Under the swaying of the campfire, blood splashed everywhere, screaming in amazement and terrification.

After a few rounds of crossbow spear firing, the soldiers in the city looked at the miserable situation of their comrades on the ground, and were so frightened that they did not dare to show their heads, and even if the whip was added, many people were unmoved.

It was not until the general drew his sword and killed three people in a row that the defending soldiers once again emerged from behind the battlements and closely monitored the movements of the Song army outside the city.

On the other hand, the Song army, after the crossbow bed spear was established, a trumpet sounded and the formation moved forward.

With the shield in front and the bow and crossbow in the back, he advanced to about fifty battles under the city.

Then a bow and a crossbow, and the arrows flew towards the city like locusts.

As soon as the Jin army saw that the Song army was close to the range of bows and arrows, they immediately opened their bows and counterattacked.

So in the middle of the night, the Song and Jin armies under the city and the city opened the prelude to the battle of Pingzhou with bows and crossbows.

The news of the Song army's siege soon spread in Pingzhou City, and the soldiers and civilians of Pingzhou began to sleep from the ugly time.

The Song army participated in the siege of only 3,000 troops, but in the dim night, the Jin army could not see the situation in the wilderness hundreds of zhang away, and did not know how many Song troops were behind.

3,000 people approached the city to attack, and the remaining 40,000 people, except for the necessary sentry posts, could rest normally, and the siege battle three miles away was not fierce, and it could not affect the soldiers in the battalion.

When the second day dawned, the soldiers of the Song army, who had eaten and drunk enough and were full of energy, arrived in a neat formation outside the city, placed siege equipment, and prepared to launch an attack.

At that time, all the attack equipment was ready.

"Listen to the gold thief in the city! Our marshal has given you twelve hours to consider surrendering, but you have not said anything about it, and in that case, we have decided to attack the city ahead of schedule! ”

The city shouted, but there was no response from the city.

"However, God has the virtue of a good life, and the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Song Dynasty is a righteous army, now I will give you another two quarters of an hour to consider, once the time limit is up, if you still don't go out of the city to surrender, when the city is broken, you will not accept surrendered troops!"

The voice fell, and not long after, there was also a shout from the city.

"For more than ten years, we have lived in peace with you, and we have never thought of attacking you, nor have we seized your land, but you have repeatedly provoked wars and seized our city land, and now we are attacking on a large scale, besieging Pingzhou City, brazenly threatening with a large army, and daring to say that you are a righteous army, which is really shameless!"

"If you violate the realm for no reason today, we will definitely report to Liaoyang Mansion and ask the Bianjing Imperial Court for an explanation!"

"What a statement! Fifty years ago, you treacherously captured Bianjing, plundered the two emperors of the Great Song Dynasty and countless clan ministers, and even wiped out Bianjing's century-old savings. It's been 50 years, and I haven't asked you for this statement, but you are brazen when you ask us for an explanation! ”

The people on both sides shouted back and forth, and they began to fight dozens of feet away.

About a quarter of an hour later, the Song military captain in the city suddenly shouted: "There is still a quarter of an hour, if you don't surrender again, you will regret it!" I advise you not to be lucky, to tell you the truth, Shihe Pass has been conquered by our Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and at this time another army is attacking Laizhou, surrender is your best way out! If not, when the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left! ”

The Jin army in the city was obviously startled when he heard this, and was silent for a moment.

After a while, the city replied, "Don't be ashamed! Shihe Pass is so easy to attack, I am not afraid to tell you that Pingzhou City passed the news with them yesterday. You are trying to disturb the morale of the army with this rumor, and you will not succeed! Pingzhou is the Pingzhou of Dajin State, and it was also Pingzhou of Liao State fifty years ago, which was snatched by our Dajin from the hands of the Liao people, and it has never been your place. If you have the courage, come and attack the city, and I, the Golden Warrior, will tell you with a steel knife what courage and justice are! ”

"Stubborn! In that case, there is no need to say more, and when you regret it, you will know whether it is true or false! After the Song army finished shouting, under the protection of the left and right shields, he quickly retreated to the front of the formation.

A quarter of an hour later, in the middle of the Chinese army, Luo Cong, the former marshal of the Northern Expedition, gave an order: "Stonehenge!" Prepare to attack! ”

The herald beside him quickly conveyed the military order to the standard-bearer on the side: "Trebuchet, prepare for the attack!" ”

The standard-bearer received the order, quickly raised the red flag in his hand, and made three large circles in the direction of the sky, paused for a moment, and then drew three more circles.

The main general of the trebuchet phalanx in the front army formation saw the command flag of the Chinese army and immediately ordered: "All obey the order, stone bombs on the plane, and prepare to attack!" ”

The order was given, and fifty trebuchets that had been adjusted in advance for throwing distance and orientation were quickly put into a ready firing state, and two soldiers next to each trebuchet worked together to put the stone projectiles into the throwing basket.

Seeing that the whole army was ready, the main general of the trebuchet array immediately turned his head to stare at the direction of the command flag of the Chinese army in the rear, waiting for the attack order, and at the same time ordered: "Report to the headquarters, the trebuchet array is ready, and it can be attacked at any time!" ”

The order was given, and the herald quickly conveyed the order to the ears of the standard-bearer in the army.

When the standard-bearer in the army received the order, he immediately asked for it in the flag language manual, waved the flag in his hand, and sent the news back to the command of the Chinese army.

When the Chinese standard-bearer got the news, he hurriedly ordered the herald: "The trebuchet array is ready, ready to attack at any time!" ”

After the rest was less, the news was sent to Marshal Luo Cong through the herald.

Luo Cong raised a bamboo tube-shaped instrument in his hand, aimed one end at one of his eyes, and rushed to the front of the army and the gate of Pingzhou City with the other end.

What he was holding in his hand was not something else, but a far-sighted thing specially made by the Yidu Academy, and with this thing, as long as the weather was good, it could be seen clearly from miles away, which was very helpful for observing the enemy's situation and the lack of execution of military orders by his own military formation.

After a while, Luo Cong gave an order: "Stonehenge, attack!" ”

The order to attack was quickly conveyed to the trebuchet through the heralds and standard-bearers.

When he was young, Luo Cong saw dozens of stone bullets in the telescope soaring into the air, almost in a row, flying towards Pingzhou City, a mile away.

After a few breaths, the stone bullet smashed into the city of Pingzhou, and suddenly the stone bullet cracked, the city wall was dented, the battlements collapsed, and the Jin soldiers fell backwards......

Watching the stone bullet fall, and then the rear heard the sound of the stone bullet breaking through the air and hitting the wall, although the sound was not loud in the Chinese army, but the dull sound, shocking, if in front of the front army, feel deeper.

After the first round of stone bullets, it didn't take long for the second round of stone bullets to fly up from the formation almost simultaneously again, heading straight for Pingzhou City.

In the blink of an eye, the city cracked and jumped.

Immediately after that, the third round of stone bombs left the camp, the fourth round of stone bombs left the camp, and the fifth round of stone bombs left the camp.

After five rounds of stone bullets hit the south gate of Pingzhou in a row, the soldiers of the Jin army on the city could not resist, and they took refuge on both sides or under the city, and the city gate tower was also smashed by stone bullets, and the city wall was pitted, and there was a large gap in the wall battlement.

After five rounds of stone projectile attacks, the entire trebuchet array suddenly stopped.

Just when the Jin army in Pingzhou City thought that the stone bomb attack was over, the fierce stone bullet flew directly over the city wall and crashed into the city.

Stone bullets fell from the sky, smashed into the Jin army's array, and immediately killed and wounded, and those who were unfortunately shot either turned into flesh, or fell to the ground with missing arms and legs, and the screams were terrible.

The camp of the Jin army, which had not been attacked by stone bullets, was suddenly in chaos, and countless people turned around and ran backwards.

Just when the Jin army gathered in the city was in chaos, the stone bullets fell from the sky again, and the unlucky soldiers died directly, and those who had not lost their breath for the time being could not be saved, and they could not last much time.

After several rounds of stone bullet attacks, the Jin army in the city had no formation at all, and the people close to the city wall found that they would not be attacked under the city wall, so they swarmed away, and the people behind were blocked by the falling stone bullets, so they could only crowd and quickly run towards the inner city.

However, in the panic, although the soldiers of the Jin Army ran fast, they could not compare to the stone bullets that could fly in the air, and in a short period of time, hundreds of people were killed, and the death was extremely miserable.

After four rounds of stone shells, the Great Song trebuchet army once again adjusted the firing angle and pull of each trebuchet.

Fifty stone projectiles flew over the city walls and flew farther into the city, causing another blow and causing panic.

In the middle of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Song Dynasty, Marshal Luo Cong held a telescope and watched the walls of Pingzhou City collapse in the stone bullets that rose into the sky, and the dust and smoke were everywhere.

It seems that the power of this improved trebuchet is indeed amazing, and the Jin army has been entangled in Hejian Mansion for so many years, and has never used a trebuchet, and today it suddenly attacked the city with stone bullets, and the Jin army really couldn't resist.

Looking at how strong the city is, if the attack continues like this, it won't be long before the walls are smashed out of the breaches, and the entire wall may collapse.

It was not Luo Cong's intention to destroy this city, he also had to rely on this city to resist the attack of the Yanjing Jin army, if the damage to Pingzhou City was too serious, I am afraid it would take more effort to repair it.

So, after seeing that the Jin army basically lost the morale of resistance, Luo Cong immediately ordered the front army to enter the city.

The herald disassembled the order to attack and quickly communicated it to the armies through the standard-bearers.

After receiving the military order, the trebuchet army quickly adjusted the projectile angle and range to ensure that the stone projectiles would not fall outside the city walls, or hit the outer and outer walls, accidentally injuring the lives of the siege soldiers.

At the same time, one of the former armies received the marshal's order to attack, immediately carried the equipment to climb the city, and under the cover of the shield hand, quickly moved towards the city of Pingzhou.

The Jin army in the city had already been frightened by the stone bullets falling from the sky by the Song army, and as far as the eye could see, no one showed their heads at all, let alone fought back.

The front army was not attacked by the enemy, and the progress was very smooth, and in a short time they reached the moat.

With a command, dozens of ladders stood upright by the moat, and then quickly fell to the other side of the moat.

The ladder fell with a bang, kicking up dust and leaving it intact.

Dozens of ladders flew on both sides of the moat, followed by more than a dozen ladders flying successfully.

The two sides were connected, and the soldiers of the Song army quickly held their weapons and shields through the ladder and arrived under the city wall.

The first batch of soldiers who crossed the river went straight to the city gate, and the rest of the soldiers who crossed the river assisted the soldiers on the opposite bank to pick up the ladder to the city with shields.

As more ladders flew on the moat, a large number of siege soldiers quickly came to the city, and a group of six quickly erected the ladders they brought over.

Stone bullets whistling overhead, flying into the city, basically no enemy troops in the city dared to show their heads to attack, and the undisturbed Song army soldiers soon erected dozens of ladders against the wall.

The ladder was erected, and without any hesitation, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty quickly climbed the ladder with shield weapons in hand, ascended the city, and captured the city!