Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 1035 Large-Scale Offensive

Opposite is the Jin Army, Gao Sheng's troops, just as Xu Huiyan was worried, the Jin Army really went south lightly, as if they wanted to have some fun, but they didn't expect the Song Army to be ready to face the entire Yunjie Army with more than ten thousand elites. They are still cowardly.

Xu Huiyan didn't take advantage either. As the commander of the battalion, he had access to high-level military orders. Before completing the battle against Xingqing, he tried not to conflict with the Jin army. Taking Xingwei City is the real business.

It didn't take long before Yun Jie's army was still in position. Chen Gao led his troops, took off their armor to perform patrol tasks, and protected the infantry from attacking the city with ease.

Wang Cunli could not have imagined that an imminent crisis would disintegrate under the unrelenting strength of the Song army, and the long-range strikes began again, this time especially violently. The gate was riddled with holes, and the soldiers on the city suffered heavy casualties.

When Paoshi extended into the city, more than a thousand Song soldiers formed wave after wave of crimson, overwhelming the city wall, and the small-scale ants attacked the city, which was quite a spectacular scene.

There is a simple ladder in front, but thousands of troops follow behind. The huge ladder car and arrow tower move slowly, constantly moving closer to the city wall.

The crossbowmen in the front row entered the range of the crossbows on the city, and immediately erected the big cards to cover the crossbows behind to suppress the top of the city.
The ever-extending goose cave has begun to stretch forward, gradually approaching the city wall, and the ladder car and the arrow tower are also approaching. , some infantry began to erect simple ladders.

When the Song army approached the city wall, the crossbowmen of the Xia army were not vegetarians either. They also started to fight back violently. Rows of crossbow bolts were shot at the officials who were approaching the city, and some people threw sheep oil torches to burn the simple ladders. .

Although most of the catapults in Shengwei City were destroyed by the Song army, there are still some catapults left in the city. From time to time, deadly artillery stones were fired, and they kept falling outside the city. Some unlucky people may be hit. , Broken bone and broken neck.

The war is fair, and it is not because of your strong momentum or your so-called positive image that you can reduce casualties. The casualties of the attacking side are undoubtedly higher than those of the defending side. Fortunately, the Song army has a lot of siege equipment. Casualties.

Not to mention the battle in Shengwei City, the most intense battle was actually the battle of Xiping Mansion. The Song Army had five armies plus tens of thousands of township armies, with a total of [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. Saying that due east and southeast are reversed, the Song army assembled more than [-] horse infantry troops, forming a limit in one direction.

In other words, the limit in one direction is generally 5 people when the communication command is backward, and more than [-] people can be said to be the limit of the limit.

Although there were more than [-] people in the Song Dynasty's three-way attack, it has reached the limit of national strength, and even the treasury, which has exceeded the income of Shenzong's era, has been in emergency. It is conceivable that the cost of the war, if it is not for Wang Xiuzhuo's effective administration , I am afraid that the finances of the Song Xing Dynasty have already collapsed.

Back to the number of mobilized troops, the army of more than 8 troops is also beyond the command ability of Qu Duan and others. Fortunately, Gao Ping and Wu Jie were able to avoid the embarrassment of poor command. The limit of his command.

The fall of Dongguan City allowed the Song Army to complete the sweep of Xiping Mansion and directly launch a large-scale storm on Lingwu County.

Wu Jie is also very bold, and he will come to full bloom directly. Due to the deterrence of the northwest camp, Xia Jun is unlikely to surprise the transfer road. He dispatched the Wanxiang Army from the road to support the battle with a large number of siege equipment.

Fortunately, the siege operation was carried out, and with the cover of the northwestern battalion of the Dianqian Division, Wu Jie did not need to worry about being attacked from behind.

He was not as cautious as Xu Huiyan, who took ten days to test, but he came up as a spearhead. Hundreds of heavy trebuchets, [-] bed crossbows, more than [-] ladder carts, and [-] archery towers arrived at the front line. and use it.

The ladder truck is not a simple pole ladder, but a complex construction machine, which can transport hundreds of people at a time, directly to the city.

The defense of the city wall of Lingwu City is ridiculous in Wu Jie's eyes. There is no sheep and horse wall beside the moat, and the city wall is straight. Shooting from both sides is an extremely vulnerable weakness.

This starts from Li Yuanhao's era. Li Jiqian did not manage Lingzhou well when he seized Lingzhou. The reason is very simple. Facing the powerful Song army, the party members did not have the confidence to defend Lingzhou. It was not until Li Deming's era that Lingwu was rebuilt. city.

The party members did not pay much attention to defense, and did not spend too much time on simple construction, which led to the imperfect defense of Lingwu City. Li Yuanhao ascended the throne and founded the country, and moved the capital to Xingzhou with all his heart. Lingwu City was in the hinterland, and the perfect defense was put on hold. .

In the end, the Dangxiang people established the Xiping Mansion in Shengling Prefecture, set up Xiangqing Army, and built a military city in Lingzhou City, but did not pay attention to the defense of the city.

The reason is also very simple. They occupy Hengshan and the dangerous pass. The Song army is unlikely to hit Xiping Mansion. Even if the Song army reaches Xiping, they will be exhausted when they cross the vast sea. Conquest, all the way is defeated by the city.

However, Wu Jie's army was strong, with sufficient supplies and food, and Xia's left wing was almost wiped out. If it weren't for the Xia army's attack from Mingsha and Yili, he would have to transfer all the troops on the transport channel.

From the point of view of the Song army, which is good at offensive and defensive warfare, as long as it concentrates its forces on a few important areas and uses these weaknesses of the city defense to go all out, it will not take long for the entire outer city to be taken down without difficulty.

A ladder cart approached the city wall, and more than a dozen crossbowmen on the top platform were shooting arrows at the city wall with all their might.

The ladder car is very strong, and the top is protected by wet animal skins. Even a crossbow is not easy to shoot through. As long as it is not directly hit by a catapult, even a rocket is powerless.Inside the car, there are three layers of atmosphere on the top and lower floors, and hundreds of officials are fully armed and on standby.

After preparing to lean on the city wall, the pedals in front of the platform were lowered, and they rushed to the top of the city.

Although the Song Army's long-range projectile weapons had already destroyed Li Liangfu's strength, it was still impossible to completely suppress him, and he had to fight back occasionally.

But suddenly, a cannonball flew from the city and hit the platform of the ladder truck directly. The platform was smashed by the huge impact force, and a dozen archers were thrown out by the huge inertial force, screaming and falling. To the flat ground several feet down, sometimes people are unlucky like this, and they will always encounter helpless things.

(End of this chapter)