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Zhang Bofen shouted loudly: "Rocket attendant!"
Soldiers of the Song Army immediately took out one by one "rockets", they ignited the oil on the arrowheads, and then opened their bows to shoot at the ladder below.
Immediately, the dense rockets in the sky pressed down like a torrential rain.
Chapter 27 Siege
The rocket hit the iron sheet of the goose cart, made a "ding ding" sound, and was bounced away.
Nailed to the stakes and wheels below, it did not cause a fire immediately.
But as more rockets swarmed, the stakes began to blaze.
Upon seeing this, Jin Jun immediately began to put out the fire.
The Jin army was well prepared. Before the siege, the goose carts were filled with water in wooden barrels, just to prevent the Song army from attacking with fire.
And in order to quickly extinguish the fire, the designer created a half-foot-wide slit under the goose cart, and the water can be extinguished by pouring water out.
The small fire that had just started was extinguished by the water poured from the goose cart.
Song Jun did not give up on this, but densely covered with rockets, trying to nail any place where the goose cart and ladder could be nailed.
Fire coverage is to strive for the maximum probability.
Soon some goose carts were studded with rockets and began to burn.
The fire in those parts was obviously difficult to extinguish, and the Jin army didn't waste any more time, and the people behind accelerated their advance.
Soon enter the moat boundary.
Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the land of China began to cool down. The warm period of the previous 1000 years ended, and the winter in the Song Dynasty was already very cold.
The moat was frozen, and the goose carts drove people past it without any response.
Seeing that the Jin army had advanced to the moat, the Song army stopped shooting arrows.
The archers at the head of the city retreated immediately to make room for the stone-throwing soldiers.
When the goose cart crossed the moat with a ladder and leaned against the city wall, the Jinjun inside the goose cart pulled the strong rope, and the ladder rose from the goose cart, like a long arm suddenly stretched out, resting on the wall. city wall.
The bottom of this kind of ladder is fixed on the goose cart, forming a certain angle with the city wall. It is very difficult for the soldiers above to lift the ladder down.
Moreover, the top of the ladder is still one meter away from the battlements. It is definitely unrealistic for the soldiers on the tower to lift it with their hands.
So Song Jun began to smash stones, one by one, and smashed down hard, hitting the hole above the goose cart.
A soldier of the Golden Army who had just come out was hit by a stone falling from the sky. With a loud creak, even his iron helmet was dented, his skull was cracked, and he died on the spot. He fell from the ladder of the goose cart.
The surrounding golden army immediately filled up.
The military discipline of the Jin army is very strict. At this time, they can only go up. If anyone retreats, he will undoubtedly die after returning.
The soldiers of the Golden Army behind immediately made up for it, moving quickly, like agile monkeys.
With a muffled bang, a huge stone rose from the ground, drew an arc in the air, and hit the top of the city.
The Jin army launched the trebuchet and began to attack the city with stone artillery.
Ten large trebuchets started working together and smashed towards the top of the city.
bang bang bang...
Immediately, five people were knocked down to the ground. The soldier of the Song Army who was hit by the frontal attack was killed on the spot, and the rest were shocked.
There were three more that crossed the city wall, smashed into the city, hit the ground, bounced a few times on the ground, shattered and scattered all over the place.
Wanyan Yinshu shouted loudly: "Where are the ladders, drag them all up!"
"Still behind!"
Yinshu Ke was furious: "Go and kill the commander who dispatched the ladder, and replace him with someone else!"
"This……"
"Yes!"
Not long after, a human head was brought up.
Wanyan Yinshu said loudly: "I have seen it all, this is the fate of delaying the military aircraft!"
Jin Jun shouted loudly: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Twenty more ladders were pushed up from the rear, all of which were combined with goose carts.
Yin Shuke said, "Why are there only twenty, didn't they say there were fifty!"
"General Qi, there are only twenty vehicles!"
"Didn't you say there were 50 cars before?"
"Deputy Marshal Zongwang transferred 25 vehicles, and we keep 25 here!"
Yin Shuke said: "Push them all up!"
"Yes!"
Zhang Bofen saw another 20 ladders appearing under the city, and immediately said: "Zhentianlei and Menghuoyou are ready, the whole army will fight, let's fight with them!"
Song Jun's logistics brought up boxes of fierce kerosene, and placed them on the top of the city to avoid falling stones.
At this time, someone from the Jin army had already climbed up the ladder, and the first wave of people who climbed up was shot down by the arrows of the Song army, making a miserable cry, and fell to the bottom of the tower and died on the spot.
Immediately fill in the latter.
About 40 people can fit in a goose cart, which is already very large.
5 goose carts played forward, which means that the Jin Army stuffed 200 people at once.
Wanyan Yinshu played this way obviously to let the striker try to attract the firepower of the Song army as much as possible, so that the subsequent main force will reduce the pressure and be more powerful for attacking the city.
The fact is the same, the Song Army's rockets covered the first five vehicles, two of which were already on fire, and the Jin Army inside escaped.
Those who escaped were immediately crushed to death by stones falling from the top of the city.
Between the battle between Song Jun and the forward, the goose cart behind has been pushed quickly.
Strong and strong soldiers of the Golden Army rushed forward pushing the goose cart.
"Quick! Rocket ready!"
At this time, a part of the city head was occupied by slingers, and the space left for archers was significantly reduced.
The rocket coverage of the second wave is naturally weakened a bit.
20 goose carts arrived at the city, and the ladder was stretched.
About 5 goose carts were shot at the burning parts by rockets, and the Jin army soldiers pushing the carts behind them immediately stepped forward to put out the fire, while the Jin army soldiers inside screamed and climbed up holding their shields.
The goose carts also arrived, the ladders were set up, and the horns of the Jin army's charge sounded.
Yinshu Ke shouted: "Attack!"
He gave an order, and more than 2000 gold troops rushed towards the tower like a black torrent.
The main force of the golden army behind began to shout: "Attack! Attack! Attack!"
The tens of thousands of troops sounded like huge waves rolling in, as if they were about to crush the walls of Bianjing City at any time.
The archers of the Song Army began to shoot freely, and arrows overwhelming the sky appeared in the air, as if a black cloud was pressing down.
The arrow hit the golden army's armor, making a tinkling sound.
Unlucky soldiers of the Golden Army were shot at the front door, or were shot at places with weak protection.
What's more, the arrows were resisted by the armor of the Jin army, and they couldn't hurt them at all.
Not long after, the siege team from the rear had rushed to the tower.
At a glance, it looks like densely packed worms, starting to climb up the ladder.
The stones were thrown down one by one, killing one was counted as one.
Next to the archer, there were people stabbing down with long spears, and every soldier of the Golden Army came up and stabbed one at a time.
For a while, people kept falling from the tower.
In just a quarter of an hour, nearly a hundred people in the Jin army had died.
The Song Army was also having a hard time. The Jin Army's trebuchets kept hitting the towers. The Song Army defended the towers in fear, and the defenses in some places were smashed from time to time.
There was even a case where soldiers of the Golden Army climbed up the tower.
Chapter 28 The Black Technology of the Song Dynasty
A stone cannon hit the head of a Song Army soldier who had just shot an arrow.
There was a muffled sound.
He was smashed beyond recognition, the bridge of his nose was shattered, his eyeballs exploded, his facial bones were sunken, and the huge force even threw his body backwards and flew him backwards, pushing him to the three people behind.
In the end, he fell on top of his comrades.
People around were spattered with blood.
Some people feel fear. Just this morning, they talked about family affairs together. Everyone remembers that this young man is the only child in the family.
Now people are dead.
Someone quickly dragged him to the back and shook him a couple of times, but his whole body twitched a few times before he didn't move again.
No one has time to be sad, and those who are ready behind immediately start to move forward.
"Attention everyone, the enemy has started to use stone cannons, hold your shields well!"
Zhang Bofen roared.
There are not many officers like him who are on the front line with ordinary soldiers, and it is precisely because he is here that everyone's morale is high.
The soldiers behind held their shields, forming a line of protection across the battlements.
bang bang...
Another stone fell.
The stones this time are different from the last time. Their individuals are smaller than the last time, but the number is obviously much larger.
Hitting the shield made a bang bang sound.
Some soldiers' hands holding the shields were so painful from the strong force, and some even broke their wrists.
"Stone cannon! Stone cannon!"
Zhang Bofen walked quickly while shouting loudly.
The Song army at the turret began to use stone cannons.
This kind of stone cannon is a small trebuchet, and they are placed at the corner tower of the city wall.
Unlike the stones fired by the Jin army, the Song army directly used explosive gunpowder.
Specifically, Tribulus Fireball.
What is a Tribulus Fireball?
Tribulus terrestris (jili) is a bulbous plant covered with thorns.
Tribulus fireball is a kind of cannonball-like weapon made by the Song army.
Inside are 3 six-headed iron blades, equipped with special gunpowder, and barbed caltrops with reversed nails are placed all over the body.
Run a hemp rope through the middle of the fireball to form a ball.
After igniting the fireball, use a trebuchet to launch it to the traffic arteries that the enemy's horses must pass through, and use the explosive force to burst out barbed wire to injure the enemy and horses.
At this time, what Song Jun on the turret fired was a fireball of thistle.
They drew parabolas in the air, and when they fell down, the fuse burned out, the black powder inside exploded, and the spikes burst out, shooting around, piercing the iron armor, and killing the soldiers of the Golden Army.
In an instant, five soldiers of the Golden Army fell to the ground around them.
Three were killed and two were seriously injured.
This thing is a barbed thunderbolt.
Speaking of Zhentianlei, the soldiers of the Song Army on the tower had already started throwing it away.
Zhentianlei is a firearm in the late Northern Song Dynasty. You can understand it as a "grenade" in the Northern Song Dynasty.