Sure enough, Zhang Guo began the expedition to the north of the entire island with more than 5,000 people, and the city of Gaogong was high and deep, and it was not easy to attack for a while. 『『【Latest Chapter Reading Baoliny】Please search the book network to see the most complete and fastest update

The garrison showed off its might for three days, and suddenly transferred its troops to sweep several medium-sized cities, as long as they dared to resist, they would all slaughter the city and exterminate the clan, and they would not be merciful. Of course, he would leave some of his slaves behind and burn and bury the corpses in time to avoid the spread of the plague.

No one expected him to transfer troops, and the Srivijaya royal family thought that the Song army would fight a decisive battle against Gaogong, and several main forces were rushing to help, but they unexpectedly pounced, and could only chase after Zhang Guo's buttocks.

In four months, he made a forced landing in four cities, slaughtered three cities, and killed more than 100,000 natives. The most chilling thing is that in the two sieges of the same place, the two main forces of the Three Buddhas were all wiped out, so that the pursuers were unwilling to approach too much, and could only follow from a distance, as if escorting this fierce demon army.

Several beautiful victories, as well as brutal killings, shook the entire Srivijaya, with the continuous spread of maritime merchants, the Song army's means of daring to resist and submit, but also made the South China Sea countries silent, the domestic nobles of Srivijaya were also frightened, no one dared to fight with this elite Song army.

What's even more frightening is that the overwhelming arrows of the Song army, the leather armor and wooden shield of the Three Buddhas, could not be defended at all, and they were killed and wounded before they could meet each other, and the final result was that the wolf bèi fled and was slaughtered by the Song army.

The worst one was an ambush of tens of thousands of people, suppressed by the arrows of the two wings for a day, more than 2,000 people who escaped were hunted by the horse army, and the Oubei infantry army chased and killed, and only more than 700 people survived, so that the Srivijaya army lost its heart.

At this time, Zhang Guo's troops went straight to Gaogong City, drove tens of thousands of slaves, launched a fierce attack on the city, light stone throwers, bed crossbows lined up, and bombarded the city directly, no one dared to approach again, for fear of being ambushed by him.

It must be said that the Song army's armor equipment is several orders higher than that of the countries in the South China Sea, as the South China Sea power, when the Three Buddhas are still using more than 100 steps of bows and arrows, the Song army's improved bed crossbow has reached a range of 800 steps, and there is a huge black medicine, every shot will cause very great damage, and the city has almost no power to fight back.

The trebuchets are lightweight, but they are very powerful, and they can fire cannonballs, which are very effective in killing dense crowds.

After only two days of fighting, the canopy of Gaogong City was scattered, and the city was in a sea of fire, and the dead were accumulated, and there was no time to deal with the outbreak of plague.

Zhang Guo is hard-hearted, since Gaogongcheng resisted, he must have the consciousness of being slaughtered, and at this time he will never accept surrender, he must establish his authority.

Moreover, in order to end the battle as much as possible, Li Changsheng transferred three giant crossbows from the ship, which was designed to deal with sea ships and also to strike at the city wall.

The giant crossbow is quite cumbersome, and it is very inconvenient to transport it over long distances, and it needs to be disassembled and transported to the location for assembly. However, the use of gear machines, as well as the use of rail springs, made the crossbow very easy to operate, one crossbow commander, five officials, and a maximum of two oxen.

The crossbow commander was responsible for looking at the mountain and adjusting the direction and angle of the shot, three officials drove the oxen to pull the bowstring, and two officers loaded the arrows. Of course, if it is placed on a boat, there will be no cattle, but with a gear machine, four people push the winch to pull the bowstring.

After the arrow was prepared, the angle was adjusted and the gear was shaken, and with the order of the crossbow chief, the two officials who loaded the arrow pulled the trigger, and the nearly six-foot giant arrow flew towards the city in a parabola with a dull loud sound.

Falling two feet into the city wall, loaded with gunpowder, can blow up a large part of the city wall, fall into the residential area of the city, not only can smash people to incomplete limbs, but also blow up a piece of fire, causing a series of fires.

However, the ship's crossbow bolts are heavy and extremely accurate, and they cannot fire in bursts, and can only fire one at a time. It is mainly used to attack enemy ships at sea, and when encountering large ships, it can be loaded with powder stones to ensure a maximum of several salvos to damage or sink enemy ships.

Even the stone throwers in the city and the low wall at the head of the city will be destroyed without any doubt if they are hit by a single shot. It deserves the bad luck of Gaogong City.

"Whoosh" bursts of sharp breaking sounds swept across the city, and the crossbow arrows of the Song military ships were launched for the first time.

The speed of fire of the giant arrow was extremely fast, and the Sriwijaya soldiers at the head of the city looked up at the air, and three huge arrows smashed over with a sharp sound of breaking through the air.

In their exclamations, a stone-throwing machine under the city was hit, and with the explosion of arrows, dozens of people died, and the entire stone-throwing machine was scrapped directly; A huge arrow hit the tower, and it also exploded violently, and the entire tower collapsed in half, causing even more serious damage, and nearly 100 people were smashed under the ruins and howled.

The last huge arrow smashed directly on the city wall, the crossbowman can be regarded as a bad luck, with the violent explosion, the archers within more than 20 steps on the left and right all died in the sea of fire, some were directly killed by the iron pin, the lucky one fell to the ground with serious injuries, and a ghost cried wolf.

"Yes, the effect is really good, keep shooting." Zhang Guo was very satisfied with the effect of the crossbow, this giant arrow filled with black medicine was too sharp.

"Adjust the proofreading to look at the mountain, and get on the arrow." The guards who accompanied the team, the general of the navy, immediately gave the order to reload the arrows, which required a process.

The use of black medicine has increased the lethality of crossbow arrows, but fortunately, there are sufficient local charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur resources to feed the war, and it is very convenient to use local materials. Otherwise, they will never waste black medicine, because they are fighting overseas, and black medicine and crossbow arrows are the most critical equipment for them to reduce casualties and strike at the enemy, and they will never allow any waste to be wasted.

Even the cannons fired by the catapult are mostly stones taken nearby, or jars of black oil in jars, and rarely advanced black medicine cannonballs. It's just that they found sufficient resources in Sriwijaya and they had a large number of craftsmen who made zuò, so it was possible to replenish the black medicine at any time, and there was no need to be too frugal.

even invented a simple giant explosive bomb, that is, the prototype of the ** bag, which loaded black medicine and iron pins into jars, ignited and fired, and the lethality was considerable.

Of course, you don't need to use all black medicine to siege the city, and lime bullets are a good choice. A single round of firing can cause a large area of lime powder in the city, causing great trouble to the defenders, and is conducive to creating time for the siege troops.

At the forefront of the siege force were the captives of Srivijaya slaves, who were armed with the simplest weapons and used the most primitive ladders.

Subsequently, there were the elite troops of the Song army, who were well-armed, armed with various crossbows and arrows to supervise the battle, constantly depleting the city's defenses.

This is also a matter of no choice, the Great Song scholars scolded the Jurchens and drove the people to the city to consume the defense force, why didn't the Song army use this hand, but the time was different, the place was different, and the object was different, and the meaning was different, wasn't it