Chapter 171: The Battle of Quanzhou (2)
In this world, siege weapons are nothing more than nest cars, wooden curtains, chariots, rushing or rushing cars, crashing cars, ladders, trench bridges or flying bridges, catapults, bed crossbows, hook cars, and so on.
The pirates came prepared, of course, they prepared some siege weapons, such as catapults, rushing cars, ladders, etc., but after all, the pirates were grass bandits, so the siege weapons were relatively simple.
At this moment, the pirate catapult began to throw towards the city of Quanzhou, but instead of stones or fireballs, more than 300 human heads were thrown.
More than 300 human heads "whirred" fell from the sky, some smashed on the city wall, city gate tower, etc., some fell into the city over the city wall, and some fell directly on the city wall.
"Yesγγγγγ It's the brother of Shihu Water Village! β
"It's Feng Kui, Feng Zhizhai's head!"
The bloody human head can still be identified, so after identification, the heads are all Song Jun who died in the battle of Shihu Water Village, and one of the white-haired human heads is the head of Feng Kui, the Zhizhai of Shihu Water Village.
"Old General Feng... After a Song army held Feng Kui's head in front of Li Sanjian, Li Sanjian looked at the head that was still wide-eyed with angry eyes, and couldn't help but feel great sadness in his heart, and said in a choked voice.
Li Sanjian didn't know Feng Kui, and he hadn't even met in person, but Feng Kui sacrificed his life for the country, and he fought unyieldingly, and finally died of defeat, but the thief actually destroyed Feng Kui's body and the remains of more than 300 soldiers like this, which made Li Sanjian sad and angry.
"Come on, take care of the remains of General Feng and the soldiers." Li Sanjian raised his hand to wipe away a trace of tears from the corners of his eyes, slowly drew his sword out of the sheath, and pointed at the thieves and said loudly: "The thieves are trying to intimidate us and others, and they are dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Festival, and the thieves have humiliated the remains of my soldiers who died in battle, we can only pay with blood, and today the official vows to fight to the death with the thieves!" β
The thieves wanted to use more than 300 Song army leaders to intimidate Li Sanjian and intimidate the defenders of Quanzhou, but it aroused the fighting spirit of Li Sanjian and the defenders of Quanzhou, which was also unexpected by the Tongshanzhai pirates.
"Blood debt and blood payment! Blood debt and blood repayment! β
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! β
"Roar! Roar! Roar! β
Thousands of Quanzhou defenders shouted loudly and angrily together, which was deafening and reverberated the city of Quanzhou, and even the people in the city who were nervous could hear it clearly.
While the people were frightened, they also knew very well in their hearts that the siege of the thieves had officially begun.
"What do you need the poor monks to do?" Li Sanjian was looking at the pirate ships in the distance a little nervously, when a voice suddenly sounded in his ears, so Li Sanjian turned his head, only to see more than a hundred warrior monks coming behind him, holding wooden sticks, standing neatly in front of Li Sanjian, a young warrior monk of medium stature, but looking extremely strong, holding a stick in one hand and saluting in the other, looked at Li Sanjian and asked.
"You guys ... You guys are... Where did it come from? Li Sanjian asked in surprise when he heard this.
"The poor monks and others are the people of Kaiyuan Temple, and they came to assist the donor in defending the city by the order of the abbot.
"Aren't monks not killing?" Li Sanjian said in surprise when he heard this.
Defending the city and fighting with the enemy is to kill, so Li Sanjian was a little surprised.
Quanzhou troops are insufficient, in addition to more than 1,000 Black Flag New Army, in addition to more than 3,000 township soldiers, native soldiers, with more than 4,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city of Quanzhou, the strength must be insufficient, so Quanzhou Prefecture temporarily recruited some people to help defend the city, but Li Sanjian never expected that the monks of Kaiyuan Temple also came.
And Li Sanjian who doesn't know that the monks of the Song Dynasty sometimes do want to kill, that is, to fight in battle, this is the so-called "monk soldiers", monks can not only become monk soldiers, but also marry and have children...
"The thieves are tyrannical and unreasonable, they are no longer human, they are no different from animals, besides, killing one person can save ten people, and the poor monk would rather be punished by the Buddha." Jikong replied lightly.
"What the master said is very true!" Li Sanjian nodded.
Some people are willing to help defend the city, and of course Li Sanjian is willing.
There is a lot of help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust, probably that's it, Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.
"Come on, arrange for the masters to guard the city!" So Li Sanjian instructed his subordinates.
"Why are you here? What nonsense, the thieves are about to attack the city, why don't you go down quickly? When Li Sanjian watched more than 100 warrior monks walk down the city gate, he suddenly saw more than 30 of his disciples actually rushing up, so he lowered his face and scolded.
The warrior monks are also okay, they are all adults, and they have martial arts, but they are all children in their teens, how can they go into battle and kill?
"Master, although the disciples are young, but the teacher resists the enemy, how can the disciples sit idly by? The disciples can't do anything else, but they still have the strength. And doesn't the teacher often say that what you get on paper is shallow in the end, and you never know that you have to do it? After the disciples came up, some gathered around Li Sanjian, and some looked down at the city wall, talking nonsense, looking extremely excited.
"Nonsense, you guys... Be careful, lie down, lie down, lie behind the city wall, and don't show your head. Li Sanjian was going to strictly order them to go down, but suddenly he saw countless red dots suddenly appear in the air, so he hurriedly shouted loudly to the disciples.
It's a pirate catapult throwing fireballs and rocks.
Countless fireballs and stones were thrown in the air by the catapult, just like the heavenly maiden scattering flowers, drawing curves in the air, and then smashing into the city of Quanzhou.
Some of the fireballs and stones smashed under the city walls, smashing out one pit after another, some smashed on the city walls, and some crossed the city walls and smashed into the city.
In an instant, there were loud noises up and down the city of Quanzhou, and at the same time, they kept trembling, as if it was an earthquake.
When a fireball hits something flammable, it ignites a raging fire.
And every time the fireballs and stones smashed on the city wall, the Song army could clearly feel the city shaking, and the bricks fell off, revealing the rammed earth inside. When the trebuchet and the bed crossbow hit the stones, they would immediately be smashed into pieces, and the mud flew everywhere, and the sawdust flew everywhere, and the Song army that was directly hit either immediately became a puddle of flesh and mud, or rolled down the city wall screaming.
In an instant, the city wall of Quanzhou became a sea of fire, countless figures shook in the sea of fire, and countless Song soldiers let out bursts of screams.
Li Sanjian's disciples, who were still excited, were already shocked at this moment, lying dead behind the city wall, and they didn't dare to move anymore, but the disciples looked at Master Li Sanjian, who was calm, his face did not change, and he stood on top of the city with a sword, and suddenly felt a lot more settled in his heart.
Actually, this is just a faΓ§ade.
The actual situation is that Li Sanjian was also so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and he also wanted to lie on the ground and never show his head again or run under the city tower.
Such a brutal siege battle, of course, Li Sanjian has seen it for the first time, how have he seen it before? In the past, killing someone compared to this was a trivial matter, and it could not be compared at all.
However, Li Sanjian knew in his heart that the bloodier and more brutal battle was still to come, and now he was scared to pee, how to continue to fight, how to continue to defend the city?
At the same time, Li Sanjian, as the governor of Quanzhou, is the governor of a state and the commander of the Quanzhou army, if he is frightened to pee, if he escapes and abandons Quanzhou, then it will seriously dampen the morale of the defenders of Quanzhou, and it is very likely that Quanzhou will be lost.
Therefore, Li Sanjian also pretended to be calm and unchanging, standing on top of the city with a pestle and sword, looking at the city coldly, not moving at all, letting the fireballs and stones fly over his head and sides.
No one noticed that Li Sanjian's legs were trembling slightly, and no one noticed that Li Sanjian's sideburns had been dripping with sweat the size of several soybeans.
Li Sanjian's guards raised their big shields in front of him, but they were all repelled by Li Sanjian.
If you want to pretend, you have to pretend to be some, what's the matter with hiding behind a big shield? It's better to go straight down to the city to escape.
As for the possibility of being stoned to death, injured, or even smashed into pulp, Li Sanjian couldn't care much more
Seeing that Li Sanjian of Zhizhou was calm and comfortable, the defenders of the Song army still insisted on standing at the head of the city, and their morale was immediately boosted, or they put out fires or save people, or carried the ordnance of the defenders of the city, and prepared to start a bloody battle with the enemy.
You must know that at this moment, most of the officials of the Quanzhou Prefecture Government, including Cui Yongzi, have already been frightened to the point that they are not possessed, and the officials either tend to take refuge under the city tower, or simply run back to the city and hide in the mansion, planning that the situation is not right, so they will flee immediately, or reluctantly be with Li Sanjian, but their faces are unusually pale, such as Cui Yongzi and others.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! β
"Be the first to rush into the city, and the king will be rewarded!"
"Kill, the Song Lady Army doesn't dare to show its head anymore."
Seeing that the Song army had been suppressed and had not fought back, the Haikou launched dozens of trench carts, which were pushed up in unison by the shouts of everyone, and slowly approached the trench, and the pirates hiding in the trench were all wearing wooden shoes to prevent being pricked by the thistle.
"Prepare the catapult, prepare the bed crossbow, don't move, don't move, wait for the order." The defenders of Quanzhou were actually in command, and Yao Yu, the prisoner of the Song army in Quanzhou, waved the order flag and shouted loudly.
It is not that the defenders of Quanzhou do not fight back, but the distance is too far, and at the same time, in comparison, the opponent's target is too small, if it is thrown blindly, in addition to wasting the defending ordnance, it is not much use, and at the same time, it also exposes the positions of various catapults and bed crossbows on the city wall, which will attract the opponent to concentrate on attacking.
At this time, the pirates planned to seize the city with trench cars, rushing cars, ladders, etc., so it was time to fight back.
With Yao Yu's order, dozens of catapults and three-bow bed crossbows arranged on the city wall of Quanzhou creaked apart, and stones, crossbow arrows, poisonous fireballs and other objects were put on them. The Song army, who operated the catapult and the bed crossbow, braved the opponent's raining fireballs, stones, arrows, etc., and struggled to calibrate, intending to give the opponent a fatal blow.