Chapter 383: Once wearing a golden armor due to the national disaster
At the foot of Zhuozhou City, the Song army surrounded them from all sides, and the sound of killing was loud.
Looking from a distance, the unique Fanyang hat of the Song Army has red tassels on the top of the hat, flying like flames, forming a sea of fire, which is frightening.
Yang Lin put his hands behind his back and led the powerful men of Yan who had just eaten and drank to watch the battle from a high place. This battle was bound to be a good one, so that these newly surrendered Yan people would know the strength of the Song Dynasty.
Otherwise, in these troubled times, with people's hearts changing over and over again, it is not impossible for these people to defect to others. The people of Yan are originally aggressive and aggressive. As long as they are young and strong men, they can probably ride bad horses and shoot hard bows.
.The folk customs are fierce, although they are somewhat weak in righteousness. There is no other reason. It is because they have been away from the center of Hanzhong for more than a hundred years, so this mentality has naturally weakened a lot.
Win them over, otherwise they will have no choice but to defect to the Jurchens. In the future, they will be enemies of the Song Dynasty, which will be doubly harmful. Moreover, these powerful private soldiers of Yan will be good soldiers once they return to the Song Dynasty. At least they will be better than the Song Dynasty.
Compared with the vast majority of soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty, it was still three or two points better.
If there are more than 10,000 troops and horses, it will be boundless. At this time, there are more than 100,000 troops and horses under Zhuozhou City. It seems that there is a huge momentum of throwing whips to cut off the flow and raising hands like clouds.
After accumulating strength for so long, how could it be that the entire Song Dynasty was not well prepared to mobilize the entire Song Dynasty for the battle against Yan?
In fact, in terms of material supplies alone, this battle has surpassed Yongxi's Northern Expedition. The three armies are ready to go, and the Xi King Xiao Qian in the city is also preparing for his first battle. The Xi people have been suppressed for so long,
They had long since lost the will to resist, but they could not suppress the fact that there were still some nobles like Xiao Qian, who were always plotting to restore the country and live out their dream of becoming emperors.
Yang Lin's heart was extremely nervous and pounding, but he had developed a good skill and kept his expression straight.
Forcibly suppressing his excitement, he waved his hand and said lightly: "The last time has come, Xiao Qian has not surrendered, let's start the fight."
Everyone around him was heartbroken. This must be the demeanor of a king. It was as if Zhuozhou City, a big city that the Song Dynasty could not capture for hundreds of years and a pain point in the hearts of the heroes of the Han Dynasty, was given to him for free.
The horn sounded again, the flags at the four corners were waved in unison, and the army, as motionless as a mountain, moved forward slowly.
The siege officially began! It was a climax from the beginning, without any delay. This battle was regarded as the first battle of the Song Dynasty in the North, and it was inevitable from top to bottom.
Rows of clustered crossbow arrows rained down on the city as if they cost nothing. In the violent blow like a storm, more than a hundred trebuchets hurled stone bullets weighing hundreds of kilograms into the city.
Every time a boulder fell down, a cloud of thick yellow smoke rose up, and yellow smoke suddenly rose from the beautiful Zhuozhou city wall. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were no stone cannons on the battle formation. Song Taizu attacked Taiyuan, and Song Taizong attacked
For a fortified city like Youzhou, in the battle formation, the city was covered with arrows to suppress it, and holes were dug under the city to cover it, and the city was directly thinned by attacking tools such as rams, rams, and ladder trucks. Stones were not used.
gun.
It was not until the Song Dynasty and Xixia fought for decades that the Xixia army began to use stone cannons, and the Song army was soon equipped with such weapons. Of course, stone cannons were still used to kill soldiers and horses, and they were more often used against city walls.
The trebuchet throws the huge stones onto the city wall, which is terrifying to watch.
Yang Lin and others who were watching the battle from a high place could clearly see this overwhelming and majestic momentum. It was simply a power that shook the heaven and earth.
Ordinary soldiers and soldiers formed this formation one by one, which made the powerful people in Yan suddenly feel that this was a war, and the disputes in Yan that people like them had experienced before were just small fights.
There is a lot of yellow mud in Yandi. This loess is extremely sticky. After it is tamped firmly, it is as strong as cement and a little more tough than cement. It is most suitable for building cities.
Zhuozhou is a large state and has been an important military town in the past dynasties. The city walls are naturally extremely thick. Otherwise, ordinary city walls will easily break and collapse under the impact of such huge rocks.
The Liao soldiers at the top of the city were fighting back tenaciously at the Song army below the city. After rows of sharp arrows squeaked and made a enchanting sound, they attacked the Song army from the top of the city like locusts.
Less than a quarter of an hour after the war started, the Yan people in the high places had already seen the result. If there were no other changes, the Liao people in the city would not be able to hold on for long.
The army of the Song Dynasty had inexhaustible weapons and equipment, and a mountainous supply of grain and rice, and grain was still being shipped in a steady stream. The Liao people who were trapped in Zhuozhou were themselves isolated and helpless, with many strong soldiers.
and supplies were transferred to Yanjing City to fight against the Jurchens.
This extremely unequal strength gap will make the two sides fighting completely different mentality. The Song Dynasty will definitely become more and more powerful as they fight. How long the Liao people in the city can sustain it depends on their will.
Xiao Qian had ambitious ambitions, but the Liao people may not fight to the death for this King Xi. The Liao Dynasty has been shattered. How many loyal warriors are there in this border area to restore the country? To put it bluntly, in the hearts of the Liao people
Don't even know why they are fighting
The Song army's offensive outside the city slowed down slightly. The first round of the attack had already consumed enough supplies. Just as the Liao people wiped their sweat and felt relieved, the sound of horns sounded as the Song army behind them replenished their supplies again.
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Enough Liao people had died, and the city towers were full of corpses. However, the number of Song troops they shot was quickly replenished, and it seemed that they would never be able to finish them off.
A feeling of despair slowly spread at the top of the city. They could only huddle under the low wall of the city tower and risk their lives to shoot arrows again and again to fight back.
This time the Song Dynasty had 150,000 soldiers and horses and more than 500,000 civilians. They almost wiped out Hebei East Road, Hebei West Road, and all the young people in the prefectures and counties to carry and replenish supplies behind the army.
Mobilizing the power of hundreds of thousands of people with just a few gestures is what countless men in this world have sacrificed their lives and blood to strive for.
Yang Lin's slogan is also very clear. The First World War will end the century-old invasion of you by foreigners and make the land of Hebei once again a prosperous and prosperous land for the Han family.
On the battlefield, arrows and stones flew across the battlefield, and the shouts of killing were like thunder. The strong men of Yan standing behind Yang Lin were completely convinced by now. Even if Zhuozhou had not been captured, they did not regret their move to surrender to the Song Dynasty.
With this combat power, if you get the land of Youyan in the future, are you afraid that you won't be able to hold it?
With a roar, the gate of Zhuozhou City was finally smashed by the bombardment of huge rocks, leaving a hole in the solid Zhuozhou City.
In the military formation below, Han Shizhong watched with cold eyes, standing proudly under the banner. In front of him was a group of burly soldiers.
"Back then, when the army destroyed the Xia Dynasty and the troops overwhelmed the Xingqing Mansion, I, Han Shizhong, took the lead and broke through the capital of the Xia thieves. I became a mere soldier in the army and became what I am today. You military men, who wouldn't be jealous from behind and scold me a few times?
It's just luck.
Now your luck has come, and I will also give you this opportunity. Whoever rushes into Zhuozhou first will be rewarded with a hundred taels of reward, and will be promoted to command and command."
"Come here, serve wine to all the brave men."
Some soldiers came up with a jar of good wine. Han Shizhong and them each had a bowl. After drinking it all, everyone's face turned red with excitement.
Hu Yantong was actually among them. He took the lead and threw the bowl and wiped his lips, saying: "Fuck Bird Zhuozhou, what are you going to do to stop me?"
After speaking, he let out a howl, holding a shield in his left hand and a plain knife in his right hand. He slapped the knife on the shield with great force, making a clanging sound, and roared out of the camp with the hundred or ten people.
The command flag was waved, and the Chinese army's formation split from the middle, making way for them one after another.