The first charge of the armored pot-throwing soldiers has begun!
The one rushing at the front is...the car!
Two carts converted from grain trucks formed a row and were pushed forward by several tall and powerful warriors wearing infantry armor.
Behind them were dozens of armored pot-throwing soldiers led by Yue Fei himself. They were also all wearing infantry armor that could completely cover their entire bodies. Each of them had five pieces of equipment hanging on their belts. A copper kettle filled with gunpowder and iron slag. One hand holds a side card to protect the head and face, and the other hand holds a long spear wrapped with a lighted fire wire. The spear has a spear at the end and can be inserted into the ground.
Behind these armored pot-throwing soldiers, there is also a group of archers wearing heart-covering armor. As they move forward, they open their bows and nock arrows, and throw feather arrows in front of the carriage. Because these archers couldn't see the target clearly, the arrows they fired were not accurate at all, and they just landed randomly on the top of the embankment. Not only did they not kill a single bandit, they also caused a burst of laughter.
The Song army was nothing more than that, they only knew how to hide behind the carriage to avoid death!
The Xiangqing military commanders who lined up on the embankment to resist the Song army's attack were a little scared when they saw the Song soldiers climbing up the embankment like a tide and carrying the carts and "cauldrons" up. But now when they saw the Xiong Xiang of the Song Army hiding behind the carriage and shivering forward, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and some people couldn't help laughing - the ones coming this time should be the Song people's "Luoyang Forbidden Army" Bar? All I know is that I am afraid of death, and I don’t dare to risk my life at all!
The morale of the Western Bandit Infantry was greatly boosted. They immediately adjusted their formation. First they brought up a few large shields and spread them out in front of the formation. Then they brought up a dozen armored warriors holding long spears. They half-crouched behind the big shields and then put their long spears out. He mounted his large shield and pressed his spear to the ground. In this way, we can firmly resist the Song Dynasty's chariot!
At the same time, the Xixia archers also came forward to shoot arrows! Although they couldn't see clearly the target behind the carriage, they could always see the slowly advancing carriage! There is always someone behind the carriage, right? As long as you throw the arrowhead behind the carriage, you can always shoot some people, right?
As the arrows shot by the Xixia people fell like raindrops, the casualties of the Song army also appeared. From time to time, soldiers pushing carts, shooting arrows, or carrying copper kettle bombs fell down, but soon someone would come up from behind to take their place. .
Through the gap between the two pallet trucks, Yue Fei had already clearly seen the situation ahead - the Xixia people were twenty or thirty steps away, and wanted to use their spears to hold up their pallass trucks. He had no idea that he would soon be "attacked" "Zhibo" attacked.
So Yue Fei first thrust the spear he was carrying wrapped with a match rope into the ground, and then yelled: "Pot-throwing soldier, insert the spear!"
"Insert the gun!"
With a burst of shouting, all the pot-throwing soldiers thrust their spears into the ground.
"Get the pot...light it!"
A copper kettle filled only with gunpowder and iron slag has been held in his hand, and then the paper shell covering the wooden tube fuse has been pulled out, revealing the leads that have been soaked in salt water, and then the leads are removed. The match rope wrapped around the spear was found.
"Throw...the pot!"
Another shout!
Dozens of smoking copper pots were thrown out at the same time. These pot throwers were selected from an army of tens of thousands of people, and their throws were quite accurate! In the blink of an eye, the copper pot had already hit someone.
"Ouch, ouch..."
"It hurts! What is this?"
"It seems to be a hip flask, made of copper..."
"It's so copper! Oh my god, isn't this too rich?"
The Xixia people who were hit by the explosive pot didn't know that the God of Death was already holding a sickle to harvest their lives, so they were still surprised!
How rich is the Song Dynasty? He actually hit people with copper on the battlefield!
However, they were not surprised for long, as these copper kettles turned into explosive kettles - the burning fuses ignited the granulated black powder!
This was not just one bomb, but thirty or forty bombs exploding at the same time!
Although these copper pots have different appearances and sizes, the processing techniques are similar. They are all made of bronze casting and copper welding. They have good sealing and are strong enough to allow the gunpowder inside to fully deflagrate and release. A huge amount of high-pressure gas will be released, and the cast and welded shell will eventually collapse. If the shells of these "explosion pots" are made of cheap porcelain or wood, then the gunpowder inside will not be able to fully deflagrate. Can break the shell. In this way, the power of the gunpowder cannot be fully released, and the lethality will be severely reduced.
Therefore, it is very wise for Zhao Kai to choose a copper shell as the shell of the frying pot. Although it’s a little expensive, it’s worth every penny!
This also shows that he has not forgotten the physics and chemistry knowledge he learned in high school!
The shell shattered by gunpowder and the iron slag filled inside the copper kettle all turned into life-threatening flying blades, and there were so many of them that they intertwined together to form a web of death from hell... .The Xixia generals who were trapped inside had no place to hide!
And the armor they wear can hardly resist these flying blades driven by the energy of the gunpowder explosion! These poor Xixia people were suddenly hit by such an unprecedentedly accurate and ferocious blow on the top of the bare Yellow River embankment. They almost didn't even have time to think about hiding, and they were already cut down in large areas!
Those who are lucky enough to escape will have to face the second and third waves of bombings!
The three waves of bomb bombings were devastating to the hundreds of Xixia infantrymen on the top of the Yellow River Dam. More than a hundred bombs continued to fall on their heads, exploding one after another! Except for those who were overturned by the air wave of the explosion at the beginning and then rolled down the dam and escaped with their lives, the remaining people were almost killed or injured, and the injured among them all suffered great mental trauma. .....I even forgot about running away, only crying at the top of my lungs!
"The magic, there is the magic..."
Seeing that the tactic of using the car to cover the bombing pot achieved better results than expected, Yue Fei decided to pursue the victory. But instead of him chasing, the second wave of people will come on stage.
Because the top of the embankment was too narrow, and the Xixia people who had been blown over before were still lying in disorder in front of them, blocking the way for the carriage to move forward... So Yue Fei gave the command to the rear team to charge while commanding The soldiers in the front team pushed the carts blocking the road down the embankment, and then carried their wounded bodies down the slope of the embankment to clear the way forward.
At this time, the second wave of attacking officers and soldiers also shouted loudly. They had already formed a rectangular vertical formation, and the soldiers holding long axes opened the way and pounced forward!
In front of them, the Xixia soldiers who were digging the dam just now have all disappeared, but there are still many deer villages and a fork of logs blocking the way - they must be split in order to rush to the closed city gate and a In front of the city wall which is more than ten feet high.
Xixia archers were also deployed on the city wall. These archers had been frightened by the "explosion pot attack" just now. They did not dare to bring the enemy close and then shoot. They started shooting waves of arrows from a distance. Sharp arrows flew in and landed among the densely packed Song Army soldiers. From time to time, someone was shot in the vital point! But because the distance they shot was too far, the sharp arrows could not easily penetrate the Song people's armor, so the lethality was not great. Moreover, the Song Army also organized divine arm archers to shoot from a distance to interfere with the performance of the Xia Army's archers.
Therefore, this team of soldiers from the Song Army quickly rushed to Luzhai and Chapaimu, and began to chop down with their big axes. With the arrowheads constantly shooting, they cut out the passage forcefully!
After cutting out the passage, the axemen retreated down the slope even if their mission was completed. Then came the soldiers carrying shields and long ladders!
The wall blocking the front is not too high and can be easily climbed!
Moreover, there are also some pot-throwing soldiers among these soldiers. When they get close to the city wall, they can throw the pots upwards, or use the pots to blow up the city gates. These two city gates look very shabby, and they are obviously a bit old. , maybe it exploded as soon as it exploded.
At this time, Yue Fei had climbed to the top of the embankment again, and was moving forward with Huang Wubing and others who were pushing a 25-pound mortar - the barrel of the cannon had already been filled with a medicine pack and a shotshell. One shot from the city gate, and today's battle will almost be over!
"Boom boom boom..."
When the explosion of the bombing kettle came again, Yue Fei's face full of smoke and sweat was already full of excitement: "Win, win...we are going to take the embankment city." Got it!"
Taking down the embankment city was exciting, but what made Yue Fei even more excited was the true power of gunpowder weapons!
The old era has passed and the new era has arrived!
At this moment, two wooden doors that had been in disrepair collapsed with the explosion of gunpowder... revealing a dark doorway. Inside the doorway, there were two bed crossbows. Behind the bed crossbows , and there stood a group of Xixia soldiers holding swords and axes!
Looking at their armor, you can tell that they are not Han soldiers from Xiangqing Army, but Suwei soldiers from Xingqing Mansion.
Time seemed to have stopped for a moment, and then two iron guns were ejected from the bed crossbow and pierced into the dense crowd! These two crossbows were extremely powerful, and the crossbows they fired penetrated several Song Army soldiers in succession!
At the same time, some Xixia spear-throwers suddenly appeared on the city wall. Short spears were thrown down by them and landed among the Song Army soldiers holding shields!
Obviously, this was a counterattack launched by the Xixia people after all their efforts!
The Song army, which was suddenly hit hard, was a little confused, its formation was chaotic, and it retreated slightly. The group of Xixia swordsmen took advantage of this opportunity to rush forward, crashed into the Song army's formation, and forcefully forced them back.
Yue Fei, who was watching the battle from behind, had red eyes and was furious. He snatched the long ax from the hand of a soldier beside him, raised his arms and shouted to the pot-throwing soldiers gathered around him: "Warriors of the royal tent, fight to the death and never retreat! We meet brave men on a narrow road. Win! Charge!"
Although the age of gunpowder has arrived, hand-to-hand fighting is indispensable for soldiers!
