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Chapter 792 Ling Zhen: Fire! !fire! !

"Samei" hasn't shown up for a long time.

The reason is simple, lack of skills.

Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi tore up the covenant and led the Liao army to the south, which not only caught the Song Dynasty off guard, but also broke Li Yan's original plan.

During this period of time, he was supposed to run a school in Suian Academy, guide a group of original Liangshan heroes to the direction of both civil and military, and then train a large number of civil servants. Favorable pattern.

As a result, as soon as the Liao army went south, it pulled out the two military teams of the Township Corps and the Township Bravery. Marching and fighting during the day, and moving around as "Sa Ming" at night.

This is also the reason why Li Yan didn't choose to do that despite the fact that fame can be superimposed through different identities. Both identities are too busy, let alone more.

However, although "Zuo Ming" didn't make many appearances in the early stage, it has already created a high profile and made the Zhao Song royal family terrified. It would be a pity if it just disappeared.

So when he realized that the Tianshu mantra combined with the precedent of the Mingzun religion could allow him to have an incarnation of energy, Li Yan was greatly moved, but he was not in a hurry. He took out the Xuanyin jade and handed it to Gongsun Zhao: "This is You can also learn a thing or two about a method of teaching skills that I seized from Mingzun disciples."

Gongsun Zhao grasped the Xuanyin Jade, felt it for a moment, and returned it with a thrill all over his body: "Thank you brother, this Taoism is also broad and profound, but it is not suitable for me..."

He originally wanted to say that the behavior of "Taiyuan Suppression Law" was a little more arrogant and surly, and it was easier to stray into evil ways than the orthodox Taoism, but seeing his brother's calm aura, he knew that he didn't need to remind himself.

When Ding Run saw the two exchanging spells with each other, he thought of Fan Rui: "I also have a brother who is pretentious in Liangshan. He really has some skills in Taoism. When will the younger brother give advice?"

Gongsun Zhaodao: "I can't talk about discussing with each other...but now is not the time. I want to sneak into Yanjing to see if I can sneak into Yelv Dezhong's side, and cooperate with the inside and outside to help the township army!"

Li Yandao: "Will Yelu Dezhong trust you?"

Gongsun Zhao shook his head: "This person is extremely suspicious. He even wants to kill the loyal Han generals under his command. He definitely won't have much trust in me."

"But now that the two armies are in a decisive battle, if he is eager for all help, like a drowning man grasping at every straw, maybe there is a chance for me to help, not to mention that I have learned the method of Tengyun, and I can leave first if the situation is not good... ..."

Li Yan was silent.

He is very clear that the Taoism of this world is not omnipotent, just like the method of soaring clouds. In the original book, Gao Lian also tried to escape, but was broken in mid-air and fell directly from the clouds. Gongsun Zhao's current Although Taoism is getting more and more profound, but infiltrating into today's Yanjing, one still has to risk one's life.

Ding Run saw this concern, clasped his fists and said, "Leave Liang Shanbo's brother to the head coach for transfer, and I will go with my junior brother too!"

Li Yan nodded slightly: "Okay! However, although the conquest of Yanjing is the decisive battle to restore Yanyun, after this battle, it is by no means a peace of mind. The Liao Kingdom will definitely counterattack, and there are also turmoil behind the Song court. The two of you must remember to preserve your useful body , when things cannot be done, don’t force them!”

Gongsun Zhao cupped his hands: "Please rest assured, brother, we understand!"

Watching the pair of senior brothers leave, Li Yan closed his eyes and comprehended the Tianshu spell again for a moment, and he had some concerns in his heart, so he didn't go to the main hall of the meeting, but walked towards the barracks.

Not to inspect the army, but to check the preparation of the siege equipment in the craftsman camp.

If the biggest shortcoming of the rural army is nothing else, it is the siege equipment.

Not to mention that compared with the official army of the Song Dynasty, even when the main force of the Liao army attacked Daming Mansion before, the scale of the siege equipment built far exceeded the preparations of the township army at this time, and the Liao army is still famous for not being able to attack the city. ...

Therefore, one of the reasons why Li Yan agreed with Zhu Wu and Wu Yong's strategy of taking Jizhou first and then going to Yanjing is to buy time for the craftsman camp, and it is better to make no preparations at all.

At this time, the camp was in full swing, with craftsmen coming and going, but they couldn't see the eye-catching large equipment. After getting the news, Ling Zhen rushed out and explained the reason: "Brother came just in time, the artillery has already arrived. Seeing the scale for the first time!"

Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Take me to see it!"

"Let them come out... let's make a show!"

Ling Zhen smiled and clapped his hands smartly.

Soon, teams of powerful rural soldiers came out pushing a row of strange siege equipment.

Of course, the so-called peculiarity is for people of this era. In Li Yan's eyes, the dark iron pipes exuded a hideous aura, and at a glance they reminded the artillery of later generations. It was he who handed over the blueprint to Ling Zhen. The realistic works in .

However, if you take a closer look, whether it is the length of the gun body or the cast iron material, it is unavoidably rough and simple, and the actual combat performance is a big question mark.

There was artillery in the Great Song Dynasty, which belonged to Tokyo Jiazhanku, but it was not used on a large scale in the war. In the original book, Ling Zhen was the deputy gunner, specializing in artillery, and he was just a young general.

But this time Ling Zhen began to command, ordering his subordinates to push the artillery to a suitable position, and he himself loaded the artillery shells, then aimed at a boulder far away from the shooting range, and lit the fire: "Fire!!"

This movement also attracted soldiers from all around to watch. When a burst of thunder and fire erupted from the muzzle, many people were shocked. After a moment of silence, they broke out into cheers.

Because accompanied by the loud noise, the dust rose all over the sky, and when the dust dispersed, only a piece of gravel appeared in front of him.

The entire huge boulder was actually torn apart, and there were still faint flames on the ground.

So powerful!

Ling Zhen raised his arms at the right time and shouted: "The township army is victorious!"

The soldiers around were ecstatic: "Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

They couldn't help but worry at first that their siege equipment was so scarce that they could only use human lives to fill it up when attacking Yanjing.

Although it is said that at this time, there is an indomitable momentum from top to bottom, but it is instinct to cherish life. Now seeing such a powerful siege equipment, I am naturally overjoyed.

When the cheering soldiers dispersed and went around to announce the good news, only Li Yan and Ling Zhen were left, and the latter began to tell the truth: "Brother, I have observed the city wall of Yanjing before, and the Liao people still put a lot of thought into it when it was built. Yes, it can be called impenetrable, this thing can be heard, but it is impossible to break the city with it..."

"I was also forced to do nothing. The construction period was too short and there were not many craftsmen on hand. I had to build these cannons first. Even if I used my uncle's Leihuozi as cannonballs, they couldn't break through the city, not to mention that we have very few cannonballs..."

Li Yandao: "How many rounds can we drive now?"

Ling Zhen said in a low voice: "The shells made of black powder are extremely unstable, and they cannot be mass-produced. Now only uncle's Lei Huozi can support them. At most, three rounds of cannons will be fired, and the shells will be gone."

Li Yan's eyes flickered, and he pointed out: "Before the head of Dingzhai asked Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun to tie a grass man on the boat to create momentum and deal a huge blow to the enemy's morale, but the other side has a reckless general, relying on his strength Wan Fu's unreasonable courage, he directly fought and broke the battle unintentionally..."

Ling Zhen listened thoughtfully: "Brother, do you mean to use the threat of artillery to let the Liao army take the initiative to attack? But the three rounds are too short. I'm afraid that the Liao people will not be able to react in time. Our side will be silent. All the cannons have become decorations..."

Li Yandao: "Then the interval between each round should be longer. It is normal for such firearms to cool down the barrel."

Ling Zhen's eyes lit up, and he fully understood: "Fire a round of cannon every quarter of an hour, and when it's the third round, I believe the Liao people should react anyway, and lead the army to rush out!"

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"We will stick to Yanjing this time, with one heart and one mind, and we will never leave the city!"

Yelv Dezhong stood on the top of the Yanjing wall, looking at the black army in the distance, reaching outside the moat, he emphasized again.

He did not know how many times he had repeated this request these days. At first, the emphasis was on being united and united, and the people in the city must be appeased. Even if the other party yells and insults, he must not fight.

Not to mention the generals of the Han people who had lost their fighting spirit long ago, after this series of confrontations, even the Khitan warriors did not dare to step forward rashly, and nodded silently, preparing to learn from the Southern Dynasty, stick to the city, and win a brilliant victory.

The one with the most fighting spirit was Wu Yanguang, but he was sitting at the back and could not speak at all. He could only clenched his fists and watched the mighty army marching in the distance.

"You don't even have a siege device, and you still want to break the mighty city of Yanjing?"

But Yelu had to look carefully, but he was relieved, most of his heart was relieved.

Carts, stacked bridges, ladders, pointed wooden donkeys and even trebuchets are the standard equipment for siege.

Especially for attacking the capital, these large siege machines are even more essential.

Although the defense of Yanjing is not as good as Bianjing and the three accompanying capitals of the Song Dynasty, it is also the location of Xijin Mansion in Nanjing, one of the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom. An army of one hundred thousand will return in defeat.

So Yelu felt a lot more at ease, but he couldn't help but have doubts: "This Lin Chong's siege of cities and lands is quite methodical, and he doesn't even understand the simplest truth. Could it be that he has some scheme to plot against me?"

While thinking with all his strength, Li Yan rode on the lion horse, came out of the crowd, came to the front of the formation, and his voice clearly spread all over the place: "Come on, push out our Thunderbolt Invincible God Cannon!"

The dark cannons were pushed out from the formation. Even if there were carts placed underneath, it still required the joint efforts of eight people, which showed its heavy weight.

Such a battle naturally caused the generals of the Liao Army on the wall to watch: "What is that?" "I have never seen such a siege machine!" "It is so far away, what use is it?"

Yelu Dezhong's expression became solemn, looking at the figure of Wei An riding on the lion horse, the shadow in his heart became more and more serious, and he said sharply: "Archers are ready, shoot as much as possible, and prevent the opponent from attacking!"

"Fire!! Fire!!"

But before the archers lined up on the wall, Ling Zhen roared hoarsely, and the so-called Thunderbolt Cannon had already shown terrifying power.

Boom!Boom!bang——

Accompanied by a row of giant cannons making terrifying noises, thunder and fire flared up, and the walls of Yanjing suddenly exploded. The air flow surged, and rocks flew down. , unexpectedly jumped out of the city wall, let out a shrill cry, and finally smashed under the city.

After the smoke and dust cleared, the originally impregnable city wall was actually still impregnable, but the township army shouted loudly. The peak morale after successive victories, coupled with such earth-shattering movements, turned into an incomparable sound, resounding everywhere : "God's punishment! God's punishment!"

The Liao people were trembling. The successive failures before, coupled with the fact that the enemy brought out such unprecedented siege equipment, almost thought it was a punishment from heaven. Even the leader Yelu Dezhong was shocked and groaned subconsciously: "Does God want me, Daliao, to lose Yanyun?"

As soon as he said this, he regretted it.

Sure enough, the left and right generals all looked ashamed after hearing this, and their morale had dropped to an unprecedented level.

However, after intense remorse, Yelude found out again that the strange siege equipment did not attack again, but the township army was busy up and down, and there were several craftsmen beside each gun barrel who didn't know what to do with it.

After a full quarter of an hour, Ling Zhen gave another order: "Fire!! Fire!!"

Boom!Boom!bang——

After the second round of shelling, although the specific damage to the city wall could not be seen clearly, the generals of the Liao army panicked completely, and some ran back in fright, while those who remained trembled and said, "Your Highness, what should we do? If the punishment comes again that day, the city wall will collapse, right?"

Yelv had to regain his composure: "What are you panicking? I really want to be punished by heaven. I'll be dead long ago. Why do I need this thing? This thunderbolt invincible cannon can't be fired continuously, its power is nothing more than that, it just looks novel..."

"Who dares to go out of the city to meet the enemy and destroy all these divine artillery?"

Obviously, the first half of his words were just consolation, and he didn't believe what he said, but the key was in the end.

Since the artillery needs a long time to prepare between each shot, taking advantage of the enemy's preparation time, go out of the city and destroy the artillery, so as to prevent Yanjing from falling.

Otherwise, let the opponent continue to bombard like this, not to mention whether the city wall can collapse, the defenders may not even have the strength to hold their weapons to resist, and the army will definitely be defeated.

But at this time, the Liao generals who had seen the power of the artillery on the city wall were completely discouraged, and they all fell silent after hearing the words.

Only one figure rushed out, half kneeling on the ground: "The last general, Wu Yanguang, is willing to go!"

Yelude was greatly overjoyed, stepped forward to help him up, took off his scarlet battle robe, and put it on the opponent's shoulders: "General Wuyan is worthy of being the number one warrior of our Daliao, and he stepped forward at this juncture. What is there to worry about?"

Wu Yanguang grabbed his battle robe tightly, clasped his fists heavily, and then rode on the black horse, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, like a tiger coming out of the gate, he rushed out:
"I am Liao general Wu Yan Guangye, who dares to fight to the death with me!!"

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