Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 934 Decisive Victory over the South China Sea 2
Standing beside Li Changsheng, Zhang Guo looked up at the launch of the trebuchet not far away. The iron shells were fired with a dull sound, and fell into the city in a parabola, making a violent explosion sound, accompanied by the sky-high flames, causing massive Fear is the most direct collision and the most helpless waiting.

The officials next to the trebuchet loaded the shells in a leisurely manner, drove the cattle to pull the springs of the engine, and fired shells into the city lazily and bored, still talking and laughing.

"It's just a state city, and it takes so much effort. I feel a toothache watching it." Zhang Guo shook his head for a while. He advocated a strong attack, but was rejected by Li Changsheng. Seeing the battle of the old ox pulling the cart, he was really speechless.

Of course, the improved trebuchet can be opened without oxen and horses, and the winch enclosed by the gear machine can be opened under the rotation of four people.

Li Changsheng glanced at Zhang Guo, and ignored the dissatisfaction of this guy, but turned to Gu Liang and said, "Uncle Qi, can you make xanthate on the spot?"

"Absolutely not here, without any conditions, people will die." Gu Liang's ears were calloused, Li Changsheng asked many times, he never wanted to make fun of people's lives, and in a relatively safe environment, he had to be extremely cautious. How can there be any guarantee in field combat? It's just a joke.

Zhang Guo smiled coldly, he had never thought of using xanthate at all, even the black medicine was reluctant, not without it but disdain to use it, calculating the economics, a pear blossom arrow is four times the price of an ordinary arrow, it is the landlord's home You can't spend endlessly. Whenever there is a war, you will think of black medicine and yellow medicine. If things go on like this, don't fight.

His hawk-like eyes were observing the movements on the city wall. From a military point of view, he successfully defeated the main force of Srivijaya and took the opportunity to surround Zhanbei. He should decisively capture the city and capture the members of the royal family of Srivijaya.

Only in this way can the resistance of Sanfoqi be completely disintegrated, the division and disintegration of Sanfoqi, and the tepid siege can only allow other places to react. He is very despised of Li Changsheng's commanding ability.

Perhaps, the second brother, one of the nine sons of the king's family, is an outstanding scholar and an excellent general of the guard and navy. He is stable in dealing with people and handling military affairs, but he is by no means an excellent commander in the field.

Li Changsheng gave a dry smile and didn't say anything else, he thought differently from Zhang Guo.Zhang Guo was from a military point of view, and he was more from a political point of view. It is not impossible to quickly take down Zhanbei City, but the price he paid was heavy.

He needs to save his troops as much as possible. It is best to let Janawang voluntarily surrender, and then support princes who can fight against the Sanfoqi royal family, so as not to destroy the country and cause shocks to the countries in the South China Sea. join forces.

Even if the countries in the South China Sea are aware of the dangerous alliance, it must be the time when the Great Song Xing Dynasty has gained a firm foothold.

He has seen the power of xanthate before, it is the best deterrent weapon, and he hopes to use it to force the surrender of the entire city of Zhanbei.

It is a pity that his strategic guidance differs from that of Zhang Guo, which caused a certain degree of embarrassment. To put it bluntly, it is a contradiction that may affect the war.

Just as Li Changsheng was thinking about it, a team of archers supporting the magic arm bow came [-] steps below the city under the cover of a big card, completely out of the range of bows and arrows on the city, and the light catapults in the city did not do much damage to them.

Following the order of the team general, hundreds of god-armed bows fired in volley, forming a strange curtain of arrows. When the arrows shot down the top of the city, there were screams and fell down. As a place for fun.

Even if the Song Army fought against the Jin Army and Xia Army, even if it gained the advantage on the battlefield, it would not be so easy and happy.

"What a waste." Zhang Guo shook his head, he didn't agree with this method.

"It's common for a transfer ship to carry millions of arrows, so it doesn't hurt to change it." Li Changsheng said with a smile.

Zhang Guo breathed a sigh of relief, and said very displeasedly: "Even if there are tens of millions of arrows, they can't be wasted like that. Good steel should be used on the blade."

Although the Song army that went into battle used war to support the war, food, medicine, equipment maintenance, etc. were all taken from the local tribes, and even used local materials to make armored equipment, but those exquisite armored equipment still needed to be transported by sea. In the past, the quality of local production was not good enough, and no officials were willing to use it, so it was decided to save.

"On the other hand, I think the second brother is right. Surrender and extermination are two different things. The second brother's delay in fighting may really have a miraculous effect." Gu Liang said seriously.

After Zhang Guo had a toothache, you really can talk, he couldn't help rolling his eyes, and simply stopped talking.

"I hope that Janawang will come to his senses and repent, so as not to use weapons indiscriminately and make people lose their lives." Li Changsheng sighed, Shangguanqian came with Wang Xiu's secret order, why not him, after many killings, he was full of emotion .

Even if it was a so-called colonial war, it was too much to kill and violate the peace of heaven. The cities that Zhang Guo passed through were all bloody rivers, and the old, young, women and children were burned, which touched his most sensitive nerves. Zhang Guo's methods were definitely not what he wanted. result.

Therefore, he privately persuaded Shangguan Qian to quietly change the war guidance, to surrender as much as possible, and not to kill as much as possible.

Shangguan Qian also didn't want to increase the number of killings. He is a military general who kills people like hemp, but he is also a principled person. He is still unwilling to kill innocent people. He also severely accused Zhang Guo of killing innocent people on the road. Warn not to kill too much.

Gu Liang seemed to feel that the atmosphere was not right. Zhang Guo and Li Changsheng had a strategic disagreement. He didn't seem to pay attention to Zhang Guo's face, and smiled awkwardly: "I don't know much about war. After this battle is over, I have to explore the minerals well. Hope to find a gold mine."

Li Changsheng glanced at Gu Liang, smiled lightly and said, "The territory of the Bowang Army is rich in gold mines!"

Gu Liang curled his lips. Of course he knew that when the Bowang army built the city, they surveyed the landforms and discovered a large amount of gold deposits. This was also one of the important reasons why Janawang started the war.

However, he did a preliminary survey with the army, and he is well aware of the difficulty of geological and mineral exploration. Not to mention the threat posed by patients, the mosquitoes in the mountains and forests alone are a headache, so he couldn't help but say: "The thousands of miles of waters in the South China Sea, and the deep bays are full of bad reefs. , tens of thousands of islands, mountains and dense forests, if not fully prepared, it is really difficult to move an inch."

Now that I think about it, I'm still a bit unscrupulous, not to mention the experienced craftsmen accompanying the army, even those students are treasures, and it hurts to lose even one person.

"There's no such thing as easy to do. I think it's better to wait until after the war." Li Changsheng also had a headache, but he couldn't help much.

"It's just that we need to send more guards, there are too many beasts here." Gu Liang pouted.

(End of this chapter)