Fenghou

In the darkness, thousands of people rushed towards the city wall. Chen Qing shouted: "Use shields to resist, use wooden boxes to catch!"

At this moment, two thousand professional fire-fighting soldiers rushed to the city. They were worthy of being professional soldiers. They immediately spread out the wet quilts, two quilts, and set up a quilt fire-fighting formation on the city.

This is because the soldiers came up with various local methods. In addition to the soil that is effective for kerosene, the wet bedding is also effective. In fact, they all play a role in isolating oxygen.

The soldiers gave them the open space one after another, and the soldiers raised their shields and stood in front of the battlements, becoming the first line of defense.

This time there were [-] cavalrymen rushing up. They also carried fire oil balls and rushed against the rain of arrows on the top of the city. Arrows are hard to hit them.

Near the city wall, one after another fireballs rose into the air and were thrown towards the top of the city. Although there were [-] fireballs this time, the Song army was fully prepared. They raised their shields and hit the fireballs thrown from below. Falling down the city, nearly half of the fireballs were killed in the first round of defense.

Some of the other fireballs landed on the top of the city, and some flew over the top of the city and flew into the city. The wet bedding on the top of the city lightly caught the fireball, and then took two quick steps, throwing the fireball into the open space in the city.

This kind of burning has little effect, and there is no need to cover it with special soil. It will go out after burning out the fire oil.

The hundreds of fireballs that landed on the top of the city were also quickly dealt with without causing any riots. The Song Army's ability to fight against fire oil has become stronger and more proficient. Even ordinary soldiers know how to deal with fire oil , Burying with sand is the most effective.

The golden weapon craftsman made a total of ten thousand hand-throwing fireballs, but five thousand failed. Wanyan Wushu watched the situation on the top of the city, but he didn't see any signs of fire. In the end, he could only sigh deeply, "Send the order withdraw troops!"

Wanyan Wushu is very clear that the opponent is well prepared, even the fire oil has failed, they have no other special siege weapons, and in the end there will be no gain except heavy casualties.

The [-] soldiers secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and followed the commander back to the barracks.

……

At noon of the next day, Wanyan Helisa led [-] troops and escorted five large nest carts to the camp. They were transported from Jingzhao, first by water, then by land, and finally from Deshun Prefecture.

Wanyan Wushu learned the lesson from last time, this time the transport was very secretive, concealed during the day and transported at night, it took a full 20 days to arrive at Ganquan Fort.

Wanyan Wushu sent Wanyan Helisa to lead [-] cavalry to meet them a hundred miles away, and escorted them to the camp of Ganquanbao.

These five nest carts are heavy weapons for siege. Each weighs tens of thousands of catties. It consumes a lot of wood to make it. It is difficult to find a way to crack it. Back then, the Song army paid a heavy price to resist the arrow. The enemy nest car attack.

Back then, the nest cart was only a medium-sized nest cart, but now the nest cart is a heavy nest cart, which has doubled in size and more than doubled in weight, and the wood used is also thicker. Ganquanbao custom-made, all heights are just right.

Each nest car is transported on a specially-made giant flatbed car. Dozens of oxen are needed to pull a large car, and it walks very slowly.

Chen Qing also rushed to the top of the city upon hearing the news. Dozens of generals watched a huge nest cart being dragged into the Jinbing camp. The expressions of all the generals became very dignified. Although there were only five of them, they brought The sense of oppression makes everyone feel heavy.

After returning to the barracks, Chen Qing immediately summoned all commanders and generals to discuss matters in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Presumably everyone has seen it just now. Jin Bing got five heavy-duty nest vehicles. They are very large and difficult to deal with. Let's brainstorm and think of a way together. How to deal with these five nest vehicles?"

Chen Qing glanced at everyone, Zheng Ping raised his hand and stood up and said, "Let me say a few words first!"

He cleared his throat and said: "Our previous experience is that it is meaningless to use fire to deal with the nest carts. The reason is very simple. It takes a long time for the fire to destroy the nest carts. When the fire of the nest carts is extinguished, the city should also be destroyed. In the end The best way is to use powder kegs."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while and said: "Actually, kerosene can also be used, the key is to burn it inside, not burning nest cars, but burning people!"

Chen Qing glanced at Zhang Xiao, the counselor, and saw that he was thoughtful, so he asked with a smile, "What does Zhang Canjun mean?"

Zhang Xiaowei smiled and said: "I think Commander Yang's last sentence is quite right. It's not burning nest vehicles, but burning people. What we're dealing with is not nest vehicles, but golden soldiers. So we shouldn't use them as siege weapons." , but treat it as a part of our city wall, we go straight up and block the enemy army in the nest car, what is the difference between that and defending the city wall?"

Applause erupted in the big tent, and the words of counselor Zhang Xiao gave everyone a sense of enlightenment. If they regarded the nest cart as a horse-faced wall, they would turn against customers.

At this time, Chen Qing saw that Jiang Yan was smiling and said nothing, so he asked with a smile: "Jiang Zhixian must have a good opinion, why not tell everyone."

"I'm just a little dumb!"

"It doesn't matter if you have a good opinion or a humble opinion, let us speak out before we can judge!"

Jiang Yanxian pondered for a while and said: "The essence of the nest cart is also a siege ladder, but it is surrounded by surroundings, a little bigger, and a little more stable. After careful observation, the opponent's nest cart is at least three feet five or six feet high, and the overpass is on the same level as our city wall." Qi, at least three feet, but its inclination is very steep, the heel of the person in front is against the head of the person behind, so it can't accommodate many soldiers at a time.

I saw that it was very large, so I judged that there must be a platform in the middle, which turned the nest car into two flights of stairs. If our fire mines blow up the platform and break the stairs, the soldiers below cannot climb up. It's useless, isn't this where its dead spot lies? "

Applause sounded again in the big tent, Chen Qing said with a smile: "This is not a foolish opinion, this is a good idea, let us find the life gate of the nest car, that is the stairs inside, blowing up the stairs inside and we cut off the siege The three rungs in front of the ladder have the same effect."

Everyone laughed, Chen Qing raised his hand to signal silence, and everyone fell silent.

Chen Qing laughed again: "Before we burned down ten heavy trebuchets of the enemy, and then we went to clean the battlefield, and they were all burned to white ground. Logically, there should be nothing to gain, so the other side didn't care.

But we still had an unexpected harvest, that is, ten very long iron chains, iron chains used for trebuchet winches, each one was ten feet long, and they were not burned at all. We put them in the warehouse and prepared to use them. Repair the city gate suspension bridge. "

The big tent was very quiet, and everyone was listening to the coach's explanation with rapt attention.

"What if we put a big iron hook at the end of each iron chain to hook the enemy's nest cart, and hundreds of people pull it together?"

The third applause in the big tent was like thunder, the opponent could cut the rope, but the opponent could not cut through the iron hook and chain.

……

Everyone's enthusiasm was mobilized, three cobblers were better than one Zhuge Liang, and everyone talked to each other, and a complete response plan was gradually formed.

Chapter 400 Million Arrows

The next day, the sky was still dark, and the dawn was just showing its belly white from the east. The drums that had been silent for nearly a month sounded again in the Jinbing Camp, 'Boom!Boom!Boom! 'The sound of the drums shook the sky.

A muffled blast of a horn mixed with the sound of the drums, 'Woo--'

This was the last attack of Jin Bing, without the restraint of Wan Yanchang, the supervisor, Wanyan Wushu decided to put all his eggs in one basket, and all [-] troops were dispatched.

Groups of well-armored puppet Qi soldiers and Jin soldiers came out of the camp, as did the cavalry of the Jin soldiers. There were [-] cavalry in the [-] army. The cavalry is dominated by Khitan, Xi and Bohai people.

These Khitan people and Xi people are different from the former Khitan army soldiers. The former Khitan army were prisoners of war surrendered by the Liao army, but now these Khitan people and Xi people lived with the Jurchens very early. They belonged to the Jin Dynasty. The second-class common people are called Jurchens in a broad sense.

In addition to the 3 cavalry, the other 2 are infantry, of which 1 are the Qi army and 3 are the Guangyi Jurchen army. These [-] people will be the main force to attack Ganquan Fort.

An army of [-] troops has been lined up three miles away from Ganquan Fort. The army is overwhelming, the flags are like clouds, and the murderous aura pervades the earth.

At this time, five heavy-duty nest vehicles came out of the army like five huge monsters. The bulls pulled in front, the soldiers supported behind, and the big wooden wheels as tall as a man slowly moved forward.

The head of the city was also full of murderous spirits. Six thousand soldiers were deployed on the head of Nancheng, their spears were shining golden in the morning glow.

The cavalry-throwing fireballs that appeared the night before made Chen Qing realize that the golden soldiers would repeat their tricks today. Their first wave of attacks must be fireballs, disrupting the defense of the city.

Five heavy-duty nest carts were already in place, Wanyan Wushu waved his saber, and five thousand cavalry galloped towards the city wall with fire oil balls and torches in their hands...

Sure enough, as Chen Qing expected, Chen Qing shouted: "All bowmen get ready! Shield players get ready!"

The crossbowmen are not only the [-] god-armed crossbowmen on the top of the city, but also the [-] archers in the city. Without the threat of catapults, [-] archers can fully deploy their formation. Their city wall is about [-] steps away. Formation, this is also to avoid the arrows from outside the city.

According to the experience of previous battles, the arrows fired by the Jurchen cavalry outside the city generally do not exceed fifty steps from the city wall, but the crossbow arrows of the infantry will exceed fifty steps.

Therefore, each of the [-] archers is also equipped with a shield to resist the attack of crossbow arrows, but the threat will not last long. The god arm crossbow and bed crossbow on the top of the city will clean up the enemy's crossbow array.

[-] archers lined up five steps a row, a total of ten rows, prepared, shot arrows and defended according to the command flag at the top of the city.

They are called the Thousand Arrows Piercing Heart Formation, and their powerful power can be seen from this.

The yellow flag in the command flag was raised, and ten thousand soldiers took their arrows and strung strings one after another, waiting for the red flag to be raised...

At this time, the two thousand god arm crossbows were launched. Their target was not the soldiers on horseback, but the horses. The effect was much better during the day than at night. , The cavalry gradually arrived.

The top of the city was transformed into a shield for defense. At this time, the red flag on the wall was raised, and [-] soldiers drew their bows and released arrows at the same time. go.

The timing was very precise. Just at this time, five thousand cavalry rushed to the city. They lit fire oil balls. Before many soldiers could throw them out, arrows rained down like raindrops. Without shields, the result was predictable. A crowd of people turned their backs outside the city, with howling, screaming, and neighing of war horses, thousands of people fell down in an instant.

The cavalry rushed up from behind, and at this time, the second round of arrows came. Many soldiers threw away the fireballs and turned around to run for their lives. This time the fireballs failed completely. Less than [-] fireballs were thrown into the city. They were thrown directly on the city wall, and most of the rest were blocked by shields. Only four to five hundred fireballs were thrown on the top of the city wall, and were easily extinguished by the firefighting soldiers.

However, more than [-] of the [-] cavalry died tragically under three rounds of shooting with [-] soldiers' arrows.

This is the power of what the soldiers of the Song Army called the "Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart Formation", under which it is difficult for ants to survive.

Some people will say, why don't the cavalry carry shields, because it involves a problem of ignition. When they run at high speed, they will stir up yellow dust and gravel in the sky.

With a five-jin fireball in one hand and a torch in the other, it is naturally inconvenient to carry a shield. Besides, they can rely on superb horsemanship to avoid arrows. They were successful the night before, and only a few dozen of the five thousand cavalry were hit by arrows.

Since arrows can be avoided by equestrian skills, naturally there is no need to carry a shield.

The soldiers watching the battle gasped. The Song army's arrow array was too powerful, how could they take down the city?

Huo Gong failed again, but Wanyan Wushu was still unmoved, he fought completely according to his own plan.

With a wave of his sword, he shouted sharply: "Beat the drum, the army will attack!"

'Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom! '

A hundred battle drums were sounded at the same time, and the sound of the drums was earth-shattering. The 250 puppet Qi troops carried [-] siege ladders into the battle, and ten square formations were spread on the ground, advancing like ten carpets.

The nest carts were also dispatched, surrounded by five nest carts surrounded by [-] generalized Jurchen infantry, and slowly drove towards the city wall, with horns blasting and murderous intent.

Wanyan Wushu led [-] cavalry to lead the formation, his face was expressionless, and he didn't care about the life and death of the Qi army and Donghu infantry at all.

At this time, Wanyan Helisa whispered: "Marshal Du, do you want to send five thousand cavalry archers to cover?"

Wanyan Wushu shook his head, "The real threat is inside the city, and the range of cavalry is not enough, unless we have bed crossbows or god arm crossbows, let them defend themselves!"

Wanyan Wushu knew well that he didn't care whether the Qi army lived or died, but Li Cheng would consider it, he would not really let his soldiers die in vain.

Sure enough, when he was about 150 steps away from the city wall, Li Cheng, the leader of the puppet Qi army, gave an order, and five thousand crossbowmen shot arrows into the city at the same time.

The black flag on the top of the city was raised, it was the enemy's crossbow arrows, and the [-] archers in the city raised their shields one after another.

Five thousand crossbow arrows shot in from outside the city, and shot towards the archers' heads like raindrops, crackling and hitting the shields. Although there were shield defenses, they still couldn't cover everything. The five thousand arrows caused nearly 200 Song Army archers casualties people.

Immediately, medical soldiers ran over, carried the injured soldiers out, and bandaged them up for emergency treatment.

On the top of the city, 150 bed crossbows and [-] god-arm crossbows were fired at the same time, all aimed at the [-] crossbowmen [-] steps away, especially the [-] jackdaw arrows, which could not be resisted even with a shield. There was a sudden cry, and the crossbowmen were shot down one after another.

The [-] Qi army carrying the siege ladder had rushed within a hundred steps of the city wall, but the Song army's target on the top of the city was not them, but the [-] crossbowmen were still the target.

The bed crossbow and the divine arm crossbow were fired in turn, not giving the crossbowman a chance to breathe.

Li Cheng shouted sharply: "Scatter! Scatter! Scatter!"

The main general, Li Cheng, is worthy of being the No.1 general of the Qi State. He has experienced many battles and has rich experience in siege. Facing the powerful bow and arrow array on the city, the best response is to disperse and stretch the battle line. In this way, Casualties are small.

His generals led the soldiers to spread rapidly, and the remaining [-] crossbow arrows also spread, and the battle line expanded from one mile to three miles.

The red flag on the top of the city was raised, only to hear a strange noise from above, and ten thousand soldiers' arrows flew across the top of the city and fell from the sky.

Ten thousand arrows from the soldiers fell densely from the sky, and the blackness was very terrifying. The soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army had nowhere to hide, so they could only hold up their shields in despair, resigning themselves to their fate. Even the shields could not block the penetration of the arrows. .

But the casualties were not heavy. A round of arrows only caused less than 500 casualties.

The dispersal measures have achieved excellent results, and even Chen Qing on the top of the city nodded secretly in praise. This puppet general of the Qi army has some skills, so that the army under him escaped the formation of thousands of arrows piercing the heart.

Eighteen thousand puppet Qi troops rushed to the bottom of the city, and a siege ladder was built on the top of the city.

Chapter 4 and One Nest Car

The decisive battle broke out, 250 siege ladders were hung on the top of the city, and [-] puppet Qi troops charged upwards crazily. The fierce fire oil filled the siege ladder, and the torches were thrown, and the flames quickly spread all over the ladder. The soldiers on the ladder panicked and jumped to escape for their lives.

The five heavy-duty nest cars in the distance, like five huge monsters, are rumbling towards the head of the city, only [-] steps away from the city wall of Ganquan Castle, ten thousand troops follow the five heavy-duty nest cars, and the low-pitched horn sounds Through the wilderness.

At this time, two huge boulders weighing one hundred catties flew out of the city and smashed towards the slow-moving heavy nest cart. Unfortunately, the two boulders were slightly off, but they hit the enemy behind the boulder. The soldier was smashed to pieces and died tragically on the spot.

In just a moment, two more boulders flew in the air, one was still slightly off, but the other hit the target. Under the heavy blow, pieces of wood flew randomly, half of the nest car collapsed, and it was basically useless .

Chen Qing was still concerned about the heavy-duty nest cars. When a nest car was hit by a boulder, he also saw the clues. This kind of nest car seemed huge, but the details were too delicate. Neat and neat, good-looking is good-looking, but its toughness is poor. You must know that the bark can also greatly reduce the impact force.

Exquisite but impractical, Chen Qing immediately gained confidence in destroying the nest car.

He immediately ordered: "Use fire to burn down the siege ladder!"

They must destroy the siege ladder as soon as possible to reduce the intensity of the enemy's siege.

Bundles of wheat straw were sent up continuously in the city, and the Song army threw them down the ladder. The straw was quickly ignited. On average, dozens of bundles of wheat straw were burned around a siege ladder, surrounded by kerosene, and the puppet Qi soldiers Can't get close.

Li Cheng looked at the battlefield coldly from a distance. The bed crossbows, catapults and god arm crossbows of the Song army all turned to shoot at the nest cart and the nearby Jurchen soldiers. Smashing, the thousands of arrows in the city also stopped shooting.

A general suggested to Li Cheng: "Du Tong, you can let the soldiers bury the kerosene in the soil, pick out the straw with guns, and continue to attack!"

Li Cheng gave him a cold look and said, "Do you think our brothers have died enough?"

"But……"

"No but!"

Li Cheng was very dissatisfied and said: "Attacking a strong castle in a place where the birds don't shit, this is the war of the Jurchens, not ours, but they themselves don't move, let others die for them..."

The authentic Jurchen soldiers of Wanyan Wushu only killed or injured hundreds of people on the catapults, and the others did not fight at all. In the end, all the soldiers of the Qi army and Donghu soldiers died. Both Li Cheng and the Donghu generals were dissatisfied.

Moreover, the treatment of the Qi army is also extremely poor. It has been a month of fierce fighting, and they have not even eaten a piece of meat. They are all brown rice and dried pickles. pole.

The previous siege suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy casualties. Now the soldiers of the puppet Qi army have learned to be smart, and they surrounded the siege ladder and shouted. No one went up to fight the fire, and watched the fire engulf the siege ladder. .

Wanyan Wushu in the distance also saw the puppet Qi army's laziness and slippage, not working hard, he was really annoyed in his heart, but he was helpless.

Wanyan shouted and said: "Marshal Du, let those Han people withdraw! Anyway, the siege ladder is useless, keeping them will only get in the way!"

Wanyan Holisa's suggestion is selfish, he will soon be the left marshal of the West Route Army, and he will have to rely on the Qi army, if the Qi army suffers heavy casualties, it will be difficult for him to mobilize them in the future.

Wanyan Wushu glanced at him, and ordered: "Go and inform Li Cheng that his army can withdraw!"