The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The guards and iron kite army soldiers who attacked the city gate cheered loudly, and the wreckage of the city gate was quickly moved aside. The deputy commander of the iron kite army, who was in full armor, let out a muffled roar from his chest, and waved his spear forward. With one finger, one hundred iron kite heavy cavalry under him changed from slow to fast, and ten cavalry galloped side by side, heading straight for the open city gate.

Behind them, the bodyguard team followed quickly. They didn't worry about their own safety. The defenders on the top of the city had no time to take care of them, and there were iron kites riding in front of them. Everyone knew that wherever the iron kites arrived Everything that stands in its way will be destroyed everywhere, even if the defenders emerge from the dark opening of the city gate, they will not be able to stop the crushing of the torrent of steel.

The defenders on the gate tower began to focus on shooting the iron kite army that was rushing towards them. In the darkness, the clanging sound of steel arrows hitting the heavy armor could be seen, accompanied by dazzling sparks.It's like hitting an elephant with a stone the size of a thumb, and the damage is not worth mentioning.

The iron kite cavalry rushed forward, and the heavy armored cavalry started slowly, but once they charged, they would get faster and faster. The surging momentum alone was enough to scare the crap out of the opponents.

People on and off the city seemed a little dazed, and even Su Jin watched the heavy cavalry rush into the city gate without any reaction, and just as the figures of the ten cavalry in front disappeared into the dark gate, there was a loud bang and boom, and in the darkness There was the wailing of war horses and the muffled groaning of soldiers in their masks; before everyone could understand what was going on, the cavalry behind them had already rear-ended, ten after ten, and the continuous collapse of dominoes spread all the way to the city gate. outside. [

The heavy cavalry started slowly, and it was not easy to stop when they got up quickly. A series of impacts made the hundred iron kite soldiers lie on the ground like a gourd; They reined in their horses and slowed down early, but the huge inertia still threw them off their horses. They let out a long cry like flying through the clouds and smashed cow dung cakes on the city wall next to the city gate. Although they had heavy helmets Protected, but also fell with blood on his mouth, broken bones and spleen.

"What's going on? Did you hit an evil spirit?" Wuzang Yanpang, who witnessed this, cried out in shock.

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, the gate of the city has been sealed, and the iron kite army has directly hit the wall."

"How is it possible, how did they seal the city gate in just one hour? Impossible, where did they get the manpower."

"This...is not very clear, but the guards came to report that the city gate is indeed sealed, and it's so dark inside that you can't see clearly."

"I'm so angry, attack the city, attack the city, if you can't get in the city gate, then continue to attack the city wall. We have ten times more troops than them. If you can't get in, it's a bunch of waste."

"I obey, but... the loss is not small, do you want to take a rest, the city is full of fire."

"Take a rest? 1 people fight 1000 people, you have the face to say rest? They will set fire to you? What about the archers? Shoot with rockets, if they can't attack, they will be burned to death, bastard, a bunch of free-eating waste." Pang lost his composure and cursed.

The situation is urgent, the sooner he occupies the palace, the sooner he will take the initiative. It's not that he is eager to save anyone. On the contrary, when he learned of the changes in the palace, his first thought was not to save the emperor and his sister, but to hope that they could all be saved. was killed, because in that case, after capturing the palace, he would have a lot to do. If the situation permits, he will never refuse himself to be the emperor. If the situation does not permit, he can find a baby to pretend to be Li Liangzuo, then he will be Being too emperor is no different from being an emperor.

But everything is based on capturing the palace and slaughtering the mother and son of Empress Yeli to control the situation in the capital. If the other party also has foreign aid, the longer the delay, the more unfavorable it will be; The more than 1 people under the order did not buy their own accounts at all, and all these are variables.

On the top of the city gate, Ximuwei looked at Su Jin eagerly, and asked in bewilderment: "What did Lord Su block the city gate? Why did the iron kite army get dizzy from being bumped into? I haven't seen you yet." Order to move earth and rocks to block the city gate."

Su Jin laughed and said: "Why do you need to carry earth and rocks? Didn't you just vacate seven or eight whirlwind cannons in the ordnance? It is not necessarily pits and walls that are used to stop cavalry. Long spears are the best thing to stop killing, but iron The impact force of the Kite Army was too great, and ordinary wooden spears might not be effective, so I ordered my brothers to dismantle the iron mast of the whirlwind cannon, and fixed it on the ground with a giant horse in the armory. Insert the tail into the masonry, and aim obliquely at the door opening; when the iron kite army rushes in, it is natural that the iron rod hits the iron helmet, who do you think will win?"

Ximu Weiming said in amazement: "How can this be fixed? Wouldn't it be scattered under the impact?"

Su Jin frowned and said, "It's hard for me to explain to you, do you understand the stability of the triangle?"

"What triangle...what the hell." Ximu scratched her head and said.

Su Jin also scratched his head and said: "Well, I don't have time to explain it to you. If you are so curious, why don't you go and see for yourself. In short, the rejection of horses is based on this principle. How can you explain why a wooden frame can hold cavalry around?" That’s because Juma is a stable triangular structure, fixed on the ground with wooden stakes, even if you hit it with a thousand pounds of force, Juma can still maintain its original shape and not fall apart, understand?”

Ximu Wei's name was even more confusing, and Su Jin didn't have time to explain too much to him.

In fact, Su Jin has no choice. Originally, the best way to prevent the city gate from being breached was to completely block the city gate opening with mud and rocks, but he didn't have the time or the manpower to arrange it; originally he wanted to use these seven or eight iron rods He resisted the city gate, but found that this still couldn't stop the car from smashing the city gate into pieces, so he thought of giving it a try, using dozens of giant repelling horses found in the armory to firmly hold the iron bar It is tied to the slope against the horse, and the tail is inserted into the gap between the masonry and stones, in order to block the impact of the cavalry.

Su Jin also thought that once the opponent was an infantry charge, these guys would be useless, so he piled up a lot of tables, chairs, cabinets and desks found in the palace behind Juma, regardless of whether it was nanmuxiangmu or anything else Valuable wood will be used as fire to block the enemy's attack. [

When the heavy cavalry charged first, Su Jin would naturally not order to light the fire. This is exactly what he wanted to see the most. If the infantry attacked, the fire could stop it for a while, but it would never stop the infantry's attack. On the contrary, if the infantry did not refuse The horse is in front, and it is not realistic to rely on the fire alone to stop the impact of the heavy cavalry. The opponent can completely disperse the fire with the force of the impact, and get through the city gate passage with limited casualties.

The current situation is what Su Jin is most willing to see. The heavy cavalry are blocking the entrance of the city gate. Once the horses in heavy armor fall down, they will not be able to get up. There were 100 to 80 people who couldn't get up, and they became a natural barrier at the city gate. If the infantry of the opponent still wanted to attack the city gate, they had to use bows and arrows to stop them first.

"Master Su, they shot rockets. They are learning from us. They want to burn us to death."

Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "On the same battlefield, the geniuses are the first to attack with fire, and the fools are the next. What? Burning what? Burning mud? Hahaha."

Ximu Weiming followed hehe and laughed. He really admired this Han official. He thought Su Jin was a personal favorite of Queen Yeli, but he was a little jealous. When he realized that Su Jin was for Princess Ari When he came to help the queen, the jealousy disappeared and was replaced by contempt. It wasn't until seeing him chatting and laughing amidst the outnumbered enemies, and not panicking in front of an enemy ten times his own, that he truly admired him.

The opponent's rockets shot over the sky, and the defenders hid behind the battlements. The arrows pierced the night sky and fell in the open space outside the city. It was too far away, but due to the dense arrow rain, several rows of green trees were lit up, like torches, burning cracklingly.

Wuzang Yepang and others outside thought that the palace was on fire, and they were immediately very excited. Under the order, the rockets fired more fiercely.

Su Jin huddled at the back of the city gate, waiting for another attack after the rocket stopped. Suddenly he saw two figures on the side of the main hall moving quickly towards the city wall, and someone was chasing after them anxiously.

Those two people rushed to the bottom of the city tower in the rain of arrows, only then did Su Jin see clearly that one was Ye Li Duanyun and the other was Li Ali who hadn't seen him for a long time.

"Hurry up and meet him." Su Jin called.

Wang Chao rushed out with a big shield, rushed down to protect the two in three steps and two steps, blocked the arrows with a weapon, and pulled the two up to the tower. Su Jin frowned and said: "It's so dangerous, come here to do something very?"

Li Ali plunged into Su Jin's arms and said, "I want to die with you."

Su Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What are you dying for? Isn't this good?"

Li Ali said: "The queen mother said that the palace cannot be guarded, and we are all going to die here, so my cousin and I came here to die with you."

Su Jin laughed and said: "How could you die? Don't talk stupidly. You guys came at the right time. Look at the meteor shower all over the sky. It's rare to see it."

Yeli Duanyun said: "Where is the meteor shower coming from?"

Su Jin pointed to the sky and said, "Isn't it? In order to celebrate the reunion of Ari and I, Wu Zang Pang meticulously prepared this meteor shower. Look, isn't it beautiful?"

Ari and Yeli Duanyun were stunned for a moment, they were terribly frightened when they came here, the sky was full of rockets whizzing, they just felt horrible, what did they think it looked like, at this time Su Jinyi said, looked up and looked, it was really full Sky arrows are like shooting stars, brighter than others.

The three looked at each other and smiled, and Su Jin held them one by one in his arms, forgetting that he was in a crisis, and leaned on the railing to admire them with gusto.