Usurpation of Mongolia: My father-in-law is Genghis Khan

Chapter 114 The Han army fought a bloody battle and won the glory of the Han people!

"Uncle Thirteen, please!"

After Shi Tianni led the thousands of soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner back, he patted the shoulder of a bearded man heavily.

This man's name was Shi Huaide, and he and Shi Tianni had the same great-grandfather. Although they weren't of the same generation, their ages weren't too far apart. Shi Tianni was twenty-eight, and Shi Huaide was thirty-one, the peak age for a man's physical strength, experience, and endurance.

Schwaide was not only tall and strong, but also had a natural "parallel ribs".

The so-called "parallel ribs" means that all the ribs are not grown into strips, but are tightly connected into one piece, like a neat piece of iron plate protecting the internal organs.

This kind of person is usually extremely strong and is a natural warrior on the battlefield.

Among the Zhenghuang Banner, Shi Huaide is the best in terms of bravery and strength, and he holds the position of the thousandth householder of the Zhenghuang Banner.

By the way, Schwader's son Shi Tianze is also a paraplegic and is thirteen years old this year.

Historical records indicate that Shi Huaide commanded Shi Tianni's most elite troops, the "Black Army." During every siege, Shi Huaide was the vanguard, capturing countless cities. However, Shi Huaide was ambushed by the enemy and killed in battle. Consequently, Shi Tianxiang inherited not only his father's Black Army but also his bravery, rising to the rank of Grand Marshal of the Yuan Army, in charge of 120,000 households.

Now that the Han army's Zhenghuang Banner wants to break into Beizi City, of course, Schwaide is the only one who can do it.

"Don't worry, Wan Hu!"

Schwaide clasped his fists, bowed, and left.

Without further ado, the Shi family understood that their entire clan was now tied to the chariot of Prince Consort Zhao Shuo. How the Shi family could secure their ideal position within Zhao Shuo's system depended on their ability to fight.

can!
Boom~~
It was the Cross Siege Tower that drove out the Mongolian army's camp.

In order to capture the Zhongdu city, Zhao Shuo prepared a total of forty siege towers, twenty of which had been used by Baru Camp before.

Now that these ten crosses have been used, there are only ten left that have not been used in the battlefield.

The siege tower was protected by sturdy wooden boards, which were then covered with iron sheets, which were then covered with wet cowhide covered in mud, thus protecting the soldiers inside. Wooden wheels were installed at the bottom of the tower to enable it to be pushed forward.

The tower is divided into three floors from bottom to top.

The first layer consisted of fifty people, pushing the siege tower on the ground.

The second floor stores bows, crossbows, thunder bombs and other items, and has thirty armored soldiers.

The third level consists of twenty soldiers who are ready for anything.

When they passed the hole and knew they were thirty steps away from the city wall, they would climb onto the platform at the top of the tower and fire at the enemy troops on the city wall to suppress them.

Otherwise, even if the siege tower took certain fire measures, the enemy's thunder bombs, kerosene and other items could pose a sufficient threat to the siege tower at this distance.

Schweitzer is now on the third floor of a siege tower.

At this time, they and the second-level soldiers had all put on heavy armor.

Normally, Zhao Shuo had issued ordinary armor to the Eight Banners. However, the Shi family was a formidable force with a long-term vision. They understood that, compared to a small amount of wealth, combat power was the foundation of the Shi family's strength.

The Zhenghuang Banner gathered five hundred of its bravest warriors into the 1,000th household. Each of these five hundred men was equipped with a full set of heavy armor. Each set cost forty strings of cash and weighed sixty-two kilograms, offering the ultimate in protection. All of this equipment was paid for out of the Shi family's own pocket.

"Come with me!"

Boom boom boom!
Thirty steps away from the city wall, Schweitzer led nineteen tin cans and climbed onto the platform at the top of the tower.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

In just a blink of an eye, countless bows and arrows, crossbows, thunder bombs, and stones attacked the Zhenghuang Banner soldiers on the top of the tower.

Ordinary arrows posed no threat to them, and the catapults on Beizi City also posed no threat to them due to the angle.

However, the catapults and crossbows in Zhongdu City and the divine arm bows, crossbows and thunder bombs in Zicheng City can still pose a sufficient threat to them.

"what!"

Two Zhenghuangqi soldiers were hit by crossbow arrows fired from the Shenbi bow. They screamed in pain and were seriously injured.

However, before they fell, they had already fired the crossbows from the Divine Arm Bows in their hands.

Moreover, the soldiers on the second floor rushed up with the divine arm bow and quickly filled the position.

Whoosh whoosh!
Whoosh whoosh!
The soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner on the platform at the top of the tower first fired a round of crossbow arrows with the Shenbi bow that had been strung in advance.

Then, he threw away the divine arm bow and quickly picked up the crossbow, each crossbow had seven arrows, and fired another round of volleys.

Immediately afterwards, boom boom boom!

They lit the short fuse of the thunder bomb and bombarded the top of Beizi City.

After countless arduous training sessions, the entire set of movements has become so familiar and smooth that it flows like flowing water.

In the blink of an eye, a small area of ​​the Jin army on the opposite city wall was cleared out, and the threat of Beizi City to the siege tower suddenly decreased.

"Hurry up!"

Just as Schweitzer led his men to the top of the tower, the soldiers pushing the siege tower below had already accelerated at full speed.

One hundred and twenty-seven breaths!
Three years of hard training had paid off. Fifty soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner took only 127 breaths to advance the siege tower 30 steps forward and lean it against the city wall.

time is life!

In the space of one hundred and twenty-seven breaths, a crossbow arrow from the Zhongdu city wall not only pierced a soldier of the Zhenghuang Banner on the spot, but also caused the soldier to fall from the top of the tower with its huge impact force.

Another thunder bomb fell on the edge of the tower top, and the violent explosion seriously injured a soldier.

In other words, even with the protection of the siege tower, four of the one hundred Zhenghuang Banner soldiers had lost their combat effectiveness before they officially entered the city, and the casualties were indeed considerable.

However, the Jin army in Beizi City was frightened by the speed, power and even the small casualties of this siege tower.

"Quick! Push up!"

"Stop them! Stop them!"

"Reinforcements! Quick reinforcements!"

……

With shouts at the top of their lungs, a reserve force of one hundred elite Jurchen soldiers rushed frantically in this direction to stop them from climbing the city wall.

"Climb the city!"

Schwaide was a natural born warrior. Facing such a brutal fight for the first time, he was not frightened at all. Instead, his adrenaline surged, his whole body became hot, his fighting spirit was high, and his eyes were filled with bloodthirsty light.

With his roar, the suspension bridge of the siege tower fell down with a loud bang.

The suspension bridge is 13 feet long and covered with iron sheets. It shines coldly in the sunlight, like a giant sword placed on the battlements.

"Come with me!"

Holding a long-handled heavy axe, Schweitzer took big strides and rushed along the suspension bridge towards the battlements.

"kill!"

Three fierce Jurchen soldiers had just arrived at the battlements. They shouted in unison, and three large iron spears pierced the wind and rushed towards Schweitzer.

This is a life-and-death test that the brave warriors who first climb the mountain must go through.

The suspension bridge can only accommodate one person.

But three people standing on the city wall could attack him at the same time.

They are all men who have fought with swords and blood. Why can you fight against three of them alone?

"Hey!"

A ferocious cold roar came from Schweitzer's mouth, and he swung his heavy axe horizontally. In the blink of an eye, three loud noises were heard in succession.

when!
The three big iron spears were knocked away by Schweitzer's axe almost at the same time!

Boom!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Schwad took a step forward and smashed the helmet of the fierce Jin soldier on the far left with the back of his axe.

He didn't use his full strength, only 50%.

But just like that, the axe had already broken the neck of the fierce soldier in an instant. After a muffled groan, his eyes rolled back and he died with blood gushing out of all his orifices.

The remaining five percent of force, with the help of the elasticity of the helmet, suddenly swung to the right. The axe blade, flashing with cold light, with the blessing of huge potential energy, directly chopped off the head of the other Jin soldier in the middle. In an instant, the head fell off and blood gushed out.

The remaining Jin soldier tried to stab Schwaide again, but Schwaide suddenly grabbed his spear and kicked him hard on the breastplate.

Pfft!
The Jin soldier flew back two or three meters and bumped into several Jin soldiers behind him.

Schweitzer took advantage of the opportunity and climbed onto the city wall of Beizi City!
A Jin soldier on the right side came to reinforce in time, but was beheaded again by Schweitzer with an axe!

Bang, bang, bang!
The head with the iron helmet fell to the ground and turned several times.

"Nice axe! Great!"

Although Schweitzer had tested the power of this Wootz steel axe many times before, it was impossible to test it on a real person.

Now, with a few swings of the axe, three enemies were killed. Schweitzer particularly liked the feeling of killing people cleanly and neatly.

As he praised repeatedly, he killed three more people in an instant and cleared a space.

Eleven soldiers followed closely behind him, five of them followed Schweitzer and attacked the east, while the other six attacked the enemy in the west.

Dang Dang Dang!
"what!"

Although the Eight Banners Army was well-trained, it was their first time on the battlefield, and only a very few of them were natural fighters like Schweitzer.

When the Jin army counterattacked with superior forces, four people were killed or injured in an instant.

But it doesn’t matter, twenty more soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner climbed up the city wall to provide reinforcements.

Twenty people!
Twenty more people!

Twenty more people!

The last twenty people were no longer pure Yellow Flag soldiers, but also included soldiers from the Baru Camp who participated in this attack.

Behind them, there are more soldiers from the Baru Camp following!
The Mongolian army’s control over Beizi City is getting bigger and bigger!

"This... How is this possible?" Ma Nian Jinzhong's eyes widened, no longer his earlier calm demeanor. He spoke sternly, "Quick! Quickly notify Wulin Jiujin to lead his 3,000 Wuwei troops to quickly reinforce Beizi City. We must not let Beizi City fall into the hands of the Mongols."

"Yes!"

The messenger took the order and left.

"..."

With Wanyan Chenghui's self-cultivation, he certainly would not make any sarcastic remarks when he saw that Mo Nian Jinzhong was slapped in the face.

But he already understood that Beizimen was now in an extremely dangerous situation and reinforcements had to be sent immediately.

The military master Ma Nian, whom he has always admired, is probably far inferior to the Mongolian prince consort Zhao Shuo!

Of course, it's unlikely that all ten siege towers launched by the First Thousand Households of the Plain Yellow Banner were successful. In fact, only three of them helped the First Thousand Households of the Plain Yellow Banner establish their sphere of influence on the city walls.

But then again, that's enough!

"The second thousandth household, the third thousandth household, and the fifth thousandth household come on!"

Shi Tianni made a prompt decision and ordered three thousand soldiers from the Zhenghuang Banner to join the battlefield. Yes, there are still many soldiers in the Baru Camp.

But what matters most now is the quality of the warriors who climb the city walls.

The inner city has a tunnel connecting it to the central capital. The Jin army will definitely desperately send elite troops to support it. Now we must completely suppress the defenders of the northern inner city and block the tunnel entrance in a short period of time.

at all costs!
Boom boom boom!
Because of the close combat, the military equipment on the Zhongdu city wall did not dare to attack the Eight Banners soldiers on the Beizi city wall, for fear of accidentally injuring the Jin army.

But he had no concerns about the Zhenghuang Banner soldiers who were still far away.

Catapults, crossbows, and divine arm bows were fired crazily.

The Mongolian army's catapults and crossbows also launched a frantic counterattack.

Even the soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner threw thunder bombs frantically, using the thick smoke to obscure the Jin army's vision, while rushing forward bravely under the enemy's arrows and stones.

In the blink of an eye, the war for Beizi City entered a completely intense stage.

The explosion of thunder bombs, the shouts of soldiers, the collision of swords and guns, and the wailing of the wounded were all completely intertwined.

A battle of offensive and defensive weapons was going on outside Beizi City.

On the walls of Beizi City and inside Beizi City, fierce hand-to-hand combat and even brutal street fighting were taking place.

Generally speaking, after a city is captured, the morale of the defenders plummets, and street fighting rarely occurs in ancient wars. However, Beizi City is connected to Zhongdu by tunnels, and reinforcements are constantly arriving, so there is no need to worry about morale issues.

Then we have to fight head-on!
Turn Beizi City into a meat grinder!

Let’s see, which side will collapse first between the Mongolian army and the Jin army?
"The 4,000th household, the 6,000th household, and the 9,000th household come on!"

Half an hour later, Shi Tianni started the second reinforcement!

Another quarter of an hour later.

"Warriors of the Baru Camp, follow me!"

The commander of the Baruk camp, Machibeduwen, was originally only leading some Mongolians as a supervisory team and would not personally charge into the battlefield.

However, in today's battle for Beizi City, the soldiers of the Baru Camp were overshadowed by the Zhenghuang Banner, which made Machibieduwen very unhappy.

Seeing that the battle situation had become tense, he directly led the 5,000 most elite soldiers of the Baru Camp to join the battlefield, hoping to achieve the decisive effect.

However, the Jin army in the city did resist very stubbornly, and the 5,000-strong Baru camp led by Machibeduwen was still stuck in the quagmire of war.

In the end, Shi Tianni became the straw that broke the camel's back.

"The Seventh Thousandth Household, the Eighth Thousandth Household, the Tenth Thousandth Household, follow me!
Shi Tianni personally led all the remaining Zhenghuangqi soldiers to fight!
A quarter of an hour later, there were no more flags of the Jin army in Beizi City.

Only the flag of the Plain Yellow Banner fluttered in the wind.

That night, the Mongolian army held a post-war summary meeting.

"In this battle, the Baru Camp suffered 6,567 casualties, while the Plain Yellow Banner suffered 1,364 casualties. We beheaded 10,790 enemies and captured 4,356.

"We captured the outer Beizi City of the Jin capital, Zhongdu, and seized 50,000 jin of grain, 3,000 divine arm bows, 800 crossbows, 5,000 taels of gold, and 20,000 taels of silver. We also seized 17,000 sets of armor, but only 3,067 were intact. Countless swords and spears were also seized, and we haven't yet counted them."

Gerile's voice rang out in Zhao Shuo's central military tent.

Beizi City can get support from Zhongdu City at any time. The various supplies stored are not much, and naturally the spoils are not much either.

There were no livestock at all, which were completely useless for defending the city.

Moreover, the defenders could escape through the tunnels and not many prisoners were taken.

Zhao Shuo said, "Although the military significance of capturing Beizi City is immense, the spoils are indeed pitifully small. How about this: I won't divide the spoils among the Han Army's Zhenghuang Banner and the Baru Battalion according to the rules."

"Thank you, Prince Consort!" Shi Tianni and Machibieduwen stood up, clasped their fists and bowed to express their gratitude.

Zhao Shuo continued, "The Plain Yellow Banner has indeed suffered a serious blow this time. Shi Tianni, don't worry. I will recruit as many Eight Banner soldiers from the three prefectures of Fuchang and Huan as needed to replenish the Plain Yellow Banner. In addition, the compensation for the dead and wounded will be handled in accordance with my previous military orders, without any discounts."

"Thank you, Prince Consort!"

In fact, although the Zhenghuang Banner suffered heavy losses, Shi Tianni did not feel too sad.

He was a promising general, and he knew that it was impossible for an army to become invincible simply through training. The more dangerous the battle, the better it would train the troops. After this brutal and bloody battle, the Zhenghuang Banner had been completely transformed.

Although the number of people in the Zhenghuang Banner is smaller now, it is still stronger than before today's battle.

After replenishing the troops, the strength will be further improved.

Zhao Shuo said, "Tomorrow we will capture the other sub-cities. I will continue to send the Baru Battalion to assist, but the main force will still be the Han army. Zhenghong Banner, Zhenglan Banner, Zhenghei Banner, which one is willing to go?"

"..."

Yan Shi, Zhang Rou, and Guo Baoyu looked at each other, and no one volunteered to fight.

Zhao Shuo smiled and said, "Why? You were frightened by the fierce battle of the Zhenghuang Banner today and you are unwilling to volunteer to fight?"

"Don't joke with us, Prince Consort." Yan Shi said, "This is obvious. In order to capture Beizi City this time, we suffered nearly 8,000 casualties.

But how many of the Golden Dogs were killed or injured?

In this kind of bloody battle, if the Jin army used the scepter army to fight us head-on, wouldn't they collapse at the first blow? How could they have held out for so long and inflicted such heavy casualties on us?
Even considering the Jin Gou's advantage in defending the city, I estimate that the Jin army's regular troops have suffered at least 5,000 casualties, and possibly as many as 10,000. In other words, Zhongdu's regular troops are now only 10,000 to 15,000 strong. Attacking other sub-cities will be far less difficult than this time.

The credit comes too easily, and we are embarrassed to take it."

Zhang Rou echoed, "Actually, I suspect that after today's battle at Beizi City, Jin Gou won't be willing to defend the other three sub-cities anymore. After all, if the regular troops within the city are wiped out, Zhongdu City will be completely finished."

I'm afraid the other three sub-cities have all been replaced by soldiers. We can just attack them casually tomorrow and break them."

Zhao Shuo nodded slightly and said, "Indeed. The Jin Gou's Zhongdu City is truly fortified. If Wanyan Xun were to defend Zhongdu to the death and station 50,000 elite troops there, we really wouldn't want to fight them head-on."

However, Wanyan Xun was too timid and moved the capital to Bianliang, transferring most of the elite troops away.

I'm afraid that in ten days or half a month, we will be able to capture Zhongdu."

……

……

At the same time, in the residence of Jin Dynasty Prime Minister Wanyan Chenghui.

"I can't believe that the Han army flag under Zhao Shuo's command is so powerful. Right Prime Minister Mo Nian, tell me, how should we defend our Zhongdu City next?" Wanyan Chenghui looked at Mo Nian Jinzhong with both worry and hope.

The flags of the Eight Banners of the Han Army were originally used to identify their identities and were not a secret at all.

Wanyan Chenghui certainly knew that it was the Han army's Zhenghuang Banner under Zhao Shuo that broke through Beizi City.

To be honest, he was really frightened by the bravery of the Zhenghuang Banner today.

Don't get me wrong, Wanyan Chenghui had no intention of looking down on the Han army. He also understood that the Jurchen army was far less powerful now than it had been at the founding of the nation. The elite Han army could easily match the elite Jurchen army of the same number.

But the problem is, now it’s not a fight on equal terms, but a crushing one!
The 20,000 Mongolian troops, with 10,000 Han troops of the Plain Yellow Banner as the main force, captured Beizi City completely by head-on confrontation.

Even if Wanyan Chenghui was unwilling to believe it, he could only stare blankly in the face of the ironclad facts.

In a trance, he remembered another powerful Han army long ago, Yue Family Army.

Given the strength of the Jin army, they could only resort to sowing discord and forcing the Song state to destroy its own Great Wall to resolve this enormous problem. A head-on confrontation would have been unsuccessful for the Jin army.

Now, the strength of the Han Army Flag may not be as good as that of Yue Army, but the current Jin Army is even worse than the original Jin Army!

What's more, there were a Mongolian army of 100,000 soldiers at the foot of the city, while there were only 12,300 elite Jin soldiers left in the city!

How to fight this?
Wanyan Chenghui could only place all his hopes on the loyalty of the Manchus who had defended Datong.

However, the facts were destined to disappoint him.

"Hey!"

Ma Nian Jinzhong sighed deeply and said, "To be honest with Prime Minister Wanyan, I am now at my wit's end. I believe we will no longer be able to defend Zhongdu City. At this point, we can only hold on one day at a time and finally die in service of our country."

"Good! What a great way to die for your country!"

As a loyal minister and filial son of the Great Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Chenghui was not afraid of death at all.

In fact, ever since Wanyan Xun moved the capital to Bianliang and left Wanyan Chenghui to guard Zhongdu, he knew that the Jin Dynasty had effectively abandoned Zhongdu. His ultimate fate was certain death.

It's just that he didn't expect that this day would come so soon.

Since there was no way to eliminate the Nian rebels and to be loyal to them, Wanyan Chenghui naturally accepted the fact quickly.

He said generously, "Let's hold out one day at a time. When the city is captured, you and I will drink the poisoned wine and die for Zhongdu. Our names will surely go down in history, forever remembered."

"Yes, that's right!"

Immediately, the two of them dropped everything, ordered people to bring wine and food, and toasted each other.

Not long after, Wanyan Chenghui was drunk and fell asleep.

"Prime Minister! Prime Minister! Wanyan Councillor, something terrible has happened! Please wake up!" At dawn the next day, a panicked voice woke Wanyan Chenghui from his hangover.

"Why are you so panicked? It's impossible that the Mongolian army will break into the city today, right?"

Since Wanyan Chenghui had made up his mind to die for his country, he did not panic at all even when he heard that something bad had happened.

However, the next words of the messenger left him completely dumbfounded.

"The Han army didn't break into the city. But...but..."

"But what happened?"

"Man Nian is loyal and ran away!"

"What? Shi Mo You Cheng ran away! This... How is this possible? Last night he asked me to die with him for the country. How could he run away?"

"But he did escape!" The messenger, Wanyan Chenghui's trusted confidant, Wanyan Juegan, said with a look of grievance, "Last night at three o'clock in the morning, Ma Nian Jinzhong secretly opened the Nanxun Gate and lowered the drawbridge. He fled with his son and his wives and concubines, eighteen people in total, escorted by three hundred elite cavalrymen. They've vanished without a trace."

The army under Zhao Shuo's command was less than 100,000, so it was certainly impossible for him to surround Zhongdu, which had a circumference of nearly 40 miles, so that it was impenetrable.

It is entirely possible for Ma Nian Jinzhong to escape at night.

but!

"This... actually happened?"

At this point, Wanyan Chenghui was almost mad with rage.

In fact, even if Man Nian Jinzhong broke his promise and secretly ran away, Wanyan Chenghui could accept it. Since Zhongdu City was destined to be lost, and Man Nian Jinzhong was a military talent that was counted among the Jin Kingdom, running away was not a bad thing.

But, can he please have some shame? How could he take all his concubines with him?!
Well, half of the emperor’s concubines are still in Zhongdu, but Man Nian Jinzhong ran away with his concubine.

This is obvious. He took his concubine away and left the emperor's concubines to the Mongols!

Is this something a loyal minister of the Great Jin Dynasty could do?

Did Man Nian Jinzhong consider himself so important to the Jin Dynasty that he knew Wan Yanxun couldn't do anything to him, or did this great Jin Prime Minister love his concubines so much that he would rather die than protect them?

No matter which possibility it is, we can only infer one thing - the Great Jin is finished!
Wow!
Wanyan Chenghui couldn't bear it anymore and spurted out a mouthful of blood!

(End of this chapter)