The heavy stone throwers deployed in the city were all commanded by the officials of the forbidden army, and they were operated by hired soldiers, equipped with explosive firearms, and their power was quite amazing. 『』

Beicheng, which is close to the coast and the military port, has more than half of the armor depots, gunpowder depots and granaries, which can support several years of warfare.

These equipment are greatly more than the establishment, according to the standard of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, a military only has 800 divine arm bows, other strong crossbows hundreds, 3,000 forbidden troops are only a brigade of the establishment, and they are equipped with 500 divine arm bows, which shows that Cheng Dù is valued.

"If only there were enough manpower!" Gao Kan was also very difficult, he did not deny that he could inflict great damage on the enemy, but after all, manpower was limited. Most of the population who have migrated on a small scale have died one after another, and only 20,000 people remain, so there are still people who cannot adapt, and there are still many people who have died of illness.

Among these people, there are only a few thousand young and middle-aged people, and almost all of them are incorporated into the township army, and two percent of them are guarded in peacetime, and the rest are engaged in farming. There is still a lack of manpower.

Ge Shoujie was silent for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "The sea ships try their best to support Beicheng, but they can't send troops to support at any time, so they can save manpower as much as possible." ”

Gao Kan can understand Ge Shoujie's good intentions, it is not bad to be able to do this, people just refuse manpower reinforcements, long-range stone throwers on sea ships, giant steel-framed rotating ship crossbows, and a large reserve of gunpowder, which are absolutely necessary for land warfare.

In terms of manpower, the guards and officers of the navy are all precious, and each ship has an establishment that exceeds the quota, but there are not many people in the entire team, not to mention that it is not the Tiger Wing Army, and the landing operation is not the strength of the navy officers.

Pan Xi didn't expect Ge Shoujie to be generous, and promised to embezzle the equipment on the ship when necessary, and said with a smile: "It's naturally good to be able to use the long-range ballista cannon of the guard navy, put the ballista on the city, and fire ten crossbows in a row, which is even more powerful than the ** crossbow." ”

Ge Shoujie smiled heartily: "Okay, when I go back, I will unload ten crossbows from the ship, and the crossbowmen will go to the city together." ”

Gao Kan saw that Ge Shoujie readily agreed, but he still had reservations, this powerful weapon was equipped with thirty parts on the battleship. Well, it's already good, ten ship crossbows, which don't need to be fired in turns, enough for a poorly equipped barbarian to drink a pot.

Worried about what would come, the general of the Sriwijaya army seemed to have run out of patience, and after several frustrations in contact, he immediately gathered thousands of people to launch a sweep on the outskirts of the Bowang army, intending to massacre the immigrants of the Han settlements.

Fortunately, Gao Kan had long thought of protecting the immigrants, and had already moved the old and young women and children into the city. On the contrary, the soldiers and horses who invaded a village were attacked by the Song army's ambush soldiers, and hundreds of people were shot and killed.

There was almost suspense in this battle, the Song army called the Divine Arm Bow and the Black Lacquer Bow to form a far and near coverage shot, almost no one was killed, and the Sriwijaya army was defeated, and the tactics and techniques were almost perfectly combined.

The generals of the Three Buddhas looked very faceless, completely angered by the Song army, launched an attack of tens of thousands of people, and began to attack the peripheral fortresses, and invested a large number of troops at the beginning, which looked like a fierce momentum, but in the eyes of the Song army generals, the command was inferior, the soldiers were scattered, and there was no combat discipline at all.

Obviously, they did not understand the strategy of besieging the city and attacking one, and launched attacks on all fronts, attacking not only the north and south cities but also the military ports, forming a full coverage without a focal point, resulting in a military posture that appeared to be very large in scale and small in threat.

The Song army's outer forts were small but well-equipped, and the pressure they were under was not too great, as long as they held on to it safely and reduced casualties, there was still hope.

Of course, at first, the Sriwijaya army focused on seizing the port import, but they really miscalculated, and the township army guarding the long wall of the port was also stubbornly resisting.

In the state of perfect military defense in the northern city, it is completely possible to form a north-south attack with sea ships, and the periphery of the military port is used as a flesh and blood mill, under the two-way fire attack of the city head and the sea ships, five battles occurred in just one day, and the price of more than 1,000 corpses was paid by the three Buddhas, which can be described as heavy losses.

Gao Kan's defense of the Bowang army was very simple, the north and south cities of Yunjian supported each other to ensure that the port was not lost, and it was really impossible to resist and could only withdraw from the south city to the north city, and finally guard the port and board the ship.

It can be said that the forts on the periphery are not long-term strongholds, and once they find that the other side is concentrating their forces, they will immediately pull the troops out.

In more than ten days of fighting, none of the fortresses were captured by the Srivijaya people, and all of them were taken by the Song army to evacuate the stronghold on their own initiative in order to save troops. The disadvantage remained, but the Song army became more and more concentrated, and gradually received support from sea ships.

In the face of the Bowang Army, the defense system of the north and south cities is perfect, the grain and grass are well prepared, and there is a strong fleet support at sea. The Sriwijaya had an absolute advantage in numbers, but their weapons and equipment, and tactical literacy were really not flattering, and every large-scale attack was shot and killed by the Song army's firearms and extremely accurate crossbow arrows.

Just collecting the corpses and wounded soldiers was troublesome enough, and Yan zhòng affected the combat effectiveness of the army.

However, as time went on, the offensive of the Srivijaya commander, regardless of casualties, Gao Kan began to feel a little overwhelmed.

The people are fighting locally, and the replenishment of soldiers is extremely convenient, and the casualties are much higher than those of the Song army, but people recruit a tribe and issue standard equipment to go into battle, and they are constantly transferred to the new army.

The Song army was well ordnance, and its tactical use was also very flexible, but with the gradual increase in casualties, the number of immigrants was limited, and the soldiers were insufficient.

"Sir, take a break!"

The fierce attack of the Srivijaya army was repulsed, and Gao Kan, who was supervising the battle in the southern city, was almost exhausted from exhaustion, he dragged his tired body, took off his heavy iron armor, and rested on the bottom of the broken city tower.

To the guard's inquiry, he shook his head weakly, he really didn't want to talk more, he hadn't slept a single night for days, this counterattack had been fought for half an hour, and he had already been tired and fell asleep with his head covered, and he really couldn't hold on.

Not only did he not hold on, but the officials on the city wall also leaned against the battlements, exhausted and fell asleep, only some of the soldiers on duty, the spirit of the beaters was watching the movement of the Srivijaya army in the distance, ready to sound the alarm at any time, some women and children carried slurry water to the officials to quench their thirst.

I wonder what's going on at the port? He thought about resting for a while, so he hurried to the northern city to take a look at the defense of the northern city and the port, where the battle was not over.

It is true that the port is close to the northern city, but it is a long wall defense, and if it were not for the fierce firepower of the naval army, I am afraid it would have been taken long ago. Chapter error, click here to report (no registration), the maintenance staff will correct the chapter content within two minutes after reporting, please wait patiently, and refresh the page.