More than 300 stone cannons were fired outside the city for half a day. Four to five thousand stone bullets were fired, causing dust and mist to cover the sky.
There were numerous marks on the city wall, and the defenders' bones and flesh were turned into mud. Wanyan Loushi took the opportunity to launch a new round of offensive.
The former Pishi army roared to the top of the city, while Lei Heng and Yao Xing led the Song soldiers to defend and refused to bow their heads.
Some people were still crying, some had drawn their swords and rushed to the city, some took advantage of the chaos to escape, and some risked their lives to resist.
There are those who speak eloquently and realize that they are actually very fragile in the face of death.
Some people don't say a word, but refuse to take a step back when trouble comes.
Scenes of all living beings, performed in the field of life and death, everyone shows their true appearance.
As the officers and soldiers on the city were depleted, countless heroes and even ordinary people rushed to the city wall without hesitation.
Some of these people do it to protect their homes, some do it for their own principles, some do it to become famous, and some even just do it for the pleasure of indulging in Fanlou and other places.
But regardless of their original intentions, the moment they picked up the weapons, they became the heroes of the city.
For example, there was a man named Long Yi, known as "Fire Dragon" in the world, who was a famous martial artist in Guangdong and Guangxi. Last year, he came to Bianliang to participate in the martial arts competition but failed. After all the troubles, he had to live in Tokyo.
In order to make a living, the man surnamed Long used his martial arts skills to join a local gang, extorting businessmen and oppressing good people. He soon became the "hairless big bug" of the past and had a status as good as a cow. He was hated by evil people and feared by ghosts.
When the Liao and Jin people besieged the city one after another this year, he just watched the excitement and didn't feel that it had anything to do with him.
Until recently, the Jin soldiers were attacking the city very intensively. Many common people and wealthy people from rivers and lakes helped to defend the city. Such brave heroes were recited in the market. There were also several oirans who entertained those meritorious people for free. This guy I couldn't help but be moved——
He has a courtesan whom he has long admired, and he just hates not having the money to get into her tent, but now is not the perfect opportunity?
Then he made up his mind, picked up a spear and went to the city to kill people with golden soldiers to win a spring breeze.
This man was also a scheming man. When he saw the sound of killing in the city, he pretended to urinate and escaped from the team. He waited until everyone in the team rushed up, then quietly touched and tiptoed up.
Sure enough, there was a mass of killings on the city wall, and no one paid attention to the walk. He took the opportunity to jump out, and with his spear like the wind, he stabbed four or five golden soldiers to death in a row, either stabbing them in the back or stabbing them in the waist. None of them were fighting head-on.
You must know that these Pishi soldiers are also very good at fighting. Although they have no advanced martial arts skills, they have tacit cooperation and ruthless attacks. If placed in the arena, even if they are famous heroes, they may not be able to withstand the cooperation of a few of his pawns.
Long Yi killed several people in this room, so he was naturally ecstatic. Thinking of wanting to gain fame, he raised his throat and shouted: "I am the 'Fire Dragon' Long Yi, who came to kill golden dogs specifically for the country. Who dares to fight me?"
After shouting, he wanted to hide back on the trail first, and then find an opportunity to repeat his old trick.
However, the battlefield is ever-changing, but it cannot be compared with fighting in the arena.
Before Long Yi could dodge, Lei Heng rushed over with his left arm dripping with blood.
But it was Jin Guo's fierce general Yelu Mawu who came to the top of the city and killed him. He spread out his sword and killed people like cutting weeds. Lei Heng saw this and jumped to fight. The two of them fought back and forth for more than ten times. Lei Heng was a little slow to return the sword. , he hurt his arm with a knife. He was too weak to use the knife, so he had to run away and give way.
Yelu Mawu recognized Lei Heng as a brave general, how could he let him live? Followed closely all the way.
When Lei Heng was desperate, he suddenly heard Long Yi calling his name to fight. He thought he must be a good fighter, so he rushed over and shouted: "Brother Long, this golden general is very skilled in martial arts. You and I should join hands to fight him!"
Long Yi was shocked and incomprehensible. When he was about to refuse, Yelu Ma stepped forward to kill him. With a show of his sword, he had already been enveloped in him. Although Yinya was frustrated with hatred, he had no choice but to fight with his spear.
Lei Heng moved his sword with one hand and stepped forward to respond. Unexpectedly, if Long Yi's spear was in Liangshan, it would probably only be able to compete with Zhu Gui and Bai Sheng for supremacy. Even Du Qian and Song Wan were much more luxurious than him. Can you stop generals like Yelu Mawu?
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Lei Heng had no choice but to retreat with tears. Feeling guilty in his heart, he apologized loudly: "Brother, don't worry, the name of 'Fire Dragon' Long Yi will never be forgotten by Lei. I will spread it for you whenever necessary." .”
Long Yi: "convex(⊙▂⊙)"
Soon the "old romantic" Wang Huan led five hundred forbidden troops to come to the rescue. He happened to meet Lei Heng and told the Jin general that he was fierce, but Wang Huan was not afraid and came to greet him alone.
He was blamed by Tong Guan, and he was wronged and imprisoned for half a year. Now he is Meng Zhaoxue, and he is looking for someone to vent his anger on. A long spear makes flowers bloom, and a "winged tiger" beats drums beside him. Yelu Mawu can't help but To resist, he had no choice but to throw the big knife out, create a gap, run a few steps, jump out of the city wall, grab a ladder and slide down the city, and then escaped with his life.
Not long after, at the other end of the city wall, the "Kaishanhu" opened his mouth and heard that the west of the city was in danger. He also led seven or eight hundred people and surrounded the city to kill them.
The two old soldiers led by them were fresh troops. They attacked at the same time and finally killed all the Liao soldiers.
Looking at the city wall, blood was half a foot deep on the ground, and two rivers of blood rolled down the footpaths and horse paths. The soldiers and civilians in the city were stunned.
Seeing that the city had not been breached, and that nearly half of the artillery carts they had rushed to build had been lost, Lou Shi had no choice but to withdraw his troops and ordered people to clean up and renovate the artillery carts for another attack the next day.
At dawn the next day, Lou Shi woke up from a full sleep. When he came out of the camp, he was so shocked that he was stunned.
What do you think? But on the city wall that was empty yesterday, fifty or sixty artillery carriages were erected overnight!
These artillery carriages are not as monotonous as those in Lou Shi's army, they come in all shapes and sizes! Tall and short, large and small, the largest among them is almost as big as a house!
Not to mention Lou Shi, the four generals Wang Huan, Zhang Kai, Lei Heng and Yao Xing were also dazzled.
In yesterday's battle, the Song Dynasty's soldiers and civilians suffered more than 5,000 casualties, half of which were wounded by artillery vehicles. Yao Xing hurriedly went to see Liu Yanqing and told him that if things continued like this, they would surely fall within two or three days.
Liu Yanqing, however, remained calm and told him: "The officials have a clever plan to deal with it!"
That night, he led a short, stocky, dark-red-faced general to tell everyone that this was the famous gunner in Tokyo, "Thunder" Ling Zhen! He had just been granted an audience by the officials and was granted the title of deputy commander in front of the palace and a strong general on the spot. He would be rewarded after his meritorious service is achieved.
This is a dignified fourth-grade official position. For Ling Zhen, it can be said that he has reached the sky in one step!
Why are officials so generous? According to what Liu Yanqing said, when they met, the official said worriedly: "Although Ai Qing has excellent artillery skills, all the artillery carriages in the city have been destroyed, but I don't know how long it will take to build new cannons."
Ling Zhen said to him, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. I have been sitting in the Jiazhan warehouse for these years with nothing to do. I often make cannons and play tricks. In the past seven or eight years, I have made many parts. All I need is the help of skilled craftsmen to assemble them."
The officials were so happy that they were so moved that they shed tears and said repeatedly: "When others are free, they only care about flattering others and making money for promotion. However, when I am free, I devote myself to my profession. In this time of crisis, I have to have important weapons to control the country." ! If all civil and military officials love you as much as you do, how come we, the Song Dynasty, are like this?"
At that time, Ling Zhen was made a fourth-grade general, and carpenters and blacksmiths in the city were recruited and all were assigned to Ling Zhen.
Ling Zhen was also unambiguous. He led people to the Jiazhang warehouse, moved the large and small components he had built over the years, and went to the city to guide the installation, such as single-shooting cannon, double-shooting cannon, five-shooting cannon, seven-shooting cannon, sleeping car cannon, and tiger crouching cannon. , Cyclone Cannon... everything you need.
There is even an iron cannon, which is shaped like a long barrel with a wall two inches thick. It is specially designed to shoot heavy iron bullets. If it reaches an extremely far distance, if it hits it, both men and horses will be shattered.
There is also a kind of "flint cannon", which is a cannonball containing gunpowder in an iron can, mixed with iron caltrops, and igniting its rope with fire. When the cannon falls, it fires and the sound is heard for hundreds of miles.
The only pity is that these large and small artillery carts are all made by Ling Zhen's honed skills. Each model has a limited quantity. For example, there is only one iron cannon and only seven or eight artillery shells. The rest are all made by hand. Stone bullet.
But even so, because many of them have seven-shooting or five-shooting artillery carts, according to Ling Zhen, they are comparable to the opponent's 300 artillery carts.
After seeing these artillery carts, Liu Guangshi became more courageous and proposed a plan, which was to fire the artillery first to gain an advantage. Liu Yanqing heard his son's plan and quickly persuaded Ling Zhen.
However, Lou Shi saw many large and small artillery carriages on the Bianliang city wall. Although he did not recognize their shapes, he also knew that they were extraordinary and could not help stamping his feet and complaining.
What do you think? However, it was the Jin soldiers who supported Da Da. After yesterday's artillery battle, only the broken cannons were brought back for rest. More than a hundred intact artillery carriages were still arrayed outside the camp, but they were not like targets?
Before he could call for people to drag the artillery cart, he saw the red flag on the city waved, and with a bang, a single-gun cannon was launched. A stone bullet of two or three kilograms flickered down, hitting the front of the Jin soldiers' artillery array, about five meters away. Six feet away.
Lou Shi was stunned for a moment, but heard Yelu Yanxi scream strangely: "How can he only fire one shot from dozens of artillery carts? Is it because he doesn't have a gunner, or he doesn't have enough time to reserve stone bullets?"
Lou Shi was overjoyed when he heard this, and thought to himself that this could not really be the case. If this were the case, he would have to capture the city today no matter what, otherwise, how easy would it be to wait until he had accumulated enough cannonballs?
Immediately ordered people to blow the trumpets and prepare to attack the city in advance.
Poor Lou Shi and Yelu Yanxi, none of them knew how to play with cannons. They only used the cannon carts as large bows and arrows, and they paid attention to firing them in unison.
Here he led his men out of camp to attack the city, but he didn't know that Ling Zhen was just testing fire on the city wall.
At this moment, he squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the impact point of the cannonball. He stretched out his fingers to make gestures for a long time. Then he nodded. Starting from the first cannon, he adjusted them one by one with his own hands, either changing some directions or cutting. Make the cable shorter, or make the pole longer, and it will make you busy.
By the time he finished his work here, a team of 20,000 Jin soldiers had formed a formation outside the camp.
Ling Zhen turned around and took a look and said happily: "That's all, this Marshal of the Jin Kingdom is so generous. Are you rushing to give us the credit?"
He grabbed the red flag from the deputy's hand, waved it with all his strength, and shouted: "Fire the cannon!"
With an order, dozens of artillery carriages were launched in unison.
The entire city wall seemed to shake with the shaking of the cannon carriage.
Nearly two hundred stones flew up from the city wall, drew a long arc, and fell in pieces in front of the camp in the horrified eyes of the golden man.
Half of the more than a hundred artillery carts in front of the Jin camp were smashed in an instant, and wooden blocks and iron frames were flying everywhere.
Another half of the stones fell into the formation of the golden soldiers. Although they only killed dozens of people, the psychological damage was extremely great. All the soldiers exclaimed in unison, their legs weakened with fear, and they were about to collapse at the sight of it. .
Wang Huan was so excited that he clapped his hands again and again: "What a cannon, so powerful! It's a pity that we have been defeated again and again. Otherwise, if you give me three thousand cavalry, as long as the cannonballs can hit farther than our army, wouldn't you lead our army and kill them?" Even the Jurchen army can't withstand the stones from above and the cavalry from below! Tsk tsk, what a pity, what a pity."
Everyone didn't know that he unintentionally revealed the secret of infantry and artillery coordination, and they all marveled at him.
Especially Liu Guangshi, his eyes were shining, and he was thinking secretly, how can I lure this person to become a general under me? If this person comes, he can perform meritorious deeds from a distance without having to risk fighting. Wouldn't it be natural for me? ?
Just thinking about his fourth-grade official status, which is higher than his own, I couldn't help but sigh.
Amidst the praise from everyone, Ling Zhen just smiled and went to do the cannon in person——
The iron cannon, iron bullets, and flint cannonballs were all brand new things, and no other gunner could play with them except himself.
In the Lou room, seeing the accurate and sharp artillery carriages of the Song army, they were also shocked. Looking at the morale of the troops, they knew that it would be difficult to attack the city today, so they hurriedly offered gold and led the troops back to the camp.
Unexpectedly, Ling Zhen personally operated a seven-tip cannon and ignited seven stone fire shells at the same time. As soon as the order was given, hundreds of people pulled the ropes together, only to see seven rays of fire, trickling up to the sky, falling towards Jinying, and touching the ground, seven explosions were heard. There were a series of noises, firelight splashed, people in the Jin camp screamed, and large tents burned.
Lei Heng's eyes widened: What a wind cannon! This guy...this thunderous thunder, if he didn't earn his way to Liangshan, wouldn't my visit to Bianliang be in vain?
I secretly made up my mind to go find Qiao Daoqing today and let him try to make a suggestion!
He has been in frequent contact with Qiao Daoqing these days, but he has learned some secrets of Taoism. For example, many Taoist techniques are extremely powerful, but if they are used to kill mortals, it is taboo! If you are not careful, your whole body will turn into running water.
Therefore, when warlocks fight on the battlefield, most of them use auxiliary spells, such as deception and illusion. The real killing depends on the swords and guns of the generals.
Or, like Qiao Daoqing did with Lao Cao, find a geographically perfect place and use spells to cause floods, etc. In short, try to avoid killing people directly.
But Ling Zhen's performance today opened Lei Heng's eyes. Those stone bullets in front were just like the seven wind cannons. They were as powerful as any other techniques, but they were able to use them freely, mastering such a powerful weapon. How could he not bring people under his command?
He was still thinking that Ling Zhen had gone to operate the iron cannon, and everyone was watching curiously.
You must know that although the various types of artillery carts on the city wall are different, they still have the basics of pulling the arm and throwing the cannonballs. They are like broadswords, spears and square halberds. Although the forms are different, the essence is the same.
However, no one has heard of this long-barreled iron cannon.
Fortunately, Ling Zhen saw that everyone was curious and was willing to explain it to them. He immediately said while operating it: "The principle of this cannon is different, but it uses the powerful force of gunpowder explosion. This cannon barrel of mine is airtight." , I will put the gunpowder first, then the coals, then the iron bullets..."
But I saw him pouring a lot of gunpowder from the muzzle to compact the long rod, and then wrapping a piece of red hot coal with silk, throwing it into the muzzle, then loading a round iron bullet, changing two people, and pushing the barrel out of the city wall. .
"As soon as the charcoal burns through the silk, the gunpowder explodes. There is no way to vent the explosive power, so the iron bullets are heated red and pushed out. The power is infinite. Ah, General Xiao Liu, you can't stand behind the cannon..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and an iron bullet shot out like flying. The two or three thousand kilogram cannon body suddenly shrank back and hit Liu Guangshi's thigh.
Liu Guangshi flew out without saying a word, knocked over a group of Song soldiers, and then fell to the ground. His thigh was hit, and his bones and flesh were rotten and miserable. He screamed two or three times, tilted his head, and passed out. .
On the city wall, chaos suddenly broke out.
Lou Shi was frightened by the wind fire cannon. He didn't know how many such artillery shells the Song army had. He only knew that they had only fired a few rounds and it was another test fire, so he quickly ordered a retreat.
However, at this time, the soldiers and horses were in chaos, and they were all running around. Yelu Mawu drew out his sword and slashed several random soldiers before barely stopping the chaos. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly shouted, and a red light flew past. , the upper body of Yelu Mawu was fried into meat paste, and the whole house became a celebrity!
For a moment, both sides were in chaos, but they didn't know that at this moment, at the east gate of Bianliang, a small group of vicious servants took advantage of the guard to lead people to help the west city, suddenly rushed out, killed dozens of officers and soldiers, and broke the lock to seize the door. !
As the saying goes: The first iron cannon blasted the sky and the generals gave up. The long-legged oppa has his legs broken, and the strong Khitan man is half gray.
(End of chapter)
