Early the next morning, drums were beating loudly in the Song Army's camp, the gate of the Western Camp was opened, and heavy trebuchets rumbled out of the camp. Each trebuchet was two feet high, huge in size, and was pulled by several camels.
He walked slowly, followed by groups of soldiers on both sides.
Trebuchets followed one after another, and there were more and more soldiers, with flags flying and murderous intent.
The horns on the top of the city continued to sound, "woo woo", and Xixia soldiers rushed to the top of the city, bows and arrows drawn, and the situation was extremely tense.
Brother Richard also went to the top of the city. He saw the heavy trebuchet of the Song Army and couldn't help but gasped. He had never seen such a huge trebuchet. In the past, the Song Army could not transport such a trebuchet into Xixia, and Xixia itself could not
Unable to build it, this behemoth made all Xixia soldiers feel uneasy.
Brother Richard raised his arms and shouted, "Strictly guard the city and fight to the death with the Song army!"
The Xixia soldiers also raised their arms and shouted, "Fight to the death with the Song army!"
At this time, Brother Richard quietly retreated to the city. He took a token and handed it to the soldiers, "Go and order General Xiahou to prepare and break out from the north city gate!"
The soldiers flew away, and Brother Richard came to the Jin Bing camp again. The Jin Bing camp housed Han Chang's 18,000 auxiliary soldiers and 3,000 Jurchen cavalry. Brother Richard decided to defect to the Kingdom of Jin. The Jin Bing camp
You must follow him.
Brother Richard found Han Chang and said nervously: "The situation is not good. If the Song army breaks the city, we will break out immediately."
Han Changdan smiled and said: "Is the prince so unconfident? Can the Song army break the city in one battle?"
"Hey! The Song army has powerful siege weapons, but we don't have powerful defensive weapons. We really don't have enough confidence, so we should prepare first."
Han Chang nodded, "We're going to Beicheng, right?"
"Exactly! I will send two rockets as a signal, and the Iron Kites will break out, and we will follow behind."
"I understand, Prince, just go and prepare for war!"
Brother Richard left in a hurry. Commander Wanyan Yimu asked worriedly: "Two hundred thousand troops are besieging the city. Can we break out?"
Han Chang pondered for a moment and said: "I have fought against Chen Qing for many years, and I have gradually figured out some of his tricks. My intuition tells me that he will let Brother Richard break out."
The military camp of the Song army has been dismantled, and the surrounding area of Xingqing City has turned into a snow-capped wilderness. One hundred thousand Song troops lined up in the wilderness outside the west city wall, with spears like a forest and flags like clouds.
In front of the team were twenty heavy trebuchets. These heavy trebuchets could throw boulders weighing a hundred kilograms two hundred steps away. Of course, they could also throw kerosene, but today the Song army's target was the city wall.
There is a huge baffle in front of each heavy trebuchet to prevent the crossbow arrows of the Xixia defenders from shooting. At a distance of two hundred steps, the crossbow arrows on the top of the city can kill the soldiers operating the trebuchet.
The soldiers and craftsmen of the Song Army were busy preparing. Dozens of soldiers pushed the huge winch together, and the iron chain pulled down the thick throwing pole. On the other end was a hanging box, which contained large iron weighing several thousand kilograms.
piece.
Chen Qing looked at the city and shouted: "Launch!"
Twenty heavy trebuchets were launched at the same time, "Peng! Peng! Peng!" With a series of projection sounds, twenty huge rocks rose into the air and smashed towards the city wall of Xingqing Mansion.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Twenty huge stones hit the city wall hard, making a dull sound. At the same time, thousands of arrows were fired from the top of the city, and dense crossbows were fired at the trebuchets.
Twenty giant baffles were like twenty shields, blocking most of the crossbows. Others passed over the trebuchets. Even if they hit the trebuchets, there would be no impact. As for the control of the soldiers, their
The location was so low that they couldn't be seen from the top of the city, and the crossbow couldn't even hit them if it happened.
The second round of trebuchets was launched, and another twenty huge rocks roared and smashed against the city wall, and finally hit the city wall hard.
Brother Richard sneered, Xingqing Mansion is made of big blue bricks and is very strong. What's the use of smashing it with huge rocks?
"Your Majesty, the city wall is cracked!"
The soldiers shouted one after another, and saw that the city wall was cracked, and the cracks were spreading rapidly, which scared the soldiers and hid one after another.
Brother Richard looked towards the city wall and was stunned for a moment. The city wall was full of cracks, each as wide as a fist. The widest crack was already a foot long. From the foot of the city to the top of the city, it was particularly dazzling.
How is it possible? Brother Richard can't believe it. It took only two rounds of huge rocks to hit the wall, but such a wide crack appeared?
At this time, the Song Army's third round of trebuchets was launched, and another twenty huge rocks hit, "Boom! Boom!" There was a dull loud noise on the city wall, and the city wall began to shake. A section of the city wall suddenly collapsed, and more than a dozen soldiers fell.
into the collapsed ground crack.
Fortunately, the main reason was that the ground at the top of the city collapsed. The collapse of the city wall was not serious. It only collapsed about three feet. The soldiers on the top of the city all ran away.
The Song army continued to launch boulders, and the cracks in the city wall became more and more numerous and larger. The entire city wall was riddled with holes, but the frame did not collapse, and it still lacked a fatal blow.
Chen Qing stared for a moment and then ordered: "Use kerosene to attack the city head and prepare to fill the moat!"
The Song army changed its attack method. Huge fire oil cans were thrown out and landed on the city walls or city tops. Burning fires were ignited both above and below the city.
The Xixia defenders couldn't stand still and began to retreat to both sides. Fire oil cans were continuously fired. Thirty thousand Song cavalry rushed out. Each cavalry carried three bags of soil. Many huge rocks had been piled up in the moat.
The cavalry threw the sandbags directly on top of the boulders.
Thirty thousand cavalrymen kept shuttling and transporting soil. After running three times, they filled in a section of the moat that was about a hundred feet long.
"Woo"
A low horn sounded, and a huge beast appeared behind the trebuchet. A five-foot-tall battering ram appeared. A huge wooden frame with eight pairs of giant wooden wheels on the bottom plate, which was slowly pulled by thirty camels.
walk.
In the middle of the wooden frame hangs a four-foot-long battering ram head by a thick iron chain. It is made of a jujube tree trunk with a diameter of one meter and weighs ten thousand kilograms. The front end is covered with pig iron.
Powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth.
It took two years to build this battering ram, and one year just to find the body of the battering ram. Finally, a centuries-old king jujube tree was found in Wonju, and its trunk was used to make this giant beast.
Battering ram.
Not only the Xixia soldiers on top of the city were stunned, but also the Song soldiers were shocked as they watched this huge battering ram pass by them.
The fire on the top of the city was still burning brightly. The Xixia soldiers watched in despair as the behemoth walked towards the city wall step by step, but they were powerless. Nearly 20,000 people had gathered under the west city, ready to fight to the death to resist the Song army's attack.
The battering ram rumbled forward, with thirty soldiers standing on the base. The battering ram body was fixed from below by iron chains to prevent it from swinging while moving. Thousands of Song soldiers followed it on both sides and behind, everyone held it high.
shield.
The battering ram was getting closer and closer, one hundred and fifty steps away from the city wall. The Song army began to untie the camels and pull the camels back to the camp. In turn, thousands of people pushed the battering ram forward together.
There were only a hundred steps away from the city wall. At this time, thousands of arrows were fired in the city. The dark cloud-like arrows flew over the burning city head towards the beast. The arrows jingled and hit the iron chain. The soldiers also raised their shields high.
, or hide behind the giant ship.
The battering ram was filled with arrows, but it had no stopping effect. The battering ram still rolled forward.
The giant wheel ran over the moat, and the sandbags underneath were a little soft, causing the wheels to sink downwards. "Harder! One, two, three!" Thousands of people struggled to lift up. The first pair of front wheels finally crossed the moat, and the front end of the chassis immediately withstood it.
The city wall.
"Ready to begin!"
The soldiers on the chassis took off the fixed iron chains, jumped off the chassis, and pulled up the iron chains. The soldiers behind rushed forward and pulled the iron chains together. At this time, the arrows could no longer be shot from under the city wall.
, hundreds of soldiers struggled to pull on the four iron chains, and the battering ram slowly pulled back.
"Relax!" a commander shouted, and the soldiers let go at the same time. The thick battering ram was like a pendulum, the head of the hammer flashed with cold light, and it hit the city wall hard.