Fanyang City, which has been in disrepair for a long time, is not a fort with strong defense in Europe, and it can't withstand the continuous bombardment of 12-pounder guns.

From the beginning of the shelling until now, about an hour has passed, and Li Zhongyi's monoculars have already shown obvious signs of rammed earth about to collapse.

"Hehe, no matter how powerful the defender of the city is, it will be ended by the bombardment of artillery." Li Zhongyi smiled a little smugly.

Zhang Sanzheng said with a smiling face: "If there is no artillery, God knows how many lives will be needed to fill the ditch under Fanyang City?" ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and said: "The advent of artillery means the end of the era of famous defense generals. ”

Gao Qiang thought for a while and asked Li Zhongyi: "Lord, if it is in a sports war, how can the power of artillery be maintained?" ”

Li Zhongyi showed a pleased smile and explained: "The artillery army should move with Xi Che, and when there is an enemy attack, spread out a formation on the spot, and use Xi Che to cover the attack and organize an attack......

Perhaps because of the ease of understanding what Li Zhongyi said, Zhang Sanzheng and Gao Qiang nodded frequently, indicating that they had comprehended the essence of artillery in the process of movement warfare.

Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile when he saw this, and then added: "Li Yongtang's practice under Fanyang City is very different from the practice under the Daimyo's Mansion City, this is to adapt measures to local conditions. ”

Zhang San was like a chicken pecking rice, nodding frequently, and Gao Qiang was shining in two ways, obviously understanding the law of artillery movement and understanding a deeper level.

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

Under the personal command of Li Yongtang, the 12-pounder cannon methodically bombarded the rammed earth city wall, which had indeed completely exposed the rammed earth, and the 6-pounder gun raised the muzzle elevation angle, and the Khitans on the bombarded city soil could not even lift their heads.

At this time, the crossbowmen and grenadiers of the Li Jiajun turned into idlers watching the excitement, and they were somewhat unaccustomed to this new change.

In previous wars, the crossbowmen and grenadiers of the Li Jiajun often played a key suppressive role, but now they have become spectators behind the artillery army.

In today's Li family's army, when encountering an enemy attack, the artillery army is often the first wave to attack, followed by the crossbowmen with a large number of crossbows, and finally when the artillery army fires shotguns, it will be the turn of the grenadiers to attack a wave.

At the end of the battle, due to the short range of the improvised trebuchet, the Devil's Cocktail only needs to fire one round, and then it is time to enter the extremely brutal hand-to-hand combat of the foot rider.

If the opponent is a team dominated by foot soldiers, the Devil's Cocktail in melee may be fired several rounds. After all, no matter how fast the infantry charge is, it is several times slower than the speed of the war horse.

In today's siege battle, because the effective range of the Khitan arch can reach about 200 steps, the grenadiers with a shorter range can only stare dryly.

About a quarter of an hour later, with an earth-shattering loud bang, the southern wall of Fanyang City collapsed in front of everyone.

Li Zhongyi took the monoculars, carefully observed for a while, and found that Li Yongtang had changed the strategy of bombardment, dividing more than a dozen 12-pounder guns into two groups.

Looking at the eight 12-pounder guns with white smoke billowing from the muzzles, Li Zhongyi nodded secretly, the next time he attacked the city, the time for Li Yongtang's artillery to collapse the city wall would probably shrink even shorter.

Comparing the effects before and after, it is obvious that the salvo of multiple guns is many times stronger than the effect of a single cannon firing in turn.

This brings us to the question of the probability of shooting!

8 guns fired in a salvo, and the muzzle was aimed at the same center, and the probability of two shells hitting a close landing point was definitely much greater than that of firing one by one!

Learning war in the midst of war is one of Li Zhongyi's famous sayings, and it is obvious that Li Yongtang has a deeper understanding and comprehension of this.

After the next round of volleys, the south wall, which had already collapsed a large part, collapsed at an astonishing speed.

Li Zhongyi did not immediately order a general attack, the reason was actually very simple, the collapse of the southern wall of Fanyang was not strong enough, and the artillery army had to bombard it a few more rounds, so that the casualties at the time of the charge would be minimized.

It is impossible to fight without death, the problem is that when the walls collapse more ruthlessly, the senseless casualties will obviously be reduced many times.

After four rounds of heavy bombardment by 12-pounder guns, the large gaps in the city walls grew larger and larger, and the low buildings in the city could already be seen through the cracks.

"The general offensive begins, blow the trumpet of the charge!" Li Zhongyi did not hesitate to give the order for a general attack.

......More than 20 trumpeters stood side by side under the command vehicle in a row, and they vigorously encouraged their cheeks and sounded the horn of the charge with all their might.

"Robes, follow me!"

"Brethren, follow me!"

"Rush, ......"

In the loud trumpet of the charge, the soldiers of the Li family's army, under the command of officers at all levels, rushed into Fanyang City from the gap in the city wall.

"Order Li Yongtang to sort out the 6-pounder cannon and prepare to enter the city to support the street battle anytime and anywhere." Li Zhongyi knew very well in his heart that Fanyang was different from other small cities, there were tens of thousands of Khitan people in the city, and it was difficult to completely escape from the city gate for a while, and the brutal street fighting urgently needed 6-pounder guns to help clear the passage into the city.

After the army entered the city, it did not go straight to the deep area of the city, but in accordance with the provisions of the order, it first occupied the inner urn city, and then spread to the city wall, and the Khitans who were in turmoil gradually drove down the city wall.

When the military flags of the Khitans were thrown off the city wall one after another, Li Zhongyi couldn't help but nod frequently, that's right!

In siege warfare, the most taboo thing is that before the city wall is taken, it boldly spreads into the depth of the city. Once the attack is thwarted, the enemies on the city walls come to their senses, but there is a risk of being dumpling-made.

On this side, the city wall of Fanyang has been broken, and the army has swarmed into the city.

Over there, Liao Shanhe commanded an army of 90,000 unhurriedly, and divided the 90,000 elite palaces of the Khitans outside the city with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas, forcing them to retreat.

Yelu Hugo, who had set a defensive strategy, never dreamed that the tall and powerful Fan Yangcheng would not be able to withstand the bombardment of the 12-pounder cannon at all.

In war, whoever is backward in weapons and backward in terms of operational concept will inevitably be in a situation of being passively beaten.

"Report to the Lord, the main force of the Khitans has come from the north, and the number of them has exceeded 100,000."

Li Zhongyi was about to wave his army and rush over and eat the Khitans in and outside the city in one bite, but he didn't think that Yelu Xiu Ge made a good move and led the main force to help in time.

"Whew...... Yelu Hugo deserves to be the first general of the Khitans! Li Zhongyi didn't want to take too much risk, so he simply commanded the army and concentrated on eating the remnants of the Khitan people in the city.

Not counting the 10,000 Han army dog-legged troops, more than 30,000 Khitans were eaten in the first battle, no more, no less, just to hit the morale of the Khitans!

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