King of Song

Chapter 355 Defensive Battle

The Xixia army took turns to attack, and the pressure on Dashun City can be imagined.

Lin Zhao and Jing Sili were also very busy, constantly running around the city wall, directing the battle.Under such a fierce offensive, if one is not careful, the city may be destroyed and people will be destroyed, so no one dares to take it lightly.

This time, there were 5000 defenders in Dashun City. It stands to reason that in key places like Dashun City, there should be more troops, and the more the better, at least it would be safer.

But Dashun City is only as big as a palm, no matter how many people there are, it simply cannot accommodate it.Furthermore, the larger the number of people, the greater the demand for supplies of food, grass and weapons.

Although it is only forty miles from Gyeongju to here, there are tigers and wolves around along the way, and the risk is extremely high.So 5000 people has been capped.Fortunately, the [-] soldiers are all veterans of the Western Army who have experienced the baptism of war. They have good combat effectiveness and richer experience. If they are ordinary recruits, they will not be able to withstand such great pressure at all, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

On this point, Wang Shao is quite kind, but what about other aspects?
When he was first assigned to Dashun City, Lin Zhao didn't think too much about it. After all, he had been stationed in Dashun City before and was quite familiar with everything here.At the same time, it also meets some of my psychological expectations, and I feel that it is being reused.

But not long after, Liang Yibu brought the Xixia army to kill him.

Only then did Lin Zhao realize that he had underestimated Liang Yibu's hatred for him.Isn't it just a festival in Qingtang City? As for leading the army to attack again and again, it must be put to death, right?The majestic prime minister of the Xixia Kingdom is too narrow-minded.Look at me, the last time I led an army to storm Dashun City, fought bloody battles and almost destroyed the city, but I never hated you, why can't you think about it?
Lin Zhao even smiled wryly, helplessly!
However, Liang Yibu was about to come, and Lin Zhao had no choice.This time there is another [-] army, which can be described as menacing.The day before yesterday, Lin Zhao stood at the top of the city and saw Liang Yi burying himself in front of the battle to supervise the battle. There was a person standing behind him. It was Li Fugui, the former governor of Qingzhou who defected to Xixia.

For Liang Yibu, Lin Zhao could see it very lightly, and didn't even care too much about it.But Li Fugui, that is absolutely unforgivable, it is not a gentleman not to take revenge.

Framed himself in a life-and-death crisis, and almost killed his head, how can this deep hatred dissipate easily?The most important thing is that the thousands of soldiers in Dashun City died in vain at his hands. For the sake of his own glory and wealth, he framed others and killed the soldiers under him.
Since he did this, he must be made to pay the price, and he must be paid in blood.When Lin Zhao saw Li Fugui, he would think of that night, the wailing of the soldiers under the raging fire, and the oath he made.

He must kill Li Fugui to avenge the thousands of soldiers who died in vain.I thought I would never have a chance, and it will become an eternal regret.If Li Fugui stayed in Xixia all the time, he would really be beyond his control and helpless, but he never thought that he would act so boldly and come to his door.

snort!Now that you are here, let you come and go!
Of course, Lin Zhaoke was much more sensible than them. Although he wanted to kill Li Fugui very urgently, he also knew that things should not be rushed.Impulse is the devil, if you are impulsive, something bad will happen, and you should think twice before doing anything.

With the current situation alone, Dashun City has been besieged by the Xixia army.Li Fugui was protected by the Xixia army outside the city, how easy is it to kill him?
Easily open the city gate to fight?That is obviously the rhythm of courting death.How could he disregard the safety of Dashun City and the safety of thousands of soldiers because of revenge?Which is more important, there is no need to think about it at all.From the beginning to the end, Lin Zhao was a well-informed and cautious person.

If he wanted to kill Li Fugui, he could only pin his hopes on Wang Shao of Gyeongju, at least he could kill that poultry thief, it didn't matter what method he used.The last time Chen Qiao saved Li Fugui from him, I believe that Wang Shao himself was very annoyed and deeply regretted, now that he is given such a chance again, I believe he will cherish it and be ashamed.

Just when?How did Wang Shao himself plan?Lin Zhao also had a lot of doubts in his heart!So far, Wang Shao has kept his troops on hold. Did he have other plans?Or do you have any other ideas?

Ever since Xixia launched a massive offensive, Lin Zhao had doubts about Wang Shao's motives.Thinking about it carefully, it is reasonable for him to appear in Dashun City and cause Liang Yibu to retaliate on a large scale, so there is nothing strange about it.

Didn't Wang Shao think of this at all?Judging from his ingenuity, as well as his outline and leadership of a state's military and intelligence situation, it is more or less understood and expected.

That being the case, why did Wang Shao still do this?It looked like he did it on purpose, but what did he want to do on purpose?Is it public revenge?The relationship between Wang Shao and Wang Anshi is also very close!If Wang Xianggong hadn't been promoted and appreciated by the officials, how could he easily be the magistrate of a state in his 30s?

If he hadn't been close to Wang Anshi, why would he have been appointed to replace Li Fugui?The reason why Li Fugui was careless, following Wang Shao's way, was largely because they belonged to Wang Xianggong's sect, although they were not familiar with each other, they also had friendship from the same sect.But he forgot that he has always been deceiving Wang Anshi's trust, how can he be called a disciple?At most, Wang Yu had a little connection, and when would Wang Anshi nod and admit it?
What's more, at that time, Wang Xianggong himself was too busy to take care of himself, so how could he have time to protect him?If he knew that Wang Yu had the intention of killing him to silence him, he would be even more chilled.It is precisely because of this mentality that Li Fugui followed Wang Shao's way.

Lin Zhao couldn't help thinking, how close is Wang Shao and Wang Anshi?Will it also... In fact, what I am more worried about is the meaning of the emperor Zhao Xu. If it is the emperor's order, Wang Shao is afraid that it will be difficult to refuse.Although Zhao Xu acquitted himself and made him an earl, he seemed to be favored as always.

But once some cracks appear, they can never be repaired.Although Zhao Xu looked amicable, but he didn't know how sinister he was behind his back?Thinking that at the beginning, he should have known that he was wronged, but still ordered the soldiers of the imperial army to give false testimony. This guy's uneasiness and kindness are obvious.

Later, under pressure, Zhao Xu had to admit his mistakes, but he would definitely not trust himself as before.After all, he once had murderous intentions towards himself, whether he would remain loyal was a question, and he naturally had to consider it.Of course, in order to protect his face, it is entirely possible to kill himself and silence him.

When he was in Bianjing, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he didn't dare to act rashly.What's more, there is the Empress Dowager protecting him, he needs to weigh it, and there is no chance to do it.However, the northwest mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, so some things are much easier, such as borrowing a knife to kill without leaving any traces.It is possible for Wang Shao to receive the instruction, but it is hard to say what kind of mentality is behind such an arrangement.

Lin Zhao was really helpless. He wanted to hang around in the Song Dynasty, but he offended the emperor. How will he hang out in the future?He also thought about revenge, but how can he be the emperor's opponent with his own strength?Although I feel extremely depressed in my heart, it may be very difficult to implement it.

Leave the Song Dynasty?Obviously impossible.At least the surrounding countries can't stay here any longer. Could it be that they want to take their beautiful wives and concubines with them and go overseas?This was the 11th century AD, it was not popular to go abroad during this period, not to mention the situation didn't seem to be so bad.

Just what to do in the future?This seems to be an unsolvable problem, unless...unless the emperor has changed!For a moment, such a "rebellious" thought appeared in Lin Zhao's mind.

At this moment, a ladder leaned against the city wall, and the shouting sounded again, interrupting Lin Zhao's thinking.

"Meet the enemy!"

Lin Zhao immediately sent people to meet him, poured cans of black oil on the ladder, threw the torch down, and the sky was ablaze.The Xixia soldier on the ladder instantly became a burning man and fell from the top of the city.

In the past, tung oil was mainly used to burn down the enemy's ladders and chariots, but the production of tung oil in the Northwest is not much, and the transportation is extremely troublesome, and it is often not enough for use.Fortunately, not long ago, Shen Kuo discovered a flammable black liquid in Yanzhou. Everyone called it kerosene, but Shen Kuo named it petroleum.

When Lin Zhao sent the sand table over there, he thought it would take some time before Shen Kuo discovered the oil, but he didn't expect that some oil had already been mined there.In view of the flammable properties of this material, Han Jiang immediately ordered people to mine the oil and distributed it to various cities.

Because Dashun City is at the forefront, the pressure on the city defense is high, and the amount of kerosene used is large, so a lot has been allocated.It is really wonderful that this will be used against the Xixia people.In addition to fire attacks, there are also rolling wood and rocks, boiling water and so on.

If the Xixia people want to climb to the top of the city, they must bear the killing of the Song army.The smashed heads were bloody, or burned to dry bones, or burned beyond recognition, and the casualties were quite heavy.But war is so cruel, casualties are inevitable.

The Song Dynasty defenders at the top of the city also suffered a lot of casualties, and the situation was also very tragic.Every time a soldier dies at the top of the city, it means that the strength of the guards is weakened.

Lin Zhao was very distressed, but Liang Yibuan under the city didn't seem to be distressed at all, and he was not in a hurry.After all, the Xixia army is ten times stronger than the Song army, and people are not afraid of casualties, and the Xixia people can afford it.

Just after the ladder was destroyed, another group of Xixia people came to kill them. Lin Zhao immediately ordered the soldiers to suppress them with bows and arrows, forcing the Xixia people not to approach.

The Northwest Fort is different from the city in the Central Plains. There is no water source here, and there is no moat.Without a barrier, the city wall was directly exposed to the Xixia army's attack range.This also makes defense more difficult, and the pressure is therefore much greater.

After finally repelling a round of attack, Lin Zhao immediately set off to find the general, Jing Sili, to discuss how to proceed with the next round of defense.

(End of this chapter)