The Liao soldiers came like a tide, which meant that the first wave of offensive attacks on Xijin Prefecture began. The footsteps of tens of thousands of people gathered together like rumbling thunder, mixed with shouts and screams.

Through the guards around him, Zhao Zhen saw that the first wave of Liao people's charge soldiers had more or less something in their hands, either ladders and wooden boards, or sandbags and branches, which were probably used to fill the gullies outside Jinfu.

They were like moths flying into fire. Even if they were shot, they had to place the things in their hands on the deep ravines. But obviously they were futile. Many people were unable to move forward after being shot. The rain of arrows in the Song Dynasty broke through the sky like dark clouds, and like raindrops, the Liao people had nowhere to hide.

Di Qing stood not far from Zhao Zhen and calmly commanded. No, he could explain it to Zhao Zhen. After all, the emperor personally went to the front line, so he, as a general, also had to explain it, at least let the officials know about Zhao Zhen's steps.

"Your Majesty, don't look at these people carrying things, most of them are useless, but are just targets given to the soldiers by the generals. The whole function of these front troops is actually to fill the pits, just like the deep trenches of the Xijin Mansion are just to consume the enemy's front troops. In fact, the life and death of these people are insignificant."

After hearing Di Qing's explanation, Zhao Zhen twitched violently: "Does the Liao people not feel sorry for the people they governed at all?"

Di Qing smiled and said, "Of course these people don't feel sorry for the Liao Dynasty. They are just slave soldiers. There are death row prisoners who have committed crimes for a long time, or slaves from mature Jurchens, just like the Jurchens who released the palace at the time. If a man with a Jurchen was arrested, he would definitely appear in the slave soldiers. The lives of the Bohai people are even less valuable."

As Di Qing said, the bodies of the Liao people soon filled the gully, and the ditch-filling objects they were originally holding were still decorations, as if they were mocking these people for being overestimated.

"Will these people resist?"

Di Qing sighed slightly when he heard Zhao Zhen's words: "At the beginning, some people would not want to become victims, but as long as the people who resisted would be slaughtered, the generals of the Liao Dynasty would tell these people that once they put the things in their hands on the ravines and then come back, they would get their own..."

Zhao Zhen did not need to finish Di Qing's words and knew that the Liao people gave these slave troops a blank check and a bright future, but this future was as unavailable as a mirage. How many slave troops could actually return? Zhao Zhen basically did not see many slave troops returning.

Just when Zhao Zhen thought that the Liao people's death behavior was about to end, the Liao army's position sounded again, and the same scene happened just now. However, this time the Liao people's equipment was obviously much better, with some armor and shields as cover.

The slave army just now was a team of refugees, and these people had much more equipment, not only simple iron armor, but also huge wooden shields, and there were many siege equipment behind them.

This is probably the normal offensive of the Liao people?

But Zhao Zhen's idea was quickly denied by Di Qing. Seeing the appearance of the official family, Di Qing spoke again: "Prepare the bed crossbow! Load the ignite arrows and shoot!" With Di Qing's order, the messenger holding the flag was quickly chanting the flag. The three-bow bed crossbow on the city wall quickly aimed at the target and shot out huge crossbow arrows with fire. It was not suitable to say that it was a crossbow arrow and should be called a spear.

Once these crossbow arrows with flames hit the Liao people's siege equipment, they will not penetrate the same as before, but will turn into fragments. The scattered tinder oil is quickly ignited by the flames of the gun head to form a bursting fireball.

The so-called fierce tinder oil is actually oil that has not been refined. This thing has a very high viscosity. As long as it is stained with, it will be like a maggot on the tars bone. Unless even the flesh is cut off, you will be waiting to be hurt to death.

This is already a bit of the prototype of gasoline bombs in later generations. In contrast, although the power is not as big as gasoline bombs, the killing effect is basically the same. With the continuous launch of the bed crossbow, a sea of ​​fire appeared on the battlefield, which burned the Liao people and howled ghosts and wolves, which also made the Liao army formation at the lower vents smell a smell of meat...

Destroying the enemy's siege equipment is a very important thing. Di Qing's keen sense of war made him discover the role of artillery, a magic weapon, in defending the city. The Liao people knew that ordinary siege equipment was ineffective against Xijin Mansion, so they began to use a brand new siege equipment, Lu Gongche...

This Lu Gong Bus was first invented by the Han people. The car started several floors, contained soldiers, and covered with leather. It was pulled by a cow or pushed by a man. It could be pushed to the city unexpectedly. Because it was the same height as the city, it could directly climb over the city wall and fight against the enemy. Moreover, this was not a single type of army, but a composite type, such as immortal bridges, long wooden ladders, lazy dragon claws, etc., which can make the soldiers in the car fight better.

What made Zhao Zhen even more amazed was that the Liao people actually prepared dust trucks!

This thing is refreshing even in later generations. The function of a dust truck is very simple. When one's army uses flying ladders to climb the city tower, the dust truck sprinkles lime powder on the guards on the city tower, forcing the defenders to retreat and unable to prevent one's troops from climbing the city.

This is a bit of the effect of a flash bomb or a shock bomb in later generations!

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was interested in the dust truck, Peng Qi, who was standing by, quickly explained: "Your Majesty not only has dust trucks, but also fan trucks! There are several vehicles in our Xijin Mansion. Although they are small, they can be used in tunnels. When encountering an enemy in the tunnel, soldiers can retreat behind the truck and use the fan truck to sprinkle lime, fire or smoke to control the enemy."

Zhao Zhen asked back: "How to deal with the enemy's dust car?"

Peng Qi was speechless for a while, and he really couldn't think of a good idea for a while, but Di Qing was calm and calm. When the dust truck approached, he ordered the messenger to send flags. Thick bamboo tubes appeared. Zhao Zhen looked at it and found that Di Qing used the ice water melted from the snow on the high walls. It was stored in normal times and used as a fire extinguisher in wartime. This idea was really unique.

No matter how big the smoke and dust is, it will be useless when it encounters water. The dust truck was soaked through as soon as it arrived at the city.

It seems simple to be incompatible, but in fact it reveals the wise confrontation between the commanders of the two armies on the battlefield. As the side guarding the city, Di Qing naturally only needs to block the water and garrison the land. This is the advantage of defense.

Perhaps the battlefield is messy in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is not the case in Di Qing, Zhao Zhen, and Peng Qi. The front is always the shield player, then the knife player and various troops, and the last one is always the crossbow player. Even if the formation is scattered, it will not leave this organization.

In the era of cold weapons, formations were sometimes the key to victory. If the Liao people wanted to attack the city, they had to arrange the formations of the siege. However, the Song Dynasty was an expert in formations. Not to mention the distance, Di Qing alone was a master of using troops and formations.
Chapter completed!