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Chapter 51 The Battle of Tongguan (14)

As the brigade of Jin soldiers advanced, the sun slowly rose, and the light spread evenly on both sides of the war, without any bias. But at this moment, no one felt the favor and kindness of nature. What they saw and heard in their eyes were only the shining iron spears in the hands of soldiers and the rumbling drums.

The enemy's pace became faster and faster, and the cold light of the weapons in his hands gathered into pieces and pressed straight over, causing the Song soldiers on the city to feel great pressure.

"Stay steady, keep calm!"

Seeing that some soldiers looked blue and some were trembling with their hands, Kang Chengxun had been through the battle formation for a long time, he knew that even the elite imperial guards would definitely be a little nervous when they experienced the battle formation. Moreover, the crossbowmen on the large section of the city walls were all serratic soldiers in the wing army that had never experienced war.

He kept giving orders, and dozens of personal soldiers around him also followed his orders and conveyed loudly to the other generals and soldiers. The military orders were conveyed rapidly, making the morale of the army at the city wall slightly stable.

When the enemy forced him to the area of ​​the bed crossbow, the dust covering the sky spread lightly towards the top of the city. Kang Chengxun calculated the distance silently, paused for a moment before shouting: "Use the bed crossbow!"

With his order, dozens of crossbows placed at the four corners of the city immediately began to start, and the arrows were raised tightly. Because three large bows were stacked together and the force was very strong, seven crossbow arrows were placed side by side. Dozens of crossbows were fired one after another. Only a loud "trumpet" sound was heard, hundreds of long arrows like spears were fired out. First, they flew into the air obliquely, and then followed the calculated track, and suddenly accelerated in the air and drifted towards the enemy infantry formation that was swarming in.

Such diffusing faces a dense formation of Jin soldiers, and the results of the battle emerge immediately.

Someone was penetrated by a long arrow and flew into the air. Someone was shot on his head by a long arrow. The entire head was smashed into pieces as if it was hit by a huge rock. The snow-white brain and blood were shot out like a fountain. Someone was stabbed into the waist and abdomen and inserted into the ground. He was unable to die for a while, and he was unable to break free. He had to make a silly cry in the blood. He asked his comrades behind him to give him a pleasure.

What made the Jin soldiers even more terrifying was that a giant arrow shot into the formation, and often while shooting through one person, the strength did not diminish and the chests of two or three people behind him were still tremblingly. Then, he stopped on the chest of a person's chest, bringing out a wisp of blood, and flowed down the cold arrow shaft.

The crossbow, one of the most terrifying long-range weapons invented by the Song Dynasty, shot and killed the Liao general when it was the Tanyuan Alliance, which made countless Khitans frightened.

In the Battle of Song and Jin Dynasties, this terrifying weapon was at most placed on the top of Tokyo city, and before it could exert its power, it was already snatched away by the Jurchens who did not know its interests.

Today, the large number of crossbows placed on the head of Chang'an city can finally fulfill the mission it was given at the beginning of its design.

The crossbow kept firing, blood splattering everywhere, and screaming.

Countless fierce soldiers fell on the way before they even approached the city walls of Chang'an.

When the Jin army was getting closer, they had already reached within a hundred steps. The divine crossbow archer at the top of the city received the order and stepped on the light crossbow with his feet. He put on the arrows and shot in volleys in sections. For a moment, countless arrows made sharp and huge roars in the air, covering the sky and shooting towards the enemy as they approached the closer and closer.

In the flash, the entire front row of Jin army soldiers seemed to be pressed by an invisible giant hand, and they all lay on the ground. Blood was thrown into the air, and the fallen body fell heavily on the ground, stirring up streams of dust.

The actions of Koreans yesterday made many Jin army soldiers contempt the shooting techniques of the Song army on the city wall. At this moment, the dense rain of arrows played a huge role in killing the slow and approaching infantry team.

However, the army under the city was carefully selected and experienced many battles. The blood did not serve them much. They kept moving forward. When their companions fell down, the people behind them turned forward silently and replaced the other party's position. Even if they were caught in an arrow, as long as the injury was not severe and did not endanger their lives or influence their progress, these soldiers would quietly cut off the arrow shaft and continue to move forward. Most of them were just wearing simple and thin iron armor, or even leather robes, and holding shoddy wooden bread and iron shields in their hands. These simple equipment could not block the strong arrows for them at such a close distance. However, these Jurchen warriors often used rolling and dodging actions in an instant to reduce the damage caused by the opponent's sharp arrows to the greatest extent.

After reaching the 50-step range under the city, the generals at all levels who had been in the formation immediately ordered to erect a ladder in the Jin army formation and began to rush towards the city.

There is no moat in Chang'an City. Although it is getting closer and closer to the city, the damage caused by the arrow rain on the city is getting heavier and heavier. The Jin soldiers rushed to the city in an instant. Tens of thousands of people shouted at the same time, as if they were causing the tightness in their chests to be exhaled.

When they raided Chang'an, they did not prepare any siege equipment. They always thought that either the emperor would run away, and the city would be obtained without fighting. Yesterday, they knew that Zhao Huan was guarding the city and all the gates were completely blocked, and after a brief discussion, thousands of households knew that it was impossible to enter the city easily. So yesterday afternoon, the Jin soldiers cut wood everywhere, or forcibly demolished the roofs of houses outside the city, and tried every possible idea to force the Song carpenters outside the city to lead a large number of soldiers to quickly build a ladder.

In the middle of the night, due to the large number of people, more than a hundred thick ladders were drawn, but it was far from the real ladder that could hook the extremely strong on the city.

At this point, the vanguard finally attacked the city under the rain of arrows. Everyone shouted, and the Jin soldiers behind began to block the rain of arrows at the city wall while taking down the bows and arrows. The sparse arrows began to shoot towards the city wall, shooting some unlucky Song soldiers to death and injure them.

As the ladder was raised, tens of thousands of golden soldiers shouted again, rushing to the front of the Jurchen warrior, quickly dropped his shield, tied his long sword and axe behind his waist, and climbed up along the ladder with his hands and legs. Under this large section of the city wall that was five or six miles long, countless people began to move upwards along hundreds of ladders. If you look down from the clouds, it will be like a pile of ants, densely packed, black, boundless, sweeping towards the city head like a tide.

Below their wriggling bodies were the most capable warriors produced by the nation. Their bows and arrows were not as powerful as the Divine Arm Bow, but they were more accurate. With a buzzing sound, locust-like arrows flew up the city, some hitting the city made of blue bricks, stirring up pieces of stone chips, and some flew into the air and landed in the city, killing many unprepared Song people. Even Zhao Huan, who rushed to the city to supervise the battle, was urgently hurriedly rushed into a house by the guards, and did not dare to go further to avoid the rain of arrows. At the same time, more arrows shot into the formation of the Song people on the city, and began to reciprocate the Song people who were condescending and harvesting the lives of the Jurchens.

In the rain of arrows, the Song army on the city began to throw stones and squash trees. Often a stone or a pounding tree rolled down, which could cause several Jin soldiers to be knocked down, causing the one who crawled on the top to be smashed into meat sauce, and the lightest one was also bleeding from a height of seven or eight meters, breaking its neck, or the falling bones broke, making bursts of crisp sounds.

If the defenders can double the number, or even just a few thousand well-trained soldiers, they can completely block these Jin soldiers who are siegeing the city. The fact is that there are too few defenders at the top of the city and the area to be responsible for is too large. The enemy forces block more and more. With the first one, there will be a second one. Although the Jin soldiers who rushed up are mostly exhausted and have a lot of wounds, some even lose their strength after leaving a blood mark after climbing to the top of the city, or they are cut down by a prepared imperial guard. However, the number of Jin soldiers is several times higher than that of the defenders. The five-year-old households commanded at the city are well aware of the importance of this battle and have no room for any room. Even all the ten thousand households are commanded in the formation. The nearly 50,000 Jin soldiers did not even leave a reserve force, and they are completely devoted to this life-and-death battle.

The gap in the number, experience and tactical literacy of the two sides gradually emerged. The rain of arrows on the city wall became increasingly sparse. The soldiers of the wing army who lacked training could not withstand the counterattack at the city wall and were forced to retreat. Every time they took a step back, the enemy's counterattack became more and more fierce. Under the cover of the shooter, more and more Jurchen soldiers climbed onto the city wall and began to fight with the imperial guards who rushed over.

At first there were only one or two gaps, and the Jin soldiers who climbed up were driven back. Gradually, more and more, from a few small groups of people and a dozen people, gradually expanded to dozens and over a hundred. Moreover, they persisted on the city wall for a longer time. When they confronted the imperial guards who were wearing heavy armor, they also began to go back and forth, not as vulnerable as they were at the beginning.

In this case, in just half an hour, they could establish a stable position at the top of the city, protect their comrades outside the city to climb the city one after another, then fight to the city, open the blocked city gate, and pour the entire army into the interior, completely defeat the Song army in street battles, and completely lead Chang'an.
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