Tang Qian bowed and said: "To report to the capital, when we captured Yingli County, we used a battering ram to break open the city gate. The battering ram we brought today is still the same, but I believe that the Xixia Army will definitely learn a lesson."
, they will definitely block the city gate with huge rocks, even if we break the city gate, we can’t break open the huge rocks.”
Liu Cui immediately retorted: "General Tang's reasons are not sufficient. If they really learn their lesson, even if it is too late to dig the moat, they will still dig a dry trench and use fir trees to make a suspension bridge. This will not cost anything. It will take a day or two."
It can be completed. Since they have not taken this action, it means that they have not learned their lesson.”
Tang Qian still shook his head, "This is the way of thinking of us Han people, but the other party is Xixia people, and their thoughts are different from ours. Just like we have raided more than a hundred manors, if it were us, we would definitely send troops after the other party evacuated.
The army went to clean up, but the other party ignored it at all, as if nothing happened. Maybe the other party felt that it was not important at all and there was no need to see it, but we couldn't understand it.
In the same way, we think that digging a moat and installing a suspension bridge are the only protection, but if the other party feels that the moat and suspension bridge are useless, what if blocking the door is a good solution?"
Gao Ding cupped his fists and said: "Du Tong, General Tang's idea still makes sense. Since Xixia itself has no tradition of digging moats, it means that they think moats and suspension bridges are useless. As far as I know, Liangzhou City has a moat, because it is
It was built by the Han people, but Ganzhou City does not have a moat. It was built by the Uighurs. The two sides have different understandings, and Xixia is more biased towards the Uighurs."
Liu Cui was a little dissatisfied and said: "That doesn't prove that the other side will block the gate with huge rocks and report it to the capital. I suggest a two-pronged approach, both hitting the city gate and attacking the city head."
Chen Qing nodded, "Just follow Liu Tongzhi's advice and attack Nancheng with a two-pronged approach!"
At the fourth watch, Chen Qing began to deploy, and 150,000 troops went to the four city gates to block the enemy's escape route. Since it was a battle to destroy the country, he would look for every opportunity to destroy the opponent's army and weaken the opponent step by step.
Thirty thousand troops were deployed outside the three gates of the east, west and north respectively, while the main force of 60,000 troops lined up outside the south gate, preparing to attack.
Tuoba Jing also noticed the Song Army's unusual movements. He immediately realized that the Song Army was about to attack the city. He didn't care if it was the White Armor Army or not, and pulled all 28,000 soldiers to the top of the city to defend it. Even if the White Armor Army was stabbed by a spear,
Even if they die, they will use their corpses to smash the other party into the city.
"Woo" The Song Army's deep horn sounded, and the dull drums began to play. The drums were very slow and not exciting. This was an order to dispatch siege weapons.
Sixty tanks began to move out, with dozens of soldiers behind each tank. They pushed the tank while using the tank to cover themselves.
Behind the two chariots, dozens of soldiers dragged a flat-bottomed wooden cart slowly with ropes. On the wooden cart was a battering ram weighing nearly 10,000 kilograms, with dense iron nails nailed on both sides.
This battering ram is the one used to capture Yingli County before. Now the top is reinstalled with pig iron, and the instant impact force is even stronger.
But it is not the most powerful battering ram. The giant battering ram specially made for attacking Xixia is still in Lanzhou and cannot be transported until the Yellow River freezes.
The sixty chariots entered within two hundred steps, and a volley of arrows began to fire from the top of the city. The crossbows with a longer range were fired first, but they had no effect on the sixty chariots at all. The soldiers behind also raised their shields.
The chariot and shield are used to form a double insurance.
Tuoba Jing's eyes narrowed. He saw the battering ram being dragged behind the chariot, which was heading towards the south city gate. He immediately ordered: "Add another layer of boulders to the city gate!"
The four city gates in the city are blocked with huge stones. One huge stone weighs two or three thousand kilograms, and dozens of huge stones block the gate holes tightly. This is indeed the thinking of the Xixia people. They dig trenches outside and draw bridges to be controlled by others.
Blocking boulders in the city is your own decision. One is passive thinking, the other is active thinking.
Hundreds of soldiers added an additional layer of blockage with more than a dozen boulders. The boulders were all collected from Henan Mountain and transported by large ships. They had been placed there for many years and were used for the first time today.
At this time, sixty chariots had entered within a hundred steps. Arrows were fired from the top of the city. Thousands of arrows were shot at the chariots. In just a moment, the arrows on the chariots were as sharp as hedgehogs.
At about fifty steps, the top cover opened a wide slit. The craftsmen thought carefully and did not open the entire top cover, but only opened a wide slit three feet wide so that the throwing pole could be projected out. A dozen people inside
The soldiers could still avoid the arrows with the help of most of the roof, but amid the dense arrows, thirty small trebuchets in the chariot were launched at the same time.
The Song Army is also constantly improving, from the initial rocket fire ignition to the current thin-skinned clay pots and special wooden boxes, which are ignited and then projected.
Thin-skin cans of burning kerosene were thrown out.
Except for the five fire oil cans that hit the city wall, the other twenty-five fire oil cans were all thrown onto the city wall. The city tower was also hit by the clay pots. The fire oil flowed and began to burn rapidly.
Just as the small trebuchet was preparing for the second round, the other thirty tanks also opened their top covers, and the thick kerosene guns poked out. Although they used copper pipes to pump out the oil, the kerosene guns were in contact with the bottom.
The copper boxes are welded together to facilitate pushing the piston.
The two soldiers pushed the piston handle together and sprayed out the first tube of kerosene. About three kilograms of kerosene were sprayed onto the top of the city. From the thirty heavy oil fire cabinets, nearly a hundred kilograms of kerosene were sprayed onto the top of the city, causing the city to collapse.
The fire on his head became more intense.
There was a mess on top of the city. The Xixia people had no experience in dealing with the heavy kerosene siege. When the second round of thirty thin-skinned kerosene pots hit the city top, the city gradually turned into a sea of fire.
Liu Cui shouted: "Up the battering ram!"
Hundreds of soldiers hiding behind the chariot took their positions. Some of them raised their shields, while others held up their battering rams. The outer shields wrapped the entire battering ram, making it airtight.
The arrows at the top of the city did not stop. The overwhelming arrows were shot from both sides, but the arrows on both sides were completely blocked by the shields and posed no threat. The key was the rolling wood and rocks above the head. As long as the shield above the head was
If you stay, the battering ram will have no external threat.
Fires were blazing on the top of the city, thick smoke filled the air, and the city tower was completely engulfed in flames.
At the same time, a thousand Huohuan Army soldiers and eight thousand siege soldiers as a reserve army were also ready. They carried hundreds of simple siege ladders and gathered 250 steps away, waiting to attack the city.
The command.
Chen Qing stood on a command chariot and watched the attack at the city gate from a distance. Two hundred soldiers guarded the battering ram. A hundred soldiers ran more than 20 steps with the hammer in hand and slammed into the city gate. "Boom"
!" There was a loud noise, and fluttering dust fell from both sides.
Chen Qing's eyes narrowed. He could see clearly that despite the loud impact, the city gate barely moved. This was a force of tens of thousands of kilograms! It was unreasonable in any case. There was only one explanation. The city gate was knocked down by a huge stone.
It's cramped inside.
As expected, Tang Qian guessed it, and he immediately ordered: "With twenty thousand crossbows in hand, suppress the opponent's bows and arrows!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The drums sounded loudly, and 20,000 crossbowmen rushed forward and fired arrows at the top of the city. The raindrops of arrows shot towards the top of the city, suppressing the enemy.
Chen Qing waved his sword and said, "The Huohuan Army attacks the city!"
A thousand Huo Huan troops carried siege ladders and rushed towards the city. The enemy troops on both sides were suppressed by the Song army's 20,000 crossbowmen, which greatly reduced the danger of the Huo Huan troops being shot by arrows from both sides.
Behind a thousand Huohuan troops followed two thousand sword and shield troops, with large shields and swords on their backs. Each of them carried a few wet quilts. Behind them were six thousand elite spear troops. They were the ones who captured the southern city head.
of elite.
The Huo Huan army set up the siege ladder and took the lead in climbing to the top of the city.