Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 522 Attack and Defense of Ten Mile Fort ([-])
However, on top of these people, as long as you put in ten times more effort than others, absorb and refer to the wisdom and experience of predecessors and others, and finally form a self-logic system, and become a person who truly stands on the shoulders of others, you will be able to cope with all novelties However, in ancient and modern China and abroad, people who can really stand at the top of society, except for some so-called second-generation people whose natural starting point has reached a certain height, must have a complete self-logic system, without exception.

To put it simply, when people start to look and think deeply about what other people said, what kind of past they have experienced and what kind of environment they exist in, when people can finally empathize and understand what their predecessors said, it is because Only when the reason is spoken out can wisdom be truly passed on, knowledge can be truly applied in practice, experience can truly become ability, and the laws that exist in the world will finally be utilized.

At this time, later generations can finally understand the core of the wisdom of the predecessors, and when they can connect with reality, draw inferences from one instance, and draw inferences by analogy, then they will truly have the ability to think independently, break away from books and so-called experience, and become a true master of one line.

The same is true of warfare.Unless the combined strength of combat power, number of people, and morale is very different, in any battle, for the general commanding the battle, what needs to be used is the proficient use of the art of war.In the current situation, the party members outside the city and the northwestern frontier army of the Song Dynasty are similar in combat power, and the party members have the upper hand, but the Song army has a city wall to rely on. To fight alive, the morale and fighting will of both sides are similar.In this case, to a certain extent, what is tested is the wisdom of the generals and soldiers on both sides in the specific battle process.

Although most of the Dangxiang people have never read military books or learned the art of war, they have years of combat experience and accumulation from generation to generation. The general’s skills are still there, but that’s all. If the siege continues like this without accidents, most of their 3000 people will still be consumed and killed, and most of the defending Song army will be killed. The army broke down the city because of insufficient manpower. Naturally, the result was the most miserable. And after they suffered heavy casualties at that time, could they still kill Ye Chen?

No one's war wisdom is designed to deal with things that are beyond common sense.Ye Chen's two sky-shocking arrows and the powerful combat power shown by the five hundred black cavalry still had some influence on the fighting spirit of the party members.

With the arrival of night, the wind and snow fell outside Ten Mile Fort, and the fire spread along the city wall. The soldiers on duty on the city wall were still looking at the distance intently.When the wind blows over the mountains and snowfields outside the city, it feels chilly, and the camp of the Dangxiang people outside the city is also full of flames, and the Dangxiang people are still making intensive preparations for the attack.

Under Liu Shijun's heartfelt admiration, Ye Chen ate something with the latter, listened carefully to the latter's general strategy for defending the city, and walked up the city wall without any comments, surrounded by the defending Song army running around. .

People carrying buckets are rushing up the city wall one after another, pouring water on the outer wall before going down, and so on.The soldiers have already erected their shields and prepared objects for defending the city, such as yaksha rings, rolling logs and stones.Countless city guards are ready to stretch out on the city wall.

Above Ten Mile Fort, it was very cold with strong winds, but at this time the cold was no longer something to worry about.Ye Chen walked to the center of the city tower not far away, and Hu Sanguang was carefully watching the camp of the party members outside the city with the imitation binoculars by the light of the fire.

When the evening was approaching, a group of people suddenly appeared again, and in addition to bringing food and grass to the party members, they also brought a batch of siege equipment. What made Ye Chen and others look dignified and solemn was ten carts of arrows and some The equipment for siege and throwing stones is displayed there, because of these things, the atmosphere on the top of the city has begun to change.

The wind blew over, Ye Chen and others stood in the wind and snow, waiting for the arrival of Dang Xiang's army.After a long time of solemnity, Ye Chen gradually laughed out loud, full of confidence.

"Whether it's Yufeng of the Holy Church or Yanming of the Maitreya Teaching Building, they have spared no effort to kill me, but they have failed every time. Instead, they have exposed more of their hole cards, and then I have destroyed them. For example, they Since I already know that I can mobilize the party members, the future destiny of the party members will naturally be changed because of me."

Ye Chen finished these words in a tone full of naturalness, remembering that in the original history, about 30 years later, the party members finally established the Xixia Kingdom in the Hengshan area of ​​the northwest. Countless homes of people in the Northwest were destroyed.

The party members continued to attack the city defenses, and they slightly changed their offensive strategy. Most of the time, they were no longer obsessed with destroying the city, but obsessed with killing people. On this night, Ye Chen, Liu Shijun The others discovered that the number of casualties began to increase, and the greater pressure than before was still piling up on the defense line of this city, and the battle of Ten Mile Fort had actually only begun for most of the day.

Tuoba Zhenli and other party chiefs have found that it is very difficult to break through the city in a short time. Only when the Song army is greatly reduced by taking advantage of the number of people, can they break the city when the city wall defenders can't take care of them.

Therefore, the party members continued to attack Shilibao.

This time, instead of using saturated large-scale attacks, they focused on feint attacks and flexible skirmish charges.Large areas of charges around Ten Mile Fort continued to appear, and then retreated quickly. What really caused damage was the large-scale thrown arrows, including the incoming rockets.In such weather, it is not easy for rockets to ignite the surrounding and internal wood. The Song Army in the city under the leadership of Liu Shijun has basically made preparations for fire prevention. Scald, most people will quickly lose combat power.

In the evening, Hu Sanguang discovered through the binoculars that the church had brought these party members about ten carts of arrows from somewhere, that's why they used bows and arrows like this.This has never been such a luxury for poor party members in the past.

In addition, the more than a dozen trebuchets brought by the church were difficult to find suitable stone throwers because it was dark, and they had not yet been used at this time.

Of course, the casualty rate between the two sides is not high in this kind of bow and arrow shooting, and Tuoba Zhenli has also shown their keenness as commanders. Assuming a possible charging posture, they only launched a real attack on a few uncritical points in Ten Mile Fort this day, and then they all retreated completely. Both sides are testing each other's nerves and resilience.

"The party members of the dog day, let them run here and there, let's wait for work at leisure, and see who can spend more!" Holding their shields, several commanders in Ten Mile Fort ran among the occasional arrows. The soldiers of the Song army on the city wall cheered up: "However, no one can take it lightly. Among them are those who carry ladders all the time, and they may attack violently at any time, so we must be ready to fight hard with them at any time!"

In the middle of the night, although the casualties caused by the shooting were not as high as when the party members stormed the city, under such circumstances, everyone maintained a sense of tension. Among the soldiers of the Song Army in Ten Mile Fort, the accumulated mental pressure was generally not small .

In the middle of the night, when the Song army was most sleepy, the party members launched a frontal attack like a tide.After several rounds of shooting arrows that were the same as before, suddenly, the roar of shouts of killing came all over the mountains and plains!Under the gray sky, nearly [-] Dangxiang people rushed out of their camp in an instant, carrying wooden ladders and holding shields, and frantically rushed towards Ten Mile Fort.On the front of the city wall, several carts decorated with thick shields were pushed by soldiers and rolled towards the direction of the city gate.This is one of the siege weapons brought to them by the Holy Church.

The sound of shouting and killing reverberated across the field, arrows rained all over the sky, and the front of the soldiers stretched. Countless people ran, climbed and fought amidst the shouts, and then died.

The real test finally unfolded at this time
The sound roared, and around Ten Mile Fort, the roar of human voices ignited the entire night.

The back and forth fire arrows are like fireflies flying in the night sky, one after another, illuminating people's vision in the snow.In the foothills on the west side, a large number of soldiers holding shields rushed across the snow, some of them carrying ladders, and arrows fell on their shields, their bodies, and the snow around them.In the sparse poplar forest behind them, the flames ignited, and the archers with lit arrows rushed out one after another, shot arrows, and retreated back into the snowy forest where the bonfire was burning.At this time, a large number of light spots like migratory locusts will be seen falling towards the walls of Ten Mile Fort.

The covering blows fell on the high points of the city wall one after another. Too many fire arrows fell on the city wall in this severe winter season. The defensive objects such as rolling logs and the clothes of the soldiers even burned on it.

During the charge of the party members all over the mountains and plains, there was always a considerable distance between the soldiers. They held their shields and ran outside the wall, and only launched a sudden attack at a few specific points.The ladder was put up, and the crowd swarmed up. Inside Ten Mile Fort, soldiers of the defending Song Army splashed out with scalding boiling water, and spears shot out from the city wall like a forest, killing the elite party members who tried to climb in. On the top of the wall, a little spot of light rushed out from outside the city in the distance. When trying to shoot at the top of the wall here, the archers rushing inside the city wall also shot their arrows at the group of archers on the other side.

(End of this chapter)