Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 408
"shoot!"

In Hongxian, Jinzhou, at noon, Guo Xinke's rebel army attacked Hongxian again. Guo Xinke was not Wuxia Amon. He had a very strong understanding of war. He had already been adjusted by Guo Xinke because of a rash mistake for the first time.

At this time, Guo Xinke used [-] shield soldiers in front, [-] crossbowmen in the middle, and [-] light infantry carrying ladders behind.

Attack Hong County in such a form.

You must know that Hong County is not so easy to fight. Hong County is the largest county in Jinzhou. Because the tower is the largest, the city wall of Hong County is also the strongest. The whole Hong County is slightly square and has a chessboard layout. .The circumference of the city wall is more than 7.1 kilometers, the height is more than 9 meters, the bottom width is about 18 to 20 meters, and the top width is 6 to 10 meters.

The foundation of the city wall is made of big stones, the outer wall is made of big blue bricks, and the middle of the wall is compacted with clay.The diamond-shaped seams are filled with lime slurry mixed with tung oil and glutinous rice juice.There are "enemy buildings" and "assistant police" on the city walls.There is a "tooth shape" on the outer edge of the top of the wall, which is a low wall with piles.

There are four gates in total.

Each city gate is composed of city walls, urns, towers, etc. One side of the gate faces north and the other side faces south. This special design of the gates makes it difficult for the attacking enemy army to enter the urn in an instant. It will lose its direction of attack and become a "turtle in an urn".

It's just that this time I don't know if the city wall of Hong County can stop the menacing Guo Xinke rebels.

Guo Xinke's shield army came to about 30 meters in front of the city wall, and then set up their shields. Behind the shield soldiers, three thousand crossbowmen started salvoing directly at the city wall of Hong County under the order of shooting that they rewarded.

Bows and arrows rained down and shot towards the city wall of Hong County.

"hide!"

Quan Wanji stood on the city wall and let out a horrified roar, and the soldiers and civilians who were about to throw stones down on the city wall immediately hid behind the city wall.

But even though he had called out to avoid danger in advance, there were still about dozens of people who were hit by arrows.

Don't be fooled by the siege scenes in movies and TV dramas. In a real war, a volley of 3000 people will make you feel like bows and arrows can block out the sky. It's a terrifying scene. If you are fast, you can get away with it, but as long as you are a little slower, then your end is death.

"Puff puff.!"

This is the sound of arrows like bodies.

"Save people!" Quan Wanji saw someone hit by an arrow, he roared quickly, followed Quan Wanji and prepared to climb forward, wanting to drag a civilian beside him who had been shot by an arrow to his side.

"Servant, don't move!"

But the generals around Quan Wanji directly blocked Quan Wanji. At this time, there were arrows outside, how could Quan Wanji be allowed to take risks? If Quan Wanji was shot, the backbone of Hong County would be gone.

So the general stopped Quan Wanji, but he crawled over and dragged the commoner back.

"The rebels set up a ladder!"

The rain of arrows had just stopped, and then the light infantry behind the crossbowmen rushed up carrying the ladders, and one ladder after another was erected on the city wall of Hong County.

"Golden juice...!" Quan Wanji roared.

The so-called golden juice is excrement water. Golden juice is a terrible weapon for defending the city. You must know that the most indispensable thing in ancient times was feces. It is normal for people to eat and drink excrement. Collect these feces and mix them into boiling hot water Of course, this is not for disinfection. The function of hot water is to scald the enemy's skin to pieces, and then the feces will catch up with the infection.

Generally speaking, the temperature of water when it boils is only 100°C. Some microorganisms are more resistant to high temperature. In addition, boiling and sterilization requires continuous heating for more than 30 minutes. Imagine that the pressure of defending the city is enough to build a pot behind to cook poop. Therefore, most of the golden juice for defending the city is to boil the water first and then pour the dung water into it. The short-term high temperature will not completely kill the bacteria in the dung, so as to achieve fatal damage.

Furthermore, in ancient times, people did not have the concept of microorganisms and bacteria. Even if they could master some of the most basic sterilization techniques, feces, as a kind of dirty thing, took it for granted and combined it with boiling water as a weapon, so It can be said that this effective way of defending the city is a historical accident.

In addition, in fact, this kind of "heavy taste" weapon also has a taken-for-granted effect. It makes the battlefield and the enemy stinky, brings a great sense of humiliation and disgust to the opponent, and thus disturbs the morale of the army. It can be regarded as psychological. A means of war.

But you have to remember, this golden juice is not the soldiers guarding the city who came to the wall, looked at the rebels under the wall and then poured it down. It was all a lie from the film and television drama, because at this time, there were [-] soldiers under the city. Archer, you die when you show your head.

Don't underestimate the archery skills of the ancients. Like in movies and TV dramas, it is absolutely impossible to lie on the wall, so Jinzhi takes a two-meter stick, binds a thing with a spoon at the front, and then sees the ladder position, pour it down like this.

There are also people who say, you push the ladder when you come up, and you go down when you push the ladder, or the same sentence, these are all film and television dramas, you can't get close to the city wall at all, how do you push?

As soon as the person ran over, three thousand arrows shot over, which could turn you into a hornet's nest.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"

A ladleful of golden juice was poured down the ladder, and soon the screams of soldiers rang out from under the city wall, and the dung water of more than 100 degrees was poured on your body, which would directly burn your skin to pieces.

Zhao Si was one of the rebels of the Guo family. At this time, he was standing less than ten meters away from the ladder. In front of him, no less than 30 people had already been poured down from the ladder by golden juice.

Some people's faces were poured with golden juice, and their faces were covered with blisters, and because they were smashed down, the blisters burst, and the entire face seemed to be peeled off, revealing scarlet flesh and blood.

"Help me, save me!" The man kept covering his face, and begged for help from his comrades-in-arms. However, at this time, no one would save him. Now this lady can only pray that he will not die. quick.

Maybe when this battle is over, medical soldiers will come to save him, but now there will be no one to save him.

"Stone!" On the city wall, Quan Wanji yelled "Stone" again, and then Zhao Si saw a large stone falling from the city wall about nine meters high.

The first stone directly hit a soldier who had climbed to the middle of the ladder, and this time, the soldier's head was smashed to pieces, and blood mixed with brains floated down from the air.

Some recruits who had not experienced the war had already vomited in the back, but this was only the beginning, and then a large number of stones fell, and the rebels could not retreat but rushed upwards, but at this time, You will have an extra shield in your hand.

But shields don't mean much either. A stone falls and knocks you out of the ladder. When a person falls from a ladder a few meters high, he hits the ground heavily. More dead than alive.

At this moment, Zhao Si's captain's voice sounded in his ears: "We will be here soon, when everyone is going up the ladder, remember to get a shield, then maybe you will be fine.

What's more, don't be afraid, go straight up, don't worry about the people around you, just remember to go up, the first person to go up will be rewarded ten thousand guan, Feng Langjiang! "

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zhao Si's captain shout again: "It's our time, go up!"

Hearing his captain's order, Zhao Si mechanically rushed to the ladder not far away. After reaching the ladder, Zhao Si climbed up like a lunatic with a round shield on his head.

It's just that Zhao Si's fate was not good. A [-]-jin boulder was thrown down, and hit Zhao Si's shield right on top of Zhao Si's shield. Zhao Si's shield was cracked, and then the shield directly hit Zhao Si.

Zhao Si's head was smashed open, smashed to pieces.

Before Zhao Si died, he didn't know that he would die so badly, and this is war. The soldiers who rushed to the front during the siege had no possibility of pretending to be dead on the ladder. Reduced to the fate of cannon fodder.

With such high casualties, why did the soldiers still attack the city?

First, it is precisely because they know that siege is not easy, many generals in the army will take the lead and fight bloody battles.The generals are no longer afraid of death, and the soldiers naturally move forward with courage.

Second, in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the siege, when the attacking party sends troops to attack the city, it will also send a corresponding supervisory team at the same time.For those soldiers who dared to run away on the battlefield, they were chopped with a single knife.In order to be able to hold down the ground during the siege, the army commander will send his cronies to serve as the captain of the supervisory team, and even the coach will appear in the supervisory team.

Thirdly, because of the difficulty and sacrifice in siege, the rewards for those soldiers who can rush to the top of the city are very high.When Li Yuan raised his army back then, he rewarded Zhang Shigui with 80 maidservants at once, just because he was the first to break into the city.Those soldiers who died because of the siege also received high pensions, which also freed them from worries.

There is such a detail in the TV series "The Long Song of Zhenguan". Tang Taizong ordered the front-line troops to fight against the Turks. The soldier who attacked the enemy's tower first would be named Yunzhonghou. You know, many famous generals are busy In a lifetime, you may not be able to become an earl, let alone a marquis?
Stimulated by the high profits, the platoons are scrambling for the first place. After all, once a great contribution is made, future generations can enjoy the blessings from generation to generation.On the other hand, other arms, such as archers, no matter how high the hit rate is, it is difficult to reach the sky like a platoon.

Zhao Si is such a person who wants to be rich, but it is good to be rich, but how many people have their lives!

"Ding ding. ding.!"

Probably after more than 1000 people died, Guo Xinke finally called for gold to withdraw his troops. The first Hong County offensive and defensive battle officially ended, and this was only the beginning. More than 1000 casualties were nothing to Guo Xinke. Juice is not endless, what Guo Xinke has to do now is to consume these supplies.

Once Hong County lost these supplies, then Hong County would be just a city in Guo Xinke's hands.

"attack!"

About half an hour later, Guo Xinke's siege began again.

(End of this chapter)