Song Mingyue

Chapter 240 Xiangcheng Night Battle
Xiangcheng, north gate.

A dark cloud covered half of the moon, making the night sky gradually darken.

There are about 600 Song soldiers on the tower, leaning on the battlements one by one, yawning, chatting with each other, and some even started snoring.

In the distance, a large black shadow slowly moved over, like a rolling wave, getting closer and closer, and finally stopped three or four hundred steps away from the city gate.

The moonlight gradually came out from the dark clouds, and shone coldly on the large black shadow. It was vaguely visible that it was a large group of soldiers holding weapons in their hands. Everyone's eyes were murderous, like ghosts from hell. .

It was the Liangshan army who came to attack Xiangcheng.

At the front of the army, Song Jiang slowly raised his head, looked at Xiangcheng hundreds of steps away, and at the bright moonlight in the sky, waved his hand, and shouted in a low voice: "All lie down!"

As the command flags were passed on layer by layer, more than ten thousand Liangshan elites slowly fell to the ground one by one, like the ebb tide of a great river.

Immediately afterwards, a general in armor shouted in a low voice: "Huo Lei team, come out!"

Before the words were finished, five or six people climbed out of the queue carrying a huge iron bucket, which was filled with refined gunpowder.

The leading general stretched out his hand, and then led the five or six iron bucket holders to slowly crawl towards the city gate.They were all wearing black helmets and armor, and the big iron buckets in their hands were also black. Even their faces were covered with pot ash. Under the cover of night, it was impossible for the soldiers of the Song army on the tower to see them clearly.

The mine thrower crawled very slowly, and it took two sticks of incense to get closer to the distance of three or four hundred steps. Seeing that he was only seventy or eighty steps away from the city gate, the leading general's eyes showed excitement. He said: "Crawl within fifty steps, and then you can rush directly under the city gate and cause thunder to strike the gate."

All the thunder-throwers responded in a low voice, each of them speeded up and crawled forward quickly.

Seeing the mine throwers in front getting closer and closer to the city gate, the soldiers of the Liangshan Army who were lying down behind them also gradually became excited.

A delicate laugh came from Song Jiang's side: "Brother Hei, if you break Xiangcheng tonight and capture that skinny and tender son of the clan, how about rewarding my younger sister as the Lord of the Village?"

Before the words fell, there was a burst of low laughter from all around.

Someone laughed and said, "It turns out that San Niang likes the fair faces, no wonder she doesn't like rough men like me. Brother Wang Ying has been chasing after him for half a year, and he hasn't even touched the corner of his clothes. Hehe..."

Song Jiang didn't speak, but looked at the thunder-thrower who was getting closer and closer to the city gate, the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Finally, those Liangshan army who threw thunder were only about fifty steps away from the city gate, and the leading general couldn't restrain his excitement, and shouted in a low voice: "Rush to the city gate!"

Everyone got the order, and immediately jumped up, carrying the big gunpowder barrel, followed the leading general, rushed forward with lightning speed, and rushed straight to the city gate.

puff~
Suddenly the general at the front leaned forward and fell down, no, he fell directly to the ground!

puff puff~
Before the general in front could utter a scream, the mine-thrower behind him fell down with a barrel, followed by screams, and none of the mine-throwers was spared.

rumbling~
Following the series of screams, followed by a thunderous sound from the ground, the ground within a radius of dozens of steps from the gate of the city collapsed, and large pieces of dust fell into the huge pit. , and buried those mine throwers.

woohoo~
Just when the Liangshan army outside the city gate was still at a loss, a desolate and distant horn sounded suddenly from the tower of the north gate of Xiangcheng, piercing the silence of the entire night sky and spreading far and wide in the night wind. Far.

Immediately afterwards, under the battlements, countless soldiers of the Song army suddenly poured out, like a forest of crossbow arrows, erected on the battlements, like a rain of arrowheads, aiming at the Liangshan army under the tower.

The sudden turn of events shocked Song Jiang and the others, who were at a loss for what to do.

Originally thought that this was a sure-fire surprise attack, all the generals were already eager to try, intending to rush into the city gate in one fell swoop, killing the Song army by surprise, seeing this sudden change at this moment, everyone was stunned.

"Back, back quickly!" Wu Yong was the first to react, and hissed.

This scheming military strategist knew in his heart that the wrong strategy would be a bad strategy after all, or that the enemy had already made preparations if the news leaked out.

Song Jiang woke up like a dream, and immediately jumped up, waving the command flag in his hand: "The whole army retreats, and those who disobey the order will be killed!"

Those who came were all elites of the Liangshan Army, all of them were well-trained, and their reaction speed was not slow. Immediately, the rear army became the front army, and more than ten thousand soldiers and horses rolled away like a wave.

rumbling~
At this moment, in front of them, there was a sudden deafening sound of footsteps, and then the flames brightened and turned red, illuminating half of the sky.

In the dazzling flames, thousands of soldiers of the Song Army slowly rushed towards them.

If you look carefully, you can see that the Song army has a very strict formation. In the front are rows of shield soldiers. Each one holds a large iron shield as tall as a person in his left hand, and holds a big knife in his right hand. Behind them are spearmen holding spears. , Those forests of knives and guns shone like a lake under the light of fire and moonlight.

In the middle of the army, a large flag was flying high, with a big "Zhao" written on it.

If you look closely, you can see that under the banner, a slender young man sits tall on an eight-foot-tall horse, wearing a white jade hair crown and a purple battle robe. Wearing a fiery red cloak and holding a halberd in his hand, he looks heroic and majestic.

Song Jiang didn't have time to think about it, and hissed, "To capture the thief, first capture the king, rush over, and take down the handsome little thief!"

All the soldiers of the Liangshan Army first came to bully them, and secondly, those Liangshan Army generals with high martial arts skills were all proud of their bravery. When Song Jiang gave an order, the response was like thunder.

kill~
kill~
kill~
All the Liangshan armies rose up with high fighting spirit, one by one like wolves and tigers, they all rushed forward to the Song army blocking the way, not paying attention to the more than [-] Song army at all.

Seeing that the two armies are getting closer and closer, there is only a distance of [-] or [-] steps in the blink of an eye, and a fierce battle of hand-to-hand combat is imminent.

The crossbowmen in the Liangshan army also set up their arrows while running, and once they ran within a distance of fifty or sixty steps, they would first rain a wave of arrows to disrupt the enemy's formation.

But the one on the opposite side still maintained a neat queue, advancing unhurriedly, without paying attention to the more than [-] Liangshan elites ahead.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was less than 150 steps, Zhao Hao under the banner swung his halberd: "Fire the arrow!"

Following Zhao Hao's commanding voice like a rainbow, there was a loud crackling sound of the crossbow machine, and then branches poured out like meteors chasing the moon, shooting towards the Liangshan Army crossbowmen more than 100 steps away.

shhhhhh!
Arrows rained all over the sky, covering the sky like locusts.

The Song Dynasty had few horses, and had been fighting with horsemen for many years. The level of bow and crossbow craftsmanship was unparalleled in the world. Not to mention the god-arm crossbow that could pierce poplar wood at a distance of 150 steps, the ordinary standard crossbow in the army could still injure the enemy within [-].

The crossbows and crossbows in the hands of the Liangshan army were either self-made inferior products or inferior products seized from the local Xiang army.

"Woo..." A Liangshan soldier tightly held the crossbow arrow piercing through his throat, and there was a whining roar in his throat. He didn't know where to throw the weapon in his hand, and he died after a while.

"Ah!" A Liangshan soldier whose chest was pierced screamed, trying to pull out the long arrow in his chest, but before he could pull it out, another sharp arrow had already pierced through the air With a sound, he shot between the eyebrows, and fell down without a word.

Even so, the Liangshan Army still did not slow down their pace of rushing forward. The so-called no more than three shots before the battle refers to bows and arrows.

Once the two rounds of shooting are over, there will still be fierce hand-to-hand combat. Liangshan's soldiers are numerous and powerful, and they must still gain the upper hand.

However, they were wrong!
The rain of arrows from the Liangshan Army at the front never stopped, wave after wave, continuously.

Wu Yong in the army finally saw clearly.The opponent turned out to be mainly bowmen. Except for the front rows of spearmen and sword and shield soldiers, all the backside were crossbowmen.And its crossbowmen are divided into three rows. After one row shoots, the second row follows closely, and then the third row continues to shoot. When the third row of crossbowmen finishes shooting, the first row of crossbowmen has reloaded. The good crossbow arrows continued to aim at Liangshan Army and shoot.

For a moment, only the sound of crossbow arrows piercing the air, and the screams one after another, the Liangshan army in front fell down in rows, blocked by the continuous crossbow arrows a hundred steps away, and there was nothing to do. Unable to take a step forward, the Liangshan army at the back saw that the situation was not good, so they retreated one after another, and the formation suddenly became chaotic.

"Quickly retreat to the east!" Wu Yong shouted anxiously.

At this moment, Song Jiang didn't have time to think about it, the handsome flag waved, and the Liangshan Army, who had suffered thousands of casualties, fled to the east again.

Just as all the Liangshan troops were desperately fleeing to the east, torches suddenly lit up one after another in the east, and then the entire night sky in the east was illuminated.

There are still thousands of Song troops, who have long been ready for battle.The sword and shield soldiers are in front, the spearmen are behind, and behind them are a large number of crossbowmen. The crossbow has been raised high, and the sharp arrowheads have been aimed at this side. Just waiting for the command of the general, they will be ready to attack. Launched a torrential rain of crossbow bolts.

Among the large army in the east, a grizzled veteran, holding a broadsword and straddling a steed, stood under a large banner with the word "Zong" embroidered on it.

Megatron in the Northwest, the well-known and disgruntled Mr. Xiaozhong of the Qiang people!

"Xiangxi!" Song Jiang hissed again.

Wu Yong sighed dejectedly: "The general situation is gone, how can we ambush troops in the west?"

Sure enough, as soon as Wu Yong finished speaking, the west side also lit up red, the entire sky was illuminated, and the situation on all sides was clear at a glance.

In the north, Zhao Hao personally led the crowd to block the retreat of the Liangshan Army, in the east, Zhong Shizhong was in charge, and in the west, Yang Keshi was headed. In addition to the defenders on the tower in the south, the Liangshan Army was like a turtle in a urn, surrounded by enemies. .

At this moment, the invincible Liangshan army who swept across Heshuo, Jingdong, and the west of Beijing, and the victorious Heishanlang, finally collapsed completely. Here!"

(End of this chapter)