When attacking a city, the defending side always occupies the advantageous location, and the attacking side pays the greater sacrifice. However, although the defending side has a local advantage, it has formed a siege situation, which means that the attacking side has mastered the battlefield.
Taking the initiative, whether to fight or not is in the hands of the siege party. The entire battlefield situation is tilted towards the siege party. Therefore, unless the food and grass can no longer be sustained, or the defenders have relatively strong reinforcements arriving, otherwise it will not be secure no matter how strong it is.
Sooner or later, a destroyed city will be conquered.
Li Yide knew this well. The reason why he sided with King Qing was because King Qing's deception of the city had become a reality. His army had already controlled Yinzhou City. Although Li Yide's power was extremely huge,
They could not fight against the same army; on the other hand, there were Khitan troops in the besieging army. After the Khitans broke through the city, they burned, killed, looted, and even massacred the whole city. The trend of looting was too strong. In comparison, King Qing had decided to use Yinzhou as his base.
foundation, so the harm he caused to the people of Yinzhou was negligible compared to the damage caused by the Khitan people after the city was broken. Therefore, Li Yide held the illusion that the Khitan troops would naturally retreat after a long battle without any attack, and sided with King Qing half-heartedly.
But Zhu Yun's words that night touched him deeply. He didn't take Zhu Yun's martial arts skills seriously. Throughout the ages, there were many strange people who were more powerful than Zhu Yun, but their effects were limited after all.
Even if Zhu Yun could kill him, it would not be possible to destroy or control the entire Li family. However, an army composed of soldiers whose individual strength is far inferior to that of Zhu Yun, an outlandish person like Zhu Yun, wanted to destroy the Li family and even the entire Li family.
Yinzhou City was razed to the ground, but it was not a difficult task.
Zhuyun's analysis is right. Even if he can delay the Khitan to retreat, as long as King Qing is here for a day, the Khitan will never give in and will send troops to attack sooner or later. Once the Khitan sends its army to the west, the northwest vassals will definitely worry that the Khitan will
Taking root in Yinzhou and extending Khitan's power into the northwest, everyone in the northwest vassals was in danger. Whether it was Li Guangrui who had been robbed of Yinzhou, or Linzhou, Fuzhou, and Luzhou, they were bound to get rid of King Qing and then quickly
, so as not to give the Khitans an excuse to march westward...
The more Li Yide thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and his confidence finally wavered. When the troops were forming outside the city and preparing to attack the city again, Li Yide couldn't sit still. He changed his clothes and, accompanied by several core members of the Li family,
Quietly rush to Nancheng.
On the south city, Commander Li of the Yinzhou Army, who once commanded the troops to build the urn city for King Qing, was a son of the Li family in Yinzhou. When he saw the army gathering outside the city, he immediately adjusted the command post to prepare the wolf fangs, carry stones and logs, and set up
Firewood was lit, soup was boiled and oil was boiled, arrows taken from Yinzhou's treasury were carried to the top of the city, boxes were placed every ten steps, the lids of the boxes were opened, and the arrows were revealed...
While he was busy working nervously, a man dressed in civilian clothes hurried up to him and whispered a few words to him. Commander Li was shocked. He looked up and saw that Yang Danmo, who was standing on the arrow tower directing the dispatch, had not paid attention to him.
He immediately turned around and ran down the troop transport road towards the city.
"Old man, why are you here?" Commander Li rushed to a man wearing a hat and a cloak and asked anxiously.
The man lifted up his hood. He had a bronze face, a gray beard, thick eyebrows and a wide mouth, and looked very fierce. He was none other than Li Yide, the head of the Li family in Yinzhou.
Li Yide smiled slightly and said, "I'm going to the city to have a look."
Commander Li was surprised: "This is impossible. The siege equipment of the Luzhou Army is very powerful. They have a large number of stone cannons and crossbows. If we fight together, our swords and guns have no eyes and cannot protect you. Once the old man is injured..."
Li Yide said calmly: "Go and make arrangements."
Li Yide always spoke his mind in front of the Li clan members. Commander Li knew that he could no longer dissuade him. He stamped his feet and had to turn around and rush to the city again. After a while, his soldiers came with several sets of military uniforms. Li Yide and several Li Yide
The children of the family hurriedly changed their clothes and followed the man up the city wall.
In siege of a city, in addition to easy-to-succeed methods such as internal cooperation and external cooperation, deception, and sneak attacks, the only option is head-on confrontation. In the early stage, you will probably use trebuchets, crossbows, etc. to destroy the city walls and kill the enemies. When you use ladders to hit wood and break the city hammer, then
This is already the most brutal stage of hand-to-hand combat.
Before today's battle, Yelu Xiezhen's attack on the east city was gaining momentum. Yelu Xiezhen distributed a large number of stickers to the city, all written in Khitan script. The stickers used both soft and hard tactics to force the defenders to surrender. Anyone who surrendered would be forgiven.
Pardon his crime of rebellion. Otherwise, the day the city is destroyed will be the day of massacre, and no Khitan warriors will be left in the city.
Yang Hao's troops, on the other hand, removed all obstacles in front of the camp and launched watchtower ladders, trebuchets, and various large-scale siege equipment. Square arrays were arranged neatly, and each square array contained a large ladder or trebuchet.
All the phalanxes approached the city in an orderly manner. They behaved uniformly but always remained calm. It was obviously different from the attacks in the previous few days. Before the two sides fought, a chilling atmosphere enveloped the entire battlefield. The defenders at the top of the city
The army seemed to be aware of it, and suddenly there was some commotion.
Li Yide dressed as a soldier and stood behind Commander Li. Looking at the neat lineup of the Luzhou Army, he saw the flags flying, the troops in order, the swords, guns, swords and halberds, the cold light rustling, and there was a chilling atmosphere as they marched, and he couldn't help but murmur to himself
He said: "They are well-trained. I have only seen such a neat military appearance from Li Guangyan's 3,000 elite cavalry guards. There are sixteen square formations under the city. I'm afraid there are no more than 5,000 troops... Huh?"
Li Yide frowned and stared into the distance. He saw dust flying behind the Luzhou military camp, and groups of people filed in. He didn't know how many people there were. Li Yide couldn't help but change his expression: "Luzhou is still here."
Are there any reinforcements?"
"drive!"
Yang Hao knocked the horse's belly and urged the horse forward. The two hundred heavily armored iron guards under his command moved forward like an iron mountain. The spear in his hand was raised diagonally forward, motionless as a mountain, and as slow as a forest. Although this team was not the main attacker.
, but it raised the murderous intent of the battle formation outside the city to its peak.
"Xiao Liu, Tieniu."
"The end will be here."
"First use stone cannons to destroy the enemy's defenses. Then use bows and crossbows to kill the defenders."
"I will obey your orders!" The two of them took the order and left.
"Mu En, Mu Kui."
"The end will be here."
"I will give you two thousand troops each, each with sixty ladders, ten tower carts, two ramming carts, folding bridges, goose cart holes, wooden oxen, and wooden curtains... to attack the city in turn.
If we don't give the enemy a moment's respite, we will definitely display the majesty of our Luzhou Army today. Even if we don't break the city, we will still tear it full of holes!"
"I will obey my orders!"
"Ke Zhen'e, Mu Yu."
"The end will be here."
"I will give you ten thousand gunpowder arrows, ten thousand poison arrows, five thousand arsenic fireworks, thirty dust trucks, two barrels of gunpowder, and ten barrels of kerosene. When Mu En Mu Kui attacks the city, he must suppress it.
Assist, and at the same time try to destroy the city wall."
"I will obey my orders!"
"return!"
Yang Hao stopped the two of them, smiled and said: "General Ke, if the general takes the lead at a critical moment of life and death, he will not be inspiring the morale of the three armies, but he will not be fulfilling his duty. Do you understand?"
Ke Zhen'e said in shock: "The general will eventually understand."
"Okay, go ahead. Pay attention to the area near the West City. That area of the city wall has little access to sunlight and the wall bricks are heavy and wet. Digging a hole underneath, drying it with strong fire oil, and then bombing it with gunpowder will work wonders."
"As you command!" Mu Yu agreed, pulling his brother-in-law away happily.
Yang Hao had observed Zhe Wei Zheng's siege tactics for many days, and practiced them himself during the two days of feint attacks. He had considerable experience in siege tactics. Today he finally went into battle himself.
Zhe Ziyu and Zhe Wei were standing by his side. Zhe Ziyu was quite strange about Yang Hao's behavior in the past two days. She knew that his move must have a purpose, but she didn't know what Yang Hao's intention was.
It was a great torture for a curious baby like her. However, with her reserved personality, she would never ask again without Yang Hao. She only looked sideways at Yang Hao and asked: "Mrs. Yang
Lieutenant, what should we do now?"
Yang Hao smiled slightly and replied: "We are watching the enemy's formation here."
He slashed his hand forward, and the battle began...
The flags were waving, the beacon smoke was like clouds, the golden drums were beating, and the sound of killing was like a tide.
Under the strong arrow attack, Li Yide's group retreated far away with their shields. Huge stones roared and hit the city head, and the debris collapsed on their heads and faces, causing a faint pain. Even though they retreated fast enough, their eyes were still full of pain.
After being suffocated by the poisonous smoke, their eyes were red and swollen, they couldn't stop crying, and their throats were itchy and painful. Commander Li sent someone to bring towels soaked in water and distributed them to them. He once again urged the family leader to go to the city, but Li Yide firmly refused.
Because the war was busy, Commander Li had no time to persuade, so he had to rush to the front of the two armies' formations.
The dust truck in the limelight raised up dust all over the sky, blocking out the sun. Gunpowder arrows and poison arrows were shot like meteors, and the city was filled with an odor that made people cough and made it difficult to breathe, especially the arsenic, fireworks and fireballs.
It sticks to wherever it is, and the strong smell makes people suffocate. It can't be extinguished even if it is poured with fire and water. It is very troublesome to deal with, so it can only be buried with sand and soil.
Immediately afterwards, a series of ladders were set up on the city wall. People gathered like ants, and arrows rained down. There were swords and swords all over the city. Rolling wood and stones, boiling soup and oil, were poured down without hesitation, pouring out pieces of miserable scenes.
The screams and arrows were also rapidly taking away the lives of the soldiers on the city wall.
From time to time, people rushed up to the city wall, only to be suppressed by the defenders desperately. The people behind stepped on the corpses of their comrades and rushed forward without hesitation; the wolf fangs slapped down, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere; huge rolling logs and stones smashed countless soldiers.
Their bodies were smashed to pieces; sometimes some people were covered in fire, waving their hands and falling down from the city in despair; sometimes someone was pierced by crossbows into their leather armor, and the soldiers who climbed up the city wall screamed and flew backwards before the spears in their hands could hit them.
More than four feet.
Everyone is playing the role of the God of Death, who takes life and death, and plays the role of life being harvested. But they do not hesitate for a moment. As warriors, their lives are meant for the glory of this moment.
The battle continued non-stop, and after noon, Yang Hao still stood motionless in the middle of the army watching the enemy formation, with an unchanging smile on his face. In fact, seeing the soldiers bleeding, his heart also ached. But Ci does not control troops. Now that he has reached this day, he has no way out, he can only move forward. When he needs to sacrifice himself, he can only force himself to be cold-blooded.
This is just the beginning. He will experience more cruelty and helplessness in the future. If he can exchange for a long-term peace with a temporary killing blow, it will be worth it. As for eternity, he never believes in once and for all, no matter if it is a country We are still a family. When luck comes, we thrive; when luck goes, we die. This luck has nothing to do with heaven, earth, ghosts and gods, but it rises and falls, and the world goes through reincarnations one after another, never ending...
"boom!"
There was a loud noise near the west city wall. It was the sound of gunpowder exploding. Gunpowder in this era has been created in various models according to different ratios. Among them, there are explosives that are very close to the standard ratio of black powder. However, due to the gunpowder The degree of purification is not enough, and the simple explosive effect is limited, so it is not valued by gunpowder craftsmen. They mainly use it in combination with other drugs, such as arsenic, to act as chemical weapons. However, a large number of standard proportions are concentrated The explosive power of black powder is quite astonishing.
Because the city wall is often on the shady side and is corroded by the water of the moat, it is always wet. It was burned violently by gunpowder in the hole all morning. The city wall was dried, and the strong and heavy city wall became Cracks appeared one after another. At this time, gunpowder was used to blast, which produced an astonishing effect. A thick black smoke surged up like a mushroom cloud, and countless bricks and stones flew into the air and scattered in all directions.
Because this side of the city wall has been burning with fire, there are not many defenders at the top of the city, and no one is attacking the city. The damage caused to the soldiers is not great, but the entire city wall collapsed due to the explosion. Although it was high and Five feet wide, eight feet wide at the base and six feet wide at the top. The city wall is a trapezoidal building. It is thick and heavy. The explosion effect of a large amount of gunpowder only has a destructive effect. It cannot completely bring down the entire city wall, but it is a blow to the confidence of the defenders. But it is self-evident.
Seeing this, Mu En, who had just been removed from the front line and was resting his headquarters, seized the opportunity to use a trebuchet to expand the results of the battle, used crossbows and first-grade bows to suppress the defenders who came for reinforcements, and organized ladders and watchtowers to rush towards the collapsed couch. The city wall is more than ten feet long.
Stones, crossbow arrows, and fireworks beads were flying in the sky, causing a lot of trouble for the defenders who came to the rescue. However, the sloping city wall was full of loose bricks and stones. It was also difficult for the Luzhou soldiers to pounce on it quickly. It was a great difficulty. The defenders on the left and right of the city fired cross-fire with stone cannons and crossbows to prevent the Luzhou army from approaching with powerful firepower. At the same time, they organized a large number of manpower to repair the gaps. Many strong men and women who had been summoned to wait in the city were waiting in the city. Under the intimidation of the Khitan soldiers, they rushed towards the city with sandbags that had been prepared. These sandbags were prepared by Liu Jiye when he was in charge of defending the city. Now that Liu Jiye is a prisoner, these sandbags he prepared are still useful. .
The soldiers outside the city don't care whether you are a strong man or a woman. When you step on the battlefield, you are the enemy. Arrows are pouring at them without hesitation. Many people fall down carrying sandbags. They even fill the city wall with soil. The sandbags are gradually piled up. As it rose, that section of the city wall was gradually leveled, followed by countless mud and water filling the gaps. The bottom was loose and uneven masonry, and the top was a layer of mud, making it difficult to climb.
However, the people and minzhuang who repaired the city wall have left behind more than 500 corpses. Moreover, the sturdiness of this hastily filled city wall is limited, and the defensive facilities on the city have been destroyed. It is difficult for the defenders to take advantage of the geographical advantage, and it is easy for Luzhou to become
In the main direction of the army's attack, the Luzhou Army still concentrated a number of siege equipment and moved here in series.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and a touch of twilight dyed the city.
"Jie Shuai, let's fight at night!" Mukui, who had just retreated to rest, was naked from the waist up and had a wound on his left arm bandaged. He came over to ask for Yang Hao's orders with a stern look on his face.
Yang Hao stared at the battlefield silently for a long time, weighed in his mind for a long time, shook his head, and ordered: "Ming Jin withdraws the troops."
Mukui was stunned and shouted: "Retract the troops?"
Yang Hao looked at him coldly and asked lightly: "You didn't hear my military order."
Mu Kui wilted, looked back and shouted: "Retreat the troops, withdraw the troops, Ming Jin withdraws the troops!"
The soldiers receded like a tide, the fighting in the noisy dust stopped, and the battlefield suddenly became eerily quiet. Many exhausted soldiers found that even the last bit of their strength had been exhausted, and they staggered
After rushing back to the camp, he fell to the ground and didn't bother to move again.
There are bloody corpses everywhere on the city wall. Some mutilated corpses are still hanging upside down on the wall of the city head, or half hanging on the stilts and arrows. The damaged ladders, ramming vehicles, and folding trench bridges are still on fire, and the risk is high.
The smoke announced to people the tragic battle that had just occurred here.
"Old man, should we go back?"
A shocked Li family member gently called Li Yide, who had been staring at Yang Hao's military camp for a long time without saying a word, saying that they had been standing there for too long and if they did not leave earlier, they might be in danger of being discovered by Yang Danmo.
Without saying a word, Li Yide turned around and walked away, stepping on the corpses everywhere and bypassing a damaged troop transportation road. When he stepped on the ground, Li Yide looked around and saw corpses being moved down the city wall.
Many of the people who were captured to defend the city were whimpering lowly, and even more people were expressionless and numb, dragging their tired and scarred bodies, mechanically strengthening the city defense amidst the roars and curses of the Khitan soldiers.
He slowly lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Go back and call all the heads of each branch and house. I have something important to discuss!"
The Luzhou army began to re-deploy the camp defenses. Smoke from cooking fires was rising everywhere in the camp. This was their life...
Yang Hao first sent people to rush to Yelu Xiezhen's camp to ask them about today's battle results, and then shuttled through the military camp to visit and express condolences to the soldiers in each camp. Zhe Ziyu followed him step by step, silently staring at Yang Hao's heavy
There was a stooped back, and Zhe Ziyu's eyes were also rippling. Suddenly, she quickened her pace, caught up with him, and walked side by side, saying softly: "Do you feel uncomfortable? On the battlefield..."
"I see."
Yang Hao interrupted her and took two steps silently. Yang Hao suddenly stopped again, turned around, smiled at Zhe Ziyu, and whispered: "I really understand..."
The afterglow of the setting sun reflected in his eyes, his eyes were sparkling, faintly glowing with the same color as the sunset...