Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 1040
These big cities have a complete defense system, and each gate is a relatively independent defense point, and even residential buildings can be used for defense. Breaking through the city is the first step to victory, and it is also the beginning of the most difficult battle. If you are not careful, you will be defeated Come out, it's not impossible, let alone alarmist.

Back then, when the Song Army attacked Jibei, they once broke into Youzhou City, but were counterattacked by the Khitans.Similarly, the Jin army took advantage of the chaos to seize the outer city of Kaifeng. Although the residents were frightened to gather troops because of the armed street fighting, Kaifeng’s defense system was perfect, which made the Jin army quite a headache and turned to blackmail strategy. It can be seen that it is not easy to capture the big city .

That year, the Jin army went south twice and besieged Taiyuan Fucheng for nearly [-] days before taking it. It was still when the defenders ran out of ammunition and food, which shows how difficult it is to attack.As for the big cities in Lianghe, even when the Jurchens insulted the Zhao family's royal family, few of them were really defeated, and most of them were abandoned.

Just like Xiangzhou, Daming and other important towns, the Jin army was unable to take the main city at all, and almost all the defenders abandoned the soil, and they were taken by the Jin army.

Xiping Mansion was originally an important town in the Northwest of the Great Song Dynasty. Whether it was bad or not was in the hands of the party members. The defense power was even worse than it was back then, but it was still comparable to the cities in the mainland. .

What's more, the Xiangqing Army is located in Xiping Mansion, which means that the inner city is a military city with a more complete defense system than ordinary inner cities, and it requires tough battles.

However, Li Liangfu understood the situation, he was powerless, and he could delay as long as he could, and he didn't expect to be able to counterattack Song Jun.

Due to the issuance of the military order, some troops of the Xia army could still persist, but more people dispersed in a hurry. They either surrendered in an organized way, or ran to the military city without their lives. Anyway, it was a mess.

Wu Jie was very satisfied. With the fall of this important military town, he could reorganize his troops and launch an attack on Xingqing from the south, and he would be able to feel elated without complaining about being behind the Dianqian Division and Qu Duan of the province.

On the same day, Gaoping launched the battle of crossing the river. There were more than [-] forbidden troops and [-] township troops.

The Dahe Ferry in the east of Baojing City, Jingzhou, is not too spacious. The river is full of boats going back and forth, and simple rafts take up more than half of it.There are big defenses in front of each ship to resist the shooting of bows and crossbows. The rafts of the ships are crowded with soldiers of the Song Army in iron armor and scarlet uniforms.

Ordinarily, light clothing is the best way to cross the river. If you fall into the water with iron armor, you are likely to be drowned. It's just that the Song army needs to go into battle when they land, and they have to take the risk of wearing armor.

Ren Decong and Gu Lihei ascended the heights and witnessed the magnificent scene of the Song army crossing the river.

"It's really deceiving, can't we have a counterattack?" Ren Decong was very unwilling. Song Jun crossed the river recklessly, but Xia Jun's counterattack could not satisfy him.

However, on the Xia army's position on the west bank, large crossbows and catapults were continuously firing artillery stones and arrows at the river. Behind the wooden fence on the river bank, rows of crossbowmen took turns firing arrows.

However, Xia Jun's trebuchets were obviously inferior to Song Jun's, and their accuracy was extremely low. Most of the catapults fell into the water, causing water waves more than ten feet high. Those that were closer to the boat, the impact force would shake the boat left and right. Agitated, the people on it had difficulty standing firm, and were shaken and swayed endlessly.

Occasionally hitting individual ships, the damage is quite amazing. No ship can withstand a blow from a cannonball. They didn't have time to remove their armor.

The surface of the river is not too wide, but for the soldiers of the Song Army on the boat, it is the longest journey in their lives. It is too scary to wait for the fate arrangement. The cannon stones that stir up the waves, and the crossbow arrows that fly over the head, feel the pain in their hearts. Listening anxiously to the sounds of battle is a journey through hell.

The strong crossbow has exerted a certain power, and the shield is useless against the big arrow. Unfortunately, Xia Jun has always focused on field of vision and mobility. There are not many such crossbows equipped, not to mention the lack of good trees in the territory. The army formed a continuous and effective strike.

The bows and crossbows on the riverside also pose a certain threat to the Song army, but the big cards on the ship can effectively defend, and can only kill one or two people occasionally, and can only cause a certain amount of damage when they disembark, which is really annoying.

However, those Song army officials were not vegetarians either. Under the cover of sword soldiers, crossbowmen held their bows and crossbows to shoot at Xia army. More and more people landed. , embroidered leopard head and crescent moon white vest, it is impressive that it is the Tianwu Army, which has formed two defensive positions and insists on holding on.

Even the township army's two small-scale counterattacks were disintegrated by the Song army's divine arm bow, leaving behind a large number of corpses instead.

Gu Lihei was very frustrated. The Song army's attack was very sharp, and he didn't have many troops. Even if his horse army could charge, he couldn't rely too much on it.Not to mention the sharp crossbow arrows of the Song Army, even the heavy catapults erected on the river bank were enough to cause heavy losses to the Ma Army.

It was a heavy-duty catapult machine from Lailiang, equipped with a strong spring made of fine steel, which could allow the catapult machine to withstand more impact and fire artillery stones with a longer range. The first batch of troops of the Tianwu Army stood firm and quickly Set up these catapults and load iron shells to attack Xia's army.

Look at the iron cannonballs, which exploded on the ground with a sharp whistling sound. Although they have not yet reached the main position of the Xia army, they show a certain power and will crush all daring counterattacks.

"What do you think of the Dutong Army? Will you fight back again?" Ren Decong didn't see Gu Lihei's answer, and couldn't help but ask, he didn't understand battle formation.

"How to fight back? If we didn't see their cannon stones, our horse army would be dead." Gu Lihei said in a deep voice, but he secretly scolded Ren Decong for not knowing how to yell.

"Hit them halfway, and we can't let them stand firm." Ren Decong's face was ugly, and he had lingering fears about the power of the iron cannonballs in the distance.

Gu Lihei was completely fed up with this ignorant guy in front of him, he didn't know how to interfere with military affairs, and Nalang's life was a joke.The advantage of Ma Jun lies in speed and bows and arrows. If you let them enter the range of trebuchets and crossbows, and limit the limited space, it is equivalent to sending meat to the opponent's mouth. He is not that stupid.

What else did you say half-crossed and hit it, and you didn't see him gaining a firm foothold?
"The firearms of the Southern Dynasties were sharp, and the horse army was good at speed. They must not be suppressed by the river." He didn't want to explain, but he explained, who let the Ren family be favored.

Ren Decong was a little panicked, and couldn't help but lose his voice: "Then what to do, they crossed the river, they must be attacking Jingjing."

(End of this chapter)