Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 354
In Xiao Tarase's eyes, that was the most stupid way of fighting.If the strength of the two sides is not four to one, or even more, storming the city wall is the most stupid strategy.

In the past few days, he has been ordering people to prepare trebuchets, planning to use them to break through the city.

He brought many professional craftsmen.These people are usually kept in the military camp, and they are usually fine, but now they are needed, so naturally they cannot be left idle.

The Khitan army had cut down many big trees to make stump battering rams.

Of course, this thing will also damage people's hands, so when making the battering ram, there are still people who are making another terrible Dali siege weapon at the same time.

In other words, it is a repressive weapon for siege, that is, a trebuchet.

The method of siege is to start the stone-throwing machine first, and throw big stones on the opponent's city head to attack the defenders, the city gate, and the city wall.

It is not necessary to break open the city gate, but as long as the defenders on the city wall and towers are smashed to pieces, and the heart is chilled, the goal will be achieved.

At that time, battering rams were being dispatched.Hit the gate of Tongya City, and breaking the gate is just around the corner.

Xiao Tarase turned his head and looked at the camp under the afternoon sun.

Five or six huge trebuchets have already taken shape.

In the other direction, the battering ram cut from three giant trees is almost as accurate as it is.

"Gao Chang! What can attack the city?"

"Back to the king! Within two days."

Xiao Tarase nodded. It has been more than a month since the troops were dispatched, and it has already cost a lot.

Needless to say, money, food and grass have also been consumed a lot.

The dispatch of troops this time was based on the strategy of quick battle and quick decision, so they only brought so much food and grass, which was about two and a half months of food and grass.

But who would have thought that Dali would resolutely refuse to fight.

This also made Xiao Tarase scratch his head.

Consciously, Xiao Taset also knew that Dali was not without purpose,
They must be waiting for something, preparing for something.

Otherwise, knowing that they are invincible, they should at least send someone to negotiate and negotiate terms.

Whether or not all of this is absent can only show that Dali is prepared, but the time has not yet come.

"Zi Lian! Where's the grain?"

"Your Majesty! The food and grass should be here soon. Calculated by the distance, it's close to us."

Chang Yuanshou replied.Chang Yuanshou, styled Zilian, was Xiao Dalai's younger brother.

That is, uncles and brothers.

"God bless him, he won't be in trouble."

Xiao Tarase let out a sigh.

The food pressure officer of the Khitan army is Xiao Tianyou.The word is wonderful.

He can also be regarded as Xiao Tarase's close relative.

He was originally considered versatile in both civil and military affairs, on par with Gao Chang and the others, otherwise Xiao Tarase would not have dared to entrust him with the heavy responsibility of pressing food.

But recently, something happened to Xiao Tianyou's family. His wife, who was the younger sister of Xiao Tarase's wife, suddenly became seriously ill and died instantly.

Xiao Tianyou and his wife had a deep relationship. When they heard the news, they were hit hard and devastated.

If it weren't for the burden of pressing food, I'm afraid he would have fallen ill.

But Xiao Tarase had heard about him drinking to drown his sorrows every day, so he couldn't blame him too much at this time, he could only think for the better.

The Liao army's 20 troops went south, but they did not spend countless food and grass.

Now that the army is about to rush to the front line, food and grass are even more important.

The so-called soldiers and horses went first before the food and grass were moved, and the vanguard's advisers did not arrive because they were worried about Xiao Tianyou's mental state and worried enough about his grain supervision team.

On this day, the food supervisory team passed Madang and rushed to Suyu. The army division gave thousands of instructions, fearing that Xiao Tianyou would be immersed in the wine country and miss the important event.With Xiao Tianyou's reassurance, he left with a small batch of rations sent to the vanguard army.

Xiao Tianyou nodded in agreement on the surface, but actually didn't pay attention to it.

At this time, Gao Chengyun's forward army was 120 miles ahead, and the army led by Cao Cao was [-] miles behind.On the left is Nanchong Lake, and on the right is the mountain forest.

So he relaxed his vigilance after all, and after only thirty miles, he ordered to camp by the lake, the reason being to wait for the prime minister's army.

There is nothing wrong with this, after all, the army is approaching, and the food and grass cannot be far away from the army.

And Xiao Tianyou is also a generation of famous generals, he knows where to camp is more suitable.

However, Xiao Tianyou, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, forgot a seemingly insignificant matter this time, which caused a catastrophe.

After setting up camp, Xiao Tianyou still stayed in his small tent, picked up his wine glass, and began to drink sullenly.

But ahead, the military division rushing to the forward army with a small amount of food, but the more they walked, the more they felt that something was wrong.

"Not good! I actually forgot about this matter, that's too bad!" After leaving the food supervision team for fifty miles, the military adviser remembered what he was worried about, but it was getting late at this time, so he rushed back to remind Xiao Tianyou , I'm afraid it's too late.

He had no choice but to find a confidant of his own and ordered him to hurry back and report the letter.

By the Nanchong Lake, Xiao Tianyou, the food supervisor, had already fallen asleep, and the ten thousand soldiers also began to sleep soundly one after another.

However, at this time, on Nanchong Lake, dozens of small fishing boats quietly approached the shore.

On the small fishing boat, there are some strong and strong men with white turbans on their heads and knives in their mouths.

The leader was a tall and burly man with a face full of rust. He was exactly the all-powerful Mang Chang back then.

This person was born in Jingzhou and has been the leader of water thieves for many years.Not only proficient in water skills, but also has amazing martial arts.

After he surrendered to Dali, he became the banner of Dali generals.

In this Liao Li battle, he was originally guarding Li Chengsi, but Gao Chengyun sent a letter asking him to go to the front to help, and then Gao Mantang's son Gao Yang also wrote a letter asking him to fight.

The Gao brothers thought about it and felt that the military situation ahead was urgent, so they asked Li Chengsi for permission.

Li Chengsi immediately made a decision, and Mangchang set off for Suyu that night.

Before the person arrived, Gao Chengyun had written a secret order in his own hand, asking him to rush south to the lakeside to rob the enemy's rations.

So Mang Chang personally brought his most proud elites, eight hundred elites.On the east bank of Nanchong Lake, they recruited more than [-] small fishing boats by renting and bluffing, bluffing and deceiving.

He rushed to the west of Nanchong Lake overnight, as long as he landed here, the food and grass of the Khitan army was not far away.

Each of the eight hundred elites carried fire in their water-resistant bags.This time, they came here to plan to rob and burn the Khitan army's rations, so that Cao Cao's army had no food and grass to use, so they had to retreat.

Although Xiao Tianyou was very drunk, he had already issued a general order before he was paid to drink. The 1-strong grain pressing army had a stroke, and many people were arranged to be on duty overnight.Guard the food and grass.

So Mang Chang didn't dare to get the boat too close, and he ordered everyone to abandon the boat and launch into the water, and to find a hidden shore and go ashore quietly.

Then, taking advantage of the Liao army soldiers who were on guard at night not paying attention, they pulled out the checkpoints one by one.

There were too many checkpoints, and a large area in the middle could not be connected. Several patrols came to check, but no one came out to say hello.

(End of this chapter)