Chapter 173: Flying Rock Skateboard
The reaction of the Song army completely irritated the Liao soldiers gathered at the foot of the hillside. The commander of the Liao army saw that the other party not only did not accept the persuasion to surrender, but also released arrows to humiliate, and was immediately angry. Relying on his superiority in strength, he did not pay attention to this small military fort at all, and immediately ordered a squad of thirty cavalrymen to urge the horses to charge.
The Liao army squad, which received the order to attack, immediately let go of the horse's hooves and killed at the top of the slope with an almost thirty-degree elevation angle, and behind them, nearly a hundred archers poured arrows into the military fort at the same time, so as to provide maximum cover and prevent the Song army in the fortress from resisting the cavalry charge.
After a round of bows and arrows, the archers stopped their movements, not wanting to waste too much of the precious arrows they carried, and secondly, the cavalry had already rushed to the halfway slope at this time, and it was easy to be injured by their own bows and arrows if they went further.
Seeing that the charging cavalry was getting closer and closer to the gate, it only took a few more breaths to break into the military fort in one fell swoop, but at this moment, the five or six war horses running in front suddenly neighed, and then jumped on the spot, or bent their knees, which blocked the way forward, and suddenly caused a great chaos in the charging formation.
Almost at the same time, more than a dozen crossbows suddenly appeared on the walls of the military fort, shooting at the Khitan cavalry who were in a panic.
Because it was a top-down attack and the distance between the two sides was close, almost every arrow could accurately hit the target, and the direct shot made the cavalry scream again and again, and they were miserable.
In the blink of an eye, a dozen corpses lay on the ramp outside the gate of the fort, and the ownerless horses were scurrying in all directions, while the uninjured cavalry hurriedly retreated.
It was only at this time that the main general of the Liao army saw clearly, although the gate of the fortress was empty, and he did not even see a single door, but in a place above the middle of the soil slope, there were a large number of wooden stakes densely buried, with the thickness of the wrist and the spire facing upward, one by one like small bamboo shoots, only two inches high above the ground.
Just now, the thirty cavalry rushed up, and several horses at the head of the platoon stepped on the sharp wooden stakes one after another, which immediately shocked the horses and caused a commotion, and the defenders in the fort took this opportunity to counterattack, causing the Liao soldiers to lose more than a dozen combat strength in vain.
One of his subordinates hurriedly said: "General, the Han barbarian is cunning, and deliberately set a trap for us to jump, and the slope is too steep, which is not conducive to the sprint of the war horse, so it is better to change to foot combat." ”
General Liao nodded when he heard this: "You are right, send two more teams of people to attack on foot with shields." In addition, don't let the brothers waste any more arrows, those Song soldiers hid behind the stone wall, and the shot was in vain. ”
With the general's order, the Liao army adjusted its tactics, and more than 50 cavalrymen jumped off their horses, raised their shields and swords, lined up in a loose formation, and slowly touched up from the bottom of the hillside. This time, the shooters at the bottom of the hill did not provide them with cover again, but let the fighters advance one by one.
To the great surprise of the Liao army, the Song army in the fortress also did not release arrows, and just watched the sword and shield men climb closer and closer. However, infantry is infantry after all, and in this kind of terrain of upward attack, there is no impact force at all, and more than fifty people advance slower than turtles. Especially when they arrived at the stake position, these guys were even more cautious, for fear that they would step on those scary little bamboo shoots if they were not careful.
There was still silence on the side of the military fort, and the Liao soldiers ignored it, so although the speed was not fast, the attacking side still continued to advance without danger.
Just as half of the attacking men and horses had successfully passed through the stake position, ready to make a final charge towards the open gate of the fortress, the real anomaly finally appeared.
With a squeaky noise, a strangely shaped object appeared at the gate of the fort. The Liao soldiers who walked in the front looked intently, and saw that the strange guy had a flat door at the bottom, and a large pile of stones was stacked on the door panel, which was tied and fixed on all sides by several ropes, and a few ropes were dragged around the stone pile, and at the end of the place was tied a large ball of burning hay fireballs.
Before the Liao soldiers could react, there were already seven or eight Song soldiers in the door hole who roared in unison, gritted their teeth and pushed the door panel out with the stone pile. The gate slab slid down the steep slope, faster and faster, and finally rushed straight into the crowd of Liao soldiers like a galloping horse. Because the ground is rough and the ropes used to fix it are not very reliable, many of the stones will suddenly jolt out as the door panel slides, flying into the crowd on the slope in a free fall, and those hay fireballs are even more terrifying, drifting with the wind, showing teeth and claws.
At this time, the Liao army not far from the gate of the military fort had already been frightened, not to mention the huge lethality of the falling stones and fireballs, just standing still and being hit by the galloping door plate stone pile, it would definitely be difficult to escape the doom of broken bones and tendons.
In the face of this situation, there is no need to be taught by others, and the most direct reaction is to turn around and run! More than 50 Liao soldiers had a high degree of tacit understanding, and they turned around and retreated to the stake position.
In this way, it was completely ruined, and when he came up, he was cautious and avoided all the small bamboo shoots, but at this moment he was in a hurry to escape, and he didn't have time to look at the road carefully, and in a blink of an eye, someone tripped over the wooden stake, and then took the people next to him, and more than 50 Liao soldiers rolled in the wooden pile position, and in an instant they were caught up by the stone monster from behind.
The chief general of the Liao army, who was watching the battle at the bottom of the hillside, was completely dumbfounded at this time, watching his soldiers and horses cry wolf howls, roll and crawl, and be hit by an ugly-looking stone monster and fly around, and after a while, he suffered heavy casualties.
He was yelled at by this scene, and before the team could completely withdraw, he ordered his men to organize their men again and launch a new onslaught.
The soldiers of the Liao State were also aroused to be ferocious, and they couldn't take care of so much at the moment, and even many people didn't even use shields, so they rushed straight and straight towards the military fort.
This time, the Song army in the fortress did not wait for the enemy to approach, but released the ancient tank composed of door slabs and stone piles early. However, since the largest fortress gate has completed its mission, the next thing is the small door panels used in the various rooms of the fort. Fortunately, there are more of them, which completely makes up for the shortcomings of lack of power.
So in this way, a battle of "human flesh versus stone" dominated by gravity and the principle of inertia kicked off on the ramp outside the Sanjue Mountain Military Fort. The participating party is a Liao warrior who has no brute strength but "goes out with his brain", while the other party is a flying stone skateboard designed by Zhao Liang himself. The two players had intimate contact on the field covered with small bamboo shoots, and collided one after another sparks full of surprises.
After several rounds of short but intense exchanges, the warriors of the Liao Kingdom finally realized the importance of respecting science, so they wisely stopped challenging nature, and the price they paid for this can only be described by the words "miserable".
The commander of the Liao army couldn't help but bleed in his heart, and in less than an afternoon, nearly a third of the more than 400 people and horses he brought were either dead or wounded, but he didn't even have enough to reach the gate of the abandoned military fort.
What the fuck is this fighting?!
At this time, the subordinates are either exhausted or frightened, if they continue to toss like this, I am afraid that the Song army has not been eliminated, and their side will collapse first.
"Don't fight, trap them, eat first!" Liao Jiang thought twice and decided to change his strategy. Anyway, there are cliffs on three sides here, and even apes are not easy to walk, and it is difficult for those Song troops to fly. It's better to surround him for two days, and then make plans after he is hungry and has no strength.
Seeing that the Khitan people under the slope died down one after another and began to bury the pot to make rice, Yang Ru breathed a long breath and asked, "You won't call again, will you?" ”
"It shouldn't be for the time being," Zhao Liang observed for a long time, and said with a smile: "These stupid shortcomings are really not a problem, if we insist on two more rounds and exhaust the door panel, then we should worry." ”
Yang Ru couldn't help but laugh, and then praised: "Brother Zhao, you are really powerful, Ru'er has never seen such a battle." It is a miracle that we can inflict heavy losses on the enemy army without spending a single soldier. Did you just hear that? The soldiers are praising you. ”
Zhao Liang's face turned red, and he immediately shook his head and said, "I'm not happy at all now." When those guys are full of food and drink, and then attack, they will inevitably have to fight each other in close combat. ”
"I'm not afraid," Yang Ru said happily: "To be honest, I was really worried that we wouldn't be able to hold this place before." However, after experiencing the battle just now, Ru'er felt that as long as she stayed by Brother Zhao's side, she was not afraid of anything. ”
Zhao Liangxin said: My Second Miss Yang, who gave you the courage, is it Liang Jingru? I don't even have confidence in myself, it's rare for you to think so.
Yang Ru took out a piece of dry food from his bag, broke it in half, handed one of them to Zhao Liang, and said with a smile: "The enemy has opened the meal, let's hurry up and eat some." Only when you have enough food can you have the strength to fight. ”
Zhao Liang took the dry food, stared at the slope while eating, and said, "It's almost dark now, and it won't be long before it's Apple's turn to perform." ”
Yang Ru nodded: "Well, sneak attacks at night have always been the housekeeping skills of the Pegasus Scout Battalion, and this is a complex terrain with high mountains and dense forests, and with only a few troops, it can make the enemy restless." ”
This Miss Yang Er is worthy of being a general, although she has not been on the battlefield much, but she is by no means a layman in the military. As she said, after the moon came out, the Liao army under the hillside really entered a restless mode.
As soon as the sky was dark, it was already dark in the dense forests of the mountains. After dinner, the commander of the Liao army was pondering whether to take advantage of the favorable conditions that were out of reach at this time to take the risk of attacking again, maybe he could steal a chicken or something.
However, the Han people have always been cunning, and may have thought of this possibility, so they have long laid a trap waiting for themselves to drill into it.
Recalling the tragic and strange scene in the afternoon, the Lord General couldn't help but fall into a deep entanglement.
However, before he could finish his struggle, the back of his camp was already in chaos.
At first, there was only a little unusual movement on the periphery, but no one paid much attention to it. But not long after, the whole army suddenly bombed the battalion. The fires lit in several places at the same time, and the bows and arrows that came from nowhere in the darkness whizzed in all directions.
"Enemy attack on the camp!" The sound of alarms, mixed with exclamations, screams and screams, reverberated in the camp.
The commander of the Liao army was taken aback, jumped up from the spot, drew the scimitar at his waist, and roared: "Don't mess up!" The eighth and ninth teams held the hillside to prevent the Song army from breaking through, and the others came with me and counterattacked! Counterattack! ”
This is often the case with troops, panic is panic, but as long as the commander can stand up in time to calm the scene, basic order can be restored quickly.
Seeing that the commander gave the order, the Liao soldiers gradually woke up from the chaos just now, divided into battalions and detachments, and followed their respective commanders to different directions.
After about half an hour, the entire camp of the Liao army returned to calm, and the teams also gathered back in turn, checking the results and casualties one after another.
It was only at this time that the chief general of the Liao army was surprised to find that none of the Song troops who attacked him had been caught, but more than 30 people had been killed or wounded on his side.
Moreover, most of them were trampled to death by their own people in a panic.