March 22, Xin'an City Defense Line.

Ji Kang and Lu Zhonglian, together with Shi Kang, Tian Guang and others, were still watching the battle on the hillside a few miles away.

The 100,000 troops of Liaodi are displayed not far from the north side of the moat of Xin'an City, and hundreds of catapults stand in the middle of the army, densely connected together.

On the command platform of the Liao army, the handsome flag with the word "Rong" of the general Rong was erected high, and on both sides of the handsome flag, flags of various colors fluttered in the wind.

Rong Rong, the general sitting on the command platform, raised the telescope in his hand and looked at the head of Xin'an City, and saw that the head of Xin'an City was crowded with soldiers.

Rong Yan put down the binoculars in his hand, looked at Xin'an City not far away, raised his right hand and pointed to the Xin'an City Wall in front of him, and ordered loudly: "Catapult launch." ”

Immediately, the command flag on the command platform began to flutter and fly.

The major general who commanded the catapult formation was tall and useful, and saw the order. Immediately shouted: "Launch." ”

Immediately, on hundreds of catapults, about 400 catties of huge stones were reloaded, and they rose into the air at the sound of orders. Huge stones streaked through the air, and under the light of the sun, they reflected on the earth and turned into black shadows.

Huge stones hit the walls of Sinanseong, making a "boom, boom" sound, which is endless. Every impact is deafening.

Some of the stones did not hit the city wall, but fell on the ground in front of the city wall, and with a loud bang, a large hole was smashed into the ground. The stones that fell on the city wall, everywhere they went, smoke and dirt flew, broken stones and bricks splashed, and the surrounding people were empty.

Gao Min, the commander of the Ji army, didn't expect the catapult in Liaodi to be so powerful and launch so far. Seeing the chaos of the Ji army on the city wall, he shouted: "Pay attention to dodge, pay attention to dodge." ”

The commander of the Liao army, Rong Yan, immediately ordered: "Engineer build a bridge." ”

Groups of sappers, carrying heavy long ladders, walked out of the aisle left by the Liao army's array, erected one long ladder after another, and the sappers behind pulled the rope at the other end and slowly lowered it.

The distance of this long ladder is calculated, and it can be placed at the other end of the moat of Xin'an City, and the joints in the middle of the long ladder are all fixed with steel. As the long ladders approached one after another, several "bridges" suddenly appeared on the moat of Sin'an City.

Gao Min, who was standing at the head of Xin'an City, and Jin Fa, the guard of Xin'an City, saw this, and their hearts and galls were broken. I didn't expect the Liao army's siege methods to be so sharp, and I didn't expect that the equipment for building the river crossing would be so perfect.

Gao Min, the commander of the Ji army, shouted loudly to the new security guard next to him, "Order our catapults to return fire." Be sure to destroy the long ladder built by the Liao army. ”

Blonde hurriedly replied, "No." ”

The distance of the catapult of the Kei army has also been tested, and it can shoot stones from the city to the middle of the moat.

With the stones launched from the catapult in Xin'an City, the long ladders that the Liao army engineers had just built were smashed and broken by the stones thrown by the Kei army's catapult, and suddenly many broken pieces of wood floated in the moat of Xin'an City.

Rong Yi was on the command platform, laughed when he saw this, and said to the generals beside him: "As expected, the catapults in Xin'an City were really launched, and the location of these catapults of the Ji army was also exposed. ”

Speaking of this, Rong Yi said to the herald beside him: "Order our army's catapult to change smaller stones, shoot stones in the direction of the enemy's catapult, and smash the catapult in Xin'an City for me." ”

The herald hurriedly replied, "No." ”

Gao Dayong received the order and said to the catapult formation: "Second and third sons, change the smaller stones, and launch them in the direction of the catapult in the city, don't stop, so that the enemy's catapult will no longer have stones." ”

After the order, after a while, stones flew over the sky in front of the Liao army, blasting towards the direction of the launch just now in Xin'an City, and then the dust flew in Xin'an City, and there was a faint cry for help.

Rong Yi then ordered: "The sappers continue to build the long ladder. ”

Not long after, on the moat of Xin'an City, the river surface was built by the Liao army engineers, and a long ladder was built, and the "bridge" was built again.

The general Rong Yan waved his hand and ordered: "Siege the city." ”

Immediately, from both sides of the command platform, a column of military formations walked out and carried a long ladder towards Xin'an City.

Gao Min, the commander of the Ji army, saw this, and also ordered: "The archers in the city are ready, and the rolling wood and stones are ready." ”

More than 50,000 Liao troops who had arrived in Pingcheng slept at noon in Dafeng Mountain, where the Liao army was encamped. When I woke up in the afternoon, everyone was full of energy. After dinner, everyone was ready for the big war.

Wang Shi and Wang Fenghai stood on top of a hill, raised their binoculars and looked at the south gate of Pingcheng, and saw that many people who had left the city had returned to the city one after another, and the number of people was gradually decreasing.

Wang Shi looked at the sky and found that it was already hazy and a little dark, and immediately issued an order: "Let Colonel Cui Hai come to see me." ”

Cui Hai, the brigade commander who led the 3,000 assault battalion, hurriedly ran over after receiving Wang Shi's summons.

"Meet the General."

"Brigadier General Cui Hai, excuse me."

"Thank you, General."

"Brigadier General Cui Hai, you know your mission!"

"General Qiyu, the last general knows."

"Good. Brigadier General Cui Hai, as long as you take the south gate of Pingcheng and defend it, as soon as my army arrives, you can become a real general. ”

"The subordinates will live up to the general's expectations."

"Go, General Ben and all the soldiers of the army, just watch you from the rear."

"Yes."

After watching Cui Hai leave, Wang Shi said to the herald beside him: "Order the whole army to prepare for an assault on Pingcheng." ”

The herald hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed, "No." ”

The main forces of both sides of Liaoji in Xin'an City ended a day of fighting. The army led by Wang Shi was ready to start a surprise attack on Pingcheng and take this city, which was crucial to the armies of both sides.

The general of the Ji army guarding Pingcheng was named Li Zheming, and he didn't expect that Pingcheng, as the rear, could be attacked by the Liao army. Heijo was still unguarded, and as usual, the people were allowed to walk freely and leave the city.

Because the front line is relatively tight, just yesterday, Li Zheming received an order from Gao Min, the commander of the front, and sent 10,000 soldiers to the front line with grain and grass. Now the defenders of Heijo are not 30,000, but 20,000.

It was getting dark, and the Ji army at the south gate found a team of men and horses coming from a distance, and the captain guarding the city took a look, because it was dark, and he vaguely found that it was his own Ji army, and he didn't take it seriously.

Standing at the head of the city, he said to the Ji army who came to him: "Is it to reinforce the army on the front line?" ”

Seeing a small colonel walking out of front of him, he replied to himself: "Yes, we were ordered by the military department to go to Xin'an for reinforcements, and we need to rest here for one night today." ”

The captain guarding the city didn't care, because this situation happened almost every day now. At the head of the city he shouted, "Brothers, have worked hard. Wait a minute, I'll go down and check the orders of the military headquarters, and I'll put you to rest. ”

Immediately, the captain who was guarding the city walked towards the city.

Cui Hai and the lieutenant general looked at each other, smiled on their faces, gestured to their own army, and then took more than twenty personal guards and walked towards the city gate.

After stepping into the city gate, the captain guarding the city also walked down from the city, came to Cui Hai's side, and said, "Brothers, just let me read the documents of the military department." ”

At this time, he heard a commotion at the gate of the city, and when the lieutenant looked forward, he found that many of his defenders had fallen in a pool of blood.

The captain guarding the city was shocked and shouted, "What are you doing? No, you're ......."

Before he finished speaking, he felt a chill in his neck, and then fell to the ground.

Cui Hai shouted to the Liao army behind him: "Quickly occupy the city gate, light the fireworks, and report to the general." ”

The Ji army guarding the south gate of Pingcheng was caught off guard, and the Liao army quickly occupied the south gate, and then a thick black pillar of smoke rose at the head of the city.

Wang Shi, the general of the Liao army, had already come to the foot of the mountain. Seeing the south gate of Pingcheng, thick smoke rising, knowing that the raid had been successful, shouted to the Liao army behind him: "The cavalry attack, follow me to reinforce the brothers at the gate of the city, and the infantry will follow." ”

After that, he took the horse and ran forward first, followed closely by the five thousand cavalry.

At this time, Li Zheming, the defender of Pingcheng, was having dinner when he got the news of the loss of the South City Gate. After hearing this, Wu Zi couldn't believe it. shouted to the junior colonel who came to report the news: "Can you be sure that the Liao army occupied the south city gate?" ”

The junior colonel said to Li Zheming anxiously: "General, it's true, they are wearing the clothes of our army and raided the south city gate. Now, please send troops as soon as possible to retake the South Gate! ”

Li Zheming's face was like earth, and he kicked down the table where he was eating, and the dishes and chopsticks were scattered all over the ground. To the herald beside him, he shouted: "Quickly mobilize men and horses to take back the south city gate for me." ”

But at this time, it is not easy to recapture the city gate!

After the cavalry of the Liao army led by Wang Shi arrived in Pingcheng in advance, they found that Cui Hai led 3,000 soldiers to fight with the Ji army.

Wang Shi laughed and shouted to the cavalry behind him: "Attack the city and seize the granary." ”

The cavalry of the Liao army shouted together: "Kill." ”

With his own general, he rushed into the castle. Wang Shi rushed to the front, came to the front of several Ji soldiers who were fighting with Cui Haizheng, and with a wave of the knife, a Ji soldier head flew into the sky.

The cavalry units that came behind immediately joined the battle. The Ji army fell one after another, and the remaining Ji army also ran towards the city, and suddenly the entire Pingcheng was filled with shouts and fighting.

Cui Hai came to Wang Shi's face, wiped the blood on his face, and bowed to Wang Shi with his fists: "General, my subordinates trust the general's blessing and live up to their mission." ”

Wang Shi laughed on the horse and said to Cui Hai: "General Cui, there is no need to be like this. You have made great contributions to my territory, and now that you are a general, the prince will approve it. ”

Cui Hai knelt down on one knee and said to Wang Shi: "Thank you for the cultivation." ”

Wang Shi nodded and said to Cui Hai: "General Cui, now is not the time to be careless, you have to lead your troops to guard the city gate." ”

"No."

In the thirteenth year of King Wucheng, on March 23, General Wang Shi led 50,000 Liao troops to raid Pingcheng, the gathering place of the Ji army's grain and grass, and occupied Pingcheng.

Li Zheming, the defender of the Ji State, knew the sin of losing Pingcheng and would be beheaded if he returned, so he led the remnants of the Ji army to surrender to Wang Shi. The grain and grass on the front line of the entire Ji army fell into the hands of the Liao army.

On the same night, Shun'an City was also led by Lieutenant General Wang Xian with 20,000 Liao troops, and the raid was successful, and the defenders were killed.

On March 24, Baiyuanli was also forcibly broken by Lieutenant General Zuo Zong, and the defender was killed in battle.

At this point, the 400,000 troops of the entire western Ji State, and the connection with the Ji capital, were completely separated by the Liao army.

This time, the campaign launched by Liaocheng Jun Ji Kang to defeat the Ji Kingdom has finally reached a turning point.

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