Water Margin people

Chapter 1197 Night Battle

A snowstorm swept through Liaodong again.

Liaoyang Mansion.

"Such heavy snow?"

Wang Jin and others frowned, and large snowflakes fell with the wind, which suddenly blocked their sight and could no longer see the situation in the distance.

"Will the enemy come today?"

Liu Fa frowned as he looked outside the city.

"Definitely. Since the last war, the Kingdom of Jin has been silent for several days. What they are waiting for is this heavy snow!"

Zongze said with conviction.

"But in this kind of weather, we can't make targeted defenses without knowing where they will attack from."

Zhang Shuye said, heavy snow had already covered the ice wall outside the city.

Han Tao said.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Sure enough, it's here again. It's much more powerful than last time. It looks like it wants to blow up the city wall!"

The power of the explosives only cracked the ice on the outer layer of the city wall. The cracked ice absorbed the destructive power of the gunpowder, and the city wall behind did not suffer much impact.

"It's just the same trick again. We poured ice water on the city wall. Now the city wall is much stronger. It can't be blown down by adding some gunpowder."

"Let's defend normally, we can only take advantage of the situation!"

Han Tao ordered to the soldiers around him, and they were now relying on grenades to hit the gophers.

The Jurchen soldiers lying in the snow outside the city were too frightened to move. They had no time to exit. The ice wall was not that easy to climb.

Wanyan Yinshu opened his mouth and said, this time it was Jin Wushu who led the people there, but after the loud noise, Jin Wushu did not come back with his troops.

Peng Qi said disdainfully.

A violent explosion sounded, and screams from the city were mixed with the explosion.

That night, there were several loud noises outside Liaoyang Mansion, and the city shook. The snowflakes on the city wall were shaken down. Cracks appeared on the city wall.

"Your Majesty, the people who went out haven't come back yet!"

"It seems something happened!"

Han Tao and Peng Qi carefully led people close to the explosion points. They did not rush to fight back, but carefully searched for the enemy. They were between the ice wall and the city wall.

Wang Jin said helplessly, the current situation is very unfavorable to them.

"Find the right person and throw it!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai said that Jin Wushu should return immediately after bombing Liaoyang Mansion.

In the distance, Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at Liaoyang Mansion.

The Jurchen soldiers under the city wall did not dare to move, and the defenders on the city were not in a hurry. It was even more difficult for those in the snow.

The effect of pouring ice water on the outer layer of the city wall was highlighted. Although the amount of gunpowder from the Jin Kingdom increased a lot, the damage to the city wall this time was much smaller than last time.

"Pull out the trebuchet. If we can't hit it during the day, we'll hit it at night!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai immediately ordered that there was heavy wind and snow tonight, which was a good time for them to attack.

The trebuchet was rolled out, and on a snowy night, it was pitch black two miles away.

"Your Majesty, Jin Wushu and the others haven't come back yet!"

Wanyan Yinshu quickly advised him that Jin Wushu might still be near the city wall, and the attack at this time would probably kill Jin Wushu as well.

"I can't control that much anymore! If we don't fight, Jin Wushu will never be able to escape!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai said that he did not get close to the city wall and did not know what happened, but after a little guessing, he knew that he must have been entangled by the enemy.

The trebuchet was pulled down and the explosive packets were put in. As the trebuchet was knocked, the explosive packets were thrown towards Liaoyang Mansion one by one.

"Boom boom boom!"

A violent explosion exploded all over Liaoyang Fucheng.

"Enemy attack!" The expressions of Han Tao and Peng Qi, who were leading their troops to look for the enemy, changed drastically, and drums immediately sounded in Liaoyang Mansion.

"Protect the artillery! Counterattack!"

Peng Qi shouted to the defenders.

The soldiers quickly approached the artillery, but in the pitch-black night in the distance, they couldn't see where the enemy's trebuchet was at all, they only knew where it was.

"Fight first!"

Wang Jin was already on the city wall at this time and knew the current situation. He immediately ordered the soldiers that they had a lot of ammunition and there was no need to save it.

"Boom boom boom."

Bursts of artillery roars rang out from Liaoyang Mansion, and the shells exploded into the distant night. However, the explosion of the shells not only failed to illuminate the night, but even the point of impact could not be seen.

"The enemy is really clever. If we can't defeat him during the day, we'll fight at night, in a snowstorm like this!"

Zhang Shuye frowned.

There was another burst of explosions on the city wall. The Jin Army's trebuchets did not stop and continued to throw explosive packets towards Liaoyang Mansion. However, in such a snowstorm night, the trebuchets were not accurate at all and roared. Strong winds will affect the landing point of explosive packets.

"Going out of town?"

Du Bo looked at Wang Jin and asked.

"The enemy is hiding in the dark and cannot leave the city at this time!"

Wang Jin shook his head and said, he was not willing to fight with the enemy in the snow during the day, and now it was a snowstorm night, and he couldn't leave the city.

"Push all the artillery over here and cover that area with artillery fire!"

Wu Song ordered to the soldiers, since the enemy cannot be found, destroy all possible places. The trebuchet is so big that it can always hit it.

Outside Liaoyang Mansion, in the snow.

Jin Wushu retreated slowly like a worm. Just now, an explosive pack exploded outside the city, and the shock wave almost blew him away.

"Why did you suddenly use the trebuchet?"

Jin Wushu cursed in his heart, wasn't this going to blow them up together?

On the city wall, the artillery was quickly pushed over.

As the rhythmic drums sounded, thousands of cannons were fired from the city wall.

"boom!"

After the artillery fire, a terrifying explosion suddenly came from the darkness. In an instant, flames shot into the sky, and it turned out that a cart of gunpowder was hit by artillery.

"continue!"

Wanyan Wu did not care about begging for money and continued to let the soldiers control the trebuchet. Although he also suffered losses, compared with the results of the battle, this loss was obviously acceptable.

"Your Majesty, it seems that it is feasible for us to attack with trebuchets at night! If we spread out..."

Wanyan Yinshuke said excitedly that after dark, the enemy would be unable to do anything to them. Now that the trebuchets were concentrated, the enemy could still deal with it through fire coverage, but what if they broke into pieces and attacked the city from all directions.

"This is the next step, but remember, it must be a snowy day or a night with dark clouds and no moonlight!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai nodded and said that it is feasible to attack the city with a trebuchet at night, but you must pay attention to the weather.

The confrontation between the two sides lasted for a long time until Jin Wushu returned to the formation.

"Your Majesty, the enemy broke the water on the outer layer of the city wall. Now the outer layer of the city wall is completely covered with ice. We can blast through the ice. If we want to blow down the city wall, we must dig holes and bury gunpowder in it!"

Jin Wushu said to Wanyan Wu Qingmao.

"Is the outer layer all ice?"

Wanyan Wu Qimai's face was gloomy. The shattering of the ice could reduce the destructive power of the explosion, which was not good for them.

"Leave today!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai ordered that the enemy's long-term artillery attack still caused them a lot of losses, and their trebuchets could not withstand such losses.

(End of this chapter)