Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 239
Unexpectedly, what was waiting was not the sound of piercing into the body, but the huge inertia of the side slapping of the horse. I felt the sharp pain in my chest as if hundreds of horses were crazily trampling over it, and a big mouthful of blood spewed out with a "wow". , the whole person fell to the ground listlessly, his eyes wide open.

The other party had every chance to kill him, but didn't kill him, why?He didn't understand, as if a huge stone was blocked in his chest, he almost fainted, but he heard clearly: "Fifth brother, carry him into the city."

The battle was still going on, and the archers kept shooting the Bubazi who dared to come up regardless of the sore arms, but there were still some people who ignored their lives. After all, they were fierce former soldiers and horses, and they had already tied their lives to their belts.

Jing Bo held the iron chain of the double mace in one hand, and carried the leader in the other hand and walked quickly into the city. Qiu Fu shouted eagerly: "There are only a few of us left, go into the city quickly."

Wang Xiu nodded, rode his horse and said, "Fourth Brother, Ninth Brother, don't love to fight." When he spoke, he had already passed the suspension bridge.

After Feng Yuan and Qiu Yun broke up, they gradually retreated to the suspension bridge. In the narrow terrain, one of them used a big gun and the other a big knife. A suit of fine iron armor was enough to deal with the swords and guns. Don't worry about the two of them.

"Brother Nine, don't love to fight, let's go." Feng Yuan picked a hapless guy off the suspension bridge, and stepped back to the front of the city gate. Qiu Yun was still wielding a big knife, killing with great joy, he couldn't help yelling to stop.

"Thieves and dead birds, dare to sneak attack me." Qiu Yun had a featherless arrow nailed to the neck of his iron armor. It was obviously shot by a cold arrow. Unfortunately, the opponent's eyesight is too poor, so even the iron armor is helpless when shot at him from such a short distance. .

He stared fiercely at an archer on the opposite side of the suspension bridge, and with a loud roar he advanced instead of retreating, killing five or six Bubazi on the suspension bridge crying for their father and mother, and fell into the moat one after another, and those without armor fell back. There is still a chance to survive, and the armor is resigned to fate.

Those Bubazi were frightened, and retreated one after another, not daring to confront the tyrannical Qiu Yun head-on. The archers were stared at by Qiu Yun's fierce light, as if they were being attacked by an ancient beast, their faces paled in fright, and they turned and ran away His courage was also lost, like a lamb facing the king of the forest, bowing his head and waiting for the fate.

"Shameless villain, take your life." Qiu Yun grinned sinisterly, rushed up in two or three steps, jumped up and raised his sword high, aiming at the sneak attacking archer's forehead and chopping it off with a huge gust of wind.

The archer seemed to be in a daze, watching the heavy and sharp sword fall, and did not wake up until the blade was three or five inches away from the collar.

"嗤嗤...嗤." The cry disappeared, followed by a dull rotten watermelon cracking sound, those Bubazi were stunned, and Song Jun's archers were also stunned. I have seen murderers, but I have never seen them. Such a bloody murderer, they forgot to fight, looking at Qiu Yun covered in blood under the firelight, like Shura who came out of hell.

The archer who attacked Qiu Yun couldn't be more miserable. His whole body was split into two pieces from the middle of his head to his crotch.

"Who else dares to come, damn it, a bunch of cowards." Qiu Yun turned around and strode towards the city gate, but no one dared to shoot cold arrows behind him until Song Jun protected him with a shield.

The corner of Wang Xiu's mouth twitched, he glanced at Qiu Fu, and said with a wry smile, "This old nine!"

"This kid has a knife." As the city gate closed, Wang Xiu shook her head.

"Bravely crowning the three armies." Qiu Fu laughed heartily, green out of blue is better than blue!
"En." Wang Xiu glanced at the leader who was lying on the ground, and said with a smile, "It's finally consummated, let's put this person under custody."

"My lord is tired all the way, go back and rest first." Shangguanqian came down to welcome him.

"No, let's discuss it again." Without any hesitation, Wang Xiu stepped up to Qiu Yun's side and said, "Hurry up and go back and wash, I'll see you look like a bear."

Qiu Yun grinned and said, "That kid sneaked up."

"Come on, let's go down and rest!" Wang Xiu smiled and patted Qiu Yun, then turned and climbed up the city wall.

"Go, inform the county government, and pass word that your lord has returned safely."

Ascending to the second floor of the city tower and looking at the bonfires in the distance outside the city, Wang Xiu said solemnly: "Song Jiang is determined to win, but he has three dead ends, so we may not be without hope. First, he is throwing all his troops into the city. Wisdom; secondly, his bow is still strong when his food and grass are burned, which is fighting spirit; thirdly, he divides his troops and rushes into Huainan to shake the south and west, which is a conspiracy, as long as we persist for seven or eight days, Song Jiang will undoubtedly be defeated."

"It's a pity that the reinforcements from all over the country wait and see." Shangguan Qian said bitterly.

Wang Xiu smiled playfully, and said: "If you don't advance, you don't advance. Those who don't have any kind are a burden on the battlefield. However, once Pengcheng is harassed by bandits, do you think they can sit still?"

Shangguanqian smirked "hehe" and said: "Cai Zima is a noble person, if something happens, even the emperor can't justify it."

Wang Xiu raised his eyebrows and smiled, he didn't know that Cai Jing was dismissed, but Cai Gengdao's identity was unusual, not to mention the Cai family, his father Cai Bian was the son-in-law of the Wang family, and his name was Wang Anshi!The lead singer of Xining's new law, Zhao Guan's family is still advocating the new law, if something happens to the late Wang Xianggong's grandson, the punishment will be severe.

The Wang family, the Han family, the rich family and other big families are at odds because of the new law, but you should not look at the surface of the problem. Political struggles have two levels: ideas and power. They are a battle between ideas and do not mean that the families are breaking up with each other.

"So, I burned Song Jiang's Dazhai, and he was my great favor."

"My lord said it thoroughly."

Qiu Fu looked at the two men who were smiling wickedly, and was a little confused.That's right, his fourth brother is a pure person, he doesn't have so many crooked intestines, and he doesn't understand the high-level stuff. Although Shangguan Qian is honest, he is a pig in the imperial army.

"No matter how you say it, you have to rely on yourself, whether you have the confidence to persist for ten days."

"Have."

When Wang Xiu returned to his residence, he was greeted by Youqin Moyan's hug. Looking at those beautiful eyes filled with anxiety and joy, and listening to the elegant sound of the piano playing in the warm pavilion not far away, he was completely intoxicated.

In the early morning of the next day, the weather was fine, and the sound of drums outside the city was loud. Under Song Jiang's order, soldiers from all the villages of the Liangshanpo army lined up to fight.

In the northern city, more than a thousand soldiers marched neatly towards the city wall with high morale. The front row rushed under the moat with a big card in hand, covering the archers in the back row to suppress and shoot at the top of the city. They cooperated very tacitly, but the city wall But there was no sign of a counterattack on the ground, only the stone catapults in the city made a "creak" sound from time to time, and the fire bombs flew into the air and fell on the crowd advancing the siege equipment. The sound shook the wilderness and exploded. The sound is frightening.

Wang Xiu understands the shortcomings of the Liguo Supervisor, insisting on ten days is not just talking, he will never waste an arrow, and will not start killing until Song Jiang attacks the city with all his strength.On the road where the enemy is advancing, the lethality of bows and arrows is weak, it is not as good as using a trebuchet, but it is a pity that there is no bed crossbow in Liguojian.

Facing the menacing offensive, arrows were shot like locusts, and the generals and schools of various ministries also passed military orders back and forth, and all officials and soldiers hid behind the battlements and were not allowed to fight back.

Wang Xiu was watching from a crenel at the top of the city, but saw a fire bomb accurately hit a team carrying a ladder. The flames splashed and the whole team was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames. Although it was far away, it still gave him a visual shock.

It was the first time he faced a siege battle. As the defending party, he really felt that it was not easy to defend the city. It was definitely not a slapstick in a film or television drama. , There is no exciting passion, whether it is defending the city or attacking, whether it is drums or golden gongs, it is extremely depressing.

The arrows were still being suppressed, and the various troops of Liangshan soldiers and horses entered the attacking position. With a simple ladder as the core, they were divided into small groups one after another. In the front were Bubazi wearing simple leather armor, and in the back were wearing neat armor. The soldiers and horses of Yuan Cong, more than a dozen teams rushed over with wooden planks across the river.

"It's time to fight!" Wang Xiu moved her body from the crenel and said softly.

The generals and schools of each section of the city defense followed the routine of defensive warfare, and did not need orders from the commander in chief. They each issued military orders, and each other sent out on the city wall: "Bows and crossbows are ready, shoot."

"Get ready to boil the oil, quickly, lift it up for me."

"Greystone booth is ready, hurry up."

The city and the city were busy for a while, bustling with each other but orderly. The soldiers and civilians performed their duties, and the whole scene was orderly.

The first row of arrows shot down from the top of the city, and the moat was in a mess. Hundreds of people were shot and killed on the spot. They were all recruits. They were poorly equipped and had no combat experience. They were purely used as coolies and cannon fodder.

Arrows were shot down row by row, and people were constantly replaced. Finally, the bridge across the river was erected. More than a dozen ferry crossings cost the lives of 500 people. The cart was pushed up, the stones were filled into the moat, and within a short while, two wide roads were filled.

Teams of cannon fodder carried ladders, and under the cover of archers, they stepped across the pontoon bridge just erected on the moat, preparing to climb the city. However, several groups of steppers in heavy armor appeared on the two dirt and stone roads. Their ladders were obviously complete. a lot of.

Behind the first wave of attacking troops, as the five-party flag fluttered, more Bubazi slowly approached, and the offensive and defensive battle between the two armies finally kicked off.

The ladder was built, and those cannon fodder climbed up the city like ants. Their movements were clumsy, not as agile as professional soldiers.

In the city, a group of Song army officials and soldiers held wooden forks and braved dense cover arrows, pushing the ladder vigorously, and some people poured boiling oil down and threw a torch down.

One after another, the Bubazi who climbed halfway down the ladder, some screamed and fell, and some simply jumped off by themselves, breaking their legs and feet, and many fell directly into the moat. He was covered in oil, and when he met Huo Xiaozi, he turned into a group of people on fire, and the shrill screams made people feel chilling.

(End of this chapter)