After the Liao army finished speaking, Zhang Yong led Jiang Jinxian's horse and walked forward, followed by more than a dozen Liao cavalry.Far away, the defenders only saw a small group of cavalry breaking away from the middle army and walking towards the city wall.The generals looked at each other and felt bad.Who is it?"
It looks like Jiang Jinxian, they don't think we'll open the city gate like this, right?"
Guo Ziliang asked.The others burst into laughter, and one of the adjutant generals said, "The last general can lead a cavalry out of the city and cut off Jiang Jinxian's head in front of them, so as to comfort the souls of the six thousand soldiers in the sky." ”Wei Chiyuan waved his hand and refused: "Why do you want to kill him?"
Since the Liao army has this idea, let them do it, let the Liao State support him, and consume some more grain and grass of the Liao State. ”The others laughed when they heard this.Zhang Yong led the horses and slowly approached Anning City."
Lord Jiang, when you meet the generals, you should know what you are going to say, as long as the Liao army is at peace, your life will be better."
Zhang Yong instructed as he walked.Jiang Jinxian did not respond to this, looking at the city of Anning that was getting closer and closer, his heart was really mixed, just a month ago, he was in the city of Anning, and he was still the top boss of everyone, but a month later, he was outside the city, he was already a prisoner of the enemy, and he was a stepping stone to attack Anning.The transformation of fate is so wonderful, whether you accept it or not, what happens is happening, and it will not change.Seeing that Jiang Jin didn't speak, Zhang Yong said again: "Lord Jiang, don't think that the people in the city will rescue you, the cavalry following behind us have received orders in advance, if the people in the city are restless, they will behead you on the spot." ”"Master Jiang, believe me, it must be very painful.""
The Great Song Dynasty is big, a tranquility, a real determination is not enough for the Great Song Dynasty at all, as long as the Liao Kingdom gets these two places, you can go back if you want to go back, if you don't want to go back, you can also stay in the Great Liao, and we will also let people take your family over."
While speaking, everyone had already walked to the moat, and they could also see the sharp edge of the Song army's weapons on the Liao city wall.Tens of thousands of Song troops shifted their attention to Jiang Jinxian and his party.Guo Ziliang didn't think about it, and bent his bow to shoot arrows.This arrow almost hit Zhang Yong, who was talking, but unfortunately was stopped.Zhang Yong's face was very ugly.Before attacking Anning, Zhang Yongke still had the illusion that if he held Jiang Jinxian hostage, he would get peace for the soldiers of the Liao State without blood, and he would definitely be reused in the Liao State when he was really sure to wait for the border fortress, and it would not be impossible to enter the imperial city at that time.But the situation is markedly different.People don't care who you Jiang Jinxian is.How do I explain this to Yelu Chuqi when I go back?
Zhang Yong led the horse back to the Chinese army."
The king......"
Zhang Yong truthfully told the situation just now, and he was already terrified in his heart, Yelu Chuqi would not think that he was useless, so he killed something.After listening to Zhang Yong's words, Liao Jun's face remained unchanged: "There is no hesitation at all?
”Zhang Yong didn't dare to speak, and Yelu Chuqi didn't care about him, just got up, walked out of the tent, and got on the horse."
Siege.The drums were beating, and the Liao soldiers brandished scimitars, carried the ladder and shouted loudly to charge towards Anning.To deal with such a tall wall, if the cavalry charges on horseback, it is looking for death.The first was the foot soldiers, who were used to climb the city walls.In the rear were archers, and when they reached the range, they bent their bows and arrows to suppress the Song army on the city wall.The tactics of the Liao State are very simple, first use catapults to shoot flints at the city wall for a round of suppression, and then expel the armies of other races to attack the city, and wait until the end, only the elite Liao cavalry will harvest.But times have changed, and if they want to regain their past suppressive power over the Great Song Dynasty, they must first pay the price of blood.The cavalry rode their horses and looked at the Liao army swarming towards Anning City, and they were not full of pride in their hearts, but a little panicked.A siege is a war in which the lives of soldiers are gambled.The Liao army was quite experienced in marching, and he knew that the use of Jiang Jin to affect the morale of the Song army had not been done, and they were still on the same starting line as the Song army, so it depended on who could not bear it first.Wei Chiyuan was the commander-in-chief of the city."
Beat the drum to meet the enemy."
At his command, the drums began to sound, and the banner kept shaking at the head of the city, sending out signals.Under the sound of drums, the soldiers of the Song army looked at the black and oppressive Liao siege army, and their minds were a little calm. ”Artillery. ”The Liao siege soldiers and horses have reached the range of artillery.The banner waved constantly, relaying the signal to the troops in the city who were operating the artillery.When the general saw it, he shouted, "Launch, launch." ”The power flew out of Anning City, and smashed straight towards the Liao siege army.Four artillery pieces and more than twenty catapults were installed in the city.Hundreds of stones and running broke with flames, and smashed into the Liao army.Every time a shell or stone fell, dozens of Liao people died.After the first round of artillery attacks, there was a pause, and the second round of artillery strikes arrived.Although the Liao soldiers were timid, they could only step on the corpses of their companions and keep advancing.He could only continue to charge against the extremely lethal artillery.Artillery does not need to rest, but there are not enough shells.After the third round of shells was fired, under the command of the general, the soldiers put on their untaken armor one after another, drew their long knives and waited for the general's second order.If tens of thousands of them are used, it will also indicate that the battle on the city wall has become a situation that the Song army has been somewhat unbearable.After paying huge casualties to the Liao army, the archers also came to the attack range, they bent their bows and shot arrows, trying to suppress the Song army at the head of the city, but they were attacked by the Song archers.Under a round of intensive shooting, hundreds of Liao soldiers were killed, and after a panic, the Liao soldiers began to shoot arrows into the city.The soldiers next to the general put up their shields one after another to protect the front of Wei Chiyuan and the others.Ten thousand arrows rained down on the walls of Anning City.The Song army had long been prepared to defend the city, and the shields were also fully prepared, and they raised their shields to block the arrows.The drums changed again.The soldiers who raised their shields to defend did not make any other moves, but the Song army, hiding under the shields, began a new round of attacks, some of the Song soldiers with new firearms fired at the Liao soldiers who were crossing the moat, and some of the Song soldiers bent their bows and shot arrows.The wide moat can only be lowered from this end with a ladder, fixed to the other end of the moat, and then climbed over.Under the attack of firearms, thousands of Liao soldiers were injured and fell into the moat.Being injured and falling into a moat is no different from death.The Liao people were good at riding and archery, and their ability to bend bows and shoot arrows was better than that of the Song army.The suppression on the city wall still had a certain effect.Four or five thousand Liao soldiers finally approached the city wall, and after fixing the ladder on the city wall, they began to climb towards the city wall.At this time, the Liao soldiers were all holding shields, and the arrows and firearms were ineffective at this time.The Song army on top also began to use stones.The sheer weight and impact of the stones make them particularly effective.There were constantly Liao soldiers who were hit by stones and fell from the ladder.The Song army on the city wall was not idle, and used the iron rod in his hand to pry the iron hook of the ladder fixed on the city wall, as long as there was a slight looseness, the Song army could push the ladder down entirely.Under the defense of all the people, only a few hundred Song troops were hit by the arrows of the Liao people in this round of attack, some died on the spot, and some snuggled up to the city wall and groaned constantly.As the war progressed, the first Liao soldiers also climbed the city wall.However, as soon as they stood firm, they were picked and killed on the spot by the Song army, which had been prepared in advance, and the corpses were thrown as stones at their companions.The Liao army watched the tragic situation of the siege, and then launched a second wave of attacks.Tens of thousands of Liao soldiers then poured towards Anning City.The Liao army wanted to take Anning in one go.The Liao State has already won a big victory over the Great Song Dynasty, and it is necessary to make persistent efforts, as long as it wins Anning, it can advance towards Zhenning without worries, and all the departments of the Liao State will also be full of confidence in this war and do their best to support the Liao army's war against the Liao State.In this battle, the Great Song Dynasty did not want to lose, but in this battle, the Liao army wanted to win.After seeing a new round of Liao attacks.Wei Chiyuan was also not afraid of danger, and continued to order, the trebuchet prepared to throw stones, and after the command was passed into the city, the soldiers took off the armor they had just put on, transported the stones, and tied the ropes."
Stunk them to death, and it's better not to live any of them."
One of the soldiers said viciously, then threw his long knife at the rope.The shells have run out, and now the only thing to rely on is the catapult.After the rope broke, it was provoked by the whole thing, and the huge impact force made the flint fly out of the city wall and smash straight towards the Liao army.Boom ——!
The sound of flint falling stones resounded across the battlefield.Hundreds of stones flew out of the city to bring the majesty of the Liao State to see it, they were all afraid, but they had no choice but to bow their heads and continue to run towards the peaceful city wall.This second round of attacks is even more fierce than the first round.The Liao army's rear army archery team was also replenished, and arrows continued to fall on the city wall or in the city of Anning, causing great casualties to the Song army.After paying a certain price, the second batch of besieging Liao troops rushed to the city of Anning, they held their shields and began to climb along the ladder towards the city wall, with the support of the second wave of Liao soldiers, and suddenly the first wave of Liao soldiers was demoralized and fought hard.Some were hit by stones and fell under the city wall, groaning and rolling in pain, and some had just climbed the city wall when they were picked down by the Song army's spear.This was the first time that the Liao army had attacked the city so recklessly.