In the dark of night, 20,000 cavalrymen rushed towards the moat at lightning speed. Each cavalryman carried two bags of soil. The intention was obvious, to fill the moat with soil. Arrows rained down from the top of the city. Horses were shot down constantly, and
The cavalrymen hid on the sides of their horses, and even their shields could not block the penetrating power of the jackdaw's iron arrows.
The cavalry rushed to the river and immediately ran to the side, throwing down two bags of soil. In the darkness, soldiers screamed and horses neighed. I don't know how many were hit by arrows.
Twenty thousand cavalrymen dropped 40,000 bags of soil, but they were still far from filling the moat. Wanyan Yinkeshu stopped the second round of filling the moat. The casualties were too great. One thousand and fourteen people were lost in one run.
With more than a hundred people, after a few rounds, wouldn't it mean that thousands of people would be killed? This price is too high and they cannot afford it.
Wanyan Yinkeshu stared at the city wall in the distance for a moment, and then ordered: "After daybreak, take the civilians up to fill the river!"
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the camp to rest.
This time, the Jin soldiers forcibly recruited 200,000 civilian laborers to carry their logistics supplies. After crossing the Yellow River, the supplies were carried on large rafts along the Qingshui River. There was no need for so many civilian laborers, and most of the civilian laborers were sent home.
Fifty thousand relatively strong civilians were left as backup. If Fushi County could not be captured, they would use carts to carry the baggage again, and these civilians would have to be used again.
It is these fifty thousand people who are digging and filling bags. Of course, there is no need for them to fill the river yet. They still need to continue digging and filling bags until dawn. The fifty thousand people have filled half a million bags of soil and piled them up.
Like a mountain.
The peasants thought they could go back to rest, but no one expected that the Jin soldiers began to force them to fill the river, and the peasants began to make noises. Wanyan Huonv was furious and ordered hundreds of civilians to be killed on the spot.
They hung the heads and headless corpses and shouted sternly: "Whoever doesn't go will suffer this!"
Under the coercion of the golden soldiers and swordsmen, every citizen was forced to run towards the moat carrying a bag of soil.
"Don't shoot arrows, we are Han people! Be merciful, don't shoot arrows!"
The peasants were crying loudly, stumbling and running. Fifty thousand civilians were covered in darkness as far as the eye could see. The Jurchen cavalry drove behind them with whips and maces, and there were 3,000 sword and axe-hand cavalry pressing the formation.
On the top of the city, everyone looked at Niu Gao. Niu Gao sighed for a while and said, "No one is allowed to shoot arrows! Let them fill the river."
Deputy General Wang Qingfang asked anxiously: "Commander, what if they continue to pile up the city wall with mud bags?"
Niu Gao said calmly: "Even if they pile up mud bags, everyone will be afraid of death in front of the fire!"
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The Song army did not fire arrows, but threw bags of soil into the moat. In just three rounds, the eastern moat was completely filled.
Wanyan Yinkeshu could see clearly from behind and immediately ordered: "Let the civilians continue to carry mud bags and pile up the city wall!"
Fifty thousand civilians began their fourth round of running and piled piles of sandbags onto the city wall. Niu Gao ordered: "Set fire!"
Barrels of kerosene were poured down and burned instantly. The civilians below screamed and ran backwards, forming a sea of fire underneath the pile.
The soldiers threw more than a dozen bundles of wheat straw into the fire, causing the flames to surge into the sky and making the fire even more terrifying.
Wanyan Yinkeshu looked at the blazing fire and narrowed his eyes. Every time he poured out the fire oil, he wanted to see how much fire oil the other party had.
When the fire subsided, the Jurchen cavalry behind them began to force the civilians to pile up sandbags. The sandbags gradually extended backwards, gradually forming a gentle slope of sandbags two feet wide and about a hundred paces long, but it was still one to seven feet high from the city wall. , it is still necessary to continue to fill in the city wall.
But the Song army no longer gave the civilians a chance. They inserted so many spears on the sandbags that the civilians couldn't get through even if they carried the sandbags.
"General Niu, look!" a soldier pointed at the sandbag slope and shouted.
Niu Gao walked forward quickly and took a closer look over the crenel. He saw that the sand on the edge of the slope was rushing down. It turned out that it was bagged with sand dug from the Qingshui River, not yellow mud. The sacks filled with sand were burned. Most of the river sand cannot be contained, and the river sand flows downward from the edge, and the edge has begun to collapse.
This is a good thing! Sooner or later everything will collapse.
"Woo——"
The horns of the Jin soldiers sounded, and the 50,000 civilians began to withdraw. Wanyan Yinkeshu felt that they could not play a role and hindered the army's attack. If they were not needed to carry food and grass, Wanyan Yinkeshu would have directly ordered them to be driven away. Attacked the city.
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The civilians retreated like a tide. Wanyan Yinkeshu waved his sword and said, "Attack the city!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The war drums beat violently.
The 20,000 infantrymen who had been waiting for a long time shouted and charged towards the city wall. The 20,000 siege troops were 20,000 Donghu troops, 10,000 Goryeo troops and 10,000 Bohai troops, commanded by Marshal Hu Shidabie. This was the custom of Jin soldiers to attack the city. , the Qi army attacked first, followed by the Han Chinese Alliance Army to attack the city, and then the Donghu Army. Among the Donghu Army, the Koryo and Bohai people charged first, then it was the turn of the Khitan and Xi people, and finally the Jurchens.
This time the main force did not have Qi troops and Han people to join the army, and all the Donghu troops were the first to bear the brunt.
This is also due to the different styles of commanders in commanding troops. Wanyanchang likes to use a large number of Qi troops, but Wanyan Yinkeshu does not like to use Han auxiliary troops. It will reduce his offensive efficiency and damage morale. He would rather lead the Jurchen army and Donghu army The army is the main force.
Although he did not like to use Han Xie to join the army, Wanyan Yinkeshu still ordered the Han capital commander Guo Tu to lead 30,000 Xie soldiers to attack Pujing Pass in an attempt to open the road into Guanzhong from the south.
Amidst the roaring of war drums, the Donghu army gradually approached the city wall carrying two hundred siege ladders. Arrows rained down from the city head, divine arm crossbow bolts, and jackdaw arrows fired from far and near, powerfully shooting into the enemy group. Donghu The soldiers raised their shields high to resist, but their shields were not strong and their leather armor was not thick. Not to mention the jackdaw arrows that could penetrate the cracked gold stone, even the divine arm crossbow arrows could not withstand it. The soldiers fell down one by one while running, rushing past At the time of the moat, there were more than 4,000 casualties.
The Donghu soldiers rushed across the filled moat, hung up the siege ladders on the top of the city, and rushed up. Rolling wood and stones rained down from the top of the city, and burning barrels of gunpowder were thrown into the city. In the dense crowd, a violent explosion exploded, poison-quenched iron nails were scattered in all directions, a gunpowder barrel exploded, and dozens of people were affected, whether they were directly blown down or shot by poison nails, there were screams and wails. one slice.
However, the powerful Donghu soldiers rushed to the top of the city and began to fight to the death with the soldiers on the top of the city. Soldiers from both sides were constantly killed and fell.
There were also a thousand Korean soldiers attacking on the slope of the sandbags. They rolled and crawled to avoid arrows and kept advancing. The spears stuck in the sandbags were pulled out one by one.
At this time, the sandbags collapsed, hundreds of people were buried, and a crack about ten feet wide appeared on the slope against the wall, making it impossible for the Korean soldiers to pass.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Niu Gao ordered: "Light the fire!"
The defenders smashed out three thousand barrels of kerosene. The black kerosene filled the siege ladders and sandbags, splashing all over the soldiers. Hundreds of torches were thrown out, and the city suddenly turned into a sea of flames.
The Donghu army was burned extremely miserably, especially the Korean soldiers up and down the siege ladder. They basically turned into burning men. They screamed and jumped off the siege ladder and ran in all directions.
On the top of the city, the Song army continued to throw barrels of kerosene, and another two thousand barrels of kerosene were thrown down, as well as a thousand bundles of wheat straw. The city was filled with black smoke and the flames were billowing into the sky, making it a pure hell on earth.
It was the first time for these soldiers of the Donghu Army to fight against the Western Army. The soldiers were too dense under the city. Once the defenders used fierce fire oil, most of them could not escape. Most of the soldiers were choked by the thick smoke and burned to death.
The top of the city was also filled with thick smoke, and the Western soldiers were already prepared. They covered their mouths and noses with wet towels and squatted on the ground.
Wanyan Yinkeshu was shocked. This was the first time he encountered such fire defense tactics. It was so shocking. Why didn't Wanyanchang tell him?
He turned back suddenly and stared at Wanyan Helisha and Han Chang with fire-like eyes. They must have known, but no one told him.
Han Chang looked normal. He really despised Wanyan Yin Keshu. In order to stop the civilians from piling up sandbags, hadn't the Song army used kerosene? Now he pretended not to know and wanted to shift the responsibility to
who?
Wanyan Helisha avoided the coach's gaze with a guilty conscience. Wanyan Yinkeshu did ask him about the Song army's city defense tactics, but for some unknown reason, he avoided this part by accident.
"Marshal Helisa, when I sent troops to ask you, why didn't you tell me that the Song army would use kerosene to defend the city?"
"This...this is something everyone knows. I thought Marshal Du already knew it."
"I have no idea!"
Wanyan Yinkeshu snorted loudly and ordered: "Retreat the troops!"
‘Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The bell rang to withdraw the troops, but not many soldiers escaped.
Wanyan Yinkeshu turned his horse's head and headed towards the camp full of rage.