Chapter 36: Junzhou Sees the Cloud Ladder
After Shen Yuanjing left, Huang Rong looked at the big stone, and there was nothing written on it. She couldn't help but feel very bored. After thinking about it over and over again, she still didn't dare to transfer troops from Lu Wende as he taught. She just went to the letter, saying that if the west could not resist, it would be best to return to Xiangyang to defend the enemy as soon as possible.
Then, she ordered the elder Lu Youjiao and others to send Li Ping and Guo Fu back to Taohua Island, and she and Hong Qigong rushed to Junzhou.
Shen Yuanjing did not return to the mountain, but quietly arrived at the Song Meng battlefield. Taking advantage of the night, he had been in the Mongolian army for a long time, but he could not find the location of Ogedei's tent. This was the case for three consecutive nights. It was thought that it was Torre's death last time, which scared him.
The Mongolian army had been besieging Junzhou for half a month, but it only tentatively attacked the city. Seeing the strict guards, they left hundreds of corpses of Han soldiers and retreated. Then they sent the people who had plundered trees everywhere to create siege tools such as watchtowers, wooden curtains, cloud ladders and city-breaking hammers.
The sky was cloudy and the sun was not strong. Ogedei then set off a large army to attack the city. The troops were moved away from both sides, and a group of ragged people were driven out and rushed towards the city of Junzhou.
Among these people, there are mostly pale old men and pale-faced and thin-skinned children. Occasionally, a few adults were all skinny and were lucky enough to die after hard labor. These people walked forward step by step, their eyes were already bleak, and even though they knew they were moving forward or dying, they would not see any crying.
Occasionally, some timid people refuse to move forward, just like those who fall to the ground when they can't walk. They either are trampled to death by the people who flock to the back, or are killed by soldiers who are forced to fight on the spot.
On the city wall, Guo Jing was stunned, but he had no choice but to ask the soldiers guarding the city to shoot arrows and drive them away with tears. If these people were allowed to go outside the city wall, they would be filled into the moat and become a stepping stone for the Mongolian army to attack the city.
Only after a few waves of arrows were the people crying in pain, the ones behind moved forward and the ones in front were backed together, and countless casualties were killed and injured. The ones who ran to both sides were chased and killed by Mongolian soldiers.
Only those who die quickly can be relieved. Those who are unfortunately not dead scream and wail, and they are very far away. Even Shen Yuanjing's heart is as hard as iron stone, and he feels unbearable when he hears it.
From afar, Ogedei stood in the central army, surrounded by layers of soldiers, each guarding with swords, guns, halberds, shields, and very strict. There were also some strange costumes guarding the side. They were the people in the martial arts world he had taken. It was difficult to deal with, so he temporarily gave up the idea of assassinating the king among thousands of troops.
Half of these people died on the road, and the other half was shot to death by Guo Jing with tears. Occasionally, those who went to the bottom of the city were pushed into the moat with shields and wooden curtains and made fillings.
Without the people standing in front, the military inspectors were also given special attention, with many casualties and injuries. In particular, Guo Jing was very angry, and opened his hard bow on the city tower and shot more than 30 arrows in a row. The arrows penetrated the shield and saw people nailing to the ground.
Ogedei issued an order, and the Han army first came out of the battle, pushed forward with wooden curtains, and went outside the city, setting up a stone cannon, and shooting into the city. The stones flew over and hit the wall, and there were several pits.
More often than not, they flew to the city tower, many Song soldiers were killed. Occasionally, they saw a few flying far away and landing in the city, and the people were affected by the family, destroying beams and pillars, and collapsed their houses. Fortunately, the people inside had been moved long ago.
After the tricycle rock bomb, the Mongolian army set up artillery, ignited oil bombs, and shot them into the city. This type of attack became much more destructive. When it fell on people, it would be full of fire and could not be extinguished.
No one can withstand such pain. Some run around and fall into the city; some jump forward, jump into the moat, and escape for a while; some climb around, hugging their companions tightly, burning them to death together...
Screams were heard endlessly, and the city towers were covered with smashed corpses, and the burned corpses emitted black smoke. The smell of blood and the smell of barbecue drifted by, and the veterans were also terrified. The new recruits had never seen such a formation, their legs and feet were weak, and many of them were holding the wall and vomiting.
Then the second team from the Mongolian army came out, still the Han army. They pushed the ladder and the siege hammer, and archers followed him. When they arrived, waves of arrows flew up the city tower, overwhelmed the Song army for a while, and the guards filled the trenches and drove to the foot of the city wall. Guo Jing hurriedly directed the archers to fight back, and people were constantly killed on both sides.
Shen Yuanjing looked at the scene of thousands of troops siegeing the city with a heavy expression, thinking about how likely he could survive if he fell into it. After thinking about it, with the striking arrows at once, there would be no room for rushing around, and he would definitely be in a dilemma. This tentative attack was not very fierce, and there were soldiers who were constantly in a row. If he could not escape within an hour, he would undoubtedly die.
The trenches arrived first, catching bows and arrows and stones, and soon filled a road with the moat. The ladder passed by, the Mongolian army climbed up, and the Song soldiers shot bows and arrows on their heads, threw stones and wood, poured down hot water and gold juice. The Meng soldiers kept screaming and falling, and at the same time, people kept going up, one after another.
The siege hammer came over to the moat and was about to hit the door. Guo Jing lifted a big rock, threw it away with his power, and smashed it into pieces with a bang.
The big rock blocked the road. The Mongolian army sent people to clean up several times, but were shot to death by archers on the city. The morale was immediately frustrated. They attacked the ladder for a while, but there was no progress. They finally got up to the city tower and were killed by the Song soldiers who were prepared and threw them out of the city.
The battle lasted for nearly two hours. Seeing that it was impossible to break through Junzhou, Ogedei ordered the withdrawal of troops. The army slowly retreated and left some soldiers to clean the battlefield.
In this battle, more than 3,000 people were killed or injured by the Han army in Mongolia, and the Song army was not easy. After counting it, nearly 2,000 people were lost. However, the 30,000 Mongolian troops in Ogedei were not moved at all, and there were also Han army, with 120,000 servants and strong troops, but the Junzhou garrison only had 50,000, and half were new recruits.
The first battle was just a test. Three days later, Mongolia launched another offensive. This time, the number of people invested in the siege was much more than before. The offensive was very fierce. After a full day of fighting, it was willing to stop.
After that, Ogedei relied on the sufficient military source and did not hesitate to take advantage of his life, and attacked for days. Guo Jing stayed on the city tower for several days, but never came down. At the most critical moment, the city tower was almost occupied, and it was still a member of the Beggars' Sect who sacrificed his life and fought half of the lives of the gang before he could defeat the enemy.
Huang Rong had not seen Guo Jing for many days, and went up the city tower. After searching for a long time, she found it in the corner. She was already snoring loudly. Seeing that the other person's hair was messy, his beard was unshaven, and his eyes were swollen, she couldn't help but shed tears. She took out a handkerchief and wiped it carefully on her face, and said softly: "Brother Jing, thank you for your hard work."
Although the battle lasted for several days made Guo Jing very tired, he was extremely alert. He suddenly opened his eyes and shot out a ray of light. When he saw that it was Huang Rong, he softened, put down his alert hands and said, "Why are you here?"
Huang Rong said: "Brother Jing, we have done our best. Seeing that Junzhou cannot be defended, you might as well retreat. Xiangyang is high and the Mongolian soldiers will definitely not be able to break through."
Guo Jing shook his head and said, "Although this method is the best strategy, it is not feasible. The Mongolians came urgently. The people behind Junzhou were not well prepared and less than half of them retreated. If they were to move out of the way, they would send them all to the hands of the enemy. You also saw that Ogedei was brutal and he was caught up with him. One out of ten people could survive."
Huang Rong said hatefully: "It's all because of the true Lord Qingwei who boasted about Haikou and wanted to protect the safety of the whole country, so that so many people gathered around Wudang Mountain."
Guo Jing smiled bitterly and said, "It's too late to say this now. Since I have learned the military strategy in Wu Mu's suicide note, how can I not be taught by Yue Wu Mu's four-character teaching of "fulfilling loyalty and serving the country"? Stay here and resist for a day, and the escaped people will have one more share. Even if I sacrifice my life on the battlefield, it will not be in vain for my parents and teachers to educate me."
Huang Rong sighed, "I know that there will inevitably be one day. Let's just let it go, I will live, and I will die if you die!"
Guo Jing pinched her hand and was so excited that he couldn't speak. After a while, he said, "Rong'er, I know your feelings, but you can't stay. Fu'er hasn't grown up yet, and she is very pitiful without her father. If she doesn't have her mother, wouldn't it be extremely miserable?"
"But……"
"Nothing is there, let's go!" Guo Jing stood up suddenly, pulled the other party up, pushed him cruelly, and said, "My mother, I'll ask you to take care of you!" After that, he fell to the ground and kowtowed a few times.
Huang Rong sobbed for a long time, and saw that he refused to change his mind, so he could only turn around and leave in one step.
Chapter completed!