"What a strange fortress! Wushu, have you ever seen such a fortress in the Zhou Kingdom? ”

Wan Yan Aguta was standing on top of a lookout car at this time, holding a telescope in his hand, looking at Swallow Fort three miles away.

It is an eight-sided fort, and a prismatic out-of-fort extends from each of the eight corners of the fort. The fort and the eight-sided fort are not very high, and they seem to be less than two zhang. Beyond the fort was a trench, not straight, but dug in the shape of an eight-pointed star. There was no water in the trench, and along the inside of the trench, many anti-cavalry tigers were inserted.

Although Aguta had heard from the spies about this strange fortress a long time ago, he still felt very new when he saw it with his own eyes today.

Moreover, this quirky fortress does not seem to be fortified...... It shouldn't be hard to fight, right?

In addition, there is a small commercial market outside the fort. Before the army of Akuta approached, the market was still open for trading.

Although the market was now burned down, the merchants who made a living in the market did not run away, but hid in the castle with their goods and money.

If you can break the castle, you can give a small vote!

"Father, the son never saw such a fortress when he was in the Zhou Kingdom." Wanyan Zongbi stood beside his father, also holding a telescope in his hand, squinting his eyes and looking at Swallow Castle.

"Is this fortress strong?" Wan Yan asked.

Now there are many generals in the Jin army who are good at fighting field battles, but there are only a handful of generals who are good at siege warfare. And Wanyan Zongbi, who studied in the Zhou State, is one of the few generals who are good at attacking cities.

In the war against Shangjing Road and Xijing Road in the Liao State, Wanyan Zongbi commanded many siege battles!

"It doesn't look too sturdy, but it's ......"

"But what?"

"But this kind of triangular (actually prismatic) fortress is a bit odd, and it hasn't been fought before. It should not be possible to hit from the front, the front is too narrow, and you can only start from both sides, but you can't spread it...... I don't know if I can beat it down? ”

"There's nothing to see." "It's not very tall, and the ditch outside isn't very wide......

The fort had to be used in conjunction with the artillery, because the distance between the two prismatic forts was too far for the bow and arrow to form crossfire. Moreover, the stopping effect of the bow and arrow is limited, and it does not pose much damage to enemies wearing heavy armor and carrying shields.

So there was not a single bastion in the long era of cold weapons. And after the appearance of artillery, especially the appearance of a large number of shotguns, the fortress became the king of defense in the war arena.

And now the fortress that appeared on the edge of the mandarin duck was built in a hurry, and it was not very strong. The walls are thin and low, and only eight prismatic forts are sandbags wrapped in solid rammed earth, which can be considered relatively strong.

Without cannons and shotguns, Fort Swallow's defenses are nothing to mention......

"Let's see!" Ah Guda put away the telescope, and then said to his son, "The tiger's ass must be touched!" ”

"Do you really want to fight?" Wanyan Zongbi was stunned.

Ah Guda waved 100,000 troops to the grassland on the dam, just a false shot. The purpose was to cheer up Hebula and at the same time intimidate Xiao Sese, north of the Zhengdun Binghuang River.

By the way, in fact, Ah Guda doesn't know what Xiao Sese wants to do?

50,000 didn't know that the 60,000 Khitan army was coming, and thought that it would go straight to Linhuangfu, but it turned out that the troops stopped north of the Huang River...... What the hell is this woman trying to do? Scared? Or is it simply a bluff to go north?

"Hit!" Wan Yan slapped a slap on the railing of the car. "Wu Hao's mother's command of the ancient capital of Wu has crossed the Huang River, and we can't show too much weakness! Otherwise, it will seem that our women are really too soft, and they are not as good as a taunting girl! ”

Wu Haogu instructed Xiao Sese to send troops to the north bank of the Huang River, and inadvertently beat Ah Gu to an army.

If Wu Haogu personally led the army to attack, Ah Guta could completely avoid the battle, and even give up Linhuang Mansion and let Wanyan Xian also retreat into the mountains to fight guerrillas.

But it was Xiao Sese, a weak female streamer...... Wanyan Aguta, the dignified emperor of the Dajin Kingdom, the overlord of half of the Mobei grassland, how can he be afraid of this woman?

Do you want prestige? Without prestige, the heroes on the grassland are not convinced! Those grassland barbarians have been the little brothers of the Liao State for more than a hundred years, and they may all turn to Xiao Sese.

Ah Gu paused and said, "And this strange fortress in Guli has to be fought to know the details...... The Zhou State is now building fortresses everywhere, as if they want to use the fortress to seal the eastward road of our Dajin Kingdom. Let's take the opportunity to touch the details of Zhou Guo. ”

"Good! Then the minister led his troops and horses to attack! ”

"No, don't use our daughter's real son," Ah Guda said, "transfer 20 Bohai Mouke to you." ”

"Okay, son-in-law, let's go and set it up."

"Wait," Ah Guda stopped Yan Zongbi again, "We Jurchens are also from heaven, so we must take care of it first and then the soldiers......

Send someone to shout first, as long as they hand over 100,000 yuan of goods, we will spare Swallow Castle. ”

……

"That's a lot! I'm afraid there are 100,000 people, right? ”

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, theoretically you can hold it!"

"Hehe, 2,200 people are guarding a broken fort to block 100,000 Jurchens...... After this battle, we will be able to rise to the top! ”

"Yes, yes, it's time to make progress...... I didn't expect to be more lucky not to go to Goryeo! ”

"Hahaha......"

Two very young colonel-level officers of the Zhou State Army were observing the enemy situation at the head of Swallow Fort at this time, and at the same time cheering up themselves and the officers around them.

2,200 people against 100,000!

And the opponent is not a rabble, but a Jurchen who is known as invincible!

Ten thousand are invincible, and one hundred thousand is not allowed to go to heaven?

Lieutenant Colonel Wang Yan and Major Li Xiaozhong only had 2,200 officers and soldiers on hand, in addition to 18 6-kilogram field guns (the barrel weighed 800 kilograms) and a fortress that was not very strong at all...... It's a bit false to say that you're not afraid.

At this time, Wang Yan had already seen a disturbance in the Jurchen army, and a group of infantry wearing armor and carrying round shields rushed out.

"Shaoyan, Jin Bing has moved!" Wang Yan said to Li Xiaozhong, "It's heavy infantry...... Look at five or six thousand! ”

"Shaoyan" is Li Xiaozhong's trade name. Li Xiaozhong, who is only 21 years old this year, moved to Cangzhou from Ningzhou in northwest China with his father.

His father was the first generation of imperial knights, and when he followed Gao Yu to fight in the northwest, he broke his leg and was unable to serve, so he found a head coach in the knight academy.

And Li Xiaozhong is the second generation of knights. Although he was the eldest son who could inherit his father's estate, he was still very energetic and was admitted to the artillery department of the Knight Academy and became the first generation of artillery officers from the class.

Because of the rapid expansion of artillery, not only the army can use it, but the navy also relies on artillery to fight. Therefore, the promotion of the first generation of Keban artillery officers was very fast, and 21-year-old Li Xiaozhong had already become a major battalion commander. The rank is even higher than his father's!

Hearing the words of his boss, Wang Yan, the defense envoy of the Swallow Fort Fortress, Li Xiaozhong also aimed his telescope at the golden soldiers who were forming a dense formation.

"There are more than a dozen phalanxes of 300 people, and it should be a mooke...... There were no large siege machines, no artillery, only ladders. Li Xiaozhong breathed a sigh of relief as he spoke, "These people can't beat the prismatic out of the fort." ”

Wang Yan said: "If there are too many, it can't be opened...... How many people can spread between two prismal forts?

And once you enter it, you will be attacked from three directions, and there is no way to survive at all! To be honest, I don't even know how to fight this kind of fortress. ”

Wang Yan is a 27-year-old son of the Hedong Forbidden Army, an early graduate of the Knight Academy, but his official fortune has not been good. Without Chen Jian, Xue Ding, Luo Gang, and Yu Yongfu, they were lucky.

But this time I was lucky!

2,200 people against 100,000 gold soldiers! Either he was killed, or he was directly hung up with the rank of general, and he would be the high-level of the Zhou army in the future.

As the two spoke, a flag galloped out of the Jin Army's array, with a white flag on its back—in the flag salute of the Knight Academy, white symbolizes peace talks.

Therefore, the crossbowmen deployed on the fort did not shoot, but let him approach, ran until he reached the moat, and patrolled Wang Yan's military flag.

"Listen to the people in the city, my emperor of Dajin Kingdom has a decree, only Swallow City hands over 100,000 pieces of goods, and Dajin soldiers and horses can go around the city. Otherwise, after the city is broken, the jade will be burned......"

Wang Yan laughed when he heard this: "Go back and tell Ah Guta that he can't beat Swallow Castle!" It is better to withdraw the troops as soon as possible, so as not to bring humiliation on yourself! ”

……

"Herald! The first Mooke, the second Mouke, and the third Mouke in the Bohai Sea attacked the right flank of the triangle fort in front of them!

The fourth, fifth, and sixth Bohai Mouke attacked the left flank of the triangle fort in front of them!

The rest are divided into two divisions, each with a bow and arrow, to cover the attack!

Beat the drums, move forward ......"

Wanyan Zongbi, who received Wang Yan's reply, immediately began to deploy an attack. Although he did not attend a knight's academy, he still learned a lot of Zhou-style military science in the knight's elementary school. Later, he got the textbooks of the Knight Academy for self-study, so the level of using infantry is good, and he can also attack the city.

However, he wouldn't attack the fortress - no one would now - so Zong Bi took the safest approach, and tried it carefully. Wait until you discover the weakness of the fortress before making adjustments or crafting the corresponding siege equipment.

The 6,000 Bohai soldiers quickly formed a formation. Walking in front were 6 ironclad soldiers of Mouke, carrying ladders and shields on their heads.

Behind them were 14 mouk archers, all with only one piece of leather armor to protect their bodies.

Neither the archers nor the ironclads listed a dense formation, but maintained a loose formation, apparently fearing shelling.

The Jurchens had known about the existence of cannons for a long time, and they had found someone to try to make them, but they were unsuccessful. But they still came up with some ways to reduce the damage of artillery fire, and they inevitably put on a more scattered formation. When approaching an enemy's position or city, run fast to try to get into hand-to-hand combat as quickly as possible.

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