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Chapter 494 The counteroffensive begins (two in one)(2/2)

Chu Tian brought Joan of Arc and Artoria to Zhuque Gate and found that the Jin army, Han army and Song army were tug of war in the Longjin Bridge area. The pseudo-saint-level generals sent by the Jin army and the Iron Futu team of hundreds of people were the main force. They attacked Longjin Bridge. Thousands of days of Xiongjun and Guanning Iron Cavalry had been killed in battle.

High-level troops were killed and injured in a short period of time, which shows the force of the pseudo-saint-level generals.

Almost all those who fought with the Jin army were Han army, while the Song army used bed crossbows and divine arm bows for long-range shooting. The Han army deployed a sound camp and a large number of divine arm bows on the other side of the Cai River. For a time, tens of thousands of crossbows were fired at once, and half of the Tiefutu, which had hundreds of people, were killed or injured.

"Burn Longjin Bridge!"

Chu Tian saw that the Jin army was about to break through Longjin Bridge, and if they gained a foothold north of Longjin Bridge, something big would be wrong.

"The last general led the cavalry army to expel the Jin soldiers."

King Arthur took the initiative to ask for battle.

"No, now is not the time to counterattack. The Knights' Legion is one of the trump cards. The Divine Arm Bow will force the Jin soldiers to retreat."

Chu Tian always retained the Knights' Legion and used it as a reserve force.

After careful calculations and formation, the Han army aimed at three thousand divine arm bows and ten bed crossbows at Longjin Bridge. When the powerful general Gao Biao held the mace and led the cavalry to drill through the defenders of Longjin Bridge, what was waiting for him was a dense rain of arrows!

The princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty understood the concept of crossfire. The crossbow soldiers used a geese-shaped formation to shoot Gao Biao and a team of iron pagodas led by him!

The infantry pulled the crossbow machine, and dense rain of arrows covered Gao Biao and his small team of iron pagodas!

Gao Biao quickly waved his mace to resist the rain of arrows shot!

Under the attack of crossfire, almost every war horse and soldier had several crossbow arrows inserted into it, and about sixty iron pagodas were wiped out!

Gao Biao was shot in three arrows, but he was not killed in battle, but fled backwards.

Even the pseudo-saint-level general dared not say that he was alone, blocking the next round of volleys of three thousand divine arm bows and ten bed crossbows.

The Han army made up their minds to burn Longjin Bridge.

The fire covered Longjin Bridge, and the wooden bridge leading to the Vermilion Bird Gate was burned, and black smoke rose.

Some of the heavy infantry of the Jin army were anxious and simply stepped on the frozen Cai River and wanted to kill to the other side.

However, they overestimated the thickness of the Cai River ice layer. When they walked to the middle of the Cai River, the ice layer could not withstand the trampling of dozens of heavy infantrymen and quickly cracked open. Dozens of heavy infantry fell into the river and were frozen to death.

"idiot!"

Wanyan Zong saw that his subordinates were seeking death, but just shook his head.

The Longjin Bridge was destroyed, and the Jin army was unable to seize the Zhuque Gate for a moment, so they could only try to build a floating bridge, or attack other inner city gates.

"The same weapon fell into the hands of this group of people, which is completely different from that of the Song army."

Wanyan Zongwang discovered that the weapons of the Song army were in the hands of the Han army. The Han army perfectly used the range and shooting angle of the divine arm bow to set up formations. In addition, the tenacious will of the Han army can often severely damage the Jin army, which is completely different from the Song army that fought with the Jin army before.

Most of the Han army princes implemented a military merit system. The higher the military merit, the higher the status of the military. Moreover, the status of military generals is not weaker than that of civil officials, but is higher, so the army is all warlike.

On the contrary, the morale of the imperial guards at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty was very touching, and they were often chased by dozens or hundreds of Jin soldiers.

Wanyan Zongwang advanced to Longjin Bridge, which was only a short distance from the inner city and could not move forward. In order to attack Zhuque Gate, he almost looted all the houses near Yujie, and also set fire to the surrounding houses, forcing the Han army and the Song army to retreat, thus occupying the outer city.

However, Wanyan Zongwang found that the Han army and the Song army were not frustrated by the sudden and fierce offensive of the Jin army.

Although the Jin soldiers had occupied almost the entire outer city of Kaifeng City and demolished the fortifications of the Han army and the Song army in the streets and alleys of the outer city, the Han army was not panicked.

It is difficult for the Jin soldiers to capture the inner city again. The inner city has towering walls and a large number of defensive equipment.

"We have all occupied the granaries in the outer city. I don't believe they can last for more than a month!"

Seeing that the inner city was strong and difficult to attack, the Jin soldiers were always not good at attacking, so they had to surround them and not attack.

Jin Wushu led Tiefutu to Wanyan Zongwang: "Second brother, no one is our opponent in the battle head-on, but the Song people often hid in the city and avoided fighting. Wanyan Yinshuke's Western Route Army spent nine months to capture Taiyuan City, so that the Western Route Army massacred the city after the capture of the city. This time, the inner city of Kaifeng may not be able to be captured for several months. When the weather gets hotter, we will have to return north."

Wanyan Zongwang had other ideas: "You are wrong. Do you think I ordered the burning of my outer city just to occupy the outer city? The people in the outer city poured into the inner city in large quantities. With the food in the inner city, they would probably surrender to us within a month."

Jin Wushu's eyes lit up after hearing Wanyan Zongwang's vicious tactics, but then he said worriedly: "Zhao Gou, the Grand Marshal of the Song Dynasty, is recruiting reinforcements in Daming Mansion. He heard that the troops have exceeded 100,000. If he rushes to Kaifeng within a month, our army will be attacked inside and outside."

Wanyan Zongwang was indifferent: "Wu Shu, remember that the internal strife of the Song people was far more serious than we thought. Our Majesty could use the royal family as military generals with confidence, but the Song people did not dare because their emperor was afraid of being undermined."

"It's not just that you don't trust the royal family, but the Zhao family doesn't trust the military generals, so the soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, and they are defeated repeatedly. If an enemy you can't deal with in the Song army later, you don't even have to confront it head-on. Just use the internal fighting between the Song people to eradicate your enemies."

"This time Zhao Gou recruited troops was a last resort for Emperor Song, because only Zhao Gou was the royal family outside Kaifeng City. Zhao Gou was like a fish leaping from the sea, and birds could fly in the sky. He would definitely have his own troops. How could he easily support Kaifeng??"

Wanyan Zongwang's earnest teachings were imprinted into Jin Wushu's mind.

However, Jin Wushu was a little confused: "Will there be a general in the cowardly Song army that makes me afraid? One day, I need to use the internal fighting between the Song people to eradicate it?"

Chu Tian stood on the city gate tower of Zhuque Gate and saw that the outer city of Kaifeng City had become a sea of ​​fire.

The two commanders of the Jin Kingdom experienced many battles, from Liaodong to Kaifeng, and naturally had their own advantages. Faced with the iron barrel defense of the Han army and the Song army, they chose the right wind direction and set fire to attack, which was often invincible.

There are many wooden houses in the outer city of Kaifeng, and once the fire is burned, it will be filled with a lot.

It is estimated that Kaifeng's status will plummet when the war ends, and the place that is about to rise is Suhang.

According to the historical process, Zhao Gou, the Grand Marshal of the World, did not fight with the main force of the Jin army at all during the Jingkang Battle. Instead, he fled to Henan to proclaim himself emperor, and then fled to Hangzhou to establish the Southern Song Dynasty.

If it weren't for the emergence of a group of famous anti-Jin generals such as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Wu Jie, the Southern Song Dynasty might soon be destroyed by Jin Wushu, who went south.

The Southern Song Dynasty could block the fierce offensive of the Jin Kingdom, which was also related to the fact that the Jin cavalry was not adapted to the southern climate.

These are all things that really happened, and Chu Tian couldn't be anxious.

He had no intention of relying on Zhao Gou's reinforcements at all. The Han army only needed to mobilize the war potential of Kaifeng City to defeat the Jin army.

The Jin army burned almost half of the outer city and seized the granary of the outer city.

Almost all the people in Kaifeng City flocked into the inner city.

In less than a month, the surplus food from the inner city and the palace will be exhausted.

In other words, the people of the entire Kaifeng City have been forced into a desperate situation.

The houses were burned down, the people were angry, the food and supplies were all gone, the people were afraid, and the people were given their hearts.

The time for a counterattack has come!

"Tomorrow, 50,000 Song soldiers and 200,000 Baojia will be summoned at Daxiangguo Temple to mobilize and inform everyone that all the food was seized by the Jin soldiers. Only by defeating the Jin soldiers and snatching the granary back can you survive!"

Chu Tian and other princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty naturally had food and grass in their hands, and occupied the granary of the inner city.

But they couldn't let these hungry people know that there was still food and grass, and they had to force them into a dead end.

In order to confuse the Jin soldiers, Chu Tian asked the Jin soldiers to send envoys to the city for negotiation the next day.

As expected, the Jin soldiers tried to negotiate with the defenders in the inner city and tentatively sent out two envoys.

About 300,000 to 400,000 people gathered at the Daxiangguo Temple in the inner city, and there were crowds of people. Among them, 200,000 of them were trained by generals such as Le Yi, Xie Xuan, Chang Yuchun, and Sun Jian. They were no longer as chaotic as before.

"The Jin soldiers burned our houses, burned, killed, looted!"

"All the food in the city has been stolen by the Jin soldiers. Our food can only be supported for two days! Two days later, the food in the inner city will be out of stock!"

"The Jin soldiers have threatened to break through the inner city in three days and carry out the city massacre!"

Under the planning of the strategist Chen Ping, Fang Xuanling, and a group of princes, soldiers intervened among the civilians, constantly mobilizing the civilians in Kaifeng City, and forcing them to a desperate situation!

Now, all civilians are on the verge of explosion at any time because of anger and fear, waiting for a fire to be thrown in!

At this moment, the deceived Jin soldiers sent two negotiating envoys.

Chen Ping pointed to the two Jin envoys and shouted to everyone: "These two are lackeys of the Jin people. They are ordered by the Jin people to hand over their wives and daughters and let them bully them. What should we do?"

"Kill them!!"

"Kill them!!"

Angry roar echoed over Kaifeng City. The long-term dissatisfaction of the civilians in Kaifeng City burst out. The furious 200,000 Baojia submerged two gold envoys. Before the two unlucky gold envoys could be explained, they were killed by Baojia hammers!

This is not the first time that the Jin soldiers attacked and opened the city to lock down. They must teach the Jin soldiers a heavy lesson so that they dare not come again for the third time!

Chu Tian, ​​Lao Qin, Mingguan, Tongque and other princes looked at each other and saw the opportunity to counterattack from each other's eyes.

Two hundred thousand Baojia, and even the 50,000 Song army, who is usually like a soft egg, broke out in a kind-hearted lie!

Public anger is like a flood breaking through the dam. Once it breaks out, they must find a vent!

If they don't give them a partner to vent their anger, they will ruthlessly destroy everything they see!

Chu Tian, ​​Lao Qin, Mingguan and other Huzhou had already decided to give the Jin Bing the target of 50,000 Song Army and 200,000 Baojia!

"Open Lijing Gate, Wangchun Gate, Chongming Gate, Zhuque Gate, and the troops are divided into four groups to launch a counterattack!"

"Expel the Jin soldiers and recover Bian Jing!"

The four city gates were wide open, and the vast Song army and Baojia rushed out of the outer city, like a flood of beasts, and were out of control!

Joan of Arc waved the holy flag, and the holy flag had a 25% incentive bonus. She could actually give this group of civilians morale bonus!

Inspired by Joan of Arc, most of the 200,000 Baojia were in their eyes. After their morale was strengthened, they would not be defeated so easily!

Chu Tian was secretly surprised when he saw Joan of Arc's ability. He didn't expect that it would be so practical when he grabbed her. It seemed that he could not be easily put back to France in the future.

Of course, Chu Tian never intended to put him back to France.

It only took one day for the Jin army in the outer city to attack the inner city, and the defenders and civilians in the inner city to attack, kicking off the counterattack!

The 200,000 angry young soldiers were divided into four groups, with great momentum. For a moment, the Jin army did not know where the main force of the Han army was.

"Please ask two of your majesties to lead the army in person!"
Chapter completed!
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