Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 429: Swords and Spears on the City Wall
Facing a fierce attack led by a marching general Meng An and his personal guards, although the Jingnan army was also fearless, some gaps were obviously not solved by fearlessness.

When the opponent chops at you with a knife, whether to dodge and block it or to charge forward regardless of life and death, the two instinctive choices made in a split second are basically the difference between an ordinary soldier and a sharp warrior.

However, the new recruits of the Jingnan Army who are now fighting on the city walls are not the strongest elite.

However, there were not only ordinary soldiers on the city walls. In order to deal with the Jin army's attack on the first day, elite troops from various units were already waiting under the city walls.

Seeing the flag of the Marching Army raised on the city wall, Lei Ben stood up and gave the order without waiting for the arrival of the military messenger to deliver the order: "Where is that fellow Li Jindao? Didn't he keep clamoring to kill the Jin bandits? Now let him lead 200 soldiers to climb the city wall from north to south, and I will go from south to north to wipe out the bandits on the city wall! If there is any mistake, he will be held accountable!"

Also, pass on my order: after I leave, have the rest of the troops stop and rest, put on their armor and form a formation outside the city walls!"

The selected vanguard troops responded loudly, then picked up their swords and axes and followed their commander into the city.

At this time, Huang Hengsan's troops, consisting of nearly forty soldiers, had climbed to the top of the city wall. They occupied a section of the city wall less than twenty steps long, blocking both ends of the wall and continuously advancing outward, creating space for the Jin army to climb the city.

At this time, two more ladders were set up on this section of the city wall. Although the Eight Ox Crossbows and the Divine Arm Bow were constantly spraying arrows, there were still Jin army soldiers climbing up with large shields.

"withstand!"

The marching commander Shi Yuan roared, bent down, and covered the left half of his body with the tattered wooden shield.

With a few muffled thuds, the iron shield lived up to expectations and blocked most of the crossbow arrows.

Shi Yuan swung his broadsword in front of the shield, chopped off more than ten arrows stuck in the shield, and pointed at the crossbowmen of the Jingnan Army on the horse-faced wall.

"Fire arrows!"

More than ten Jin soldiers drew their bows and shot arrows. Three or four Jingnan soldiers who were bending over to string their arrows were hit by arrows and fell off the city wall with screams.

But Shi Yuan didn't even look over there, he just looked at the Meng'an flag with a worried look on his face.

Huang Hengsan's safety is not only related to his military merit rewards, but also to his life and property.

Marching General Meng'an took the lead, and the marching generals were also desperate. Even the soldier Lazi was vying for the first place, so until now, Shi Yuan has not been able to grab a position to climb the city wall.

"Ladder! Climb the ladder quickly!" Shi Yuan turned around and shouted, but he only heard a scream in front of him. It turned out that a ladder was overturned by the Jingnan Army on the top of the city, and the four Jin army soldiers on it fell heavily to the ground like flour bags.

Instead, Shi Yuan was overjoyed. He ignored his comrades wailing on the ground, called two or three personal guards, and put the ladder on the wall again.

"You two, hold on to the ladder, and everyone else follow me!" After saying that, Shi Yuan climbed up the ladder first.

"Shoot, shoot!" Puliyan, who was standing under the city, commanded more than 30 archers to suppress the Jingnan Army on the horse-faced wall.
"Be careful..." A Jin soldier who was drawing his bow with his head raised just shouted when he was knocked to the ground by a stone the size of a human head.

Puliyan had no choice but to order his men to step back two steps. When he looked up, he saw the eight-ox crossbow on the other side of the horse-faced wall aimed at him. He was so frightened that he almost died.

He just wanted to dodge, but it was too late. Amidst the strange whistling sound of breaking through the air, seven crossbow arrows of different sizes came down at an angle. Dust and blood mist flew up at the same time, and the sound of metal twisting and screaming merged into one.

Shi Yuan turned a deaf ear to them. While the Jingnan Army was pouring fire on the soldiers below the city, he climbed up the city wall and saw Huang Hengsan more than ten steps away at first sight.

The brave Meng'an rested while holding his axe and observing the battle situation.

"General! General!" Shi Yuan had just shouted twice when he heard the sound of drums from the top of the city wall. The Jin soldiers who were blocking the enemy on the north side retreated one after another and had already retreated in front of Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan looked closely, but saw that several Jin soldiers had been knocked to the ground, and two of them were obviously frightened and gave up fighting, turning around and fleeing.

A big man holding a huge mace took off his helmet and threw it out, hitting the fleeing Jin soldier in the back and knocking him to the ground.

"No...no..." The Jin army soldier crawled on the ground and looked back, the fear in his eyes seemed to be about to overflow.

The sturdy swordsman took two steps forward, spun the mace in his hand twice, and smashed it hard on the helmet of the Jin army on the ground.

The begging for mercy stopped abruptly.

"I am the commander of the elite vanguard army, and my golden sword is invincible!" The big man roared, heaving the blood-stained mace on his shoulder: "Golden thieves, come and fight to the death!"

The elite soldiers behind Li Jindao were also selected elites. They cooperated with each other to knock the enemy in front of them to the ground, and followed with a grin.

"Hey man, is that your sword?" Even though the Jin army was frightened by Li Jindao's amazing bravery and retreated again and again, there were still some who responded loudly.

Li Jindao's old face flushed. He just thought that this title was very impressive and it matched his name, so he reluctantly agreed to it after being urged by his comrades.

He actually wanted to claim that he was invincible with a stick, but was rejected by the commander-in-chief. It was a pity.

"Bullshit!" The elite soldier behind Li Jindao struck a blow to the Jin army lying on the ground and wailed. Then he followed Li Jindao and strode forward: "The golden dog is not only weak, but also blind. What Boss Li holds in his hand is clearly a knife."

"Brothers, don't you agree?"

"Correct!"

"You can't see such a big golden sword!"

"Pick out your eyeballs and use them as bubbles to step on!"

"Ha ha!"

Amidst the noisy shouting and cursing, the two sides started fighting again with ping pong.

The city wall, which is more than ten feet wide, is a standard narrow road. The brave survive and the cowardly die. Neither the Wusheng Army nor the Jingnan Army has room to maneuver. Life and death are a one-time deal.

Aside from Li Jindao, who continued to swing his massive mace with great force, the others wielded short weapons and round shields, either smashing with bone clubs or stabbing through the gaps in armor with their short knives. Screams, pain, shouts, curses, and laughter mingled with the sound of shattering bones and armor, creating a terrifying atmosphere.

Shi Yuan never expected that the top of the city had turned into such a Shura field. He mustered up the courage to draw his sword, and moved forward against the formation, wanting to rush up and deal with Li Jindao.

There were neither friendly nor enemy troops around Li Jindao. He swung his mace up and down like waving a straw. No matter how thick the armor of the Jin army was, they would all suffer the same fate if they were touched by the mace.

Although some agile Jin soldiers bypassed Li Jindao's attack range, he didn't care at all. The elite soldiers behind him who took turns to advance would overwhelm the enemy with their numerical advantage.

Seeing a Jin soldier who looked like an officer rushing up, Li Jindao turned the mace horizontally and smashed it towards the Jin soldier.

Shi Yuan was also a veteran of many battles. Seeing this, he leaped forward, his mace glancing at his back and hitting the parapet with a trail of sparks. With a loud bang, the parapet was smashed into pieces and flew everywhere.

"Huh?" Li Jindao never expected that Shi Yuan could dodge, but he didn't care much. He took two steps forward and kicked Shi Yuan in the side, kicking him into the corner of the wall.

Shi Yuan was so exhausted that he almost fainted. Just as he raised his head, he saw a red, yellow and white melon hammer head rapidly enlarging in his field of vision. After a sour feeling, he knew nothing.

"Luzhou Huo Da, kill an enemy general!"

The battle had reached this point, and Huang Hengsan could no longer continue to observe the situation from a high position. He continued to order his subordinates to climb the city wall without stopping, while personally leading the soldiers to meet Li Jindao, wanting to get rid of this brave general first.

Then Huang Hengsan was defeated.

Because there was no flag and no special markings on the generals, Li Jindao didn't know that the person in front of him was the first to climb the ladder. He swung his mace and hit him twice without any care.

Huang Hengsan was not willing to be outdone. He raised his axe and took two blows head-on. However, his hands became numb and blood came out of his knuckles. He could not hold the axe at all and it fell to the ground with a clang.

Afterwards, he was rescued by his personal guards at the risk of his life and carried to the rear of the formation.

"Who is this..." Huang Hengsan asked in shock, his arms trembling.

The guards beside him looked at Li Jindao, who was still displaying his might, and could not help but swallow their saliva and said, "He calls himself the Invincible Golden Sword..."

"And his knife?"

"Captain, is this the time to talk about this?" the guards said urgently, "Retreat! The Song army is pressing forward!"

"We can't retreat!" Huang Hengsan tried hard to suppress his trembling hands and took the bone flower tucked behind his waist. "Everyone, shoulder to shoulder! I don't believe that our entire army can't take him down!"

After saying that, he once again drove the Jin soldiers to attack forward desperately. After Li Jindao knocked four Jin soldiers away, the mace in his hand was finally held on to by a soldier at great risk of his life.

"Ah!" Taking advantage of Li Jindao's pause, another Jin soldier swung his long sword and chopped down with all his might. Although Li Jindao dodged, the long shaft of his mace was cut off by the blow.

"Kill him!" Four armored soldiers rushed forward, each holding a weapon, wanting to take advantage of Li Jindao's unarmed state to kill him.

However, Li Jindao was not fighting alone after all. He just took a step back, and several elite soldiers holding shields swarmed forward and took on this round of counterattack from the Jin army.

"Damn it!" Li Jindao was furious. He took the axe handed to him by his comrade and rushed out again. With just one blow, he knocked two soldiers who rushed over to him off the city wall.

Seeing Li Jindao's bravery, the soldiers of the elite army couldn't help but become more motivated. They shouted a lot of slogans and continued to press towards the Jin army.

Li Jindao took the opportunity to rotate backwards and take a short rest.

The ladders were overturned one by one, and the crossbowmen who had just been killed began to pour crossbow arrows towards the city again under the command of the officers.

Li Jindao fought all the way, and even if his cold weapons were inefficient, he still had a lot of murders on his hands. After he led the charge again, the remaining thirty or so Jin soldiers on the top of the city finally lost their footing and slowly retreated behind them.

There is no such fierce elite army over there.

The three Jin troops under Huang Heng were stunned to see the Meng'an flag on the top of the city moving towards the south. They didn't know whether to continue to attack this section of the city wall or follow the flag.

Soon they won't have to worry about it anymore.

It was already very uncomfortable to have Li Jindao and more than ten soldiers chasing after him, and after Lei Ben led his men to block Huang Hengsan from the south side of the city wall, it seemed that these soldiers had only one way out, which was to jump over the wall.

But Huang Hengsan was not an easy person to deal with. The reason why he did not retreat down the ladder when he had the chance to do so was because he thought there was still a chance of winning.

Where is the chance of winning?
At the city gate.

He led his soldiers to run south because the city gate was on the south.

During a siege, the defenders generally didn't block the gates too early. If they simply avoided fighting, allowing the enemy to flex their muscles outside the city walls, morale within would quickly crumble. Only by continually attacking and winning small battles could the defenders demonstrate that the enemy was not invincible, allowing them to hold out longer.

If the city gate could be captured and the Wusheng Army allowed in, there would be no suspense in this siege.

If one point is broken, the big thing will be decided!

"Jump!" Seeing a short and strong man with elite soldiers coming from the south, Huang Hengsan knew that he could not wait any longer. He pointed to a blue brick house built next to the city wall and jumped up first.

General, did you jump in the wrong direction? The city is on the other side!
The personal guards around him were a little anxious, and followed their own Meng'an and jumped onto the house.

Several Jin soldiers slipped, breaking a few tiles and tumbling across the courtyard. Many more soldiers managed to hold on, but before they could relax, the roof couldn't support so many soldiers. The sound of wood and tiles snapping could be heard everywhere, and several more soldiers fell through the roof, screaming and falling into the house.

"Follow me! Take the city gate!" Huang Hengsan stepped onto the pile of firewood beside the wall and landed steadily on the ground. The other Jin soldiers followed his example. Then he waved his hand for the remaining 17 soldiers to follow him, kicked open the gate, and rushed to the street.

At this time, the 400 elite soldiers who were originally defending here had all climbed the city wall, and the subsequent soldiers were putting on armor, which was a good opportunity for defense.

Most of the people patrolling the streets were organized civilians, some of them were maintaining order, and some were transporting supplies to the city walls. They were startled by the sudden attack, and although they put up some resistance, they were still slaughtered by the ferocious Jin soldiers.

Huang Hengsan ignored the civilians fleeing in the street and the pursuers behind him. He turned a corner and rushed straight towards the city gate.

"I am the Great Jin Army's general Meng'an. Who dares to stop me?"

"Kill Song Gou!"

The more than 20 Jingnan Army soldiers guarding the end of the street never expected that the Jin army would attack from behind. They were all newly recruited soldiers who had not experienced a series of major battles. In panic, they thought that section of the city wall had been breached. Their morale was greatly reduced, and they were unexpectedly defeated by 18 exhausted Jin soldiers.

Although Huang Hengsan's arms had regained some strength, they were still numb, but he didn't care. He used his axe to pry open the deer antlers that were in the way and attacked forward again.

Seeing their own army marching so bravely, the morale of the Jin army was greatly boosted. They also drew their weapons and rushed towards the city gate, shouting and cursing.

At this time, the city gate was less than fifty steps away from them!

　I have a cold and a fever, so there should only be one chapter today.

　　Everyone, take care of yourselves. This cold is pretty severe...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)