The Liao army was stunned. Who would have thought that the Jurchens would actually come up with such a method? And they actually succeeded. It is heartbreaking to have twelve roller-coasters destroyed, but what is even more troublesome is that these behemoths fell on the embankment.
Above, the passage was completely blocked, and subsequent cloud carriages could no longer advance down the city. The original plan to use the cloud carriages as the main means of siege was shelved.
I thought victory was in sight, but as the skycars collapsed, everything was in vain. On the viewing platform at the rear, Yelv Zongyuan was shocked and cursed continuously.
This clever plan to deal with the Sky Chariot was proposed by Wanyan Mingyue to Wanyan Aguda. Wanyan Aguda was actually quite confident about the Liao people's siege, until he saw a large number of siege equipment arriving at the city. His confidence
It disappeared instantly. Whether it was a catapult or a siege truck, what he was most afraid of was the sky chariot. The first time this thing appeared was when the Great Zhou Dynasty quelled the Qingjiao Rebellion two years ago.
It was the time when Guo Xu, King of Huai, led his troops to attack Yingtian Mansion. Although Yingtian Mansion could not be conquered by the cloud chariot at that time, the city was finally broken because the south city gate was breached by Ma Bin and other internal officials. However, the cloud chariot was used in the attack.
The performance that day was already extremely amazing and domineering.
The Liao people have always paid great attention to the military preparations of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The appearance of the Yunxiao chariot was then reported back to the Liao Dynasty in detail. Wanyan Aguda was obviously also a thoughtful person, and he was concerned about the military preparations of the Great Zhou Dynasty and Daliao.
He was always paying attention to the changes in the Liao Dynasty. He also learned about the siege weapon such as the Yunxiao Chariot from within the Liao Kingdom. However, for Wanyan Aguda, this matter had little to do with him. At that time, he was tired of
Fighting with Yelu Zongyuan's counter-rebellion army, I had no time to think too much about it. I truly understood the power of the Yunxiao Chariot during the battle of Xijin Mansion a few months ago. This time, I joined forces with Da Zhou to fight against the Liao people.
, Wanyan Agu finally understood the impact of the power of siege equipment on the battle situation. Moreover, Zhou very sincerely gave a batch of drawings of siege equipment to the Jurchens, which also allowed Wanyan Agu to truly understand
See the ingenuity and wonderful uses of these things.
Whether it was the reports on the actual combat performance of the Sky Crane sent back by the battlefield craftsmen in the Battle of Jinfu, or the various structures and operating methods of the Sky Crane seen from the drawings, Wanyan Agu was completely changed.
In the past, he only thought that the Jurchens' fighting methods were the most advanced. The more thoroughly he understood, the more awe and admiration he felt. The Great Zhou Dynasty was indeed a kingdom in the Central Plains. Although many things were flashy, luxurious and useless,
It's meaningless, but after all, they have something useful for the right path. These heavy, practical and grand siege equipment, these powerful crossbows are all admirable. Of course, Wanyan Aguda is also a little confused. With such a
The Zhou Dynasty, which has powerful weapons, seems to be very weak for some reason. They are actually willing to make peace with the Liao Kingdom for nearly a hundred years and pay tribute every year. This is simply incredible.
For a person like Wanyan Aguda, he would naturally not consider the state of Zhou, a country of etiquette, which loves peace and conquers people with virtue. In his mind, force is everything. With such a
It is difficult for him to understand that he has great strength and equipment but does not annex others.
Originally, the large-scale attack by the Liao people was not surprising. Whether it was a frontal field battle or a city defense battle, Wanyan Agu thought that he had a chance of winning. It was just because he understood that the Liao people lacked siege methods and suffered casualties in frontal battles.
It was too big, so Wanyan Agu decided to defend Liaoyang Mansion from the very beginning.
However, when a large number of siege equipment arrived at the city ten days ago and the huge cloud carriage was assembled and stood in front of the battle, Wanyan Aguda's confidence suddenly disappeared. Finally, he had to face the attack from Dazhou
This extremely advanced but effective siege equipment is no longer irrelevant this time. For this reason, Wanyan Agu racked his brains to think about how to deal with this situation. If it was just a regular siege, he would definitely have
I am confident that I will hold on until the heavy snow comes. At that time, the Liao army will retreat without a fight. But with the roller coaster and so many siege equipment, I am afraid that they may not be able to hold on for even two or three days.
The Jurchens have thought about many countermeasures internally. Some people suggested that they take the initiative to send troops to attack the camp and burn and smash all the siege equipment. Some people said that they would think of ways to make more powerful crossbows and bows, forge refined iron crossbow arrows, and use powerful bed crossbows.
and sharp crossbow arrows to destroy the aerial vehicle. There were many suggestions put forward, but none of them satisfied Wanyan Agu.
Attacking the camp and destroying it? Easier said than done? The opponent's army of 500,000 people is eager to leave the city to fight. Isn't attacking the camp a risk of death? For a month, the opponent's camp has been brightly lit and heavily guarded every day, and everyone can see clearly from the top of the city. There is no such thing.
Possibility of sneak attack.
Building a powerful crossbow is not a one-time achievement. The drawings given by Dazhou do contain drawings of a powerful three-bow bed crossbow that can shoot 700 steps, and it does mention a fine iron crossbow. The penetrating power of the bow arrow can break through rocks.
Wall, but the bed crossbows made by his army can only shoot three to four hundred steps, and the crossbow arrows used can only be hardwood iron-tipped crossbow arrows. The power and range are unsatisfactory. It's not that I don't want to make those design drawings of Zhou Dynasty.
The perfect crossbow on the bed, but the Jurchens themselves did not have those materials at all. The Jurchens did not have the ability to forge fine iron, let alone the materials to make a powerful bow. Da Zhou’s drawings said that the Jurchens were to make the seven
The bowstrings of the three bows and arrows used in the Baibu crossbow must be the sinews of the yak in the Western Regions. After nine times of exposure, the sinews are torn into hair-thin sinews, tanned with secret medicine, and finally rolled into thin pieces.
The rope is woven into a bow string. This kind of bow string is the most powerful and elastic.
The materials corresponding to the body and back of the bow require the best wood. However, those woods are not available in Liaoyang, and most of them are in the virgin forests of the extreme south. So it is simply empty talk.
In this situation, Wanyan Mingyue came up with a strategy, which was the simplest way to attack the Yunxiao Chariot itself. To this end, Wanyan Mingyue made a model based on Da Zhou's drawings, and simulated the Yunxiao Chariot attack.
The situation in the city thus determines the feasibility of using a horse-drawn rope to pull the roller coaster down when it approaches. This method may seem stupid, but it actually hits the mark. If the roller coaster is pulled to the ground, what else can the roller coaster do?
What's the use? This idea is first of all a correct idea. Coupled with the feasibility of its implementation, although the Jurchens' three-bow bed crossbow is not the most powerful, it can use sharp iron-tipped crossbow arrows within a distance of more than thirty steps.
It is absolutely possible to shoot through the outer iron sheet of the roller coaster. Although its structure cannot be destroyed, as long as it can be nailed to it and hooked back to the roller coaster. This is obviously achievable.
As soon as this strategy was proposed, Wanyan Agu was overjoyed and praised him repeatedly. His sister was indeed a fairy sent by Changshengtian. This method was more practical and effective than anyone else's method. Wanyan Mingyue was defending the city this time.
Only two suggestions were made during the battle. One was to use black oil to block the enemy's attack. Although it could not stop the opponent's siege, it still successfully delayed the attack for five or six days. The second was to deal with the roller coaster.
.And this strategy may be the key to saving Liaoyang City and saving the war situation at this moment.
Wanyan Mingyue showed extremely high military talents, which even surprised her. For Wanyan Aguda, she was really lucky to have such a sister.
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After the collapse of the Yunxiao siege chariot, the siege Liao army was in chaos. Without the means of siege by the Yunxiao chariot and purely using the most primitive siege method, the tall and solid Liaoyang City would become a nightmare for them. The Liao army
The soldiers were dejected, but the Jurchens, on the other hand, had high morale. The most worrying thing, the roller coaster, was lying in the moat, and the enemy's biggest siege threat alarm was lifted, so the mood of the people was naturally uplifted.
Wanyan Aguda laughed loudly on the tower, raised his thumb towards Wanyan Mingyue and praised her repeatedly. Wanyan Mingyue also breathed a sigh of relief. Once this strategy works, the situation will be under the control of the Jurchen soldiers and horses, and she can
I went to town with peace of mind.
The feeling of annoyance in her heart had not gone away. She knew it was a reaction after pregnancy, and she had already secretly had someone check her pulse for diagnosis. It was on that sweet night with Lin Jue in the valley that she felt
Being pregnant with Lin Jue's child was a gift from heaven for Wanyan Mingyue. Although Lin Jue left and she could not stay and fly with him, she would always be his wife and would never marry again.
She will never fall in love with others in this life. If she and Lin Jue can never be reunited, then this child will be her only thought and the only link between her and Lin Jue. Therefore, she is determined not to
He will take away the child. Now that the strategy is working, he no longer needs to stay at the top of the city. He has to go down to the city to rest. Protecting the child in his belly is much more important than killing a few Liao soldiers.
After Wanyan Mingyue left, Wanyan Aguda immediately issued an order to carry out a violent attack on the Liao army. The Liao army still refused to retreat, and they must be dealt another devastating blow.
"Pour black oil down and burn these Liao dogs to death." Wanyan Agu ordered sharply.
Barrels of oil were hoisted up from under the inner city wall, and then poured down the wall one by one. Although there were shields protecting their heads, the pungent and sticky oil still flowed from the gaps onto the soldiers.
.In the crowded situation, all the soldiers were covered with oil stains. Some people quickly realized the danger.
"This is oil in stone, the same kind of black oil that burned in the trenches a few days ago. They... they are afraid they are going to set fire to it," someone shouted loudly.
The Liao soldiers were shocked when they heard this. The smarter ones had already started to move towards the outside of the city wall to avoid crowding together. The smarter ones had not yet reacted, and countless lit torches from the top of the city had been thrown down. The torches were stained with black oil and immediately
When it burned, many Liao soldiers were drizzled with black oil from head to toe, and instantly became on fire. They slapped the flames on their bodies in fear, trying to put out the fire, but where could they put it out? Not only that, the fire was so strong
It began to spread rapidly on the crowded Liao soldiers. As long as the body was stained with black oil, it would quickly catch fire and make it impossible to hide. Those soldiers who were on fire began to jump and shout in a panic, and burrowed into the crowd to seek help.
, but this move will ignite more fire. Before tea time, the Liao soldiers under the city were in chaos.
In fact, not much black oil was actually dumped. Only a few hundred barrels of black oil were dumped. The Liao soldiers under the city had already realized that the Jurchens at the top of the city were going to set a fire, so the Jurchens had to light the fire in advance. Therefore, the soldiers who were on fire were actually
There were not many people, and the total number of people outside the three city walls was only more than a thousand. But such a scene had a huge psychological impact on people, especially after just experiencing the scene of the roller coaster overturning, the already fragile morale had already collapsed.
the edge of.
The tragic situation of those Liao soldiers who were on fire was even more frightening. Watching them burn to death in front of your eyes, screaming and rolling around on the ground, was much worse than being shot to death by arrows or being hit by rolling logs and rocks.
It's even more terrifying. The smell of burnt flesh and the pungent smell of burning black oil in the air makes people want to vomit. The diffuse black smoke makes it even harder to breathe. In this situation
, I’m afraid the only ones who can still persevere are ignorant and ignorant people. Anyone with flesh and blood.
No one who feels it can bear such an impact.
"Escape for your life, otherwise everyone will die here." Someone cried in fear and cried.
The next moment, the soldiers of the Liao army suddenly dispersed. After shouting, they turned around and ran away. There were 80,000 or 90,000 siege troops crowded under the city. At this moment, dozens of pontoon bridge passages could no longer meet their needs. They crowded on the pontoon bridge and trampled on each other.
Pushing and pushing, people kept falling into the moat. Some people even jumped directly into the moat and swam to the other side. Everyone wished that their ribs had wings and hated their parents for not giving them two more legs. The Liao army was unbridled.
Defeated and retreated.
The defenders at the city head took advantage of the situation and used bows, arrows and crossbows to pursue them. When the Liao soldiers escaped from the shooting range, thousands of corpses were left behind. Floating in the moat with the flowing water were all the corpses of the Liao soldiers who had been shot.
The river water was completely dyed red, truly becoming a river of blood.
The siege battle started in the early morning, and it was already evening, and finally came to an end with the defeat of the Liao soldiers.
As the sun sets, the sun shines through the smoke and dust over the battlefield, making it look bleak and desolate, with no heat. The huge battlefield is in a mess, with broken limbs and bloodied corpses everywhere, and destroyed vehicles and equipment everywhere.
, there are arrows and weapons stuck in the ground everywhere. The closer you get to the city wall, the more tragic the scene becomes. Especially on both sides of the moat and under the city wall, corpses overlap, blood flows into streams, and arrows look like arrows on the ground.
It is like a dense grassland. Almost every dead body has more than one fatal injury. It is either full of arrows, or has arrow wounds, broken heads and bones, or even missing arms and legs. Therefore,
It can be seen that the previous battle was brutal.
There are corpses floating everywhere on the moat, especially on the sides of the pontoon and the embankment. The corpses are gathered together, like a group of dead fish crowded on the water, rippling with the water. After the river is blocked by the embankment, the blood cannot flow away.
So the entire moat is blood red.
The area under the city wall was even worse, with corpses piled on top of each other, with broken flesh and blood everywhere. These were all inhuman corpses that had been smashed by rolling logs and stones from the city wall. Some of them were as black as charcoal, with smoke rising from them.
The corpse was burned alive, and its body was twisted and still struggling in pain. The open mouth seemed to be still letting out silent screams of pain. All of this was even more debilitating and made people unable to stand at all.
Unable to face it.
War is so cruel. After a siege battle that lasted only six or seven hours, nearly 60,000 fresh lives were lost here. And it took more than ten, twenty, or even decades for these people to grow up to what they are today.
Then everything became meaningless at this moment. Most of them probably didn't realize why they were fighting or dying. As the saying goes, life is confused and death is unclear. It is really a kind of sadness.
The only ones who are in high spirits are probably the vultures. They have been hovering in the sky since the beginning of the war. Because they smell the smell of death and the smell of rotting corpses. To them, it does not matter what the humans on the battlefield are fighting for.
What matters is that what they care about is the corpses on the ground, which are delicious food. Many of them have tasted human flesh, which is very delicious food. Therefore, after the war is over, they will swarm in dark groups.
They came down and devoured the flesh and blood on the ground crazily, refusing to stop eating until they could no longer fly. They were fighting, making squawking noises, like they were quarreling with each other, but also like laughing with satisfaction.
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It soon became dark, and the cold north wind blew up. The wind blew the blood, stench, and the smell of death on the battlefield into the Liao army camp. The entire camp was filled with a solidified dead silence.
.In the past month or so, the Liao army camp had never been so quiet. Every night there was a bright bonfire and a lot of people. Every day was spent in irritating noises. But today, the whole camp was full of people.
Although the camp was still brightly lit, it was as dead as a huge tomb.
Yelu Zongyuan's gorgeous big tent was also brightly lit. Hundreds of generals and officials were summoned here. They were arranged according to their official positions from inside the tent to the open space outside the tent. Everyone frowned and looked serious. Outside the tent,
The cold wind was howling, but their bodies were sweating. Because their emperor, the president of the army, was furious in the big tent.
"...I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. This is actually the situation. Four hundred thousand troops attacked the city and returned with a crushing defeat. It's simply unbelievable. Can any of you tell me why this is? Are our Liao soldiers not brave enough?
My Daliao weapons are not sharp enough? My Daliao siege equipment is not powerful enough? How could this happen? How could this happen? Who can tell me? Huh?" Yelu Zongyuan waved his hands and feet excitedly and roared loudly after the case.
As he stood, saliva splashed all over the faces of the nearest officials and generals.
No one spoke, no one responded to his anger, because there was no way to answer his questions. The emperor witnessed the progress of the war with his own eyes, and everything was a plan made by him with full authority, and he should be responsible for the defeat of the war. He was furious at this moment,
In fact, it doesn't make sense. Because others just implemented his battle plan. To be fair, the emperor's battle plan is no problem, but the Jurchens are more powerful than imagined. They have powerful defensive equipment and have early defenses.
A prepared strategy to deal with the Liao army. They had made all preparations, and every move of the Liao soldiers and horses was under their control, targeted and deciphered. This was the reason for the failure. The emperor's anger was understandable.
, but no one is willing to take responsibility for this.
