The fighting became more and more fierce. With every breath, several Cizhou defenders died on the city wall, but also with every breath, one or two Jin soldiers who attacked the city died here.
The day passed quickly, both sides suffered many casualties, and there were corpses all over the city.
When the battle losses were tallied up, both sides looked very embarrassed.
In the siege battle, the ratio of Jin to defenders was one to three. In other words, if a Jin died during the siege, three defenders would be taken away.
In the case where Zongze didn't take any action, if this battle damage were left on the plain, Zongze would wake up laughing even in his sleep.
But this is a city defense battle, a normal city defense battle, with a high position and defensive equipment. The opponent has not yet brought over large siege equipment such as carts and wells. They only have these simple ladders.
At the very least, one of the defenders should be killed in exchange for about ten attackers.
Even now that the strength gap between the two sides is too big and the equipment to defend the city is insufficient, Zongze's idea must be one-on-one.
This is three times more!
Although he now has all the people as soldiers, in addition to the eight thousand soldiers and horses on the four walls, he has at least ten thousand people training with wooden sticks in his hands.
But this battle damage still made him feel distressed.
Zongze felt unhappy here, and Wan Yanchang, the commander-in-chief of the Jin people, was also very uncomfortable at this time, and his face was extremely embarrassed.
At this time, Wan Yanchang was constantly getting angry at everyone, slapping the table angrily.
"We attacked a small Cizhou city and lost hundreds of warriors!"
"You actually have the nerve to tell me that there are no siege equipment. A group of guys who don't even know how to use a crossbow. A group of guys who have almost nothing. What kind of siege equipment do you want!"
"It's not even that hard to attack Taiyuan City, but you are so careless this time!"
"If you are wrong, you are wrong. If you retreat, you will retreat. How can you have the nerve to say so many reasons!"
Wan Yanchang's constant curses made many Jin generals begin to lower their heads.
After scolding, Wan Yanchang also began to face up to this war. They were able to cross the Yellow River, break through Taiyuan, and march straight in, forcing Song Ting to bow his head and admit his mistake. It did not rely on good luck and the weakness of the Song Dynasty.
The biggest reason why they can do this is that they are strong enough!
"From now on, give me the joy and relaxation in your hearts. If anyone dares to be as careless as before, causing the warriors under my command to suffer such great damage again, you will all die here. !”
"Do you understand?"
"I'll obey!"
The furious Wan Yanchang forced them to be cautious, because Wan Yanchang was not only their commander-in-chief, but also one of the legendary generals of the Jin people.
Wanyanchang's original name was Talan. He was the son of Wanyan Yingge, Emperor Muzong of the Jin Dynasty, and the cousin of Wanyanmin, Taizu of the Jin Dynasty, or the cousin of Wanyan Aguda.
He has been brave and good at fighting since he was a child. He followed Wanyan Agu in the south and north, conquered the Liao Kingdom and attacked the Song Kingdom. He almost always appeared in one of the most important places.
It can be said that he is one of Wanyan Aguda's cronies, and of course he is also one of the most famous warriors in the Jin Kingdom.
Holding a mountain-breaking ax, he not only killed more than ten Song generals in Taiyuan City, but also single-handedly caused the tragedy of massacre in Taiyuan City.
In recent years, whether it was a city of the Song people, a city of the Liao people, or even a tribe of Jin people like him, as long as it was an enemy, he would choose to massacre and plunder the city after breaking it, and distribute the benefits to everyone.
But if you don't obey his orders, you will be punished the most severely.
Under Wan Yanchang's order, more and more Jin people began to take action. They slowed down their attack on Cizhou City, but they began to formally set up camp and began to continuously build siege equipment.
Jumping off their horses, they are also true warriors.
Seeing this scene in Zongze's eyes, his heart sank again.
"This is really about attacking Cizhou as an enemy. This is really about taking action!"
Zongze sighed helplessly, and the soldiers on the side cast doubtful glances, as if they wanted to ask him what he had just said, but Zongze just told him to quickly collect the corpses and repair the city.
During the three days, Zongze used almost every bit of time to continuously train his soldiers, build crude weapons, and rush to make throwing carts and other items.
After three days, the Jin people started their attack again. This time they launched hundreds of ladders and dozens of jinglan rams. Even the Jin soldiers had already bent their bows and set up arrows. Move forward slowly.
This time, they were serious.
"Attack!" Wan Yanchang personally took command. After a loud roar, the Jin army began to move slowly.
But Zongze is no longer the same Zongze.
"Three hundred steps, bow and arrow, ready!"
"The army dispersed, the cavalry came forward, ready to suppress the city!" Wan Yanchang waved the flag again and conveyed his order at the same time.
"Two hundred steps, prepare to throw the cart! Climb the huge stone!" Zongze also shouted. Huge stones were removed from the inside of the city and placed on the simple cart.
"Sword and shield soldiers come forward, push away the antlers of the enemy, and charge to kill!" Wan Yanchang's third order was to mobilize the servant army from the rear. To put it bluntly, there were surrender troops from the Liao Kingdom and the Song people. The people they recruited temporarily and so on.
"One hundred and fifty steps, boulder, throw it!"
Zongze looked at the servants who were charging towards him and were dealing with the enemy soldiers. He had no choice but to throw the boulder in advance. This group of sword and shield wielders with one hand holding a shield and the other holding a knife didn't have any strength at all, but they were good at cleaning up the battlefield and pushing away obstacles. very.
"Rumble~" Following Zongze's order, huge roars finally sounded, and huge stones flew above their heads, smashing many soldiers into pulp.
And at this moment, Wan Yanchang finally saw an opportunity.
"Cavalry, charge!"
With a loud roar, and with the help of the trebuchet attack, Wan Yanchang gave an order for the cavalry to start a rapid charge. At the same time, the remaining servants, the sword and shield bearers, also accelerated their cleaning speed, clearing a path for the cavalry.
The Jin cavalry began to bend their bows and set arrows. At the moment of charging, they aimed their bows and arrows in the direction of the city wall. As soon as they entered their shooting range, they would immediately shoot arrows to suppress the defenders on the city wall.
"Hundred steps, erect the shield!" Zongze knew that the gap between the two of them could not be solved in just a few days. He immediately shouted and prepared the wooden shield that he had prepared during this period, and blocked it directly. in front of himself.
The moment they put their shields in front of themselves, countless arrows flew towards them.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk..." More and more arrows hit the wooden shield, making this sound. Although the wooden shield protected their bodies, it also blocked their view of the Jin army.
At this moment, Wan Yanchang waved the command flag again, and immediately ordered all the ladders, wells, charging vehicles and other objects to rush over as quickly as possible, to charge the Cizhou vehicle as soon as possible.
They surrounded three of the four walls and launched a charge at the same time.
At this time, Zongze used his shield to block his body, and was accidentally injured by the Jin man's cavalry shot. But Zongze was Zongze after all. Although he could not see the city's sober, he was still silently calculating in his heart. .
"Eighty steps...seventy steps...sixty steps...now!" After feeling another round of arrow rain, Zongze shouted, "Abandon the shield, raise the bow, let go arrow!"
With a loud roar, all the city guards made this move in unison, threw away their shields, then raised their bows and arrows and shot towards the city.
Without aiming, without calmness, without hesitation, they had already taken action as soon as Zongze finished speaking. This was the only training Zongze gave them in three days, to obey his orders!
When the arrows fell, they also showed smiles. Zongze's calculation was correct. This time, their arrows landed on the heads of these golden men. They took advantage of the empty arrow rain and killed them. Few people.
At the same time, it also caused reverse oppression on them.
"Shoot, shoot, fast!"
"Rolling stone, Sagi, get ready!"
"Fire oil, bring up the fire oil!"
"I want you to boil the golden juice. Get the golden juice up quickly!"
At this moment, a group of experienced veterans replaced Zongze and began to command on the three city walls, constantly directing them to do what they should do.
But Zongze, who was supposed to be commanding the battle, immediately walked off the city wall after seeing that the situation was stable.
Zongze is not trying to escape, he is trying to do something more dangerous.
"Are you ready?"
With a loud roar, Zongze, who was wearing armor and wearing a helmet, jumped on his horse and walked to the city gate. Behind him were one hundred and thirty soldiers who had finally been selected.
They include the Cizhou defenders from before, the heroes from nearby, the bandits who were plundered by the Jin army, and the young men in the city.
They were selected one by one by Zongze and refused to put up the city wall because they had to do more important and dangerous things.
"It all depends on the general's orders!"
A loud roar was their answer.
"In today's battle, we will have a narrow escape, but we will have no way out!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
With high morale, Zongze also started to put his horse in his hand, turned the horse's head, and shouted at the soldiers guarding the city gate.
"Open the door!"
"Squeak~" A squeaking sound came out, and the city gate slowly opened. In front of them were the Jin soldiers who looked astonished and then rushed towards them like crazy.
At this moment, Zongze also roared and rushed out with a horse in his hand.
"charge!"
"kill!"
More than 130 people rushed towards the Jin army outside the city without hesitation.
They are not going to die, they are going to set fire to those wells and rush cars. This is the only way to succeed in defense.
At the same time, a very risky plan was slowly taking shape in Zongze's hands.
Not only does he have to defend Cizhou, he also has to completely turn defeat into victory!
