Chapter 333: A slap in the face
Soon, the pervasive exploration horses, and even some people ventured into the vicinity to investigate, and everything ahead was investigated clearly, after all, Liao Xingzong personally participated.
In front of the building of about 20 meters, a series of arrangements were found, and it seemed that some horses, but they were wearing armor, some cattle and sheep, etc., were enclosed together, not very many, but of many kinds.
What does this mean, inexplicably, to Xiao Hui next to him, he seems to see something, this seems to be a kind of performance.
Maybe it was because they saw that the Liao army was in place, and soon, an arrow was shot from the city, let Liao Xingzong check it, they will perform an archery, a performance about the lethality of archery, I hope the Liao lord can like it.
This time, there was no payment on the letter, but in terms of tone, it was very low and quite polite.
Liao Xingzong's face showed a shallow sneer, although he was young, he had also seen some military stories, such ancient stories as the empty camp plan, he was very uncomfortable to watch, seeing the camp, or the defense was lax, don't care about so much, start fighting directly, on the battlefield, or look at both sides, whose fist is hard, it is more critical, there are too many concerns, it is easy to be deceived.
Now, Han Qi also came to such a move, is it possible, an archery show, can he retreat, is this an empty city plan, or a show show?
Is this possible? Even Liao Xingzong didn't think that this was possible, let alone Xiao Hui and Yelu Chongyuan, who had been on the battlefield for a long time.
Yelu Chongyuan even looked at this fortress with disdain, and said, "Brother Huang, I will lead the people of my headquarters to take this fortress!" ”
"It's better to be restless and take a look!" Xiao Hui said suddenly, he is not more than Yelu Chongyuan, he can see more clearly, this building is not so simple.
A Xingqing Mansion will trap their 100,000 troops under the city and do nothing, and a taller building may not be able to put substantial pressure on them, but it will not be captured casually.
Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the city wall is 3 times higher than Xingqing Mansion, even if it is undefended, it is not easy for the Liao army to climb the city wall seven or eight zhang high, not to mention, there are defenders.
Xiao Hui's words made Yelu Chongyuan very angry, but he didn't say anything, he also knew that such a tall building was not easy to read, compared to the offensive and defensive battles of Xingqing Mansion, this time the preparation was relatively sufficient, and he brought a lot of things from Xingqing Mansion, including some siege equipment.
As long as the preparation is sufficient, you can rely on these siege equipment to form a higher siege capacity, instead of now, rashly send elites to attack the city, even if you take it down, what should you do.
"Still, Your Majesty, take a look!" Although Xiao Hui refuted Yelu Chongyuan, he still suggested.
Of course, Liao Xingzong thought so, yes, although he would not be frightened by a performance, he would not be able to really look at the city plan in vain to see what the hell Han Qi was doing.
The performance didn't start, and the letter said that the Liaoxing Sect would send someone to check it, so it didn't start.
Send someone to check it, it's still safe, just one personal guard, with Han Qi's face, it is impossible to sneak attack because of this.
Soon, the guards came back, these cattle and horses are not too good, they are all given from the Liao State, and in the middle of the journey, the injured ones cannot be recovered, and some can't even run, they can only lie there, even those armors are not too good, but there is no fraud, basically, it is still the same as before, that is, it provides protection equivalent to the weaker iron harrier of the Liao army.
"You seem to be very confident, I'll see what you can become!" Yelu Chongyuan clasped his hands to his chest and said with some indignation.
On the contrary, Xiao Hui put forward his opinion before, but he lowered his head, he saw it more clearly than Liao Xingzong and Yelu Chongyuan, this decoration should be similar to a heavy armored knight, of course, it can only show one aspect, but it is also the most important aspect, defense.
Defense is the key, heavy cavalry has many advantages, for example, fast, such as neat camps, but people who really know about the battlefield and military operations know that the biggest advantage of heavy cavalry is defense.
Only defense can survive the complex situation on the battlefield, only defense can attack against the rain of arrows, and only defense can have the ability to crush everything in the field.
Xiao Hui knew this, and Han Qi on the other side also knew, he muttered a little, what did Han Qi's performance want to show, is it the lethality of the heavy cavalry, this is really the key point.
As long as this performance can easily penetrate this, the archers of the Northern Song Dynasty are much more terrifying, with such archers, plus this strange fortress, this time, it is really difficult to do.
"Let's get started!" Han Qi above the city, after watching the inspectors leave, gave an order, this fortress is smaller than the fortress in Miaojiazhuang, but it is still enough to accommodate 1,000 shooters, these 1,000 shooters are carefully selected by Han Qi, even if it is a heavy longbowman, it is a relatively good one, and it is of course very easy to attack like this.
This is cheating, of course, the other party doesn't know, even if it is cheating, it will show something different, this is the final result of Han Qi's hard thinking, you can't fight, a little hit, it's not easy to control, keep fighting, carelessly, the other party breaks through the fortress, then it's a big joke.
But if you don't accept it, it will be terrible, the defense of this fortress is not as good as that of Miaojiazhuang, but with 3,000 fully armed warriors, this is a terrible combat experience, in this case, this defense ability, compared to the fortress of Miaojiazhuang, is even higher.
It is certain that it has been fought, and even as long as it is put a little, it will make the Liao army suffer a big loss.
This is not the choice of the Northern Song Dynasty, now Han Qi is like walking a tightrope, he must hold the fire, not too big, not too small, too big, it will make the Liao State angry, and it will launch a war at the level of the whole country, if it is too small, it will not be easy to touch the other party.
War is a continuation of politics, and if there is not enough backing, how can we obtain enough benefits in negotiations?
All of them are heavy longbows, otherwise, they can't be impressed, this point, not only Han Qi knows, but also the Liao Kingdom knows that for the result of this show, there must be a discount, all of them are such performances, and this battle will not have to be fought.
In the previous battle, the Northern Song Dynasty annihilated 30,000 Iron Harriers, the Northern Song Dynasty cleaned the battlefield, they were on the battlefield, what they saw, was just an insignificant corner, knowing that there was a weapon that could easily break through the defense of the Iron Harriers, for the number, power, and rate of fire of this weapon, there was no intuitive view.
In addition, that battle was a sneak attack, through the survivors, coupled with the judgment of the situation on the battlefield, I thought that it might be careful and would not affect the Liao State, which was also the reason why Liao Xingzong dared to come over, but this time the display was all-round.
No matter how much I thought about it in my heart, it was better to go to the actual battle, and when the arrow rain appeared, Xiao Hui calmly said that it began, including Liao Xingzong, all the important ministers of the Liao State began to watch seriously.
The momentum of the heavy longbow is a little higher than that of the ordinary longbow, but there are too few people 1,000 salvos, compared with 10,000, or even 20,000, the difference is huge, they are a little far apart, and they don't see it particularly clearly.
For example, my cavalry can also do this, and for example, this density is not enough, he leads the cavalry, which can easily go around and then attack the hinterland of the archer troops.
This method is also the usual method of cavalry to deal with infantry, and there is no incorrect aspect, but this Liao general ignored that they were facing a defensive battle, not a field battle, and it was difficult for them to send war horses to directly attack the masonry city wall?
Bragging is human nature, even if it is the generals of the Liao State, but the performance on the city wall has not ended, especially when the second and third waves are opened, and there are fewer and fewer people to brag.
In the fortress, Han Qi ordered a total of 10 waves of shooting, about 70 breaths of time, completely launched, because it was a preset battlefield, which is also what the archers are best at, the hit rate is extremely high, and almost all the long arrows fell near the animal area.
This is also the purpose, of course Han Qi did not let Liao Xingzong know how accurate they were, mainly because of the power and the lethality of the whole armor, which was also the fundamental reason why he came up with this formation.
The delicate battlefield situation, the complex politics of the two countries, and the political status quo of the Northern Song Dynasty and the fact that the Western Xia were destroyed are even more subtle.
In fact, under the premise that the Northern Song Dynasty had already used the fortress and the longbow, coupled with the improvement of smelting in the famous blacksmith's workshop, the Northern Song Dynasty was inherently invincible, but as a slaughterer, especially the head of the Northwest Fourth Road, Han Qi always wanted to make this term unpeaceful and contribute to the Northern Song Dynasty within the scope of his rational level.
After 70 breaths, Han Qi stopped his attack, and the battlefield returned to calm, but in the core area, he had withstood the attack of 7,000 giant heavy long arrows, and those animals gathered in the core area could no longer die, and blood flowed like a river.
Accustomed to the killing on the battlefield, for the generals of the Liao State, this is nothing, isn't it just killing a little animal, and even some people are still talking about something easily, it seems that this scene in the Northern Song Dynasty is very good, and they are also a little satisfied.
They didn't notice at all that the high-level generals, commanders, and even the core of Liao Xingzong and Xiao Hui and others, there was no longer the slightest smile on their faces, and instead of Tie Qing, as if they had been slapped in the face, Tie Qing and Tie Qing's face.