Seeing the arrival of the logistics team, all the officers and soldiers were extremely excited. ""lvex couldn't defend the city without bows and arrows. It was precisely because there were no bows and arrows that they defended the city for the past two days, so it was extremely difficult. Now, the bows and arrows have finally arrived.
, solved their urgent need. What's more, there are two trebuchets.
At that moment, the soldiers below and the logistics troops brought up the bows, arrows, and trebuchets. The bows and arrows were directly handed over to the soldiers. The trebuchets had to be temporarily assembled because they were disassembled and shipped.
The Jurchens, Khitans, and Xixia people have been attacking the city, almost without stopping from yesterday to today. The resilience of the Liangshan soldiers above shocked them. After a quarter of an hour, they suddenly heard a "swish" sound from above.
The sound of "whoosh" continued, and the bows and arrows finally began to shoot downwards again. In an instant, countless more siege soldiers died.
After another hour, the attacking soldiers finally retreated slowly, and the Liangshan soldiers above cheered again.
At this moment, no matter whether it is the Jurchens, the Khitans or the Xixia people, they do not want to continue attacking Songting Pass. The defense of Songting Pass is so tight that it is almost impossible to capture it in a short time.
Moreover, just at the end, trebuchets actually appeared on the city wall, which hit the soldiers below even harder. Although it seemed that there were not many trebuchets, they had a considerable psychological deterrent effect on people.
Yelu Dashi was already standing with Wanyan Zongwang and Li Yuanzhu, the leader of the Xixia people. The three of them looked at the Songtingguan city wall in the distance with worried expressions on their faces, especially Yelu Dashi, who frowned even more.
Wrinkle. This small pass has such a strong defensive power. This is something he never imagined in his dreams.
In fact, if this pass is really so easy to fight, nomadic peoples in the past dynasties will not be blocked to the north of Yanshan. Only the most powerful nomads can conquer here and enter from here when they are at their strongest.
In the hinterland of the Central Plains, invade the Central Plains.
"Second Prince, Songting Pass is so difficult to fight. We have lost many soldiers in the past few days. I'm afraid it won't be possible to continue fighting." Yelu Dashi sighed longly and said.
Wanyan Zongwang nodded slightly. He had just gone to count the casualties of the soldiers. From yesterday to now, the Jurchen warriors he sent to attack the city had lost more than 3,000 lives. This made him extremely distressed. In the past, Jurchens and Khitans fought in wars.
At that time, even if it was to capture Shangjing or Zhongjing
Such famous cities rarely have such casualties. On the one hand, Songtingguan is located in a very good location and can be firmly guarded here. On the other hand, the Liangshan soldiers are too strong, no better than his Jurchen warriors.
Sorry, they suffered casualties while fighting on the city wall.
"Liangshan is indeed the great enemy of our Jurchens! It is really impossible to continue to attack Songting Pass. If there are only ten or twenty thousand Han people in Songting Pass, maybe we can defeat it. But in fact, the number of guards at Songting Pass is at least
It's over 40,000. It's really difficult to conquer." Wanyan Zongwang murmured.
At this moment, he felt a little regretful. If he had sent all 50,000 Jurchen soldiers yesterday afternoon, and then let the Liao and Xixia soldiers cooperate and fight non-stop, he might be able to break through Songting Pass. Unfortunately, he thought that 10,000 Jurchen soldiers were enough.
If we capture this place, no matter how many Jurchen soldiers there are, the losses will outweigh the gains if there are casualties. Only at this moment do I realize that I was very wrong.
That's wrong. Now that there are bows and arrows and other ordnance, if all the soldiers are sent up, I don't know if we can capture this place. It would be best if we capture it, but according to his observation, the Liangshan army's
Extremely resilient, they will probably fight until the last moment and fight for everyone. Do they really want to fill this place with 50,000 Jurchen warriors?
"Second Prince, what should we do now?" Yelu Dashi asked with a frown.
"Let's go to Yuguan! We conquered Yuguan! From Yuguan we enter the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun!" Wanyan Zongwang was silent for a long time and finally said.
"If Yuguan is also heavily defended, what should we do?" Yelu Dashi said.
"Impossible! Those soldiers who escaped from Yanjing said that the total strength of Liangshan was only 100,000, and there are 40,000 here. There are at least tens of thousands of people under Yanjing City? Even if there are soldiers guarding Yuguan, the number is only 100,000.
At most ten or twenty thousand, it should be much easier to conquer than here. Besides, the terrain here is so steep, Yuguan may not be as steep as here?" Wanyan Zongwang said.
"This... Yuguan seems to be not as good as here." Yelu Dashi pondered for a moment and said with some uncertainty.
In the past, both here and Shanhaiguan were just inns in the Liao Kingdom, and were not taken seriously by people at all. Yelu Dashi had never been to Shanhaiguan in his life, so it was naturally difficult to know what the topography was like there. In fact, compared with
Songting Pass was not bad at all. In later generations, Wu Sangui led 30,000 troops to defend Shanhaiguan. The Ming army at that time was similar to the Song army now, with extremely poor quality.
The strength was extremely weak. At that time, the Jurchens were in their rise period under the leadership of another hero Nurhachi. Their military strength was extremely strong and unmatched. The Mongols were defeated by them and became their vassals. The Ming army in Liaodong
They were not their opponents, but they were blocked outside Shanhaiguan and unable to enter. If Wu Sangui hadn't let go of Shanhaiguan, history might not have been like that of later generations.
At this time, the Liangshan army was much stronger than the Ming army in later generations. There were 40,000 people defending Shanhaiguan. It was extremely difficult for them to enter through Shanhaiguan.
Unfortunately, neither Wanyan Zongwang nor Yelu Dashi knew the situation in Shanhaiguan. At this moment, they were preparing to mobilize the army, take a detour to Shanhaiguan, and then enter Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures from Shanhaiguan.
Yelu Dashi regretted more and more. If he had known this, he would have sent heavy troops to capture all these important passes.
"Let's go!" Yelu Dashi sighed softly, looked at Songtingguan again, shook his head and left.
The number of coalition forces is more than 400,000. At this moment, not all the troops are heading to Shanhaiguan together. Instead, only 100,000 Liao troops, 100,000 Xixia soldiers, and 50,000 Jurchen soldiers are heading to Shanhaiguan. The remaining soldiers are still staying below Songting Pass. According to Yelu
Under Dashi's order, the remaining soldiers will still attack Songting Pass day and night. Maybe they can still defeat Songting Pass.
The 250,000-strong army headed for Shanhaiguan. When they just came out of Qilaotu Mountain, there were already dark clouds in the sky. After they had walked more than 50 miles, it suddenly started pouring rain.
The heavy rain did not have much impact on the Jurchens, and their expressions did not change much. They just hurried on in time, but the faces of the Liao and Xixia people were very ugly. The Liao people were looking forward to returning to the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and rescuing Yan.
Beijing, but the heavy rain made them curse. Many Liao soldiers did not want to continue moving forward, but wanted to rest for a while and wait until the heavy rain passed before continuing on their way. As for the Xixia people, they had no intention of rushing. At this moment, they were all
complain.
"What do you mean by us participating in such a war?" Shi Xiu asked several Xixia soldiers on horseback.
"Originally, our emperor accepted the request of the Emperor of Liao, so he sent troops here. He thought he was just going to help them fight a war, and then get some benefits from the Khitans. Now we haven't got any benefits, but the war keeps going on.
.Those Han people were originally cowardly, but this time they turned out to be so powerful. I don’t want to fight another Xixia soldier next to me.
"Let's run," Shi Xiu said.
"Run? Where are you going?" the other Xixia soldiers asked in surprise.
"Let's go back to Xixia and stop working for the Khitans." Shi Xiu said.
"Ah!" The rest of the Xixia soldiers exclaimed in low voices.
"If you don't want to leave, I'll go alone." Shi Xiu sneered.
After he finished speaking, he actually turned around and headed west. After a while, those Xixia soldiers followed him. As they went west, more and more Xixia soldiers followed them to the west.
, in a short period of time, tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers fled here and prepared to return to the country.
Yelu Dashi and Wanyan Zongwang were frightened after seeing the situation here. Yelu Dashi hurriedly ordered people to chase these Xixia deserters, but the Xixia soldiers were eager to return at this moment. They moved forward regardless, everyone was on horseback.
It is already very difficult to catch up with them.
"These damn Xixia people have no credibility! After I return to Yanjing and drive away the Han people, I will settle the accounts with them." Yelu Dashi gritted his teeth and said, but he also knew that this could only be said. Now Liao
The country needs the help of the Xixia people, and it is impossible for him to really "settle accounts" with the Xixia people.
Yue Fei was still on the grassland at this moment, and light rain was falling in the sky.
The morale of the soldiers is good. It has been extremely hot for days. This rain has temporarily driven away the heat.
"Rest here for a while and let the horses rest," Yue Fei said.
The soldiers got off their horses and began to comfort the war horses. For Yue Fei's soldiers, war horses were very precious items. The number of their war horses was too small, and each one was precious.
"Our destination is almost here." Yue Fei said with a smile while eating fried noodles.
"Brother, there should be soldiers guarding Guyuan City?" Zhang Xiandao.
"The Mongols should be guarding the grain road. We must defeat the Mongols first." Yue Fei said.
They were resting here, but there were still hundreds of spies investigating the surrounding situation. Several spies were hundreds of miles away from here. They walked forward in the rain and walked for a while. They were about to return when suddenly they appeared in front of them.
Two Mongolians.
These two Mongolians were obviously Mongolian soldiers who came with the Gaitar brothers. They were riding on horses, and when they saw the Liangshan soldiers from a distance, they couldn't help but be startled.
"Who are those over there?" asked a Mongolian soldier.
"Whoever he is, go and rob him." Another Mongolian soldier laughed.
They did bad things all the way in the Liao Kingdom, burning, killing, and looting. Anyway, this was not their territory, and the people here did not belong to their tribe. In their view, everyone here was the same as cattle and sheep.
Just like that, they were left to their own devices. Although the Liao Kingdom was declining, the wealth of ordinary Khitan people still exceeded that of the Mongols, who were still barbarians.
As long as they encounter a lone Khitan, they will never let it go. As for the large number of "Khitan" on the opposite side, they do not take it seriously. They now know how weak the former suzerain country Liao has become.
, the people of this country have no blood at all, even if there are only two of them, they dare to face the "Khitan people" who are far more numerous than them.
"They are the Mongols, prepare to fight!" Several Liangshan spies on the opposite side did not leave, the leader Wu Chang said. To watch the first release without ads, please go to ""lvex
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Chapter 313: Encounter on the grassland
Chapter 313: Meeting on the grassland, arriving at the location