(Girls' Literature)

Ling Xiang said: "Isn't it a wooden ladder?" ”

Yang Yan held the battlement with his hand. laughed and said, "If only they could use this wooden ladder to storm the city." Then I should have written my name upside down. ”

It turned out that Yang Yanyi compared Hengshan's ability to defend the city with the siege ability of the Song army that he knew. Need to know. The Song army was very well equipped with the tools used to attack the city. There is a kicking ladder dedicated to the city. Tower car. A crash car used to hit the city gates. Specially used to attack the building carts and trebuchets in the city. Yang Yan is well aware of the harm of these siege cities. With the current strength of Yokoyama, he can't hold it. I also felt sorry for this for many days. But now I see that the Manichaean army actually wants to use this simple wooden ladder to attack the territory. Yang Yan immediately relieved his heart.

It turns out that Manichaeism has been around since the beginning of time. Although in a short period of time a large area was captured. But these places were either abandoned by the Song army without a fight. Either the Manichaeans had infiltrated the city beforehand. Internal and external attack. And real siege warfare. This was the first time in the Yokoyama Manichaean Army. Therefore, not only do you not know how to siege the city, but you also need to have special siege equipment. And the organization of tactics. Methods are very different from ordinary warfare. Even the wooden ladders used for siege are often made on an ad hoc basis.

Yang Yan went to the city and understood as soon as he saw the Manichaean army's siege position. The Manichaean army was a layman who besieged the city. This is not something that can be compensated for by the courage of the flesh or faith. That's why he deliberately provoked Zhong Zhenxian. Let him lead the army to attack the city. As long as you are beautiful enough to win the first battle to defend the city. It's not just morale-boosting. It can also boost the confidence of the other four to hold the Hengshan Block. Make a concerted effort to defend Yokoyama.

"Trebuchet ready." Yang Yan looked at the Manichaean army that was gradually approaching the city wall. Ordered loudly.

Seven. Eight. The range of the Nine Bucket Bow is not far. Only sixty to eighty steps. Trebuchets, on the other hand, can throw more than 100 paces away. Since the south gate was the main direction of attack of the Manichaean army. Therefore, Yang Yan arranged all four trebuchets at the south gate. Moreover, the stones contained in the trebuchet are not large stones of tens of pounds. Girls' literature is more than a dozen small stones weighing three or five pounds. It's just a simple net made of a few hemp ropes woven together. Cast into the air. The stones will fall apart. In this way, although the intensity of the blow is reduced. But the scope of the strike is much larger.

"Launch."

"Whew. Call. "The four trebuchets are divided into two groups. Take turns throwing rocks. Stones of all sizes, large and small, whizzed from the sky and fell on the heads of the Manichaean army. Although it is only a small stone weighing a few pounds. But falling from high in the sky. Once hit. The same will be smashed to the head and bleed. Broken bones and tendons are dismantled. They have not yet come close to the city gates. Some soldiers were hit by stones. Girl Literature screamed and fell to the ground. However, the Song army only had four trebuchets in total. The lethality is actually very limited. It does not stop the advance of the Manichaean army.

However, Yang Yan didn't expect to rely on these four trebuchets to stop the attack of the Manichaean army, if there were forty, it would be about the same. At best, these four trebuchets could only boost morale. Inspiring effect. However, at this time, the Manichaean army had already entered the range of bows and arrows, and Yang Yan immediately ordered again: "Release the arrows." ”

The 300 archers guarding the southern city opened their bows and released their arrows together, and hundreds of arrows pierced the sky. Although this kind of formation is really pediatric for Yang Yan, who is accustomed to seeing big scenes, the lethality of bows and arrows is much greater than that of trebuchets, and people in the Manichaean army continue to fall to the ground with arrows, blood begins to stain the reddish-brown earth, and the sounds of screams and wails also begin to spread on the battlefield below the city.

Despite the constant arrivals, the pace of the Manichaean army's advance did not slow down significantly. Some of the soldiers were holding shields to shield their arrows, but many of them braved the arrows to see the corpses of their companions approaching the walls.

Some of the fast men had reached the edge of the city wall, so they leaned the wooden ladder against the wall and began to pedal the wooden ladder to the castle tower. And the archers on the city wall also retreated to the second row under Yang Yan's stubbornness, gave way to the battlements, and gave up their positions to the other defenders to meet the enemies who climbed the city wall. Girls' literature is updated as soon as possible

While Yang Yan was methodically directing the battle to defend the city, he also explained to the other four family heads the mistakes made by the Manichaean army during the siege.

"The most taboo thing about siege warfare is that the actions of the various armies are inconsistent and uneven. Unless it is an extremely well-trained elite soldier who can maintain a unified movement in the rapid rush and advance, it is better to walk slower than to keep the team neat and unified in action. Now the Manichaean army is moving slowly, unevenly, some have already reached the edge of the city and started to siege the city, and some are still far away, which is the taboo of the siege. ”

"When attacking a city, you must arrange archers under the city, or arrange arrow tower carts, to shoot at the archers in the city, on the one hand, to suppress the archers in the city, and on the other hand, to cover and support your own siege hostages. But now that the Manichaean army is only concerned with besieging the city, and has not arranged archers, how can it capture Hengshan in this way. ”

"A truly well-trained siege soldier who stepped up the ladder relied on his legs, and had to fight with the defenders with shields and weapons in his hands. But you can see that the siege soldiers of the Manichaean army had to hold on to ladders to climb upwards, which shows that he was still not trained to attack cities at all, and such soldiers were not afraid of attacking cities, let alone 20,000 or 30,000 people. Girls' literature is updated for the first time"

Sure enough, the Manichaean army seemed to be fierce, but after attacking the city, some of the entire wooden ladders were pushed down by the Song army, and some wooden ladders could not withstand the soldiers who kicked the ladder and were dismantled. The Manichaean army attacked for more than half an hour in one go, but not a single person could move up the wall.

The archers and trebuchets in the city are still shooting arrows and throwing stones at the city. Some of the Manichaean soldiers fell down the ladder and fell to their deaths under the city, while others were shot with bows and arrows and hit by stones. The corpses of many Manichaean soldiers have been piled up under the city walls. The losses of the Song army were very limited. Although the Manichaean army continued to attack the city regardless of life and death, they could not shake the mountain in the slightest.

More than an hour had passed in the blink of an eye, and the losses of the Manichaean army had reached more than 2,500 people, and even most of the wooden ladders used for the siege had been destroyed. Yang Yanji saw that the Manichaean soldier had become a strong crossbow, and immediately said to Ling Xiang: "Brother Ling, the current Manichaean army is almost unable to support it, it seems that they are about to retreat, you immediately go down and transfer three hundred people to wait at the gate of the city, ready to attack when they retreat, and beat them hard." Girls' literature is updated for the first time But don't fall in love with the war, and don't chase too far, as soon as you hear the gong in the city, you will come back at this moment. ”

At this time, everyone in the Huang family had already admired Yang Yan so much, and they naturally obeyed Yang Yan's orders, Ling Xiang listened to his instructions, replied, and went down to prepare. When Huang Mingxia saw it, she didn't ask a word and followed. Huang Ye Huang Qi and Huang Zhengping glanced at each other, so they had to follow. In fact, when Huang Shunping was talking, although he didn't get them engaged, he also verbally said that he agreed with them a few times, and they all knew it. Although Huang Mingxia is the head of the family, she will marry sooner or later, Ling Xiang and Huang Mingxia are childhood sweethearts, and they are happy with each other. He grew up in the Huang family, was loyal, and was the right-hand man of the Huang family. is indeed the most suitable candidate for Huang Mingxia's husband.

"Young master, depending on the subordinates, let's withdraw the army temporarily." Xu Wuce came to Zhong Zhenxian's side and said: "It's getting late today, and our army is still very tired from a long way, so let's rest for the night first, and tomorrow we will regain our strength and attack the city again, so we can capture Hengshan in one fell swoop." ”

Zhong Zhenxian was very displeased when he heard this, glared at him and said, "No, we must capture Hengshan today." ”

Chen Tong also persuaded: "Young master, Lord Xu Qi is right, our army is coming from a long distance, and it is naturally unfavorable to attack the city if it is not well prepared, so it is better to temporarily withdraw the troops and come to attack the city after being ready." ”

Zhong Zhenxian felt even more harsh when he heard this, because it was this siege battle that he launched, and Chen Zheng's words seemed to accuse him of improper command. Said: "No, since the incident, I have always attacked everything and won everything, how could I be stumped by this little Hengshan Stone?" You don't need to say more, I have decided that I will not capture Hengshan today, and I will not withdraw my troops. Xu Wu, you go back immediately, gather all the people, attack the city in one go, and rest in the city tonight. ”

Chen Dong and Xu Wu glanced at each other and looked at each other. But there is no way. The defeat in the first battle made Zhong Zhenxian, who had always been arrogant, completely lose his correct judgment, and in the sect, the only people who could control Zhong Zhenxian were the sect leader, the left envoy, and the wing king, but now these three people are not here. If you continue to attack like this, you will only sacrifice your brothers in vain. But now there is no way to dissuade Zhong Zhenxian. Chen Dong and Xu Wu were in a hurry, but they were helpless.

At this moment, suddenly the gate of Hengshan was opened, and a group of Song troops suddenly came out of the city. Kill every person he encounters, cut down when he encounters someone, and the Manichaean army, which is bent on attacking the city, is unprepared and is immediately killed in chaos.

The Song army that fought out of the city was led by Ling Xiang, Huang Mingxia, Huang Ye, Huang Qi, Huang Zhengping and others. Most of them were originally from the Song army in Hengshan and had received more formal military training. It was the first time for Ling Xiang to experience such a large-scale battlefield, and he immediately brought out the advantages of the fast sword to the fullest, only to see that he carried the sword like the wind, and wherever the sword light went, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the Manichaean soldiers did not fall to the ground.