, after calculation, it can only be an hour faster, just an hour, what can the Song Army do? Shouldn't it wait until dawn?!"

Although the Jurchen Meng'an still looked down on the caution of the two Bohai people, she was completely speechless and just smiled: "Gao Tong is absolutely right...but don't we still have one big balloon?

?I have always liked to light fires. If I could follow the example of the people of the Song Dynasty and light one and send it north, wouldn't I be able to see it? It would be great to see it."

"There is only one left. If the Song army really wants to attack by force, he will be released to observe the military situation." Gao Qingyi was extremely helpless. "Besides, does the general think that it will take no time to pack up the balloon in the middle of the night? What about looking at the half-hour map in advance?

? Just retreat 10,000 steps and burn it, but why burn it? Are we in the same danger as the Song Army before? In my opinion, the movement under the city is, in all likelihood, normal.

It was the Song Army who was worried that their ambush would be revealed after dawn, when the Guantao reinforcements would attack us from both inside and outside, so they withdrew their troops in large numbers, and then they made some noise... It's just that when they came over in the middle of the night, the weather wasn't cold enough, so it wasn't so obvious.

.”

Jurchen Meng'an heard some resentment and knew that Gao Tong was a man who had developed a lot and was now being reused by Gao Jingshan, so he quickly smiled and said, "It's just a joke, don't pay attention to Gao Tong."

Gao Qingyi immediately shook his head.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Xiao En's desperate smuggling was too successful. It not only attracted Gao Jingshan's attention and allowed the Song Army to successfully transport the fleet out of sight, but what was equally important was that they and the two hot

The balloon was also delayed for a long time, causing the entire Yuancheng's attention to be focused on the river.

It was during this period that the Song Army was able to cross the river and build a large-scale fortification in the north of the city. This also made the Jin Army realize the strangeness and fell into a thinking trap:

That is, no matter what the movement is... Anyway, the movement is so loud tonight... Why must the Jin Army of Guantao give up their cavalry raids during the day and instead gain more than an hour to take the risk of dispatching at night?

?

Even the Jurchen generals who have been dissatisfied with Gao Jingshan's conservative strategy since the beginning of the war have nothing to say... Even if they are not afraid, why bother?

What can be decided in one hour? Besides, the victory of Hedao tonight really shows that Gao Jingshan’s calculation is correct!

"Go back to sleep!"

Gao Jingshan went through all his arrangements in his mind, thought about Dasheng and the two fireballs on the river, and finally shook his head and went down to the city. "Tomorrow morning, I will wait for the two Wanmen, Liohe and Ali.

When you arrive, call me again!"

Unlike Gao Qingyi, Jurchen Meng'an still maintained enough respect for Gao Jingshan and quickly handed him over.

In this way, the sky turned, the east turned pale, and amidst the common early morning mist in winter, the long night finally passed.

However, it was not the messenger sent by Meng'an from the north of the city that woke up Gao Jingshan, but the sudden bombardment!

The sound of cannonballs piercing the air came roaring in a uniform manner, followed by a dull but heavy bombardment. Because the impact points were also very uniform, it was as clear as thunder, so that Gao Dutong, who was sleeping in the attic,

He was awakened instantly.

"What happened?" Gao Jingshan didn't even have time to put on his fox fur, so he turned over and yelled. "Is this a bombardment? Where was the bombardment?!"

All the attendants inside and outside the upstairs also just heard the noise. How can they explain it clearly?

But Gao Jingshan came to his senses, hurriedly put on his fox fur, then pulled his boots and walked downstairs. Just as he turned to the corridor on the second floor below, where the terrain was slightly wider and the view was slightly clearer, he heard another loud whistling sound, and then There was another sound like thunder.

What I heard clearly this time was the movement of the city wall in the east and north... And this made Gao Jingshan even more embarrassed, because the East City is adjacent to the Yellow River, and only the southeast corner has a water gate and a pier. In other words, whether it is In both the original city design and the later city defense layout, the east side was the weakest.

This is why Gao Jingshan must defend the southeast water gate and build artillery positions to block the river.

But, it was like that last night, why is it like this now?

Did the Song Army build an artillery cart that could fire across the entire Yellow River? If so, what was the purpose of the troops on the river last night? And why didn't they directly bombard the water gate in the southeast of the city?

No reason?

I was thinking wildly in my mind, so that I was completely shocked, but in front of me, Gao Jingshan had already returned to normal. Then he continued to go downstairs and headed straight to the east of the city. At the same time, he did not forget to put on his boots and hat. He slowed down and saw With the commander acting like this, the surrounding guards calmed down, hurriedly packed up the honor guard queue, grabbed their horses, and headed east. At the same time, the temporarily alarmed defenders in the city also began to stop being panicked and restrained by the officers... …Among them, the mobile troops in the center of the city even discovered the existence of the capital commander Gao Jingshan and his personal guards, but they took the initiative to follow them.

Such a fuss showed that Gao Jingshan's arrangements were very orderly. In fact, when Gao Jingshan mounted his horse and walked eastward along Damingfu Central Avenue to the third street, Song Jun had only carried out seven attacks. Just a round of volleys.

At this time, under the mist that gradually dispersed as the sun rose in the east, Gao Jingshan keenly noticed that there was a sudden commotion in Beicheng. When... he had to find out what was going on in East City first!

However, soon a Han army officer was ordered to come from Dongcheng and informed him of the situation.

"There are small ships carrying ballistas and large ships equipped with gun carriages in the river?" Gao Jingshan finally became angry. "Did the Song people's ships fly here?! Last night, they built a plank road secretly to Chencang, but where is Chencang?" !”

The Han army officers who came to report were helpless and could only pause in the street: "You will know it by yourself if you look at it! The fog disperses quickly in the morning, so you won't get it wrong at this close distance!"

Even though he was scolding, Gao Jingshan was actually panicking in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have lost all composure on his face. He just whipped his whip in the air in anger and accelerated towards the east.

But after just another salvo, Gao Jingshan already believed it in his heart. He just wanted to go to the city to see the situation with his own eyes and think about how these ships crossed Chencang.

But at this time, a horse came from the north along the east wall. It was none other than Gao Qingyi, who lived in Cuiyun Tower in the north of the city. He shouted to each other from a distance of dozens of steps: "Du Tong! Don't go to Dongcheng, follow me to Beicheng quickly! Something big happened in Beicheng!"

Gao Jingshan's heart felt cold, he just reined in his horse quickly and said bravely: "Now that things have happened, why panic? Gao Tongshi, they said that there are dozens of ships in the Songjun River, the ones carrying ballistae... Let's go and see them together. look."

"You don't have to look. Although I don't know where the boat comes from, it says so on the east wall along the way. That must be it. Right now, the north is the one you should look at." Gao Qingyi had already rushed to the front as he spoke. , continue to urge. "Let him smash it to the east. This Yuancheng city is so strong and the city wall is so thick. If I don't smash it, it will collapse in ten days. If it is smashed, there may be a big war in the north!"

"How do you say this?" Gao Jingshan, who was dressed in a neat fox fur, managed to suppress his doubts and shock about the gun carriage and blurted out on the horse.

Gao Qingyi, who was disheveled on the horse, hesitated to speak. He just held on to the reins of the horse and kept shaking: "I don't know what to say... Just follow me and take a look! Anyway, you must We have to go to Beicheng!”

Gao Jingshan was half panicked and half confused as he followed Gao Qingyi to the north. On the way, the fog finally dissipated quickly in the sunlight. The sunlight from the east had already cast the shadow of the city wall to the ground. The city gradually changed from the state when the shelling began. After recovering from the panic, the army began to mobilize in a thorough and orderly manner.

But it was precisely because of this that people from Nancheng and the city caught up and reported. One said that the Song army in the south of the city did not retreat, but began to camp in large numbers outside the city, as if to lock the city. The other said that the fog had dispersed, and the west of the city was separated by Yong. Jiqu actually saw the outline of a cavalry group.

However, Gao Qingyi just scolded these people to go back and defend, and urged Gao Jingshan to go north quickly. Perhaps in order to avoid the gunboats on the river, they also turned specifically to the north gate gate tower.

When we arrived at the city gate tower in the north, the usual winter mist had completely dissipated, and a red sun appeared on the horizon. Counting the time, it was almost time for the two ten thousand households in Guantao to set off.

But Gao Jingshan, who climbed up the east-west staircase, had no intention of looking at the sun or thinking about the palace. The first thing he noticed was the face of the Jurchen Meng'an who looked down on the Song Army last night... This person's face was pale. Bai, who was waiting for him on the city eagerly, saw him arriving, and even raised his hand numbly to the north.

It has completely lost the vibrancy it had a few hours ago.

On the north tower of Daming Mansion Yuancheng, with some strong uneasiness, Gao Jingshan, who had just climbed the stairs, immediately looked north, and then stood at the top of the stairs in astonishment.

After more than ten rests, he picked up his steps and walked slowly to the battlements, taking in the grand scene in front of him with a confused look.

It turns out that on the land between the two rivers, which is more than ten miles wide from east to west in the north of Yuancheng, there are countless flags, troops, civilians, and fortifications completely covering the land.

And these people, these flags, these objects, and even this land are all cast with a golden-red light under the newly rising winter sun.

It is integrated, yet shining, and yet it seems to be living like a huge creature.

It turns out that the true form of the mist that showed its teeth and claws last night was so magnificent?!

After being dizzy for a while, Gao Jingshan's eyes were instinctively drawn to the four-character scroll facing the city gate, about two miles away. He stared at the four characters on the scroll for a few seconds. Only then did I follow the movement direction of the people behind the big banner and noticed the defense line at the northernmost end, which was still under construction at this time... This defense line, which at least had a solid fence and a trench, was obviously a little skewed, but it had been paved. The narrow area east of Yongji Canal has been filled, and more than half of the several miles to the west have been paved, leaving only a gap of two or three miles, and this gap is being filled at an extremely fast speed.

The sun continued to rise in the east, shining more brightly on the two Yellow Rivers. Gao Jingshan continued to look in front of him, but he saw that between the big banner and the city gate, a part of the Song army was obviously ready, and small groups of patrolling cavalry continued.

, several heavy infantry phalanxes simply formed in front of the city gate, and to the west of Yongji Canal behind this army, it seemed from a distance that there was a fresh reserve army hidden behind the flag, plus

The cavalry army that Ximen reported to before...

Without time to think about it, Gao Jingshan continued to look to the east and saw that to the north and east of Dahu, behind these troops, other troops and civilians were still transporting supplies in an endless stream... The Yongcheng was only a few dozen paces wide.

The Ji Canal is covered with simple wooden materials that serve as pontoons, almost covering the entire canal, making it look like flat ground. On the east side of the Yellow River, there are dozens of pontoon bridges, and there are even small ships going left and right to transport construction materials.

And as he continued to look, Gao Jingshan saw something that made him feel as if he had been struck by lightning, but he was completely stunned. It was a Song Army ship. It was such a big ship. At this time, it actually rolled over on the land on the other side of the river.

!

However, just when he saw this, the person who interrupted Gao Jingshan's trance and observation appeared.

Riding from north to south, Pegasus came to the city and shouted from afar: "I have something to say! Yue Fei, the marshal of Hebei Province in the Song Dynasty, sent an envoy to report to Gao Jingshan, the commander of the marching department of the Daming Mansion of the Jin Kingdom... Now Yuancheng has been trapped on all sides.

, if there is no life after ten deaths, why didn’t Gao Dutong surrender early? If he surrenders, he must comply with the decree of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, even though war criminals can be punished with first-class crimes! Or they may be pardoned!”

Gao Jingshan finally came to his senses, turned his head and stared at the Jurchen: "Fire the arrow!"

After Jurchen Meng'an was ordered to do so, she hurriedly did not order the archers to be gathered. Instead, she directly picked up the hard bow at her feet, bent the bow and shot an arrow... Missing an arrow, the knights of the Song Army under the city reined in their horses, put down the pegs, and started to fight.

Return to the formation.

At this time, the Song Army in the east of the city was still shelling non-stop. After another dull thunder, countless Jin Army officers on the northern city wall stared at Gao Jingshan.

Hearing this, Gao Jingshan tried his best to smile and raised a finger, but he hesitated and could only put it down, raise it again and then stop.

After the third lift, Gao Jingshan knew that he could not let go any more, otherwise his morale would be lost, but his heart was already in chaos... And after waiting for a while, the commander of the marching department of the Jin Kingdom's Daming Mansion, the Jin Kingdom's founding residence

The general, however, took advantage of the situation and pointed his finger north, raised his head and laughed.

However, the laughter did not last long at all, and gradually disappeared, replaced by the sound of rapid breathing, and the finger stretched out by Gao Jingshan gradually began to tremble:

"Everyone, I originally wanted to laugh and say that this kid Yue Fei is setting himself up for death... but isn't it just self-deception?!"

The generals were silent. What they responded to him was that another round of artillery carts from Dongcheng hit the city.

But Gao Jingshan didn't care at all. When the sound of the cannons and stones subsided, he continued to point his finger at the big scroll and responded sternly: "With three thousand dead men and twenty small boats as bait, we built plank roads in the open and secretly visited Chencang, and made painstaking preparations."

, became a city overnight! What kind of determination is this?! What kind of courage is this?! Isn’t it natural that we are being played by such people?! But Daming Prefecture is the gateway to Hebei, and the country entrusts such critical places with us

, do we want to hand this city over without saying a word or shooting an arrow just because someone is so brave?!"

"Can't..." Meng'an, the Jurchen stationed in Beicheng, tried his best to respond, but his voice was weak.

"Pass my military order!" Gao Jingshan put away his finger and responded coldly with his hands behind his hands. "Gao Tongshi is right. The most important thing today is Beicheng. It is the battle outside Beicheng. The sentries and cavalry are all coming from the west of the city.

Go out and spread out orders. Every one who can leave is one. As long as there is one who can meet Ali and Piaohe, tell them the military situation here and tell them that today is the biggest fighter opportunity to relieve the siege. They must fight hard... From the northwest that has not been built

Good gap rush! Cross Yongji Canal in advance, rush over there, rush over, and come to the west gate. We will attack from inside and outside. As long as the reinforcements are connected with the city, the Song army will lose its foundation and significance!"

"Here!"

The morale of the surrounding officers was slightly elevated.

"Secondly, we still need to go out from the west of the city and spread out to deliver orders. One by one, we can go to the stronghold along the river in the east... and order the boats to be burned! Every one of these boats in the towns along the river behind Xiaowuxi will be burned.
To be continued...