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

The siege infantrymen of the Jin army carried various ladders and were chasing each other across the ice of the several-foot-wide moat.

In siege warfare, there are many opportunities to achieve military exploits.

For example, the first one to board the city, such as the first one to rush into the city gate...

Of course, this also includes the first person to put a ladder on the city wall.

Although the gun hits the first bird and the arrow shoots the reckless man, the "first" often does not survive to lead the army, but at this time, anyone can see that the Wengcheng wall is no longer defenseable.

How could you miss the opportunity to gain military honors so easily?

Hundreds of people have rushed to the center of the moat, followed by a large group of people. From the last battle of Nanxunmen, it can be seen that the ice of the moat is strong enough, and the Jin army is not worried about the ice cracking.

The ice surface is not like the ground. Although it is strong, it is also slippery. If you are not careful, your feet will stumble, and if you are a dog eating shit and falling to the ground, your military merit will be gone.

The few Jurchens running at the front gradually slowed down. They were already sure of winning, but they couldn't fall down at this juncture, unless someone behind them ran wildly, and someone turned their head and looked behind them, and saw ten people. Several Han people from Liaodong lined up and caught up from behind with the longest ladder between them.

This looks like he has been practicing.

Several Jurchens were whispering to each other and taking small steps forward while discussing: "Wait for them to catch up later and give them a stumbling block."

The others had no objections and all showed cunning smiles.

Although this military merit is not great, each person can get a lot of money. How can it be given to the Han people in Liaodong?

As the dozen or so Liaodong Han people got closer and closer, I could actually hear them shouting slogans in unison: "Left and left, left and right..."

This number is obviously coordinated. Only in this way, the ladder carried by more than a dozen people will not slow down the movement due to lack of coordination.

Seeing that the people in front of the Liaodong Han people in a row had already surpassed themselves, these Jurchens suddenly stretched out their legs and stumbled. The Liaodong Han people in the middle of the line stumbled and fell down. This time, their steps were completely messed up, and the ladder they were carrying was As they fell down, the people in this row couldn't stand firmly and fell to the ground one after another.

Some fell and squatted on their butts, some fell and ate shit, and some fell sideways.

Before the Jurchens could laugh loudly at the funny scene, there was a loud noise in their ears, and the Liaodong Han man who fell on his butt and crouched was torn into pieces, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

The ice he was standing on exploded, and large sprays of water shot up, splashing around like water.

The cold river water hit these people on the face, causing them to recover instantly. The Jurchens quickly hid to one side.

The Jurchen who had just come up with the idea to stumble rolled and hid for a distance to the left. Suddenly, he felt that his hand seemed to press something. The thing was not sharp, but felt like a palm-sized piece of wood. It's just that there seems to be something connected under the wood piece, and that thing seems to be squeezing another thing. It feels like two sharp swords colliding and rubbing...

"boom!"

There was another loud noise, and one of the Jurchen's arms flew out, and he was overturned by the huge momentum. The cold river water was mixed with broken ice, making him wet all over.

The Jin Army infantry who had rushed to the center of the moat all stopped and stood there blankly.

Nobody knows what happened.

A moment later, someone suddenly shouted in panic: "The ice is cracking! The ice is cracking!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man's feet gave way, and he fell into the cold and biting river with a splash. The people next to him had no time to react, and they fell one after another.

The Jin army that had not yet rushed onto the moat had stopped on the bank to watch, refusing to move forward.

The Jin army on the river was not so calm. They got into a mess, threw away the ladder, turned around and wanted to run back.

Some wise man suddenly shouted: "The distance between the front and back is the same, cross the river quickly!"

Jin Jun, who originally wanted to run back, turned around and ran towards the Wengcheng. No one was thinking about meritorious deeds anymore, they just wanted to get away from the damn ice as quickly as possible.As a result, violent explosions occurred one after another on the river about three feet wide.

The power of the explosion was not great, and it could only hurt one or two people. However, as the explosions became louder and louder, more cracks began to appear on the ice. Under the panic of this group of people, the cracks became larger and larger. , and then large chunks of ice began to collapse, and the seven or eight hundred Jin troops in the middle of the river fell into the river one after another.

Once you fall into the water, there is no chance of survival.

The situation on the front line was immediately reported to Wanyan Zonghan's Chinese army.

Wanyan Zonghan immediately ordered the siege infantry to stop crossing the river to attack the city, and ordered the messenger troops to quickly go to Tongjin Gate to summon Wanyan Zongwang to come for discussion.

By the time Wanyan Zongwang arrived, the situation on the front line was already clear: the section of river facing the Wengcheng gate had been broken in many places and could no longer be used for ferrying people, while the river four to five feet away was still intact with ice, but even so, The siege soldiers who witnessed the seven or eight hundred golden troops falling into the water and drowning did not dare to step onto the ice again.

Wanyan Zonghan turned to look at Wanyan Zongwang: "It's time to let those [-] surrendered troops clear the way!"

In Wanyan Zonghan's view, the noble Jurchens could not take risks, so they had to let Zhai Jin's Song army, which had dropped gold, go explore the weirdness on the ice first.

If nothing happens, the siege infantry will cross the river again.

If this is still the case, you will have to find another way.

But Wanyan Zongwang didn't seem to be happy. These [-] Song troops surrendered to him. They were his own fresh troops. How could they be used as cannon fodder for the West Route Army?

"The [-] surrendered troops have already begun to attack Tongjinmen. Now they are transferred to you. What should I do over there?" Wanyan Zongwang shook his head repeatedly.

Wanyan Zonghan's heart sank again: "I used to fight side by side with the second prince, and I never differentiated between you and me. It seems that what I expected is right!"

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Now is not the time to argue with the Second Prince. Wanyan Zonghan directly throws out his trump card: "Second Prince, now is the time for your East Route Army to return the favor!"

Favor?

The second prince was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Wanyan Zonghan meant: a year ago, the East Route Army was besieged in Moutuogang, and Zhao Fujin threatened Wanyan Zongwang's life to ask the West Route Army to withdraw from Taiyuan, and Wanyan Zonghan complied.

This kind of favor is not enough!
After Zhai Jin led his troops to withdraw from the battle at Tongjin Gate and arrived at Nanxun Gate, he was a little unhappy when he heard that his troops would be used as cannon fodder.

But on the battlefield, disobeying the commander's orders is disobedience and a rebel.

After thinking about it, Zhai Jin cupped his hands and said: "Since the commander-in-chief has made up his mind, I don't have much to say, but I have a request!"

"Speak!" Wanyan Zonghan said in a deep voice.

"Since it is the last general who crossed the river with 3 people, then he should let the last general attack the city and capture the Wengcheng. The last general will do something that cannot cost his life, and the last one should not get the credit for it?"

Wanyan Zongwang was of course facing his own people. Before Wanyan Zonghan nodded, he said, "That's natural!"

Wanyan Zonghan couldn't say anything more at this time. After all, he asked the generals under the second prince to work hard. After discussing with Wanyan Xiyin for a while, he felt that it was just a small urn city. This credit should be given to the second prince: " Okay! Take this Wengcheng. After taking the Wengcheng, stick to it. From now on, Nanxun Gate will be broken by our West Route Army!"

Zhai Jin took the order: "I have the order!"

After that, he turned to the dozen lieutenants beside him and ordered: "Admiral Zong Han has ordered that our army capture Wengcheng, lead the troops to gather at the moat, and take over all the siege ladders from the infantry of the West Route Army. , don’t leave any one behind!”

"Wait!" Wanyan Zonghan suddenly stopped him: "If you can't take it..."

"The general is willing to issue a military order to capture Wengcheng and hold on to it. If he cannot take it or loses it again, I will come and see you!"

Having said this, Wanyan Zonghan could not say anything more. It was just his sixth sense from decades of fighting on the battlefield that he always felt that something was not right! (End of chapter)