Liaoyang City. Qinbei Pavilion
The soldiers on the city were in strict formation, with bows and crossbows, boiling oil and gold juice, and huge rocks and timbers all placed on the city wall.
Outside Liaoyang City, tens of thousands of troops were preparing to attack the city in full swing. Among them, a thousand iron pagodas stood in the middle of the army and three thousand kidnapping horses stood on both sides.
On the top of the mountain outside Liaoyang City, Sun Lei looked at everything in Liaoyang City with a telescope.
"Are these Jurchens?"
Sun Lei asked.
"Only those from Tiefu Tu and Kaizi Ma Jurchen, the rest are servants recruited from the local area."
Xu Guanzhong said, the Jurchen population is sparse, the combined population of birth Jurchens and mature Jurchens is only a few hundred thousand, and the total Jurchen warriors are only twenty to thirty thousand. It is rare to have four thousand elite Jurchens to attack Liaoyang Mansion.
"It looks very bluffing!"
Lu Zhishen looked at the Jurchen cavalry and said, Judging from their momentum, the Jurchens' combat effectiveness is definitely not bad.
"The cavalry is not good at attacking the city. The Jurchens also put the cavalry in the best attack position. Are they sure they can break the city?"
Du Bo said, Liaoyang City is the capital of Tokyo Road, and the city wall is quite tall. Not to mention that there are enough defensive equipment on the city. Four thousand cavalry and tens of thousands of servants may not be able to attack it.
"This is not a siege method at all. How can there be such a frontal siege?"
Li Zhu shook his head and said, he is also involved in the art of war. The Jurchen soldiers and horses are all on the front. This is not an attack on the city. This is a confrontation between two armies. The one who occupies the city has an absolute advantage.
The Jurchens didn't say too much, nor did they call for formation. They just rolled out trebuchets from the military formation.
"This trebuchet?"
Sun Lei looked at the weird trebuchet and was puzzled. This thing was very different from Liangshan's current trebuchet. It seemed that the force arm was longer, which could bring a longer range.
"There is no such trebuchet in Liao!"
Gongsun Sheng said, the equipment of the Liao Kingdom were all imitated from the Song Dynasty, and the Liao Kingdom did not like the trebuchet. They preferred cavalry.
The sound of horns sounded, and the golden soldiers poured huge stones into the trebuchet. When they knocked off the trebuchet, the stones hit the city wall directly.
Thirty trebuchets fired at once, and the defenders of the city who were attacked instantly did not dare to show their heads. The layout on the city wall was destroyed by stones, and huge rocks and trees were scattered on the ground.
"Fire the arrow!"
With a shout, the soldiers on the city wall began to fire arrows to attack, but the range of the arrows was nowhere close to that of the trebuchets. The arrows fell to the ground after missing a long distance.
The trebuchet did not stop, but continued to throw stones and attack the defenders on the city.
"It's interesting. When people attack a city, they always surround three and one is missing. Attacking the heart is the priority, and they slowly figure it out. This Jurchen is doing the opposite, hitting a certain point to death. If the attack continues like this, the city wall will be broken down. ”
Sun Lei looked at this different siege method and was amazed. This is a completely different siege method.
"My little brother has never heard of it either."
Xu Guanzhong said, as a military advisor, he should know the enemy very well, but he could not figure out how the enemy attacked the city.
The continuous trebuchet attacks caused heavy losses to the defenders on the city, and the resistance became less and less.
Seeing that there was no resistance in the city, Tiefutu stepped forward and urged the servants to fill the moat with stones.
"Are you preparing to attack the city forcefully?"
Sun Lei frowned, and he was ready to force his way into the city after only fighting for a long time.
The servant army quickly filled up most of the moat, and was about to fill in a channel. The defenders on the city were in a panic, and they showed up one after another to shoot with bows and crossbows. In an instant, the servant army fell to pieces.
The servant army was afraid and retreated one after another.
The black-armored iron pagoda stepped forward and blocked the retreat of the servants, forcing them to continue filling in the moat. The servants had no choice but to hold up their shields and continue to fill the river with stones and earth bags.
The trebuchets continued to bombard, and the defenders on the city continued to fight back with their bows and crossbows despite the bombardment of stones. The iron pagodas took out their bows and arrows to fight back at close range.
The defenders' arrows did not damage the heavily armored Tiefu Tu at all, and Tiefu Tu was so good at archery that he actually killed many defenders under bursts of shooting.
"These Jurchens are good at archery!"
Hua Rong said that although the Jurchens were not perfect, they were still aiming and shooting, which was completely different from the general army's blind shooting.
The moat was filled in to create a path, and the servants carried ladders to the bottom of the city.
The attack frequency of the trebuchets was faster. The city wall had been smashed by huge rocks and a lot of bricks had fallen off. There were signs of collapse due to the bombardment.
"It looks like Liaoyang City is about to be destroyed."
Sun Lei looked at the battle and said, the Jurchens' fighting method is very simple and direct. The army gathers together, and the trebuchet strikes at a certain point, covering the servant army's attack on the city. This method of concentrated power seems simple but it is Very effective.
"The walls of Liaoyang City are still too thin, and they were hit like this by trebuchets."
Li Zhu shook his head and said, the Jurchen trebuchets have been modified to have a long range and great power, but the city wall should not be damaged so easily by trebuchets.
"The Khitan people are only good at nomadic herding and don't know how to engage in civil construction. It's good that this city can be built like this."
Gongsun Sheng said, the Khitans started out as nomadic people. Although they have changed a lot now, their stubborn trust in the cavalry makes them unwilling to learn other things.
"This style of fighting is quite cruel. The trebuchet even killed many of their own people."
Du Bo looked at the battlefield. The trebuchets were not that accurate. Many of the servants who were afraid of the ladders were also killed by stones, and many of the ladders were broken.
This method of siege without counting casualties quickly became effective. Before long, the servant army used the cover of trebuchets to climb the city wall. After a period of fighting, the city wall collapsed and the city gate was opened. Tens of thousands of servants rushed into the city.
The Tiefu Tu and Guaizima outside the city did not move, but watched the servant army enter the city to burn, kill and loot.
The city was in chaos. Seeing that the city was broken, Gao Yongchang abandoned the city and fled with his troops.
At this moment, the Jurchen Iron Buddha Temple and the Kaizi Horse moved. The Kaizi Horse rushed towards the side of Gao Yongchang's army, with the Iron Buddha Temple following closely behind.
The Guaizima were light cavalry and were very fast. The Jurchens' war horses and riding skills were far better than those of Gao Yongchang's army. It didn't take long before they detoured back to the front of Gao Yongchang's army and blocked the way.
Gao Yongchang wanted to forcefully break out, but the Jurchen Kidnapper Ma didn't fight hard at all, he just delayed.
Tiefutu arrived quickly, and rushing into Gao Yongchang's army was a massacre.
"Hunting Techniques of Wolves."
Sun Lei looked at the Jurchen's fighting method and said, this fighting method is very similar to the hunting tactics of wolves in the animal world.
"It's very direct and effective. The tactics are clean and neat, the goal is clear, and there is no delay at all."
Xu Guanzhong also gave an evaluation.
The faces of the others were gloomy. This kind of enemy is not easy to deal with. With the current troops and horses in Liangshanbo, it is difficult to say how high the chance of victory is.
The Jurchens quickly killed Gao Yongchang's main force. As for the rest of the people who were fleeing, they did not pursue them. Instead, they turned around and entered Liaoyang City and began their plunder.
"Let's go."
Sun Lei finished watching the battle and asked everyone to leave. The Jurchens' fighting style was as fast as thunder. It only took half a day from the start of the battle to the capture of Liaoyang City. This efficiency was terrible. No wonder they could kill them from the Black Water in more than a year. Near the Bohai Sea.
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