Fenghou

Chapter 402 Nest Car
The decisive battle broke out, [-] siege ladders were hung on the top of the city, [-] puppet Qi troops charged upwards frantically, boulders fell like hailstones, fire and thunder continued to explode, poisonous nails were shot everywhere, barrels of kerosene fell head-on , The pitch-black flames filled the siege ladders, the torches were dropped, and the flames quickly spread throughout the ladders. The soldiers on the ladders panicked and jumped the ladders to escape.

The five heavy-duty nest cars in the distance, like five huge monsters, are rumbling towards the head of the city, only [-] steps away from the city wall of Ganquan Castle, ten thousand troops follow the five heavy-duty nest cars, and the low-pitched horn sounds Through the wilderness.

At this time, two huge boulders weighing one hundred catties flew out of the city and smashed towards the slow-moving heavy nest cart. Unfortunately, the two boulders were slightly off, but they hit the enemy behind the boulder. The soldier was smashed to pieces and died tragically on the spot.

In just a moment, two more boulders flew in the air, one was still slightly off, but the other hit the target. Under the heavy blow, pieces of wood flew randomly, half of the nest car collapsed, and it was basically useless .

Chen Qing was still concerned about the heavy-duty nest cars. When a nest car was hit by a boulder, he also saw the clues. This kind of nest car seemed huge, but the details were too delicate. Neat and neat, good-looking is good-looking, but its toughness is poor. You must know that the bark can also greatly reduce the impact force.

Exquisite but impractical, Chen Qing immediately gained confidence in destroying the nest car.

He immediately ordered: "Use fire to burn down the siege ladder!"

They must destroy the siege ladder as soon as possible to reduce the intensity of the enemy's siege.

Bundles of wheat straw were sent up continuously in the city, and the Song army threw them down the ladder. The straw was quickly ignited. On average, dozens of bundles of wheat straw were burned around a siege ladder, surrounded by kerosene, and the puppet Qi soldiers Can't get close.

Li Cheng looked at the battlefield coldly from a distance. The bed crossbows, catapults and god arm crossbows of the Song army all turned to shoot at the nest cart and the nearby Jurchen soldiers. Smashing, the thousands of arrows in the city also stopped shooting.

A general suggested to Li Cheng: "Du Tong, you can let the soldiers bury the kerosene in the soil, pick out the straw with guns, and continue to attack!"

Li Cheng gave him a cold look and said, "Do you think our brothers have died enough?"

"But."

"No but!"

Li Cheng was very dissatisfied and said: "Attacking a strong castle in a place where the birds don't shit, this is the war of the Jurchens, not ours, but they don't move themselves, and let others die for them."

The authentic Jurchen soldiers of Wanyan Wushu only killed or injured hundreds of people on the catapults, and the others did not fight at all. In the end, all the soldiers of the Qi army and Donghu soldiers died. Both Li Cheng and the Donghu generals were dissatisfied.

Moreover, the treatment of the Qi army is also extremely poor. It has been a month of fierce fighting, and they have not even eaten a piece of meat. They are all brown rice and dried pickles. pole.

The previous siege suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy casualties. Now the soldiers of the puppet Qi army have learned to be smart, and they surrounded the siege ladder and shouted. No one went up to fight the fire, and watched the fire engulf the siege ladder. .

Wanyan Wushu in the distance also saw the puppet Qi army's laziness and slippage, not working hard, he was really annoyed in his heart, but he was helpless.

Wanyan shouted and said: "Marshal Du, let those Han people withdraw! Anyway, the siege ladder is useless, keeping them will only get in the way!"

Wanyan Holisa's suggestion is selfish, he will soon be the left marshal of the West Route Army, and he will have to rely on the Qi army, if the Qi army suffers heavy casualties, it will be difficult for him to mobilize them in the future.

Wanyan Wushu glanced at him, and ordered: "Go and inform Li Cheng that his army can withdraw!"

Immediately, some cavalry ran to inform Li Cheng, and Li Cheng immediately said: "Blow the horn and retreat!"

"Ugh-"

The long horn sounded, which was a unique withdrawal order of the Puppet Qi Army, and the soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army immediately retreated like a tide.

The main offensive force on the battlefield was switched, and the Donghu Jurchen army became the main force. They held up their shields and spears, resisted the rain of arrows from the Song army, and gathered around the four huge heavy nest vehicles.

At this time, the four heavy-duty nest carts gradually approached the city wall, and its true appearance was also exposed to the eyes of the soldiers of the Song Army. It was huge and taller than the city wall.

On the front of the top of the nest car stands a thick wood eight feet long and five feet wide, with two big iron hooks at the front end. This is the upper city flyover. There is a roof on it, mainly to prevent the firearms of the Song army from throwing in.

Twenty or so Donghu soldiers were wearing heavy armor, holding shields and spears, with cold eyes, unable to see any human emotions, as if they were more than twenty wild beasts, and the stairs behind them were also full of the same people. Strong Donghu soldiers.

One after another fire mines exploded above their heads, and the thick ceiling was blown to pieces, but because it was covered with a thin layer of iron, it resisted the continuous bombardment of gunpowder barrels, even the burning of gunpowder was of no avail.

The heavy nest cart was getting closer and closer, and the earth-shattering shouts under the city were like a tsunami. All [-] Jurchen cavalry pressed on and shot arrows at the top of the city from a distance of [-] steps. car attack.

The war against Ganquan Fort finally reached its climax.

On the top of the city, [-] troops dedicated to heavy-duty nest vehicles have also assembled. Yang Zaixing, Gao Ding, Liu Cui, and Niu Gao each led [-] people. He even carried [-] loads of wheat straw.

The nest cart slowly approached the city wall, and there were still a dozen or so steps left. Forty bed crossbows aimed at the nest cart baffle, waiting for the moment when the overpass fell.

The bottom of the nest car finally hit the city wall, and several huge upper city overpasses fell almost at the same time, causing debris to splash.

The westernmost nest car landed on the upper city bridge first, and more than [-] strong and heavily armored soldiers rushed out, but they were greeted by fifty jackdaw iron arrows, no matter how strong the armor was, It can't stop the shooting of the bed crossbow, let alone only a short distance of a dozen steps.

There were screams on the overpass, more than [-] strong soldiers fell down one after another, many of them were shot through by iron arrows, and the iron arrows were nailed to the wooden wall inside, causing the Donghu soldiers who were about to rush up below to squat down in fright .

The gap was only a few seconds, Niu Gao let out a roar, swung his ax and jumped onto the overpass, and rushed into the nest car first, followed by dozens of soldiers behind him.

At the same time, the same situation happened to the other three nest carts. The Song army, led by Yang Zaixing, Gao Ding, and Liu Cui, rushed into the nest cart and blocked the enemy troops in the nest cart from going up to the city.

This is Zhang Xiao's strategy. He regards the nest car as a part of the city wall, focuses on turning away from customers, and seizes the initiative.

Once the Song army captured the top, the Jurchen enemy army would no longer have any chance, and more than a dozen gunpowder barrels were thrown down one after another. This kind did not have poisonous nails, and they were afraid of accidentally injuring the Song army soldiers on the top.

The gunpowder barrels exploded continuously in the nest car. Dozens of soldiers inside were blown to pieces, and the ladder was also blown to pieces. Immediately afterwards, barrels of kerosene were poured in, and bundles of wheat straw were also thrown down. Several torches lit the kerosene, and the raging flames began to burn rapidly inside, with thick smoke billowing, and crimson flames spitting out tongues of fire.

Niu Gao and other generals had led their troops back, and the Song army immediately destroyed the overpass on the upper city. The soldiers of the Song army on the top of the city threw barrels of kerosene and bundles of wheat straw, and within [-] steps below the city, it turned into a sea of ​​flames. The thousands of arrows piercing the heart formation in the city was launched again, and the arrows from the soldiers above the head fell like dense raindrops, and countless soldiers died in despair.

The siege vehicles that made Wanyan Wushu pin his infinite hopes all failed in just a quarter of an hour, and thousands of Donghu infantry were killed in the flames.

Wanyan Wushu let out a long sigh, and said to Fan Gong with great annoyance: "I regret not listening to Mr.'s advice!"

(End of this chapter)