Chapter 316: Shameless Request
The question is not only where is the high-level of the Liao State, but also here in Yuan Hao, he is also confused, the long-term rain of arrows has made him suffer heavy losses, but it is acceptable, he can only passively defend and mobilize a large number of soldiers to prevent the Northern Song Dynasty infantry from taking the opportunity to attack, because under a large number of losses, the defense of the city defense is already quite weak.
But at this time, the other party not only did not take the opportunity to attack, but retreated, what the hell is this?
Looking at their rapid retreat, what are they dodging?
Could it be that at this moment, Xixia will have any attack on them, the terrible effect of the longbow has been shown, and Xixia can only passively resist in the dense rain of arrows, and there is no leisure to attack at all.
They did not realize that in the Chinese army, a bright red flag has been raised, this is the most dangerous flag, according to the previous tests, all the fuses, it takes time, and this flag is raised, which means, at most 120 breaths, the gunpowder is about to explode.
The fuse has a time, and when the time comes, it will inevitably explode, and once it explodes, the power generated is huge.
Han Qi had just seen a Baozhou City, and there was not much gunpowder used at that time, but it was also earth-shattering and very powerful, and he just saved it in order to take down the city wall of Xingqing Mansion and save a little strength.
The time of 120 breaths passed quickly, and on the battlefield, it was just a short moment, Yuan Hao issued an order to let the follow-up personnel come up, so that the entire city wall was once again concentrated to about 70,000 people, and in the distance, the Liao State was also confused, and Yelu Chongyuan was even laughing disdainfully.
These Song soldiers may shoot arrows well, but the overall feeling is too far behind, and they will run away without even a little courage.
There was a bang, because it was buried underground, and the location of the explosion was several meters away from the ground, because of the thick layer of soil, it was like a summer thunder.
But all of a sudden, especially the feeling of vibration, made everyone unstable, Liao Xingzong, who was two or three miles away, was startled, but it had little impact, but Yuan Hao, who was closer, had a different feeling.
He had already withdrawn from the city wall, but he was only less than a mile away from the city wall, so he felt that the ground was not a layer of earth at all, but rolled like a wave.
The city wall of Xingqing Mansion is not very protective, even compared to Baozhou City, it is a grade worse, Baozhou was only one or two tons, and now it has tripled, and it is not divided into different city walls, concentrated in the east gate,
It was 6 tons of black powder, all of which were in a confined environment, and it was the largest explosion, and the power was almost all applied upwards to the city wall itself.
The most important thing is that Xingqing Mansion looks tall and strong defense, in fact, the foundation is not deep, and the various adhesive degrees are not particularly enough, in this case, the power of explosives is fully displayed.
Liao Xingzong recovered slightly from the previous continuous explosions, and he looked at everything in front of him in amazement.
This 100,000 army that blocked him, in just 40 days, the Liao army, plus the people who were enveloped, at least 40,000 or 50,000 bones were buried here, and resentment and heroic spirits seemed to be shrouded in this city wall.
But such a terrible wall showed no sign of being breached, and the wide wall itself showed no sign of war.
But now, such a terrible wall, where tens of thousands of people were buried, fluctuated up and down like a toy, like mud, and finally, when the force of pulling exceeded the strength of the wall itself, the collapse occurred.
Liao Xingzong almost lost his voice and shouted: "This, am I not dreaming? What kind of spell is this! ”
That's right, in Liao Xingzong's heart, only some kind of immortal spell can have such an effect, and a city wall that can accommodate tens of thousands of defenders can be destroyed so easily.
Xiao Hui is the same, the civil and military ministers of the Liao State standing on the high platform, the same is true, especially Yelu Chongyuan, before, he still disdained the Song Army, thinking that they were putting on a show and showing the Liao State, but now, the city wall has really been destroyed.
The combat effectiveness of the Liao army, in the field battle, one against two, can defeat the Western Xia, for their own combat effectiveness is very convinced, the reason why the Western Xia can hold on for such a long time, almost all rely on the city wall, if there is no city wall, the Western Xia would have been captured long ago.
Compared with the shock of the Liao State, the Western Xia was in the midst of water and fire, itself, this section of the city wall, because of the attack of the Northern Song Dynasty, concentrated too many people, 6 tons of gunpowder, exploded in this place several miles long.
The fire and gunpowder fused, and a terrible explosion broke out, and the suddenly thrown broken bricks, as well as the shock wave generated by the explosion, directly stunned many people, and after that, the city wall of seven or eight meters collapsed because of the power of explosives, and in the midst of the rocks, at a height of seven or eight meters, it fell down and smashed to death.
Not to mention, the loss of the city wall, even if it was the Western Xia army that was directly killed, was very huge, conservatively estimated, at least twenty or thirty thousand people.
In the long-term siege, in the previous field battles, there were not too many Western Xia elites, and under such a hot weapon, what was lost, Yuan Hao's heart was dripping blood.
In this section of the city wall of the east gate, on the side of concentrated blasting, three consecutive blasting, each time formed a gap of about 50 meters, because of the proximity, the entire section of the 200-meter factory city wall is damaged, and the cumulative damage of the city wall exceeds 1200 meters.
The entire city wall of Xingqing Mansion, on the side of the east gate, is only a few in total, equal to 80% of the losses, damaged almost 12 gaps, the widest 200 meters, and it can't even be blocked.
The Song army retreated in advance, and had already arrived at a safe position, and this time the explosion had no impact at all, and in the chaos, the Northern Song army, which had long been prepared, began a counterattack.
The hoplites reflexively provided adequate protection for the longbowmen who followed, and the longbowmen began to shoot arrows.
At this moment, it was not the conventional range, but the farthest range, starting from 200 steps, while advancing, attacking, and the dense rain of arrows suddenly enveloped the gap position.
For Western Xia, this is even worse, in itself, they have already been attacked, less than half of the front line is left, there are still many people injured, and they are also out of the overall protection, and now, once again, they are attacked by a rain of arrows, and there is no place to hide.
The longbow team simply formed a team and began to carry out a covering attack, not using the fastest speed, just the fastest speed than the short bow, a little bit stronger,
In this way, countless arrows rained down, and also covered the entire city head of Xingqing Mansion, if it was replaced before, this attack would only kill at most, but now, the city wall no longer exists, as long as the heavy infantry approaches, it will definitely be taken.
On the Liao side, seeing this situation, even if there were doubts before, no one doubts now, I don't know what method the Northern Song Dynasty used to kill the city wall, but Xingqing Mansion is about to be captured.
Before, when they told the Liao army, no one would have thought that in one day, Xingqing Mansion, which had blocked the Liao army for more than 40 days, would be so easily breached, but now, the facts are in front of them, and they can't help but believe it.
"I can't go on like this!" Yelu Chongyuan said loudly, as if he was afraid that others would not understand, and continued: "We can't let the Northern Song Dynasty take Xingqing Mansion!" ”
Liao Xingzong glanced at Yelu Chongyuan deeply, for him, Liao Xingzong was relatively dissatisfied, but at this time, Yelu Chongyuan also said the key, yes, at this moment, it is true that the Northern Song Dynasty cannot be allowed to take Xingqing Mansion.
But as an emperor, I can't hang my face more or less, after all, the Northern Song Dynasty won the advantage so easily, you do this, isn't it a little not authentic, the most important thing is, how to do it.
His eyes fell on Xiao Hui's body, and Xiao Hui knew it, so he had to stand up and say, "I can give an order to the Northern Song Dynasty to make them stop!" ”
"Then let's do it!"
Xiao Hui nodded, first of all, he found the seed record, as the contact person sent here by the entire Northern Song Dynasty, he has always been here.
Before, he was ridiculed by the officers and soldiers of the Liao State, especially when he told the Liao State that when he took Xingqing Mansion within one day, those mocking words and expressions were now, as if he had been drilled into a honey pot, and the Northern Song Dynasty used indisputable facts to prove that his attack power was stronger than that of the Liao State, and the Xingqing Mansion that had trapped the Liao State for more than 40 days was so easy that it was taken by them, and there was no problem at all.
A team of gorgeously dressed cavalry, rushed directly to the barracks, asked Chongji to ride a horse to follow, Chongji didn't know what was going on, or followed, when outside, I saw Xiao Hui, Xiao Hui didn't say much, directly with him, straight to the Northern Song Dynasty camp, 8000 heavy cavalry brought a huge impact, between them is less than 6 miles away, less than a stick of incense time, has arrived.
After arriving, Xiao Hui collected the horse's head and said to Chongji: "Go and tell Han Qi to stop attacking, our Liao army will take over the next war!" ”
After listening to it, as if he didn't understand, he looked at Xiao Hui dumbfounded, what are you kidding, it's about to be occupied, picking peaches like this, do you really don't want any face at all?
However, Xiao Hui's strong threat, especially the 8,000 heavy cavalry, and the Liao army, which had faintly begun to pull out the camp later, told the seed that Xiao Hui was not joking, and if it was really delayed, the Liao army would really come to attack.
Holding back a breath of anger, Chong Ji took a deep look at Xiao Hui, and the feeling of humiliation welled up in his heart, this is the feeling of backwardness, he expects to never repeat this feeling, but in this case, he must inform Han Qi of this situation, and the rest is up to Han Qi to decide, but he understands in his heart that as long as Han Qi is willing to fight with the Liao State, he would rather die and rush to the forefront.