To put it bluntly, the so-called wood smoke stick is a log with two sharp spikes nailed on it. The big log about two feet tall and full of spikes rolls down from a high place. Its power can be imagined.
The soldiers of the Xia army who were climbing up the ladder and throwing the deadly hooks were pushed to the bottom by the spiky rolling wood. The bloody bodies under the wood were pinned like butterfly specimens of later generations. What was terrible was that
He didn't die for a while, he just screamed for help, waving his limbs and crying.
The soldiers of the Xia army on the side quickly went to lift away the wolf-toothed tree, only to find that the people under the tree had been poked through. As soon as they lifted the tree, a series of small springs suddenly burst out from underneath, which was a spurt of blood.
The terrifying blood fountain formed when it shot out. The soldiers' hands and feet were weak, and they endured the fear and lifted these obstructive objects aside.
After hundreds of wooden maces were thrown down, hundreds of ladders were destroyed. The top and bottom of the ladders were where the crowds gathered the most. This was a good time. One stick killed or injured seven or eight people, and there was a huge area under each ladder.
The slaughterhouse was filled with blood and flesh. This single big stick attack killed and injured two to three thousand Xia army soldiers.
Coupled with a violent burst of ordinary wood and stone bows and arrows, the arrogance of the Xia army soldiers who were about to attack the city was immediately knocked down. The place where the ladder was erected was the key target of the attack. Not only people, but also the ladder was hit.
Huge damage, 600 ladders were immediately destroyed, and the remaining few hundred could no longer form a massive siege. Under this situation, the morale of the Song army on the top of the city was greatly boosted, and they roared and smashed a piece of ladder.
Stones and logs were thrown down, until the Xia army soldiers were hit so hard that they could only hold up their shields at the base of the wall and suffer. From time to time, the shields would break, and the people below would hold their heads and cry for their mothers.
The brothers Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong, the commanders of the left and right armies who were supervising the battle in the distance, saw this and knew in their hearts that this round of simple and crude siege had failed. They wanted to take advantage of the number of people and attack with thousands of ladders.
A fierce attack only needed to break through a dozen city walls to leave the Song army on the city with no time to take care of it. If one area was broken, it would be broken everywhere. But I really didn't expect that the Song army not only had more people to defend than originally imagined, but was also well prepared.
Rolling logs and rocks rained down from the top of the city, and it had not stopped since the time of the siege.
Now that most of the ladders have been destroyed, we can only temporarily retreat all the way. We must not let the attacking army be beaten below the city without being able to climb the city.
The Yeli brothers looked at each other and reluctantly ordered their men to blow the horns to retreat. Three long-sounding horn sounds echoed on the battlefield. The soldiers of the Xia Army turned around and fled without waiting for the commander's order, as if they heard a fairy voice from heaven.
It was the ebb and flow of the sea. Although they were aggressive when they attacked, they did not give in when they retreated. Although most of the people had lost their horses, their speed was still astonishing. In the blink of an eye, they had already escaped dozens of steps away.
"You idiots are running away and shooting arrows." Pan Jiang shouted with his eyes wide open.
The Song army on the city didn't have time to take a breath, so they picked up their bows and arrows and fired randomly. Before the Xia army retreated from the shooting range, they were hit by at least three rounds of arrow rain on their buttocks, leaving behind countless corpses and fled in embarrassment.
At the same time, the Xia Army's trebuchets began roaring again, throwing rubble at the top of the city again. Before the Song Army soldiers had time to celebrate, they were suppressed and huddled behind the walls.
Su Jin gave the order to evacuate the city. He understood that the trebuchet bombardment at this moment was more for revenge and cover, rather than a precursor to the attack. The Xia army suffered a big loss and would definitely not be able to continue the attack.
It's time for the garrison at the top of the city to go down to the city to rest, drink water and eat.
The soldiers braved the rubble to evacuate the city wall, leaving only a few hundred soldiers on the city tower who were not attacked by stones to monitor the Xia army's movements. Others gathered at the North City Campus to rest and wait for the battle. The Xia army attacked early in the morning. It was already time
At the end of the nearly two hours of bloody battle, everyone tensed up and forgot about hunger and exhaustion. When they stopped to rest, they were suddenly tired, exhausted and hungry. Everyone was a little dizzy and their stomachs twisted.
Su Jin brought Jingtai Pan Jiang and others to the school grounds. When the soldiers who were slumped on the ground saw Su Jin and others struggling to get up and salute, Su Jin quickly stopped them and asked them to have a good rest.
"Hurry up and count the number of casualties. The injured must be treated as much as possible, and the wounds of those with minor injuries must be wrapped. It seems that the consumption is not small. We must quickly replenish the number of people. This time Xia Jun suffered a loss. The next attack will be worse than this one.
It will be more ferocious, so you have to be mentally prepared." Su Jin told the people around him as he walked away.
Jingtai nodded and said: "What your lord is saying is that what I am now afraid of is the Xia Army coming to fight. If the Xia Army's 120,000 people take turns attacking, we will not be able to bear it. We have to use our full strength to defend against it in every battle. If
We were exhausted from attacking the city day and night."
Su Jin frowned, and he was quite worried about this problem, but that was not what Su Jin was actually worried about. What he was most afraid of was that the Xia army would come in full force, with 120,000 troops attacking the city from all sides. If the 40,000 people defending the city were
After spreading the defense across four cities, it is definitely impossible to defend it. Defending a city wall with all your strength is still somewhat certain, because even if a million people attack the city, the fighting surface that can be attacked is only one city wall. There are more people.
You can only queue at the back.
Su Jin didn't want to think too much. At least he won now and his morale could not be lowered. Thinking too much at this moment would be harmful rather than helpful.
Su Jinyue had a dismounting stone on his body, and faced the colorless soldiers, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, this battle was fought beautifully, and it showed the prestige of our Weizhou soldiers and civilians. We made a rough estimate. In this battle this morning, the Xia army will be wiped out."
Nearly 10,000 people, but I had less than 3,000 casualties. This shows that all of our soldiers in Weizhou are heroes who can fight one against three. I am deeply proud of you. The meritorious personnel in this battle will receive heavy praises. Commander Pan will make a statement later.
Double pay will be distributed, and another 171 soldiers will be promoted to the position of team leader, and 37 soldiers will be appointed to the position of captain. All soldiers who are brave and tenacious in fighting will be promoted through the Battle of Weizhou.
; I am very much looking forward to seeing how many civilian generals will be born after repelling the Xia army's attack; You must follow the example of Commander Di Qingdi of Yanzhou and learn from an ordinary general in one year or even less.
Soldiers become warriors in the army."
The emotions of the exhausted soldiers were aroused, especially the mention of Di Qing's name, which was a living example. Although fighting is not a good thing, since blood on the battlefield cannot be avoided, why not take this opportunity to fight for more things?
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"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Brothers, you should regard this battle as an opportunity to be promoted and an opportunity to change your destiny. If students change their destiny by taking the imperial examination and becoming officials, then we who are in the army have the opportunity
There is only one thing, and that is war."
Su Jin used his eloquent tongue to mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers. Morale is definitely a wonderful thing. After an army loses its morale, it will be unable to withstand an enemy attack that is several times its own number.
"Master Su, don't worry, we won't let the Western thieves take advantage of us this time."
"So... after this battle is over, we will all be generals? Haha, this is great. My mother is looking forward to the day when I can become famous. She hopes that one day I can become a general.
I'll ride my big horse home and show her how happy I am."
The soldiers were talking a lot, each looking forward to their vision for the future. Although they didn't know whether they would survive the war, giving yourself some hope was always a positive attitude.
"Master Su, can you please let me wait until we have filled the temple of the five internal organs first? The stupid Western thieves came too early, and we spent the whole morning hungry with them." Someone was quite practical and put forward practical suggestions.
problem.
Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "Yes, yes, the Temple of the Five Internal Organs needs to be well maintained. Don't worry. Look at the south entrance. Mr. Li Zhong has come to reward you with good food and good food. It is said that the meal prepared today is
The oily white flour pancakes with scallion oil, the fragrant wild boar stewed with sweet potatoes, and the white rice and mung bean porridge, I can’t say enough about them, besides, my mouth will be watering.”
All the soldiers were laughing so hard that everyone, not to mention the Lord Fu, started to drool from their mouths.
Li Chong came striding with hundreds of civilian cooks carrying hundreds of loads of fragrant food. They lined up in the middle of the North Gate Campus. The soldiers lined up to receive the food. Each person had two large bowls of white rice plus a large bowl of rice.
After eating a bowl of vegetables, there is also wild boar bone soup to drink. This wild boar was eaten a few days before the arrival of the Xixia army.
On that day, the old hunter Lu Laosan led hundreds of people to Longshan Mountain for a large-scale siege. They almost wiped out the wild animals on the southern slope of Longshan Mountain. Although Lu Laosan was not willing to dry up the lake for fishing, he wanted to do it for the sake of the city.
To fight and ensure that the soldiers have enough strength, Lu Laosan did not care about anything.
At a glance, Su Jin saw two petite figures among the team of cooks helping to serve rice and vegetables, and was moved. Xia Siling and Xiao Sui'er both wore green cloth buns, covering their hair, and wore ordinary farm clothes.
Underskirt, face flushed with a few spots of dust
Hei, obviously helped when cooking, Xiao Sui'er was fine, Xia Siling was the eldest lady with clothes on her back and food on her hands, and she followed her to the northwest. She was frightened and in pain, but she was always calm.
Face to face, this made Su Jin look at Xia Siling with admiration.
Su Jin stood in the queue, and after a while it was his turn, so he shouted to Xia Siling: "A bowl of white rice, and a bowl of bone soup."
Xia Siling was startled. When she looked up, she saw it was Su Jin and immediately laughed sheepishly.
Su Jin looked at each other tenderly, pursed her lips, and said softly: "Madam, thank you very much."
Xia Siling's eyes shone with a shy light, she peeked around and whispered: "Husband, how polite you are." After saying that, she quickly served Su Jin a meal and handed it to him. Su Jin felt very happy and held the bowl.