Start: Datang Wanli a lonely city

Chapter 356
In the mouths of Lang Qing, Lao Tie, and Wu Zu, the shouts of "ready to complete" sounded one after another.

The thousand-strong infantry formation under the city was slowly advancing all the way, and at that time it was nearly two miles away from the city wall where Hu Biao and the others were.

I recalled it in my head, and I have read the relevant content recorded in the Song History "Wei Pi Biography":
"The old bed crossbow shoots only seven hundred steps, and the Pi increases to a thousand steps."

Then one step in the Song Dynasty is 1.536 meters in modern times, so the range of the eight-ox crossbow with a thousand steps should be 1536 meters; good guy!But compared to ordinary rifles during World War II, the range is farther.

Based on the above memories, Hu Biao judged that the targets in front of him had definitely entered the killing range of the Eight Bull Crossbow.

In Hu Biao's mouth, he immediately yelled: "Ba Niu crossbow fire, shoot his mother~"

After hearing this order, Lang Qing, Lao Tie, Wu Zu and others all picked up a wooden hammer with their own hands and hit the trigger.

The trigger of this thing cannot be pulled by human power at all.

There are a total of three eight-ox crossbows, and the 21 rounds of ballistas fired by them greeted like lightning amidst the vibration of the bowstring of "bang, bang~".

It's a pity that the shot that Lao Tie aimed at was a little bit off, and it hit the ground after rubbing against the edge of the infantry formation.

Fortunately, all of the remaining 14 ballistas hit their targets without exception.

At that time, facing the attack of this thing, the people in the infantry formation had no time to react; in the original strict formation, 14 gaps like dogs were shot out in an instant.

Even if the hands of the first row of sword and shield hands were instinctively raised shields, such a movement did not provide any protection at all.

The iron arrowheads of those catapults are actually not sharp at all, and even look quite blunt.

However, under the strong thrust, no matter if it is a two-handed shield or a one-handed shield, as long as it is hit, it will be shot to pieces like a piece of cardboard.

Then, the ballista was not only the one who shot through the shield, but also brought down two or three people behind him before his strength was completely exhausted.

During this process, if the shot hits the arm or the skull, it can be shot and exploded on the spot, causing the flesh and blood to fly all over the sky.

If it hits the chest and abdomen, then it will be able to penetrate directly, and the whole person will be taken flying.

Especially the two thickest ballistas, one of which directly strung the four unlucky eggs into a string, then continued to fly, and shot one person's left arm and knocked down another person before stopped.

In the formation of the attacking troops, a long alley of flesh and blood shot out.

In short, in the firing of the three eight-ox crossbows, the attacking side was knocked down by more than [-] people in an instant.

Such a number of casualties is naturally nothing compared to the overall number of an attacking force of a thousand men; but the appearance of those unlucky guys dying tragically frightened the surrendered Liao army.

For a moment, their neat formation became uncontrollably chaotic.

But in the first moment, the Jurchen cavalry on the two wings and behind them directly drew their bows and arrows, and shot over a dozen of them, the hapless queen who screamed in fright.

The low-ranking officers in the team were also yelling and cursing frantically.

It was probably telling his subordinates: Although this ballista of the Song people is very powerful, it is very troublesome to load; as long as you rush over quickly, this thing can only be fired once.

Suddenly, there were more than 900 Liao soldiers left, and after opening a wider distance from each other, they rushed up in a swarm.

After they entered the city for a distance of one mile, the remaining double bows and bed crossbows were fired one by one, and dozens of people were brought down.

So far, the ten ballistas on the north wall have all been fired completely, and it will take at least a few minutes before they want to fire again next time.

Fortunately, the attackers under the city now have no formation at all.

A large group of people in a mess rushed over like ducks.

Seeing this, after seeing them enter the distance of 200 meters below the city, Hu Biao roared: "Bow and arrow, shoot~"

*****
Talk!Because of the limited strength of the Xuange Battalion, after absorbing 180 surrendered Liao soldiers, the total strength was only 600.

Hu Biao released 150 people on the north and south walls, and 50 people on the east and west walls.

In addition, there are 160 people as the general reserve force and mobile force.

As for the civilian husbands, a total of 1200 people have been recruited so far. Thanks to the large number of military boots delivered by the Dengzhou Navy, they are also armed.

Now there are 600 people on the four walls for defense, and the remaining 600 people are used as preparations and replacements.

So under Hu Biao's order, at least 300 people on the north wall picked up their step bows and yellow birch crossbows, and faced the attackers below the city condescendingly, they quickly greeted them.

For a time, it was called an arrow raining down.

The bows and arrows in the hands of the peasants were nothing more than just to join in the fun; but the yellow birch crossbows in the hands of the soldiers of the Xuange Battalion, and the sharp arrows shot by Hu Biao and others, were not at all lethal.

Especially the yellow birch crossbow, which can penetrate iron armor at a distance of [-] meters.

Da Song's strength in bow and crossbow was perfectly demonstrated at this moment.

If they still maintain a strict formation, these former elite infantrymen of the Liao Kingdom who are attacking will not be afraid of such a rain of arrows.

It was nothing more than shielding the front row with shields, and the archers in the rear counterattacked, and continued to advance all the way; the casualties were a bit heavy, and they would not be unbearable.

But now, with their running wildly all the way, the formation has long been in chaos.

In the dense arrow rain on the city, the sword and shield fighters with shields in their hands were better. The sword and ax fighters carrying ladders were often shot to the ground one by one when they were still far away from the city wall.

When their archers opened their bows to fight back against the city wall, most of their arrows were blocked by the wall stacks and wooden baffles on the city wall.

Occasionally, after some fell on everyone's armor, they were unable to break through the armor due to lack of strength.

In the end, when they were still 34 meters away from the city wall, the infantry soldiers whose casualties had exceeded [-]% and nearly [-]% could no longer hold on.

They threw away the ladders on their shoulders, turned around and fled in the direction of the camp.

It was like being beaten back quickly without even touching the city wall.

After seeing such a scene, the mouths of the people on the north wall immediately burst into cheers; after a while, the defenders on the other three walls, as well as the soldiers and civilians in the city also cheered loudly.

At this moment, the huge pressure of the Jurchen army in my heart was completely vented...

At the same time, in the Jurchen camp outside the north gate of Haiyang City, Wanyan Loushi was leading some officers such as Meng'an and Mouke to watch the defeat of the thousand-man infantry unit.

He lost the first battle and was shot back without even touching the city wall.

So the expressions on the faces of everyone present suddenly became a little ugly.

The leader of the Black Stone Department, Meng An Momo, who is considered to be a commander-in-chief, even yelled: "I have heard people say before that the people of Song Dynasty were very powerful in defending the city relying on the strength of their bows and crossbows. I didn't expect it to be so difficult.

Although the city in front of me is small, it has all kinds of ordnance and fortifications.

If things go on like this, even if this small town of Haiyang is taken down, the warriors under his command will suffer heavy casualties; during this trip to Pingzhou, we also looted a lot of cattle, horses and slaves, or we should just withdraw our troops.

Lou Shi, your second son is dead, so it's great to share with you more. "

The voice fell, and Wanyan Loushi cursed viciously: "Shut up, if there are still people who quit this battle easily, don't blame a certain subordinate for being ruthless."

Amid such yelling and cursing, Na Mo immediately became furious, but seeing Wanyan Loushi's fierce eyes, he still suppressed the emotion that wanted to explode.

Seeing this, Wanyan Loushi said in a soft voice:
"You don't need to worry about the casualties of the warriors under your command, Momo has his own countermeasures.

So what if the Song people were good at defending the city?It is nothing more than spending more time and effort; as long as the captives are driven to bulldoze outside the city and pile it higher than the city wall.

Not only can you shoot arrows at the city, but you can also put the trebuchet on the mound and throw stones at the city.

When their crossbows and city defenses are smashed, they will naturally be able to attack in one go, and the warriors under your command will not suffer much casualties.

As for the casualties of the slaves and the Liao soldiers like eagles and dogs; after the huge Pingzhou land was laid down, the slaves and Liao soldiers could add more. "

After hearing such a statement, no one had any meaning for Wanyan Loushi's battle plan.

It was also after such a siege plan was implemented in the following time, the days of the netizens in the city became more and more difficult day by day.

(End of this chapter)