Su Jin quickly led people to the tower of the imperial city. When he looked down, his heart suddenly became cold. The towers of the palace were densely packed with torches. Under the torches, there were crowds of people and horses neighing. There were more than thousands of people.
Thousands of people.
Under the guidance of Ximu Weiming and Meiluo Mianbu, Su Jin saw the majestic appearance of the Iron Harrier Army for the first time. On the east side of the city gate, rows of high-headed war horses clad in armor stood quietly, and they were immediately in full armor.
A strong soldier in bright silver armor holding a shield and a spear, with an iron mask stuck on his face, he looked like a medieval Knight of the Round Table.
Directly opposite the center are rows of infantry, holding bows, arrows, scimitars, and complete armor. This is the Su Guards, the standing army in the capital; to the west are the three teams of the Guards, with Ouchi on duty.
The ones in charge were the 9th and 10th teams of Ximu Weiming and Buluo Mianbu. These three teams were responsible for guarding the perimeter of the palace, and it seemed that they were dragged into the battlefield.
Su Jin quickly analyzed the situation in front of him. There was a huge difference in strength and number of people. However, his own side was lucky to have a strong city wall as a cover. Yuan Hao spared no effort in the construction of the palace. Not only was the city gate high and thick,
It is reinforced with copper nails all over. The city wall is more than three feet high and one foot six wide. It is three feet higher than the outer city wall of Xingqing Mansion. The various wall stacks on the city wall are also well equipped with perforations, which is very conducive to
Defense.
However, the advantage of the terrain was not enough to reverse the absolute gap in strength. The gap in military strength was too great. Su Jin only had two groups of guards at hand with a thousand people, and he brought less than a hundred personal guards.[
"Gather all the palace servants immediately to the square inside the city gate. General Ximu, is there an armory in the palace?" Su Jin asked, staring at the restless and noisy army below without looking back.
"Of course there is one in the armory."
"Is there any kerosene, bed crossbow, etc.?"
"There is some kerosene. What is a bed crossbow? I have never heard of it; there are more than a dozen cyclone cannons."
Su Jin said: "Take all the assembled chamberlains and move them in for backup. General Moreau, you lead five hundred soldiers to defend the east wall, and the remaining five hundred soldiers to defend the west wall. Fortunately, the front wall only has 200 steps to engage the enemy.
On the other hand, the moats on the left and right sides played a big role, otherwise this battle would not have been fought."
Morrow buried the sermon: "The emperor originally dug the moats on both sides for the defense of the palace. They are connected to Beilin Lake behind the palace. Only one side is exposed to the enemy. I didn't expect it to be really useful."
Su Jin nodded and said: "That's a good idea. Listen, there are many enemy troops. We can only rely on the terrain to hold on and use bows and arrows to shoot from a distance. Once the city wall is breached, the situation is over. We must pay attention to this."
Morobu preached: "Don't worry, I'm not a vegetarian. Leave the east side to me."
Su Jin nodded and looked inside and outside the city wall. People outside the city were neighing, and the city was also busy. There were actually thousands of servants gathered together. They walked out of the side hall under the supervision of General Ximu, sweating with small steps.
From the nearby arsenal, bows, arrows, armor, kerosene, barrels, cyclone cannons, etc. were moved out. These guys were already disabled and could not use their strength. They had never done such physical work on weekdays. They were all exhausted and half dead. It was so easy to finish moving.
Things, all lying on the ground in a mess, screaming.
The soldiers and horses outside the city finally made some movement. A passage slowly opened among the guards on the middle road, and several generals wearing helmets and armor came out.
Zang Youpang, the big fat man next to you is Lang You, but it seems that Lang You has noticed something."
Su Jin nodded and said: "Talk to them and try to delay as much time as possible. Any delay now will be beneficial to us."
Ximu Weiming nodded, leaned out from the city tower, and shouted loudly to the few people who were slowly coming out from under the city wall: "Who is coming? Gather the soldiers in front of the palace, are you going to rebel?"
The tall and thin Fu Zangpang stood tall and said in a desolate voice: "General Ximu, don't you even recognize me?"
Ximu Weiming pretended to look at it and said: "It turns out to be the Prime Minister of the State. What is the Prime Minister doing? Why did you bring troops to the palace? Is this to plot rebellion?"
Wu Zangying Pang said loudly: "General Ximu, who is plotting rebellion? You are worried about it. I advise you to put down your sword and open the palace gate. Otherwise, I will be rude. You rebels and traitors actually dare to kill the king and seize the throne." , It’s really bold, but do you have the ability?”
Ximu Weiming pretended to be confused and said: "I will not understand at all what the Prime Minister said. The emperor is resting in the palace peacefully. How can he talk about regicide?"
Wu Zang and Pang scolded angrily: "Xixi mother, you have no right to talk to me. Go ask Ye Li Duanyun, a cheap servant, to come to see me. I want to know how my sister and nephew are doing."
Ximuwei said: "The Prime Minister is also very suspicious. I am on duty as a minister. Why don't I know what you are talking about?"
Wu Zangxiao Pang knew that he couldn't take things for granted with his wife, so he loudly gave an ultimatum: "I won't mess with you, and delaying time will do you no good. I'll give you a stick of incense." , either you open the city gate and let us in to protect the emperor, or I launch an attack and enter the palace, and I Qingjun flanks and kills the rebels. Whoever dares to stop me will kill all the nine tribes." [
Ximu Weiming was still chatting for a few words, but without hiding her true face, she turned around and returned to the formation, boarded a chariot with a canopy and sat down slowly.
At the same time, orders were issued frequently in the opponent's formation. Thousands of soldiers marched out carrying more than a hundred ladders, and three assault vehicles with iron-head rivets, each as thick as a double hug, were also moved to the front of the formation; The archers of the Qiansu Guards took off their bows and mounted arrows, ready to step forward to aim and "shoot". Thousands of other soldiers had already drawn their knives and were waiting for an order to follow the ladder and charge together.
Su Jin could see that the opponent was fully prepared. The reason why they had been in formation and not attacking just now must be to look for equipment to attack the city. Facing such a strong city wall, it was natural to be prepared for ladders and chariots. This was not hidden. Yu Pang is not a rash person.
The war was about to break out, but Su Jin didn't want it to start so soon. He ordered the servants to be divided into two teams to reinforce the city walls on both sides. Although these servants couldn't even draw their bows and arrows, and didn't know what effect they would have, at least they were fully capable. The number of people; on the one hand, Ximuwei's name was shouted down.
"Master Fu Zang, the emperor is coming from the palace. You must not be impulsive. If you dare to attack and hurt the emperor, you will be a treasonous minister."
"Bah! You are a piece of shit, Xi Muwei. At this time, you are still lying. The emperor has been killed by you a long time ago. News has spread in the palace. You thought you were making heavenly clothes. If you don't open the city gate, you will Just wait to die."
"There is no hiding old thief. If you dare to attack the palace, I will hang your sister on the top of the city."
Ximuwei originally used this as a threat to make Wu Zangying Pang hesitate for a while, but she didn't expect that as soon as she said these words, Wu Zangying Pang cursed and ordered loudly, and then shouted loudly, Thousands of Su guards took the lead, carrying ladders and began to charge; at the same time, three assault vehicles were also driven straight to the city gate by more than a hundred strong men.
Su Jin cursed loudly and ordered loudly: "Archers, prepare, start shooting within fifty steps. The target is the archers in the rear. Leave the ladder infantry in front alone."
Everyone said in astonishment: "No matter what? Isn't that the attack?"
Su Jin said: "Don't worry, they won't be able to come up this time, believe me."
Amidst the shouts, the Suwei army had already crossed a distance of more than a hundred steps and entered the shooting range of bows and arrows. The first wave of charging soldiers had the consciousness of cannon fodder. After entering the shooting range of bows and arrows,
Instinctively, he hunched his neck and waited for the bows and arrows falling from the sky. He prayed in his heart to the Buddhas to protect him and prevent the arrows from falling on him. Gods and Buddhas were powerful, and not a single arrow fell on the nearly two thousand charging soldiers in front, even though the bow strings sounded continuously.
, the sound of arrows piercing the air was heard above the head, but the one who died was the archer who was following behind and preparing to cover the climb up the ladder.
Yeli Zipang's strategy is correct. The infantry of the Su Guards in the front charge, and thousands of archers behind shoot arrows at the top of the city to suppress it, so that the defenders at the top of the city cannot attack the climbing soldiers. This three-dimensional
The cover can indeed play a miraculous role in siege; archers do not seek to kill the enemy, but only seek to suppress it.
The opponent "shoots" all the arrows at the archers in the rear. This is also within Wu Zang's calculation. He can't take care of his butt. "Shooting" the archers means that the ladder infantry can reach the city wall smoothly. The next step is
It's the other person's nightmare.
As Yeli Yipang expected, the two thousand soldiers rushed to the city wall without any damage, but the archers behind them killed and wounded more than a hundred people, but the price was worth it.
He smiled and said to his left and right: "A group of rabble can be defeated overnight."
But as soon as he said these words, his mouth opened wide, and the eyes of everyone around him popped out of their eye sockets, falling to the ground and rolling around. The scene under the palace wall made everyone dumbfounded.