Knock knock!

The drums were dense, the pace was like a wheel, and the five hundred Song army foot soldiers with swords and guns and more than 100 soldiers pushing siege weapons raised smoke and dust in the sky, and the hunting and killing spirit swept through the city hundreds of steps away.

In the sky above the Jiyang Military City, artillery arrows pierced through the air and staggered and fell. The cannons hit the battlements, the bricks cracked, the earth collapsed, and the sand and stones were scattered. The powerful arrows shot out by the strong crossbow covered the north and south sections of the west gate of the military city like dense rain, and the enemy tower, the tower, the female wall, and the stacks were densely covered with wooden feathers, like crops growing out of thin air, but this "crop" was watered with flesh and blood......

And the artillery arrows shot from the direction of the military city also continued to fall into the advancing Song army's array, knocking out the phalanx one by one. Under the urging of a tight drum beat behind the battle, the Song soldiers, who had already understood that there was no way out, could only grit their teeth and speed up their pace with the artillery arrows that rained down.

The strict military formation gradually scattered in the advance, at this time the city wall is also in sight, the siege is imminent, in order to avoid accidental injury, the Song army first stopped the artillery bombardment, and then the Yuan army also stopped the bombardment.

However, the artillery stopped, and the arrows became more and more violent. The Yuan soldiers defending the city were very advantageous in this round of shooting because they were covered by stacks and discs, and caused a lot of casualties to the Song army.

After a hundred steps, the Song army that rushed to the city encountered the first difficulty - the moat.

The foot soldiers of the Song army stopped their steps and used their medals to block the arrows shot from the city. The servants who followed followed came out of the formation at the urging of the escort officer, and braved the rain of arrows to erect the four moats on the moat.

The moat bridge is one of the standard siege equipment of the Song army. The length is subject to the trench, and the two huge ships are applied under the application, and the two small wheels are first penetrated, and the bridge can be crossed when the wheel is trapped. If the trench is wide, you can also use a folding trench bridge to expand and contract.

The moat of the Jiyang Military City is not too wide, and it is only two feet or seven or eight, which can prevent Li Fang and pirates who lack siege equipment, but it can't stop the court kings who have skilled craftsmen.

Bang bang bang! The river was agitated, the smoke and dust were blowing, and the nervous faces behind the battlements at the head of the city and the figures that flickered and shot with bows from time to time.

When the heavy trench bridge slammed against the opposite bank, nearly half of the servant also fell on the huge ship at the end of the trench bridge.

The foot soldiers of the Song army rushed to the city wall, set up a bamboo ladder, held a knife in the mouth, and stepped up with their hands and feet.

The city wall of the Jiyang Army is not high, but it is five or six zhang, which is equivalent to the height of one and a half floors in modern times, and the length of the general ladder is completely enough.

When a Song pawn who climbed the fastest climbed to the top, a basin of hot gold juice poured down his head. Song Shu let out a scream that did not resemble a human voice, rolling down the ladder and rolling on the ground, his hands and face festering at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing white bones and emitting a disgusting stench.

Under the root of the wall, Song Paw, who followed side by side in turn, looked at his scalp numb and hesitated. The flag head behind is an old pawn, who is accustomed to such a scene, and stuffs the round card in his hand into the young Song pawn's hand: "Take it, rush quickly!" It's a dangerous place, and the longer you stop, the more dangerous it becomes. ”

The young Song pawn took it gratefully, gritted his teeth, raised a sign to cover his head, and climbed hard. As soon as he was halfway up, there was a muffled bang, a stone fell hard, the round card burst, and the young Song pawn fell, holding his arm and crying out in pain.

The Yuan soldier at the head of the city smiled and lifted another big stone, suddenly his arm hurt, a sharp arrow pierced his arm, and the Yuan soldier's hand loosened, the big stone fell, smashing his toes into a ball of blood. The Yuan soldiers fell to the ground screaming, rolling more vigorously than the Song soldiers under the city......

As the Yuan soldier fell to the ground, more sharp arrows were shot at the head of the city with the sound of the bowstring, and for a time the Yuan soldiers were so suppressed that the Yuan soldiers could not fight back.

The direction in which the arrows came - a rumbling ladder.

Cloud ladder, with a big wood as a bed, under the big wheel, on the two ladders, each more than two zhang long, in the shaft. The four sides of the car are shielded by raw cowhide, and the people are advanced and the city inside, and the take-off ladder is on the cloud ladder.

The Song army pushed five ladders, because of the moat, although the moat bridge can cross the soldiers, it may not be able to bear the weight of more than a dozen people in the giant ladder and ladder, so the ladder can only be pushed to the river, and it is impossible to use the ladder to quickly climb the city. However, the archers on it can level the height and counter the enemy archers at the head of the city.

With the support of the ladder archers, the Song siege force finally made a breakthrough, and several Song soldiers with flying ladders had climbed to the top of the city and engaged in fierce battles with the enemy soldiers.

For a time, roars, screams, muffled sounds, chirping, gold and iron clashing, all kinds of hair-making sounds filled the sky above the military city, blowing through the harbor, blowing through the coconut grove, and blowing up the high ridge with the sea breeze.

On the high ridge five miles away from the south gate of the military city, Zhao Lie put down his scope, sighed sullenly, shook his head, and didn't know what to say. It seems that Zhang Shijie has not been idle this month, and has built a lot of siege equipment, but it is just ...... Is it really good to use such a cruel ant-attached siege method?

This was the first time Zhao Lie had seen the siege warfare of this era, and its cruelty was comparable to the defeat of Lotus Mountain that day, and he was very glad to hand over all the bows and crossbows and arrows at hand. Zhang Shijie considered that he did not have the support of long-range weapons, and he led a team of volunteers, in Zhang Shijie's opinion, righteousness and courage equaled a rabble, and it was not good to let the subordinates of the clan who had been recruited with great difficulty be cannon fodder, so he did not let his dragon bird army join the attack team, but only divided Zhao Hunt's two hundred dragon bird army into three: one to guard the port, one to choke the east gate, and one to control the south gate.

Zhao Lie, Ma Nanchun and the Ding family sisters and brothers led the youth team and the Broken Camp A team to hold this supreme point. Once there is an abnormal movement in the defenders of the south gate, immediately raise a cigarette to inform the commander, and block it first, so as not to attack the siege troops.

While watching the battle, Zhao Lie discussed with Ma Nanchun, Ding Xiaoyi, Ding Xiaoyi, Zhang Junbao, and Grasshopper how to fight if it was replaced by the Dragon Bird Army to attack the city. After repeated deductions, combined with the battle situation of the Song and Yuan armies, it was finally agreed that the arrangement of the pistol team on the ladder could effectively suppress the enemy's bow and arrow, and at the same time, with the assistance of the musket team, the absolute control of the city could be obtained.

"It's a pity that we have too few pistols to completely suppress hundreds of enemy archers." Zhao Lie shook his head regretfully, at present, his breech gun production line has not been started, and he has not been able to make a single gun, so he can only rely on the original batch of finished guns to support.

Ma Nanchun was also helpless: "Although the musket is sufficient, it is a pity that the rate of fire is not good, and it is completely suppressed when it is fired at the bow and arrow." And the ladder is narrow, and it can't be arranged in three stages, unless the soil is built ......"

Kuromaru, who has excellent eyesight, suddenly pointed to Yamashita: "Look, what is that?" ”

In the midst of a chaotic battlefield, a strange vehicle suddenly appears. This car has four areas of salary, there is a furnace in the middle, an iron wok is placed on it, it is full of oil, the charcoal is blazing, and the oil in the woks is boiling. More than a dozen soldiers pushed this "train", rushed through a ruined battlefield, rushed over the trench bridge, and rushed to the west gate.

Wow! The iron woks overturned, the boiling oil splashed, the cars burned, the flames soared, and the entire west gate was completely shrouded in flames.

The soldiers at the head of the city ran in panic, and someone brought a basin of water and buckets to pour water along the city gate, but the oil boiled more when it met the water, and the flames rose higher.

The Song army burst into cheers.

However, a moment later, when the city gate collapsed in black, revealing the sandbags and mud and stones clogged behind the gate, the cheers of the Song army came to an abrupt end.

Ma Chengwang is really determined to play the turtle tactics, this door is blocked, it seems that he can only honestly carry out the attack and defense of the city wall, and it is inevitable that the ants will attack the city.

On a high platform made of earth three miles away from the west gate of the military city, the coach Zhang Shijie's face sank like water, and his slightly purple lips only spit out two words: "Mingjin!" ”