Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 720 Defense of the Four Military Villages

After fueling the fuel, Han Hu gave an order, and a row of torches were thrown down on Longzhou City. Before the torches landed, there was a bang, and the oil vapor in the air was already ignited by the torches.The oil vapor of the fuel spread to both sides in the blink of an eye like a fire dragon.

The next moment, none of the Fuzhou soldiers who were attacking the city were spared, and they were all set ablaze, like a human torch, screaming, stumbling, running and bumping.

The city immediately became a world of flames. The surface of the land, which was still damp and cold in early spring, also burned instantly because of the oil falling on it, and the city of Longzhou was steaming with heat.

Han Hu, the head of the White Tiger Army, sat on the watchtower and looked indifferently at the hell world below the city, sending out attack orders from the watchtower.

The messengers on the side of his service delivered every order accurately through the semaphore and the sound of drums, and the soldiers of the White Tiger Army on the city wall took the opportunity to shoot wildly.

The advantage of fuel oil is that it burns violently, and once it burns out, it will be extinguished quickly.

The soldiers of the White Tiger Legion on the city wall have already calculated the amount of fuel sprayed once, and they have truly achieved the perfect goal of killing the most enemies with the least amount of fuel.

In fact, not many Fuzhou soldiers died in the burning, but countless were burnt. Their whole bodies were scorched black, and a large piece of skin would naturally fall off with a light touch, revealing the steaming muscles inside.

Even the Fuzhou soldiers who were accustomed to seeing life and death after many years of fighting, could not help but panic when faced with a large group of wounded patients who staggered back towards them.

Some people's skin hung on their bodies like ragged clothes, and they kept shouting: "Save me, save me..."

Qi Zhilu, the magistrate of Longzhou who was watching the battle from the top of the city, closed his eyes and turned his head. He didn't have Han Hu's heart as hard as a stone, and his hands hidden under the large sleeves of his toga also trembled slightly.

It is a kind of torment for him to stay here, Han Hu waved his hand and said: "Master Qi has worked hard for days, and now the fighting has calmed down, you can go down and rest as much as you can."

With the support of his two assistants, Qi Zhilu bowed his hands to Han Hu and hurried down the watchtower.

As soon as he got off the watchtower, Qi Zhilu pushed away the two assistants and retched while holding on to the city wall. He hadn't eaten today, but drank a lot of tea on the watchtower, and vomited it all up in a short while.

The two lieutenants who were both civil servants didn't go there either. They could hold back, but their throats were itchy after being retched by the governor. Make a fool of yourself together?
Qi Zhilu, who had vomited a lot, raised his head, his eyes filled with tears, looked up at the gray sky and shouted: "The world is not benevolent and treats everything as a straw dog!"

A deputy said in surprise: "Why did the Fu Zun shed tears for the enemy?"

Qi Zhilu wiped the corner of his mouth and said, "I can't bear it, but crying is the fault of vomiting."

Originally, the deputy said something just to make fun of it. He himself burst into tears and couldn't help laughing: "After all, I persevered again today."

Qi Zhilu shook his head and said: "The soldiers of the White Tiger Legion have also lost a lot. The original 4000 people are now less than [-]. If this continues..."

Before the words fell, the sound of stones breaking through the sky came again, and the two subordinates hurriedly grabbed Qi Zhilu and got into the cave for Tibetan soldiers behind the city wall.

I saw huge stones falling from the sky, hitting the ground with a bang, and then shattered into several pieces.

Seeing seven or eight soldiers of the White Tiger Legion fall from the top of the city, they hit the ground like water bags, blood splattered everywhere, and it seemed impossible to save them.

The three of them leaned against the empty cave of Tibetan soldiers, feeling the vibration of the stones hitting the city wall, Qi Zhilu sighed and said, "Why bother?"

All three of them knew that after the clamor of the trebuchet, it was time for the enemy's infantry to rush up and seize the city.

In the four months since the founding of Xiangfu Kingdom, the Research Department of the Equipment Department, which was adapted from the Weapons Department of Huaxia Weifu, has produced many magic weapons for defending the city.

Fuel, gunpowder, gunpowder kits, crossbow bolts, poison bottles, rolling logs and rocks, giant crossbows for defending the city, any one of them will cause great losses to the Fuzhou army who are relying on ladders to seize the city.If it weren't for the [-] defenders, the enemy's army would be more than ten times as many.As long as the defenders reach [-], it will be difficult for Fuzhou to attack in a short time.

After finally waiting for the trebuchets in Fuzhou to stop showing power, Qi Zhilu walked out under the protection of the guards holding their shields.

When leaving the Wengcheng, Qi Zhilu saw many soldiers of the White Tiger Army holding up iron pipes and spraying fuel down the city.

The next siege began again.If no reinforcements come, one day at most, Longzhou will undoubtedly be destroyed.

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There are four military strongholds at the junction of Song Xiang and the two countries.

The mighty Song army covered the mountains and fields to the north of the four military camps, and the flag camps were all over the mountains and plains. Countless Song soldiers were sweating like rain, digging trenches for the camp.

Dangjin's handsome flag appeared at the foot of Beishan, and he was speechless for a long time looking at the fortified barrier in front of him.

Those two moats are not city walls, but they serve the same function as city walls. The earth wall is about one foot five feet high, but the deep moat below is still seven or eight feet deep, which is a city wall of two feet. There are four military strongholds, and there is still a complete defense system there, even if the four military strongholds have a total of four defense lines, and these defense lines are completely different from what he knew before.

Dang Jin asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation in Nanshan?"

"Marshal, there are also several layers of earth walls in front of Nanshan, one south and one north with Beishan, guarding both sides of the four military camps. If we want to avoid the front of the four military camps, we need to start from this camp and walk around Nanshan or Beishan for more than 40 In the process, it is very likely that you will be attacked by cavalry in the enemy's stronghold."

Dang Jin saw at a glance that he wanted to break through the four military strongholds from the front, and the price he had to pay was not small, so he wanted to attack from the side or even from behind, but after hearing what his subordinates said, he knew it was not feasible, but he still wanted to go there again with his own eyes. Look at the situation in Nanshan.

"General Dang, these four military strongholds... If it is really difficult to attack, I think it is enough to deploy heavy troops on both sides to block the location and prevent the cavalry from the four military strongholds from coming out to make trouble."

Everyone knew who it was without turning their heads. In the entire army, the only one who didn't call Dang Jin as a commander--Li Zhongzheng, the secretary of the Zhengshitang.There are two supervisors in the army, one eunuch and one civil servant.The eunuchs were naturally sent by His Majesty the Emperor, and the civil servants were also sent by His Majesty the Emperor in name.

However, Dang Jin knew very well that Li Zhongzheng represented the powerful Prime Minister Zhao Pu, so although he was in a dilemma, he still showed his tolerance and did not scold Li Zhongzheng, but explained: "The two military supervisors I don’t know, if the four army strongholds cannot be removed, our army will not dare to invade the territory of Xiangfu Kingdom, otherwise the back road will be easily cut off, and there will be problems with food, grass and supplies. Before the founding of Xiangfu Kingdom, Marshal Gao commanded the northwest The main reason for the defeat of the [-] army of the army was the looting of food and supplies. Therefore, if we do not capture these four army villages, it will be difficult to guarantee the safety of our food and supplies and the road behind. Without food and supplies, what will our army do? Expedition to the Xiangfu country again?"

Li Zhongzheng bowed his head in thought, finally nodded and stepped aside without speaking.

Dang Jin glanced down the mountain, and after a while, with a sneer, he said: "According to Ye Chen's previous capabilities of the Huaxia Weifu Weapons Department and Yang Jiye's virtues, there may not be any tricks in those ditches, I can count them." There are ghost arrows, barbed wire thorns, horse pits, sharpened stakes, stone mines, ground crossbows, fire bottles, and poison bottles. Their crossbows are not raised high, and the gaps are opened and laid flat. Only a few horse barriers are wide Dozens of steps are all within the range of its strong crossbow, and the shield chariot cannot get close, and more than a thousand people will die when filling the trench."

Dang Jin's eyes were changing, and the defense lines of the four military villages in front of him were like a silent monster, which was destroying his strong will.He finally couldn't help cursing: "Where did this bastard Yang Jiye come from? Why is he so insidious?"

The other commander said: "I heard that Yang Jiye and Linzhou Yang Chongxun are brothers. This time Linzhou has completely fallen to our Great Song Dynasty. It is a pity that Yang Jiye is not used by our Great Song Dynasty, otherwise..."

Li Zhongzheng said suddenly: "Yang Jiye and Yang Chongxun are brothers, so will Linzhou..."

Dang Jin shook his head and said, "Impossible. Yang Chongxun's three sons and four grandsons are all in Jingzhao Mansion now. Unless he wants to end his career, he will definitely not betray him."

Li Zhongzheng nodded and did not speak again, but the eunuch who had been silent on the other side sneered. Li Zhongzheng immediately turned ugly when he heard the sound, but he pretended not to hear it.

Dang Jin and other lieutenant generals did not want to and did not dare to intervene in the battle between emperors and princes, so they pretended not to see the tricks between the two supervisors.

Dang Jin's eyes gradually gathered, he knew that he could not drag on any longer, no matter how much it would cost to take down these four military strongholds, this battle must be fought.Leaving aside the conspiracy with Fuzhou, Linzhou, and even Khitan to conspire with Xiangfu Kingdom this time, this plan has already been launched, and it is like an arrow shot that cannot be turned back.Even if only the Song army is fighting at this time, at this level, they can't go without a fight anyway.He led the forbidden army in the capital and traveled thousands of miles with the mission of His Majesty the Emperor and the imperial court. If he turns around and goes back at this time, everyone in the world will think that they are afraid of the Xiangfu army. Once the morale of the army drops, you will meet again later When it comes to attacking Xiangfu National Army's Walled City, no one will fight to the death.Dang Jin would rather kill some people, but also maintain the spirit of the Song Army.

Therefore, Dang Jin quickly drove those decadent thoughts out of his mind, pointed to the four military strongholds in front of him and said: "Since the founding of the country by the first emperor, no matter what army the army of the Great Song Dynasty faces, no one has left without a fight, and even more It is because we win more than we lose, that’s why we can rule the world. Today, the four military villages are the places that our army must attack. I will pass the order of the commander and prepare the shield chariot immediately. After half a day, I will attack the four military villages. Those who climb the earthen walls first will be promoted to two levels , two hundred silver rewards, the first to climb the walls of the four military strongholds will be promoted to three levels, and the reward will be 500 taels of silver. Anyone who shrinks back will be executed no matter what position he is..."

(End of this chapter)