The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

In the morning of the next day, Zhao Tun began to build an arrow tower across the moat in Hangzhou.

Naturally, the thieves in the city would not allow him to complete it smoothly, and they shot arrows at the top of the city one after another.

But Zhao Tun's arrow tower was set up far away, within a stone's throw away, the arrows from the city were already powerless when they reached the arrow tower, and basically could not hurt anyone.

Both Fang Baihua and Fang Shiwu wondered what kind of threat the arrow tower at this distance could pose to Hangzhou City. After all, they stick to the main position and will not take the initiative to leave the city, and Zhao Tun does not siege, only in the north of the city. Activities here.

There are three arrow towers in total, all of which are relatively high. Although they are not as tall as the top of the city, they are not too far behind.

Then Zhao Tun placed the bed crossbow on both sides of the arrow tower.

He brought a total of ten heavy crossbows from Tokyo, and no less than hundreds of other crossbows and ballistas.

Among the ten bed heavy crossbows, five are eight-ox crossbows and five are thousand-step crossbows.

As for other medium and light crossbows, there are Dahe Chan crossbow, God arm crossbow and so on.

At the distance from the arrow tower to the head of Hangzhou city, only the eight-ox crossbow and the thousand-step crossbow can do it effectively, and even the Zhongnu's Dahe Chan crossbow and double-bow crossbow cannot complete it.

Although this kind of heavy crossbow is a sharp weapon, it is easy to wear and tear. Otherwise, you can just use this thing to attack the city without using bows and arrows at all.

Generally, the eight-ox crossbow will be useless after [-] shots, but the thousand-step crossbow is even rarer. It can only be shot about ten times, and the ballista will be useless.

Later, Wu Jie, a famous anti-golden general, invented a giant crossbow with five bows, which was stronger and more powerful. Unfortunately, this giant crossbow could not be shot even ten times, and it had to be replaced after five or seven times. Upper handle.

The loss is too high and the mobility is too poor, but the power is really great.

During the Zhenzong Dynasty, during the Battle of Chanzhou, Zhang Gui, the head of the Weihu Army, shot and killed Xiao Talin, the commander-in-chief of the Liao Army and the King of Shun, with an eight-ox crossbow, which directly led to the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance.

Therefore, the eight-ox crossbow is so powerful that it is by no means in vain.

Zhao Tuo ordered people to set up all the five eight-ox crossbows next to the arrow tower. He didn't use the thousand-step crossbow.

He didn't want to shoot the opponent's coach or something. After all, Zhang Gui also had an element of luck back then, and the distance was much closer that time than it is now, so it can be carefully calibrated.

With an order, every dozens of soldiers twisted their shafts and stretched their crossbows, the bowstrings of five eight-ox crossbows slammed, and five crossbow guns whizzed out.

The crossbow spear "wooden stem and iron feathers" of this eight-ox crossbow is known as "one gun and three swords and arrows" in the world. It looks like an iron spear, and the three iron feathers on it are like three swords.

If the eight-ox crossbow encounters a low city, it can also shoot "treading arrows", which are nailed to the city wall in rows, so that the siege soldiers can climb up.

But a high city like Hangzhou is naturally not good. Even if you nailed a row of stepping arrows and just stepped on this thing to go to the city, I am afraid that the enemy army at the top of the city has not made any move, and I will fall down and die if I stumble.

Five swords with one gun and three arrows directly bombarded the city of Hangzhou. It is not too much to say that it was a bomb, because the crossbow gun of this eight-ox crossbow also carried a fist-sized hammer head behind the blade, and the force of the crossbow was inertial. The bonus is that even stones can be broken.

There are also crossbows in Hangzhou city, but there are no such heavy crossbows. Fang Gu drew a map of Hangzhou city defense after waking up yesterday. It stated the number of ordnance in the city. Hangzhou originally had heavy crossbows, but they were guarded before the city was broken. The army pushed down the city and fell badly, that's why Zhao Tun had someone build an arrow tower in the place where an arrow was shot, and tested it with an eight-ox crossbow, otherwise, the arrow tower would be difficult to build .

The five crossbow spears arrived in front of the city in the blink of an eye. At this time, Fang Baihua and Fang Shiwu were both there. The two of them kept staring at the other side of the moat, vaguely seeing many Song troops over there seeming to be twisting their strings, and they couldn't help screaming inwardly. Qi dodged to the side, shouting at Jun Ding while hiding: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

There was a loud bang, and one of the crossbow spears hit the tower, and immediately knocked half of the corner of the building made of green bricks.

Another crossbow slightly missed its aim and hit the battlements, breaking the battlements immediately. Fragments of bricks and stones flew randomly and splashed on the soldiers. Even if they were wearing armor, they grinned in pain.

The remaining three shot into the crowd. Although Fang Baihua and Fang Shiwu had warned them before, how could ordinary soldiers react quickly?The moment he was hit by the crossbow spear, he was hit and smashed instantly. No armor had any effect, and flesh and bones flew everywhere.

And even those who passed by were injured, lying down on the top of the wall.

Fang Baihua was shocked when she saw this. Although heavy crossbows were used to shoot at the city of Hangzhou before, she recalled that the power at that time was not so powerful, and the accuracy was not as good as that. Some crossbows even flew from the head. However, I don't know where I fell in the end.

"Set up a shield, set up a shield!" Fang Shiwu shouted on the other side, with a serious face under his thick beard. He is an iron craftsman and is familiar with bows and crossbows. If there is no shield pile protection, it is simply invincible.

When the soldiers heard the words, they immediately moved out the shield piles from the rear, but this thing was not their own, but it existed in Hangzhou City. The three of them can withstand attacks such as catapults and ballistas. There are legs underneath, so they can stand on the ground without being supported.

Rows of shield piles were erected. Although it looked safer, the sight of the soldiers on the city was blocked a lot. Fang Baihua stood behind the shield piles and frowned and said, "Brother Fifteen, if the Song army uses this heavy crossbow to cover How should we attack the city?"

Fang Shiwu shook his head: "How can it be that simple? This kind of heavy crossbow is easy to wear and tear, and it will be useless if you don't shoot too much. I don't believe that he, the bird king, will bring many heavy crossbows. Why isn't our line of sight blocking the other party's visit?"

Fang Baihua was deeply convinced when he heard this, and couldn't help but nodded.

On the other side of the moat, Zhao Tuo looked at the city of Hangzhou and frowned. This distance was originally blurred, but now that the rows of shield piles were erected, people could not be seen, as if there were wooden piles everywhere.

He looked at those crossbowmen on the bed, but they also looked blank. These people's eyesight was not as good as his. When the city of Hangzhou was blocked by the shield pile, they immediately lost the target they could shoot.

Zhao Tang rubbed his chin, now it is a feint attack, the purpose is to attract most of Hangzhou City's troops to the North City side, as for the construction of the arrow tower, it is also for this purpose, making Fang Baihua think that he is building fortifications outside the North City Operate as a key point of siege.

But in fact, what he wanted to attack was the west city, and he used Fang Gu to open the gate of the west city and attack it.

Fang Gu is the deputy general guarding the West City. He can open the sub-city, but this is not enough. There is a distance between the sub-city and the main city. Entering the main city from the side of the sub-city also needs to pass through the city gate. Fang Gu has no right to that gate. Open it completely, that is the mother door.

And in this case, it is better to directly open the gate of the main city without a sub-city, and drive straight in at one step, which is the best policy, which is also the reason why Zhao Tuo let Fang Gu cheat the gate.

As for Zhao Tama's arrangement, it's actually not complicated, at most [-] soldiers can be hidden in Yingchun Garden, and some more can be hidden in the passageway, which can be counted as [-] soldiers.

These people can pretend to be Fang La's holy army and go to cheat the gate together with Fang Gu, even if they can't cheat, but it is easier for so many people to open the city gate from the inside than from the outside. As long as the gate is opened, the big thing is over Certainly.

As for whether other people on the other side will see the flaws on the way there, thus revealing his flaws, Zhao Tang is not worried about this.

As long as Fang Gu does not turn his back on the water, and does not meet Fang Baihua and Fang 15, he will never be exposed, because Fang Gu's identity is different.

He is Fang La's nephew, the eldest son and grandson of the Fang family's generation. Although at this time in the Song Dynasty, the distinction between concubine and concubine has actually been weakened compared to previous dynasties. Everyone can get a copy, but the folks are even more indifferent, after all, there is not much to inherit.

The Fang family is not an official, and has no idea about it, but the eldest son and grandson recognize it, so Fang Gu's status in the family is acceptable, and if he leads the troops out, no one will doubt it, even if it is a false transmission of Fang Baihua's military order , There is also a [-]% to [-]% chance of success.

Fang Baihua didn't have tiger charms and arrows. Fang La didn't build an army for a long time. He didn't have a complete military discipline system, and he still practiced the rules of Mingjiao.

Although Fang Baihua could read and write, it was impossible for him to write a warrant, and besides, it was too easy to forge.

Fang Gu is the best evidence. If someone else is there, it may cause suspicion. It is extremely difficult to cheat the city gate, but Fang Gu is very likely to succeed.

I oppose my family?I am the eldest son and grandson of the Fang family!I'm Fang La's nephew!
Fang La has already proclaimed himself emperor. If according to the orthodox system, then Fang Gu’s identity is the royal family. Fang Baihua is a direct sister, and the rest of the clan are cousins.

Then, there is even a [-]/[-] possibility that Fang Gu or his descendants have the opportunity to touch the great treasure position of the Yongle Holy Dynasty!

So, can he pass on a false military order and act as an internal response to the Song Army?

Naturally impossible!
This is also when Zhao Tun learned of Fang Gu's identity, he couldn't wait to walk through the passage to the city of Hangzhou in person, and after seeing Fang Gu, he made a plan.

He wants to win a battle, but if he doesn't seize this opportunity, the opponent will rely on the city's strong soldiers, and it will be extremely difficult for him to take down Hangzhou City.

After all, what he brought was not an elite of hundreds of battles, but the forbidden army of Gyeonggi, and only half of the opponent's troops, he couldn't siege the city, couldn't attack by force, and the opponent couldn't defend the city, so he had nothing to do.

And even if the opponent goes out of the city to fight head-to-head, Zhao Tang is not 100% sure that he will win. Take the Western Army led by Tong Guan as an example. ?
Therefore, he saw that Fang Gu had made up his mind, and then he dispatched soldiers and horses to act in front of Beicheng, making the other party misunderstand his intentions, and pulled most of the troops here, and then he responded with a strategy of internal and external cooperation.

But at this time, he felt something wrong with the eight-ox crossbow. Although the range of the eight-ox crossbow and the thousand-step crossbow was far enough, people's eyesight was not enough. When they couldn't see the target, they could only hit blindly. It's all about luck.

At this moment, it is easy to say, either attacking the city or defending the city, but if you fight on the plains in the future, if most of the opponent's cavalry, this lack of vision will suffer a big loss.

Zhao Tong sighed slightly in his heart, and felt that it was time to make something out. Originally, because of time constraints, he was afraid that it would be too late to make some money-making things, and he was not good at making that kind of daily invention. After all, learning was different, but right now, some If the item is not taken out, it will be handicapped on the battlefield.

Not only will you be beaten if you fall behind, but you will also be beaten if you cannot advance!
Zhao Tun sat on the horse and thought about it for a while. He is really not good at those inventions, but...you can still do it with a mirror that can see far away, right?
He can't burn glass, let alone optical glass, but isn't there a ready-made crystal?It seems that the earliest mirror that can only see far is made of crystal, right?
Zhao Tong frowned and said a few words to himself. After leaving a team to guard the arrow tower, he directly gave the order to withdraw the troops...

In the city of Hangzhou, in the Yingchun Garden.

Fang Gu had already loosened the rope, and Zhang Xian was teaching him how to open the city gate by fraud. Zhao Tong told Zhang Xian these words, and Zhang Xian would relay them to him again.

The 3000 internal troops in the city, led by Zhang Xian, began to enter the passage since last night and moved slowly towards the underground of Hangzhou. Now they are all here, and they are all resting quietly.

In fact, the armor worn by the two armies is difficult to distinguish from each other. After all, Fang La has no armor exclusively for the Holy Army at all. The soldiers under his command basically wear the things captured by the Song Dynasty, but there are too many Holy Army , Many of the soldiers below don't even have cloth armor.

In order to distinguish the soldiers on both sides, Fang La, regardless of the generals of the Holy Army, had to wear red cloth belts on their arms when they went into battle. Otherwise, the battlefield would be blind and the armor on both sides would be exactly the same, and it would be regrettable if they killed by mistake.

Time passed by little by little, and it was getting late in a blink of an eye, and a crescent moon hung in the night sky.

Fang Gu had memorized those words by heart, but he was a little depressed, not only because of the great change, but also because he felt that the rotting bones and soul-eating insects in his stomach were always moving, and he was inevitably frightened and frightened.

Zhang Xian saw that he was worried about his family, and said: "The prince said, if the battle goes well tonight, you don't have to wait 36 ​​hours, and you will detoxify General Fang."

Fang Gu was overjoyed when he heard the words: "General Zhang, did your lord really say that?"

Zhang Xian nodded: "To win Hangzhou City tonight, General Fang is the court official of our Great Song Dynasty, how can the general be harassed by poisonous insects!"

Fang Gu hurriedly thanked him, Zhang Xian said: "General Fang, you don't have to thank me, just thank the prince properly then."

Fang Gu repeatedly said yes, and then the two began to rest.

As the child's time was approaching, the Yingchun Garden started to move quietly. Fang Gu put on his armor and rode his own war horse to stand in front of the gate.

Zhang Xian only dressed up as an ordinary elementary school, holding the reins of Fang Gu's horse, but his family had no horse to ride.

There were no horses in the passage, and the 3000 people who came over were all infantry, but the bandit army in Hangzhou City were almost all infantry, and the horses were all taken away when Fang La left. I don't want to go out of the city to fight, it's just the reason for sticking.

Under the leadership of Fang Gu, [-] infantrymen headed for the west city as quietly as possible. Along the way, they encountered a few teams of night patrols, but those teams gave way without even asking. people pass.

But when it was about half a mile away from the Qiantang Gate in the west city, the defenders ran over to check, Fang Gu said indifferently: "Under the order of General Baihua, if you have anything to do, go to General Yao."

General Yao's name is Yao Jinzhou, and he is an old man who helped to raise troubles. Fang La was named a general when he proclaimed himself emperor, and now he is guarding the Qiantang Gate in the western city.

This Yao Jinzhou Fang Gu is familiar with, this person is simple and straightforward, not that kind of suspicious temper, so he chose to cheat this door after careful consideration.

Jun Ding rushed back to report, and when Fang Gu arrived at the gate of Qiantang, Yao Jinzhou also came down from the city, after the two exchanged salutes, Yao Jinzhou wondered: "It's so late, what military order does General Baihua have, and General Fang came to deliver it personally? "

He is a general, Fang Gu is a deputy general, one level younger than him, but because Fang Gu is Fang La's nephew, he is also called a general, after all, Fang's family wants to show face.

Fang Gu sighed, turned his head and pointed behind his back: "Sister-in-law told me to take three thousand elite soldiers to the west of the city, so I have to trouble General Yao to order to open the city gate."

"Open the city gate?" Yao Jinzhou was taken aback when he heard the words, then looked behind Fang Gu, and couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Sure enough, they are all elite soldiers, and they all wear armor!"

Fang Gu nodded, and said in a helpless tone: "No, they are all carefully selected, even the armor is the best and the latest."

Yao Jinzhou slightly hesitated at this time and said: "What is General Fang doing out of the city so late? After all, General Baihua has not explained the important event of opening the city during the day."

Fang Gu patted his legs when he heard the words, "Ai", he was about to speak loudly with a thick voice, but suddenly he seemed to realize something, and lowered his voice: "Sister-in-law asked me to lead the soldiers to ambush by the side of Xicheng Mountain, saying that there are A clever plan to defeat the enemy, Yu Ertu on the east side also led his troops out, General Yao, don’t publicize this matter, sister-in-law must not disclose the arrangement before she says the plan!”

Yao Jinzhou nodded hurriedly when he heard the words: "I know, I know, I will open the city gate now and let General Fang go out!"

He had no suspicion of deceit in his heart, so he ordered the soldiers to lift the heavy gate, remove the blocking stone, and then open the iron chain on the door, which was as thick as an arm, and then the Qiantang Gate slowly opened.

Fang Gu cupped his fists at him, and whispered: "General Yao, I have to see you after the big victory!"

Yao Jinzhou said: "I will send General Fang off!"

After he finished speaking, he got on his horse, and the two of them went out side by side, followed by three thousand soldiers slowly. When he raised his hand, a long spear in his hand stabbed directly into Yao Jinzhou's chest like lightning, and picked him off the horse.

Zhang Xian stabbed Yao Jinzhou to death without stopping for a moment, quickly jumped on Yao Jinzhou's horse, took the torch from the soldier next to him, held it up high and waved it three times in the distance, and then the soldier with the torch in his hand did the same this action.

Everything happened in a flash, Zhang Xian gave another order, and then returned to the city and rushed into the city, trying to seize the city gate.

At this moment, in the distance opposite the moat, countless sparks suddenly lit up, and they were all lit torches. Then the horseshoes sounded, and they ran continuously, all of them came towards the Qiantang gate.

Inside the Qiantangmen city cave, the soldiers who hadn't left the city also turned around to seize the control of the noose of the suspension bridge, and some rushed to the city to occupy the gate tower.

It took a long time for Fang La's army guarding the city to react, but they were already in a mess, and retreated steadily after being killed by the soldiers brought by Zhang Xian. In just a short time, dead bodies spread all over the top of the city.

The light of the torches in the distance had reached the moat at this time, and it was Du Po who took the lead, with a murderous look on his face, holding a Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, and without saying much, he rode his horse and crossed the suspension bridge.

The army behind followed closely, also crossed the suspension bridge, and then rushed into the city of Hangzhou...

(End of this chapter)