The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin quickly led people to the upper tower of the imperial city, and when he looked down, his heart suddenly became cold for a while. The downstairs of the imperial palace was full of torches. Under the torches, there were thousands of people and horses neighing. million people.

Under the guidance of Xi Muwei Ming and Mei Luo Bu, Su Jin saw the majestic appearance of the iron kite army for the first time. On the east side of the city gate, rows of high-headed war horses in armor stood quietly. A strong soldier in bright silver armor holding a shield and spear, with an iron mask stuck on his face, looks like a knight of the round table in the Middle Ages.

In the middle directly opposite are rows of infantry, holding bows and arrows and scimitars, and their armor is also very complete. This is the Suwei Army, the standing army in the capital; on the west side is the three teams of guards, Ouchi is on duty They were the ninth and tenth teams of Ximu Weiming and Mei Luobubu. These three teams were responsible for the security around the palace, and it seemed that they had been dragged into the battlefield.

Su Jin quickly analyzed the situation in front of him. Naturally, there was a world of difference in strength and numbers, but the good thing about his own side was that they had a strong city wall as a cover. Yuan Hao spared no effort in the construction of the palace. Not only was the city gate tall and thick, It is reinforced with copper nails all over the city wall, and the city wall is more than three feet high and one foot six in width, three feet higher than the outer city wall of Xingqing Mansion; defense.

But the advantage of the terrain is not enough to reverse the absolute gap in strength. The gap in strength is too great. Su Jin only has two teams of guards with 1000 people on hand, and the entourage of less than a hundred people he brought with him. [

"Call all the servants in the palace to the inner square of the city gate immediately, General Ximu, is there an armory in the palace?" Su Jin asked without turning his head while staring at the restless and noisy army below.

"Of course there are armories."

"Is there any kerosene, bed crossbow or something?"

"I have some kerosene. What is a bed crossbow? I've never heard of it; there are more than a dozen whirlwind cannons."

Su Jin said: "Take all the assembled servants and move them in for backup; General Mo Luo, you take [-] soldiers to defend the east wall, and the remaining [-] soldiers to defend the west wall. Fortunately, the front wall only has [-] steps to meet the enemy. On the front, the moats on the left and right sides played a big role, otherwise this battle would not be possible.”

Mo Luo buried the sermon: "The emperor dug the moats on both sides for the defense of the palace, and connected them with the Beilin Lake behind the palace. Only one side meets the enemy. I didn't expect it to come in handy."

Su Jin nodded and said: "It's a good idea. Listen, the enemy army is large in number. We can only rely on the terrain to hold on, and use bows and arrows to shoot from a long distance. Once the city wall is broken through, the situation is over. Pay attention to this point."

Mo Luo buried the sermon: "Don't worry, I'm not a vegetarian, the east is handed over to me."

Su Jin nodded and turned his eyes to the inside and outside of the city wall. The people outside the city neighed and the inside of the city was busy. There were actually thousands of servants assembled, and each of them was sweating in small steps from the side hall under the supervision of General Ximu. Bows, arrows, armor, kerosene barrels, whirlwind guns, etc. were moved out of the arsenal next to them. These guys were already disabled and could not use their strength. Where did they do such physical work on weekdays? They were all exhausted, and they were finally moved. Things, all lying on the ground in a mess.

The soldiers and horses outside the city finally moved, and a passage slowly flashed out of the guard army in the middle road, and several generals in armor and armor came out, and Xi Muwei whispered in Su Jin's ear: "The one in the middle is the one who didn't Zang Yepang, the big fat man next to him is Lang Ye, it seems that Lang Ye has noticed something."

Su Jin nodded and said: "Talk to them and try to delay the time. Now it is beneficial for us to delay for a while."

Ximu Weiming nodded, leaned out from the tower, and shouted loudly at the few people who were walking slowly under the city wall: "Who is coming? Gathering soldiers in front of the palace, is this a rebellion?"

The tall and thin Wuzang Pang stood still, and his desolate voice sounded: "General Ximu, don't you even know me?"

Ximuwei looked around pretendingly, and said: "So it's the Prime Minister of the State, what is the Prime Minister of the State doing? Why did you bring troops to the palace? Is this to seek rebellion?"

Wu Zang Pang said in a high voice: "General Ximu, who conspired against you, you are so worried; the old man advises you to put down your sword and open the gate of the palace, otherwise the old man will be impolite. You gang of rebels dare to kill the king and seize the throne!" , is really bold, but do you have that ability?"

Ximu Wei pretended to be puzzled and said: "The Prime Minister of the country will not understand anything, the emperor is resting in the palace well, how can there be a theory of killing the king?"

Wuzang Yepang scolded angrily: "Mother Xi, you are not qualified to talk to me, go to Jiao Ye Li Duanyun, this lowly maid, to see me, I want to know how my sister and nephew are doing."

Ximu Wei famously said: "The Prime Minister of the country is also very suspicious. I will be on duty in the palace. How come I don't know what you said."

Wu Zang Pang knew that he couldn't take it for granted with this little mother's name, so he gave an ultimatum loudly: "The old man is not confused with you, delaying time is of no benefit to you, I will give you a stick of incense time , either you open the gates of the city and let us go in to protect the emperor, or the old man launches an attack and enters the palace, and the old man Qing Jun kills the rebels, whoever dares to stop me will kill all the nine clans." [

Ximu Weiming was about to chat a few words, but turned around and returned to the formation without hiding her words, boarded a chariot with a canopy and sat down slowly.

At the same time, orders were issued frequently in the opposing formation, and thousands of soldiers came out carrying more than a hundred ladders, and three vehicles with iron-headed rivets were also pushed forward; The archers of the Qiansu Guards took off their bows and arrows and put on their arrows, ready to step forward to aim and shoot. Thousands of soldiers had already drawn their knives and only waited for an order to charge along with the ladder.

Su Jin could see that the opponent was fully prepared. The reason why he had been lining up and not attacking just now must be to find the siege equipment. Facing such a strong city wall, the ladder rushing car must be prepared. This is not hidden. Ye 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 walls on both sides. The number of people; on the one hand, he ordered Ximu Wei's name to shout down.

"My lord, the emperor is coming from the bedroom. Don't be impulsive. If you dare to attack and hurt the emperor, you will be a traitor."

"Bah! Ximu Wei called you a bastard. You are still lying at this time. The emperor has been killed by you long ago. There has been news from the palace. You thought it was a perfect seam. If you don't open the city gate, you will be killed." Just wait to die."

"I didn't hide the old thief. If you dare to attack the palace, I will hang your sister to death on the top of the wall."

Ximu Wei Mingben took this as a threat, and wanted to make Wuzang Pang hesitate for a while, but he didn't expect that as soon as he said these words, he heard Wuzang Pang curse loudly, followed by shouting, Thousands of guards took the lead, carrying ladders and began to charge; at the same time, three charging vehicles were also driven straight to the city gate by more than a hundred strong men.

Su Jin cursed and ordered loudly: "The archers are ready, start shooting within fifty steps, the target is the archers behind, and the ladder infantry in front don't care."

Everyone was stunned and said: "Don't care? Isn't that the attack?"

Su Jin said: "Don't worry, they won't make it this time, trust me."

Amidst the shouts, the Suwei army had rushed over a distance of more than 100 steps and entered the shooting range of the bow and arrow. The soldiers who charged in the first wave had the awareness of cannon fodder. He shrank his neck and waited for the blow of the bow and arrow from the sky, praying in his heart to the blessings of the Buddhas, so that the arrows would not fall on himself; the gods and Buddhas had spirits, and none of the arrows fell on the nearly two thousand charging soldiers in front. The sound of arrows breaking through the air was right above his head, but the one who died was the archer who was following behind to cover the climbing ladder.

Yeli Huaipang's strategy was correct. The infantry of the guards in the front charged, and the thousands of archers in the back shot arrows towards the top of the city to suppress them, so that the defenders at the top of the city could not attack the climbing soldiers. This three-dimensional The cover of the enemy can indeed play a miraculous effect in the siege; the archer does not seek to kill the enemy, but to suppress it.

The opponent shot all the arrows at the archers in the rear, which is also within the calculation of the unconcealed, and the head can't take care of the butt. Shooting the archers means that the ladder infantry can reach the city wall smoothly, and then they will It's the other party's nightmare.

As Ye Lipang expected, two thousand soldiers rushed under the city wall without any damage, and more than a hundred people were killed and injured by the archers behind them, but the price was worth it. Smiling, he said to the left and right: "A group of mobs can be broken in a day or night."

But as soon as he uttered these words, his mouth opened wide, and the eyeballs of everyone around him jumped out of their sockets, fell to the ground and rolled around, and the scene under the palace wall made everyone dumbfounded.

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