Using long-range weapons to cover the entangled battlefield of the enemy and us, this tactic is not uncommon in the history of war, this is also a double-edged sword tactic, if used well, at least you can do it with a pawn for a car, and even turn the tide and save the defeat, but if you don't use it well, if you are not careful, you will steal the chicken and not eat the rice, and even swallow the evil fruit and bring about your own destruction. Since ancient times, that is, Marshal Zhukov has relied on the morale bonus effect of the political commissar to play this tactic to the fullest, and used a large number of cannon fodder to kill almost the same amount of Nazi elites, and even if other commanders knew this tactic, they did not dare to use it indiscriminately until the last moment of life and death.

General Li Zixiong has full confidence in playing this dangerous tactic, General Li is very clear about the bottom of the right guard team of the defenders of the Eastern Capital, the elite main force was basically defeated by Emperor Yang of Sui in the Liaodong battlefield last year, and the general Li Jing, who can fight well, also capsized in the gutter last year, and accidentally died in the hands of a group of thieves. There is also the emperor who has never been on the battlefield once and is often sick, such a team and such a general, hiding on the city wall to smash stones and release arrows may be barely competent, and when it comes to the moment of hand-to-hand combat when the short knife is connected, it must be a faster than one to slip away.

It is precisely because of these circumstances that General Li dared to take a risk with this double-edged sword tactic, and General Li firmly believed that once the stone projectiles thrown by the five trebuchets flew to the battlefield of the city wall, facing the dual threat of flying stones and ant rebels, the Sui soldiers on the city wall must quickly collapse and collapse, and the rebel ant attached team that was quite well prepared could also take the opportunity to rush to the Luoyang city wall endlessly and take the eastern capital in one fell swoop!

General Li's self-confidence is not without reason, at this moment on the offensive and defensive battlefield, although the rockets fired by the defenders' archers have all ignited the rebel ladder car, and it is difficult for the bulky ladder car that is burning to successfully reach the city wall, but the ladders of the rebel team have leaned on the city wall one after another, and the rebel vanguard selected from the main army of the rebels has high morale, climbing the ladder against the stones and sticking to the wood, and repeatedly charging towards the towering city wall, and the rebel forward general Wang Zhongbo is also constantly yelling and shouting," Rush! Rush! The first person to kill the city wall of Luoyang will be rewarded with a thousand gold! 300 acres of fertile land! Rush! Brothers, rush! ”

Under the tactical command of the main and secondary divisions, the defenders did not rush to release arrows to suppress the rebel soldiers, and concentrated rocket fire on the rebel ladder cart that posed the greatest threat to the city wall, preferring to kill some enemies less than give the rebel ladder cart a chance to climb the city wall; The other defenders, relying on their condescending geographical advantage, smashed the enemy under the city with well-prepared stones and woods, and at the same time carried large logs to constantly hit the rebel ladders, knocking over the ladders that had been built on the city wall and leading people over them, so as not to give the enemy a large number of opportunities to quickly enter the city.

Although the defenders of Shangchunmen gave General Li a little surprise in terms of tactical command, General Li did not worry at all, and while paying attention to the battlefield of the city wall, he also kept paying attention to the five rapidly advancing trebuchets, and the five trebuchets surrounded by more than 400 people in two regiments did not disappoint General Li, and arrived near the battlefield very smoothly, and quickly arranged one hundred and fifty steps away from the city wall, and began to prepare for the stone throwing siege. And in this position, although the composite bow equipped by the defenders of the Eastern Capital can also be shot, the strength is greatly reduced, and the accuracy is greatly lost, and it is difficult to suppress the effect.

What made General Li smile was that while the rebel team was arranging trebuchets, the defenders of Luoyang on the city wall did not concentrate bows and arrows to cover the trebuchets as he was slightly worried, but continued to concentrate their bows and arrows on the ladder carts that had already ignited the skyrocketing fire, which made General Li couldn't help but smile and said: "Pei Hongce, in the end, it is still a little tender." ”

At the same time, on the wall of Shangchunmen, Pei Hongce, who was ridiculed as immature by General Li, was asking his distant nephew Chen Yingliang, who was even more immature than him: "Virtuous nephew, the location of the traitor's trebuchet, our bows and arrows can barely be shot, why not put a few rounds of rockets to see if we can burn the enemy's trebuchet?" ”

"Uncle, it's useless." Chen Yingliang replied calmly: "The trebuchet is not as small as the ladder car, the most critical throwing arm is also thin and strong, our rocket is difficult to shoot, and even if it hits, the enemy can quickly extinguish the fire, and it is impossible to form a fatal blow to the trebuchet." Also, the enemy's forces are very sufficient, and even if we shoot some slings and kill one, the enemy can immediately replenish two or three. ”

"I see." Pei Hongce suddenly realized, and scolded in a very depressed manner, "Damn, our trebuchets can't get up the city wall, this time we can only be beaten, and it is difficult to fight back." ”

"Uncle don't worry, there are only five trebuchets of the enemy, and they are drag-line trebuchets, and the stone projectiles thrown are light and small, and they pose little threat to us." Chen Yingliang comforted, and at the same time, Chen Yingliang was depressed in his heart, and said secretly: "his mother, it's a pity that Lao Tzu doesn't dare to expose it now, otherwise, build a few counterweight lever trebuchets and hide in the city can make Yang Xuangan cry wolf." ”

At this time, the rebels' siege vehicles have also rushed to the vicinity of the city gate, although Pei Hongce and Xie Zichong have already arranged heavy troops and a large number of defensive weapons here to defend, the possibility of the rebel team being able to break through the city gate is very small, but the defenders have also lost the possibility of going out of the city to raid the rebel team's trebuchet position, and the rebel team also took the opportunity to fix the five precious trebuchets, put the total weight of about 100 catties of large and small stone bullets into the net pocket, and wait until the five are loaded, behind each trebuchet, Fifty rebel soldiers had already stood in line with their backs to the trebuchet, all of them holding and dragging the already taut towing ropes, waiting for the order to be issued - it was not practical for so many people to drag, but the rebels were not well trained and it was difficult to move neatly, plus they were afraid of the interference of the defenders' bows and arrows, so Yang Xuangan and General Li unanimously decided to send more soldiers to drag - anyway, the most important thing for the rebel team was manpower.

"Put!" When the flag waved, 250 rebel soldiers dragged the rope and rushed forward together, driving the lower end of the throwing arm to sink downward, and the upper end of the throwing arm was thrown up suddenly, and the large and small stone bullets in the net pocket were thrown out by centrifugal force, like a swarm of flying locusts, roaring and flying towards the Luoyang city wall one hundred and fifty steps away, and flying towards the city wall battlefield where the two warring sides were extremely dense.

When the stone bullets landed, the warring sides were inevitably affected, and the rebel siege team was very little affected, because the defenders were already smashing them with stones and falling logs, and they would not be surprised even if they were hit by the stone bullets. The condescending defenders were heavily affected, and a large pile of large and small stones suddenly fell from the cloudless clear sky, killing and injuring the defenders, and the defenders who were stoned to death were of course inexplicable, and they didn't understand how they died until they died, but the defenders who were injured or not hit were panicked, and they all screamed and screamed, "How can there be stones down?" How could a stone fall? The stone that came from? ”

Panic is cowardice, cowardice is chaos, by the rebel trebuchet indiscriminate blow, the original formation, the well-guarded defender team suddenly began to chaos, the rebel soldiers under the city wall took the opportunity to step on the ladder to climb quickly, in an instant has rushed to the upper part of the city wall. At the same time, the rebel ant team led by Wang Zhongbo also took the opportunity to start the second wave of attack, and strode forward with five intact ladder trucks, charging towards the Luoyang city wall, which had already appeared chaotic. There are also the rebels' trebuchet team, which also hurriedly reloaded and thrown, desperately firing stone bullets at the city wall, and doing their best to expand the defenders on the city wall.

"Rush up! Hahahaha! Finally rushed up! ”

When he saw the first rebel soldier rushing to the head of Luoyang City, Yang Xuan couldn't help but raise his arms and shout, Tie Qing's face was suddenly swept away, and he began to laugh loudly. ”

Li Zixiong's smile and Yang Xuangan's laughter immediately froze on his face, and in the chaos of the Sui army in the city, a group of Sui soldiers in white robes didn't know where they came out, and they couldn't see what means and weapons they used if they were too far away, and only in the blink of an eye, the rebel soldiers who rushed to the city wall first got off the city wall, and what made Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong even more stunned was that the rebel soldier had turned into pieces of different sizes when he fell into the city!

At the same time, more Sui soldiers in white robes appeared on the city wall, taking a group as a unit, arrogantly rushing to the position of the rebel soldiers who had successfully landed on the city, and the rebel soldiers who finally rushed to the city wall fell off the city wall one by one, or disappeared without a trace, although the five trebuchets of the rebel team were still throwing stone bullets at the city, but they did not have any effect on them at all. The Sui soldiers, who were extremely flustered before, didn't know if they had taken the wrong medicine, and even heard cheers, and then resumed smashing the soldiers under the city with stones and logs, and at the same time trying to make way for the road space, so that those Sui soldiers in white robes guarded the ladder of the rebel team.

"White-robed soldiers! The white-robed soldier is here again! Yang Xuangan and others' rebel ranks sounded panicked shouts, although the rebel grassroots generals stopped beating these screaming rebel soldiers in time, but there was still a commotion in the neat queue of rebel ranks, countless soldiers turned their heads to each other, and they talked and spread the horror of the ****, and the morale value dropped in an uproar.

The last time Li Zixiong saw the Baoguo Army was at night, he couldn't see it clearly, and at the same time, he encountered the most elite in the rebel army, although he fought beautifully, it was difficult to show his majesty, this time it was a battle in broad daylight, his back to the sun was excellent, and Li Zixiong, whose old eyes were not dizzy, finally saw the true face of the Baoguo Army like a wolf and a tiger, and also saw the fragility of the rebel soldiers in front of the Baoguo Army, Li Zixiong couldn't help but ask Yang Xuangan in surprise: "Duke Chu, I heard that last time in the Bishan battlefield, Is it true that these white-robed soldiers of a few hundred people raided and burned your grain and grass, and then killed tens of thousands of troops unscathed? ”

Yang Xuangan was the last thing he wanted to mention was this embarrassing matter, and he gritted his teeth and said: "There is this matter, but it is the luck of these boys, who did not investigate for a while when they met the third brother, and Li Mi, the idiot, took it lightly and did not organize the army to launch a counterattack in time, which made this group of tyrant lackeys in filial piety robes take a big advantage." ”

"Duke Chu doesn't have to be angry, the old man will avenge you today." Li Zixiong smiled and said confidently: "When our ladder truck leans against the city wall, we can take revenge." ”

Some of the old generals Li who like to brag soon found that they were going to be slapped in the face again, and the independent special line was also extremely conspicuous to serve the country, and after being put into the battlefield by Chen Yingliang in time, it immediately played a key role in the backbone of the battlefield, and the rebel team threw stone bullets to attack the warring teams on both sides indiscriminately, these stone bullets could not play a psychological blow to the **** soldiers who could still show off their might in tens of thousands of enemies, and they were eager to kill the enemy and make a fortune The soldiers are still like tigers descending from the mountain, shouting and cheering to cut down any rebel soldier who is lucky enough to succeed in the city, and because there are many monks and few porridges and everyone fights for merit, all the rebel soldiers who died tragically in the hands of the **** soldiers were cut to pieces, almost like meat sauce dumpling stuffing. The rebel troops, covered by bows and arrows and trebuchets, were unable to successfully occupy the walls, despite their fierce attacks.

With the **** soldiers to deal with the frontal enemy and shoulder the most dangerous melee mission, the other Sui soldiers also quickly recovered from the chaos, and restarted to use the city defense materials to effectively attack the place under the city, and also smashed the rolling stones and trees heavier, harder and more accurate, smashing the rebels under the city to cry wolves, flesh and blood flew fiercely, and also smashed the rebel soldiers on the flying ladder like hail raindrops, which made it more difficult to form an effective threat.

There is also the most critical archery team, after surviving the panic of encountering stone bullets, under Chen Yingliang's repeated orders and the general's leather whip, the archers of the defending army quickly reopened their strong bows, and threw countless flaming feather arrows at the rebel ladder cart that attacked again, and the heavy and slow rebel ladder cart was soon filled with arrows with fire feathers, and like the ten predecessors before them, they had gradually burst into flames without leaning against the city wall.

The battle fell back into a stalemate, although the siege tactics of the rebel team were three-dimensional and orderly, with cover and means, and they also used the siege vehicle team to distract the defenders, and at the same time blocked the defenders' way out of the city in disguise, killing two birds with one stone. However, the defenders' means of defense are more orderly, the archers are responsible for using rockets to burn the enemy's most threatening ladder carts, the other teams are responsible for effectively killing and injuring the enemies under the city with rolling stones and falling trees, and the elite teams are responsible for plugging and filling the gaps. Break the ice.

The sun gradually rose to the sky, as time passed, the casualties of the rebel team became larger and larger, and in the case that the defenders had not yet thrown the dovetail torch of the oil tank, the fifteen siege ladder vehicles had already ignited the skyrocketing fire, and the rebel flag array, which was full of confidence and expectation, gradually fell silent, and the Yang brothers and the rebel generals looked at the eyes of the old general Li, and they were no longer so full of worship and admiration, and the old general Li who was slapped in the face one after another was also a little unbearable. After quietly scolding himself for hitting the enemy with his back, General Li gritted his teeth and ordered: "Rotation of the archery team, rotation of the siege team, withdraw the ant-attached team, make room, General Yang Xuanting, you take four thousand fresh troops and one hundred flying ladders to go up, and continue to storm Luoyang City." The last five ladder trucks continued to stand still, waiting in place! ”

Yang Xuanting led 4,000 troops to the front with a new hundred flying ladders, the archery team and the siege convoy began to rotate at the same time, and the rebel team that had always been blocked under the city also retreated according to the order, leaving a large number of dense corpses under the city, as well as fifteen tattered ladder carts that had almost been burned to ashes.

Seeing these changes in the ranks of the rebels on the city wall, Chen Yingliang sneered and said, "Want to rely on the wheel battle with sufficient troops? Unfortunately, your troops are sufficient, but your large siege weapons are not so sufficient. ”

After sneering, Chen Yingliang immediately shouted and ordered: "The archery team is rotated, replenish the arrows and rockets, replenish the sheepshead stone and the sassal wood, let the soldiers hurry up and drink water, report the **** rotation, Chen Zhihong and Zhao Yu's team will go down to rest and wait for their lives, and Guo Feng and Chen Ci's team will go to the city!" Convey my words to the whole army, the key to the victory or defeat of this battle is already the last five ladder cars of the traitors, burn them, and we will win! ”

Chen Yingliang's order, which had established the image of the god of war in the right Wuwei army, was also effectively and quickly implemented, and when the defenders were quickly rotated, the war drums were loud, and the rebel army led by Yang Xuanting had re-killed under the city of Luoyang.

"Traitor of dog days, come up!" Guo Feng led his team to shout on the city wall, brandishing new weapons and shouting at the head of the city where arrows and stones were raining, "Lao Tzu's nine-ring machete has long been hungry and thirsty, and the nine-ring machete given to me by General Huangfu himself is missing some openings, come up and open for Lao Tzu!" ”

What kind of generals lead what soldiers, Guo Feng shouted arrogantly, and the **** soldiers under his command also yelled, even more arrogantly provoking the enemies under the city, and doing everything they could to insult. On Chen Ci's side, most of the **** soldiers of Chen Ci's team folded their hands and followed Chen Ci to chant aloud to the rebels in the city, overtaking these poor enemies who were about to die tragically under their own swords, guns and axes in advance............

"Nan has no great compassion, great compassion, relief of suffering, great inspiration, Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva Mahasattva. There is no Buddha in the south, there is no Buddha in the south, there is no monk in the south, and there is no Guanyin Bodhisattva in the south to save suffering. Woe, oh. Galovado, Gavaldole ....... ”

At the same time, in the north city of Luoyang City, the Sui army reserve gathered here staggered, sitting or lying, chatting and laughing, as if there was no military affairs at all, and many soldiers simply fell asleep, in this regard, General Liu Changgong, who commanded the reserves, not only did not bother to pay attention, but also took the lead in finding a shady place to sit down, tasting the fragrant tea boiled by the soldiers, and sighed sincerely: "Yang Xuangan, it would be good if you hit the spring gate every time, and it was the uncle of the Ying Liang brothers who guarded the spring gate, Brother Ying Liang has to go up to help without orders, and General Ben can be so easy every time. ”

At the same time, in the rebel flag array, I saw from a distance that my own soldiers were constantly rolling down the flying ladder like rain, and the sweat on General Li's face continued to roll down like those unlucky rebel soldiers, and he said to Yang Xuangan with an embarrassed expression: "Duke Chu, can you let Master Li hurry up and build more trebuchets?" If there were more trebuchets and a few hook carts and winch crossbows, the old man would have captured Luoyang City a long time ago. Also, we don't have enough ladder trucks. ”