Fenghou

Chapter 679 Chariot
Tang Qian bowed and said: "Qi Dutong, when we captured Yingli County, we used a battering ram to break open the city gate. The battering ram we brought today is still the same, but I think that the Xixia army will definitely learn a lesson. , They will definitely block the city gate with boulders, even if we break through the city gate, we will not be able to break through the boulder."

Liu Cui immediately retorted: "General Tang's reason is not sufficient. If they really learn their lesson, even if it is too late to dig the moat, they will dig a ditch and make a suspension bridge with fir. It can be done, and since they didn’t make this move, it means they haven’t learned their lesson.”

Tang Qian still shook his head, "This is the thinking of our Han people, but the other party is from Xixia, and their thinking is different from ours, just like we have swept up more than a hundred manors. If it was us, we would definitely send them after the other party evacuated." The army went to clean up, but the other party ignored it at all, as if nothing happened. Maybe the other party thought it was not important at all and there was no need to look at it, but we couldn't understand it.

In the same way, we think that digging moats and installing suspension bridges are the protection, but if the other party thinks that moats and suspension bridges are useless, blocking the door is the best way? "

Gao Ding clasped his fists and said: "Dutong, General Tang's idea is still a bit reasonable. Since Xixia itself has no tradition of digging moats, it means that they think moats and suspension bridges are useless. As far as I know, Liangzhou City has a moat because it is It was built by the Han people, but there is no moat in Ganzhou city, it was built by the Uyghurs, the two sides have different understandings, Xixia is more inclined to the Uyghurs.”

Liu Cui was a little dissatisfied and said: "That doesn't prove that the other party will block the door with huge stones, and the report will be unified. The humble job suggests a two-pronged approach, not only hitting the city gate, but also attacking the city's head."

Chen Qing nodded, "According to Liu Tongzhi's opinion, attack Nancheng with a two-pronged approach!"

At four o'clock, Chen Qing began to deploy. The [-] troops went to the four city gates to block the escape route of the enemy. Since it was a war of annihilation, they would look for every opportunity to destroy the opponent's army and weaken the opponent step by step.

[-] troops were deployed outside the three city gates in the east, west, and north, while the main force of [-] troops lined up outside the south gate, ready to attack.

Tuoba Jing also noticed the change of the Song army. He immediately realized that the Song army was about to attack the city. He didn't care if it was the Baijia army or not. He pulled all [-] soldiers to the top of the city to defend. Even if the Baijia army was stabbed with a spear If they die, they have to use their corpses to smash each other into the city.

'Woo——' Song Jun's low-pitched horn blew, and there began to be a dull sound of war drums. The sound of the drums was very slow and not passionate. This was an order for the deployment of siege weapons.

Sixty chariots began to move out, and behind each chariot were dozens of soldiers, who pushed the chariot and at the same time used the chariot to cover themselves.

Behind the two chariots, dozens of soldiers dragged a flat-bottomed wooden cart slowly with ropes. A battering ram weighing nearly [-] catties was placed on the wooden cart. This battering ram is the same battering ram that captured Yingli County before. Now that the top is reinstalled with pig iron, the instantaneous impact force is even stronger.

But it is not the most powerful battering ram. The giant battering ram specially made for attacking Xixia is still in Lanzhou and cannot be transported until the Yellow River freezes.

The sixty chariots entered within [-] steps, and arrows began to fire from the top of the city. The crossbow arrows with a longer range were fired first, but they had no effect on the sixty chariots at all. The soldiers behind also raised their shields one after another. The use of chariots and shields constitutes a double insurance.

Tuoba Jing's eyes narrowed, he saw the battering ram being dragged behind the chariot, and the opponent was coming towards the south gate, he immediately ordered: "Add another layer of boulders to the gate!"

The four city gates in the city are blocked with huge stones. One huge stone weighs two to three thousand catties, and dozens of huge stones will block the gates tightly. This is indeed the way of thinking of the Xixia people. Blocking boulders in the city is one's own decision, one is passive thinking and the other is active thinking.

Hundreds of soldiers blocked an additional layer of more than a dozen boulders. The boulders were all picked from Mount Henan and transported by large ships. They had been placed for many years, and today was the first time they were used.

At this time, sixty chariots had entered within a hundred paces, arrows were fired from the top of the city, and thousands of arrows were shot at the chariots. In just a moment, the arrows on the chariots were nailed like hedgehogs.

At about fifty steps, a wide slit was opened on the top cover. The craftsmen thought carefully and did not open all the top cover, but only opened a wide slit three feet wide, so that the throwing pole could be projected out. Soldiers could still avoid the arrows with the help of most of the top cover, and amidst the dense arrows, thirty small trebuchets inside the chariot were fired at the same time.

The Song army is also constantly improving, from the initial rocket supplementary fire, to the current thin-skinned clay pots, special wooden boxes, and then projecting after ignition. Put a layer of fire oil mud mixed with gunpowder on the outside of the pottery pot, and it will burn when it is ignited. Throwing out is a thin skin can of burning kerosene.

Except for the five kerosene cans that hit the city wall, all the other [-] kerosene cans were thrown onto the top of the city, and the city tower was also hit by the clay pots.

Just as the small trebuchet was preparing for the second round, another thirty chariots also lifted the top cover, and the muzzle of the oil gun with a thick bowl mouth was poked out. Although the copper pipe was used to pump oil, the oil gun and the bottom The copper box is welded together, which is convenient for pulling and pushing the piston.

The two soldiers pushed the piston handle vigorously together, and sprayed the first tube of kerosene. About three catties of kerosene was sprayed on the top of the city, and nearly one hundred catties of kerosene was sprayed on the top of the city by thirty heavy oil fire cabinets, making the city The fire in the head was more violent.

The top of the city was in chaos, and the Xixia people had no experience in dealing with fierce fire and oil sieges. In the second round, thirty thin-skinned fire oil clay pots hit the top of the city, and the top of the city gradually turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Liu Cui shouted, "Attack the battering ram!"

Hundreds of soldiers hiding behind the chariot took their positions one after another. Among them, some soldiers raised their shields, and some soldiers held up the battering ram. The outer shields wrapped the entire battering ram, making it airtight.

The arrows at the top of the city did not stop, and arrows shot from both sides, but the arrows on both sides were completely blocked by the shields and could not pose a threat. The key was the rolling logs and stones on the top of the head. Hold, the battering ram has no external threat.

The fire was burning on the top of the city, and the smoke filled the air, and the tower was completely engulfed by the flames.

At the same time, the [-] Huohuan Army soldiers and the [-] siege soldiers who are the backup army are also ready. They are carrying hundreds of simple siege ladders and gathered [-] steps away, waiting to attack the city. The command.

Chen Qing stood on a command chariot, watching the attack at the city gate from a distance. Two hundred soldiers were guarding the battering ram, and a hundred soldiers rushed for more than twenty steps with the hammer in their arms, and slammed into the city gate, "Boom!" !” There was a loud noise, and dust fell from both sides.

Chen Qing's eyes narrowed, and he could see clearly that although the impact was loud, the city gate barely moved. This is a force of tens of thousands of catties!In any case, it is unreasonable. There is only one explanation. The city gate was pushed to death by a huge stone from the inside.

Sure enough, Tang Qian guessed it, and he immediately ordered: "Twenty thousand crossbowmen, suppress the opponent's bows and arrows!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of drums was loud, and twenty thousand crossbowmen rushed forward and shot arrows at the top of the city together. The arrows rained down on the top of the city, suppressing the enemy.

Chen Qing waved his saber, "The Huohuan army attacked the city!"

One thousand Huohuan troops rushed towards the city head carrying the siege ladder, and the enemy troops on both sides were suppressed by the [-] crossbowmen of the Song army, which greatly reduced the danger of the Huohuan army being shot by arrows from both sides.

Behind the [-] Huohuan army followed by [-] swords and shield troops, with large shields and swords on their backs, each of them carried a few wet quilts, and behind them were [-] elite spear troops. They were the ones who captured the southern city the elite.

The Huo Huanjun set up the siege ladder, and they climbed to the top of the city first.

(End of this chapter)