Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 1050

Shibaozhai was built on the east side of the rugged passage of Helan Mountain. At the foot of the outermost hill, there is no city defense at all. It is a permanent stockade. The defense facilities are very imperfect. It is mainly used for guarding the passage, not for combat. Yes, he also knew the predicament he was facing.

There is no need to mobilize at this time. The dust and smoke in the distance represents everything. Experienced veterans can judge that there will be no less than tens of thousands of troops coming. Everyone's heart is heavy, and I don't know if they can escape the catastrophe. .

Sure enough, the Song army went into battle as soon as they arrived, without wasting any time, attacking the stockade for five consecutive days, it was like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.

The 2 Tianwu Army under Fengyuan's Department, plus [-] local soldiers from the township army, swept the outer strongholds of Shibaozhai, just like walking in the suburbs. Those outposts are just a circle of earthen walls, guarded by dozens of officials , Where can I stop the momentum of tigers and wolves, it's not even enough to put people's teeth between them.

The Song army didn't even start the battle formation, but just separated some partial divisions to sweep. The main force arrived at the stockade in a day, and they set up stone catapults and bed crossbows to fight.

Feng Yuan didn't take it lightly when dealing with a mere stockade. He attacked the stockade with heavy fists. He not only set up long-range projectile weapons, but also organized eight offensive formations to attack the stockade in waves in turn.

The number of people invested is not much, but the advantage is that the attack is continuous and the cover firepower is also very strong, which makes the Zhaizi defenders burnt out.

Kan Xian's head is big, and Shibaozhai is dangerous, but it can't stand the indiscriminate bombing, not to mention the cannon stones and arrows with sharp winds, and hundreds of god-arm bows fired in salvo, forming clouds The curtain of arrows covering the sun is also frightening. All the lives that dare to show up are drowned by the rain of arrows.

There are also partial crossbows in the stockade, but their range cannot be compared with that of the enhanced divine arm bow. Although the two powerful bed crossbows can pose a certain threat to the Song army, they are nothing more than that. The army found the battle position, and was destroyed by iron cannonballs the next day, and could only endure the bullying of crossbow arrows.

The most unbearable thing is the chariot soldiers. A chariot constantly changes its position and fires rockets at the stockade.

People could clearly see that the rockets trailing light smoke were entrained in rows between the crossbow arrows and shot down in the camp, causing bursts of fire. If the camp hadn't been built with stones, it might not last a day.

Although it is a rocket, its penetrating power is no less than that of a bed crossbow. To put it bluntly, the machine crossbow of a chariot is also an improvement of the god arm bow. It is between the god arm bow and the bed crossbow. It can tear shields like cloth, let alone human His body was full of flesh and blood, and he couldn't think of any good way to stop it. The power was comparable to the pear blossom arrow fired by the bed crossbow.

The most important thing is that people can attack quickly and maneuver, and there is no time to evade the defenders, causing great casualties.

The almost uninterrupted blows caused the defenders to feel in a trance. The Song Army's crossbow arrows seemed to be inexhaustible, and they didn't rest for a moment. The tormentors were going crazy.

No one in the village dared to walk around at will, and the people on the wall of the village fought back against the Song army's attacking troops while avoiding the arrows.When the Song army withdrew temporarily, they all hid behind the wall without exception, all of them looked terrified.

As people continued to be killed by bombs or shot by arrows, they had no hope for life, mostly because they were unwilling to die, and they were too aggrieved.

"It's the fifth day, and it seems that I can't hold on any longer." Kan first looked through the lookout, watching the Song army's attacking troops alternate and preparing for the next attack, feeling miserable in his heart.

He was originally a general of the horse army, leading thousands of horses to gallop on the battlefield, how joyful he is with his pride!Even if it is blood splashed on the battlefield, what regrets!It's really embarrassing to think that all the tribes were lost and reduced to the embarrassing situation of guarding the cottage.

The fierce offensive that lasted for many days caused many people to collapse. Some people ran out hysterically and were shot and killed by arrows, and some secretly surrendered to the Song army.

Yesterday, more than a dozen people jumped off the wall of the village and ran towards the Song army's position. Although most of them were shot and killed by the defenders, it also showed the seriousness of the situation. The betrayal of these people allowed the other party to grasp the situation in the village.

"They're coming again, ready."

"Don't be lazy, get ready."

Feng Yuan also clenched his teeth. After fighting for five days in a mere cottage, he still launched a heavyweight and luxurious offensive. This is a whole army, and it is still a large-scale fourth army. It is definitely an unprecedented consumption. hit people.

Simple calculations, not to mention the battle of crossing the river, and the previous luxury version of the battle, but talking about the consumption in the past few days, a crossbow bolt costs 65 renminbi, and if it is mass-produced, the price will be less, but it is definitely [-] renminbi above.

Not to mention the pear blossom arrow, this kind of arrow that combines the bed crossbow shovel-shaped crossbow arrow and the medicine stone is of course powerful, and the price is also heart-wrenching. It is 290 yuan a piece, and the production process is very complicated.

Relatively speaking, iron shells are simpler than pear flower arrows. Some heavy shells are relatively cheap, but not very lethal. Only well-made shells that use thin-skinned steel and high-quality medicine stones can be expensive It is unacceptable.

Relatively speaking, only those who are brave enough to fight tough battles use high-quality shells. Feng Yuan used cheap iron shell shells for Shibaozhai. Even if they are cheap, they will cost money.

For five full days of consumption, the money sent out must not be calculated in tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands. Excuse me!

Of course, part of the arrows can still be recovered in the battle, and put back into use after repairing. At least the most valuable arrowheads can be recovered, and then polished and equipped with arrow shafts for use. That is also after the battle is won.

The chariot soldiers were very arrogant. They drove the chariot to within [-] paces, not only shooting at the stockade with their crossbows, but even their royal hands shot with their strong bows.

Under the command of flags and war drums, nearly a thousand infantry uttered three mighty roars and marched towards the wall of the village step by step.

Of course, they didn't attack intensively, but took the team as a unit, showing the formation of skirmishers, each Dashi carried a simple ladder, and the precise shooting of the bed crossbow, the big arrow was already nailed to the wall of the village , some people can climb.

"Archer ready."

"All ministries aim at the target, don't launch indiscriminately."

"Steady, be careful of the opponent's crossbow."

When the Song army's attacking troops approached, the defenders began to counterattack. The arrows fell sparsely, and did not cause serious damage to the loosely formed Song army. They could only inflict fatal damage when the Song army climbed the wall.

Let Kan Xian look sternly, carefully observe the movement of the Song army, and decide that this is an ordinary attack, and there is nothing new about it.

(End of this chapter)