"Boom!" A loud thunderous sound tore through the early morning silence of Jinyang City, and several sparrows fluttered in the air in panic and flew into the distance. On a sunny day, the sun had just risen, and it was as red as blood in the eastern sky. The soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty on the city wall heard the sound of thunder and didn't know what it was, and they all looked around. Behind the first earthen wall, more than 500 steps away from the city, a puff of gunpowder rose up.

That's not thunder, it's a cannon! After many days of preparing the siege fortifications, the cannon fire finally rang out.

This loud bang not only disturbed the stalemate between the sparrows and the confrontation, but also disturbed all parties...... The Great Zhou, the Northern Han Dynasty, the Northern Mansion of Liao, and even the Southern Mansion of Liaoguo in Youzhou. Guo Shao has already received all kinds of signs of detailed reporting, and even Youzhou has the possibility of mobilizing troops and horses to save Jinyang.

The battle of Jinyang, which involved all parties, kicked off at this time!

Guo Shao sat on the horse with his sword and looked up at the voice. The muzzle velocity of the stone projectile fired by the artillery was indeed not very fast, and the naked eye could see that the round stone was making a projectile motion in mid-air, and after a while, it fell to the ground, and a "bang" was heard in the distance, and it smashed into the soil outside the city.

Then it stopped, and only the cacophony of people and horses was heard everywhere.

The generals and officials were silent, squinting at the place where the smoke was rising in the east, and Guo Shao also looked there, waiting patiently.

A military general on the artillery array looked at it and shouted: "One inch higher!" ”

A loaded thick and short mortar cannon next to it was immediately cut open by the soldiers from the sack pile, and then a sandbag was stuffed into the position of the cannon lug, and a young general took a rope ruler and quickly went up to measure it, and said, "All right." ”

A few soldiers carried sandbags and stuffed the barrels, and the thick iron cannons seemed to be buried in the sand to fix their bearings.

Not long after, there was a loud "boom" again, and under the deflagration of a large number of **, the muzzle of the cannon seemed to breathe fire, and white smoke rose violently! The huge sound of cannons seemed to echo outside the city walls, and just after the cannonade, a coughing sound of "cough cough" was heard.

Guo Shao raised his head, looked at the flying stone bullets, and said silently: Medium! Middle!

Under the gaze of all the people, the stone projectile flew towards the head of the city, which was about five hundred paces away, with the expectation of all the people, and in a few moments, it fell sharply on the city wall. The hundred-pound stone bullet hit the target just right! There was a "bang", and I could vaguely see earth and stones splashing on the wall, and the dust was flying, and it looked as if it had exploded. Because the stone bullet was very heavy, it was not small, and at least it smashed the floor tiles on the city wall and made a pit.

Seeing this, the soldiers cheered.

Not long after, the artillery deployed in front rang out one after another, and for a while, lightning and thunder roared in the camp outside the city. Hundreds of cannons were fired at one time, and the momentum was very loud, and the earth was trembling!

Moreover, Guo Shao deployed more than 100 cannons on the Jinyang siege camp, and the ordnance supervisor cast a total of more than 300 of the same Longxiao cannons, all of which were transported to the Jinyang front! Because this kind of cannon comes in handy for siege.

Heavy stone bullets attacked the city wall in front of them, and the earth and stones at the head of the city flew together, and the bricks and straws on the wall fell down, and the battle array soon became a mess, and there were flashes of fire and smoke everywhere.

Guo Shao watched the spectacular scene for a while, but he had not yet adapted to such a huge sound, Rao was far away from the artillery array, and his ears were also "buzzing".

A large number of artillery bombardments, but the results of the stone shells were still uneven. The specifications of the Longxiao cannon, the weighing of the guns, and the distance and distance angles of the barrels are all unified, but it is still difficult to avoid errors; The casting technology and measurement methods are still relatively rough and difficult to be accurate.

However, the knowledge and technology used are far ahead of the curve in this era...... It took many years for the law of parabola and ballistics to be discovered. But for Guo Shao, these are just junior high school physics knowledge.

At this time, more than 300 artillery pieces outside the siege fortifications that were more than ten miles long roared one after another, and the battle array became more and more lively.

A series of multiple salvos were fired, like a sound wave on the Jinyang city wall, listening to the sound of the battle, Jinyang seemed to be about to collapse if it didn't last long...... But the actual effect, but I feel that there is still a big gap! The average thickness of the city wall in Jinyang is ten steps (more than ten meters), and this kind of black artillery is not overturned, but it is only a matter of time before it causes serious damage to the fortifications such as the bricks on the wall and the female wall on the wall.

Another great effect, there are a large number of defenders on the city walls, and artillery bombardment can also cause casualties; as well as depleting their morale and morale.

So on the first day of the siege, the Zhou army did not send a single soldier to attack the city, and it was constantly shelling, consuming a large number of ** and stone bullets. It didn't stop until late in the evening.

However, the Zhou army was not afraid of consumption, all the Northern Han army cities in the southern region were clamped down by the Zhou army, and military resources were continuously transported from Fenshui and Qinlu Post Road, and the resources of the whole country were undertaking this war!

The first platoon of the whistling guns was five hundred paces outside the city walls; The heavy weapons of the Northern Han army were nothing more than catapults and ballistas, and the range of these weapons was only two or three hundred paces, so unless they rushed out of the city, they could not reach the Zhou army. The Northern Han army was beaten all day and did not return a single hand.

…… The sun went down, and the hustle and bustle of the whole day gradually quieted down. The air was filled with smoke, and the choking smell of gunpowder smoke lingered for a long time, and the fire was lit up and down the city one after another.

Several generals had their faces blackened and dirty, put their weapons outside the big tent first, and walked into the big tent of the Chinese army. It was very lively, and although they were tired all day, they were very excited by the power of the artillery (much stronger than catapults) because there were no casualties, and they talked a lot in the tent.

After a while, Guo Shao also walked in and sat down on the top seat. Everyone immediately fell silent and saluted with fists.

"Excuse me, sit down at will." Guo Shao said well.

Everyone bowed together and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The generals sat down on the left and right according to the words, and the general Gao Yanyu said: "The ministers look at it, the Longxiao cannon is much more powerful than the catapult, but it is only bombardment, and it can't capture the city." The minister thought that in order to capture Jinyang as soon as possible, he had to attack the city. ”

When someone made a statement, Guo Shao turned his head to look at him and listened carefully, just nodding with encouragement and appreciation, and would not speak easily.

When he was a military general, he encouraged the generals to express their opinions and then judge for themselves. Sure enough, Liu Renzhan also spoke: "Can we use ** to blow up Jinyang City?" ”

Guo Shao responded: "You can give it a try, but it takes a lot of time to attack, and it takes nearly a month to successfully dig a tunnel and bury **...... I think it may not be as easy as before to bomb the city with ** this time. Zhao Kuangyin fully knows the specific tactics of bombing the city, and he will advise the Northern Han Lord to guard against this; As soon as the other party is on guard, the chances are not as good as before. Moreover, Jinyang City is thick, and I don't know what the effect is. ”

He said that he was speculating on the effect, if he did succeed in blowing down the walls again. The gap is very small, and due to the high and thick walls of the wall, a large amount of earth and rock may accumulate in the gap, which will affect the speed of the attack...... At this time, if the defenders are already prepared, deploy troops in small gaps, and rush to repair fortifications to hold on, because the contact area is too small, it is very likely to become a tactic of attrition and delay.

At this time, Wang Pu said: "When the reinforcements of the Liao army arrive, if Li Chuyun can stop the Liao army, Jinyang will be a lonely city." There is no reason for a lonely city, it's just a matter of time. ”

Guo Shao thought so, and said: "The king is right, attacking a Xiongcheng like Jinyang will eventually consume the strength of the defenders and wear out their hopes...... Blocking the Liao reinforcements in advance, so that the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Han State felt that there was no hope of stubborn resistance, and only then did they have a chance to capture Jinyang. ”

Everyone discussed and said a lot of methods, as well as ways to divert Fen water to flood Jinyang City. However, these are all old tunes, and it has long been said that it will not be done until the summer season when the water rises, and it is also for the purpose of killing the endurance of the defenders.

At that moment the soldiers came into the tent with their supper. A group of warriors immediately turned their attention to food, and it seemed that everyone had been hungry after running all day.

The food in the army, the gap between the generals and the soldiers is not big, even Guo Shao eats the same food as the emperor, and the generals are embarrassed to open a small stove alone...... If you really want to do it, none of these generals have thousands of subordinates, and it is easy to get some big fish and meat.

And now they eat wheat bread, which is packed in baskets, and they are full; The other is a soup made with salted meat and leaves, and it is served in wooden barrels.

Everyone didn't care, anyway, they were all used to eating, and they all asked their relatives to bring their own big iron cups, use the iron cups to make soup, and then divide the wheat cakes.