Fu Song

Chapter 366: Water Comes From the Sky Tonight
Yeluxi finally saw the city wall of Xingqing Mansion.

This also made a rare smile appear on his face that had been clouded all the time.

Starting from Shangjing, the road was really not smooth.

The Western Army intercepted layer by layer and set up defenses step by step. It seemed that the army was constantly striding forward and the Western Army was always retreating. But those who are familiar with military affairs understand that the Western Army has not suffered a fatal blow at all.

They are in an organized retreat.

And the Rangers of the Western Army have harassed the Liao Army day and night without stopping since the start of the war.

Up to now, more than [-]% of the losses of the Liao army were caused by these rangers.

The Liao army thought of many ways, setting up ambushes, fishing, and encircling and suppressing, but these rangers had a maximum of three or four hundred riders per unit, and they were as frightened as they were. If they missed a hit, they would immediately ride away. Although there were occasional successes, compared with the losses Up, totally worthless.

The Western Army is holding back a big move.

Somewhere, there must be a violent counterattack by the Western Army.

This is the general consensus of experienced Liao army generals in the army.

Until they saw the city walls of Xingqing Mansion.

The Western Army wanted to use the tall and steep city of Xingqing Mansion to consume Daliao's army, and at the same time waited for Xiao Ding to defeat the Song Army in the south of Hengshan first, and then rushed back to attack twice!So along the way, they were just stagnant, not a decisive battle. They wanted to preserve their strength and return to Xingqing Mansion to guard the city.

Yeluxi finally understood Xiao Ding's strategy and tactics.

"Song people are unreliable!" Yeluxi pointed to the Xingqing Mansion wall in the distance, and said, "We can't expect them to drag Xiao Ding for long, so we need to take down Xingqing Mansion as quickly as possible." Yes. This is Xiao Ding's lair. After taking down Xingqing Mansion, the rule of the Western Army in the Northwest will be over. Most of the Western Army's subordinates are Dangxiang people, Tubo people, Uighur people, and Xi people. It cannot be said whether they are loyal or not. They are a group of interests. If they are beneficial, they will unite, and if they are not, they will disperse. So everyone, stop thinking about it and try your best to take down Xingqing Mansion, this vast land. It will become your pasture, and all the Dingkou here will become your slaves."

The voice of the Liao army shouting long live made the city of Xingqing Mansion tremble slightly.

Nearly [-] people shouted at the same time, and the momentum was still extremely shocking.

On the top of the city, everyone's faces were a little pale.

Zhang Yuan stood in the middle, his gray goatee curled up and down as if he was smiling.On the left stands Tuoba Yangwei, and on the right stands Lei Dejin.

"Yeluxi really doesn't care about the surroundings of Xingqing Mansion. He doesn't even have the slightest interest in Xingping Mansion. He just wants to concentrate all his efforts to take down Xingqing Mansion!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile. "Sometimes, people are too smart, and it's really not a good thing."

"That's because he's not really smart!" Tuoba Yangwei snorted coldly.

Zhang Yuan laughed bitterly: "It's also because the general manager has achieved so much in battle that people like Yeluxi can fall into the trap unconsciously. It won't work if it's another person!"

All three laughed.

Everyone thought that Xingqing Mansion would struggle in the next battle and persist until Xiao Ding returned, but the three people in the city knew that was not the case.

It is not Xiao Ding who wants to defeat Yeluxi, but them.

"Yeluxi lost about [-] elites and tens of thousands of young men along the way!" Zhang Yuandao: "Compared to the current strength in our city, they are still very powerful. General Lei, the next matter of defending the city depends on you." Now, General Tuoba and I will obey your order."

Lei Dejin bowed and said: "Don't dare, the words of the long history are serious. Lei must do his best to defend the city, and he dare not be negligent in the slightest."

Lei Dejin's headquarters was specially transferred back to carry out this offensive and defensive battle of Xingqing Mansion.For things like defending and attacking the city, Lei Dejin is much more professional than Tuoba Yangwei.

Tuoba Yangwei prefers to ride a war horse, fight with people with a scimitar, defend the city and attack the city, and he is indeed not proficient in such fancy things.

"General Lei, among the Liao people, there are many experts in attacking the city, and their infantry are also quite elite!" Zhang Yuan reminded: "Don't be careless."

"How can you be careless? If you are careless, your head will be gone!" Lei Dejin laughed and said, "Don't worry about Chang Shi, this is a major matter of wealth and life. Anyone who dares to slack off from Lei Mou onwards should invite him Try military law."

Xingqing Mansion has been preparing for this decisive battle for several months.

After the Liao army arrived at the city, even though they were very anxious, they did not make any other moves except for the cavalry to go around the city for three days.

But such a Liao army made everyone in the city more vigilant.

The Liao army was not in a hurry to attack, it was just that they were building siege equipment.

They accompanied the army with quite a number of craftsmen.

The unhurried Liao army is naturally more powerful.

Three days later, with heavy fog and the sound of military drums shaking the sky, the gate of the Liao army camp that had been silent for three days was suddenly opened, and the cavalry of the Liao army jumped out from inside, heading straight for the city. Behind, the Liao army infantry lined up. , Among their queues, there are large siege equipment of various colors standing out.

The Liao people started with cavalry, and now the cavalry is still their unique job, but their infantry are not fat, especially in these years, after the Liao Han people integrated into the Liao Kingdom, the combat effectiveness of the infantry is also young. The year is bullish.

Under normal circumstances, in the current Liao army, the commanders of the cavalry are all Khitans, while the commanders of the infantry are Han generals.In fact, the craftsman skills of the two sides are not very different.The big difference is actually materials and money.

It's like smelting steel and iron, both sides can do it, but the quality of Song Dynasty's side is better. In this way, the weapons they made will naturally be sharper, and the armor will naturally be stronger.

Just like the god arm bow, wouldn't the Liao people know how to make it?

Over the years, how many divine arm bows have fallen into the hands of the Liao people?The craftsmen who can make the god arm bow have also been taken away by them many times, but the Liao Kingdom has never developed the god arm bow into a strong combat force. The reason is that the materials cannot keep up.The quality of the God Arm Bow produced is high, and it is not cost-effective. It is impossible to form effective combat power at all, and it is not as good as the bow and feathers used in the past.

But wanting to improve the technology of iron smelting and steelmaking involves too many aspects, and it is impossible to do it without the accumulation of technology.Coupled with the blockade that Song State spared no effort in these technologies, it will be even more difficult for Liao State to complete a breakthrough.

It is not without reason that the emperor of the Song Dynasty hid the craftsman camp in the imperial city.

Of course, high-tech things cannot be produced. Things like siege cloud city, siege towers, and siege vehicles are not as numerous as those made in the Song Dynasty, and they are more versatile, but they are worse than those made by a stupid and clumsy classic. use.

Such stupidity and clumsiness can sometimes have unexpected effects.

There was no temptation, and the opening scene was the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai. Under the cover of a dark cloud of feathered arrows, the Liao people were young and strong, and the peasants carried sacks and followed behind the big shield, running towards the moat.He dropped the sack in his hand and ran back. As for whether he would be shot to death by the city, it all depends on God's will.

In this kind of siege battle, the most casualties are often the young and strong civilians. In the eyes of the commander, their only value is to consume the opponent's bows and arrows, and to lay out for the follow-up elite troops in such a fatal attack. A path to attack comes.

There was a sudden shout from both sides. It was the cavalry who came out from the two side doors, one on the left and one on the right, and cut them alternately like a pair of scissors. These cavalry killed these young and strong peasants and those big shield soldiers .

The Liao army had already been prepared for this. As soon as the cavalry in the city protruded, some cavalry from the Liao army immediately blocked them. The confrontation between the two armies was extremely short and cruel. Above, while the cavalry in the city went around the city and entered the city again, the Liao army galloped away and returned to the main formation in a large arc.

Engagements like this will be staged again and again throughout the siege.

Life on such a battlefield is like grass.

The generals will ignore the casualties. In their eyes, they will only see whether each tactical goal will be achieved.

Ordinary soldiers will ignore death, because one step forward is death, and one step back is death. No matter how they all die, what else is there to think about?
Everyone in such a scene is actually not a real person anymore.

They were like two packs of grinning wild dogs, biting each other frantically until one of them couldn't hold on.

On the first day, the moat was filled.

The next day, the Liao army's siege Qulou touched the city wall for the first time. ,
On the third day, with the help of countless siege equipment, the commando of the Liao army climbed up the city wall and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers in the city.

Although every day will end with the final defeat and retreat of the Liao army, there is no doubt that the Liao people are getting closer to their goal day by day.

The Liao army is also in a hurry!

It is difficult to get food and grass. In the fields outside Xingqing Mansion, the grain is not yet mature, so it can be fed to animals, but not to people.The news from the north of Hengshan had already spread that Xiao Ding had defeated the Song Army, and even Zhang Chao, who was the Taiwei of the court and the leader of Liulu side affairs, was beheaded by Xiao Ding on the battlefield.

The people of Song Dynasty must be subdued. Once they ceased fighting, Xiao Ding would turn around. At that time, even though Yeluxi was not afraid of Xiao Ding, it would be hard to say who would win.

Yeluxi had to win the Xingqing mansion first, so that even if Xiao Ding turned around immediately, Yeluxi would have the confidence to have a good talk with Xiao Ding.

Yeluxi didn't want to have a miserable victory after merging with Xiao Dinghuo under the Xingqing Mansion.

Such a victory is worse than nothing!
Yelujun thought he was watching a joke in Xijin Mansion!

Take down Xingqing Mansion and copy Xiao Ding's lair, not afraid that Xiao Ding will be disobedient.

The offensive of the Liao people gradually became desperate.

And for the commanders in the city, the opportunity is already at hand.

On the embankment of the Yellow River, the turtledove looked angrily at the wild boar next to him. This guy is not doing well yet, but he insists on coming out with him. Letting him rest in his hiding place is like killing him. of.To be serious, this guy said that he was afraid that he would make a great contribution and replace him. Damn it, if he hadn't seen him laying down his life to intercept the Pishi army last time, the turtledove would have wanted to press him to the ground and beat him up again. pause.

This time, on top of their war horses were a handful of pickaxes.

As soon as the pick was gone, a large piece of soil was dug up.

The wild boar was injured and couldn't lower his strength, so he could only watch the wind from one side.

"Son of a bitch, if you rush down this road, your family's dozens of acres will be ruined!" Looking at the shadowy villages in the distance under the moonlight, the wild boar sighed: "That's a year of hard work for you!" What! Have you ever sprinkled a seed, a dead turtledove?"

"None of your business!" Turtle Dove blushed angrily, this son of a bitch is still thinking about his wife!I don't even want to tell Erya to him. Erya is too young, isn't she thirteen?Fourteen years old. "If you win this battle, you can get what you want. This idea of ​​food will be gone if it is gone."

"You're just a dead turtledove, so you can tell that you haven't planted any land. If the water goes down, not only will the harvest not be done this year, but the land will not be good for the next few years." The wild boar looked disdainful: "You are blind!" How do you like you, like me, who looks stronger than you, not to mention fighting, at least farming is much better than you."

"I'm older than you!" Turtle Dove leaned on a hoe and sneered.

Wild Boar snorted and turned his head: "Wait a minute, I will definitely be bigger than you one day! After this battle is over, I will apply for a team transfer."

"Are you really going?" Hearing the wild boar's tone, the turtledove was stunned for a moment, and leaned over: "I told you, I promise Erya to you. The two sisters look so much alike! It's better not to go away." !"

The wild boar glanced sadly at the turtledove: "You don't understand what I'm thinking. You must go, it's a decision."

Seeing the decisive expression of the wild boar, Turtledove was furious: "Let's go, even if you go to the ends of the world, even if you become a general, and come back, you still have to salute to me. I will definitely crush you for the rest of my life."

Angrily, the turtledove waved its hoe and fell like rain, and pieces of soil splashed up.

And on this section of the Yellow River embankment, there are no less than a thousand soldiers like turtledoves wielding hoes.

Tonight, the Yellow River will burst its banks.

Tonight, the water of the Yellow River will pour down from here, and Xingqing Mansion is on the path that the flood must pass through.

When the Liao army began to attack Xingqing Mansion, these wandering cavalry from the Western Army began to gather here one by one. Zhou Huan, who was in charge of them, the former cavalry general of the Guangrui Army, came to them. The order to breach the Yellow River was issued.

Here, there are dozens of miles away from Xingqing Mansion.

But for the roaring Yellow River, it is only an instant away.

Countless water flowed through the gap and flowed downward.

The dead man at the gap turned and ran.

Behind him, the arm-thick water flow was thickening at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the few soldiers who were digging for the last time were desperately climbing up, and finally they were simply dragged by the rope tied around their waists.

With a bang, the water broke through the gap and let out.

Then, the gap just kept getting bigger and bigger.

(End of this chapter)