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In the face of danger, the past was scattered and quickly gathered together.
"It's the imperial driver of Zhao Guan's family!"
Someone suddenly shouted.
"It's Zhao Guan's house!"
"..."
The crowd became lively.
Zhao Ning heard the voices outside.
It is a good thing that there is unprecedented unity in the city of Tokyo.
The Great Song Dynasty was still a state of disunity, with the military acting in its own way and officials arguing endlessly.
But at least Tokyo City is united!
Suddenly, the carriage slowed down, and someone was moving slowly in front.
The Praetorian Guards are preparing to step forward to negotiate.
Zhao Ning opened the curtain and saw soldiers and civilians transporting armaments in front of them.
There are boxes of arrows, armor, and trebuchets.
He stopped the guards, and then turned the carriage around.
Jing Chao said: "Officials, the roads in various places may be somewhat congested now, and the only Royal Street is the smoothest."
Royal Street was originally dedicated to the emperor's travel, from the imperial palace to Nanxun Gate in Nancheng.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Tokyo Chengyu Street was nearly 200 meters wide and nearly ten miles long. It was a very wide street.
"Then follow these soldiers and civilians."
Now all the military and civilians are given priority, and all combat preparations are given priority.
More than half an hour later, the emperor arrived at the South City Gate.
Zhao Ning got off the carriage, and Zhang Bofen brought people over.
The surrounding soldiers and civilians are carrying military supplies, including armor, swords, fire oil tanks, crossbows and so on.
Teams of soldiers pushed trebuchets up the ramp to the city gate.
Many trebuchets have already been added to various parts of the city tower.
The military inspector manufactures and consigns equipment at the same time.
The 800 trebuchets are basically complete.
And box after box of Zhentianlei was pushed up, and even the urn city was equipped with trebuchets and filled with crossbows.
On the south gate, there are also ten bed crossbows.
The officers below the city were shouting, directing everyone to move things in an orderly manner.
In the nearby rooms, the doctors also prepared medicines, and there were also some nurse-like personnel specially organized by the Kaifeng government office.
They are also ready.
At this time, almost two-thirds of the medicinal herbs in the whole city were conscripted, purchased by the government, and made into urgently needed supplies for the war.
"Officials."
Zhao Ning strode up the tower, asking as he walked, "How is the situation?"
"The gold thief dispatched a large number of troops, including 100 trebuchets! There are countless goose carts and ladders, nearly [-]! There will be more people attacking the city this time."
When the words "will be more" are spoken, there is a sense of heaviness.
Just from the number of catapults, it can be seen that it is ten times that of the last time.
And the ladder has directly increased from 5 units to [-] units.
If the last time was just a threat, then this time Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang really meant it.
In this year's Taiyuan City, Wanyan Zonghan also used hundreds of trebuchets to dig the city and cut off the water, using the limit that humans can think of.
It is almost time to attack Tokyo City now.
As soon as Zhao Ning went up, he saw that the golden army had already lined up in the ice and snow ahead.
The infantry was at the front, and the square formations were as neat as measured with a ruler.
Different from the logistics soldiers of the food transport team attacked by Yue Fei, these golden troops were all the best of the best, all wearing heavy armor, and they were the most powerful fighters of this era.
There is a long trebuchet in front, and the people behind are pushing the ladder to the front to pull it.
Standing on the top of the city, you can hear the rhythmic voices of the soldiers of the Golden Army.
Looking down like this, there is a large sea of black steel.
Zhang Bofen said: "Officials, leave this place quickly, the Jin people are about to attack the city."
Zhao Ning turned around and saw that some soldiers had serious expressions on their faces, so he walked quickly to the entrance of the tower and said loudly, "My sons!"
Everyone's eyes gathered here at the same time.
"Boys! The gold thieves are attacking the city again! They're trying to scare us with those guys!"
His eyes quickly swept over everyone.
"1000 years ago, the Huns who swept across the grassland thought they were invincible, and were wiped out by the Han!"
"700 years ago, Hu people went south, and the Central Plains was at stake. Can you still hear the names of those Hu people?"
"500 years ago, the Turkic people came and went like the wind in Mobei, and the Jieli Khan army came to Chang'an City. Where are the Turkic people now!"
"More than 100 years ago, the Khitan people who claimed to be invincible also came here! Then they fled north in a hurry!"
He was talking about the capture of Kaifeng City by Yelu Deguang, Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty of Khitan during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
The Khitan people believed that they could conquer the Central Plains by capturing Kaifeng. As a result, the Han people rose up and attacked, and the Khitan army was completely defeated. When they retreated to Hebei, they were severely beaten by the soldiers and civilians of Hebei.
Before the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, the Han people were very brave in war.
At the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, it inherited the legacy of the Later Zhou Dynasty. When Zhao Kuangyin was still there, he was full of martial arts, and he almost attacked wherever he pointed, sweeping Yunei.
Even the Liao Kingdom did not dare to confront the Song army head-on.
That was the most glorious moment of the founding of the Song Dynasty.
The strong army of the forbidden army and the iron cavalry of Jingsai are all prestigious existences.
It's a pity that he was defeated by that "car god" Zhao Guangyi.
Zhao Ning felt a strong crisis, and a strong rebound against this crisis also emerged in his heart.
His voice echoed between the towers.
At first, the people below were still communicating, but after he said a few words, everyone's eyes shifted and they became quiet.
"They have all disappeared in history, but we are the only ones! Only the Han people, we have passed it down from generation to generation!"
"An enemy is coming, and our countless people with lofty ideals will take up the sword to defend our home and country!"
"There are heroic souls in the Martyrs' Shrine!"
"Today, the gold thief wants to fight us decisively, so we will fight to the end!"
Pointing to the city, he shouted loudly: "Behind is our home, we have no way out!"
Chapter 44 The Decisive Battle in Tokyo City
"Defend your homeland! Fight to the death!"
Shocking shouts erupted from the top of the city.
The Golden Army company camp outside the city is as armored as the sea.
The army and the people in the city are united, and their blood is boiling hot.
Half an hour later, the snow fell harder and harder, and the wind became stronger and stronger.
On both sides of the Yellow River, there are thousands of miles of ice, and thousands of miles of snow.
At some point, the world seemed to have fallen into a dull silence, leaving only the sound of wind and snow.
After a while, the heavy horn sound could be heard from outside the city.
Everyone in the city knew that the Jin army was preparing to attack.
The echo of the horn slowly dissipated between the sky and the earth, and then entered a short silence.
After a while, people in the city could hear faint footsteps.
It was not the footsteps of one person, but the footsteps of countless people.
Neat and consistent!
Bang bang, reverberating between heaven and earth.
The snow on the top of the city seemed to be trembling slightly.
If you stand at the top of the city, you can see that the neatly lined up military formations, like pieces of condensed steel, are advancing steadily in the open space outside Tokyo.
The snow was trampled so that large flakes rose up, like white mist rising from the tossing.
Between the gaps in the military formation, there are large catapults, each of which is six or seven meters high.
Dozens of people pushed behind each trebuchet, leaving long trails in the snow.
Next to the trebuchet, there is also a ladder combined with a goose cart.
They are like monsters, approaching Tokyo City.
Wanyan Zonghan drew out his knife and shouted: "Kill!"
The people centered on him began to shout: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The sound is rolling fast like ocean waves.
The shouts grew louder.
One hundred thousand troops!
There are [-] troops at the South Gate!
They spread out horizontally and stretched for several miles.
Shouting outside the city: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The shouting became louder and louder, echoing between the heaven and the earth, as if it turned into huge waves of tens of meters and pressed towards the city of Tokyo.
In front of such a sea of steel, in front of such a roaring tide, a person is like a flat boat in a stormy sea.
This kind of momentum is a fatal psychological blow to the place.
However, at the top of the city, some people began to shout loudly: "Defend the homeland! Fight to the end!"
The sound began to spread rapidly, and a stormy voice erupted from the top of the city: "Defend the homeland! Fight to the end!"
Every Song army is wearing armor and a helmet.
The helmet covers almost the entire head, leaving only the eyes.
They held crossbows in their hands and wore iron bones around their waists.
Others gripped their axes tightly.
Not long after, the drums of the Jin army sounded.
Suddenly, a huge stone pierced the sky and smashed towards the city.
Song Jun quickly raised his shield, and people hid under the shield.
With a bang, the boulder hit the shield, deforming the shield, and the bones of the arm holding the shield of the person below were directly shattered.
The huge impact surged in further, causing his internal organs to tremble violently, and he passed out immediately.
The Jin army sent out a hundred of such stones one after another, and threw them all at the tower.
Some hit the Song army like the first one, and some hit the city wall.
Next, hundreds of tall cloud ladders began to approach the tower.