[Two consecutive shifts, this is the first shift, and it was also yesterday's second shift. 】

Not surprisingly, at the sound of the horn, the first people to be sent were party members.

There were about 3,000 party troops in the first place, and all the weapons in their hands were complete, and half of the soldiers were wearing armor. It's basically bright plate armor. I don't know how much sheep's tail oil the party members take care of these armors on weekdays, and they are so bright that the people in the city feel dazzling.

Chong Pu grinned and scolded in a low voice, all of which were the benefits sent by Gao Zunyu. Lingzhou City was defeated, Jingyuan and Huanqing armies added up to 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and more than half of them fled back one after another, but there were only a few who still had armor with them - when they fled, they would only be too heavy with armor - all of them were given away, and they also came with a divine arm bow, a horse chopping knife and many craftsmen who could make thunderbolt cannons. When the Liao people occupied Xingling, through the peace negotiations between the two countries, many prisoners were exchanged, but none of the craftsmen got back.

During the Battle of Yanzhou, if it weren't for the fact that there were so many soldiers and armor, the party members would not have broken through Yanzhou City so easily. And under the city of Yanzhou, his father has already taken back most of the gifts sent by Gao Zunyu, and he can't imagine that there are still so many left outside that have not been recovered.

At present, half of the party members can be equipped with armor, and the Liao people will not be lacking. With the armor protection, the effective range of the Divine Arm Bow was suddenly halved.

Chong Pu thought with a gloomy face, but immediately sighed at his fortune again. Fortunately, there were a thousand foot soldiers guarding the Liao people under the city before, because the Liao people chased after them too closely. In order to prevent accidental injury, I had to get closer before shooting. Otherwise, even if there is such an arrangement in advance, it will not be able to turn the tables. When Chong Pu turned back to fight with the Liao pursuers, he saw it very clearly, and they were clearly wearing the cuirass made by the weapons superintendent.

Behind the Dangxiang army that went to war, there was a second group of Dangxiang troops that also had three or four thousand men—in this group, the proportion of those who were equipped with armor seemed to be much less—and behind them, there were more Liao troops pressing the formation. There are enough people on the north, east, and west sides. Just looking at the momentum, it is far more than the party members who are fighting for no reason. The previous loss in the city was just a little flesh wound for them, and it only hurt their face.

The party members did not ride horses, but on foot. The siege procession, which numbered more than 3,000 people, was mainly from the north, and set off from the military camp two miles away, raising a cloud of smoke and dust. And in the smoke and dust, two spaceships rose into the sky.

"All sent spaceships up?!"

Chong Pu's lieutenant Li Qing stepped on the city, squinting at the sky.

From the only Han general in the Western Xia Kingdom to the deputy of the lord of a city, the gap is not small. In the Great Song Dynasty, which has always been generous to people, this is a rare exception. However, this is mainly due to Li Qing's own identity.

If Li Qingxiang and the Hao chieftains of Tibet had their own clans, then he could at least get an official title of assassin. It's a pity that he is a Han man, and his command is all Han army. After surrendering, he was immediately released from control of the army, and then placed in a position where he did not hold real power. However, he behaved extremely deferentially in this process, because his own ability was valued by Zhao Yu, and he was sent to the front line to lead the troops after several tosses.

"The spaceship is nothing, anyway, Pule City is so big."

Pule City is not large, the circumference of the city wall is 1,100 steps, that is, more than three miles. Moreover, it is a standard military city, there are no idle people, etc., and there are only the families of the officers and soldiers. As soon as the three thousand soldiers stand on the city wall, they can hook their shoulders and carry them, and they don't have to worry about someone behind them.

Naturally, it is impossible to pile all the people on the city wall to defend the city, five or six hundred people are enough, and the insurance is only eight or nine hundred. Chongpu divided more than 2,700 foot soldiers into six divisions according to the command, and took turns to go to the city. It is enough to ensure that there are two commanders at the head of the city at every moment.

Chong Pu was a little sullen when he spoke. His face was bandaged, hanging diagonally from his left cheek to his right ear, and he was wrapped tightly several times, making it difficult for him to speak. But two high-voiced soldiers were beside him with a thin iron bucket with no bottom. Help him shout, and his command will be heard in the city and in the city.

Raising his hand, the herald's own soldiers leaned over, and Chong Pu ordered: "Release our spaceship out of the river as well." ”

The herald picked up the thin iron bucket, ran to the edge of the inside, and held on to the female wall and yelled at the root of the city wall to pass on the order of Chongpu.

The smell of smoke in the air immediately became heavier.

There is a lot of fuel in the city, but it is winter, if it is not for the Liao people to release the spaceship, they need to maintain the morale in the city, and they don't want to waste fuel on the spaceship. The two-foot-high city wall and the two-storey enemy tower were used to monitor the enemy's situation, which was more than enough height.

"Those ladders are the trouble." Chong Pu pointed to the party members who were getting closer and closer, and the three-zhang long ladders in the crowd were very conspicuous.

Li Qing nodded, "If you can build such a long ladder, you can make a thunderbolt cannon." I don't know how many craftsmen were hidden in the camp of the Liao people. ”

"And wood!"

Chong Pu asked himself if he had worked hard in the past year. In order to restore Pule City, all the wood that can be used in the surrounding area has been cut down. In addition, there is also the commonly used firewood and grass, and the surrounding grass and vegetation must also be cut down on a large scale, and near Pule City, there is no green at all. But there are still ladders in the ranks of the party members.

This made Chong Pu very surprised, "Mo can't be transported from Yaode City, right?" ”

The number of long ladders is not much, and there are only a dozen or twenty of them. To build a ladder that could climb the walls about two and a half feet high, it was necessary to have first-class carpentry skills and high-quality wood. Even if you don't talk about wood, carpenters of this level alone are just as few as fierce generals who can shoot two-stone bows. Even the Great Song Dynasty is not very common here, and the Liao people outside the city naturally have fewer hands.

In the Great Song Army, it is generally straightforward to build a ladder car directly, and the long ladder has the support of the car body, so it will not be easy to break because the length is too long. As long as there is a pattern, a few ordinary carpenters can easily make it. Compared with a simple three-zhang long ladder, the process is much simpler.

But these dozen or so long ladders have already made Chong Pu feel shocked. This means that there is at least one carpenter in the opposing camp. It also means that there will be no less thunderbolt artillery in the future.

How many things did Gao Zunyu send to outsiders! More generous than Emperor Zhenzong.

The party soldiers who rushed to the front had already reached within two hundred paces, and if they did not count the eight-ox crossbow, they would have reached the effective range of the Divine Arm Bow by another thirty paces. Although the hundreds of soldiers in the city still looked relaxed, their hands were already clenched on the crossbow of the Divine Arm Bow.

Chong Pu waved at his own soldiers, "Shoot again when you get closer!" "The greatest power of the Divine Arm Bow is still when you are facing each other and face to face.

As the party members outside the city got closer and closer to the city wall, their speed began to increase, from slow steps to fast steps, and they had already begun to run at this time. Just two hundred paces behind this batch, the second group of party troops, which was still a little more numerous, also began to approach.

Ants are attached to the siege of the city.

And it's a very good sense of rhythm to grasp the ant-attached siege.

Naturally, the party members who worked for the Liao people and had their homes forcibly occupied. However, when they saw the sparse guards on Pule City, they still mustered up a little courage.

Shouts rose to the sky, and more than 3,000 party soldiers rushed to the city wall. Their equipment was also becoming more and more distinct, except for the soldiers who carried the ladders, each of them carried a package that looked very weighty.

Chong Pu and Li Qing at the head of the city just glanced at it and determined the plan of the party members. This is to prepare to build a mountain of earth, and while carrying out a ladder siege, it is also preparing to use the numerical advantage to eat the defenders in Pule City. And these dirt bags can also be cushioned under the ladder. In case it breaks while climbing.

It's just that such an offensive is not even a joke in the eyes of the Song army, who is the best at defending.

The front-line party soldiers descended into a trench with only one layer of frozen bottomwater. The commanders looked back at the enemy tower, and Chong Pu shook his head, and there was no movement in the city.

The party soldiers began to throw their bags of dirt at the foot of the city walls. Chongpu said, 'Wait', but there was still no movement in the city.

When the party soldiers drew their longbows and shot at the head of the city to cover the ladder over the moat, Chongpu still did not allow the officers and troops to counterattack, and there was still no movement in the city.

It wasn't until more than half of the party soldiers crossed the moat that the ladders were erected at the head of the city one after another, and a group of the most courageous party soldiers began to climb the ladders, and Chong Pu finally waved his hand.

The long-suppressed generals cheered, only to hear the sound of drums in the city, and then the wood, the slapstick, the ash bottle, and the boiling oil poured down, smashing the ladder and injuring the human body, and then hundreds of divine arm bows were fired in a volley.

At the feet of each Divine Arm Archer, there are seven or eight Divine Arm Bows that have been opened, pick up the crossbow, put the arrows, and shoot an arrow in one breath.

The drums sounded less than ten times, and thousands of arrows had already been shot down from the city. In the shortest time, the enemy who kills the most casualties, such a blow can make the enemy completely lose the will to fight.

At a distance of less than ten zhang, the power of the Divine Arm Bow was fully exerted, and even the plate armor and helmet made by the Ordnance Supervisor could not resist such a close shot, and could only resolve some fatal wounds, so that the soldiers who were hit by the arrow were only injured and not killed. But the screams all over the ground can also make people lose their will to fight. At a time when the first besieging forces were on the verge of collapse, the sudden opening of the gates gave them the last blow.

Just defending the city wall is not called defending the city, relying on the city wall and constantly going out of the city to fight back, is the real way to defend steadily. Thousands of recuperated warriors slaughtered from the city gates with battle axes in hand, rushed into the chaotic crowd of enemies below, and slashed with their axes, bringing a wave of blood. The bow of the divine arm on the city also extended to the momentum, blocking the enemy's retreat with bows and arrows.

The 3,000 party soldiers were completely incapacitated and slaughtered by the Song army like lambs. The flying boat high above transmitted this scene to the Liao generals below, and under the urging of the horn, the second formation that was dragging behind immediately accelerated, and the two teams of Liao cavalry of more than 500 people each also dispatched.

On the enemy floor, Chong Pu made a gesture in a neat manner, "Thunderbolt artillery, give me a block from the thieves behind." ”

The thunderbolt cannon in the city opened fire, and bags of stones flew into the sky, drew a parabola, and fell heavily to the ground. The ropes wrapped in the stones broke under gravity, and the pebbles collected from the Lingzhou River scattered and splashed, blocking the second wave of the offensive at once. While letting them hide from the flying stones, they could only sit back and watch the friendly troops under the city cry and wail under the heavy axes of the Song people.

Li Qing looked at this scene with a little coldness, and did not infect the excitement and fanaticism of the other generals and colonels in the enemy building.

He is not needed here at all. Chongpu only needs to give orders, and the rest is left to the staff officers. Under their arrangement, even the counterweight of the thunderbolt cannon was adjusted in advance, and they only had to wait for the orders of the city. Before, Chong Pu dared to lead the army out to steal the camp, instead of letting him, the deputy general, lead the team, but also rely on the staff officers' control over the army in the city.

Maybe Chong Pu has never trusted him as a descendant. Maybe it was a mistake to go to the front line.