Three days later, late at night, Wang Coffin Town on the north bank of the Yellow River.
Han Qing struggled to fully draw the horned bow, leaned down, ignited the oil ball on the arrow shaft on the torch, then quickly stood up straight, pointed at the south gate tower of Wangguan Town and loosened the bow string.
The rocket left the string, like a shooting star, dragging a gorgeous trajectory in mid-air. Immediately afterwards, hundreds of rockets rose into the sky behind him, following the initial "shooting star" and falling towards the south gate of Wangguan Town.
The city tower, in the blink of an eye, was filled up and down.
The rockets turned into candles, illuminating the city tower as bright as day. The defenders fired arrows in panic to counterattack, causing minimal damage to the attackers.
The team under Han Qing's command was mainly composed of Xiang troops and grain men. However, these Xiang troops and grain men followed him to defeat Yang Xingyan, suppress the Chunyang Sect, and also brought the Goryeo Navy from across the sea.
He was beaten and the mouse ran away.
A series of brilliant achievements have long since transformed everyone in the team. Not only are they rich in combat experience, but even if they encounter Liao soldiers of the same size, they will not lose a single bit in terms of momentum.
"Light the fire! Set it off!"
"ignition……"
The voices of Zhang Fan and Dou Sha sounded one after another, directing more than twenty crossbow vehicles, and fired the crossbow guns, which were also wearing fish oil cans, towards the tower.
The crossbow gun filled with oil was originally a weapon for water warfare. Because of its poor accuracy and lethality, few people used it in land warfare.
However, when Han Qing attacked Pingyuan County three days ago, he suddenly noticed that the watchtowers of this era were typical brick and wood structures, and the attack effect with a crossbow gun filled with oil cans was very effective. So tonight,
Decisively ordered more ballistas to be towed ashore.
No matter how inaccurate the crossbow was, if it aimed at a two-foot-wide city tower, it would never miss. After a few snaps of the fingers, the sharp tip of the spear was inserted into the city tower, penetrating half a foot deep.
The oil tank on the crossbow pole used inertia to collide with the adobe bricks outside the watchtower, and fell apart. The smelly oil was like a waterfall, instantly spilling everywhere.
The tail of the crossbow rod also spurted out balls of flames. The grease on the surface of the watch tower came into contact with the flying sparks, and instantly turned into huge balls of fire.
The fireballs expanded rapidly while burning, and soon became one with each other, turning into a blazing wall of fire, and then turned into a pool of flames.
The soldiers near the enemy tower were still trembling and firing arrows to fight back. Soon, they were burned by the flames and screamed and retreated to the horse faces on both sides. (Note: Horse faces, ancient city walls suddenly widened.
Defense platform.)
Before they could gain a foothold, hundreds of rockets chased after them and headed straight over their heads.
Some of those who were unfortunately hit by arrows died on the spot, but most of the soldiers were only splashed with sparks. They screamed and slapped their bodies to extinguish the fire, while they continued to retreat in a chaotic manner, along the horse's face to the footpath inside the city wall, some distance away from the enemy.
The buildings are getting further and further away.
"Liu Hong, step forward and break the gate." Han Qing took a panoramic view of the enemy's performance. Using his bow as a sword, he pointed at the city gate illuminated by the fire and shouted an order.
"I will obey the order!" Liu Hong shouted excitedly, leading more than twenty strong brothers to push the iron-covered four-wheeler, rumbled into the doorway, and crashed into the city gate.
"Archers, continue to fire arrows to prevent the defenders from counterattacking. Others, line up seventy steps away and prepare to enter the city!" Han Qing took a deep breath and continued to give orders loudly, regardless of Liu Hong, who was familiar with the road.
"Yes!" Zhang Fan, Dou Sha, the Yuan brothers and others responded in unison. Immediately, they led the brothers quickly away from the city wall, avoiding the position directly opposite the main gate, and formed two simplified front arrow arrays.
"Dong dong, dong dong..." The familiar sound of hammering nails soon sounded in the city gate. Han Qing's eyes were attracted by the sound, smiled, and slowly exhaled.
Wangguan Town is a small town that does not store a large amount of grain, grass and baggage, nor does it have important figures in the Liao Kingdom like Xiao Moke.
However, this city is only ten miles away from Liaocheng, the seat of Bozhou.
The main force of Yelu Longxing, the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army of the Liao Kingdom, is more than 150 miles away in Gaotang. If he hears the news that Wangguan Town has been recaptured by him, he will not come to fight. He can take advantage of the situation and there will be no
Liaocheng, which had many defenders, was also captured in one fell swoop.
If Yelu Longxing leads the main force to fight, he will board the warship and go down the river.
No matter how fast the Khitan war horses run, they still need to stop to eat grass and rest. But the warships, on the other hand, don't even need sails or oars when they go down the river.
Han Qing is self-aware and has long since realized that in a serious battle on the battlefield, he would never be an opponent of a veteran like Yelu Longxing.
Therefore, he focused all his attention on exploiting his strengths and avoiding weaknesses.
The Khitans lacked ships and did not understand water warfare. From Yucheng to Puyang, these hundreds of miles of Yellow River were their home field.
He could attack wherever he wanted on both sides of the Yellow River. He could come when he wanted and leave when he wanted. He was determined not to have any direct entanglement with Yelu Longxing.
The Liao and Song Dynasties had been at war for decades, and the Liao army always took the initiative with its war horses. The Song army habitually relied on city walls and fortresses to drain the Liao army's energy, and then followed and pursued the Liao army when it had to retreat.
This time, Han Qing tried hard to firmly control the initiative in his own hands.
In this way, even though he is far inferior to his opponents tactically, strategically, he is already in an invincible position.
If the stalemate continues for a long time, the Liao army on the east route will definitely be reduced to a tired army.
By then, how could the veteran Li Jilong, who was in charge of the entire Yellow River defense line in Chanzhou, not know how to seize the opportunity and give Yelulongxing a slap in the face? (Note: Li Jilong is Li Jihe's brother and the uncle of Emperor Zhao Heng.
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In addition, what is more important to Han Qing himself is that by attacking the cities along the Yellow River that fell into the hands of the Liao army, he will tell Yelu Longxing and others what he said: "Wherever there are rivers in the world, Han
"Everyone can go and get it" is definitely not an empty threat!
During this era, most of the city gates in the Song Dynasty were made of wood, and the watchtowers also had solid wood frames. The city gates and watchtowers in the Liao Kingdom were even simpler.
How long does it take to capture a city in the Song Dynasty or a city along the river in the Liao Kingdom? It will only take less time.
If the Liao monarchs and ministers continue to play tricks against themselves, they must be prepared to bear the cost of counterattack!
As for Bianliang, Han Qing quickly looked towards the east and exhaled slowly again.
He never planned to be the Great Wall of the Song Dynasty. But he also never planned to be the second Tan Daoji, let alone the Yue Fei of the Northern Song Dynasty. (Note: Tan Daoji, a general of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, lamented that the emperor had destroyed himself when he was unjustly killed.
Great Wall.)
He could not guarantee what actions the officials and courtiers would take after hearing the rumor deliberately created by Xingrensi in the south of Liao.
However, he must ensure that those people will think carefully before taking action.
"Boom!" The explosion sounded in the city gate, and the wooden city gate quickly turned into a ball of powder.
In Wangguan City, the defenders who were trying to block the entrance were overthrown by the air wave generated by the explosion. The remaining ones were so frightened that they screamed and ran for their lives.
"Enter the city!" Han Qing put away his thoughts and pointed forward with his bow arm.
The two brothers formed a front line and rushed in side by side. No matter what obstacles they encountered along the way, they were quickly crushed!
