Angry Banana
Chapter 815: Sound, Sound, Slow (3)
The city floated in the chaotic firelight.
Towards the city walls, Shuliesu's desperate all-out attack had already begun. The sound of boulders shaking the long wall could be heard clearly even from half a city away.
In the southwest, the resistance of Shen Wenjin's troops after entering the city caused some commotion. They lit fires and burned houses within the city. At the northeast city gate, a team of surrendered Jin soldiers, originally unexpected, launched a sudden attack to seize the city gate, causing some casualties to the nearby Huaxia Army soldiers.
These messages came quickly, and Guan Sheng listened while walking quickly between the tents in the camp, surrounded by running soldiers. When he saw the courtyard ahead, he also saw Xu Chunyi coming from the other side.
Besides Yan Qing and others following behind Xu Chunyi, the Huaxia Army had not placed any restraints on his movements, so only on the surface did Xu Chunyi's face appear slightly gloomy. He stopped and looked at Guan Sheng, who was walking quickly towards him. Guan Sheng's gaze was serious, with his own dignity in his eyes. He walked to his side and brushed the dust off his shoulder.
"General Xu, come with us."
After speaking, Guan Sheng led Xu Chunyi and the others behind him into the nearby courtyard.
The room in the courtyard was lit with lamps. When Guan Sheng and the others entered, many garrison generals under Xu Chunyi's command had already gathered here. Guan Sheng walked to the front and pressed his hands on the table. "Everyone, please sit."
The crowd looked at Xu Chunyi and sat down one after another. Guan Sheng spread out his hands, signaling Xu Chunyi to sit beside him, and then began to speak.
"Time is of the essence, so I'll keep it brief. Someone betrayed us and defected to the Jin dogs. We discovered it, and General Xu has already taken care of it. Originally, we wanted to use a ruse to lure a group of Jin dogs in to kill them, but Shuliesu is very clever. He sent in Han troops. In any case, what you are hearing now is Shuliesu's desperate all-out attack."
Guan Sheng's gaze was stern, and he paused slightly. "Having spent these days together, the Huaxia Army has fought side by side with everyone. Some things can be made clear. The Jurchen have 30,000 elite troops, and the reinforcements are endless. Defending Linzhou to the death is untenable. Moreover, looking at the current situation, we don't know how many spineless bastards are still in this city. Shuliesu wants a quick victory, and so do we."
"No matter how powerful the opponent, there will be flaws when they attack. We are using a small force to fight a large one, so we can only be straightforward. The attack on Shuliesu will begin soon."
The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. Those who were generals in the army were always better at observing people than ordinary people. Seeing Xu Chunyi's face earlier, and seeing that the people following behind Xu Chunyi were not his usual confidants, many people had guesses in their hearts. When Guan Sheng spoke of "how many spineless bastards" there were in the army, the meaning of these words became even more suspicious. However, what everyone did not expect was that this Huaxia Army of at most ten thousand men was going to counterattack Shuliesu, who was leading more than 30,000 Jurchen elites, on the third day of defending the city.
Such a tactic was extremely foolish. However, in all fairness, as long as one was rational, it was not difficult to see the dead end that Linzhou was in at this time.
More than 30,000 Jurchen elites, leading more than 30,000 traitorous Han troops, could defend Linzhou for a period of time, but Zong Han's main force was not far to the north. If Shuliesu could not capture Linzhou, would the remaining 200,000 Jurchen main force stand idly by?
And after the siege began, the option of retreat had already disappeared. After Tian Shi's death, the situation in Jin became critical, and the possibility of reinforcements arriving was almost zero. Defending the city without support was a dead end. When the war of attrition had been fought for a while, and then talking about breaking out of the siege, the Jurchen cavalry would crush them, and no one would be able to escape.
If one thought clearly about these things, then the choice at hand was so bold and heroic.
No one spoke. Guan Sheng was also silent for a moment. "The country is broken, and the home is destroyed," he said. "In the future, Guan can understand the path that everyone takes, but having spent these days with you, the Huaxia Army has been communicating with you every day. Everyone should also see clearly what your brothers under your command are thinking. No one wants to be a dog!"
"We are going to battle soon. We don't know what will happen today, whether we can come back or not. I won't talk about big principles." He put his hand on Xu Chunyi's shoulder and looked at him. "But there are still people in the city, although not many, but I hope to take this opportunity to lead them to escape south, which can be regarded as fulfilling the duty of a soldier. As for you... if anyone can keep up with killing Shuliesu today..."
A fierce light flashed in his eyes: "Then tomorrow, you will be brothers of the Huaxia Army. I represent all the Huaxia soldiers and welcome everyone."
After saying these words, Guan Sheng took back his hand from Xu Chunyi's shoulder and turned to walk outside. At this time, someone in the room stood up. It was Shi Guang'en, a fierce general who originally belonged to Xu Chunyi's command. His expression was also unfriendly: "Is this looking down on someone!"
Guan Sheng turned his head to look at him. Shi Guang'en said: "What understand or not understand, I didn't know you were talking to a bunch of cowards! Just killing a Shuliesu, my men are already ready. How to fight, you named Guan say!"
Guan Sheng nodded and clasped his fists. Many people in the room had already seen the trick at this time - in fact, surrendering to the Jin was a sensitive topic after all. Tian Shi had just died, and Xu Chunyi, although he was the person in power in the army, could only collude with some confidants in private. Otherwise, if the movement was too big, someone who was unwilling to surrender would report it to the Huaxia Army.
It was also because of this that the people in the room had only guessed about Xu Chunyi's change before. At this time, the guess landed in the hearts of some people, and some people whispered, with some understanding in their words: "Xu... the one named Xu has become a dog..." Others nodded in realization. Then someone stood up, cupped his hands and said, "General Guan, Lin is willing to join the Huaxia Army. Don't leave behind my hundreds of brothers."
If this had happened at other times, it would not have been surprising for the entire army to surrender to the Jin. However, with the Huaxia Army suppressing the situation, and the mobilization meetings and joint operations in the past few days having a good effect, it aroused the bloodiness in everyone's hearts. Moreover, Xu Chunyi had previously operated in secret and ended in complete failure. At this time, his control over the army was finally completely decoupled.
Guan Sheng did not say much, left the staff department people behind, and then strode out. The light of fighting on the city wall shone over. He took the broadsword, mounted his warhorse, turned his head to look at the sky, and then, together with the people around him, rode forward.
Above the city, the night was still as deep as black ink.
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Outside the city, the siege of tens of thousands of troops merged into the grandest ocean in the night before dawn. The shouts of tens of thousands of people, the charge of the Jurchens and the Han, the arrows flying across the sky, the boulders carrying flames, and the continuous artillery fire on the city walls, burned into boiling flames. Rolling logs and stones were lifted by soldiers and thrown down from the top of the wall, and the poured fire oil was ignited, flowing into a terrifying curtain of fire.
The most elite troops under Shuliesu's command had already begun to climb the city. In the southwest of the city, Shen Wenjin's direct troops launched an attack to save their commander.
Before this, the elite troops that had entered the city had suffered huge casualties. Some soldiers who had once "rotated defense" on the city wall gathered together in the unexpected killings, and then were forced to jump down or be beheaded off the city wall, dying in a tragic state. Inside the city, there were constant artillery bombardments and explosions.
In the fierce offensive that had already begun outside the city, teams of living forces were also gathering one after another in Linzhou City. Among them were the Huaxia Army and the original Xu Chunyi's troops. In such a world, although the country had fallen, as Guan Sheng said, "the country is broken and the home is destroyed", it was still of considerable weight for many people who had been suppressed for half their lives to follow the Huaxia Army to do such a heroic thing.
Moreover, being able to join the Huaxia Army in the future was also a very attractive thing. Now that Prince Jin had left, there was no place for the Han people to stand in the Central Plains. If they could really escape after this battle, the Huaxia Army's record would surely shock the world, which would be a glorious destination for anyone.
There was no better, more humane path.
The wind was strong and the fire was fierce. Shi Guang'en gathered the soldiers and shouted in front of everyone:
"...I have said long ago that when people die, birds face the sky, and if they don't die, they will live for ten thousand years... If you kill Shuliesu today and join the Huaxia Army, the smoke will rise from the graves of your ancestors for eight generations—"
The battle yesterday was fierce, and everyone had not rested for long, so they were mostly tired. However, hearing the madness in these words, goosebumps rose on the bodies of some soldiers, and the blood in their hearts churned...
More people were gathering.
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On the north city wall, the white-hot fighting was spreading.
The flying arrows bounced off the armor. Xu Ning thrust the short spear in his hand into the chest and abdomen of a Jurchen soldier. In the Jurchen soldier's roar, Xu Ning stabbed the second short spear into the opponent's throat, and took advantage of the situation to pull out the first one, piercing the thigh of a Jurchen soldier next to him.
The Jurchen soldier was chasing a Huaxia soldier with blood dripping from his shoulder. At this time, with a shot in his thigh, he slashed over with a knife. Xu Ning stabbed and retracted his twin spears again, killing the opponent on the ground.
"Go—"
He pounced on the injured subordinate. A Jurchen charged forward and slashed at his back. The steel knife split the armor, but did not penetrate deep into the flesh. Xu Ning staggered forward two steps, grabbed a shield, and turned around to撞对方.
He was highly skilled in martial arts. When he bumped into it, there was a loud bang. The Jurchen soldier and another Jurchen who rushed up from behind were caught off guard and were knocked into a rolling gourd. More Jurchens came forward, and Huaxia soldiers also came in formation from behind. The two sides fought together on the city head.
The opening on the city head was opened, and then Xu Ning led his men to recapture it, and then another section was climbed by people. The elite soldiers under Shuliesu's command had not suffered too much consumption yesterday, and their combat effectiveness was extraordinary. After two rounds of夺 over like this, corpses and blood spread on the city head. Xu Ning killed until his eyes were red, and he was also shot several times. He led his men to fight and retreat.
After Xu Ning and others gradually withdrew from the city head, they announced the loss of this section of the city wall.
The Jurchen soldiers broke into the city through this section of the city wall and killed towards the still closed north gate of Linzhou. Soon, explosions rang out in the streets and alleys. During Xu Ning's desperate resistance, the engineers had buried gunpowder on the only way to the city gate, sprinkled fire oil, and even piled up wood. At this time, the raging fire blocked the road.
Xu Ning放了 the twin spears he used in close combat, put on the hook-sickle golden spear he was famous for, and led the soldiers to start a new round of charge.
The streets and alleys were in chaos.
Near the southwest city gate, "Thunderbolt Fire" Qin Ming carried a mace in one hand and Shen Wenjin in the other, stepping onto the city head.
"Light the fire for me! Let them see it clearly!"
The attacking force outside was nearly 10,000 men under Shen Wenjin's command. However, as the elite of this force, 3,000 men were either killed or surrendered in the city, the attacking battle was carried out weakly and without any threat.
After all, at the beginning, the Huaxia Army was prepared to welcome the elite of the Jurchens here. Later, although Shen Wenjin and his soldiers resisted, these Huaxia soldiers quickly resolved the battle, pulling the strength to the city head. Except for the fire set by these soldiers in the city when they resisted stubbornly, the Huaxia Army did not suffer much loss here.
The torches were burning brightly. Qin Ming dragged Shen Wenjin towards the gate tower. Shen Wenjin's hands and feet were bound, his face was already pale, and his whole body was trembling. "I surrender, I surrender, brothers of the Huaxia Army! I surrender! Grandpa! I surrender, I will recruit people from outside for you, I will fight the Jurchens for you—"
He screamed, but Qin Ming just sneered. This was naturally impossible. After surrendering to the Jurchens, whether in Shen Wenjin's side or in the military formation outside, there were Jurchen generals dispatched to suppress the formation. Once Shen Wenjin was captured, the command of the army was basically lifted.
"You shout loudly here for me!"
Taking a knot of rope and putting it around Shen Wenjin's neck, Qin Ming kicked him to the side of the battlement, then he glanced at the outside of the city and turned to walk inside.
Most of the cavalry of this Huaxia Army had already assembled in the streets under the leadership of Qin Ming. Six hundred cavalry tigers were ready to rush out of the city at any time and kill a lot.
Qin Ming mounted his warhorse. On the heavy mace, the traces of blood had not been dried by the night wind.
On the city head, Shen Wenjin, whose neck was套了 a noose, was hysterically shouting under the coercion of two Huaxia soldiers. The Jurchens in the attacking army forced the soldiers to move forward. There were Jurchen sharpshooters hiding among the soldiers, approaching the city wall, and began to shoot arrows at Shen Wenjin.
After all, the wind was strong at night, and the two Huaxia soldiers on the city head were also paying attention to the danger around Shen Wenjin. After shooting a few arrows, they either flew away or hit the shield. Before they could shoot again, the city gate in front opened.
"Run away quickly—" Shen Wenjin's shout was particularly clear even in this noisy area.
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On the north city head, sections of the city wall were successively lost. However, under the deliberate destruction of the Huaxia Army, pieces of倒 falling fire oil were burning fiercely. Although they opened up some passages on the city wall, the area after entering the city was still chaotic and僵持.
Shuliesu watched the situation on the battlefield with a serious expression. The surging soldiers climbed up the city from several places. At the first opening of the city, a large number of soldiers had entered the city and were gaining a foothold in the city, preparing to奪 the north gate. The Huaxia Army was still resisting stubbornly, but after a battle to this extent, it can be said that the city had been破了.
He had learned the quality of the Huaxia Army in Xiaocang River. For this army, even if they fought a difficult street battle, they could probably resist for a long time, but his own advantage was already very large. Next, the divided and dispersed Huaxia Army would lose unified command, and whether they resisted stubbornly or escaped, they would be swallowed up one by one by himself.
Due to the different wind directions, the hot air balloon did not rise again, but the 海东青 flying in the sky brought ominous news soon after. Cavalry killed out of the southwest city gate, and Shen Wenjin's army had formed a large-scale rout.
"Order Ali Bai." Shuliesu issued a military order, "If the Black Flag escapes from the southwest direction with his 5,000 men, he will come to see me with his head!"
The messenger quickly left. At this time, it was more than one quarter past Mao time. A trackless fireworks rose into the sky and exploded with a bang. The three city gates in the northeast and northwest of Linzhou opened at this time. The sound of the charge sounded from different directions. The black torrent rushed to the flanks of the Jurchens.
In the battlefield of tens of thousands of people, at this time, only Shuliesu's side had people outside the city, some inside the city, some fighting on the city wall, some溃败, and some阻止着 the 溃败. At the moment when the city gate opened, the Huaxia Army and the Xu clan army who followed had a slight advantage in the consistency of orders.
In the southwest direction, Qin Ming led 600 cavalry, driving the 溃败 army under Shen Wenjin's command,绕往 Shuliesu's main formation.
Outside the northwest city gate, a regiment of 1,500 people was犁 a bloody path in the attacking team. The regiment commander leading the team was named Nie Shan. He was one of the old men who followed Ning Yi. He used to be a small leader on Liangshan. He killed people like麻. Later, he experienced the training camp in Zhujiazhuang, and his martial arts were guided by Lu Hongti. He took the path of repentance and asceticism.
Over the years, the earliest batch of ascetics in the Huaxia Army have become less and less, but as long as they are still alive, their fighting styles are剛猛 and令人畏惧. Nie Shan, who was nearly fifty years old, was tall and burly, with many scars on his face. He had a heavy and 剛猛 nine-ring broadsword in his hand. Under his command, the first hundred-man commando team were all shaved頭陀, and the long knives, iron spears, and heavy hammers in their hands could easily knock open everyone's bones.
Half of the troops attacking here were Han troops and half were Jurchens. In less than a moment, a large number of soldiers were chased and fled backwards. Behind these chasing 頭陀, corpses and blood铺 formed a long road.
Huyan Zhuo and Li Jia铠 each led a thousand people to kill out from the east and northeast. At the same time, an army of nearly ten thousand people, led by Shi Guang'en and others, killed out of the city gate from different roads. Their target was the same - Shuliesu.
Jurchen general Suo Tuo Hu was the most trusted confidant under Shuliesu's command. He led more than 4,000 elites to break into Linzhou City first, and gained a firm foothold under the constant harassment of Xu Ning and others. Feeling the changes in Linzhou City, he realized that something was wrong. At this time, a large number of original Xu clan troops were killing towards the north wall.
The Jurchen main formation outside the city was in a moment of chaos due to the sudden counterattack launched by the Huaxia Army, but soon after, it stabilized. Shuliesu held a long knife and understood the intention of the Black Flag Army. He laughed on his warhorse, and then issued military orders one after another, directing各部 to gather the formation and fight calmly.
With more than 30,000 direct troops around him, attacking, defending,阵地,突袭, who was he afraid of? As long as he gained a firm foothold, with one counterattack, this Huaxia Army in Linzhou would no longer exist.
Even he had not neglected the still unopened north gate and Wang Juyun's "Ming King Army" that might arrive.
At this time,激烈的 reports came from the rear in the northeast, saying that an army was about to突入 the battlefield.
Shuliesu扬刀立马, leading more than 4,000 people, greeted him in person.
At dawn, the city was burning, and the conflict and conflict of nearly 100,000 people seemed to have turned into a surging and chaotic flood, or a frantically running millstone. The place where Zhu Biao and others突入 was a Han army team with low quality that had just completed its gathering not long ago. Due to the hasty attack, neither the Jurchen nor the Han army camps had a real defense. They 충산 this group of杂鱼, and soon after, they met a fierce opponent.
The entire Black Flag Army, with a total of nearly 20,000 people in the突袭, began to挤压 towards the center from different directions. The Jurchens along the way launched a tenacious resistance. On one side of the battlefield, Lu Junyi gathered more than 20 people under his command, watching this grand scene, and cautiously 혼입 into the battlefield along the edge, trying to浑水摸鱼 in this huge chaos.
This small team was like an inconspicuous drop of water, and in the blink of an eye, it溶入 among them and disappeared without a trace...
The morning light亮 started soon after. Guan Sheng and Xu Ning also joined the millstone with the last large team. The fighting continued, and from time to time, their companions fell in blood. The Huaxia Army broke through layers of defense, but then Jurchen teams killed from the side. More than an hour after dawn, Wang Juyun led more than 20,000 Ming King troops to the battlefield.
At this time, the Jurchen army led by Shuliesu had gained the upper hand in the fighting. The Huaxia Army, in great fatigue,死死地咬住 more than 30,000 Jurchen troops, repeatedly carried out gatherings and冲锋, again and again. The two armies were in a state of you-have-me-I-have-you, and carried out several 包围 and anti-包围. The Huaxia soldiers who were 打散 soon gathered again. Shuliesu, who had not expected the Huaxia Army's madness this time, was 率领 thousands of people, constantly fighting and advancing.
The battlefield thus spread. When the Ming King Army arrived, a large number of Jurchen armies lost accurate contact with the main formation. They could only聚拢 together, constantly chasing and killing all the exhausted Huaxia soldiers they could see, and even more common was the漫山遍野 溃败 Han army. Soon after, these armies killed the Ming King Army into a group.
The smoke of war弥漫......
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