The Suwei soldiers who rushed under the imperial city wall quickly put the ladder up on the city wall, but an embarrassing scene occurred. Suddenly they discovered that after the ladder was up, the top was still about ten feet away from the city wall, and there was no way they could do it.
Climb the city wall.
Everyone was dumbfounded. They did not expect to make such a low-level mistake. The soldiers were ordered to assemble when it was dark. These ladders were temporarily taken out from various armories. No one considered whether the height of the ladders could be used.
Climbing up the wall of the imperial city caused a big mistake.
"Damn it, the military law treatment required by the officer in charge of logistics supply is simply child's play." Wu Zangying Pang cursed loudly.
"Master Prime Minister, no wonder they, the longest ladder in Daxia is only two feet and two feet, and the imperial city wall is three feet high, which is not high enough..." someone reminded in a low voice.
"Then what should we do now?" He jumped anxiously. He saw the crowd of soldiers under the city wall moving around like flies. They just couldn't climb the city wall. The defenders on the top of the city had already moved their targets.
From the top of the city, I was shooting arrows downwards, and the soldiers below the city were falling in large numbers.[
A general offered advice: "You can use the grappling hook to grab the edge of the city wall, or you can climb up."
Wu Zang and Pang cursed loudly: "Do you think all soldiers are monkeys? Only those with martial arts skills can do it by grabbing hooks and climbing. How can the Su Wei soldiers have that ability? If you miss, you don't need to be killed by the enemy. You will fall half to death first.
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The commotion here was overwhelming. The defenders on the city wall were unequivocal. In addition to shooting arrows downwards, everything that could be smashed was rained down. There was no rolling wood or stone in reserve in the palace.
As long as they could be replaced with heavy objects that were not lethal, Su Jin ordered people to directly dismantle a few rockeries on the inside and destroy a few partition walls. The rocks of these rockeries and the blue bricks on the walls became
Although the force of the rolling wood and stone is not great, a stone as big as a fist dropped from a height of three feet is enough for the person below to drink a pot.
The soldiers crowded below were doing whatever they were doing, being hit by arrows and debris from above and running around, but there was nothing they could do. The leading general was unwilling to be beaten and ordered the soldiers to climb up the ladder and use grappling hooks in mid-air.
They wanted to catch people, but the people on the city were not densely packed, and as a member of the Xixia army, they all had good experience in using grappling hooks, and they were also very good at dodging them. The grappling hooks were thrown up and down one after another, and the only ones caught were
Just dozens of eunuchs who were trying to avoid him.
Ximu Weiming stood next to Su Jin, drawing his bow and shooting arrows, and complimented: "How did Mr. Su know that they couldn't climb up? I forgot that the ladder was not high enough at all."
Su Jin smiled and said nothing. When he was in Weizhou, Su Jin had seen the ladders built by the Xia army. At that time, their ladders were only so short. It can be seen that the ordnance system of the Xixia army was like this; the northern countries such as Xixia and Tubo
, the city wall does not exceed two feet, which may be the reason why the ladder is not long. In addition, due to material limitations, it is too long to climb the city, which may also be one of the reasons.
However, Su Jin gave another version of the explanation: "General Ximu, do you know why your Xia army's ladder is so short?"
"I don't know. I just discovered it today. Sir, please enlighten me."
"I guess it's Li Yuanhao's rule. Think about it, the walls of the imperial city are three feet high and the ladder is only two feet, so the imperial city is not impregnable. For his own safety, Li Yuanhao was afraid that his soldiers would rebel, so he imposed this rule. Yes
Doesn’t it make sense?”
Ximu Weiming listened to Su Jin's nonsense with her mouth wide open, and stammered: "This... it can't be so, how could it be this reason?" She didn't believe it, but she believed it in her heart. Maybe it was really like this, which emperor?
If you don't pay attention to your own safety, especially with the frequent rebellions in recent years, it is not known whether it was really the regulations of the dead Li Yuanhao.
Su Jin sighed to himself: "Li Yuanhao's calculations are quite far-reaching, but he has forgotten one truth. The greatest danger never comes from the enemy on the opposite side, but from his side. No matter how high the wall is and how many guards there are,
You can’t prevent the people around you from taking action.”
Su Jin's famous saying about "Xi Muwei" is really true. Li Yuanhao's fate is a true portrayal of it, not only his life, but also his dignity. Didn't he successfully cuckold him?
No matter how smart he was, he would never have imagined that Queen Yeli would steal someone behind his back. Although he knew that the queen was seducing and wooing him, the satisfaction of conquering the mother of the world still made him hesitate to become the queen's lover.
"General Ximu, what do you think the other party will do next?" Su Jin's question brought Ximu Weiming out of his thoughts.
Ximu Weiming waved his hand and shot out a powerful arrow, pinning the Su Weijun who looked like a deputy general to the ground. He shook his head and said, "I can't guess. He has never been in a war. How can he do it?"
Is there any way?"
Su Jin said: "Although he has never fought, it doesn't mean that he can't think of a way. I guess they will retreat and rest, then lengthen the ladders and put two of them together, so that they can easily attack the city."
Ximuwei said: "What should we do? This method is feasible."
Su Jin said: "Let's take a look first and then talk."
Sure enough, the soldiers under the city suffered heavy casualties. Wu Zangpang finally gave the order to retreat. Thousands of guards retreated like a tide, leaving more than 300 corpses piled under the city wall. The Logistics Department immediately sent hemp.
The ropes are used to connect the ladders two by two and tie them together tightly. The length is more than three feet. The only drawback is that it is a little shaky and unstable, but it can definitely be used.
"We will definitely be able to attack this time. Pass my order. While the Su Wei army is attacking the city, the Iron Kites Army and the Guard Army are dispatched to attack the city gate. The other side does not have enough manpower. I want them to focus on their heads rather than their buttocks."
I didn’t lose confidence because of the defeat in the first battle.[
With an order, the two thousand Su guards launched another strong attack, and the archers then sent out to shoot arrows to suppress and cover. At the same time, the Iron Harrier Army and the Guard Army from the east and west also dispatched one after another, attacking from both sides.
They gathered in the middle and concentrated on attacking the city gate.
The thousand-step square in front of the small palace was suddenly filled with soldiers. Although the total number of people participating in the attack was only five thousand, the starry torches and deafening shouts still made people frightened.
"'Shoot' to kill the archers." Su Jin still implemented the strategy of killing the back row.
Currently, archers are the biggest threat to the soldiers at the top of the city. The archers must be shot first to ensure their strength. Moreover, the archers below the city shoot from above, so the attack distance is more demanding than shooting from a high position.
Near, before the opponent's archers enter the shooting range, we can easily shoot and kill them. This is the most advantageous time. Once they enter the shooting range, with the advantage of numbers and dense arrows,
, even "shooting" from above can cause damage to the limited soldiers at the top of the city, so the opportunity is only for a short period of time and cannot be wasted.
Arrows made sharp whistling sounds in the air like locusts. The archers under the city were hit hard again, and their sacrifice also allowed the Su Guards to successfully arrive at the city again. More than a hundred ladders were set up on the top of the city. The following are several
Ten soldiers held on to the foundation, while the remaining soldiers stepped on the shaky ladders as quickly as monkeys and attacked towards the top of the city.
Each ladder can withstand five people climbing up the city at the same time. Five hundred people will climb up the city in one batch. This number is already 50% of the defenders. After a short struggle, the second and third batches attack and the imperial city is defended.
Can't stand it any longer.
Of course, this is an ideal state. The actual situation is that the ladder is violently raped by the soldiers above, and the soldiers below are holding it tightly. As a result of the struggle between the two sides, either the ladder is overturned, or the soldiers on the top of the city are injured due to leaning out.
The figure was caught flying and carried down the city; everywhere there were the screams of the soldiers who fell in mid-air. They fell on the bluestone ground with a terrifying muffled sound. They fell three feet high and basically lost half of their lives. What's more,
Not to mention such a hard ground.
Figures of siege soldiers have appeared on several city walls east of the city tower. As mobile scavengers, Dynasty Mahan and others immediately rushed to reinforce and kill the emerging enemy troops. However, as the battle progressed,
There are more and more places, and Dynasty Mahan and others are unable to take care of both. The imperial city is about to collapse. Some people have already shown expressions of despair, and a small number of people have fled.
"I can't hold on anymore, I can't hold on anymore, I knew this would be the result." Ximu Weiming sighed.
Su Jin took a breath and said: "I have no choice but to use my trump card. General Ximu, before the war begins, I want you to order flammable objects. How many have you found?"
Ximuwei said: "The deputy general and the servants collected some curtains, but there is no firewood."
Su Jin said: "Forget it, bring the curtain and kerosene to the top of the city, soak the curtain with kerosene, light a fire at the most ferocious part of the attack, throw it down, and burn the people and ladders together."
Ximuwei asked, "Can it be done?"
Su Jin glared and said: "Go quickly"
Ximu Weiming rushed out of the city tower and immediately led people to move all the curtains and mosquito nets that had been removed from the palace onto the city wall. Mahan of the Dynasty led more than a hundred people to clear the way, clearing away the enemy troops who were attacking the city.
After the curtain was soaked, it was lit on fire and thrown down the ladder; once the wet curtain was lit on fire, the fire suddenly spread to the sky, and the climbing soldiers seemed to be covered by a fire net and immediately rolled down.
Then, the burning curtain fell, covering the people on the ladder and dozens of people below the ladder in the fire net, crackling and burning.
The soldiers were suddenly like crabs in a box net. The fire in their pockets caused their whole bodies to be on fire and they fled in all directions. For a moment, the smell of meat filled the air and they screamed in agony.
A dozen barrels of kerosene could only soak more than twenty curtains, but these twenty fire nets stabilized the situation at the most ferocious point of the offensive. The bodies of more than a hundred people below the city were on fire, and more than twenty ladders also caught fire.
It burned and affected the nearby soldiers who simply failed to enter the city.
Taking advantage of the panic caused by the fire, the soldiers at the top of the city quickly counterattacked, quickly killing the attacking soldiers and overturning dozens of ladders.
Just when everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, there was suddenly a loud bang at the city gate and a burst of smoke and dust billowing upwards. Under the unremitting efforts of the rushing car, the city gate was shattered into seven or eight pieces and burst open.