Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 721 Gao Huaide Was Frightened into Faintness

"No!" All the generals under Dang Jin's command clasped their fists together, turned around and went back to where their troops were, and went to greet the soldiers under their command to order and arrange.

Dang Jin let out a sigh of relief, looked at the walls of the four military strongholds in the distance, and after an unknown amount of time, he murmured to himself: "Yang Jiye, what is he doing now?"

In front of the frontal defense line on the east side of the four army villages, dust filled the air, soldiers were like clouds, and the Song army spread all over the ground.

"emission!"

"emission!"

"emission!"

As the three orders were issued in sequence, the three phalanxes in front of the Song Army's front line shot arrows one after another. The three arrows fell into the front and back of the earth wall with the ear-piercing sound of piercing through the air, splashing pieces of yellow soil, but behind the earth wall there was It was quiet, and there was no retaliation.

In the military meeting before the war, Gao Huaide's commander Lu Long, who stayed here, suggested that he concentrate his forces to attack the rightmost military stronghold. Although the casualties may be heavy, once it is conquered, it can rely on this military stronghold to easily conquer the other three. Army stronghold.

However, after Dangjin led all the generals to check the right army village, they found that it was very difficult and was strongly opposed by most of the generals. The reason was that the terrain there was narrow and the troops could not be deployed. , casualties are bound to be heavy.

In the end, Dangjin placed the attack point in the middle area. The mountain defense lines on both wings are very difficult to attack. The height of the mountain itself is much higher than the earth wall. The upper layer of the mountain is deployed layer by layer. There are also trenches dug, and shield vehicles cannot be used. Xiangfu The national army can also mobilize reinforcements from the earth city, especially on the Nanshan side, not only will it be attacked by the densely packed crossbows on the earth wall of the Xiangfu army, but may also be attacked by some stone throwers in the army village and on the mountains on both sides. He didn't want to attack the most difficult mountain defense line first, so he tried the middle earth wall line first.

While the Song army was shooting arrows, more than 100 trebuchets were fighting back on Beishan and Nanshan respectively. These trebuchets were the latest research and development results of the arsenal under the Xiangfu State Equipment Department. Considering the importance of the four military villages, Yang Jiye asked for instructions After Ye Chen, he was directly transferred to the four army camps on the front line against Song Dynasty.

These trebuchets have a longer range and more precision than the improved trebuchets developed by the Huaxia Weifu Weapons Department for Da Song.In addition, relying on the condescending position, the continuous throwing of stones at the foot of the mountain has increased the range, reaching more than 500 steps. No small mess.

The drums of the Song Army were beating, shaking the heavens and the earth, and more than two hundred shield chariots in the middle began to move forward.Today is their first tentative attack. In view of the difficulty of the attack, this time the Song Army dispatched ten commanders, a total of 5000 people, each of which has a hundred archers.

"Pay attention to keep the speed." Meng Wuye, one of the two commanders in charge of the shield vehicles, howled loudly, and asked 500 of his subordinates to push a hundred shield vehicles. shield car.Two hundred shield vehicles lined up for more than a mile, and they rumbled away under the impetus of a thousand soldiers. The entire line moved forward in unison, like a wooden tide.Behind Meng Wuye is a row of archers, holding strong bows, the main task is to cover the shield car.

This shield chariot is eight feet high and made of elm wood. It is shaped like a car, with four small wooden wheels underneath, and the front guard and top plate are eight inches (25 cm) thick. It can defend against all known bows and arrows. Some of the more advanced ones are covered with three layers of cowhide on the top, and covered with mud and wet quilts, which are almost invulnerable to water and fire.

The front guards of some excellent shield vehicles are not fixed dead, but are fixed with live pins. Even if smaller stones from the riprap hit them, the guards will tilt up and unload the force, and the stones will often be refracted to the other direction. The men and horses behind the shield car were not injured at all.

The front guard of the rough shield car was fixed, which made it easier to make. The back of the board was ribbed with thick wooden strips, and the protection was also excellent. Meng Wuye had three such rough shield cars under his command.

These shield vehicles were the research results that Ye Chen asked the Weapons Department of Huaxia Weifu to contribute when the Song Dynasty attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty at the beginning of last year, and he didn't want to use it against himself now.If he had known today, would Ye Chen have asked people to contribute?

Meng Wuye looked at the earth wall in front of the shield car. There were still more than three hundred steps away, but he was already within the shooting range of the opponent's giant crossbow. The yellow earth wall in front was silent, except for the huge crossbow at the gap. In addition, there are only one army flag fluttering in the wind, and the black wolf with its teeth and claws can be vaguely seen above, which means that the Xiangfu Kingdom army guarding in front of them is the black wolf army of the two major party armies of Xiangfu Kingdom.

The road ahead is full of potholes and ditches, and there are some large stones painted with different paint colors, which are used by the Black Wolf Army to mark and remind them to shoot. The party members did not know this method before. It was Yang Jiye who taught them.

Therefore, in addition to probing, Song Jun also had to remove those marking stones along the way.During wars in the past, the Song army sometimes used this method to mark distances, so they knew the role of stones very well.

After three hundred steps, there was a piercing sound from the opposite side, and a cloud of yellow dust rose around a giant crossbow.

With a sound of "嗖", a ten-foot-long crossbow and gun flew out at a speed visible to the naked eye, and stuck on a shield car on Meng Wuye's left flank.

With a loud bang, the crossbow spear stabbed at the front fender, and was blocked by the thick wooden board. The shield car shook violently, the front half jumped up, and the back of the fender was torn apart, shooting out a lot of broken pieces. Sawdust, like raindrops, sprinkled to the rear, large and small flying wood chips became like sharp blades, piercing the soldiers' bodies and face doors behind, and the Song army pushing the cart screamed at the same time, covering their faces and chests and screaming loudly, The soldiers pushing the shield cart were a little rioted, but under the scolding of the officer, they didn't stop.

When the Song army reached the 27-step mark, the sound of breaking through the air rang out again and again, and shots were fired at the gaps in the earth wall. There were a total of [-] giant crossbows on this mile-long front.Under the auspices of Yang Jiye, the Black Wolf Corps has performed drills and practiced many times here. All the giant crossbows are pre-calibrated with high accuracy, and the hit rate is as high as [-]%.

Sawdust flew across the shield car, and the injured soldiers of the Song Army rolled and wailed on the ground. The officer in charge had no mercy, and loudly ordered the remaining soldiers to remove the shooting marks. The main formation of the shield car continued to move forward, and they still needed to fill up The potholes outside the Lanma Ditch.

As they approached, the crossbows of the Xiangfu Kingdom became more accurate, and the shield vehicles stopped after being shot by the crossbow guns, and the front line became untidy.

Amidst the screams, the number of soldiers in the Song Dynasty increased rapidly, and the screams continued. Some soldiers began to show fear, stopped or slowed down.

"Don't stop, go forward!" Meng Wuye yelled loudly.

"Boom!" There was another loud noise, and a crossbow and gun fifty steps away smashed a shield car into pieces with an ear-piercing sound. Countless pieces of wood exploded from the shield car, flying into the air, and falling down Into the group of archers behind, followed by two loud bangs, the two shield vehicles turned into parts, and the soldiers and archers behind fell all over the ground.

Suddenly there was a sound of gold ringing, and Meng Wuye was startled, and hurriedly shouted at the more than 200 soldiers under his command who were still alive: "Retreat in an orderly manner, don't panic!"

Song Jun turned around and retreated one after another, the pace was much faster than when they came, but the formation was still neat, with archers covering behind, and the shield cart pusher pushed the shield cart back.From this point of view, the Song Army deserves to be an elite and strong army that has fought for many years.

All the soldiers burst out their survival potential, pulling the shield chariot and walking fast.The giant crossbow of the Xiangfu army fired another round, killing dozens of people, and then stopped firing.

Outside Linzhou City, because the Song Army and Linzhou Army arrived in Linzhou City in time, Gao Huaide escaped with his life, but at the last moment, Ye Chen shot an arrow at him, and Gao Huaide's five soldiers desperately protected him. Gao Huaide's body blocked the arrow. Gao Huaide had been exhausted for a whole night, and because of this fright, he passed out at the last moment. The rush in the city disrupted the Song Army and the Linzhou Army who had just left the city and had not yet formed an army formation.In the end, Ye Chen led more than 2000 cavalry to charge and kill them. After more than 2000 people were killed and injured, they ran into the city in a panic.Ye Chen took the opportunity to lead people into the city before the gate was closed, and took control of the west gate.

Huang Dongqiu, who was fighting guerrilla warfare with more than 2000 surviving Basalt Legion infantry in the city, heard the movement and took the opportunity to lead people out from hiding places to join forces with Ye Chen.

But not long after, Yang Chongxun and Huang Dongqiu in the city had regrouped and rushed towards the west gate.

The Yang family in Linzhou City had 1 troops, and Huang Dongqiu led 3000 cavalry into the city, making a total of 5 troops.Last night, about 1 people were killed and injured by the Xuanwu Army in World War I, and now there are about [-] people on foot and cavalry.The [-] people in Linzhou and the Song Army also died more than [-] people.

Today, Ye Chen brings more than 2000 cavalry to join the 3000 people of the Xuanwu Army, and there are only more than 5000 people. Although the individual combat power is stronger than that of the Song Army, the difference between the enemy's 3 people is still too large, let alone in Linzhou. home field.Therefore, Ye Chen decisively led people out of the city gate and evacuated Linzhou.

The Song army and the Linzhou army fought all night and were exhausted. In addition, the coach Gao Huaide was unconscious and dead, and he was worried that Xiangfu would be ambushed.Therefore, after chasing for five miles, he led his troops back to Linzhou City.

So far, the battle in Linzhou City is temporarily over.

Therefore, when the sun was rising, Linzhou City finally became much quieter. Only in some places, there were occasional sounds of soldiers from the Xuanwu Army being chased and killed. Clean up the streets.

There are dead bodies everywhere inside and outside the West City Gate, some from the Xiangfu Kingdom, some from the Song Army and Linzhou Army, and the blood that has not yet completely solidified flows everywhere like a stream-shocking and tragic.

(End of this chapter)