Chapter 653: The Weak Strength of the City Wins the Hearts of the People
Hundreds of artillery guns fired in unison, the gushing tongue of fire instantly shattered the city wall in front of him into slag, countless soldiers on the city wall have long disappeared, stationed on the arrow tower under the escort of the guards, has fled to the city, seeing the power of this artillery, Bo Da has already lost any resistance in his heart, in his heart only the endless tongue of fire and the frightened sound that blocked his ears, crying. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Dashuai, let's hurry back to Huining Mansion, we can't stop it here!"
"Dashuai, the general trend has gone, we must make a decision, this time the Song people are determined to destroy us!"
Several generals around Bo Da looked at Bo Da with a sad face, and at this time everyone had no intention of fighting, and their morale was low to the extreme.
Outside the city, Yue Fei looked at the power of the artillery, and his heart was both shocked and excited, the power of this artillery was far beyond his imagination, and the terrifying power even made Yue Fei a little afraid.
Looking at the army rushing into the ruined city, Yue Fei groaned, knowing that as soon as this cannon came out, the role of the city would continue to weaken, and even slowly become dispensable.
When Yue Fei's artillery broke through Zhaozhou City, Taizhou City was much more miserable, without the support of artillery, a large number of soldiers could only climb up and fight with the most primitive methods, but with the destruction of Zhaozhou City, Yang Zaixing, who was covered in blood, also slowly entered Taizhou City and began to take over the city.
After the Jurchens were defeated by two of the three important towns in the south, Yue Fei ignored the remaining one, and led 20,000 cavalry to take advantage of the breaking of Zhaozhou City, and rushed to the Jurchen capital Huining Mansion non-stop, all the cavalry's faces were extremely excited, this is the capital of the Jurchens, as long as it is broken here, the merit of destroying the country is enough to seal the wife and the son.
The 20,000 cavalry was already the most elite cavalry in the Great Song Dynasty, and at this time, one person and three horses gave up all the baggage, just to catch the Jurchens off guard.
The army ran hundreds of miles in two days, in this rush, the team was like a long dragon, the armor was shining, the morale was high, and at the beginning of the third day, the army led by Yue Fei had come to Huining Mansion dozens of miles away.
The morning sun rises above the head of the army, shining on the armor of all the soldiers, and in the distance to the north, one after another fortresses are revealed, the generals turn their heads, look far away, and seem to pass through these fortresses, you can see the Huining Mansion dozens of miles away, dozens of miles, saying that it is not far away, and it is not close to it. But the cavalry can arrive in half a day, so it can be said that it is close at hand.
At this time, the army has surrounded all this huge Huining Mansion, this is the land of the Jurchens' dragon Xing, more than ten years have not heard of war, but now the army is oppressed, so that all the Jurchens are panicked, everyone knows that if this battle is not won, it will be the death of the country, and the Jurchens have no way to retreat, there is no escape, there is no way to avoid.
Yue Fei hurried here, and ordered the soldiers to start correcting, at this time the vanguard general Pang Xing stepped forward with great joy and said: "General, we are marching very fast, many of the Jurchens' supplies outside have not been carried back, and even some of the people who built the fortress have been captured by us, and the most important thing is that we got 60,000 war horses from the imperial horse prison outside the city, these are good horses, they are mobilized by the Jurchens from everywhere to prepare for the big war!"
When Yue Fei heard Pang Xing's words, he was overjoyed and said: "Yes, surround the surroundings, capture the people, encircle the points to send reinforcements, and attract all the Jurchen troops and horses to me, I want to let the Jurchens only have this empty city left! Niu Gao led five thousand cavalry to keep a close eye on the Jurchens in Huining Mansion, and if they leave the city, report immediately!"
Yue Fei looked at the tall Huining Mansion and snorted coldly, he originally hoped to take the Zhonghui Ning Mansion in one go, but he didn't expect that dozens of fortresses of all sizes were built around the Huining Mansion, and it was impossible to succeed in the sneak attack, and this Huining Mansion was even more huge, the city wall was twice as high, and the width was enough to allow six war horses to gallop side by side, in addition to the nickname, the Jurchens also built two urn cities, which made Yue Fei even more unexpected, and now he can only hope that the army behind him will come quickly, after all, the cavalry siege is too extravagant, and Taizhou City is also the mind of letting the grassland tribes bleed, otherwise no one will use cavalry to attack the cityγ
In the city of Huining Mansion, Wanyan Wu Qimai and the Jurchen high-level officials already knew that Yue Fei was close at hand, and they were immediately full of sorrow, no one expected that the entire Great Song cavalry would come so quickly, let alone that the two strong cities of Taizhou and Zhaozhou would not even be able to delay for a month.
The wind and snow in the north are heavy, as long as it is winter in a few months, at that time, the material operation of the Song people is difficult, these cavalry can not withstand the wind and cold outside, and the Jurchens can drive the Song people away in one go, but now Yue Fei's cavalry is coming too fast, so that Wanyan Wu Qimai has a feeling of being beaten.
"Yelu Chuxiong, how many people are here from Yue Fei?" Wanyan Wu Qimai asked coldly, the evil aura in his eyes was extremely heavy, in order to resist these Song people these days, he was already so busy that he hadn't slept for a few days.
Yelu Chuxiong stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Yue Fei is advancing lightly this time, with only 20,000 horses and no siege equipment, and the army of Zhaozhou has just crossed the Tongtong River. β
"20,000 people?" The other ministers were a little surprised, even Wanyan Wu was stunned.
Yelu Chuxiong heard everyone's surprise, and said his judgment: "I heard that in order to conquer Taizhou and Zhaozhou as soon as possible, this Yue Fei has left behind the army and countless firearms, and he is coming day and night, wanting to catch us off guard, so there are not many people!"
After Yelu Chuxiong finished speaking, King Lu stepped forward and said happily: "Father, it is simply wishful thinking that Yue Fei wants to besiege Huining Mansion with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and he wants to attack Huining Mansion back then, and the army and horses used are more than 100,000! It's really famous, but it's actually hard to live up."
"Father, what King Lu said is right, the city of Huining Mansion is wide and strong, even the gunpowder of the Song people is not to be overcome, and the grain we store can be supplied to millions of people for several years, as long as we hold on for three months, the weather is cold, the Song people have to retreat, and then we can chase and kill with elite soldiers and slaughter the army of the Song people!"
The crown prince Wanyan Zonggu also said excitedly, in fact, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were thinking the same at this time, delaying as soon as possible until the arrival of the cold winter, the north has become colder and colder in recent years, even the Jurchens are a little unbearable, not to mention the Song people in the south.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with this method of the Jurchens, even in later generations, there are also columns that use the cold to win.
After the two princes finished speaking, the old minister Wan Yan Huan also stepped forward and continued: "Your Majesty, what the two princes said is right, Yue Fei rode lightly and made a big taboo in the soldiers, it is reported that the two cities of Taizhou and Zhaozhou are only broken, and my Jurchen warriors are still resisting, especially Jeju is still controlled by Ali Chuhu in the three major towns in the south, and it can be connected with Huining Mansion from end to end."
And this Yue Fei didn't want to make persistent efforts to conquer the city in one fell swoop, but instead took the initiative to divide the troops and sent the elite to come all the way to take Huining, this is 'fighting for profit', seeing the hunting heart, it is a taboo for the soldiers. I think it was Yue Fei who was greedy for the merit of destroying the country and rushed forward. β
Speaking of this, Wan Yan Huan was even more confident and swept down the ministers and said: "Now there is Jeju in the future, and there is my strong city in front of it; The Song army had these disadvantages, but in turn, they were all great benefits to our army. Let me ask you, my lord, the situation has already been favorable to our army, what are we afraid of? Moreover, in the cold winter in the north, once we hold the city for a few months, we can slaughter the Song people!"
Wanyan Huandu's words were meant for everyone, for fear that these people would be shocked by Yue Fei's speed, frightened by the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty and have no heart to fight, and even take the initiative to surrender.
Wanyan Wu Qimai nodded at Wanyan Huan, turned to everyone and said: "Everyone, I heard that there is a strong man outside the sky who is about to invade, and the Song people who are forced have to attack my Dajin, as long as we delay for time, then the Great Song Dynasty will have no time to take care of us, at that time, my Jurchen people will definitely be able to prosper, and even sit back and watch the success or failure, and restore the prosperity." β