Chapter 1057 Where God Breaks His Whip (2)

Everything in the Junma Village was arranged, even the feigned "defeat" was done in an orderly manner.

The entire Junmazhai, as part of the outer city area of ​​Diaoyu City, was originally the focus of the Mongol army's vanguard attack. In the past few months, in order to capture Junmazhai, the Mongolian army had used all kinds of means including sneak attacks, night attacks, and force attacks. At this moment, I saw the "defeat" of the Song army in Junma Village, and a vanguard boarded the wall section of Junma Village. The morale of the entire Mongolian vanguard army suddenly boosted, and a large number of sergeants followed the ladders and poured into Junma Village. .

It's just that the outer city defenses of Diaoyu City are divided into divided areas, just like the "watertight cabin" of a ship. A breakthrough in one place will not lead to a breakthrough of the entire Diaoyu City defense line. The fall of Junma Village only opened the door to Diaoyu City. A gap in the outer city of Diaoyu City allowed part of the outer city of Diaoyu City to fall. The Mongolian troops who entered Junma Village immediately discovered that in front of them, there was a thick stone barrier built against the mountain. The walls were waiting for them to attack.

The ladders outside Junma Village have not yet been transported up. The Mongolian troops who rushed into Junma Village rushed to the city wall behind. A voice with a Sichuan accent called "Shoot for me." came from above, and a barrage of arrows came from above. When the shots from above came down, the Mongolian troops in the military camp instantly screamed, and a large number of people fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.

Not to be outdone, the Mongolian troops in the Junma Village immediately fought back with bows and arrows. However, the walls of the Diaoyu City were extremely tricky and protected the soldiers guarding the city very well. The arrows shot from below could hardly hit anyone behind the wall. Most of the people were shot into the air.

"Haha, these little turtles are sending us arrows again." The garrison general on the wall behind laughed.

As a last resort, the Mongolian troops who invaded Junma Village, after leaving behind a large number of corpses, could only evacuate from the second outer city wall next to Diaoyu City behind Junma Village, and temporarily gave up the attack.

On the wall outside Diaoyu City, Xia Pingan squinted and calmly watched the Mongolian troops in the army camp retreat from the city wall, and then looked at the Wang-character flag at the Mongolian vanguard camp in the distance, his eyes flashing. , murmured softly to himself, "It's time for you to come."

As the saying goes, you can't trap a wolf if you don't want to give up your children. This deliberately abandoned military camp is the child thrown out by Xia Ping'an in order to attract Wang Dechen, the leader of the Mongolian vanguard army. Only by killing Wang Dechen, the leader of the Mongolian vanguard army, can he be completely angered. Mengge Khan, who was currently in the Mongol army, created the conditions for Diaoyu City to kill the Mongol man, broke the whip of God here, and rewrote the entire course of the war.

This is a chain plan set up by Xia Pingan based on the historical evolution path. Only Xia Pingan can have such a vision. The other soldiers of the Song Dynasty who are fighting in Diaoyu City at this moment cannot understand the reason behind the deliberate abandonment of the army and horse stronghold by coach Wang Jian. various strategic considerations.

Sure enough, just a moment later, the news that the vanguard army had captured the Diaoyu City Junma Village and had entered Diaoyu City reached the headquarters of the head coach of the Mongolian vanguard army.

"What, we have captured Junmazhai." Upon hearing the news from his subordinates, the Mongolian vanguard coach Wang Dechen, who was discussing military affairs with his generals in the tent, suddenly stood up with tiger eyes. Awesome and slightly excited.

Wang Dechen was not a Han nationality, but a famous Mongolian general and a Mongolian general. He had made numerous meritorious service on the battlefield and was highly regarded by Mongolian Khan, who appointed him as the vanguard marshal of the Western Route Army.

Unfortunately, Wang Dechen has been attacking Diaoyu City here for several months with his troops. Under Wang Jian's command, Diaoyu City is like a rock in the river, unmoved. His vanguard army is already exhausted and has low morale. How could Wang Dechen not be excited when he thought that after months of hard work, a gap in Diaoyu City had been opened today, giving him hope of capturing Diaoyu City.

This was not the first time that Wang Dechen and Wang Jian had fought against each other. As early as the tenth year of Chunyou, Wang Jian had fought with Wang Dechen in Xingyuan, Wenzhou and other places for many years under the command of the anti-Mongolian commander-in-chief Yu Jie. Wang Dechen knows this old rival very well.

"Come here, prepare your horses!" Wang Dechen shouted, immediately put on his armor and went out of the tent. Taking the guards around him, he rushed towards the army and horse stronghold that had just been captured by the Mongolian army.

Arrive at Junma Village, dismount and enter through the ladder.

Entering the outer city of the Diaoyu City, Wang Dechen saw the layout clearly and secretly took a breath of air. The Diaoyu City was like an iron turtle, with layers of shells inside one another. They spent several months laying down the army and horse strongholds, but they didn't. Thinking of the fact that there is a city wall inside the military stronghold, and if he continues to attack from behind, his vanguard damage will definitely not be smaller than that of the front, but more difficult, and ladders and other things will have to be brought up from below again.

Although there were many warriors from the Mongolian army in the army camp in front of them, everyone's faces looked a little tired and tired. Some people even looked at the stone wall built against the mountain in front of them, and even felt a little fear. .

On the wall of Diaoyu City opposite the Junma Village, there are several Song Army generals in armor who are very conspicuous. If you look carefully, you can see that it is not Wang Jian.

Wang Dechen asked his men to stop preparing to attack and retreated. Then, under the gaze of the armies on both sides, he stepped forward alone and came to the front of the formation. He shouted to Wang Jian on the wall behind the military horse village, "Wang General Jian is here, I am Wang Dechen, I am here to persuade you to surrender, and I will spare your life!"

As the forward marshal of the Mongolian army, Wang Dechen was so bold and heroic that he stepped forward alone to persuade them to surrender when the two armies were facing each other. He was almost within the shooting range of Diaoyu City's arrows, which made both armies slightly commotion.

After only a moment of silence on the Diaoyu City wall, a castle gate under the city wall slowly opened. Xia Pingan, who was wearing armor, calmly and confidently walked out of the city gate with his sword pressed, and came directly to the twenty-two-meter-long gate opposite Wang Dechen. Stand still several meters away.

There was another commotion among the Mongolian troops when they saw Wang Jian leaving the city.

"Haha, is General Wang Jian going to surrender to me?" Wang Dechen laughed.

"That's wrong, I'm not here to surrender, I'm just coming down to have a few words with you!" Xia Pingan said calmly.

Wang Dechen's face turned pale, "General Wang is so brave, he actually dares to go out of the city and stand here talking to me!"

"Hahaha, this Diaoyu City was originally my territory of the Song Dynasty. You dare to stand here, why don't I dare to stand here!" Xia Pingan looked around and laughed. The Mongolian soldiers around him were all touched by Xia Pingan. His spirit shocked him.

"What do you want to say?" Wang Dechen asked.

"You and I are both generals, each with his own master. This is not the first time we have fought against each other on the battlefield. We generals will speak in the same way as generals. If you dare to draw your sword here and fight me, and you can kill me, I will ask the defenders of Diaoyu City to surrender! If you are killed by me, let your people withdraw from the army and horse stronghold!" Xia Pingan squinted at Wang Dechen, "I wonder if you dare?"

The aura on Wang Dechen's body suddenly became as dangerous as that of a tiger. One hand was already pressed on the handle of the knife at his waist, and he said in a deep voice, "Are you serious?"

Wang Dechen has been practicing martial arts and shooting since he was a child. He has always regarded himself as brave. In the army, he has experienced hundreds of battles and does not avoid swords and arrows. On the battlefield, he once even led his men to attack a city on foot because his mount was killed. Wang Dechen is now He was still in his prime, and when he heard Wang Jian's challenge, Wang Dechen was not afraid. He only felt his blood boiling all over his body.

Xia Pingan directly turned his head and ordered to the defenders on the city wall, "I will have a fair fight with Wang Dechen, the pioneer marshal of the Mongolian army here today. If I am killed by Wang Dechen, you can open the city and surrender. This is my order." !”

The generals and commanders on the city wall responded in unison.

"Okay, I didn't expect that there are such heroic people among the Han people!" Wang Dechen roared, and turned to tell the people behind him, "I am here to fight General Wang Jian today, and fight to the death in a warrior's way. I also bet on the ownership of Diaoyu City and Junma Village. If I die in battle, you will withdraw from Junma Village and no siege will be allowed within one day!"

The generals of the Mongolian vanguard army were also shocked and took orders in unison.

"Choke!" Under the dragon's roar, Xia Ping'an had already pulled out the Longquan sword from his waist. The sword pointed to the sky, "Please!"

Wang Dechen also fiercely pulled out the scimitar from his waist, roared, and rushed towards Xia Pingan like a cheetah. He raised the knife and slashed at Xia Pingan. His movements and reactions were all... He is a battle-tested master.

The swords and shadows of the two sides intertwined in the military camp, and sparks flew everywhere. After a series of dazzling clanking sounds, a sword light like a dragon suddenly appeared from Xia Pingan's hand. The two people passed each other in the blink of an eye. Wang Dechen's He staggered, turned his head with difficulty, and looked at Xia

Ping An glanced at him and said, "Good swordsmanship!

After saying this, Wang Dechen vomited blood from his mouth, dropped the scimitar in his hand, and fell to the ground. A piece of bright red blood spread from his neck.

Xia Pingan glanced at Wang Dechen who fell to the ground, sheathed Longquan in his hand, and walked calmly towards the gate of Diaoyu City without looking at the Mongolian soldiers.

After the Mongolian soldiers in the army camp behind them were silent for a few seconds, there was an uproar, and many Mongolian soldiers with red eyes were about to rush up.

Suddenly, a man who looked like a Mongolian lieutenant general yelled and said something loudly in Mongolian to the Mongolian soldiers. The Mongolian soldiers who wanted to rush forward stopped and looked at Xia helplessly. Return to Diaoyu City safely.

When Xia Pingan entered the city, several Mongolian soldiers came up and restrained Wang Dechen's body. Then the Mongolian soldiers who invaded the army and horse stronghold retreated like the tide.

"General." Xia Pingan entered the city, and all the generals in the city rushed over excitedly.

"After the Mongolian army retreats, recover and strengthen the city defenses of the army and horse village!" Xia Ping'an ordered.

"Yes!" General Yiqian replied with high morale.

In the blink of an eye, the entire Diaoyu City cheered. The news that General Wang Jian killed the enemy's vanguard Marshal Wang Dechen in front of the formation had spread throughout the Diaoyu City. The Mongolian army that was attacking the city suddenly withered. , except for the Junma Village, the Mongolian troops attacking the city in other places quickly retreated.

Xia Pingan was patrolling Diaoyu City. After a while, amid the cheers in the city, he came to the northwest of Diaoyu City. On the walls of the outer city here, there were several fortresses. On the top of those fortresses were arrows. Tower, and there are several windows on the lower floor of the Arrow Tower, facing the northwest direction. From the beginning of the war to now, in the past few months, those windows have been blocked by Xia Pingan with sandbags and wooden boards. Looking from the outside, the Mongolian troops attacking the city thought it was sealed and had no idea what was underneath.

Specialized sergeants and generals are guarding the outside of this room, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter.

"General." As soon as Xia Pingan arrived, the general guarding here immediately saluted and led Xia Pingan into the room.

In the room of this fortress, a huge guy several meters long was lying in the room, covered with red cloth.

Xia Ping'an lifted the red cloth covering the big guy, and a dark cannon with a barrel of almost two meters long revealed its ferocious face in the room - the thunder cannon, the king among the firearms of the Song Dynasty.

Xia Pingan gently stroked the cold and hard body of the thunder cannon. Within a few years of coming to Diaoyu City, Xia Pingan gathered craftsmen to build five thunder cannons, trained five teams of skilled gunners, and placed the thunder cannons. In the fortress northwest of Diaoyu City, from the time the Mongolian vanguard army attacked Diaoyu City to now, for several months, he had kept the five thunderbolt cannons stationary and stayed in the fort, waiting for the opportunity.

Xia Pingan checked the gunpowder projectiles and other items stored here. They were all well preserved and ready for battle at any time. He nodded secretly.

"Sir, when will this thunder cannon be allowed to fire? Teach those turtle boys a lesson. In the past few months, my brothers have been unable to wait. They all want this thunder cannon to show its power!" The general guarding here said to him. Xia Ping'an said.

"If you dare to use the thunder cannon without my order, kill me," Xia Ping'an said coldly. He looked at the general with a stern look on his face, slowed down his tone a little, patted the general's shoulder, and looked at the people around him. The gunner glanced at him and said consolingly, "Let all brothers wait patiently for a few more days. I promise you that I will definitely give you the opportunity to make contributions and leave your name in history. This thunder cannon is not for swatting flies. If you want to fight, you must discount it." The scourge of God.”

The whip of God? No one here understood what the whip of God was. However, since General Wang said so, he would not lie to everyone.

The muzzles of the five cannons in the fortress are facing the northwest of Diaoyu City, waiting quietly.

Afterwards, Xia Pingan left the turret, came to the top arrow tower, and looked towards the west.

To the northwest of Diaoyu City, there is a hill called Ma'anshan. At this moment, the Mongolian army is building on the hill of Ma'anshan.

The observatory building is being built so that one can observe the situation in the Diaoyu City. The observatory tower is almost completed. The mast on the tower has been erected and final reinforcements are being made. The five thunder cannons in the turret below the arrow tower are in the process of being constructed. Facing there, everything was under Xia Pingan's control.

On the tower here, Xia Ping'an arranged for a few people with good eyesight to keep an eye on the situation at the Ma'anshan Observation Tower opposite here every day.

If there is any movement, report it immediately.

Xia Ping'an himself even lived under the turret so that he could respond quickly at any time.

Wang Dechen's body was sent to the Chinese army camp of the West Route Army after dark. Looking at Wang Dechen's body, he kept waiting in the middle camp.

Meng Ge Khan in the military camp was extremely sad and furious.

"Tucheng, give me a day to slaughter the Diaoyu City. I must kill all the chickens and dogs in Diaoyu City. Kill them all."

Khan Mengge was furious at the generals in his tent, venting his anger, "After tomorrow, I will order the vanguard army to step up the attack on the city. I must see Wang Jian's head in my tent." middle."

As expected, the Mongolian vanguard army outside the city just rested for a day. On the second day, they swarmed up in darkness again and began to besiege Diaoyu City.

Diaoyu City, on the other hand, did not panic. Under the command of the generals who defended the city, it calmly responded and drove back the Mongolian vanguard army time and time again.

After each attack, the Mongolian army that attacked the city took nothing away except corpses.

After a few days of this, Xia Ping'an had people wrap up two thirty kilograms of large fresh fish raised in the "Tianchi" in the city and more than a hundred steamed flour cakes in straw mats, and use a trebuchet to throw them to the Mongolian army outside the city. In front of the battle, he left a letter to Khan Meng Ge. The letter contained only one line written by Xia Pingan himself: "No matter how hard you attack for another ten years, you still won't be able to capture Diaoyu City, hahaha - Wang Jian!"

Not long after this letter was posted, it was placed in front of Meng Ge Khan's desk. Looking at the arrogant handwriting on the letter, Meng Ge Khan felt that each word was like a slap in the face, making his His face was burning.

The Mongol Empire's army swept across the world, and it had never suffered such humiliation.

Mengge Khan wavered for the first time. The situation of the West Route Army at this moment was actually not optimistic, because the army had been blocked by Diaoyu City for several months and could no longer meet up with the other two armies at EZ on time. The heat in Sichuan was unbearable, and Jiang The weather was very humid, and the Mongols were originally afraid of heat and humidity, and were not accustomed to the climate, which led to the prevalence of heat stroke, malaria, cholera and other diseases in the army. Many soldiers fell in the military camp before they even attacked the city. The situation is quite serious. In addition, the siege failed and the commander died in the battle, and the morale of the vanguard army was already low.

Meng Ge Khan's eyes passed through the tent and looked in the direction of Diaoyu City. It felt like there was an invisible giant beast there, devouring his ambition and his prestige in the entire empire.

The Mongolian army has laid waste to all the countries on the mainland. There are more kings and monarchs who have prostrated before him than there are eunuchs in his palace. How could the army he led stop in front of this small fishing city?

"I want to see how indestructible the Diaoyu City is!" Meng Ge Khan slapped the table hard, gritting his teeth.

A few days later, Mongolian Khan personally came to the vanguard army. Surrounded by the generals, he came to the observation tower of the vanguard army in Ma'anshan to observe the situation in Diaoyu City up close.

This observatory is still some distance away from the Diaoyu City. It is beyond the range of the trebuchets in the Diaoyu City, and there is no need to worry about being attacked by the trebuchets in the city. Therefore, Meng Ge Khan went upstairs with confidence, followed by only a few people holding weapons. Shield Guard.

What Meng Ge Khan didn't know was that when he arrived at the observation tower in Anshan, Xia Ping'an was already standing on the fortress in the northwest corner of Diaoyu City, holding a single piece polished by the craftsmen who made the kiln. binoculars, looking in the direction of the Ma'anshan Observation Deck with a serious face, and quickly issued orders one after another.

The sandbags and planks in front of the window facing Ma'anshan were being quickly removed from the fort below the fort, and the dark muzzles of the five thunderbolt cannons, which had taken off their red clothes, were pointing directly at the observation tower on Ma'anshan.

Everyone who controls the Thunderbolt Cannon is busy. The gunners have been idle for several months, waiting for this moment to calibrate the cannon, charge the powder, and insert Thunderbolt shells, just waiting for Xia Ping'an's order.

In fact, there is no need to calibrate, because when Xia Pingan was training gunners before, he used the land around Diaoyu City as training targets. The gunners were already familiar with how to aim at each target and how to hit it accurately.

The observation tower on Ma'an Mountain is so high above the ground that it is the best target for the Thunderbolt Cannon.

Meng Ge Khan finally climbed up to the observation deck and looked towards Diaoyu City.

In the monocular telescope in Xia Pingan's hand, Meng Ge Khan's face has been clearly visible!

"Wang Jian, the guard of Diaoyu City, his deputy Zhang Jue, and all the soldiers who guard Diaoyu City are here to break God's whip today!" Seeing Meng Ge Khan go up to the observation deck, Xia Pingan said to himself and raised his hand. The child swung down violently.

"Fire." Zhang Jue, standing next to Xia Pingan, shouted sharply.

boom.

The five blasts of the thunder cannon sounded like one, and the smoke of gunpowder suddenly rose from several forts, like a thunder in the Diaoyu City.

The observation tower built on a hill in Ma'anshan was hit by five thunderbolt bullets at almost the same time. The mast on the tower collapsed, and the high-speed flying iron pieces and projectiles swept across the entire observation tower. The tower was suddenly covered with flesh and blood. fly.

Xia Pingan watched as blood splattered on Meng Gehan's neck and chest, and his whole body was hit by thunderbolts and fell from the observation deck.

The other Mongolian generals who followed Meng Ge Khan up to the observation tower were all killed and injured, and fell down.

No one in the Mongolian army expected that there were thunder cannons hidden in Diaoyu City, and that the observation tower was actually within the range of the thunder cannons in Diaoyu City.

Meng Ge Khan died the moment he fell from the observation tower.

The vanguard camp of the Mongolian army was in complete chaos.