Song Mingyue

Chapter 93 God Helps
As soon as Fang La's Luanjia appeared on the stage, the rebels under the city immediately boiled up.

"Long live the Holy Duke!"

"Long live the Holy Duke!"

"Long live the Holy Duke!"

The shouts of [-] rebels, like the howling of the sea, stirred in the sky above Jiangning City, as if they were about to collapse the sky, and countless swords and guns were raised high, interweaving a forest of death.

Such momentum caused the defenders on the top of the city to change their colors one after another.

Only Zhao Haoyi stood at the top of the city, looked at Fang La coldly, and slandered for a while: "Wearing a dragon robe is not like a prince, but changing a vest, you are still just a reckless..."

The defenders in the city numbered no more than 7000, less than [-]% of the rebels.The so-called five ways to attack and ten ways to encircle them, this is a battle of great disparity in strength. Even if you use the huge advantage of defending the city, it is possible to persist for eight or ten days, and it will not be exhausted after a long time.

Under the flag of the rebel army, Fang La supported Luanjia, drew his sword and said, "Attack!"

woohoo~
Amidst the desolate and distant sound of horns, tens of thousands of rebels pushed countless siege ladders, spreading towards Jiangning City like a tide.

"Tamp down Jiangning!"

"Tamp down Jiangning!"

"Tamp down Jiangning!"

In just four or five months, the rebel army swept across 52 counties in six states. The offensive shouted with enthusiasm and confidence, and the rebel army rushed towards the city wall like bloodthirsty beasts.

However, Wang Hanzhi, an old fritter who has experienced big storms, will naturally not be intimidated by Fang La. He drew his sword and shouted sharply: "Shoot the arrow!"

That old but still majestic voice overwhelmed the flood-like din, and was clearly sent to the ears of every Song Army archer.

"Shoot the arrow~~"

The buzzing sound of the bow string being tensed was heard continuously, and in an instant, more than a thousand sharp spikes and feather arrows had pierced through the air, flying in the air for more than a hundred steps.It spread into a vast expanse, and fell from the sky like raindrops, accompanied by a sharp scream, which fell on the heads of the rebel soldiers in an instant.

"Pfft~"

A spiked arrow pierced coldly into a rebel's head, and a cluster of sharp arrows pierced through his chin.There was dark red blood dripping from the arrow cluster, and this arrow actually pierced through the entire cranial cavity.The rebel ran two steps forward with inertia, and then fell straight to the ground.

"Ugh~ help me~~"

A rebel fell to the ground and screamed hoarsely, clutching his chest in pain with both hands, the tail of the feathered arrow was still trembling, and bright red blood was overflowing from his fingers, but his ground No one heard the cries for help at all, and countless rebels still rushed in like a tide, trampling him down irresistibly.

Round after round of arrow rain poured down mercilessly from the sky, and the rebels who lacked defensive equipment were completely unable to resist the attack of arrow rain.Like the felled wheat, it fell down one by one. In just a moment, the field was full of rebel corpses, and many people fell into a pool of blood, crying for help...

But those rebels who were not afraid of death still swarmed forward, madly rushing towards the city wall, and a siege ladder was built on the city wall.

The fierce siege battle has finally officially begun!
Boom boom boom!
Pieces of boulders and logs rolled down, smashing the heads of the rebels on the siege ladder, crying for their father and mother, and rolling down from the ladder continuously.

However, all this could not stop the momentum of the rebels rushing to the top of the city. The elite rebels, who were only bewitched by religion and theories of ghosts and gods, still rushed to the top of the city tower one after another, scrambling to be the first.

The battle lasted from the morning until the red sun fell to the west. The top and bottom of the city was already stained red with blood, and corpses were scattered everywhere.

On the first day of the city defense battle, the rebel army suffered more than [-] casualties, and the Song army defending the city lost more than [-] people.

The advantage of high walls and thick walls makes the casualty ratio of the attackers and defenders about five to one. However, the strength of the rebel army is more than ten times that of the Song army. This is an extremely difficult battle to defend the city.

Zhao Hao, who personally participated in the first real battle, leaned wearily against the beams and pillars of the city tower, looking at the piles of corpses on top of the city, feeling at a loss for a while.

This battle was so tragic, but the casualties were all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, the compatriots of Huaxia...

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The offensive and defensive battle is going on day and night, and the dark clouds of the war hang over the entire city of Jiangning.

Zhao Hao witnessed the dripping blood with his own eyes, and he paid more and more attention to the battle of defending the city. As the young master of the Zhao family, he personally contacted the Wang family and Xie family, as well as the wealthy gentry in Jiangning City, and organized a fundraising event. During the event, a full 20 guan was raised to fund this life-and-death battle, of which the Zhao family contributed [-] guan.

With the support of 20 yuan of money and food, Wang Hanzhi's confidence was also strengthened, and he began to recruit a large number of recruits in the city. At the same time, he gave generous pensions to those soldiers who died in battle, which greatly stimulated the morale of the defenders.

Zhao Hao, Xie Yu, and Wang Jue called together scholars and literati in Jiangning City, organized a publicity meeting for defending the city, and invited the great Confucian Lu Qing as the chairman, to publicize the ferocity of the rebels in the city and the consequences brought to the people after the city was broken. as a result of.

The people in Jiangning City are all wealthy and well-off families, without the bitterness and hatred of the people in the south of Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan Road. For fear of the consequences of massacring the city once the city is broken, they also acted spontaneously to assist the government in carrying supplies for the city defense, delivering water and food, demolishing some old houses, and providing the defenders with wood and rolling stones.

In addition, with Wang Hanzhi's consent, Zhao Hao persuaded the Wang Mansion and the Xie Mansion to join forces, and the three mansions sent four to five hundred family slaves to assist the officers and soldiers in maintaining order in the city and avoiding chaos in the city.

A series of actions made Wang Hanzhi almost tearful of gratitude, and praised, "My son is worthy of being a nobleman, and he is really a blessing to Jiangning City."

In the next four or five days, the rebels outside the city attacked Jiangning City like crazy. The offensive and defensive battle reached a fever pitch. Go up the tower.

That night.

Jiangning City Government Office.

After Wang Hanzhirong was charged with the case, his brows were furrowed deeply, and he was quite at a loss for the next battle of defending the city.

It has been the seventh day to defend the city. Although the rebels are attacking like a tide, Jiangning City is still impenetrable, but... the arrows to defend the city are no longer enough.

A burst of subtle footsteps suddenly sounded, interrupting Wang Hanzhi's thoughts. When he looked up, it was Li Yu, the general judge of Jiangning Mansion.

Li Yu cupped his hands at Wang Hanzhi, and said in a solemn tone: "My lord, there were originally [-] arrows in the treasury, but now there are only less than [-] arrows left. If I support it for another day at most, I'm afraid there will be no arrows to use."

Wang Hanzhi's brows became more and more frowned. Without arrows, he could only hold on with rolling stones, lapping wood and boiling water.It’s just rolling stones, raging wood, or boiling water. It’s inconvenient to carry, and the speed and effect of the attack are extremely slow. The real defense of the city has to rely on bows and arrows. In this way, the advantage of defending the city will be greatly reduced, and the next battle will be extremely difficult. Tragic.

After a long time, Wang Hanzhi sighed slightly and said: "Do your best and obey the destiny. The city exists and the people live, but the city is destroyed and the people die. This mansion should live and die with Jiangning City!"

Li Yu, the general judge, was in awe, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I heard that the officials have sent the imperial army to the south, and they will cross the river soon, and the enemy will retreat!"

Wang Hanzhi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's more than a thousand miles from Hedong to Jiangnan, and it will take at least a month. I'm afraid Jiangning City won't be able to defend that day... You can step back and let me be quiet."

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Hanzhi, who had only taken a rest at midnight during his inspection last night, was still asleep when he suddenly heard a loud commotion outside the door, and he couldn't help jumping up in shock.

Just at this time, a bodyguard rushed in with a flustered expression.

Before the man could speak, Wang Hanzhi's face changed drastically, and he asked in a hissed voice, "What's the noise? Could it be that the rebels have already entered the city?"

The man was out of breath, he just said: "Arrow... Arrow..."

In a hurry, Wang Hanzhi grabbed the man and asked, "What arrow?"

The man finally breathed evenly, and said anxiously: "It's very strange that arrows are suddenly piled up in the government office overnight."

One of Wang Han let go of the man, and before he could put on his shoes, he ran out of the back hall to the courtyard of the government office.

The arrow branches in front of him were piled up like a mountain, densely packed into the government office compound, and each refined iron arrow shone with a cold light in the morning light.

Wang Hanzhi stepped forward quickly and grabbed a feathered arrow, only to see that the shaft of the arrow was straight, even and smooth, the arrowhead was sharp and shiny, and the workmanship was extremely delicate.

Wang Hanzhi opened his mouth and wanted to ask who had been here, but he didn't ask anything... There are so many arrow branches, there are probably at least 20 branches, and there are more than [-] carts to pull them. can do it.

"Heaven can't destroy me, Jiang Ning, this must be God's help!"

Old Wang Hanzhi was in tears, and towards the ray of morning light in the east, he knelt down slowly, with an extremely devout expression.

What he didn't know was that 1 merit point was exchanged for two feathered arrows, and these 20 arrows fully consumed Zhao Hao's [-] merit points.

(End of this chapter)