The Song army carried out the most violent attack. The flames of incendiary bombs turned half the sky red. The fierce burning flames forced the Liao army to stop the attack and wait for the flames to extinguish before continuing the attack.
The Song army withdrew from the first ice wall in turn. The damaged Eight Ox Crossbow was stripped of its main parts and then discarded at the scene. When they left, they threw gunpowder bombs into the ice room, leaving a gap for the Liao army.
Piles of ice cubes.
When a streak of fish-belly white appeared on the horizon, Xilamulun carefully crossed the first ice wall without seeing a single Song Army. Then, he accidentally found a triangular flag from the ground and climbed up a broken ice wall with all his strength.
Wave it.
Behind the second ice wall, Chen Shu was bandaging the wound on his arm. He saw a shirtless Liao army waving the flag arrogantly, and said to his subordinates with a smile: "This bitch has taken advantage. He is the first to climb the wall."
People’s contribution is not small.”
"Let me give him an arrow, so that he will not be proud."
"Forget it, the crossbow is useless when used on one person. Besides, although such a long distance is still within the range of the Baniu Crossbow, if you want to hit such a small target, Liu Ergou, you
I don’t have that ability yet.”
Chen Shu tore off the bandage with his hand and found that the military doctor had tied it very firmly. He moved his arm again and found that it was no longer a serious problem. Last night, the Liao people made a gash with a spear. It looked scary but did not hurt the bones.
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The commander wanted to wait until the Liao army entered the natural urn formed by the first ice wall and the second ice wall before taking action. Obviously, the Liao people were not fooled, and they began to dismantle the first ice wall and pick up the pieces scattered on the ground.
They even collected the horses that died in the battle. The Song army could even see the hungry Liao people even cut off a piece of horse meat on the spot and grilled it on the still-burning flames of the war. Before the horse meat was cooked, they
Tear it apart with a big mouthful.
Chen Shu knew that the commander-in-chief did not care about time, and the longer it took, the more beneficial it would be for the Song army. This in itself was a manifestation of strength, or it was a superficial manifestation of the improvement of the overall strength of the Song Dynasty.
In the past, whether they were fighting in Jiaozhi, Qingtang, or Dali, shortening the combat time as much as possible was a priority for the Song Army.
Because as long as the delay lasts one more day, the Song Dynasty's finances will have to spend a large amount of money, so the Jingxi Army often takes risks in operations, and even if it wins, it will be frightening.
It's different now. What the Song Dynasty needs is a hearty victory. As for time, even the emperor who is dying has not deliberately asked Yun Zheng. Therefore, Yun Zheng has plenty of time to face Xiao who is in trouble.
Fight the tiger.
Last night's offensive and defensive battle started at midnight and did not stop until dawn. During the four hours, both the Song army and the Liao army needed to rest. Yun Zheng knew that Xiao Dahu was not willing to rest.
As long as the first ice wall is destroyed, the war will continue.
Through the efforts of the refugees brought by Wang Anshi, there are now five ice walls like this. More are impossible. As the encirclement continues to expand, the length of the ice walls built by the refugees is also increasing.
The Song Army's defense line became longer and longer.
Fortunately, the material for building the wall is knee-deep ice and snow, and the materials are nearby. If other materials were used to build such a long five-high wall, it would not be possible to take shape without three or two years of work.
Chen Shu fought all night last night, so they retreated during the day and were replaced by white horse troops wearing fur hats.
After explaining the things at the whistle to a dark-skinned white-horse army commander, he casually found an ice room, spread his furs, and fell asleep. God knows how long this war will last.
The important thing is to eat well and sleep.
As soon as his head touched the backpack used as a pillow, the ground began to tremble. Chen Shu instinctively wanted to jump up, and threw his body heavily on the fur. The Liao cavalry began to attack again. This was nothing.
What I'm worried about is that the Eight-Niu Crossbow and gunpowder bombs will wipe them out halfway. It's daytime, and whether it's the Eight-Niu Crossbow, crossbow arrows, or gunpowder bombs, their power will be doubled.
Counting silently, when Chen Shu counted to fifteen, he heard the sound of gunpowder bombs exploding, and then he happily fell asleep.
Yun Zheng sat on the carriage, yawning and looking at the battle ahead. Xiao Dahu's attack had no clear focus. He had so many troops that he could deploy them at every attack point.
Enough troops.
As a result, the entire Xijing City was like the heart of a flower, and the attacking Liao troops were like blooming petals spreading out in all directions.
The greater the strength of the army, the wider the space it is distributed in. The terrain outside the ice wall of Xijing City cannot accommodate hundreds of thousands of troops for a fierce battle. Therefore, as long as the Liao people break through an ice wall, the scale of the war will change geometrically.
When the Liao army begins to capture the fifth ice wall, the decisive battle will begin.
The Song Army had very few cavalry, so Yun Zheng did not send the cavalry to attack and defend the ice wall, but placed them behind the fifth ice wall. If the battle for the fifth ice wall really started, Zhao Mintong would
The imperial cavalry should be the sharpest spear in Yun Zheng's hand. Once this spear comes out, it will determine the outcome of the war.
The Liao army had already begun a decisive battle. Yun Zheng could order the troops to retreat again, but the Liao people could not retreat. Their retreat would be a dead end, although Xiao Dahu knew that breaking through the ice walls one by one would destroy a lot of troops.
Soldiers, but he did not dare to relax. If he was not resolute, what would the soldiers in the army think? What would the generals think? By repeatedly advancing and retreating, the morale of the troops could easily be exhausted.
An army that has lost morale will have no combat effectiveness. Moreover, during the retreat, the troops are prone to chaos. Once the Song people seize the opportunity to pursue them, hundreds of thousands of people may completely collapse.
The Liao people were numerically superior after all. Therefore, the morale of the Liao army did not collapse as Chen Lin thought. The temporary crisis inspired their infinite courage.
Facing the enthusiastic generals who came to ask for a battle, Xiao Dahu secretly made up his mind to take this opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of the Song Army. If the Song Army's combat effectiveness is not enough, it would be ideal to eliminate a Song Army. If
If our side is not in a good position to fight today, then we will no longer launch an all-out attack like this, but choose one or two focus points and remove as many people as we can.
"Order the three military tents to launch a test attack on the mountain!" Xiao Dahu ordered his subordinates. Drums and horns sounded, and the 1,500 Liao soldiers in the front rushed bravely towards a section of the ice wall in front.
As they approached the ice wall, amidst the shrill sound of "Woo-Woo", crossbows as thick as a baby's arm poured down. No matter what kind of shield they were holding, the Liao soldiers who were hit by crossbow-bed arrows were all without exception.
The powerful crossbows sometimes penetrated the bodies of two or three Liao people. Then fist-sized stone pellets fell into the crowd of attackers, and the Song army's crossbows also began to fire, but the ballistas fired at this time
It's just an ordinary stone.
The attacking soldiers dispersed amidst the shouts of the officers, and the lethality of the Song Army's crossbow stones was greatly reduced. However, just after they broke through the marked range of the Song Army's ranging arrows, the Han Army's powerful crossbow arrows fell from the sky. Dense and precise arrows
Yu, causing hundreds of Liao people to fall to the ground with arrows, and the remaining people began to retreat. The first attack was defeated in this way.
This was just a small test. After Xiao Dahu found out the strength of the Song army, he officially ordered the attack. The five thousand Liao troops shouted again and swarmed forward.
In the originally quiet wasteland, after a horn sounded, shouts of killing suddenly broke out, and arrows and stones from the Han and Song armies sprayed down again. Three thousand Liao crossbowmen approached the ice under the cover of shields.
Wall, and the Song army's crossbowmen started shooting at each other.
Under their cover, the shooting accuracy of the Song Army's crossbowmen was greatly reduced. Seeing that the Liao people were about to approach the ice wall, countless black shadows appeared from behind the ice wall. They were porcelain jars, with crisp crackling sounds.
among the Liao people.
The Liao crossbowmen were frightened and retreated in a hurry. The strong smell told them that the kerosene flowing on the ground was kerosene. The churning fireball ignited the kerosene on the ground. For a while, fires burst out and flames billowed.
, the military flags turned into ashes piece by piece, the soldiers' clothes were on fire, and they screamed and fled in panic.
After losing the suppression, the Song army's crossbows once again unleashed their power. The Liao soldiers who were within the range of the crossbows had nowhere to hide. Countless people were shot and killed for a while. They rolled down amidst the sound of crying, and the Liao people's second attack came again.
failed.
Xiao Dahu's face was ashen, and the crossbowmen suffered the most heavy casualties in the Song army's kerosene bomb attack.
The Song Army's weapons were advanced. Xiao Dahu had long known that he was mentally prepared for both gunpowder bombs and kerosene bombs. However, this time the Song Army put kerosene in porcelain jars and threw them with crossbows to form a large sea of fire.
, this is the first time.
He soon made changes. The Liao cavalry slowly retreated to the rear of the battle formation, and a large number of infantry lined up in a dense horizontal line and pressed towards the front line of the Song army holding huge shields.
The horizontal column was soon riddled with holes under the attack of the Eight Ox Crossbows, but at this time the Liao army had been forced to a distance of 200 steps from the ice wall. Just when the Song army was preparing to launch a dense rain of arrows, the Liao army
Numerous boulders, crossbows, and stone pellets flew out of the infantry formation like raindrops.
The ground was shaking, debris from the ice wall flew away, and some boulders flew into the back of the second ice wall and fell into the array of crossbowmen, with flesh and blood flying everywhere. (To be continued)