Chapter 52 War in Baozhou
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It’s just a pity that such a rich land has never been used by the Central Plains people due to climate reasons, but has become the cornerstone of the rise of generations of nomadic peoples.
"If God does not take it, it will suffer the disaster!" Middle-earth deserves to be invaded by generations of foreign races.
And Master Wen has come, and now he is here to conquer this land and develop this fertile land.
No one knows what Master Wen is looking at, nor does he know what is good about the soil on the ground. Why does Master Wen look so happy?
"Setting off!" Wen Fei turned over the horse and suddenly became energetic: "This is a place given by heaven. If you take it according to the way of heaven, you should name it Shuntian!"
The horse's hooves were sounding like thunder, and the army was waving. Teams of troops walked past Master Wen Da. The lineup was so prosperous that it covered the sun, as if even the sun had lost its color.
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On the east bank of Yalu River, there is a city wall that is not too tall, but it is extremely dangerous, with mountains and waters on the back, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
This city was originally the border between Liao and Goryeo, and was built by the Liao people. However, when the attacks were urgently caused by the Jurchens in the past two years, the Liao people simply let the water go and let the Goryeo out of the city.
Now this place is occupied by Goryeo, and the flags on the city are also cast on the top of the city. Although the Jurchens sent people to negotiate several times and wanted to return to this city, the country of Goryeo has been rogue since ancient times, and has been reluctant to hand over this city to the Jurchens.
The Jurchens are now too big to fight against such a small city.
However, on this day, the top of the Baozhou city was tense, with soldiers coming back and forth everywhere. Even the city gates were tightly closed, as if a great enemy was coming.
On this wide duck green water, a huge fleet of ships came over fiercely, alarming countless wild ducks flying by the river.
The fleet slowly drifted by the river, and a Goryeo army drove over, very alert. It seemed that they wanted to find out where the fleet came from and be alert.
Song Jiang stood on the boat with cold eyes. He was still wrapped in white cloth on his shoulder. He was obviously injured not long ago and his injuries have not healed yet.
On the same day, on the Huntong River, the Goryeo fleet came, and the two steamships had just sunk all the Goryeo warships. The Jurchen troops arrived, which made him and his men fight for a melee before retreating to the ship.
Even so, he didn't know that he was shot by the sharpshooter. If his personal soldiers had not fought to the death to help him block an arrow, Song Sanlang would not be as simple as being shot on his shoulders. He might have gone to see the Great Emperor of Ghost!
Half of his brothers died in battle and finally retreated. After Juehua Island and reinforcements gathered, they came to Baozhou in a fierce manner.
"It's strange. These Goryeo people have always been allies of our Song Dynasty. Why is the master so shameless about them?" Bai Suzhen was a little curious.
Bai Yuchan smiled and said, "Anyway, uncle has always been like this in his work. To put it nicely, it is called ghosts and gods, but to put it badly, it is just as he wants. Who knows what he thinks!"
Neither of them is responsible for fighting. They fight from afar.
Lian Hai smiled and said, "Didn't you say it last time? Master believes that the dragon veins move eastward between heaven and earth. My land of China also migrates from west to east.
In the first three dynasties, the dragon vein was in the northwest of Gansu. After the Zhou Dynasty, it moved to Guanzhong. Now in our Song Dynasty, the northwest of Guanzhong are in ruins. The capital has been moved to Kaifeng."
"Yes, yes. My master also said that the place in Tokyo is not an imperial house, but also a temporary capital. Sooner or later, we will migrate to another place." Bai Suzhen said with a smile.
"Yes, Master intends to move our Song Dynasty to Yanjing. But this matter is too much involved and there are too many people oppose it. Don't let it go!"
Lian Hai seriously warned himself of these two junior brothers and sisters. The main reason was that Bai Suzhen was afraid that she would be innocent and not have the scheming to reveal the matter.
"We know!" Bai Suzhen said obediently. She didn't dare to joke about such a big thing.
While speaking, I looked at the crossbows and small catapults on the ship.
The Goryeo army, which had about two thousand people, came over little by little, drew out the bow and arrow weapons and shouted loudly.
The translator found by Song Jiang said, "They said that this is their Goryeo land, so let us leave. Otherwise, we will be rude to us!"
"Tell them that this was originally Baozhou of the Liao Kingdom. Now the Liao Kingdom has already paid tribute to my Song Dynasty. The number of the Emperor was already counted by my Song Dynasty. They now occupy the land of the Khitan, which means occupying the territory of the Song Dynasty. Let them get out of here quickly, otherwise they will be killed without a single one of them!"
The translator shouted Song Jiang's words, and the gas-like Korean screamed, and Zhang Gong shot towards the boat.
At this time, the Wang family Goryeo was somewhat combat-effective, not the tofu soldiers of the Li Dynasty in later generations. They fought several wars with the Liao Kingdom, but they did not suffer much loss. Of course, it was true that the Liao Kingdom did not dispatch a large army.
Therefore, the arrow rain shot was still somewhat lethal. Unexpectedly, Song Jiang snorted coldly, and arrow shields rose on the boat, covered with thick wooden boards with raw cowhide, ended and strong, making the arrow rain of Goryeo in vain.
"Kill..." Song Jiang issued a vicious order, and his anger had long been on the heads of these Goryeo people. The reason why he was talking nonsense just now was just to be polite first and then to be soldiers.
Anyway, he had no intention of letting the Goryeo people give up Baozhou City after hearing a few words. It would be difficult to relieve the hatred in his heart if they didn't kill all these Goryeo people!
"Boom..." The counterweight trenchers are much more convenient to operate than the previous catapults, and the power is even greater.
The black thing the size of a human head was smashed down and fell to the ground and exploded. The various scattered stones and iron nails inside were filled with expansion waves of explosions that were exploded in all directions.
For a moment, there were bloody human figures everywhere. After a round of bombing, hundreds of Korean soldiers fell down.
Although the power of this gunpowder is not as powerful as explosives, it is unfortunate that this is the era of cold weapons. The formation of the army is quite dense, and it is just like shoulders next to shoulders, which makes it so many people killed and injured by the bomb.
Although this is not the first time I have seen the power of such a thunderous thunder, seeing this kind of flesh-and-blooded scene also makes many people feel disgusting.
However, Song Jiang felt only a wave of pleasure. If it weren't for these damn Goryeo people, he wouldn't have been shot, nor would he have died of so many brothers. He had less than half of his three thousand men retreated to Juehua Island.
If the steamship hadn't rushed back and threw a round of thunder to fool the Jurchens, he wouldn't have been able to retreat even if he trained half of the people.
Now, these Goryeo people will not be much better than those of Jurchens when they encounter thunder. They are all confused during this round of explosions, and they even forget to avoid escaping and escaping.
This kind of firearm was originally a powerful weapon for the Song Dynasty to defend the city. Although it was limited to the problem of gunpowder formula, it was limited in power, but now after several twists and turns to develop the combined gunpowder, it is much more powerful.
Gunpowder broke out, and the sound was like thunder. The heat reached more than half an acre. The man and the cowhide were broken and the armor and iron were all penetrated. So many fragments were added to it, and the power was even more huge!
However, before the Koreans could react, the second wave of blows came again. This time, it was poison smoke balls and gunpowder, which had a relatively low combustion temperature and emitted thick smoke and poisonous gas during combustion.
It is mixed with highly toxic plant medicines such as aconite, croton, and wolf poison, as well as arsenic gunpowder to kill the enemy.
This kind of gunpowder has nothing to do with Master Wen Da. It was originally recorded in one of the three gunpowder formulas in "The General Essence of Wu Jing". It is more like a poisonous gas bomb than a gunpowder.
These weapons were originally used when defending the city. They were thrown directly from the top of the city, and were extremely powerful.
But now it has been improved. With this configuration of trencher, it can be thrown away from the ground, but it can be used as a "ship-based weapon".
With just two rounds of attacks, Goryeo's soldiers collapsed. They ran out of the poison desperately, and even jumped into the river.
The more than two thousand Goryeo soldiers and horses had not even reacted. In just a few minutes, they cried and called their parents to escape.
Song Jiang then sneered and issued an order. Teams of soldiers began to get off the boat and slowly rushed towards Baozhou City.
Baozhou is south of the Yalu River, which is a barrier city between the Liao people in the east. It is built very solidly in the south and the Jurchens in the north.
Song Jiang was also old enough to fight. He first fought for bandits and official troops in Liangshan, and once captured the city. He also went to the southeast with his father and fought against Fang La's rebels.
At this moment, you can see that Baozhou City's defense is very strong and difficult to conquer.
Moreover, these Goryeo defenders seemed to have a great determination to defend the city and prepared quite well. Many stoves were burned on the city tower, and some cooked in large pots were boiled. A stench came over along the wind. Don’t look at it too much, Song Jiang would know what was cooking there, it was golden juice!
This kind of thing is very vicious, but it is the feces and urine of humans and animals. Put them in a large pot and add water to boil. If there is an enemy below, pour it on your head, not only will the enemy burn skin and flesh bloom, but the bacteria in the feces will also be infected from the scalds... If it is poured on, it will definitely not be able to survive and die incredibly miserable terms.
Moreover, there were many bags hanging on the city tower, containing soft soil and rough bran. However, they were the ones who restrained the catapult. If the cannon stones shot over, the impact of the cannon stones was greatly reduced by these bags, and it would be difficult to hurt the defenders on the city. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!