The quiet night in Jiangzhou City became solemn in an instant, and the solemn atmosphere of war was approaching enveloped the four fields. Countless soldiers and war horses gathered on the plain under the waning moon, and military flags appeared in sight.
In the battle of Dingchuan Village, Ge Huaimin, the commander of the right wing of the Long Guard Army, died in battle, and the Song army suffered heavy damage.According to Cheng Zongyang's estimate, the Song army would only react after two days of reorganization of the attacked remaining soldiers.
Unexpectedly, only one day after another, the Song army was at the city, and even couldn't wait for a night to attack the city.
A soldier from Xingyue Lake swept up the city tower like a meteor, landed five steps away, then took a step forward, raised his hand to salute the military, and said loudly: Report!Two armies appeared at the north gate, with the banners being Zhao Xun and Wang Da, the commander of the right wing of the Dragon Guard Army!Carry a nest car and a siege ladder!
Report!The three armies on the east side were the commanders of the Japanese army's left-wing commanders Cao Cong, Guo Zhigao and Zhang Jie!
Report!A team of Song troops headed towards the west gate, all of which were light cavalry prepared with crossbows and light cavalry, and their banner was Fan Quan, commander of the left wing of the Dragon Guard Army!
Military information continued to come, and with the forces of four Japanese troops on the front, the Song army invested in the first round of attacks, and a total of ten troops and more than 20,000 troops in all four wings.
Meng Feiqing's military uniform was straight, making him look like a god of war.Cheng Zongyang stood beside him, followed by Guo Sheng from the direct camp, Ao Run from the Xuexiao Mercenary Group, and Wu Zhanwei.
Within a quarter of the hour when the Song army siege signal was sent, all the Xingyue Lake soldiers, mercenaries and civilians in the city had been mobilized.
Jiangzhou City is small, and there are only three city gates, including the Water Gate on the west side.
The Song army sent only one army's light cavalry to the West Gate, without preparing boats, and the remnants of the Dragon Guard Left Fang Army under Ren Fu's men, who were the most casualties. They would only attack and try to block the waterway, which could be ignored. The real offensive should be in the other three places.
The main camp of the Song army was in the south of Jiangzhou City, with the south gate being the first to be hit. Its location is the most important and its defense is the most stringent. There are six fortresses alone.
At this time, Meng Feiqing led the direct battalion and personally took charge, with Cheng Zongyang's first battalion as the auxiliary, and there were also 300 mercenaries and 1,000 civilians.
In the initial estimate, the Song army would immediately attack the city when they arrived in Jiangzhou. The plan formulated by Xingyue Lake was to deploy a battalion, five hundred mercenaries and one thousand civilians on each side, and the rest would be rested and on standby.
However, the Song army has been slow to send troops to attack the city, and Xingyue Lake has repeatedly attacked, which has suffered losses. There are only 1,000 or 300 mercenaries left, and the arrangement is already difficult.
At this time, Hou Xuan led the direct battalion to guard the north gate, Si Mingxin led the second battalion to guard the east wall, and Lu Jing's third battalion kept a close eye on the Song army's cavalry on the west side.
The reserve teams that could be mobilized were Cui Mao, Wang Tao and the sixth battalion, which was originally Xiao Yaoyi, and all the mercenaries were coming to the city, leaving only 1,000 civilians to mobilize at any time.
The fierce siege of Jiangzhou began at this moment.The Song army mobilized all the divine arm archers and lined up a sniper line outside the south gate, specifically shooting and killing the defenders on the six fortresses and the city walls.
The unique string sound of the divine arm bow does not keep vibrating in the air, and almost as soon as someone shows up, he will face dozens of powerful arrows shooting.
The divine arm bow with a range of more than three hundred steps easily suppressed the enemy's harassment, and a large number of sharp-ridged sedans gathered.
Come, it seems like moving small houses are spreading across the plain, getting closer and closer to the Jiangzhou city wall; behind them are countless Song soldiers pushing the ladder.
Jiangzhou City was tense and noisy at the beginning, but it became quiet at this time.
In order to avoid the threat of the Divine Arm Bow, there was no fire raised in the city, and everyone was invisible in the darkness.
Under the desolate silver light of the waning moon, the hanging buildings made of cement are like huge beehives, casting dark shadows on the city walls, echoing the six fortresses outside the city.
On the contrary, the Song army had no intention of hiding its action, and its momentum was fully opened. A series of torches extended more than ten miles away, as if two rolling fire dragons were constantly coming from the Jinming and Dingchuan villages.
Although Cheng Zongyang participated in several battles of 10,000 people, the Xingyue Lake camp made a decision and divided and annihilated the Song army. In short, except for the time when Sanchuankou fought with Liu Ping, only in the battle of Haoshuichuan, the temporary command of the grain supervisor Geng Fu made himself truly see the battle formation of the Song army.
However, at this moment, there was a giant siege formation of 100,000 people in front of him, which opened Cheng Zongyang's eyes.
There were many battle flags on the field, and countless soldiers formed an orderly combat formation to approach Jiangzhou, with hundreds of sedans and cars at the forefront.
Compared with the last tentative attack, the Song army used a larger scale and a stronger body, with a length of more than 15 feet and a narrower width of four feet, and can only accommodate one person in front of the city wall with all his strength.
The ridges on the roof are towering and can withstand stronger impact. The wheels are all changed to built-in to avoid losing their ability to move by being hit by the enemy like the last time.
The body of the car is covered with cowhide, and thick mud is still applied to the outside to prevent fire.
Further down there are nearly a hundred ladders.
The Song army's siege ladders were not simple ladders. They were similar to the chariots, with carriages and wooden wheels, and were pushed forward by soldiers.
The craftsmen of the Song army made a bottom chassis with thick tree trunks. After calculation, the folding ladder body was exactly four meters long, which was able to climb to the top of Jiangzhou.
The top of the ladder is equipped with an iron hook to fasten the city wall.
Next to the ladder are ten huge nest cars, which are even higher than the Jiangzhou city walls, and the huge body requires hundreds of people to push.
These nest cars that were originally used to see the distance have also been modified into offensive weapons. The top is not ordinary hanging blue, but leather boxes wrapped in layers of cowhide.
Inside are the sharpshooters selected by the Song army, all equipped with divine arm bows and attacking the city walls from a high place.
With the nest car as the center, thousands of infantry formed a strong formation and slowly drove towards the battlefield.They were well-clad and majestic, each wearing swords, guns, bows and shields, showing the elite of the Song Dynasty's imperial guards.
Behind the array are the divine armed archers of five battalions, and between each formation, there are cavalry from the Japanese army roaming across, connecting the entire siege team into a complete giant battle formation.
Cheng Zongyang handed the brass telescope to Meng Feiqing.
There were four armies in the front, and there were troops behind them.However, the few soldiers behind them did not carry weapons, and they all pushed the cart with empty hands, not knowing what the hell was.
Meng Feiqing said: What do you think the Song army will fight?
Cars attract firepower.To attack the car, you must fight the Song army's divine arm bow.If you don't attack, the carriage will start digging the city when it approaches the city wall.Oh, and there are two other rushers to attack the city gate.Hehe, I said I didn’t see it just now. They didn’t dare to pass through the middle of the fortress by taking such a big bend.
besides?
The real main force should be the nest car and the cloud ladder.Use a nest cart to suppress the defenders on the city wall and climb with a ladder.
If you do it, there are a hundred ladders alone, which is too many, right?
The entire Jiangzhou city is rectangular, slightly longer from north to south, with two thousand steps, totaling three thousand feet; the east and west are 1,700 steps, totaling two thousand five hundred feet, totaling five miles in length.
Although Xingyue Lake has two battalions in the south of the city, it still has to defend the six fortresses outside the city. There are only four companies on the city wall. Each squad has to defend a length of 60 feet, which is 40 steps in total. The military length of Xingyue Lake camp is still in steps. It seems that no matter how powerful the Yueniao people are, it is difficult to change the traditional weights and measures with one person's strength.
The command system of Xingyue Lake Camp's defense is still the company, platoon and squad system, each squad defends forty steps and each squad defends forty steps.
The hanging buildings in the south of the city are also one per 120 steps, with a total of twelve buildings. They are not only the front line of defense, but also the platoon-level command center.
After the Song army suffered a crushing defeat in the Dingchuan Village defenders, they attacked the city overnight only one day, and the lost troops of Xingyue Lake Camp were not enough to replenish them.
Although they were invested in two battalions, less than 70% of the soldiers actually came from Xingyue Lake Camp.
Cheng Zongyang estimated that each squad had about seven veterans and the same number of mercenaries, and there were twenty civilians who had received simple military training, who could almost hold hands and stand the city walls.
Such a defensive density is definitely not high, but it is already the limit of Xingyue Lake Camp's long-term defense.
If one hundred ladders are against the city wall at the same time, one will be handled by every four Xingyue Lake soldiers, three mercenaries and ten civilians.
And they also face the threat of the sharpshooter camp under the city and the nest carriage going up the tower, and the pressure is very high.
If North Gate and East City had the same number of siege teams, it would be very difficult to endure this night.
The first few carriages had already crossed the fortress without any obstacles under the cover of the God Arm Bow.The sergeant in the car shouted horns and pushed the ridge-blocking wooden car hard, approaching the city wall little by little.
The Jiangzhou city walls were silent under the night, without fire, and there was no sign of people. The Song army siege almost had the illusion of facing an empty city.
The third battalion of the first army on the right wing of the Japanese army!
A Song army commander shouted: Siege the city!
The car accelerated suddenly, and the surrounding soldiers pushed the vehicle desperately, crossing the last few dozen steps of the deadly shooting area and rushing towards the Jiangzhou city wall.
Suddenly there was a sharp sound on the city, and the city wall seemed to be about a foot tall out of thin air. Then countless giant trees fell from the sky and smashed towards the cart below.
Song Jun in the car could only hear the heavy wind coming from above his head, and then the vehicle suddenly vibrated.
A series of woods about a meter long and more than a few feet in diameter were thrown from the city wall, and were inlaid with iron spikes about a foot long like maces, almost hooking the wooden car body as soon as it touched the roller.
Some of the huge impact force lifted the light car to one side, while others lifted the sharp ridge of the roof, and then countless huge rocks flew down like raindrops, completely smashing the cars that had lost their protective power.
Screams and pain sounded one after another, stone and wood chips flew, and blood was flowing in the soil like a snake.
Finally, several carts resisted the attack of the rolling stone wood and pressed against the city wall. The Song army in the car pushed open the front guard and waved the pickaxe to start chiseling.
The Jiangzhou city wall only uses cement on the top of the city wall, and the bottom is still the traditional construction method of internal rammed earth and external brick laying.
A large Song army man used a hoe tip to drill the cracks into the bricks. After the three sides were loosened, he hooked the tip of the hoe into the cracks and dug them hard, taking out a piece of bricks, leaving a gap on the surface of the city wall.
He dropped his hoe and gasped, and his companion behind him immediately rushed over, picked up his pickaxe and quickly dug the surrounding bricks, expanding the gap.
A sharp whistling sound came from above, followed by a loud bang, and the car body that could not even shake the rock suddenly shattered.
A companion behind the man was crushed by a huge object before he could call, and blood splattered all over the carriage.
There was a sound at the top of the city, and a stone ball covered with flesh and blood was rising up. The stone ball was half a human size and was inlaid with sharp thorns about a foot long; the iron chain at the top of the stone ball was four meters long and extended to the entrance of the hole below the hanging building.
More than a dozen hanging buildings swung huge stone balls one by one, smashing the nearby cars one by one.Several surviving Song soldiers tried to attack the Shanglou, but were shot dead by arrows flying out of the cave entrance.
At the same time, the ladder to attack the city also drove to the bottom of the city.
Several strong men stepped forward, swung hammers and nailed the wooden wedges to fix the staircase.
Then the folded ladder body rose one by one, and more than ten Song soldiers were wearing strong armor, curled up at the top of the ladder, gradually approaching the city.
At this moment, arrows flew out from the hanging towers on both sides at the same time, and accurately hit the target even at night, shooting the Song army that could not move on the ladder one by one.
The Song army braved the rain-like flying stones and sharp arrows, and waves rushed towards the Jiangzhou city walls, and ladders rose one after another, consuming the attacks of the defenders with the number.
The huge nest car stopped less than fifty steps away from the city wall. The archer hidden in the leather wing raised his divine arm bow and tried to suppress the enemy who was hanging the building, but found that the enemy used stone to block the perforation hole on the front and attacked the Song army in Pancheng from both sides against the direction of the city wall.
As the Song army approached the city wall, the divine arm bow protected from behind stopped shooting.
At the order of Du Yuansheng, who was transferred to the first battalion for reinforcements, the mercenaries from Qingzhou and the civilians raised their guns on the top of the city, firmly resisting a ladder that had just been mounted on the city wall.
Then a Xingyue Lake soldier stood up and roared out with a big axe. He ignored the Song army on the ladder, but split several horizontal trees at the top of the ladder.
Several Song soldiers had unstable footholds and fell from the ladder. The ladder that had been split at the top was immediately scrapped.
A battalion commander drew his sword and shouted: Avenge General Liu!Promote the Japanese brothers!There will be death and no retreat in this battle!
kill!
kill!kill!
Another commander in the distance shouted: Climb the city to destroy the thieves!Fight here!kill!
kill!kill!kill!
Further afield, the commander of the Song army wearing heavy helmets kept ordering, and the roars of the Song army were connected, and ladders rose one after another.
The Xingyue Lake Camp had fought with three Song troops one after another, but Shi Yuansun's right wing of the Japanese army was a new force. He was trapped under the city for more than a month. Seeing his comrades failing one after another, these Song troops were already full of anger.
The siege broke out at the same time on both wings, and the remaining light chariots in charge were still digging the city walls. The ladders like forests rose one after another. The Song army was like countless ants, bravely climbing towards the city.
The Xingyue Lake soldiers guarding the city and the mercenaries from various regiments were not to be outdone, and the two sides fought desperately at the top of the city.
A cloud ladder with a chassis shape on the top rises above the city wall, and the thick carriage resists the bows and arrows of the hanging buildings on both sides.
The Song army in the wing was divided into two rows, with one row in front being protected by heavy shields, while the soldiers behind raised a spear over two meters long to attack the opponent at the city wall.
The Xingyue Lake soldiers guarding the city rushed towards the Song army first, and the mercenaries and civilians also followed.
Cheng Zongyang's blood was boiling, and the two swords hanging on his waist seemed to be chirping in the sheath, but there was no Song army within dozens of steps beside him.In general, the focus of the battle is undoubtedly near the city gate.
Compared with the city wall, the structure of the city gate is weaker, and there are also door holes and dead corners to avoid attacks on the city.
But the Song army rushed to climb the city wall and avoided the city gate and the six fortresses in front of the city far away.
While Cheng Zongyang was confused, a huge roar suddenly came from the night sky.Dozens of fireballs flew out from behind the Song army's positions, drew an arc that spanned nearly four hundred steps in the sky, and flew towards the city tower of Jiangzhou.
Tapping machine!
Cheng Zongyang's heart sank.
When he saw those roller chariots, ladders and nest chariots just now, he had some doubts that most of the siege equipment were consumable items, either being smashed and burned by the enemy, or throwing them away after capturing the city. Basically, as long as it is strong and able to move, it is good.
But this batch of wooden equipment is much more exquisite, with a tight structure and well-made, and those wooden wheels alone are not something that ordinary sergeants can do.
Judging from time calculations, it is impossible for the craftsman camp mentioned by Qin Hui to arrive in Jinming Village from Yunzhou, and he has time to make so many siege equipment and trench machines.
Then there is only one explanation: Xia Yonghe recruited craftsmen not just the ones seen in Yunzhou - the Song army was mobilizing personnel from all over the country, determined to capture Jiangzhou!
The first round of throwing of the catapult was just to correct the landing point. Half of the fireballs fell down without flying to the city wall, and some passed through the city wall and flew into the city.
The streets of the city had already been equipped with large tanks filled with water. The villagers carried buckets and basins, and put out the fireballs full of flammable materials before the fire spread.
Only one fireball flew toward the city tower accurately, and the dazzling flames seemed to tear apart the sky, leaving a fiery red scar in the night sky.
There is only one word to deal with this devastating weapon: hide.As for what to smash depends on God’s mood.But that's not what some people think.
Just as Wu Zhanwei and Ao Run's faces changed color and Cheng Zongyang was about to dodge, Meng Feiqing stretched out his arm and grabbed the gun at the top of the city.
The gun grab is a special firearm for defending the city. The gun tip is two feet long, with sharp barbs on both sides of the blade, and the gun handle is two feet and five feet long.
Because this weapon is too heavy, it is usually placed on the city wall, and a few people work together to attack the enemy troops climbing the city.Meng Feiqing raised his gun and stabbed the fireball in the air.
With a loud bang, the splashing flame burst out about a meter. The huge rock wrapped in the middle of the burning object was shattered by the gun tip full of true energy. It was only about a foot away. It did not fly to the top of the city, but fell against the city wall.
There was a thunderous joy in the city, and in the splashing flames, Meng Feiqing stood with a gun, like a god of war.
Wu Zhanwei exhaled and then raised his thumbs up.Good man!I, Wu Dadao, was convinced!
Cheng Zongyang whispered: I've been convinced long ago.Our boss Meng is the most powerful in the world.I feel like a strong man, even if I marry a woman...
Meng Feiqing glared at him, then turned his head to look at the city, and said in a long voice: Xia Yonghe!You have 100,000 powerful soldiers under your command, but the people of Ginseng dare to fight me, Meng Feiqing!
The thunderous roar spread from afar, and the tens of thousands of soldiers under the city were all stagnant.
Meng Feiqing smashed the fireball thrown by the catapult with a gun, and then openly sought a fight, and the sound shook the four fields. The momentum of the defending city was greatly boosted. However, a wave of the Song army array siege was heard. Many people looked up at the city, wanting to see with their own eyes what Meng Feiqing, the head of the eight horses of Xingyue Lake, looked like.
Dozens of Song generals gathered on a gentle slope two miles away from Jiangzhou.
This distance is so far that it is impossible to see the war in the city, but some generals Ruirui are still uneasy because this distance is still within the range of the Baniu Crossbow.
No one dares to decide whether there is an Eight-Nuo Crossbow in Jiangzhou, but no one is willing to take this risk. After all, they are the most powerful to the Eight-Nuo Crossbow.
Many people have heard of Tie Li Meng Feiqing's reputation. At this time, they witnessed the bravery of the bandit mourning themselves, and the faces of the generals were a little ugly.
Xia Yong and his eyes like night owl swept across the crowd and shook the horse whip.
I'm old and can't scream.Beat the drum.
The coach did not make a point to come out, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Xian could see clearly from the side and sighed in his heart: If Wang Gui and other generals under Ren Fu Demon are still there, they will still have a fight with the bandits.
But Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuan Village were defeated three times in succession, and all the good generals died. They could only pretend to be deaf and dumb when they called out to the bandits.
The figure in front of him coughed gently, and Li Xian quickly bowed down and whispered: What is the order of Mr. Qin?
Qin Han was still dressed in a gorgeous dress, and the sable jade shattered by Meng Feiqing changed into a new one.
Instead of riding on the horse like the generals, he used a chair and leaned on it with a pale face.
If it weren't for his background, no one would have seen that this inconspicuous eunuch was the most mournful general in the Song Dynasty's military achievements.
You can't lose your morale.
Qin Han pointed to a personal soldier casually and said lightly: If you don’t seek, you will win, and you will show your might.
Without saying a word, the school turned over and rushed towards Jiangzhou City.
Xia Yonghe stroked his beard and nodded and said: What a handsome young man!
Qin Han was so arrogant that all the generals were worried.At this moment when the coach spoke, the generals said unevenly: Coach Qin is brave!
The strong general has no weak soldiers, haha...
Qin Han coughed twice, and a hoarse sound came from his chest.Li Xian's eyes fell on the back of the big mink, and he couldn't help but reveal a hint of awe.
Although he was a celebrity in the palace and was a hundred times more popular than the unlucky eunuch who was not loved by his grandmother and his uncle, he was not dissatisfied at all when he stood behind Qin Han.
He knew that Qin Han had never complained for many years in wars, but after more than a hundred battles, he was injured dozens of people on his body, and he relied on his martial arts to forcibly suppress his injuries.What if he falls one day...
Li Xian whispered: Does Qin Shuai want to use some tea?
Qin Han waved his hand, no need.
Li Xian stopped talking and gently pulled up the brocade curtain to protect him from the wind and cold.
The continuous drum sounds rolled, making blood accelerated, and the fighting spirit of the Song army became even higher and higher.
The bandits on the fortress were suppressed by the Divine Arm Bow and did not move.
Accompanied by the intense sound of war drums, the Song army's offensive became more and more fierce.
The six fortresses arranged in a shaped shape outside the city were never moved, and the Song army also deliberately avoided these cement fortresses that were hanging alone outside the city and were very difficult to deal with and handed them over to the trenchers behind.
The war spread rapidly along the city walls, and the calibrated catapult landing points became more and more accurate.The huge rock weighing hundreds of kilograms flew towards the Jiangzhou city wall with a fire, making a huge roar, and the fire was splashing everywhere.
Cheng Zongyang was originally a little worried, but the cement-reinforced city tower was completely unmoved by the heavy blow of the catapult, showing that it was far beyond the solidity of the masonry structure.
The six fortresses in front of the city are even more solid, and they are still indestructible if the huge rocks hit hard.
With a loud bang, a ball of fire fell on the city wall in front of Cheng Zongyang and then bounced away.
The burning material baled with oil cloth and straw burst into pieces, burning for a moment on the cold cement surface for a while, turning into ashes.
Cheng Zongyang covered his mouth and nose, avoiding the thick smoke from the burning substance.
Ao Run reached out to touch the city wall without waiting for the surface to get cold, and shouted strangely: What is this?It looks like it is smeared, but it is stronger than a stone!
It's old-fashioned!
Wu Zhanwei said in an expert way: This is called cement!I have seen this thing so strong that it can't even be smashed with a hammer!Our Cheng Touer used this thing to build a building in Jiankang, without any wood inside and outside!
True or fake?
Ao Run touched the cement city and said: Lao Cheng, did you make this thing?Really can't be smashed?
Don’t listen to Wu Dadao’s blowing so amazing.
Cheng Zongyang said: If you really want to smash it, you can smash it open, but it only takes some effort.One of the catapults had a weak force, and the other was not accurate. It was almost the same if they had to hit a city wall more than a dozen times.Besides, these stones are not hard enough, and it is even more useless to cladding things and smash them on them.
Ao Run exclaimed a few times: Where did this thing come from?Why haven't I heard of it?
Want to know?Come to me.
Cheng Zongyang took the opportunity to poach and said with a smile: How about you double your salary?
That won't work.
Ao Run shook his head, there are so many brothers in our Snow Falcon Group.Leader Shi is gone, so I, Lao Ao, have to bring my brothers back alive.
The moment the fireball hit the city wall, Qin Han sat upright, and a trace of shocked eyes flashed through his introverted tiger eyes.
Summer and gray beards shake slightly in the cold wind, and after a long time, two words were spit out: Strong city!
Qin Han raised his fingers, and a huge figure in the shadow behind him took a step forward. The strong aura of beast made the generals around him hold their breath.
Qin Han actually used the beast barbarian as his personal guard. The generals admired him and were also a little gloating.
No wonder the Selected Front Camp can only be a border army; if it is replaced by an imperial guard, how can these beasts guard the capital be?
However, when the big sable took action, everyone couldn't help but look forward to it.
It is appropriate to deal with the bandits in Xingyue Lake.
Qin Han just moved his finger and ordered: Come and bring a chair.
The beast warrior picked up a seat and placed it beside the coach.
Qin Han clicked a chair and sat down.
Xia Yonghe was not polite either. She stepped on the back of a soldier and rolled over and dismounted, sat in a chair, then took off her helmet and put it aside, and said tiredly: It's good to take a break.This battle has to be fought.
As a military supervisor, Li Xian also had seats in front of Xia Yonghe, but it was difficult to sit on an equal footing with Qin Han. He said in the back: Unexpectedly, Jiangzhou City is so strong that it still remained unmoved under the heavy blow of the huge rock.
The coach sat down, and the generals were not able to ride on the horse. They were one head taller than the coach and stood on the side.Shi Yuansun said: When the stone cannon was hit, it didn’t even collapse. How did Jiangzhou City be built?
Li Xian turned around and said: Zhang Kang, do you know?
Zhang Kang was just a low-level military officer who was the last class, and his personal soldiers were also higher than his position, and he had not spoken behind him.
Hearing Li Xian asked, he bowed and said, "I heard that Jiangzhou cement is used."
cement?What?
I don't know the details of the last job.
The generals whispered, and the buzzed and buzzed. No one knew what Jiangzhou cement was.But everyone saw the strength of Jiangzhou city walls with their own eyes.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Kang broke out another sentence: I heard that the ten fortresses outside Jiangzhou City were all made of Jiangzhou cement and were all built in half a month.
Everyone was in a big uproar.
These ten big-headed fortresses outside Jiangzhou City gave all the generals a headache; those fortresses were about meter higher than the city wall, and the coverage was more than 400 steps, accounting for almost one-quarter of the entire city wall, and the quality was also presented.
The shape of the characters protrudes forward for more than a hundred steps.
It is impossible to conquer or trap, just like a nail stuck in the throat of a siege. It makes people helpless. I didn't expect it to be made in half a month.
If the bandits in the city were not inadequate enough troops and had built more than a hundred fortresses around Jiangzhou City, I was afraid that everyone would not even be able to touch the city wall.
The fireball thrown by the trencher suddenly stopped, and a white horse was seen galloping through the continuous battle formation like a meteor.
There was no moat in Jiangzhou. The school let go of its mount and rushed to the city at full speed and said loudly: Bingyilang, Selected Front Camp!Zong Ze!Come and ask for advice!
The Song army was in a state of chaos.The military officers of the State of Song Dynasty were divided into 52 levels. Li Xian's Jingfu Palace envoy was a senior military officer of the fifth level, while Bingyilang was only the seventh last among the fifty-two levels, and he was an absolute minor official.
Everyone in the city had a cold expression. The Song army sent this little pawn to know that he would lose. If a little pawn was defeated, he would be defeated. If he could last for a few rounds under Meng Feiqing, he would be proud enough.
Ao Run shouted: Is a small man worthy of calling out to our Captain Meng?Let’s talk about it first after passing the level of Ao Run of my Snow Falcon Mercenary Group!
Wu Zhanwei didn’t have that much thought: Is it necessary to kill you, Shuai?Try my big knife first!
Cheng Zongyang snatched the telescope and rushed towards the city like a fire.Dry!So young!
This Zong Ze looks only about twenty years old. Judging from his age, the real Yue Pengju has not been born yet.
Zong Zece rode towards the city wall, and was a few steps away from the city wall. Suddenly, a ripped horse head and then jumped up.
The war horse in the air saddle galloped against the city wall. At the same time, Zong Ze lifted his foot and kicked up on the city, and then waved his spear, and the tip of the gun was a little on the city, and he jumped up two feet again.
In order to avoid shooting dead corners below, the city walls usually do not go straight up and down, but are sluggishly steeply downwards.
Although Zong Ze used the inclined surface of the wall, his extraordinary skills still won applause.
Meng Feiqing made way out of an open space about a foot, and then held the Tianlong Bald Salute with his back hand.When Cheng Zongyang saw the hunt, he was happy and shouted with his eyes lit up: Boss Meng!I'll do this game!
Finally meeting a historical celebrity he had heard of, Cheng Zongyang felt like God was opening his eyes.
It is a great temptation to be able to fight Zong Ze personally, or even defeat the last famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Going further, if you can capture Zong Ze and take it to your own use, your direct camp will have a pillar of talent.
So Zong Ze jumped to the top of the city and saw not Meng Feiqing, but a smiling young man.
I have heard of the famous name for a long time, and it is well-known for my ears, hahahahaha...
The young man was like a fox who was stealing chickens, smiling from ear to ear. General Zong, I'll make a bet with you. If you lose, you'll be my subordinate. What's going on?
Zong Ze frowned: Madman?
Cheng Zongyang tried hard to put away his smile and said with a stern face: Be kind to the future lord!
What a lunatic.Zong Ze didn't say nonsense. He thrust his spear and fired a thousand miles away. The spear was like a fire attacking Cheng Zongyang's face, preparing to force the madman to get rid of the madman first and then fight with the thief behind him.
The madman opened his arms, and suddenly a pair of steel knives appeared in his hand. His crazy look just now disappeared in an instant. He was like a tiger with his iron wings suddenly spread out, pounced on Zong Ze's gun.
Zong Ze's gun was full of indomitable momentum, but he was intercepted by the young man's steel knife in the middle of the gun.Zong Ze's arms shook, and the gun's sharp edge was as iron stone as the foundation.
The man's two swords attacked one after another, hitting the spear with one knife, then twisted over his waist, attacked the other sideways, and slashed at the spear with the back of the knife.
When Zong Ze saw this man crazy and speechless, he looked unpredictable, but his sword technique was fierce and sharp.
The remaining strength of the front knife has not faded, and the back knife has arrived again. If it is hit by the back of the knife, I am afraid that the spear will be lost after a few moves.
Zong Ze elbowed and turned sideways, suddenly flipped out the tail of the gun, and took a step back.Although I resolved my opponent's moves, my own offensive was forced back.
Cheng Zongyang felt great peace.Although Zong Ze is a famous general in the future, he is still a young young man who is a fledgling young man. Although his shooting skills are good, his cultivation is much worse than himself.
Cheng Zongyang cheered up his spirits, and with one hand, the Five Tigers Broken Door Knife, was like a fierce tiger coming out of the mountain, making it full.Zong Ze's spear lost the opportunity and was forced to fall short of a few moves, and the gun ring became smaller and smaller.
Cheng Zongyang's two swords attacked violently but did not kill him. He was thinking about how to knock his spear and get this newly emerging potential stock into his hands.
Zong Ze became more and more shocked the more he fought.The man's swordsmanship was fierce, but his eyes looked at him one by one and the next. His eyes were full of greed and his face had a strange smile. He just didn't carve the words "You are the dish on my plate" on his forehead. That perverted desire was enough to make any man creepy.
Zong Ze's gun technique suddenly changed, he let go of the defensive momentum, and used all his attacks, regardless of life and death.He made up his mind that even if he was burned, he would not be captured alive by this madman.
I have used this kind of fighting method of dying together several times, but it is the first time I was using it by others. Cheng Zongyang was forced to get busy and took a few steps in a row to stabilize his position.
Wu Zhanwei and Ao Run both held the hilt tightly, and when they saw that the signs were wrong, they were ready to take action.Meng Feiqing let go of the Tianlong Bald Spear, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and looked calm.
His eyesight is only one step ahead of Wu Zhanwei and Ao Run. This young player still couldn't do anything to Cheng Zongyang with his life-threatening tricks, and there is no doubt about the outcome.
Surprisingly, in just two months, this kid's cultivation has improved greatly.It seems that he is just lazy on the outside and has worked hard behind his back.
Sure enough, Zong Ze's strong attack was broken one by one by Cheng Zongyang, and the power of the two swords became more and more powerful.In the blink of an eye, Zong Ze was forced to the city wall.
Cheng Zongyang's two swords sprinkled heavily on the knife net to trap the spear. After a moment, his body suddenly flashed and grabbed Zong Ze's side. He opened his spear with one sword, and followed the handle of the knife back and knocked towards his chest.
Zong Ze has already retreated without any further.
Cheng Zongyang cut into the gun net with one sword, forcing Zong Ze's spear to the periphery, and the knife hilt could seal his acupoints as soon as it fell.
I tried my best to wait for this opportunity and couldn't help but feel happy.
The hilt of the knife fell, and Zongze was in the chest.
Zong Ze hit the city wall, his throat sweetened and he almost vomited blood.
He gritted his teeth and swallowed the blood, and the man laughed vigorously and said: Zong Ze!I don’t want to shout "cross the river" in the future and follow me if I die!There will naturally be your benefits in the future!Hahaha……
Cheng Zongyang's laughter was not over, and he saw the boy leaning down and falling from the city wall more than four feet high.
Dry!
Cheng Zongyang cursed.As soon as other people's domineering aura came out, I rushed to accept it; how could I, this kid?
But I don’t want to commit suicide into my own hands - am I that bad?
Cheng Zongyang stretched out of the city wall, reached out to grab Zong Ze's spear, and suddenly his body suddenly raised and flipped backward.
A piece of white light flew up close to Cheng Zongyang's mouth and nose, but it was a giant axe as big as a millstone.If Meng Feiqing had not trained him in Qingzhou, this axe would have been enough to split his head in half.
While Zong Ze fell, a beast claw grabbed his leather armor and disappeared, and threw it under the city with his shaking hands.Although Zong Ze fell strong, his life was worry-free.
Then a huge head rose from under the city wall, its nostrils shone slightly, its snout protruded, and a pair of inhuman giant eyes shone everywhere. Its face was covered with leopard prints on its fur like a beast, and one ear was hung with copper rings as thick as fingers.
It opened its mouth wide, leaped to the top of the city with howling, and its feet with sharp claws fell heavily, leaving a few claw marks on the cement, but it was a beast-barbarian warrior.
The beast warrior was two heads taller than Cheng Zongyang. His thick torso was wrapped in thick leather armor, and a bronze heart protection mirror the size of a washbasin was embedded in the middle. His body was covered with beast-like manes, with only leopard-like markings on his head and face, like a standing beast walking.
Wu Zhanwei shouted loudly and attacked the right arm of the beast barbarian warrior.His big sword was re-hit in Jiankang, thicker and heavier than before, but the beast warrior swung the big axe and shocked Wu Zhanwei two steps back with one axe.
Ao Run flipped his wrist and took off the iron bow, and the sharp arrow broke out.The beast barbarian warrior roared and a long arrow shot its shoulder armor, but it did not penetrate the leather.
All retreat!
Cheng Zongyang wanted to accept Zong Ze as his younger brother, but after spending half a day, the cooked duck flew under his nose, and he was filled with fire.He held the knife and shouted fiercely: What a big beast!Dare to steal my little brother!
Do you have a name?
A heavy roar came out from the chest of the beast barbarian warrior, and he roared: Leopard head!
In the battle of Dingchuan Village, Ge Huaimin, the commander of the right wing of the Long Guard Army, died in battle, and the Song army suffered heavy damage.According to Cheng Zongyang's estimate, the Song army would only react after two days of reorganization of the attacked remaining soldiers.
Unexpectedly, only one day after another, the Song army was at the city, and even couldn't wait for a night to attack the city.
A soldier from Xingyue Lake swept up the city tower like a meteor, landed five steps away, then took a step forward, raised his hand to salute the military, and said loudly: Report!Two armies appeared at the north gate, with the banners being Zhao Xun and Wang Da, the commander of the right wing of the Dragon Guard Army!Carry a nest car and a siege ladder!
Report!The three armies on the east side were the commanders of the Japanese army's left-wing commanders Cao Cong, Guo Zhigao and Zhang Jie!
Report!A team of Song troops headed towards the west gate, all of which were light cavalry prepared with crossbows and light cavalry, and their banner was Fan Quan, commander of the left wing of the Dragon Guard Army!
Military information continued to come, and with the forces of four Japanese troops on the front, the Song army invested in the first round of attacks, and a total of ten troops and more than 20,000 troops in all four wings.
Meng Feiqing's military uniform was straight, making him look like a god of war.Cheng Zongyang stood beside him, followed by Guo Sheng from the direct camp, Ao Run from the Xuexiao Mercenary Group, and Wu Zhanwei.
Within a quarter of the hour when the Song army siege signal was sent, all the Xingyue Lake soldiers, mercenaries and civilians in the city had been mobilized.
Jiangzhou City is small, and there are only three city gates, including the Water Gate on the west side.
The Song army sent only one army's light cavalry to the West Gate, without preparing boats, and the remnants of the Dragon Guard Left Fang Army under Ren Fu's men, who were the most casualties. They would only attack and try to block the waterway, which could be ignored. The real offensive should be in the other three places.
The main camp of the Song army was in the south of Jiangzhou City, with the south gate being the first to be hit. Its location is the most important and its defense is the most stringent. There are six fortresses alone.
At this time, Meng Feiqing led the direct battalion and personally took charge, with Cheng Zongyang's first battalion as the auxiliary, and there were also 300 mercenaries and 1,000 civilians.
In the initial estimate, the Song army would immediately attack the city when they arrived in Jiangzhou. The plan formulated by Xingyue Lake was to deploy a battalion, five hundred mercenaries and one thousand civilians on each side, and the rest would be rested and on standby.
However, the Song army has been slow to send troops to attack the city, and Xingyue Lake has repeatedly attacked, which has suffered losses. There are only 1,000 or 300 mercenaries left, and the arrangement is already difficult.
At this time, Hou Xuan led the direct battalion to guard the north gate, Si Mingxin led the second battalion to guard the east wall, and Lu Jing's third battalion kept a close eye on the Song army's cavalry on the west side.
The reserve teams that could be mobilized were Cui Mao, Wang Tao and the sixth battalion, which was originally Xiao Yaoyi, and all the mercenaries were coming to the city, leaving only 1,000 civilians to mobilize at any time.
The fierce siege of Jiangzhou began at this moment.The Song army mobilized all the divine arm archers and lined up a sniper line outside the south gate, specifically shooting and killing the defenders on the six fortresses and the city walls.
The unique string sound of the divine arm bow does not keep vibrating in the air, and almost as soon as someone shows up, he will face dozens of powerful arrows shooting.
The divine arm bow with a range of more than three hundred steps easily suppressed the enemy's harassment, and a large number of sharp-ridged sedans gathered.
Come, it seems like moving small houses are spreading across the plain, getting closer and closer to the Jiangzhou city wall; behind them are countless Song soldiers pushing the ladder.
Jiangzhou City was tense and noisy at the beginning, but it became quiet at this time.
In order to avoid the threat of the Divine Arm Bow, there was no fire raised in the city, and everyone was invisible in the darkness.
Under the desolate silver light of the waning moon, the hanging buildings made of cement are like huge beehives, casting dark shadows on the city walls, echoing the six fortresses outside the city.
On the contrary, the Song army had no intention of hiding its action, and its momentum was fully opened. A series of torches extended more than ten miles away, as if two rolling fire dragons were constantly coming from the Jinming and Dingchuan villages.
Although Cheng Zongyang participated in several battles of 10,000 people, the Xingyue Lake camp made a decision and divided and annihilated the Song army. In short, except for the time when Sanchuankou fought with Liu Ping, only in the battle of Haoshuichuan, the temporary command of the grain supervisor Geng Fu made himself truly see the battle formation of the Song army.
However, at this moment, there was a giant siege formation of 100,000 people in front of him, which opened Cheng Zongyang's eyes.
There were many battle flags on the field, and countless soldiers formed an orderly combat formation to approach Jiangzhou, with hundreds of sedans and cars at the forefront.
Compared with the last tentative attack, the Song army used a larger scale and a stronger body, with a length of more than 15 feet and a narrower width of four feet, and can only accommodate one person in front of the city wall with all his strength.
The ridges on the roof are towering and can withstand stronger impact. The wheels are all changed to built-in to avoid losing their ability to move by being hit by the enemy like the last time.
The body of the car is covered with cowhide, and thick mud is still applied to the outside to prevent fire.
Further down there are nearly a hundred ladders.
The Song army's siege ladders were not simple ladders. They were similar to the chariots, with carriages and wooden wheels, and were pushed forward by soldiers.
The craftsmen of the Song army made a bottom chassis with thick tree trunks. After calculation, the folding ladder body was exactly four meters long, which was able to climb to the top of Jiangzhou.
The top of the ladder is equipped with an iron hook to fasten the city wall.
Next to the ladder are ten huge nest cars, which are even higher than the Jiangzhou city walls, and the huge body requires hundreds of people to push.
These nest cars that were originally used to see the distance have also been modified into offensive weapons. The top is not ordinary hanging blue, but leather boxes wrapped in layers of cowhide.
Inside are the sharpshooters selected by the Song army, all equipped with divine arm bows and attacking the city walls from a high place.
With the nest car as the center, thousands of infantry formed a strong formation and slowly drove towards the battlefield.They were well-clad and majestic, each wearing swords, guns, bows and shields, showing the elite of the Song Dynasty's imperial guards.
Behind the array are the divine armed archers of five battalions, and between each formation, there are cavalry from the Japanese army roaming across, connecting the entire siege team into a complete giant battle formation.
Cheng Zongyang handed the brass telescope to Meng Feiqing.
There were four armies in the front, and there were troops behind them.However, the few soldiers behind them did not carry weapons, and they all pushed the cart with empty hands, not knowing what the hell was.
Meng Feiqing said: What do you think the Song army will fight?
Cars attract firepower.To attack the car, you must fight the Song army's divine arm bow.If you don't attack, the carriage will start digging the city when it approaches the city wall.Oh, and there are two other rushers to attack the city gate.Hehe, I said I didn’t see it just now. They didn’t dare to pass through the middle of the fortress by taking such a big bend.
besides?
The real main force should be the nest car and the cloud ladder.Use a nest cart to suppress the defenders on the city wall and climb with a ladder.
If you do it, there are a hundred ladders alone, which is too many, right?
The entire Jiangzhou city is rectangular, slightly longer from north to south, with two thousand steps, totaling three thousand feet; the east and west are 1,700 steps, totaling two thousand five hundred feet, totaling five miles in length.
Although Xingyue Lake has two battalions in the south of the city, it still has to defend the six fortresses outside the city. There are only four companies on the city wall. Each squad has to defend a length of 60 feet, which is 40 steps in total. The military length of Xingyue Lake camp is still in steps. It seems that no matter how powerful the Yueniao people are, it is difficult to change the traditional weights and measures with one person's strength.
The command system of Xingyue Lake Camp's defense is still the company, platoon and squad system, each squad defends forty steps and each squad defends forty steps.
The hanging buildings in the south of the city are also one per 120 steps, with a total of twelve buildings. They are not only the front line of defense, but also the platoon-level command center.
After the Song army suffered a crushing defeat in the Dingchuan Village defenders, they attacked the city overnight only one day, and the lost troops of Xingyue Lake Camp were not enough to replenish them.
Although they were invested in two battalions, less than 70% of the soldiers actually came from Xingyue Lake Camp.
Cheng Zongyang estimated that each squad had about seven veterans and the same number of mercenaries, and there were twenty civilians who had received simple military training, who could almost hold hands and stand the city walls.
Such a defensive density is definitely not high, but it is already the limit of Xingyue Lake Camp's long-term defense.
If one hundred ladders are against the city wall at the same time, one will be handled by every four Xingyue Lake soldiers, three mercenaries and ten civilians.
And they also face the threat of the sharpshooter camp under the city and the nest carriage going up the tower, and the pressure is very high.
If North Gate and East City had the same number of siege teams, it would be very difficult to endure this night.
The first few carriages had already crossed the fortress without any obstacles under the cover of the God Arm Bow.The sergeant in the car shouted horns and pushed the ridge-blocking wooden car hard, approaching the city wall little by little.
The Jiangzhou city walls were silent under the night, without fire, and there was no sign of people. The Song army siege almost had the illusion of facing an empty city.
The third battalion of the first army on the right wing of the Japanese army!
A Song army commander shouted: Siege the city!
The car accelerated suddenly, and the surrounding soldiers pushed the vehicle desperately, crossing the last few dozen steps of the deadly shooting area and rushing towards the Jiangzhou city wall.
Suddenly there was a sharp sound on the city, and the city wall seemed to be about a foot tall out of thin air. Then countless giant trees fell from the sky and smashed towards the cart below.
Song Jun in the car could only hear the heavy wind coming from above his head, and then the vehicle suddenly vibrated.
A series of woods about a meter long and more than a few feet in diameter were thrown from the city wall, and were inlaid with iron spikes about a foot long like maces, almost hooking the wooden car body as soon as it touched the roller.
Some of the huge impact force lifted the light car to one side, while others lifted the sharp ridge of the roof, and then countless huge rocks flew down like raindrops, completely smashing the cars that had lost their protective power.
Screams and pain sounded one after another, stone and wood chips flew, and blood was flowing in the soil like a snake.
Finally, several carts resisted the attack of the rolling stone wood and pressed against the city wall. The Song army in the car pushed open the front guard and waved the pickaxe to start chiseling.
The Jiangzhou city wall only uses cement on the top of the city wall, and the bottom is still the traditional construction method of internal rammed earth and external brick laying.
A large Song army man used a hoe tip to drill the cracks into the bricks. After the three sides were loosened, he hooked the tip of the hoe into the cracks and dug them hard, taking out a piece of bricks, leaving a gap on the surface of the city wall.
He dropped his hoe and gasped, and his companion behind him immediately rushed over, picked up his pickaxe and quickly dug the surrounding bricks, expanding the gap.
A sharp whistling sound came from above, followed by a loud bang, and the car body that could not even shake the rock suddenly shattered.
A companion behind the man was crushed by a huge object before he could call, and blood splattered all over the carriage.
There was a sound at the top of the city, and a stone ball covered with flesh and blood was rising up. The stone ball was half a human size and was inlaid with sharp thorns about a foot long; the iron chain at the top of the stone ball was four meters long and extended to the entrance of the hole below the hanging building.
More than a dozen hanging buildings swung huge stone balls one by one, smashing the nearby cars one by one.Several surviving Song soldiers tried to attack the Shanglou, but were shot dead by arrows flying out of the cave entrance.
At the same time, the ladder to attack the city also drove to the bottom of the city.
Several strong men stepped forward, swung hammers and nailed the wooden wedges to fix the staircase.
Then the folded ladder body rose one by one, and more than ten Song soldiers were wearing strong armor, curled up at the top of the ladder, gradually approaching the city.
At this moment, arrows flew out from the hanging towers on both sides at the same time, and accurately hit the target even at night, shooting the Song army that could not move on the ladder one by one.
The Song army braved the rain-like flying stones and sharp arrows, and waves rushed towards the Jiangzhou city walls, and ladders rose one after another, consuming the attacks of the defenders with the number.
The huge nest car stopped less than fifty steps away from the city wall. The archer hidden in the leather wing raised his divine arm bow and tried to suppress the enemy who was hanging the building, but found that the enemy used stone to block the perforation hole on the front and attacked the Song army in Pancheng from both sides against the direction of the city wall.
As the Song army approached the city wall, the divine arm bow protected from behind stopped shooting.
At the order of Du Yuansheng, who was transferred to the first battalion for reinforcements, the mercenaries from Qingzhou and the civilians raised their guns on the top of the city, firmly resisting a ladder that had just been mounted on the city wall.
Then a Xingyue Lake soldier stood up and roared out with a big axe. He ignored the Song army on the ladder, but split several horizontal trees at the top of the ladder.
Several Song soldiers had unstable footholds and fell from the ladder. The ladder that had been split at the top was immediately scrapped.
A battalion commander drew his sword and shouted: Avenge General Liu!Promote the Japanese brothers!There will be death and no retreat in this battle!
kill!
kill!kill!
Another commander in the distance shouted: Climb the city to destroy the thieves!Fight here!kill!
kill!kill!kill!
Further afield, the commander of the Song army wearing heavy helmets kept ordering, and the roars of the Song army were connected, and ladders rose one after another.
The Xingyue Lake Camp had fought with three Song troops one after another, but Shi Yuansun's right wing of the Japanese army was a new force. He was trapped under the city for more than a month. Seeing his comrades failing one after another, these Song troops were already full of anger.
The siege broke out at the same time on both wings, and the remaining light chariots in charge were still digging the city walls. The ladders like forests rose one after another. The Song army was like countless ants, bravely climbing towards the city.
The Xingyue Lake soldiers guarding the city and the mercenaries from various regiments were not to be outdone, and the two sides fought desperately at the top of the city.
A cloud ladder with a chassis shape on the top rises above the city wall, and the thick carriage resists the bows and arrows of the hanging buildings on both sides.
The Song army in the wing was divided into two rows, with one row in front being protected by heavy shields, while the soldiers behind raised a spear over two meters long to attack the opponent at the city wall.
The Xingyue Lake soldiers guarding the city rushed towards the Song army first, and the mercenaries and civilians also followed.
Cheng Zongyang's blood was boiling, and the two swords hanging on his waist seemed to be chirping in the sheath, but there was no Song army within dozens of steps beside him.In general, the focus of the battle is undoubtedly near the city gate.
Compared with the city wall, the structure of the city gate is weaker, and there are also door holes and dead corners to avoid attacks on the city.
But the Song army rushed to climb the city wall and avoided the city gate and the six fortresses in front of the city far away.
While Cheng Zongyang was confused, a huge roar suddenly came from the night sky.Dozens of fireballs flew out from behind the Song army's positions, drew an arc that spanned nearly four hundred steps in the sky, and flew towards the city tower of Jiangzhou.
Tapping machine!
Cheng Zongyang's heart sank.
When he saw those roller chariots, ladders and nest chariots just now, he had some doubts that most of the siege equipment were consumable items, either being smashed and burned by the enemy, or throwing them away after capturing the city. Basically, as long as it is strong and able to move, it is good.
But this batch of wooden equipment is much more exquisite, with a tight structure and well-made, and those wooden wheels alone are not something that ordinary sergeants can do.
Judging from time calculations, it is impossible for the craftsman camp mentioned by Qin Hui to arrive in Jinming Village from Yunzhou, and he has time to make so many siege equipment and trench machines.
Then there is only one explanation: Xia Yonghe recruited craftsmen not just the ones seen in Yunzhou - the Song army was mobilizing personnel from all over the country, determined to capture Jiangzhou!
The first round of throwing of the catapult was just to correct the landing point. Half of the fireballs fell down without flying to the city wall, and some passed through the city wall and flew into the city.
The streets of the city had already been equipped with large tanks filled with water. The villagers carried buckets and basins, and put out the fireballs full of flammable materials before the fire spread.
Only one fireball flew toward the city tower accurately, and the dazzling flames seemed to tear apart the sky, leaving a fiery red scar in the night sky.
There is only one word to deal with this devastating weapon: hide.As for what to smash depends on God’s mood.But that's not what some people think.
Just as Wu Zhanwei and Ao Run's faces changed color and Cheng Zongyang was about to dodge, Meng Feiqing stretched out his arm and grabbed the gun at the top of the city.
The gun grab is a special firearm for defending the city. The gun tip is two feet long, with sharp barbs on both sides of the blade, and the gun handle is two feet and five feet long.
Because this weapon is too heavy, it is usually placed on the city wall, and a few people work together to attack the enemy troops climbing the city.Meng Feiqing raised his gun and stabbed the fireball in the air.
With a loud bang, the splashing flame burst out about a meter. The huge rock wrapped in the middle of the burning object was shattered by the gun tip full of true energy. It was only about a foot away. It did not fly to the top of the city, but fell against the city wall.
There was a thunderous joy in the city, and in the splashing flames, Meng Feiqing stood with a gun, like a god of war.
Wu Zhanwei exhaled and then raised his thumbs up.Good man!I, Wu Dadao, was convinced!
Cheng Zongyang whispered: I've been convinced long ago.Our boss Meng is the most powerful in the world.I feel like a strong man, even if I marry a woman...
Meng Feiqing glared at him, then turned his head to look at the city, and said in a long voice: Xia Yonghe!You have 100,000 powerful soldiers under your command, but the people of Ginseng dare to fight me, Meng Feiqing!
The thunderous roar spread from afar, and the tens of thousands of soldiers under the city were all stagnant.
Meng Feiqing smashed the fireball thrown by the catapult with a gun, and then openly sought a fight, and the sound shook the four fields. The momentum of the defending city was greatly boosted. However, a wave of the Song army array siege was heard. Many people looked up at the city, wanting to see with their own eyes what Meng Feiqing, the head of the eight horses of Xingyue Lake, looked like.
Dozens of Song generals gathered on a gentle slope two miles away from Jiangzhou.
This distance is so far that it is impossible to see the war in the city, but some generals Ruirui are still uneasy because this distance is still within the range of the Baniu Crossbow.
No one dares to decide whether there is an Eight-Nuo Crossbow in Jiangzhou, but no one is willing to take this risk. After all, they are the most powerful to the Eight-Nuo Crossbow.
Many people have heard of Tie Li Meng Feiqing's reputation. At this time, they witnessed the bravery of the bandit mourning themselves, and the faces of the generals were a little ugly.
Xia Yong and his eyes like night owl swept across the crowd and shook the horse whip.
I'm old and can't scream.Beat the drum.
The coach did not make a point to come out, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Xian could see clearly from the side and sighed in his heart: If Wang Gui and other generals under Ren Fu Demon are still there, they will still have a fight with the bandits.
But Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuan Village were defeated three times in succession, and all the good generals died. They could only pretend to be deaf and dumb when they called out to the bandits.
The figure in front of him coughed gently, and Li Xian quickly bowed down and whispered: What is the order of Mr. Qin?
Qin Han was still dressed in a gorgeous dress, and the sable jade shattered by Meng Feiqing changed into a new one.
Instead of riding on the horse like the generals, he used a chair and leaned on it with a pale face.
If it weren't for his background, no one would have seen that this inconspicuous eunuch was the most mournful general in the Song Dynasty's military achievements.
You can't lose your morale.
Qin Han pointed to a personal soldier casually and said lightly: If you don’t seek, you will win, and you will show your might.
Without saying a word, the school turned over and rushed towards Jiangzhou City.
Xia Yonghe stroked his beard and nodded and said: What a handsome young man!
Qin Han was so arrogant that all the generals were worried.At this moment when the coach spoke, the generals said unevenly: Coach Qin is brave!
The strong general has no weak soldiers, haha...
Qin Han coughed twice, and a hoarse sound came from his chest.Li Xian's eyes fell on the back of the big mink, and he couldn't help but reveal a hint of awe.
Although he was a celebrity in the palace and was a hundred times more popular than the unlucky eunuch who was not loved by his grandmother and his uncle, he was not dissatisfied at all when he stood behind Qin Han.
He knew that Qin Han had never complained for many years in wars, but after more than a hundred battles, he was injured dozens of people on his body, and he relied on his martial arts to forcibly suppress his injuries.What if he falls one day...
Li Xian whispered: Does Qin Shuai want to use some tea?
Qin Han waved his hand, no need.
Li Xian stopped talking and gently pulled up the brocade curtain to protect him from the wind and cold.
The continuous drum sounds rolled, making blood accelerated, and the fighting spirit of the Song army became even higher and higher.
The bandits on the fortress were suppressed by the Divine Arm Bow and did not move.
Accompanied by the intense sound of war drums, the Song army's offensive became more and more fierce.
The six fortresses arranged in a shaped shape outside the city were never moved, and the Song army also deliberately avoided these cement fortresses that were hanging alone outside the city and were very difficult to deal with and handed them over to the trenchers behind.
The war spread rapidly along the city walls, and the calibrated catapult landing points became more and more accurate.The huge rock weighing hundreds of kilograms flew towards the Jiangzhou city wall with a fire, making a huge roar, and the fire was splashing everywhere.
Cheng Zongyang was originally a little worried, but the cement-reinforced city tower was completely unmoved by the heavy blow of the catapult, showing that it was far beyond the solidity of the masonry structure.
The six fortresses in front of the city are even more solid, and they are still indestructible if the huge rocks hit hard.
With a loud bang, a ball of fire fell on the city wall in front of Cheng Zongyang and then bounced away.
The burning material baled with oil cloth and straw burst into pieces, burning for a moment on the cold cement surface for a while, turning into ashes.
Cheng Zongyang covered his mouth and nose, avoiding the thick smoke from the burning substance.
Ao Run reached out to touch the city wall without waiting for the surface to get cold, and shouted strangely: What is this?It looks like it is smeared, but it is stronger than a stone!
It's old-fashioned!
Wu Zhanwei said in an expert way: This is called cement!I have seen this thing so strong that it can't even be smashed with a hammer!Our Cheng Touer used this thing to build a building in Jiankang, without any wood inside and outside!
True or fake?
Ao Run touched the cement city and said: Lao Cheng, did you make this thing?Really can't be smashed?
Don’t listen to Wu Dadao’s blowing so amazing.
Cheng Zongyang said: If you really want to smash it, you can smash it open, but it only takes some effort.One of the catapults had a weak force, and the other was not accurate. It was almost the same if they had to hit a city wall more than a dozen times.Besides, these stones are not hard enough, and it is even more useless to cladding things and smash them on them.
Ao Run exclaimed a few times: Where did this thing come from?Why haven't I heard of it?
Want to know?Come to me.
Cheng Zongyang took the opportunity to poach and said with a smile: How about you double your salary?
That won't work.
Ao Run shook his head, there are so many brothers in our Snow Falcon Group.Leader Shi is gone, so I, Lao Ao, have to bring my brothers back alive.
The moment the fireball hit the city wall, Qin Han sat upright, and a trace of shocked eyes flashed through his introverted tiger eyes.
Summer and gray beards shake slightly in the cold wind, and after a long time, two words were spit out: Strong city!
Qin Han raised his fingers, and a huge figure in the shadow behind him took a step forward. The strong aura of beast made the generals around him hold their breath.
Qin Han actually used the beast barbarian as his personal guard. The generals admired him and were also a little gloating.
No wonder the Selected Front Camp can only be a border army; if it is replaced by an imperial guard, how can these beasts guard the capital be?
However, when the big sable took action, everyone couldn't help but look forward to it.
It is appropriate to deal with the bandits in Xingyue Lake.
Qin Han just moved his finger and ordered: Come and bring a chair.
The beast warrior picked up a seat and placed it beside the coach.
Qin Han clicked a chair and sat down.
Xia Yonghe was not polite either. She stepped on the back of a soldier and rolled over and dismounted, sat in a chair, then took off her helmet and put it aside, and said tiredly: It's good to take a break.This battle has to be fought.
As a military supervisor, Li Xian also had seats in front of Xia Yonghe, but it was difficult to sit on an equal footing with Qin Han. He said in the back: Unexpectedly, Jiangzhou City is so strong that it still remained unmoved under the heavy blow of the huge rock.
The coach sat down, and the generals were not able to ride on the horse. They were one head taller than the coach and stood on the side.Shi Yuansun said: When the stone cannon was hit, it didn’t even collapse. How did Jiangzhou City be built?
Li Xian turned around and said: Zhang Kang, do you know?
Zhang Kang was just a low-level military officer who was the last class, and his personal soldiers were also higher than his position, and he had not spoken behind him.
Hearing Li Xian asked, he bowed and said, "I heard that Jiangzhou cement is used."
cement?What?
I don't know the details of the last job.
The generals whispered, and the buzzed and buzzed. No one knew what Jiangzhou cement was.But everyone saw the strength of Jiangzhou city walls with their own eyes.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Kang broke out another sentence: I heard that the ten fortresses outside Jiangzhou City were all made of Jiangzhou cement and were all built in half a month.
Everyone was in a big uproar.
These ten big-headed fortresses outside Jiangzhou City gave all the generals a headache; those fortresses were about meter higher than the city wall, and the coverage was more than 400 steps, accounting for almost one-quarter of the entire city wall, and the quality was also presented.
The shape of the characters protrudes forward for more than a hundred steps.
It is impossible to conquer or trap, just like a nail stuck in the throat of a siege. It makes people helpless. I didn't expect it to be made in half a month.
If the bandits in the city were not inadequate enough troops and had built more than a hundred fortresses around Jiangzhou City, I was afraid that everyone would not even be able to touch the city wall.
The fireball thrown by the trencher suddenly stopped, and a white horse was seen galloping through the continuous battle formation like a meteor.
There was no moat in Jiangzhou. The school let go of its mount and rushed to the city at full speed and said loudly: Bingyilang, Selected Front Camp!Zong Ze!Come and ask for advice!
The Song army was in a state of chaos.The military officers of the State of Song Dynasty were divided into 52 levels. Li Xian's Jingfu Palace envoy was a senior military officer of the fifth level, while Bingyilang was only the seventh last among the fifty-two levels, and he was an absolute minor official.
Everyone in the city had a cold expression. The Song army sent this little pawn to know that he would lose. If a little pawn was defeated, he would be defeated. If he could last for a few rounds under Meng Feiqing, he would be proud enough.
Ao Run shouted: Is a small man worthy of calling out to our Captain Meng?Let’s talk about it first after passing the level of Ao Run of my Snow Falcon Mercenary Group!
Wu Zhanwei didn’t have that much thought: Is it necessary to kill you, Shuai?Try my big knife first!
Cheng Zongyang snatched the telescope and rushed towards the city like a fire.Dry!So young!
This Zong Ze looks only about twenty years old. Judging from his age, the real Yue Pengju has not been born yet.
Zong Zece rode towards the city wall, and was a few steps away from the city wall. Suddenly, a ripped horse head and then jumped up.
The war horse in the air saddle galloped against the city wall. At the same time, Zong Ze lifted his foot and kicked up on the city, and then waved his spear, and the tip of the gun was a little on the city, and he jumped up two feet again.
In order to avoid shooting dead corners below, the city walls usually do not go straight up and down, but are sluggishly steeply downwards.
Although Zong Ze used the inclined surface of the wall, his extraordinary skills still won applause.
Meng Feiqing made way out of an open space about a foot, and then held the Tianlong Bald Salute with his back hand.When Cheng Zongyang saw the hunt, he was happy and shouted with his eyes lit up: Boss Meng!I'll do this game!
Finally meeting a historical celebrity he had heard of, Cheng Zongyang felt like God was opening his eyes.
It is a great temptation to be able to fight Zong Ze personally, or even defeat the last famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Going further, if you can capture Zong Ze and take it to your own use, your direct camp will have a pillar of talent.
So Zong Ze jumped to the top of the city and saw not Meng Feiqing, but a smiling young man.
I have heard of the famous name for a long time, and it is well-known for my ears, hahahahaha...
The young man was like a fox who was stealing chickens, smiling from ear to ear. General Zong, I'll make a bet with you. If you lose, you'll be my subordinate. What's going on?
Zong Ze frowned: Madman?
Cheng Zongyang tried hard to put away his smile and said with a stern face: Be kind to the future lord!
What a lunatic.Zong Ze didn't say nonsense. He thrust his spear and fired a thousand miles away. The spear was like a fire attacking Cheng Zongyang's face, preparing to force the madman to get rid of the madman first and then fight with the thief behind him.
The madman opened his arms, and suddenly a pair of steel knives appeared in his hand. His crazy look just now disappeared in an instant. He was like a tiger with his iron wings suddenly spread out, pounced on Zong Ze's gun.
Zong Ze's gun was full of indomitable momentum, but he was intercepted by the young man's steel knife in the middle of the gun.Zong Ze's arms shook, and the gun's sharp edge was as iron stone as the foundation.
The man's two swords attacked one after another, hitting the spear with one knife, then twisted over his waist, attacked the other sideways, and slashed at the spear with the back of the knife.
When Zong Ze saw this man crazy and speechless, he looked unpredictable, but his sword technique was fierce and sharp.
The remaining strength of the front knife has not faded, and the back knife has arrived again. If it is hit by the back of the knife, I am afraid that the spear will be lost after a few moves.
Zong Ze elbowed and turned sideways, suddenly flipped out the tail of the gun, and took a step back.Although I resolved my opponent's moves, my own offensive was forced back.
Cheng Zongyang felt great peace.Although Zong Ze is a famous general in the future, he is still a young young man who is a fledgling young man. Although his shooting skills are good, his cultivation is much worse than himself.
Cheng Zongyang cheered up his spirits, and with one hand, the Five Tigers Broken Door Knife, was like a fierce tiger coming out of the mountain, making it full.Zong Ze's spear lost the opportunity and was forced to fall short of a few moves, and the gun ring became smaller and smaller.
Cheng Zongyang's two swords attacked violently but did not kill him. He was thinking about how to knock his spear and get this newly emerging potential stock into his hands.
Zong Ze became more and more shocked the more he fought.The man's swordsmanship was fierce, but his eyes looked at him one by one and the next. His eyes were full of greed and his face had a strange smile. He just didn't carve the words "You are the dish on my plate" on his forehead. That perverted desire was enough to make any man creepy.
Zong Ze's gun technique suddenly changed, he let go of the defensive momentum, and used all his attacks, regardless of life and death.He made up his mind that even if he was burned, he would not be captured alive by this madman.
I have used this kind of fighting method of dying together several times, but it is the first time I was using it by others. Cheng Zongyang was forced to get busy and took a few steps in a row to stabilize his position.
Wu Zhanwei and Ao Run both held the hilt tightly, and when they saw that the signs were wrong, they were ready to take action.Meng Feiqing let go of the Tianlong Bald Spear, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and looked calm.
His eyesight is only one step ahead of Wu Zhanwei and Ao Run. This young player still couldn't do anything to Cheng Zongyang with his life-threatening tricks, and there is no doubt about the outcome.
Surprisingly, in just two months, this kid's cultivation has improved greatly.It seems that he is just lazy on the outside and has worked hard behind his back.
Sure enough, Zong Ze's strong attack was broken one by one by Cheng Zongyang, and the power of the two swords became more and more powerful.In the blink of an eye, Zong Ze was forced to the city wall.
Cheng Zongyang's two swords sprinkled heavily on the knife net to trap the spear. After a moment, his body suddenly flashed and grabbed Zong Ze's side. He opened his spear with one sword, and followed the handle of the knife back and knocked towards his chest.
Zong Ze has already retreated without any further.
Cheng Zongyang cut into the gun net with one sword, forcing Zong Ze's spear to the periphery, and the knife hilt could seal his acupoints as soon as it fell.
I tried my best to wait for this opportunity and couldn't help but feel happy.
The hilt of the knife fell, and Zongze was in the chest.
Zong Ze hit the city wall, his throat sweetened and he almost vomited blood.
He gritted his teeth and swallowed the blood, and the man laughed vigorously and said: Zong Ze!I don’t want to shout "cross the river" in the future and follow me if I die!There will naturally be your benefits in the future!Hahaha……
Cheng Zongyang's laughter was not over, and he saw the boy leaning down and falling from the city wall more than four feet high.
Dry!
Cheng Zongyang cursed.As soon as other people's domineering aura came out, I rushed to accept it; how could I, this kid?
But I don’t want to commit suicide into my own hands - am I that bad?
Cheng Zongyang stretched out of the city wall, reached out to grab Zong Ze's spear, and suddenly his body suddenly raised and flipped backward.
A piece of white light flew up close to Cheng Zongyang's mouth and nose, but it was a giant axe as big as a millstone.If Meng Feiqing had not trained him in Qingzhou, this axe would have been enough to split his head in half.
While Zong Ze fell, a beast claw grabbed his leather armor and disappeared, and threw it under the city with his shaking hands.Although Zong Ze fell strong, his life was worry-free.
Then a huge head rose from under the city wall, its nostrils shone slightly, its snout protruded, and a pair of inhuman giant eyes shone everywhere. Its face was covered with leopard prints on its fur like a beast, and one ear was hung with copper rings as thick as fingers.
It opened its mouth wide, leaped to the top of the city with howling, and its feet with sharp claws fell heavily, leaving a few claw marks on the cement, but it was a beast-barbarian warrior.
The beast warrior was two heads taller than Cheng Zongyang. His thick torso was wrapped in thick leather armor, and a bronze heart protection mirror the size of a washbasin was embedded in the middle. His body was covered with beast-like manes, with only leopard-like markings on his head and face, like a standing beast walking.
Wu Zhanwei shouted loudly and attacked the right arm of the beast barbarian warrior.His big sword was re-hit in Jiankang, thicker and heavier than before, but the beast warrior swung the big axe and shocked Wu Zhanwei two steps back with one axe.
Ao Run flipped his wrist and took off the iron bow, and the sharp arrow broke out.The beast barbarian warrior roared and a long arrow shot its shoulder armor, but it did not penetrate the leather.
All retreat!
Cheng Zongyang wanted to accept Zong Ze as his younger brother, but after spending half a day, the cooked duck flew under his nose, and he was filled with fire.He held the knife and shouted fiercely: What a big beast!Dare to steal my little brother!
Do you have a name?
A heavy roar came out from the chest of the beast barbarian warrior, and he roared: Leopard head!
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