Monument Yangmen

Chapter 716 This is called war!
When Yang Qi led the scarecrow and Zamahe warriors to the general platform of the Central Army, Cao Bin had already assembled the soldiers of the imperial army and waited for Yang Qi.

Standing on the platform, looking at the dark crowd below, Yang Qi was full of emotions.

Such a tyrannical army was ruined by Zhao Guangyi's command.

Yang Qi was wearing a heavy armor, looked at the soldiers under the stage, and said in a deep voice: "Order, the crossbowmen in each army come out."

"Brush brush~"

Following Yang Qi's order, nearly [-] crossbowmen stood up in unison.

Yang Qi said again in a deep voice: "The archers and crossbowmen are temporarily assembled into an army, and the generals and schools at all levels will be temporarily held by Zamahe warriors."

After the crossbowmen were assembled, Zamahe warriors were also assigned to the army as basic generals.

Regarding this point, the soldiers in the Forbidden Army had no objection.

This is the norm in all the armies of the Song Dynasty.

During wartime, generals will bring their own family generals to fight, and it will be more convenient for generals to control the entire army if the family generals serve as the basic generals.

"Order, mobilize 20 civilians to fight with the crossbowmen."

"..."

"Order, all crossbowmen abandon their original crossbows and use catapults to face the enemy."

"..."

"Order, trebuchets are only allowed to drop gunpowder bombs and high-fire oil bombs."

"..."

"Ling, Tianwu Army, Tianxiong Army, fifty thousand shield soldiers from the two armies will fight."

"..."

"Order, gather all the objects that can hold water in the whole army, fill it with water, and let the shield soldiers handle it."

"..."

"Order, all the gunpowder in the army will be delivered to the general, and the general will use it uniformly."

"..."

One order after another was conveyed from the stage down the stage.

The officers and soldiers of the imperial army followed Yang Qi's order and moved.

They found out strangely that from the beginning to the end, Yang Qi never conveyed the order of who should attack the city.

Wait until Yang Qi has delivered all the orders.

They finally confirmed that Yang Qi did not order the mobilization of troops to attack the city.

Moreover, Yang Qi mobilized less than 70 of the nearly 16 troops, and the rest were completely idled by Yang Qi.

Almost all the soldiers in the barracks were wondering how Yang Qi would attack Youzhou City.

With doubts, they followed Yang Qi's footsteps and arrived in front of Youzhou City.

"Tabuchet! Put it on!"

Rows of trebuchets were neatly placed in front of Youzhou City.

One hundred thousand crossbowmen, the number of catapults controlled, that is a rather terrifying number.

Wait until the trebuchet is neatly arranged.

Yang Qi raised his hand and gave an order: "All the crossbowmen listen to the order, and fire oil bombs. They are only allowed to shoot at the city wall, and you must also shoot the oil bombs at the city wall for me."

One after another, the fierce oil bombs were filled.

"put!"

"Whoosh!"

"put!"

"Whoosh!"

"..."

Nine times in a row.

Hundreds of thousands of fierce oil bombs were thrown on the walls of Youzhou City.

After the unignited fierce oil bomb broke through the city wall, it splashed oil flowers one after another, and in just a moment, it dyed the southern city wall of Youzhou City black.

……

On top of the city of Youzhou.

After seeing the Song Army's trebuchet, the Liao Army was ready to fight.

When they saw the fierce oil bomb smashing on the city wall without hurting them, they burst into laughter.

Everyone said that the Song Army was really stupid, and that the Song Army's crossbowmen should feed the wolves and so on.

Only Han Derang and Yeluxiu frowned.

"Song Jun is going to set fire?"

Han Derang asked with a frown.

Brother Yeluxiu nodded, and said in a deep voice, "This doesn't quite fit the Song Army's fighting style."

Handerang asked puzzled, "Why didn't they shoot the oil bombs into the city, instead they shot them on the city wall? Could it be that they planned to melt the city wall with fire?"

Brother Yeluxiu glanced at Han Derang with the eyes of an idiot, "The walls of Youzhou City are far thicker than Shangjing City, and they can be melted by fire? Don't talk about this little fire oil, even if it is several times more fierce fire Oil, there is still nothing to do with Youzhou City."

Hande frowned deeper, "Then what is the intention of the Song army? Setting fire to the city wall will not cause any harm to us. Although it will have some impact on the soldiers on the city wall, as long as everyone covers their mouths and noses, it will not be too big. influence."

Brother Yeluxiu shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "No matter what the Song Army's plan is, go get someone to prepare the sand for fire fighting first."

Violent fire oil has been widely used on the battlefield during the Five Dynasties, so all countries know how to extinguish the flames of fierce fire oil.

Han Derang immediately sent someone to prepare things to put out the fire.

And Yang Qi in the distance seemed to have guessed what they would do.

I saw Yang Qi straddling the horse, with a sneer smile, "Extinguish the fire, can you put it out?"

"Fill the bomb!"

"put!"

With the release of the fire bombs, flames instantly ignited on the walls of Youzhou City, and the flames were most fierce at the bottom of the walls.

When the flame ignites.

Yang Qi ordered again, "Fill the ignited gunpowder bombs and ignited fuel oil bombs, and shoot them into Youzhou City. I don't care where you shoot, but you can't stop anyway."

The crossbowman took the lead and carried out Yang Qi's order without hesitation.

Zhao Guangyi prepared a lot of armaments in order to win the Yanyun Sixteen States.

Although there are not enough gunpowder bombs, there are many fierce oil bombs.

Then, you can watch the balls of flames cross the border of Youzhou City, fly into the city, destroy the B&Bs and military camps in the city, and then ignite a big fire.

Or explode inside, cooperate with this flame, and seriously injure more people.

Youzhou City is in chaos.

Only Yang Qi threw out the trebuchet, and the people were turned on their backs.

Before Han Derang had time to prepare sand and stones to extinguish the flames on the city wall, fires broke out everywhere in the city, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were in chaos.

Tens of thousands of trebuchets attacked the city, and it was an indiscriminate attack, which was extremely destructive.

Some of the supplies and armaments that they placed in positions that were not easy to be valued by the trebuchet or hit by the trebuchet were frequently recruited.

This is the uncertainty of indiscriminate attacks, which brings surprises.

The throwing of the trebuchet lasted for an hour under Yang Qi's strict order.

An hour later.

The fire oil on the city wall burned out, and the city wall became black, red, and white.

The Liao army on the city wall could clearly feel that the city wall was getting hot.

However, they are determined to kill the enemy, but they are powerless.

Just like during the war of resistance in later generations, the party and army were also helpless in the face of the plane bombing of the little devils.

There was no Song army charging, and no one was desperately attacking the city.

From beginning to end, trebuchets are dropping lethal weapons.

And Han Derang sealed the south gate with a huge stone, even if the Liao army on the top of the city wanted to rush out and destroy the trebuchet, they couldn't do it.

Only passively beaten.

Han Derang's face was as black as iron, and he couldn't stand because of the heat on the top of the city. He stomped his feet frequently and asked Yeluxiu who was beside him, "My lord, what should we do? Let the Song army go on like this, and the loss of Youzhou City will be worse than before." Even bigger when playing against Song Jun!
If we continue to consume like this, in the end, Song Jun is stronger than us, and he will definitely rush forward. "

Brother Yeluxiu frowned tightly and said nothing.

Since he led the army, he has seen too many tactics, but he has never seen such tactics that are bombarded by trebuchets but do not send troops to attack the city.

Seeing Han Derang staring at him blankly, asking himself to come up with an idea, brother Yeluxiu pondered: "This king also thinks that the Song army is trying to weaken us, and when the time is right, they will swarm us. Go now and send the warlord, Restrain the soldiers, the more it gets to this point, the more they can't mess up."

Handerang hesitated for a moment, nodded, and went down to carry out Brother Yeluxiu's order.

And Yang Qi outside the city also changed his tactics at this time.

The trebuchet was divided into two parts, one part continued to drop gunpowder shells and kerosene into the city; the other part was loaded with water bags and began to bombard the city wall.

Now, not to mention that the Liao army didn't understand, even the Song army who was watching the battle couldn't understand.

Zhao Pu also didn't care about the humiliation of leading Yang Qi's horse. He grabbed the horse's reins with one hand and the beard with the other, and asked Yang Qi with a sad face, "Boy... that's how you fight? You are clearly nonsense. Set fire to the city wall , and splashing water on the city wall, what's the use?"

Yang Qi looked like a master, and said indifferently: "You don't understand, just look at it..."

Zhao Pu was so insulted that he almost pulled Yang Qi off the horse.

"Repeat the same thing just now!"

Yang Qi ordered again.

Even Cao Bin couldn't help it now.

Cao Bin blew his beard and stared: "Boy, marching and fighting is no joke, you don't fight like this..."

Yang Qi turned a deaf ear and just urged the crossbowmen to continue to carry out his orders.

The walls of Youzhou City, which had been burned by the fire, were scalding hot. When water was poured on them, it made a rattling sound, and then flowed down the walls and into the moat below the city.

And the water stains on the city wall will be quickly evaporated by the hot city wall.

The crossbowmen controlled the catapults and repeatedly carried out Yang Qi's orders. No one knew what he was doing.

In Youzhou City, or even outside Youzhou City, the only person who can understand Yang Qi is probably Peng Pai.

Inside the Chinese army tent.

Zhao Guangyi was circling anxiously.

Frequently, someone sent details of Yang Qi's siege to his tent.

Hearing Yang Qi's nonsense, Zhao Guangyi almost rushed out and strangled Yang Qi to death.

Fortunately, Zhang Qixian, Li Hang and others stopped him.

In this way, Yang Qi's behavior, which was regarded as nonsense, lasted for nearly four hours.

Zhao Guangyi couldn't bear it anymore, and roared at Zhao Defang who was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army acting like a clay bodhisattva: "Go and tell that little bastard Yang Yansi, he should have had enough trouble, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Defang nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, then hurried out of the big tent to find Yang Qi.

After Zhao Defang found Yang Qi, he walked up to Yang Qi's horse with a bitter face, and said, "Yang Yansi, Your Majesty asked this king to ask you, have you had enough trouble?"

Yang Qi stared at the city wall of Youzhou City, smacked his lips, and murmured: "It should be almost there..."

"Command, shield soldiers, hold the shield and hold the shield on the top, rush over with gunpowder bullets, go to the bottom of the city, cut open the wall under the city wall with a short knife, the deeper the cut, the better, and then bury the gunpowder."

"You are crazy!"

Zhao Pu pulled off several beards, and stared at Yang Qi in astonishment.

Even he, who doesn't know much about military affairs, knows how strong the walls of Youzhou City are.

That is the city wall made of blue bricks, very thick, and the soldiers want to cut them?

joke.

Yang Qi told Zhao Pu with his attitude that he was not joking.

"Execute the general's order and be responsible for the military law."

The shield soldiers looked at each other with sad faces, and then helplessly carried their heavy shields, forming a huge steel wall above their heads, carrying gunpowder and bullets, and rushed towards the city wall of Youzhou City.

"Song Jun is here!"

"Song Jun is here!"

"..."

The Liao army, who had been smoldering for a day, screamed one by one when they saw the shield soldiers moving towards Youzhou City.

They had been smoky for a day, and their hearts were full of resentment. Seeing the Song army attacking the city, they naturally wanted to vent their anger.

"Archers, prepare to fend off the enemy!"

The archers raised their bows and arrows, saw the shield soldiers forming a steel fortress below the city, and then looked helplessly at the general who gave orders.

The strongest shield soldiers in the Song Army's forbidden army are thicker than the Song Army's infantry armor.

Bows and arrows can't help them at all.

"They didn't come to attack the city!"

From the defensive posture of the shield soldiers, Brother Yeluxiu could easily judge the intention of the Song army.

Han Derang blushed furiously, and said angrily: "What is the meaning of Song Jun?"

Brother Yeluxiu shook his head, he hadn't thought it through until now.

The fortress of the imperial shield soldiers kept approaching the city wall of Youzhou City. When they reached the bottom of the city wall, the Liao army on the wall threw down rolling logs and other weapons to greet them.

However, the shield soldiers blindly defended and refused to fight back, and ignored the Liao army on the top of the city.

After paying the lives of hundreds of brothers, they approached the city wall, and then used thick shields under the city wall to form an arc-shaped shield like fish scales, and buckled it upside down on the city wall.

The Liao army's rolling logs and other weapons were easily slid down when they hit the shield.

Although the soldiers of the imperial army under the shield disagreed with Yang Qi's stupid actions, military orders are military orders.

Holding long knives in their hands, they slashed fiercely at the city wall.

then……

Then they froze.

Then I was shocked.

"Cut it in?"

"Is Youzhou City made of tofu?"

"Don't worry so much, execute the order quickly."

"..."

Ever since, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army used their long knives to dig fiercely under the city.

Wait until they can't dig anymore.

Even so, they dug in nearly three feet.

"Put gunpowder and ammunition in piles of fifty according to General Yang's instructions."

"..."

After the gunpowder shells were piled together.

A fire was lit.

Then, in the astonished eyes of the Liao soldiers on the top of the city, the shield soldiers turned around and ran away holding their shields.

"what happened?"

The Liao army looked bewildered.

Brother Yeluxiu looked down the city, his face changed drastically.

The city wall of Youzhou City is slope-shaped. Standing on the top of the city, you can easily see a section of the city wall being dug in.

"Run!"

Brother Yeluxiu roared.

The Liao army looked at Brother Yeluxiu with a dazed expression.

When Han Derang heard these two words, he asked his personal guards to protect him, dragged Brother Yeluxiu and ran back.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"..."

A series of explosions.

There was a burst of smoke and dust, and gravel splashed randomly.

The city wall of Youzhou City did not collapse, but it fell apart in half at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was as if someone had scraped off a piece of it with a knife.

And this piece is precisely the most critical piece of city wall defense.

The soldiers of the Liao Army, like dumplings, planted under the city wall along the slumped city wall, and were buried by gravel.

"Boom~"

The wall slanted, but did not fall.

But all the Liao army on the top of the city knew that Youzhou City had been breached.

Losing the most powerful protective side of the city wall, the city wall tilted again, and the Liao army could not fight on it at all.

They can only guarantee that they will not fall by hugging the raised part of the city wall on the other side.

The nearly 70 soldiers of the Song Dynasty watched this scene happen as if they were watching a miracle.

They never thought that the war could be so big, and they never thought that Youzhou City, which they couldn't break through with all their efforts, was broken just like that.

There is no grander spectacle than that of the uninterrupted throwing of stones by the trebuchet.

It couldn't even compare to any of their previous attacks on Youzhou City.

However, Youzhou City was broken just like that.

Yang Qi sat on the horseback, stretched his hands, stretched his waist, grinned and said: "Look! This is how the city is broken! A city defended by nearly 40 enemies only needs to lose a few hundred troops, and it will be destroyed." Can be taken down easily.

This is war! "

After saying this, Yang Qi left behind a group of guards and soldiers who were either staring at him or at the walls of Youzhou City, who were stunned, and left in a hurry.

The scarecrows and Zamahe warriors who were dispatched quickly gathered together and left with Yang Qi.

"Gudu~"

It was Cao Bin who was the first to react. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he shouted hoarsely at the Forbidden Army soldiers behind him, "The city is broken, let's go in! Capture Han Derang alive!"

"kill!"

(End of this chapter)