Is this a threat or a salute before a soldier?

The faces of all the generals at the head of the city all sank suddenly after the other party finished speaking, and Sun Tu glanced at Dong Kuang beside him. The latter immediately understood, and shouted loudly: "I, Dong Kuang, and the Changsheng army have long been at odds with the Liao people, today your Liao army is coming, I am just fighting to the death, and I will never surrender, you don't have to bother with any words, if you have any tricks, use them!" ”

The man under the city laughed contemptuously: "Just with the tens of thousands of remnants of your Changsheng army, a broken city in Zhuozhou wants to stop my Great Liao Heavenly Army?" I really don't know what to say! As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced left and right, and shouted: "You are my Daliao people, and if you can set things right this time, you can also redeem the merits, otherwise......" is actually planning to directly plan against the soldiers in the army in front of the battle.

At this time, Sun Tu could no longer sit back and let his nonsense go, and immediately gave his subordinates a look. Hua Rong immediately understood, bent his bow and arrow, and when he raised his hand, an arrow flew down like lightning, and the Liao man who was still making a big speech in the middle of the helmet on his head, shot it to the ground, and also frightened this person's face pale, and the words that came to his mouth stopped instantly.

Sun Tu took the opportunity to shout at this time: "Now that the victorious army has surrendered to my Great Song Dynasty, Zhuozhou here has also become my Great Song Dynasty's territory, and you go back and report to the king of Xi that you know!" If you dare to talk again, the next arrow will hit your head, and you won't get out of here! The last five words were a heavy dantian, and the sound was like thunder, and it spread far away.

I don't know if I was really frightened by Hua Rong's accurate arrow, so the Liao people didn't dare to say anything more at that time, quickly turned the horse's head, and ran back in embarrassment. Seeing him like this, the soldiers at the head of the city suddenly burst into laughter, and the slight tension that had arisen from his threat just now was also washed away.

The events ahead naturally fell into Xiao Gan's eyes, which made his face more and more gloomy. In fact, when he sent someone forward, he didn't think that he could really rely on a few words to make the Chang Shengjun surrender, after all, Xiao Sixun and the others had tried their best before, and it was impossible that as soon as the army arrived, the Chang Shengjun would change their minds. Therefore, the real purpose of this persuasion is only to suppress the momentum of the enemy army, so as to add a boost to the next siege.

Unexpectedly, the result was that his family lost face, and the envoy sent fled back in a hurry in front of the two armies, which made him feel angry that he was slapped in front of him, and it also affected the morale of his own army. At this time, Xiao Gan couldn't bear it anymore, and decisively ordered: "Raise the banner and attack the city for me!" I want to let Chang Shengjun know how powerful the elite of Daliao is! ”

With his order, the flag behind him was quickly waved, and the sound of drums and trumpets followed. Then, several Liao troops, who had long been ready to attack the city, quickly left the battle and swooped down on the city in front of them like a tide.

At the same time, the cavalry that had been ordered to divide the two sides of the army formation also rushed forward decisively, and after running out of the way, they divided into two groups and ran around the city wall to the east and west sides of Zhuozhou.

Xiao Gan saw at a glance that the main force of the Changsheng army was arranged in the north, and he felt that there must be flaws in the defense of other directions of the city, after all, the problem of insufficient strength of the Changsheng army has always existed, and their manpower is simply not enough to defend such a large Zhuozhou city. Therefore, first use the elite cavalry to explore the virtual reality on the east and west sides, and then choose one side to attack according to the situation.

It can be said that Xiao Gan is worthy of being a famous general in the Liao army, even though he was hindered before and was deliberately annoyed just now, he still behaved extremely calmly when using troops, and the dispatch was just right, leaving no regrets.

At the same time, the elite of the Liao army under his subordinates also showed great discipline and combat effectiveness, even when attacking the army on the northern city wall head-on, it was also orderly, not impatient and well-prepared, and a huge wooden shield cart covered with cowhide was erected in front of the team, which was used to resist the arrows and stones that could be dropped at any time at the head of the city as the army advanced. Behind these chariots were moats and bridges used to cross the moat, crashing and rushing cars used to launch destructive attacks on the city walls and gates, catapults used to cover the city head to fight the defenders, ladders to climb, and even a few Lu public chariots that were extremely rare in the Song army...... Behind these various and powerful siege weapons, there were countless dismounted Liao soldiers, shouting, pushing these weapons forward to kill.

When he saw this scene, even Sun Tu's face really changed, he really didn't expect that the Liao army's siege methods would be so complete, which was completely beyond his imagination, and it also surpassed any enemy army he had encountered in the past.

It is said that in the past few years, Sun Tu has also experienced many attacks and defenses on the battlefield, but in the past, whether it was fighting with those bandits who fell into the grass, or fighting with rebels, the practical means of both offensive and defensive sides were very simple and primitive, and at most they only used stone-throwing machine crossbows or ladders. He really hadn't faced any other weapons that were extremely destructive to the city walls, and he couldn't even report some of them.

It was only at this time that Sun Tu truly understood that the Liao army was different from any enemy he had encountered in the past, they were regular troops, and those enemies in the past were just grass bandits. And this, obviously, is also an extremely severe test for him and for the Chang Shengjun, depending on how determined they can be and how strong their combat power is.

In fact, what Sun Tu didn't know was that most of these siege equipment were made by the Liao army cutting down trees along the road and collecting stones along the way to slow down the journey. After all, Xiao Gan is not comparable to ordinary generals, even if the itinerary is blocked, it does not affect his determination to break the city, so he began to prepare various siege methods along the way.

It can be said that Sun Tu's use of tactics to delay the enemy army also has advantages and disadvantages, and while gaining a buffer of more than ten days for himself, it also makes the Liao army better prepared. Otherwise, with the fact that the 20-mile radius of Zhuozhou City has long been cleared by strong walls, and even the number of larger trees and larger stones cannot be seen in the wilderness, it is really not easy for the Liao army to create a large number of siege weapons in a hurry with local materials.

But now, they can come up with dozens or hundreds of siege weapons with different uses at once, thus increasing their siege combat power by more than several percent.

Compared with Sun Tu, who was a little surprised, it was Dong Kuang, who had obviously fought with the Liao army many times, and had already been mentally prepared for such a battle, and was still calm at this time, just shouted loudly: "Take out the prepared fire oil for me, use a simple stone thrower to aim and project, be sure to burn these weapons for me first, especially the trench behind the chariot, and never let them build a passage on the moat!" ”

With the roar, the soldiers in the rear acted quickly, and one by one, the simple and small, only more than half a person's high stone throwing machine was sent to the city, and then the clay pots that had already been filled with fire oil were also put on the top. With the sound of shouting and the whining of levers, black crockpots leaped into the air and smashed down like hail into the approaching enemy formations.

In an instant, there was a thud and cracking sound below, and some of the crockpots were blocked by the carts, some of them fell over the carts and into the piles of people behind them, and some of them were crashing into the weapons, and the black viscous liquid inside flowed everywhere and adhered to all the surfaces that could be touched.

"Drop the rocket!" After the three rounds of oil canisters were thrown off the city, the front of the enemy army was almost in front of the moat. Dong Kuang immediately shouted loudly and ordered the arrows to be released.

The archers were not ambiguous, and immediately after the arrows in their hands were lit, they threw them out of the city with their backs. The arrows with the light of the fire burst through the air, and fell towards the middle of the enemy army below. Suddenly, the Liao army below had begun to shout loudly, and some soldiers stepped forward decisively, holding light shields and waving weapons to block.

But there are thousands of rockets released this time, even if there are more Liao troops below, it is impossible to block them all for a while. So soon, there were screams from below. At the same time, some rockets fell on all kinds of siege weapons that had long been attached to the oil, and after igniting the oil, the flames rose and spread rapidly, and the flames rose up among the enemy troops with thick smoke, which also made the Liao army, which was quite orderly, become a little chaotic.

You must know that at this time, the siege weapons were almost all made of wood, and they were most afraid of fire, and now there are more fire oil to help burn, and the harm is even more rolling up, only a moment, there are several rushing cars crashing, and even the trench bridge was engulfed in flames, and even the bodies of some soldiers on the side were also on fire, and they rolled all over the ground with a miserable howl.

It's a pity that this situation didn't last long, because the Liao army's countermeasures had already begun. After the initial panic, as the generals shouted and shouted, some soldiers quickly took out the pockets they carried, rushed to the burning weapon, and poured the contents onto the raging flame, and then the flames were quickly controlled.

But they still carried with them mud and sand, which could extinguish the fire in a short time more than water, and there were enough of them to protect the siege equipment from being destroyed by fire.

And after the fire was suppressed, it was accompanied by an order: "Stone throwing cart, suppress the head of the city for me!" The rock-throwing carts at the rear quickly stopped, and then the soldiers around them hurriedly used them. In a few moments, there was a creaking sound, and the high arm fell suddenly, and the arm with the net and stones behind it was rapidly raised, and countless stones flew straight towards the city like raindrops.

This siege battle of Zhuozhou City exceeded Sun Tu's expectations from the very beginning, both in terms of means and intensity, far beyond any of Sun Tu's previous city attacks and defenses.

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Today is Monday, and it coincides with the Qixi Festival, dear book friends, think about it, even the Cowherd and Weaver Girl are reunited today, can you bear to let those tickets and passers-by be separated at both ends of the Milky Way?

Are you really more hard-hearted than the Queen Mother, and do you still want the magpies to come and take those tickets out of your pocket?