Fenghou

Chapter 1491
Yang Zaixing had already received Chen Qing's order and was fully prepared. As soon as the city gate was opened, the Song army immediately discovered the enemy's situation, and the alarm bells rang loudly in the camp.

Li Fuxing, the governor of the capital, led [-] crossbowmen in place quickly to suppress the enemy's impact on the camp. [-] cavalry were also ready on the left and right in the northwest.

To deal with the Goryeo soldiers, [-] soldiers are enough. The Western Army's main defense is the breakout of the [-] Jurchen cavalry, so the [-] Western Army cavalry also stood still behind.

At the same time, the Western Army camp in the south also noticed a change in the army in the city. Chen Qing immediately ordered Liu Cui and Gao Ding to command [-] cavalry each, Yue Yun and Zhang Xian each to command [-] cavalry, and Chen Qing personally commanded [-] cavalry. Sitting in the camp.

As long as the Jurchen cavalry is dispatched, the [-] cavalry in the south will also be dispatched at the same time.

The [-] Koryo soldiers are not stupid. They saw the strong bows and crossbows of the [-] troops in front of the camp. The width of the camp is about twenty miles, and the width of the Western Army camp is fifteen miles.

Therefore, there is still a width of nearly five miles to the west, and the Western Army camp cannot be blocked. If the Western Army soldiers stay in the camp, the Korean soldiers can completely bypass the Western Army camp and flee to the north.

Of course, they only had one day's dry food on them, so whether they could support them to travel three hundred miles to Jinzhou, or even to Goryeo, thousands of miles away, was another matter.

In Wanyan Nianhan's eyes, the five mile vacancy over there is a trap, with a blockade at both ends, none of them can survive. He would rather lead the army into the camp, at least there is still a glimmer of life.

At this time, Wanyan Nianhan was standing on the top of the wall, watching the mighty Goryeo soldiers rushing to the west, he was secretly annoyed, these bastards did not obey his command, and he clearly let them attack the camp, unexpectedly there was not a single one People rushed to the camp, could there be a way out if they ran to the gap to the west?
At this time, the sentinel cavalry came to report, "Marshal Qi, the cavalry of the Western Army in the southern camp has assembled. There are at least 8 or [-] people, ready to attack!"

Wanyan Nianhan nodded secretly, Chen Qing really had seen his intentions long ago, the Koryo soldiers stood still and waited for him to leave the city, flanking back and forth, annihilating his own army.

Perhaps because of getting older, Wanyan Nianhan in his old age has lost the decisiveness of the past. If in the past, food was running out anyway, sooner or later it would be a decisive battle. There is a silver lining.

But there are [-] troops waiting in front of him, and another [-] troops watching behind him. In the end, he is afraid that his entire army will be wiped out.

Worrying about gains and losses, Wanyan Nianhan finally didn't have the courage to lead his army to break through. He still had to wait for Wanyan Wushu's response. Wanyan Nianhan finally didn't give the order to attack. He watched as many Korean soldiers ran into the western gap.

Fifty thousand Goryeo soldiers were surrounded by [-] cavalry. Thousands of Goryeo soldiers who tried to force their way north were shot and killed by the Western cavalry. The other soldiers were too frightened to charge again.

Soldiers of the Western Army continued to shout in Goryeo: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who surrender will have enough to eat!"

It would be good for these Goryeo soldiers to be used as miners to mine iron ore. Chen Qing finally gave up his original plan to kill all Goryeo soldiers.

Goryeo soldiers who had no food and no way to survive finally got a glimmer of life. They put down their weapons and knelt down and surrendered. Groups of Goryeo soldiers were taken away by the cavalry and temporarily placed in prisoner-of-war camps. Don’t even think about returning to Goryeo. For mine membership, his wife and children came to reunite with them.

As the night darkened, the war drums in the Western Army camp rang again, and the night battle, which had been suspended for two days, kicked off again.

This time, fifty heavy trebuchets from the north and the south launched a fierce attack on Laibin County.

On the high platform of the Western Army camp, Chen Qing was quietly watching the progress of the 250 Western Army. The Western Army stopped [-] steps away, and the heavy trebuchets continued to move forward, and also stopped [-] steps away. Leading the cattle back to the camp, other soldiers were fixing the catapults.

A total of [-] trebuchets from the north and the south were positioned one after another. Two soldiers and cavalry rushed from the north and the south and reported under the high platform, "Report Your Highness, the northern army is already in place!"

"Report to Your Highness, the Southern Army is already in place!"

Although Yang Zaixing and Liu Cui will command separately during the specific battle, Chen Qing still needs to command unified command for some joint offensive nodes and some places that need to cooperate with each other.

Chen Qing nodded, and immediately ordered: "Start attacking!"

The hundred men below him raised their big drumsticks and slammed them hard on the giant drum.

"Boom-thump-"

From the camp of the Western Army, there was a muffled sound of drums, which spread very far away at night. This was the order to start the attack.

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In fact, the western army could completely blow down the wall of this small county with a heavy iron fire mine, but in order to destroy the enemy's will to fight, Chen Qing still decided to use continuous night battles to break down the morale of the Jurchen army time and time again.

The heavy-duty trebuchet has been slightly modified, and the winch has been changed to a rear-mounted one. Huge defensive panels have also been installed on both sides of the trebuchet. It is a three-inch thick wooden board covered with a layer of iron and five layers of cooked cowhide. Hold the bed crossbow on the side of the opponent to attack, and protect the soldiers of the Western Army who operate the catapult.

Of course, there is also a wooden frame baffle in front. The reason for installing baffles on both sides is mainly to prevent the enemy from shooting from the side. The reason for the casualties of more than [-] people before is that some soldiers will still be exposed to the enemy's fire. Under the crossbow.

This time, the Western Army replaced kerosene with boulders, and the destructive and intimidating power of the boulder attack was no less than that of kerosene.

The winch began to creak and twist, and the long arm was pulled down. Several soldiers put an [-]-jin boulder into the throwing iron bucket. After half a year of training, the soldiers of the Western Army have mastered throwing stones. With the strength and distance of the machine, they knew how to hit the wall accurately.

"put!"

One shouted, and the soldiers released the winch handle at the same time, the winch wheel turned, and the long arm threw the boulder violently.

The 100-yuan boulder flew away from the north and the south almost at the same time, drawing arcs in the night, and violently smashed towards the two-foot-high city wall 250 steps away.

The night attack on the enemy city kicked off again.

'boom! 'A boulder of a hundred catties hit the battlements, and the strong impact broke the two battlements, leaving a big gap, and the four or five Jurchen soldiers hiding behind the battlements were thrown out, bloody and bloody, and several bed crossbows It was also smashed to pieces, and the exclamation and screams rang out.

The huge boulders were fired continuously, and boulders roared and smashed against the city wall one by one, making dull impact sounds and the cracking of city bricks from time to time. A gap was hit three times in a row, and the city wall collapsed with a loud funnel-shaped gap.

Wanyan Nianhan was in a very depressed mood, and returned to the camp in the city. Of course, he saw the intention of the Western Army. He could blow up the city wall, but he didn't do it for a long time, just like a giant cat catching a mouse. eat up.

(End of this chapter)