end.

In order to confuse Jinbing, Chutian asked Jinbing to send envoys to the city to negotiate the next day.

Jin Bing really tried to negotiate with the defenders in the inner city, and sent two envoys tentatively.

About 300,000 to 400,000 people gathered at the Daxiangguo Temple in the inner city. The crowd was huge. Among them, 200,000 people had undergone short-term training by generals such as Le Yi, Xie Xuan, Chang Yuchun, and Sun Jian.

"Golden soldiers burn down our houses, burn and loot!"

"All the food in the city has been snatched by the golden soldiers. Our food can only be supported for two days! After two days, the inner city will run out of food!"

"Jin Bing has threatened to break through the inner city and massacre the city in three days!"

Under the planning of advisors Chen Ping, Fang Xuanling, and a group of princes, some soldiers infiltrated the civilians, constantly inciting the civilians in Kaifeng City, and driving them to a desperate situation!

Now, all the civilians are on the verge of explosion at any time out of anger and fear, just waiting for a fire to be thrown in!

At this time, the deceived Jin Bing sent two envoys to negotiate.

Chen Ping pointed to the two golden envoys and shouted to the crowd, "These two, the running dogs of the golden people, were ordered by the golden people to ask you to hand over your wives and daughters and let them bully them. What should we do!"

"Kill them!!"

"Kill them!!"

An angry roar echoed in the sky of Kaifeng City, and the dissatisfaction accumulated by the civilians of Kaifeng City for a long time broke out. The 200,000 Baojia who were furious drowned the two golden envoys. The two unlucky golden envoys were killed by Baojia hammer before they had time to explain!

This is not the first time Jin Bing has attacked and opened the closed city. They must teach Jin Bing a heavy lesson before they dare to come again for the third time!

Chutian, Laoqin, Mingguan, Tongque and other princes looked at each other and saw the timing of the counterattack in each other's eyes.

The 200,000 Baojia, and even the 50,000 Song Jun who is usually the same as the soft egg, broke out in the white lie!

The anger of the people is like a flood that bursts a dike. Once it breaks out, they must find an outlet!

If they don't give them an object to vent their anger, they will ruthlessly destroy everything they see!

Chutian, Laoqin, Mingguan and other Huzhou have already thought about the target for the 50,000 Song Army and 200,000 Baojia to vent - Jin Bing!

"Open Lijing Gate, Wangchun Gate, Chongming Gate, and Suzaku Gate. The troops will be divided into four routes and counterattack!"

"Expel the golden soldiers and recover Bianjing!"

The four city gates opened wide, and the mighty Song Jun and Bao Jia poured out of the outer city, like a flood of beasts, out of control!

Joan of Arc waved the holy flag, the holy flag has a 25% incentive bonus, she can actually give this group of civilians a morale bonus!

Inspired by Joan of Arc, among the 200,000 Baojia, most of them showed madness in their eyes. After their morale was strengthened, they would not be defeated so easily!

When Chu Tian saw Joan of Arc's ability, he was secretly surprised. He didn't expect her to be so practical at first. It appears that it cannot be easily put back in France later.

Of course, Chutian never planned to put it back in France.

It only took one day for the Jin army from the outer city to attack the inner city, and the defenders and civilians in the inner city attacked across the board, opening the prelude to the counterattack!

The 200,000 angry young soldiers were divided into four groups, and the momentum was huge. For a time, the Jin army did not know where the main force of the Han army was.

"Please two Your Majesty to drive in person!"

In order to strengthen morale again, Chutian ordered Song Huizong and Song Qinzong to be kidnapped and forced them to go into battle to kill the enemy.