Fenghou

Chapter 334
At night, a hundred-foot-long sandbag wall appeared on the side. The one-foot-high sandbag wall also blocked the sight of the defenders at the top of the city, so that the soldiers at the top of the city could not see what the Song army was doing from the east.
Thousands of Song troops dug the river under the cover of night. Since three deep and wide tunnels had been dug in advance, [-]% of the engineering volume of the river had actually been completed. Now it is only necessary to lift the ground and merge the three tunnels into one , The river channel as long as hundreds of feet was dug.

This new channel is actually to straighten the original channel, so that the new channel is facing the water gate, which is very important for attacking the water gate. The ship must run at high speed for hundreds of feet, and then collide with the water gate with strong inertia. Therefore, there must be a river facing the Shuicheng Gate in order to hit the gate at high speed.

If there is no such straight-line channel, after entering the moat, the collision boat must make a [-]-degree turn to enter the water gate. When turning, it must slow down to zero, and then rely on the penny to puncture the boat. Without any power, what strength should it use to collide with the water gate? Iron fence?

At four o'clock, the river channel has been completely excavated. It is only necessary to remove the baffles at both ends, and the river water will flow into the channel.

At this time, the soldiers on the top of the city had already discovered the clues. A river appeared on the side of the baffle near the city wall, and the port was filled with sandbags. As long as the sandbags were lifted, the moat would burst.

The soldiers were all at a loss. No one knew when this river channel appeared, as if it appeared suddenly.

Just when the soldiers were hesitating whether to report to the marshal, someone suddenly shouted, "Ring the alarm, the enemy warship is coming!"

'when!when!when! 'The alarm bell rang on the top of the city, and then the alarm bell sounded in the barracks. The soldiers woke up from their dreams and rushed to the top of the city one after another.

Dong Xian was also woken up. He put on his coat and rushed towards the city. Twenty three thousand stone warships sailed towards the moat. Needless to say, he could guess that it was Chen Qing who started attacking the city with warships. .

It's just that he couldn't figure it out, why did Chen Qing attack the city at four o'clock?
The northern city was heavily guarded. Even at night, three thousand soldiers were deployed at the head of the northern city.

Without waiting for the command of the general, more than [-] small trebuchets deployed on the head of Beicheng began to fire oil balls at the fleet, and when they failed, they shot arrows at the ship.

The bright red fire oil balls soared into the sky, pierced the dark night sky, crossed the moat and flew towards the fleet driving close to the river. Fire oil balls continued to hit the big ship, and the soldiers on board were already prepared , Each boat prepared hundreds of bedding soaked in water.

"Boom!" A kerosene ball hit the deck, and the clay pot shattered into a pool. The fire burned rapidly, and three soldiers rushed up, two of them held up large shields to cover, and the other soldier carried a wet quilt.

The quilt was directly thrown on a pool of burning fire, which cut off the oxygen, and the fire was extinguished. The soldier wiped the kerosene with the quilt and threw it into the moat together with the quilt. The three quickly retreated to the cabin, and then three more rushed out.

The fleet sailed along the moat towards the west city, and the outer walls of more than a dozen large ships were hit one after another, igniting a raging fire, which was particularly shocking in the dark night.

Dong Xian rushed to the top of the city. After observing for a while, he realized that the opponent was going to attack from the west city, and Chen Qing's camp was stationed in the west city.

He immediately shouted: "The god arm crossbow army rushed to the west city immediately, and the bed crossbows and trebuchets were all transferred to the west city!"

The center of gravity of the war quickly shifted to the west city, and all the war resources in Xiangyang city also quickly shifted to the west city. The north city quickly quieted down. At this time, the new river channel dug by the Song army was opened silently.

Li Guojian, the commander guarding the northern city, got the news and hurried over to check. The baffles on the other side had been removed, revealing five heavy trebuchets and a newly dug river channel, opening up the moat.

A command envoy whispered to Li Guojian: "I feel that the other side dug this river to transport trebuchet parts!"

"It doesn't make sense! It's also very close to transport them from the Caohe River. There is no need to dig this river, and we didn't even find out when the other party dug it through."

"Commander, do you want to report to the marshal?"

Li Guojian thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about it! Maybe the marshal knows why the other side dug this river."

"Humble job, report now!"

The commander hurried to the west city
The siege of the west city had already broken out. Huge wooden rafts were set up on the big ships and the city wall. The defenders directly poured oil barrels on them, causing a raging fire. But the fire could not stop the soldiers of the Song army. Thousands of soldiers Wrapped in wet quilts, they rushed onto the wooden raft and ran towards the city, but it was the bed crossbow that was really lethal. The bed crossbow was fired from both sides to the wooden raft, and soldiers of the Song army were constantly shot by iron arrows, screaming Down to the city.

Not only the bed crossbow, the puppet Qi army also deployed a thousand god-arm crossbowmen. On average, every fifty god-arm crossbowmen dealt with a large ship. The puppet Qi army is also experienced. They will never launch with the bed crossbow. The moment the crossbow stops is their shooting time.

Dong Xian did not lie, his heart was like a mirror, what they really had to deal with was Chen Qing's siege, especially when Chen Qing used warships to attack the city, that was the biggest threat to Xiangyang City.

He deployed four layers of defense for this, burning the ship with oil balls from a long distance, then using bed crossbows and god arm crossbows to deal with the one-foot-long overpass, and finally using wolf pack tactics.

Although it was only a short distance of ten feet, it was not easy to rush to the top of the city. Soldiers of the Song Army were constantly shot down by arrows and fell into the city. They managed to avoid the arrows and rushed to the end of the raft, but encountered the enemy's wolf pack tactics.

Hundreds of spear soldiers stood in front of each wooden row. Hundreds of spears formed a spear wall, completely blocking the road to the city. Even if they jumped on it, they would be assassinated by spears in the air.

At the end of almost every raft, there are more than a dozen soldiers of the Song Army fighting the enemy.

Chen Qing's attack on the city with warships was not a false attack. He was attacking the city with two prongs. No matter which method he used to capture Xiangyang, he was his goal.

Casualties on both sides continued to increase, and they were in a state of stalemate.

At this moment, the commander reported to Dong Xian that a river had appeared outside Beicheng.

Dong Xian was stunned, it was unbelievable for him, there was no news beforehand, and he was suddenly told that there was a hundred-foot-long river. Could it be that Chen Qing's real purpose was not to install a large trebuchet, but to dig a river?The large trebuchet was just a cover?
He is well aware of Chen Qing's style of doing things. The more important the decision is, the less he will show his face. If even the super trebuchet is just a cover, then the importance of this river can be imagined.

Dong Xian thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out. He suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked anxiously, "Where is our city wall on the opposite side of the river?"

"It seems. It seems to be facing the Water City Gate!"

"Water City Gate?"

Dong Xian felt something was wrong. Could it be that Chen Qing was going to attack the Shuicheng Gate?
At this moment, he suddenly thought of something Jiang Yanxian had told him. The iron fence of the water city gate had not been replaced for fifty years, and many iron bars were like rotten wood.

"not good!"

Dong Xian suddenly understood Chen Qing's intentions. Chen Qing must have wanted to break open the gate of the water city and dig a river to speed up the collision.

"Pass my order, the reserve fifth army immediately rushed to the Water City Gate to defend!"

Dong Xian couldn't care about the battle at Xichengtou for the time being, he handed over the command and envoy to his subordinates, and ran directly to the tunnel by himself
In the newly dug channel, a [-]-stone collision ship is speeding up. The sails on the top of the ship are bulging, and the strong north blows the collision ship. However, in order to speed up, dozens of soldiers on both sides are struggling to pull vessel.

The speed of the boat became faster and faster, rushed into the moat, and rushed straight to the water city gate twenty feet away.

(End of this chapter)