Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 184 Attacking Beizhou ([-])
When the cavalry was harassing, three puffs of wolf smoke rose from the south of the city, and then hundreds of war drums around Beizhou were beating at the same time, from light to heavy, from slow to fast, and the earth seemed to tremble with every sound of the drums.Amid the sound of war drums, the infantry moved. The shieldmen in the front row and the crossbowmen in the back, mixed with bridges, stone cannons, carts and ladders, pressed towards the city wall slowly and neatly.Judging from the orderly formation of queues and actions, the Song Army's siege tactics are still very mature.

The stone cannon stopped first and started firing stone bombs.But at this time, the stone cannon was launched by dozens of people pulling the rope at the same time to throw the stone projectile. The force of each person always varies, so the projectile is not accurate at all. Whether it can hit the city wall depends entirely on character.Therefore, in Li Buqi's view, the role of these stone cannons is that the threat is greater than the actual damage.

The stone cannons in the city also began to fight back. Although the rate of fire was also slow and the impact points were scattered, there were a large number of people outside the city, and the artillery stones kept falling on the attacking queue, smashing a path of blood.Fortunately, the officers brandished big knives to suppress, and the soldiers were still moving forward slowly and steadily.

The bed crossbows on the city began to shoot, and the javelins that flew into the attacking team one after another cut the soldiers into pieces or stuck them on the ground, and then the crossbow arrows on the city began to fire condescendingly, and more and more officers and soldiers were shot down. However, the pace of the attacking team didn't stop, it just sped up slightly.The soldiers carried their shields, or relied on heavy armor to fight hard, but still marched slowly to the rhythm of the drums, as if nothing could stop them.

This gave Li Buqi a new understanding of Song Jun.No wonder after Song Taizong was a military fool and Song Zhenzong was a coward as a mouse, the Song Dynasty even drew with the Liao Kingdom. At least the Hebei Song Army still had some combat effectiveness.He said to himself: "It seems that if there is a usable cavalry, we can still fight a battle in Hebei."

Tao Lin asked curiously: "Why do the officials never forget to fight in Hebei?"

Li Buqi said: "How much have you read "Three Kingdoms"?"

Tao Lin said, "I've read half of it."

Li Buqi nodded and said: "Now Song, Liao, and Xixia are in a three-country situation. If you want to regain Yanyun, you must first solve the worries of Xixia. If you want to kill Xixia, you must first weaken Liao. Liao It has been longer than the founding of the Song Dynasty, and it should be almost decayed now. Look at the defeat of the Liao Kingdom against Xia. How can there be any shadow of the Liao Kingdom’s iron cavalry in the past? One or two more defeats, I am afraid that all kinds of problems will be exposed At that time, the Liao Kingdom will be crippled even if it is not dead."

Tao Lin asked: "Is this the purpose of the officials to give the method of making spirits to the Liao Kingdom?"

Li Buqi said: "Test you, see if you can guess my purpose."

Tao Lin thought for a while and said: "The officials have always said that there is not enough food to eat, and the people will rebel. Our Song Dynasty has suffered successive disasters in recent years, and the Liao people have heard that it is not peaceful. I am afraid that there is not enough food. If they If we use food to make wine, then the food shortage will be even worse, and there will inevitably be troubles in the Liao Kingdom."

Li Buqi said: "That's right. The Liao Kingdom lacks food. If we stand on our own, there will be civil strife. If we want to grab it from the Song Dynasty, hehe, Hebei hasn't fought a war for more than 40 years, right? If we don't fight another war, I'm afraid it will be ruined from top to bottom." I don’t even know what the war is about.”

After finishing speaking, Li Buqi raised his whip, and the two cavalry scout trumpeters who followed him immediately picked up the trumpet and blew the rallying call.This horn was made by Li Buqi according to the horn shape of the later school drum team. The sound of the horn is different from the horn used in the military command now, and it will not interfere with the command of the infantry, but the sound can be heard far away.After a while, first the Zhenwu Army scouts, and then the Hebei Imperial Army all lined up behind Li Buqi.After counting the number of people, the Hebei Forbidden Army lost two men, presumably because they were unlucky enough to be shot by the crossbow on the city wall.However, such a small loss is still acceptable compared to the effect of attracting firepower on the city.

At this time, the official army brigade had entered the range of crossbow arrows, and the crossbowmen stayed in place to suppress and shoot at the city.Every time it is launched, it makes people feel that when the sun is dark, they can see a black rain of arrows sprinkled on the city wall. This can be regarded as the firepower coverage of the Song Dynasty.At the same time, a bed crossbow continued to fire javelins onto the city wall. The spear head made of fine iron sank into the parapet, leaving only the broken shaft, which seemed to have pierced through the masonry of the parapet.

But the feathered arrows and javelins from the city shot down more violently, and the arrows staggered, forming a large haze over the battlefield.

The shieldmen continued to advance to the front of the moat. Some threw sacks of soil and firewood into the drained ditch to fill up the ditch. moat.Many people rushed to the bottom of the city, but the arrows shot from the city wall and the horses on both sides made the shield unable to provide sufficient protection for them, and the shield and heavy armor were even more lost in the face of the stones and gray bottles thrown from the city wall. useful.Now Li Buqi had an intuitive understanding of the usefulness of horse noodles, and began to consider whether to build a few forts when necessary in the future.

The numerous bows and crossbows under the city also caused heavy damage to the defenders. Li Buqi kept seeing people who poked their heads a little and were shot and fell down the city.Finally the ladder arrived, and the top of the ladder was equipped with an iron hook that could hold the parapet tightly to prevent the ladder from being overturned.The officers and soldiers held their shields and climbed up the ladder. Although some people were constantly shot by arrows or stones, they continued to move forward.But suddenly, Li Buqi saw a large pot of liquid being poured from the city wall, and the soldiers who were splashed immediately fell down like insects sprayed by insecticide.Then a torch was thrown down, and the whole ladder was ablaze.Some people were on fire, and they stumbled and tried to put out the fire, and their cries could be faintly heard from so far away.

In some places, a pot of liquid was poured and there was no fire, but Li Buqi guessed that it was boiled excrement.If this thing is poured on the body, even if he does not die at the time, he will die a miserable death due to infection later.A large area of ​​burns and severe infection, even if there are antibiotics in later generations, it will not be easy to treat. If it is in the Song Dynasty, it will not be cured at all.

Other ladders were firmly hooked to the city wall, but the defenders erected instruments on the wall, hit the iron hooks, pried up the iron hooks, and then overturned the ladders with push rods.

With the north wind blowing in winter, a strong smell of scorched and foul smell mixed with the smell of meat and blood came downwind. Li Buqi turned his head to look at the scout cavalry of the Zhenwu Army and his own guards, all of them with expressions on their faces. It all became extremely ugly, and of course the cavalry of the Hebei Imperial Army were not much better.

At this time, the sound of the horn came from the south again, and the bearded officer shouted: "The commander has increased his troops."

Li Buqi quickly turned the binoculars to look over and gasped.There are still so many soldiers under the city, what are you doing to fill up the melee infantry at this time, crowding under the city as a target for others?What is needed now is a crossbowman.

As soon as Li Buqi pulled the reins, he was about to stop the troops from advancing, but on second thought, he held back—in all likelihood, he would be blamed if he intervened in the command now, so let's save it.Always let Minho have a good time.

After taking a few deep breaths, he calmed down and ordered to the two commanders: "Okay, there is nothing for us here. Let's go back to the original position."

Back at the watchtower, I saw Ming Hao sitting on the official hat chair produced by the Li family woodware workshop, holding a cup of hot tea and slowly blowing away the foam on the surface. Li Buqi couldn't help admiring his demeanor.

Seeing Li Buqi coming up to the stage, Ming Hao stood up and said with a smile, "Jun Li worked hard, so he sat down and rested, and watched the officers and soldiers destroy the bandits with peace of mind."

But as if slapping the old man in the face, a small school with an order came up to report: "Report, the Shenrui army in the east of the city suffered heavy casualties, they couldn't hold on, and retreated. General Hao is preparing to attack again."

Ming Hao stared at him: "Retreat without order! Cut off the heads of those who retreated from the Shenrui army! Pass the first four cities. Order Hao Zhi to attack here immediately, and kill those who retreat without order without mercy."

The messenger shuddered, and hurriedly took orders.Li Buqi glanced at the several officers on the watchtower, and their expressions were as if they had died.Ming Hao turned around and told the flag officer: "Beat the drum! Order to step up the attack!"

(End of this chapter)