MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1022 Massive Siege (Part 1)

  Chapter 1022 Massive Siege (Part 1)

In Hejian Prefecture, a fleet of hundreds of tugboats is slowly heading south along the Yongji Canal. Since it is going down the river, there is no need for trackers, but there are 1,000 soldiers on both sides of the bank to guard closely. The army's third round of transportation of grain and grass materials.

Two miles away from the west bank, a Song Dynasty scout team composed of ten people was monitoring the fleet going south. Because the golden soldiers went south in a big way, but they didn't carry much food and grass, Gao Qingyi had to prepare enough food and grass as soon as possible to prevent the golden soldiers from running out of food and grass. In the end, Wan Yanxie also blamed himself.

  Seeing that the fleet did not rest, the Song army scouts of the small team immediately accelerated and ran to the south.

  The Song army has been staring at this fleet for five days. Li Zhen led 500 elite scouts, always looking for opportunities to strike.

Li Chen finally placed the ambush site in Dalong Town, the southernmost part of Hejian Mansion. Dalong Town used to be a big town, which prospered due to the business opportunities brought by the canal. Now it has been abandoned. The whole town used to have more than 200 households. There are only a few households left now, most of the houses are empty and closed, and the yard is full of weeds.

Li Chen liked this place for two reasons. First, there are many abandoned houses in the town, which are easy to ambush. Second, the road by the river is very narrow, only one foot wide, and people have to walk sideways. Therefore, when soldiers pass by the town, You can't walk along the river, but you have to bypass the town. This section is about 500 steps long, which is very suitable for the layout of the Song army.

More than 20 water ghosts were already lurking in the river with kerosene bags on their backs, waiting patiently for the arrival of the fleet. Around Haishi, the fleet finally arrived in mighty force, and the guarding soldiers knew the characteristics of this town, so they bypassed the town one after another. Traveling through the town, temporarily broke away from the **** of the fleet.

The water ghosts acted quickly. They silently swam towards the fleet carrying the kerosene bags on their backs. The fleet consisted of only a dozen or so boatmen on the leading ship, who were responsible for controlling the direction. They were tied together by iron chains, and usually no boatman was needed. The boats were piled high with grain and grass, and covered firmly with tarpaulins. Although a thousand soldiers on the east bank could see the boats, they could not see the other side of the boats.

The water ghosts moved very quickly. Instead of climbing onto the boat, they clung to the side of the boat, cut open the tarpaulin with a sharp dagger, poured some kerosene into it, and then slid into the water to attack another boat. more than a hundred ships.

At this time, screams suddenly came from the outskirts of Dalong Town. It was the scout cavalry ambushing in the town who attacked a thousand guard soldiers. They shot down more than 200 enemy soldiers with horn crossbows, and then killed Going out, 500 elite cavalry faced more than 700 ordinary Ji soldiers, and the balance of battle completely fell to the Song army.

  The guard soldiers on the east bank panicked suddenly, the commander blew the horn, and the soldiers began to gather quickly.

The war was the signal, and the water ghosts started to light the boats. One after another, the boats were ignited by the torches. Ben, directly ignited the oil cloth, especially the boats carrying forage were quickly ignited.

   "Dock! Dock!" The soldiers on the east bank shouted.

  Concentrated arrows swished at the water ghosts on the boat. Several water ghosts were hit by arrows one after another, screaming and falling into the water. At this time, the boat began to slowly approach the east bank.

  The headed water ghost department saw that the situation was not good, and nearly half of the ships were not lit, so he shouted, "Follow me!"

   Several of his subordinates followed him and dived into the water, suddenly, ‘Wow! ’ The first general rushed to the bow of the boat, slashed the boatman who was punting off the boat, and the rest of the boatmen jumped into the water in fright and swam to the shore.

  The generals grabbed the bamboo poles and pushed the boats in the opposite direction, preventing the fleet from approaching the east bank. Everyone pushed the boats together, and the boats began to approach the west bank.

  At this time, the soldiers on the east bank were furious and shot arrows at the water ghosts at the bow of the boat.

   "Get down!"

  The general came down in a hurry, and he and several soldiers got down on the ground one after another, but kept their hands on, and continued to push the boat towards the west bank.

There are more and more burning ships, and 70% of the ships have been set ablaze, but there are still more than 50 ships that have not been ignited. The unburned ship immediately fired a rocket, and the fire immediately burned blazingly.

  The effect of the kerosene barrel was immediate. In just a moment, more than 50 large ships were all ignited, and the entire river was full of flames, forming a long fire dragon. The soldiers on the other side shouted and cursed, but there was nothing they could do.

   But considering the serious consequences of the fleet being burned, many soldiers began to abscond.

At dawn, hundreds of boats were burned and sunk, leaving only some blackened wreckage on the river, while the soldiers on the east bank had disappeared, and it was not known whether they deserted overnight or went to Daming Mansion to report their crimes. However, the commanding general abandoned his troops and fled in the middle of the night, and hundreds of ships were destroyed. As the chief general, he was bound to die, so he simply fled overnight.

  The Song army all evacuated when the last ship sank into the river at the fifth watch, but they still had the task of monitoring the main force of the Jin army. Five hundred cavalry flew southward and disappeared at the end of the plain.

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  The sky over the Daming Mansion is covered with dark clouds, and a heavy rain seems to be coming at any time. In the Jinbing Camp, the fierce drumming is still going on, 'Boom! Boom! ’ sounded, 15,000 golden soldiers rushed towards Daming City like a frenzy, this was the third time Wanyan Xie had attacked the city within two days.

  In the first day's tentative attack, the Jin soldiers failed to break through the dense arrow rain of the Song army, and nearly a thousand people were killed or injured and retreated. In the second attack, Wan Yanxi also forced Gao Qing's 30,000 troops to attack.

  As a result, Gao Qingyi's army was bombed by the Song Army's thunderstorm and suffered heavy casualties, with more than 5,000 casualties, and he withdrew his troops with hatred.

  After two trials, Wan Yanxie also understood the Song Army's defensive routines, far away with the **** arm crossbow and bed crossbow, and close with the city defense bow and thunder.

  At this time, Wanyan Xie finally got the news that Xuzhou's 20,000 gold soldiers had been wiped out. This news made him feel extremely sad, but he was helpless.

   Now he is more worried about the situation of the 30,000 Jin soldiers led by Wanyan Zongqian. Among the 30,000 people, there are 20,000 Jurchens, and nobles like Wanyan Zonggan.

  Wan Yanxie also has no other choice now, he can only get in touch with the intelligence point in Lin'an only by taking down the Daming Mansion as soon as possible.

   But at the same time, Wanyan Xie also sent a few spies to smuggle across the Yellow River on a small raft to see if they could get in touch with Jin Bing in Yunzhou.

Amidst the rumbling drums of the attack, the 15,000 golden soldiers were divided into three phalanxes, advancing together towards the city wall of Daming Mansion. The number of people was dense. Looking from a height, the black golden soldiers were densely packed, like a colony of ants. Covered the land outside Daming City.

   "Forward!" Amidst the sound of drums, Wan Yan Zongfu, the deputy commander of the Jin Bing who commanded the battle, shouted loudly,

   "Be the first to kill the top of the city, and reward ten thousand sheep!"

  Under the heavy reward, Jin Bing was extraordinarily excited and murderous.

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"go ahead!"

  Amidst the shouts like rolling thunder, the army of Jin soldiers advanced towards Daming City like an overwhelming sea. This time, the Jin soldiers did not use many siege weapons, the most important thing was to arrange ladders.

This is a simple siege ladder, that is, several big trees are nailed together with giant nails. These big trees are poplar trees cut down from the nearby forest. They are straight and long. Four or five feet long, only the trunk is kept, and after they are nailed together, they become temporary siege ladders.

  It not only enables Jin soldiers to rush through the moat, but also to climb the top of the city. Hundreds of gold soldiers run on a ladder, and it can also resist the bows and arrows of the Song army and bed crossbows.

  On the top of the city, the Song army was ready, and sixty heavy artillery pieces creaked away from the top of the north city, and a giant thunderbolt weighing 80 kilograms was placed in the firing slot.

In addition to artillery, the Song army also cleared hundreds of bed crossbows from the warehouse, and put them into battle after repairing. Jin Bing's horse shot through, very powerful.

The army of Jin soldiers is getting closer and closer, and has entered the 400-step line. General Song who is in charge of commanding the bed crossbow is Zhang Damu, who is also an actual combat general who has stepped up to the position of general from a small soldier. Rong's general, with sharp arrow skills, was selected to join Yan Qing's army this time.

  Zhang Damu watched the attack wave of the Jin soldiers approaching the city step by step. The front army had reached 300 paces. He shouted, "Shoot!"

The bed crossbows of the Song army were shot together, and five hundred four-foot-long arrows were shot densely. They shot at the army of Jin soldiers. Piercing their bodies, some bed crossbows and arrows shot them to death at the same time.

  Wanyan Zongfu was tempted by a strong desire to attack. He did not see the casualties of the soldiers in front of him from time to time, and a huge antler was in his hand, which was an order to retreat.

If the trumpet is not sounded, the Jin soldiers will march forward bravely until they die. However, this 15,000 army is also a mixed army, including 5,000 Jurchen infantry, 5,000 Bohai infantry, and 5,000 Khitan infantry. Although there are not many fierce warriors, their combat effectiveness is very powerful.

  (end of this chapter)