The eleventh day of the first lunar month.
Seeing that there was no longer a row of people standing on the Caizhou city wall, the Song and Mongolian coalition forces immediately began to launch a final decisive battle against the Jin army in the city.
This battle was mainly composed of 20,000 elite Song troops, supplemented by 5,000 Mongolian troops. Amid the commotion, the final battle began with great vigor.
Today, Zhang Han and his team members got up at 4 o'clock in the morning to prepare their armor. After breakfast at dawn, they and other Song soldiers lined up and drove to Caizhou City.
Tens of thousands of coalition forces quickly surrounded Caizhou City.
The soldiers began to line up in orderly formation amidst the shouts of their commanders. Groups of civilians also shouted slogans and transported huge siege equipment from the rear of the military formation to the front of the army.
The tense atmosphere on the eve of the war quickly spread inside and outside the city.
Zhang Han followed the commander and stood behind the crossbowmen array, his lips tightly pursed. The whole body was tense and immersed in the solemn atmosphere.
To be honest, he is still quite uneasy now. After all, this was the first time since time travel that I had participated in such a large-scale siege. My heart was beating uncontrollably, and my palms were sweating from nervousness.
As a squad leader and a crossbowman captain, generally speaking, he doesn't have to fight the enemy hand-to-hand.
His duty is to always observe the orders conveyed by the flag, urge his men to launch attacks, and hold down the position to prevent the soldiers from escaping. Only when the soldier loses the ability to attack does he need to step forward to fill the gap.
So no matter what kind of battle it is, as long as his side is not defeated by the enemy, his survivability on the scene is still quite high.
But this cannot be counted as an accident or one's own bad luck. After all, tens of thousands of people fight, and injuries are inevitable. Even if you are very unlucky, you may lose your life.
However, compared with other arms, as a long-range strike force, the probability of survival on the battlefield is still quite high.
This is already pretty good.
Just when Zhang Han was thinking wildly, Chen Shi had arrived.
"Woo~~Woo~"
Suddenly, a loud horn sound came to my ears, and there was a desolate and chilling sound in the sound. Quickly splashing ripples in a neat array.
Like a conditioned reflex, Zhang Han immediately turned his attention to the handsome platform in the distance.
He vaguely saw a general wearing bright silver armor. The moment the horn stopped, he pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed at Caizhou City in front of him, opened his mouth and shouted.
The flag bearer next to him, as if his hands were wound up, immediately began to wave the flag with a huge "handsome" character written on it.
After Zhang Han accepted the memory of his original body, he could naturally understand the meaning of the flag. It was very simple;
"Attack immediately!"
"..."
Then he saw his commander's personal soldiers running quickly behind the crossbowmen and giving orders;
"The crossbow is loaded and ready to fire! The crossbow is loaded and ready to fire!"
After hearing the order, Zhang Han did not dare to neglect at all, and quickly conveyed the preparation order behind his men.
"Prepare for launching action, prepare for alternate advance."
The rapid running footsteps made the blades on his armor make a clanging sound.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"
Zhang Han watched his men loading the crossbows neatly one by one and getting ready. Zhang Han nodded with satisfaction.
Then he also pulled out the crossbow arrow from his back and inserted it into the arrow slot. He looked focused, waiting for the order to attack.
"Dong dong dong dong..."
Not long after, a burst of rapid drumbeats reached the ears of everyone in the military formation. Under the influence of the rapid drumbeats, the soldiers' eyes gradually turned red, and they unconsciously grasped the weapons in their hands tightly.
"attack!"
As these words continued to be passed in the military formation, the huge war machine rumbled and started running rapidly. Tall siege equipment was erected high, and the locust-like bows, arrows and crossbows darkly covered the sky above the city.
The shouts, shouts, and curses made the hot oil in the battlefield boil!
The decisive battle between Song, Meng, and Jin in Caizhou has officially begun!
"Swish swish!"
As waves of arrows rained down the entire city, the Jin soldiers on the city made muffled groans from time to time. They were suppressed to the point where they stomped on the city wall and did not dare to show their heads.
"withdraw!"
After the Song Army's crossbows fired four or five waves in a row, Zhang Han ordered his men to retreat alternately, leaving the battlefield to melee troops.
When the enemy troops on the city wall saw that the other side had stopped shooting arrows, they all stretched their heads out of the crenellations to look around.
"Oh my God!" "Oh, my mother-in-law~"
Then he was so frightened that he screamed and crawled towards the back.
It turns out that the soldiers at the top of the city thought that the opponent would start to climb the city after the arrow rain, and they were preparing for a counterattack! Unexpectedly, the opponent continued to use huge catapults and bed crossbows to fire huge crossbows and boulders at the city wall.
Bang bang bang!
The huge crossbows and boulders launched hit the solid city wall in front of the Jin army with the sound of breaking wind, causing rubble to fly in the gaps in the wall. The Jin Army, which was already somewhat chaotic at the top of the city, directly reached the level of commotion.
"Don't retreat, push forward! Take a step back and kill without mercy!"
Seeing this, the Jin Army garrison at the top of the city began to urge the soldiers to defend. But at this time, the Jin Kingdom defenders were exhausted and had no fighting spirit after receiving successive blows.
Even if he brought a few soldiers up and slashed at several defeated soldiers, he still couldn't stop the overall collapse.
Seeing this, General Jin had no choice but to put down his bloody knife. Then he looked dejectedly at the sun that had just risen in the east, and sat down on the ground with a gray face.
…
After being hit by heavy firepower from below, there were almost no people standing on the south wall of Caizhou.
Seeing this, the siege troops of the Song Army swarmed up under the city. Then the Caizhou City, which had been holding on for several months, was quickly captured by the Song army as if it were made of paper.
The city wall that the Jin Kingdom had high hopes for was breached with little effect, and the southern city gate was completely opened in front of the Song army.
The Song army, which did not participate in the battle to climb the city, immediately resembled a group of sharks smelling fishy smell. Hula hula, along the narrow city gate, people kept pouring into this dilapidated city.
…
After Zhang Han and his team finally squeezed into the city with difficulty, Zhang Han immediately stopped his men from looting in the city with other troops. Instead, he quickly rushed towards the west gate with more than a dozen of his men.
Zhang Han is a time traveler. Having understood this period of history, he naturally knows what will happen next.
If history is correct, as the city was breached, Wanyan Zhongde, the Prime Minister of the Jin Kingdom, who received the news, would then lead the last more than a thousand Jin soldiers in the city to fight a brutal street battle with the soldiers of Song and Mongolia.
At this time, Jin Aizong had probably hanged himself in his residence, and Wanyan Yonglin, who had just succeeded to the throne less than an hour later, would also die in the fighting among the rebels.
And his body will be snatched away by the remaining soldiers of the Jin army, who will take his body out of the west gate and go to Gongcheng, the last city of the Jin Kingdom.
Although the Song-Mongolian coalition forces were able to capture the Jin Kingdom in this operation, according to history, they did not obtain any of the two corpses of the Jin Kingdom emperors in the city.
Among them, before his death, Jin Aizonghui instructed the soldiers to burn their bodies to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy and being desecrated.
Wanyan Chenglin's body was carried out by several remaining soldiers.
Although these soldiers were exhausted, they still traveled day and night to Jingchuan and buried his body in Fenjiwan behind Sanli Village in Taiping Township.
Now that he knew what was about to happen, Zhang Han would naturally not be like other soldiers and foolishly lead people to fight with the remaining Jin army.
He had planned it last night. After entering the city, he quickly ran to the west gate with his men. Snatch Wanyan Yonglin's body and take this great achievement into his own arms.
As for the body of Emperor Jin Ai, there is no need to think about it. I'm afraid they'll all be reduced to ashes by the time they arrive.
So after entering the city, Zhang Han immediately led his men and ran quickly towards the west gate.
Although his subordinates did not understand what he was doing, their instinct of obedience and the persona he usually deliberately created came into play at this time. Everyone obeyed the order and followed him to the west gate.
Along the way, their Song army team constantly encountered broken soldiers and civilians who were scattered everywhere. When others saw them dressed as Song soldiers, they were so frightened that they ran away. At this time, Zhang Han and the others also pretended to turn a blind eye to these people, and a dozen of them just headed towards the west gate with their heads down.
Two quarters of an hour later.
After galloping all the way, Zhang Han and the others, who were already out of breath from exhaustion, finally saw the open west city gate. Looking around, there was no one among the Jin soldiers who were supposed to be guarding the city wall.
Zhang Han's sharp eyes saw at a glance inside the city gate cave several remnants of the Jin Army carrying a body and about to leave the city gate.
After thinking secretly that he was lucky, he immediately shouted to his subordinates behind him;
"Did you see the remaining soldiers carrying the body out of the city gate? Everyone, hurry up and catch up and snatch the body. That is the body of the Emperor of Jin. We are going to make a fortune!"
When the brothers behind him heard this, they paused in their footsteps and were collectively stunned. Immediately afterwards, everyone was overjoyed!
Qi Xiu's rough voice instantly changed its shape when shouting;
"Wuhu! The emperor's body, how much credit does this have? Brothers, the time has come to make a great contribution, follow the captain and charge!"
After saying that, he immediately caught up with Zhang Han and quickly chased the golden soldiers at the city gate.
Others saw this and hurriedly followed.
At this time, the huge pie falling from the sky directly knocked Zhang Han and his men dizzy.
In their eyes, the remnants of the Jin army were carrying a corpse. That is at your fingertips, golden coins and heavy military achievements!
At this time, a remnant of the Jin Army who had just left the city gate moved his ears and vaguely heard someone shouting from behind.
Looking back in confusion, his expression suddenly changed. Showing fear.
In his eyes, a dozen strong men from the Song Army, armed with crossbows, waist knives and armor, were quickly chasing him.
The other party's red eyes seemed like those of a hungry wolf that had been hungry for several days, ready to eat several of them alive.
"Song Song...Song Gou, mom! Run quickly, Song Gou is catching up!"
After the remnant soldier said this tremblingly, he didn't care about the emperor's body and just threw away the weapon in his hand. He stretched out his long legs and ran forward in a flash.
The rest of the remaining soldiers also heard what their companions said and quickly turned their heads to look behind. In an instant, everyone's expressions changed.
I saw the leader at the front raising his crossbow and shooting towards him. The arrow shot out quickly magnified on everyone's retinas.
"Pfft" sound.
The arrow penetrated straight into the chest of his companion. The man who was hit by the arrow immediately stiffened up and vomited out a large mouthful of blood. It seemed that he would not survive.
Everyone turned pale with horror, and immediately after, Wanyan Yonglin's body was thrown to the ground by the frightened Jin Bing.
"Run!"
...
At this time, all the golden soldiers were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were about to break, and there was a chorus of exclamations. He ran wildly, wishing his parents had less legs.
...
By the time Zhang Han and others chased them to the city gate, except for the golden soldier who was shot by a crossbow arrow and was lying on the ground twitching, the others had already run a hundred meters away and could not catch up.
"Huhu~~ These bastards, it's like they have fur on their legs, they can run away so fast!"
Li Xiaohu panted and stopped beside Zhang Han, complaining to the remnants of the Jin Army who had already run a hundred meters away.
Zhang Han rolled his eyes at him and said angrily;
"As for others, when it's your turn to escape, you will definitely run faster than them!"
"Hehe~~"
Everyone felt that what Zhang Han said made sense and couldn't help but look at Li Xiaohu jokingly.
Li Xiaohu could only touch his head awkwardly and forced a smile.
"That's it, that's it! Escape for your life, don't be embarrassed! Hehe~"
"Ha ha!……"
His words completely caused everyone to burst into laughter.
Zhang Han didn't have time to listen to their jokes. The most important thing now was to confirm the identity of the corpse and see if the other party was Wanyan Yonglin? If the goods are not the right version, their work will be in vain.
He bent down and quickly groped around the corpse, and took out a gold medal from the corpse's waist. He took a closer look and saw that it was the personal belongings of the Emperor of Jin.
"That's right, now the credit is no longer lost!"
Zhang Han breathed a sigh of relief after getting his identity certificate. I felt very happy at this time.
Then he handed the identity badge to his subordinates, and everyone looked at it one by one with amazement on their faces.
"Hey! It's worthy of being used by the emperor. This gold is so pure!"
Qi Xiu's focus always seems to be so different. Maybe in his heart, an emperor's corpse is not as attractive as a large piece of gold.
The most hateful thing is that his words have been recognized by many people. Zhang Han couldn't help but shake his head when he saw it.
Next, just when several people were discussing how to go back and hand over the body to receive the reward, a sudden change occurred!
"Who are you?"
Everyone was suddenly awakened by a loud shout in the distance. They all looked up towards the place where the sound came from.
It turned out that the person speaking was a Mongolian general with a Han face. At this time, the other party was leading hundreds of Mongolian cavalry towards the city gate...
