048. Raise the front again (3)
Holding shields and carrying ladders in the front row, various soldiers who were pushing the siege cart crossed and rushed towards the palace.
Although the morale of the Dinghai Army, Huzhou Army and the soldiers who defeated the enemy were sluggish, they were still attacking the palace and rushing forward.
But Wu Wenli, the deputy commander of the army, shouted a few times, but no number of soldiers in the army charged forward.
He was originally a staff member of Ge Lijun, and he was a loyal man. The commander of the capital was killed by a landmine. He was ordered to be sentenced to danger. He finally urged the soldiers to come here, and wanted to perform well and strive for the first achievements, but now he saw the soldiers like this, so he was naturally stunned.
Then he gritted his teeth, ordered the flag bearer to wave the flag, raise his sword and shouted: "All the soldiers, follow me to rush to the palace and capture the Emperor of Song. Those who kill thousands of enemies will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, those who kill the enemy will be rewarded with ten taels of gold, those who capture the Emperor of Song alive will be awarded with the title of officials!"
This time he spent a lot of money. This reward was not promised by Ge Lijun, and he might have to pay it out of his own pocket.
After shouting, Wu Wenli waved his whip and rode a horse to take the lead in rushing to the palace. He thought that with a large amount of money, the soldiers would definitely be active.
But when he rushed out not far, he realized that there were still not many people following him, and he could not hear the shocking shouts of motivation.
Most of the soldiers of the escort army were staggering.
This is fucking!
Wu Wenli was angry and turned around and scolded, "You bastards, haven't you charged? Haven't you heard this general's order?"
"Swoosh!"
At this time, a cold arrow suddenly shot from the army and took Wu Wenli's throat.
Wu Wenli was caught off guard and was directly pierced by a cold arrow. Her expression instantly frozen. Blood was gushing out of her mouth, and she fell off the horse's back.
A one-eyed soldier with a left eye with a blindfold raised the long bow in his hand and shouted: "Ge Lijun sells his country and seeks honor, Wu Wenli is greedy and violent. Do you really want to attack our Emperor of Song for them?"
After saying that, he threw the longbow in his hand to the ground.
Originally, the soldiers in the army who were unwilling to charge were patriotic. When they saw Wu Wenli being shot to death by a cold arrow, someone shouted loudly, and he was already taking the lead, and all the courage came up in his heart. No matter what the bullshit horn sounds, people threw weapons to the ground one after another.
Later, the soldiers guarding the flag also cut the flag to the ground.
Wu Wenli has been doing exploitation in the army over the past few years and withholding military pay, which has long been full of complaints.
The escort soldiers who charged forward saw the mutiny in the back, shrank their heads and ran back quickly.
Although some generals were loyal to Ge Lijun, they did not dare to force their soldiers when they saw the general trend, for fear that they would end up like Wu Wenli.
Therefore, before the city was broken, the escort army had surrendered.
When Zhang Shijie and the others saw this scene on the top of the city, they were naturally very happy.
The Huzhou Army, who were sieging the city next to the Protector Army, were affected. The generals who were close to Ge Lijun finally finally stabilized their soldiers.
But the combat power that such an army can exert can naturally be imagined.
After rushing less than three hundred steps, I saw the flags waving on the palace walls.
Then there was a rumbling sound.
"put!"
"put!"
The nearly a hundred catapults of stone throwing poles arranged along the city walls were raised high, and stones as big as horse heads could roar towards the Huzhou Army, Dinghai Army, and breaking the enemy's attack array.
Some soldiers carrying shields in the front row were smashed to the ground, and some soldiers pushing siege cars were even beaten to the ground.
However, there are still too few catapults and insufficient lethality. Compared with tens of thousands of troops, the role can only be said to be a drop in the bucket.
Huzhou, Dinghai, and the three armies of the enemy still charged forward under the command of the military flag.
But just after rushing less than a hundred steps, the ground in front of them exploded and gravel splashed. The shield soldiers rushing in front were instantly blown up and over, with their limbs all over the ground. The entire palace wall seemed to be punished by heaven, with a rumbling sound, and the sky shook and the earth.
Zhao Dongting has already made people bury the mines here as the last defense of the palace.
When the Yuan army was destroyed without attacking the Shanghang Palace, Ge Lijun's army now enjoyed this landmine feast.
On the city wall, Wanyan Zhang stared at the scene and was shocked. He seemed to suddenly understand how the army at the gourd mouth was destroyed.
Seeing the Leizhou Army being blown up in pieces, he only thought that the trap of the Song Army was simply incomparable to human power.
Outside the city wall on the south side, nearly 100 shield soldiers in the front row of Huzhou Army were killed in a blink of an eye. The bloody scene made people feel scared. They were already affected by the morale of the guardian army. Seeing that the front was so dangerous, the shield soldiers were immediately unwilling to charge forward. They looked at the guardian army who were watching the show on the spot, and they were even more unwilling to work hard for Ge Lijun from the bottom of their hearts.
The six armies of Leizhou used to have only the Flying Army, the Powerful Army, and the Dinghai Army. The defeated the enemy was the direct line of Ge Lijun. The Huzhou Army and the Guzheng Army were later recruited and expanded. They had a low status in Ge Lijun's mind and had low combat power. They usually took on the responsibilities of defending the city, patroling, and disaster relief, and did not have much loyalty to Ge Lijun at all.
At this moment, the shield soldiers and siege infantry in the front row of the army were both firmly fixed.
The soldiers in the back row rushed up but were blocked, and the scene was instantly messy.
The commander in the army rode a war horse but couldn't even walk on the war horse. He still shouted and scolded, but no one paid attention to it.
The army actually slowly retreated.
Even the Song Jun on the city wall was stunned and thought to himself, this has not made you taste the most powerful, why did you mutinate and retreat?
But they were naturally happy and raised their weapons and shouted loudly.
Their morale was like a rainbow, which made the guards even more afraid. They retreated faster, and the generals could not stop even shouting.
When Zhao Dongting saw this scene on the cliff, he knew a little, called Yang Yidong to his side and whispered a few words to him. Yang Yidong ran towards the wall of the palace with a happy face.
Concubine Yang saw it strangely and asked, "Xi'er, what did you ask General Yang to do?"
Zhao Dongting thought that Concubine Yang Shu was just afraid of being tired of Yang Yidong, and she was amused and crying, and said, "My mother will know later."
In front of all the ministers, he usually called Concubine Yang Shu's mother.
Seeing that he was insincere, Yang Shufei was even more curious and looked at the wall of the palace. Here on the cliff, her vision was wide and she could almost see the entire battlefield.
The east wall.
The loyalty of the Dinghai Army and the Po Enemy Army is still high. Although many people were killed by landmines, they are still shouting and rushing towards the palace.
I saw landmines constantly being triggered by them, with rumbling sounds and dust hustle and bustle, killing countless soldiers and even generals.
"Flame the crossbow arrow!"
But there were still dozens of meters away from the city wall, but there was another loud shout on the city wall. The Song army commanded the soldiers to thrust their hands together and changed the flag language.
Countless crossbow arrows burst out from the crossbow foundations of the city walls, and shot straight into the two armies with the sound of breaking through the air.
The power of the Song Dynasty's crossbow was already extremely powerful. The shield soldiers and people were penetrated and screamed in pain.
A few dozen steps further forward, arrows fell like rain on the palace wall.
For a moment, even though Dinghai Army wanted to break the city and capture Zhao Dongting alive, they were a little stunned.
There were thunder underground, and there were catapults, crossbows, and archers on the city walls. The dense rain poured down, which caused countless casualties and injuries.
The siege battle is extremely exhausting. If the five armies attack together, they might be able to break through the palace, but now the Leizhou army is only left to attack, so they are naturally unable to do so. With less than 20,000 troops, if they want to break through the palace with layers of defense, even the generals of the two armies can't see much hope.
They hurriedly asked the scouts to report the news to Ge Lijun and asked him to send troops to help.
Then, both armies commanders actually ordered a retreat and gathered five hundred meters away from the palace.
In the first wave of charge, the Song army did not lose a single person, and the Leizhou army did not even find the city wall, and lost thousands of people in vain.
Even Wanyan Zhang couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.
This should be the real Song Dynasty army. Why is it so unlucky that it encountered the extremely powerful Song army of the little emperor?
He really couldn't understand why it was all Song army, so how could the difference be so big. If they met Song army like Leizhou army on the day they attacked the island, they would definitely win a great victory.
At this time, the imperial guards on the south wall suddenly shouted in unison, "You are all soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty! The emperor has his life! Surrender and not kill him!"
"Surrender and not kill!"
"Surrender and not kill!"
The shouts gradually broke through the sky and infected all the imperial guards on the north wall.
Su Liuyi's eyes were wet and he shouted at the top of his throat: "Surrender and don't kill!"
Su Quandang was slightly stunned by the side, then raised the spear in his hand and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me!"
"Surrender and not kill!"
"Surrender and not kill!"
For a moment, such shouts resounded throughout the palace.
The Leizhou army even had a great morale, and almost mutiny.
Chapter completed!