Fu Song

Chapter 491 Full Attack
The army of the Liao Kingdom marched out in two directions, one was led by Generalissimo Xiao Siwen, and the other was led by the governor of Xijing Road, Yeluhuan. The size of the two armies exceeded one hundred thousand, which is not small.

At the end of September, the two armies had successively engaged in contact battles with the Western Army. When the information was transmitted back to Bianliang through different channels, they were up and down, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This time, everyone put their hearts into their stomachs completely.

That being the case, what else is there to say?
The Liao people have already attracted all the main force of the Western Army to the north. The Yan Army Division in Heishui Town and the Weifu Army Division in Heishan have become a mess. If you don't move here, you will probably annoy the Liao people.

Besides, the person sitting in the Bianliang Long Live Palace probably wanted to send Xiao Ding, the bastard who made him lose face, to the King of Hades to report earlier than the Liao people.

Shentangbao, Castanopsis Village, Luowu City, the three strongholds of the Western Army south of Hengshan, fierce battles broke out at the same time.

Zhang Cheng has served as the governor of Shaanxi Road for many years, in charge of the entire Shaanxi Road military, and what he has been planning is to send his troops to cross Hengshan, directly attack Xingqing Mansion, and cut off the head of Xiao Ding, who killed his father and enemy.

These three places are guarding the main road to Hengshan, and it is empty talk to cross Hengshan without taking down these three places.

But these three places are so important, the Western Army is naturally heavily guarded.

Shentangbao is at the helm of Li Yi.

Castanopsis village is Tuoba Fenwu.

Luowu City is Zhang Yunsheng.

No matter which one it is, it is not easy to get along with each other.

Although the soldiers and horses stationed in these three places are not the first-class elite of the Western Army such as Iron Harrier and Bubazi, they are also regular troops with many years of fighting and rich experience.

It is naturally not an easy task to defeat these strong fortresses that occupy the geography and are always preparing to deal with the attack of the Song army.

Zhang Cheng never thought that he could take down these fortresses easily. Although he wished to cross Hengshan Mountain in one step, he was extremely cautious and cautious in terms of military affairs.

For a military fortress like this, you can't think of any other way except to slowly use human lives and supplies to chew on it bit by bit.

If you want to speed, you can't reach it.

Zhang Cheng, who has just turned [-] years old, has a deep understanding of this truth because of his family background.

Different from the general jurisdiction of Duqian, because of Zhang Chao, and because he forcibly blocked King Jing's attack when King Jing was in chaos, it was tantamount to saving the lives of King Chu and the officials. His face and power are extra large, and even Lan Sixin, the appeasement envoy, will not dictate to him.

On the contrary, in terms of military affairs, Lan Sixin, who is the leader of Shaanxi Road, cannot get in his way.

It was precisely because he couldn't intervene that Zhang Cheng could build and train the army according to his own ideas, and this also made the soldiers and horses on Shaanxi Road reveal a new atmosphere everywhere.

Shanxi Road was in charge of Shentangbao and Castanopsis, while Luowu City was handed over to the Jinning Army on Hedong Road to attack.

With a bang, the stone bullets weighing more than a hundred catties thrown by the trebuchet hit the city wall of Shentangbao heavily, and a piece of the wall wrapped by the outer bricks was sunken inward immediately.

At the same time, there were as many as twenty trebuchets throwing stone bombs at Shentangbao.The location of these trebuchets was chosen with great effort.

The craftsmen of the Song Dynasty are unparalleled in the world, and the trebuchets they made are naturally first-class.

But the crux of the problem is that the Western Army also originated from the Song Army. Its emphasis on equipment and craftsmen is no less than that of the Song Army. Moreover, under the arrangement of Xiao Cheng, the development of a series of materials such as steel , The Western Army has even come to the front.

Therefore, the trebuchets built by the Western Army were concealed in the city, occupying a geographical advantage, and had a longer range.

So in the first round, Zhang Cheng used some dilapidated guys who were almost scrapped in one shot to attack the city.

As expected, these trebuchets were locked in the city after a round of attacks, and then a storm of blows came.

In half a day, all these old gadgets were scrapped.

But at the same time, the location of the trebuchet in the city was also exposed.

I can't hit you, but I can also make it impossible for you to hit me.

Once a large-scale equipment such as a trebuchet is installed, it is not an easy task to move it.

Overnight, Zhang Cheng completed the re-deployment of the large trebuchet, and because he had already prepared it, he seemed to be able to handle it with ease.

Then in the daytime, they began to bombard Shentangbao.

From Zhang Cheng's point of view, he may only have one day's time to carry out large-scale damage to Shentangbao, and spend at most one day's time in the city to readjust the trebuchet and suppress his long-range weapons.

But one day's work is enough to smash his city wall to pieces. As long as he can break through one place, he will have a focus when attacking.

Li Yi has fought many battles, and he was born as Xiao Ding's personal soldier, but he really can't compare to Zhang Cheng in these tricky things.

The current appearance of Shentangbao is a bit miserable.

However, despite the tragedy, the military city that was designed and supervised by Xiao Cheng himself still stands proudly in front of Zhang Cheng. Even though it is full of scars, it still stands in front of Song Jun.

Booming wildly, crossbow arrows flying across the sky, and at the same time, under the leadership of team generals and capital supervisors, the Song army rushed towards the city wall with climbing equipment such as ladders. As for the stone on the head? He would miss his head and fall down and hit them, but he didn't care about it at all.

Because when the drums sounded, they could only rush forward.

If you dare to retreat, the god arm crossbow in the hands of the supervising team will unceremoniously fall on their heads.

In fact, many people were injured by stone bombs fired by their own side.

Such a charge made the defenders at the top of the city have to brave the rain of stone bullets to appear at the top of the city, draw their bows and set arrows, and shoot towards the bottom of the city.

Because they didn't appear, the opponent directly crossed the best coverage range of the bow and arrow, and rushed under the city wall.

Under the city wall, there are dead spots for shooting.

If you can't effectively kill the enemy during the enemy's charge phase, the pressure will be great when the enemy erects a ladder to climb up.

Lan Sixin, who came to condolences to the army, watched a variety of offensive and defensive battles up close.

Zhang Cheng attacked in various ways, but Li Yi, who was defending the city, was also methodical.

Zhang Cheng prepared for many years, but Li Yi also waited for many years.

The Shentangbao has been continuously strengthened and increased over the years, and every penny spent on it is not in vain.

"Unexpectedly, the stubborn bandits are so brave!" Seeing the Western Army on the top of the city, without fear, half of their body leaned out to smash rocks and shoot arrows, and some even hugged the Song Army who had climbed to the top of the city, and fell heavily. Coming down to the city, Lan Sixin, who was born as a censor, turned pale.

Usually giving orders and killing a lot, but at that time, they didn't blink their eyes, but actually witnessing the two sides fighting each other like wild beasts that lost their minds, it's a completely different thing in terms of feeling.

"Futai, the siege of the city is a war of attrition. Today is also the most critical day. I don't want to hide it from Futai. Whether you can win the Shentang Fort is just today. Let's go all out, exhaust it again, and decline three times." Zhang Cheng said: "The other side is also a brave man who has experienced many battles. If he doesn't come down today, he will be exhausted."

"how long it takes?"

"I don't know!" Zhang Cheng said frankly.

While speaking, the infantry of the first wave of attack had already retreated, and grass rollers were thrown from the city. The grass rollers were covered with grease, and the flames burned, causing the soldiers of the Song army to scream again and again.

"How can these grass rollers bounce so high?" Lan Sixin saw several grass rollers bouncing and bouncing all the way towards the direction of the Chinese army, and was stopped only before the army formation.

Soon, the mystery was revealed.

A extinguished grass roller was delivered to them.

The innermost one is a hollow ball made of siege, and various flammable things are wrapped around the outside layer by layer. Zhang Cheng stretched out his hand and pressed it, and then let go, and the smear ball bounced a lot. As tall as a person.

"Wonderful idea!" Zhang Cheng sighed.

The trebuchet began to roar again.

But the trebuchet in the city did not move at all.

Zhang Cheng knew that the defenders in the city must be adjusting the position of their trebuchets. After being smashed for a long time, the other party must be full of anger.When it is reinstalled, these trebuchets on our side will suffer.

But I have a numerical advantage.

Shentangbao is only this big, and there are limited places to arrange large weapons such as trebuchets in the city. Considering that all directions must be taken care of, the number will be even fewer.

There is always a place that you can't hit. If you destroy one, I can repair it in a few days.

If you don't believe that your city wall is made of cast iron and steel, even if it is boiled, I can beat you down.

After a whole day of attack, the stacks on Shentangbao, the city gates, the female wall and so on were almost all leveled by Zhang Cheng, but the main city wall was still safe and sound, which made people admire the quality of the city.

The morale of the Song army was very high.

First of all, Zhang Cheng's strategy was very appropriate. The miserable appearance of Shentangbao made people feel inexplicably excited.

Secondly, Zhang Cheng's ant-attached siege was not reckless, and the timing of the choice was very appropriate. Once the obstruction was serious, he would withdraw immediately. This also made the soldiers feel that the Shangguan did not take their lives seriously, so Even though Shentangbao has not been won yet, morale is still very high.

As the night fell, most of the siege operations had stopped, only dozens of catapults were still in action, and the stone bombs seemed to be tirelessly throwing stones.

Zhang Cheng was drinking with Lan Sixin.

Tomorrow, Lan Sixin will return to Jingzhao Mansion.

Zhang Cheng also wished for him to leave.

A pacifier stays here, if he says something out of curiosity, will you listen or not?
If you don't listen, it's disrespect for him. If you listen, it might be a bad idea.

Lan Sixin didn't interfere in the past, but it doesn't mean he doesn't want to interfere now. After all, this time the war is different from the past. Who wouldn't want to get some military merit?

If he really didn't want to get military merits, he, Lan Sixin, wouldn't have ran all the way from Jingzhao Mansion to this ravine.

"Ziming, hurry up!" Lan Sixin took a handful of cold rabbit shreds, chewing slowly.

"Futai, there is no rush to fight. It's not like you haven't seen the capabilities of the Western Army before." Zhang Cheng disagreed.

"Of course I have seen it before, but who was the opposite at that time? It was Xiao Ding, Zhang Yuan, and Tuoba Yangwei!" Lan Sixin shook his head and said, "Who is the opposite now? Li Yi, one of Xiao Ding's relatives Just soldiers."

Zhang Cheng didn't make a sound. You can talk, but I don't have to listen.

You're leaving tomorrow anyway.

"Ziming, war is always a continuation of politics, and this time is no exception. You can't just think about the present, you also have to think about the consequences and impact of this war!"

"Please enlighten me!" Zhang Cheng cupped his hands.

"If we say that we have made little or no achievements in the north of Hengshan, delaying our journey, and the Liao Kingdom has achieved great success and defeated Xiao Ding's main force, then what do you think we can gain in the northwest?" Lan Sixin asked.

"I'm afraid Xiao Ding is not that easy to fight!" Zhang Cheng said.

"But it's not without the possibility of brittle defeat!" Lan Sixin laughed and said, "Didn't you say that everything is possible in military affairs?"

Zhang Cheng froze, he didn't expect the other party to block him with his own words.

"Ziming, the people of the Liao Kingdom are stronger than us, so we have to take over important places like Xingping Mansion and Xingqing Mansion before they can bargain with them." Lan Sixin said: "If Xiao Ding is defeated by Xiao Siwen and Yelu If Huan is defeated, we will gain nothing. The officials may only want Xiao Ding's head, but our Great Song Dynasty needs the entire Northwest as a tie to the Liao Kingdom!"

"Understood!" Zhang Cheng nodded.

"If the Liao Kingdom controls the homeland of the Western Army, then we will be in trouble in the future." Lan Sixin sighed. "The Dutang is clear about this point, and the Privy Council is also clear. Therefore, this time, the Dutang and the Privy Council have reached a rare consensus. In the next month, [-] soldiers from the Fourth Army will arrive at Shaanxi Road. "

"One hundred thousand to the Fourth Army?" Zhang Cheng took a deep breath: "Then, who will take care of the overall situation? Is it you?"

"I think so!" Lan Sixin shook his head: "But I have no military experience before, and such a good thing is definitely impossible to fall on my head. At most, give me an errand of coordinating logistics materials. Commander, it must be It was sent by the capital. The most likely one now is Chen Gui, the privy envoy."

"If it's a privy envoy, it's okay. With him, all the power can be mobilized!" Zhang Cheng nodded. When he heard that Bianliang was going to send [-] troops to the Fourth Army, Zhang Cheng knew that he couldn't help it. Possibly a major. "Please Futai give me some good words, I must be the pioneer."

"So, if you can quickly take down one of Castanopsis and Shentangbao, the next thing will be much easier." Lan Sixin said: "If the East Road side takes the lead first, you But you will be compared. When the time comes, the direction of the main attack will change, and you may only be able to provide cover for the army as a flank."

(End of this chapter)