The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 187 Filling in the moat

Since singing and dancing are flourishing in Taiyuan City, we have to put some pressure on them.

Wanyan Zonghan decided to start filling in the moat.

The civilian workers driven from Datong Prefecture, under the cover of the trench-filling truck, headed towards the moat.

There are three types of trench-filling vehicles of the Jin Army.

One is a large wooden board in front that can be adjusted in angle, which is used to block the arrows of the defenders on the city. Under the cover of the wooden board, the civilians dig earth and fill the moat.

The other type is a prison car with three sides of iron and an open front to prevent the distance between the moat and the city wall. The artillery machine can just hit it. The civilian husbands hide in the car and dig earth to fill the river.

In short, we will never allow civilians to resist arrows and work under the city.

The third type is not used by Taiyuan City.

This is a folding wheeled structure called a Haoqiao.As the name suggests, it is pushed directly to the moat, and the folded part is placed on the other side of the moat to form a bridge, and the siege soldiers can pass across the bridge.

This kind of general response is to a very wide moat, such as the moat in Kaifeng.

It is rare for the Jin Army to have such advanced siege equipment. What is even more rare is that not all of these siege equipment were brought by the Jin Army from thousands of miles away. Most of them were made on site.

Among them, the blacksmiths of the former Bohai Kingdom and the craftsmen of the fallen Liao Dynasty went with the army to conquer, collected materials from the local area, and made them on the spot, just like arms dealers who followed the army.

And their reward is not gold, silver and jewelry, but the chance to survive.

The Jin army was ferocious and massacred cities whenever they moved, but every time they massacred a city, these craftsmen were protected.

Therefore, one's skill has been the foundation of one's life since ancient times, and the more troubled the times, the more so.

Carpenters, bricklayers and masons are much more useful than the national service Luban.

Generally speaking, when the siege party starts to fill in the moat, it will always trigger a small-scale battle, because the moat, as the first line of defense, cannot be handed over to others in vain.

Seeing the Jin army pushing up the trench-filling truck, the Taiyuan city defenders began to resist with crossbows.

However, under the protection of the trench-filling truck, the effect was not great. It was considered good to kill one person with ten arrows.

But even so, he couldn't help but shoot.

Of course, the Jin army also had fire suppression. Behind the trench-filling vehicle, some archers would follow and shoot one or two arrows sporadically at the Song army on Taiyuan City.

In short, at this stage, unless the defenders open the city gates, lower the drawbridge, and directly send troops to rush into the team that is filling in the moat, the battle will not be fierce, and the moat will be filled in sooner or later. It is only a matter of time.

"We are different, we have thunder bombs." Yang Zaixing reminded: "Let me lead a team of people to rush out and throw a wave of thunder bombs across the moat."

Yue Fei shook his head: "Using thunderbolts to blow up the people filling the river is not a waste of natural resources?"

Yang Zaixing thought about it, and it was right.

Killing a chicken with a bull's-eye is an exaggeration.

"They only need to harass with bows and crossbows. It will take a few days for the Jin army to fill in the moat. During this time, they can transport the twin cannons to the south wall and attack them head-on when they ascend the city."

Yue Fei seemed very calm.

"It's frustrating!" Gao Chong muttered: "Can't we prevent the gold thieves from filling up the moat?" Yue Fei glanced at the second-year middle school boy and said with a smile, "Oh, General Gao, what's your opinion?"

Gao Chong stood up and clasped his fists: "It's not necessary to use thunder bombs to blow up the trench-filling trucks. Can't I just destroy them?"

When Yang Zaixing heard this, he was dumbfounded: "Gao Chong, what are you talking about? Let's not mention that there are gold thieves and archers behind the trench-filling truck. Even if there is not, just putting the seven or eight trench-filling trucks there will destroy them. It takes a lot of effort.”

Although the trench-filling vehicles were made of wood, each vehicle was equipped with mud, and important locations were wrapped with iron. Even if a torch was thrown at them, it would not ignite at all.

Gao Chong curled his lips: "You don't care about this. Let me take 500 people out of the city. It only takes half an hour, and they will all be scrapped for him."

Yang Zaixing was speechless, and Yue Fei frowned and said nothing. He looked down at the seven or eight trench-filling trucks under the city and pondered for a moment and said: "There is no joke in the army!"

Gao Chong smiled heartily and said: "I know, I know, the general wants me to go?"

Yue Fei looked at Yang Zaixing, then at Magistrate Zhang Xiaochun beside him: "What does Magistrate Zhang mean?"

Zhang Xiaochun sighed: "It's better not to create extraneous problems, but it doesn't have to be this way."

Before Yue Fei could express his stance, Gao Chong quickly argued: "When the two armies are fighting, the first priority is their momentum. We are just watching the gold thieves fill the river leisurely under the city without making any moves. How will it affect our army's momentum?"

"The battle to defend the city has always been like this..." General Wang Zhen was about to talk about his experience in defending the city in Taiyuan last time, but was interrupted by Gao Chong.

Gao Chong smiled and said: "Last time it was because I was not here. If I were here, you would never be so miserable!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone looked at each other in dismay.

Is this young man too crazy?
Gao Chong was so naive that he didn't even notice the changes in everyone's expressions. He approached Yue Fei with a playful smile and said, "General Yue, just let me go. As for the eight trench-filling trucks below, I promise not to spare any of them!"

Seeing that Yue Fei was still hesitating, Gao Chong moved out Zhao Fujin again: "Oh, Mother Jin asked me to come to Taiyuan at the beginning and told me to do something big. I've been here for so long and I haven't done anything. I usually train troops. Don’t let me practice…”

"I won't let you practice. I just won't let you spar with others! Why don't you know what's going on?" Yang Zaixing smiled angrily: "The chief under my command hasn't gotten out of bed yet! He's not deep or shallow under his hands. .”

Gao Chong muttered aggrievedly: "I've been very patient. Who knew he was so careless..."

"Okay!" Yue Fei waved his hand, pointed to the city and said, "Look below."

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by Yue Fei and saw the archers of the Jin Army who were responsible for providing fire cover for the trench-filling workers. They were in groups of three and five, leaning against the trench-filling vehicle, chatting together. Then he casually fired an arrow towards the city head, looking extremely leisurely.

The civilians who were responsible for filling in the moat saw that the arrows at the top of the city had slowed down a bit. Some even ran out of the cover of the trench-filling truck and ran to the moat to wash their faces.

At this time, Wanyan Zonghan sent another group of Liaodong soldiers with loud voices and who knew Chinese, and began to yell and curse behind the trench-filling truck. Swearing was also a very important part of the siege, used to anger the defenders or disrupt their combat power. The effect may be good or bad, depending on the individual.

"Listen to the Song army in Taiyuan City. Quickly open the city and surrender. Otherwise, after breaking the city, they will slaughter the city for three days and leave no chickens or dogs behind!"

"Listen, Song Jun of Taiyuan City, your empress has long since pledged herself to me, Emperor Dajin, and is willing to serve her, and now I have come to pick her up!"

"You shrunken turtles in Taiyuan City, come out and lick your Grandpa Zong Han's feet!"

The expressions of the generals at the top of the city darkened, and the prefect Zhang Xiaochun said awkwardly: "It's not bad this time, but what he said last time was even worse, so just ignore it."

Yue Fei let out a long breath: "Gao Chong, I'll give you 500 men. Don't worry about the trench-filling vehicles. Just drive away and kill those people who are yelling and scolding. If you see the Jin Army cavalry rushing to help, return to the city quickly!"

(End of this chapter)