Chapter 624: Boiling the Soldiers
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The sound of gold sounded, and the drums of war alternated.
If you don't know the military, you don't know what this means.
Sima of the two Song armies looked at the moat in front of him unwillingly, if it weren't for this river blocking the way, he could now command the troops to attack Guancheng. Feeling the gaze of the soldiers watching them, the two army horses waved their hands and shouted: "The front army becomes the rear army, the rear army turns to the front army, and retreats a hundred steps back!"
The Thunderbolts moved forward, and during the cease-fire they were pulled and dragged forward, at least thirty paces forward. That's because Zhu Biao's entire front part is also moving forward neatly. Anyway, there are no thunderbolts in Donglang Pass, and you should know that the prince's army has already transported them to Cangsong Pass. And with the threat of the bed crossbow alone, it's hard to believe that after the previous rain of ammunition, there will still be something intact at the juncture.
The golden gong sounded four times, and the two Song armies retreated and stood up, temporarily stopping the attack. The thunderbolt roared again, anyway, there are not many other things in this area, only wood and stones, and the thunderbolt is broken and repaired and built, and the polished stone bullets are used up, so the stones are directly used. Although in this way, the landing point and range of the Thunderbolt have changed.
After all, the polished stone projectile is more round, and with the help of the air, after the ejection is launched, the trajectory is not easy to change, whether it is accuracy or range, it is more than one step higher than the original stone.
The infantry archers of the two phalanx of the forward team quickly retreated, and they needed to rest. No one can support the continuous release of arrows, and any foot archer can shoot more than 20 arrows in a row, which is already absolutely excellent. The foot archers of these two phalanxes were less than twenty arrows, but they were at least fifteen arrows each. Many of the soldiers were so tired that they couldn't lift their arms.
The defenders at the head of the city did not breathe a sigh of relief, and General Zhonglang watched the two Song armies slowly retreat in a strict formation, and saw the new Song army slowly approaching in a solemn formation.
Three times the density of arrows just now. There was also the stone bullet that had been launched again before, which made the guards who had just rushed to the city cry bitterly.
But in any case, the Song army did not directly attack the city after all. You must know that although the Song army did not officially attack the city just now, it only filled in the moat and carried out a long-range attack, but the rain of stones and arrows flying in the Song army's array under the city, as well as the cold light flashing from the swords, guns, swords and halberds of the thousand-person battle array......
A huge suffocating pressure rushes into the face, and it is impossible to avoid it! Even Zhonglang muttered in his heart. If the generals of the Song army did not care about the casualties. Directly fill in a passage in the moat with instruments, and the army immediately approached to kill, and General Zhonglang was really worried about whether he could hold out until Bian Liangqun led the troops to help.
In the face of the overwhelming offensive of the Song army, everyone will feel a chill in their hearts.
The sound of "poof, poof......" sounded one after another. Countless people were crowded under the city, and the sound of dirt bags falling into the water was endless.
The prince's army guarding the Donglang Pass had already sounded the drums of war. With the sound of drums, 500 crossbowmen in the Tibetan Soldier Cave quickly rushed out and rushed to the city, and joined forces with the crossbowmen already on the city head to shoot below. But the effect is far from ideal.
In order to fill the moat as much as possible, Zhu Biao used all the trench filling trucks and spinning cars that were made last afternoon and night, and one after another heavy equipment was pushed to the edge of the moat, and the huge baffles were erected high, and the baffles were all covered with thick wet raw cattle oblique baffles, which could completely block the bows and crossbows and arrows shot by the city head. In the rear, horse-drawn carriages that could be easily modified to fire arrows, and 5,000 infantry troops tirelessly carried bags full of sand and gravel into the moat under various protective covers.
Using their own superior long-range suppression force, the prince army at the head of the city couldn't raise their heads at all, even if they used bows and crossbows to counter suppression, they couldn't effectively kill and injure the Song soldiers who carried mud bags after various equipment. It was even more difficult to shoot the wagons carrying sandbags of loess, not only because the drivers had shields on their heads, but also the horses with thick carpets.
Donglang Guancheng head. From time to time, there are guards looking out of the city with tiny arrow holes, and they can only see crowds in the distance, and countless Song soldiers are slowly devouring the three-zhang wide moat, and an invisible pressure is hitting again. Every soldier of the prince's army who saw this situation felt dazed and helpless, and panicked.
As the saying goes: defending without attacking is a dead defense. But now, judging from the strength of the existing prince's army in Donglang Pass, they really don't have the strength to open the city gate and raise troops to kill. Pei Lun's 70,000 troops left in Dong'an, and the 50,000 main forces were all under Cangsong Pass. There are only five or six thousand people here in Donglangguan. Otherwise, why did Bian Liangqun abandon Xinhua so neatly?
It is because the 2,000 county soldiers in Xinhua City will be of great use when they are placed on Donglang Pass. Without soldiers and generals, what fresh tricks can Zhonglang conjure? It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice! The strength of the Song army was as high as 30,000 troops, and Zhu Biao, who led the troops, destroyed Pei Lun's army to help. There is such a shining and dazzling light on his body, and the huge gap in the soft and hard power of the two sides makes it impossible for Shouguan Zhonglang to do anything.
Zhonglang will be on this broken battlements, cracked female walls, and even tattered Guancheng, whenever he looks at the situation of the Song army through the arrow holes, his heart is as uncomfortable as being stung by a needle. And a bad premonition became more and more obvious in his mind.
Taking a deep breath, he forcibly suppressed the uneasy feelings in his heart, and the cool air calmed his chaotic thoughts. "Shoot your arrows and fire them with all your might. Shoot-"
There is only this way, you can't watch the Song army fill the moat in vain, right?
The war drums suddenly sounded from the city, and without a warning, a black rain of arrows fell from the city and rushed to the Song army.
The soldiers of the Song Army who were carrying bags of sand and gravel on their backs heard the whistling sound of the sharp arrows breaking through the air, so they immediately squatted on the ground and put the sandbags of earth and stones on their heads. With the shouts of the military academy, with a "swish", the knife players also raised their hands in unison and set up a tight cover on the top of their heads. The soldiers who were close to the sword hand immediately threw down the sandbags in their hands and flexibly got under the cards in their hands. After a few groans of pain, a few thirty or twenty people collapsed on the way back and forth, and the sound of wailing rang out sporadically.
This casualty is just a drizzle for the tens of thousands of pro-military battalions under the city. There was no doubt that the six-step archers, who had just been silent for a while, attacked with all their strength again, and after a few rounds, they suppressed the counterattack in the city to Lisuo.
Just after noon, the originally wide moat had been filled, and the moat that was more than a mile long under Donglang Pass was cut into five sections by bags of earth and stones.
No need to be inspired, all the defenders on the city already know that the time has come to fight hard!
Chen An, a square face of the Chinese character, tiger back bear waist, short beard like a piece of steel needle on the lower forehead, strong and powerful, tiger eyes round open, holding a big knife in front of the horse, behind him, a big yellow flag waving in the wind, fluttering on the flag of the big 'Song' word hunting and hunting.
The sound of war drums is like a conjuring spirit from hell, with the wave of the command flag, it suddenly sounded from all around, the heavy drum rhythm is distinct, accompanied by the sound of "knock ......", the rear Chen Anying completely replaced the front guard battalion, and the siege battle officially began!
The battle array, the tight battle array, dressed in purple and yellow-edged battle robes, spears and halberds, and the foot soldiers of the Song army draped all over their bodies took a steady step by the beat of the drum. One by one, ladders and cars rushed to the wall with the impetus of the Song army. With the deafening sound of drums and the tumbling banner, the siege began.
The prince army lieutenant general standing on the pass subconsciously clenched the spear in his hand, as the master of the army, he is naturally also the best among people, and his courage is not small. But the courage he thought he had before had never made him so uneasy as he was today!
Looking at the imposing Song army formation under the city, looking at the sharp spears and bright and cold broadswords in the array, he had a feeling of numbness in his scalp, and then there was the high morale and fighting spirit of this Song army.
Zhu Biao swept Dong'an with 30,000 troops, and then overthrew Pei Lun's 80,000 reinforcements, which was a dazzling and bright aura. Thinking that the Song army he dealt with was also 30,000 people, and thinking that the army under his command was less than 6,000 people, his confidence was weakened! Now looking at the Song army under the city, he has a kind of such a dense Song army soldier holding high spears and swords, and the solemn queue is pressing towards him alone, and there is a sense of decadence in his heart that cannot be parried.
The thunderbolt in the distance had stopped roaring, and the Song army's troops had already assaulted a very close distance under Donglang Pass, and if they threw again, they would accidentally injure their own people. Chen An looked up at the fluttering banner of the word "Zhou" at the head of the city, and the cold killing intent overflowed all around him. "Kill—" Chen An roared.
"Shoot the arrows—" The guard yelled at the same time. Taking advantage of the opportunity for the stones to stop, he decisively ordered the crossbowmen to return fire. At this time, there is no need to save arrows or anything, and it is the right way to kill and injure the Song army to the maximum extent and frustrate their morale.
"Knife player, raise your shield!" Chen An, who was on the front line, shouted loudly. Almost at the same time, the personal soldiers beside him were already blocking him, and shields blocked him from the airtight. "Get out of the way, bastard, it's so far away, I'm afraid I'm going to be shot to death!" The soldiers didn't say a word, and they were still guarding in front of Chen An. This is the duty of the guards, and the purpose of their existence is to protect the safety of the main general.
"Step bowmen forward, bed crossbows ready—"
"Put!" Chen An immediately commanded his subordinates to return the color, and at the same time ordered the bed crossbow to be fired, and now it was time to use all the means. (To be continued.)