Chapter 800: The Battle of Life and Death (3)
The first to take the lead is still the Bohai Jin soldiers, this is the second only to the Jurchen among the Jin soldiers, Wan Yan Xian also arranged for them to take the lead but not because of their strong combat effectiveness, but the Bohai Navy's Dazhai is the most serious place for the epidemic, more than 2,000 people have fallen ill, more than 170 people have died, Wan Yan Xian also wants to consume them on the battlefield before the epidemic has not swallowed them all.
The Bohai Navy accepted the heavy responsibility of taking the lead, and at the same time received the promise of Marshal Du, after the city was broken, the palace gave them half a day first.
The wildness of the 20,000 Bohai Navy was aroused, and they rushed towards the city head desperately, at this time, the trebuchet on the city head attacked, the long arm waved, and dozens of earth-shattering thunderbolts flew towards the dense crowd.
After Li Yanqing found that the golden soldiers had mastered the skills of dodging the earth-shaking thunder, he also took countermeasures and moved the launch red line down by another inch, so that most of the sky-shaking thunders would explode above the heads of the golden soldiers in advance, and the hit rate of the fragmented iron pieces would be greatly improved, otherwise, the earth-shaking thunders would explode on the ground, and the enemy troops would be affected by the shock wave at most, and the iron pieces would basically not be able to hurt them.
The earth-shattering thunder roared and flew in, and a special thunder watcher shouted, and the soldiers fell down one after another, covering their ears with their hands and covering their vital points with shields.
'Boom! A series of earth-shattering explosions exploded above the heads of the golden soldiers, and the explosions were mixed with the screams of countless soldiers, although the shield protected the head and chest and other vital parts, but the waist down was basically exposed outside the shield, many soldiers were hit by small pieces of iron in the legs, screaming in pain.
More than 2,000 people were hit by iron pieces in one explosion, and the casualty rate increased threefold compared to before.
After several rounds of explosions, nearly 5,000 Jin soldiers were injured, most of them were lightly injured, and at this time the main force of Jin soldiers had already attacked the city.
The arrows on the head of the city are shot like a storm, the golden soldiers have raised their shields to resist, the shield of the golden soldiers comes from the Liao country, the double cowhide wooden shield, light and strong, can resist all arrows except the bed crossbow and the divine arm crossbow, but many soldiers' shields have been impacted by the earth-shattering thunder fragments, and cracks have appeared inside, resulting in the failure of many soldiers' shields, and they were shot through by heavy arrows.
Wanyan Lou saw the sharp bows and arrows of the Song army from a distance, and the morale of the Jin soldiers was sluggish, so he immediately shouted: "Beat the drum and cheer!" ”
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The fierce drums of war were beaten.
Immediately after hundreds of antlers sounded together, the low horns resounded all over the earth, the Jin soldiers were inspired by the urging of battle, and began to fight regardless of casualties, the moat was set up with wooden planks, and the siege ladders were set up at the head of the city, and the soldiers of the Bohai Navy jumped up and rushed towards the head of the city with great ferocity, treating death as nothing.
But to greet the Jin soldiers is a thick rolling log, weighing fifty or sixty catties, smashed down from the head of the city several zhang high, the Jin soldiers raised their shields to resist, but their flesh and blood could not compete with the huge potential energy, suddenly the hand bones were broken, the whole body flew out of the ladder, fell into the moat.
Immediately after the second rolling log fell, the soldiers below were unable to withstand the impact of the rolling logs, and fell down the ladder screaming, but the rolling logs and stones did not let the murderous spirit of the golden soldiers subside, and after paying more than 2,000 soldiers to be smashed over and killed and wounded, the golden soldiers of the Bohai Navy on the siege ladder also approached the city head step by step.
Wan Yan Xian also looked at the big battle in the city with an expressionless face, the generals and personal soldiers around him knew that he was in a bad mood, and no one dared to disturb him, at this time, a group of cavalry came galloping from a distance, they inquired, and some soldiers pointed in the direction of Wan Yan Xianye, and the cavalry urged the horse to come.
"Marshal Du, it seems that the wolf lord has sent someone!" A pro-soldier finally reminded in a whisper.
Wan Yan was also stunned, looked back, and saw several cavalry coming towards him, he immediately thought that the cavalry at the head, the leader of the wolf lord's personal guard, Wan Yan Luhan, was also his distant nephew in terms of seniority.
"Ruhan, why are you here?" Wan Yan Xian also stepped forward and asked.
Wanyan Luhan saluted on his horse, "See Marshal Du!" ”
"Don't bother, tell me, what's the matter?"
Wanyan Luhan did not hesitate, he took out the golden wolf head military order from his arms, and raised it high, "Pass on the wolf lord's command!" ”
The Golden Wolf Head Military Order is the Order of the Son of Heaven of the Jin State, which represents the presence of the Son of Heaven in person, and has a supreme position in the Jin State, and must obey the order regardless of military and political affairs.
Wan Yan Xian was also taken aback, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt down to listen to the order, he ordered in his heart, the golden wolf head order appeared, and I am afraid that things are a little troublesome.
Wanyan Luhan said loudly: "The Jin soldiers have been marching south for a long time, the soldiers are sleepy and the horses are lacking, the injuries and illnesses are heavy, and the financial resources of the Jin State are difficult to support, so it is ordered to suspend the attack on the Song capital, and the army will immediately cross the river to the north and go north, without delay, so this!" ”
Wan Yan also frowned, he felt that there were still unfinished words in this, he kowtowed and saluted, and took the wolf's head order.
Wan Yan Xian also stood up immediately, turned over and asked, "What happened?" ”
"Actually, it's for the plague." Wanyan Luhan said coldly.
Wan Yan Xian was also taken aback, he had obviously blocked the news, how could the wolf lord know who leaked the secret?
Wan Yan Xian also couldn't help but look at the guards and generals around him, anger quickly burned in his heart, and someone actually betrayed him behind his back.
Wanyan Luhan said very calmly: "Marshal Du doesn't have to be too angry, this is a big deal, and it is impossible for the wolf lord not to know." ”
Wan Yan Xian also sighed in his heart, this is also right, basically the whole army knows, and it is reasonable for the news to reach the ears of the wolf lord.
"I know, today is the last battle, if I can't capture Tokyo, I will withdraw my troops tomorrow."
Wanyan Luhan nodded, "I am only responsible for conveying the wolf lord's instructions, and how to withdraw the army is decided by Marshal Du himself, in addition, I have two other things, which are specially ordered by the wolf lord." ”
"Please!"
"First thing, I want to bring the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the Emperor Taishang back to Yanjing Mansion, Marshal Du has no problem!"
Wan Yan also nodded, "No problem, you can take it away, and I will send three thousand troops to escort it." ”
"The second thing, the wolf lord wants to know the severity of the plague, please Marshal Du answer truthfully, don't hide it."
Wan Yan Xian also sighed, "I can't hide it anymore, I can only say that the plague is very serious, by dawn, the quarantine camp has been imprisoned by 7,300 soldiers, and more than 1,000 people have died, and now there are still patients being discovered, and the epidemic is a little out of control, so I will fight the last battle today, and I will withdraw the army regardless of victory or defeat." ”
Wanyan Luhan took a deep breath, "I understand, I'll take someone back now." ”
Wanyan Xian also immediately ordered his subordinates to cooperate with Wanyan Luhan to go to the camp to pick up people, and sent 3,000 cavalry to escort the Song Dynasty emperor's father and son and the princes to the north.
After Yan Luhan was far away, Wan Yan Xian also ordered again: "Send the order to Lou Mur, plus 20,000 Jurchen soldiers to attack the city, only advance and not retreat, anyone who retreats without authorization will be killed immediately!" ”
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Wanyan Lou originally planned to continue the army attack in the afternoon, but under the pressure of Marshal Du, he had to change his plan and ordered 20,000 Jurchen elite soldiers from Dongzhai to enter the battlefield.
At this time, the golden soldiers of the Bohai Department have been fighting for more than an hour, and the casualties have exceeded more than 5,000 people, the main reason is that the earth-shaking thunder of the Song army was mixed with a large number of quenched iron pieces, and many soldiers were originally only slightly injured by the iron pieces hitting the legs, but with the onset of toxicity, many soldiers had leg paralysis, dizziness and other symptoms, but this siege was not allowed to withdraw from the battlefield due to injuries, many soldiers had to fight with poisonous hair to continue the fierce battle, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, either they died under the arrows of the Song army, or they died on the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city.
But with the 20,000 fresh troops entering the battlefield, the fighting spirit of the Jin soldiers became high again, and the attack became sharper.
There are one hundred and fifty siege ladders hanging on the head of the north city, the golden soldiers climb on the ladder like ant colonies to attack, the soldiers at the top of the siege ladder are fighting fiercely with the soldiers at the head of the city, although the golden soldiers are fierce, but they are in a disadvantageous position to attack, and there is only one soldier on the top, so they were quickly overturned by several Song soldiers together, screaming and falling down the city, but immediately there was a stronger Jin soldier killed up.
Li Yanqing stood at the head of the city and watched the battle, although the Jin soldiers were fierce, they did not have the upper hand, on the contrary, the Song army firmly controlled the situation, and until now, not a single soldier attacked the city.
"The first team uses Spitfire Thunder!"
Li Yanqing saw that the time was ripe, so he gave the order to use the Flying Fire Thunder.
Since there were not many siege ladders, Li Yanqing only let 100 soldiers take the lead in using them, and the 100 soldiers of the first team were all excellent performers in the exercise, and each of them was equipped with two flying fire mines.
Receiving the order to attack, a hundred throwers quickly entered their positions.