Chapter 98: Siege, non-stop attack
At the time of the bloody battle of the Wa military village, a fleet of thirty thousand-stone ships quietly moved along the river to the rear of Shuofang City.
Caught between the two mountains, Shuofang City is like a turtle armed to the teeth, it is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack, but no matter how pure a virgin is, there will be a day when he will be a mother, and no matter how strong the fortress is, there will be a time when it will be conquered. Shuofang City's defense is not perfect, at least the rear of the city is almost defenseless due to its proximity to the river, and if you attack from here, it will definitely be a nightmare for Shuofang City's defenders.
The reason why there is no defense in the rear of Shuofang City is mainly because it is backed by the big river, and it is in the territory of Western Xia, if the Song army wants to come to the rear of Shuofang City, it must pass through the Awa military village, otherwise it is absolutely impossible.
The greatest significance of the existence of the Awa military village is to protect the back door of Shuofang City, but now that the Awa military village has fallen into a vicious war, where can it still play a role in protecting Shuofang City.
With 3,000 sailors, plus 3,000 Western troops, plus 300 cavalry, it is not easy to take Shuofang City, which has 20,000 garrisons. Even if Shuofang City is conquered, once it enters the street battle, the lack of numbers is doomed to be a failed siege battle, and it will eventually be annihilated in the city.
Strictly speaking, this is the first time Liu Zhenglong has participated in the ancient battlefield, especially in personally commanding the battle, he has no certainty of victory, and he is not willing to take risks.
In fact, there were only 3,000 sailors and 300 cavalry, and when they passed by Niutou Mountain, they found the 3,000 Western Army led by Liu Yi.
Conquering the Shuofang War, but not being able to win the final victory, this is what Liu Zhenglong absolutely does not allow, he does not dare to take risks, and he can't take risks, so he called everyone together for a meeting.
Liu Zhenglong said succinctly: "There are artillery and thunder on the ship, which can blow up the gate of Shuofang City, but after killing it, there are 20,000 enemies, and we can't bargain at all." Our mission in this battle is to rescue General Liu Fa who is trapped in the Awa army, not to capture Shuofang City, so I have a plan that needs to be executed. ”
"Obey the orders of the Guardian."
"Very good, Liu Zhengyan, you move the troops as quickly as possible, as much as you can transfer, intercept in the middle of Shuofang City and Ah Wa Army Village, there is only one purpose, that is, to intercept Brother Richard's army, remember to just intercept, don't hit it hard, the longer the delay, the better, but you must not fight with the other party."
"The last will be ordered."
This battle is to rescue Liu Zhengyan's father, so this guy doesn't need to mobilize at all, and he set off soon, after all, Xihe Road is the territory of the Liu family, and it is unrealistic to transfer troops on a large scale, and it should not be difficult to transfer thousands of people.
Liu Zhenglong looked at Liu Yi and said: "General Liu, once the war starts here, Brother Richard will definitely be reinforced, and the crisis of the Wa military village will be lifted, but how can General Liu Fa believe that this is not Brother Richard's trick, so that he can get on the ship as soon as possible, and coming to Shuofang City is the key to success or failure." This official believes that when General Liu Fa entered the Wa military village and asked you to fight the periphery, there was already an agreed contact information, and this matter will be handed over to you. As for the siege, you don't have to worry about it here, we are just kicking off the war, and as for whether you can take Shuofang City, it depends on whether you can successfully take over General Liu Fa's army. ”
"The last will be ordered."
"General Li Jun, you have two tasks, one is to blast open the gate of Shuofang City tomorrow night, and the other task is to let the navy go to Niutou Mountain to pick up General Liu Fa's team, the success of this battle is all on you, I wish you a victory."
"Guaranteed to get the job done." After this period of training, Li Jun has successfully controlled this water army, and has built it into a water dragon army, and its combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.
In the end, Liu Zhenglong looked at Bao Xu and said: "The heavy task of attacking is handed over to you, you have to attack Shuofang City, but you can't go too deep, be careful of being closed by the Western Xia army, therefore, your task is the heaviest, that is, to fight until you are the only one left, and you must also hold on until the arrival of General Liu Fa." Remember, we are in a race against time, and success or failure depends on whether we can win the time war. ”
"The god of mourning is destined to ring the death knell of Shuofang City." After Bao Xu was beaten by Liu Ruyan, he had already held his breath and wanted to vent well, but this time he sent all his anger to Shuofang City.
Seeing that everyone had been ordered to fight, Gao Zhong was dumbfounded, and this guy said hesitantly: "My lord, what about me, what am I doing!" ”
"What are you doing, take the cavalry to reinforce Liu Zhengyan, and intercept the messengers sent out by Shuofang City for help, only let go of the first batch of messengers, and kill all the followers, if you miss one, take you and ask."
It seems to be a simple task, but it is related to the success or failure of the overall situation, this Gao Pet is very clear, the first to send the letter, must be to say that Shuofang City has been attacked, the city gate has been conquered, because it is dark, I can't see how many enemy troops, this news is to Richard brother rescue. And the second messenger will tell the situation in the city accurately, if you don't know Richard will not come to the rescue, so you must intercept it, this is not a simple task, if the messenger takes a detour, it is really possible that it will not be intercepted.
All this was arranged, all the generals dispersed one after another, Liu Ruyan, a big beauty dressed as a man, broke in, she pouted and said, "My lord, what task do you arrange for the slave family?" ”
"I'm sleepy, can I give the official a slap on the back?"
"you, I'm only a princess, and I'm definitely not someone else's concubine, you're still dead." Liu Ruyan looked Liu Zhenglong up and down, as if she could see through this man's bad stomach, she said with a smile: "We cooperate so well in Stream Villa, do you want to kill it together?" ”
This woman is smart, and she immediately talked about Liu Zhenglong's heart, this guy pondered for a moment and said: "Yes, the two of us will break into Shuofang City together, light the fire or assassinate, you can choose one of the two, or that sentence, each do its own thing, and do not interfere with each other." ”
"Set it on fire, other people's jade hands don't want to be stained with blood, unlike you, an executioner." Liu Ruyan likes to raise the bar with Liu Zhenglong, I don't know why she can't tell what it feels like, but she knows that when she sees Liu Zhenglong being caught, she feels very comfortable.
"Well, you don't like blood, Lao Tzu likes blood, and one day Lao Tzu will have your blood on his bed." Liu Zhenglong's gaze was fixed on that mysterious place, and his eyes became evil.
"Hooligans, be careful to cut that thing of yours and let you into the palace." Liu Ruyan's index and middle fingers made a clicking motion, and she said with a smile: "Should we set off ahead of time and blend in, or can Li Jun and them blow up the city gate?" ”
"Tomorrow night, of course."
Liu Zhenglong's two favorite things to do, the first is to do what men like to do in bed, and the second is what many men yearn for, but only few people can do, that is, assassination.
On this night, the night was dark and the wind was high, the sky was pitch black, there was only faint starlight, and it was pitch black in the distance, and nothing could be seen, almost to the point where you couldn't see your fingers. This kind of night is just suitable for Liu Zhenglong's night owl action, he and Liu Ruyan both changed into black night clothes, brought the wall-climbing tools and set off.
The back gate of Shuofang Castle is composed of two gates, one is about one zhang high and seven feet wide, and the other is the water gate, which is only four feet high and five feet wide.
Due to the topography, it seems that the back is much higher than the front city wall, and it is three zhang high from the ground, which can already be comparable to the military towns of Xingqing Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion. It's just that there is a fly in the ointment, there are cliffs on the side of the city wall, and the cliffs are very close to the city wall, and they are only less than a zhang high, which means that it is most effective to blend into the city from the cliffs.
Climbing cliffs, this is obviously not what Liu Ruyan is good at, after all, living in the capital, there is no cliff that can be climbed to practice. Looking at the cliff about four feet high, this big beauty was in trouble, shook her head, and didn't know what to do for a while.
"You kiss me, brother will carry you on your back." can only be carried on the back, and the rope is not so long at all, after all, this is in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no special climbing rope. Liu Zhenglong, this guy, pointed to his face, waiting for Liu Ruyan to kiss him.
"Cut, I know that if I eat tofu, I won't be fooled."
Although she was not fooled, Liu Ruyan still stretched out her arms, and the big beauty pouted and said, "People are boys now, if you want to kiss a man, I don't mind." ”
Who knew that as soon as the words fell, Liu Zhenglong kissed fiercely on the flaming red lips that were as delicate as fiery red roses, and this guy still said unsatisfactorily: "It would be better if you hugged and kissed." ”
"Stinky rascal, I'm going to kill you." The first kiss that had been cherished for so many years was taken away like this, and Liu Ruyan, who was a little angry, swung his pink fist and hit Liu Zhenglong like a storm.
After a long time, the man and woman were reluctantly separated. Neither of them spoke, Liu Zhenglong picked up Liu Ruyan on his back and began to climb the cliff, the speed was not very fast, but it was very steady.
Liu Zhenglong, who used to be a senior member of the World Rock Climbing Association, has top-notch climbing skills, but today he is carrying a big beauty and does not have any protective measures, so he is very careful, for fear of any accidents.
The first time I climbed the rock, it felt so wonderful, thinking of this, Liu Ruyan felt that her face was a little hot, her breathing was a little short, and her heartbeat was a little faster.
After climbing up, Liu Zhenglong took Liu Ruyan's jade hand and cautiously walked along the cliff towards the direction of the city's head, and as he walked, he also whispered: "Although the defense behind Shuofang City is not very strict, we still have to be careful, because once the grass startles the snake, the back will be quite troublesome." ”
"Don't worry, I won't ask you to retreat, don't tell anyone about this today, otherwise I won't be done with you."
"Today's event? What's going on today, why don't I know? ”
"Look for a fight, and if you talk nonsense, I'll bite you." Liu Ruyan, who had just lost her first kiss, looked particularly embarrassed, and she didn't dare to look at Liu Zhenglong with a red face, for fear that this man would know her embarrassment.
Looking at the cliff from the top of the city, it was pitch black and nothing could be seen, but standing on the cliff, you could clearly see the situation of the sentry at the head of the city.
After observing for a long time, Liu Zhenglong said: "This group of guys basically patrols once in a quarter of an hour, we just need to go down during the interval, and I will send you down after a while, and then you hide first, and then I will find a way to go down myself." ”
"Be careful."
Taking advantage of the change of guard of the Western Xia army, Liu Zhenglong sent Liu Ruyan down with a rope, and then he climbed down slowly.
After entering the city, Liu Zhenglong said: "Let's find a place to hide first, there is still a period of time for them to attack the city, don't leak yourself before the siege here." ”
"Don't worry, pay more attention to yourself." Liu Ruyan's eyes were much softer when she looked at Liu Zhenglong, and her hot eyes were full of friendship.
Liu Zhenglong's task is relatively simple, that is, to carry out an assassination, it is obvious that he wants to kill the civil and military officials in the city to create chaos, anyway, it is an assassination, as long as he is careful, he will not make any movement, and it will not affect the entire battle situation. On the contrary, Liu Ruyan could not leak in advance, so he could only find a suitable place for fire prevention first, and then hide it.
If you assassinate during the day, you can find the official office, but at night it is not so simple, the only thing you can do is to find a high-ranking family to break in and ask to see where the targets who need to be assassinated live.
Assassination is part of the war, at least Liu Zhenglong, the king of killers, thinks so, he searched for a long time before he came to a tall courtyard, because it was only the second watch, many people had not yet fallen asleep, so many rooms were still lit with kerosene lamps.
This mansion is also one of the best in the entire Shuofang City, and the people who live in it are either the top magnates of Shuofang City or the city lord.
Liu Zhenglong is crooked, he actually came to Yeli Hei Ben Ming's house, and at this time, Montenegro Ming had not rested and was drinking with his little wife.
Liu Zhenglong quickly confirmed the identity of this guy, since this Yeli Black Mountain is the city lord of Shuofang City, if this guy is killed, then the messenger who asks for help will say that the attack on Shuofang City is very serious, and he will definitely be able to attract Brother Richard to come over. In any case, Yeli Black Mountain Ming is the eldest son of Ye Li Tiande, the chief of the Yeli Ministry, this guy still has a certain status in Western Xia, and Brother Richard will not give up Shuo Fang in order to exterminate Liu Fa's army, and let the Song army kill Yeli Black Mountain Ming.
After locking the target, Liu Zhenglong began to wander around the courtyard, looking for a place to start, killing as many men and women who slept in the upper room as possible, and waited until the third watch to be able to solve Yeli Montenegro Ming.
After killing seven or eight men, Liu Zhenglong knew that the time was almost up, and his target was Yeli Heishan Ming.
At this moment, the drunken Yeli Black Mountain Ming put his little wife to bed, he pressed the beauty under him, and began to tear his clothes.
The snow-white skin of the beautiful woman was shown inch by inch, but unfortunately Montenegro Ming had not yet entered the most wonderful moment, his neck was cut off, and the beauty under him was also scared to death.
With a loud bang at the back door of Shuofang City, the siege of Shuofang kicked off, and it was still Li Jun who commanded the battle, this guy let Zhang Shun and Zhang Heng be responsible for picking up Liu Fa's army in Dahe, and he himself personally commanded this siege battle.
This time, Li Jun played a cautious eye, and did not forcibly attack the city as soon as he came up, but asked the soldiers to quietly bring the latest extensive siege to develop gunpowder, as well as fire oil, this guy is going to blow up the city gate, and then take advantage of the night to kill into the city.
Although it is the latest gunpowder, it is still very backward, and Li Jun is not sure whether it can blow up the city gate, so he is equipped with a large amount of fire oil, even if it can't be blown up, the city gate will be burned.
Dozens of soldiers, under the leadership of the two brothers Tong Wei and Tong Meng, quietly transported more than 200 catties of gunpowder and more than 300 catties of fire oil to the city gate, and after igniting them, the group of guys quickly ran back.
A loud rumbling sound pierced the silent night sky, and the back gate of Shuofang City was blown up and crumbling, and the sky-high fire burned brightly, setting the entire back gate on fire, and under the firelight, the trebuchet on the thousand-stone ship finally wielded, but instead of stones, it ignited a clay pot filled with fire oil, as well as ceramic thunder.
The distance is too far, and the projectile stone is obviously not ideal, and the nature of the oil tank and the ceramic thunder is different, and the direct projectile is five hundred steps away, of course, the front sight is a little poor, and if you want to attack the city, you don't need a front sight at all.
The rumbling explosion shocked the sleeping people, especially the panic on the head of the city, the guards began to sound the gong to warn, and someone had already gone to report to the city lord Hei Bengming.
Montenegro Ming's bloody head, when it meets water, there are already enemies in Shuofang City, and Montenegro Ming's eldest son Ye Lihu was also beheaded by someone, this son Ye Lifang, a playboy who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to pee his pants, was so scared that he peed his pants, and after a long time, under the guidance of his uncle Ye Likui, he could be regarded as stabilizing his mind, and the first reaction of this V guy was to send someone to the good Jin King Richard for help.
Ye Likui is a business expert, he doesn't know anything about war, and their family doesn't trust outsiders at all, and now the whole family understands military affairs of Montenegro Ming, Ye Lihu has been beheaded, and now the only thing left is panic.
In desperation, Ye Li Kui had no choice but to let his son, Ye Li Fengtang, who knew a little bit about military affairs, command the defensive battle.
In the dark night, I didn't know how many enemies came, but I knew that the earth-shattering explosion sound made the already panicked people seem even more chaotic, and for a while, the entire Shuofang City became a nest of porridge.