Poor Family - v2 Chapter 1042

  Chapter 1042 Conquering Yanjing

  【I made a mistake in my busy schedule last night, I missed a chapter, sorry! 】

  Yanshan Mansion, the final decisive battle has quietly kicked off. Yanshan Mansion Lord General Wanyan Xiyin knew that his troops were insufficient. On the one hand, he sent a message to Beijing for help with a flying eagle, and on the other hand, he ordered 30,000 golden soldiers to retreat to Yanjing City.

   Soon, a letter from Shangjing came, and the patron Wanyan Sheng ordered him to guard Yanjing City to the death, and reinforcements would arrive soon.

  At this time, the 200,000 troops of the Song Army entered Yanshan Mansion, and Liu Tie’s 30,000 troops first occupied Pingcheng, cutting off the strategic channel for Liaodong to support Yanshan Mansion, making Yanjing City an isolated and helpless dead city.

  The sound of horns and drums could be clearly heard ten miles away. This was the signal for the attack of the Song army. The 130,000 troops marched towards Yanjing City from the south.

At the same time, the 50,000 Song Army in the north also received an order from Li Yanqing, the coach of the Song Army. Under the leadership of Liu Kai, they pressed from the north to the south. Potential.

The city of Yanjing was panic-stricken, every house was closed, and there was no one on the street, only teams of soldiers from the Kingdom of Jin were knocking on doors from house to house. They used the excuse of searching for spies of the Song Army to loot house by house, food, money, livestock, etc. , were all robbed.

  The army needed to boost morale, so Wanyan Xiyin relaxed military discipline and allowed the Jin soldiers to plunder the property of the people in the city. If the soldiers robbed the property, they would stick to the city to defend their own interests.

  Although the 30,000 gold soldiers are from the Yanshan Han army, not the Jurchens, when their desire to plunder breaks out, they will not consider too many emotional factors.

At most, the Dongcheng District, where the Han people live, was spared, and the Xicheng District, where the Khitans and Xi people lived, was concentrated and plundered. This caused chaos in the West City, and almost every household was doomed. , leaving the money to the looting soldiers.

Above the top of the city, Wanyan Xiyin, the chief general of the Jin army in Yanjing City, looked into the distance in despair. He seemed to have seen the main force of the Song army. Although he ordered the rush to repair the city, it would take at least three days to completely repair the city. They It was too late.

  And the army of the Song Army is approaching, what should we do? Whether to go out of the city and fight the Song army, or stay in the city and wait for reinforcements, the crisis is imminent.

  Wanyan Xiyin knew that the reinforcements would not come, but he never had the courage to go out of the city to fight the Song army. He was full of unrealistic thoughts, maybe the reinforcements would really conquer Pingcheng and go to Yanjing City to rescue him.

Wan Yanxi took a closer look at the city wall of Yanjing City. The city wall is two feet seven feet high. Although it is not very high, it is very thick. It is all made of large blue stones. It may be able to resist the Song army for a few days, or it may be able to wait for reinforcements The day that comes.

  He was looking for comfort in various self-assumptions, but the arrival of the Song army was real, not his illusion.

  ‘Woo~woo—’

  The low and distant horn sounded in the south of the earth, and a long black line appeared in the west, like an echo, and the horn sounded in the north, and the Song army in the north also appeared.

The black line gradually spread out, and an overwhelming black curtain was pulled out. The flags were like clouds, the armor was bright, the team was neat, and the swords and guns were like an endless forest. The cavalry was in front and the infantry was behind. The marching speed was not fast, but Every step is so thrilling, the rhythm of the march is accompanied by the sound of horns, and the sound of rumbling drums rolls across the sky like muffled thunder.

   This is an army that Jin Bing once looked down upon. They still retain the flag and armor of the Song Army, but this army is no longer the Song Army that was defeated in the previous battle.

They have a unique neat military appearance and strict discipline, but they can’t see the weak temperament of the Song Army in the past. They have the blood and fire of the Northwest Army in them, and a tough temperament like steel. Can win.

The horns in the city also blew continuously, and all the 30,000 golden soldiers went to the city. They did not have heavy defensive weapons such as trebuchets or bed crossbows. They only had bows and arrows, and the most primitive rolling logs and stones. They demolished all the stone houses near the city wall and got a lot of stones.

In addition, the deputy general Guo Yaoshi ordered the soldiers to block the gate with huge stones. The huge stones weighing several thousand catties were moved by the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin, and they were densely packed behind the gate. The gate is the most fortified city in Yanjing City. The weak place is extremely easy to be opened by the Song army from here.

  Guo Yaoshi’s voice was hoarse. He pointed to an empty door and shouted hoarsely: “Quick! This way, this way, block this place.”

  If God could give Guo Yaoshi another choice, what would he choose? Perhaps he will not surrender to the Kingdom of Jin again, but become the oldest military general in the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, time will not turn back, and he has no choice.

  Besides deep remorse, he only has a glimmer of hope. The arrival of Jinbing reinforcements allows him to keep Yanjing City, but will the Jinbing reinforcements come? Guo Yaoshi himself couldn’t believe it.

  More than two hundred Jin Guo used crowbars and rolling logs to slowly transport a square boulder to block the gate of the city, and several other large boulders were also brought in one after another and piled on top of the boulder.

At this time, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin drove thousands of old and weak women and children to the city from all directions. Many women and children were still holding their children, crying and begging, but the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin drove them mercilessly with whips and sticks. After reaching the top of the city, these old and weak women and children will be their hostages, which can hinder the Song army’s attack.

  The drumming outside the city gradually subsided, and the two Song armies from the north and the south arrived at Yanjing City almost at the same time. They stopped advancing two miles away from the city, waiting for the next order.

Wang Gui was riding on a horse, and was in the middle of the team. He looked at this familiar city coldly. Although he had prepared several possible situations, he did not expect that the Jin Guojun would finally choose to be trapped by himself. In the city, instead of evacuating Yanshan Mansion.

  Although the thick walls of Yanjing City can temporarily slow down the attacking pace of the Song Army, the Jin Guojun cannot defend the city at all.

If it was him, if he knew he was invincible and there was no reinforcement coming, he would rather choose to break out and break out in the direction of Liaodong. It can only prove that their chief general’s head was broken by the door.

   “Look, General!”

  A soldier pointed to the top of the city and shouted: “They brought all the women and children to the city.”

  Wang Gui couldn’t help but smiled contemptuously. He had already smelled the cowardice of Jin Bing, and taking women and children to the city as shields didn’t it show their cowardice?

   “Pass my order, the trebuchet will fight!”

  (end of this chapter)