In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 415: Shock, unique siege technique

The Song army's trebuchets were larger than those of the Mongolian army, but the weight of the trebuchets was much smaller than that of the Mongolian army.

Of course, this means that the Song Army's trebuchet counterweight box is also small, and there are fewer counterweights, making it easier to carry.

Chala threw away the iron bullet in his hand and looked up at Song Jun: "Don't make any noise, Song Jun may be about to start."

After the Song Army's artillery test was over, the official bombing naturally followed.

As soon as Cha La finished speaking, he saw a sudden flash of fire on the Song Army's trebuchet. Phew, it seemed like something was ignited.

Then, bang, a trebuchet in the middle instantly threw a fireball.

"So you want to use fire to attack?" Some Mongolian soldiers also disagreed.

They have been fighting against the Song Army for many years, and of course they know that the Song Army likes to use fire, so there are quite a lot of fire fighters in the city.

When the Song army fought against them, there were rockets fired in broad daylight, which was very disgusting. In recent years, the Mongolian army has also been fully prepared.

Chala didn't make a sound, just stared at the big fireball.

I saw the big fire ball swish and land right above the north gate with great accuracy.

After landing, bang, the scene exploded again, and then with a roar, flames swept across the surroundings, and the area within a few steps seemed to be filled with flames.

"Hiss." Everyone on the scene gasped.

"Ah" the screams of the Mongolian soldiers were heard not far ahead. Some people were running around with fire all over their bodies. After a while, they fell to the ground.

Swish, swish, it was quite beautiful in the sky, and the continuous fireballs flew up like a fire dragon.

Zhao Yurui's Song army has already used the best siege weapon of this era, gasoline bombs.

The trebuchet threw a can of petrol bomb weighing about ten kilograms at the top of the city. The petrol bomb exploded when it hit the ground, and the flames immediately spread out.

It took more than twenty trebuchets to launch the first round. The entire city within a few hundred steps to the north was covered in flames. Almost every Mongolian army within a few hundred steps had fire on their bodies. Many people were unable to escape in time.

The water or sand prepared by the Mongolian army at the top of the city had no effect at all.

Someone saw with his own eyes that after Song Jun dropped a gasoline bomb into a bucket, the bucket instantly shattered and the gasoline burned directly on the water.

Within two hundred steps to the left and right with the north gate as the center, the top of the city was like hell. Previously, the Mongolian army knew that the Song army was mainly attacking the north gate, but within these short four hundred steps, many soldiers and horses gathered. When they saw the Song army, Before and after the trebuchet was launched, another part retreated four hundred steps away, waiting for a while after the trebuchet was finished, and then stepped forward.

Fortunately, these people retreated first. The Mongolian troops who did not leave this area were all shrouded and wrapped in flames after the three rounds of trebuchets were thrown.

The Song Army's trebuchets had only fired three or four rounds, and the smell of burnt food was already filling the air.

"The bastard Song Army." A bunch of Mongolian generals surrounding Chala cursed with their eyes almost popping out.

At this time, Chala already knew why the Song army had so many trebuchets on both wings.

After the first four rounds of shooting, the Song Army began to focus on the two wings.

Swish, swish, one petrol bomb flew towards the two wings.

Chala was originally on the left side of the north gate. Seeing the Song army's continuous throws to the left, he could only lead the Mongolian army to continue to retreat to the left.

The same is true on the right side. The Mongolian troops on the right side watched more gasoline bombs being thrown on the city, and they could only retreat to the right.

Now the four hundred steps in between quickly became deserted.

Everyone standing at the top of the city was burned by the fire.

There are two hundred steps to the left and right above the North City Gate. Within about four hundred steps, only fire and no people can be seen for a short period of time.

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"Damn it, the Song army is attacking the city." A Mongolian army screamed.

At this time, the Song army continued to throw fire on both wings, spreading the ring of fire to the left and right, forcing the Mongolian army at the top of the city to retreat to both sides.

Now there is no one within 400 steps, so the Song army is attacking an empty city.

"Damn it." Zha La was furious and quickly ordered: "Have someone go up from the top of the city and hold it, hold it."

There are stairs to the top of the city on the left and right sides of the North City Gate, but now the stairs are full of fire and there is no room for people to stand on them. Many Mongolian soldiers ran down.

Now Cha La lets them go again.

"It's all on fire," one of his subordinates shouted.

"The fire won't last long. If the Song army goes to the top of the city, it will definitely be extinguished. Tell people to prepare." Chala knew the Song army's plan.

First use fire to force all the Mongolian troops to the top of the city, and then attack them with ants.

Cha La's guess was correct, but he didn't know that the Song Army also had fire-proof clothing made of fire-alkane cloth.

The Song Army used it in the Shazhou Battle five or six years ago. At that time, the Song Army was not fully prepared and there were not many fire-proof clothing made of fire-alkane cloth.

Now five or six years have passed, and it was specially made for gasoline bombs. The first wave of more than 300 people in the Song Army wore a pyroxane cloth cloak outside. The style was very simple, like the raincoat of later generations. Put it on, all the way to your feet.

This wave of Song troops were dressed strangely, and the Mongolian troops were stunned.

I saw Song Jun quickly carrying the ladder to the city, and then looking at the flames on the top of the city.

At this time, the Song Army's trebuchets began to adjust their distance, because the Song Army also knew that there were stairs on the left and right sides of Dingzhou City that could be climbed. Now they were throwing gasoline bombs at the entrance and bottom of the stairs to prevent the Mongolian army from coming up to support.

The next wave of petrol bombs will be far away from the crenel.

Of course, gasoline bombs are very powerful, but if there are no flammable materials at the top of the city, the gasoline will be gone after it burns out.

Swish, swish, the Song army began to throw at the crenel on the other side to prevent the Mongolian army from climbing up the wall.

The Song army under the city observed the city from time to time.

Someone couldn't help it anymore: "I'll go up and take a look first."

The commander of the Song Army couldn't wait any longer, so he leaned the ladder against the crenel and climbed up.

With his move, the Song troops nearby climbed up one after another.

The Mongolian army a few hundred steps away could only stare blankly.

Chala was furious. The front was full of flames, and the Song army's trebuchets were still throwing trebuchets to block their way. He looked around: "There is fire above. The Song army can go up, but we can't go up. Pour water on me and give it to me." superior."

In order to prevent the Song army from being burned, a large number of buckets were prepared at the top of the city. Chala asked his men to pour water on their clothes and then rushed over.

The subordinates looked at each other.

"Come on, if we don't wait for the Song army to enter the city, we will all die together." Cha La roared.

There was nothing they could do now. The Mongolian soldiers poured water from the bucket over their heads and bodies, then closed their eyes and said, "Come on," and rushed into the fire.

However, the Song army moved to the left and right little by little, forcing the Mongolian army to retreat to the left and right. At this time, more than thirty steps along the way were covered with flames.

The Mongolian army had to walk more than thirty steps through the flames, and just watering them was not enough.

It might be better if the Mongolian soldiers wore cotton-padded clothes and soaked in the water for a long time.

Now that I rushed in like this, my hair was caught on fire in a short while, and then I suffered severe injuries all over my body and face.

"Ah" a Mongolian army rushed in and screamed and fell to the ground shortly after.

"Hiss!" Chala's face turned green as he watched his men rush in and were all set on fire.

A centurion of the Mongolian army was directly hit by a gasoline bomb falling from the sky, and instantly became a man on fire.

When Cha La saw that something was not going well, he hurried down to the top of the city and said, "Go to the north gate, go to the north gate, go to the north gate." He immediately mobilized his troops to go to the north gate.

Now there are only stairs at the north gate to go up to the top of the city. The Song army will definitely be surrounded by ants once the fire is out.

When Chala went to the north gate, nearly a thousand Mongolian troops were gathered below the north gate.

Nearly a thousand Mongolian troops were blocked under the stairs on both sides of the north gate. Everyone looked up at the city head nervously.

There is still a fire up there, and there are petrol bombs falling on the stairs. For a while, no one dared to go up.

From time to time, the Song Army threw petrol bombs behind the north gate.

Suddenly, whoosh, a petrol bomb fell from the sky and hit the crowd directly.

The Mongolian troops blocking the north gate suddenly dispersed like birds and beasts, and everyone took the road and ran around.

Boom, the petrol bomb hit. Although no one was hit, the flames flew everywhere and many people were burned.

"Ah" the Mongolian soldiers and horses panicked, a gap appeared in the middle, and the ground was full of fire.

Now everyone looked up at the sky, fearing that another petrol bomb would suddenly fall.

"Go up, go up, Song Jun is going up." At this time, someone at the top screamed.

Someone has heard sounds from above the city.

The Song army came to the city.

"Go up, go up, go up." A general shouted from behind.

"It's all on fire, what the hell."

"The Song army can go up, but you can't?"

"Throw, throw, throw up."

There were all kinds of messy quarrels below, but everyone refused to join in. Someone suggested ejection.

"Projection" An officer reacted and immediately ordered the projectile to be launched towards the top of the city.

Just as the Mongolian army thought, dozens of Song soldiers were already on the city.

The flames at the top of the city near the crenellations have become smaller and smaller, and the gasoline is being burned. Except for some Mongolian corpses that are still burning, the fires in many places have become much smaller.

When the trebuchets in the distance saw the Song army ascending to the top of the city, they all pushed forward a few steps.

This will try to ensure that gasoline bombs will not be thrown into the Song Army.

At this time, the gasoline bombs could hardly be thrown at the top of the city. They were either thrown into the crenel on the other side, or directly into the street inside the city wall.

The Mongolian troops outside the north gate were unlucky. Petrol bombs fell from time to time, and the scene was very chaotic.

The first wave of Song troops who entered the city quickly gathered at the stairs. Before they could run over, a large number of arrows were suddenly thrown up from below.

The Song troops raised their shields one after another, and some were caught unprepared and were shot. However, the Song troops wore fire armor on the outside and armor on the inside. Apart from being a little hot, their protective power was relatively strong. As long as they missed their vital points, it usually didn't matter.

After heading to the city, I looked around, quickly returned to the crenellation, and shouted to the bottom: "Load the petrol bombs."

The following understood the situation, and immediately two ladders came together.

The two Song soldiers on the left and right grabbed a frame of petrol bombs with one hand and climbed up quickly.

This frame of petrol bombs is slightly larger than later hand grenades. At first, Zhao Yurui was made of ceramics, but later it was changed to glass.

The workmanship is relatively rough, but it saves effort and money.

As soon as the frame of petrol bombs was lifted up, shouts of killing could be heard from below. Some Mongolian troops discovered that the fire above had also dimmed and many places were extinguished. A large number of Mongolian troops were rushing upwards.

The Song army was blocked at the entrance of the stairs and was confronting the Mongolian army. Fortunately, the stairs were narrow and there were not many people on both sides facing each other. However, there were too many Mongolian troops on the opposite side and the rain of arrows was dense. The Song army was a little unable to withstand it.

"Dog Meng Tatar" Song Jun didn't even wait for the frame of petrol bombs to hit the ground. He took it over and unscrewed a cap on it, revealing an oily tarpaulin, which he immediately ignited.

"Get out of the way." He rushed towards the stairs, and the Song troops in front of him all got out of the way.

As soon as Du's head was raised, he was hit by two arrows in his chest.

Du's head and body shook, but the next moment he threw it directly.

With a plop, it hit the face of the Mongolian army in front of the opposite row.

Phew, the scene suddenly burst into flames. All the Mongolian troops on the left and behind screamed, and some people fell directly from the stairs.

Du Tingtou took a few steps back and reached out to touch his chest. It seemed that he was seriously injured. The arrow from the opposite side had already penetrated his armor, but with the protection of the armor, it was hard to say how much it had penetrated. If the arrow's wound was not deep, , there is still a chance to survive.

"Damn it." He cursed and sat down, breathing heavily.

Almost at the same time as he retreated, Song troops rushed over one after another. Bang bang bang, petrol bombs were thrown down the stairs one by one.

The Mongolian army was ignited everywhere. The power of these gasoline bombs was too great. If one was hit, the flames would ignite five, six, or even seven or eight people in all directions. One hit would burn them all.

The Song army's tactics were very simple. In the early stage, they used petrol bombs to force the Mongolian army down the city. Later, when the Song army came to the top of the city, they continued to throw petrol bombs at the stairs or into the crowd of Mongolian soldiers.

Only a dozen gasoline bombs were thrown over, but the Mongolian soldiers were already screaming everywhere. The Mongolian soldiers standing on the stairs in front were set on fire one after another, and they either fell down the stairs or fell at the entrance of the stairs. The power of the gasoline bombs by the Song Army was frightening. The Mongolian army retreated like a tide.

There were Mongolian generals slashing people behind with knives, and it was useless to force the Mongolian troops to rush forward.

If the Song Army hits a petrol bomb in the crowd, it will burn them all. Who dares to rush to the front?

When Cha La arrived at the North City Gate, they saw that the Mongolian army looked like a defeated army. Nearly a thousand people were standing a hundred steps away from the North City Gate. Everyone stared blankly at the North City Gate.

Cha La looked up and saw that about a hundred steps outside the North Gate Urn, including both sides of the street, were full of flames. The Song Army's trebuchets had been hurled deep into the city. Many houses and shops on both sides of the street had been set on fire. stand up.

The top of the city was densely packed with Song troops. It was obvious that a large number of Song troops had already arrived on the top of the city.

The Mongolian troops stood densely on the street, and Wushang dared to step forward.

Moreover, the Mongolian army in front was still pushing back from time to time, because the Song army's trebuchets were advancing layer by layer. After throwing at a certain distance for a while, they were bound to be pushed forward, which forced the Mongolian army to retreat step by step.

"What are you looking at? What are you looking at? The Song Army is about to enter the city -" Chala was furious. He was interrupted by his subordinates just in the middle of his sentence.

"Nan Yan, point back. Song Jun's trebuchet will hit the top of his head at some point." A subordinate warned carefully.

Cha La was about to scold him, but unexpectedly he saw a fire dragon coming through the sky far above his head. Looking at the direction, the distance was a bit dangerous.

"Fuck." Chala yelled, turned around and ran away, and everyone surrounding Chala also dispersed.

Everyone had not run out a few steps when, with a thud, the petrol bomb hit the area near the Chala station just now, and flames shot up into the sky.

Now the Mongolian army had experience, and those who were north of the gasoline bombs ran south.

Because after a while, the Song Army will continue to throw in depth.

Chala looked at the city head with some despair. The fire at the city head had basically been extinguished at this time, and the Song Army had already appeared on the stairs down to the city head.

The Song Army and the Mongolian Army faced each other across the fire. The Song Army was observing the direction, impact point and size of the flames in the city, as well as the location of the Mongolian Army.

Then Chala saw someone pointing towards him, and his heart jumped subconsciously. He felt that Song Jun was telling the trebuchet where to throw it?

"I'm afraid we can't hold on any longer." At this time, the subordinates from earlier came over again to remind Cha La.

Cha La's expression was extremely ugly. Now the four city gates were sealed, and the Mongolian army could not get out. The Song army had only entered the city now, with a few hundred people at most, all at the north gate. But all of them knew that according to the Song Jun's style of play will definitely not be defended.

Do you want to surrender? Chala thought in shock and fear, how long has the fight lasted?

(End of this chapter)