The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The soldiers of the Suwei Army who rushed to the bottom of the imperial city wall quickly put the ladder on the city wall, but an embarrassing scene appeared. Suddenly, they realized that after the ladder was up, the top was still a few meters away from the city wall, and there was no way to move it. Climb the wall.

Everyone was dumbfounded. They didn't 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 the armories. No one considered whether the height of the ladders could Climb up the walls of the imperial city, so that there is a big oolong.

"Damn it, the military law required by the military officer in charge of logistics supply is nothing short of child's play." Wuzang Liepang yelled.

"My lord, it's no wonder they, the longest ladder in our Great Xia is only two feet two, and the walls of the imperial city are three feet high, which is not high enough..." Someone reminded in a low voice.

"Then what should we do now?" Wu Zang jumped anxiously, seeing that the crowd of soldiers under the city wall didn't move around like flies, but they couldn't climb the city wall. The defenders on the top of the city had already shifted their targets. Shooting arrows down from the top of the city, soldiers under the city are falling down in large numbers. [

A general suggested: "Use the hook to grab the edge of the city wall, or you can climb it."

Wuzang Pang scolded: "You are all monkeys as soldiers? Grabbing hooks and climbing are those with martial arts skills. How can the Suwei army have that ability? You don't need to be killed by the enemy if you miss, and you will fall half to death first." .”

There is a lot of noise here, and the defenders on the city wall are unambiguous. Except for shooting arrows, everything that can be smashed down is rained down. There is no rolling wood and rocks in the palace. Waiting for things, there is no lethal heavy object to replace, so Su Jin ordered people to directly demolish several rockeries on the inside, and destroyed a few partition walls. The rocks of these rockeries and the blue bricks on the walls became Although the power of rolling wood and rocks is not great, a stone the size of a fist dropped from a height of three feet is enough for the people below to drink a pot.

The soldiers crowded below were doing their own business, they were smashed by the arrows and sundries above, but they had no way to do anything. The leading general was unwilling to be beaten, so he ordered the soldiers to climb up the ladder and use the hooks in mid-air. Catch people, but the people on the top of the city are not densely packed, and as a member of the Xixia army, they are quite experienced in using the hooks, and they are also handy in avoiding them. Dozens of eunuchs who couldn't avoid it were nothing more than thugs.

Ximu Weiming stood beside Su Jin, drawing a bow and shooting an arrow, while complimenting: "How did Mr. Su know that they can't climb up? I forgot that the ladder is not high enough."

Su Jin smiled and said nothing. When he was in Weizhou, Su Jin had seen the ladders made by the Xia Army. At that time, their ladders were only so short. It can be seen that the military system of the Xixia Army is like this; However, the city wall did not exceed two feet, which may be the reason why the ladder is not long. In addition, due to the limitation of materials, it may be one of the reasons why it is too long to climb the city.

However, Su Jin gave another version of the explanation: "General Ximu, do you know why Xia Jun's ladders are only so short?"

"I don't know, I just found out today, my lord 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 ladders are only two feet. In this way, the imperial city is impenetrable. For his own safety, Li Yuanhao is afraid that his soldiers will rebel, so he enforced the rules. Yes. Doesn't it make sense?"

Listening to Su Jin's nonsense, Ximu Weiming opened her mouth wide and stammered: "This...isn't it, how could this be the reason?" She didn't believe it in her mouth, but she believed it in her heart. Maybe it was true, which emperor Not paying attention to one's own safety, especially in the case of frequent rebellions in recent years, it is not known whether it is really the dead Li Yuanhao's order.

Su Jinwu sighed to himself: "Li Yuanhao's calculations are quite far, but he has forgotten a truth, the greatest danger has never come from the enemy on the opposite side, but from his side, no matter how high the wall is, no matter how many guards You can't prevent the people around you from attacking."

Ximuwei's famous saying, what Su Jin said is really reasonable. Li Yuanhao's fate is a true portrayal, not only his life, but also his dignity. Didn't I successfully cuckold him?No matter how shrewd 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 turn back and become the queen's lover.

"General Ximu, what do you think the other party will do next?" Su Jin's question pulled Ximu Weiming back from his contemplation.

Ximu Weiming waved his hands and shot a strong arrow, nailing a lieutenant-general who looked like an old guard to the ground, shaking his head and saying: "I can't guess, I have never fought before, he can Is there any way."

Su Jin said: "Although he hasn't fought a war, it doesn't mean he can't think of a way. I guess they will retire to rest, and then lengthen the ladder, two and one, and then they can easily attack the top of the city."

Ximu Wei said: "Then what should I do? This method is feasible."

Su Jin said: "Let's have a look before we talk."

Sure enough, the soldiers under the city suffered heavy casualties. Wuzang Yepang finally gave the order to retreat. Thousands of old guards retreated like a tide, leaving more than 300 corpses piled up under the city wall. The logistics officer immediately sent hemp rope , butt the ladders two by two and tie them firmly together. The length is more than three feet. The fly in the ointment is that it is a little trembling and unsteady, but it can definitely be used.

"This time, I will definitely be able to attack. Pass my order. At the same time as the old guard army is attacking the city, the iron kite army and the guard army will attack the city gate. The opponent is short of manpower. I want them to take care of their heads instead of their backs." Did not lose confidence because of the first defeat. [

With an order, the two thousand old guards launched a strong attack again, and the archers also dispatched arrows to suppress the cover. At the same time, the iron kite army and part of the guards from the east and west heads also dispatched one after another, moving from both sides. Gather in the middle and concentrate on attacking the city gate.

The square with a radius of a thousand steps in front of the small palace was filled with soldiers. Although the total number of people participating in the attack was no more than five thousand, the starry torches and deafening shouts still made people tremble with fear.

"Shoot and kill the archers." Su Jin still carried out the strategy of killing the back row.

At present, archers are the most threatening target to the soldiers at the top of the city. The archers must be shot first to ensure their vitality, and the archers below the city shoot from their backs, and the attack distance is longer than that of condescending shooting. Nearly, before the opponent's archers enter the range, one's own side can easily shoot them. This is the most advantageous time. Once they enter the range, relying on the advantage of numbers and dense arrows , Even shooting from the back can cause damage to the limited soldiers at the top of the city, so the opportunity is only for such a short period of time and cannot be wasted.

Arrows screamed like locusts in the air, and the archers under the city were hit hard again, and their sacrifices were rewarded with the soldiers of the guards arriving at the city again. More than a hundred ladders climbed up the city. Ten soldiers stood against the foundation, and the rest were as quick as monkeys stepping on trembling ladders to attack the top of the city.

Each ladder can withstand five people ascending the city at the same time, and 500 people ascend the city in one batch. This number is already [-]% of that of the defenders. After fighting for a moment, the second and third batches will attack, and the imperial city will not be able to defend. Living.

Of course, this is an ideal state. The actual situation is that the ladder was slammed by the soldiers above, and the soldiers below held it tightly. Xing was caught by the fly and rushed to the city; the screams of soldiers who fell in mid-air were everywhere, and they fell on the bluestone ground with a horrible muffled sound, falling three feet high, basically half of their lives were lost, and even more so. Not to mention such a hard ground.

The figures of siege soldiers had appeared on several walls to the east of the city tower. Wang Chao Mahan and others, as mobile scavengers, immediately rushed to reinforce and kill the enemy troops who took the lead. There are more and more places, Chao Mahan and others can't take care of it, the imperial city is about to be broken, some people have shown expressions of despair, and a small part of the phenomenon of fleeing has already appeared.

"I can't hold it anymore, I can't hold it anymore, I knew it would be the result." Ximu Weiming sighed.

Su Jin took a deep breath and said, "I have no choice but to use the trump card. General Ximu, I want you to order flammable objects before the battle. How much did you find?"

Ximu Wei said: "The deputy general and his servants collected some curtains, but there is no firewood."

Su Jin said: "Forget it, move the curtain and kerosene to the top of the city, soak the curtain with kerosene, set fire to the most ferocious part of the city, and burn people and ladders together."

Ximu Wei asked, "Can it be done?"

Su Jin stared and said, "Go quickly."

Ximu Weiming rushed out of the city tower, and immediately led people to move all the cloth and mosquito nets that had been removed from the palace to the city wall. Chao Mahan led more than a hundred people to clear the way, while clearing the enemy troops who killed the city, After the curtain was soaked, it was lit and thrown down the ladder; once the wet curtain was ignited, the fire raged, and the climbing soldiers rolled down as if they were covered by a fire net. Then, the flaming veil fell, covering the people on the ladder and dozens of people below the ladder in the fire net, and they started crackling and burning.

The soldiers suddenly looked like crabs in the box net, and the burning of their heads caused them to scatter and flee in all directions. For a while, the smell of meat was overflowing, and they screamed incessantly.

More than a dozen barrels of kerosene can only soak more than [-] curtains, but these more than [-] fire nets have stabilized the situation at the most fierce offensive point. The bodies of more than a hundred people in the city were on fire, and more than [-] ladders were also on fire. Burning, spread to nearby soldiers did not Faden City.

Taking advantage of the panic caused by the fire, the soldiers at the top of the city quickly counterattacked, quickly beheaded the soldiers who attacked, and overturned dozens of ladders by the way.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly there was a loud bang at the city gate, and a burst of smoke and dust billowed upwards. With the unremitting efforts of the rushing car, the city gate was shattered into seven or eight pieces and burst open.

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