The sudden flash of fire on the Songzhou city wall exploded in the Xiaoguo Guard rear army with the power that the artillery should have.
Jiang Lei had been paying close attention to the movements of the Jin State artillery on the city wall. Hearing the rumble from the Xiaoguo Guard's rear position, Jiang Lei, who was well aware of the power of the artillery, waved the flag again.
Following Jiang Lei's order, Dalong's artillery quickly adjusted its angle and once again bombarded the position of the artillery on the city wall.
Thick smoke billowed above the city wall, blocking people's sight, but it could not block the fire when the artillery shells were ejected.
Dalong's gunners found the position of the artillery on the city wall in an instant, fired back and fired back.
The rumbling sound of cannons sounded again on the smoke-filled city wall, mixed with the screams of the guards.
Dongfang Ming looked at the situation on the city wall and frowned deeply. He had been observing the counterattack on the city wall to estimate the strength of the garrison in the city.
However, the enemy's counterattack was far beyond his expectation.
According to the density of the arrows flying out from under the city wall, and according to my own experience, it would only be able to sustain a thousand archers to death.
However, when our second round of artillery started, the soldiers who suddenly appeared on the city wall were densely packed. Judging from the crowds, there were at least 8,000 troops on the south city wall alone.
It is reasonable to think that there must be at least 3,000 archers. How come there is only such a small amount of strength in counterattack.
He was not only observing the situation on the city wall, but also paying attention to the situation of his brothers.
In addition to some casualties from the Jin Army's artillery strikes, the 30,000-strong army was unable to break through the defense of the saber-and-shield soldiers in front of the city wall.
The damage caused to the siege army was completely inconsistent with the level of counterattack by the troops on the city wall.
This is not because Dongfang Ming felt that too few of his brothers were killed or injured, but because he sensed something was wrong with the strength of the troops on the city wall.
"Kill!"
The loud shouting of death was louder again, interrupting Dongfang Ming's thoughts and blocking Jiang Lei from waving the flag.
Jiang Lei looked at the vanguard troops charging towards Wengcheng under the cover of sword and shield soldiers, with a complicated and helpless expression on his face as he put down the flag in his hand.
A feeling of powerlessness arises spontaneously.
Before the Wengcheng lost its supposed defensive power under the bombardment of artillery fire, our own colleagues had already rushed over.
How could he provide artillery assistance under such circumstances?
Forcibly firing will only accidentally injure your comrades.
Jiang Lei sighed silently. If the prince had the advantage of artillery fire, he would never let his brothers attack the city with their flesh and blood.
The artillery support on my side has not yet reached 50% of its power, but your side has already killed me. What should I do?
To fire or not to fire?
"Send the order, turn the muzzle of the gun, raise the gun body ten inches, and the shells will go over the barbican and bombard the inner city wall."
"Got the order!"
In desperation, Jiang Lei could only do his best to provide artillery support to Xiaoguo Wei's brothers.
But in Jiang Lei's opinion, this was simply a waste of shells.
He still had to.
Ye Baotong on the observation deck instantly noticed the misfire of his own artillery. Looking at the Xiaoguo Guards who had already invaded Wengcheng, he also understood the reason for the misfire of the artillery.
The Six Guards of the New Army have been working together for many years, and many generals can guess the brothers' intentions with just a little thought.
However, there are very few opportunities for the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang to fight together with the Six Guards of the New Army.
They had no idea that the six guards of the new army were dispatched to attack the city under the command of Liu Mingzhi, and they were completely unable to cooperate with each other tacitly.
Their siege methods were still the same old habits they had developed in the past, and they could not effectively cooperate with artillery bombardment to siege the city.
Ye Baotong understood the key without having to think carefully, and hurriedly jumped off the observation deck and ran towards Yunyang's position.
"Your Majesty, please immediately order the gold to withdraw the troops.
Jiang Lei's artillery support has not yet destroyed the barbican city. Now the brothers will definitely suffer heavy casualties if they attack.
And it will also limit Jiang Lei's artillery support. "
Yunyang looked at Ye Baotong's anxious expression standing under the observation deck, hesitated and waved the flag in his hand.
"Send the order, call for gold and withdraw the troops!"
In the blink of an eye, the loud sound of gold foil from the rear of the Dalong Military Camp resounded. Dongfang Ming was startled when he heard the sound and hurriedly waved the command flag.
"Send the order, withdraw the troops!"
The horn sounded, and the Xiaoguo Guards who were attacking the city began to withdraw without hesitation.
Then, in just a short moment, hundreds of corpses of Xiaoguo Guards were left in the barbican outside the southern gate of Songzhou.
The urn city was built around the city gate.
Its size will not exceed 70% of the city gate, and it can accommodate no more than a hundred troops.
As long as you enter the urn city, in such a large place, the guards on the city wall can carry out indiscriminate attacks.
The fastest and most powerful way to kill the enemy troops rushing into the urn city.
This is roughly the case with catching turtles in an urn.
In an instant, the Xiaoguo Guard army that was attacking the city was out of the range of the Jin Kingdom defenders' counterattack.
Hu Lüda observed the retreating dragon soldiers and horses outside the city, and looked around at the smoke-filled city wall with both joy and disappointment.
"Come here, count the casualties!"
"Got the order!"
What the Songzhou garrison was doing, Dalong soldiers and horses were doing the same thing.
In less than half an hour, Hu Luda, Dongfang Ming and the two men held the battle report compiled by the army's Sima with heavy expressions.
Under the attack of artillery fire, the Jin Kingdom's garrison suffered more than 1,900 casualties in just half a day, of which more than 1,200 were directly killed by the explosion of explosive shells.
Although the Xiaoguo Guard were siege troops, they also suffered more than a thousand casualties under the cover of artillery fire, including more than 300 direct combat deaths. The most serious casualties were among the vanguard troops who invaded the barbican.
Although the Jin Kingdom had artillery, it never developed more powerful explosive shells.
Although the Xiaoguo Guards suffered fierce attacks from dozens of artillery pieces on the city wall, the number of Xiaoguo Guards killed and injured was not actually too many.
The use of artillery greatly broke the previous casualty ratio between the two armies attacking and defending the city.
In just a tentative siege, the troops of both sides paid a total of 3,000 casualties.
It is true that it is not an exaggeration to say that corpses were everywhere and rivers of blood flowed as soon as the war started.
Outside the city, in the large tent of the Dragon Army, Yun Yang looked through the military information and battle reports compiled by the army commander and silently put them aside.
He glanced at Dongfang Ming, who had a heavy face, and didn't say much.
"I don't know if this battle is considered a failure, so tell me what you think."
Dongfang Ming hesitated for a moment: "General, let me talk first. Judging from the degree of counterattack on the city wall, I feel that the number of enemy troops defending the city is not as large as we expected, but we do not rule out the possibility that they have hidden strength. "
Yunyang stroked his beard and nodded slightly: "I guess it's not just you, the other generals may also have noticed this from the telescope.
The enemy troops on the city wall seem to be powerful, but in fact they are somewhat strong on the outside but hard on the inside.
The real reason for the serious damage to our army's troops was the strong urn city built outside the city gate. "
"Ye Baotong, Jiang Lei, tell me what you think!
You can speak your mind and suggest all the ways in which we old guys are stuck in the old ways.
If you follow King Yingjian to attack the city, how will he carry out the siege?
We cannot accept old age, we must make progress slowly in our studies!
Regarding the use of the maximum power of artillery, you, the Sixth Guards of the New Army, are more persuasive than we are! "
Jiang Lei and Ye Baotong looked at each other silently.
Jiang Lei put down the flag in his hand and leaned over the sand table.
"Commander, all generals, please tell me!"
"Okay, we're all ears."
"The general will not dare."
Jiang Lei picked up the bamboo pole on the side and pointed it at the location of Songzhou City Wall.
"Brother Xiaoguowei attacked the city too fast and had no intention of cooperating with the artillery under the general's command.
With my artillery support, you should give up the attack on Wengcheng and use the city wall as a breakthrough point to launch an attack on the city.
Compared with the narrow barbican city, the wide city walls can extend the general's artillery fire to the greatest extent without accidentally injuring the army of brothers attacking the city.
With the power of the explosive shells, when your siege vehicles and ladders are attached to the city wall, the enemy defenders still have no chance to get up and fight back.
It's not impossible to attack the barbican and break open the city gate. At least you have to wait until the solid bullets collapse the solid walls of the barbican.
Otherwise, once the soldiers and horses enter the Wengcheng, they will be a living target for the enemy.
Moreover, our artillery's field of vision was blocked and we simply did not dare to fire indiscriminately.
What you should do is to take advantage of the angle between the urn city and use crossbows and catapults in conjunction with our artillery fire coverage to suppress the defenders on the city wall and give the infantry a chance to climb the city wall!
Your blind attack may seem brave, but it restrains the power of our artillery fire more than the enemy's.
The general has finished speaking! "
Ye Baotong took a few breaths lightly.
“Commander, seniors and brothers, I have to say something unpleasant.
In this exploratory attack on the city, the Pioneer Battalion ignored General Jiang Lei's artillery support and launched an unstoppable attack.
Of the more than 300 people killed in this battle, 70% died in the Wengcheng, which was nothing more than an opportunity for the enemy to catch a turtle in a urn!
In my opinion, this is very wrong! "
