(Two in one. Reply to some brothers’ questions. Regarding the ownership of the Sixteen States of Youyun in this book, some book friends said that I forgot the previous plot, but I have not forgotten it. The setting is that the Great Zhou Dynasty regained Yanyun
With the sixteen states, the threat of the Liao Kingdom to the Great Zhou Dynasty was reduced. This is certain. But the scope and geographical location of the sixteen states I mentioned are different from the real history. Some people may think this is quibble, but in my opinion
In the setting, the Great Zhou Dynasty is not the Song Dynasty, nor is it a real historical space. It is just like a certain market town in a certain state in the book, which does not really exist. If you look closely at the real sixteen states of Yanyun, you will fall into this
Among the paradoxes. The setting of this book is also to show the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The state capitals belong to different areas and have different names. This is why the Liao Kingdom can still continue to harass the Great Zhou Dynasty. Let’s use a simple analogy.
, characters in the Zhou Dynasty may have shadows of real historical figures, but they must be specious and not identical. If you want to get entangled with the real geographical location, you should also question it. So why should this book be written in an imaginary way, directly
That’s it for writing about the Northern Song Dynasty. In short, this Youyun is not that Youyun, everything is to serve the story, nothing more. A unified answer, similar questions will not be repeated in the future.)
The siege phalanx moved forward unhurriedly and attacked the city wall in a calm and leisurely manner. The first and only obstacle they encountered was a two-foot-wide moat under the city wall. But this was difficult for the siege party.
Yan Zhen had already prepared a response. The shields of the phalanx changed, and soldiers carrying springboards rushed out of the formation. They began to drive wooden piles on the river bank at an extremely fast speed, fixed the planks and began to splice them. At the same time, the shield formation
The archers began to shoot arrows at the city head to suppress it.
The Liao army at the head of the city found a good opportunity. This was the time for the archers to show off their power. The Liao army archers, who had been frustrated for a long time, directed all their anger towards the soldiers building the bridge below. Bows and arrows were exchanged between the upper and lower walls of the city.
Shooting at each other, arrows flying horizontally, wings swishing, and there is almost no safe place.
But after all, shooting arrows from the top of the city is a big advantage. Even if there are shieldmen to protect the soldiers setting up the pontoon bridge, the casualties are still very heavy. There are nearly 2,000 soldiers in the five square formations setting up the pontoon bridge. The construction of the pontoon bridge takes only a short period of time.
During the time of burning incense, more than half of the casualties were killed. The injured were actually very few, but those who were hit by arrows were almost shot like hedgehogs. The suppression of bows and arrows shot upwards could only cause sporadic casualties to the Liao army at the head of the city. Most of the arrows
They all flew across the city wall, or shot directly onto the city wall below the battlements.
But this was also the last batch of Zhou soldiers that the defenders at the city head could shoot during the entire enemy advance. As the pontoon bridge was built, a large number of siege soldiers and horses rushed to the city, and the brutal siege operation officially began.
Guard general Xiao Sida knew that the most serious time had come.
"Boys, please greet them as much as you like. Roll wood and rocks! Boil oil and boil water! Crush them all at once. Let them know how powerful I am, the warrior of Daliao."
Xiao Sida shouted orders, and the defenders at the top of the city began to throw rolling logs and rocks at the bottom of the city. Pots of boiling hot water and hot oil were also poured down. The shields could not withstand the huge rolling logs and rocks thrown down from high altitude.
Stones and heavy objects fell, and there was a wailing in the city. The siege soldiers were smashed and staggered. Boiled oil and boiling water were poured down, and the people below were screaming in agony. The boiling oil and boiling water were poured all over their bodies from the top of their heads and poured into their armor.
That feeling was worse than death. Many soldiers were burned and cried out. Some of them jumped directly into the moat, hoping that the coolness of the river would temporarily relieve their pain. But how could the Liao archers at the top of the city let them go?
Bows and arrows shot out countless blisters on the water like a shower. Countless siege soldiers were shot and killed in the river. Their bodies floated on the opposite side, and the river water was dyed red with blood.
There was a brief chaos among the siege troops and horses. Even though they were mentally prepared, these Zhou troops and horses had never suffered such a blow. Especially in siege operations, the peripheral army was used to defending the city for so many years, and occasionally fought with Liao.
People fought in the field, but they never took the initiative to become a party to attack the city. Under the indiscriminate bombing by the opponent who was well prepared, some people began to panic.
The siege team located on the east side of the city gate suffered heavy casualties, with its 4,000 men reduced by 30%, and was on the verge of collapse. None of the dozens of ladders were erected because the soldiers responsible for erecting the ladders were frightened and hid in the blind corners of the city wall.
Trembling, almost ready to collapse.
"Fuck you, you are as timid as rats. This scene scares you like this? You have a scar as big as a bowl on your head. What are you afraid of? Do you think you can hide like this for a lifetime? If the city cannot be taken, you still have to
Come and fight for your life. The more you are afraid, the one who will die is you. Whoever is a man, come with me." A rough shout sounded like thunder in everyone's ears. Everyone looked and recognized that it was the newly recruited person.
Han Gang, a new recruit in the camp.
Han Gang was bleeding from under his helmet, with a ferocious look on his face. He picked up a ladder from the ground and shouted sternly: "Why don't you come and help? Rush up, kill the Liao dog, and capture the city. Only then will all this end."
Do you think Marshal Yang will order you to withdraw? Dream! He won’t order you all to die here. The only way to survive is to rush forward."
Dozens of soldiers woke up from a dream, hooting repeatedly, and stepped forward to help Han Gang to erect the tall ladder, and hooked the iron hook above the ladder firmly to the edge of the battlement. This tall erected ladder was
Like a flag to wake up the siege army, the soldiers who were busy hiding from the heavy objects falling like rain from the city suddenly realized that they had to attack the city wall to end it all. So after Han Gang erected the ladder,
The nearby siege soldiers and horses erected the ladders one after another and hooked the ladders onto the battlements in the face of fierce counterattacks. Countless soldiers clamored and climbed up the ladders, desperate to attack. At this point, the entire siege was officially entered.
into the rhythm.
From the rear, Yang Jun, who was watching the battle with a telescope, was originally angry at the chaotic situation under the city in front, but when he saw the first ladder erected on the east side of the city wall,
Finally, when the siege got into the right rhythm, I was overjoyed.
"Who is that? I want to reward him heavily and promote him. He was the first person to set up the ladder. Which general's soldiers and horses are those soldiers and horses?" Yang Jun asked in a deep voice, he didn't
Look clearly who is the first soldier to lift the ladder.
"Commander, that's General Han Ganghan. He was assigned to Tian Wenbo's infantry forward battalion. Just now I saw clearly that he was the first to lift the ladder." Deputy Commander Bai put down his telescope at the side.
Qi said in a deep voice.
Yang Jun slowly put down the telescope in his hand and sighed: "Okay, very good. Han Gang is good. He is still as brave and fearless as before. He has not let me down. Brother Han, I hope you don't die in this battle."
There will be countless wars in the future, and I will still rely on you."
Bai Qi nodded and said: "Yes, if General Han can survive this time, the commander-in-chief should forgive his sins. It is easy to get a thousand armies, but it is hard to find a general. I don't have many people like Han Gang in the Zhou Dynasty. The disadvantage is
Yes, but who has no fault?"
Yang Jun turned to look at Bai Qi and said: "Commander Bai, you are right, I can't lose a big thing for a small thing. This is not a good thing for my great Zhou Dynasty, when we are prosperous and our martial arts are declining. Generals like Han Gang are rare. Also,
You, Vice Admiral Bai, I have some prejudices against you, but after getting along with you for a while, I have greatly changed my opinion of you. You are also a rare person in my great Zhou Dynasty. Maybe in the future, you will serve as my great privy envoy.
You will definitely be qualified for this position. I can rest assured."
Bai Qi hurriedly bowed and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare. The general has never had such a delusion."
Yang Jun turned his head to look at the battlefield where the shouts of killing were overwhelming, and said softly: "You can't do it even if you don't want to. The waves behind the river push the waves ahead. We people will eventually grow old and die. The future of the Great Zhou Dynasty lies with you. This is not
Whether you think about it or not is your responsibility."
Bai Qi bowed his head respectfully and remained silent.
Below the city, the siege battle entered a fever pitch. Hundreds of ladders successively became the passage to attack the city. The siege soldiers climbed up risking their lives, desperate. The Liao army on the city head desperately shot arrows and knocked down the rolling logs.
Stone, the siege soldiers and horses were smashed down like dumplings and fell to the ground. The Liao army also used long forks to fork the upper beam of the ladder. Seven or eight people worked together to connect the ladder with a long string of siege soldiers on the ladder.
They all pushed away from the city wall. The ladder fell down, and the soldiers on it fell from the air. They fell into gourds all over the ground, breaking all the muscles and bones.
After entering the city, the first group of seven Zhou soldiers set foot on the city for the first time. However, they were quickly killed by the Liao army on the city wall. There were subsequent breakthroughs, and hundreds of soldiers once set foot on various cities at the same time.
However, there were too many Liao troops at the head of the city, and they were forced to retreat. When the two sides were in a stalemate for half an hour, the Zhou siege troops had killed and wounded more than 5,000 people, but they had not yet been able to truly break through the city wall.
This is not because the fighting power of the Zhou army is inferior to that of the Liao army, but in the siege battle, the siege party is at an extremely disadvantageous situation. With a strong city as a base, one can be equal to ten. This is by no means an exaggeration. Unless there are sharp weapons for siege.
, can destroy the city wall in one fell swoop. Otherwise, the attacking party will always be in a passive situation of being beaten.
However, this half an hour is enough for the roller coaster to move under the city wall. Because of the barrier of the moat, the roller coaster cannot reach the edge of the city wall to participate in the siege. The pontoon bridge built is not enough for the roller coaster to pass. The pontoon bridge built on the springboard cannot support it.
The weight of the roller coaster. Therefore, when the siege was in full swing, hundreds of soldiers were reinforcing the pontoon bridge and using logs to support the bridge to ensure that the roller coaster could pass through the bridge smoothly.
More than a hundred soldiers stood on both sides of the pontoon bridge, and many others were soaking in the water, nailing logs into the river bottom to support each thick wooden plank of the pontoon bridge. The two-foot-long bridge deck, two
More than fifty logs were driven into the side for support. The number seemed small, but the operation was extremely difficult, and it was under the rain of arrows from the opponent. If it weren't for the dozens of crossbowmen mounted on the top of the cloud cart to suppress the attack on the top of the nearby city.
In terms of firepower, the time consumed and the number of casualties caused by this would be even greater.
But no matter what, when the huge cloud carriage leaned against the city wall like an iron tower, and when the iron blocks fixing the wheels firmly jammed the body of the cloud, all the Zhou soldiers and horses attacking the city finally escaped from despair. The cloud carriage
, the latest siege weapon of the Great Zhou Dynasty, completely ignores the attack of any rolling wood, stone, oil, boiling water and arrows. It is the most convenient way to attack the city wall.
The back door of the roller coaster opened, and countless soldiers poured inside, rushing up the wooden spiral staircase to the two-foot-high internal platform. At the same time, on the three-foot-high arrow tower platform at the top of the roller coaster, dozens of crossbowmen were firing with full firepower.
Open, the crossbow arrows fired intensively at the top of the city, suppressing the enemy troops on the city wall twenty or thirty steps away from where the Yunxiao chariot was parked, unable to move at all. At this time, the machine shaft loosened, and the suspension bridge opened. There was a harsh creaking sound.
, the machine shaft rotated, and the huge suspension bridge crashed onto the city wall. The passage from the Sky Cart to the city wall was officially opened. The next moment, a steady stream of soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty rushed out from the Sky Cart, and rushed to the top of the city on the suspended suspension bridge.
.Each roller coaster has become a convenient passage for attacking the city. Ten roller coasters are ten channels, which is like breaking through ten city walls at the same time. In just a short tea time, thousands of soldiers set foot on the city.
My head suddenly became a mess.
While Yunxiao's siege vehicles continuously sent Dazhou soldiers and horses to the top of the city, the pressure on the siege troops and horses on the ladders dropped sharply. Soldiers on more than a hundred ladders also took the opportunity to climb to the top of the city. All at once, the city wall was completely breached.
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The city wall, which was not wide in the first place, was already overcrowded with tens of thousands of Liao troops stationed on it. At this moment, Zhou soldiers and horses rushed to the top of the city in a steady stream, and it was suddenly blocked. The two sides were anxious and started fighting hand-to-hand at the top of the city.
At this moment, there are no formations and rules to follow in the battle. At this stage, the competition is about who is more fierce and who is more brave. As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.
In the melee on the opposite side, if you have a cowardly heart, you will become a ghost under the spring.
The Liao people have always been strong, and they have always looked down upon the Zhou people. They have fought against the Zhou soldiers and horses many times, and they also have an understanding of the quality of the Zhou soldiers and horses. If they are facing each other, the Liao people will have the advantage in terms of psychological momentum.
. But this time, they miscalculated. These 300,000 Zhou soldiers and horses are elites selected from the 800,000 troops. After nearly three months of training, they can be said to be the most powerful among the Zhou soldiers and horses.
A group of soldiers and horses. As soon as they fought, the defenders of the Liao Kingdom knew the clues. What's more, after the city wall was breached, the second wave of siege soldiers had roared in. They were no longer under any threat, and they were like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.
Rushing over, reinforcements came in a steady stream from the passage of the aerial vehicle and from the aerial ladder. How could the defenders remain calm in this situation?
The morale collapsed in an instant. When the Liao army defenders on both sides of the city gate gave up the defense of the city tower and began to flee into the city, the south gate of Zhuozhou was quickly captured by Zhou soldiers and horses. The south gate suddenly opened. Countless people opened it.
The soldiers and horses of the Zhou Dynasty poured into the city from the city gate.
When the South City Gate was breached, Xiao Sida and hundreds of cavalrymen were fleeing on the North Street, surrounding the white-faced Yelv Stone. In fact, when the city wall was fully breached, Xiao Sida knew that the situation was over.
Under the pretext of guarding the city gate, he led hundreds of people to drag Yelvshi out of the city, mounted his horse and fled immediately. The city could not be saved, but his life must be saved, and now he had an excellent excuse to explain the reason for his escape.
, that is to protect the prince's safe evacuation. This reason is so high-sounding that Yelv Zongyuan cannot punish him, let alone Han Desui blaming himself for it. In addition, after the city is broken, he still has one important thing to do immediately, and that is
They rushed to the Sanggan River ferry, which was dozens of miles away, and ordered the soldiers and horses stationed at the ferry to burn all the ships immediately. They could not allow the Zhou soldiers and horses to cross the river easily. At least they could delay their crossing.
Therefore, Xiao Sida chose to escape without hesitation. The north city gate was already open, and the gate defenders had already fled. At the city gate, the people of the Liao Kingdom were crying for their fathers and mothers as they fled out of the city.
The people of the Zhou Dynasty will always be the worst off. When the two sides fight, the people will always suffer. The Liao people kill the people of the Zhou Dynasty like pigs and dogs, but the soldiers and horses of the Zhou Dynasty kill the people of the Liao Kingdom without mercy. Both sides
In fact, they are all the same. In the minds of the people on the other side, they are all terrifying existences. Therefore, after the people learned that the city was broken, they began to flee one after another.
Xiao Sida and others were blocked at the door, unable to move forward or retreat.
"Kill all those blocking the road." Xiao Sida ordered without hesitation.
The soldiers of the Liao Army immediately began to rush forward, wielding their machetes to kill the civilians in the front, and their war horses also rushed towards the crowd mercilessly. The civilians fell down like grass, and screamed and moved to both sides to avoid them.
Yelvshi couldn't stand it anymore and frowned: "How can this be so? They are my people in Daliao."
Xiao Sida sneered and said: "Your Highness, let's save our lives first and then pity them. If they block the way, you and I will be captured by Da Zhou. It's okay to be a low-ranking official. The worst is to die, but you are my prince of Daliao.
, Identity is extremely important. If it falls into the hands of the Zhou people, it will become their bargaining chip. How can a woman be so kind at this moment?"
Yelvshi was stunned and speechless. He lay on the horse and stopped looking at the situation in front of him. He could only hear the screams one after another, the cries of babies and women, and the curses of the people filled his eardrums. Finally, these sounds disappeared, and the wind stopped in his ears.
When they opened their eyes, Zhuozhou was already behind them, and they successfully escaped.
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The battle in the city ended in the afternoon. It was not so much a battle as a one-sided massacre. After Xiao Sida and Yelv Shi fled, the city gate was breached, the city wall was fully breached, and the Liao army began to flee in all directions.
The Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses filled the city in pursuit. The cavalry outside the city circled from the east and west directions to chase the Liao soldiers who escaped from the east city and west city. Although some Liao soldiers fled into the hills and wilderness and could not be pursued, the vast majority of the Liao soldiers were killed or surrendered.
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By afternoon, the battle was basically over. When Yang Jun rode his horse into Zhuozhou City surrounded by generals, the entire army cheered and cheered, and the scene was extremely lively.
Yang Jun was also extremely excited, not because he was happy about the victory of this siege. Taking the city was just an expected thing, and for a city like Zhuozhou, this scale of siege was not the largest that Yang Jun had conquered.
The city and the largest combat operation he had ever commanded were not enough to excite Yang Jun.
But one thing is very different. Zhuozhou has been a city of the Liao Kingdom since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. The Liao soldiers coming out of this city have harassed the surrounding towns countless times, and fought countless battles with the soldiers and horses of the Zhou Dynasty.
time. When Zhuozhou was mentioned, the Zhou soldiers all wanted to raze this city. Moreover, this was a big city of the Liao people, and it was the first Liao city captured after the war against the Liao. He, Yang Jun, created a history today.
, more than 150 years after the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, no one has ever captured a city or a pool in the Liao Kingdom. Today he conquered this city and set foot on Zhuozhou City. This is an extraordinary moment. This
That's what really excited him.
"Sirs, you have done a good job. Do you know where we are standing? We stood in the Liao city and annihilated tens of thousands of Liao soldiers and horses. Today's battle has wiped away the shame of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
He also told us that the Liao people were just like that. They would be slaughtered by us like pigs and dogs, and they would kneel down and beg for mercy like cowards. Later, I will reward those who have made contributions in this battle. Tonight, I have ordered that the pigs be killed.
Slaughter the sheep, add wine and meat, and reward my warriors in the Great Zhou Dynasty. I will not go home unless I get drunk tonight." Yang Jun waved his arms and gave the briefest summary and encouragement.
Above and below the city, hundreds of thousands of Zhou soldiers and horses shouted loudly and cheered.
