Liangzhou City was the lifeblood of Liangzhou Prefecture. In this era, the city was not only a gathering place for population and wealth, but was also often built at water and land strategic points to guard the fortress and give priority to military defense.
Just like Ganzhou, it seems very big, but after the Dangxiang people defeated Ganzhou City, the entire Ganzhou was equivalent to being occupied by the Dangxiang people. There was no power to delay the Dangxiang cavalry. The Dangxiang people could move around Ganzhou City at will.
Eliminate any organized resistance.
Under the cover of darkness, the party members began to move south. They had spent three days recuperating in Ganzhou City. During these three days, the party members enjoyed unbridled looting and venting. A city could fully satisfy their desires.
But then came the next city. Liangzhou City has now become a legend in the northwest. It is said that all the goods in the northwest now come from Liangzhou City. There is not only a lot of wealth, but also beauties and inexhaustible goods.
, if Dangxiang occupies Liangzhou City, not only will it be able to remove the obstacles to the south, but it will also have everything needed for life.
All of this is a "blank check" promised by Li Deming to the party members, and the prerequisite is that they capture Liangzhou City.
Li Deming repeated his old trick and took advantage of the freezing Shandan River to bypass Rouge Mountain and approach Yongchang City. It was said to be a city, but in fact it was just a larger town.
Liangzhou Prefecture is larger than Ganzhou, and there will always be gathering places on the busy trade roads. However, Li Deming didn't care about this small town at all. His goal was Liangzhou City, so he ordered the army not to attack this place.
place, and headed straight for Liangzhou City.
Soldiers are valuable and quick, this is a principle emphasized in military books. Zhang Wen praised Li Deming's leadership skills and even praised the tactics in "Taiyi Golden Jianjue".
However, when Li Deming led his party to the Shiyang River, he was stunned by the magnificent buildings on the opposite side. Under the morning light, the red morning glow illuminated the majestic Liangzhou City, like a city made of gold.
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The Shiyang River has thawed, and the spring river water is rushing downstream, making the originally frozen moat once again become a barrier. It is not that the party members have never seen the city defense of the Song Dynasty, and they are familiar with the city defense of Liangzhou City.
chest.
But the city in front of them completely overturned their understanding. Even though Dang Xiang, who was traveling to Liangzhou City, informed Ye An in advance that he was expanding the city, when they saw the protruding horse-faced wall and the smooth mirror-like wall,
The tall city tower and the arrow tower are not yet completed but people look up at them, and a sense of powerlessness arises in the heart.
Compared with Ganzhou City, the Liangzhou City in front of us is truly a behemoth. This is a shadow that can block Chusheng's vision. A huge black shadow is projected down, covering the body of Dangxiang's army.
, also shrouded their hearts.
But at this time, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired. Li Deming could only order the entire army to line up and launch an attack on Liangzhou City. He would not be ignorant of the principle of making a strong effort, then failing again, and finally defeating the party.
The blow was so great that it would be even more difficult to capture Liangzhou City in the future.
But Zhang Wen suggested to Li Deming: "Your Majesty, it is not in my favor to attack the city at this time. The Song people's city has strong ravines and deep ravines, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if this battle is won, it will be a miserable victory. It is better to return to the court and stabilize Ganzhou.
Make a decision?"
Li Deming squinted his eyes and looked at the city wall in front of him and said: "As you can imagine, Ye An can also imagine that my party runs Ganzhou, and he, Ye An, won't run Liangzhou Prefecture? If we don't attack the city today, what will happen to us tomorrow?"
How can the city be as brittle as tissue paper?!"
Zhang Wen was speechless for a moment. Looking at the party soldiers gearing up, he knew that these party members had been attracted by the prosperous Liangzhou Mansion in front of them and could not move away at all.
"Father, I plan to lead five hundred elites to attack Wengcheng in a surprise attack. The Wengcheng of the Song Dynasty is connected to the main city. Once the city wall is taken, they can break through it. Even if the army enters the city, the Song people will not be able to defeat our party's warriors!"
Li Yuanhao volunteered, but Li Deming was a little uneasy. He frowned slightly and said: "The army will attack the city later. When the battle is about half way, you will lead 800 steps up the ladder. By then, all bows and crossbows will be fired to cover you. If you can't attack for a long time,
, Don’t be in love with the battle and return to camp quickly!”
Li Yuanhao was overjoyed, punched his chest with his right hand and shouted: "My child obeys your orders!"
What is most needed on the battlefield is a powerful surprise force. Once a key node is opened, the entire war will be affected, especially in a siege battle between two armies.
With the desolate horn blowing and war drums beating, five thousand party members launched an attack on Liangzhou City. Ye An stood on the highest arrow tower in the main city and said to Tie Niu next to him: "Raise the flag, and your life will be far away."
The first force of the army is guarding the barbican city! The second force of the Western Lie army is supporting the wall facing the horse, specializing in killing the enemy's infantry under the ladder, not sparing any arrows, anyone who steps on the ladder will bear the brunt!"
The black flag was raised by Tieniu, and the semaphore was raised according to Ye An's wishes. Then the red flag was raised and the semaphore was raised again. So before the party members could attack Wengcheng, the Huaiyuan Army and the Xilie Army were already in position.
The party members still used the tactics of ladders and iron chisels, and began to continuously attack the Wengcheng. The protruding Wengcheng was impossible to cross, and the Song troops defending the city were not Uighurs.
The Song army had quite a lot of experience in defending the city, and the weapons and tools in their hands were all kinds of. There were long tools, which were sharp nails nailed to the wooden pillars, and wolf fangs, which were about 1 meter long and wide.
Meter-long wooden boards are covered with iron nails, and the spear is several meters long and has barbs that can be used by a single soldier for city defense. In addition, bows and arrows, ratchet crossbows, eight-oxen crossbows, and rush-made trebuchets, etc.
wait.
Mozi, the founder of the Mohist School, an ancient sage, demonstrated that a city garrisoned by more than 4,000 people would require tens of thousands of people to attack it if all the equipment was available.
When Zhuge Liang led the Western Shu army to attack Chencang, facing Chencang City with only a thousand Wei troops, tens of thousands of Shu and Han troops continued to attack for more than 20 days, and Zhuge Liang's second Northern Expedition failed.
These are the most convincing evidence and also Ye An's confidence. Moreover, the Song army's city defense level is much higher than that of the Western Han Dynasty. When the Dangxiang people attacked, arrows like dark clouds rose into the sky, and the Dangxiang soldiers
The horse was hit by the first round before it even approached the barbican.
The ratchet crossbow fires three hits in a flurry. This is the critical period to attack the enemy. He does not hesitate to shoot arrows and shoots so fast that the party members' protective gear cannot resist it. The arrows falling like raindrops are like wheat in the harvest.
Falling to the ground and screaming.
And the nightmare of the party members has just begun. The trenches, horse money, and moats are all obstacles on the way forward for the party members.
It took two full hours for Dangxiang's army to fill up the moat outside the barbican city, but their morale was also severely hit.
So Li Deming issued a "slogan" that if Liangzhou City was captured and slaughtered for five days, the "poor ghost" seemed to make the party soldiers feel like they had been beaten to death. They howled and launched another attack on Wengcheng.
The real battle had just begun, but Ye An did not want to end soon. He sat on the tower and constantly observed the battle situation, and ordered Tieniu to wave the flag and form his troops.