Chapter 52: Fierce Battle in Xiongzhou (Part 1)

Xiongzhou, Zhou Wei was on the top of the city, looking at the Liao army driving under the city, his eyes flashed, and he kept nodding: "The Liao dog is more elite, more fierce and more difficult than the Xia army. This battle will be very difficult!"

He participated in the Xihe Battle and knew the combat power of the Western Xia army very well. The Western Xia army was also a powerful soldier in the world, but it was worse than the Liao army and far less powerful than the Liao army. In the face of the Liao army, the hardships of this battle can be imagined, let alone the Liao army has many goose cars.

When the Liao army arrived at the city, they did not immediately launch an attack, but were making various preparations.

Yelu Ming is a veteran on the battlefield. Of course, he understands what he should do now. What the Liao army is going to do now is not to use goose cars to attack the city, but to destroy the city-guarding equipment on the top of the city. Once he arrives at the city of Xiongzhou, he will use goose cars to launch an siege battle. That is something that only a fool can do. Yelu Ming, a long-standing general who has been on the battlefield, will definitely not do it.

Xiongzhou was the most solid city in the north of the Song Dynasty. It had a large number of guardian equipment. If it was not destroyed, no matter how many goose cars it had, it would not be enough to see.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived at the city, Yelu Ming gave the order, the Liao army began to build a watchtower and set up a cannon stand.

The watchtower is a reconnaissance facility used to observe and observe the enemy's situation, and plays an extremely important role in the battlefield. The gun stand is the base of the stone thrower. A stone thrower is very bulky and has a large base. It is necessary to set up a gun stand to play a role.

Of course, these things were not done by the Liao army, but by the Song people driven by the Liao army. Countless Song people drove the Liao army away and were busy in the snow.

The people were also driven to find stones when building a watchtower. The shells of the stone thrower were stones, the more the better. Under the threat of the Liao army, the people of the Song Dynasty did not dare not to do it. The stone tablets were transported and stone mountains were piled up.

"People of the Song Dynasty, don't help the evildoers!" Zhou Wei shouted loudly at the people under the city, asking them to resist the Liao army and not work for the Liao army.

However, it caused the anger and abuse of the people of the Song Dynasty.

"If the incompetent official family raises you useless thieves and troops, they will know that they will oppress our people. When they meet Liao people, they will be like mice and cats."

"The thief-equipped army is only in front of our people, so how dare you fight against the Liao people?"

"For a hundred years, it is not the people in our border areas who suffer."

"The Liao people are here, burning, killing, looting, and rapeing our sisters. The thief-mate army is coming, which is even more cruel than the Liao people. It is not good. Even the land needs to be scraped."

Listening to the insults of the people, Zhou Wei opened his mouth and wanted to refute it, but he didn't know where to refute it. He felt very depressed. The people did not scold them wrongly. During the hundreds of years of the Song and Liao War, the Liao Kingdom suppressed the Song Dynasty. When did the Song Dynasty win the battle?

In addition, the Song army was corrupt and looting was no worse than the Liao army, and burning, killing, rape and adultery were no problem. Killing the people as a result of military merits emerged one after another.

Many people in the Xiongzhou Army have done this. After hearing the abuse of the people, they began to scold the people: "You untouchables are inferior untouchables, and they are worthy of death."

"Enough!" Zhou Wei shouted violently, like thunder, turned around, glared at the scolding Song Jun, and scolded: "This is the fault you made by your usual lack of military discipline and lack of strictness! You are still embarrassed to scold the people. I will not pursue your past affairs again, but if anyone dares to do anything wrong in the next battle, don't blame me for Zhou Wei's military law!"

Zhou Wei vented his depression and vented all the soldiers, just like ancient ferocious beasts, with a huge murderous aura. These soldiers couldn't help but be afraid and dared not speak anymore.

The Song Dynasty was incompetent, not that all the generals of the Song Dynasty were bad people, and there were good generals. Zhou Wei was one of them.

Yelu Ming saw it and smiled in his heart. The horse whip in his hand pointed at the top of the city and smiled: "Zhou Wei, did you hear it? Your official family is incompetent and has lost the hearts of the people. Hurry up and open the city gate to welcome the warriors of the Great Liao into the city. I promise that there is no offense! If you dare to say no, hum, you must kill a chicken or a dog without leaving any money!"

"Yelu Ming, don't be arrogant!" Zhou Wei did not show any weakness at all, snorted coldly, and retorted: "Xiongzhou has been standing for a hundred years, and Liaogou has attacked for so many years. When will it climb to the top of the city?"

His voice was raised and a little sharp: "Yelu Ming, it's still time to withdraw his troops at this time. If you are stubborn, how can you regret it? You just want to capture Xiongzhou with just tens of thousands of soldiers. It's really a delusion."

"Zhou Wei, let you see the power of the Great Liao warriors! Men, attack the city for me!" Yelu Ming suddenly drew out his scimitar, held it high in his hand, waved it at Xiongzhou, and shouted: "Seven-shot cannons, sprinkle the star cannons, bomb it for me! Raise Xiongzhou to the ground!"

“Razing to the ground!”

The Liao army made a shocking roar, and tens of thousands of Liao army roared in unison, which was even more powerful than thousands of thunders, and the earth was trembling.

"Boom!"

The huge machine-packing sounded, and the star cannons were spreading, and the seven-tip cannons were powerful towards the city. Hundreds of stone throwing machines were showing their power at the same time. The power was extraordinary and surprising. Countless stones were thrown into the air and smashed at the city of Xiongzhou.

"Huhh!"

The sound of wind was heard in pieces, sharp and harsh, making people's ear drums buzz, like thunder exploding in their ears.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The violent impact sounded, the earth was shaking, and countless stones rolled on the top of the city, and wherever they passed, it was extremely destructive. When people met, they either died or were injured. Many holes were smashed, broken wood and tiles were flying around.

It was not very destructive when it hit the city. However, when it hit the city head-on, many stones were found, and many Song soldiers were injured in the splash.

Of course, no matter how powerful the stone thrower is, it is impossible to smash the city wall. If the stone thrower is used to smash the city wall, it was the Mongol period that the "Huihui cannon" made using the stone thrower technology in the Middle East was far from this level.

Yelu Ming's purpose was not to smash the city head, but mainly to smash the bed crossbow and stone throwing machine. The bed crossbow was the most sharp city guarding equipment in the Song Dynasty. With the bed crossbow, the Liao army would suffer great casualties, not to mention that it would be very destructive to the goose cart. If the goose cart was gone, the Liao army would be extremely difficult to attack the city head, and it would be almost impossible to attack the city head.

Therefore, these stone throwers mainly attacked the bed crossbows and stone throwers. This attack was very powerful, and several bed crossbows and stone throwers were smashed.

Zhou Wei would not be beaten, but responded calmly and ordered loudly: "Bed crossbow, stone thrower, kill me!"

"Swish!"

Countless thick crossbow arrows appeared in the air and rushed towards the Liao army under the city.

Xiongzhou City was the most important city in the north of the Song Dynasty. This bed crossbow was mostly giant and required dozens of people to use. The crossbow arrow was thick and long, one meter long, and the thickness of the arm. When shot out, the power was to destroy the world. Wherever the crossbow arrow went, the Liao army was lying on its back and overturned by a horse, and when the stone thrower shot, it would cause major damage.

Countless stone throwers were thrown from the city and landed on the stone throwers under the city. Several stone throwers were smashed and many gunners died.

Because the Liao Kingdom obtained the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, although the Song Dynasty's technological strength was more advanced than that of the Liao Kingdom, the gap was not big. Compared with the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties, China's huge leading advantage over nomadic peoples was far insufficient. This made the Liao Kingdom's strength soar, including equipment such as stone throwing machines and bed crossbows.

More importantly, because the Song Dynasty was poorly managed, it was difficult to keep advanced technology confidential. For example, firearms were first developed in the Song Dynasty, but because the confidentiality work was not done well, it was quickly mastered by the Liao Kingdom.

These two situations have caused this situation in the current situation. The two armies can only use stone throwers to bombard each other. As for who can win, it can only be seen who can persevere until the end.

The "huh" wind kept ringing, crossbow arrows and stones were flying all over the sky, covering the sky, dark. The battle to this extent could only be fought. No one on the Song and Liao sides would retreat. The gunners on both sides desperately fired stones, and the craftsmen risked their lives to repair the stone throwing machine.

For a moment, no one could do anything to anyone.

The stones thrown up at the city became a supplement to the city. The Song army picked them up and put them on the stone thrower, and smashed them to the Liao army. Similarly, the stones thrown by the Song army were smashed back to the Song army.

The two sides were like this, going back and forth, and they were desperate to attack with the same purpose, killing the other party's long-range equipment.

Although the Liao army was hateful, it had to admit that its military quality was higher than that of the Song army. The stone-throwing machine played a greater role in the hands of the Liao army and fought more accurately. The price paid by the Liao army was smaller than that of the Song army, although this gap was not too obvious.

Yelu Hongji wanted Yelu Ming to attack in the snow and ice, that was, without having to bring a hole car, he could bring more goose car and more stone throwing machines. This was a very wise decision. The Liao army was well prepared and carried a lot of stone throwing machines.

As time went on, the Liao army gradually accumulated such advantages, and more and more Song army's bed crossbows and stone throwing machines were smashed. Without these bed crossbows and stone throwing machines, the Song army's counterattack became weaker and weaker.

Zhou Wei saw it and was shocked in his heart. He knew that this battle would be very difficult, but he did not expect that it would be so difficult that he did not gain the upper hand in this long-range bombing.

Zhou Wei was very anxious, but no matter how anxious he was, it was useless. He pulled out all the bed crossbows and stone throwers in the warehouse, and could not replenish the stone throwers and bed crossbows. If he lost these two powerful weapons, the Song army would be even more difficult when the Liao army attacked the city with a goose cart.

The goose cart is difficult to destroy, and the stone thrower and the bed crossbow can be dealt with. Without the bed crossbow and the stone thrower, he will have no choice but to use the goose cart.

In contrast to Zhou Wei's anxiety, Yelu Ming was becoming more and more happy. As long as he destroyed the bed crossbow and stone throwing machine in Xiongzhou, the Song army would have no way to deal with his goose cart. The Liao army could use the cover of the goose cart to break up to the city and fight with the Song army in hand-to-hand combat.

Speaking of hand-to-hand combat, that is the Liao army's best-in-law, and are they still afraid of the Song army?

At that time, the timid southerners will be in trouble!

The fight lasted for three days. The bed crossbow and stone throwing machine in Xiongzhou City had been destroyed and would never pose a threat to the goose cart again.

It was time to dispatch the goose cart and climb to the top of the city. Yelu Ming was extremely happy and wanted to order the Liao army to use the goose cart. However, at this moment, a disappointed person came, and this person was Yelu Bodhisattva. He saw that Yelu Bodhisattva was covered in blood and wounds, and rode a horse to Yelu Ming and cried loudly: "Report to General, the general has suffered a defeat in his faith!"

"Are you defeated by converting?" Yelu Ming disbelief and sneered: "Will the mere conversion city block the pace of the Great Liao warriors? Look, the Xiongzhou City is almost overwhelmed by me now. Even Xiongzhou can't stop the warriors of the Great Liao, let alone a small conversion."
Chapter completed!