"Kill the gold thief! Protect your homeland! Kill the gold thief! Protect your homeland..."
When the defenders of Yanjin City once again shouted this inspiring slogan, it was already August 28th in the first year of Jingkang of the Song Dynasty... This was the day when the army of gold thieves arrived in Yanjin It's the eighth day in the city.
Shi Yema's three-day plan to destroy the city was canceled before it even started.
The reason why the ticket was delayed was because Wanyan Xiebao was unable to build a sufficient number of siege equipment in one day, and even the most basic long ladder could not be assembled.
How can you attack a city without a ladder? You can't just rely on Qinggong to jump to the top of a city that's two or three feet high, right?
The reason why there is no ladder is not that the person who made the slope protection does not know how to do it, but that there is no wood.
The reason for the lack of wood is that the Song people cut down all the trees outside the castle in the area north of the Wuzhang River, Kaifeng Fucheng, the western section of the Bianhe River (Kaifeng Fucheng to Biankou), and south of the Yellow River. Not a single one is left for Jin Bing!
Not only were all the good trees cut down, but all the villages, towns, manors, temples, Taoist temples, inns, and other places where buildings could be demolished to get wood that could not be defended were burned to the ground.
Want to build a siege engine? Hehe, go to Hebei to find wood!
Because he had to cross the Yellow River to find wood, Wanyan Xiebao could not make enough equipment in one day. So Wanyan Xiebao had no choice but to take the Alixi auxiliary soldiers from Meng'an to wander around both sides of the Yellow River in search of wood. This trip was too time-consuming. After working for six or seven days, he managed to find some wood and finally built the They bought dozens of ram trucks, and also built a batch of ram trucks and cannons that were only usable.
Because he couldn't find the wood, Xie Bao had been scolded by She Yema a lot these days. He couldn't stand the scolding anymore, so he even went to his father Wanyan Nianhan, who was supervising his men to dig up the Yellow River, to cry out. , but was severely punished by Nianhan again.
It turns out that Nianhan doesn't like the second child at all. This little fat boy has been disliked since he was a child. He is lazy and greedy. He is plump and looks nothing like Nianhan. His martial arts skills are also mediocre and he can't do it no matter how hard he practices. !
What Nianhan didn't like even more was that this little fat guy was very good at studying. He was a real top student - and he was also a "Beetle". He could learn everything quickly, even if he didn't study hard!
Although there are few fathers who don't like their sons to study well, Nianhan is an exception.
As the eldest prince of Dajin, he is of course opposed to "examination-oriented education" - whatever test you should take, just know how to reincarnate! Can I pass the exam to become the eldest prince? It can't be!
So Nianhan himself is a scumbag who doesn't like to study very much, while his brother Alan is a born genius who is good at learning everything, and he is also chubby... I always feel that something is wrong!
After being criticized, Xie Bao had no choice but to redouble his efforts to find wood to make equipment, and finally handed in the job on the night of August 27th.
Now Wanyan Sheye Ma and Wanyan Yinshuke, who had been recharging their energy for several days, could finally get into battle formation and have a good fight.
However, Gao Yanei has not been idle these days... While he is busy inspecting the city defenses, he also treats guests to dinner every day - invites the people in Yanjin City to eat, and while eating, he encourages them to defend their homes and country. After the meal, each of them was given a reward.
Not to mention how good the food is? No matter how heavy the reward was, the attitude made the young men in Yanjin burst into tears of gratitude.
This is Captain Gao!
Taking his father's hard-earned embezzlement and sharing it with everyone... This is so loyal and loving to the people.
And Gao Yanei's acting level is really high, and he can do a full set of plays (the Gao family troupe is a "theater troupe"!), and he also asked Lu Qian to build a thin-skinned coffin for him... Listen to me today He said that the golden thief was going to attack the city, so he asked someone to carry the coffin and go to the city with him!
The meaning is obvious... When people are in the city, they will be alive, but when people are gone, the city will be gone!
By doing this, even if Yanjin City cannot be defended, he can still leave a name of loyalty in the history books, and no one will arrange for him to rob the Lin family aunt in the future.
Seeing the unparalleled loyalty and love for the people like his own son, Gao Qingtian and Gao Xiao Taiwei all carried the coffin to the city. A group of Minzhuang who only had paper armor to protect their bodies and could only rely on ordinary bows and arrows and swords and spears to fight were all excited. They all saw the hope of defending their homeland. , and immediately gave out the loudest cheers.
Seeing that everyone was very energetic, Gao Yanei also felt that it was interesting. He felt that everyone had performed so hard, so why not stop fighting the golden thief and try another place... where Chen Dong was stationed Yangwu is much worse than Yanjin. Why don't you gold thieves go attack Chen Dong!
Just as he was thinking of something good, a rapid sound of drums and drums sounded.
Beat the drums to advance the troops, and shout the gold to withdraw the troops.
At the same time as the sound of drums and drums sounded, the carts, rush carts, cannon carts, and carts pulling straw bags filled with soil that were placed in front of the gold thieves' array began to rumble in.
The people in charge of pushing the cart were not civilian servants captured from the four villages of Yanjin, but Ali Xi Fubing under Yin Shuke and She Yema...Yin Shuke and She Yema Er The Meng'an under my control are all the most elite Jurchen Meng'an, and the soldiers below are all Jurchens born in the Hushui Wanyan Department! Most of the Alixi brought by these female real soldiers are their nephews and brothers, and they are also the most fierce Jurchens. Although they are from Alixi's establishment, their martial arts and equipment are not much worse than those of the regular soldiers.
So today, whether it is Ali Xi who is pushing the cart, or the regular soldiers who are following behind carrying long ladders and preparing to climb the city, everyone is wearing two layers of armor, and they look murderous from a distance!
Seeing them approaching step by step, Gao Yanei's heart went cold. He looked at the thin-skinned coffin beside him and felt bad... Could he really sleep in it?
Just when he thought of this, Lu Qian and Lu Tiha had already yelled: "Listen carefully to me, you thief, no arrows! No cannons! Wait until the gold thieves' carriages, rams, and cannons sink." Shoot arrows and fire cannons accurately, but behead them if you disobey orders!"
Fall in?
Gao Yanei didn't understand, so why did he fall into it? There are no swamps outside the city...
Thinking of this, he poked his head out from behind the wall of female heads piled on the city wall, and moved forward cunningly. I saw dozens of carriages pulling out a straight line in the open grass-covered wilderness to the north of Yanjin City, protecting a group of assault vehicles, artillery carriages, carts and thousands of soldiers wearing shining armor. The infantry rumbled towards him, getting closer and closer!
But here Lu Qian was still howling: "No arrows, no cannons, wait a minute..."
This guy's voice was shaking, he was probably scared to death, right? He was also unlucky, having enjoyed half a lifetime of blessings, he ended up not having a happy ending.
When Gao Yanei thought of this, the gold thief's convoy had already passed without any obstruction and arrived sixty steps away from the Yanjin city wall!
To be honest, Gao Yanei's calves were trembling now. If he didn't really have nowhere to run, he would have run away!
At this moment, a loading cart that was moving forward steadily suddenly made a click and sank into the ground... Did the ground really sink?
what 's wrong?
Little did Gao Yanei know that Lu Qian, a cunning "contractor", was also familiar with various books on how to build cities and fortresses. These books are not available outside, but they are collected by the Privy Council and the three government agencies. Lu Qian also wanted to make progress back then... so he studied hard and knew how to trick people!
This most standard city defense battle should start from the horse trap outside the city!
However, these horse traps were not really used to trap horses, but were used to deal with siege vehicles. Therefore, these pits are usually dug within a stone's throw of the city wall, and they are not one pit, but a row.
So after the first pallet truck got stuck, the second, third... and Nth pallet truck got stuck in the pit soon.
And the Golden Thieves have never encountered this kind of thing... The opponents they encountered before were mainly Khitans who were not very good at defending the city. Later, they caught the Song Dynasty by surprise, so they did not encounter "complete "body" city defense. Because Yanjin City has eight months of defense time and Lu Qian as the contractor, it is a complete Song City.
Because of their inexperience, when the "pit" appeared, the Alixi people pushing the cart were not aware of the danger, and they still wanted to pull the cart out and continue using it!
So they surrounded the vehicle that had sunk into the pit, and some people dropped ropes with hooks in an attempt to hook the vehicle.
At this moment, Lu Qian gave the order: "Fire arrows! Fire cannons! Kill the gold thieves!"
To release arrows, it is the bow that releases arrows.
Because there are not many divine arm bows in Yanjin City, the strong men use ordinary walking bows, and the bow power is not strong, so the power is very limited. Fortunately, there were more of them. There were 5,000 strong men guarding the city, each with a bow.
Lu Qian now gathered 2,500 strong men on the north wall of Yanjin City, 2,000 of whom held bows, and the rest were responsible for operating 20 cannons.
The tip pole and net bag of the cannon are adjusted in advance, just hit the targets near the pits!
The archers had also been trained in advance. With Lu Qian's order, they shot arrows near those pits!
So those Jin soldiers Alixi who wanted to pull the cart out of the pit were immediately unlucky and became a living target. Stones, bricks, and arrowheads fell like raindrops!
Those arrowheads were okay, and they might not be able to penetrate the armor of the golden soldiers, but those stones and bricks were powerful. They would be painful to anyone who hit them. If they hit their heads, they would be badly bruised and bloody on the spot!
Wan Yanshe, who was watching the battle from behind, was immediately stunned when he saw this scene. How could he still play like this? Isn't it too insidious?
When he was in a daze, a rapid sound of drums and drums came from under the wall of Yanjin City, and then more than a hundred cavalry came out from behind the sheep and horse wall outside the city wall of Yanjin City, passed through the passage on the moat, and headed towards Alixi, the golden soldier who was screamed by arrows, stones and bricks, rushed over.
When Wanyanshe immediately saw this scene, he immediately became angry. He reached out and took the spear from the hands of the soldiers beside him, pointed forward, and shouted loudly: "My sons, charge with me!"
