Inside Nanxun Sect, there was already chaos.
"Don't panic! We have many people!" An officer from the Song Army ran back to the city gate with his men, shouting loudly all the way, trying to recruit more people: "Follow me and occupy the gate wall! The enemy troops block back!" Some soldiers on the city tower also shouted: "There is a hidden board here! Open the hidden board and throw stones to block the city gate and corridor, and their cavalry will not be able to run!" The outer city of Kaifeng built by Hou Zhi was particularly special. It is less gorgeous and has a lot of arrangements for combat needs.
For example, the city gate does not have an urn, but a gate wall and a sheep and horse wall are used to block the enemy's rush. Another example is that there is a dark board in front of the city tower, and huge wood and large rocks are piled up on the dark board. Once the dark board is removed, the wood and stone can fall straight down the corridor, crushing the attackers.
In such a short period of time, the Song army grasped the key to Hou Zhi's two creations and began to use Nanxunmen as an offensive and defensive stronghold. This shows that the Song people are good at defense and it is true.
Such an army, as long as it is familiar with the terrain and allows time to arrange the coordinated sequence of city defense operations, is enough to block the enemy's attack several times or even ten times.
The Kaifeng court set fire to Li Ting and others, thereby tearing a huge rift between the Song Army and Ding Haijun, and forcing the Song Army to side with them. It was really a deal that guaranteed profit without loss.
However, Ding Haijun's response was too fast and the time left for them was too short. The Dinghai navy cavalry, who were the first to rush up to the tower, charged forward like iron plows cutting into the soft soil, advancing and retreating unimpeded.
In the blink of an eye, he walked back and forth along the top of the city platform several times. Several soldiers who tried to move the dark board were hit by iron horses and flew down to the city with their hands and feet tied.
Turning around to look at the other side, the cavalrymen had already crossed the gate wall. Only dozens of Song soldiers were left, holding on to a section of the wooden wall standing on the magpie platform, shooting bows and arrows left and right.
The magpie platform is two feet high, and the wall is one foot and three feet high. The Song army was condescending, and their arrows fell like rain, instantly shooting down more than ten speeding cavalry.
People on both sides of the gate wall turned on their backs, knocking over more soldiers who followed behind, causing the men and horses to neigh loudly, smoke and dust billowing, and most of the road was blocked.
At this time, Dong Jin ran from the city gate. Seeing that the road was blocked, he grabbed a large shield to block the arrow and urged his horse to gallop forward.
At first, Song Jun just thought that this man was angry and planned to hit the wall with his men and horses. Unexpectedly, he took out a rope from behind and threw it, and tied it to a thick wooden stake in the middle of the wooden wall. He then tied the rope twice to the saddle bridge. .
The next moment, the horse galloped sideways, the rope suddenly tightened, and the wooden pile was uprooted by the huge force, and the entire wooden wall shook.
The Ding navy cavalry cheered loudly, and several of them followed suit and threw ropes to pull the wooden wall. In the blink of an eye, another series of wooden piles flew up, the wooden wall swayed, rolled from the magpie platform and fell to the ground, and even more than ten Song soldiers suffered severe injuries from the fall.
The large number of Dinghai navy cavalry were impatient and rushed their horses to the magpie platform, and then accelerated forward to kill.
The cavalry continued to pour in, but they were not in a hurry to penetrate deep into Kaifeng. They rushed in and out, rushing back and forth, expanding the area of control slowly.
Soon, there was a fight between Xuanhua Gate and Anshangmen on the east and west sides of Nanxun Gate. As for the vicinity of Nanxunmen, there is a special emphasis.
Because this place was the place where Zhang Bangchang led hundreds of officials to resign and mourned while the two saints were hunting in the north. The records of the Southern Dynasties are very detailed.
Therefore, although Zhao Fang had never been here before, he was familiar with the surrounding terrain. When he entered the city, he deliberately let people occupy the street pavilion about half a mile inside the city gate, and set up his own Chinese military camp with the street pavilion as the center.
But at this moment, the considerable troops stationed around the street pavilion were unable to hold their ground. They were driven away by the cavalry and scattered in all directions!
According to common sense, Ding Haijun's cavalry came from the direction of the Lincaiguan battlefield and galloped for more than 20 miles at full speed. The men and horses were steaming with heat. No matter how you look at it, they must have been exhausted.
But at the end of this powerful crossbow, the Song army had no time to form a whole team to fight, and it was unable to withstand the enemy! Since Zhao Fang did not issue new orders, the Song army persisted in fighting, and then was killed, repelled, launched resistance, and was crushed.
There was a lot of commotion all around, and probably only a small patch of ground where Zhao Fang and Guo Ning were facing each other was quieter. However, this is just a beach that was not washed away by the rapids.
At some point, Tieguduo will fall. Zhao Fang did not feel that he had to be an enemy of Ding Haijun.
Although Xianggong Shi can make decisions based on his head, it is not that he has no reason to accept the emperor's orders.
The current situation is just due to Hou Zhi's conspiracy. But this situation inevitably made Zhao Fang a little angry and a little frustrated.
Somehow, he suddenly remembered something. A few years ago, when he promoted Meng Zongzheng in Suizhou, because Meng Zongzheng's father Meng Lin was once a general of King Yue, he asked Meng Zongzheng if there were many warriors skilled in martial arts in the Song Dynasty's border army. Can't you compare to the heroes of the Yue family's army?
Meng Zongzheng shook his head repeatedly and said that it was definitely not as good as it was because the Song Dynasty had been settled in the south of the Yangtze River for decades. The soldiers had not been tempered through countless births and deaths. After all, they lacked the ferocious energy of the ZTE generals who waded out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Zhao Fang was originally doubtful about this. The soldiers and generals under him really had not experienced any battlefield fighting before the Jurchens went south to plunder.
However, after daily rigorous training and surviving the initial panic when encountering a powerful enemy, many of them are now completely transformed, no less inferior to any of the troops of the Kaifeng imperial court.
Therefore, Zhao Fang feels that even if they are not as good as the men from the North who fight constantly all day long, they are not too far behind.
But now he understood that people like Meng Zongzheng, who had been in the military for generations, did have some family traditions.
Zhao Fang himself thought too easily by talking about military affairs on paper, but the navy was far more ferocious than the Jin army.
This group of strongmen has robbed the power of Zhongdu in the Kingdom of Jin in just a few years. They have solid confidence! At this time, Guo Ning reined in his horse and asked lightly, "Are you tired of living?"
Zhao Fang felt that he had become the prey of a huge beast and was about to be torn to pieces by sharp claws at any time. The humiliation could not be described in words. Even though he was good at cultivating Qi, he suddenly turned pale.
What's even more terrifying is Guo Ning's eyes. It turns out that this is how people who have walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood see people.
Zhao Fang felt as if he had been struck by a sharp arrow in the brain, his nerves were suddenly blocked, and his movements suddenly stagnated.
This Guo Ning is really as scary as the rumors say... I don't know how many people he killed before he developed such a vicious look!
Zhao Fang used great strength to free himself from this state, and then bowed and saluted: "Why did Duke Zhou speak like this? Could it be that the subordinates were not ready to greet them and were rude? I will definitely punish them severely and return the favor." Please don't mind me, don't use dangerous tricks on friendly forces." Guo Ning took two steps forward on his horse and sneered a few times: "What nonsense are you talking about!" As he bowed down, Zhao Fang couldn't help but think, this Guo Ning is indeed as frivolous and arrogant as the rumors say, and he actually used his body to do such things on the battlefield. If there are archers around the city gate at this moment, wouldn't it be possible... There are indeed archers, and The quantity is very large.
At this moment, it was not just the archers who wanted to go to the same place as Zhao Fang. Guo Ning rode in, and the soldiers surrounding him were all covered in blood. There were corpses everywhere he passed. Many soldiers of the Song Dynasty knew that their leader was here and subconsciously avoided it.
But a big man suddenly jumped up from not far away from the side, dodged the short spear in the hand of his companion with his hands, twisted his waist and used strength, and threw it towards Guo Ning.
The distance was too close. If Guo Ning tried to get out of the way, the guards behind him would be caught off guard and they would probably be killed or injured.
So Guo Ning didn't move at all and only raised his left arm to block.
There was a loud "dang" sound, and Guo Ning's arm shook violently, and he only felt a burst of pain. The tip of the short spear made a mark on the thick arm guard, and was immediately swung away by Guo Ning.
Moving his arm, the big man had already rushed forward, holding the Yanling knife in his hand, and stabbed Guo Ning. Guo Ning sneered slightly, and when he was about to wave his Iron Bone Flower, someone roared loudly in his ear. It turned out that it was Ni Yi who had turned his horse from the side.
Following the roar, Ni Yi jumped off the horse, put his arms around the big man's shoulders, and pushed him down directly.
The big man didn't react in time and fell backwards, throwing the Yanling Saber aside. He pulled out the dagger from his waist and stabbed Ni Yi in the ribs, but the dagger slipped away from the armor, leaving only a spark.
But Ni Yi held the big ax upside down with one hand and smashed it down hard with the iron spine of the ax handle. The first blow opened a blood hole with a diameter of about an inch in the big man's face and penetrated the underlying tissue.
The second blow hit the neck, and with the slight sound of bones cracking, blood spurted out from the wound.
Ni Yi smashed it a few more times, and as the long handle of the ax was pulled out, pieces of meat began to fly. The big man's limbs twitched occasionally, and soon stopped moving.
Zhao Fang kept his bent posture and watched the big man die. When he raised his head, there was uncontrollable compassion on his face: "My lord, we Song people did not set this fire in the city! The people who are being massacred by the lord now are all Song people!" Guo Ning sneered: "This is still bullshit."
