Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 826
Xiao Dage has found that it is very difficult to break through the city in a short period of time. Only when the number of defenders is greatly reduced and the defenders of the city wall can't take care of them can they break the city.

Therefore, the Liao army continued to attack Hekou County.

This time, instead of using saturated large-scale attacks, they focused on feint attacks and flexible skirmish charges.Large areas of charges around Hekou County continued to appear, and then retreated quickly. What really caused damage was the large-scale thrown arrows, including the incoming rockets.In such weather, it is not easy for rockets to ignite the surrounding and internal wood, and the defenders in the city have basically prepared for fire prevention. The average person loses combat power quickly.

Of course, such bows and arrows do not have a high casualty rate between the two sides. Xiao Dage has also shown his keen side as a commander. Although the charging soldiers retreated after advancing, they always maintained a possible charge at any time. In this day, they only launched a real attack on a few uncritical points in Hekou County, and then they all retreated. Both sides are testing each other's nerves and resilience.

"Let the Liao people run here and there, let's wait for work at leisure, and see who can spend more!" Holding their shields, several battalion and company commanders on the head of Hekou County ran among the occasional arrows , cheering up the defenders on the city wall: "However, no one can take it lightly. Among them are those who carry ladders all the time, and they may attack violently at any time, so we must be ready to fight them hard at any time!"

In the middle of the night, although the casualties caused by the shooting were not as high as when the Liao people stormed the city, under such circumstances, everyone maintained a sense of tension. Among the defenders in Hekou County, the accumulated mental pressure was generally not high. Small.

In the middle of the night, when the defenders were most sleepy, the Liao army launched a frontal attack like a tide.After several rounds of shooting arrows that were the same as before, suddenly, the roar of shouts of killing came all over the mountains and plains!Under the gray sky, in an instant, nearly ten thousand Liao troops rushed out of their camp. They carried wooden ladders and held shields, rushing towards Hekou County frantically.On the front of the city wall, several carts decorated with thick shields were pushed by soldiers and rolled towards the direction of the city gate.

The sound of shouting and killing reverberated across the field, the rain of arrows flew all over the sky, the explosion of gunpowder packs still caused huge damage, and the giant crossbow and guns never stopped. Then die.

The real test finally unfolded at this time...

The sound roared, and around Hekou County, the sound of people ignited the entire night.

The back and forth fire arrows are like fireflies flying in the night sky, one after another, illuminating people's vision in the snow.A large number of Liao soldiers rushed across the snow with their shields, some of them carrying ladders, and arrows fell on their shields, their bodies, and the snow around them.In the sparse poplar forest behind them, the flames ignited, and the archers with lit arrows rushed out one after another, shot arrows, and retreated back into the snowy forest where the bonfire was burning.At this time, you will see a large number of light spots like migratory locusts falling towards the wall of Hekou County.

The covering blows fell on the high points of the city wall one after another. Too many fire arrows fell on the city wall in this severe winter season. The defensive objects such as rolling logs and the clothes of the soldiers even burned on it.

During the charge of the Liao army all over the mountains and plains, there was always a considerable distance between soldiers and soldiers. This was to reduce the damage caused by gunpowder packs.They ran outside the wall with their shields in hand, attacking suddenly at specific points.The ladder was put up, and the crowd swarmed up. Inside Hekou County, the defending soldiers splashed out with hot fuel, and then a rocket could instantly ignite a big fire, killing at least a dozen people, as many as Hundreds of people.The spears piercing from the city wall were like a forest, stabbing the elite Liao people trying to climb in on the top of the wall, and a little spot of light rushed out from the outside of the city in the distance, trying to shoot at the top of the wall here, the archers rushing inside They also fired arrows at each other's group of archers.

Sometimes the Liao people shoot faster, and sometimes it is the defenders of Hekou County.When a little fire fell on the top of the wall, and the defending soldiers who couldn't escape in time screamed and rolled on the ground holding their wounds, another attack came from the outside.

The wounded were still rolling on the ground, and the reinforcements were still far away. The soldiers behind the city wall rushed out from behind the bunkers and started fighting with the elite Liao people who were trying to storm in.

At this time, there will not be a big gap near the city wall, but the pressure has gradually emerged.Especially after the Liao army used their arrows extensively, the defenders in the city were suppressed. This made Ye Chen understand that even in the era of cold weapons, in many cases, wars are still fought to see who has money.However, Ye Chen, Hu Sanguang and the others knew very well that the Liao people would not be able to last long with the wanton use of bow and arrow throwing, and they would have to stop this expendable attack due to the lack of arrows.

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The sea of ​​snow spreads, day and night come and go, and morning comes.

This morning in Hekou County was exceptionally quiet, except for the falling snow and the fighting in the middle of the night, no matter outside or inside the city, people always needed to rest and eat.

However, when the tranquility is always short, the city is responsible for transporting the defense equipment. It was also busy all night, and some people were killed and injured by the arrows thrown in from outside the city. The voice came faintly and abruptly.Huge objects are passing across the sky.There was a muffled bang, in the bright sky and snow, it seemed that a wind suddenly passed by, and many people shrank their bodies. They felt that the ground was moving, and someone shouted "Ah" in the distance...

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

The sound of the siege reached its peak in an instant, and the terrifying sound flooded the city, shaking everything it touched...

Even when the Liao people were eating, they used trebuchets to throw stones to create a tense atmosphere for the defenders, in order to drag the defenders down and give them no time to rest.From this point, it can be seen that Xiao Dage can be regarded as a generation of famous generals, and he saw the disadvantages of Hekou County's insufficient troops very accurately.

However, this originally brilliant strategy is almost ineffective because of the endless emergence of special brigades near Hekou County, the temporary guerrillas formed by Huang Dongqiu, and the sneak attacks and harassment of small groups of rebels. Without these "guerrillas" Sneak attack and harassment, the Liao army can completely divide the army into several waves, take turns to rest, and take turns to attack the city, but the defenders are insufficient in strength and have no time to rest. breach.

However, the current situation is that some troops have to be allocated to deal with the sneak attacks and harassment of various "guerrillas", and these "guerrillas" will harass and even sneak attack the Liao army camp anytime and anywhere, resulting in the fact that even if they do not attack the city It is also difficult for the Liao army to rest.As a result, the Liao army, like the defenders in Hekou County, did not have a good rest and were tired from fighting.

In addition, because their food and accommodation outside the city in winter is far worse than that of the defenders in Hekou County, and their physical strength in attacking the city is much more than that of the defenders.In the end, the Liao army was much more exhausted than the defenders.

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For ordinary soldiers on both the offensive and defensive sides, the days are like years, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.Within three days, whether it was the defenders or the Liao army, the combined sleep time was less than five hours.In three days, the Liao army lost nearly 1000 people, but the defenders also lost about [-] people.As Ye Chen and others speculated, the gap in battle damage between the two sides has been shrinking, from [-] to [-] at the beginning to [-] to [-] today.

Outside the hundreds of feet long city wall, the Liao army's offensive was like a sea tide, but inside the city wall, soldiers and volunteers defending the city frantically climbed up and down like a colony of ants.Even though the greatest force has been mobilized, the defense on the city wall is still not thick enough.The Liao people launched a fierce attack on the entire southern city wall.Its madness is enough to make the defenders of every section of the city wall feel terrified.However, Xiao Dage of the Liao army was also using this raging offensive to test the weak points on the city wall, or more precisely, to actively create weak points, trying to break down the defense of the entire city wall with the amazing fighting awareness of their soldiers.

During the fierce attack, the cavalry of the Liao army also galloped under the city, suppressing the city wall with high-density arrows.Once the defense of a certain section of the city wall is a little tired, the siege force will frantically rush towards this side, once the soldiers of the Liao Army rush to the top of the city.The torn hole will immediately bring relatively large casualties. In the short half-day siege in the morning, the Liao people have achieved such a record four times.But the casualties caused by the gunpowder packs and giant guns and crossbows on the top of the city to the Liao army were even greater, so huge that every soldier of the Liao army felt chilling from Xiao Dage and Shi Fat down.Their casualty ratio is too high.If Ye Chen, the emperor of Xiangfu Kingdom, was not in Hekou County, they would have been unable to get off now.Xiao Dage would definitely withdraw his troops decisively after the first day of attacking the city.

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When it was almost noon, more than 300 soldiers of the Liao army finally managed to climb to the top of the wall, but they didn't last long before they were killed on the top of the city.You must know that the main force of the defenders is the black cavalry. Even if they dismount their horses, their combat power is far stronger than that of ordinary troops. The most important thing is that even if only one black cavalry is left dead, their will and morale will not be affected by anything. This is the scariest thing.

Flying stones and arrows occasionally crossed the city wall and smashed into the pile of people on the inside of the city wall who were helping to transport supplies for the defense of the city.The trebuchets used by the Liao army are naturally not comparable to those of the Xiangfu Kingdom in terms of accuracy and range, so not many can throw stones into the city, and even if they can, they often risk entering the range of the bow range, but almost every time there is the potential for casualties.

(End of this chapter)