Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 617
The deep and powerful sound of war drums 'Boom!Boom! When the ringing sounded, ten thousand soldiers surrounded the huge ladders and nest carts and walked slowly, but halfway through, the ladders and nest carts were difficult to continue. Below Yi County was a slope, and the center of gravity of the ladders and nest carts was too high. Especially the nest car, it is very easy to overturn when pushed up the slope.

Yelu Kunping said angrily: "Let me pull up the ladder and the nest cart."

The Liao soldiers had no choice but to whip the healthy cattle and slowly dragged the nest carts and ladders desperately.

On the top of the city, [-] Song troops were already waiting in formation. Yang Wenguang looked coldly at the soldiers of the Liao army who were speeding up, and he turned his head and said, "Get ready for rolling!"

The Song army prepared tens of thousands of pieces of thick and short logs, each of which weighed at least fifty or sixty catties. This is a trick Yang Wenguang learned from the Xixia people. Throwing a rolling log from a high place is definitely a big killer .

Amidst the fierce battle drums, the Liao army shouted and rushed towards the city, entering the [-]-pace line. Generally speaking, entering the [-]-pace line means entering the strike zone at the head of the city. Bed crossbows and the like will Launch at this time.

Just after thousands of people crossed the [-]th line, some people kept screaming and falling down, some stepped on the thorns, some stepped on the horse trap, the thorns only pierced the skin, but they fell into the horse pit However, he was seriously injured and was directly pierced through the instep by a bamboo stick.

However, the tribulus thorns in Yi County cannot be compared with those in Ba County. Ba County sprinkled 20 thorns, while Yi County only sprinkled [-], but made tens of thousands of horse traps.

Although it brought a psychological shadow to the attacking soldiers, under the supervision of the attacking drums, the attacking soldiers did not stop and continued to run.

Yang Wenguang squinted at the approaching nest cart, and immediately ordered: "Throw the log!"

A group of two soldiers raised the log and threw it down with all their strength. The log rolled down the slope. The soldiers at the front saw that the log was hitting the sky and covered the sky, and they were so frightened that they fell to the ground. The log flew over their heads. Many soldiers behind were unable to dodge in time, and were hit by the rolling logs one after another.

The rolling logs that did not hit the soldiers continued to roll down the slope, and the hundreds of cattle pulling the nest carts and ladders were immediately smashed to pieces and lost their pulling force. Several nest carts swayed and crashed toward After falling down, the soldiers shouted and fled in all directions, but some were still unable to escape in time. At least dozens of soldiers were crushed under the overturned nest carts and ladders and died on the spot.

"Stop!" Yang Wenguang raised his hand, stopping the giant tree's attack.

When the enemy army is lying down, the killing effect of the giant tree attack will be significantly weakened. If it can cooperate with the defenders' arrows, it is also a good auxiliary method.

"Soldiers and arrows are ready!" Yang Wenguang ordered again immediately.

Thousands of archers stood in the rear and waited for it. In fact, the Song army's use of barbed caltrops and horse pits was not aimed at the siege infantry, but at the Liao cavalry archers.

The cavalry archers of the Liao Kingdom are powerful. They shoot arrows at high speed and can completely suppress the Song army throwing logs at the top of the city. Therefore, it is necessary to deploy thorns and horse pits within the attack range of the Liao army cavalry.

As for the archers, they shoot arrows into the air behind the city head and inside the city, and the arrows of the Liao cavalry archers cannot affect them.

The soldiers of the Liao army ran like a tide, getting closer and closer, and some people stepped on the barbed wire and fell down in the horse pits, but the Liao soldiers in the brigade gradually approached the city, and entered [-] steps.

Yang Wenguang immediately ordered: "Throw the log!"

More than a thousand soldiers raised the logs, and the first batch of more than [-] logs were thrown down the city. They rolled and smashed at the charging Liao soldiers. The Liao soldiers were caught off guard, and the logs smashed into the dense crowd. The soldiers of the Liao army were smashed to pieces, their bones were broken, their skulls were shattered, hundreds of soldiers were knocked over, and then the second batch of rolling logs flew towards them, and the recovered soldiers lay on the ground one after another.

Yang Wenguang immediately ordered, "Shoot arrows!"

With the sound of clappers, five thousand soldiers on the top of the city fired arrows at the same time. The dense arrows quickly formed a black cloud, flew into the air, drew an arc, and fell into the enemy army like raindrops. Suddenly there was a scream.

Lying on the ground, the probability of being shot by arrows is greater. For a while, the Liao army suffered heavy casualties. Soon, the second, third, and fourth rounds of arrows flew towards them. The 3000 soldiers of the Liao Army within the range of the arrows suffered extremely heavy casualties, almost none of them were spared, and almost everyone was injured.

The Liao army couldn't stand it anymore, turned around and ran away, only to see the overwhelming rolling logs chasing after them, soldiers were constantly knocked down by the rolling logs from behind, and the soldiers rushed hundreds of steps before they escaped from the attacking range of the rolling logs.

Yelu Kunping looked terrified from behind. No one in the Song army was injured, but they suffered four to five thousand casualties. In the final analysis, the Song army was condescending and had the most favorable terrain. How could Yi County be able to attack?

Lieutenant General Yelufeng said in a low voice: "According to my knowledge, Yi County is built on the mountain, relying entirely on a spring on the mountain. If this spring can be cut off or diverted away, within ten days, the defenders of Yi County will die." have to surrender."

Yelu Kunping was overjoyed, and immediately asked two generals who were familiar with Yi County to inquire. One general said: "There is indeed a spring on the mountain that flows into the county, and there is a cliff on it. It is impossible to lead it away. If you go to the top of the mountain, block the spring." Staying here is a feasible solution.”

Yelu Kunping immediately ordered Yelufeng to lead 500 people to go up the mountain to block the spring. This is a ruthless move, but it is actually the biggest weakness of Yi County. Its terrain is relatively high, and the water flows downhill. Get hold of it.

Sure enough, that morning, a stream flowing into the city from the mountain suddenly disappeared, and the water source in Yi County was cut off. Although Yi County had a little spare water and there were a lot of ice cubes in the ice cellar, none of these could last for a long time. The drinking water problem of the soldiers and nearly [-] soldiers lasted for seven or eight days at most.

The first crisis in Yi County came unexpectedly.

At night, Yang Wenguang and more than a hundred people stood in front of the ditch in the north of the city. A stream from the back mountain entered the city gate through this ditch. Due to the steep mountains outside the city, the enemy troops could not come over. Song Jun was not worried about the water source being cut off.

But now the stream has disappeared, and there are no enemy troops in the north of the city, indicating that the Liao army has found the water source and blocked it.

Yang Wenguang looked very solemn. This time he was careless. He forgot that Yi County had been occupied by the Liao army for a long time. The Liao army knew the weakness of this county better than him. Yang Wenguang knew in his heart that once the water source was really cut off, they had only one way to break through.

Ma Wei said in a low voice: "Old general, let's break out tonight before the enemy is ready! As long as we pass Yishui, the enemy cavalry will not be able to chase us. We can at least preserve [-]% of our troops."

Yishui is ten miles south of the city. Although the enemy is cavalry, as long as they hide, they can run for ten miles before being discovered by the enemy. It should be said that Ma Wei's suggestion is good, and they can succeed if they break through tonight.

But the question is, are they willing to give up Yizhou, which they took so hard?

Yang Wenguang pondered for a while, then asked the county magistrate next to him, "Magistrate Kong, there is no other way, for example, we can dig a well."

Kong Ran shook his head sadly, "Don't be kidding, the soil below is good, but the bottom is rocks. I have been a county magistrate for four years, and I have never heard that Yi County can dig wells for water."

Yang Wenguang thought about it again, and said to Ma Wei: "You gather the army first, and I'll see if there is any other way."

Ma Wei led the order, and Yang Wenguang sent dozens of soldiers to the city to inquire if there was any other way to obtain water.

The whole night, Yang Wenguang couldn't sleep. The blow came too suddenly. They had the upper hand, but they were overthrown by the enemy.

Yang Wenguang stood at the top of the city and watched the Liao army barracks in the distance. The barracks were also brightly lit. It seemed that the Liao army also waited all night, waiting for him to lead the army to break through.

Ma Wei stepped forward quickly and reminded Yang Wenguang: "Old General, it's already five o'clock. If you don't break through, it will be too late."

Yang Wenguang glanced at the Liao camp in the distance and said: "The Liao camp also stayed up all night, which means they are already prepared. Do you think there will be no ambush by the Yishui River?"

Ma Wei was stunned for a moment, and then said: "But no matter what, it's better to break through early than late. Once the enemy's army arrives, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to break through."

At this moment, a soldier rushed over, bowed and said, "Old general, an old man said that there are water sources elsewhere."

Yang Wenguang was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the old man now?"

"Over there in Beicheng!"

Yang Wenguang and Ma Wei hurried over, and saw a dozen soldiers followed an old man, looking for something?
"Is that him?" Yang Wenguang stepped forward and asked.

Du Tou hurriedly said: "This is the old man. He happened to meet us when he went out early in the morning. He said that the water source was cut off before, but they solved it by digging a well."

Yang Wenguang was startled, there are rocks underneath, can we dig a well?

He stepped forward and asked, "Old man, can a well be dug down here?"

The old man nodded, "It cannot be done elsewhere, but there is one place where it can be."

He stroked his beard and said: "The canal stopped flowing 30 years ago. We drilled hundreds of wells in the city, but they all failed. But we succeeded in drilling a well in one place, and the water came out. There is not only a small stream in this mountain. There are also underground rivers, which are all connected, if the springs are blocked, the water volume of the underground river will increase."

The old man pointed to the middle of the road, "If I remember correctly, it is here. After digging, there should be a stone slab under it. Under the stone slab, there should be a well we dug. It may be a little blocked."

Yang Wenguang immediately had people dig the road, and a stone slab was found underneath, and when the slab was lifted, a dark hole appeared.

Yang Wenguang was overjoyed, so he dispatched hundreds of soldiers to dig together. At noon the next day, a big pit three feet wide and one foot deep was dug. It spewed out from the cave.

The soldiers in the pit quickly climbed up, and the surrounding soldiers hugged each other excitedly, and couldn't help cheering loudly.

(End of this chapter)