Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 161 Anyone who invades the territory of the Song Dynasty must...

Several soldiers with broad shoulders and waists were naked and spat into the palms of their hands, and then each began to beat the war drums in front of them as hard as they could.

When the drums sounded, Song troops began to gather quickly at the head of Bianjing City. Compared with the two important towns of Hejianfu and Damingfu, at least the Song troops stationed in the capital temporarily showed the qualities that defenders should have.

Yelu Yanshan excitedly directed the siege equipment to advance, then looked to the left and shouted: "Archers, prepare to release arrows!"

The captain next to him immediately picked up the order flag and waved it. At the same time, there were also cavalrymen who specially delivered orders to the front army to deliver the orders in person.

Last night, envoys from both sides were still communicating with each other, mixing good honey with oil, as if the previous war did not exist; this morning, when the war drums of the Han army were beating, the Song troops standing at the top of the city immediately felt it directly The Han army is terrifying.

The infantry formations supporting the movement of siege equipment were tight. Even if an officer was occasionally shot and killed by a stray arrow, the team would not collapse. Someone would immediately fill his position and continue to command and advance.

Moreover, their armor coverage rate is very high. Most of the soldiers are wearing heavy armor, and some even have six or seven arrows on their bodies and are still advancing steadily.

Outside Nanxun Gate, multiple Han army formations formed a dark siege force. At least in the eyes of the city wall defenders, the Yan people were almost endless. Coupled with the scene of steadily advancing against arrows, it had already made Many people were stunned.

Are they not afraid of death?

Most of the Song soldiers began to fight back immediately. The Han army's arrow array quickly arrived within the shooting range, but they did not immediately release arrows to suppress it.

Liang Zhe took off his visor, drew his sword and pointed it at Bianjing City, shouting: "Where is the Han army!"

A battalion of hundreds of Victory soldiers beside him immediately began to shout in response.

"wind!"

Sound waves rolled up from the personal barracks and continued to gather like waves.

The crossbowmen in the arrow array and the surrounding shield soldiers array began to roar at the same time.

"wind!"

"wind!"

The more than 7,000 soldiers who attacked the city today were all shouting at the top of their lungs at the strong wind.

The roar with a strong northern accent rushed towards the face, giving people no sense of humor, as if a strong wind was really blowing from the north at this moment, constantly ravaging the courage of the Song soldiers.

"Fire arrows!"

There were a total of 2,500 crossbowmen in several small formations, and they were all raining arrows on the city at this moment. Among the fifty assembled crossbows in the army, only a few were hit by catapults in the city. The remaining forty or so huge crossbow arrows arrived at the city head ahead of the rain of arrows.

The crossbow arrows came too fast, and along the way they must pass, unlucky soldiers were constantly having their chests and backs ripped open, and they were strung together with several other equally unlucky comrades "chest to back".

What followed was a rain of arrows from the Han army, which continued to splash on the city. The arrows of the Han army's archers were very accurate, and their error tolerance rate was high, because most of them had armor, but in comparison, The Song people also had a large number of archers, but after several rounds of shooting arrows at each other, the number of arrows at the top of the city suddenly decreased several times.

Most of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty did not have armor, or the armor was thin, exposing many vital points and unable to withstand arrows.

Liu Ling sat on the hillside and looked at the siege in the distance, with no emotion in his eyes.

When he was in Hebei, he could restrain the soldiers, spare the civilians as much as possible, and not cause too many killings. However, when sieging cities and fighting in the wild, he not only showed no mercy, but also killed more ruthlessly.

"Report!"

"Report!"

At the same time, two messengers arrived. Liu Ling turned his head. Kang Gongbi walked over and listened to the message. His face changed, and he walked quickly to Liu Ling and whispered: "Fifteen miles away from our army, there is a Song army. March towards here.”

After the news of Liu Ling's capture of Daming Mansion reached the capital, the imperial court began to call on the army from all over the world to serve the king. However, Liu Ling then claimed that he was here to welcome his bride, and asked some captured officials to come into the court to speak for him, at least openly. He said he had no intention of doing anything more.

During today's attack on the city, Liu Ling realized that he was a little subdued and the Song people were ready to make a move, so he had to give the Song people a warning first. Now it seems that his action is somewhat necessary, because the "King Qin Army" who was supposed to be prohibited from entering the Kaifeng Mansion territory according to the official decree, actually killed him in front of him.

Fifteen miles away is considered a relatively close distance.

The Song army is still marching here, so they must want to take advantage of the Han army to attack the city and launch an attack from the flank.

Liu Ling frowned slightly and said, "Let them come over."

"Your Majesty?"

Kang Gongbi was stunned for a moment. The momentum of his own attack on the city was obviously better. Why did he still put the Song army in front of him to harass the siege?

"Send a message to the front army. Anyone who goes to the city today to retrieve the flag of the Song Dynasty will pay homage to the general and be rewarded with thousands of gold coins and women from the Song Dynasty."

"Here!"

Kang Gongbi immediately nodded to convey the message, but he was still deeply puzzled. Behind him, Liu Ling rubbed the armrest of the seat and stood up after a moment.

"I am alone."

To the east, billowing smoke and dust were sweeping in. It could be seen that there was a considerable number of cavalry troops in the Song army that was about to arrive.

At the same time, in another battlefield, the Han army's sentinels also sent back news that another Song army had appeared.

The two Song armies were surrounded from both sides, and their sentinels should also have reported back to the generals the general strength of the Han army.

"There are only 20,000 people. Zhang Gong is in the east and I am in the west. We can definitely defeat the enemy together!"

Sitting on the horse was a rough-looking middle-aged man wearing red armor. After receiving constant messages from the sentry, he immediately strengthened his views.

The Han army is vulnerable!

"There is no one with Luanzi on Hebei Road, but a mere dog thief who raises horses in Yandi is allowed to run wild outside the capital! Hey, how far is it from the capital?"

The deputy general asked the soldier who was leading the way to question him, and after a while he replied: "It's only a few miles away. You may be able to see the Yan bandit's camp. General Fan, please be patient."

Before seeing the Han army, the Song army saw a corner of Bianjing City.

A shadow was cast outside the magnificent city wall, but there was no trace of the Han army inside. Liu Ling brought only 30,000 people, and there was definitely no way to surround the entire Bianjing. Moreover, he was not prepared to lead his elite troops to the city wall foolishly. .

But this also gave General Fan and the Song troops around him an illusion:

That is, as they expected, the Han army had very few troops and weak combat effectiveness. They were just like Song Jiang Fangla.

"God thief"

General Fan cursed excitedly and shouted:

“It’s fitting that I, Fan Qiong, will make a great contribution today!

Officials, the general is here to help! "

west.

Zhang Zhongxiong looked at the old general next to him and said softly: "Father, by waiting here today, we have already violated the imperial decree. What if?"

"Nothing will happen."

The old general wore armor on the outside and a crimson official robe on the inside. He said in a deep voice to his son:

"The two armies are rushing to attack together. Unless all Liu Ling's gang of bandits turn into gods, huh, even gods can't save him. Yan thieves and dogs are so bold that they dare to invade our territory of the Song Dynasty. I will attack them and defeat them." Of!"

(End of this chapter)