Nu Yalang of Tang Dynasty

In the Battle of Yaodu, the Northern Tang army dispatched 5,000 men in the vanguard and twelve warships equipped with artillery as support.

After the war is over, the casualties are counted.

In the Northern Tang Dynasty, nearly 700 people died in the war, and more than a thousand were injured. Most of the casualties were caused on the river and in front of the village gate.

However, the Southern Tang general Yan Dafu had only three thousand soldiers to defend the oar crossing.

Although the entire army of 3,000 soldiers was eventually destroyed, Guo Ziyi and other generals did not expect that they could cause such great damage to the Northern Tang army despite being at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.

At the military council after the war, Guo Ziyi asked the military code who came to report about the details of the war.

Military Code said: "The Zhanfeng Battalion bombarded the enemy's formation with Crouching Tiger Cannon. In fact, the enemy's morale at that time had already faintly collapsed."

Duan Xiushi asked: "Then why did the war drag on for so long?"

Military Code: "When enemy general Yan Dafu saw our army retreating, he rushed up with his own soldiers. Yan Dafu seemed to know better how to use the Crouching Tiger Artillery, and took advantage of the gap between shelling and charging to launch an attack on our army.

It caused a lot of trouble. Later, when those soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who had originally escaped saw that the general was not afraid of death, they turned around and fought again, so the war dragged on for a long time."

Duan Xiushi: "The enemy general Yan Dafu, where is he now?"

Military Code: "Yan Dafu was defeated by our army and led the remaining soldiers to flee into a hall and resisted stubbornly. He Gongshu and General He appreciated Yan Dafu's talent and stepped forward to persuade him to surrender several times, but in the end to no avail. In the end, he had no choice but to do so.

Then he used gunpowder to blow up the enemy's houses, leaving no survivors among the remaining enemy soldiers."

Hearing this, there was silence in the military meeting tent.

Duan Xiushi raised his hand and said to Guo Ziyi: "In the Battle of Shaking Oar Crossing, the enemy has two things worth noting. First, the enemy knows the parameters of our firearms and even has countermeasures. This means that if our army wants to use gunpowder to explode

By opening the city wall, the opponent will definitely be on guard; secondly, the enemy is very determined to fight and would rather die than surrender, so the next battle in Jiangcheng will probably be a tough battle."

Hearing Duan Xiushi's words, Li Siye smiled nonchalantly and said: "This kind of battle is interesting when fought... Next, we will attack Jiangcheng, and a certain person volunteered to serve as a forward."

Duan Xiushi heard this and said to Li Siye: "The general's wound has not healed yet..."

Li Siye waved his hand: "It's already fine, it's no longer in the way."

Duan Xiushi tried to persuade him again, but Li Siye ignored him and asked Guo Ziyi to fight again.

After thinking for a moment, the latter finally agreed.

On the second day, the 80,000-strong army under Li Siye crossed the river first and then arrived at the south bank from the oar crossing, where they began to prepare for war.

A few days later, all 80,000 troops crossed the river.

Before the battle began, Duan Xiushi, as deputy general, rode to Li Siye's side and whispered to him: "Today's attack on the city, it is better for the general to take command from the rear. I will arrange another forward general."

When Li Siye heard this, he immediately became unhappy: "Didn't we agree that I would personally lead the troops and be the first to attack the city?"

Duan Xiushi: "The general is a general of the Chinese army. He has no eyesight on the battlefield, so how can he put himself in danger?"

Li Siye: "In my decades of military career, I have seen many large and small battles. If you are not standing here properly now, you are really worrying too much."

Duan Xiushi gritted his teeth and advised again: "In the battle of Fangshan, the Privy Council also sent a military register, ordering the general to be careful and not to take risks."

When the Battle of Fangshan was mentioned, Li Siye's face became a little uneasy, and his tone began to turn unkind: "These days, I have been recuperating from my injuries, and my body is very idle... I know what I know, so don't try to persuade me again."

Seeing that Li Siye had made up his mind, Duan Xiushi had no choice but to give up.

Soon, with the sound of war drums, the attack and defense of Jiangcheng officially began.

Li Siye's 80,000-strong army was divided into four compartments: the forward compartment, the left front compartment, the right front compartment and the center army.

According to the custom of siege, first the gunboats cruising on the river and the artillery in the army began to bombard the river city.

Since the river is far away from the city, the range of medium-sized long guns is not enough, so each gunboat can only use a large long cannon installed on the bow to bombard the city wall.

As for Li Siye's army, due to the inconvenience of transporting artillery across the river, there was not much artillery support.

In addition, the land near Jiangcheng is mostly wet mud, so the shells cannot bounce and the damage is greatly reduced.

Therefore, artillery attacks do not have much effect on the damage to the city.

Seeing that the artillery was ineffective, Li Siye called off the bombardment and ordered the front army, composed of 12,000 soldiers, to press towards the city wall. The left and right sides provided support to cover the front army's approach to the city wall.

When the former army of the Northern Tang Dynasty entered the attack range of the defenders, arrows, crossbow bolts, and hurled stones from the top of the city were thrown towards the outside of the city with great momentum.

A stone the size of a millstone was thrown into the front army's array, hitting a heavy armored soldier. The armor made a loud muffled sound. The people inside saw that they were no longer alive, and blood gushed out from the gaps in the armor.

It represents the loss of a life.

In war, scenes like this happen again and again.

The defenders of Jiangcheng were almost crazy and launched all possible attacks on the Southern Tang soldiers who were attacking the city.

The front army composed of 12,000 soldiers from the Northern Tang Dynasty was like a tide. After experiencing countless blows and paying a heavy price, it finally rushed to the city wall of Jiangcheng.

Accompanied by the harsh noise of creaking, the soldiers of the Northern Tang Dynasty rushed to the bottom of the city wall. When they looked above their heads, they saw dozens of cauldrons filled with boiling oil being pushed to the side of the female wall.

The cauldron tilted, and the pungent and hot boiling oil poured down from the city wall.

The soldiers of the Northern Tang Dynasty subconsciously wanted to raise their shields to defend themselves, but the shields could not completely resist the pouring boiling oil. As long as one drop fell on a person's body, the high temperature of hundreds of degrees would burn skin, flesh, and even bones.

Suddenly, heart-rending screams and curses rang out from everywhere under the city wall.

At this moment, Li Siye led his bodyguards and front camp to the bottom of the city wall.

He first drew his bow and arrow, aimed at a guard on the top of the city who was responsible for operating the oil pan, and shot the latter through the head with an arrow.

Then, Li Siye threw the bow and arrow to the soldiers. With his infinite strength, he actually raised a chariot shield as high as a person with both hands. He followed the ladder and started to climb quickly towards the top of the city with his soldiers.

The battlefront camp under the city wall, according to prior arrangements, used crossbows to cover the general.

Using the protection of the chariot shield, Li Siye climbed directly to the top of the city wall, carrying his crossbow, falling rocks and wood.

When several Southern Tang guards saw someone climbing up the female wall, they quickly called on the nearby soldiers and stepped forward to outflank them.

With his feet on the wall, Li Siye jumped up onto the tower, swinging the shield weighing more than eighty kilograms in his hand like a windmill, and threw it directly towards the defenders.

The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were unable to dodge, and two of them were smashed into a pulp.

The chariot shield continued to slide forward along the ground of the city wall, knocking down more than a dozen guards.

For a moment, the towers of Jiangcheng were in chaos.

The Northern Tang Army under the city wall cheered and their morale was greatly boosted.

Li Siye stood firm, took off the Mo Dao from his back, faced the three attacking enemy soldiers, first took a deep breath, then used both arms to make a horizontal slash.

There was only a muffled sound as three Southern Tang soldiers were cut in half by Mo Dao.

The upper half of his body fell to the ground, but the victim was still alive. He was just vomiting blood and screaming loudly.

This scene frightened the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty on the tower.

Facing Li Siye, the god of death, some guards began to retreat. Some were stunned on the spot, and some even knelt on the ground and begged for surrender.