Chapter 817: Bombardment of Bazhou
Xiao Tianzuo looked extremely sad, which startled Kuai Yue, he looked at Xiao Tianzuo's back and asked, "Could it be ...... Princess She ...... Did something happen? ”
"No ......" Zhang Xiaojie said to Kuai Yue: "In order to save the country, the princess personally led the imperial forbidden army to meet the enemy, but the army was scattered, and it is now known that the princess's army is heading west...... Whereabouts unknown! ”
Kuai Yue listened, and hugged his fists at Zhang Xiaojie and Xiao Tianzuo: "Thank you for telling the prince and Xiangguo, the last general will go to find the princess!" ”
Do what you say, just go, this is the character of the Jurchens, and it is also the character of Kuai Yue, who is refreshing and does not drag mud and water.
Seeing the Jurchen horses shouting and heading west, Xiao Tianzuo turned his head and said to Zhang Xiaojie: "Lord Zhang, it's a pity! ”
Zhang Xiaojie knew what Xiao Tianzuo said about the pity, Xiao Tianzuo was naturally sorry for the Jurchen horses in Liaodong, but it was a pity that they couldn't use it for themselves!
Zhang Xiaojie sighed, and then he and Xiao Tianzuo began to return to Shangjing, slowly repairing the capital that was damaged by the war after the war.
But it was said that Xiao Mo's army surrounded Xijing, and then the artillery battalion Yunlongsu gave an order, and the artillery bombarded the city wall of Xijing, and after the cannon ended, Xiao Mo did not immediately send people to attack the city, but said to Yunlongsu: "Just bombard the city every day, one hour in the morning, one hour in the afternoon!" ”
Yun Longsu didn't understand what Xiao Mo meant by doing this, this Xijing was in front of him, and he could break it casually, but Xiao Mo didn't give the order to attack.
Xiao Mo's thoughts, others naturally couldn't guess, even the smartest seed was puzzled, he sent people several times to ask Xiao Mo about the timing of the siege, Xiao Mo just replied: "Wait a little longer......"
After waiting for two days, Chong Ge finally couldn't help it, and Liang Zheng and Yang Hong came to ask Xiao Mo, seeing his group of favorite generals, Xiao Mo smiled slightly, pointed to the east and said: "Naturally, they are waiting for Lord Li to defeat Nanjing!" ”
Puzzled, he asked, "My lord, why did you wait for them to capture Nanjing first?" Our two armies, it is clear that whoever captures the capital first will be the first credit, and if you do this, isn't it giving away the credit? ”
Xiao Mo listened to it and said to Chong Ge: "Xiao Chong, you are talented and intelligent, but you are young and vigorous!" Where is this militaristic event used to be competitive? Moreover...... If it weren't for the East Route Army taking Nanjing directly, do you think we would have besieged Xijing so easily? This is obviously Liao's plan to abandon the car and protect the commander, and it is ...... According to the spies, Yelu Hongji is currently in Xijing, what does this mean? ”
He thought for a moment and said, "The last general thinks that Yelu Hongji is looking for death!" ”
"Not bad!" Xiao Mo said: "Yelu Hongji is looking for death, but ...... I prefer that Yelu Hongji is no longer 'handsome' but 'car', the current Liao State has obviously been manipulated by Yelu Aruhan, Yelu Hongji is just an abandoned son of Yelu Aruhan, and ...... Yelu Aluhan left Yelu Hongji in Xijing in order to borrow our hands to kill Yelu Hongji, so that he can rightfully become the master of the Liao Kingdom! Thank you again, if we forced Yelu Hongji to death before Nanjing was broken, what would happen to the soldiers of the Liao army? ”
"The general is saying that the mourning soldiers will win?" Seed was shocked when he heard this!
Xiao Mo said: "Exactly! Yelu Aluhan was scheming, thinking that this general would immediately capture Xijing for the sake of merit and Yelu Hongji's head, just imagine, how could Yelu Hongji, as the Liao Emperor, endure the shame of being a prisoner at this level? Therefore, it is natural for Yeluhonki to take matters into his own hands when we break through the city walls. And whether Yelu Hongji committed suicide or not, the emperor died, the Liao soldiers would naturally be sad and angry, and then fight hard, and now Meng Gong's 200,000 army is gone, so ...... In order to ensure that the armies of the east and west are foolproof, we must first let Lord Li defeat the Liao army and enter Nanjing before we can make a move against Yelu Hongji! ”
Hearing Xiao Mo's explanation, Chong Mo had nothing to say, and Yang Hong and Liang Zheng, who were instigated by him, didn't dare to speak.
So the war in Xijing dragged on like this, but the war in Nanjing was hot.
Di Qing's 200,000 army directly took Yi County, this Yi County is just a small county town of a few hundred households, naturally under the threat of Di Qing's 200,000 cavalry, the army and the people fled in a hurry, but Bazhou is the gateway to Nanjing, Wei Pingzhang and He Ding led 80,000 infantry troops, and Li Zhunqin led 50,000 troops to press the formation behind.
Then He Ding aimed the artillery at Bazhou, and the twelve cannons were in full swing, and there was a burst of indiscriminate bombardment at Bazhou.
The caliber of this cannon is naturally not as powerful as the Shenwei cannon, and the power is not as powerful as the Shenwei cannon. The cannonballs landed on the city walls, and immediately flew a large field of crushed mud and rock.
Some of the shells landed in the city, leveling the houses, and some of the thatched grass flew onto the thatched houses next to it, causing a fire.
This is the 'hot' fight, the power of the cannon makes the defenders of Bazhou frightened, and also makes the people in the city afraid, and they don't even dare to sleep at home at night, for fear that they don't know when a cannonball will fly from the sky, and then they will be bombarded to the ground!
The guard of Bazhou is called Hu Yanli, and there is also a rumor that Hu Yanli is actually a Han person, formerly known as Yan Li, after the Liao soldiers entered the customs, Hu Yanli's people were taken captive to Liao, and then Yan Li's father changed his surname to Hu Yan, and Yan Li became Hu Yanli.
Hu Yanli was also stunned by An Chao's artillery, this is not a problem that can be solved by the art of war and men at all, or rather...... In front of the artillery, this tall city wall is actually a target!
It's not a level of war at all, look at other people's artillery, and then look at the pile of scrap copper and rotten iron in his hand, Hu Yanli threw away the sword he was carrying, and then said angrily: "Lao Tzu won't fight!" ”
It's not that Hu Yanli is incompetent, it's that there is really no way!
For three days, the artillery bombed Bazhou into ruins, and the tall Bazhou city wall was also full of desolation, and the city wall was dissatisfied with the big hole caused by the explosion of the cannonball.
What else is the use of this wall?
To such an extent, He Ding asked the artillery to aim the artillery at the city gate of Bazhou.
And then...... There were three cannon shots, and the gates of Bazhou were blasted open.
Hu Yanli didn't resist at all, he retreated to Nanjing with his soldiers early, and he scolded in his mouth: "Grandma, who can fight this battle?" Anyway, Lao Tzu can't fight, whoever likes to fight will go! ”
The artillery directly bombed Bazhou into ruins, and also bombed the guard Hu Yanli into a resentful woman!