Qu Duan led 10,000 soldiers and horses to clear the way ahead, and did not encounter any ambush along the way. Uploaded by a friend == Zhong Shidao followed him with 200,000 soldiers and horses, and behind him were Zhang Yu's five
Thousands of soldiers and horses.
Puzhou troops and horses were mobilized in full force. It can be said that Puzhou itself will become extremely empty. However, neither Zhong Shidao nor Zhang Yu had any worries. Now the officers and soldiers are in a strong attack position and are not afraid of the Liangshan bandits' counterattack at all.
Yue Fei's 10,000 troops have been divided into three parts. He, Zhang Xian, and Yang Lin led 4,000 people, Lu Fang led 3,000 people, and Guo Sheng led 3,000 people. Yue Fei issued an order that no one was allowed to attack, as long as he concealed himself
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"Brother, I'm afraid there's something wrong with us hiding this whole time? Are the soldiers a little dissatisfied with you?" Zhang Xian couldn't help but wonder as he hid on a mountainside and looked at the northwest army walking in the distance.
"If we go down now, we are seeking death! There are 200,000 enemies. If we attack rashly, we have no chance of winning." Yue Fei said.
"Then when will we attack?" Zhang Xian asked.
"When the enemy is tired and has no fighting spirit, we will attack again! By then, 10,000 people will be able to defeat 200,000 enemies!" Yue Fei said.
So Yue Fei's army continued to hide. There were many mountains in the east of Hedong, and there were many places to hide. They were not afraid of being discovered by the northwest army.
The northwest army rested briefly at Jiangzhou that night, and the next day the whole army marched towards Jinning City. By the afternoon of that day, the 200,000-strong army finally arrived at Jinning City.
Zhong Shidao took a few cronies to observe the situation in Jinning City. When he saw the people coming and going on the wall of Jinning City, he also frowned secretly. It was difficult to judge how many people were there. Unless it was a field battle, or
Only through a comprehensive siege can we determine the approximate number of enemies.
"Order the soldiers to rest on the spot. After half an hour, we will start attacking the city!" Zhong Shidao gave the order without hesitation.
So the 200,000-strong army took a short rest first. They ate some dried meat, drank some cold water, and began to replenish their physical strength. Many Western soldiers had relaxed smiles on their faces. They did not take Jinning City in front of them at all.
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Jinning City is just an ordinary city in the east of Hedong, and the people who defend the city are a group of "grass bandits" in their hearts. It is impossible for them to pay attention to Jinning City.
"The Liangshan bandits occupied five prefectures in Hedong, and Jinning is one of them! After we captured Jinning, General Fengmei must have captured Gaizhou City, and Zhang Xiaochun must have captured Fenyang City!
Then we will conquer the remaining two cities with all our strength, and the Liangshan bandits in the east of Hedong will be wiped out by us! Unfortunately, the main force of the Liangshan bandits is in Goryeo.
It's too far away from the Central Plains, and it's impossible for us to travel a long way there. Otherwise, if we eliminate the so-called 'King of Liang', His Majesty will definitely reward us." The speaker was a young general named Zhe Yanwen.
The son of Zhe Keqiu, who led the army this time, has already gone out to fight with his father when he was just 18 years old this year. He is likely to inherit the Zhe family as the general in the future.
"There is no problem for General Fengmei to capture Gaizhou City. It's just that Zhang Xiaochun, I'm afraid he doesn't have any ability and won't be able to capture Fenyang." The person sitting next to him turned out to be Qu Duan, and Qu Duan said with a smile.
Although Feng Mei himself was not good at it, he was leading the Northwest Army, so Qu Duan still looked up to him. As for the so-called Taiyuan Governor Zhang Xiaochun, he didn't take it seriously at all.
"Brother Qu, do you think that with so many soldiers and horses coming to the east of Hedong, Xixia will take the opportunity to attack us?" Zhe Yanwen said with some worry.
"The Xixia people are not worth mentioning. I believe they don't have the courage." Qu Duan said.
In the past few decades, the situation of the Northern Song Dynasty and Xixia has undergone great changes. In the northwest, the soldiers and horses of the Northern Song Dynasty often suppressed the Xixia people and fought, but it was difficult for the Xixia people to fight back. After hundreds of years, the Xixia people have already
He has lost his former vigor and is as good as the Khitans, or far inferior to the Khitans. Therefore, Qu Duan has no fear of the Xixia people and does not think that the Xixia people dare to attack the Northern Song Dynasty.
"Brother Qu, the drums are ringing, we are about to attack the city!" Zhe Yanwen stood up suddenly and said.
"Okay, try to conquer Jinning City today!" Qu Duan laughed.
It was already dusk, but the northwest soldiers and horses launched a brutal siege at this time.
Thirty huge trebuchets were set up, and countless boulders were thrown towards the city wall.
Under the city wall, hundreds of ramming vehicles began to move, targeting the gates of Jinning City!
The rest of the northwest soldiers set up ladders, and under the supervision of the general, they shouted loudly and rushed towards the city wall!
There are 200,000 soldiers and horses in the northwest. At this moment, 100,000 soldiers and horses are charging at the south gate, and another 100,000 troops and horses are charging at the east gate. They must fight to defeat them.
Countless soldiers held up their shields and braved the rain of arrows falling from above. Then when they came to the bottom of the city wall, they climbed up. On the way up, they had to be careful of falling boulders, wood, boiling oil and other attacks.
"Jinning City is just a small city. Except for the moat in the west, there is no moat in the rest of the city. It is easy to capture such a small city!" Zhe Keqiu, the leader of the Zhe family army, stood on Zhongshi Road.
In front of him, he said with a smile.
"The Liangshan bandits are also well prepared. Look at the rain of arrows falling from above. How many bows and arrows do they have?" Zhong Shidao said with a frown.
"No matter how many bows and arrows there are, the city wall is so low, and our soldiers will be able to rush up soon." Zhe Ke begged.
At this moment, a soldier strode over, knelt down on the ground, and said: "Two generals, someone has already rushed up!"
Master Zhong said, Zhe Keqiu was overjoyed, Master Zhong said: "Since our soldiers have rushed up, it will be easy to break the city!"
He was very happy now, but he still had some faint regrets. He felt that he had indeed had a high opinion of the Liangshan bandits before. The Liangshan bandits were indeed "thieves" and were still vulnerable to the northwest army.
At this moment, on the city wall, Liangshan soldiers were extremely nervous. Even their leader Lin Chong was extremely nervous. Soldiers and horses from the northwest had already rushed up. Liangshan soldiers fought back bravely and drove those northwest soldiers and horses down the city.
"Kill! Kill them and drive them away! We must not let them enter the city!" Lin Chong shouted loudly.
The surrounding Liangshan soldiers continued to kill the enemy bravely. When the setting sun turned into blood, all the soldiers' clothes turned into bloody clothes. There were corpses everywhere on the city wall, including those of the enemy and some of their own, but overall they were still enemies.
There are relatively many.
There were too many Liangshan soldiers on the city wall, and soon the northwest soldiers and horses who rushed up were driven back.
"Commander, the Liangshan bandits are very brave, and we were driven down again!" A soldier strode over and reported to the master.
"Keep charging! Keep charging! Kill the enemy!" Zhong Shidao said through gritted teeth.
Under the cover of various siege weapons, the 200,000 northwest army continued to charge. They kept rushing to the city wall, and then were driven down by the Liangshan army! Their siege weapons were powerful, but Liangshan's army was on the wall.
The world of the army!
The sky has gradually darkened, but the Western Army's attack has not stopped. The shouts of killing can be heard within a radius of dozens of miles. The smell of blood is everywhere. The beasts around Jinning City have been killed all night.
They were all frightened and fled away into the distance.
"Commander, our soldiers are really exhausted!" Qu Duan was originally leading the troops to attack the city, but was driven back. At this moment, he limped to Zhong Shidao and said with a grimace.
"How is your tui?" Zhong Shidao asked with concern.
"Commander, it's okay! Just, do you think we should let the soldiers rest for a while?" Qu Duan said.
"No, we are tired, and the Liangshan bandits are also tired! Our Western Army is the strongest army in the world. If we can persist, do you think those bandits can also persist?" Master Zhong said.
"I'm afraid the thieves won't be able to hold on." Qu Duan thought for a while and said.
Generally speaking, thieves and bandits are just a mob, and they will collapse quickly when faced with excessive pressure. At this moment, Qu Duan, who is a teacher, also views the Liangshan army in Jinning City with this mentality.
They didn't know that except for the fact that all the Liangshan troops in Jinning City were new troops with no experience and no good generals, everything else was better than the Northwest Army outside. Their individual soldier quality and their fighting will were all
It is far superior to the Northwest Army outside.
In the middle of the night, the siege became more fierce. Five trebuchets had problems due to constant firing. More and more corpses were piled up on the city wall, but the Liangshan soldiers were still high in fighting spirit and were still waiting for the next attack.
A wave of attacks.
But at this time, the Western Army couldn't stand it anymore, and many Western Army soldiers were lying on the ground unwilling to move forward.
"Commander, the soldiers are really tired! We must let them take a rest!" This time Zhe Keqiu came to Zhong Shidao and said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone.
Most of the Western Army were SI troops, and 50,000 of the 200,000 troops this time were from the Zhejia Army. Seeing that the Zhejia Army was seriously damaged during the siege, Zhe Keqiu could no longer bear it.
"General Zhe, take half of your troops to rest first and continue the attack tomorrow morning! My Zhong Family Army will fight all night long!" Zhong Shidao snorted coldly.
Zhe Keqiu didn't care what Zhong Shidao was feeling now. After receiving the order, he immediately withdrew his Zhe family generals.
The Zhong family army is still attacking, but Zhong Shidao is getting more and more depressed. The Liangshan bandits are so tenacious. They occupy such an ordinary city and face such a huge attack, but they don't collapse? Could it be that they and
Are the other thieves different? Aren't they also thieves? Why can they persist?
"Attack me, attack hard! I don't believe the thieves can persist to this point!" said the 70-year-old Zhong Shidao through gritted teeth.
In the morning of the next day, the Zhong family army finally couldn't hold on anymore and began to retreat to rest. At this time, Zhe Keqiu continued to attack with the remaining half of the troops. At dusk, when the Zhe family army retreated,
At this time, the Zhong family army continued to attack.
Zhong Shidao and Zhe Keqiu worked in shifts. In the next ten days, the northwest army did not stop at all and continued to attack 24 hours a day! Such attacks, let alone the "grass bandits" of the Song Dynasty, were considered
The people of Xixia will definitely not be able to bear it.
Zhe Keqiu and others are more and more shocked.
"Commander, the soldiers really can't hold on any longer! If we continue to attack like this, I'm afraid we will collapse first!" Tian Quduan came to Zhong Shidao and said with a tired look on his face.
He didn't know how the people in the city felt about such a 24-hour non-stop attack. He only knew that the Northwest Army, the strongest army in the Song Dynasty, could no longer support it! Even if they could take turns to rest, staying for ten days in a row would be like that.
The tremendous physical and mental torture was no longer something the Northwest Army could bear.