MTL - Poor Family-Chapter 899 Resurrection (Medium)

  Chapter 899 The Flames of War Resurrection (Part 2)

The trebuchet is far from being able to accurately control the landing like the cannons of the later generations. It is by no means an easy task for the thunderbolt to land on the two-foot-wide wall of the city two hundred and fifty steps away. When it landed on the top of the city, other thunderstorms either hit the city wall, or passed over the top of the city and fell into the city.

And the thunder that fell on the top of the city did not explode in time. There is no technology to control the explosion point. It is completely determined by the experience of the gunpowder maker. The thunder made by the Song army used a standard three-foot matchlock , of which about one foot is inside the mine, and the other two feet are outside. On the eve of a certain battle, the gunpowder maker will mark the firing scale on the matchlock. When the fire reaches this scale, it can be fired, basically guaranteeing Will not detonate early, or detonate too long after a delay.

But this little trick is the patent of the Song Army. At present, there are only five gunpowder craftsmen in the Song Army who can make accurate judgments. These five gunpowder craftsmen are currently in the Jingzhao Army, and the Jin Bing is completely determined by the shooter himself. Without precise control, As a result, one can imagine that all the thirty thunderbolts that hit the top of the city did not explode on the ground, but rushed directly down the city, fell into the deep pit in the city, and exploded in the deep pit.

Explosions erupted both outside and inside the city of Taiyuan at the same time, like thunder blasting one after another, thick smoke filled the air. Ears, crouching under the battlements, waiting for the golden soldiers to finish.

This time Jin Bing brought 800 captured Song Army Thunderbolts, plus the original two hundred, the number of Thunderbolts in Jin Bing's hands exceeded 1,000, but they couldn't withstand the profligacy of Jin Bing. Only 200 pieces were consumed, and 1,000 Thunderbolts were only enough to launch five rounds.

  Wan Yanchang also understood this, so after two rounds of explosions, he ordered two thousand soldiers to push the siege vehicles to attack the city gate, preparing to use the opportunity of suppressing the Song army to smash open the city gate with a battering ram.

A siege engine was pushed and rumbled towards the city gate by the soldiers. The siege engine had eight wheels, four on each side, with a roof above it, and a huge wooden frame was hung with an iron chain. The battering ram is three feet long and is made of thousand-year-old giant wood. The hammer head is filled with pig iron, and its impact force is extraordinarily powerful. Once it hits the door, it has a force of ten thousand catties. No matter how strong the city gate is, it will be knocked open.

At this time, the Jinbing trebuchet launched a third attack on the head of the city, and the siege engine also advanced rapidly, only 30 steps away from the city gate. The suspension bridge in front had been blown up, and the moat was covered with thick ice. The siege engine accelerated and drove towards the ice of the moat.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Song Army on the top of the city threw a few torches to the front of the city gate, and the moat burned within fifty steps. The flames rose into the air, and the fire burned rapidly. Hitting the city gate with a battering ram, the kerosene was buried in advance, and the siege vehicle and surrounding golden soldiers immediately fell into a sea of ​​flames.

  'Boom! Boom! The two giant thunderbolts buried in the ground exploded, and the huge shock wave blew up the siege vehicle in two, flying several feet away. The surrounding two thousand soldiers died before they could break free from the flames. In the violent explosion of Tianlei.

   And just at this time, Jin Bing launched the fourth round of Thunderbolt attack. After a series of explosions in the city, the battlefield was completely quiet, only thick gunpowder smoke floating over the city.

The gunpowder smoke had dissipated, and a large pit appeared about seventy steps in front of the city gate. Both sides of the pit were covered with the remains of corpses that had been blasted to pieces, and the soil was stained red with blood. Flying to the sky, the battering ram was also thrown aside, crushing dozens of soldiers into meatloaf.

Although there were four rounds of sky-shattering bombardments, the city of Taiyuan still stood tall. Eight hundred thunderstorms were thrown at the top of the city, but less than ten exploded on the top of the city, and dozens of soldiers of the Song Army were injured. .

But Jin Bing also gained something, that is, almost half of the trebuchets on the top of the city were damaged and needed to be repaired before they could be used. The two towers were blown to pieces and disappeared on the towers. There are hundreds of holes, and the mud is blown everywhere, and the deep pit is full of shell iron pieces.

  Jin Bing did not launch the fifth round of Thunderbolt projection, he only had less than 300 Thunderbolts left, and he didn't dare to waste any more.

  At this time, the golden soldiers switched to boulders to attack, and boulders were loaded into the trebuchet one after another, and the black crushed stones smashed towards the top of the city

Wan Yanchang and Wanyan Zongbi invested 10,000 troops almost at the same time, and launched an attack on the head of the city. The overwhelming soldiers rushed towards the city wall. The Qiannvzhen Cavalry is the supervising soldier, and anyone who retreats will be killed immediately.

  Wanyan Zongbi invested 10,000 Xiren infantry, Xiren was fierce and brave, with strong combat effectiveness, Wanyan Zongbi held back his anger, and must rush into Taiyuan City before Wanyanchang.

Without the threat of Thunderbolt, the Song army on the top of the city also became active. A large number of soldiers of the Song Army began to return from the west and south cities. Artillery and bed crossbows were also pushed to the top of the city. Li Yanqing ordered the temporary suspension of the use of trebuchets. , He did not allow soldiers to risk using it before checking and repairing it.

The first to fire was the bed crossbow of the Song army. A four-foot-long crossbow was fired at the enemy's catapult. The big crossbow was wrapped with gunpowder tubes and exploded around the catapult continuously. It is equivalent to a big artillery battle, but there are many sharp iron pieces mixed in it. The belt or throwing rod of the trebuchet is hit by the iron pieces and breaks, which can easily lead to the destruction of the trebuchet.

Over the head of Dongcheng, two hundred large crossbow arrows shot out from the bed crossbow, crackling and shooting at one hundred huge catapults. After a round of arrow rain, the effect was first shown, and five catapults collapsed. A round of large crossbow arrows fired again intensively

  Li Yanqing was standing on the north city at this time, staring coldly at the ten thousand golden soldiers who had killed all over the world, he turned his head and shouted: "Archers prepare!"

  Five thousand archers squatted halfway on the city wall, drew their big bows, and the cold tip of the arrow pointed upwards at a 30-degree angle. Li Yanqing gave an order, "Shoot!"

The sound of clappers sounded, and five thousand arrows of soldiers flew into the sky, drawing a beautiful parabola, and shot towards the golden soldiers below like locusts. The shields of countless soldiers were smashed, and the soldiers in front screamed and fell down, but the soldiers behind did not stop and continued to rush forward.

   "Ready-let!"

  The second round of arrows fell like raindrops, and the soldiers once again turned on their backs.

At the same time, the situation also occurred in Dongcheng, but the reaction of the soldiers was very different. The ten thousand Han troops were unwilling to go to the battlefield in every possible way, their morale was very low, and their equipment was also poor. Most of the soldiers were not equipped with shields. When the soldiers' arrows fell like hail and raindrops, rows of soldiers wailed and fell to the ground. The soldiers behind were terrified, their legs trembling, and many soldiers turned around and fled.

Wan Yanchang had known for a long time that the morale of the soldiers of the Han army was low, but he needed this army as a vanguard to attract the firepower of the Song army to cover his real actions. He was more experienced than Wanyan Zongbi and knew the difficulty of attacking the city. During the fierce battle, it was his purpose to take the opportunity to blast open the city gate with the Thunderbolt.

After he killed this army, he sent two thousand Jurchen cavalry to supervise the battle. At this time, the first group of soldiers turned around and fled back. They encountered a war supervisor army ten times more fierce than Arrow Rain. The two thousand war supervisor cavalry shouted loudly. The saber in his hand slashed at the fleeing soldiers without hesitation, and killed hundreds of them in a short while. The soldiers of the Han army were terrified of being killed, so they had to turn around and continue to rush towards the city wall.

On the top of the city, Wang Gui also cursed in a low voice. These soldiers are willing to be alien hawks and dogs, and they deserve to die. Immediately ordered: "Fire the artillery!"

The yellow flag was waved down, and the soldiers lit the match, and when it reached the red mark, the two hundred cannons on the top of the city fired almost at the same time, and shot two hundred thunderbolts down the city. It exploded. These Han soldiers were not trained to guard against the thunder. After the explosion of the thunder, the dense shrapnel shot out in all directions, and there were countless poisoned iron pieces in it. Suddenly, the screams became one. Almost none of the soldiers within 50 to 100 paces was spared, and they were all hit by iron plates to some extent, causing more than 2,000 casualties.

  Wan Yanchang was furious, and threw another 5,000 Han soldiers, shouting: "Beat the drum to urge the battle!"

  'Boom! Boom! Boom! '

  Drums were beating loudly, and the soldiers of the Han army on the battlefield were forced to go forward and kill to the top of the city.

In the chaos, 30 Khitan soldiers were rushing towards the gate of the city with Zhen Tianlei, but they were immediately spotted by the thunder guards on the top of the city. According to Wang Gui's suggestion, Li Yanqing set up a group of soldiers in the army. Thousands of thunder watch soldiers, their task is not to shoot arrows to attack the enemy, nor to stand on the top of the city and fight fiercely with the enemy, but to observe and prevent the enemy from blowing up the city with thunder in the chaos.

There are hundreds of thunder watchers not only in the east city, but also in the north city. The city gate is the key target of their defense. Thirty enemy soldiers below the city are rushing towards the city gate abnormally, holding black thunder like winter melon in their arms. Of course, they cannot escape the eyes of those who care. .

Before these thirty people approached the city gate, hundreds of soldiers raised their crossbow arrows and shot at them. The thirty enemy soldiers were caught off guard, and more than half of them were knocked down by random arrows. Rolling and falling on the ice of the moat, the five soldiers behind rushed forward and picked up Zhen Tianlei and continued to charge forward.

As soon as the few people rushed to the bottom of the city, hundreds of buckets of water poured down on the top of the city continuously, and several soldiers were immediately doused like chickens in a soup. After falling from the shocking thunder, he turned around and fled, but within a few steps, arrows shot from behind, five soldiers screamed and were shot down, they were killed immediately

The artillery fired two rounds of thunder to the city, which exploded continuously in the crowd, and there were arrows shot by the storm above their heads. The battlefield outside the east city had become a slaughterhouse and a meat grinder. Driven to charge, a group of people died under the city. The price of their death was the sneak attack that Wan Yanchang expected, which was impossible to succeed.

  (end of this chapter)