When the Song Army's first wave of attacks began, in order to prevent accidental damage, the 120 10-pound long cannons stopped firing, leaving only the more than 200 25-pound hotpot cannons that continued to fire arson bombs - arson bombs are cheap ah!
Copper shells were too expensive, so they could only be shot sparingly, and they had to be used at critical moments. If they kept firing, even Zhao Kai wouldn't be able to afford that much money.
When the long artillery ceased fire, the smoke and dust on the southern wall of Jinzhou Core Fort quickly dissipated, revealing the "hamburger" wall that had been "gnawed" to pieces. It was really miserable, the walls were full of holes. A large section of the city wall collapsed from the waist up, and the collapsed rammed earth formed a steep slope.
The first wave of attacking troops split into two groups at the beginning, one of which headed straight for the collapsed steep slope.
Another one rushed to another place that had received intensive artillery hammers. The walls here were also in tatters. Although there was no large-scale collapse, there were a few gaping holes.
I don’t know if they were blown away by the Song army’s artillery, or if there were not many Jin soldiers who went to the city to be beaten by artillery in the first place? Anyway, the south wall of the Jinzhou Core Fort, which had just been shelled, was empty, and it looked like there were no defenders.
What a rare opportunity!
Seeing that there was no one on the city wall, the charging Song army became more energetic and shouted forward. The soldiers who were at the front quickly rushed to the place where the city wall collapsed, and ladders were put up one after another. Then the soldiers holding the signs climbed up the long ladder, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of people rushed to the top of the steep slope.
It is said to be the top, but looking at the entire wall, it is a "notch", as if a giant has taken a big bite. The "notches" on both sides were quite a bit higher, at least seven or eight feet, and it was definitely impossible to climb up with bare hands.
On the other side of the wall, there is no steep slope formed by the collapse, so it is a "cliff". It is quite high, about one foot, two or three feet, and it is definitely not possible to jump down.
So the soldiers of the Song Army who rushed to the notch in the city wall didn't know what to do for a moment? He just yelled loudly and asked his comrades who hadn't come up yet to send them up a few long ladders.
At this moment, someone who didn't know who it was suddenly shouted: "The golden thief...the golden thief is coming!"
If this voice had been shouted outside Kaifeng Prefecture during the Xuanhe War more than ten years ago, it might have made people cry.
But now everyone is heading into the city with eyes wide open to look for...the golden thief! A thief who is as precious as gold is certainly loved by everyone!
Everyone looked around and soon found the "gleaming" gold thief! Such a big group, I don’t know how many there are, are rushing towards the city wall along a straight street, with hot arson bombs falling from time to time... Are they going to kill people? That's so kind!
But how to cut off these heads? If I can't get down here for a while, will those coveted gold thieves climb up on their own and let their heads be cut off?
"Quick, quick, get the torch and light the match!"
At this time, someone has already thought of thunder!
"Yes, yes, throw thunder!"
"Blow up those gold thieves!"
"Coming, coming, the torch is coming..."
Amidst the commotion and shouting, several captains and lieutenants climbed up to the notch in the city wall with lit torches. Then, while organizing the grenadiers who had boarded the notch to form a bombing formation, they helped Let them light the match. At the same time, some tall soldiers were organized to build human ladders to climb the city walls on both sides of the notch. After all, there are still a steady stream of soldiers climbing up the notch, and they cannot be squeezed. Here, they have to capture the entire south wall as soon as possible, especially the city gate tower.
As long as the city gate is opened, the 5-pound artillery team and camel artillery team outside the city can come in!
What dared to come along the inner street of the South Gate of Jinzhou City were the troops sent by Wanyan Zongxian to plug the gap. It turns out that there are really not many people on the south wall of the core fortress of Jinzhou City...Wanyan Zongxian had also deployed various positions on the three triangular forts of "South 1", "South 2" and "South 3" before. The young defenders were bombarded by the Song army for several days. Not only did many people die, but their equipment also suffered heavy losses. Many of the tubes placed on the triangular fort were damaged by the Song army's artillery shells before they could be lifted down, or they collapsed together with the triangular fort!
So when it was Jinzhou Core Fort's turn to be beaten on the south wall, Wanyan Zongxian learned his lesson and left only a few unlucky ones to guard the city wall, and withdrew most of the defenders and equipment.
Originally, these defenders and equipment were not far from the city wall of Jinzhou South City, and reinforcements could be sent up at any time. However, the Song Army's hot pot cannons fired many explosive and arson bombs, causing heavy losses to the Jin soldiers in the south of the city. They became a mess and fled to the center of Jinzhou City to avoid the cannons.
As a result, when the Song army climbed up the wall, the wall was actually empty... It can be seen that being bombarded for several days in a row has caused the defenders to have a mental breakdown.
But after all, Wanyan Zongxian was a Jurchen veteran who had fought with Aguda, and he really had a sense of calmness in times of crisis. After discovering that the troops in the south of the city were all hiding in the city, they immediately sent out soldiers to stop them and chopped off dozens of heads before stabilizing the team. Then he personally took them back to the south of the city... and everyone was beaten together! Fair enough, right?
And just when Wanyan Zongxian returned to the south of Jinzhou City with the team that had finally been reorganized, the infantry of the Song Army had already climbed the city wall.
This is really a "golden life"!
There is no inner wall or inner city in the core fortress of Jinzhou City. This means that once the city wall is occupied by the enemy, the city will be difficult to defend. At most, it will be a street fight or something... and the Song Army has hot pot. There are artillery, there are mines, and there are so many people. If we really fight in the streets, don't we crush the golden soldiers?
So Wanyan Zongxian made a prompt decision and dispatched his troops to support the defenders on the city wall. And he himself led a large group of troops to block the gap - the "notch" blown out by the artillery.
Wanyan Zongxian knew that it was easy to climb there. Once the Song army climbed up the uncollapsed city wall from there, and then followed the city wall to occupy the south gate, the consequences would be disastrous.
But the front group of soldiers and horses he led had just rushed out of the street. Before they could reach the notch, dozens of smoking mines were thrown on their heads! Because if you throw it down from a high altitude, it is considered a high-altitude thunderbolt. Not only can it be thrown far, but the gravity of the fall is extremely strong. Before the thunder explodes, it has already knocked out several golden soldiers!
The remaining Jin soldiers also knew that there was a thunder explosion, and they all shouted in panic: "Thunder explosion, thunder explosion..."
"Rumble..."
Just as they shouted, the thunderbolts exploded, and with the power of the gunpowder explosion, the broken metal fragments flew everywhere, like sharp knives. The armor and helmets of the golden soldiers were just like paper in front of them, and they were immediately swept away!
Wanyan Zongxian, who was in the rear team, also saw that the front team was hit by thunder!
He knew that he couldn't rush forward forcefully, so he quickly ordered to stop advancing, and ordered people to push more than twenty camel-barrel carts up and blast them against the notch in the city wall!
The so-called camel bobbin cart is a camel bobbin mounted on a two-wheeled cart. These twenty-odd camel carts were originally placed on the city wall, but now they have become a weapon for the Jin soldiers to fight in street battles.
The Song army, who was standing on the notch and throwing thunder bombs down, suffered a disaster because they dropped too many bombs and caused a cloud of smoke to rise, thus blocking their view and they did not notice the Jin soldiers pushing the camel barrel cart. Come up. By the time they discovered Jin Bing pushing a camel cart out of the smoke, it was too late to hide, and they were beaten to death. After a roar, at least six 8-liang bombs blasted into the notch, mowing down the Song Army soldiers inside who were throwing mines, and at least a dozen people were killed or injured.
Not many people were killed or injured in the explosion, but immediately above the notch, all the Song troops fell to the ground - those who were not killed are now lying down!
Seeing that the cannon truck had been obtained...and "killed" so many people at once, Wanyan Zongxian immediately ordered the infantry to attack. At the same time, the rear team was mobilized to rush towards the city wall along the horse path beside the city gate tower... We must rush up before the Song people!
The Jin soldiers under Wanyan Zongxian, who had been bombarded for several days and were unable to fight back, became more energetic at this time. The survival of Dajin probably depends on them! So the one or two thousand soldiers and horses from the front team who had just survived the thunderstorm carried long ladders and rushed up with a cry. Soon there were more than a dozen long ladders going up, and then they saw people wearing white burqas. The golden soldiers climbed up the long ladder to the notch.
After climbing up, these golden soldiers discovered that something was wrong - it turned out that the notch was still a "reverse slope" and the wall collapsed outward. Therefore, the inner wall is higher, while the outer wall collapses into a slope. The upper part of the slope is gentle and can accommodate many people. The middle and lower parts are relatively steep and require a ladder to climb easily.
So the Jin soldiers who climbed up the notch knew immediately that something was wrong, because there were more Song soldiers on it than they thought, and they climbed up faster!
"The golden thief! The golden thief is coming!"
"Hahaha......"
"They're here to kill you!"
Many of the Jin soldiers could understand Chinese and were speechless when they heard such shouts. Why aren't they afraid of the Golden Heavenly Soldiers at all? Still so happy... We are very fierce golden soldiers!
It's a pity that the current Song Army is not an ordinary Song Army, but a red scarf Song Army. They are not afraid of gold thieves... To them, gold thieves mean military merit, honors, land, and official positions! They are not afraid of meeting the gold thief now, but they are afraid of not meeting the gold thief. If the gold thief runs away, it will not be their turn to kill him.
So now, gold thief, hand over your head!
We...just need our heads!
Amidst the cheers, the hand-to-hand fighting between the infantry of both sides started in full swing in the city walls of Jinzhou South City that were damaged by shells!
The once arrogant Jin Bing has now become a "treasure" in the eyes of the Song Army's soldiers...
