"Armament lies in weapons, especially bows and armor."
The Song Dynasty lacked war horses and had short legs, so they had to pile up armor and strengthen long-range strike capabilities.
Under the guidance of this idea, more than 70% of the main army of the Song Dynasty were crossbowmen, and basically all of them wore armor, and the main force on the front line was mainly iron armor.
Calculating the weight of later generations, the armor of the crossbowman is about fifty kilograms, the armor of the archer is more than sixty kilograms, and the armor of the spearman and the sword and shield hand is seventy kilograms.
This is full armor as standard. You can continue to add parts if necessary. Some heavy infantry can even reach nearly 100 kilograms.
Liu Xiuli's iron guard at the bottom of the box was exactly this kind of heavy infantry. His whole body was protected tightly, leaving only a slit for his eyes, and he also held a round shield in his hand.
But Liu Xiuli seemed to be completely prepared, and even put on heavy armor himself and stood in front of the two hundred iron guards waiting in formation.
"You have followed Liu for many years, and you all know who I am, so there is no need to say anything else." Liu Xiuli raised his hand and pointed to the top of the city, "There is a great fortune there, would you like to come with me to get it?"
These people were Liu Xiuli's confidants, so there was no concealment in his words.
"I am willing to die for my general!" the Iron Guards responded loudly.
Liu Xiuli showed a look of satisfaction, "Very good, Liu will not come to you in vain. Today it will be done. You and I will take all the rich women in the city. Liu will also promise each of them a thousand guans to capture and kill the female god king." , a reward of one hundred thousand guan!"
Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men.
This is a truth that has not been easy for thousands of years.
The iron guards became hot all over, their eyes burst out with green light like evil wolves, and they wanted to rush to the city head immediately.
The siege has been going on for three hours. During this time, the rebels have been climbing the city intermittently, creating pressure on the defenders and preventing them from disturbing the construction of the slope too much.
The defenders on the city also knew their true intentions. In addition, there were not many supplies and equipment left, and the rebels' crossbows were suppressing them, so they only carried out a conservative defense.
At this time, of the more than two thousand people who were responsible for climbing the city at the beginning, only five or six hundred people were able to breathe. However, they were all exhausted, and even their moans seemed extremely weak. Most of them huddled under the walls and lingered.
The five or six hundred people who were transferred back from the west of the city, at the cost of more than two hundred casualties, built a slope about seven to eight feet long and less than one foot wide. The top of the slope was less than five feet away from the city head. 5 feet away, it's almost complete.
Liu Xiuli waved his hand, the horn sounded, and the crossbow bolts fired at the city began to intensify again. More than two hundred rebels carried earth bags on their backs and rushed up from the side of the slope. After throwing the earth bags to the top of the slope, they fled quickly.
There are also unlucky ones who are shot down by the defenders. If they are close to the top of the slope, the bodies will also become filling material.
After the top of the slope was almost level with the city head, the rebels covered the earth bags with planks and completed the final laying.
The drums sounded, and the iron guards fifty feet away from the city moved into action.
They were arranged in a row of four people close to each other, forming a long snake formation, approaching the slope at a leisurely pace.
At the front of the array is a large rectangular shield eight feet high on all sides, which is completely immune to the crossbow bolts fired by the defenders. There are also round shields on both sides and on the top of the array to protect vital parts.
Even if there is a crossbow bolt that avoids the buckler and hits it, it will still be blocked by the heavy armor. Occasionally, there are crossbow bolts that can penetrate the armor, but they are very shallow, and there are very few that can break the skin. To the Iron Guard, it is like being bitten by a mosquito. One mouthful.
Some iron guards didn't even bother to pull out the crossbow bolts hanging on their armor.
Liu Xiuli, who was walking at the end of the array, picked up a crossbow arrow and looked at it. He found that it was not a heavy armor-piercing arrow cluster, and it seemed to have been shot by his own men. He couldn't help laughing, "Chen Xiaokun, Chen Xiaokun, do you really have no crossbow?" Are you still trying to play tricks?"
After fighting for so long, both sides consumed a lot of weapons. The crossbow arrows brought by Liu Xiuli's side had long been used up, and they could only use them by collecting the arrows fired by the other side.
However, a considerable part of the crossbow bolts will be damaged after being fired, and collecting them will not last long. Now the rebels do not have many usable crossbow bolts, and the crossbowmen are also dead.
force, and gradually stopped shooting.
At the top of the city, Zhao Mengqi looked at the "Iron Armored Centipede" getting closer and closer, but his heart felt peaceful.
"That's almost it. Don't shoot yet. It doesn't really matter whether you can deceive him or not. He won't be able to retreat just like that."
After hearing this, Chen Xiaokun nodded and passed on the order, and the city also stopped moving.
For a time, everything at the top of the city was much quieter. Only the heavy footsteps of the iron guards became louder and closer.
Liu Xiuli muttered a little guilty, "Isn't Guizhou a donkey very skilled? Probably not, that means he is hiding some special means. Haha, I want to see how I can deal with this armored formation. As long as I am allowed to go up to the top of the city, you will have no choice but to let me do it." Slaughtered!"
Iron Centipede walked all the way to the bottom of the slope and saw no movement at the top of the city. It also saw no movement when it started to go up the slope.
When they were halfway up, the four crossbows were pushed to the wall, aimed at the shield at the front of the armored formation, and fired thick crossbow bolts.
At a distance of just over four feet, one spear and three sword arrows with huge kinetic energy arrived in an instant, shattering the large shield and penetrating into the formation, overturning more than twenty people.
Niang Xipi!
There is even a bed crossbow! ?
Liu Xiuli's eyes were about to burst, and he roared angrily, "Hold still! Don't panic! It's too late to wind up the bed crossbow..."
Don't panic? hehe…
"Throw a spear!"
Zhao Mengqi took the lead and threw a short spear fiercely, piercing into the armored formation as fast as lightning. He still had enough energy left after piercing through an iron guard, and continued to stab into the body of the next iron guard.
Immediately, more than twenty other short spears also fell fiercely into the iron armor formation. Although most of them could not penetrate five or six layers of iron armor like Zhao Mengqi, they could still inflict a fatal blow to the iron guards.
In just a short moment, more than a dozen iron guards fell over. One of the iron guards had three short spears attached to his body at the same time. He died before he even had time to scream.
"Go forward! Go forward! If we charge forward, we will win!" Liu Xiuli kept shouting crazily.
The Iron Guards also knew that they could not retreat at this time and could not allow any more time to reload their crossbows, so they struggled to push their fallen comrades, whether alive or dead, down the sides of the slope, preparing to speed towards the city head.
At this time, they heard another shout from the top of the city, "Shoot!"
More than a hundred heavy-duty armor-piercing crossbow bolts swarmed in, shooting from both sides into the already somewhat panicked armored formation.
Ding-ding-ding-ding.
The dense gold and iron roared, followed by a large scream.
It is true that two or even three layers of heavy armor are extremely protective, but at a distance of twenty or thirty steps, which is the range where the crossbow arrows are strongest, two or two layers of prismatic arrow clusters can still penetrate it. through.
Although it may not be fatal with one arrow, the scream of severe pain from the injury is actually even more intense.
***of!
When did Chen Xiaokun become so sinister and forbearing?
There are still so many armor-piercing arrows left!
You must know that although this armor-piercing arrow cluster is sharp, it must be forged with high-quality fine steel. The cost is extremely high, and there are not many even among the main front-line troops.
When Liu Xiuli thought about it, even if the small Wujiang City had some reserves, they would never exceed a thousand. But they had already shot a large number of armor-piercing arrows, so why would they still have some?
But now I can no longer think about it so much, I must kill him as soon as possible.
"Those who are seriously injured get out of the way! Brothers, charge for me! The first person to succeed will be rewarded with 300,000 guan!" Liu Xiuli was hysterical.
The iron guards' blood suddenly boiled, and the hot blood rushed into their brains. The green in their eyes was replaced by red light. They roared, poured their strength into their legs, and rushed to the top of the slope with all their might.
At this time, dozens of defenders worked together to move a wooden frame to the intersection with the slope. On the wooden frame turned out to be a copper bell with an inner diameter of more than two feet, which was firmly fixed by dense iron chains and ropes.
After the wooden frame was in place, the defenders tied a dozen thick hemp ropes to the battlements, lit a fuse, and quickly ran to both sides. In an instant, the left and right city walls fifty steps away from the bronze bell were empty. one person.
Zhao Mengqi, a hundred steps away, watched the sparks crawl into the copper bell mouth.
, immediately got down and hid behind the thick sandbags.
"Get down! Get down! Get the fuck down." Zhao Mengqi shouted, his voice full of excitement, "I believe this gift from the king will surprise Liu Xiuli."
Chen Xiaokun and others had doubts in their eyes, "Your Highness...is this really possible?"
"Please remove the word "?". You are the chosen one. If you say it can be done, it will be done!"
Zhao Mengqi swears by it, but in fact he is still very uneasy. After all, this method is all based on his whim. Only God knows whether it will work.
The iron guard had already rushed five or six steps away from the city wall, but found a dark bell mouth facing him and others. He was shocked, but his steps did not stop. Even if he wanted to stop, the people behind him would forcefully push forward. The only thing All he could do was raise his buckler to protect his head and face.
Liu Xiuli was still at the rear. In his field of vision, he could only see part of the bell. He didn't know why, but he still heard the defenders running to both sides.
Danger!
My heart was frightened, and the hair on the back of my neck stood up.
Although he didn't know that someone was going to "send him off", his intuition formed through years of marching told him that danger was coming.
"Get down, get down!"
Somehow, Liu Xiuli stopped and screamed at the top of his lungs.
But except for the people around him, many people didn't hear this clearly. Even if they heard it, they didn't understand what it meant for a while.
If a heavy infantryman falls down, it is not easy to get up. Naturally, he will not have the idea of taking the initiative to lie down.
A moment later, the Iron Guard at the front, only one step away from the bell mouth, discovered a spark smoking in the black hole.
Could it be a firearm? Why is it so strange...
The sparks disappeared, and then a red light flashed, annihilating all the man's consciousness.
boom!
There was a shocking loud noise, and the flames spurted out from the mouth of the copper bell, carrying countless iron caltrops, broken iron pieces, spent arrow clusters and other messy things, engulfing everything in front!
At the same time, the moment the bronze bell itself paused, it also exploded, like a goddess scattering flowers, sputtering in all directions.
