In the capital of Tian Hu's forces in the Jin region, Wanyan Zongbi stood on the city wall, with a group of generals following behind him. At this time, Wanyan Lu was following behind him, and hanging on the city gate in front were Tian Hu and Tian Hu. Biao and other heads of Jin's powerful leaders.
The entire city was plunged into darkness at this time. Numerous Jin troops were burning, killing and looting in the city, and almost all the people were captured and killed. Some stayed to serve the Jin army who stayed behind.
"Father, we should head to Shandong Road next. After capturing Shandong Road, we can go south from southern Jiangsu and go straight to Yangzhou. If we dare to Ninghang City, we can then join Zong Han and capture the entire Jing Dynasty. ”
Wanyan Lu's voice was a little excited, and the faces of the generals behind him were also full of joy and excitement.
This time they dispatched troops, their journey was the smoothest. They encountered almost no serious resistance. Even when they encountered the defenders who were very motivated at first, they were like chickens and dogs in front of them.
Therefore, they still feel that the Jing people are too weak, and it is too easy to destroy the entire Jing Dynasty that has been divided up. They even thought that Zong Han might have captured Yuncheng where Yunze was.
"I heard that Liang Shanshuibo and Huzhu Erzhuang on Shandong Road are under Yunze's forces. I'm afraid they also have firearms. We have to be careful in this battle." Wanyan Zongbi said with a serious expression after hearing this.
Although he didn't take the major forces on Shandong Road seriously in his heart, he still had to pay some attention to them after hearing that these people were related to Yunze.
When the generals behind him heard this, their faces were full of disdain. These generals had never surrounded Tokyo before and did not know how powerful Yunze was. Even if they heard that Yunze was powerful, it was only based on what others had heard. of.
Wanyan Lu was a little silent. He instinctively had a strong fear of Yunze. Therefore, when Yunze was mentioned, he felt a little nervous.
Speaking of this, Wanyan Zongbi looked at his son and said calmly: "None of the three thousand cavalrymen who besieged the city at the north gate came back. The scouts sent news that they were wiped out by the Jin army. Although the Jin army lost nearly eight thousand people, That’s how we did it.”
"But their performance still surprised me. Therefore, never underestimate others. When people are in a hurry, they can burst out with powerful power."
"As a father, I will leave this battle to you... Remember my father's words, don't underestimate anyone!"
Wanyan Zongbi patted his son on the shoulder. Among his many sons, the most advantageous was Wanyan Lu in front of him, and he wanted to train him. Seeing his son's silent performance, he knew that his son might be a little scared.
Although this is a good thing for him, at least it will not make his son proud, but when he should knock, he still has to knock.
"Of course, don't lose confidence in yourself. We are Jin people, and our ancestors fought from the white mountains and black waters. Even if we face the most powerful enemy, as long as the faith in our hearts remains unchanged, no matter how powerful the enemy is, we will never Can overcome. Go for it!"
Wanyan Zongbi nodded to his son and encouraged: "This time you lead 50,000 to catch up with the vanguard army. The vanguard army has 50,000 people, plus the 30,000 troops in Zengtou City, it should be enough for you to take over Shandong Road. Those forces, my father will bring an army of 100,000 over later, if it is really impossible to do, don’t act too hastily."
Wanyan Zongbi was ready to hand over the battle of Shandong Road to his son. In the battle of Jin, his son showed his military ability that made him look at him, and he was able to kill Tian Hu. It was also his son who predicted that Tian Hu would flee to the east gate.
Such keen insight is just a good opportunity for him to show off.
Wanyan Lu looked overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly accepted the order, turned around and gathered the army, preparing to set off for Shandong Road. At this time, he felt a little anxious.
The vanguard army on the Shandong Road side may not have arrived yet, but the 30,000-strong army in Zengtou City is likely to launch an attack on Hu and Zhuerzhuang in advance.
It would be best for Hu to wish the two villages to hold on until he rushes over. Even if the two villages are destroyed again, they will still be destroyed by his hands.
Just when Wanyan Lu rushed to Shandong Road with an army of 50,000, the 30,000 troops from Zengtou City had already arrived at Hujiazhuang. The leader was Zeng Changan, the general of Zengtou City. He looked at Hujiazhuang, which was like a small fortress in front of him, with eyes filled with joy. It was astonishment and shock.
The architectural model of the entire Hujiazhuang looks very strange, but it also has a kind of beauty that pleases his eyes. There is also a heavy feeling that depresses the attacker.
The 30,000-strong army originally wanted to capture Hujiazhuang in one fell swoop, but the city wall of Hujiazhuang alone was seven or eight feet high. Such a height is neither high nor low. The ladder they brought was just right.
But looking at Zhuang Ding's dark armor on the wall of Hujiazhuang, he felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart. Hujiazhuang, which he thought could be captured easily, felt like a natural chasm.
However, Zeng Changan did not stop the attack. He gave the order to his army to attack the city, and the two thousand people in the early stage rushed forward carrying ladders.
On the city wall, Hu Sanniang looked at the rushing Jin army with slightly cold eyes, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and with a cold light flashing in her eyes, she raised her hand and waved it down, and the artillerymen on the city wall immediately fired cannonballs.
Intense artillery fire immediately covered the two thousand golden troops attacking the city. Screams came one after another, and the artillery fire bloomed among the attacking crowd. Before these Jin troops could get close to the city wall, they had already lost hundreds of people.
Not only that, their ladders were also blown up a lot. Seeing this, Zeng Changan's eyes showed a look of shock. They also had firearms, but their firearms were not so powerful.
The artillery fire fired by Hujiazhuang was so strong that it made him feel scared. Moreover, he found that the firearms fired were very different from theirs.
There are also artillery shipped from the Kingdom of Jin, but these artillery pieces are all solid bullets. However, the artillery fired from Hujiazhuang can explode again after landing.
It was this kind of explosion that caused their casualties to become very heavy. With anger welling up in his eyes, Zeng Changan immediately let his artillery fire start shooting at the city wall.
Bang... Bursts of artillery fire rang out from the Jin Army's position, roaring towards the city wall of Hujiazhuang. Zeng Changan wanted to use the power of the artillery shells to suppress the counterattack on the city.
However, the cannonballs hit the city wall and only broke a little skin on the city wall. Even if it hit the city wall, it would not cause much harm to the people above.
He vaguely saw Hujiazhuang Zhuang Ding hiding on the edge of the city wall. The cannonballs hit the city wall, but only hit the ground on the city wall and could not hit anyone.
He looked at all this with shock on his face, and his eyes were full of disbelief. Originally, most of the city walls could not withstand the heavy impact of their artillery shells. After several rounds of attacks, it was even possible that the city walls would be destroyed. Collapsed.
But the city wall of Hujiazhuang in front of him was as thick and strong as he felt. Even if the cannonball in his hand hit it countless times, it might not be able to destroy the wall.
Although the two thousand men under him had rushed to the city wall at this time, more than half of them were dead, not even a thousand.
Before they could set up the ladder, countless grenades were suddenly thrown from the city wall. The Jin army attacking the city suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of grenades.
These Jin soldiers were brave. Even though there were so many casualties, no one flinched. The moment the ladder was set up, they rushed towards the city wall. These Jin soldiers held shields in their hands, trying to block the arrows fired by Zhuang Ding on the wall. .
But although their wooden shields could block arrows, the villagers who defended the city used new rifles. Although they were not many in number, they were enough to defend the city.
These villagers fired continuously at the villager holding the shield. The moment the gun rang out, the wooden shield was instantly penetrated, and the villager hiding behind the shield screamed in agony.
Some were shot and died on the spot, while others fell down and were seriously injured even though they were not dead. In just a few breaths, more than half of the Jin troops who had just rushed up the ladder were killed or injured.
The remaining people were so frightened that they did not dare to attack the city again. They had no choice but to attack the city at all. Rushing up the ladder would be a dead end. There was almost no possibility of survival. Who would dare to climb up!
The remaining two to three hundred people immediately abandoned the ladder. He turned around and wanted to run back. On the city wall, the fire cannon army quickly added up, and the fire cannons in their hands began to shoot at the fleeing Jin troops.
Although the power of firecrackers is not as good as that of rifles, there are many such weapons in Hujiazhuang, and they have strong lethality at a distance of five to six hundred meters.
Those Jin soldiers who escaped were shot into sieves by the dense fire cannons before they could escape a hundred meters away. None of them remained on the outskirts of Hujiazhuang.
Seeing this scene, Zeng Changan's eyes were as dark as water, full of disbelief and shock. He never imagined that Hujiazhuang, which he thought could be easily won, turned out to be so difficult to conquer.
He hesitated in his eyes, wondering whether to continue sending troops to attack the city, but the problem he faced now was, even if he sent troops to attack the city, how many troops should he send? Judging from Hujiazhuang's firearms, no matter how many people were sent there, they would probably only become Hujiazhuang's targets.
No matter how many ladders there are, if you can't even climb the city wall, what's the use? He couldn't even get close, and there was no way to continue this battle. He felt that the Hujiazhuang city wall in front of him was like a hedgehog. No way to start.
Just when he was worried, suddenly, bursts of artillery fire rang out behind him. In the military formation with more than 10,000 people behind him, artillery fire exploded everywhere, causing chaos in his army formation and screams everywhere.
He looked at all this in shock. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time, let alone know what happened.
"What's going on...why is there an artillery attack on us? Didn't Zhujiazhuang already send people to intercept it? And Liangshan also sent people to ambush, why are there still people attacking our military formation?"
Zeng Changan looked at the deputy general on the side angrily, his eyes full of anger. He really couldn't figure it out. Of the 30,000 people he brought, 15,000 were divided into two parts to intercept the reinforcements from Zhujiazhuang and Liangshanshuibo. But why were they attacked not even an hour later? .
You must know that the total time from when he arrived at Hujiazhuang to when he started attacking would not exceed an hour. The reinforcements from the other two places that he was worried about shouldn't arrive so quickly.
He originally thought that with the power of thunder, he would capture Hujiazhuang first, then Zhujiazhuang, and finally Liangshanshuibo, but he never expected that it would be such a result.
At this moment, two riders rushed towards them in two directions, which were the directions of Zhujiazhuang and Liangshan. Zeng Changan had a bad premonition in his heart. In his eagerness to make merit this time, he might have plunged himself into a place of no return.
"Report to the general, Zhujiazhuang dispatched 5,000 soldiers. They broke through General Shi's blocking position with overwhelming force. They have already arrived here. General Shi's 5,000 blocking army has more than half killed or injured. Zhujiazhuang The damage was minimal.”
"Reporting to the general, Liang Shui, Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, Shi Jin and others led an army of 30,000 to surround General Hua. Lin Chong led 10,000 people and has already arrived here."
After hearing the reports from the two cavalrymen, Zeng Changan swayed and almost fell off his horse. He looked at the two soldiers who reported the news in shock, thinking that he had heard wrongly.
How could the army he sent out to intercept be so vulnerable? But thinking about the artillery that had just been fired from the wall of Hujiazhuang and the firearms they used, he felt that the possibility was extremely high.
These two weapons alone are enough to make his army unable to resist. Even if his army is equipped with firearms and fire thunder, it is of no use in front of those two firearms.
Before he could recover, he saw bursts of killing shouts suddenly coming from both sides. He saw the army in Zhujiazhuang and the army in Liangshanshuibo. Seeing this scene, Zeng Changan felt fear in his eyes.
He knew that he was doomed. Not only would all the 30,000-strong army be buried here, but he could not even think about going back alive. Without thinking much, Zeng Changan turned around and fled. The army behind him was not only in chaos under the bombardment of artillery fire, but was also directly massacred by the rushing army.
On the city wall, Hu Sanniang saw Zeng Changan trying to run away, so she quickly galloped out and was followed by five thousand troops from Hujiazhuang.
This was the best opportunity to counterattack, and it was also the opportunity to kill Zeng Changan. Of course she would not miss it.
As Hujiazhuang's army rushed out, Zengtou City's army had no chance at all. All the Jin troops lost their fighting spirit. At the same time, Hu Sanniang rode the sweaty horse given to her by Yunze and quickly caught up with Zeng Changan.
Zeng Changan was followed by three to four hundred guards, and Hu Sanniang was followed by three or four hundred guards.
Zeng Changan saw Hu Sanniang chasing her more and more, and then looked at the nearly a thousand people chasing her from the other side. He knew that if he didn't deal with Hu Sanniang behind him, he would never be able to escape back to Zengtou City.
With anger in his eyes, Zeng Chang'an turned his horse's head, raised his gun and charged towards Hu Sanniang. He stabbed Hu Sanniang with his spear. Zeng Changan's strength was a first-rate master, but Hu Sanniang's strength could only be regarded as a second-rate master.
But with the secrets given by Yunze, she had already reached the level of a first-class master, and the Mo Dao in her hand was made by Yunze himself.
Seeing the stabbing spear, Hu Sanniang slashed it with the Mo Dao in her hand instantly. The long knife and the spear collided with each other, making a crisp sound. The tip of the spear in Zeng Changan's hand was cut off directly.
Zeng Changan's eyes were full of shock when he saw this scene. He couldn't believe it would be such a result, and he didn't expect that the weapon in Hu Sanniang's hand was so sharp.
Just as he was shocked, Hu Sanniang galloped past Zeng Changan and slashed across with the long knife in her hand. Feeling the strong threat to his life, Zeng Changan quickly blocked it with the barrel of his gun.
Ding...with a crisp sound, the gun shaft in his hand was cut off immediately, and the long knife was slashed on his waist, cutting off his armor. Not only that, the blade even drew a long line on his body. of the mouth.
The intense pain made Zeng Changan take a breath, and fear surged in his heart. He no longer had the will to fight, so he turned around and wanted to escape. Although this knife did not kill him, it did cause him serious injuries.
If he fights with Hu Sanniang again, he will definitely not be able to withstand ten moves. But the moment he turned the horse's head, Hu Sanniang flew up and struck Zeng Changan on the head with her long sword.
Zeng Changan felt the wind behind him and instinctively turned his head to hide, and even raised the broken pole in his hand to block it. But his broken pole was cut off again, and the long knife struck straight down from his shoulder, almost splitting him in half.
He looked back at Hu Sanniang in shock and opened his mouth, but no words came out. He fell down on his horse with blood vomiting from his mouth... The internal organs could be seen in the chopped body.
Zeng Chang'an let Hu Sanniang beheaded like this, and this time Zengtou City's attack failed, and the whole army was directly defeated like this.
