Under Xinchang City, the horns were wailing constantly. Tens of thousands of Sui troops marched towards the city wall in an orderly manner, roaring in unison: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
On top of the city, Wan Yanliang couldn't help but gasped: "The main force of the Youzhou Army has been defeated by the Wolf Lord and Temujin. Luo Yi is now trapped in Zhuo County. Where did these tens of thousands of troops come from? Could it be Tie Mujin? Did Mu Zhen send someone to pretend to be you?"
Pharmacist Guo was a surrendered general from Youzhou and knew the Sui army quite well. He stared down at the city for a long time, shook his head and said: "There are essential differences between Temujin's army and the Sui army. If it is a small army, it may be possible to fake it, but it is absolutely impossible for an army of tens of thousands. Not to mention the Wolf Lord and Temujin We have already fought fiercely for Zhuojun, so there is no need for him to frame the Sui army again."
At this moment, Zhang Xun from the city had already galloped forward and shouted loudly: "Jurchens in the city, listen, I am Zhang Xun, the general of the left guard of the Sui Dynasty! I have been ordered by the Holy Order to lead an army of 50,000 to help you. Zhou, you are limited to opening the city and surrendering within a stick of incense, otherwise, no one will be left after the city is broken!"
"Zhang Xun? General Guo, who is this? Why have I never heard of such a person under Luo Yi's command?" Wan Yanliang turned to ask Pharmacist Guo.
Pharmacist Guo smiled bitterly and said: "Little general, Zhang Xun is known as the best guard general in the world. He is a trusted general of Emperor Yang Gao of the Sui Dynasty. In terms of official position, he is one level higher than Luo Yi. It seems that the soldiers and horses under the city are They should have been sent by Emperor Yang Gao of the Sui Dynasty to support Youzhou, but Youzhou was alone outside. How did they get here? Is it possible that Zhu Yuanzhang of Hebei was willing to lend the road to the Sui army?"
"People on the city, did you hear clearly?" Zhang Xun's voice sounded again from below the city, "Quickly open the city and surrender, and I will spare your life!"
"Down! Down! Down!"
After Zhang Xun finished speaking this time, the army behind him also burst into shouts. The voices of tens of thousands of people gathered together, and the violent sound was like a stormy sea, resounding through the sky. The fledgling Wan Yanliang turned pale with fright, and the other defenders could not stop trembling.
Although the Jurchens in history had an invincible record, that was also related to the weak military power of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time. Luo Yi does have shortcomings of one kind or another, but his ability in training troops is impressive. The Youzhou Army is also a border army. They have been fighting on the border for many years. Their combat power is by no means comparable to that of the army in the late Northern Song Dynasty. After seeing the combat power of the Youzhou Army, the Jurchens naturally could not be as arrogant and arrogant as they had been in history.
"Don't panic, the Sui army is just bluffing!"
Seeing that the morale of the soldiers in the city was unstable, Medicine Master Guo immediately yelled, grabbed a crossbow from the soldiers beside him, stretched his bow and arrows and shot at Zhang Xun: "Zhang Xun, the dog thief, don't bluff here. The walls of Xinchang City are high and deep, and there are eight thousand defenders in the city. If you are brave, come and attack the city, and discipline you to defeat the city."
This is not because Yaoshi Guo is very loyal to Wanyan Aguda, but because he was a general of the Sui army before, and now he has betrayed the country and joined the traitors. Unless he has made great achievements, he will be the first to die after the city is broken.
Zhang Xun is the commander of the army, so the defense around him is naturally not low. As soon as Yaoshi Guo loosened the string, several guards around him raised their shields to protect him and blocked the sharp arrows.
Zhang Xun looked up and found that the person who was shooting arrows at him was actually a Han man. He became furious and shouted coldly: "Okay! Okay! Okay! I didn't expect that you, a Miao descendant of the Han family and a seven-foot-old man, would be so loyal to the Jurchens." Dog, you are so good! Send the order, no matter whether the others live or die after the city is broken, this person must be captured alive!"
When Zhang Xun said that he wanted to capture Pharmacist Guo alive, he naturally did not mean to let him live, but to try every means to torture him and make his life worse than death. Of course, Pharmacist Guo also understood this, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Set the arrow, release the arrow quickly, shoot him to death, shoot him to death for me!"
Arrows rained down like rain, and several guards hurriedly escorted Zhang Xun back to the formation.
"Siege the city!"
Since the defenders in the city will not surrender, there is nothing to say next. With the rumbling of war drums, the Sui Army's infantry regiment took firm steps and surged toward the city wall overwhelmingly.
"Hold on, shoot, shoot."
"Quick, stop the Sui soldiers who are ascending the city and kill them all!"
"Roll wood and rocks and smash them down hard. Don't let them get close to the city gate!"
. . . . . . . . . .
There was a fierce battle up and down the city wall, and at the same time, a Jurchen team of about fifty people was quietly moving towards the city gate. The man at the head was eight feet tall and well built. Although he was wearing the uniform of a soldier, he exuded a strong aura. He was Zhang Xun's deputy general Ma Lin.
The Jinyiwei has been established for many years, and the Youzhou Army is affiliated to the Sui Army system, so it has long been infiltrated by the Jinyiwei in many ways. When the Jurchens went south, many generals such as Wu Sangui and Guo Yaoshi surrendered without a fight, and most of their troops and horses were absorbed by the Jurchens. In this case, the Jinyiwei continued to lurk.
Zhang Xun is a general who is famous for his defense. As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be in danger. He also has a lot of research on siege methods. After landing, he quickly contacted the Jin Yiwei from Youzhou and learned that there were also Jin Yiwei lurking in the Xinchang City defenders. He immediately made the decision to cooperate internally and externally to seize the city gate.
However, as mentioned before, Beiping County is where Luo Yi started, so most of the defenders were Jurchens. Most of the Han surrendered troops were disrupted and reorganized and sent to other counties, leaving not many available. In order to successfully seize the city gate, Zhang Xun sent his right-hand assistant Ma Lin to sneak into the city to take charge of the overall situation.
The Sui army outside the city was attacking fiercely, and the Han surrender troops usually did not dare to cause trouble, so the Jurchens did not pay attention to the movements of this small team, and actually allowed them to march to the city gate without any hindrance.
"who?"
Near the doorway, Ma Lin and others were finally stopped by the Jurchens. The Jurchen centurion who was responsible for guarding the city gate stepped forward. After seeing clearly that the Han people were surrendering, he immediately made a long face and scolded: "The war is about to begin. What are you doing here? Tell me..."
"Poof!"
Just when the Jurchen centurion said the word "get out", a cold light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and the next moment his head rolled to the ground.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Ma Lin has entered the brave state, the force is +5, the base force is 100, and the current force has increased to 105."
Ma Lin slashed the Jurchen centurion with his sword and roared angrily: "Brothers, how can we let the barbarians trample our land in the Sui Dynasty, seize the city gate, and welcome the king's troops into the city!"
"kill!"
Under the leadership of Ma Lin, the fifty soldiers straightened their weapons and rushed forward like tigers descending from the mountain.
The Jurchen soldiers guarding the city gate obviously did not expect that the Han surrender troops who usually looked down upon them had such a bloody side, but they were all wiped out in the blink of an eye.
