Chapter 712 0707 [You Offended the Abbot and You Still Want to Run Away? ]

The Jin soldiers had a shield on the top of the Linchong, and two archers were looking down and shooting arrows at the Ming soldiers on the city.

The Ming army was also shooting back, but it was difficult to hit them through the shield.

A large number of rockets were stuck on the Linchong, but the outer layer was covered with cowhide, so it was difficult to ignite for a while.

It was not difficult for the Leihuo soldiers to throw the thunder bomb weighing more than four pounds on the top of the Linchong.

But the Jin soldiers had two archers to interfere, and there were also long spears and armored soldiers stabbing at the top of the city. If the Leihuo soldiers were shot and fell, the thunder bomb might fall on the top of the city and explode their own people.

So when the Linchong was halfway, the Leihuo soldiers had already made preparations.

They had long wooden poles and simple net bags made of thin hemp ropes. The thunder bomb was placed in the net bag at the top of the long pole. After it was ignited, the long pole pressed the parapet and stretched out, and the shield bearer raised the shield to help the Leihuo soldiers block the arrows.

A Linchong gradually approached the city wall, and the Jin soldiers holding long spears had already stabbed at the top of the wall.

The Jin soldiers in the back row held short weapons in their hands. As long as the distance was enough, they would jump directly onto the city wall.

"Ignite!"

The fuse of the thunder bomb was quickly ignited with a matchlock made of ramie.

The long pole was pushed upward diagonally by a thunder soldier with the parapet as the fulcrum, and the Jin soldiers' arrows were blocked by the Ming army's large shield soldiers.

The Jin soldiers' spearmen were still stabbing, and suddenly saw the long pole stretched out, and pushed closer and closer to the diagonal upward, passing the Linchong baffle and stretching to their heads.

What is this?

The Jin soldiers' spearmen stabbed while moving sideways to make room for the melee soldiers in the back row to climb the city.

"Lie down!"

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the thunder bomb hanging on the long pole exploded above the heads of eight Jin soldiers.

All were killed on the spot, and no one survived.

The Ming army near Linchong all lay down, and even the large shieldmen leaned their shields against the wall to prevent being hit by flying shrapnel.

"Ah... my butt!"

Someone was still hit, and after lying down, his butt was in misfortune.

The Thunder and Fire Soldier who caused all this was fine. He hid his whole body behind the parapet, and used the parapet as a fulcrum to pull down with both hands to fix the long pole.

"Come again, come again!"

As the captain shouted, another Thunder and Fire Soldier had hung up the thunder bomb.

The Linchong Lvgongche has several floors, and each floor can stand up to eight people. The eight people who were just killed were the top eight people, and the Jin soldiers on the lower floors could climb up at any time.

In fact, the Jin soldiers on the lower floors were still wondering at this time.

They heard the horrible explosion, and because the Jin soldiers on the upper floors died too quickly, they did not make any screams to alert the friendly forces.

After more than ten seconds, finally a Jin soldier on the lower floor curiously climbed to the top floor along the wooden ladder.

This man's eyes were higher than the stairs, and he instantly saw a pile of corpses, and the corpses were still incomplete.

Except for the two archers, the eight Jin soldiers who were killed in the explosion were all wearing double-layer armor. But the thunder bomb exploded at close range above their heads. Even if they were not hit by shrapnel, their heads would be damaged by the impact.

The two closest to them even had their heads deformed.

"What's going on up there?" A Jin general asked from the second to last floor.

The Jin soldier who climbed up to check answered subconsciously: "Dead, dead, dead... dead!"

The Jin general asked: "Who's dead?"

The Jin soldier said: "All dead."

The conversation was suddenly interrupted, and they didn't know how to continue.

Finally, the Jin general roared: "Climb up, climb up the city quickly!"

The Jin soldiers on the lower floor, who didn't know what was going on, urged the Jin soldiers lying on the wooden ladder to move quickly. But the Jin soldier was frightened by the tragic state of the eight corpses, his legs were weak and he couldn't move at all, and he was soon dragged down by friendly forces.

Another Jin soldier climbed up and also lay on the wooden ladder without moving, and then exclaimed: "Don't... don't come up, the enemy knows magic!"

"Climb up the city quickly, those who are afraid of fighting will die!" The Jin general shouted angrily.

The Jin soldiers could only climb to the top floor, and then they came up one by one, looking at the corpses around them in bewilderment.

"Ignite!"

The Jin soldiers who climbed up one after another saw the long pole with iron lumps hanging on it. Although they didn't know what it was, they subconsciously shouted in fear: "Run!"

Several people rushed to the stairs at the same time, but there was only room for one person to pass.

"Boom!"

Another explosion, and no one survived at the top of Linchong again.

The Jin general finally realized that something was wrong, and climbed the stairs himself with trepidation. As soon as he stuck his head out, he retracted it and shouted in fear: "Retreat!"

Similar things happened to all the Lv Gong buses in Linchong.

There were more than 20 teams of Jin elites hiding in Linchong and Xingnu Wall. They were panicked and retreated after being bombed.

The Han and Bohai cannon fodders were already under attack and their morale was low. Seeing that the Jin elites were running away, they followed them and fled.

"Hang the rope!"

The archers, whose arms were already sore, gritted their teeth and shot arrows at the fleeing enemies.

The civilians were urged by the officers to come over from the other end of the top of the city wall and hang down in baskets.

Some civilians carried oil cans and torches to burn the enemy's various siege equipment.

Other civilians picked up arrows under the city, and even carried stones into baskets, and the civilians on the city pulled the baskets to collect supplies.

The siege equipment that the Jin soldiers had built for many days was burned by the Ming army.

Wanyan Zongbing and Wanyan Talan both had telescopes imitated from Yanshan Prefecture, and they clearly witnessed several explosions.

"Do you want to attack the city again?" Wanyan Talan asked.

Wanyan Zongbi also practiced Buddhism devoutly. Even after winning a battle, he would collect nearby Buddhist statues and Buddhist scriptures. He said with a dry mouth: "Could the Ming army have the help of the God of Thunder Bodhisattva?"

The gods of Buddhism and Taoism absorb each other.

The Taoist thunder god was integrated into Buddhism and became a protector. His image is like holding drumsticks in both hands, with many drum heads arranged in a halo behind him.

Wanyan Talan is much more materialistic: "Where did the God of Thunder Bodhisattva come from? It's clearly a firearm!"

Wanyan Zongbi calmed himself down: "With this firearm, it will be more difficult to attack the city than before."

"Withdraw your troops," Wanyan Talan said. "The soldiers sent out today were frightened to death. Even Tabuye (big arm) was broken. Tabuye is the number one warrior of the Bohai tribe. He was killed by the Ming army's firearms, and I'm afraid no one from the Bohai army would dare to attack the city again, but they would surely retreat quickly."

"We mobilized a large number of troops and spent countless amounts of food and grass. Should we withdraw like this?" Wanyan Zongbi was unwilling to accept it. He stayed in Shangjing all year round and had few opportunities to lead troops alone.

"What else can we do if we don't withdraw?" Wanyan Talan asked, "If we don't send elites to attack the city, we can't attack it at all. If we send elites to attack the city, the Ming army will use those firearms again. Even if it is delayed for another month or two, it will be impossible to attack the city. Several parts of the city wall were destroyed by artillery carts. How could the Ming army invade the city if they had firearms? They would run out of food and fodder, and the whole army might be wiped out by then!"

Wanyan Zongbi calmed down and thought about it over and over, but he always remembered the explosion scene in the telescope. He clenched his fist angrily and said: "Let's withdraw our troops tonight, I will go back to Jinzhou, you go back to Youzhou, and we will fight again when we have enough food and grass in the future!"

Two groups of Jin soldiers slowly returned to the camp.

Wanyan Zongbi turned back three times with each step. He hoped that the Ming army would come out of the city to pursue them and he could take the opportunity to win in the field.

Then, the Ming army didn't come at all.

Li Bao just sent some soldiers and civilian husbands to clean the battlefield, waiting to continue the battle to defend the city tomorrow.

Liu E also followed Wanyan Talan into the battle this time, and one of his Han soldiers was used as cannon fodder to attack the city.

After returning to the camp, Liu E called his cousin Liu Yi: "There is an order from above. All ministries must pack their things and retreat tonight. Go down and prepare."

Liu Yi did not take the order and leave immediately, but said: "Brother, the Ming army's firearms are becoming more and more powerful, and the Jin Kingdom may not last long. Should we..."

Liu E said: "When I return to Yanshan Mansion, I will write a letter to Prince Zhu immediately."

Only then did Liu Yang become happy: "If the Jin people are defeated, they will definitely force all the tribes to move to Liaodong. By then, the population of Youyan will be sparse, and the Ming Dynasty will have to rely on our Liu family. Otherwise, Prince Zhu will not be able to recruit troops in the north." "

Liu E thought: "This is not enough. You have to find opportunities to make contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Only by making great contributions can you be reused by Prince Zhu."

"How about assassinating Wanyan Zongwang?" Liu Yi suggested.

Liu E shook his head and said: "The risk of an assassination is too high. If the two armies can fight, it is best to find an opportunity to defect in front of the formation. If there is no chance to defect in front of the formation, then wait for the main force of the Jin soldiers to leave, and then we will lead our troops to intercept and kill each other. They can not only steal property, but also perform meritorious deeds by cutting off some people’s heads. Especially since Shi Liai was Wanyan Zongwang’s adviser, he must have hated the Shi Jian family deeply.”

Liu Yi smiled and said: "Brother is really smart!"

…

Li Bao knew that the Jin people would withdraw their troops, but he didn't know when the other side would withdraw.

He had always sent people to keep an eye on them, but there were all cavalry around the Jin camp, and they wouldn't let the Ming army's scouting horses approach at all.

The light cavalry of the Ming army could only investigate from a distance, and felt that there seemed to be movement in the Jin camp. They wanted to approach but were blocked by the Jin cavalry.

After spending more than a dozen light cavalry, exact information was still not available.

It was not until dawn the next day that the Ming army approached the Jin camp and found that the Jin soldiers in the camp had withdrawn.

"Chase!"

Li Bao left a thousand soldiers to defend, distributed the newly captured soldiers to the salt workers and peasants Qingzhuang, and took the remaining troops out of the city to pursue them.

By boat of course!

He did not pursue Wanyan Talan, who was further away on his way home, because that guy must be heavily guarded.

On the contrary, Wanyan Zongbi, whose return journey was closer, would be safe as long as he retreated to Jinzhou. The Jin soldiers would definitely be more likely to slack off on this journey.

Passing Juehua Island halfway, Li Bao took the garrison on the island with him and took a sea boat to ambush the Jin soldiers on their way back.

Wanyan Zongbi also prevented Li Bao from chasing him by boat, so he sent thousands of cavalry to explore the way.

These cavalrymen ran for fifty miles and reached an unknown river. It was called Ningyuan River in the Ming Dynasty and Xingcheng River in the Qing Dynasty, but now it has no decent name.

The cavalry patrolled both sides of the river, which was the most dangerous area for the Jin soldiers to withdraw.

Wanyan Zongbi led a large army and walked for two days. The whole army crossed the river safely, and their vigilance dropped by half.

After another day's march, the Jin soldiers crossed the Wuli River and Lianshan River in Huludao City one after another. Wanyan Zongbi completely relaxed his vigilance - just a few dozen miles away was Jinzhou City. The road ahead was mostly smooth, and the passage became particularly wide. The whole army does not need to march into a long snake.

There is no place suitable for the Ming army to set up an ambush!