In the eleventh year of Hongwu in the Song Dynasty, it was early morning on April 21st.
At this time, "Jinzhou Hamburg" had been bombarded by 120 cannons of the Song Army for three full days. Two of the three triangular forts located in the south of Jinzhou City, including South 1, South 2, and South 3, had been bombarded by 10 Song Army's cannons. The tens of thousands of "balls" fired by the Jin Chang Cannon collapsed! The last remaining triangular fortress has been smashed to the point of collapse. There are holes in the walls on both sides, and it is about to collapse and fall to the ground.
The effect of the bombardment is so good. In addition to the fact that "Jinzhou Hamburg" is an "uneducated fort" that does not understand geometry and uses a triangular platform as a triangular platform, it is because the pellets fired by the Song Army's 10-pound cannon are not only accurate but also numerous. Woolen cloth!
Although the rate of fire of these cannons is not comparable to that of artillery in later history, the process of "clearing the chamber - loading - aiming - firing" can be completed in five minutes. Moreover, the heat dissipation performance of bronze is very good. Firing a gun every five minutes is enough to prevent the bronze barrel from overheating.
Therefore, during the three days of April 18th, 19th, and 20th, the 120 10-pound cannons roughly maintained the "work intensity" of firing 20 rounds an hour, six hours a day, only three In one day, more than 40,000 pig iron shells weighing 10 kilograms were shot down... This is more than 400,000 kilograms of iron!
Although it is just "cast iron balls", it is still a quite astonishing number!
Moreover, the artillerymen of the Song Army can fire cannons for free, which also shows that their artillery shells are no longer customized with the cannons, but can be unified in specifications and then mass-produced!
At the same time, it also shows that the calibers of the 120 10-pound cannons have been basically unified...otherwise there would be no way to unify the specifications of the shells!
And with unified specifications, there are still 10-pound "piggy iron balls" that can be cast in large quantities. Therefore, the last triangular fort south of "Jinzhou Hamburg" is definitely not safe. There is no need to wait until tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or even this afternoon, today. Finished playing in the morning!
These triangular forts placed outside the core fort of "Hamburg" are like sharp teeth, protecting the safety of the core fort of "Hamburg". Once the "teeth" on one side are knocked out, the enemy's heavy artillery can directly hit the core fort, and the enemy's hotpot cannons can also be deployed close to the core fort - because the triangular fort collapsed incompletely, and its remaining parts It will block the artillery installed on the core fort, so it will form a blind spot. So much so that the hotpot cannon can be moved directly to the core fort and fire without using trench cover!
Therefore, when the three triangular forts south of Jinzhou Hamburg all collapsed, it was inevitable that Jinzhou Hamburg would be broken.
There isn't much time left for Wanyan Zongxian... I don't know if it's true to see him in the next life or not? But his remaining balance in this life is approaching, which is really annoying!
Wanyan Zongxian was desperate and had no way to top up his balance in this life, so he had to send his soldiers out of the city to "risk death" to ask Wanyan Zongqian for help... For the sake of the Kingdom of Jin, for the sake of our ancestors. For the love of God, help me!
As for these soldiers who "risked their lives" to leave the city, none of them died. They all went to Wanyan Zongqian's place and added fuel to the crisis in Jinzhou Hamburg by telling Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Zongmin.
Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Zongpan, and Wanyan Zongmin were also very anxious!
They were not worried for Wanyan Zongxian, the "big Jin sinner", but for themselves and the country of Jin.
If the Jinzhou Hamburger is lost, then there will not be much left in the country of Jinzhou. How long the three of them can survive is also a big question.
So starting from the afternoon of April 20, Wu Jie on the Kaiyi front line and the Thirteenth Army of the Army he personally led felt "under great pressure"!
The golden thief, who had been beaten weakly on the 18th and 19th, suddenly used up all his strength to feed himself from this moment on. The offensive came one after another, and the artillery was pushed as close as possible to the Song army's camp, and the shells were fired as if they were free. In just one afternoon, Jin Bing launched six waves of offensive. Although they were all repelled by Wu Jie's soldiers with hot and cold weapons, the north of the Song Army's camp was still full of dangers. On two occasions, the gold soldiers broke through the outer camp walls and fences and broke into the camp. Finally, they relied on the red scarf cavalry sent by Wu Jie to fight back and drove the gold thieves out.
The Luzhai and Juma located to the north of the camp by the Song Army were also completely destroyed in these six waves of offensives, and the trenches were almost filled with earth bags and corpses. In the place where fierce battles once took place outside the Song Army's camp, late at night on the 20th, there were will-o'-the-wisps everywhere, and from time to time there were dying people and horses wailing pitifully...
After nightfall, although the Jin army's offensive was suspended, Wu Jie and the soldiers below did not dare to rest. In addition to fearing the golden thieves' night attack, they had to work overnight to strengthen the camp.
The Red Scarf Song Army never carried too much of Luzhai, Juma, or Semen Knife... These items were very heavy, expensive, had a short "shelf life", and were easily damaged during transportation. Instead of bringing these things, you might as well bring a few more cannons!
So on the night of the 20th, they could only dig trenches and build fortifications. Then they dismantled some carts, took out the wood, and cut out wooden stakes. Finally, they dug again on the north side of their camp against the camp wall and wooden fence. A trench with many wooden stakes inserted. At the same time, a low wall was built behind the camp wall with sandbags filled with soil.
The construction started when it got dark and ended when it was about to get light. The soldiers who had been busy for most of the night retreated to the camp, leaning against the two low walls (one of which was the camp wall) and squinting.
Wu Jie himself was also tired. When he walked, he felt as if he had stepped on cotton underneath. He was wondering whether he should go back to his tent and relax for a while to recuperate his energy. Suddenly, I found that the ground began to shake, and there was a faint sound of rumbling hooves.
How is this going? Wu Jie was a little confused. Could it be that he was too tired and had hallucinations?
It is impossible for a gold thief to use cavalry to attack his own stronghold!
Although the camp is not particularly well-fortified, there are 24 5-pound cannons, 8 25-pound hotpot cannons, and more than 200 8-tael camel cannons in the camp... With this kind of firepower, I am afraid that your cavalry will charge you. camp?
Unable to figure out the situation, Wu Jie hurriedly ran to an observation tower behind the second low wall, and then climbed up the ladder using his hands and feet.
Standing on the high platform, under the fading moonlight, in the vague darkness, groups of unknown animals suddenly appeared in the distance. Wu Jie vaguely saw bits and pieces of fire appearing among the running animals... and he also heard bursts of "moo" sounds!
Is this...a cow cry?
Fire Bull Formation?
Not only Wu Jie, but also the soldiers on duty behind the northern wall and wooden fence of the camp also noticed these "fire oxen" appearing in front of them. In addition to "burning ox tails", these "fire oxen" also had the gold thieves' cavalry behind them. drive away. Driven by them, these fire bulls screamed "moo" while spreading their hooves and running wildly, rushing in like a sea tide!
No one can see clearly how many "Fire Bulls" there are and how many gold thieves there are. They can only see that they cover up the line of light on the horizon that was already slightly shining... It seems that the army of gold thieves has returned. Layer by layer!
Some soldiers of the Song Army were already shouting shrilly: "The enemy is attacking... Fire Bull Formation!"
Then the harsh sound of golden drums resounded throughout the camp!
The soldiers resting in the camp were all alerted, and their armor was rolled around them. The first thing they did after being alerted was to help each other put on their armor.
When they had finished donning their armor, the officers began to shout. Under the command of the officers, these red-turbaned Song troops, who had been busy for most of the night and had just squinted for a while, quickly formed a team full of energy. Then, under the coordination of officers at all levels, they picked up their spears, axes, bows and arrows, and got into position!
Wu Jie also realized what he was doing, and quickly came down from the watchtower, shouting an order in his already hoarse voice: "The golden thief's fire bull is most likely carrying a bomb! Those guarding the north wall should withdraw to the second line and prepare at the same time. Thunder!
The artillery was also moved backwards, retreated to the second line of artillery bases, and at the same time loaded with shotguns..."
Fire bull blasting thunder, also known as suicide bull blasting, has appeared in the small-scale battles between Song, Jin and Liao Jin in the past few years. The first people to use this method were Yelu Dashi's army, and later the gold thieves also learned it. Later, the Song Army himself would sometimes be extravagant and drive fire oxen to carry bombs to attack the enemy's fortress.
But it’s usually done on a small scale…after all, beef is not cheap! Wouldn't it be better to keep it for yourself?
But this time the golden thief seemed to be willing to go all out. He invested so much in suicide bombing at one time, and it seemed that he was going to go all out!
Wu Jie thought of this, took a deep breath, and shouted again: "Inform all generals that after they are in position, they must stick to the spot. Anyone who takes a step back will be killed without mercy!"
Most of the soldiers behind Wu Jie immediately agreed and went to deliver the order loudly. Wu Jie, surrounded by the remaining soldiers, strode towards his Chinese army tent. He will take command there and dispatch his troops to attack the golden thief!
Just as he was running towards his Chinese army's tent, the sky got a little brighter again, and he could roughly see the scale of the incoming fire bulls and gold thieves.
There were at least thousands of "fried cows" driven away by the gold thieves! The number of cavalry and infantry following behind was too numerous to count, almost filling the entire line of sight!
The infantry of the Song Army who had retreated behind the second low wall all took bows and arrows in their hands. Under the command of the officers, they fired a wave first. The white arrow tails were inserted into the black soil, which was extremely eye-catching. .....This is the maximum range of the bows and arrows they use.
Everyone held their breath and watched intently as the bomb bull driven by the golden thief gradually approached within the range of the bow and arrow!
However, there are too many "bomb cows" from the gold thieves, and I am afraid there is no way to resist them with bows and arrows. It seems that the first camp wall cannot be saved. The question now is whether they can kill all these cows on the second wall. Beyond the camp walls?
