The struggle of the reborn prince

The Divine Arm Bow is equivalent to the ancient long-range missiles. It is a heavy weapon. It can pierce people and horses through candied haws within an effective range of [-] steps. It is very powerful, but it is the same as modern heavy weapons. Many people operate, and even the capstan needs to be pulled by oxen to string it. It is very heavy and inconvenient to move, so it is only suitable for defending the city. && But in this era, it also poses a considerable threat to the siege troops. The first round of artillery fire from the Zhongyong Army hit the target with the magic arm bow at the head of Fengzhou City.

'Boom boom. . . "Hundreds of cannons fired at the same time. In order to ensure the hit rate, each magic arm bow was taken care of by seven or eight cannons. The rapid-fire cannons fired directly at the shooting turned the bow and arrow into a pile of waste wood. The mortar fires explosive shells specially to deal with the archers. The hundreds of small bullets released from the burst shells are like small bites that have just emerged. No matter it is the nose, eyes, or the gaps in the armor, you will see blood when you get in. , and then wandered around in its body, and drilled out from nowhere, tearing the human body apart, decomposing it, and turning it into a pile of minced meat.

"Target: city wall defense, mortar blasting shells, prepare... release!" The artillery observation post sitting in Diaodou, which is higher than Fengzhou city wall, quickly inspected the results, and then informed the artillery command post with semaphore. Zhao Xiao saw the artillery attack After Jiangong, the second order was issued immediately, and the soldiers and horses were ordered to convey the order to each gun position, brush the chamber, fill the ammunition bag, install the partition, insert the shell, ignite the fuse, and the sound of the gun rang again one after another.

The shell exploded on the city wall. Although the Xia army was limited in damage, it destroyed the city's defense facilities such as battle sheds, enemy buildings, parapets, crossbow platforms, and open houses.The gate towers that were not destroyed by the bombardment collapsed with the sound of explosions.In the past, the Xixia army was only good at field battles. After years of offensive and defensive battles with the Song Dynasty, they learned the tactics of defending the city, and their city defense measures were as complete as the Song Dynasty.Everything that should be there is available, but it is hard to beat the fierce artillery fire.

After the two artillery preparations, a team of engineers rushed out first. Their task was to open a passage for the siege troops. Some of the engineers were holding explosive packs, some were carrying big axes, and some were pushing bridge carts. . .Weng Li also learned a lesson from this failure, knowing that firearms have great lethality.Instead of placing all the soldiers on the city wall, they adopted the "refueling tactic" of more garrison and less deployment.Xia Jun, who was in charge of the lookout, saw that the Song army began to attack the city, and immediately sent out a police report, but Xia Jun, who was hidden under the city, was too frightened by the huge power of the artillery to move forward.Weng Li was also in a hurry, and even beheaded several leaders and captains. -

A battalion of Xia Jun rushed to the top of the city under his bloody long knife, and immediately bent his bow and set up an arrow to shoot at Song Jun, but was knocked down by a rain of bullets.The artillery destroyed the city's god-arm bow, and the Xia army lost its long-range weapons.The machine gun battalion of the Zhongyong Army quickly moved forward and entered the range. When they found Xia Jun outcropping, they immediately began to sweep the gun.Xia Jun's archers must stand up or stick their bodies out of the city wall to shoot arrows.Now it became a live target, and it was flattened in a blink of an eye.

The sappers who opened the way were under the cover of machine guns.Quickly cleared the corners and horse posts in front of the city, filled the horse pits, cut off the horse ropes, and erected a simple bridge with four horses in the moat with a bridge cart, and then used explosives to destroy the sheep and horses outside the city City, the gate of Fengzhou City was exposed to the artillery of the Song Army.Xia Jun in the city was killed by Song Jun's machine gun before. If he went down to the city, Ma Dao would guard the murderous supervising team.Between life and death, these Xia soldiers also became smarter. They retreated to the blind spot of machine gun shooting and used the method of throwing arrows to release arrows. The barracks were 'frightened' and retreated.

But before Xia Jun could heave a sigh of relief, the frightening sound of cannons rang out again. Zhao Ren, who was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, quickly discovered Xia Jun's new tactics and organized artillery bombardment again. This time the target was not the city, but the mortar. The cannon was thrown at a wide angle, hoisting the shell to the heads of the Xia army reserve team in the city.The rapid-fire guns were not idle either, and concentrated their firepower to bombard the city gate with solid bullets, trying to destroy the city gate and open a breakthrough for the siege troops.

The artillery shells hoisted into the city are no longer just a single type of ammunition. The solid bullets are specially used to smash down the battle sheds and buildings used by the troops under the city.Explosive bombs destroyed the defense materials hoarded below the city and killed soldiers.Then set a fire with incendiary bombs. These incendiary bombs were extracted from oil by the prince. The intensity and durability of the burning are not comparable to those of vegetable oils such as livestock fat and pine oil. They really fell into the house. Even if it falls on a stone slab, it can still burn. Moreover, it cannot be extinguished with water, but it increases the intensity of the fire. . .

City gates are generally made of hardwood, with a thickness of several inches, usually covered with iron sheets, and densely riveted door nails, which can prevent fire and impact. It was the first time in this era to hit a car and smash a door with artillery. After just a few rounds of bombardment, the thick city gate has become a pile of firewood.However, there were many Han people in the city. In order to prevent someone from offering the city to surrender, Yeli blocked the gate of the city. At this time, he achieved an unexpected effect, but it helped him a lot. The stuffing exploded, and the plan to break through the city gate failed.

There was no light in the east and light in the west. Zhao Ren immediately let the cavalry who were about to attack back down and replaced them with dragon cavalry who were fighting on foot.These siege tactics have been practiced many times in past drills. Everyone knows what they should do, and the conversion is as smooth as clouds and flowing water. A siege engine was dispatched.

The mules and horses dragging the siege vehicles are all wearing iron vests, which can prevent short-range shooting from bows and arrows. Unless those archers specialize in shooting horse eyes, it is difficult to cause damage to the horses.The siege vehicles are also carefully crafted by loyal and brave craftsmen. They are several feet high and are almost flush with the city wall. The cloister can be protected from bows and arrows and rocks, and hundreds of soldiers can be hidden among them. There are machine gun bunkers on the roof, and two machine guns are erected to provide fire support for the soldiers who are attacking the city.

The siege vehicles rolled forward along the passage cleared by the engineer battalion. In order to prevent accidental injury, the shelling stopped at this time, and the sentries in the watchtower in the city immediately issued an alarm. The defenders in the city suffered heavy losses from the shelling just now, and they gathered in the west city. More than half of the [-] defenders suffered casualties.Now that Weng Li had no way out, he sent people to report to the prefect Qingyang to ask for reinforcements and supplies, while personally supervising the defense of the city.

The two most powerful weapons against siege engines are iron hitting wood and piercing ring.According to the "Wu Jing Zongyao": "Iron hits wood, wooden body and iron head, the first six iron fronts, three fingers larger than the front, more than a foot long, the tip of the front is a beard, and its orifice penetrates the iron cable."Whenever a car approaches the city, it is smashed from the city with a potter's wheel and twisted iron. The leather is damaged, and the swallowtail is burned.For piercing the ring, wrought iron or Qurou Renwood is used as a large ring, which is tied with a cable.When the car hits the city, lift the ring to pass through the trailer, pull the rope at the same time, and then use the bow and crossbow. If you shoot it from both sides, the car will overturn; if you don't stop shooting, many people under the car will not be armored. The soldiers threw wages and burned them. "Song and Xia were in war and peace, and they had close contacts. Stealing soldiers is not difficult. The Song Dynasty also did the same. The magic arm bow was stolen from Xia.It is not a big deal for Xixia to learn how to make this kind of weapon.

Weng Li led the city, and the siege vehicle was less than a hundred steps away from the city wall. While organizing troops to repair the equipment, he ordered the archers to block the siege vehicle. , with little effect.Then he threw all the broken bricks and tiles of the city over the top of the city, trying to prevent the siege engines from approaching.But Song Jun had thought of this a long time ago, and deliberately made the diameter of the wheel very large, just like the 'monster truck' with super passing ability. Although the speed was reduced, it still couldn't stop it from moving forward.

Lou Gan has now been promoted to the head of the Tiger General's Supply Battalion. In order to ensure that the prince can have dinner in Fengzhou City, he volunteered himself to be the driver of the first car.In order to maintain stability, the siege vehicle site as high as a spire had to be made wider, and the road leading to Toyosu West Gate was originally narrow and had a steep slope. Although it was renovated by the engineer battalion, it was very difficult to walk.

The driver can't hide in the car and drive the car, he has to drive under the rain of arrows. Lou Qian led several drivers of his team to drive sixteen carefully selected draft horses forward, and rushed up the steep slope with difficulty, making the road even more difficult. , Lou Gan had to get out of the car and personally pull the leading horse to lead the way.He held up a large shield to protect his body in one hand, and led the horse carefully around the mounds and rocks with the other hand, and kept yelling to comfort the horse.

Horses are the most timid and like to be startled. Although these horses have been trained, they have never faced a rain of arrows like locusts. Although arrows cannot harm them, they are unavoidable. Lou After finally coaxing the horses through the 'stone formation', they finally came to the moat.The horses serving as the leading horses are all experienced old horses. Seeing the narrow and broken simple bridge made of a few planks in front of them, it quit pulling the heavy siege vehicle. forward.

"Lou Gan, hurry up your motherfucker, the car for so many years is in vain!" Dou Jun, the commander of Longjiang's third battalion, was also in command of the first car. Seeing that he was about to reach the city, the car stopped, and he couldn't help shouting. scolded.

"The driving is even faster than him. The wooden shield weighs twenty or thirty catties. His arms have long been sore, and his body is soaked in sweat. Several drivers have all got out of the cart to lead the horse, but the horse still doesn't say anything. willing to go.

"Blindfold the horse and lead the horse across the bridge!" Lou Gan ordered his men to arrive. He tore off his clothes, blindfolded the horse with one hand, put the shield behind his back, and led the carriage across the bridge step by step backwards, forcing him into the city. , With a loud bang, the front baffle of the siege vehicle was lowered and placed on the top of the city, forming a temporary bridge.Lou Gan cut off Ma Suo and wanted to take the horse away from the city. Suddenly a boulder rolled down from the top of the city and hit him. Lou Gan spat out a mouthful of blood and fell on his back. The soldiers of the city chariot jumped over the top of the wall, grinning, and closed their eyes. . .To be continued. .