Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 891 Start to close the net

However, this kind of siege weapon is actually not needed to attack Ganzhou City.From Yang Jiye's point of view, Pang Teqin's ability to defend the city is really lacking.And this lack is not Pang Teqin's personal problem, but the Uighur army is not good at this aspect at all.That's why Pang Teqin made some mistakes that seemed ridiculous to Yang Jiye.The most important thing is that although the design of the entire Ganzhou City fortifications can be called rigorous, there are too many unreasonable places.For example, there is no sheep and horse wall in the outer moat, so that the Xiangfu army can not only attack the outer city directly, but also the trench bridge of the Xiangfu army can easily drive to the outer moat, and the wide and deep outer moat does not play much role.Also, there are too few horse faces that can cause great trouble to the siege side.

These many shortcomings are completely backward in tactical thinking.For example, the huge Ganzhou City has only two gates!In Yang Jiye's view, this is simply childish.The Uyghurs thought that the city gates were the most intense offensive and defensive areas, so they thought that the fewer the better, they could concentrate their defenses, but they forgot that the city corners were the weakest areas.

However, any nation has its own clever and unique side, and it also has its own crystallization of wisdom.

Under the attack of so many siege gunpowder packs and stone bullets, how could the Uyghurs maintain such a dense rain of arrows on the top of the city?The Uighurs defending the city seemed not to be suppressed at all!And the strangest thing is that the whirlwind cannons used by the Uyghurs to defend the city have never returned fire.According to common sense, the defensive whirlwind cannons arranged in the city are generally more powerful than the stone bombs fired by the siege catapult because they are condescending. They are the most effective weapons to destroy all kinds of siege equipment on the siege side.Once the various siege equipment of Xiangfu State's army launched an attack, their positions would be exposed without a doubt.But why did Pang Teqin allow the Xiangfu army to attack? Is this always hiding his strength?
Could it be that he is completely capable of dealing with this attack from the Xiangfu army?Or, they don't have whirlwind cannons for defending the city at all?Is there something wrong with the Ministry of Security?

Yang Jiye's eyes narrowed. "There must be something strange in the outer city." Yang Jiye said in a low voice, intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Huang Dongqiu beside him.

Huang Dongqiu stretched out his palm sideways and made a gesture, but he didn't answer.Yang Jiye kept it in his eyes, and his brows frowned even tighter.Huang Dongqiu's meaning was very clear, it was exactly the same as what Yang Jiye thought.The outer city of Ganzhou must have been designed to slope inward.This kind of city surface design is specially designed to deal with the stone bullets of the siege catapult falling on it, and it will slide towards the city with the help of huge inertial force.The accuracy of any trebuchet is limited. No matter how well-trained soldiers are, they cannot accurately hit every stone bullet on the city. In fact, three to four out of ten can hit the city. It is already well-trained, even with Xiangfuguo's new type of trebuchet, it only has a hit rate of [-] out of [-].And if the city surface is designed with a certain slope, the soldiers on the city surface only need to stand close to the parapet when they encounter an attack, and the casualties they will suffer will be greatly reduced.

Yang Jiye suddenly regretted that the gunpowder pack was too much worn out in the first three days, otherwise, if he had been using the gunpowder pack at this time, this problem would not exist.However, these are not important anymore. The siege these days is mainly to cover the smooth progress of another killer, and to train troops by the way.

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With a "bang", a feathered arrow hit Liu Zhiping's shield. The shooter obviously had great strength.At this time Liu Zhiping had no idea who shot the arrow. The soldiers hiding in the ladder cart covered with thick sand and raw cowhide had already leaned the ladder against the city wall of Ganzhou. The flying ladder rose up, directly above the female wall of the outer city of Ganzhou. "Kill!" "Kill!" The sound of war drums behind him became even more urgent. Seeing the platoon leader holding a shield, Liu Zhiping yelled loudly, jumped on the ladder, and climbed up towards Ganzhou. There were dozens of soldiers behind him. Seeing this, the soldiers followed closely behind, and followed suit one after another.Liu Zhiping quickly followed with the soldiers of his class.As soon as he went up, countless people followed behind him.

At this time, there were rising ladders everywhere on the city walls of Ganzhou. Rows of Xiangfu soldiers in black armor and holding shields climbed up towards Ganzhou like a huge colony of ants.

In an instant, the long-range attack of the Xiangfu army became more intense.

Under the command of the nest car, the catapults of the Xiangfu army crazily fired at the city wall of Ganzhou, trying to suppress the defenders on the city at all costs.I don't know when the giant crossbows and guns that had been deployed suddenly showed their power. The Xiangfu army frantically pushed their giant crossbows and guns within a hundred steps from the city, and attacked the Uighur army regardless of casualties.Tens of thousands of archers even shot arrows all over the sky at the Uighur army at the top of the city. Dozens of watchtower carts seemed to appear suddenly, moving crazily on the battlefield. Each of the tall watchtower carts carried more than a dozen archers from the Xiangfu army. These people kept looking for what they thought was an important target. Almost every sound of the bowstring, a Uighur died.

The infantry brigade of the White Tiger Legion, which received effective support, also consciously accelerated their climbing speed as if they had received some orders.

The city of Ganzhou is getting closer.

"You're going to kill yourself!" On the tower, Pang Teqin spat thick phlegm fiercely and cursed.He turned around and stared at his bravest son, and said in a deep voice, "Vituji, bring me a team of thousands of people up there, and you must not let Xianggou go to the city!"

"Yes!"

Our whirlwind cannon is ready to go! "Pang Teqin didn't take another look at the eldest son who left. He stared at the Xiangfu Army's nest car and watch car outside the city. Pang Teqin felt that, in comparison, the biggest threat to Ganzhou City was the Those nest carts with no offensive power. Because of these nest carts, the Xiangfu army can clearly observe every move on the top of the city, and can use the flag to command the troops to carry out more effective attacks.

This is a heartache.

"Be sure to get rid of those nest cars first!"

boom!
boom!
A nest car was smashed to pieces.

Another nest car was smashed into several sections.

"Okay, let's order the troops to withdraw! That's it for today." Yang Jiye looked at the sky in the evening, and gave the order calmly.The Whirlwind Cannons of the Uyghurs finally began to fight back. In order to train troops, they went through some life and death fights. It is inevitable that some soldiers will be lost in battle, as long as they are controlled within a controllable range.But if those precious siege equipment were smashed by the Uighurs, it would not be worth the loss.He knew that these siege equipment in the army were worth more than 60 taels of silver.

Under the cover of trebuchets and giant crossbow guns, the army of Xiangfu Kingdom began to retreat.And the exhausted Uyghur army did not dare to provoke the Xiangfu army again, and watched the Xiangfu army retreat, only a symbolic attack and it was over.

"Xianggou is very afraid of death? Or maybe the commander of the Xiangfu army doesn't want his army to lose too much." Pang Teqin looked at the retreating Xiangfu army and was overjoyed.In his opinion, an army that is afraid of battle damage is much easier to deal with than an army that is not afraid of going all out.

"Since they are afraid of death, then I have to take the initiative." Pang Teqin thought so, turned to Witugie behind him and said, "Vituji, you go and choose three thousand brave men who dare to die, and they will be together tonight. At the same time, the hammer was thrown down to attack its weakness. Ben Khan sent two other surprise soldiers to sneak out first. When the horn sounded in the city, they raised more torches and set up suspicious formations. They came from the south and north, pretending to be reinforcements. When the Fu Kingdom's army is in a panic, Ben Khan will personally lead the army out of the city, and the victory or defeat will be determined overnight!"

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During the reign of Li and Tang, Tubo flourished for a while, which directly constituted an important border problem for the Tang regime.In the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the conquests of various ethnic groups continued, and the internal disputes in Tubo continued, which made the power of Tubo gradually decline.The eastern tribes centered on Xiliang Mansion established by King Pan Luo of Liangzhou and Hehuang Qingtang, scattered in Liangzhou, Hehuang, Qingtang, Longxi, and Qinzhou. The relationship between them is still close. When facing Han, Dangxiang, Uighur and other alien races, they will often join forces to fight against the enemy.

Song Qi mentioned in "Zou Lun Bian Shi": "Dangxiang and Tubo have similar customs. The account family has new households and acquainted households. Those who connect to the Han Dynasty and enter the state city are called acquainted households; living in remote mountains, Those who cross the bandits are called living households. There are many feuds in their customs, and they do not communicate with each other; when there is a battle, they help each other with evil, pass arrows to each other, and they follow like a stream. Although each has a saddle armor, there is no leader They are all scattered in the mountains and rivers, and they are not considered a problem." Therefore, Tubo is divided into raw fan and cooked fan.The living households are located in the area of ​​Youqiu, Zhegu, Dagu, Bilicheng, Gajiacheng, Jixiaocheng, and Kangu. There are countless types of living Fan.However, the family account diverges and does not belong to the emperor, so it cannot be a disaster for China.But Shubo, who are mostly scattered in Weizhou, Lintao, He, Lanzhou, Die, Dangzhou, Lianzongqi, Qingtangcheng, and Liangzhou, are different. They are aggressive and like to plunder each other and the people of other tribes. , especially like to go to the grass valley where the Han people live.They have contributed a lot to the endless wars in the Northwest these years.

At the time when the Song Dynasty aspired to the Central Plains, two Tubo local regimes arose in the Gansu and Qinghai regions. One was the Pan Luozhi regime in the Liangzhou region, which called itself King Panluo, and the other was the self-proclaimed orthodox regime in the Hehuang region. The Zong Si Luo forces.In the original history, King Panluo’s regime was soon annexed by Tubo, while the Zongsiluo regime was passed down for four generations in eastern Qinghai, and it took more than a century before it was destroyed by the Song Dynasty.

Gu Siluo is a descendant of the Tubo Yalong Jue'a royal family, but he was born at an untimely time.When he was born, Tubo had already been disintegrated, and was in the midst of civil strife caused by clan wars and warlord separatism.

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