Poor Family Chapter 797

  Chapter 797 Life and Death War (1)

Just after dawn, the sound of war drums sounded like thunder. Hearing the sound of war drums, Li Yanqing, who just woke up from a nap in the military yamen, suddenly changed his expression. The Jin soldiers were about to attack the city. Bing's surprise attack, Li Yanqing suddenly felt that Jin Bing was a little anxious, he had deceived the opponent's emperor, and he could play with it calmly, but Jin Bing started attacking the city without getting anything, which is not in line with common sense.

  'Could it be' Li Yanqing suddenly thought of Yan Qing's mysterious mission, and he began to faintly feel that maybe Yan Qing's mission was successful, and a plague broke out in the Golden Camp.

   Only in this way can it be explained why the Jin soldiers were so eager to attack the city. They wanted to plunder a vote before retreating northward.

  Thinking of this, Li Yanqing was secretly excited. He strode forward and shouted: "Pass my order, all the troops go to the city, and prepare to fight to the death with the Jin soldiers!"

  'Boom! Boom! Boom! ' The high-pitched drums sounded, and the huge drums echoed over the capital, which was also an order for assembly.

The capital began to be mobilized in an all-round way. Groups of soldiers rushed out of the barracks, wearing armor and holding spears, and ran towards the head of the city with a murderous look. There were already 20,000 soldiers on the top of the city with 40,000 soldiers. Twenty thousand soldiers rushed to the top of the city.

At the same time, 80,000 militiamen also began to gather at their respective posts. Among the 80,000 militiamen, 30,000 were the reserve army for the northern city, 10,000 were for each of the other three walls, and the remaining 20,000 were logistics support troops, responsible for transporting Materials, transporting wounded soldiers, delivering food to the city, etc., if the golden soldiers only attack the northern city, then they are mainly responsible for the support of the northern city.

   Infected by the passionate drumming, not only the militiamen, but also hundreds of thousands of city residents mobilized, who had money to contribute money and who were able to contribute their strength. They left their homes one after another, preparing to participate in the desperate battle with Jin Bing.

  Li Yanqing rushed to the head of the northern city, where forty trebuchets and 30 cannons were installed. These were heavy defensive weapons dismantled from the southern wall of the outer city. They are all installed on the top of Beicheng. The houses on the other three sides of the outer city have not been dismantled. It is barely possible to fight in a small way, but if it is a large-scale attack, it is not enough. It can only be done outside the Beicheng. This is also a golden soldier. The reason for the demolition of the city, otherwise it would be difficult to pass through the narrow alleys with siege ladders alone, let alone large siege weapons such as nest cars and ladders.

  The trebuchets on the head of Beicheng have been tested repeatedly. They are basically brand new trebuchets, and there will be no problems with at least a dozen rounds of projection.

   "Is the fireproof soil ready?"

  Li Yanqing walked around, but he didn't see the dirt bag, so he couldn't help asking with some dissatisfaction.

  Zhang Qing stepped forward and bowed and said: "The soil bags will be very messy when going to the city, so I will put them under the city, and they can be transported to the city at any time if necessary."

"no!"

  Li Yanqing flatly refused, "Once the kerosene appears on the top of the wall, it must be buried immediately, and it will be too late. The soil must be placed on the top of the wall, ten bags every thirty steps, and it can be placed close to the parapet."

   Li Yanqing's military order was like a mountain, Zhang Qing didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately ordered the militiamen to transport the mud bags to the city.

  Li Yanqing came to the west part of the North City, and found that there were too few bed crossbows, so he immediately said to Xu Ning: "Move all the bed crossbows in the South City!"

  Xu Ning said cautiously: "I'm afraid there will be trebuchets attacking from Nancheng."

   "The possibility of the South City is not high, just keep a few less, and the North City needs bed crossbows to deal with the nest carts and trebuchets!"

  Xu Ning nodded, and immediately arranged for someone to deliver the bed crossbow.

  At this time, another general found Li Yanqing, "I have reported to the Dutong that hundreds of thousands of people in the city have come out of their homes to demand to participate in the defense of the city. General Cao doesn't know what to do? Please give instructions!"

Li Yanqing was having a headache for a while, but in fact the city guards were enough. Forty thousand regular troops plus eighty thousand militiamen were more than enough for an inner city. Moreover, the other party would probably only attack the northern city. Even a protracted war for several months would be enough. Hundreds of thousands of people also joined in, it would be too late.

But the enthusiasm of hundreds of thousands of people cannot be poured down with a pot of cold water. Li Yanqing's eyes lit up when he thought of "a pot of cold water", and he immediately said to the general: "Go and tell General Cao, the golden soldiers are likely to attack the inside The city, let the people be responsible for fighting the fire in the city, and there is no need to defend the city.”

   "Follow the order!" The general saluted and hurried away.

Li Yanqing continued to inspect the top of the city. Except for the two flaws of the mud bag and the bed crossbow, the other preparations were sufficient and meticulous. There were special surveillance soldiers on the top of the city, and they were dedicated to keeping an eye on the Jinbing's Thunderbolt to prevent the Jinbing from using it indiscriminately. The sky-shaking thunder blasted the city gate.

In addition, the pitchers for 1,000 flying fire mines are already in place. So far, the Firearms Bureau has produced 1,100 flying fire mines, of which 800 are chain mines and 300 are rope mines. Make sure that every pitcher has a flying fire mine, whether they can succeed or not depends on their performance on the spot.

  'Boom—boom—boom—'

  'Woo—'

The slow and dull sound of drums came from the north, accompanied by the sound of low-pitched antlers, the black golden soldiers finally appeared in the sight of the soldiers defending the city. In front of them was an army of 50,000. The army of 50,000 was divided into five square formations. Clouds, like forests of spears, meander towards the south, just like five huge carpets floating on the water, undulating up and down.

   There are tens of thousands of cavalry with a murderous look behind them, mixed with huge nest carts and trebuchets, walking rumbling in the wilderness, which is particularly shocking.

This time the Jinbing dispatched 50,000 elite troops and 40,000 reserve troops, a total of 90,000 troops, nearly a thousand siege ladders, a hundred heavy trebuchets and dozens of nest vehicles. The Jinbing took almost all the siege weapons. Come out, invested a huge amount of money, the capital is bound to win.

The commanding general was changed from Wanyan Zongwang to Wanyan Loushi, and Wanyan Xie did not distrust Wanyan Zongwang. Wanyan Zongwang was invincible and invincible when he attacked the Liao Kingdom, but he basically never won against Li Yanqing. However, Wanyan Xie was also worried that he would become dispirited and restrained, so he asked Wanyan Lou Shi, who had just come from Taiyuan, to direct the battle.

Wanyan Loushi is also a fierce general of the Kingdom of Jin. He fights resolutely, is not afraid of shopping, has a strong willpower, and is good at fighting hard battles. That's why Wanyan Xie also replaced him to lead the siege. However, Wanyan Zongwang was too sympathetic to the soldiers, so he was not suitable for this kind of life-and-death battle.

  Beiwai City has been completely cleaned up, all the gullies have been filled up, and the excess gravel and rotten bricks have been transported away. There is no problem stationing a hundred thousand troops.

The golden soldiers arrived one after another, and set up a large formation one mile away from the city. Under a huge handsome banner, Wan Yanxie also stared at the Tokyo city with gloomy eyes. The plague broke out in the barracks and he suffered a huge Due to the pressure, more than 5,000 soldiers have fallen sick and more than 400 people have died, and the number of infected people is still increasing. There is already a risk of getting out of control. Wan Yanxie has no time to procrastinate, and all negotiation plans are all invalidated. , now he can only put all his eggs in one basket and break through Tokyo City at any cost.

  Although he has already captured the emperor and the Supreme Emperor of the Song Dynasty, it is more meaningful to break through the capital of Song Dynasty, so that his southern expedition can be successfully concluded, otherwise it will be a huge regret.

   "Send an order to Wanyan Loushi, first shock the people of Song Dynasty!"

  The order was passed to Wanyan Loushi, who immediately ordered: "The trebuchet is in place!"

Including the trebuchets seized on the outer city wall and the trebuchets that Jin Bing made himself during this period, there are more than 300, including more than 80 giant trebuchets, but what Wanyan Xie regrets most is that , their Zhentianlei were basically destroyed by the Song army's sneak attack, so they can only use kerosene to attack today. This is the main reason why Wanyan Zongwang was dismissed.

  With a single command, more than 300 trebuchets began to move towards the north, east, and west walls. The southern city was mainly affected by the terrain, and the trebuchets could not pass through it. Otherwise, the Jin soldiers would attack the city from all directions today.

  More than 300 trebuchets have been gradually put in place, and the war is imminent.

  (end of this chapter)

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