In the camp outside the city, more than 10,000 soldiers filed out holding weapons.
On the city wall, the Mongolian army was preparing to spend the night. Before they had time to rest, they hurriedly picked up their bows and arrows and stood next to the wall stacks, preparing to defend against the Jin army's attack.
At this time, behind the earth wall on the other side of the moat, gun carriages were erected one after another.
When the Mongols attacked a city, artillery carriages were usually scattered in front of the formation, but Zhao Tai lined up more than ten artillery carriages densely together.
Zhao Tai's strategy is very simple, which is to use artillery vehicles intensively, take advantage of long-range advantages, suppress a section of the city wall, and then storm this section of the city wall.
With long-range fire suppression, destroying the Mongolian defenses first can greatly reduce the casualties of your own soldiers.
Facing Zhao Tai's strategy, the Mongolian troops on other sections of the city wall were fine, but the Mongolian troops on the wall in front of the artillery group were unlucky and completely dumbfounded.
The dozen or so artillery carriages were just bombarding their section, and it didn't even look like hail.
This made everyone swallow their saliva unconsciously, showing expressions of fear and feeling tremendous pressure.
When the artillery carriage was set up, Zhao Tai and Wuxian led the infantry, holding their equipment, and formed a formation under the city.
The soldiers who set up the artillery carriage behind the earthen wall announced loudly: "The No. 1 artillery carriage is ready and ready to fire!"
The flurry of reports sounded from behind the earth wall, and the commander of the artillery group waved his hand, "Sign up and report to the commander, the artillery group is ready!"
"Commander! The artillery group is ready! Do you want to fire?" When the officer saw the flag, he immediately turned his head and asked the commander for his opinion.
Without saying a word, Wu Xian waved his riding whip forward and said, "Fire!"
Zhao Tai stood beside Wuxian on horseback, watching Wuxian and watching how he conveyed information and gave orders.
Through observation, Zhao Tai found that Wuxian's army, with less than a hundred people, mainly relied on officers to shout and command. If there were more than a thousand people, orders were conveyed by flags and drums.
Through flags and drums, the Chinese army usually transmits military orders to the Qianhu level at most, as well as some special units.
After these mid-level officers receive instructions, they then go to command the units below.
Zhao Tai had a panoramic view of these and gained a lot. He secretly recorded the calculations in order to train his army in the future.
The command flag of the Chinese Army was waved. The commander of the artillery group looked at it and raised the flag in response, indicating that he knew the order of the Chinese Army General. Then he waved his hand and roared: "Fire the artillery!"
"Load the cannon!" The leader of each artillery cart immediately ordered, and the soldiers put the huge cannon stone into the holster of the artillery cart.
The Mongolian troops on the city wall had no weapons to hurt or stop the artillery group, so they could only stand at the top of the city and stare.
"Let it go!" "Let it go!" "Let it go!"
As the officers roared, almost at the same time, the cannon barrel suddenly bounced up, and the cannon stones were thrown away, drawing an arc in the air and hitting the city head directly.
The Mongolian soldiers on the city saw more than a dozen black spots rising into the sky, and then they became larger and larger, gradually occupying the entire pupils, and their faces were full of fear.
Tuotuohaer happened to be standing on this section of the city wall, and the soldiers around him quickly exclaimed, "Thousands of households, be careful!"
There was a loud "bang" sound, and the cannon stone hit the wall stack, instantly breaking off a brick of the wall. With the rubble flying, a piece of the Mongolian army on the city wall fell.
Tutuohaer pushed his subordinates away, stood up and took a look. There were injured soldiers lying on the ground everywhere on the city wall.
Looking at the soldiers who were hit by cannon stones and whose heads were smashed flat, Tuo Tuohaer felt fear in his heart.
"Guard the city wall!" Totohar did not dare to stay for a long time and quickly left this section of the city wall.
At this time, a round of shelling had just passed. Behind the earthen wall outside the city, with a swing of the pole, more than ten more cannon stones rose into the sky.
When these boulders fell, they instantly destroyed the city's archery tower. The wall bricks were shattered and peeled off, and the bricks and dust fell in a crashing sound.
The Mongolian troops on top of the city were considered brave. They could stand still in the face of rain of arrows, but no one was afraid of huge rocks falling from the sky.
The stone fell down, the wall bricks were smashed, and the person was smashed into pulp. No one could withstand it.
For a time, the Mongolian troops at the top of the city either squatted or ran around, and the city was in chaos.
At this time, the army outside the city was not in a hurry to attack. Apart from the artillery groups that kept slamming into the city wall, the soldiers of all ministries were holding their weapons and waiting on the spot. They just followed the drumbeats and issued bursts of neat shouts.
There are many new recruits in the Wuxian Army. Zhao Tai's thousand men are also new recruits. If they are directly allowed to attack the city, the new soldiers will definitely panic before they even start.
Therefore, Zhao Tai and Wuxian first concentrated their artillery vehicles, smashed a section of the city wall, destroyed the fortifications above, and then launched an attack.
At this time, the artillery group fired fiercely, the soldiers operating the artillery carts had been replaced, and the morale of the various ministries was also mobilized.
Wu Xian then turned around and asked Zhao Tai, "Xian brother, can we attack?"
In this era, human life is not valuable, soldiers are consumables, and generals usually don't care much about the life and death of their subordinates.
It was the same when Wuxian fought in the past. He would not make too detailed preparations for sieges, nor would he arrange very detailed tactics and implement them at the bottom level.
Zhao Tai is willing to take more time to prepare, and if it can be done without human life, he will try his best to do it without human life, and use tools and tactics as much as possible to destroy the enemy and reduce his own losses.
Zhao Tai originally wanted to use the artillery truck to blast a gap directly, but he did not know when the artillery truck could collapse the city wall. He did not have enough experience and was worried about the Mongolian reinforcements coming, so he pointed at the front wall and said quietly The voice said: "The Mongolian army on the front wall should have suffered heavy losses. Now we can send two teams of archers, guarded by sword and shield soldiers, to rush to both sides of this wall and throw rain of arrows at the city to stop them. The Mongolian army reinforced the damaged section of the city wall, and then let the artillery group bombard the city to create chaos, and then the army attacked head-on!"
After hearing what Zhao Tai said, Wu Xian had to admit that Zhao Tai had thought very carefully, leaving him with almost nothing to add, so he could only give the order immediately, "Send the order as Zhao Xuanfu wishes!"
The flag of the Chinese army was waved and the war drums were beaten. Three groups of troops immediately separated from the Wuxian army formation and rushed toward the Pi County town with shouts like a flood bursting from the embankment.
The men and horses on the two wings did not bring siege equipment. They moved quickly and rushed to the city. The shield bearers formed a shield wall. A large number of archers hid behind the shields and threw arrows at the top of the city. The sky was covered with arrows. Blocking out the sun, like locusts.
The men and horses in the middle carried the trench bridge, the long ladder, and pushed the siege tower, roaring loudly and rushing towards the city wall that was smashed into smoke and dust.
At this time, the Mongolian troops who were squatting at the top of the city and did not dare to move found that the cannon stone did not fall on the top of the city, but flew over their heads and fell into the city. They also heard the shouts of thousands of people outside the city and knew that the opponent had begun to attack the city, so they quickly got up and fired. Take up the bow and shoot.
For a time, arrows were flying all over the city, and the two armies were engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle.
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