Poor Family Chapter 900

  Chapter 900 The Flames of War Resurrection (Part 2)

At the same time, the battle to attack Beicheng was at its most intense. Wanyan Zongbi had done a lot of homework in advance, especially fearing the Song Army's flying fire and thunder. The plank prevents the Feihuolei from wrapping around the pillars and beams, thus destroying the most critical battle point of the Feihuolei, and the explosive power of the Feihuolei itself is not strong. If it is not close to the siege ladder, its explosive Explosive force is unable to destroy the ladder.

  Siege ladders were hooked onto the battlements. Xi Ren soldiers bravely climbed up and fought fiercely with the soldiers of the Song Army guarding the battlements. Soldiers on both sides were stabbed with spears and fell down the city screaming.

  Amidst the fierce shouts of killing, Song Jun's Feihuolei failed one after another, and General Yang Wenyi hurriedly reported the situation to Li Yanqing.

   "Try again!" Li Yanqing pointed to a siege ladder.

Immediately, a Huo Lei hand swung the copper stick, Fei Huo Lei circled and flew towards the siege ladder, and hit the siege ladder very accurately, but Fei Huo Lei failed to entangle the ladder and fell directly on the ground. It exploded with a bang, but the siege ladder was intact.

   "These **** have learned to be smart!"

  Li Yanqing cursed, and immediately ordered: "Pass on my order, stop flying fire and thunder attacks, and burn with kerosene instead!"

   Burning with kerosene is also a way to deal with siege ladders, but it is not as effective as flying fire mines. Even if the ladder is on fire, it is not easy to be burned.

In addition, bombing with thunderbolts is also a good way, but it is too expensive to deal with thunderbolts. The Song army has consumed nearly a thousand thunderbolts so far in defending Taiyuan City, and the stock is less than 500. Most of them are used to deal with nest vehicles There are only a few hundred ordinary throwing mines left.

   However, the supplies from Jingzhao Mansion could not be delivered for a long time, and the city of Taiyuan lacked saltpeter, so it was impossible to make it by itself. In this case, Li Yanqing could only try not to use Zhentian Lei lightly, and he could use the defensive bow to shoot and kill the enemy under the city.

In front of a siege ladder, several soldiers of the Song Army overturned a fierce Xi Ren warrior down the city, but the enemy troops below hadn't come up to him. At this time, there was a gap at the top of the siege ladder. The soldiers of the Song army on the side poured a bucket of kerosene down, and poured the black kerosene on the soldiers below and the siege ladder.

The kerosene of the Song Army comes from Yan'an Mansion. The kerosene here is of high quality, less impurities, easy to burn, and can also burn on the water surface. It was mined for lighting in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is the famous Gaonu oil. Five Dynasties At that time, this kerosene was simply filtered and then used in large quantities in wars.

The golden soldiers on the siege ladder were doused with kerosene, and immediately screamed in horror. At this time, Song Jun threw down the torch and immediately ignited the kerosene. The two soldiers suddenly became burning men, screaming desperately. Jump down to the city.

  At this time, two more barrels of kerosene were poured down from the top of the city, and the entire siege ladder was ignited.

Wanyan Zongbi was watching the battle from a distance. His siege ladder broke through the opponent's flying fire thunder, which made him secretly proud, but the Song army immediately used kerosene to burn the ladder, which quickly made the Jin soldiers fall into decline. Wanyan Zongbi shook his head, He ordered: "On the nest car!"

'Woo—' the low-pitched horn blew, and the ten nest carts standing behind the trebuchet began to rumble forward. The nest carts were not brought from Zhending Mansion, but made by craftsmen brought by Wanyan Zongbi in Taiyuan Mansion. , The nest car is as high as three feet, with a huge body, straight pine wood is used as the skeleton, the outside is simply covered with wooden boards, and four large wheels are installed on the huge chassis below. Inside the nest car is a direct ladder, which can go directly to the city.

Twenty or so Jin soldiers stood on the roof of the nest car. In front of them was a thick wooden plank with holes in it. They could not only see the situation on the city, but also defend against Song army arrows. When they approached the top of the city, they put down the long wooden plank. Get on the top of the city, and it becomes a very convenient flyover to the upper city.

After all, these nest carts are made by Song craftsmen, and many details reflect the wisdom of Song craftsmen. For example, according to the standard nest cart manufacturing process, it should be covered with two layers of cooked cowhide, but the craftsman couldn't find it for a while. They saw the log in two, and directly nailed half of the log to the front of the nest cart, so that even a bed crossbow arrow could not penetrate the nest cart.

The ground outside the northern city of Taiyuan was flat, and the original wheat field had already been trampled firmly. The nest cart drove quickly on the flat ground, and soon entered within a hundred steps. At this time, the bed crossbow of the Song Army began to fire, and a A big arrow roared and shot at the nest cart, but it had little effect, and the big arrow couldn't penetrate the thick wood.

When the first nest car entered fifty steps, the artillery suddenly fired and shot a thunderbolt at the nest cart. This was the Song Army's spike thunderbolt, or spike thunder for short, aimed at warships. Launched at the intersection, the three long thorns on its shell can be firmly nailed to the hull, but the Song Army has not used it in water warfare so far, but the similar structure of the nest car and the hull has enabled it to play two roles.

However, Jin Bing could not see the launch of the spike mine from behind, nor could he see that it could be nailed to the body of the nest. He thought that the thunderbolt fell into the interior of the nest car from the top. This move can be used to find strong and strong soldiers to throw Zhentianlei directly into the nest cart, but Li Yanqing will not give the nest cart a chance to get close to the city wall.

Zhentianlei hit the front of the nest cart accurately, and the long iron spikes penetrated into the wood. Zhentianlei did not land, and the matchlock had already burned into the iron thunder. When the nest cart took two steps forward, Zhentian The thunder exploded earth-shatteringly, and all the wood was shot in all directions, and more than 20 people on the top were blown into the sky by the violent shock wave. When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, more than half of the first nest car was blown away, leaving only the base and the small car. Half of the nest cart, and the golden soldiers who were standing in the nest cart beforehand were also killed.

   Immediately afterwards, the nine nest carts at the back followed suit and were blown up one after another. Wanyan Zongbi was stunned and sighed after a while, "Send the order to withdraw the troops!"

'when! when! when! 'The bell rang, and the Jin soldiers who were attacking the city retreated like a tide. At this moment, Li Yanqing issued the firing order, and the 80 artillery pieces of the Song Army chased down 80 giant blasting bombs. Thunder, the giant thunderbolt fell on the crowd and exploded. The soldiers of the Song army covered their ears and squatted down. The explosion of the giant thunderbolt made the city wall shake. The violent explosion made the soldiers' hearts almost stop beating. Thousands of soldiers died in the last round of explosions.

  Wan Yanchang of Dongcheng was unable to attack the city, and was forced to order the withdrawal of troops.

The siege of Taiyuan, which took place on the first day of the first lunar month, ended with the heavy casualties of the Jin soldiers. In this battle, from early morning to dusk, the Jin soldiers who attacked the northern city suffered more than 9,400 casualties, while the Jin soldiers who attacked the eastern city suffered more than 9,400 casualties. There were 14,000 casualties, and the injured were difficult to heal, and most of them would die, but Taiyuan was still firmly controlled by the Song army.

However, dark clouds that are not conducive to Taiyuan City have also quietly appeared. The Song Army defending the city cannot get supplementary military supplies. Tragic.

The afterglow of the setting sun shrouded the earth, and the crystal clear ice city wall of Taiyuan City looked even more magnificent under the light of the setting sun. On the top of the city, the female guards were busy helping the wounded. In fact, their figures appeared during the fierce battle. , Transport the seriously wounded soldiers to the city and send them to the temporary medical camp for treatment.

In today's fierce battle, the Song army also suffered more than 2,000 casualties. Hundreds of people were injured by thunder in the east city, and hundreds of people were also injured or injured by the enemy's bow and arrow shooting. The soldiers fought fiercely, causing thousands of casualties, but compared with the casualties of the Jin soldiers, they were insignificant.

After the Jin soldiers withdrew to the barracks ten miles away, the Song army opened the city gate, and Niu Gao led more than 3,000 soldiers to clean up the battlefield. Collect armor weapons and recover arrows.

  After a day of fierce fighting, Li Yanqing was really a bit exhausted, but he still managed to come to the temporary barracks to visit the wounded soldiers.

The temporary medical camp is located next to Jinyang Street in the north of the city, about 500 steps away from the city wall. It was originally the training ground of the Xiang Army in Taiyuan, covering an area of ​​more than 50 acres. It accommodates 5,000 wounded soldiers, but now only more than 1,000 slightly injured soldiers are receiving treatment, and the wounded soldiers' battalion does not appear to be crowded.

More than 30 military doctors are busy treating the wounded soldiers. Most of the wounded soldiers are wounded, including arrow wounds, knife wounds, etc., but some soldiers died. When Li Yanqing walked into the wounded barracks, he happened to see Hu Qinger taking A dozen or so female soldiers came out carrying five stretchers, and the soldiers on the stretchers had been covered by white cloth, which meant that the soldiers had died in battle, but Li Yanqing found that these five seemed to be female soldiers.

   "Qing'er, what's the matter with them?" Li Yanqing stepped forward and asked.

Hu Qing'er shook her head, and said sadly: "These five sisters were all injured in the fierce battle to rescue soldiers, one was pierced by a spear in the abdomen and died of serious injuries, and the other four were seriously injured in the explosion of the same thunderbolt. The three of them had too many fragments on their bodies, and the bleeding could not be stopped. The other person was not injured. It is estimated that the internal organs were shattered by the explosion. Many soldiers at the top of the city were shocked to death on the spot. It will be gone soon."

   "How many wounded soldiers are dying now?"

   "Up to now, including the five of them, there are a total of sixty-four people, all of whom are seriously injured."

These five female soldiers followed Hu Qing'er when they were in Liangshan, and they are usually like sisters. They have lived and trained together for many years, and they have a very deep relationship. Seeing them in the morning, they are doing well, but now they are separated from life and death, and Hu Qing'er's mood seems low. , Li Yanqing stared at her for a moment, then said softly: "Bury them properly!"

  Hu Qing'er nodded silently, and took the female soldier away. Li Yanqing watched her go away, and then walked quickly into the wounded barracks.

  (end of this chapter)

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