Fenghou

Chapter 210 Vulnerability
At five o'clock, Zhao Xiaoyi came back.

After listening to Zhao Xiaoyi's report, Chen Qing pondered for a while and said, "Draw a picture, it will be more intuitive."

Zhao Xiaoyi found a piece of charcoal and drew a simple picture, explaining: "This hill is in the shape of a sickle, so the opponent's camp is also in the shape of a crescent. , and there are at least two hundred patrols deployed at the foot of the mountain, the defense is tight, the humble officer has carefully checked, and it is basically impossible to shoot arrows into the camp from the top of the mountain."

Chen Qing smiled and asked again: "Speaking of which, only the west and north can attack the enemy's camp?"

"Exactly! But the puppet Qi army patrols three miles away, and there are hundreds of people. If they find out and warn, the enemy camp will be able to deal with it calmly."

"But you are only one mile away from the enemy's camp, why didn't the patrols find you?" Chen Qing asked lightly.

"That's because humble officials bypassed the patrol"

Zhao Xiaoyi stopped, and suddenly he also discovered the loopholes of the puppet Qi army.

"The humble official is confused. The opponent has deployed a large number of patrols in the west, north and east directions, but they have not deployed on the back of the mountain. Our army can also go around and hide at the foot of the mountain. When it is launched, it will bypass the foot of the mountain. The enemy army is only one mile away at most."

"Actually, the backside of the east mountain is also the same thing, isn't it?"

"Exactly! The puppet Qi army also deployed patrols in the east, but there are indeed no patrols behind the mountains, and they can also hide behind the mountains in the east."

"Let's talk about the top of the mountain. There are two sentry posts on your drawing. How many sentries are there?"

"The sentry towers are very simple. It should be because there are no materials to build them. Each sentry tower can only accommodate two to three sentries at most. If the bell is not seen, it should be a gunpowder arrow."

"How wide is the top of the mountain?" Chen Qing asked again.

"It's about ten miles long, three hundred steps wide at most, and only a few dozen steps at the narrowest point."

"Is the sentry tower easy to remove?"

"It's easy to say."

Chen Qing asked very detailed questions, and he even wanted to know the rules of patrolling. Fortunately, Zhao Xiaoyi's scouting was very practical and meticulous, and every detail was implemented.

As the sky gradually dawned, Chen Qing looked at the densely recorded two pages, and was very satisfied with Zhao Xiaoyi's scouts. He may not have much experience and martial arts skills, but Zhao Xiaoyi is serious and down-to-earth in his work. Based on this alone, he is a qualified scout leader.

Everyone went to rest, while Chen Qing was still pacing and thinking in the big tent, deliberating every step, a bold and rigorous plan was finally formed in his mind.

Just after noon, a hundred siege ladders driven out by more than a dozen craftsmen were placed in front of the handsome tent. Zhang Zhongxiong looked at them carefully. It will not break, which really satisfies Zhang Zhongxiong.

The only regret is that there are no two big iron hooks installed on the front end. Of course, according to the two big iron hooks, it is not a simple siege ladder. It is a regular siege ladder. They can't make such a thick iron hook. Crafted by specialized craftsmen of the Song Dynasty military supervisor.

"Each person will be rewarded ten coins, and then continue to make. I need at least three hundred siege ladders, and I will give you three days to complete them!"

The exhausted craftsmen took the reward money and left. Zhang Zhongxiong said excitedly: "Send my order and prepare to attack Nancheng!"

Today, he only intends to attack the city tentatively, to understand the defense situation of the city, and to find the loopholes of the soldiers defending the city. At the same time, he also needs to figure out the siege strength of his own army. He has not led this army for a long time, only one month. , He also doesn't know much about the actual combat situation of this army.

'Boom!Boom!Boom! '

The drums in the puppet Qi barracks were loud, and the soldiers began to gather. Although Ganquan Fort was three miles away, they could vaguely see the posture of the army gathering. The guards immediately sounded the alarm.

'when!when!when! '

The alarm bell rang harshly, and the soldiers who had just had lunch began to gather quickly and rushed to the top of the city. Yang Yuanqing had just left his bowl and rushed to the top of the city just after eating half of his meal.

"General Yang, it seems that the puppet Qi army has completed a batch of siege ladders!" Zhang Xiao said calmly, looking at the barracks.

"Today should be just a trial siege, and the intensity of the attack will not be too great. I guess the control side should be about the same. In short, today we will go all out and give them a head-on blow."

Yang Yuanqing immediately sent an order, "All the troops go to the city, and all the special troops are in place!"

They have four special forces, one is the long-handled ax team, the other is the long rope team, the other is the bow team, and the other is the medical rescue team. These are the experience of defending the city accumulated in previous wars. These teams are small in number, but they can play an important role at critical moments and even change the situation of the battle.

'Woo!Woo! The horn of attack sounded, and five thousand troops rushed towards the south city like a tide. The first to rush up were three thousand crossbowmen. Shooting at the top of the city, it completely suppressed the Song army on the top of the city, causing the soldiers of the Song army to squat down one after another, unable to show their heads.

The siege general Sun Ping was overjoyed, and with a wave of his sword, "Soldiers attack!"

Amid the fierce battle drums, two thousand soldiers rushed to the top of the city with one hundred siege ladders on their shoulders.

The Song army began to counterattack. A thousand archers stood about a foot away from the city, squatting on the ground, and the standard bearer waved the battle flag.

A thousand soldier arrows shot out of the city in an instant, like dense locusts pounced on the ground outside the city, 'Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh! 'It rained down on the running soldiers' heads, and the shields could hardly resist the heavy and sharp arrows.

If the thick and long arrows of soldiers fell down, if they were hit by one arrow, they would almost penetrate the whole body. Soldiers continued to cry and fell down. The army finally rushed to the bottom of the city.

At this time, the second batch of two thousand soldiers also rushed to the city wall holding the Long Contradictory card, supplementing the number of the siege team and keeping the number of soldiers under each siege ladder at about [-].

A series of siege planes climbed to the top of the city, and the soldiers climbed up the ladder aggressively.

On the top of the city, Yang Yuanqing shouted: "Hand the axe, and the long rope team is ready!"

Fifty axemen leaned against the battlements with long-handled axes in their hands, and used the battlements as a cover. When the siege ladder was close to the top of the city, they immediately jumped out, swung their sharp axes, and slashed down hard, fast, hard and accurate, 'Crack! 'A crossbar was cut off, and the soldiers immediately turned around and hid behind the battlements, just like they had been training for the past two days, after preparing for the second time, they slashed down with an ax again,'Crack! 'The second rung was cut with precision.

After cutting off three rungs in a row, the axeman went to look for the next siege ladder. There were only fifty of them, but the opponent had a hundred siege ladders.

After the axeman finished his task, it was the turn of the long rope team to play. They used ropes to trap the ladder, and the other two soldiers pushed the ladder with their long forks against the ladder desperately, while the long rope pulled hard to the side.

Other soldiers smashed down with rolling logs and rocks. Soldiers were constantly shot by cold arrows and fell to the city, and soldiers were immediately added.

The soldiers who attacked the city felt the ladder shaking. They shouted and raised their shields against the rolling logs and stones above their heads. Turned over a few people.

Finally, a few brave puppet Qi soldiers withstood the rolling logs and rocks, climbed to the top, and were about to jump up to the city, but they missed the space. Scolding and screaming, he fell to the bottom of the city.

How can the soldiers not hate that at the critical moment, the few upper rungs are gone, so where should they grab it?Where to step?These craftsmen deserve to be hacked to pieces!Work is too careless.

Almost every soldier on the siege ladder was yelling at the craftsmen, but they didn't see the figure of the long axe flashing past. This is the legendary three wicked axes.

The long rope finally showed its power, and the siege ladders slowly tilted and slid to the left, and finally lost their balance and smashed to the side. A dozen soldiers on the ladders screamed and fell heavily along with the ladders .

Zhang Zhongxiong finally got the report from the former enemy. He is not as simple-minded as the soldiers. He immediately realized that it was a trick on the top of the city. It is impossible for every ladder to have this situation. If this passiveness is not improved, they will not be able to attack at all. to the city.

"withdraw troops!"

'when!when!When! When!'
The gong to withdraw troops sounded, and thousands of Puppet Qi soldiers left more than a thousand corpses and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)