The next morning, Zhao began to erect an arrow tower on the opposite side of the moat in Hangzhou.

The thief army in the city naturally would not let him complete it smoothly, and they released arrows at the head of the city one after another.

But Zhao Ta's arrow tower was erected relatively far, and the arrows in the city were already weak when they reached the arrow tower, and they basically couldn't hurt anyone.

Whether it was Fang Baihua or Fang Fifteen, they all wondered in their hearts, they didn't know what threat the arrow tower at this distance could play to Hangzhou City, after all, they were sticking to the main thing and would not take the initiative to go out of the city, and Zhao Ta was not besieged, only operating in the north of the city.

There are three arrow towers in total, all of which are relatively high, although they are not at the head of the city, but they are not too close.

Then Zhao Ta placed the bed crossbow on both sides of the arrow tower.

He brought a total of ten bed heavy crossbows from Tokyo, and other types of crossbow machines and ballistas, no less than hundreds.

Five of the ten bed heavy crossbows are eight-ox crossbows and five are thousand-step crossbows.

As for other medium and light crossbows, there are large cicada crossbows, divine arm crossbows, etc.

The distance from the arrow tower to the head of Hangzhou City, if you want to shoot effectively, only the Eight Bull Crossbow and the Thousand Step Crossbow can do it, that is, the middle crossbow's Dahe cicada crossbow and the double bow crossbow, which cannot be completed.

Although this kind of heavy crossbow is a sharp weapon, it is easy to wear out, otherwise you can directly use this thing to attack the city all the time, and you don't need to cooperate with bows and arrows at all.

The eight-ox crossbow is generally scrapped after thirty shots, while the thousand-step crossbow is even less, and it can only be shot about ten times, and the crossbow will be scrapped.

Later, Wu Jue, a famous anti-gold general, invented a five-bow bed giant crossbow, which was more powerful and more powerful, but unfortunately this kind of giant crossbow couldn't even shoot ten times, about five or seven times, and had to be dismantled and replaced with the string handle.

The attrition is too high, the mobility is too poor, but the power is really great.

During the Zhenzong Dynasty, in the Battle of Lanzhou, Zhang Gui, the head of the Weihu Army, shot and killed Xiao Tzulin, the commander of the Liao State Unification Army and the king of Shun, with a crossbow, which directly contributed to the signing of the Lanyuan Alliance.

Therefore, the power of this eight-bull crossbow is huge, and it is by no means in vain.

Zhao Ta ordered people to put all the five eight-bull crossbows next to the arrow tower, he didn't use the thousand-step crossbow, although the thousand-step crossbow was farther, but the destructive power was not as big as the eight-bull crossbow.

He didn't want to shoot the opposing coach or something, after all, Zhang Gui also had luck back then, and that time the distance was much closer than now, so it could be carefully calibrated.

With an order, every dozens of soldiers winch their strings and stretch a crossbow, five eight-ox crossbow bowstrings sounded, and five crossbow guns roared out.

The crossbow gun of the eight-bull crossbow "Mugan Tieling", known as "one gun and three swords and arrows", is like an iron spear, and the three pieces of iron feathers on it are like three swords.

If the eight-ox crossbow encounters a low city, it can also fire "stepping arrows", which are nailed to the city wall in rows, and the siege soldiers can climb up.

But a high city like Hangzhou is naturally not, even if you nail a row of pedal arrows, only step on this thing to go to the city, I am afraid that the enemy army at the head of the city has not moved, and one of them will fall down and die.

Five one-shot three-arrow swords hit the city of Hangzhou, and it is not too much to say that it is a bomb, because this eight-bull crossbow crossbow spear also carries a fist with a hammer size behind the blade, and the crossbow force inertia is added, that is, the stone can be broken.

There are crossbows on the city of Hangzhou, but there is no such heavy crossbow, yesterday Fang Gu woke up and drew a map of Hangzhou city defense, which described the number of ordnance in the city, Hangzhou originally had a heavy crossbow, but before the city was broken, the defenders pushed down the city, and fell into a bad shape, so Zhao Ta only let people set up an arrow tower in the place of an arrow today, and used the eight bull crossbow to test, otherwise the city head heavy crossbow shot down, this arrow tower is difficult to build.

The five crossbow guns arrived in front of the city in the blink of an eye, at this time Fang Baihua and Fang Fifteen were there, the two of them had been staring at the other side of the moat, and vaguely saw that many Song troops over there seemed to be twisting strings, and couldn't help but secretly scream that it was not good, and they all hid to the side, shouting at the soldiers while dodging: "Dodge, dodge!" ”

A loud "boom" was heard, and one of the crossbow spears went straight to the city tower, and immediately knocked half of the corner of the blue brick building away.

There was also a crossbow spear that missed its head slightly, and hit the battlements, which were instantly cracked, and fragments of masonry and stone flew indiscriminately, splashing on the soldiers, even if they were wearing armor, they were grinning in pain.

The remaining three were all shot into the crowd, although Fang Baihua and Fang Fifteen had warned before, where did the ordinary soldiers react quickly? The moment he was hit by the ballista gun, he was smashed by the blow, and the armor was useless, and the flesh and bones flew sideways.

And even those who passed by were wounded, and the city lay down.

Fang Baihua was shocked when she saw this, although when she attacked Hangzhou City before, she also used a heavy crossbow to shoot in the city, but she recalled that the power at that time was not so great, and the accuracy was not at all, and even some crossbow guns flew over their heads, and they didn't know where they fell.

"Shield, shield!" On the other side, Fang Fifteen shouted, his face was solemn under his thick beard, he was an ironsmith, he was familiar with bows and crossbows, the crossbow of these eight bull crossbows was different, and the lethality was extremely great, if there was no shield to protect it, it was simply unmatched.

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately moved out of the shield stake from the rear, but this thing was not their own, but the city of Hangzhou originally existed, but the thick wooden trunk of the mouth of the sea bowl was tied together with cow tendons and other things, and two or three people could be hidden behind, which could resist the attacks of catapults, ballistas, etc., and there were feet below, and they could stand on the ground without being supported.

Rows of shield piles were erected, although it looked safer, but the vision of the soldiers in the city was blocked a lot, Fang Baihua stood behind the shield piles and frowned: "Fifteenth brother, what if the Song army covers the siege of the city with this kind of heavy crossbow?" ”

Fang Fifteen shook his head: "How can it be so simple, this kind of heavy crossbow is easy to wear out, and it will be scrapped if you can't shoot too much, I don't believe that he, the king of birds, will bring a lot of heavy crossbows, not to mention that although this shield pile blocks our vision, why doesn't it block the other party's visit?" ”

Fang Baihua thought deeply when she heard this, and couldn't help but nodded.

On the other side of the moat, Zhao Ta looked at the city of Hangzhou and frowned, this distance was originally blurry, at this moment, rows of shield piles were erected, and the human figure was invisible, and it seemed that there were wooden stakes everywhere.

He looked at those bed crossbowmen, and they were all at a loss, these people's eyesight was not as good as his, and the head of Hangzhou was blocked by a shield pile, and he immediately lost the target he could shoot.

Zhao Tan touched his chin, the current is a feint, the purpose is to attract most of the troops of Hangzhou City to the north of the city, as for the construction of the arrow tower is also for this purpose, let Fang Baihua think that he is building fortifications outside the north city, and intends to use this place as the focus of the siege.

In fact, what he wanted to attack was Xicheng, and he used Fang Gu to open the West City Gate and attack it.

Fang Gu is the deputy general who guards Xizi City, and he can open Zicheng, but this is not enough, there is a distance between Zicheng and the main city, and entering the main city from this side of Zicheng also has to pass through the city gate, and Fang Gu has no right to open the city gate completely, it is the mother gate.

And in this case, it is better to directly open the main gate without a sub-city, and drive straight into it in one step, which is also the reason why Zhao Tan let Fang Gu cheat the door.

As for Zhao Ta's arrangement, it is actually not complicated, the place in the Spring Garden can hide up to 2,000 soldiers, and some more can be hidden in the passage, which can be counted as 3,000 soldiers.

These people can pretend to be Fang La's holy army and go to the gate with Fang Gu, even if they can't open it, but so many people want to open the city gate from the inside, it is always several times easier than outside, as long as the city gate is opened, the big thing has been decided.

As for whether other people on the other side will see the flaws on the way forward, so as to expose the horse's feet, Zhao Ta is not worried about this.

As long as Fang Gu does not turn against the water and does not meet Fang Baihua and Fang Fifteen, he will definitely not be exposed, because Fang Gu's identity is different.

He is Fang La's cousin and nephew, and he is the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Fang family's generation, although at this time in the Great Song Dynasty, the distinction between the concubines and the concubines has actually been diluted compared to the previous dynasties.

The Fang family is not an official eunuch, and there is no concept of this, but the eldest son and eldest grandson recognize it, so Fang Gu's status in the clan is acceptable, and if he leads the troops out, no one will doubt it, even if it is a false transmission of Fang Baihua's military order, there is a seventy or eighty percent chance of success.

Fang Baihua did not have tiger talismans and arrows, Fang La did not create an army for a long time, and he did not have a complete set of military discipline system, and he still practiced the rules in Mingjiao.

Although Fang Baihua was literate, it was impossible for him to write any warrants, and besides, it was too easy to forge that thing.

Fang Gu's person is the best proof, if it is someone else, it will not arouse suspicion, and it is extremely difficult to deceive the city gate, but Fang Gu is very likely to succeed.

Am I against my family? I am the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Fang family! I'm Fang La's nephew!

Fang La has been called the emperor, if according to the orthodox system, then Fang Gu's identity is the royal family, if Fang La is a country, then he will at least be crowned a county king, and although he is Fang La's cousin, but Fang La himself has no brothers, only Fang Baihua has a sister-in-law, and the rest of the clansmen are cousins.

Then, there is even a 1 in 10,000 chance that he Fang Gu or his children and grandchildren have the opportunity to touch the great treasure of the Yongle Holy Dynasty!

So, can he fake the military order and serve the Song army as an internal response?

Nature is impossible!

This is also after Zhao Ta learned of Fang Gu's identity, he couldn't wait to go to Hangzhou City in person, and saw that Fang Gu made a plan.

He wants to make a decisive victory, if he doesn't seize this opportunity, the other party relies on the city to have many soldiers, and it is extremely difficult for him to take Hangzhou City.

After all, what he brought was not the elite of a hundred battles, but the forbidden army of Gyeonggi, and there was only half of the opponent's men, the siege could not be encircled, the strong attack could not be attacked, and the other party could not defend the city, he had no choice.

And even if the other party goes out of the city and fights hard, Zhao Ta is not 100% sure that he will win, taking the western army led by Tong Guan as an example, the generals are like clouds, and they are all elite soldiers, haven't they been spending time with Fang La?

Therefore, he saw Fang Gu's plan, and then dispatched troops and horses to act in front of Beicheng, so that the other party misunderstood his intentions, pulled most of the troops over, and then acted in a coordinated strategy.

But at this time, he felt something wrong from the Eight Bull Crossbow, although the range of the Eight Bull Crossbow and the Thousand Step Crossbow was long enough, but the human eyesight was not enough, and when he couldn't see the target, he could only fight blindly, and whether he could hit it or not was all up to luck.

At this moment, it is better to say that it is either to attack the city or defend the city, but if it is fought on the plains in the future, most of the cavalry of the other side will suffer a big loss if this vision is not enough.

Zhao Ta sighed slightly in his heart, feeling that it was time to get something out, originally because of the urgency of time, he was afraid that it would be too late to make some money-making things, and he was not good at engaging in that kind of daily invention, after all, learning is different, but now, some items will be tied on the battlefield if they don't come out.

Not only will you be beaten if you fall behind, but you will also be beaten if you can't get ahead!

Zhao Ta sat on the horse and pondered for a while, he was really not good at those inventions, but ...... You can still get a mirror that can see far away, right?

He can't burn glass, let alone any optical glass, but isn't there a ready-made crystal? It seems that the first mirror that could see far away was made of crystal, right?

Zhao Tan frowned and muttered a few words to himself, and after leaving a team to guard the arrow tower, he directly issued the order to withdraw the army......

In the city of Hangzhou, in the Spring Garden.

Fang Gu had already loosened the rope, and Zhang Xian was teaching him how to open the city gate, these words were all told by Zhao Ta to Zhang Xian, and Zhang Xian would relay them to him again.

The 3,000-strong internal soldiers and horses in the city, led by Zhang Xian, began to enter the passage from the night after last night, slowly moving towards the underground of Hangzhou, and now they have arrived early, and they are all resting quietly.

In fact, it is difficult to distinguish the armor worn by the two armies, after all, there is no armor exclusive to the holy army on Fang La's side, and the soldiers under him are basically wearing things that have captured the Great Song Dynasty, but there are too many holy troops, and there are many soldiers below who don't even have cloth armor.

In order to distinguish the soldiers on both sides, Fang La, regardless of the generals on the side of the Holy Army, must tie a red cloth belt on his arm when he goes out to fight, otherwise the battlefield has no eyes, and the armor on both sides is exactly the same.

Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, it was getting late, and a quarter moon hung in the night sky.

Fang Gu had already memorized those words, but he was a little sluggish, not only because of this great change, but also because he felt that the rotten bone devouring soul worm in his stomach was moving all the time, and he was inevitably frightened and frightened.

Zhang Xian saw that he was worried about his family, and said: "The prince said that if the battle goes well tonight, there is no need to wait for thirty-six hours, and General Fang will be detoxified." ”

Fang Gu was immediately overjoyed when he heard this: "General Zhang, is the prince really saying that?" ”

Zhang Xian nodded: "Take Hangzhou City tonight, General Fang is the imperial court official of my Great Song Dynasty, where can I let the general be disturbed by poisonous insects!" ”

Fang Gu hurriedly thanked him, and Zhang Xian said: "General Fang doesn't have to thank me, thank the prince when the time comes." ”

Fang Gu said yes again and again, and then the two began to rest in peace.

As the time was coming, the Spring Garden quietly moved, Fang Gu hung his armor on his helmet, and rode his own war horse to stand in front of the door.

Zhang Xian only dressed as an ordinary school, holding the reins of Fang Gu's mount, but he had no horse to ride.

There are no horses in the passage, and the three thousand people who came over are all infantry, but the thief army in Hangzhou City is almost all infantry, and the war horses were all taken away when Fang La left, which is also the reason why Fang Baihua and Fang Fifteen obviously have a lot of soldiers, but they are not willing to go out of the city to fight, but they just stick to it.

The three thousand infantry, under the leadership of Fang Gu, tried their best to be as light as possible, and headed towards the west city, but they encountered several night patrol teams along the way, but those teams did not even inquire, so they gave way and watched Fang Gu lead people over.

But when it was still about half a mile away from the Qiantang Gate of Xicheng, the defenders of the city ran over to check, and Fang Gu said lightly: "On the orders of General Baihua, I have something to find General Yao." ”

General Yao's name is Yao Jinzhou, he is an old man who helps Yuan do things, Fang La was named a general when he was called emperor, and he is guarding the Qiantang Gate of Xicheng at this moment.

This Yao Jinzhou Fang Gu is familiar, this person is honest and straightforward, not the kind of suspicious temper, so he chose to deceive this door after thinking about it.

The soldiers hurriedly ran back to report, and when Fang Gu arrived at the Qiantang Gate, Yao Jinzhou also came down from the city, and after the two exchanged salutes, Yao Jinzhou wondered: "It's so late, what military order does General Baihua have, and let General Fang convey it in person?" ”

He is a general, and Fang Gu is a deputy general, one level younger than him, but because Fang Gu is Fang La's nephew, he is also called a general, after all, the Fang family wants to give face.

Fang Gu sighed, turned around and pointed behind him: "My sister-in-law asked me to take three thousand elite soldiers out of the west of the city, so I have to trouble General Yao to order the city gate to be opened." ”

"Open the gates?" Yao Jinzhou was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then looked behind Fang Gu, and couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Sure enough, they are all elite soldiers, and they are all wearing armor!" ”

Fang Gu nodded, and said helplessly: "No, it's all carefully selected, even the armor is the best and latest." ”

Yao Jinzhou hesitated slightly at this time and said, "What is General Fang doing when he goes out of the city so late?" After all, the major event of Kaicheng was not explained by General Baihua during the day. ”

Fang Gu patted his leg when he heard this, "sigh", and was about to speak loudly in a thick voice, but suddenly seemed to realize something, and lowered his voice: "My sister-in-law asked me to lead my troops to the side of Xicheng Mountain to ambush, saying that I had a clever plan to break the enemy, and Yu Ertu over there in Dongcheng also led troops out, General Yao, don't publicize this matter, my sister-in-law said that before the plan, you must not reveal the arrangement!" ”

Hearing this, Yao Jinzhou hurriedly nodded: "I know, I know, I'll open the city gate now and let General Fang go out!" ”

He did not suspect fraud in his heart, so he ordered the soldiers to hoist the jack gate, remove the barricade, and then open the arm-thick iron cable on the door, and then the Qiantang gate slowly opened.

Fang Gu clasped his fist at him and whispered, "General Yao, I'll see you after the big victory!" ”

Yao Jinzhou said: "I'll send General Fang!" ”

He said that he got on the horse, and the two went out side by side, and the three thousand soldiers behind him slowly followed, at this time the drawbridge had also been lowered, and when they reached the moat, Yao Jinzhou was just about to turn back, but unexpectedly, a small colonel next to Fang Gu suddenly burst out, and a spear in his hand flew like lightning, and it stabbed directly into Yao Jinzhou's chest and picked him under the horse.

Zhang Xian stabbed Yao Jinzhou to death, did not stop for a moment, quickly jumped on Yao Jinzhou's war horse, and took the torch handed by the soldier next to him, held it high and waved three circles in succession in the distance, and then the soldier below did the same with the torch in his hand.

Everything happened in a few breaths, Zhang Xian gave another order, and then rushed back into the city, wanting to seize the city gate.

At this moment, in the distance on the other side of the moat, countless sparks suddenly lit up, all of which turned out to be bright torches, followed by the sound of horses' hooves and continuous running, all rushing towards the Qiantang Gate.

In the Qiantang Gate City Cave, the soldiers who had not yet left the city also turned around to seize the control of the noose of the drawbridge, and some ran to the city to occupy the gate tower.

It took a long time for the Fang La army defending the city to react, but it was already a mess, and the soldiers brought by Zhang Xian were killed and retreated, but in a short time, the dead bodies were spread all over the city.

The light of the torches in the distance had reached the moat at this time, and it was Du Yan who took the lead, with a murderous aura on his face, holding a snake spear in his hand, and without saying much, he crossed the drawbridge after beating the horse.

The army followed, also crossed the drawbridge, and then rushed into the city of Hangzhou......

(End of chapter)