Chapter seven hundred and thirty second day attack
Before dawn the next day, everyone got up and set off again. There were all kinds of forks and dead ends along the way, but Song Qilang could always find a new path from the dead ends. Although it was complicated, the journey was still smooth. At noon
, they walked out of a pine forest and came to a huge cliff.
Song Qilang pointed to the cliff and said loudly: "This is Han Valley, which splits the entire mountain into two, making it impossible to pass from here."
A few brave ones wanted to look down, and Song Qilang quickly shouted: "Everyone, squat down, the wind is strong, you may fall!"
Everyone squatted down one after another, holding on to the big stone and looking down. The depth below was dozens of feet, and the city gates and tents became very small.
"Niu Zongzhi, do you want to take action?" Everyone looked at Niu Gao.
Niu Gao nodded, "Assemble the trebuchet first, and wait for the signal from the king when we start!"
Everyone started to assemble the trebuchet together and looked for a location that was conducive to placing the trebuchet. Niu Gao looked to the west. Although the camp was not visible here, the signal emitted by the camp should be visible here.
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At dusk, the Song Army's ten heavy trebuchets had been installed, and 20,000 troops lined up. Thousands of soldiers struggled to push the trebuchets, and the trebuchets rumbled forward with a huge baffle in front.
‘Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!’ the siren sounded loudly on the city top.
Eight thousand soldiers of the puppet Qi army lined up and ran towards Guancheng. Three thousand people were deployed on the front Guancheng, one thousand people were deployed on each side of the Guancheng, and another thousand people were deployed on the second Guancheng. Finally, on the Guancheng
Two thousand crossbowmen were lined up in the urn city, preparing to use the crossbow array to attack the enemy troops attacking the city.
Kong Yanzhou stared at the ten heavy trebuchets of the Song Army. Only now did he understand what the Song Army had been doing these two days. They must be assembling the trebuchets.
"Bed crossbows are ready! The Wengcheng crossbow army retreats into Houguancheng." Kong Yanzhou shouted sharply.
He knew that the Song Army's first round would be a heavy trebuchet attack, and the soldiers in the barbican would bear the brunt.
The two thousand crossbow troops quickly retreated to the inner city, and three hundred crossbows were spread out on the outer city walls, aiming at the heavy trebuchets.
The heavy trebuchet moved slowly, and when it was five hundred steps away, the crossbow on the top of the city was fired, and the roaring jackdaw arrows were shot from all over the sky.
A general shouted, and three thousand soldiers hid behind the trebuchet. Some of the jackdaw arrows crackled and hit the baffle in front, but some of the jackdaw arrows crossed the baffle and shot toward the trebuchet.
The Song Army's trebuchet is not the simple trebuchet of Xixia and Jin Dynasty, which is tied with a belt. The Song Army's heavy trebuchet is a weighted trebuchet with a copper rod as the axis. It is not afraid of jackdaw arrows at all. The trebuchet is full of
The arrow hit him, but he still walked slowly and unhindered.
The puppet Qi army fired three-wheeled crossbows in succession, but the heavy trebuchet of the Song army still did not suffer any damage. The important thing for the Song army was not the trebuchet itself, but the soldiers operating under the trebuchet. They were shot and killed before the trebuchet would be destroyed.
Out of action.
The heavy trebuchets stopped when they reached two hundred and fifty steps, and the soldiers began to quickly prepare. Before long, ten heavy trebuchets were ready.
A cavalryman rushed to Chen Qing and reported loudly, "To the king of the county, the trebuchet is ready, please give the order!"
Chen Qing nodded, "Shoot it with fire oil balls!"
The kerosene ball, also known as the fireball, is a siege weapon invented in the Northern Song Dynasty. The outside is made of hay soaked in kerosene, and the inside is a kerosene tank. Once it hits the target, the tank will break and the kerosene will spill out.
Caused a large area to burn.
Seven years ago, Wanyan Loushi captured Shaanxian County with fierce fireballs.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Following a series of firing sounds, ten huge fireballs flew towards the city. Chen Qing also looked towards the top of the mountain. These ten fireballs were signals. I wonder if Niu Gao and the others are ready?
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On the top of the mountain, fifty trebuchets are lined up. In the valley are military camps and warehouses, and there is a Guancheng at the easternmost part of the valley.
Only the launching soldiers were waiting, while the remaining 700 soldiers were cutting down pine trees. Hundreds of felled pine trees had been piled up, ready to be thrown down the valley at any time.
"General, look!" a soldier shouted pointing to the west.
Niu Gao stood up and saw ten fireballs rising into the sky and hitting the head of Guancheng. The signal to attack came.
Niu Gao immediately ordered: "Shoot the fire oil ball!"
The soldiers lit the fireballs with torches, and fifty small trebuchets threw the burning fireballs into the valley.
There were only about a hundred defenders in the valley, and fireballs were seen falling from the sky, exploding with a loud bang when they hit the ground, burning kerosene splashed everywhere, and fires broke out everywhere in the valley.
The soldiers also took the opportunity to push pine trees down the valley. Soon, the pine trees were also set on fire, and the valley was filled with blazing flames and thick smoke.
At this time, a raging fire also broke out on the outer city wall, and the soldiers had to retreat to both sides.
A soldier stumbled over and reported to Kong Yanzhou, "Capital, there is a fire in the valley!"
Kong Yanzhou was shocked and quickly looked back, just in time to see dozens of fireballs falling from the top of the mountain.
Kong Yanzhou's eyes widened in fear, what is this?
"The Song army is attacking from the top of the mountain!" the soldiers shouted.
The Song army actually attacked from the top of the mountain. Kong Yanzhou's mind was in confusion. He no longer knew what to do. Should he withdraw his troops or not? If he withdrew his troops, the Song army had not started attacking yet! Wouldn't this mean defeat without a fight? The end
Yan Wushu could not spare him.
But if the troops are not withdrawn and everything is burned down, what will the soldiers eat?
At this time, the throwing weapons on the top of the mountain had been replaced by poisonous gas bombs. This was also a poisonous firearm invented during the Northern Song Dynasty. The highly poisonous roots were dried and ground into powder, and mixed with gunpowder. The shell was made of thin rattan bamboo.
After the basket is burned, poisonous smoke billows out, which is very lethal.
Niugao carried most of these poisonous gas bombs up the mountain. Soon, thick smoke billowed throughout the valley and poisonous gas overflowed.
Niu Gao's eyes were as bright as fire, and he could see that the enemy army could not support them for much longer.
He immediately changed his tactics and no longer needed trebuchets. In order to prevent the enemy from evacuating, they had to throw a large number of poisonous smoke balls and kerosene balls into the valley. The soldiers lit the poisonous smoke balls and kerosene balls and threw them directly down the valley.
, a thousand soldiers started at the same time, and soon threw thousands of kerosene balls and poisonous smoke balls down. The kerosene and pine trees burned in the valley, and the poisonous smoke filled the air. The valley more than ten miles long was completely shrouded in thick smoke.
At the same time, ten heavy trebuchets threw a large amount of fire oil, and twenty chariots approached the city wall. The heavy oil fire tanks on the chariots also continued to spray fire oil at the top of the city. The top of the city turned into a sea of fire, and everyone
The buildings were ablaze with raging fires, and the thick smoke choked the soldiers and made them unable to breathe. Soldiers kept falling down.
Kong Yanzhou finally woke up from the thick smoke and flames. He could either open the city gate and rush out to fight the Song army to the death, or retreat immediately. There was no third way.
But there are 70,000 troops outside the city!
Kong Yanzhou had a glimmer of hope in retreating, so he immediately issued the order, "The entire army retreats!"
The eight thousand soldiers at Hangu Pass covered their mouths and noses and retreated eastward. However, the valley was more than ten miles long and the entire valley was filled with poisonous smoke. The soldiers were running so fast that they inhaled a large amount of poisonous smoke and fell down. In fact, there was no need to
Poisonous smoke, just the thick smoke in the valley is enough to make soldiers unable to breathe and choke to death.
Kong Yanzhou had already realized that something was wrong. He hit his horse and ran wildly, followed by thousands of soldiers who were also running wildly. Soldiers kept falling down while running.
Kong Yanzhou finally rushed out of the valley. Looking behind him, he saw that there were less than a thousand soldiers who had escaped. Kong Yanzhou sighed and retreated to the east with the remaining soldiers. Not long after, Kong Yanzhou led his army into Lingbao County and looted grain and food.
