The arrows were still flying in the sky, and the shouts of killing still shook the heavens and the earth. But Li Xianzhong, who commanded the Song army to attack the city before the battle, showed a smile on his face.

The city gate of Jiankang City was knocked open by the Song army, and there were dozens of tower cars leaning on the side of the city wall of Jiankang City, and countless Song soldiers kicked up the city from the tower car, and continued to kill Jiankang City from the door opening. The Jin soldiers defending the city had no fighting spirit at this time and retreated one after another.

Today is the twelfth day that the Song army began to arrive at Jiankang City, and it is also the third day that the Song army officially began to attack the city.

In the first nine days, the Song army has been working hard to dig trenches and build towers, and prepare for the final siege. And Li Xianzhong and Yang Yan are exchanging news every day to understand the blocking situation on Yang Yan's side.

When he learned that Yang Yan had lost two lines of defense in Lishui and had now retreated to Dazhaizhong, although the fortifications outside Jiankang City had not been completely completed as expected, Li Xianzhong also knew that he could not wait any longer and had to attack. Therefore, Li Xianzhong immediately ordered to officially start attacking Jiankang. At the same time, Li Bao also commanded the naval army to launch an attack from the west and north cities of Jiankang Province to contain the Jin army's defending forces.

However, since the Song army built the soil mountain, although it did not immediately attack, it immediately set up a bed crossbow on the earth mountain, and launched a long-range attack on the Jin army in Jiankang Mansion, on the one hand, to cover their other soldiers to continue to dig trenches and build fortifications, and on the other hand, it was also to reduce the morale of the Jin army in the city.

Because the Song army's earth hill was piled higher than the wall of Jiankang Mansion, the distance of 300 steps was exactly the maximum effective attack range of the bed crossbow, and it was condescending, because the crossbow gun was launched, and the momentum was quite terrifying. Although the Jin army, under the command of Jiagu Jichen, also used bed crossbows to return fire at the Song army, the number of bed crossbows of the Jin army was far less than that of the Song army, and the range was smaller than that of the Song army's bed crossbows, and it was attacked below, so the strength of the counterattack was far less than that of the Song army.

Under the cover of bed crossbows, the Song army dug trenches and built more than 20 arrow towers at the same time, and set up 30 trebuchets outside the city wall. Although the Jin army was also able to fight back with bows and arrows, it was finally suppressed by the Song army because of the small number of people.

Under the long-range attacks of the Song army, the Jin army constantly had soldiers shot dead on the city walls, or pierced by crossbow guns, nailed to the ground, and then hit by pieces of iron that flew from the explosion of firearms. So much so that when the Jin army went to the city to defend, they had to hold their shields high, and even Jiagu Jichen had to bring five or six people to hold shields to protect him every time he went to the wall to command. It also fully shows the great role of these fortifications that the Song army spent countless efforts to build in the early stage.

Under such circumstances, when the Song army officially attacked the city, it did not take much effort to push thirty tower carts near the city wall, less than twenty steps away from the city wall. At this time, the Song army's long-range weapons stopped attacking, or changed to direct fire to projectile, so as not to accidentally injure the self-inflicted people.

However, the Jin army had not yet recovered its strength, so it was discovered that dozens of tower carts of the Song army, combined in a row, were quickly attacked in front of them.

When Jiagu Jichen saw it, he hurriedly shouted loudly and scolded the Jin soldiers, and he must block the tower car from approaching the city wall. But at such a close distance, the trebuchet was useless, and the bows and arrows on the city wall hurriedly aimed at the tower cart and fired their bows and arrows, and the soldiers who operated the bed crossbows also hurriedly pulled the winch and fired the crossbow guns. But there is a thick wall plate in front of each tower car, and it is also nailed with iron sheets, the bow and arrow are of little use to the tower car, although the crossbow gun shot by the bed crossbow can penetrate the wall plate of the tower car, but the number of bed crossbows of the Jin army is too small, and the interval between each fire is too long, and it cannot stop the advance of the tower car.

In a short time, the tower cart was advanced to a distance of less than ten paces from the city wall. The golden soldiers guarding under the city wall were also in a hurry, some of the golden soldiers went to lift the long log, resisted the tower cart, and prevented the hitchhiker from approaching, and some of the golden soldiers went to push the cart to the battlement, ready to be used to hit the approaching tower car. The archers in the upper row saw that the archery was ineffective, and they also temporarily stopped firing arrows on the tower cart, but they still pulled the bowstring one by one, put on the feather arrows, and only waited for the tower cart to put down the flap and shoot the Song soldiers hiding in the tower cart.

But before the Jin army on the city wall could get clear, there was a loud bang from the roof of each tower cart, followed by a large amount of smoke with a strong sulfur smell. But before the Jin army could understand what was going on, they only heard countless sharp sounds of breaking through the air, and a large number of arrows shot from the smoke towards the Jin army on the city wall.

It turned out that Li Xianzhong also followed Yang Yan's suggestion and installed a "fire dragon water cylinder" on the roof of each tower car, and once he waited for the tower car to get close to the city wall, he immediately attacked the Jin army at close range. Open the breach on the city wall for the Song army.

This trick really worked, and thirty "fire dragon water cylinders" were launched at the same time, and the power was even more amazing. Although Jin Jun saw it, he didn't have time to dodge at all. In the blink of an eye, a large number of arrows had already been shot at the top of the city wall, directly penetrating into the dense group of golden soldiers standing on the city wall.

And because of the proximity, the force of the jet appears to be even more powerful, and even ordinary shields and armor cannot resist it. Countless arrows, ** terrible whistling sounds, quickly pierced through the shield, shot through the armor, and shot directly into the human body. The muscles were immediately torn apart by the arrows, even the bones were pierced, blood spurted out from the wounds, and countless golden soldiers let out screams of pain and were shot to death in the city. There are even quite a few arrows that can penetrate two or three golden soldiers in a row. Whether it was on the top or bottom of the city wall, the golden soldiers fell in pieces. The other Jin soldiers who were not shot were also stunned by the sudden blow of the Song army, and they were at a loss for what to do.

Taking advantage of the "fire dragon water cylinder" launched, the gap that caused the Jin army to be in chaos, the tower cars leaned to the city wall one by one, and the flap was put down, and the Song army stepped on the tower car, like the tide rushing, frantically rushing to the city, brandishing knives and guns to stab the Jin soldiers defending the city. At this time, the Jin soldiers who came back to their senses also raised their swords to fight back, and the two sides started a melee on the tower of Jiankang City. The intertwining of the Song soldiers and the Jin soldiers also made the archers in the upper row dare not let their arrows easily, so they had to shoot at the Song soldiers under the city instead.

However, under the city, the Song soldiers were all hidden in the trenches in advance, and did not climb out of the trenches until they were near the city wall, so they could avoid the attacks of the Jin army as much as possible in the process of attacking the city wall, although they were not completely without losses, but they also greatly reduced unnecessary losses. Moreover, with the cover of the trenches, the Jin army could not judge how many troops the Song army had invested in attacking the city, so they had to invest all their forces in defending the city.

Li Xianzhong saw that the Song army attacked the city wall so easily, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, in order to consume the strength of the Jin army, and at the same time not give the Jin army a chance, Li Xianzhong divided the whole army into three groups, attacked in turn, and attacked Jiankang City without stopping for a moment. At the same time, the crash car was also launched, and they split up to hit several city gates in the southern city.

In this way, the Song army attacked continuously for a day and a night, although the Jin army under the command of Jiagu Jichen tried their best to resist, but finally because of the disparity in numbers, it gradually became a little unable to resist. And on this day, Jiagu Jichen sent seven distress calls to Wanyan Changzhi in a row, and the urgency of his mood can be seen. But he knew that now Wanyan Changzhi was still firmly blocked by Yang Yan in Lishui, and he didn't move forward half a step.

At noon the next day, the Jin army, which had been suffering for a day and a night, was exhausted and finally could not support it, and the Song army had been killed from the lower row of the city wall to the upper row, and the city gate was also hit open by the Song army's crashing car and entered the city. At this time, the casualties of the Jin army were nearly 10,000, and they could no longer hold the city wall, so they had to retreat to the inner city. The Song army took advantage of the situation to capture the outer city of Jiankang Nancheng.

After capturing the outer city of Jiankang South City, Li Xianzhong did not rush to advance to the inner city. Although the inner city of Jiankang is not as tall as the outer city, as long as the equipment is complete, it is not difficult to capture. However, the Song army's long-range attack equipment such as tower carts and bed crossbows were all in the city, and without the cover of these tools, the large blank area between the outer city and the inner city would cause huge casualties to the Song army. Moreover, at this time, the northern and western outer cities were not completely captured.

Therefore, Li Xianzhong first ordered the soldiers who entered the city to immediately spread out to both sides to support the Song army that was attacking the other two gates, and completely occupy the outer city first. At the same time, he sent a letter to Yang Yan, telling him the progress of the current war in Jiankang, and asking Yang Yan to continue to hold the Lishui defense line.

At dusk, the Song army successfully captured the western and northern cities of Jiankang with the Jing, and the Jin army retreated into the inner city with the Jing. It's just that the Song army didn't want to force the Jin army in the city to fight as trapped beasts, so they left Dongcheng unoccupied.

However, the capture of the outer city of Jiankang Mansion, the losses of the Song army were not small, a total of 20,000 She people were dismantled, of which the battle in the south city was the most tragic, and the number of dead reached 15,000. At this time, although night fell, on the walls of the southern city, the Song army quickly set up sixty bed crossbows and twenty-four trebuchets and launched a long-range attack on the inner city first. Covering the siege forces towards the city walls.

The tower cart was too tall to be transported into the city for the time being, so the Song army used a cloud ladder to attack the city. Fortunately, the inner city is not as tall as the outer city, and it is enough to just pedal the ladder. After a short time, the Song army advanced to the city wall, set up a cloud ladder, and climbed to the city.

In fact, after the outer city is captured, it is not necessarily necessary to lose the city. There are also many examples in history where the defenders can still defend the city by relying on the inner city despite the loss of the outer city, or wait for reinforcements to arrive and defeat the enemy. But now the reinforcements of the Jin soldiers have not been able to arrive for a long time, the morale of the defenders is low, their confidence has been lost, and the number of people is not enough to hold the inner city of Jiankang, and the Song army has always left a gap in the eastern city, even if there is a way to escape, so who is willing to fight to the death?

Therefore, some of the Jin soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and immediately fled from the east gate, and the other soldiers saw it and followed suit, and as a result, the number of people who fled became more and more, reaching hundreds or thousands, and even the Jiagu Jichen could not contain it.

Seeing that the Jin army around him was getting fewer and fewer, the strength to defend the city was naturally weaker, and there were many places where gaps were exposed to the scriptures, allowing the Song army to attack the city wall. When Jiagu Jichen saw such a situation, he also knew that Jiankang couldn't hold it, if he didn't leave at this time, when the Song army entered the inner city and blocked the east gate, he would never be able to go again. Therefore, Jiagu Jichen didn't care about the remaining soldiers, and fled from the east gate with hundreds of personal soldiers.

As soon as the main general fled, the other soldiers naturally had no fighting spirit, and they were immediately defeated and fled one after another. The Song army took advantage of the situation to occupy the city wall, opened the city gate, and the large group of men and horses swarmed in, slaughtered the inner city of Jiankang, and planted the banner of the Great Song Dynasty on the head of Jiankang.

Li Xianzhong was excited, about seven months ago, he was withdrawn from Jiankang Mansion, and now, he finally led the Song army back to kill, and finally recaptured Jiankang Mansion.

At this time, Wanyan Changzhi, who was attacking Lishui with all his might, learned the news of Jiankang's loss, and knew that there was no point in continuing to attack Lishui. And at this moment, someone came to report that Emperor Dajin Wan Yanyong's party arrived at Zhenjiang Mansion with a passing day. Wan Yan Changzhi was afraid that after the Song army changed to Jiankang, he would take advantage of the situation to attack Zhenjiang Mansion, so he immediately ordered the whole army to retreat and rush to Zhenjiang Mansion.

Although the Jin army withdrew, the Song army that was blocking at this time was also exhausted from exhaustion and was unable to pursue. However, the Song army knew that Zi Si had completed the task of blocking the attack, and although the battle was hard, it finally won the final victory, and the whole army immediately cheered.

However, the cheers have not subsided, and what followed was the sound of "fluttering, fluttering" the human body falling to the ground.

It turned out that the fierce fighting for days made most of the Song soldiers extremely tired, when the Jin army was still attacking, naturally everyone gritted their teeth and insisted on fighting to the death, and now seeing the Jin army withdrawing, and learning that Jiankang had been conquered, they couldn't help but feel relieved, they couldn't hold it anymore, and they didn't care about the blood stains and remnants of the corpses all over the ground, and fell asleep on the ground. Quite a few soldiers fell asleep standing up.

In a short time, the entire battlefield was full of Song soldiers, and after a while, the sound was like thunder, resounding in the night sky. Fortunately, at this time, it was the May season, and the weather was getting hotter, so I didn't need to catch a cold.

Liu Fuwu and Zhang Shiyan came to Yang Yan's side, and Liu Fuwu said, "Yang Yan, is this good?" The whole army has fallen asleep, and if the Jin army comes back again, won't we have no power to resist? ”

Yang Yan looked at the two of them, they were also covered in blood, their eyes were bloodshot, and he knew that they were also extremely tired, but now they were still holding on. Then he said: "No need, the current Zuo Jin Army will not be killed, so let the soldiers rest and rest at a good time." You've been fighting for days and you're tired, so go back to the camp and get some rest. ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and suddenly their bodies went limp, and they both fell to the ground. Yang Yan was taken aback, and hurriedly lowered his body to see that the two of them had fallen asleep. Yang Yan smiled bitterly, and had no choice but to straighten the bodies of the two of them and let them sleep more peacefully.