The harsh sound of metal knocking echoed in the choking poisonous smoke, tearing apart the noisy sounds on the battlefield, announcing another failed counterattack by the defenders of Yanjin City.
Four high mounds of earth have been built outside the four gates of Yanjin City. Even when the counterattacking Song army rushed around the mounds, the Han people captured from several nearby towns that had been broken, Still under the force of Jinbing Alixi, straw bags filled with soil were placed on the land one by one to pile the soil mounds higher.
And around the mound, there were corpses of fallen soldiers and civilians from both sides everywhere!
These four mounds are only forty or fifty steps away from the four gates of Yanjin City. Once they are stacked to a height higher than the city wall, not only every move of the defenders in Yanjin City will be exposed to the eyes of the Jin soldiers, but also Moreover, the Jin's sharpshooter can shoot arrows at the top of the city from a high position!
Therefore, these four mounds became the targets for the Yanjin City defenders to counterattack!
In order to destroy these four fatal projects, Lu Qian mobilized all the cannons, crossbows and divine arm archers in the city to the four city gate towers to attack the mound construction site dozens of steps away to cover Lin Chong's command. The daredevils launched round after round of attacks.
In order to increase the chance of winning for the dead soldiers who attacked the city, Lu Qian even took out a high-tech weapon such as poisonous smoke and fireballs, lit it on fire and fired it with a cannon!
This is the most advanced gunpowder weapon produced by the weapons supervisor of Kaifeng Prefecture!
That is to say, Captain Gao was so shameless that before he escorted Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan out of Kaifeng Mansion, he forcibly took one or two hundred coins from the Sanya Forbidden Army's warehouse on behalf of his son Gao Yanei and gave them to his son to save his life.
Unfortunately, the power of these poisonous fireworks balls was not very good, so every round of attacks by the Song Army were repelled by the Jin soldiers who relied on the mounds of soil for defense.
However, life was not easy for the Jin soldiers. While they were stacking mounds of earth, the Jin soldiers who besieged Yanjin City also launched rounds of attacks in order to fill in the pits and trenches outside Yanjin City. However, these attacks were all defeated by the Song army who risked their lives to defend the city.
Outside the wide trench, scattered were damaged carriages, cannons, and oars.
The people who promoted and operated these siege equipment were also the Alixi soldiers of the Jin people and the people plundered from all over the country. They were attacked by the Song army's bows and arrows, bed crossbows, divine arm bows, cannons and dead soldiers who came out of the city to fight back. It’s quite tragic!
Although the Song army guarding Yanjin City is not very effective in combat and is not equipped with many powerful divine arm bows, there are many cannons and crossbows that cannot withstand them, and the city defense works are in place... light The trench surrounding the city wall is so wide and deep!
Moreover, the bottoms of these trenches were filled with sharpened wooden stakes. Anyone who fell in would not be able to escape a series of murders!
On the edge of the trench outside, there are many wooden and iron caltrops scattered... If those Alixi soldiers and common people carrying big bags to fill the trench step on them accidentally, they will easily fall down. Got it!
In addition, this wide circle of trenches is actually not continuous, but intermittent - when digging the trenches, Lu Qian had people leave many passages that could only be used by two people to pass side by side.
As long as the gold troops filling the trenches are exhausted, Lin Chong will command the dead soldiers to launch a counterattack through these passages...these dead soldiers who fight back all carry pots of fire! As soon as they get close to the golden soldiers, they will light the cloth stuck in the mouth of the oil tank, and then throw it out with force.
This kind of fierce fire oil tank was also "stolen" by Gao Qiu, taking advantage of the chaotic period when Zhao Kai just came to power, to let Lin Chong steal it from the warehouse of the Palace Commander's Mansion.
They are more powerful than poisonous fireworks and fireballs, and when ignited they burn a large area! It will not only burn the equipment, but also burn people!
So beside the burned golden weapons and equipment, you can still see charred corpses!
However, the Yanjin defenders did not have many poisonous fireworks and fireballs and fire oil cans... These were all obtained by Gao Qiu's help in extorting money from his son, and even arranged for his men to steal. How could the quantity be so large?
I thought that by using these things to repel the Jin soldiers a few times, I could save Yanjin City.
After all, it’s not easy to get such good things... Li Gang and Yu Wen Cuizhong are so stubborn that they won’t give it to anyone! That is their trump card to protect Kaifeng Fucheng!
Therefore, gold thieves can also be encountered in places such as Yanjin City, Kaifeng Mansion, Sanshan Floating Bridge, Guangwu Mountain, Dingtao, and Liangshanbo...
However, contrary to the expectations of Gao Qiu, who was pretending to be alive, and Gao Yanei, who was carrying the coffin and "pretending to fight to the death", the gold thieves besieging Yanjin seemed to be crazy, and they just kept attacking Yanjin City regardless of the situation!
Starting from August 28th of the first year of Jingkang, we have been attacking day and night. It has been ten days now, and there is no sign of stopping.
Gao Yanei's side is in dire straits. The last few poisonous fireworks balls in his hand have been used in the counterattack that just ended!
As for the fierce fire oil tank, it has been used up long ago...
In the north gate tower of Yanjin City, Gao Yanei, who was sitting on the lid of his coffin, was already thinner than ten days ago and looked haggard. He had an unkempt beard, messy hair, pale skin, red eyes, and a loud voice when he spoke. All mute.
"Did the golden thief retreat? Did the golden thief retreat?"
"No, no... the golden thief has not retreated, but is preparing to attack again!" Lu Qian also lost a lot of weight, and he doesn't even look fat anymore. He has been following him day and night these days. Gao Yanei "rolled" all the way, imagining that the golden thief could not bite Yanjin and would attack elsewhere.
However, the gold thieves who besieged Yanjin seemed to accept death, so they targeted Yanjin and attacked fiercely. They have been fighting for 10 days in a row, and there is no sign of relieving the siege and leaving.
Moreover, the gold thieves outside the city also captured many Han people and apparently broke several towns.
They should already know that other cities are not as difficult to chew as Yanjin... Why are they still clinging to Yanjin and not letting go?
Gao Yanei sighed, looked down at the coffin under his buttocks, and thought to himself: Where did I know about the gold thief? Do they have to put their own office in a coffin to be happy? If I had known that I was going to die, I wouldn't have had to work so hard these days. I could just enjoy the day and night, and just lie down in the coffin as soon as the golden thief came.
Yes, "rolling up" is death, lying down is death, after all, it is death!
But the only way to survive is death!
How could Gao Yanei be willing to lie down in the coffin honestly? Even if he still has to "roll" to death in the end, won't he be able to live a few more days if he works hard to "roll a roll"?
It would be good to live even one more day...
Just when I thought of this, a sound of drums and drums came from outside!
This drumbeat means that the Jin soldiers' offensive is about to begin again!
Gao Yanei gritted his teeth and stood up from the coffin with support, shouting in a hoarse voice: "Come on, come on, give me armor! I will fight with the gold thief!"
Alas, Gao Yanei now has to "take the test" no matter how hard he works. He works hard to take the test every day!
Even if he becomes a loyal hero, he can only hold on to the end!
When Gao Yanei walked out of the city tower with a tired pace and appeared on the city wall, the Yanjin militiamen who were lying swaying against the wall with women's heads all stood up with support from the wall.
Although these Minzhuangs who had been "involved" with Gao Yanei for so many days looked a little out of shape, their eyes were still full of hope - Gao Yanei and Gao Qingtian were still with them!
Facing these gazes, Gao Yanei felt a little more energetic... He still had three to four thousand people strong! There are still 10,000 to 20,000 old and weak people who can barely go to the battlefield!
Relying on these people, Gao Yanei repelled countless attacks from the golden thieves in the past ten days and saved the trench... Although he failed to stop the golden thieves from building up earthen mounds, everyone can still tighten their grip. Fight with gritted teeth.
Thinking of this, Gao Yanei said to the group of people in a hoarse voice: "If you stick to this place, the gold thieves will not be able to break in, so you can save your parents, wives and children. Once the gold thieves are defeated, I will I will personally go to the officials to ask for credit for you! I will not take a penny from the rewards given by the officials, but will share them all with everyone!"
Where is this still Gaoyanei? It was clearly Gao Qingtian... In order to survive, Gao Yanei was "rolled" into Gao Qingtian!
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Seeing the recognition flag of "Captain Gao Xiao Taiwei" once again appear on the top of the opposite city, Wanyan Nianhan, who was supervising the battle outside the city, his face darkened.
He has now deeply understood what "it is easy to shake a mountain but difficult to shake the Yue family's army"!
But what surprised him was that the old Captain Gao was sent away by the fatuous king of Kaifeng Mansion, and a smelly and hard-headed Little Captain Gao appeared!
After ten days of fighting, Wanyan Nianhan already knew that Yanjin was a tough nut to crack! Although the four mounds were finally built, the trench was so wide that even with the cover of the archers on the mounds, it would not be possible to fill in enough passages within three to five days.
And he also calmed down from the pain of losing his son... He was the one who killed his son, and the Jurchen warriors below did not kill his son. Now he is using tens of thousands of people to besiege Yanjin, which has delayed everyone's getting rich. , still a bit unkind!
Thinking of this, Wanyan Nianhan asked Wanyan Xiebao next to him in a low voice, "Has the emperor's army arrived outside Kaifeng City?"
"It arrived yesterday," Wanyan Xiebao said, "and someone was sent to beg us for wood early this morning."
Wanyan Nianhan frowned: "Just wood?"
He also wanted to use Wanyan Wu's order to beg for money as a way to get out of Yanjin and take everyone to Kaifeng Mansion to make a fortune. But he didn't expect that Wu Qimai wouldn't give him a chance at all.
Wanyan Xianbao said: "Yes, just wood! The emperor has 80,000 regular soldiers under his command, plus Ali Xi's soldiers, there are 2,340,000! If Kaifeng Mansion is easy to fight, they can do it without our 60,000." Fight in and make a fortune... If 2,340,000 people can't take down Kaifeng Mansion, what's the use of having 60,000 more us?"
Wanyan Nianhan looked at his son and frowned, "Xie Bao, do you think the emperor can conquer Kaifeng Mansion?"
Wanyan Xiebao shook his head and said, "Dad, my child doesn't dare to speculate on this matter. This is God's will... Let's just wait and see what happens!"
