Several students from the martial arts hall who were surrounding Gao Chugong saw Gao Chugong's smiling face, looked at each other, and felt an unspeakable feeling in their hearts.
The usually rigid and serious chief instructor actually showed the smile of a fox stealing chickens.
Although they had never seen the fox's smile when he stole the chicken, they felt inexplicably that Gao Gonggong's smile at this moment was the same as that of the fox who stole the chicken.
Gao Chugong didn't know the mood of the students. After he laughed, he said to the students around him: "You little guys, when you lecture in the martial arts hall on weekdays, you always feel that I am more capable than those who came out of the Kou Mansion.
The guy is weak.
Today I will show you what I am capable of.
No matter how good the gun is or how good the artillery is, its effect on the battlefield will be limited.
What can truly determine victory or defeat on the battlefield is military strategy.
The only thing that can truly win great wealth is military strategy.
Normally you all feel that I am just talking to you on paper, but today I will let you have a good experience."
The students looked at Gao Guanggong in astonishment.
They never thought that Gao Chugong would also know about the little things they said in private.
Gao Chuang Gong saw the students looking at him in astonishment and smiled knowingly. A group of fledgling little guys had their thoughts written all over their faces. Gao Chuang Gong could guess the thoughts in their hearts without even asking.
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After Gao Chugong warned the students, he ordered the two captains beside him, "Take your men, carry trebuchets, artillery, and flying thunder, and sneak over.
Once discovered, rush forward quickly and get within the shooting range of firearms and trebuchets as soon as possible.
Once within range, fire back on the spot.
He didn't bother to fight anywhere else, so he greeted me at the gate tower on the top of Xiazhou City.
If my guess is right, there must be a big fish living in the city gate building.
If the big fish is killed, Xiazhou City will definitely be in chaos.
By then our goal will be achieved.”
The two lieutenants agreed, led their respective soldiers and horses, carried trebuchets, artillery, and flying mines, and quietly walked out of the camp.
After the two captains and their men left the camp, Gao Chugong ordered the remaining soldiers to hold the ladders and push the siege chisels in an siege posture. At the same time, he ordered more than 30 people to prepare for the attack.
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After the two captains led their men out for a long time, the Xixia defenders on the top of the city did not notice it.
Most of the Xixia garrison on top of the city relied on the braziers and torches lit on top of the city to see at night.
Under the illumination of braziers and torches, the upper and lower walls of the city were brightly lit.
But the torches and braziers illuminated the upper and lower walls of the city, limiting their sight to the light of the fire.
Where the fire shines, they can see very clearly, where the fire does not shine, their vision is blurry, and further away, they cannot see at all.
If they want to judge the enemy's situation in places where firelight cannot shine, they can only judge it through sound and the lights in the camp where the Song army is stationed.
The two lieutenants under Gao Zhonggong led the soldiers to carry trebuchets, artillery, and flying mines, and quickly arrived within their shooting range.
Flying mines are the first to arrive on the battlefield. Because flying mines are lighter than artillery and trebuchets, seven people can carry them across the battlefield. The targets are small and difficult to be discovered, so they can move forward quickly.
Artillery and trebuchets are very heavy and therefore very slow.
After the soldiers carried the flying thunder to the designated place, under the guidance of the servants of the Kou Mansion, they immediately filled it with gunpowder packets.
The artillery also arrived at the designated place one after another.
The trebuchet is actually the slowest one.
The trebuchet was too large and made some noise on the way to the designated place, which was immediately noticed by the Xixia soldiers and horses on the top of the city.
The Xixia soldiers and horses at the top of the city almost didn't hesitate and fired dozens of rockets into the sky.
The rockets streaked across the sky, gradually illuminating the Song Army soldiers hiding in the darkness.
Although it only lasted a short time, it was enough for the Xixia soldiers and horses on the city wall to see the figures of the Song army soldiers.
The flying mines, the artillery pieces, and the trebuchets quickly appeared in their minds.
"Enemy attack!"
"ignition!"
Two roars sounded at the same time, resounding throughout the silent city of Xiazhou.
The Xixia soldiers and horses who were awake on the top of the city shouted loudly to greet other drowsy soldiers.
At the same time, someone rushed to the city gate building to report to the general who was resting in the city gate building.
However, before he could reach the city gate building without waiting for the news, a dense explosion sounded instantly.
The artillery fire raged, covering the entire city gate and building in an instant.
The city gate building was blown to pieces.
The city wall where the city gate tower is located was also riddled with holes.
The people in the city gate building sat up when they heard the word 'enemy attack', but before they could make any reaction, they were lifted up into the sky and fell to the ground.
By then, only scattered limbs and broken arms were left.
Gao Chugong is the kind of person who spends other people's money without feeling any pain at all.
Therefore, he sent many firearms to bomb the city gate tower.
The thunder and artillery volleys alone had already blown away the city gate tower. As soon as the trebuchets were placed, the city gate tower was already gone.
The soldiers pushing the trebuchet could only place the bundled grenades inside the trebuchet and direct their greetings to other places on the city top.
With the sound of cannons.
War drums were also beaten.
Gao Gonggong dispatched his men, mounted horses, and drove the horses toward the other two city gates, forming a three-sided attack.
He led the real soldiers and horses under his command and rushed towards Xiazhou City with loud shouts.
For a moment, shouts of killing filled the air inside and outside Xiazhou City.
The Xixia soldiers and horses and people in Xiazhou City really felt that there was a tendency of tens of thousands of people to attack Xiazhou City.
"General... gone!"
"The general is gone too!"
"The patriarch is gone too!"
"..."
Several important figures from the Western Xia Yongxiang Military Division who were resting in the city gate building were all blown up to the sky.
The Song army's offensive was fierce, and the Xixia soldiers and horses were leaderless and fell into chaos.
Gao Chugong led his men to charge towards Xiazhou City. He grinned when he saw that the Xixia soldiers and horses on top of Xiazhou City were in a mess, unable to effectively resist the soldiers and horses he led.
"My guess is indeed correct. The batons leading the troops from the Western Xia Dynasty's left wing are indeed resting in the city gate building. Now that they have been taken away, Xiazhou City is completely in chaos."
Influenced by the Song Dynasty, the city guard generals of Xixia and Liao Kingdom also liked to live in city gate buildings during the war. Mobile version::
This matter has become a norm.
When Gao Chugong got the firearm from Liu Heng, he had the idea of blowing up the gate building of Xiazhou City in one fell swoop.
To ensure nothing goes wrong.
He specially tortured everyone in Xiazhou City all night, with the purpose of exhausting everyone in Xiazhou City.
If the guard general of Xiazhou City had performed his duties a little more, he would have stayed on the city wall after he stopped making trouble, ready to be ready for a sneak attack by the Song army at any time.
The Chengmen Tower is undoubtedly the most suitable place for them to stay.
Gao Chugong pinpointed the weak points of the Xiazhou City guards and prescribed medicine, and as expected, he killed all the Xiazhou City guards in one fell swoop.
Seeing the soldiers and horses in Xiazhou City in chaos without any resistance, Gao Gao Gong's confidence was greatly shaken.
"Feint? Why feint when we can win in one fell swoop? Who is that?"
"Is there any way to use firearms to blow open the gate of Xiazhou City?"
"..."
The Kou Mansion servant who had been following Gao Chuang Gong rolled his eyes when he heard this.
"It can be blown up, but I don't know if the enemy has any arrangements behind the city gate. If so, I can't tell for sure."
Gao Guang said respectfully: "Blow it up first and then talk about it."
Gao Gong was full of confidence, but reality poured cold water on Gao Gong.
Just when Gao Shanggong thought that all the dragons in Xiazhou City were leaderless and in chaos.
The city lord of Xiazhou City appeared in time and used killing methods to frighten the troops and horses of the Xixia Zuoxiang Army Division who were in chaos on the city. He personally led the troops and horses of the Xixia Zuoxiang Army Division to resist the Song Dynasty.
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Gao Chugong led his men, and under the cover of artillery, trebuchets, and flying thunder, they successfully reached the gates of Xiazhou City.
But after all, he did not lower the suspension bridge, cross the moat, and blow open the gate of Xiazhou City.
There are many soldiers and horses in the heroic military division of Xixia's left wing.
Even if there are muskets, artillery, flying thunder and other firearms at high places to assist the battle, facing multiple enemy soldiers, they are only evenly matched.
Muskets, artillery, flying thunder and other weapons are sharp, but they can only help Gao Gong to fight the enemy, but they cannot help Gao Gong to scale the city wall.
Gao Chugong went to the gates of Xiazhou City and saw a large number of casualties among his soldiers, so he decisively retreated.
The troops in his hands are limited, and he has made arrangements in advance, so there is no need to fight with Xiazhou City.
He has shocked everyone in Xiazhou City.
After he blew up the city gate building, Xiazhou City sent people to rush out from the north city gate and go to Jianing Military Division for help.
His purpose has been achieved.
What he has to do now is to prevent the enemy from seeing the number of soldiers and horses under his command.
After all, the soldiers of the Hengshan Army were not under his control.
He was just pretending to attack Xiazhou City. If there were too many casualties, it would be difficult to explain to Liu Heng.
Of course, if we take Xiazhou City, it would be reasonable to have more casualties.
However, the enemy is far more numerous than them.
With the help of firearms, he could only suppress the enemy, but could not destroy it. If he took Xiazhou City, he would probably lose nearly half of his soldiers.
How many soldiers are there in half?
Two thousand five hundred people.
He clearly had a plan and a way to get maximum benefit with minimum damage, so there was no need for him to let the soldiers go out for a bloody fight.
Some people may think that Gao Chugong was so greedy for merit, why did he suddenly become so kind and give up the credit for winning Xiazhou City?
In fact, Gao Chugong is not kind.
It was because Liu Heng had promised Gao Chugong before the battle that all the merits of this battle would belong to Gao Chugong.
Therefore, whether we capture Xiazhou City now or in the future, it is all his credit.
The smaller the price paid, the higher the credit for his plan will be.
After Gao Chugong led his troops back to the camp, the sky was already bright.
After counting the casualties, Gao Gong ordered people to bury pots and make rice.
The camp where Gao Chugong was stationed was very large.
The soldiers in the army almost have one tent per person.
When burying the pot to make rice, one person would light a fire and burn it somewhere.
The purpose is to create a feeling of strength in numbers.
Seeing their large numbers, the defenders in Xiazhou City would not easily go out to investigate.
After Gao Chugong and his soldiers had a simple meal, he ordered the soldiers to go down and rest.
He himself returned to the tent and summoned two people.
One of them was sent by him to deliver a message to Liu Heng.
The other one went to Xiazhou City to recruit surrender in the name of envoy.
The purpose of sending a letter to Liu Heng was to tell Liu Heng that Xiazhou City had sent people to Jianing Military Division to ask for help.
Sending people to Xiazhou City to recruit surrender is just pretentious.
Historically, surrenders on the battlefield were mostly done by superiors to inferiors, or from strong to weak.
Gao Chugong will put on a front, saying, I am very strong and I have the strength to destroy Xiazhou City, but I don't want to see the soldiers and horses I admire die tragically, so I will give you a chance to survive.
When the envoys sent by Gao Chugong arrived at Xiazhou City, they were greeted by the people in Xiazhou City.
After a verbal battle, the envoy quickly returned to Gao Chugong's tent and said to Gao Chugong: "General, the other party refused our surrender and asked me to tell you that they have asked Jianing Military Division for help. Soon
Only the soldiers and horses of Jianing Military Division will rush to Xiazhou City.
The other party advised us to leave quickly, otherwise when the troops from Jianing Military Division arrive, they will attack us from both sides and annihilate us."
Hearing this, Gao Chuanggong was happy. He stared at the envoy and said, "The person you are talking to must be a civil servant, right?"
The envoy was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly.
Gao Jun smiled respectfully and said: "Only civil servants can be so childish."
Gao Chugong narrowed his eyes slightly, "The civil servants in Xiazhou City are naive, but his prestige in the Western Xia Zuoxiang Army Division seems not weak. He can defeat most of the generals of the Xixia Zuoxiang Army Division in my group.
From now on, it will take great prestige to quickly deter the rebels and defend Xiazhou City."
Gao Chugong thought for a moment and continued: "However, civil servants have a weakness of civil servants, that is, they are not intimidated. He even told you that he asked Jianing Military Division for help, which shows that he has no confidence in his heart.
Go there again and tell him.
Disobeying the order, Marquis Li Deming sent someone to assassinate Kou Ji.
The officials and Kou Gong were so furious that they mobilized all the soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty, preparing to destroy the entire Xixia in one fell swoop to avenge Kou Ji.
We are just the vanguard, and behind us there are hundreds of thousands of troops marching.
If he surrenders now, with my protection, he can still survive.
If we wait until the officials and Kou Gong arrive with hundreds of thousands of troops, they won't even have a chance to survive.
By then, not only him, but Li Deming will also die."
The city lord of Xiazhou City, after experiencing the Song army's siege, did not reprimand the Song Dynasty for violating the covenant and attacking Xixia. This shows that the residents of Xiazhou City had a guilty conscience and knew why the Song army attacked Xiazhou City.
The lord of Xiazhou City must know the inside story of Kou Ji's assassination.
Taking the assassination of Kou Ji as an excuse, Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun were furious, led hundreds of thousands of troops, and came to destroy Xixia, which would definitely scare him.