At this time, of course, Di Qing didn't have to hide his purpose, the banner of the Great Song Dynasty and the banner of Di Qing were erected respectively, and an army of 50,000 surrounded Zhuozhou and began to blockade the city.

Zhuozhou is not a very big city, because of the existence of Zhejin Mansion, Zhuozhou is also an ordinary county seat, and it is not even as good as an ordinary county seat.

If you count the background, in the Han and Tang dynasties, Hebei's defense was quite strong, and when Li and Tang were unified, Shandong once caused him huge obstacles, and even some generals fell.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, generally stronger cities will be supplemented, every year, or every once in a while, repairs, but the sixteen states of Youyun have fallen into the hands of the Liao State for more than a hundred years, perhaps at the beginning, when the Song army was high, they would repair the city wall.

But after that, with the signing of Song Zhenzong's Yuanyuan Alliance, to a certain extent, the Northern Song Dynasty never challenged the Liao State again, and decades have passed, how can they still be the same as before.

In Di Qing's opinion, the city defense has become much weaker, and even a little dilapidated.

Even if there is no explosives, even with the help of a ladder, you can step on the city wall in a short time and through high-intensity attacks, not to mention now, you have mastered more advanced siege methods.

The county guard of Zhuozhou, which was established with reference to the Northern Song Dynasty, was a unique official position in the sixteen states of Youyun, and he stood on top of the city, his hands trembling a little.

Where did the Song army come from, did it take a detour to attack, or did it kill the Liao army on the border.

In his opinion, the former is more likely, if it is to kill the Liao army on the border, it will be a nightmare for the Liao State.

Either way, when the soldiers are coming to the city, he must defend the city, and he must transmit this information to the Oritsu Prefecture.

As an official of the Liao State on the border, close to the border pass, he knows very well what the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun mean to the Northern Song Dynasty, either the Northern Song Dynasty will not attack, or it will be a big war, at least the kind of hundreds of thousands of troops, and the ones that are showing up at the moment are probably just a vanguard force.

Under the strong intelligence ability, the distribution of troops in the entire Youyun Sixteen Prefectures is not a secret here in Di Qing, Zhuozhou cannot be regarded as the focus of the Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, because of the relationship between the border Liao army, Zhuozhou here, there are only about 500 Liao troops, and maybe plus the strength of the tribe, at most about 1,000 people.

Even if Zhuozhou is just a small county town, the foundation laid by the Han people in the past, the radius of the entire county is also about 3 miles, which in the past, it was synonymous with tall and huge, but now, it is the nightmare of the Liao army.

1500 meters, an average of 1.5 meters need to stand on a Liao army, such a density, if the Northern Song Dynasty attacked the city, it would not be able to resist at all.

After a little rest, the main forces of the entire army, the heavy infantry and longbowmen, because of the relationship between riding on horses, did not consume too much, and after simply burying the pot and cooking, and waiting for a while, began to attack.

At this time, it was already afternoon, but in Di Qing's opinion, this time was enough, half a day was enough for him to take Zhuozhou.

Columns of soldiers, respectively lined up in front, for the siege of the city, the main use is heavy infantry, 5,000 heavily armed heavy infantry, slowly advancing, towards Zhuozhou, giving the Liao army a huge pressure.

Even if it is the 500 soldiers of the Liao army itself, they are not first-line troops, they are second-line and third-line, and their mental indicators are relatively poor.

The number of troops is too small, in addition to leaving 100 elites for ammunition pressure, the rest are basically sent to the city wall, he has no other ideas at this time, the only idea is that how long can he hold on, if he can hold on until the evening, taking advantage of the night, taking advantage of the other party's consumption, maybe, he can let the messenger leave the city.

Zhuozhou City, how big is it in total, as long as the war starts, even if it relies on the city, it can't hold much, three days and five days, or even seven days, it is certain that it will be breached, and before it is breached, something must be done.

However, he didn't expect that what he was facing was not the regular Song army, but the strengthened Song army.

5,000 heavy infantry, divided into four parts, pressed to the four gates, surrounded by three missing one, this is in the art of war, has been emphasized countless times, it is a method of psychological warfare, but it is not suitable for the present.

Knowing that there are only 1,000 people in the city, if you don't fight quickly, and block the way for your residence and people to escape, and don't give the Oritsu Prefecture time to get news, this is what you should do, even if it causes a little more losses because of this, it doesn't matter.

The regular army, well-trained and well-equipped, that kind of killing aura, rushed directly to the top, and the Liao army on the city wall was suppressed in this way, and the whole spirit was attracted by this, not realizing at all that 250 steps away, the killing god was lining up.

It seems that there is not much difference between the synchronizers, and even makes a certain camouflage and cover, using the rushing cart and the ladder to block the rays above, and when all the more than 30,000 longbowmen are in formation, accompanied by the officer's order, the longbow begins to fire a salvo.

30,000 longbowmen, at the speed of 4 breaths and one arrow, within 60 breaths, can shoot down 450,000 arrows, for a city wall that is only 3 miles long, it is really like rain.

Compared to the short bow that needs to be aimed, the longbow only needs to measure the distance and height, and then attack according to the indicators of the caliper, just like training.

The sound of the search came, the sound of the longbow, different from the short bow, seemed to be bigger and sharper, and the general who defended the city, who was also experienced, immediately discovered this crisis and shouted loudly to dodge.

This also shows the difference in training, those regular Liao soldiers either picked up shields, maybe looking for cover, in short, they reacted, but the newly recruited strong men, at this moment, are still confused, they don't know what is happening.

With a distance of 250 steps, for a weapon like a longbow, it may only take a few breaths to be able to cross the space, and the longbow arrow designed by Zhao Xin is not a simple scribble, but in later generations, after many designs, taking into account aerodynamics and lethality.

Huge arrowheads, like rain, washed the city, those who had no shelter, and even in confusion, became the first victims, and almost none of them were spared, and those who were shot to the ground by a series of longbows could not live.

The guard was a little sad, but he didn't dare to say anything, for the first time, he saw the rain of bows and arrows, countless arrows, shot at them desperately, and did not stop after killing those strong men.

The casualties are increasing, and those who hold simple wooden shields, or rather, soldiers hiding on some simple bunkers, have become victims of the second wave, and the armor-piercing arrows mixed in the attack can penetrate even the infantry armor, not to mention simple wood, or others, even if they can't penetrate through, a shield can't protect them all, especially on the shield, under the premise of constantly increasing arrows.

The miserable howls kept coming, and the entire city was covered with a river of blood, and it suddenly turned into a series of Shura fields.

The longbow really did not disappoint, in a high ground in the distance, with the help of a telescope, everything was in his eyes, Di Qing, as the main general, he kept grasping the situation on the battlefield and making adjustments.

The previous heavy infantry was just a disguise, in order to cover the longbow formation, and the longbow was also covered by a series of blocks, otherwise, just take out the longbow so aggressively, as long as the other party is not stupid, he will definitely hide, even if it is equally effective, but it will not be so outstanding.

Now, the city has been cleared once, and a large number of casualties have created an excellent opportunity for the Song army, and the already insufficient troops are now stretched thin, which is just an opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

The use of explosives, handed down before, is only to blow up the city wall, this is the best way, no matter what kind of city wall, as long as the explosives can be placed underneath, through a certain way of arrangement, so that the power of explosives, can act upward, the city wall can not stand it.

This is a good way to fight steadily, but it is not suitable for the current situation, a heavily guarded city wall, can be used in this way, reduce casualties, a only 1000 troops, and even now, under the attack of the longbow, under the premise of heavy losses, if you want to do this, it is dogmatism.

He is the vanguard force, today, when he surrounded Zhuozhou, he got a follow-up report, the Liao army behind him has been annihilated, almost none of them escaped, he does not have to worry about the back, but also shoulders the important responsibility of expanding the results of the battle.

If you have a calculating or unintentional, this is definitely much easier than a forcible attack, which means that in Zhuozhou, you can't stay too long, you must take Zhuozhou as quickly as possible.

Siege of the city, the fastest way is to deceive the city, those examples of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign battles, also showed these, he also considered it at the time, but unfortunately it was not perfect.

The deception is a risk, if you win, then use the minimum price to take a city, but if you lose, the troops of these deception cities will be gone.

The vanguard and main force of the Northern Expedition, Di Qing is certainly not a soft-hearted person, but the senseless sacrifice is still reduced a little.

Di Qing quickly issued a military order, the rain of arrows still kept shooting, in fact, the longbowmen have reduced the rate of fire, from 4 breaths of an arrow, to about 10 breaths, to ensure 60 breaths of 6 arrows, such a speed, still let the city head be blocked, 1 breath of an average of 3000 arrows, such a density, no one dares to poke their heads out, and even collect wounded soldiers can't do it, let alone observe the movement below, some are in the bunker, can only see if the other party is under the city, and dare not poke out their heads to look farther away.

In the camp of the Song army, 4 gear arrow carts were pushed out, followed by a small cart pushed by a dozen soldiers, and under the cover of the huge arrow cart, they began to advance towards Zhuozhou.

Zhuozhou is not a moat, this is also the root of Zhuozhou's weak defense, the arrow car under the cover of the longbow, quickly approached, to 30 steps, was discovered by the defenders.

The defenders shouted loudly, and some arrows with a certain fixed defense chopped, and some people began to fight back, but the sporadic arrows could not penetrate the arrow car at all.

The distance of 30 steps, even for the arrow car, did not exceed 120 breaths to push to the vicinity of the city wall, and he did not choose other unobstructed places, but chose the city gate.

Siege, the city gate and the city gate, is always the focus of contention, seeing the Song army enter the city gate, the guard will be surprised at the same time, a little lucky, he was besieged at the first time, has used a large amount of sediment, blocked the city gate, now, even if there are thousands of people, behind the city gate is thick porcelain mud and sand, can not attack at all.

It's a pity that he didn't expect that today, in addition to seeing a weapon like a longbow, which is beyond his imagination, he has also seen the accumulation of explosives and sediment, which is good for ordinary city gates, but for the Song army who has explosives, unless the city gate hole is large enough and strong enough.

Forty or fifty Song soldiers, with the help of arrow carts, entered the city gates, and they carried with them, almost 30 stone of explosives, which were the most perfect, and added some more powerful explosives, which were equivalent to a ton.

In the 21st century, it is possible to open up mountains and rubble, and this is especially true here, they work together, first digging pits, putting explosives into the city gates, and then burying a large number of steel plates.

This is also Zhao Xin's reminder that the power of explosives will go in all directions, and when it encounters a strong block, it is natural that it will concentrate in another direction, artillery and guns, all of which are the result.

If you don't bury it and add to the steel plate, and give enough reaction force, this explosive may only go out of the doorway.

After a certain amount of attempts, the Song army almost knew this ratio, buried the heavy steel plates, and buried the porcelain solid, and then began to retreat.

This process lasted for half an hour, and this was also the plan made when the other party filled the city gate through the telescope, if the other party did not fill it, as long as the city gate was opened, a small group of cavalry rushed to kill, and these people could not escape.

Before attacking the city, he saw a large number of people filling in the land, almost covering the entire city gate hole, and he knew that this was not something that could be opened up in a short time, which gave him a chance.

The suppression of the longbow only lasted for about a stick of incense, when the longbow stopped, the city was in a mess, treatment and cleanup, a total of no more than 1,500 people, more than 400 strong men died, the Liao army died forty or fifty people, almost one-third of the strength, in such a short time, explained to the city wall, which made the guard's heart sink, and he was even more puzzled that those who entered the city gate hole, so long for a long time to destroy the Song army, he faintly felt that it could be a huge danger.

It's a pity that the troops in his hands are not enough, and they are not strong, he does not dare to take risks, the remaining 1000 troops, especially the original Liao army, this is what he can rely on, and he can't just let it out, it seems that the Song army is not ready to stop, he must prepare to meet the next attack.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, before he could finish cleaning the city wall, the other Song army sounded the horn again, the rain of arrows appeared again, and the second attack began.