Bile Ge dared not take a step out of the palace, nor did he dare to face the angry people. He just cursed the Song army in the palace every day, and did not dare to attack the city and do a real sword and gun, and only knew how to use some of the three

The indiscriminate means are still attacking ordinary people now. It is really worse than beasts... When you come down, there is no further information! In addition to worrying about becoming a prisoner of the Song army, Bilege is still illusory about the Western Liao Dynasty at this moment, hoping to see it

After years of friendship, he has been holding on to this most difficult time and insisted on not negotiating with the Song army.

However, as the Song army's artillery increased, the soldiers and civilians in Gaochang City became more uneasy, and some people began to try to escape from the siege before the Song army completed the encirclement. The rich bribed the soldiers guarding the gate and went out of the gate, while the poor took the risk of defending themselves.

Yan was zipped down on the wall, and if he was not careful, he would fall to death on the spot. At first, it was a few days, but after a few days, he saw someone successfully escaped. More people joined the fleeing army, including many of them.

Officials and soldiers, he also changed from sneaking to blatant, and even tried to open the city gate while the defenders were evading shelling.

If all the people ran away, who would defend the country and defend him? Bilege could only comfort the deteriorating situation with kind words and told the people that Western Liao had agreed to send troops to provide assistance, and that it would not take long before a large army would be able to rescue the siege.

While deceiving, he also implemented a high-pressure policy, ordering the whole city to implement a curfew, and guards guarding the palace city patrol the streets, and people are not allowed to go out casually, and those who violate the situation will be killed without mercy.

The curfew order was aroused even more anger among the people. The officials whose homes were destroyed could find a temporary place to stay in the palace, but the people were in trouble and could only live on the streets.

In the temple. Those who escaped from the city appeared on the construction site in the north of the city. They were "assisting" the Song army to build new earthen turrets. Everyone knew that once the construction was completed, the entire Gaochang city would be covered by the Song army's artillery fire.

Below. They will be inseparable.

The aggressive attack and shameless fighting style of the Song army finally angered the generals in the city. They asked the king to agree to go out of the city to fight the Song army. Even if they died in battle, they would be blocked in a nest like dogs. But their

The suggestion was rejected by the king, and the Song army seemed to hear their clamor. That night, the Song army's artillery fire turned to various military camps and city defense facilities in the city, and used incendiary bombs again.

The defenders in the north of the city were the first to be blasted. The city tower collapsed in the explosion and fire, and the houses in the camp collapsed. The frightened war horses ran around in the camp, and the soldiers panicked in search of bunkers that could avoid shelling. During the day, they vowed to go with Song.

The generals who fought to the death could not get better. They were worried that this was the preparation for the Song army to launch an attack on the city, so they suppressed the timid urged the soldiers to go to the city to defend, but fell in batches under the Song army's artillery fire.

The raging artillery fire lasted intermittently all night. At dawn, people found that the neat military camp had turned into ruins. The surviving pillars of the kingdom shrank under the city and looked frightened. They were worthy of being soldiers. They had discovered that this place was the best refuge. Although this was the case.

The shelling had stopped, but they still refused to leave. The generals who asked for battle never offered to fight, and they were obviously scared...

It was already dark, but the city of Gaochang was pitch black and there was no trace of light. It was unbelievable that this was once the most prosperous city in the Western Regions. While the Song army stepped up the construction of the artillery position in the South City, they began to use it day and night.

Artillery continues to strike targets in the city. They no longer use the tactic of concentrating firepower to strike one place, but instead switch to sniping targets within their range. Any light at night will attract shelling from the Song army, even in front of the Buddha in the temple.

The incense that claims to never extinguish must be extinguished.

The same is true in the palace at this moment. All windows and doors were covered by thick blankets, so as not to reveal a tiny light that caused dissatisfaction from the Song army and caused bad luck. Although no shells have fallen into the palace so far,

Everyone believes that the distance is not far away, so it is better to be careful. Who knows that there is any powerful thing in Song Jun’s hands that has not taken out!

"Who is it, who is it?" Bilege, who was lying on the couch with clothes, suddenly sat up and shouted.

"The Great Khan, it was the Song army who used artillery to attack the city gate!" An eunuch heard the Great Khan's shout and quickly turned on a lamp to come over and said carefully. These days, the Great Khan was like a psychopath, and he heard anything bigger.

The sound would think that the Song army's shells fell into the palace. Later, he ordered people to hang thick quilts on the windows and doors, stuffing every gap in the hall to prevent any sound from coming into his ears.

He was frightened by the little movements made by the maids.

"Bombardment of the city gate?" The dim light reflected Bilege's extremely haggard face. He listened with his ears. It was indeed a sound coming from the north of the city. The shells hit the iron city gate and made a muffled sound like a bell.

The lingering sound came from a long distance, "Don't turn off the lights quickly. Do you want to attract the shelling of the Song army and kill me?"

"Sweat, villain dare not!" The eunuch rushed to extinguish the candle. In the darkness, the eunuch heard the sound of the sharp blade being sheathed, and knelt in horror and begged for mercy.

"Do you want to harm me too?" Bilege lost his target in the dark hall and shouted loudly. The artillery bombardment these days has caused chaos in Gaochang City, and thousands of people gathered outside the palace to petition and demand requests.

Talked with Song to protect the city. After being rejected, he even rushed to the palace gate and clashed with the soldiers guarding the palace city. The ministers also hoped that the king would let go of his own heart and apologize to the emperor of the Song Dynasty to avoid the disaster of destroying the country. This made him think that all

Everyone stood opposite to themselves and wanted to offer him to the Song army to surrender.

"Shan, I dare not..." The eunuch said as he stepped back, trying to escape, but his voice revealed his position and was killed by a knife!

..............

Looking at the Gaochang envoy who left with disappointment, Gao Chong and Zhao Li looked at each other and smiled, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that they had not been in vain for more than ten days. The artillery fire attacked the city to affect the psychological state of the people through strikes.

It can be said that its core is psychological warfare, which is a kind of "soft killing" that is obviously different from force warfare. Although artillery fire can cause significant losses to the city, the two of them also know that it is difficult to make the ammunition they brought thousands of miles away.

The entire city was destroyed.

However, the appearance of Gaochang's envoy also shows that the psychological impact of artillery fire attack on the enemy people is even greater than other combat methods. The psychological impact caused by simple siege war will undoubtedly be doubled. Especially when it is bombed into ruins

The government office, the market burned into white land and the broken corpses, the women and children who fell in pools of blood, the panicked officials and soldiers who shivered in the city and were trembling, all of which were very likely to cause social chaos. This was the attack on the Gaochang king and the military and political parties.

Unbearable weight.

"Military Supervisor, why did they refuse to negotiate with Gaochang today? They have already expressed their conquest!" There were only two people left in the coach's tent. Gao Chong poured a cup of tea for Zhao Li and asked.

"The handsome man is anxious?" Zhao Li thanked him, picked up the cup and took a sip and said.

"Can't you be in a hurry?" Gao Chong looked at Zhao Liyan with a resentment and said, "We have used food in less than twenty days, and the gunpowder consumes more, only 30% of it. If we fight like this for a few more days,

If Gaochang doesn’t surrender, we can only chew the wall down with that tooth!”

"Haha, don't worry, the Gaochang envoy only said to negotiate peace with us, but refused to surrender. If they delayed for a while and they regretted it, wouldn't we lose even more!" Zhao Li said with a smile.

"The military supervisor means to continue attacking the city and force them to give in?" Gao Chong said. As the commander of the Western Expedition Army, he had to consider not only how to capture Gaochang City, but also the entire battle situation, even if he captured this city.

There are two important towns behind Kucha and Yanqi, and the Western Liao army may return. Without gunpowder, their cannons became decorations.

"Well, we not only have to continue shelling Gaochang, but also it will be even more violent than the previous few times!" Zhao Li nodded and said.

"If Gaochang City refuses to give in and we can't afford to consume, we can only go around the city!" Gao Chong was surprised when he heard this. If the gunpowder is exhausted, they can only turn to the southeast to open up Xixia.

The channel receives supplies and fights again, and then it may again miss the emperor's plan due to delaying time.

"Master, don't worry, as long as the high towers in the North City are built and our shells fall into the palace, Bilege will send envoys to negotiate again, and they will surrender for two more rounds. At that time, all crises will be in danger.

Self-solving!" Zhao Li said.

"The military supervisor is confident that Gaochang City will surrender, so he is not afraid of forcing them to be in a hurry and jumping over the wall!" Gao Chong was a little suspicious of Zhao Li's confidence. He also knew that as long as King Gaochang surrendered, the food and salary problem would be solved first, and the other two towns would also

Perhaps if the Western Liao army gave up resistance, the meaning of the Western Liao army was no longer there. Is the Lord of Gaochang willing to surrender at the risk of destroying the country and exterminate the clan?

"Master, the people in the city are on the verge of collapse. Only now is Bilego willing to send an envoy to ask for peace and show that he has made a decision under great pressure from all parties, and still has fantasies about us,

As long as we pay tribute, we can withdraw our troops. And now we refuse to negotiate and continue to bombard the shelling means telling him not to be lucky and continue to put pressure on the military and civilians in the city. If we give up at this time, we will lose all our efforts!" Zhao Li analyzed.

"Well, I understand the meaning of the military supervisor. We firmly reject Gaochang's peace talks before we achieve the expected results, and we must continue to attack with more fierce fire, without giving them a chance to breathe, and promote our previous artillery fire

The impact effect forced them to agree to our request!" Gao Chong nodded.

"Yes, that's right. As long as we persist, Gaochang will fall into greater panic and will put more pressure on Bile Ge. In the event that he may be betrayed by his subordinates, he has to go with us.

Cooperate!" Zhao Li said.
Chapter completed!