Faced with Luo Youdu's order, Kang met again. Although Kang Baoyi was puzzled, he accepted the order happily.
Watching Kang meet again, Kang Baoyi skillfully directed the soldiers to push three ladder trucks forward.
Luo Youdu's expression was serious. He had to create pressure on Waqiao Pass in order to attract Xiao Siwen's attention and create opportunities for Shu Yuan.
People in later generations often ask whether to sacrifice one person or many.
There may be no answer in later generations, but in this era, Luo Youdu will encounter such a choice almost every time he fights.
There is no right or wrong, only whether it is worth it.
The ladder truck is divided into dozens of parts, brought with the ship, and assembled on the front line, which greatly reduces the time for re-production.
Kang met again, and the Xuanwei Army led by Kang Baoyi had great experience in using ladder trucks.
This simple ladder requires eight people to push it, three soldiers on each side and two in the middle.
The two people in the middle are protected by a ladder baffle, so there is no need to be afraid of bows and arrows.
But the six people on the left and right were exposed to the enemy's bows and arrows, so each pushing soldier was protected by a soldier holding a large shield.
Everyone cooperates seamlessly and advances step by step.
As the three vehicles approached, arrows rained down from the tower.
Dense arrows hit the ladder truck and hit the large shield, but due to the ladder truck's own defensive effect, the soldiers pushing the ladder truck were not injured.
"Damn it!"
Seeing that the bow and arrow were ineffective, Xiao Weiyin came to the large city-defending crossbow nearby.
Waqiao Pass is very close to the Central Plains. Just in case, the pass building is equipped with two large city-defending crossbows.
There are many of these things on the towers of Youzhou City. Xiao Wei often played with them because of his novelty in those days. He had shot horses and cows, so he was an experienced hand.
It was very easy for someone to turn the winch and load the fifteen-pound giant crossbow arrow onto the large city-defending crossbow.
Xiao Wei reluctantly moved the city defense crossbow and was about to take aim.
Sudden!
Xiao Wei heard a "clicking" sound in his ears.
Xiao Wei felt strange when he saw a crack in the thick crossbow body of the city guard crossbow.
The cracks became bigger and bigger, and they suddenly broke apart. The crossbow string and the crossbow body were thrown backwards due to the backlash of the force.
It hit a Khitan soldier in the chest, sending him flying.
Xiao Wei's face turned pale and he cursed: "Damn it!"
He secretly guessed that it must be because Yao Neibin was passively defensive and did not perform routine maintenance on the city defense crossbow, which made the city defense crossbow unable to withstand the twisting force.
However, at this time, the ladder truck had already arrived nearby, and Xiao Wei had no time to investigate the responsibility, so he called the soldiers to prepare to meet the enemy.
boom!
The two sections of the ladder truck's ladder were pulled by the soldiers and pressed against the tower.
The soldiers of Xuanwei Army did not rush to attack, but first sent out three teams of strong crossbowmen to suppress the soldiers on the tower with the power of crossbows.
At the moment when the opponent shrank, the well-trained Xuanwei Army took advantage of these few breaths and rushed towards Guancheng along the ladder as fast as possible.
Xiao Wei shrank his head, listening to the sound of the crossbow bolts piercing the air, and kept complaining and cursing.
This is completely a device suppression.
It is not that the Liao Kingdom has mastered the manufacturing method of strong bows and crossbows. Yelu Deguang brought all these drawings back to Khitan.
It's just that they are used to riding and shooting, and they don't pay enough attention to powerful crossbows. In addition, the Khitan has been in civil strife for many years, and the economy has been greatly affected. They can't make many powerful crossbows in a year, city defense crossbows, city siege crossbows, and they can't even reach the small Waqiao Pass.
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What made Xiao Weiyin even more depressed was that the other party had three ladder trucks, and the two on his side had already been erected on the tower.
And the ladder for the half section of the tower that Yao Neibin is responsible for seems to have been pushed into the hole and cannot get out...
If I had known earlier, I would have chosen that side!
This situation was urgent, and Xiao Weiyin had no time to think too much. He just thought that he was on the rise and that the damn thing had happened to him.
"kill!"
Xiao Weiyin didn't care to complain. He looked at the Zhou Bing who was charging over and slashed at him with a knife, knocking the opponent back two steps. He lost his feet and fell down the ladder.
The two sides fought at one point.
The hand-to-hand combat between the city and the ground has begun!
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The fighting at Waqiaoguan was not intense, but it was very loud.
Luo Youdu arranged fifteen large drums, and five teams of drummers took turns beating the war drums.
The sound of the drums was earth-shattering, and Xiao Siwen, who was far behind Waqiao Pass, could hear the loud noises.
Most of the Khitan soldiers in the camp were attracted by the sound of the drum.
At this time, Shu Yuan quietly came to the northwest of the Khitan military camp.
There are no woods to hide here, but the terrain is higher and there are several undulating hills where you can hide.
Shu Yuan did not rush to attack, but boldly led three or five people to take advantage of the hilly terrain and rely on the long grass on the ground to crawl closer and sneak closer.
Looking at the Khitan army's camp, Shu Yuan thought that the best way to attack was from there. He looked around and suddenly found a herd less than a mile away from the Khitan army camp, with no less than ten thousand horses.
Looking at the large group of horses, Shu Yuan's eyes became brighter and brighter.
Withdrew quietly.
Arriving in front of the soldiers, Shu Yuan looked at the tired soldiers and said: "Brothers, I have some good news for you. I just found nearly 10,000 reinforcements. Next, it will not be 3,000 of us charging into the formation, but 13,000."
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"There is a Khitan horse herd directly south of us. They will take off your coats and use them as fire starters later, driving the more than 10,000 horses straight into the enemy camp."
"Don't feel bad about a piece of clothing. The commander-in-chief said before the operation that if we win this battle, we should remember it as a great achievement."
"Don't say it's just one piece of clothing, there are ten or twenty."
"The target enemy racecourse, whoever rushes ahead of me, I will personally subsidize a consistent treasure!"
Shu Yuan is best at boosting morale before a battle, and can inspire the fighting spirit of his soldiers before every battle.
The soldiers roared and rushed towards the Khitan horse farm.
Xiao Siwen heard the loud beating of drums in his ears and felt inexplicably uneasy in his heart, so he kept sending people to inquire about the movements of Waqiao Pass.
The result is that they are all in a state of coma...
Suddenly there was a burst of exclamations and curses outside the camp.
Xiao Siwen had an ominous premonition in his heart and ran out of the tent in large strides. He saw the soldiers were in chaos, and thousands of Khitan horses rushed towards them.
The frightened Khitan horses ran rampant, knocking down and flying the soldiers who were helpless and fleeing, and then covered them with dust.
Behind the horses, there were loud shouts of death.
Xiao Siwen's mind went blank. He couldn't figure out where this enemy came from.
How is it possible to avoid them and set up a scout army?
But at this moment, he didn't have time to think too much.
Although Xiao Siwen loves the Central Plains culture, he is still a Khitan grassland person.
The greatest characteristic of the prairie people is not being brave and good at fighting, but running away.
Li Shimin's words to describe the Turks are equally applicable to the Khitans.
The leader of the Turks only relies on riding and shooting. He rushes forward when he sees an advantage and leaves when he sees difficulties. He is driven by the wind and lightning and does not keep moving. He uses bows and arrows as his claws and armor as his regular uniform. The team does not move in rows and the camp has no fixed place. It chases water and grass.
As a living room, with sheep and horses as food for the army, there is no need to seek wealth when winning, and there is no shame in defeat. There is no work of police patrolling at night and day, and no expense of building forts and feeding food.
Xiao Siwen had no intention of resisting at all, and directly found his own horse and drove away, without his son taking care of him.