More than 300 Liao people pushed tall rams across the soft land in front of Pianguan City with difficulty. Under the cover of trebuchets, they braved the rain of arrows and advanced towards the city. Although the Eight Ox Crossbow could occasionally take away
The one or two Liao troops standing on the charging cart were quickly replaced. Those tough Liao troops were eager to climb to the top of the city and fight the Song army in hand-to-hand combat. They were very confident in hand-to-hand combat.
The huge stones thrown by the trebuchet hit the city with an astonishing force. Even if you are hit by small flying stones, it will often cause great damage. There is no place to hide on the city top. Experienced people
The soldiers would dodge in advance based on the screeching sound of the stone bullets tearing through the sky. Those newly promoted sergeants would only run around when they saw the sky covered with stones.
Ge Tianfang kicked a recruit on the buttocks and pushed him to the corner. He took two steps forward. A huge stone bullet whizzed past him and hit the top of the solid city wall.
It broke into two pieces and flew to nowhere.
The top of the city was already in a mess, with dead bodies everywhere. They looked very ugly. They were hit by big rocks, which basically had no good results. There were also several brothers whose arms and legs were taken away by stone bullets, and the crying looks were sad.
Ge Tianfang had no time to pay attention to this. He stepped over several corpses and quickly walked into the watchtower. He shouted at Tan Wei: "What are you doing? Why don't you use crossbows to fight back? If you continue like this, there won't be many people left in the city."
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Tan Wei lay down at the entrance of the watchtower and looked out, saying without looking back: "The charging car must be killed at once. I don't know if the ballistae will have a chance to fire a second time. The Liao trebuchets are so powerful."
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While he was talking, a stone bullet hit the tower. The arrow stack on the tower shattered and fell from the top of his head. Also falling with him was a soldier holding a crossbow in his hand.
"Come a little closer, a little closer. As long as the car comes within two hundred steps, I will order a gunpowder bomb attack to tear all these idiots into pieces. Lao Ge, please hold on a little longer."
Ge Tianfang cursed and left the watchtower. Usually, the enemy, who was usually attacked by his own army with long-range weapons, could not raise his head. Now, it was upside down and it was his turn to suffer.
"Hide all, hide all, wait until the enemy's stone bullets are thrown, then show up." Ge Tianfang kept walking around the city, cheering for his men and rearranging the defense of the city.
The Liao people's trebuchets could not stop throwing stones before the charging chariot approached the city wall. Their intensive attack now was just to allow the charging chariot to ride on the city wall and start hand-to-hand combat.
This is the first day, and the Liao people's attack has been so crazy. From early morning until the red sun is about to set in the west, their attack has not stopped for a moment, from the wheeled ladder to the oar and shield array, to now
The Liao people's siege tactics have never been repeated. If Tan Wei hadn't been clever and kept moving with the ballistae, the ballistae would have been smashed into pieces by the Liao trebuchets.
Ge Tianfang was a little worried. He had just made a rough count and found that there were at least 600 soldiers killed in the battle. The rough partial defense of the city could not withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the Liao trebuchets.
Seeing that cracks had appeared on the front city wall, exposing the pure loess inside, Ge Tianfang was very angry. There was no difference between having such city defenses and not having them.
Building a city with loess is also very particular. You must use rice soup, straw and mud, and then use a heavy hammer to tamp it down layer by layer. If you pay attention, such a city may not be much worse than a city made of bluestone.
What's more, in a strategic location like Pianguan, the imperial court allocated a huge sum of money to build a stone city. Hua Tianshou, a stubborn man, had been stationed in Pianguan for more than ten years. He casually built a city gate with loess and then added a layer of stone outside.
The thin stone layer usually looks fine, but after being bombarded by a trebuchet, its true colors were revealed.
Hua Tianshou stood next to Xiao Huo'er, looking at the stone bullets flying in the sky, and said with emotion: "His Majesty Yun Zheng really has a way of doing it. At a time like this when you can only be beaten and cannot fight back, it is rare for the city to remain calm.
, It's a pity that this city gate cannot withstand the bombardment of trebuchets. As long as the commander bombards it for another hour, I guarantee that the city wall will collapse."
Xiao Huoer smiled and said: "It won't work. I can hold on for half an hour at most. The most difficult thing to find in the wasteland is suitable stone bullets. The most scarce thing in the Pianguan generation is stones. If you want suitable stones, you need to go to the bank of the Yellow River to find them. Here
The mountains here are all loess and there are no stone mountains. It’s two hundred miles away to look for stones on the bank of the Yellow River. It’s too far. You must save your stone bullets. There is also an urn city behind this city gate, which is full of clouds.
My subordinates won't just build a city with loess like you, it seems like they still have to rely on rushing cars."
Hua Tianshou's face turned red and he didn't know how to continue talking to Xiao Huo'er.
Ge Tianfang closed his eyes and hid behind the battlements to feel the damage caused by the stone bullets falling on the city wall. A crack snaked from his feet to the bottom of the city wall. He put his hand into the crack and found that it was empty, so his heart
also became empty,
He opened his mouth and shouted at the watchtower not far away: "Tan Wei, it's time to take action. If you don't take action, this city wall will collapse."
Tan Wei opened his mouth and showed his white teeth and smiled at him. He still did not wave the flag in his hand. It seemed that he was determined to wait until the charging car got closer before he was ready to show off his power. Ge Tianfang could only pray to God that the Liao people's stone bombs would be released soon.
run out.
God may have heard his plea, and the dense rain of stone bullets began to become sparse. Ge Tianfang felt happy, and carefully looked out, and found that the Liao army's trebuchet was slowly retreating.
He jumped out from the corner where he was hiding and shouted: "Brothers, come out quickly, the Liao people's stone bullets are finished."
Following Ge Tianfang's roar, a soldier with a dusty face banged on a gong. Countless disgraced Song troops came out from their hiding places and readjusted the undamaged Eight Bull Crossbows on the city wall.
Shoot at the car.
A team of craftsmen also went to the top of the city from behind the city wall and quickly replaced the damaged Eight Ox Crossbow. Fortunately, the hook parts of the Song Army's Eight Ox Crossbow could be interchanged, and some damaged Eight Ox Crossbows were quickly replaced.
They repaired it again, but there was nothing anyone could do about the eight-niu crossbow that was smashed to pieces by the trebuchet.
Looking at the heavy rain of arrows from the Song army, Xiao Huoer sighed: "Last year, I wrote to the court, hoping to establish a real general academy. As a result, I was laughed at by all my colleagues, saying that I was
Taking advantage of the wisdom of you Song people, this matter will finally be settled. If I have enough siege equipment, I can even touch Yanmen Pass."
Hua Tianshou laughed when he heard this and said: "I think that Yanmen Pass should only be taken wisely and not attacked by force. The Song Dynasty has been operating Yanmen Pass for sixty years. It is not an exaggeration to call it a copper wall and an iron wall. I have been to Yanmen Pass before. The terrain there is dangerous and it is heavily guarded.
, it is truly a great pass in the world where one man is responsible for the pass and no one can open it. However, simple siege equipment such as trebuchets have little effect on the steep Yanmen Pass. With the narrow roads and steep cliffs, there are no large-scale siege equipment at all.
A place of use.
Unless you have powerful gunpowder bombs, only this weapon can level the unequal military status caused by the terrain between the Liao and Song armies. There is no other way."
Xiao Huoer turned his head and looked at Hua Tianshou carefully and said: "How come you still think of yourself as a Song Dynasty person until now? I really can't understand you. You keep talking about the words "righteousness" and "righteousness". In the end, you only have yellow gold and white gold in your eyes.
Hua Tianshou, it makes sense for you to keep silent in front of me. I know that the formula does not have many benefits and may lead to death. I don’t believe that you can keep silent in front of His Majesty.
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Don't be too greedy. You must have the ability to take away the gold and silver given to you. Don't let your temporary greed make you have no place to stay in the Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom. At that point, I won't
Understand, what is the use of so much gold and silver? Do you think you will run to Xixia? Do you think that woman in Xixia can save your life? "
Hua Tianshou smiled and said: "Gold and silver are just phantoms in the world. If you can't eat or drink when you're hungry, what's the use of it? Hua Tianshou used to be trapped in this phantom and couldn't extricate himself, so he was criticized everywhere. Since he met Mr.
I understand a truth: when a person comes to this world, if he cannot turn his hands to make clouds and turn his hands to make rain, then his life has been in vain.
In fact, what I am asking for is not gold or silver. To exchange the gunpowder formula for these things is not only an insult to the gunpowder, but also an insult to myself. The general cannot give me what I want, so I want to go through the general to prepare an audience with your majesty.
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"The Maitreya Sect is not tolerated in the Song Dynasty. In Daliao, a country that strongly believes in Buddhism, it is also indignant. You are misinterpreting the teachings. Your Majesty and the Queen are devoted to Buddhism and cannot agree to your conditions. On the contrary, it will expose the relationship between me and the Maitreya Sect.
The relationship between us has brought me a big disaster. This is not what a friend should do. Maybe it would be better if I killed you on the spot?" Xiao Huoer couldn't help but feel sad when he saw that the car was approaching the city gate under the rain of arrows.
With a smile, he said to Hua Tianshou leisurely.
Hua Tianshou put his hands behind his back, looked up at the warring Song and Liao Dynasties and said: "Who cares about the teachings of the Maitreya Cult? If we want to do big things, we always need to find our most basic believers. The Maitreya Cult is good. If your Majesty agrees to our
It’s not a big deal if we re-revise the doctrine if we ask for it. Those who do great things don’t stick to trivial matters. This has been the case since ancient times.
General, it would be better for you to pay more attention to the situation of the battle. Look, the Song Army's ballistae has begun to fire large gunpowder shells. It is estimated that your charge is about to be finished. Take a good look at the power of the gunpowder shells. Don't fight with them.
I'll tell you something you can't do."
Hua Tianshou pointed at the head of the side gate city, and saw gunpowder bombs flying out of the city that were as big as a human head, densely covering the top of the three charging vehicles. (To be continued)