The 637th solar term crooked the nose
Li Zhu saw that the three Liao soldiers looked relaxed and busy, and they were ready to die, so he suddenly got up and waved the order flag, and shouted: "Fire!" ”
The commanders of the various divisions saw or heard the order, and immediately shouted at their subordinates. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The halal six pythons didn't understand what 'pan love' meant, but realized that it should be a counterattack order, and they all stared at the outside of the city with wide eyes.
The Liao army didn't understand it anymore, and it didn't know that the opponent was showing his bloodthirsty fangs and began to take his life.
These days, bullying Zhao Zhuang is too safe and smooth, Zhao Zhuang has no temper at all, and he doesn't dare to show his head, and the Liao army is inevitably careless when he despises it.
There was a frightening sound of the crossbow strings loosening, and the bed crossbow fired first.
Dense ballista guns whistled through the air, and seemed to penetrate into three Liao army groups in the blink of an eye.
At the nearest stone throwing machine to the city, the Liao army of thousands of guards or operating the stone throwing machine was the first to suffer a catastrophe.
It's just over a hundred steps from the castle.
The ballista easily tore apart the infantry giant shield and shield hand blocking the periphery, and swept down the first layer of shield array that seemed to be impenetrable in an instant, and Yu Wei tore the second layer of giant shield and shield hand through it, and only after the infantry inside was killed did he pierce the concrete ground, and the corpse in the string was stung there.
The shield array was torn apart in seconds, opening the core of the castle to the castle.
The few surviving shieldmen and the dense infantry group in the unsheltered array became lambs to be slaughtered, frightened to the heart, and some were frightened and just in a daze, but the Liao army that came this time was the elite of the battle-hardened formation, and more people reacted immediately and wanted to flee in a hurry, but they were fired by the divine arm crossbow that was launched closely, and there was no one standing between a few breaths.
Dozens of stone throwers lined up in a row were cracked and shattered by the crossbow guns under the targeted blows of the bed crossbows, and collapsed to the ground into a field of broken wood waste.
There were also nearly 1,000 crossbowmen in the second distance who were covering and attacking, those who were backup replacements, and the giant shield infantry who were responsible for protection. Hundreds of crossbowmen and shield soldiers were killed by the crossbow first, without shields, and the rest of the people followed closely after the same blows from the crossbows. This gang is also finished.
The farthest whirlwind cannon is the most exciting.
The Liao army participating in the battle was happily busy throwing stones about ten catties or loose stones the size of eggs, and when they saw the stones like flying locusts smashing into the castle, they screamed with excitement.
These stones crackled like ice packs, and they did pose a great threat to the bed crossbow army at the head of the city. There were shields around them, and they raised large shields and tried to shield them.
Someone couldn't hold the big rock and hit the shield and was injured. Even the bed crossbow and the operator have been hit. Fortunately, it only needs to be supported for a very short time.
Here, the Liao army didn't expect that he would be so happy to recklessly smash people from afar, but in the blink of an eye, he was retaliated against by an even more terrible blow.
There is no shield protection here at all. Here the Liao army suffered the most naked and direct crossbow blows.
Although at this distance, the power of the bed crossbow is much reduced, but there are still two or three in a row......
The most interesting thing is that because it feels far enough and safe here, the idle and relatively free tribal nobles, lords, generals and many tribal armies gather here.
They want to see the liveliness, densely gathered near the whirlwind cannon, not afraid of the heat, sweating under the scorching sun, but with a happy mood looking at the north, admiring how the whirlwind cannon ravaged the famous Zhaozhuang, want to see how the majestic Zhaozhuang City, which has existed for nearly 20 years, trembled and gradually collapsed under the bombardment of the stone thrower, and waited for the first time when the castle collapsed, they pulled out the long-thirsty scimitar and rushed over to attack the castle first, which could not only get the first merit of breaking the city, but also grab the most abundant benefits of nature.
This is the deepest desire of the tribal nobles and subordinates.
They actively followed the army to fight Cangzhao's hometown, and the fundamental purpose and motivation was for this.
Unexpectedly, I really responded to that sentence, and I was very happy and sad.
I didn't see the excitement, and the long-awaited huge fortune was not delivered, but what I was looking forward to was a long shadow of a soul in front of me in a flash, and I was caught off guard and fell down.
The surviving Liao army saw the horror of the broken corpses around them, and they were all frightened, and then let out a terrible scream, some nobles and subordinates were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground and couldn't get up, and some ghosts cried wolf howls and crawled and fled in embarrassment.
But he didn't run far before the whistling sound of the soul came intensively.
In a mess, no one cared about anyone, and the tribal lords and warriors fell down again in the roar.
Those warriors, traitor staff, or sycophants of all ethnic groups who follow the lord closely, this time many of them are honored to be strung together with the master, erected by the crossbow guns that pierce into the grass, and they will not fall, and they will not fall into the traitor's reputation of following the Khitan master's loyalty and courage and the heroic image of the Khitan wolf warriors of the Great Liao Kingdom.
Han Chang and Deputy General Tuo Buhua were also watching the excitement, but they were not within the range of the three strikes.
They estimated that Zhao Zhuang's thick solid city wall would collapse in two days at most, and the Cangzhao family, which was powerful in the world, was soon wiped out, and became the object of slaughter and rage, and it was destroyed in their own hands, and it was wantonly raged and humiliated and slaughtered by themselves, so they were in a very good mood, arranged military affairs, and only waited for the city to collapse and attack, and did not restrain the tribal army from leaving the camp to see the excitement, and it could be regarded as indirectly using these tribal troops who did not listen to their direct command to protect the whirlwind cannon and prevent Zhao Zhuang from sending cavalry to destroy it.
The second general had nothing to do and had a good time, but he sat in the shade under a rare old tree near Zhaozhuang in the distance, drinking mare's milk wine, laughing and talking about things, and fantasizing about all kinds of good things after returning from meritorious service.
At such a distance, they couldn't see the subtle changes in the city at all, and no one noticed it to report, so naturally they wouldn't make timely tactical adjustments and precautions.
The sudden blow also caught the two of them off guard, and they watched in amazement as the arrogant tribal nobles and thousands of their subordinates fell and screamed in the slender shadows that flew in.
That bloody scene, even if the second general has seen a lot of tragedy, has extremely rich experience in fighting, and is bold and brave, he can't help but be shocked that his hands and feet are cold and his legs are weak.
They are all fierce generals on the battlefield who resist the beasts of the Jin Army, and they have experienced too many bloody battles and defeats with the Jin soldiers, but they feel that the terrible killing tragedy created by the Jin Army's madness is countless times worse than the one in front of them.
Tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of the Liao army were slaughtered all over the field by the Jin army, and they were far from being able to compare with the killing effect that could be formed in a moment by the bed crossbows that were overwhelmingly and continuously fired.
After all, no matter how brave the Jurchens are, they are still human beings who are not afraid of death, and they can deal with it with the courage of two generals, and they can always kill the conceited Jin generals who dare to block the way again and again, and kill the Jin army to break through.
But if you are under the intensive blow of the bed crossbow, even if you are like King Kong, you can't want to live.
After a while, the second general exhaled a breath and came back to his senses.
Seeing the remnants of the tribal lord and the tribal army desperately fleeing with the strength of milk but falling down one by one, no one could escape, both of them couldn't help wiping their cold sweat together, looking at each other, and silently glad that they did not stand around the whirlwind cannon against the scorching sun to see the excitement closer, but enjoyed the cool under the shade of this distant tree by the way.
Almost at the same time as the long-range attack was carried out, the south gate suddenly opened, and many young men poured out, and they also pulled a lot of board carts, and rushed to the destroyed stone throwers and god arm crossbows to clean the battlefield, and quickly recovered the crossbow guns and crossbow arrows that could be recovered, ignoring the Liao army who was still screaming and moaning without dying, and snatched the Liao army's scimitars and other weapons on the loading cart......
Although it was the first time to participate in the war, many people saw the broken corpses and colorful internal organs, and vomited with nausea, but they endured or worked hard while vomiting, and they all fell into a sickly nervous and hyperactive, and they forgot to be afraid of the bloody corpses all over the ground.
This counterattack undoubtedly reassured the people of Zhao Zhuang, who did not know the details of Zhuangshang's military preparations, and had no doubts about what Lao Taijun said at the mobilization meeting, and was full of confidence in victory.
The courage, confidence, and passion of battle are indeed cultivated by fighting and real victories, and are not judged by hard training and self-willingness.
The divine arm crossbows and crossbow arrows that fell into the hands of the Liao army on the border of Cangzhou seriously threatened the safety of the defenders of the city, so they were naturally the top priority to recover. By the way, a lot of big stones on the side of the stone thrower were also installed, which were pulled back to the city and thrown outside the iron fence leading to the main city of the ruined fortress, blocking the convenience of the Liao army to directly destroy the fence.
Soon the city threw down a lot of ropes, and quickly slipped down the ropes of 1,800 main forces guarding the village. Only 200 crossbow operators were left to monitor and prevent the Liao army in the barracks from dispatching.
The soldiers of the lower city went straight to the whirlwind cannon.
Many second-echelon Zhuang Ding and Zhuang Hu guys were bold, and the stone thrower and the god arm crossbow saw that there was no work to do after cleaning up, so they also bravely ran away.
Han Chang and Deer under the big tree didn't spend their eyes and couldn't see the situation nearly a thousand meters away, only to see the black pressure pouring out of the city, feeling bad, at first they thought that Zhao Zhuang waved the army to take the opportunity to counterattack the surprise attack and wanted to hit the Liao army by surprise, destroy the military camp and expand the results of the battle, they couldn't help sneering, and urgently ordered the soldiers around them to send orders to transfer troops, and then saw the crowd rushing to the two strike points near the city and stopped what they were busy with, and they didn't have to think much to know that they must be collecting loot and robbing the Liao army.
This Zhao Zhuang really has a large number of long-range weapons, and the rumors that he is bold and greedy and keen to rob the Liao army are well deserved. Outrageous!
The mood of the second general turned from horror to anger and shame.
In a blink of an eye, I saw that the crowd of people also poured down from the city and dared to run to the whirlwind cannon so far away to clean up the battlefield, especially the crowd that followed did not even bring weapons, and they were bare-handed, obviously ordinary households, and some of them were still pulling carts, and the people with knives from the city were in front of the two Liao army generals who were only two or three hundred meters away, and they robbed the fallen tribal nobles and the Liao army, completely destroying the key components of the whirlwind cannon reconstruction, and they were so arrogant and arrogant that no one was unscrupulous in their eyes. Han Chang and Tuo Erbu both had their noses crooked.
When did the warriors of the Great Liao Kingdom become easy to bully in the Song Dynasty? Even if you die, it won't be the turn of the cowardly Song people to rob it!
You are the kind of top warriors of Daliao like us, the kind of generals of the Song army, who can only move their mouths, dare not have the strength to rush into battle, and fight hard?
The second general didn't know that he was also within the strike range of the bed crossbow, and the city changed to a single shot, and he could penetrate the excellent iron armor thousands of kilometers away and nail Han Chang and Tuo Erbuhua to the old tree behind him, and he didn't want to let the Liao army leave timidly without a commander.
They were so angry and impulsive that they turned on their horses and wanted to rush over with the few attendants around them to kill them.
Some relatives don't know whether they are timid and afraid of death or sharp-eyed and careful, so they dissuaded: "Among these people, there are divine crossbows, pretending to grab things, but I am afraid that they are waiting for Lord Tutong to rush over." ”
Han Chang was cautious and cautious, not like Deer Buhua was barbaric and arrogant, and after listening to the persuasion, he swept away in a blink of an eye, and sure enough, he found bad intentions, and hurriedly called the deputy who had already rushed out on horseback.
They hesitated. There were many robbers in Zhaozhuang, and they looted very quickly, and they quickly finished robbing, pulling the cart, and leaving quickly with a scimitar.
What an efficient bandit!
Han Chang has always been calm and rational, but at this moment, he was also stimulated by the arrogance of Zhao Zhuang's people, and he couldn't wait to dance the steel fork to sweep away these people and Zhao Zhuangcheng all at once.
It's a pity that he is not a demon god with boundless power, just a mortal, he doesn't have that ability, and under the watchful eyes of many crossbowmen after the break, he can only watch the robbers of Zhaozhuang sweat and panting, but one by one they are so excited that they wield the scimitar monsters they grabbed and flaunted and fled quickly, and when the Liao army in the military camp arrived, they had fled into the city.
Many of the Liao troops who hurried from the barracks were still shirtless or even barefoot, panting one by one, and it was already their best to arrive so quickly on foot.
Han Chang in order to prevent Zhao Zhuang from being anxious, he carried out a night attack and set fire to the barracks, reversing the passive crisis, which may lead to the failure of this mission, although the troops were strong, they did not dare to be careless, and set the barracks far away from the city, but they did not expect this, but they did not react in time, so that Zhao Zhuang saw that he took advantage of the loophole and used long-range weapons to go out of the city and slapped him in the face.
The Liao army in the battalion has no combat mission today, and is idle in the camp to rest.
The nomadic barbarians were barbaric and scattered, and unlike the honest and disciplined Han Chinese, they did not go to the battlefield, and the rules in the army were not as strict as those of the Han army.
The main city of Zhaozhuang is strong, not as good as a fortress with a thin hollow wall, and it will definitely not be able to break the city today; Including coach Han Chang, he didn't expect that Zhao Zhuang would be so powerful and crazy if he didn't fight back, and he didn't expect Zhao Zhuang people to dare to go out of the city; Officers and men in the battalion do not need to be ready to go into battle at all times.
The weather is hot, there are few trees in the south of Zhaozhuang, and it is difficult to find a place to cool down. The steppe barbarians did not have the tradition of going down to the river to bathe and relieve the heat.
The river is sacred in the steppe.
This kind of factor makes the Liao army who have no task lazy and lazy in the barracks to resist the scorching heat, and some endure the stuffy heat and drink idle in the tents that are covered with sun and ventilation on all sides; Some bare-chested people gather to gamble...... There are also many who simply take off and sleep almost naked in tents, and stay up in the scorching heat that they are not used to.
Speaking of tents, we have to thank the Cangzhao family for inventing this kind of supplies, light and thin can also effectively prevent rain, in addition to the cold in winter, other times whether it is herdsmen grazing or the army goes out to fight are really easy to use.
In order to make profits, the profiteers of the Song State smuggled a large number of tents purchased from Cangzhao Commerce to the Liao State, among which the powerful families who had customs clearance and smuggling convenience were the main merchants, and they did not care that this was an act of the enemy. Thanks too. Funnily enough, with such a convenient tent, it greatly facilitated the Liao army's invasion of the Great Song Dynasty and the attack on Zhaozhuang.
And the horses, because there were tens of thousands, too many, had already eaten up the barracks and the nearby pasture, and they were all put further south to be watched by people grazing and drinking in the East River, and they were not ready for war at all, and they were not even equipped with saddles.
In this way, the people of Zhao Zhuang can observe clearly with binoculars in the city. Li Zhu dared to send someone to take the opportunity to go out of the city to snatch the spoils, and he also deliberately showed arrogance and greed, which further stimulated Han Chang and the Liao army's anger and revenge against Zhao Zhuang, and at the same time silently hinted at some information, I believe that the shrewd and conceited Han Chang will be able to guess and judge, perceive Zhao Zhuang's weakness, and have the confidence to fight again, which invisibly makes the Liao army stranded and determined to attack and destroy Zhao Zhuang at any cost.
And the Liao army suddenly has a sortie mission, and it will be as embarrassed as it is now. Hurry but can't catch up.