Poor Family Chapter 601

  Chapter 601 Sneak Attack on Yanjing (Part 2)

'Woo—'The low-pitched horn blew, which was the order for the right army to attack. Eight thousand troops rushed out of the woods one mile away, and rushed to the right gate. Two thousand soldiers rushed there first, squatting in hundreds They shot arrows at the top of the city one step away. They all used crossbows with a killing range of 150 steps. The dense arrows shot towards the top of the city like a storm, instantly suppressing the soldiers of the Liao army on the top of the city.

Yan Qing and ten of his men encountered a surprise attack from the top of the city, and four of them were shot dead. The rest of the soldiers hid under the suspension bridge. The original Zhentianlei was twice as big, weighing sixty catties, and the amount of medicine inside was also twice as large.

They put the Thunderbolts on a wooden pallet and transported them across the moat, but due to the death of four soldiers, one of the pallets overturned, and one Thunderbolt sank to the bottom of the moat, leaving only two soldiers in their hands. pieces.

Yan Qing didn't know whether the two Thunderbolts would be enough, but he could only gamble on his luck. At this time, the Song Army's dense arrows suppressed the defenders on the city. Yan Qing gave an order and led two Two soldiers climbed ashore and rushed to the gate of the city with Zhentian in their arms.

Just like frying the city gate of Yongqing County, they fixed Zhentianlei on the gate with a wooden stool, and slowly pulled out the fire rope coiled inside from the spout of Zhentianlei, taking care not to let the wet body get wet At this moment, a soldier blew on the fire rope, and Yan Qing suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"

He pulled out the dagger from his boots and cut half of the matchlock. The remaining matchlock was only enough for them to run seven or eight steps away. The purpose of shortening the explosion time was to prevent the Liao army from opening the city gate to destroy the matchlock. The expressions of the two soldiers suddenly changed. Yan Qing winked at the inside of the moat, and ordered in a low voice: "Light it up!"

Only then did the two soldiers understand. One soldier lit the match with a torch, and the match ignited. Yan Qing and the two soldiers jumped into the river and hid under the suspension bridge. A thunderstorm was fixed at the bottom of the suspension bridge, and everyone took a deep breath and dived into the water together.

In just a moment, I heard a shocking explosion, flames burst out, thick smoke rose into the sky, the whole city was shaking, and the ground was trembling, and the huge shock wave killed hundreds of Liao soldiers on the top of the city on the spot. The two thousand Song soldiers outside were also shocked by the huge explosion, and they covered their ears and knelt down on the ground.

But before the smoke cleared, another earth-shattering explosion sounded, and another thunderbolt fixed under the suspension bridge exploded. An iron chain flew up to the top of the city, and a remnant of a suspension bridge several feet long flew dozens of steps away.

  When the gunpowder smoke gradually dissipated, the suspension bridge disappeared, and the lower half of the city gate was blown away, leaving only the upper half hanging on the top of the city. There was no Liao army soldier within a hundred steps around.

  Li Yanqing shouted: "Attack!"

  'Boom! Boom! Boom! As the drums sounded, eight thousand soldiers of the Song army rushed towards the city gate with shouts. A dozen scouts including Yan Qing climbed ashore from the water and boarded a dozen or so wide planks that had been placed beforehand. Under the leadership, he took the lead in entering Yanjing City.

  The Jin soldiers only stayed for one night after occupying Pingzhou, and the 30,000 Jin cavalry, led by Wanyan Zongbi, quickly marched south and west, and rushed towards Yanjing City without stopping.

The distance from Lulongsai to Yanjing City is about 400 miles. At the same time when Li Yanqing attacked Yanjing City at night, 30,000 gold soldiers and cavalry had already reached Lu County, which was about 70 miles away from Yanjing City. The army ran for a day , was also very tired, Wanyan Zongbi ordered to rest on the spot overnight, and then attacked Yanjing City tomorrow morning.

Wanyan Zongbi led 30,000 cavalry without corresponding siege weapons. Even if he reached Yanjing City, it would be useless. He still had to wait for the cooperation of another golden army going south, which was led by Wanyan Zongwang who was going south from Juyongguan. Fifty thousand golden soldiers, this golden soldier carried a large number of siege weapons, and could capture Yanjing City.

In the endless field to the west of Luxian County, 30,000 cavalrymen wrapped in blankets lay on the ground and put their armours together to sleep, while their horses gnawed on the grass beside them. There was a small tent in the middle of the field, and Wanyan Zongbi was standing in the tent holding an oil lamp Consult a map.

Wanyan Zongbi is also known as Wushu, which means that the famous Jin Wushu in Yue's novels is the fourth son of Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda, a famous general of the Jin Kingdom, he is about thirty years old, has a black beard, a majestic figure, and very strong martial arts At the age of twenty, he led the army to fight against the Liao army, defeated the Liao army repeatedly, and made great military exploits for the establishment of the Jin Kingdom.

  Although Wanyan Zongbi sent troops south after receiving Tong Guan's letter, he also knew that the Song Army of the Eastern Route led by Zhong Shidao was fighting against Xiao Qian, which made him somewhat hesitant.

Behind Wanyan Zongbi there are two other generals, one is Zongbi's deputy governor Wan Yan Xigunai, the other is Yelu Yujian, a general of Jin and Liao, who is also the guide of Jin soldiers attacking Liao, Yelu Yujian was originally Liao General Jinwuwei, the uncle of Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Liao Dynasty, surrendered to the Jin Dynasty after the high-level officials of the Liao Kingdom failed to participate in the struggle to seize the heir.

  Yeluyu saw that Zong Bi was hesitant, so he asked in a low voice, "What are you all worried about?"

  Yan Zongbi sighed at the end, "This time I went south to attack Yanjing, it was a bit hasty. I didn't ask my father for instructions. I was worried that it would affect the overall situation."

Yeluyu smiled and said: "But it is the emperor's will to order Dutong to be ready to attack Yanjing at any time. Since the emperor has decided to attack Yanjing, there is no such thing as affecting the overall situation. Besides, there is a letter from Tong Guan asking us to take Yanjing. Then it is justifiable for us to send troops, the marshal need not worry too much."

Wanyan Xigu who was next to him snorted disdainfully and said: "We Jin Guoxiong's soldiers are all over the world, not to mention there is a letter from Tong Guan, even if there is no letter from Tong Guan, so what if we captured Yanjing, I think the Song Dynasty is corrupt The house built by Zhimu has a majestic appearance, but it is actually vulnerable. Hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated by tens of thousands of recruits recruited by the Liao Kingdom. Loot all the wealth of the Central Plains."

Yelu Yujian shook his head, "You can't say that. The Song Dynasty still had some good soldiers. The troops who cultivated the way of teachers fought against Xixia for many years. A few years ago, they even defeated Xixia's elite, forcing Xixia to surrender to the Song Dynasty. We Don't be too careless!"

  At this moment, a soldier outside the tent reported: "Report to Dutong, there is an outpost outside the tent to send urgent information!"

  After Yan Zongbi quickly ordered: "Let him in!"

   After a while, the curtain was lifted, and a soldier walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to Dutong, we found out that the Song army attacked Yanjing!"

  Wan Yan Zongbi was startled, and asked anxiously, "How many troops are there?"

   "About 10,000 people are hiding in the woods outside Beicheng."

   "Did the Liao army at the head of the city discover anything?" Wanyan Zongbi asked anxiously again.

   "We didn't notice it at first, but our centurion has shot arrows to remind the Liao army at the top of the city that they are getting ready."

Wanyan Zongbi became a little anxious. If the Song army had captured Yanjing, it would be a little troublesome. His father was certain to win the city of Yanjing. He thought that the Song army was still confronting Xiao Qian, but he did not expect a surprise attack Yanjing.

   "Dutong, we have to fight to Yanjing overnight. If Yanjing loses, we can't explain to the wolf lord!" Wanyan Xigunai said anxiously.

  After Yan Zongbi was in a state of confusion, he certainly knew the serious consequences of the Song army's seizure of Yanjing. He immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Pass my order, all soldiers stop resting, mount their horses and set off immediately!"

In Yanjing City, 10,000 Song troops were engaged in a fierce street battle with the Liao army in the city. The Liao army was very tenacious and fought **** battles with the Song army to the end. The residents in the city were scared out of their wits, and helped the old and the young to hide in the cellar to survive. Every household in Yanjing City had a cellar, which was used to store food and pickles, and was also used to hide in times of war.

Near the east city gate is an important battle area. Wang Gui and Niu Gao led two thousand soldiers to fight fiercely with more than 1,500 Liao army soldiers at the east city gate. Using the residential houses as cover, they approached the inner city wall step by step.

Arrows flew across the street, and the ground was full of soldiers who died in battle. The Song Army had killed more than a hundred people, basically all of them were shot by random arrows, and the casualties of the Liao Army were similar. The main reason was that the Song Army suddenly When they were killed, some soldiers were killed by the Song army before they had time to retreat.

  Li Yanqing's right army had trained in night street fighting in Fanyang County. Although it only trained for two nights, it was of great help to tonight's night battle. At least the two armies of Wang Gui and Niu Gao cooperated quite well.

  Wang Gui's army held shields and spears, and approached the city wall step by step, while Niu Gao's soldiers shot arrows at the top of the city with divine arm crossbows in the rear to cover Wang Gui's army's advance.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Gui's army finally reached the bottom of the city. With a loud shout, Wang Gui urged his horse to rush up the corridor. Seeing that the situation was critical, the commander-in-chief yelled, and led his army to rush forward, fighting fiercely with the Song army.

  At this time, Niu Gao saw that Wang Gui had rushed to the top of the wall, and also shouted: "Follow me to the city!"

He also led 1,000 soldiers of his headquarters to charge forward with crossbows on their backs, swords and shields in their hands, but hundreds of soldiers from the Liao army below the city rushed out from the alley and intercepted Niu Gao's army. Fierce battles, blood and flesh flying everywhere, screams everywhere.

   Not all street battles were dominated by the Song army.

The most critical point is the attack on the imperial city. Li Yanqing personally led 2,000 troops to attack the imperial city, and inside the imperial city, Xiao Fengxian also led 3,000 troops to resolutely resist. In addition, he had to send 500 soldiers to guard the north. The Xuanwu Gate was built to prevent the Song army from breaking through the Xuanwu Gate and killing from behind.

  The offensive and defensive battles between the two sides were also dominated by arrows. The Liao army concentrated at the head of the imperial city and shot arrows at the Song army outside.

Although the Song army carried a small trebuchet, Li Yanqing was not in a hurry to throw thunderbolts into the imperial city. There was still half an hour before the second watch. He needed to hold on until the reinforcements arrived, and then blocked the Xuanwu Gate. Prevent the nobles of the Liao Kingdom from escaping.

  Although Li Yanqing wanted to divide his troops to ambush outside the city, he was really short of troops. The street fighting in the city was very fierce, and he couldn't spare any troops to go outside the city. The only way was to delay the time and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

  Xiao Fengxian was also stalling for time. He had already sent someone to urgently ask for help from Xiao Qian in Wanping County. Based on time calculation, Xiao Qian's 20,000 cavalry could rush back to the capital at five o'clock.

   Both sides are waiting for reinforcements, and it depends on whose reinforcements arrive first.

  (end of this chapter)

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