On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, it was night, and the Morning Cow and the Weaver Girl met the Tianhe River.
That is a heavenly thing.
On the ground, the Jin army suddenly launched an attack, which was quite surprising.
In the open space south of Pingcheng City, three earth platforms rose from the ground. More than a thousand infantry archers quickly climbed to the top of the platform, picked up their bows and arrows, and fired into the city. Occasionally, the loud sound of some crossbow machines could be heard from the high platform.
Thanks to their efforts, the place where the lights were gathered at the head of the city soon became filled with screams, and the guards fled for cover.
After a long time, some tribal chiefs came forward, organized archers to fight back, and fired at the Jin army archers on the platform.
Feng Bachi stood under one of the high platforms. He had already put on a set of two-crotch armor, hung a knife on his waist, and held a gun in his hand, ready for battle.
This iron armor was bought by someone else. It cost a lot of money and owed a lot of favors.
In fact, he originally wanted the Tao Sleeve Armor worn by the Silver Spear Army, and even hoped for the Mingguang Armor like the Prince of Liang's Army, but it was too time-consuming to make. At that time, he was in a hurry to go on an expedition, so he bought a ready-made one from someone else.
Change it and put it on - don't talk about hiding armor, bows are a big sin. There are too many people hiding these things privately these days, and the powerful nobles are still making them openly. What can you do?
He and his fellow soldiers formed a formation here. Their main task was to block the enemy troops coming out of the city and protect the crossbowmen on the high platform.
Helplessly, the two sides were shooting happily, but there was still no movement on the ground. The south gate of Pingcheng was tightly closed, and the Xianbei people had no intention of killing them. Feng Bachi even wondered whether the city gate was blocked from the inside.
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If so, it's really too simple.
If you don't dare to open the city gate and attack, you will just defend.
You can't go out of the city to destroy other people's siege equipment, you can't attack the enemy at night on a large scale, you can't chase down the defeated troops in the siege, there are too many things you can't do.
If you continue like this, you will be finished sooner or later.
The rain of arrows from the sky was still falling, and occasionally some landed where Feng Bachi and the others were standing. Listening to the clanking sound on the wooden boards above his head, Feng Bachi even thought of the rainy summer nights in Pingqiu.
I've been on the road for several months and I feel a little homesick.
"Shiben has surrendered, stop fighting!"
"Dongmugen Mountain has fallen, and your family members have all been captured. Why fight?"
"Shi Yiqiang is the legitimate son of the late king, and his bloodline is precious. Why don't you surrender?"
"The road to survival is gone, and surrender is inevitable. Don't make the mistake."
In addition to the exchange of arrows, there were also voices urging surrender one after another around the city.
There were shouts in Jin dialect, Xianbei and Wuhuan dialects, and Feng Bachi just listened to them for fun.
"General, how is Pingqiu?" asked someone next to him.
"Just like that." Feng Bachi said nonchalantly: "According to the letter, the wheat harvest in May was okay. There was a rain soon, and there was some damage, but not big. This year, many new irrigation canals were dug, and some dry fields were changed.
The water has irrigated the ground. The water dam on the river north of Longxiang Mansion was finally demolished. I heard that the Zheng family had left, so they were pushed back."
"Really push back?"
"Is that still false?" Feng Bachi smiled and said: "Fighting for the King of Liang is really useful! In fact, it's not just Pingqiu. I know a tracker on Bianshui River. I went to Heijin Youying and heard him talk about Luo
Many weeds on the water
, the mill was also demolished. In the past, it was difficult to demolish the properties of high-ranking officials. Now Governor Sun of the right camp came forward and took the military order issued by the central leader to demolish their manor if they did not demolish the water block. No one dared to disobey.
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"What the general said is absolutely true. Fighting for the King of Liang is indeed useful." The man smiled and said: "The next step is to conquer Pingcheng, and the prestige of the King of Liang will grow day by day, and no one will dare to talk nonsense."
Feng Bachi nodded slightly.
As a soldier of the government, I go on expeditions myself, but only one member of the three households serves as an auxiliary soldier. The remaining people can complete all the farm work. As long as the farm work is not affected, what if they go on expeditions all year round? If you are poor, you will definitely be poorer.
, but it won’t be affected too much.
What really had a major impact on them was that they suffered huge defeats and lost their armor, and the other was that their fields were divided, their tribes were divided, and their financial resources were insufficient.
But for now, there is no such worry at all. The grain harvested at home and the livestock raised are enough to support the training of myself and at least one of my nephews, and my skills can be guaranteed.
Therefore, they sincerely hope that King Liang will win the war, and it is best to become emperor, so that their interests can be guaranteed.
The back and forth exchange of bows and crossbows continued until dawn.
In the middle of the night, Feng Bachi and others returned to the camp to rest, and the Bajiao Longxiang Mansion's soldiers came to change the defense.
The fighting never stopped.
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Tuoba He climbed to the top of the city.
The personal guards held up large shields and carefully protected them.
Arrows kept flying from the opposite side, with sharp sounds piercing the air.
There were white hair-like arrows everywhere on the shields and city towers, and even the walls were covered with arrows.
When the wind blows, the arrow feathers sway with the wind, almost covering up the original appearance of the wall stacks.
Some of the arrows that flew far even landed in the city. The rotating soldiers who were resting under the city wall suffered heavy casualties. As a last resort, they found shelter in civilian houses nearby.
There are still some damaged areas on the tower.
Last night, the Jin people brought some artillery carts and fired them more than a hundred steps away from the city wall at night, but they stopped in the middle of the night. This morning, I saw that the artillery carts had also been withdrawn. The reason was simply that there were no more stone bullets.
, or it was of no use and gave up.
The defenders also hung some curtains at the top of the city to prevent stone bombs. They were all burned down by a rocket fired by the Jin people this morning, so they simply stopped hanging them.
Taken together, the three earth platforms pose the greatest threat to the city.
The crossbowmen took turns to go into battle and kept shooting into the city. They had to hold up their shields when walking in the city. From time to time, some people were injured, which caused great damage to morale.
Tuoba He took a few steps back and looked at the soldiers who were resting inside the tower.
Their expressions were numb, panicked, and even a little uncomfortable.
Tuoba He can understand them.
They are all athletes on horseback, so why do they give up the advantage of riding and dismount to defend the city? Should they do this?
No one can answer, not even Tuoba He.
He suddenly remembered that when the capital was moved from Shengle, many people proposed to come to Pingcheng, but his mother rejected it on the grounds that it would be difficult to move if the enemy attacked.
Now it seems that my mother really got it right.
After having Pingcheng, I thought too much and was reluctant to run, so that I used my own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points. It would be better to simply abandon the altars and pots and give full play to our own advantages in mobile warfare: when the Jin army comes to attack, it will attack if it can.
If they can't fight, they will run; if the Jin army retreats, they will pursue them vigorously, and at worst, they will eat a piece of their back, causing them pain.
Pingcheng should only be used as a forward base and a fortress to store military supplies and supplies, not a southern capital.
It's a pity that at the end of the fight, my mother couldn't see through it anymore.
Maybe it's not that she can't see through it, but that she has no choice.
Tuoba Yulu was killed after failing once. If his brother and mother lost too many points, the end would not be much better - maybe they were worried about themselves?
Thinking of this, Tuoba He smiled bitterly. It was now time, and he really didn't have to do anything to his own family.
"Hoo!" A thick crossbow arrow flew from not far away and was nailed to the tower.
The dust fell, and everyone looked at it all with their mouths wide open, bewildered.
"Hoo! Hoo!" Two more crossbow arrows flew towards me.
A stick passed through the crowd, knocking down several people with a sudden crash, and screams occurred one after another.
A nail was nailed to the female wall, and large pieces of plaster peeled off.
Tuoba He's scalp felt numb and he took a few steps back.
"Can't we destroy those earthen platforms?" he asked, looking anxiously outside the city.
She avoided his eyes left and right.
Obviously, no, they can't attack. Or maybe the Jin people are waiting for them to attack, so that they can take the opportunity to consume the strength of the defenders and save more effort when attacking the city.
Tuoba Hena felt a chill in his heart when he saw this.
He had just inspected the east side of the city, and it seemed that they were also carrying earth and ramming it to build an earthen platform.
When it comes to attacking and defending cities, the Jin people are better at it.
An aide in the government mentioned that many big cities in the Han Dynasty have horse faces, or they have high towers outside the city, called "enemy towers", to defend against this. However, the Xianbei people don't understand, and they are even far inferior to the Huns in this regard, so that
this.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" A dense barrage of arrows hit this side. It was obvious that the Jin army judged that there was an important target here.
The defenders fought back bravely, and people on both sides fell down. Although they only shot arrows at each other, the bloodshed was not reduced at all, and the casualties increased sharply.
Tuoba He retreated knowingly. He was worried and began to seriously think about whether it was necessary to defend Pingcheng. After all, most of the old, weak, women and children were not here, and it was too late to withdraw now.
If the delay continues, some people will surrender out of desperation. Once the Jin people or Helan Aitou are informed of their temporary pastureland, the situation will deteriorate sharply.
But the decision to retreat is not something he can make alone...
****
"Dong dong dong..." Amidst the continuous sound of drums, several square formations have been arranged in the south of the city, which is the main direction of attack, including both infantry and cavalry. There are no more than 15,000 in total.
The heavily armed Luonan Prefecture soldiers and a section of the Silver Spear Army lined up at the rear, while Ding Ling and Zhai Shu's troops of 5,000 men took the lead.
Of course they were reluctant, but as long as there was a slight movement, the rear team would be beaten by the front team, and there would be no chance of survival.
In addition, family members who are still in Zhongshan County, Jizhou will also be demoted as slaves, although in this world many people no longer care much about their families and only care about their own life and death.
Dozens of ladder trucks were rolled out.
The first group of more than a thousand people from the Zhai Shu tribe got into the belly of the vehicle and slowly pushed the vehicle forward.
There are also more than a dozen smoke-generating vehicles sandwiched between the ladder vehicles. The wind is blowing from the south today, but it is not strong, which is suitable for the use of this type of siege equipment.
Another group of crossbowmen were replaced on the three earthen platforms.
Because the city was about to be attacked, the arrows were fired more intensively.
The rifle archers of the Silver Spear Army did not even care about casualties and repeatedly leaned out to shoot arrows.
Drums also sounded in the west and east of the city.
The Wuhuan people came from the west and the Huangtou Army came from the east. They launched a round of feint attacks to attract the attention of the defenders.
The Yi Congjun was deployed in the rear formation. Although the sergeants were sitting on the ground, they were fully armed and ready to attack at any time.
War, waste of human life.
The person commanding this siege didn't seem to care much about human life.
The tall-nosed and deep-eyed Dingling people have already pushed the ladder truck to the city, becoming the first fuel for the flesh and blood mill.
Chapter completed!