The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Sieges at night are extremely rare, mainly due to the lack of brilliance and the inability to carefully observe the battlefield and judge the battle situation.

When you can't see things clearly, it's difficult to defend a city, but it's even harder to attack a city.

Therefore, generally speaking, unless you have a huge advantage or are bound to win, you will usually not attack a city at night.

There is still light in the half-moon tonight, the stars twinkle faintly, and the rest is illuminated by pine oil torches.

This is true both above and below the city. There are pine oil pillars built on the city, which can be lit for a long time. People below the city hold pine oil sticks. Although they are not as bright as the pine oil pillars, they are very numerous and can be seen from a distance.

But in this way, the light between each other becomes the other's field of vision, but there is no way around it. This is inevitably the case in the dark night.

Most of the soldiers in the northwest were able to see at night, whether under Zhao Tong or Xixia. It was not as later generations said that people in ancient times could not see at night. In fact, this kind of thing also depends on dynasties and regions.

Soldiers in the Tang and Song Dynasties could see some dark objects to some extent, as long as there was some normal light, especially the border soldiers on the western border.

The Tang and Song Dynasties were affluent, and the food in the army was very good. Especially at this time, the meat food was mainly mutton, unlike later it gradually evolved into dolphin and duck.

Therefore, the border soldiers of the Tang and Song Dynasties, including Tubo, Uighur, Dangxiang and other soldiers, could all have night vision.

At this moment, the attack at the pass was extremely fierce, just to cover the five hundred hometown friends who flew over the Xiakou Pass from Wulong Ridge.

These five hundred fellow villagers have jumped down from the top of the layered, uneven city tower, which looks like a sword pavilion. Although they had stepped on the machine mechanism before, their skills were extraordinary, and few of them were harmed. They rushed into the defenders. And it occupies a corner of the gate.

The gate was already in chaos, and it was clearly visible from below. Zhao Tong immediately issued an order to attack regardless of gains and losses. All kinds of siege equipment were used, including several types of ladders. The arrow tower was pushed directly to the front, almost clinging to the wall of the gate.

This Xiakou Pass is not a tall and majestic pass, but a dangerous pass.

Because of the terrain, it is possible to resist the enemy on one side and gather all the troops to protect only one wall, which is the gateway due south. Since this wall seems to be rugged and narrow, if you look closely, it seems that one man is responsible for the barrier, and ten thousand men are unable to do so. It means open.

But it is necessary to secure the terrain and be condescending. It is extremely difficult to get up there, it is difficult to hang a ladder, and it is difficult for people to climb and jump into the juncture, so it can be regarded as a dangerous place.

But at this moment, people entered the gate, and there were quite a lot of them. They immediately began to rush for the gate, and the gate was violently attacked again. Wherever there was a situation where one man was in charge of the gate and no one could get on, it was simply a mess, and it was in danger.

I saw a crowd of people at that moment, and many Xixia generals rushed over. However, this barrier was shaped like a gourd, wide inside, but narrow at the edge. The people above had to command and fight the country friends who had sneaked over, and they also had to fight against the attackers below. The city was noisy and noisy for a while, and military orders were difficult to get through. Many of the attacking soldiers below the city had already touched the battlements above.

At this time, the flaws of the terrain of Xiakou Pass were fully revealed. It was narrow and crowded, and it was impossible to gather a large army and directly crush the five hundred villagers to death. The five hundred villagers had the foundation of martial arts and light kung fu, and the gated buildings were complicated. They could dodge and dodge. Only three or two of them could occupy The battlements, the siege troops below will come up.

At this moment, there was a ladder hanging next to them, and they saw a plump figure with his hands on the battlements, shouting: "Hold on for a few breaths, Sajia will come!"

He held the stack with one hand and held the sword in the other hand. He knocked away the two sharp arrows that were shot at him, and then jumped up to the top of the city with a single body jump.

Then he stood in front of the battlement, waved his weapons, and covered the soldiers behind him to continue climbing the city.

This was none other than Lu Da. Zhao Tao had few generals, Li Yanxian went to attack Wulong Ridge, Du Bo commanded the front army, Zhang Xian commanded the two wings and the rear, leaving Lu Da and Xu Ning to go into battle personally.

Originally, Zhao Tong wanted to ask one of his five hundred friends to cross the border together, but then he thought about it and gave up the idea. After all, cooperating with the siege was more important.

There is basically no problem in crossing the Feiling Pass, and they will definitely be able to pass it, but the top priority is whether the soldiers under the city can take this precious and hard-won opportunity to climb to the top of the city while the five hundred hometown friends occupy a position in the pass.

If you climb up, everything will be decided. If you can't climb, then all the previous preparations will be in vain. Five hundred friends from home will definitely not be able to come back, and they will definitely die fighting at the top.

Therefore, climbing to this gorge entrance is the most important thing.

Zhao Tong asked Lu Da to lead his troops to build ladders to attack the city, and sent Xu Ning to knock down the gate.

After receiving the order, Ruda personally selected a small team of people. He took the lead, set up a ladder and took the lead, and finally was the first to climb the Xiakou Pass!

Seeing him reaching the top of the pass, cheers immediately erupted from below, with words such as "mighty and invincible". However, the people on the city were shooting arrows at Ruda's position like crazy, and even finally aimed their stone cannons at it. Dun's random projections knocked down several buildings over there.

But after all, there was no way to stop him. Seeing a few more people coming up from behind, Ruda moved forward with his sword and joined the five hundred fellow villagers, and then started killing them.

With his joining, the pressure of the five hundred friends was greatly reduced. Bai Li, who took the lead, was a small master, but he was not as good as Li Yanxian. He had just entered this realm, and he was overjoyed to have a powerful master like Luda come to his aid.

Xiakou Pass fell into a critical state for a while. More and more people climbed up to the city. The stone cannons and crossbows under the city kept bombarding this side. No matter how good the soldiers who defended the city were and how well-equipped the weapons were, It is also a situation where it is difficult for two fists to defeat four hands.

Fighting on two fronts, and because the place was so small and narrow, the army under the city could not press them, so they were immediately in danger.

Seeing this from the rear, Zhao Tong ordered again to attack the city with all his strength regardless of gains and losses. He would rather destroy the crossbows than to stop. He must suppress the Xixia army on the city and let the number of people climbing up the ladder to the city continue to increase.

And at the door below, a jacked car developed by Zhang Xian was used to push against it.

Normal sieges involve a few soldiers carrying logs and blasting them hard. However, the force-bearing area is small, and a single log is not that heavy. There is insufficient forward inertia. Once the city is behind, Blocked by stones, the city gate could not be breached for a long time.

But this thousand-pound cart is different. Just like the multi-barreled artillery of later generations, five or seven logs are fixed and tied together. Below is a four-wheeled cart that can be pushed forward. There is a hard shed on top to block arrows and arrows. The lighter stones are hit with great force from a distance and are extremely powerful, making them a powerful weapon for breaking the door.

At this time, the battle was going on in the city. Luda was blocking his head from above. The sword in his hand was flying up and down, chopping, slashing, lifting, stabbing, breaking, hanging, and piercing. His moves were linked in a series of moves, making the waves roll. There were blades everywhere, killing the Xixia soldiers on the opposite side until they howled like ghosts. Bai Li, the night owl, was good at Qinggong. You could see him taking small steps, leaping and moving, darting around in the shadows of swords and swords. Although his clothes and armor were stained with blood, they were all left behind by the enemy soldiers. Not even a single hair was damaged.

At this moment, a man suddenly rushed forward. He was wearing armor and looked like a Xixia general. He held a single-strand sword in his hand and started fighting with Ruda.

Just watch Ruda "swish through the forest", swish, swish, the knife flew like lightning, slashing at random, not only the enemy of the Xixia general, but also the soldiers nearby.

He then used the move "Yaksha Churns the Sea", the sword light rolled around like snow and rain, blood splashed everywhere, and skin flew everywhere.

The Xixia soldiers cried for their fathers and retreated one after another. The general was furious: "They are all greedy for life and afraid of death. If you don't move forward, if you retreat and lose the pass, you will lose your life!" After that, he personally swung his sword and killed a few of them. The pawn retreated, and the rest of the soldiers had no choice but to step forward with him and continue fighting.

Ruda killed several more people and shouted: "You little guy, do you want to die?" After saying that, he pounced on them like an angry lion with a sword in hand.

The Xixia general swung his sword to drill, and when he saw that the sword was lifted up, he came out of the circle with a clang. Ruda had already acquired the master's martial arts skills, as well as divine power, and was extremely brave. He moved his steps, and made another move with the sword. The "tiger probe" reached directly into the Xixia general's heart, and a cold wind rushed towards him. The knife came too fast.

The Xixia general was immediately frightened, and hurriedly raised his sword to fight. Unexpectedly, the tiger's sword was in vain. In the blink of an eye, Ruda turned around like a whirlwind, turning 360 degrees, and a cold light went straight to Xixia. The general's lower abdomen was as fast as an arrow leaving the string.

The Xixia general said "Ah!" and fell to the ground. He just dodged the sword and rolled back to stand up. Unexpectedly, before his feet could stand firmly, Ruda rushed forward, holding the sword in his hand like a silver dragon leaping down. Just cut it and go straight to his door.

This is a unique move in Luda's sword technique. Even gods can't prevent it. When the sword reaches the Xixia general's front, there is no place to hide. There is only a muffled "puff" sound, and the general is immediately struck from top to bottom. Split into two pieces.

Then Ruda flew up with his right foot and kicked the body down the city with a series of shovel legs. The Xixia soldiers behind him did not dare to step forward and retreated one after another.

Ruda and his men continued to press forward. At the top of the city, the more space they could move forward, the more hope they had of seizing the city. It was like a tug-of-war, and every inch of ground had to be fought for.

At this time, before reaching the gate, several generals came up from the opposite side. They were all anxious and sweating, and ordered the soldiers to fire arrows.

In an instant, the crossbow sounded like flying locusts when the crossbow was closed.

"No, how come there is such a thing!" Seeing that it was a sharp weapon like a crossbow, Luda immediately swung his sword and struck at it. His tone seemed to be as if he did not expect such a thing to be hidden in Guanlou, and then he suddenly screamed fiercely: "Ah, It’s bitter!”

He stumbled to the side and fell directly to the ground on his side, with two crossbow arrows pierced directly into his heart and under his ribs.

The Xixia generals on the opposite side were overjoyed when they saw this. They all hated him for his bravery and invincibility. Now that he was shot by a crossbow, they immediately felt relieved. One of them came forward with a saber in his hand. The blade swayed and chopped straight towards Ruda's neck. Go, fearing that he will die and want to make a last hit.

At this moment, Luda suddenly started to move. He let out a long roar, raised his saber to deflect his sword, and then jumped up from the ground. He was actually pretending to be dead, luring the opponent to attack.

The moment the knife was in his hand, it was like a silver dragon playing in the water, rolling up and down, the cold air was blowing, cutting people's skin. In just the blink of an eye, he killed the Xixia general who had rashly come up. He was dazzled and couldn't help but retreat, surrounded by dangers.

Luda suddenly felt the urge to kill and used his special move. He saw the Jie Dao's light soaring and the white light fluttering, never leaving the opponent's forehead. He could only hear the whistling wind and countless blades rushing towards him from above, below, left and right.

The Xixia general was so shocked that he took a step back in shock, dwarfed his body, jumped up and turned his head backwards, turning into a move.

He dodged Luda's sword and felt proud in his heart. Unexpectedly, Luda was so fast that in the blink of an eye, he chased after him.

The Xixia general had never expected it to happen so quickly in his wildest dreams. He was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. He said "Oh!" and didn't know what to do. The few people behind him hurriedly ordered the soldiers to come to the rescue.

Luda sneered, his footsteps were as fast as the breeze, and the knife had already stabbed into the heart of the general. He exerted force and passed through the heart. He pulled again and blood spurted out all over him.

At this time, everyone in the rear arrived and immediately surrounded him. Ruda used the sword technique to overwhelm the sea. The sword flew around randomly. When it was cut on the human body, the flesh and blood collapsed. When it was cut under the wall, stone chips flew everywhere. Sparks flew everywhere.

Although the generals on the opposite side were brave, their martial arts skills were obviously no better than the two who died in the previous battle. They were actually killed and retreated steadily. The soldiers on both sides suffered countless casualties, and the corpses were piled up to half a person's height.

Ruda, with his friends from behind and the soldiers who climbed up the ladder, kept pressing forward. He shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, those who avoid me will live, and those who stand in my way will die!"

The sword in his hand slashed five or six people to death with a "swish, swish, swish" motion, slashing left and right, almost touching and wounding, and those who were touched died. The Xixia soldiers could not block his attack, so they had to get out of the way.

At this moment, Luda suddenly showed off his power and jumped directly into the opponent's circle. He used the bottom-pressing move of the Overturned Sea Knife Technique and immediately killed the generals who had just stepped forward.

In fact, he has been restraining his martial arts to fight. Otherwise, with his master's skills, who would be his opponent in this city?

It's just that a melee between a large army is naturally different from a duel between just a few people. He was born in the army and understands these principles. He knows that no matter how powerful he is alone, it will be useless if he can't keep up and can't cooperate with each other. So he has been fighting slowly just now, without Killing violently and with a single sword.

But things are different now. More and more people are coming up behind. They are even fighting downstairs and in the barriers on the left and right. They want to seize control of the steps that sandwich the city. Once they seize it, they will seize the initiative and seize the opportunity. If you take the initiative, you can send more troops up the ladder to the top of the city. If you occupy the top of the city, then the Xiakou Pass will be declared broken.

Because if the city head is occupied and no one is killed on the city, then there will be no way to stop the soldiers from attacking the city below, and the city gate below will be broken.

No matter what is accumulated inside the city gate, it is only a matter of time before it is opened, and then the army will march straight in.

Ruda killed several generals at this time, and the soldiers in the rear followed him with a "hurrah" and went straight to the stone steps of the lower city.

At this moment, a red light suddenly appeared on the Wulong Ridge to the east, and then many places began to light up. The red light turned into a raging fire.

The fire was so fierce that it burned extremely high in just a moment, shining so brightly at the mouth of the gorge that it was as bright as day...

(End of this chapter)