Guo Dehai has been fighting for half his life, and this is the first time he has encountered this situation.
The explosion just now really scared him, and the defenders on the city were also frightened by the explosion.
The 20,000 Mongolian troops in Zhengzhou City are now in panic and the military morale has been shaken.
Guo Dehai stood at the top of the city and roared angrily, "Don't worry, everyone, just defend the city. The Mongols have their destiny. I don't believe the enemy can summon thunder from the sky again and blow me up to death!"
At this time, Wuxian led three thousand soldiers, rushed through the gap, and met the Mongolian army reinforcing in the city.
Guo Dehai was able to catch the enemy by surprise. If he hadn't placed 3,000 men behind the city wall to prevent the Jin soldiers from digging tunnels into the city, the Jin army would have already rushed into the city.
At this time, the two armies were fighting for their lives on the slope. The Jin army's morale was like a rainbow. However, there were too many new soldiers and they were unable to defeat the defenders for a while and failed to rush into the city.
This gave Guo Dehai a chance to stabilize his army's morale. When the defenders on the city saw that after the explosion, the Jin soldiers were not in front of them, they would not turn around and run away.
Therefore, under his order, the panic-stricken defenders reluctantly picked up their weapons, came to the edge of the city wall, and fired a wave of arrows at the pressing Jin army.
Zhao Tai's idea was very simple, use gunpowder to explode, and then take advantage of the defenders being frightened to take the city directly in one go.
Therefore, after the explosion, Zhao Tai gave an order, and all the golden soldiers in formation pressed forward.
At this time, the Mongolian troops on the city hurriedly fired arrows, and dense arrows shot down the city head.
In siege battles, the attacking side often suffered huge casualties, but Zhao Tai cherished the lives of his soldiers, so he never exposed his soldiers to the enemy's arrows on a large scale during the siege.
After many days of preparation, the Jin soldiers built a large number of equipment. The Jin army attacking the city pushed siege towers, well gates, and shield carts. The soldiers hid behind these equipment. Most of the arrows on the city were shot at the front of the equipment. It was difficult to Injuring the soldiers behind.
Seeing the Jin army approaching despite the rain of arrows, Guo Dehai quickly shouted angrily, "Quickly, send reinforcements over."
Now the hearts of the defenders on the city are shaken. Once the Jin soldiers board the city, the fearful Mongolian army may be defeated.
In order to stabilize his position, Guo Dehai could only mobilize troops and horses from the city to help.
At this time, Zhao Tai stood on the watchtower, scanning the battlefield, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw that Wuxian was actually blocked in the gap.
In Zhao Tai's view, such a violent explosion had frightened the defenders in the city, and the city wall was blown up, leaving nearby defenders dead or injured. The defense should be empty, and Wuxian could rush directly into the city.
Now that Wuxian was blocked, Zhao Tai was a little surprised, but he immediately understood that the other party must have a reserve team behind the city wall for reinforcements so quickly.
The Jin army has many new soldiers. If the enemy is allowed to stabilize their position, the city will be difficult to attack.
Zhao Tai immediately ordered, "Set the trebuchet to the front of the city!"
Zhao Tai gave an order, and more than ten trebuchets moved forward slowly, pulled by mules and horses and pushed by soldiers.
When the artillery carts moved forward, the Jin army's siege troops had already rushed to the front of the city. The shield carts in the front row stopped and lined up under the city. The archers hid behind the shield carts and fired arrows at the city.
The sword and shield bearers of the Jin army carried the city ladder and hugged the siege tower towards the bottom of the city.
With a military order, it seemed like the dam had opened! The soldiers were like a flood, swarming towards the city wall of Zhengzhou!
The morale of the Jin army was high, which frightened the Mongolian army defending the city. As soon as they experienced the explosion, they were attacked by the Jin army. The Mongolian army responded in a panic.
There were originally many ballistas at the top of Zhengzhou City, and there were trebuchets behind the city wall, but they were all panicked and did not fire a few times.
Now the Jin army rushed to the base of the wall and entered a blind spot. They wanted to attack, but they were too late.
At this time, the Jin army who rushed to the city quickly erected a ladder to climb the city. The Jin soldiers first raised the ladder high so that the top of the ladder was higher than the top of the city, and then pulled it down. The iron hook at the top hooked the top of the city. , making it impossible for the defenders to push it down.
"Go up!" The ladder was put up on the top of the city, and the officer immediately shouted an order.
The soldiers under the city saw that the ladder was fixed and climbed up quickly!
All of a sudden, the Jin Army's siege towers, ladders and other equipment arrived one after another. Under the cover of the archers, the Jin Army's soldiers climbed up like ants.
At this time, the defenders on the city, amidst the officers' scoldings, also understood that in a battle between the two armies, it would be either you or me who would die, so it was useless to be afraid.
The defenders on the city began to throw down stones and shoot arrows from the protruding horses on the city wall. The golden soldiers who were climbing up the city began to fall like dates.
Seeing this, Guo Dehai felt relieved, but at this moment, an exclamation came from the gap.
Although the Mongolian army was more elite than the Jin soldiers, they were frightened by the explosion. Facing the Jin army's attack, they were unable to display their original strength. They were almost pushed to the ground and beaten by the Jin soldiers.
Wu Xian led his subordinates to drive the Mongolian army down the slope and stood at the highest point of the collapse.
The Jin soldiers occupied the advantageous position and stabbed the Mongolian soldiers climbing up one after another with their spears. The corpses of the Mongolian soldiers rolled down the slope in layers.
The Mongolian army attacked upwards for a while and suffered extremely heavy losses. Wu Xian saw that the morale of the Mongolian army was low, so he immediately led his subordinates to charge downward. The Mongolian army's line was immediately killed by the golden soldiers and retreated steadily.
Seeing that the Jin soldiers were about to rush into the city, the Mongolian army's lines screamed again and again, and danger was everywhere.
Seeing this, Guo Dehai hurriedly roared, "Quick, send archers to both sides of the collapse to suppress the gold thieves' attack."
He gave the order, and the Mongolian troops who had just arrived for reinforcements rushed towards the gap.
They stood on the walls on both sides of the gap and fired arrows at the Jin army on the slope. The braver Mongolian army even jumped directly onto the slope to fight with the Jin army.
Wuxian had already rushed down the slope on the back and was about to enter the city. However, the Jin army that climbed over the slope was attacked by the Mongolian troops on both sides.
The Jin army that climbed over the slope was restrained by attacks from both sides. The Wu Xian who rushed down the slope lacked stamina and was forced back up the slope by the Mongolian army.
"Okay!" Guo Dehai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Mongolian army had stabilized its position. At this time, the Jin army's artillery group had already reached the firing position.
The gunners of the Jin Army lined up more than ten artillery carts in front of the city, then took out the thunderbolts manufactured by the Suining Ordnance Bureau from the sealed box, installed them and prepared for firing.
At this time, Guo Dehai looked around. He stared at the battlefield and found that although the Jin army's offensive was fierce and dangers continued to appear on the city, the Mongolian army still managed to stabilize its defense line.
This made Guo Dehai secretly happy, but at this moment, the Mongolian troops on the city screamed again and again.
Hearing the sound, Guo Dehai quickly looked to the front, and the expression on his face suddenly changed like that of a defender at the top of a city.
He did not see the artillery group of the Jin Army, but found Zhao Tai in the center of the Jin Army, wearing Taoist robes, starting to dance again and dancing the magic sword in a murmur.
Guo Dehai's heart trembled. Could it be that Zhao Tai could summon thunder?
The defenders at the top of the city did not dare to look down upon him. When they saw Zhao Tai's actions from a distance, they all panicked.
Guo Dehai hurriedly yelled: "Don't panic! This is a pretense. He can't summon thunder!"
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