The next day, Zhao Bingyan came to the south gate of Suixi. Wang Bao was disappointed to see that he had only brought a thousand new soldiers, and reported to him: "The army has attacked three times in succession but failed. The walls of Suixi County are complete and thick, and there are no large trebuchets." It’s very difficult to break into a siege.”
Zhao Bingyan originally wanted to blast the city gate directly, but when he saw that the city gate tower was complete and bright, as if it had just been built not long ago, in order not to cause too much damage, he asked Wang Bao to find a lower and thinner city wall.
Wang Bao pointed to a place a hundred meters to the right of the city gate and said that he had already investigated it. It was the thinnest place and was nearly a foot wide.
Zhao Bingyan said: "I have a way to blow it up ten feet, and the rest..."
Wang Baoma said: "The last general will take the lead and rush in to kill all the Tatars."
Zhao Bingyan shook his head and told him: "The Yuan army likes to surround three but one is missing. We will not do the evil thing of killing them all. We will leave some to report to the enemy. We will move at dusk and rush in for dinner."
He asked Xiao Chengzhang of the artillery team to recruit 100 people. We are going to establish a Guards artillery team.
Zhao Bingyan led the artillery team to find a position while explaining to Xiao Chengzhang how to use the cannon.
He stopped on a small high ground one and a half miles away from the city wall, and ordered his guards to invite the prime minister to watch the battle and instruct the soldiers to dig artillery positions.
By the time Wen Tianxiang and Yu Yinglong arrived, he had already released the cannon and was ready to install it.
Wen Tianxiang and Yu Yinglong stared at the cannon with its long barrel erected, their mouths wide open in shock, and they caught him after a while and asked where they got the cannon?
Zhao Bingyan pointed to the fragrant wax that had not yet burned out and said: "Of course it was sent by Mr. Zhuge."
Just now he was pretending to be a ghost, clasping his hands together in front of the soldiers, and muttering something to Zhuge Liang.
He proudly introduced to Wen Tianxiang: This is a cannon, Mr. Zhuge's latest invention. All parts are made of Kunlun black iron, and it weighs ten thousand kilograms.
Seeing the sun setting in the west and the city wall opposite looking like a giant dragon covered in golden scales, Zhao Bingyan was a little reluctant to take action.
He carefully calculated the distance, asked Wen Tianxiang to cover his ears after riveting Zhu Yuan, and then ordered the gun to fire.
There was a loud bang that made everyone's ears ring. The artillery shells had already roared out, and a large cloud of gunpowder smoke was rising from the position.
This scene was so shocking that everyone was afraid to show their anger.
In the distance, artillery shells exploded with a dull noise, and a mushroom cloud quickly rose. Zhao Bingyan fine-tuned the scale and ordered to load, fire, and fire.
It's really a blast.
The explosion of the first cannonball caused the defenders on the city wall to lose their balance and fall down one after another, clinging to the ground.
The second shell exploded, and he was so shocked that he vomited blood and died on the spot.
After the third cannonball, the wall was broken.
Ten shells completely destroyed Suixi City.
Wang Bao immediately ordered an attack on the city. The Guards' loud charge horn sounded, and the soldiers rushed towards the smoke-filled city wall like a tide.
Zhao Bingyan asked Xiao Chengzhang to direct the soldiers to clean up the cannon and wait for Mr. Zhuge to take it away.
Wen Tianxiang couldn't bear it, so he rushed over to stop him and asked him to ask Mr. Zhuge for a cannon. This girl even plopped down on her knees in the dirt, clasping her hands together and praying.
Zhao Bingyan almost died laughing, so he quickly helped him up and said, "This cannon weighs tens of thousands of kilograms, and we can't even move it."
Wen Tianxiang then left with three turns.
Zhao Bingyan followed and saw that everyone had walked some distance away. When Wen Tianxiang was not paying attention, he immediately asked the pollen spirit to close the cannon.
When Wen Tianxiang turned around to look again, there was still the shadow of the cannon.
Ali Hague, the general manager of the Guangnan West Road of the Yuan Army, thought that he was brave because of his skill, but the explosions from the cannons that bombarded the city frightened him.
The guard responsible for the investigation at the south gate went back and reported to him: The Song army could explode a large puddle with one artillery shell. There were no living people around that section of the city wall, and even the corpses could not be found intact. They were all minced meat.
The city was originally defended by the rebellious Song army. These soldiers, who had been responsible for public security in the city for a long time in Jiangnan, had never been on the battlefield at all. They would not have dared to pick up the sword unless the Yuan army served as supervisors behind.
By the time the bombardment stopped, the Yuan army was already frightened. Song Jun shouted and rushed into the city in one breath, as if entering a deserted land.
Seeing that the situation was over, Ali Hague, the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army, fled out of the north gate with his bodyguards. He was pursued by an ambush arranged by Wang Bao and escaped after leaving gold and silver treasures and countless corpses.
Zhao Bingyan successfully entered the city and moved into the county government office. Wen Tianxiang and Yu Yinglong inspected the blasted city wall and came back and told him in surprise: Zhuge's divine cannon was very powerful. It pried open the city wall of Suixi with a few shots, and the remaining shells flew into the city and hit him. The houses are all in pieces.
Zhao Bingyan said sternly: "What's this? Mr. Zhuge also has a howitzer, which can open half an acre of fish ponds with one shot."
Wen Tianxiang looked up to the sky and shouted: "Great goodness, God bless the Song Dynasty. I am very lucky to have such a magical weapon in my hands. We will definitely be able to complete the great cause of restoring the country."
The next day, Wen Tianxiang and Yu Yinglong entered the camp of Jiuzhou River defense envoy Zhou Fu under the protection of the Imperial City Division.
When Zhou Fu saw Wen Tianxiang coming, he had mixed feelings, and the two of them opened their arms and hugged tightly.
Yu Yinglong said with shame that last time he came to persuade General Shunyuan, and today he came with the Prime Minister to invite General Shun Yuan to go home. It was really a twist of fate.
Zhou Fu waved his hand and told him to stop talking and go home.
However, Ali Hague was still kind and righteous to them, so he stopped committing murder and immediately ordered the guards in front of the tent to send an order to expel the Yuan army generals and soldiers.
Zhou Fu was an ancestral loyalist and a close friend of Wen Tianxiang. If he had not known that Wen Tianxiang was captured and the Song Dynasty was about to fall, Yu Yinglong would not have been able to instigate him.
Now that his good friend has arrived, he immediately stops talking without saying a word.
However, it can be seen from his action of sending the Yuan army's supervisor out of the country that the Song army's awareness of the enemy and the enemy was too weak, and its war vigilance was seriously lacking.
Now that the Yuan army has penetrated deep into the Jiuzhou River defense line, it has clearly seen the Song army's defense situation. In this case, if they have to send gifts out of the country, wouldn't it be completely exposed?
Wen Tianxiang happily brought Zhou Fu to pay homage to Zhao Bingyan, and said with a smile: Brother Zhou came here to have a look at the divine cannon. When he returns, he will let the guarding generals know about it and increase the power of the army.
Zhao Bingyan knew that this was not Zhou Fu's attempt to demonstrate the military power. He had never seen it and did not believe it. He wanted to see it with his own eyes.
However, who can see the Zhuge Divine Cannon if they want to?
Zhao Bingyan said with some regret: "Mr. Zhuge has just left. How can I invite the generals to come back? However, there are still rocket launchers and mortars sent by Mr. Zhuge in the camp. I will ask Brother Zhou to give you some advice tomorrow on how to use them."
Zhou Fu nodded regretfully and went to Wen Tianxiang's residence to chat after the dinner.
Zhao Bingyan was wandering around the back hall of the government office alone, and when he came to the back of the rockery near the hut, the pollen elf suddenly said: "Master, a large amount of gold has been detected. Do you want to recharge?"
Of course you have to recharge.
Haha, who hid the gold beside the hut? Isn't this treating the gold as dirt?
Hurrah, all the gold and silver went into the storage space, and the pollen elf was already calculating the points.
Zhao Bingyan was unwilling to give in. After searching for a long time, he found a secret door in the rockery and entered a dark room.
Immortal Ban Ban, the stupid Ali Hague actually hid all the valuables he found here.
Zhao Bingyan was not polite. He put all the famous calligraphy and paintings, antiques, jade and other treasures into the storage room, peed in it, came out with a bag of seals, closed the door and returned to the house.
He called Chen Qilin, the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Department, and told him that he had picked up a pack of seals in the yard and that the Imperial City Department would take it to see if it was useful.
Chen Qilin was happy after seeing it. With these Tatar seals, the Imperial City Department could forge documents from the Yuan army to pass customs, making it much easier to handle things.
He asked Chen Qilin to go back and prepare, and tomorrow let the brothers from the firearms battalion show our sharp guns and cannons to the friendly forces coming down from the Jiuzhou River defense line.
The next day, Zhao Bingyan asked Xiao Chengzhang to lead the team and use rocket launchers and mortars for training and test firing. Sand and rocks flew on the position, and all targets were destroyed immediately. Zhou Fu and the personal guards he brought were stunned.
Zhao Bingyan took a 38-gauge rifle from the soldier's hand and told Zhou Fu that this kind of musket had a long range and high accuracy, and that he would need to equip it in large quantities in the future.
He aimed at the turtle dove flying in the sky and fired. The bird decomposed in response. Everyone marveled at his shooting skills and thought he was a god.
The soldiers fell into admiration and gathered around to learn from him.
He smiled and said, "There is no secret. It all depends on hard practice. The most important thing is that the gun is good."
Xiao Chengzhang said regretfully, "There are not many shells and bullets, how can I practice?"
