Horse on the World

Chapter 596 Siege
For a long time, Li Qing was unwilling to drive his soldiers to attack the strong city. In this era of cold weapons, except for the long-term siege that led to the opponent running out of ammunition and food, the attack on the strong city was all filled with human life without exception. Yes, Li Qing was quite unwilling to spend his elite soldiers under a fortified city. He was more willing to mobilize his opponents to wipe them out in field battles.

The Dingzhou army has been in the army for several years, and its reputation has shaken the world. Except for the city defense battle in Fuyuan and Dingyuan, their names were obtained in field battles, and they fought with the Dingzhou army. , no matter who it is, it will all end with hatred.The reason for this, in addition to the elite Dingzhou soldiers themselves, is that Dingzhou soldiers have almost no weaknesses to take advantage of in field battles. Moreover, the proximity to the grassland allows Dingzhou to develop a large number of cavalry. The combat routines of infantry and cavalry are quite skilled, coupled with excellent weapons, so no matter who they encounter, they will have the upper hand.

On the other hand, his opponent, the barbarian cavalry, was trapped by the infantry formation in Dingzhou. Once the powerful cavalry could not penetrate the infantry formation, it would immediately become the target of the ant-like infantry. In the contest with the Dingzhou soldiers, if you are rushed by the cavalry, or run around the periphery, opening the gap, the pawns will rush up again, and fight Dingzhou. Fight to shrink your hands and feet.

Under the mighty prestige, everyone ignored that the Dingzhou army had never attacked a strong city.As for Qinzhou City, Li Qing now stands in front of him, and he will become the touchstone for the soldiers of Dingzhou.

And Li Qing is also clearly aware of this problem. Horses stepping into the Central Plains is different from fighting on the vast grasslands. In the hinterland of the Central Plains, strong cities and powerful cities are everywhere. Hom.Li Qing decided that Qinzhou would become a training ground for him, and he wanted his soldiers to learn how to attack a strong city.

In the whole world, if there is one city that is stronger than Qinzhou's defenses, it is only Luoyang. After taking Qinzhou City, the big city on the way of Dingzhou soldiers' advance will be no problem.

Li Qing's Middle Route Army mainly attacked the West City Gate, Guoshanfeng mainly attacked the North City, and Li's Yizhou Army mainly attacked the South City, leaving only the East City Gate, without a single soldier.

The defender of Qinzhou, Guo Zhen, the commander of the right battalion in the capital, watched helplessly as the main force of the Dingzhou army mobilized and arranged, but there was nothing he could do. Going out of the city to fight would be like sending sheep to the mouth of a tiger, and retreating was absolutely impossible. His order was to stay in Qinzhou City for at least half a month to cover the retreat of the main frontier troops into Xingzhou and build a line of defense, so he could not abandon the city even though he knew that Li Qing was besieged three times.

Looking up at the sky, Guo Zhen's heart was gloomy. Although the weather is still very cold, the temperature is getting higher day by day. If he retreats now, the Dingzhou cavalry can't pose a big threat to him, but after ten and a half months, who will I know what the situation is, once the snow melts, if I retreat at that time, I am afraid that I will not be able to escape the interspersed siege of Dingzhou cavalry.Annihilation of a few songs by the whole army is his final fate.

But Guo Zhen had no choice but to retreat, Tianqi left the right camp of the capital to stay behind, not Zhou Tong's Qinzhou army, Guo Zhen naturally knew the purpose, including himself, all the right camp of the capital, and their family members were all in Luoyang City, If you don't fight the enemy bravely and complete the task of the apocalypse, I'm afraid that the relatives you are waiting for will have a difficult life in the future, let alone surrender. Once you surrender, your relatives will immediately die in Caishikou.The Qinzhou Army was different. If they were left to defend Qinzhou City, they knew that this was a doomed situation, and they might surrender to Li Qing.Taking away the Qinzhou army, Li Qing occupied Qinzhou. These Qinzhou people who lost their homes must be looking forward to regaining their homes, and their fighting spirit must be strong. This is the meaning of killing two birds with one stone.

Guo Zhen is a professional soldier, never afraid of death or war, but for such a losing battle, it makes him a little disheartened, no matter how hard he tries, he will not change the ending.

Guo Zhen has no scruples to explain the current situation to the generals under his command. If his subordinates want to leave and escape, he will not stop him now, but once the war starts, if someone wants to leave the city, what is waiting for him is his own steel knife .

Although the generals of the capital's right camp were sad and indignant, none of them left. Like Guo Zhen, their relatives and family members were all in Luoyang. Where could they escape? Where could they escape?
"Let's fight!" A group of generals roared angrily: "I hope His Majesty will treat our relatives kindly for the sake of our death!"

Looking at the generals under his command, Guo Zhen nodded in relief. The so-called mourning soldiers must win. Although there is no hope of victory at the moment, it is good to persist for one more day.

The city defense of Qinzhou is quite complete. Whether it is a large-scale catapult crossbow, a long-range eight-ox crossbow, a short-range shooting scorpion cannon, or a strong crossbow, they all have everything that one expects to find. Ten units, the only downside is that the arrows used in this extremely powerful Hundred-Fat Crossbow are specially made, and there are not many in Qinzhou. If the battle is fierce, the stored arrows may be exhausted in one day. At that time, these expensive Baifa crossbows became waste products one after another.

The [-] soldiers left behind to defend the city from the Right Camp of the Beijing Normal University are indeed mourners now. Since they knew they were going to die, everything in front of them became a floating cloud in front of them. Guo Zhen, who was on the road, was quite satisfied. With such morale, relying on the strength of Qinzhou City, he might be able to create a miracle in the history of war.

The first to attack was Li Qing's Central Route Army. The snow on the ground was frozen hard, and the moat of Qinzhou City became a decoration. This made the attackers one less obstacle, and they could directly step on the moat ice that was several feet wide. face, directly attack Qinzhou City.

The cavalry came roaring and galloped, and passed under the city. The knights immediately raised their bows and arrows, and fired towards the city. Behind them, the infantry were carrying ladders, pushing Mengchong chariots, and siege chariots. They came surging, and behind these pawns, large catapults were pushed into range by the soldiers and began to prepare for launch.

Guo Zhen looked at the trebuchets lined up in the distance, and suddenly felt powerless in his heart. The range and accuracy of the trebuchets produced in Dingzhou far exceeded ordinary trebuchets. The trebuchets can hit the city, but their own trebuchets cannot suppress them. They are completely in a passive position and can only use the trebuchets to attack the soldiers who attacked the city. Once their own trebuchets reveal their position, they will inevitably Summon the blow of the opponent's violent storm.

"Come on, move all our trebuchets back, the standard shooting position is the line of the moat!" Guo Zhen let out a breath of foul air, I can't hit you, and you can't even think about hitting me, I only hit you to attack the city Soldier.

Dingzhou's siege vehicles are extremely tall, generally the height of some small towns is also the height of the siege vehicles, but Qinzhou is different, the siege vehicles are less than half the height of the opponent, and the Dingzhou army will push the siege to a certain distance After that, they stopped, and the soldiers climbed to the top, busily installing eight oxen crossbows one after another, aiming at Qinzhou City from a distance.

With a loud whistling sound, a stone bomb flew high from the camp of the Dingzhou Army, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and fell into the city of Qinzhou. Yelling, I don't know that the unlucky ghost was rubbed next to each other, this is the opponent's test range.

"Ready to fight!" Guo Zhen put on his helmet and strode up the tower. At this time, the Dingzhou infantry shouted like a mountain roar and a tsunami, and they had already crossed the moat. They ants attached.Almost at the same time, the trebuchets in the distance made loud noises one after another, and stone bombs weighing tens of kilograms passed over the heads of the Dingzhou soldiers and smashed hard on the city wall.

The soldiers standing on the city wall ready to fight immediately suffered heavy casualties.

The trebuchets in the city also rang. The stone bullets happened to pass over the top of the city. What made the army uncomfortable was that the ice surface outside the city was slippery, which increased the sliding distance of the stone bullets after they hit the ground.

It was the Tianlei Battalion who launched the first attack, and Lei must go into battle himself, holding a Mo knife in one hand and an iron shield in the other, and rushed forward with a loud cry.

The trebuchets in the city were limited in range, and they were even more afraid of being countered by Dingzhou. They stayed away from the city wall, which allowed the archers in Dingzhou to push closer. Spears rained down on the city wall.Covering the soldiers climbing the city.On the siege vehicles, the unique neighing sound of the eight-ox crossbows cut through the air and shot towards the city. The tower was hit by several eight-ox crossbows from time to time, causing the whole tower to shake slightly.If that person happened to be hit by this kind of crossbow arrow, then there was no need to look at it at all, he was definitely dead.

The Dingzhou army's first attack on the city actually killed the city wall.Looking at the Dingzhou soldiers who climbed up the city wall and jumped down the battlements, Guo Zhen couldn't help but change his face. He thought that the battle would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult. It was just the beginning, and the opponent actually killed him the city wall.

"Hang!" He shouted angrily and gave the order.

Less than a stick of incense time after Xicheng began to attack, the other two sides also launched an attack at the same time. Qinzhou City was attacked for a while, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Arrows and stone bullets in the air came and went like locusts. , at the head of the city, under the city, the white-capped land was dyed with red spots.

The battle in Qinzhou City was in full swing, and in Liaozhou, which was far away from the Central Plains, Zeng Qingfeng, the patriarch of the Zeng clan, was dying, and his life was hanging by a thread.On the banks of the Tuojiang River, Jinghai, the elites of the two battalions of Zhenliao and Zhenliao were all wiped out in the first battle, and even the leader was killed in the battle, becoming the tallest leader on the huge Jingguan. The huge blow made Zeng Qingfeng fall down, and Immediately afterwards came the news that Li Qing was still alive, the coup d'etat in Dingzhou failed, and the Dingzhou army under the command of Li Qing fought back massively, defeated Zhang Aimin, seized Minzhou, and invaded Qinzhou, and finally gave away his last hope. kill.

Zeng Qingfeng was critically ill, and Zeng Yifan was hastily called back.

(End of this chapter)