Chapter 1070

The Wanjingkou Fort at the northeast end of Youzhou in Song Dynasty, the Sanchakou Fort at the southeast end of the Song Dynasty, which is backed by the Wuding River, was previously occupied by the Liao army.

Sanchakou even became an important transit station for the Liao army's supplies. However, these two forts were burned by the army led by such a military commander when the Liao and Xia coalition forces invaded Youzhou.

By more than a year ago, after the war, the Wanjingkou Fort and Sanchakou Fort, which had almost become ruins, were rebuilt.

It is no longer the kind of strong fort built with rocks and wood, but a solid fort built with bricks and stones and cement. Because Sanchakou is closest to Xiazhou, its reconstruction work naturally becomes the top priority.

At Sanchakou, the fort wall is as high as two meters high and about 10,000 troops in normal times. If it were wartime, more than ten thousand soldiers would be crowded.

Wanjingkou was also not far behind. Therefore, when Wang Yang realized that the Liao people were likely to be angry and raised troops instead of coming, he agreed to Zhe Keshi's initiative request.

The 20,000 elite troops were divided into two groups, one by one, going to Wanjingkou for reinforcements, and one by one, heading straight to Sanchakou. In addition, the Wudinghe Navy commanded the Wudinghe Navy to strengthen its vigilance and rush to Sanchakou for assistance at any time.

Early the next morning, when the Liao army appeared in front of the Sanchakou Fort, the Sanchakou Fort had already been closed.

The old driver, Zhe Keshi, was standing on the top of the city, holding a thousand-mile mirror in his hand, and carefully looked at the Liao army that appeared several miles away.

When he saw the arrogant banner, Zhe Keshi couldn't help but show an unexpected expression. "It seems that Yelu Dadun was not beyond the expectations of his official, and he did not have the courage to attack Youzhou, so he only dared to come here to show off his power."

"General, but Yelu Dadun, he underestimated us too much. With just 20,000 or 30,000 troops, would he think he could take down our Sanchakou Fort?" Chen Jinzhong, the commander of Sanchakou Fort beside him, curled his lips and said with a disapproval of his face.

"Don't be too proud of yourself. A arrogant soldier will be defeated. Have you never heard of this famous saying?" Zhe Keshi glared at this guy and said.

Chen Jinzhong smiled, lifted the iron helmet on his head, and said while tickling his itchy scalp with his fingers.

"My lord has learned the lesson, but the problem is that what I told the truth is. With this rock-solid Sanchakou Fort, there are 10,000 elite troops led by you. Behind me, the Wuding River Water Commander of the Song Dynasty, I really couldn't imagine that we could have a reason to fail."

"That's true, but... well, forget it, remind the soldiers to be cautious and be careful. By the way, let the rock-throwing crew in the castle be ready so that those bastards can taste the taste in advance later."

Zhe Keshi rolled his eyes, but he couldn't say anything else. He turned his head and looked at the five long tips that stood at the center of the fort, and his heart became more and more calm.

These five long tips are naturally the most important propelling parts of the Yuanyou stone thrower. Except for the one in Youzhou, all of them were made in Youzhou, now, whether it is Wanjingkou Fort or the Yuanyou stone thrower in Sanchakou Fort, they are all parts made by military weapons prisons and assembled after being taken to the border fort.

Compared with the original Yuanyou stone throwing machines, the accuracy of these standardized production Yuanyou stone throwing machines has been improved to a certain extent, and the durability is the same.

However, in order to ensure the dominance of the Song Dynasty for this advanced weapon, whether it is Wanjingkou or the side fortress like Sanchakou, the operation of the Yuanyou stone thrower is carried out by a dedicated person, and each machine is repeatedly poured with tinder oil.

You guys are right, this is naturally to prevent this advanced weapon from being leaked. Therefore, to prevent accidents, when the entire Yuanyou stone thrower leaves the factory, each component will be soaked with tinder oil first.

If someone robs you, haha, you just need to get close with a torch, then these extremely powerful weapons will turn into piles of huge bonfires in just a moment. Even if it is raining, the existence of tincture will not give the enemy any chance to capture Yuanyou's stone thrower.

The large number of parts in the Yuanyou stone casting machine can be replaced by metal castings, but the problem is that this thing consumes not a small amount of wood, and the current output is not high.

However, Emperor Zhao Xu still gave him thirty buildings in North Shaanxi Road with a big stroke. This was almost the output of the military weapon supervisor for two months.

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There were still two miles away from Sanchakou Fort, Yelu Dadun stopped the horse's head and asked the entire army to stop moving forward.

He rode his horse to a high ground and looked at the Sanchakou Fort with his back against Wuding River from a high place. Since the battle between Liao, Xia and Song dynasties, when the Song people rebuilt this fort, the Liao Kingdom naturally would not miss the opportunity, and sent a lot of detailed works, and also had a certain understanding of this rebuilt Sanchakou Fort.

Well... the more you understand, the more you feel, the more painful it is. The new Sanchakou Fort built with cement and stone bricks is no longer the past siege weapons such as crash hammers that can be broken or collapsed in just one by one.

He could only use the human sea tactics, use cloud ladders and long ladders, fill in his lives, relying on the courage and fearlessness of the soldiers, and work hard to fight the attrition war with the Song army in the city.

The fort gate was closed and the guard was tightly guarded. The flags were waving above the fortress. The Song army had probably already begun to take good care of the battle. It seemed impossible to catch himself off guard.

Since he cannot attack sneakily, he will do it openly. Yelu Dadun believes that he can't deal with Yuzhou, but he is naturally full of confidence in this Sanchakou Fort, which is nearly two-thirds smaller than Yuzhou.

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In the early morning, Emperor Zhao Xu was still as usual. He took breakfast under the personal service of his beloved Queen Meng, put on court clothes and said distressedly to the Queen Meng behind him.

"You should go back and take some time to make up for your sleep. Now that you are heavy, don't be tired."

Queen Meng gently stroked the raised belly that had been around for more than six months with a happy face, and nodded obediently. "I understand, I'll go quickly, don't miss the morning court."

Emperor Zhao Xu nodded and then took a striking stride. Queen Meng was pregnant again, which was definitely great good news for the Royal Family of the Song Dynasty.

Although the emperor has one son and one daughter, in this era, children are difficult, and children can grow up safely to childhood, half of them depends on caution, and the other half depends on luck. Therefore, the emperor's children are naturally better.
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