Is this a threat or should I treat him with courtesy first
The faces of the generals at the top of the city suddenly sank after the other party finished speaking, while Sun Tu glanced at Dong Kuang beside him. The latter understood immediately and shouted loudly: "I, Dong Kuang, and the Changsheng Army have already sworn sworn enemies with the Liao people. Today, when your Liao army invades, I will fight to the death and will never surrender. Don't waste your words. Use whatever tricks you have!"
The man below the city laughed with contempt: "With tens of thousands of remnants of your ever-victorious army, the broken city of Zhuozhou wants to stop our Liao Heavenly Army? You really don't know what to say!" As he said that, he turned around and glanced around, high He shouted: "You are my people of Daliao. If you can bring order out of chaos this time, you can still be punished. If not..." He actually planned to instigate the soldiers of Chang Sheng's army directly in front of the formation.
Now even Sun Tu could no longer sit back and let him talk nonsense, and immediately gave a look to the subordinates around him. Hua Rong understood immediately, bent his bow and arrow, raised his hand, and an arrow flew down like lightning, hitting the head of the helmet of the Liao man who was still talking nonsense, and shot him flying to the ground. He was so frightened that his face turned pale. The words came to his lips and stopped instantly.
Sun Tu took the opportunity to shout: "Now that the Ever Victorious Army has surrendered to our Song Dynasty, Zhuozhou here has become our Song Dynasty territory. You should go back and report to King Xi! I think you are half an envoy, I This arrow didn't hurt your life. If you dare to rant again, the next arrow will hit your head, so get out of here!" The last five words were filled with anger, and the sound was like thunder, far away. The news spread.
I don't know if he was really frightened by Hua Rong's precise arrow. The Liao man didn't dare to say anything more at that time. He quickly turned his horse's head and ran back in embarrassment. Seeing him like this, the soldiers at the top of the city burst into laughter, and the slight tension caused by the threat dissipated.
What happened in front of him naturally fell into Xiao Qian's eyes, which made his face become more and more gloomy. In fact, when he sent people forward, he didn't think that he could really get the Ever Victorious Army to surrender with just a few words. After all, Xiao Sixun and others had tried their best before but failed. It was impossible that the Ever Victorious Army would change its mind as soon as the army arrived. . Therefore, the real purpose of persuading them to surrender was only to suppress the enemy's momentum, so as to provide a boost for the subsequent siege.
But he didn't expect that the result would be that his family lost face, and the envoy they sent fled in a hurry in front of the two armies. This made him feel as angry as being slapped in front of his face, and it also affected his own military morale. At this time, Xiao Qian couldn't bear it anymore and decisively ordered: "Show the flag and attack the city for me! I want the Ever Victorious Army to know how powerful the elites of the Liao Dynasty are!"
Following his order, the flag behind him was quickly waved, and the sound of drums and trumpets also sounded. Then, several groups of Liao troops who had already prepared to attack the city quickly left their formation and rushed out, rushing towards the city ahead like a tidal wave.
At the same time, the cavalry who had been ordered to line up on both sides of the military formation also rushed forward decisively. After running a distance, they divided into two groups and ran around the city wall to the east and west sides of Zhuozhou.
Xiao Qian could tell at a glance that the main force of the Ever Victorious Army was deployed in the north, and he felt that there must be gaps in the defense in other directions of the city. After all, the Ever Victorious Army had always had the problem of insufficient strength, and their manpower was simply not enough to defend the city. Such a big Zhuozhou city. Therefore, first use elite cavalry to explore the reality on both sides of the east and west, and then choose one side to attack fiercely according to the situation.
It can be said that Xiao Qian is worthy of being a famous general in the Liao army.
, even though he encountered obstacles before and was deliberately annoyed just now, he still behaved extremely calmly when using troops, and his dispatch was just right, without leaving any regrets.
At the same time, the elite Liao troops under his command also showed extremely strong discipline and combat effectiveness. Even when the army attacked the northern city wall head-on, they were orderly, unhurried and well prepared. There were also huge towers erected in front of the team. The wooden shield cart covered with cowhide moved forward as the army advanced, used to resist the arrows and stones dropped at any time from the city head. Behind these carts are the trench bridges used to cross the moat, the ramming carts and ramming carts used to launch destructive attacks on the city walls and gates, the catapults used to cover the city head and attack the defenders, and the catapults used to climb. There were cloud ladders, and even a few Lu Gong chariots that were extremely rare in the Song army... Behind these various and powerful siege weapons were countless dismounted Liao soldiers, shouting and pushing these weapons forward. .
When he saw this scene, even Sun Tu's expression really changed. He really didn't expect that the Liao army's siege methods would be so complete. This was completely beyond his imagination and beyond what he had encountered before. Any enemy army.
In the past few years, Sun Tu has experienced many attacks and defenses on the battlefield, but in the past, whether he was fighting those bandits who had turned into bandits, or fighting against rebels, the practical methods of both offense and defense were very good. It is crude and primitive, and at most it only uses a trebuchet, crossbow or ladder. He has really never faced other weapons that have great destructive power against the city wall, and there are even some weapons that he cannot name.
It was only at this time that Sun Tu truly understood that the Liao army was different from any enemy he had encountered before. They were regular troops, and those enemies in the past were just bandits and refugees. And this is obviously an extremely severe test for him and the ever-victorious army. It depends on how determined and powerful they can be.
In fact, what Sun Tu didn't know was that most of these siege equipment were made by the Liao army who cut down trees along the way and collected stones along the way. After all, Xiao Qian was not comparable to ordinary generals. Even if his journey was blocked, it did not affect his determination to conquer the city, so he began to prepare various means of attacking the city along the way.
It can be said that Sun Tu's use of tactics to delay the enemy's army has both advantages and disadvantages. While he gained a buffer of more than ten days for himself, it also made the Liao army better prepared. Otherwise, in the wilderness where the 20-mile radius of Zhuozhou City has been cleared by strong walls and where not even a larger tree or a larger stone can be seen, the Liao army wanted to use local materials and hastily build a large number of siege walls. It's really not easy to get weapons.
But now, they can take out dozens or hundreds of siege weapons with different uses at once, thus increasing their siege power by tens of thousands.
Compared to Sun Tu, who was a little surprised, Dong Kuang, who had obviously had many battles with the Liao army, had already been mentally prepared for such a battle. At this time, he was still calm and just shouted: "Get ready for me." I took out the good kerosene and aimed the projectile with a simple trebuchet. I must burn these weapons first, especially the trench bridge behind the carriage. They must not be allowed to build a passage on the moat!"
Along with the roar, the soldiers in the rear acted quickly, and a series of simple and small trebuchets, only half a man tall, were sent to the city.
Then the earthen jars filled with kerosene were placed on top. Accompanied by loud shouts and the whine of the lever moving, black earthen jars leaped into the air and fell like hailstones towards the approaching enemy formation.
In just a moment, there was a burst of banging and cracking sounds. Some earthen jars were blocked by the cart, some jumped over the cart and fell into the crowd behind, and some hit the weapons. Inside The black viscous liquid then flowed everywhere and adhered to the surfaces of all objects it could touch.
"Fire rockets!" After three rounds of kerosene cans were thrown down the city, the enemy's leading troops were almost reaching the moat. Dong Kuang immediately shouted and ordered arrows to be fired.
The archers were not hesitant. After someone ignited the arrows in their hands, they threw the arrows out of the city with half their backs. The sharp arrows that were blazing with fire and screaming through the air fell towards the middle of the enemy below. Immediately, the Liao army below began to shout loudly, and some soldiers stepped forward decisively, holding up light small shields and waving weapons to block.
But there were thousands of rockets released this time. Even if there were more Liao troops underneath, it was impossible to block them all at once. So soon, bursts of screams came from below. At the same time, some rockets even landed on various siege weapons that had been attached to the kerosene. After the kerosene was ignited, the flames quickly rose and spread. The fire brought thick smoke and rose up among the enemy troops, which also made the originally strong The orderly Liao army became a little chaotic.
You must know that almost all siege weapons at this time were made of wood. They were already most afraid of fire. Now there was added kerosene to support combustion, and the harm was even more dangerous. In just a moment, it was Several cars crashed into each other, and even the trench bridge was engulfed in fire. Even the bodies of some soldiers nearby were on fire, and they were rolling around on the ground howling miserably.
Unfortunately, this situation could not last long because the Liao army's counterattack had already begun. After the initial panic, as the generals shouted orders, some soldiers quickly took out the bags they were carrying, rushed to the burning weapons, and dumped the contents into the blazing fire. The flames rise to the top, and then the flames are quickly controlled.
But they actually carried silt with them, which could extinguish fires in a short time better than water, and the amount was enough to protect the siege equipment from being destroyed by fire.
After the fire was suppressed, there was an order: "Trebuchets, suppress the city!" The trebuchets at the rear quickly stopped and were quickly used by the soldiers around them. In just a moment, there was a creaking sound, the raised arm suddenly fell, and the arm connected with the net bag and stones at the rear quickly rose up, and countless stones flew straight towards the city head like raindrops.
This siege of Zhuozhou City exceeded Sun Tu's expectations from the beginning. Both the means and the intensity far exceeded any previous city attacks and defenses by Sun Tu.
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