343 Massacre
Hong Tao saw for the first time how the Tibetan army was attacking the city, and each of them put a short fluffed cloak on his shoulder, and then took up a variety of weapons and went into battle with a cowhide shield. Neither ready for shooting, nor cover with long-range weapons, on the flute!
He had also fought with the Tibetan army, and he had some experience in how these barbarians who came down from the plateau fought.
If there was no big gap in the south gate, the Tibetan soldiers would first go to the nearby mountains to cut down trees, and then drag them back with horses to assemble a long ladder on the spot, still climbing up with arrows at the head of the city.
The short fluffed cloak was their armor, which was made of yak hide. Because the yak's hair is very long and hard, and then it is bonded together by animal fat, it is similar to the effect of body armor, and the leather armor worn inside is still quite effective in resisting bow and arrow shooting.
The most important thing is that these Tibetan warriors are not afraid of death, they think that dying in battle is to go to heaven to enjoy, as long as the leaders do not withdraw their troops, they will fight to the death and not retreat.
It is easy to say that it is ignorant and stupid, but the combat effectiveness is still very strong anyway. If it can be supported by the armaments of the Song Dynasty, this is a perfect mountain army, or a dual-purpose horse army.
"Damn, that bare-chested one is Qingyi Ghost Chapter!" Hong Tao, who was being earnestly taught, suddenly opened his mouth wide, picked up the binoculars and looked at the collapsed city wall, and then put the binoculars on his face.
"This is the man who never wears heavy armor in battle, but only uses a shield to resist, but he is unscathed in a hundred battles...... The Tibetans all say that he is a child of the gods, and he has divine power to protect his body. He made the telescope stumble with a sour nose, and held back his tears to see the strong man who was climbing the city wall.
"Mao has a divine power, if you don't believe it, you can give him a crossbow to try. Come on, don't ink with me, go to the gap to coordinate with both parties. If this continues, Wang Da estimates that he should turn his face, these Tibetan people are too much, where is this war, it is more casual than visiting the market. ”
Qingyi Jiegui Zhang is indeed taller and more powerful than ordinary people, and the weapon he uses is also larger, and it is a long-handled iron bone flower. Armor can defend against knives and arrows, and it has no great effect in the face of this kind of blunt weapon, as long as it is smashed and does not need to penetrate, it is also a broken bone and tendon.
But it's just that the individual ability is stronger, and with a little luck, a crossbow arrow will definitely bleed. Hong Tao is not very interested in this kind of fierce general, and his focus is no longer on Qingyi Jiejie Ghost Chapter at this time.
Those Tibetan soldiers were looking for the armor and weapons of the captives all over the place, as well as those who were picking up their clothes and searching for softness, and they were so serious that they almost forgot about the battle. I found the city wall on the right side of the south gate, which is the territory of the new army, and with the character of Wang Da, outsiders are definitely not allowed to approach, and he will turn his face when he says it.
The battle on the city wall was still very fierce, and the Xia people were not timid in the face of the sudden extra enemy, and they still fought for every inch of land. But not being afraid and being able to fight are two different things, just dealing with the defeat of the new army, plus so many poor ghost soldiers who want to pick up their clothes when they see people, the result can be imagined.
After more and more siege crossbows reached the city wall, the Xia people really couldn't stand it, and as soon as the crossbow arrows like a crescent shovel came, a string of people fell to the ground. The death is miserable, the arms, legs, intestines and stomach are flying all over the sky, and no matter how bloody it is, it will be chilling when the adrenaline is over.
As long as one person hesitates, there will be a second, a third...... When the first person retreats, it will immediately turn into a rout.
When the two armies approached the east and west gates from two directions, there was no longer a Xia army rushing to the city walls. It is estimated that there are not many people left, from the south gate to the east and west gates, about two miles long, almost all of them are stuffed with corpses, there is no place to put their feet, and they have to step on several layers of corpses to walk forward.
The siege crossbow could not find the ground to fix, and the soldiers of the new army simply used the enemy's corpse to press on the support as a counterweight, anyway, if they were fired twice, they had to move forward dozens of meters, and it was really inconvenient to use big nails.
"This city lord seems to be a little dead-eyed, the outer city has been lost, and the inner city with a bigger fart can be defended? Also Nima are all wooden buildings. It's done, don't kill or hurt anyone, burn the south gate of the inner city for me, don't think of anyone coming out, and leave the rest to our allies, they don't seem to have enough of it. ”
The Xia people didn't rush, but they didn't plan to surrender, so they all hid in the inner city. The city was not very large, the nearest part of the inner and outer cities was less than 300 meters, and the siege crossbows fired fire oil bombs on the high outer walls and threw them even farther.
Hong Tao said that there are fewer dead and injured people, and he doesn't know how many people are still in the inner city, whether there are civilians, and whether he wants to surrender or not.
What if they do surrender themselves, and so many captives are killed? Isn't that just a massacre of the city, and it's too bad for reputation to spread out. If the Tibetan people want to do this, they can't stop themselves, they really don't have this right.
Darwin's theory of natural evolution does make sense, he said that the more harsh the environment is, the more vicious the creatures, such as more poisonous toxins, more aggressive, and so on.
This theory is also suitable for people, if the soldiers of the new army are allowed to attack the city, they will at most have more arrows and crossbows, and throw more fire oil bombs, and they will definitely not go up and fight with people they don't know for some money.
But Dong Yu's Qingtang soldiers had no such concerns at all, they seemed to have forgotten that there were still Song soldiers standing on the city wall, and the robbery was called a pleasure.
After robbing the armor and robbing the treasure, and robbing the treasure and robbing the woman, up to forty or fifty, down to the teens, they will not let go, just press down and go up, and they have to put a rope around their necks and tie them into a string. As for saying that the old man and the child are not even as good as cattle and sheep in their eyes, they are all hacked to death.
Some Qingtang soldiers really can't find anything to grab, and their pack horses are not full, what should they do? Just find wood to make do and tie it, it doesn't matter if it's a ladder or not, just climb to the top of the temple.
There are a lot of gilded ornaments on it, and those that can be knocked down are knocked down, and those that can't fall are chopped up. Anyway, except for the bricks and tiles that can't be taken away, I want everything.
It was not without resistance, but more than a dozen people dressed in gorgeous clothes ran out of the corner of the inner city over the wall, men and women, large and small, all holding blades, and actually wanted to break through the east gate and escape. But it was soon discovered by the Qingtang soldiers, and a large group chased out from behind.
"That's the family of a nobleman, right?" It's not that Hong Tao hasn't slaughtered the city, but every time he slaughters the city, he hides far away, and only when it's almost time does he show up to take a second look, and then give an order.
If you don't want to see it this time, you have to see it, you can't withdraw from this city and hand it over to Dong Yu completely, why. After watching too many scenes like this, the heart that I thought was very hard couldn't help but soften.
“…… It should be the family members of senior party officials...... Maybe it's the castle lord's. "It's not easy to answer this question, and he can't stand it anymore.
After all, the slaughter here is all his kind, but he is afraid that showing too much sympathy will have a bad effect on himself. Sometimes traitors are also very entangled, and not everyone can be at ease.
"Great, bring them up. This is our territory, and we have to follow some rules when we are robbers. Hong Tao gave the order without waiting for his life to intercede for his fellow clan, this kind of test is very hurtful and unnecessary.
This move seems to have caused great dissatisfaction among the Qingtang soldiers, who gathered more and more, and some people shouted at the city. If it weren't for the fact that he saw the new soldiers with bows and crossbows on the road, he would probably have to rush up and grab people.
"What are they shouting?" Hong Tao was a little curious, these Qingtang soldiers were too unruly, didn't their generals care?
According to the habits of the Tubo people, the families of the enemy's high-ranking officials should belong to the generals of the broken city, and others are not allowed to touch them, these people are asking for loot from the adults."
He didn't expect Lord Shuaiji to order the rescue of those women and children so easily, and he was naturally happy in his heart, but he was a little uneasy at the thought that he might clash with friendly forces because of this.
"This is very reasonable, you go and tell them that this city was broken by the official, and let them send all the loot that should be given to the official." Hong Tao was happy when he heard it, he likes to abide by the rules, but he can't just keep it himself, others have to keep it.