Chapter 49: Attacking the Camp
Hearing the cheers of the soldiers, Sai Chidian knew that it was a successful siege, in his sight, a banner floated above the tall square, along this open gap, countless foot soldiers climbed up the ladder, the Song people's counterattack has begun to weaken, and the party that has gained a foothold is expanding the results of the battle, extending towards the city walls on both sides. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, calculating and seeing that twenty-seven days had passed so far, this small city with only a few thousand people, like a small strong man who couldn't be killed, dragged his footsteps here deadly, such a situation has not never appeared, but every time he thought that the city was broken, it would be extinguished by the counterattack of the Song people, this time it was finally a little different, it seemed that they had no reserve force.
However, he was not happy, because the army of the Song people was already in front of his big camp, the number was about the same, the morale was about the same, and even the cavalry army was not lacking, and such a large army with a peak appearance was something he had not expected at all before he sent out the army.
What's even more terrifying is that Sai Chidian doesn't know anything about his opponent, but the other party knows him well, and almost every step is directed at his weakness, the originally small number of cavalry was divided and cannibalized, and the planners sent to intercept were repulsed, and they didn't even hold out for a day and night.
I don't know when it began, there were many attacks around the camp, as long as the number of people was less than a certain number, they went a little remotely, and almost all of them were sniped, and those sharp arrows flying out of the jungle all showed the figure of the people, but he couldn't even ask for the guilt, because no one would admit that all this was done by the people in their village.
If there was no arrival of the Song people, the solution would be very simple, just kill one and make an example, but now you can't do this. With the advent of the Song army, the attitude of the Dong people became more and more tough, and doing so would only push them to the opposite side completely, and it was great that they gave up the village and burrowed into the mountains and forests, so that his people could only look at the forest and sigh, and then endure the endless attacks of the Dong people, although they were already so.
What you can't get on the battlefield, let alone think about it politically, if you want to make the people bow their heads, he has to prove that he is the master of this land, and defeating the Song army in front of him and driving them all the way is the best way to promote victory.
With his general's order, the horn sounded one after another, for a city that has been breached, there is no need to surround it a few times, only to transfer troops as soon as possible is the most important thing at present.
However, the facts show that at no time should you engage in wishful thinking.
"Pingzhang, Song people......" A general of the people almost crawled to his feet, Sai Chidian frowned, held back the thought of disposing of him, and stared at his face without saying a word, wanting to see what kind of words he would say.
"The Song people have attacked the camp!" Under the cold eyes of the boss, the general finished the second half of the sentence tremblingly.
"What?"
Sai Chidian stood up in shock by his words, listened carefully, and sure enough, in the sound of his own long horn, there was a faint thunderous drum beat.
What made him unbelievable was that the Song people didn't even set up a camp, and launched an attack almost all the time, you must know that he was not an unprepared place here, and the complete garrison had been prepared as early as the beginning of the siege, although it was not as strong as the city, but it was not easy to shake.
"The Tartars have some rules."
Liu Yu, who was sitting on horseback, held a clairvoyant mirror and glanced at it casually, and made a judgment that seemed to be a layman, of course, this was relative to a veteran soldier like Jiang Cai.
Is it just some rules, in Jiang Cai's eyes, the other party's defense can be described as leaky, the fence made of rough wood constitutes the main barrier, the wide front is erected every ten or so steps, there are two or three archers standing on each building, enough to cover a range of about 100 steps, the soil of different colors outside the fence indicates that most of the ground is empty, and you can imagine that there must be a sharp wooden stake hidden inside, densely as sharp as the teeth of a beast.
After crossing these ditches, the half-man-high horses outside the fence would be the best thing to hold back the enemy's onslaught, not to mention, there were tens of thousands of enemy troops in the battalion, and he really couldn't think of any way to break through the opponent's defenses and fill them with human lives. That's how much you have to die.
"It's just a pile of wood." Liu Yu's seemingly casual words made Jiang Cai immediately dumbfounded.
The 3,000 divine arm bows, 5,000 crossbows, and tens of thousands of archers gathered together from the whole army were protected by a line of shield-wielding foot soldiers, and they did not start the formation until they reached a distance of about 100 steps in front of the enemy camp.
When the black-pressed crossbow arrows rained down into the enemy's camp, at least on the front had suppressed the opponent, after all, as long as the arrows still had kinetic energy, they were wounded, and before the panic in the camp ended, the archers with more than 10,000 infantry archers lit a torch and stuck it on the ground in front of them, and then drew out a feather arrow wrapped in rags, soaked it in a jar of fire oil, and burned one end of the arrow on the torch before slowly opening the bowstring on his finger.
"You're going to burn these things with rockets?" Jiang Cai looked at the arrows flying in the air, the ones that were not very obvious in broad daylight were not very obvious, but the firelight that came out from time to time still had a great deterrent effect.
"There is a simple formula for war." Liu Yu watched with satisfaction as the large black clouds fell in the Tartar camp, where there was not only wood, but also a large amount of cloth and forage, all of which were the best playmates of the flames.
Then he pointed to Youjiang on one side: "When the bravery is insufficient, and the training and morale cannot overwhelm the opponent, if you have a much higher amount of steel than the enemy, then he has to fill it with his life, to put it bluntly, it is to spend money to buy a victory." ”
The bamboo valves on the right river carried not only grain, but also bundles of arrows and boxes of canned fire oil, all of which were bought with money. Those fences certainly played the role of barriers, but at the same time, they also limited the enemy's attack route, and the small camp gate could only pass through two people at a time, not to mention the camp formation, in front of the Song army with ten thousand arrows, it was unknown whether it could rush out.
Of course, Sai Chidian will not choose to attack at this time, although the Song people's arrow rain is very fierce, but the distance is limited, after surviving the initial period of chaos, the assembled planers while the whole team to prevent the enemy's impact, while isolating the burning tent, this team of tens of thousands of people under his calm command, has slowly restored order.
Rao is so, he was still shocked by the extravagance of the Song people, it seems that the other party's arrow rain is endless, those arrows made of stainless steel are rare in the Central Plains, not to mention this kind of frontier land, no wonder the Great Khan wants to conquer this land, it is simply where every inch of land is gold, in order to support such an army.
On the other hand, on his own side, the equipment of the planers is not as good as that of the Han army, and those in light armor are already considered elite, and a considerable number of them are just cloth clothes, but even if he is white, he is sure to defeat the other party, and countless examples of past battles have shown that the Song people lack the courage to fight in the field.
There is always a moment when the arrows shoot out, and it is not difficult to guess what they want to do, what is the use of caring for human life so much, even if they are fully armored, Sai Chidian patiently gathered the power in his hands, and only occasionally let the archers on the side shoot forward for a while, not to hurt the enemy, but to lure them to send out more arrows.
"Hu Xin, you go and urge them in person, let them hurry up, and the Song people will come up soon." When the large group of men and horses was arrayed and was enough to deal with the onslaught of the Song cavalry, he called his son and quickly gave an order.
When the counterattack of the archers began, the sentry towers around the camp in front were all burned, and even the tents on the outside of the camp were unavoidable, and the billowing smoke made the vision of both sides enter the blind spot, and they could only shoot the arrows in their hands by feeling, and the Song people did not have much influence on this, they were originally mainly covered.
Having lost the immediate threat of the watchtower, several carts were pushed forward by the foot soldiers, and instead of the original grain bags, they carried logs one by one, not even the bark of the trees, which they pushed in front of the ditches that were simply disguised, and then fell down in a hurry until they were filled.
The shooting between the two sides continued, Liu Yu raised his hand and looked at the watch, the firing speed of the divine arm bow is almost an average of one shot, the winding of the game is too complicated, and the strength required is not small, if the cavalry rushes fast at this speed, it will only take a round, provided that they are not afraid of death.
Now the trench has been filled, the fence, the horse, and the sentry tower have been burned, the situation in the enemy's camp is unknown, but there will be a period of chaos anyway, the tall wall of Hengshanzhai is in front of you, and it will not be more than two miles away from them, just when Liu Yu was about to let the soldiers get ready, the microphone in his hand rang out suddenly.
"Ahh A look of surprise appeared on his face, which Jiang Cai had never seen since the beginning of the war, he couldn't help but look into the distance, wanting to see what was happening, but except for the smoke that rushed into the sky, everything became blurred, and there was nothing unusual at all.