The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 447 Zhendongguan Great Wall

The ship's guns ceased firing, and the ship rushed to the shore. The soldiers on board jumped into the water as fast as they could and swam to the shore. To make swimming easier, these sailors were not wearing any armor, but rather pirate clothes.

On the city wall, which had been ravaged by cannon fire, a Jurchen soldier suddenly appeared, drew his bow and arrow, and shot a sailor. The sailor was unarmored and could not withstand the arrow. He was shot and bled, and fell backward into the water with a scream.

His comrades who followed quickly reached out and pulled him out of the water, then supported him as they ran forward.

Someone shouted, "Damn it, someone's still shooting arrows from the city wall!"

"Don't let him ejaculate, kill him."

"Fire thrower".

Amidst a loud roar, a robust Shandong man rushed out, holding a small black ball in his hand that was emitting sparks. With a forceful flick of his wrist, the small black ball whistled into the air and landed inside the city gate tower.

The next instant, a deafening roar erupted, and a devastating burst of sparks exploded inside the city gate tower.

The Jurchen soldier who had just fired the arrow screamed as he flew out of the city tower, landing heavily on the ground, clearly beyond saving.

But the Northern Song soldiers had no intention of letting him go. Some of them rushed forward and, to make him die even faster, slashed him three times with their knives: "Fuck your mother, I told you not to shoot my brother."

"Up to the city!"

"Get to the city quickly!"

"The enemy has seen the signal fires, and reinforcements will arrive soon."

"We must go up to the city and form ranks before reinforcements arrive."

The large group of soldiers, still dripping with water, rushed to the foot of the Great Wall, lay down, and turned themselves into stepping stones. Then several more people lay down on top of them, and the stepping stones were built higher and higher.

Then, the soldiers behind climbed up by stepping on the bodies of those in front. When they reached the highest point, they leaped up and stretched their arms as far as they could to grab the edge of the city wall.

"Up, up, up!"

Someone shouted, and the people below all pushed upwards together.

With a single somersault, he finally stood atop the city wall and quickly threw down a rope.

So a large number of soldiers climbed up using ropes.

Sailors are indeed better at climbing ropes than soldiers.

Because they spend years training on climbing ropes and ladders on the ship, most soldiers can easily climb several meters up the ship's side using just a rope.

This trick still works just as well for climbing the Great Wall.

Li Bao was not content with just being a commander. This show-off actually took the lead and climbed up the city wall. Standing on the Great Wall at Zhendongguan, Li Bao couldn't help but laugh loudly: "Hahahaha, I've finally achieved an unparalleled feat!"

"General, now is not the time to laugh! Enemy reinforcements will soon be coming along the Great Wall."

"Prepare for battle!" Li Bao roared. "Let's fight our way up the Great Wall, charge for twelve miles, and drive every Jin army we encounter off the Great Wall!"

Li Bao's two hundred or so old comrades, now all non-commissioned officers, roared in unison, "Awooo! Kill!"

The space on the Great Wall is not wide, only enough for a few people to walk side by side.

Such terrain conditions are very conducive to the use of musketeers. Li Bao arranged his soldiers in a long column shape, with smoothbore musketeers at the front. They were divided into two rows by squatting and standing, ensuring that there were always ten muskets in the front row ready to fire.

Then, maintaining this formation, they began to advance along the Great Wall.

Soon, shouts of battle arose from ahead; the Jin army's reinforcements had arrived. These reinforcements could only crowd onto the narrow Great Wall as they advanced towards the Northern Song army.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The sound of muskets immediately rang out. There was nowhere to hide in the narrow passage of the Great Wall; as soon as the muskets fired, enemy soldiers fell to the ground, their blood splattering. Li Baojun was like a bulldozer, rumbling forward along the Great Wall.

Soon, the Jin soldiers realized that this method of fighting would not work.

Instead of fighting the Northern Song soldiers in the Great Wall passages, they retreated to the city walls.

Every short distance along the Great Wall there was a watchtower. The Jin soldiers cowered in the watchtowers, using the parapets as cover, trying to stop the advance of the Northern Song soldiers.

However, this was completely useless...

Once the small black ball with the lit fuse is thrown into the city gate, all the guards inside will be wiped out instantly.

They couldn't stop Li Bao for even a moment!

"Forward! Forward!"

Li Bao roared, "How many miles of the Great Wall have we controlled?"

"Reporting to the general, we have controlled Wuli."

"Alright, seven more miles! Keep going, charge!"

This battle lasted from the afternoon until it was completely dark.

As the moon hung in the sky, Li Baojun finally saw the sea ahead.

"Get through!"

"Haha, we've broken through the Great Wall at Zhendongguan."

"Reporting to the general, Yang Tian and Yang Xiao's reinforcements have arrived. They asked us what the next steps are?"

"Next, we will face the Jin army's counterattack."

Li Bao knew that the fall of the Zhen Dongguan Great Wall would enrage the Jin army. The real test was about to begin. He needed to distribute 10,000 soldiers to various key positions along the twelve-mile Great Wall to resist the counterattack of the main Jin army force.

This is by no means an easy task!
"The troops were divided and stationed in various watchtowers along the twelve-mile Great Wall, watching out for and helping each other. Wherever the Jin army launched a major attack, the surrounding garrison would immediately go to reinforce it."

Li Bao said, "Send a fast boat to inform Gao Jin to have the logistics team send more gunpowder and bullets, as well as grenades. The more the better, hurry, hurry, hurry."

"Have the ordinary people of Dalian and Lushun been subdued?"

"They have been subdued, but there is still some resistance."

Li Bao: "Propagate to them that the Liao and Han are one family, and tell the Liao people in the city not to be afraid. As for the Jurchens, we can't convince them that we are one family yet, but don't harass them. Just tell them to hide."
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Shenzhou, which is the Shenyang of later times!
It is the closest major city to Jinzhou and holds a certain position in politics, economy, and culture.

Bali Yuanshan, an old friend of the Northern Song Dynasty, was stationed in Shenyang at this time.

Bali Yuanshan was a lucky man. He fought against the Northern Song Dynasty several times and never died. He lived a long and healthy life.

Later, the war between the Song and Jin dynasties eased somewhat, and with the establishment of the puppet state of Qi, the way the Jin dynasty controlled the Han people in the Central Plains changed. Bali Yuanshan, a Khitan, was transferred back to Shenzhou, where he was responsible for quelling rebellions and appeasing some Liao people who occasionally rose up in rebellion.

It was already late, and Bali Yuanshan had just lain down to go to sleep.

Then, a pig-like wail rang out from outside: "General, something terrible has happened! The Northern Song Dynasty has suddenly sent troops and captured Jinzhou and Shizikou."

"What?" Bali Yuanshan was shocked and sat up abruptly. "That is the former territory of our Liao Dynasty, where a large number of Khitan people live. Is the Northern Song Dynasty here to kill and eat our Khitan people?"

"We don't know. The Great Wall at Zhendongguan has fallen, and the navy has been completely wiped out. We have absolutely no idea what the situation is in Jinzhou now."

(End of this chapter)