Chapter 379: Trebuchet

Since the founding of the Great Liao State, the Khitans have fought in the east and west, fighting the Hugurs, Jurchens, the Eight Barbarians (Mongolia), and Salangai (the people of Geshuhan, now around Lake Baikal), and there have been countless large and small wars, but they have never encountered such a difficult bone to gnaw, and the most ridiculous thing is that this difficult fortified city was built by itself.

On the second day of the siege battle, the two sides won and lost each other, and after countless efforts, the Liao soldiers successfully pulled out two iron rod nets, and the ** soldiers also used the five supplements to cause great damage to the Liao people. In fact, on this day, in addition to being stoned and shot to death by stones and bows and arrows before, when they really climbed the ladder, there were not many people who died, but many people were injured. The first soldiers at the head of the city poured basins of boiling water down, and no matter how brave the Liao soldiers were, they couldn't stop the hot water. At the end of the day, after four hours of offensive and defensive battles, the Liao soldiers were exhausted, and the Ding** soldiers were no better. When the Liao soldiers receded like a tide, many soldiers sat down paralyzed against the battlements. Although the generals of various departments have been enlivening the atmosphere in the army and cheering up the soldiers, the pressure on the Liao soldiers is increasing in the two days of siege.

Wrapped in a cloak, Zhao Yougong leaned in the corner, the wooden woman shrunk her neck, hiding in the man's arms and napping, she was very tired all day, and she didn't know how Yelu Dashi would attack the city tomorrow, this Khitan was really difficult to deal with.

Outside the east city wall, the Liao army camp, Yelu Dashi paced back and forth in the tent, after today's siege battle, the worry in his heart is getting heavier and heavier. There are so many ways for the Han people to defend the city, and the basins of boiling water don't seem to cause much harm to the Daliao warriors, but the actual effect is by no means as simple as it seems. After the scalded soldiers returned to the camp, their skin began to be red and swollen. The ulcer is even more itchy. Many soldiers even scratched their wounds to relieve the itching. The scratchable blood was dripping, and the itching still couldn't be stopped, so that's it, and slowly many soldiers' heads began to burn, and some became delirious. Even some of them who have nothing to do seem to be languishing and have no appetite at all.

The Han people poured more than just boiling water, and they didn't know how much material was added to it. At least the dung soup and lime powder are certain, and they want the Da Liao warriors to fight in the south and the north, but they are beaten by the dung soup and lose their temper. What kind of person was that Zhao Yougong reincarnated, and he could come up with such an idea of lacking morality, no matter how angry he was, Yelu Dashi had to admit that the Han people's methods were simple and effective, and these things used to defend the city were almost readily available, far easier to find than boulders and rolling logs.

The iron rod net was pulled out, but it did not hit the city. It seems that no one is taking advantage, but Yelu Dashi knows it very well in his heart. This time, he was defeated, and the so-called five-tonic Daquan soup made the morale of the army plummet. The morale that cannot be seen or touched is far more terrible than the real casualties. The two armies are fighting, and 10,000 wounded are different from 10,000 dead, dead is dead, and it may not have any effect on the living, but if they are injured, it is different, the wounded will cry out in pain, they will scream, this sound will spread in the camp, and it will slowly cause a panic. And the two-day siege of the city, more than 15,000 wounded, more than 9,000 wounded who lost their combat strength, which is also accompanied by the epidemic that I don't know how to produce and swollen skin, many soldiers who are okay also began to worry about being infected, and the morale of the army is very problematic.

An oil lamp was dim and gloomy, Yelu Dashi knew that the army could not drag on in Wuzhou City for too long, and for every additional day, the morale of the soldiers of the whole army would be reduced by one point, and when the soldiers had no fighting spirit, they would not be far from defeat. Without sleep, he lifted the curtain and walked out, the sky was full of stars, the moon did not know where to hide, almost instinctively, Yelu Dashi came to the easternmost part of the camp, where the rear army was settled, and most of the wounded were transferred here. A snort of pain could be heard in the distance, and Yelu Dashi frowned deeply, and when he saw a witch doctor in charge of healing his wounds walking by, he beckoned and shouted, "What's the situation?" ”

The witch doctor's name is Saihais, and he is a member of the Khitan Damiri tribe, and because he followed Yelu Dashi in his early years, he won the trust of Yelu Dashi. Putting down the sleeves that had been rolled up, Saihais shook his head and said, "Dashuai, the situation is not optimistic, some people have begun to vomit filth, their eyes are white, and one of them has just lost his breath, if he doesn't find the antidote in time, I'm afraid the situation will get worse and worse." ”

In fact, those who are infected with Tripterygium wilfordii toxin will not necessarily die, only those who are very eyed will die, and most of them will have wind chill symptoms. As for the antidote, there is definitely none, even Zhao Xiaojunwang does not have an antidote, let alone his position, not to mention that the Khitan witch doctor has not even found out any poison so far.

"Hey, Saihais, you take extra care of your injured brother, and besides, the things inside are strictly sealed off, so that outsiders don't know!" Yelu Dashi exhaled and looked at the starry sky above his head, "The Han people in Wuzhou City are not easy to deal with." ”

The starry sky is shining, and the beautiful night scene looks like a bloody mouth in the eyes of Yelu Dashi, and I don't know who this big mouth will swallow in the end.

On May 13, the Liao soldiers assembled outside the east city wall, which did not move on the other three sides except for the east city wall. Yelu Dashi is going to focus on attacking in one direction, maybe it's a good thing, but Zhao Yougong couldn't be happy at all, he saw that there were many bed crossbows and trebuchets in the crowd of Liao soldiers. No wonder the Liao soldiers did not attack the city fiercely yesterday, it turned out that they were waiting for trebuchets and other siege weapons.

For a long time, the Khitans were not good at attacking cities, so there was a natural shortage of siege equipment, and Yelu Dashi was able to get so many bed crossbows and trebuchets, which is probably a lot of wasted effort. The trebuchet is not as good as the bed crossbow, the transportation and assembly are big problems, and the breakage rate is extremely high, the trebuchet has many shortcomings, but the advantages are also very prominent, that is, the power is great. Seeing those trebuchets, Zhao Yougong felt a toothache, and it seemed that today was no better.

This time, Yelu Dashi sent Han Dexiang to personally supervise the battle, and the eastern army also sent more than 20,000 people, like the previous two days, the Liao soldiers carried wooden planks on the moat, and came to the city wall very smoothly, set up the ladder, and the Liao soldiers climbed up one by one. After hearing the sound. The Liao soldiers who were still fiercely besieging the city retreated like a tide. Before many of the soldiers could understand what was going on, they saw countless stones flying in the distance.

Bang, a boulder smashed on the battlements, and the originally intact battlements were immediately smashed into a corner, the green bricks were broken, the dust was flying, and a soldier of the army couldn't dodge and was hit in the head by the falling stones. There was no sound for a moment.

The boulder fell, like a storm, many soldiers were hit by stones, almost instantaneously, a soldier wanted to escape from the city wall, but was hit in the back by the boulder, the whole person flew forward, hit the battlements, and the chest also collapsed.

"Ah General save me" A soldier was not yet dead, he held out a hand. He shouted hoarsely, but a boulder flew again. Immediately smashed his hand, which was upturned like a wicker folded at ninety degrees.

Bang a boulder hit the pot of boiling water, the boiling water scattered for a while, many soldiers suffered seedlings, how the Liao soldiers suffered yesterday, they also suffered today. It was freshly boiled water, which was originally reserved for the Liao soldiers who were besieging the city, but now it was sprinkled on their own people, and many soldiers were rolling on the city wall with their heads in their hands, and the wails of pain came and went, and the city wall was full of corpses and limbs in addition to stone and water stains.

Good people, who were still alive and well a moment ago, became blurry at this moment, and couldn't see clearly, some soldiers forgot to flee for their lives, and some squatted directly under the battlements and shivered.

There is a thin soldier, his name is Yan Huan, he followed His Royal Highness just to beg for food, received military salary, and can marry a daughter-in-law and have a family in the future, he doesn't want to die, he really doesn't want to die. With a bang, a boulder hit the opposite battlement and bounced back, directly pressing Yan Huan underneath, the stone pressed against the abdomen, Yan Huan's thin body kept trembling, and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth, he didn't die immediately, his mouth opened and closed, as if he was saying something.

There was chaos on the city wall, and Zhao Yougong was also a little blind, in fact, how much stronger could he be than those recruits? In the face of these deadly stones, he also panicked, even if he was calm before, he still had no idea. How small is a person in this cruel battlefield? There are always some delusions, relying on the power of one person to reverse the situation, and now it is only now that he is an ordinary person.

"Withdraw, quickly remove the city wall, take shelter for the time being"

Gao Zhong brandished his spear, and his shouting also calmed down the panicked soldiers a lot, and walked down the stairs, with his back to the city wall, so that he could feel a lot more at ease. Zhao Yougong stopped Mu Wanqing from dodging, and just wanted to use light skills to jump off the wall, he saw a soldier lying in the corner, the soldier was thin, his face was very long, and there was still some immaturity between his eyebrows. The stone pressed against the abdomen, smashing the abdominal cavity into a depression, the ribs pierced through the skin, exposing the outside, the white bones, dripping with blood, and its tragic condition made people tremble.

Zhao Yougong remembered this soldier, his name was Yanhuan, he was a soldier personally recruited by Han Shizhong back then, and he had been with Zhang Gong after entering Dayangtan. Letting go of Mu Wanqing's hand, dodging the flying stones, he ran over quickly, kneeling on the ground, Zhao Yougong could only hold Yan Huan's trembling hand, "Little ring, little ring"

Yan Huan was already delirious, he couldn't see clearly in front of him, he could still distinguish the sound, at this moment, Yan Huan smiled, he grinned and showed a trace of the most simple smile, and the chapped mouth struggled to make a little sound, "Hehe, Your Highness, I remember to marry my daughter-in-law."

Yan Huan was very happy, because His Highness still remembered his name, he was from a humble background, his parents were dead, he should have been reduced to a beggar, or died on the road to be eaten by wild dogs. It was His Highness who gave him a little hope, and with His Highness, at least he dared to think about marrying a daughter-in-law

The smile remained on his face, and there was no life, Zhao Yougong closed his eyes tightly, his hands trembled, and he felt that there was a wave of anger in his chest, and there was nowhere to vent. This is his Zhao someone's soldiers, these ordinary children who have cleared the customs, they don't know what the emperor wants to dominate, they just want not to starve to death, or marry a daughter-in-law. At this moment, they died in the city of Wuzhou, and until they died, they didn't know why they died.

National righteousness, national interests? Haha, those are all bullshit, ordinary people, where do they understand so much morality? People live to survive, when the descendants of the Han and Tang dynasties can give people a pride, a happiness, then these people will swear to defend the glory of the Han and Tang dynasties, so, in that era, everyone has been proud of the descendants of the Han and Tang dynasties. But what about today? There was a fart in the Great Song Dynasty? Some are just humiliated, and some are just miserable.

"Ah, King Yelu Dashiben, your ancestors"

Zhao Yougong hissed and roared, he couldn't remember Yan Huan's eyes when he died, how much he hoped that Yan Huan would go with anger or hatred, because Yan Huan's smile made him feel extremely guilty.

These people died because of him Zhao Yougong, so if you want to take revenge, he Zhao has never been a good person. (To be continued!)

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