Chapter 101 Haicheng Attack and Defense
Just like a copy of the attack on Yizhou, the coalition forces dug moats and trapped the city and gradually unfolded. In addition, the water from the moat was released and some of the moats were filled, and it took only two days to surround the Haicheng.
In history, Gao Zhongjiao and Li Quan of the Song army had besieged Haicheng twice, but they both returned in vain, which shows the strength of Haicheng. Abuhan and others obviously used this as a basis to adopt the tactic of defensive counterattack. They wanted to wait for the rebels to stay at the city for a long time, and they would retreat when the people and horses were scarce, and food was constantly closed. If there were any omissions when retreating, Abuhan would still think of going out of the city to pursue and attack, and turning the defense into an offensive!
The Jin army is no longer the same as before! No wonder it was not only unable to win the Song and Jin wars in the future, but also suffered heavy losses.
After the Battle of Yizhou and the siege of Haicheng, Meng Jiucheng came to this conclusion and was more confident in future battles.
However, the Jin Dynasty obviously overestimated its own strength. After moving south and stabilizing, it actually formulated a stupid strategy of "taking compensation from Song".
The war between the Song and Jin Dynasties lasted for several years. The Jin Dynasty not only failed to seize the land of Huainan, but also failed to force the Southern Song Dynasty to pay the annual monies again. Instead, it lost a lot of vital strength, consumed the original materials, increased the burden of war, and made the Jin Dynasty even more at a disadvantage in the war against Mongolia.
Several stone bullets roared on the city wall, splashing countless gravel and soil. A battlement in the city wall had been smashed, and the city was covered with gravel and soil.
Abuhan realized the enemy's intentions and ordered the crossbows and bows on the city wall to suppress them, which had a certain impact on the bombardment of the rebels' stone throwing machine.
The battle on the third day stopped. Although there was no fierce attack and defense battle for personnel, both sides believed that it was a normal tentative contact battle, and the fierce fighting was still behind.
"Ship Huo, this is the same as when he was fighting Yizhou." Cheng Fu introduced Huo Yi, but he knew that the west side where the Red Turban Army was responsible for was definitely not that simple, and some means were being implemented quietly.
Huo Yi nodded. He felt that with the stone throwing machine, the rebels' ability to attack had been greatly improved. If there were enough numbers, it might only be a matter of the length of time to capture the city.
"The Red Turban Army has not occupied the city of Zhou until now, so it is reasonable for them to ask for Haicheng." Huo Yi pondered for a moment and said, "But if we can take down Tengzhou and Yanzhou, we can occupy a continuous territorial between Yimeng Mountain and Weishan Lake. The armed forces of each company may attack together or respond to support and respond, which is fast and convenient, and very beneficial."
Cheng Fu nodded and said, "Meng Jiucheng is a man. Although he is young, he is still very mature and trustworthy. Since he agrees, he will help us attack Tengzhou and Yanzhou unless there is any unexpected situation."
"I saw Meng Jiucheng very far and thought deeply. How could he not worry about the Jin army defeating Yang An'er and attacking him?" Huo Yi pursed his lips gently and said, "He helps us, and we will also help him in the future."
Cheng Fu agreed with this.
According to the latest news, the Jin army has surrounded Yang Aner in Laizhou City and is stepping up the attack. It is estimated that it will not last long. Since Yang Aner has been defeated, who is the target of the Jin army? Regardless of whether he can face the attack of the Jin army immediately, as long as he does not have the intention to surrender, it will sooner or later be the target of the Jin army's attack.
Therefore, if multiple friends go through multiple paths, multiple helpers will be stronger. The main reason is that Meng Jiucheng is more good at being a good person and has a low attitude, so he will not suffer any losses in his cooperation with him.
"Huo Shuai, Meng Jiucheng has sent someone here." Cheng Fu glanced at him and said with a guess: "Is it going to break the city again?"
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The sun has not yet risen, but the air is filled with the coldness of dawn, and the grass is covered with gray dew.
Under the protection of his personal guards, Meng Jiucheng looked at the Haicheng and waited for that earth-shaking moment. From the first day of besieging the city, the engineers began to work, and the Red Turban Army also selected the most suitable west side of the tunnel. In three days, the excavation and filling of medicines had been completed.
Is it fast? Meng Jiucheng didn't think so. After many years, the Taiping Army tunnel exploded Nanjing City. What kind of city it was only took seven days.
The fog enveloped Ximen. The Jin army, who had been tortured by the Red Turban Army for a day, was dreaming, while Abuhan and other Jin Dynasty officials were also sleeping in a beautiful morning sleep.
Forced by the powerful force of the Red Turban Army outside the city, he did not dare to go out of the city to fight, nor would he think of the tunnel blasting, and would not catch the blind man and bury the big jar to listen to the sound. Naturally, Abuhan and others did not know that the disaster was coming, and the end of the world had come.
Suddenly, boom-boom, the earth-shaking loud noise woke up the Jin army's dream, and the Red Turban Army detonated the gunpowder in the tunnels in the west of the city. In order to break the city in one fell swoop, the gunpowder was used sufficiently, and the thick city wall was immediately exploded with a gap of four or five feet wide.
The golden drums sounded and the killing of the sky was shouting. The rebels, who had already been waiting for the battle, shouting and rushing towards the city wall. The first one was the commando equipped with armor. When the fog and dust rising in the air dissipated, the commando of the Red Turban Army had already entered the city, and followed them were an orderly organized follow-up troops.
The three commandos were all elites in the rebel army, each with five hundred people. They rushed into the city braved the dust, and the Jin soldiers at the gap were either killed or injured, and did not organize any resistance. The commandos immediately went inside and seized the two north and south gates of the city.
In addition to seizing key points and advancing rapidly, creating favorable conditions for subsequent troops to enter the city and launch, it is also one of the tasks of the commando team.
The city walls on both sides of the gap were occupied, and the passage into the city was safe; the rebels continued to pour in, shouting and killing, roaring, and explosions spreading in the city, spreading, and the rising sun shot out red light from behind, covering the ancient city that was trembling in the war.
The city is trapped! Huo Yi watched the north gate be opened, his own soldiers rushed into the city, put down his telescope, and felt cold palms. He was nervous and excited, and sweated a lot.
"General, General Qiao came to report, and the commando team led by him killed Jin Zhengluo Abuhan." A personal guard opened the military newspaper and read it to Meng Jiucheng.
"Oh, so soon." Meng Jiucheng smiled faintly and said, "It is said that I will order you to command the commander Qiao to build a merit, and each commando team led by him will reward two taels of silver."
It turned out that after Abuhan was awakened, he learned that the enemy was coming into the city, and immediately led his personal guards out of the mansion and headed straight for the Xicheng, where the shouts of killing were the most intense.
The defenders in the city were distributed in four cities. Abuhan gathered defeated soldiers along the way, but there were only more than 500 people. He met the commando team led by Qiao E. The two sides fought on the main street. Abuhan was still the leader, but was bombarded in front of him by several pine cannons.
Chapter completed!