Chapter 575: The Jin Army is infighting

The whistling stone bullets swept overhead from time to time, and the Jin army on the west city of Yan'an was like a wheat wave with a strong wind, with the attack of the stone bullets. After all, in the face of a deadly threat, no one can face it with their chests held high.

There was a loud bang, accompanied by the sound of the shattering of earth and stone tiles, and the city tower above the east gate of the city was hit by a stone projectile, which collapsed a corner, but fortunately, Han Chang built this city tower strongly, otherwise I am afraid it will collapse

Zhang Jun had no choice but to go down to the city at this time, he was protected by the soldiers and squatted under the flat-headed city wall. In the end, he is a veteran of the battlefield, and he still has the courage, and he leans out from time to time to observe the extent of the opponent's artillery attack. Looking from the city, more than 100 artillery trucks of the Western Army barely stopped, and they bombarded the West City one after another

Suddenly, he saw a stone bullet gradually enlarged, and it actually smashed towards the place where he was hiding, the rebel general's eyes narrowed, and he watched the stone bullet get closer and closer, his hand clenched the hilt, and his teeth clenched, and after a deafening loud noise, he felt a slight shock, and the stone bullet hit the city wall, which should be not far below him

Secretly exhaling, he squatted back again, looked at the frightened soldiers around him, and said casually: "Our city walls are extremely strong, and no matter how fierce the tiger cannon is, it will not help." Survive this period and wait for the Western Army to attack the city, which is the time for our army to be mighty. ”

"Yes, yes." Aribu whispered.

Seven or eight steps away, a frightened voice just sounded, followed by the flying stones, and the soldiers screamed miserably Zhang Jun and others to find their reputation, only to see that the stone bullets broke through a flat-headed wall, pushing all the soldiers hiding behind them down the city

"Mother's cannon is too weird, in a round of artillery hits, at least six or seven directly hit Zhang Dutong on the head of the city, like this for a day or two, and the loss is not small," a commander shouted.

Zhang Jun just wanted to respond to him, the person in front of him suddenly disappeared, a huge shadow flashed in front of him, after a deafening sound, what he saw was a huge gap in the flat-headed wall next to him, and opposite, many pairs of eyes full of fear were watching his soldiers desperately retreat, trying to avoid this unlucky place.

"Don't be afraid, stick to your post," Zhang Jun said through gritted teeth.

The blasting lasted for two full hours, and did not stop until noon. Zhang Jun took this opportunity to go down to the city, and at noon, he received a report. One city tower was destroyed and ineffective, and more than 40 gaps were made in the entire city wall, and more than 600 soldiers were killed and almost no one was wounded.

At the same time that he received the report, the Song army began a new round of artillery attacks......

September 25, dusk. Under the reflection of the remnant sun, the artillery bombardment that lasted for two days has stopped, and although the walls of Yan'an Xicheng have been beaten to a thousand holes, they are still intact on the whole. All units of the Song army have prepared for the siege of the city in the near future, and all the goose carts, cave houses, flying bridges, crash cars, trench bridges, flying artillery and other equipment are all in place.

"Has Xuanfu Xianggong come back?" Wang Yu asked the soldiers in front of Xu Wei's tooth tent.

"Isn't that?" The soldiers pointed in one direction.

Wang Yu turned around and looked, only to see Xu Wei leading the guards to come on horseback, he greeted him and asked loudly, "Xianggong, how is the fight over there?" ”

Xu Wei reined in the war horse, jumped up, and nodded: "It's okay, Han Chang organized troops to attack, but was blocked back by Jin Qing, killing more than a thousand people, and there is a Jin army Meng'an." Something? ”

Wang Yu followed him, and while walking towards the tent, he said: "The artillery attack has stopped, but the entire Xicheng city defense is still intact. The humble post is to request, is it possible to move close to the siege as scheduled? ”

Xu Wei untied his scimitar, took off his helmet and handed it to the soldier, sat down and held the water bowl and asked, "You said that if you attack according to the usual tactics, it will be difficult to achieve results. If you want to attack the city closely, do you have a specific tactic? ”

Wang Yu quickly took something from his belt and spread it on the table, but it was a map of city defense. It was drawn by him a few days ago, and in addition to the description of the words, it was also accompanied by accurate illustrations. Xu Wei was interested, and he didn't drink the water, so he looked at it carefully.

On the map, not only the whole, but also detailed to the various parts, the city tower, the horse face, the enemy tower, the city gate, are all marked in detail.

Wang Yu pointed to a place at this time and said: "Xianggong, please see, this is the junction of the north city and the east city, and the humble duty noticed that the city wall here is uneven, and there is a concave situation, which may be left over from the city defense transformation." It is suggested that while attacking head-on, dig tunnels here. ”

Xu Wei frowned: "Digging a tunnel under Jin Jun's nose?" ”

Wang Yuyi shook his head: "It's not a tunnel, dig a tunnel, and then fill it with medicine."

Xu Wei's eyes lit up: "You want to blow up the city wall?" ”

"Yes, our army's gunpowder is much more powerful than before, why not give it a try?" Wang Yu said excitedly.

Xu Wei took a sip of the bowl and was silent for a while. Although the formula of gunpowder has been improved and its power has been improved under his auspices, the gunpowder of our army now is not at all the kind used in military affairs in later generations, at most it is something wrapped in firecrackers. It will be used to make earth-shaking thunder, thunder arrows, flying fire cannons and assault guns, and it will also be used to blow up mountains and extract rocks for mining. But to blast a strong wall with this gunpowder? I'm afraid it won't have much effect. And once you decide to blow up the city, is it a matter of one or two pounds? With a tall and sturdy city wall like Yan'an, you are afraid that you will have to get a few thousand catties, and whether it will succeed or not has to be said separately.

But since you haven't tried it, why not give it a try? As soon as he thought of this, he agreed: "Okay, I'll give you two thousand catties of medicine and blow it up."

On the 26th, the weather was not beautiful, and it began to rain before dawn. There is no way to attack the city in the near future, let alone blast operations? After consulting the generals, Xu Wei decided to suspend the seizure of the city and continued to attack.

The rain continued for four days until the first day of October. On the afternoon of the first day of the new year, the Song army began to attack the city closely, but the blasting was postponed. As soon as the battle order was ordered, tens of thousands of soldiers pushed all kinds of equipment and rushed to Yan'an Xicheng under the cover of artillery bows and crossbows. The Jin army, which had been suppressed for many days, finally began to fight back.

The bow and ballista cart Qi Wei caused great losses to the Song army. On the first day of the first lunar month, more than 2,000 people were killed in the battle of the Western armies, and they did not achieve much success at all. On the second day of the junior high school, he continued to attack fiercely, but Zhang Jun, with his strong and advanced city defense, insisted on adding nearly 2,000 losses to Xu Wei in the third junior year.

The soldiers, still maintaining a high level of courage, continued to attack head-on. A small army that is good at digging takes advantage of the cover of the cave house to drive to the predetermined location and begin the earthwork work. They dug a large pit at the foot of the city wall and filled it with more than 1,000 catties of medicine

Just as the two armies of Song and Jin were fighting to the death, the earth-shattering explosion made the two soldiers frightened to crack the junction of the northeast two sides of the city

However, Xu Wei and Wang Yu were deeply disappointed by the result, although the movement was extremely large, but after the explosion, only a larger pit was blown up at the foot of the city wall, which could not shake the strong city wall at all, and the air waves and flying earth and stones generated by the explosion increased the casualties of the Song army. The road of blasting is not going to go at all......

Although the blasting and siege failed, this loud noise really shocked Zhang Jun. He knew that Xu Wei's firearms were powerful, and although he didn't succeed this time, it was hard to guarantee that he would use any strange tricks in the future. Therefore, all departments were ordered to strictly guard against each other and not to be careless

After several days of siege and thousands of soldiers killed, little was achieved. This made Wang Yu, who was known for being good at attacking and defending in the Western Army, disgraced, and he wanted to explain to his commanders and colleagues that it was not me who couldn't do it, it was Han Chang's bastard who changed this city too perfectly.

In the fourth year of junior high school, after suffering a setback, Xu Wei convened the general's staff to review.

"It's definitely not okay to fight like this, the casualties are too great. It is suggested that the humble position should gather forces to attack the northern city. Zhang Xian was the first to say.

"Why?" Yang Yan asked.

"The Jin army has renovated the city, and the original female wall teeth are gone. There is no tooth chop and no gap, and our soldiers will have to climb up and climb over his flathead city to attack the enemy. And how did the soldiers of the Jin Army assassinate through various platoons. I paid special attention to it, there are the most gaps in the north city that have been blasted out by the cannons, so it is better to collect more goose carts and use the north city as a breakthrough" Zhang Xian waved his fist.

"Why are you looking at the city? The city gate does not need to be attacked? Xu Hong questioned.

"It's not that he doesn't want to attack the city gates, the Jin army himself sealed all the city gates. My soldiers have been bumped into it, and it's no different from hitting a mountain. Wang Yu shook his head and said.

"That can be blown up," Zhang Xian said loudly.

As soon as I heard the word "fried", the general with a bad face was unlucky, and he still blew up? A few days ago, it took a lot of energy, more than 1,000 catties of medicine, and in the end, the city wall did not explode, and he injured hundreds of people, and let Jin Jun watch a fireworks, and he was angry when he remembered it

Wang Yu pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "You can't blow up the city wall, but this city gate is not necessarily a way."

"It's to blow up the gate of its northern city and attack it inside," Zhang Xian said.

Xu Wei listened carefully, and most of the generals supported Zhang Xian's suggestion and agreed to gather forces to attack Beicheng.

"Since that's what it means, let's gather all the troops to attack tomorrow. By the way, what is the situation of the Minfu Township soldiers recruited from Guan? Xu Wei asked.

"Back to Xianggong, the first batch of 7,000 people is already on the way, and it will be soon." The adjutant replied.

"Well, is there any news from the same state?" Xu Wei asked again.

"Yao Jingluo came to report, probably because of the rain, the Jin army has not crossed the river and is still confronting."

Xu Wei listened, and his heart was a little calmer. As long as the Jin army's reinforcements are blocked in Hedong, it doesn't matter if Yan'an fights hard. Our army has sufficient supplies and strong logistics, even if it consumes Han Chang. It was agreed at the moment that Xu Wei ordered the generals to go by themselves, preparing to gather forces to attack the northern city tomorrow.

Yang Yan was the first to go, and when he lifted the curtain, he suddenly turned around and shouted, "Look at the fire in the city"

Everyone poured out in an uproar, and they all looked towards the city, and sure enough, they saw that the fire in the west city was soaring, reflecting half of the sky, and many soldiers in the red camp were also watching strongly, and they were discussing, why, did you go to the water?

"It's just rained, so it shouldn't be such a big fire, right? Could it be that something has changed? Ma Kuo wondered.

Xu Wei didn't know what was going on, if it was a fire, how could there be such a big battle? The sky is red, is it infighting?

In the city, the Shuaifu Festival Hall.

Zhang Jun sat on the chair reclining, his upper body bare, a wound that was pulled from his left shoulder to his chest was shocking, accompanied by the undulation of breathing, the flesh of the wound rolled up, and blood kept gushing out A medical officer was half-kneeling in front of him, wiping the wound with a white cloth and sprinkling it with medicinal powder.

Zhang Jun's face was full of resentment, staring at the broken armor next to him, his eyes almost burst into flames

"Report that the rebels have been fully controlled, and the rest of the people are all ambushed" A general broke into the festival hall, panting like a cow and reporting, still holding a bloody knife in his hand

"Evil must be held alive, and the dead must be killed," Zhang Jun slammed the handrail and shouted

"Don't be angry," the medical officer hurriedly stopped.

Staring at him, Zhang Jun clenched his teeth, and in the evening, he went to patrol the camp and visit the wounded. When he arrived at a camp of the Yuanjing Yuan Army of his descendants, there was nothing abnormal at first, and the commander commanded officers at all levels to accompany him to inspect it. But just as he was leaving for dinner, the officers took advantage of his guards to leave, and suddenly became difficult

Fortunately, Zhang Jun himself was born as a soldier and was skilled in martial arts, so he narrowly avoided the first knife melee, he was slashed in the chest by a rebel general, if it was not for the armor to defend it, this knife had to kill him The guards could not arrive, snatched him out of the camp, and fled to the Shuai Mansion in a hurry

The subordinates mutinied, which was already infuriating enough. In particular, what Zhang Jun couldn't accept was that the troops who made a rebellion this time turned out to be the old department of the Jingyuan Army who surrendered to the Jin Army with him, and you said that if it was the Han Er Army, the Han Signing Army would be in turmoil, Lao Tzu took you with him when he was in Jingyuan, and he treated you well on weekdays, and he wanted to take my life and arrest all of them to death

The wound was bandaged, and the medical officer was carefully instructing him. Suddenly, he pushed the medical officer away, took the saber from his chair, and strode down the hall

At the door, more than a dozen strong soldiers were tying two people in. The two were still wrapped in iron armor, but their heads were scattered and covered in blood, and they were obviously not lightly injured

Zhang Jun grabbed it angrily, grabbed one person, and asked sharply: "Why do you say that Zhang Mou doesn't live with you?"

The man raised his head at this time, his face was already stained with blood, and he couldn't see his true face, and gasped: "Outside the city is our old comrades, and inside the city are the villagers' fathers and ......elders."

"your mother, you are kind enough to say that there is no one to instruct," Zhang Junyi put the knife on the other party's neck

"Zhang Dutong, it doesn't matter if you kill me. Listen to my advice, for the sake of the people of the city, for the sake of the brothers and sisters......"

"Lao Tzu asked if you still have any comrades," Zhang Jun was mad, and the sharp knife had already cut through the flesh of the other party