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

Chapter 242
"boom"!
The Dongfeng Cannon fired only two rounds of salvos, and the frozen river finally could no longer bear it. Along the cracks, large chunks of ice completely cracked, and the Jin troops on the river fell into the water one after another.

Some of them were water-based and began to swim desperately towards the shore. However, the water was biting and the armor was heavy. After a few splashes, they lost all their strength and sank to the bottom of the river.

Not to mention most people who don't know the nature of water. After a few splashes, they choked on a mouthful of water and stopped breathing.

Upon seeing this, the defenders at the top of Nanxunmen City fired their arrows toward the river as if they were free of charge.

From the first cannon fire to the annihilation of the [-] infantrymen of the Western Route Army, it is a long story, but in fact it did not even last longer than a stick of incense.

Wanyan Zonghan was shocked beyond words and stared blankly at the corpses of the Jin army floating in the moat. It wasn't that he didn't want to rescue him, it was just that this situation before him was the first time he had encountered it in decades of fighting. There is no way.

He could only say incompetently and furiously: "Gun planes attack the city!"

At this time, Wanyan Zonghan actually knew in his heart that he had lost [-]% of the Kaifeng siege!
The [-] infantrymen who climbed the city were almost wiped out. Even the ladder used to climb the city had been taken back to Wengcheng by Zhai Jin. The city wall could not be destroyed by artillery bombardment alone for days and nights. Even if the city wall collapses, there is no infantry, and the cavalry alone can break into Kaifeng, how can we fight?
Do cavalry fight in street battles?

But now he was furious, and the only way to vent his anger was to bombard the city with giant cannons.

Zhao Fujin watched the boulders whizzing by above his head and smashing towards the Nanxunmen city wall. He patted Gao Qiu beside him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The time has come to test the quality of your project. If you can't last a day, I will It'll take your head off."

Gao Qiu was confident, he patted his chest and said: "Guardian, don't worry, just those 200 taels of artillery machine, let alone one day, let them hit it for five days and seven days, so what?"

Zhao Fujin smiled heartily and said: "Hahaha, I won't give the gold thieves that long. It's New Year's Eve tonight, and I don't want these gold thieves to ruin the good luck for the year."

After saying that, Zhao Fujin looked at Zhai Jin again. This was the first time she had seen Zhai Jin. She looked him up and down and said with a smile: "General Zhai made a great contribution in this battle. I have written it down."

Zhai Jin quickly bowed: "It's all the officials who plan the strategy, and the generals will not dare to take credit."

Zhao Fujin nodded with satisfaction: "It was only because General Zhai responded promptly that the situation went so smoothly."

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhai Jin responded quickly to the situation.

After the East Route Army's food and grass were burned, Zhai Jin never had any contact with Kaifeng. Until he was ordered to cross the river, Zhai Jin was thinking that if he really died, he would sacrifice his life for the country. Even so, he was also I thought that by bringing the siege ladder, I would risk damaging the Jin army's siege equipment and reduce the pressure on the Song Dynasty defenders.

Then he had an idea and used the excuse to attack the city and brought all the siege ladders into Wengcheng.

But in Wanyan Zonghan's eyes, these things that Zhai Jin did on the spot were premeditated, and even the second prince knew about it.

After calming down, Wanyan Zonghan immediately sent scouts to Tongjin Gate, Suanzao Gate and Xishui Gate to check the battle situation of the East Route Army.

Not long after, the three scouts reported: "Report, these three east route troops have not crossed the river yet, they are just exchanging sporadic shots with the defenders at the top of the city."

Wanyan Zonghan clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "Go tell the Second Prince about the situation of the war here!"

Outside Tongjin Gate, Wanyan Zongwang heard that the entire infantry of the West Route Army had been wiped out, and that the [-] Song troops under Zhai Jin had rebelled back to Kaifeng. He felt depressed in his chest, his vision went dark, and he almost fell off his horse: "Zhai Jin Come in! I'm going to eat you alive!"

When he rode his horse and rushed to Nanxunmen, he wanted to discuss with Wanyan Zonghan: "Zonghan, there is no chance of winning this battle. Let's retreat to Qingcheng first..."

Before he could finish his words, Wanyan Lou was hit in the back with a gun barrel and fell off his horse.

Wanyan Zongwang, who fell off his horse, was immediately pinned to the ground by Zong Han's soldiers.Wanyan Zongwang struggled to stand up and scolded sternly: "Wanyan Zonghan, are you going to rebel?"

Wanyan Zonghan was riding on horseback, looking down at Zong Wang: "Second Prince, you are the one who rebelled!"

Zong Wang was speechless and looked at Wanyan Lou's room with angry eyes: "Lou room, my father regards you as a brother, but you actually..."

"Shut up! If it weren't for Taizu's sake, I wouldn't have hit you with a gun!" Wanyan Lou's family still suffered from the pain of losing their son. On the seventh day of the girl's first birthday, she took the golden-armored young general to pay homage to her beloved son, but who would have thought that she would be in such a situation now.

"Second Prince, are you really involved with Song people?" Wanyan Xiyin stepped forward and looked at the Second Prince with disappointment.

Wanyan Zongwang looked confused, completely confused as to why these people were talking about him like this: "I don't know anything about Zhai Jin... I know people are wrong, but I have never colluded with the Song Dynasty people!"

"Hmph! I'll leave these words in front of His Majesty. The command of the East Route Army is temporarily handed over to me. I will escort the second prince back to the Qingcheng camp. No one is allowed to see him without my order!" Wanyan Zonghan waved his hand. A close soldier then threw Wanyan Zongwang onto his horse with a large bundle of flowers, took out the handsome seal and flag from his arms, handed it to Wanyan Zonghan, then took the reins and rode away.

Wanyan Zonghan threw out a commanding flag and handed it to the messenger: "Go to the remaining three gates, mobilize three thousand siege infantry from each, and thirty siege ladders to Nanxun Gate to rush for reinforcements."

After that, he waved another handsome flag: "Strictly order the three gates not to cross the river. All we need to do is harass them from a distance and hold back the defenders on three sides."

After giving the order, Wanyan Zonghan looked at Yan Lou's room and said: "Please take the general with [-] cavalry. The troops will be divided into three groups. After crossing the river from the other three gates, they will move and assemble under the city of Nanxunmen. If the heavy artillery can penetrate The general will lead his troops to attack the city wall. If it fails, the general must remember not to be rash."

Wanyan Loushi cupped his hands and clasped his fists, and with one move of his spear, he led six thousand cavalrymen to run away from both sides.

"Ceres God, order the craftsmen to build a trench bridge, wait for the infantry reinforcements to arrive, and forcefully cross the river. Order the light artillery to retreat and form a formation, and prepare to bombard the head of Wengcheng!"

Wanyan Xiyin raised his head and looked in the direction of Wengcheng, and asked timidly: "Commander, the firearms at the top of the city..."

Wanyan Zonghan was worthy of being one of the most talented men of the Jin Kingdom. He had just experienced the blow of the entire infantry army being wiped out, and he immediately adjusted his state and made a judgment on the current situation.

First: The firearms used by the Song Army are indeed amazingly powerful, but the number will not be too large. Otherwise, there is no need to play with yourself like this. Just let the siege troops come over and let go of the explosion.

Second: The firearms used by the Song Army should have a lower range than light cannons, otherwise they can be blown up directly without waiting for the light cannons to line up.

So Wanyan Zonghan was betting that the Song army's firearms had been exhausted.

If this is the case, after taking over the military power of the Second Prince, the Eastern Route Army will still be strong and can still launch another siege.

Later, Wanyan Zonghan ordered the Chinese army to retreat to the rear of the light artillery position. He thought that at such a distance, even the firearms at the top of the Wengcheng city should be out of reach.

At the top of the Wengcheng city, Zhao Fujin, who was wearing a red cloak, looked at the movements of the Jin army on the other side of the moat, looked at Li Bangyan and grinned: "The cavalry moving to both sides should be ready to wait for the city wall to collapse and kill the leader. The retreating battle The car is probably going to hit us."

Li Bangyan said with a smile: "It's exactly what the officials expected that day. The siege infantry of the West Route Army are gone, but there are still tens of thousands of Wanyan Zongwang."

Zhao Fujin nodded, squinted at Hai Dongqing who was hovering at the top of the city, and said with a smile: "When the main force of the Jin army is destroyed, find someone to catch two of them for me. They will survive!"

(End of this chapter)