After listening to Zhao Xiaoyi's report, Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "It will be more intuitive if you draw a picture."
Zhao Xiaoyi found a piece of charcoal and drew a simple picture and explained: "This hill is in the shape of a sickle, so the opponent's camp is also in the shape of a crescent. The opponent is very cunning and did not camp close to the foot of the mountain, but one mile away from the foot of the mountain.
, and at least two hundred patrol posts were deployed at the foot of the mountain, and the defense was tight. After careful inspection, it was basically impossible to shoot arrows into the camp from the top of the mountain."
Chen Qing smiled and asked: "So, only the west and north can attack the enemy's camp?"
"Exactly! But the puppet Qi army is patrolling three miles away, with hundreds of people. If they are discovered and warned, the enemy camp will be able to deal with it calmly."
"But you are only one mile away from the enemy's camp. How come the patrol didn't notice you?" Chen Qing asked calmly.
"That's because I bypassed the patrol post..."
Zhao Xiaoyi stopped, and he suddenly discovered the loopholes of the puppet Qi army.
"I'm confused. The other party has deployed a large number of patrol posts in the west, north and east directions, but they have not deployed on the back of the mountain. Our army can also go around and hide at the foot of the mountain. When launching, we can go around the foot of the mountain. The distance is
The enemy's army is only one mile away at most."
"Actually, it's the same thing behind the east mountain, right?"
"Exactly! The puppet Qi army also deployed patrol posts in the east, but there are indeed no patrol posts behind the mountains. They can also be hidden behind the mountains in the east."
"Let's talk about the top of the mountain. There are two sentry posts on your drawing. How many sentries are there?"
"The sentry tower is very simple. It should be because there is no material to build it. Each sentry tower can only accommodate two to three sentries at most. There is no bell, so it should be firing gunpowder arrows."
"How wide is the top of the mountain?" Chen Qing asked again.
"It's about ten miles long, at most three hundred paces wide, and the narrowest point is probably only a few dozen paces."
"Is the sentry tower easy to remove?"
"It can be said to be a piece of cake."
Chen Qing asked very detailed questions. He even wanted to know the rules of the patrol. Fortunately, Zhao Xiaoyi's scout investigation was very practical and meticulous, and every detail was implemented.
It was getting brighter. Chen Qing looked at the two pages of densely recorded records and was very satisfied with Zhao Xiaoyi's scouting. He may not have much experience and his martial arts skills are not strong, but Zhao Xiaoyi is serious and down-to-earth in his work. Based on this, he is a qualified scout.
leader.
Everyone went to rest, but Chen Qing was still pacing and thinking in the big tent, carefully considering every step, and finally a bold and rigorous plan was formed in his mind.
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Just after noon, a dozen craftsmen stayed up all night to drive out a hundred siege ladders and placed them in front of the commander's tent. Zhang Zhongxiong looked at them carefully. Although they were relatively simple, they were very strong. Especially the horizontal bars were as thick as a wrist and could easily be lifted.
It won't break, which really makes Zhang Zhongxiong satisfied.
The only regret is that two large iron hooks are not installed at the front end. Of course, if two large iron hooks are used, it is not a simple siege ladder, but a regular siege ladder. They cannot make such thick iron hooks. They must be
It was made by specialized craftsmen of the Song Dynasty Ordnance Supervisor.
"Each person will be rewarded with ten coins, and then continue to make them. I need at least three hundred siege ladders, and I will give you three days to complete them!"
The exhausted craftsmen took the rewards and left. Zhang Zhongxiong said excitedly: "Send my order and prepare to attack Nancheng!"
Today he only plans to tentatively siege the city, understand the city's defense situation, and find loopholes in the defenders. At the same time, he also wants to find out the siege strength of his own army. He has not been in charge of this army for a long time, only one month.
, and he didn’t know much about the actual combat situation of this army.
'Boom! Boom! Boom!'
The drums were beating loudly in the Puppet Qi military camp, and soldiers began to gather. Although Ganquan Fort was three miles away, the army's gathering posture could still be vaguely seen, and the soldiers guarding the city immediately sounded the alarm.
'Dang! Dang! Dang!'
The alarm bell rang piercingly, and the soldiers who had just had lunch began to gather quickly and rush to the top of the city. Yang Yuanqing had just finished eating half of his meal, so he had to leave his bowl and rush to the top of the city.
"General Yang, it seems that the puppet Qi army has prepared a batch of siege ladders!" Zhang Xiao said calmly while looking at the military camp.
"Today is just a test attack on the city. The intensity of the attack will not be too great. I guess the control side should be about the same. In short, today we will go all out to give them a head-on attack."
Yang Yuanqing immediately issued an order, "All troops go to the city, and all special troops are in place!"
They have four special military units, one is the long-handled ax team, one is the long rope team, one is the magic bow team, and one is the medical rescue team. These are the city defense experience accumulated in previous wars.
These teams are small in number, but they can play an important role at critical moments and even change the situation of the battle.
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'Woo! Woo!' The horn of attack sounded, and five thousand troops rushed towards the south city like a tide. The first to rush forward were three thousand crossbowmen. They rushed to a hundred and fifty steps away and fired their crossbows at the city head together.
, the black arrows were shot at the top of the city, completely suppressing the Song army on the top of the city, causing the Song soldiers to squat down one after another, unable to show their heads.
The siege general Sun Ping was overjoyed. He waved his sword and said, "Soldiers attack!"
Amidst the fierce sound of war drums, two thousand soldiers carrying a hundred siege ladders surged towards the city.
The Song army began to counterattack. A thousand archers stood about a foot away from the city head, squatting on the ground. The flag bearer waved the battle flag, and the thousands of soldiers opened their defensive bows and fired arrows outside the city.
A thousand arrows were shot out of the city in an instant, like dense locusts rushing to the ground outside the city. 'Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!' fell like raindrops on the heads of the running soldiers, and the shields were unable to withstand the heavy and sharp arrows.
Thick and long arrows fell down, and if they were hit by an arrow, they would almost penetrate the whole body. Soldiers kept falling down wailing, and the army finally rushed to the bottom of the city. There were still 1,500 siege soldiers.
At this time, the second batch of two thousand soldiers also ran towards the city wall holding long contradiction cards, supplementing the number of siege teams, keeping the number of soldiers under each siege ladder at about thirty.
One after another attacked the city, and the soldiers climbed up the stairs menacingly.
On the top of the city, Yang Yuanqing shouted: "Get started with the axe, the long rope team is ready!"
Fifty axemen were leaning against the battlements with long-handled axes in their hands, using the battlements as cover. When the siege ladder came up to the top of the city, they immediately stepped out and slashed hard with their sharp axes, fast, hard and accurately.
'Crack!' A horizontal bar was cut off, and the soldier immediately turned around and hid behind the battlement. Just like he had been training for the past two days, he was preparing for the second time and struck down hard with an axe. 'Crack!' The second time.
The root rungs were cut accurately.
After cutting off three rungs in a row, the axemen went to look for the next siege ladder. There were only fifty of them, but the opponent had a hundred siege ladders.
The axemen finished their tasks, and it was the long rope team's turn. They tied the ladder with a rope, and the other two soldiers used a long fork to hold the ladder and pushed it outwards while the long rope pulled hard to the side.
Other soldiers used rolling logs and stones to smash down. Soldiers were constantly shot by cold arrows and fell down the city, and soldiers immediately came up to replenish them.
The siege soldiers felt the ladders shaking. They shouted, raised their shields to resist the rolling logs and rocks above their heads, and tried their best to climb up, but in the end they could not stop the huge rocks from pressing on their tops. They screamed and rolled down the city, carrying them with them.
Turned over several people.
Finally, a few brave Puppet Qi soldiers withstood the rolling logs and stones, climbed up, and were about to jump up to the city, but they missed it. The rungs that should have been there were missing. Their bodies lost their balance, and they felt so big in their hearts.
He screamed and fell towards the city while cursing.
How could the soldiers not hate that at the critical moment, the top few rungs were gone, where should they grab? Where should they step? These craftsmen should be cut to pieces! They are not serious about their work.
Almost every soldier on the siege ladder was yelling at the craftsmen, but they did not see the figure of the long axe-hand flashing past. This was the legendary three-blade axe.
The long rope finally showed its power. The siege ladders slowly tilted and slid to the left. Finally, they lost their balance and fell to the side. More than a dozen soldiers on the ladders screamed and fell heavily along with the ladders.
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Zhang Zhongxiong finally got the report from the former enemy. He was not as simple-minded as the soldiers. He immediately realized that it was a method on the top of the city. This situation could not happen on every ladder. If this passiveness was not improved, they would not be able to attack at all.
Go to the city.
"withdraw troops!"
'Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!'
The gong to withdraw troops sounded, and thousands of puppet Qi soldiers left more than a thousand corpses and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.
