At dawn the next day, while still sleeping, I heard the sound of war drums and horns outside the city, and the sound of shouts and formations filled the sky.
The Tatars are attacking the city! Liu Meng sat up suddenly and listened carefully to the noise coming from the four directions of east, west, north and south. He couldn't help but become nervous. Could it be that the Mongolian Tatars actually launched a general attack?
Little Guo Xiang's whereabouts have not yet been found, and the Tatars have launched a general attack. Will she be in danger?
He quickly got up, dressed, and fetched water to wash up. Over there, Ding Qi had already brought a water bag and flour pancakes to say hello, and wanted to go to the north gate together to help defend. If he didn't fill his stomach quickly, he wouldn't have time to fight later.
It was time to eat. The two of them ate and walked immediately. When they arrived at the North Gate Tower, Ding Qi picked up a bag of crossbow arrows from the pile of arrows. Liu Meng didn't care about the smell of arrows and picked up two quivers.
Hang on your body.
When we climbed up to the city and looked around, we saw Mongolian soldiers all over the mountains and plains outside the city, with their flags fluttering. Two teams of 10,000 people surrounded by 200 to 300 ladder trucks came up quickly. Thousands of arrows were placed on the archery towers and siege vehicles that had been deployed earlier.
They launched a volley and covered the city wall.
The defense of the north gate has always been the top priority, and all kinds of defensive equipment are available. Two eight-oxen bed crossbows are placed near the city gate tower.
Ling's one spear and three sword arrows have a range of up to a thousand steps and are powerful enough to break trees and rocks!
Guo Jing personally sat at the north gate. Seeing the rampant Mongolian archery towers, he immediately ordered the bed crossbowmen to load kerosene bombs and aim at an arrow tower. The strongman raised his mallet and smashed down the order flag. "Collapse!" There was a loud bang, and the bed collapsed.
The tremor of the crossbow made everyone on the tower feel suffocated.
The one-meter-long iron arrow thundered out, making an extremely sharp whistle through the air, which made thousands of soldiers above and below the city feel numb when they heard it.
Boom! Sawdust was flying. Under the gaze of tens of thousands of troops, the archery tower suddenly trembled, and then the fire shot up into the sky. More than ten Mongolian marksmen burned on it until they cried for their mothers. Some of the bold ones jumped down, but fell down.
He was killed on the spot.
At the same time, another crossbow was fired angrily. After the same numbing scream, another arrow tower burst into flames. After a few dozen breaths, it collapsed.
What a powerful weapon! What does it mean to be a weapon for defending a city, what does a soldier have the courage to do? In today's era, this powerful bed crossbow is an irresistible super killer weapon!
Encouraged by this, the Song troops on the city cheered loudly. Rolling logs and rocks rained down for a while, and the 10,000-person siege team advancing below immediately cried out and retreated in embarrassment, leaving behind many corpses.
Guo Jing had been in the Mongolian army for a long time and was extremely familiar with various methods of siege. With Lei Qingzhu's meticulous defensive measures, even if Mongolia's 40,000 troops took turns to attack, and the firearms returned, cannons, trebuchets, etc., no matter how brave the soldiers were,
Even though he was not afraid of death, he still failed to reach the top of the city.
The battle had been fierce for nearly half a day. Liu Meng hid behind the crenels and shot an arrow from time to time. Fortunately, the city wall was densely packed with attacking Tatars. There was no need to aim at all, and the arrows were bloody. Several nearby bodies were killed by cannon stones.
The corpses of the Song soldiers were placed at the mouth of the saucer, attracting the attention of the Mongolian shooters below.
It was extremely sticky and slippery underfoot. The blood and water mixed with the soil made a popping sound when stepped on. In order to deal with the crossbows on the north gate tower, the enemy assembled about twenty riprap trucks and return artillery, and carried out a focused attack on the tower.
The two eight-niu bed crossbows were both hit by cannon stones. One was completely destroyed, and the other roared again after the craftsmen risked their lives to repair it.
That burst of artillery and rock was too dense. Fortunately, Liu Meng reacted very quickly. When he saw something was wrong, he directly used Qing Kung Fu and jumped off the tower. However, the defenders who stayed on top suffered heavy casualties. According to Liu Meng's rough estimate, the casualties were at least three.
About a hundred.
But even so, because Lei Qingzhu had prepared for rainy days, made a detailed and perfect defense plan, and specially organized several firefighting teams composed of martial arts masters, the support was very timely. Several Mongolian centurions and their men climbed up the ladder and just emerged.
, there was a burst of flying knives, iron caltrops, stone bullets, sleeve darts and other hidden weapons. Before he could wake up, there were a series of clicks, the five tiger door-breaking knife, the nine-ring machete, the wild goose feather knife, and the simple knife were flying in confusion.
The platoon's head rolled down.
Holding the small round shield he picked up from the corpse, Liu Meng rushed to the other side of the crenellation. Looking down from the arrow hole, he saw a Tatar who looked like a captain waving a scimitar and kept encouraging his men to go down the ladder.
Climbing up, he immediately drew his bow and nocked an arrow, took aim and shot out an arrow. Unexpectedly, the opponent was experienced, tilted his body, and easily opened the arrow with a scimitar. Then he looked at the top, took out his bow, and did not see any gestures.
The arrow is reflected.
The incoming arrow was extremely fast. Liu Meng quickly ducked his head and dodged. His heart became angry. He drew the bow again and shot two arrows in succession, but he was still dodged. When he was feeling depressed, a gentle voice suddenly came from the side: "After aiming,
The left hand secretly moves the internal force without moving, while the right hand loosens the string and slightly presses the left thumb to attach the internal force to the arrow."
The voice was - Guo Jing? Liu Meng turned around in shock and saw a middle-aged man in his forties standing behind him. He had a simple and square face, broad shoulders and an unusually firm expression. He was none other than the world-famous Guo Jing and Guo Daxia.
With a slight smile, Guo Jing naturally took the iron bow from Liu Meng's hand. He bent the bow like a full moon and fired arrows like a startling rainbow. The captain let out an "ah" and was shot through the heart by an arrow, and fell to the ground on the spot.
It wasn't until Guo Jing left for a long time that Liu Meng woke up. Thinking of the other person's simple face, he felt ashamed in his heart. Alas! It was just a casual relationship with someone else's daughter, and now he has pushed the other person's wife down and sent her away.
I'm a big cuckold. Why didn't I realize that I was such a beast in the past?
Sighing, Liu Meng gathered his thoughts and started experimenting with arrows one by one according to what Guo Jing had just said. Anyway, there were a lot of living targets down there.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, I suddenly heard the Mongolian soldiers below the city shouting in unison: "Long live, long live, long live!" The shouts spread from far to near, like a tide, towards the Xiangyang city wall. In the end, more than 100,000 people shouted in unison,
The sound shook the sky, causing the defenders on the city to change their colors and become horrified.
A nine-blade white banner rushed out from the camp, followed by a group of capable cavalry guarding the green umbrella and yellow cover. They stopped at a high slope about a thousand steps away from the city wall. It turned out that the Great Khan Meng Ge had made no progress for a long time.
Immediately come to command the siege.
When the Mongolian officers and soldiers saw the Great Khan personally raising his sword and giving orders, their morale was immediately boosted. At this moment, the battle flags were fluttering, the horns were blowing, and nine cannons were fired in succession. They saw another two thousand troops rushing out of the camp, one of which was decorated with gold.
A group of golden helmets, led by a golden wolf war flag; a team of leather armored yellow robes, with iron helmets on their heads tied with long white pony tails, and a silver moon war flag at the head.
The Mongolian soldiers who were attacking the city cheered in unison when they saw it, and quickly retreated like a tide, giving way to the siege route. Two teams of 10,000 people were separated from each other, with the north gate as the boundary, and they roared straight towards them.
The cowardly Xue army! The retinue army! The two sharpest swords beside the Mongol Khan! Looking at the world, they are almost invincible, but now they are willing to send them to participate in siege battles?
Not to mention that the generals of the Song Army, who were familiar with the Mongolian military situation, were frightened. The ordinary officers and soldiers were panicked when they saw the overwhelming power of the enemy army. At this moment, a long roar suddenly came from the top of the city, and the sound broke through the clouds and fog.
, shocking.
"Brothers! Let the Tatar Khan see with his own eyes the majesty of my Song Dynasty man today! Xiangyang! Unbreakable!"
Guo Jing mobilized his internal strength and roared loudly, and almost the entire Xiangyang City could hear it clearly. The officers and soldiers were already exhausted, but when they heard this, their blood surged up, and they also shouted in unison, as if they were crazy, and their drums were rising.
Use your remaining energy to fight the enemy to the death.
Night finally fell. The city was lit with torches inside and outside, and the burning arrow towers, chariots, and houses made the outside of Xiangyang City look like daylight. Most of the new batch of city-defending officers and soldiers who had been rotated in had been killed or wounded, and several city walls had been breached repeatedly.
, the defenders fought until the end, hugging the enemy with red eyes and rolling down the city together. The situation was extremely critical for a while.
One of them was not far from Liu Meng. When he saw this situation, he quickly dropped his iron bow, drew out his green sword and rushed over. The sword stabbed Liu Meng continuously, and Liu Meng looked like a ghost. How could ordinary soldiers block it?
The dozen or so cowardly Xue soldiers who came up screamed in agony, and rolled down from the top of the city one after another.
Fortunately, there were many disciples of the Beggar Clan in this section, and the fire brigade provided timely support. Therefore, despite the dangers, the city wall was still firmly guarded, preventing the invincible cowardly Xue army and his retinue from advancing even an inch.
Seeing that the two Mongolian armies were still fighting to the death, wave after wave surged up like a sea tide, and the city walls were in emergency, leaving several firefighting teams very busy. General Wang Jian, Guo Jing, Lei Qingzhu and other core members discussed it and decided
Counterattack strategy.
Liu Meng, who was guarding a crenel alone, slowly figured out some tips on archery. Every time the bow sounded, someone would fall down. He was in high spirits when suddenly a call came from the communicator in his ear.
"Xiao Liu! Xiao Liu! Come to the north gate and meet up, prepare to leave the city for a sneak attack!"
It was Lei Qingzhu's voice. Liu Meng quickly raised his small buckler to cover his upper body. He straightened up and ran to the Tibetan Soldier Cave from the chaos of falling arrows. He called a group of officers and soldiers to replace the defense. Then he swayed and walked directly from the female wall.
He jumped down, amidst the exclamations from below, and landed next to the red-robed and soap-armored general who was arranging his formation.
"Liu Shaoxia?!" This general was Niu Fu, the commander of the You Yi Army. Since that day of the death battle, he often went to drink and chat with Liu Meng, and the two became friends with similar temperaments.
Liu Meng looked at You Yijun, who was silently forming a team, and said with a smile: "What, you want to go out of the city for a sneak attack?" Niu Fu bared his teeth and smiled, and said fiercely: "The Tatar offensive is too fierce now, Deputy Ambassador Lei suggested
Taking advantage of the cowardice of Xue's army and his retinue, we abandoned their horses and attacked the city on foot. We concentrated our elite troops and rushed out to catch him off guard. Even if we cannot completely annihilate them, we still have to make the enemy chief Meng Ge feel so distressed that he cannot sleep!"
The cavalry fighting skills of the cowardly Xue army and the retinue army are famous far and wide. However, if they dismount and fight on foot, they are still brave and brave. But it is like a tiger missing its teeth or an eagle missing its wings. It is really not as good as the Song army.
