Due to the impact of long-term financial distress, apart from the capital and the fortresses along the northern border trench, few other cities in the Jin Kingdom were carefully built. Most of the cities followed the Song Dynasty scale, and as time went by, they became more and more complex.
Appears old.
Under this situation, many cities with military quotas, such as the General Palace or Sanfu, have built additional inner cities or small cities in the city. If the financial resources are really short, the original high-gate mansions in the city will be expanded, at least to ensure that
The existence of a military fortress.
As a result, the Jin Kingdom's concept of city defense was quite different from that of the Southern Dynasties and even what was recorded in history books.
Back then, when the Song Dynasty was defending the city, the outer perimeter was extremely strong and the attackers could hardly succeed. However, once they were penetrated inside, all the advantages of the terrain were lost, there was no way to defend the city, and the morale of the army immediately collapsed.
The cities of the Jin Kingdom paid more attention to successive defenses from the outside in. Even if the outer perimeter was breached, the entire city would not be plunged into despair. The Jurchens were able to conquer Meng'an or the backbone troops directly under the generals could still advance and retreat freely, and could control the attack.
Fang was expelled in reverse.
Two years ago, when the Mongolian army went south, there were often records of light cavalry driving forward and directly breaking through the city gates. This was of course mainly due to the fact that the defenders in various places were afraid of the Tartars and did not dare to fight, which was related to this habit of city defense.
Since Guo Ning raised his army, he has often engaged in fierce street battles with the enemy, which is also due to this concept of city defense.
In Guo Ning's eyes, this habit of guarding the city actually had a huge omission...
Speaking of which, Guo Ning asked: "Lao Peng, do you know what this omission is?"
"The larger the city and important place, the more the Jurchen generals will lead a small number of elite or Zhen people as the backbone. This group is the cornerstone of the Kaifeng imperial court to support the army, and its status and authority are much higher than those of local signings, or
It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a huge difference between the town defense troops who are made up of prisoners. Some town defense troops are driven by them on a daily basis, just like servants. As for the grain shooting army and the border shop army, they are also used as handymen, and their status is even more miserable."
At this point, the officer in front had been beaten into submission by Ni Yi, and he reluctantly got up from the ground, swaying and speechless. Peng Yibin couldn't help but sneer again and again:
"I don't know how well Wanyan Bi manages the army, but logically speaking, the soldiers he left behind here must be the local defense forces. Even if these people are brave, they would not dare to fight against a subordinate.
The important generals from Kaifeng came to support."
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"That's right!" Guo Ning patted Peng Yibin on the back hard: "So, Lao Peng, what are you worried about? Am I not the important general who came from Kaifeng to support you? Cheer up and go and shake up our prestige.
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Peng Yibin was so beaten by Guo Ning that he leaned over and subconsciously urged the horse forward. The horse took two quick steps, and he turned around again and asked in a low voice: "What if someone asks about our origin...how to answer
"My lord, it's not that I'm timid. I'm actually in an enemy situation right now. If I'm not careful, I'll..."
Xu Jin beside him couldn't help laughing.
"Lao Peng, you are such an honest person. Can't you just give me your whereabouts or something? We can just fool around for a day or two. Why do you want to do so much? Go ahead and clear the way!"
At that moment, Peng Yibin also arrived at the front.
He has been a bandit for more than 20 years and is quite famous in Mount Tai. In the villages and water villages all over Shandong, everyone praises him as a hero when they hear his name. But how can this kind of majesty be as good as being in the big city of the imperial court?
The imperial officers were beating and scolding?
Peng Yibin's heart trembled, and he recalled the ferocious appearance of the imperial servants who went to the countryside to cover their fields and households.
Beside him, Ni Yi and others cooperated. These attendants around Guo Ning were all sophisticated people, with good knowledge and vision. Most of them could speak a few words of Jurchen, and they were all shouting,
No matter how they sound, they are all a group of warriors who came from the north to the south. Not to mention that although they are dusty, the armor and stomach robes they wear are all rare high-quality products in the Daijin army.
In the blink of an eye, the officer who claimed to be the city defense officer was beaten, pointed at the nose and yelled at.
His mind was almost spinning. He could only see more than a dozen fingers poking at his face and chest before him. He barely mustered up the courage to ask again: "Since you are a marshal, do you have a tiger talisman and a gold medal?"
As soon as he finished speaking, several people cursed together: "My marshal has a deer talisman given by the emperor! A fish talisman! He has a gold medal with a tiger head! I won't show this piece of shit like you!"
"Something happened to your Shandong province, and we had to travel two hundred miles to get here. We must not have been interrogated by you!"
"Hurry up and take us to the Governor's Mansion and arrange for food and drinks! If anything happens, the gentlemen have decided to take a rest and will discuss it with your marshal! Then wait and see if your marshal will punish you for neglecting your boss.
sin!"
The officer was scolded so badly in the street that he felt ashamed and angry, so he thought about asking the deputy general stationed here to deal with it. At that moment, he didn't ask any more questions, and he led a group of people to the general manager's house in a daze.
The General Manager's Mansion of Guide Mansion is the former site of Yingtian Palace in the Song Dynasty. There used to be huge buildings such as Guide Hall, Hongqing Palace, and Sansheng Palace here. Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Dynasties also visited here.
The altar holds the treasure, which is the throne of the emperor. Today, the architectural regulations are still there, but most of them have been converted into warehouses, military camps, towers and oars and other facilities, and additional inner city walls have been built.
The main gate of the General Manager's Mansion was rebuilt from the city gate in front of Guide Hall. At this moment, dozens of old soldiers were guarding the door. While guarding the door, they were training hundreds of civilians holding short guns in the open space in front of the door. On the top of the two city gates
There are more than ten archers on each side, and there are also soldiers patrolling on foot on the city wall.
Regardless of their vigilance posture or training level, these people are much higher than their companions at the two outer city gates.
Guo Ning and others rode towards them, the sound of their hooves was like thunder, and the guards had already reacted.
The archers stood behind the parapet one after another, firing their bows and aiming downwards. The old soldiers also kept shouting and asking who was coming. But the cavalry that was coming did not take them seriously and ran to the door on their own.
Order to open the door.
After all, this is the defense center of the entire Guide Mansion, and it is also the place where food, ammunition, weapons and supplies are stored. Military orders are very strict. Who dares to open the door easily?
Just when they were helpless, a sharp-eyed guard discovered that the disgraced and disgraced person at the front of the cavalry was none other than Xi Lie, the city guard girl.
The guard raised his voice and asked: "Charge, what do you mean?"
Before the female Xilie had finished speaking, the knights nearby shouted: "Didn't we all agree? The camp in the east belongs to us! The food has been picked out and brought to us, and we want to kill the cows and sheep! I'm tired from traveling these days.
If you don’t want to start the stove, you will arrange a cook! By the way! The horse feed must be prepared quickly, and the best ingredients must be used... Mother, why are you standing still? Hurry! Open the door quickly, the marshal will be here soon!"
The guard was panicked by their shouting, and when he saw the female Xi Lie, she nodded slightly and hurried back to open the door.
Now that the master is being prosecuted, this group of people must be ruthless... Who is going to get in trouble with this?
In an instant this door also opened.
The two doors had just been opened halfway when the cavalry troop rolled in like a whirlwind. Thousands of iron hooves trampled the ground, stirring up a lot of dust. The soldiers on both sides of the handles choked and coughed, and could hardly see.
"Good guys! Have you seen it?" A particularly senior soldier said enviously: "These two hundred or so cavalry all have side horses, all wear iron armor, and all carry bows and arrows! Their movements of controlling horses are all
They are almost the same, all of them are skilled... This group of people are all good players, I am afraid they are the personal soldiers of some marshal in Kaifeng Mansion!"
"It should be Marshal Wanyan Saibu from Shouzhou. I heard them yelling about Marshal Wanyan."
"Impossible. I have seen Marshal Wanyan Saibu. He is over sixty years old and has a big beard. There are no old people in this cavalry team."
"Why is it Marshal Wanyan? What I heard them shouting just now was clearly Marshal Pusan."
"Where is there Marshal Pusan? Everyone in the Pusan family was slaughtered by the evil tiger Guo Ning... There is no marshal named Pusan in Kaifeng Mansion!"
The two sides argued for a while about Marshal Wanyan or Marshal Pusan. A young man who had just been signed into the army timidly said: "Two military masters, how did I hear that it was Marshal He Shilie?"
Someone else interrupted: "I think what I heard was Marshal Shuhu?"
There was a commotion when the knights called the door just now. Since they only had to deal with the immediate situation, no one thought too much, and no one confessed in advance. So there were some who claimed to be subordinates of Marshal Wanyan, and some who claimed to be subordinates of Marshal Pusan. Anyway, a certain Chinese
The marshal in the capital had left an impression on everyone. Regardless of whether he was dead or alive, his name was used to bluff people.
Some of the gatekeepers heard this sentence, some heard that sentence, and for a moment they thought others had heard it wrong.
They were discussing, and Xi Lie, a female city guard who was being held hostage in the cavalry team, felt something was wrong.
If a certain marshal were really here, how could this be possible?
Even if the servants forget the name of their biological father, they can't get the general's name wrong. I thought these knights were fierce and overbearing and didn't want to use their first names, but what if...could it be said...
Some kind of speculation made the female Xi Lie completely cold. He suddenly turned his horse to the side, trying to get out of the cavalry from the diagonal thrust.
Just as he was shaking, a knight raised his hand and cut his throat with a flash of silver light.
The cavalry continued to surge forward, heading towards the main hall of the Governor's Mansion.
There were no troops stationed near the main hall, only several civil and military officials in bright robes came out to greet him with confused faces and asking questions.
"Kill them all. Be careful and don't make too much noise." Guo Ning's voice came from behind.
The knights at the front of the queue instantly urged their horses to speed up, and dozens of long swords were unsheathed.