Pirate Song

When Gao Huaiyuan spoke, the generals' blood immediately boiled. Although they were also frightened by the strength of the Jin army, after listening to what Gao Huaiyuan said, everyone suddenly felt heroic. A real man came to this world to have a life.

, it would be a good ending to sacrifice one's life for the country, so everyone immediately clasped their fists and accepted the order. Looking at everyone's faces, the look of panic had disappeared, and everyone showed their flaws.

Gao Huaiyuan only said so many things, then dismissed everyone and returned to their duty stations to start making final preparations. He himself immediately rushed to the city, found Jiang Fang who was leading the crowd, and asked Jiang Fang to take advantage of the opportunity.

He supervised the transportation of supplies within the city at night and received a positive reply from Jiang Fang.

Batch after batch of rolled wood and stones, bundles of arrows, barrels of rosin, kerosene and other items were continuously transported to the upper and lower parts of the city wall by the people in the city, and were hoarded under the city wall to ensure the use of the city wall at any time.

After two days of preparation, the craftsmen in the city also tried their best to use local materials and built dozens of carts in succession, and transported them to the top and bottom of the city wall at night and placed them on

The location designated by Gao Huaiyuan, together with various stones used as ammunition, were also transported to the designated location. After two days of preparations, Huangzhou's city defense underwent tremendous changes and the Huangzhou defenders were greatly strengthened.

The ability to defend against enemies.

Because Huangzhou would be the main target of the Jin army this time, Zhao Fang from Ezhou on the south bank also did not dare to take the matter lightly. After sending Gao Huaiyuan, he sent nearly a thousand soldiers from all over the country to Huangzhou in two days.

The recruited rural soldiers once again improved the strength of Huangzhou's defenders, and they continuously transported a large amount of supplies to Huangzhou in two days, which also strengthened Huangzhou's defense strength.

Taking advantage of the ships plying the river, Jiang Fang wrote a written report on the situation in Huangzhou and submitted it to Zhao Fang. Zhao Fang approved and agreed to their arrangement of troops in this way, and sent a message to them.

Stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and must support them until all the troops and horses rush to Huangzhou.

The many supplies sent from the Ezhou camp in the past two days have also greatly enhanced the strength of the Huangzhou defenders. The most sharp weapons among them are twenty bed crossbows, which were immediately deployed by Gao Huaiyuan at the most dangerous position on the city wall.

It became the most powerful guard in Huangzhou.

He was busy until late at night, when Gao Huaiyuan had the opportunity to personally visit the east city wall and check the defense of the east city wall. As his deputy, Zhou Hao, together with Guo Liang, also stayed up all night,

Constantly patrolling back and forth on the city wall to check the preparations of the village heroes.

Although these rural warriors from Daye County experienced such a battle for the first time, under the encouragement of their officers, they did not panic too much, but followed the instructions to sleep on the city wall with their clothes on. Everyone

Stay alert and ready to take on challenges at any time,

After seeing the situation on the east wall, Gao Huaiyuan felt somewhat relieved. This time he could be said to have brought most of the elites of Crouching Tiger Village with him. Once this battle was lost, even if he could escape, it would be difficult for him

The loss was huge, so he was determined to keep Huangzhou City no matter what, otherwise, he would suffer a big loss!

"Brother, don't worry here. With my little brother here, as long as there is still breath, the east side will never be lost! It's just that you have to be more careful at the north gate!" Zhou Hao followed Gao Huaiyuan to check.

After checking the situation on the city wall, he whispered to Gao Huaiyuan.

"Well! You are actually the place where I feel most at ease. With people like you here, our Daye warriors won't be too cowardly! But you should also be more careful. The Jin Army is here this time with Pusan ​​Anzhen.

The elite troops are not easy to deal with. Let us brothers pay attention to protection. I hope you can all come home with me alive! I will leave this place to you people! Be more careful!" Gao Huaiyuan said to Zhou Hao and others with serious words.

The person explained in a low voice.

When the daylight gradually brightened, Gao Huaiyuan took a nap on the seat of the tower to recuperate his energy. When he heard the sound of war drums outside the city, he immediately stood up and strode outside the tower.

, raised his eyes and looked outside the city.

He has always wanted to meet the legendary Jin Kingdom's most powerful general, San Anzhen, and the day has finally arrived! After watching the formations of the Jin Army gradually advancing outside the city, Gao Huaiyuan ordered the flag.

With a wave of his hand, he shouted: "Positioning arrow!"

A group of archers stepped forward. Following the officers' orders, they pressed down their bows with all their strength. They suddenly opened their bows and raised their arms, pointing outside the city. Then they released their arrows, which landed a hundred steps outside the city.

The white arrow feathers arranged at regular intervals became a marking line in front of the Jin army. As long as the Jin army crossed this line, they would enter the killing range of the Song army's crossbows, which meant the beginning of the war.

After the Jin army followed the positioning arrows of the Song army on the city, they immediately stopped advancing and took up positions outside the city, forming a coercive force on Huangzhou from a distance.

With the sound of the horns of the Jin Army blaring, a fast horse rushed out of the Jin Army array and galloped towards the foot of Huangzhou City. Immediately sitting on it was an officer in Song Army armor, and went straight to the marking line formed by the positioning arrow.

When they were in front, they reined in their horses, and the horses circled back and forth outside the city, no longer moving forward.

"Damn traitor!" I don't know who whispered in the crowd, and a wave of contemptuous curses immediately appeared on the city wall. Some people even spat at the Song Army surrendered general below the city to express their disdain for him!

"Quiet! Listen to what this guy is going to say!" Gao Huaiyuan raised his hand to stop the impulse of the soldiers on the city wall, and told them that wars often have routines, and siege battles like this

In the past, the Jin Army would inevitably send people to persuade them to surrender. This is not surprising!

At this time, the surrendered general of the Song army who rushed out of the Jin army began to shout loudly to the city: "Brothers in the city have listened! I am Zhang Tianxiang, the defender of Macheng. I have come here to persuade the surrender on the orders of the Jin army general.

Brothers!

Now Huangzhou has been surrounded by the Jin Kingdom's army, and our Song Dynasty court is so incompetent that we can't even protect ourselves. You don't have to serve those stupid kings, so you should quickly open the city and surrender!

The Marshal is a man of faith, and promises that as long as you brothers present the city and surrender, I will never kill you wantonly. If you are willing to follow the army to settle in the Central Plains, the Marshal is welcome. Even if you are unwilling to go north to settle, the Marshal promises not to block your way.

, as long as you put down your weapons, you can leave this place, and I guarantee that your lives will not be harmed! You brothers are just soldiers, why bother to lose your lives here for the faint officials of the Song Dynasty court?"

This guy's voice was really loud. His voice actually spread all over the north wall of Huangzhou City, allowing everyone to hear clearly. He belittled the Song Dynasty court and encouraged the soldiers and civilians in the city to surrender. His shouts really made people laugh.

Some timid people in the city became moved after hearing this.

Gao Huaiyuan sneered, stretched out his hand and shouted to Li Ruohu who was standing behind him: "Bring me my bow!"

As Gao Huaiyuan pulled the bow string, the bow of the two-stone and five-bucket bow was slowly opened with a slight squeaking sound, and it seemed as if it had been poured into Gao Huaiyuan's hands. There was not even a trace of shaking, and it was aimed steadily at what was under the city.

The surrendered general of the Song Army who was shouting the message had a cold light shining on the sharp arrowhead of the three-sided armor-piercing arrow fastened to the bowstring.

"Don't hesitate. This is your last chance to survive. The Generalissimo said that as long as you surrender the city, you will be rewarded heavily. Once the war begins, you will have no eyes for swords and guns. If you want to surrender at that time...

"The surrendered general of the Song Army continued to stand in the city and shouted loudly, but suddenly his voice seemed to be blocked in his throat, and his shouting stopped abruptly.

Looking again, something suddenly appeared on General Song's chest. He lowered his head and looked at the fluttering arrow feathers on his chest in disbelief. He saw that the entire arrow only had a short tail exposed on his chest.

, most of it had submerged into his body, and the other end had come out. Only then did he realize that he had been shot through by an arrow, but how could this be possible? He was still so far away from the city wall,

Who can hit him with one arrow?

Unfortunately, the intense pain that followed interrupted his train of thought. He screamed wildly on his horse, fell to the ground on his back, and rolled around in the dust without making any sound.

"The Song army doesn't have scum like you. Song Erlang would rather die standing than live on his knees! Listen to the Jin soldiers outside the city! Don't do such boring things anymore, just do whatever you can to do it!" a very

The loud voice rang in the air and spread far outside the city like spring thunder, causing everyone in the Jin army to be surprised. They did not expect that there were such brave men in Huangzhou City.

In particular, the Song general who just persuaded him to surrender was far outside the range of ordinary crossbows. He was actually penetrated by an arrow shot from the city. This was something that only a strong bow could achieve. This shows how strong the Song army was who shot this arrow.

Awesome!

Gao Huaiyuan's arrow immediately aroused cheers from the Song army officers and soldiers watching on the city wall. They saw Gao Huaiyuan's shooting skills for the first time today. He actually hunted down those who wanted to surrender with one arrow at such a long distance.

The Song army surrendered its generals, and the morale that had just been affected at the top of the city was boosted again.

At this time, Hu Luchi, the forward officer of the Jin Army, sat on his horse, glanced at the cheering Huangzhou City from a distance, and ordered in a deep voice with no expression: "Attack the city!"

Several long-tubed tubas were blown at the same time, making a dull sound of horns. Then the war drums were beaten, and the rumble of the drums rolled over the battlefield. Groups of golden soldiers immediately under the command of their respective generals,

He started to move again, raised his shield, carried ladders and other objects, and advanced towards Huangzhou City.

This time the Jin army attacked Huangzhou City. They had made preparations in advance. They brought with them a lot of ladders and other siege equipment. They also brought dozens of cannons. At this time, they were also organized outside the city, with a large number of

The Jin soldiers escorted the city wall that pushed towards Huangzhou City, preparing to bombard the city with cannons and stones to support the Jin army's attack.

This kind of formal siege war can be said to have no tricks at all. What is at stake is the morale and offensive and defensive skills of both sides. Either side must pay a price in order to achieve the results they want in the war.

With the actions of the Jin army outside the city, the atmosphere in Huangzhou City suddenly became solemn. Groups of defenders ran up the city wall, preparing various defensive equipment and preparing for battle.

Gao Huaiyuan has long understood the various tactics of this kind of urban offensive and defensive warfare. It can be said that he has made great efforts in this regard and carefully studied various tactics of urban offensive and defensive warfare, especially the Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The martial arts classic written by Zeng Gongliang was always important, so when he saw the Jin soldiers coming to attack, he was not very nervous. On the battlefield, soldiers came to block, and water and soil flooded him. He wanted to see what the Jin army could do this time.

What new tricks are there?

Although Jiang Fang's defense work in Huangzhou was not done properly during this period, he was not idle at all. He had organized soldiers and generals outside the city in advance to set up several fortifications to delay the Jin army. In addition to Huangzhou City itself,

Outside the moat, he also organized people to set up a line of anti-horse guns outside the moat, dug a trench, and placed sharp antler wood in it. Although it is still far from perfect, it should also be effective for defending against enemies.

It has had quite an effect.

At least if the golden soldiers want to get close to the city wall, they have to climb over these obstacles, and these obstacles are all within the range of the crossbow. If the golden soldiers want to attack the city without paying a price, it is simply impossible.

As expected, the Jin army still adopted a steady and steady strategy. After the army began to advance, they first had to clear the first trench in front of them. So a large number of Jin soldiers, under the cover of shield soldiers, carried planks and a large number of sand and soil bags and shouted.

We rushed towards the first trench filled with antler trees, trying to fill the trench with wood or sand bags, and at least open up a few passages forward.

Gao Huaiyuan calmly watched the actions of the Jin army. When he saw a large number of Jin soldiers stepping over the positioning arrows they fired and entering the range of the crossbows, he immediately waved his flag and ordered: "Let's fire all the crossbows!

"

Hundreds of Song troops armed with crossbows immediately stepped forward and came to the parapet beside the city wall. Then they fired their bows vigorously, or used machine crossbows, raised their arms and pointed into the air. Following the officers' orders,

Let go one after another

Bowstring, or triggering the machine, a cloud of arrows immediately floated from the top of the city, floating towards the Jin army's team, and then drew an arc in the air, with fierce wind and whistling sound, falling on the

into the Jin army.

Shooting at this distance is not enough for the archers to aim directly. All crossbowmen use diffusion, taking advantage of the dense formation of the Jin army to kill the enemy with arrow rain.

The arrows basically fell from top to bottom, and the Jin army could only raise their shields to block the rain of arrows, so when they saw arrows being released on the city, the people at the front

Several rows of golden soldiers immediately raised their shields above their heads, and then there was a clanging sound on their shields. Some of the arrows were blocked by the shields, but some arrows still crossed or passed through the shields and nailed the golden soldiers.

body, so the Huangzhou offensive and defensive battle began. A group of golden soldiers screamed and fell on the way forward with arrows stuck in their bodies.

Although Chiang is not good at commanding operations, there are always knowledgeable people responsible for digging trenches. Therefore, the distance dug for this trench is quite appropriate, just enough for the Song Army's bows and arrows to shoot into the Jin soldiers near the trench.

, but the archers of the Jin Army were unable to effectively counterattack because of their upward shooting. As a result, before the Jin Army broke through the trench, they could only passively defend. They could only be beaten, but they had no chance to fight back.

room.

Gao Huaiyuan would never waste such a God-given opportunity. He ordered the Song army's crossbowmen on the city wall to fire arrows continuously and try their best to cause a lot of damage to the Jin army.

Like rain, the Jin soldiers attacking the city fired a large number of arrows. There was almost no pause here. They immediately killed hundreds of Jin soldiers in front of the trench and injured many others.

Less is cheaper.

When the Song army saw the defeat of the Jin soldiers, their morale soared. They were a little nervous at first, but after shooting a few arrows, they calmed down and fired more arrows.

This caused a considerable delay in the attack of the Jin soldiers, but after all, there were a large number of Jin soldiers. After the Jin army paid a certain price of casualties, the large group of soldiers finally began to approach the trench. The shield bearers gave way to the passage, followed by

The Jin soldiers immediately rushed forward, threw the wood and sand bags on their shoulders into the trench, and began to fill the trench. However, under the dense rain of arrows fired from the city, the Jin soldiers who had just rushed to the front of the trench were lost.

shield defense

Although many people dropped the things on their shoulders, they had no time to retreat. They were hit by arrows and rolled over in the ditch. The sharp antler trees at the bottom of the ditch immediately penetrated their bodies, impaling them to death.

At the bottom of the trench, the injured Jin soldiers howled as they were about to die, but no one could rescue them from the trench at this time. They could only become stepping stones for subsequent Jin soldiers. This is the cruelty of war.

People have the opportunity to sympathize with their lot.

Hulu Ci was one of the brave generals in front of Pusan'anzhen's tent. He accompanied Pusan'anzhen in the north and south and made many military exploits. He didn't even blink at such a loss. He immediately stood with a knife in his hand expressionlessly.

In the middle army, he raised his eyes to observe the situation on the battlefield. This time he marched into Huangzhou. Pusan ​​Anzhen gave him 8,000 troops as the vanguard and ordered him to capture Huangzhou City as soon as possible.

Before coming, through interrogating the Song army prisoners of war, he had learned that the Song army defenders in Huangzhou City were weak and the number of soldiers was no more than a thousand. Even if they received some reinforcements these days, there would not be too many Song troops stationed in Huangzhou, so Hu

It can be said that Lu Ci is bound to win this attack on Huangzhou, because the number of his men and horses has greatly exceeded the number of the Song army, and his subordinates are all elite soldiers and horses that have experienced battles. Compared with the Song army in Huangzhou,

He has an absolute advantage.dd