Poor Family Chapter 694

  Chapter 694 Taiyuan Bloody Battle (Part 2)

A ladder was built on the city wall, and the golden soldiers were crazy. Everyone was red-eyed. They climbed up desperately, holding a shield in one hand, and fighting fiercely with the Song army with spears and knives in the other. Boulders fell one after another, and soldiers screamed and fell down the ladder, but immediately others rushed up.

   Around each ladder, hundreds of golden soldiers held copper shields to guard against death. It was difficult for the iron fire and thunder to blow up the ladder directly.

But this is not the real reason for the reduction in the frequency of use of iron fire mines. The real reason is that more than half of the 10,000 iron fire mines carried by the army have been consumed, and there are only more than 3,000 left. In some firearms, the gunpowder is taken out and then re-proportioned, which is very difficult to make and has not been successful so far. Therefore, the Song Army no longer uses iron fire thunder unless it is a last resort.

The soldiers of the Song Army shot arrows from both sides. The arrows were sharp and pierced through the leather armor. A string of soldiers on the ladder were shot and fell off the ladder, but soon, as the leading Jin soldiers rushed to the battlements, the soldiers behind did not care On the top of the head, protect the shields on both sides, and the number of golden soldiers hit by arrows gradually decreased.

On the top of the city, dozens of Song troops were fighting fiercely with the enemy in front of each ladder. In front of a ladder in the western part of the northern city, Wang Gui was so red-eyed that he led fifty Song troops to fight against the surging waves. They were facing the former guards of the Liao Kingdom, each of them was tall and thick as a bull, holding a shield in his hand, and wielding a long knife and a sharp spear.

The spear rushed, the sword slashed, and the fight was extremely bloody. A Song soldier in front of the ladder was cut on the forehead, blood poured out, and he fell down on his back with a scream. Another Song soldier rushed up with a spear, and the spear Pierce the enemy's chest, pick him off the city, and re-block the gap.

A strong Jin soldier drove the Song army away with a shield, and was the first to jump onto the top of the city. In an instant, dozens of Song army's spears stabbed from all sides, piercing through the body, and the Jin soldier screamed and rolled down. But it was this enemy army who rushed to the top of the city, causing a short gap in the defense of the ladder. The golden soldiers who were suppressed on the ladder seized the opportunity. In an instant, more than a dozen fierce golden soldiers rushed to the top of the city.

  Wang Gui roared, rushed up with a big knife, and split several golden soldiers into two sections. The pungent smell filled the city.

But the gap has been opened, and more and more Jin soldiers rushed to the city. At this moment, a thin Song soldier jumped down from the side of the city wall and grabbed the ladder in midair. He was hit several times, and his lower abdomen was also pierced severely by a spear, but he just refused to let go of the ladder.

Suddenly, a burst of fire shot out from his waist, and an iron fire thunder exploded on him, blowing up the soldier of the Song Army into several sections. At the same time, the ladder was also blown off. Dozens of Jin soldiers screamed in unison and fell down the city with the ladder.

  The ladder was blown up in the middle, and lost its siege effect. The dozens of Jin soldiers who had already attacked the top of the city were gradually wiped out by the Song army, and the Song army regained the lost position.

  Wang Gui wiped the blood from his face, and asked with lingering fear: "What's the name of that brother?"

   "My name is Wu Sanlang, from Jingzhao Prefecture!"

   "Remember him, please give him great credit later!"

  At this time, there was an earth-shattering explosion from below the city, and everyone looked down one after another. It was a thunderbolt from Jin Bing that exploded, splitting the Beicheng Suspension Bridge into two sections.

   "Look, General!" A soldier pointed to the distance and shouted. Wang Gui looked in the direction of his finger and was surprised inwardly. He saw a huge battering ram slowly approaching the city gate.

Although the Kingdom of Jin does not yet have the ability to make Thunderbolts, Xixia already has them, and after Xixia lost to the Kingdom of Jin in Datong Mansion, the Jin soldiers seized a large amount of military supplies, including a large amount of kerosene and Thunderbolts, Li Yanqing It is estimated that Jin Bing has at least dozens of thunderbolts in his hands, which is a serious threat to Taiyuan City.

For this reason, Li Yanqing specially replaced the city gate, and replaced the half-old wooden city gate with a cast iron gate. A gate weighs tens of thousands of catties, which is enough to withstand the shock wave generated by the thunder explosion. They have done experiments, The Thunderbolt could not destroy the iron gate. In the actual battle a few days ago, Jin Bing used three Thunderbolts to blast the city gate, but all failed, and the Thunderbolt could not blow down the solid bluestone city wall.

  After using thunder and thunder several times without success, Jin Bing changed his tactics and continued to use traditional siege methods, including heavy siege weapons such as battering rams and trebuchets.

The suspension bridge was blown up, the moat was filled up, and a heavy battering ram was slowly approaching the north city gate. This battering ram was made in Datong Prefecture by Liao craftsmen. The jujube tree, which has been grown for 500 years, is about three feet long and five feet in diameter. There is a bumper head made of pig iron at the front end, which weighs five thousand catties. The frame of the battering ram is also made of giant wood. The chain hangs the battering ram on the shelf, and there is a wooden canopy on the top to defend against arrows. The whole battering ram is two feet high and five feet long, requiring a hundred soldiers to operate.

The battering ram has four pairs of large wooden wheels, pulled by twenty oxen, and it is slowly approaching the city gate. At this moment, Li Yanqing also saw this huge battering ram, and he couldn't help shaking his head secretly. Wanyan Zonghan took it for granted, thinking that this battering ram could knock open the city gate?

   "Dutong, use the Thunderbolt to blow up its mother!" a general shouted.

Li Yanqing hesitated for a moment. The reason why the Thunderbolt is so powerful is mainly to injure people by the splashed iron pieces, and within a range of several feet, the human body cannot withstand the shock wave, but for this heavy weapon, it weighs tens of thousands of catties. , unless the Zhentianlei exploded at the bottom of it, a powerful impact could overturn it.

  Li Yanqing pondered for a moment, but decided to try it out. He immediately ordered: "Try three thunderbolts, fire oil ready!"

There was a loud drumbeat on the top of the city, three trebuchets were launched at the same time, and their long arms were swung out, throwing a fifty-pound thunderbolt into the air. mallet, 'Boom! boom! boom! ' There were three earth-shattering explosions in a row, and a large cloud of smoke rose into the sky. The Thunder did not hit the battering ram accurately, but exploded near it, and more than a hundred people were killed in the explosion.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, the huge battering ram of the body was not damaged, but the twenty bulls pulling it were all destroyed. A thunderbolt exploded among the cows, and the twenty cows were blown to **** flesh. Terrible.

But the Jin soldiers quickly adjusted, instead hundreds of people pushed the battering rams and continued to march towards the city gate. At this time, the general Wang Shan said anxiously: "Dutong, use two more thunderbolts and projectiles with artillery, and we will definitely kill it." .”

  Li Yanqing shook his head, "Don't waste the Thunderbolt, use kerosene to deal with it!"

At this time, hundreds of civilian men in charge of logistics brought hundreds of barrels of kerosene from the city. Each barrel of kerosene weighed fifty catties and placed them on the top of the city. Li Yanqing called in another thousand crossbowmen. They raised their crossbows on the battlements one after another, ready to fight.

Li Yanqing waved his hand to signal the soldiers to wait patiently. He stared at the huge monster and slowly walked towards the city gate. At this moment, the soldiers pushing the battering ram shouted and raised their shields , the entire battlefield seemed to stand still, and almost all the soldiers were paying attention to the battering ram.

Even Wan Yan Zonghan's heart was suspended. He knew that the Song army had many ways to deal with the battering ram, but his siege options were limited. The ladders and nest cars were all destroyed, and the thunderbolt could not blow it away. The strong city wall could not be conquered with only simple siege ladders, and now he largely pinned his hopes on the battering ram.

   At this time, the hammer head was still seven feet away from the city gate, Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Fire the arrow!"

A thousand powerful crossbow arrows were shot at the soldiers pushing the battering ram. Within fifty steps, the shields and iron armor of the golden soldiers could not stop the powerful god-armed crossbow shooting. The golden soldiers screamed and fell to the ground in an instant. Two hundred people, the advancing battering ram stopped immediately, at this moment, hundreds of barrels of kerosene tilted down from the city gate, the wooden barrel burst, black kerosene splashed out, and the whole battering ram was soaked In the fire oil.

  At this time, a few torches were thrown down, and the flames immediately rose below the city. The raging fire quickly engulfed most of the battering rams. When the soldiers behind recovered from the random arrows, it was too late.

The fire spread very quickly and finally swallowed the entire battering ram. The surrounding golden soldiers had to give up their attack and turned around and fled. Dozens of people escaped.

  In the distance, Wanyan Zonghan sighed in his heart. He could no longer capture Taiyuan City by means of a strong attack. He could only use the method of dealing with Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom to force the Song army in the city to surrender by besieging the city.

  He immediately issued a retreat order, "Order to withdraw the troops!"

'when! when! when! The bell for withdrawing troops rang, and more than 30,000 Jin soldiers withdrew from the battlefield like a tide. The siege battle, which lasted for two and a half hours, was finally over. The army also lost nearly 3,000 people.

  That night, one hundred thousand gold soldiers re-deployed to besiege the city, and four camps were stationed outside the four city gates. Wanyan Zonghan had to implement the worst strategy of attacking Taiyuan and forced him to surrender to Taiyuan by siege.

  (end of this chapter)

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