Pirate Song

"Don't shoot arrows. Shooting arrows at this time is just a waste. Send me an order to prepare the crossbow on the bed. Aim at every stone cannon of the golden soldiers. Be sure to be accurate!" Gao Huaiyuan ordered immediately.

Immediately, the operators of several bed crossbows transported to the north wall began to get busy. Compared with those stone cannons used by the Jin soldiers, the bed crossbows of the Song army seemed to be sharper. After all, the stone cannons of this era still depended on The bed crossbow is operated by manpower, but the bed crossbow uses mechanical force. Compared with the bulky stone cannon, the bed crossbow is much lighter. It is placed on the city wall, covered by battlements, and its existence is basically invisible from below. Gao Huaiyuan didn't use the bed crossbow for the first time just now, although the weight of the bed crossbow's arrows is not heavy, but the range is much farther than the stone cannon, and the accuracy is even more unmatched by things like stone cannons. So when he saw the stone cannons in the golden soldier array, he deliberately hid the defenders' bed crossbows. It seemed that it was time to use them this time!

Those guarding soldiers who operated the bed crossbow threw off their thick armor and clothes one after another, went into battle bare-chested and struggled to pull the capstan on the bed crossbow. The giant bow was slowly opened, and finally there was a crisp click, and the thick crossbow string was hung on the machine bracket.

"Aim with a round hammer!" Gao Huaiyuan strode to the front of a bed crossbow and shouted to the operator.

So spears with huge hammers at the front were placed on the chute of the bed crossbow, and all the officers and soldiers pushed the bed crossbow slowly so that the Wangshan above caught the gold soldiers and stone cannons that were moving outside the city. Only then did Gao Huaiyuan order the crossbowmen: "When the golden soldiers are in chaos, let the arrows go immediately! Let me let the crossbows go!"

Following his order, the strikers who had already prepared immediately swung their mallets and smashed them hard on the bracket of the bed crossbow. Then there was a dull buzzing sound on the city wall, and several black spots were like black lightning. Flying out, that is, in the blink of an eye, it flew into the array of golden soldiers, and smashed heavily into the crowd of golden soldiers, causing bloody ripples inside.

Gao Huaiyuan immediately lay down on the crenel of the city wall and watched the effect of the shooting outside. After watching it, he felt quite regretful. Due to lack of training, the first round of shooting basically failed to achieve the expected effect, and several round hammer arrows shot out. Afterwards, none of them hit the moving stone cannons, and his plan to kill the Jinbing stone cannons fell into vain.

Fortunately, the golden soldiers formed a dense formation, making them the best targets. Huge round hammers and arrows fell into the crowd of golden soldiers one after another. It was a round hammer arrow after it lost its stability, and it still maintained a terrifying lethality. The sweeping arrow shaft was like a broom raging in the crowd. Even if it was swept by the arrow shaft, the result was not much better. Falling on all sides, he would either die or be injured after landing. Every arrow caused huge damage to Jin Bing, causing the crowd of Jin Bing to cry out in surprise.

"Shoot the arrows!" Gao Huaiyuan immediately seized this favorable opportunity. When the formation of the golden soldiers was disordered, a large number of gaps appeared in the shield formation, which was an opportunity for their archers to take advantage of.

Hundreds of crossbowmen immediately released arrows together, and the rain of arrows once again shrouded Jin Bing's head, and the Jin soldiers who were hit by the arrows screamed and fell to the ground.

Hu Luci, who was watching the battle from a distance, suddenly straightened his body on the horse's back, clenched both hands holding the rein and the whip at the same time, and his eyes widened, but even if he relaxed, he still Did not speak.

A lieutenant beside him exclaimed: "Damn it! There are bed crossbows in the city!"

"Don't be impatient, the Song army is good at making crossbows. It's not surprising that Huangzhou City has such weapons. Continue to beat the drums and advance without stopping!" Hu Luci shook his horsewhip and ordered.

So the drums from the golden army continued to sound, more quickly, and after they reached the battlefield, the golden soldiers immediately marched towards Huangzhou City under the command of their respective generals, ignoring the bed crossbows at the top of the city.

"Calibrate the target, continue to wind! Load the round hammer and arrow!" Gao Huaiyuan waved his hand to order.

The city was busy again, and the soldiers struggled to operate the bed crossbow, reloaded the round hammer arrows again, aimed carefully, and shot down the city again.

On the short [-]-meter road, Jin Jun dropped a large number of corpses. Such a blow was helpless for Jin Bing, so he could only pray to the gods and Buddhas secretly, hoping that the person who was shot next time would not be himself. Finally, after paying a considerable price, the troops entered the first trench again, but after three rounds of shooting, the experienced bed crossbow operators successfully destroyed several stone cannons carried by the Jin army. The gun mount that was hit broke off on the spot, fell into the crowd, and killed and injured some golden soldiers, which dealt a big blow to the golden soldiers.

But at this time, the two sides have entered the range of shooting at each other again. After the first failure experience, Jin Bing has learned a lot this time. Using the big shield as a cover, the Jin Bing archers drew their bows one after another, and fought with the city. The Song army launched a confrontation. The arrows of the two armies crossed in the air, and the sky was full of shadows of arrow feathers. The sound of swishing was endless, and both sides were injured. With the cover of many defensive equipment, the casualties are obviously much smaller than that of the golden soldiers.

Taking advantage of the mutual attack between the two sides, a large number of Jin soldiers flocked to the outside of the city to resist the horse. Using the round shield in their hands as a cover to block the arrows that were constantly being shot, they desperately dismantled the rejection horse in front of them, and made a stone. The advance of the cannon opened up the final passage.

And the Song army began to shoot arrows at these golden soldiers frantically under the command of Gao Huaiyuan and other generals, and kept shooting the golden soldiers in front of Juma, but the arrows could not resist the tide at this time. The golden soldiers gradually began to be dismantled, and more golden soldiers rushed to the front of the rejecting horse and joined the ranks of dismantling the rejecting horse.

"The bed crossbow is replaced by the jackdaw arrow! Shoot at the golden soldiers in front of the horses, the crossbowmen suppress the golden archers, don't idle the artillery cart, try to kill the enemy!" Gao Huaiyuan ran back and forth on the city wall, constantly issuing orders With one order after another, he directed the Song army on the city wall to wield the power of long-range weapons as much as possible, killing and injuring a large number of enemy troops.

So under his instigation, the Song army on the city wall began to release all the weapons that could hunt and kill the enemy even more frantically towards the city. Arrows, stones, rockets, etc., as long as they could get the golden soldiers, they all began to go into battle, but Even so, Juma began to thin out under the continuous demolition of golden soldiers.

However, the attack organization of Jin Bing was obviously better this time. A large number of archers kept shooting arrows at the top of the city under the city, which caused a great threat to the soldiers of the Song Army who were defending the city. Then he was taken off the city wall on a stretcher for treatment.

Fortunately, most of the Song soldiers had armor for self-defense, and most people would be slightly injured after being hit by an arrow.

Gao Huaiyuan looked at the golden soldiers at the bottom of the city, and knew that going on like this was not the way to go, but he still didn't transfer the other team of defenders who were taking a break to the city wall, because he knew that this was far from the most critical moment, and he had to keep going. Sufficient reserve force to cope with the more brutal battles that follow.

"Everyone keep going! It's getting late, and the Jin army is also human, so they will be tired, so you can go down and rest until it gets dark, everyone, work harder!" Gao Huaiyuan loudly encouraged the soldiers who were defending against the enemy At this time, he suddenly became vigilant, he sideways dodged an arrow that was coming straight towards him, swung the waist knife in his hand, and sent another arrow flying, avoiding a catastrophe.

There is no safe place on the city wall now. Under the fierce counterattack of the golden soldiers outside the city, arrows are scattered everywhere in the city. Many wooden stands and leather curtains are tied like hedgehogs, and some cloth curtains are more It was the arrows that were shot up that were torn into pieces. If you were not careful, you might be hit by the arrows. Many Song soldiers began to get wounded, but they still insisted on firing arrows and shooting at the enemy.

After nearly a day of fierce fighting, these soldiers of the Song Army have begun to adapt to the cruelty of this kind of war. The blood seems to be in the eyes of people, and it is no longer so dazzling. They can even ignore the comrades standing beside them Falling down without even looking at them, people are such things, once they are numb, nothing will move them so easily.

After some replacement of parts, the bed crossbows were replaced with pouches one after another, and bundles of arrows were directly stuffed into the pouches, and then they flew out of the battlements like a swarm of bees under the operator's strike, and scattered towards the In this way, the firepower on the city suddenly increased several times, and immediately shot down a large area of ​​the golden soldiers and archers below the city, which slowed down the suppressive shooting of the golden soldiers.

But the next thing began to develop in a worse direction, because at this time Gao Huaiyuan learned that the Jin army divided up and began to attack the city on the east side of the city, and there was no time to set up trenches outside the city and reject horses. , just spread some caltrops and dug some traps, the defensive ability is weaker than that in the north, and the moat is relatively narrow in the east of the city, the golden soldiers are starting to attack in the east of the city at this time, no doubt they want to take advantage of the gap and break through With regard to the defense in the east of the city, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but start to worry about the Daye soldiers in the east of the city.

After all, the vast majority of these township braves have not experienced the test of battle formation, and have not even had time to conduct any combination drills. They only used two or three days to teach them some defense strategies. Gao Huaiyuan was really not sure whether he could stand such a test, but right now he couldn't get away to check the battle situation.

Because at this time Jin Bing had pulled out the horse-repelling guns outside the city, and began to move the remaining stone cannons outside the moat, and under the cover of Jin Bing archers, began to load and was ready to shoot.

A group of golden soldiers carried the big stone on their shoulders to the city, and put the stone into the leather pocket of the stone cannon. Many golden soldiers began to drag the rope of the stone cannon. Under the command of the officer, they dragged the rope with all their strength. .

"Everyone be careful! Watch out for the cannonballs flying up!" Gao Huaiyuan saw that something was wrong, and immediately shouted again.

It was too late to speak, but as soon as his words fell, huge stones flew over with the sound of the wind. Some of the stones crossed the city wall and fell heavily in the city, while others directly smashed into the city wall. Going up, there was a rumbling sound. After the boulder fell, the broken stones flew up and down the city wall. After seeing a house in the city being hit by a big boulder, a huge hole appeared on the roof with a bang, and then the house was also destroyed. After shaking a few times, it collapsed suddenly.

There was also a big stone between the two battlements, which smashed a section of the parapet and collapsed on the spot. The broken stones splashed everywhere on the wall like bullets. The two Song soldiers hiding behind the parapet only had time to scream. , was hit by a stone and flew upside down, his body flew a long way, rolled directly to the inner wall, and fell into the city, the screams stopped abruptly.

"Concentrate all your firepower and deal with the artillery vehicles under the city! Don't let them continue to show off! Rockets! Get ready for rockets! Attack with fire!" Gao Huaiyuan angrily grabbed the one who was shooting arrows not far from him. head, shouting orders to them.

The Song army who received the order immediately turned their bows and crossbows, and immediately concentrated all their firepower on the stone cannons of the golden soldiers below the city. The arrows were like flying locusts, and they tried their best to shoot and kill the golden soldiers who were holding the cannons. The shield soldiers pushed up and tried their best to cover the stone carts to continue the bombardment. So far, the siege battle on the first day reached a peak.

Song Junxun lit the rocket in the brazier prepared on the city wall, aimed the rocket at the gun mount under the city and fired it. The rocket was nailed to the gun mount and started to burn immediately, but the effect was not very good, because the gun mount of the large stone cannon They are all made of solid wood, and the wooden frames are very strong. Although they have been hit by rockets, it is difficult to destroy them in a short time.

And after the erection of the cannon was completed, the Jin soldiers quickly covered the wet cowhide on the cannon mount, which not only blocked the Song army's rockets, but also covered a large number of Jin soldiers who were operating the cannon. In addition, it was almost impossible to cause effective damage to them. Only a large number of Jin soldiers were shot near the gun mounts, but the number of Jin soldiers was too large compared to the Song army.

Everyone felt the vibrations under their feet constantly. Every time a big stone hit the city wall, fragments would fly around, and the city wall would shake accordingly. It was smashed like an old lady's gums, and the parapet walls in many places were destroyed, which posed a great threat to the Song army on the city and made it lose some effective defenses.

Even some improvised stone cannons erected on the city were destroyed by such blows, causing great casualties to the Minzhuang who operated the cannons.

Such a situation made the Huangzhou soldiers and civilians on the city wall start to tremble with fear, and the speed of counterattack also slowed down as their physical strength declined.

Even some boulders fell into the city, and the houses close to the city wall collapsed, and the people in the city kept screaming in surprise.

"Bah! What is this? Keep shooting arrows at me. I want to see how long the golden soldiers can last. Give me all the cannon stones and bed crossbows to deal with these damned enemy cannons. I think the golden soldiers will still be able to kill them." Is there any way to deal with us!" Gao Huaiyuan stretched out his head and released another arrow, nailing a Jin Army ten commander who was directing the artillery fire to the artillery mount.

At this time, he felt that his eyes were dark, and he yelled inwardly that he was not good, and immediately turned over and rolled out on the spot. Just after turning over, not far away, the section of the parapet wall where he was just now hit a stone heavily, and suddenly collapsed, horizontally The flying stones jingled against his armor, making him stick out his tongue and yelp. He boasted that he was very strong, but if he hit a stone like this, he would still turn into a pulp. Angrily, he got up yelling, and released a few more arrows with all his strength, hunting and killing a few unlucky golden soldiers.

Looking at the dense rain of arrows shooting up from the city, Gao Huaiyuan slapped his head, and hurriedly ordered: "Push the prepared wooden girl's head to the gap to block the arrows! Try to shoot and kill the golden soldiers!"

So the wooden girl heads that had been prepared were hurriedly pushed up the city wall and placed in front of the destroyed parapet walls, forming a temporary arrow stack, effectively blocking the bows and arrows of the golden soldiers, and the two sides shot at each other like this , fighting fiercely until it was dark, only to hear the sound of the Jin army's Ming Jin, and then everyone can't see the opponent clearly, it's just a waste of arrows in vain.

So the Jin Bing immediately began to retreat like a tide, and the offensive and defensive battle on the first day came to an end. The Jin Bing paid the price of hundreds of people, but basically cleared the fortifications outside the city, and when the Jin Bing retreated, , Taking advantage of the night, they snatched back the corpses of the fallen soldiers on the battlefield. The battlefield was temporarily silent, but the artillery vehicles of the Golden Army still stood under the city and did not retreat for the time being.

Gao Huaiyuan heaved a long sigh of relief when he saw the golden soldiers retreating gradually. This kind of urban offensive and defensive battle was far more intense than the last battle he experienced in Qifang Town. At least ten thousand arrows were shot, and arrow feathers were densely covered everywhere above and below the city, and the white arrow feathers looked white under the swaying flames.

The groans of the wounded seemed so abrupt in the night, but Gao Huaiyuan had long been used to this kind of scene, he just ordered to clean up the city, to clean up the broken bricks and rubble that had been destroyed during the day, and at the same time gather up the scattered arrows , for use in the next battle.

At the end of the battle on the north wall, news also came from the east of the city. The Jin soldiers stormed the east city, and now they have stopped fighting and retreated. After a day of fierce fighting, the Song army counted the casualties. The overall situation is acceptable. Many, most of them were arrow wounds, and the number was not too large, so after the first day of fighting, the defenders took advantage of a lot.