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Chapter 593: Siege

In this era of cold weapons, in addition to a long siege and leading to the opponent's exhaustion of ammunition and food, all of them were filled with human lives without exception, and Li Qing was quite reluctant to use his own elite soldiers in a hundred battles to consume under Jiancheng, he was more willing to mobilize the opponent to annihilate it in the field. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Dingzhou army has been in the army for several years, and its fame has shocked the world, except for the city defense battle of Fuyuan and Dingyuan in that year, their names are obtained in a field battle one by one, and the Dingzhou army conducts a field battle, no matter who it is, it is all a hateful end. The reason for this, in addition to the elite of the Dingzhou soldiers themselves, is that the Dingzhou soldiers have almost no weaknesses to use in the field, the foot soldiers have honed their ability to break the cavalry in the long-term battle with the barbarian cavalry, and the proximity to the grassland allows Dingzhou to develop a large number of cavalry, the combat routine of the infantry and cavalry is quite skillful, coupled with the excellent weapons, it is to have the upper hand no matter who it encounters.

On the other hand, his opponent, the brute cavalry is trapped in the infantry formation of Dingzhou, once the powerful cavalry can not chisel through the infantry lineup, it will immediately become the target of the ant-like infantry, and the Central Plains departments, but the general lack of cavalry, in the competition with the Dingzhou soldiers, was rushed by the horse team, or in the periphery of the shooting, open the gap, the foot soldiers surged up again, and Dingzhou battle, you must always pay attention to the opponent's large-scale interspersed detours, and start a battle to shrink back.

Under the prestige, everyone ignored that the Dingzhou army had never fought a fortified city. And Qinzhou City, now in front of Li Qing, he will become the touchstone of Dingzhou soldiers.

And Li Qing also clearly realized this problem, the horse stepping on the Central Plains is different from the battle on the vast grassland, the hinterland of the Central Plains, the strong city is everywhere, want to compete for the world, attacking the strong city is a hurdle that the Dingzhou soldiers cannot bypass. Li Qing decided that Qinzhou would become a training ground for him, and he wanted his soldiers to learn how to attack Jiancheng.

In the whole world, if there is a city that is stronger than the city defense of Qinzhou, then there is only Luoyang, and the city of Qinzhou will be defeated in the future.

Li Qing's middle route army mainly attacked the west city gate, the mountain wind mainly attacked the north city, and the Li Yizhou army mainly attacked the south city, but the east city gate was left, without a single soldier, it seemed that the net was open, allowing the enemy to escape from here.

Qinzhou defender, the commander of the right battalion in the capital Guo Zhen, watched the main force of the Dingzhou army move and arranged, but there was nothing to be done, out of the city to fight is to send sheep like a tiger's mouth, retreat is absolutely impossible, the order given to him by the apocalypse is to hold on to Qinzhou City for at least half a month, in order to cover the withdrawal of the main troops into Xingzhou, to build a defensive line, so he knows that Li Qingwei Sanque one, he can not abandon the city.

Looking up at the sky, Guo Zhen's heart is gloomy, although the weather is still very cold, but the temperature is as high as a day, if he retreats now, the Dingzhou cavalry can not pose much threat to himself, but ten days and a half later, who knows what the situation is, once the snow melts, he will retreat at that time, but I am afraid that he will not be able to escape the interspersed encirclement of the Dingzhou iron cavalry. The annihilation of the whole army is the final fate of himself.

But Guo Zhen has no way to retreat, Tianqi left the right battalion of the Beijing division to stay, not Zhou Tong's Qinzhou army, the purpose of Guo Zhen is naturally clear, including himself, all the right battalion of the Beijing division, and all the family members are in Luoyang City, if you don't fight bravely to kill the enemy and complete the mission of the apocalypse, I am afraid that the relatives I am waiting for will have a hard time in the future, let alone surrender, once you surrender, your relatives will immediately be the end of the vegetable market. The Qinzhou army was different, if they were left to defend Qinzhou City, they knew that this was a mortal situation, and they might surrender to Li Qing. Taking away the Qinzhou army, Li Qing occupied Qinzhou, and these Qinzhou people who lost their homes must be looking forward to retaking their homeland, and their fighting spirit must be strong, which means killing two birds with one stone.

Guo Zhen is a professional soldier who is never afraid of death or war, but for such a defeated battle, he is a little discouraged, no matter how hard he tries, he will not change this outcome.

Guo Zhen explained the current situation to his generals without scruples, if his subordinates wanted to leave and escape, he would not stop him now, but once the war started, if anyone wanted to leave the city, what was waiting for him was his own steel knife.

Although the generals of the right battalion of the Beijing division were sad and indignant in their hearts, none of them left, they were like Guo Zhen, their relatives and family members were all in Luoyang, where could they flee, where could they flee to?

"Let's fight!" The generals roared angrily: "I hope Your Majesty can remember our desperate death and treat us and other relatives kindly!" ”

Looking at the generals under his command, Guo Zhen nodded with satisfaction, the so-called mourning soldiers will win, although there is no hope of victory at the moment, it is good to hold on for one more day.

Qinzhou city defense is quite complete, whether it is a large catapult, or a long-range attack of the eight bull crossbow, short-range shooting of the scorpion cannon, strong crossbow, are everything, even the production of Dingzhou 100 rounds of crossbows, Qinzhou also has dozens of units, the only deficiency is that the crossbow arrows used in this powerful 100 rounds of crossbow is specially made, Qinzhou does not have much, if the war is fierce, maybe a day, the stored crossbow arrows will be exhausted, at that time, these expensive 100 rounds of crossbow will become a piece of waste.

The 30,000 soldiers left behind to defend the city in the right battalion of the Beijing division are indeed mourning soldiers now, since they know that they will die, everything in front of them has become a floating cloud, and the only thought is how to drag a few more cushions, Guo Zhen who patrols the city is quite satisfied, so morale, relying on the solidity of Qinzhou City, he may be able to create a miracle in the history of war.

The first to attack was Li Qing's middle route army, the snow on the ground was frozen hard, and the moat of Qinzhou City became a decoration, which gave the attackers one less obstacle, and they could directly step on the ice of the moat several zhang wide and directly attack Qinzhou City.

The cavalry roared and galloped past the city, and immediately the knights opened their bows and arrows and whizzed towards the city, and behind them, the foot soldiers carried ladders, pushed the Mengchong carts, and the siege engines, surging forward, and behind these foot soldiers, large catapults were also pushed within their range by the soldiers, and began to be ready to fire.

Guo Zhen looked at the trebuchets that stood up in the distance, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart, the trebuchets produced in Dingzhou, their range and accuracy, far more than ordinary trebuchets, like now, the opponent's trebuchets can hit the city, but their own trebuchets can not suppress them, completely in a passive position, can only use trebuchets to hit the siege soldiers, and once their own trebuchets are exposed, they will inevitably summon the blow of the other party's storm.

"Come on, move all our trebuchets back, and the standard firing position is the first line of the moat!" Guo Zhen exhaled a breath of turbidity, Lao Tzu can't beat you, you don't want to hit me, Lao Tzu specializes in beating your soldiers who are attacking the city.

The siege vehicle in Dingzhou is extremely tall, generally the height of some small cities, that is, the height of the siege vehicle, but Qinzhou is different, the siege vehicle is less than half the height of the other party, the Dingzhou army pushed the siege to a certain distance, then stopped, the soldiers climbed to the top, and busily installed the eight-bull crossbow one by one, aiming at Qinzhou City.

With a huge whistling sound, a stone bullet flew high from the camp of the Dingzhou army, crossed a beautiful arc in the air, and fell into the city of Qinzhou.

"Prepare for battle!" Guo Zhen put on his helmet and strode up to the city tower, at this time, the Dingzhou foot soldiers let out a tsunami-like shout, they had crossed the moat, and one after another cloud ladders set up the city wall, and the soldiers attached themselves to it. Almost at the same time, the trebuchets in the distance made a loud noise one after another, and one after another dozens of pounds of stone bullets crossed the heads of the Dingzhou soldiers and smashed the city wall.

The soldiers who stood on the city wall and prepared to engage were suddenly killed and wounded.

The trebuchet in the city also sounded, the stone bullet just happened to cross the city, when it fell, just smashed to the siege soldiers, the same as Dingzhou, the stone bullet was also polished round in the city of Qinzhou, and what made the Dingzhou army even more uncomfortable was that the ice outside the city was smooth, which increased the sliding distance after the stone bullet landed.

It was the Tianlei Battalion that launched the first attack, and Lei must have personally gone into battle, holding a Mo knife in one hand and an iron shield in the other, shouting and rushing forward.

The trebuchets in the city were limited in range, and they were more afraid of being countered by Dingzhou and stayed away from the city wall, which allowed the archers of Dingzhou to push closer, and a large number of archers lined up in a neat queue and rained arrows at the city wall under the loud orders of the officers. Covering the soldiers who ascended the city. On the siege vehicle, the unique hissing sound of the eight-bull crossbows cut through the air and shot towards the city, and the city tower was hit by several eight-bull crossbows from time to time, causing the entire city tower to shake slightly. If that person happens to be hit by this kind of crossbow arrow, then there is no need to look at it, it must be dead.

The first attack of the Dingzhou army actually hit the city wall. Looking at the Dingzhou soldiers who climbed the city wall shouting and jumping off the battlements, Guo Zhen's face couldn't help but change color, thinking that it would be difficult to fight, but he didn't expect it to be difficult to fight like this, this is just the beginning, and the opponent actually killed the city wall.

"Hang!" He shouted angrily and gave orders.

After Xicheng began to attack, less than a pillar of incense, the other two sides, also launched an attack, Qinzhou City for a while, the sound of killing shook the sky, arrows in the air, stone bullets like flying locusts, blood splashed, in an instant, the city, the city, the white earth was dyed with red spots.

The battle of Qinzhou City is in full swing, and Liaozhou, which is far away from the Central Plains, Zeng Qingfeng, the patriarch of the Zeng clan, is already dying, and his life is hanging by a thread. On the bank of the Tuojiang River, Jinghai and Zhenliao two battalions of elite were wiped out in a battle, and even the main general was beheaded in the city, becoming the highest head above the huge Jingguan, and the huge blow made Zeng Qingfeng fall, and then Li Qing was not dead, the Dingzhou coup failed, and the Dingzhou army counterattacked under the command of Li Qing, defeated Zhang Aimin, captured Minzhou, and attacked Qinzhou.

Zeng Qingfeng was critically ill, and Zeng Yifan was hurriedly called back.