Chapter 133: The Power of Artillery

"Boom!"

The statue brought by Jereux began to spit out his tongue of fire at the south gate of Chengdu, and the huge explosion accompanied by the dazzling light of fire slammed the powerful cannonballs towards the heavy lacquered wooden gate.

The defenders inside the city gate were busy fortifying and forming formations to deal with the Liao army that was about to rush in after the city gate was broken.

Jiang Shang even transferred Jiang Yun from the West Gate, relying on the sharp firearms of the Chinese military camp to give the Liao people the greatest damage in the city gate.

Since Jiang Yun took over the Chinese military battalion of the Combined Arms Battalion, he has made great changes in his tactics compared with before, especially when he proposed a new tactic called trench pit to Jin Mingyin.

This means that earthwork is carried out on the position, digging a long pit about one person high, allowing two rows of gunners to hide in it, and shooting outwards alternately, often only needing to show their heads when shooting, which greatly reduces the damage of the crossbow to the gunners.

However, the disadvantage of this tactic is that it is less mobile, the location of the fortification must be confirmed in advance, and it cannot be moved according to the advance of the defensive line, so a large amount of manual labor can only be used again to re-excavate.

But for the current situation, it really couldn't be more suitable,

Under Jiang Yun's command, rows of gunners formed a queue and entered the trench pit, and set up firearms in an orderly manner to aim at the door, ready to give the incoming enemy a head-on attack at any time.

According to Jiang Shang's meaning, the Xia army set up a total of three lines of defense,

The first way is to use the advantage of the narrow space and the long weapons of the regimental training battalion to block the Liao people in this city gate hole;

The second is behind the city gate, when the Liao people storm this position, the fire guns and the crossbowmen in the city can come in handy, and every step forward will make them pay the price of blood;

The last line is not so much called the defense line, but the bottom line, Jiang Shang compressed the guards stationed at each city gate to five hundred, and the remaining more than four thousand defenders were all scattered here, after arranging the first two lines of defense, he had less than two thousand people left, which would be the last barrier in Chengdu.

Therefore, the South Gate is a matter of the survival of Chengdu, as the spiritual leader of the Shu Palace, Gao Yingshu still did not hesitate to risk his life, and personally came to the South Gate to boost morale.

Although she was forcibly pulled back by Jiang Shang and Jiang Ruyue after only walking around the city gate twice, on the grounds of "how can a daughter's body be in danger", it was a great excitement for the defenders and even the people who were recruited on the position, after all, she represented the supreme royal family.

Gao Yingshu itself is the color of the city, and the noble beauty, whether in the West or in the Central Plains, always arouses the most primitive impulse of these bloody men, and attaches this impulse to the blade and transforms it into the power to cut through the void.

"Boom!"

However, the whistling and explosions outside the city did not stop because of the high morale inside the city, and they continued to bombard the already crumbling city gates.

"Boom!"

finally

Although Jiang Shang was topped up behind this heavy city gate with thick roots, it was still smashed by this powerful Furlong machine as Jin Mingyin said!

"Warriors of Da Liao! The gold, silver, and beauties of the Han people are all in the city! Attack it! I'll let you enjoy it for three days! Kill me! ”

Under the very seductive encouragement of Yelu Xiuke, this hundred-year-old ancient city has become a stunner with a sachet of secret solution and light points in a pair of red eyes like a hungry wolf, attracting Khitan strong men to urge the war horses under their crotches, wave the steel knife in their hands, and pounce on them with a roar!

"Brother Ming Yin, the regimental training envoy asked if this distance can your gun hit that cannon?"

Jiang Tianhao roared and climbed from the city to the city wall to find Jin Mingyin, generally in the army, Jiang Tianhao's name for his father has always been a military position,

"I'll try!"

Jin Mingyin took the gun at hand, and looked at the Fran machine in front of the Liao army with bated breath.

The Liao army that rushed up was already fighting with the Xia army lying in the city gate cave under the city, the sound of gold and iron resonance, the sound of sharp weapons entering the flesh, and the sound of soldiers shouting and killing, Rao is Jin Mingyin on the city wall can hear it clearly, and the noise of the sound is poured into his ears, making the already small target in the distance in his eyes even more difficult to capture.

"Bang!"

He tried to pull the trigger, and the projectile roared out with the firelight, and was soon annihilated by the shouts of the Liao army that rushed like a tide under the city.

"No! It's already a limit distance, and it's hard to aim! ”

Jin Mingyin shook his head, saying that he couldn't hit, but he was still a little unwilling in his hand, so he quickly filled in a projectile and planned to try again.

On the city wall, Jin Mingyin led dozens of firecrackers, all of them were pointing down, pouring fire one after another, no need to aim at all, hiding behind the wall battlements just to load the projectile, stand up and pull the trigger downward, ready to put down a Liao soldier.

But the Liao cavalry, who was good at cavalry and archery, was also unambiguous, and the Liao soldiers who had not yet engaged with the Xia army in the back took off their longbows from their backs, aimed at the direction of the high and low battlements, and waited for the refilled guns to show their heads.

"Whoosh!"

After the bow sounded, the arrows piercing the clouds could accurately pierce through the hand, showing even the slightest bit of the head.

For a time, the fire guns and projectiles in the city were released, and the bows and arrows under the city were flying wildly, but after all, the number of Liao people under the city occupied an absolute advantage, which made the losses of the guns in the city quite heavy.

Rao is like this, Yeluxiu in the distance doesn't know if he was resentful because he was bombarded at the tip of the gun by Jin Mingyin last time, but he is still unwilling to let go of the dozens of powerful firearms on the city wall.

He motioned to the Liao soldiers beside him to reload the Furlong machine, raised the head of the gun, and aimed it in the direction of the battlement.

"Boom!"

There was another cannon shot, and the sky-high fire pushed the cannonball to whizz in the direction of Jin Mingyin,

At this time, Jin Mingyin was still abandoning all interference from the outside world, and was concentrating on the direction of the Furlong machine.

"Bang!"

As soon as the shot was shot, before he could see if it had been hit, he saw a speeding cannonball swaying its long tail of fire, rushing towards him and coming towards the door!

"Be careful!"

Jiang Tianhao on the side was so panicked that he hurriedly stopped Jin Mingyin and pulled him back desperately with all his strength.

"Boom!"

The heavy shells hit the wall battlements heavily, and the fire was huge. The medicine blew apart the wall buttress where Jin Mingyin was standing just now, revealing the white lime and dark green bricks inside the female wall, and the powerful shock wave lifted the two of them out a full ten steps away!

Jin Mingyin's face was covered with dust and ash raised by the air waves, and he covered his ears with his hands and opened his mouth widely, relieving his ears that were shocked by the sound of the cannon.

"Are you alright?"

Jiang Tianhao patted off a few broken stones that fell on his head, and asked Jin Mingyin next to him,

"What do you say! Be louder! ”

Jin Mingyin, who was shocked, hadn't come back to his senses yet, and there was a huge sound echoing in his ears, so he couldn't hear Jiang Tianhao's words clearly, just watching him keep opening his mouth and making no sound.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The advantage of the rate of fire of the Fran machine was vividly reflected in the city wall of Chengdu, which had no artillery, and Yelu Xiuke riveted one shell after another to the city wall.

Jiang Tianhao looked up at the female wall of the left pit that was bombed, and turned his head to Jin Mingyin and shouted, "I said!" There are no people standing here at all, so let's get out! ”

Jin Mingyin couldn't hear his words, only saw Jiang Tianhao constantly using two fingers in his hand to gesture the villain running down, he knew what he meant, nodded hurriedly, and brought up a burst of wall ash in his hair,

"Withdraw! Let all the people on the city walls! Remove! ”

City Gate Cave

The battle here is much more direct than the cannon on the city wall, a sword and a sword are stained with blood and flesh, and the corpses of the two armies are about to block the city gate hole that is not very high, and the Liao soldiers who pounced on it can only cross the high corpse mountain to fight to the death with the Xia army.

Jiang Yun wielded a long knife in his hand, and the blades wrapped in blood had already been slashed and slashed, and he still kept picking up the Liao soldiers who wanted to climb over the corpse mountain to attack and kill, and then slammed behind him,

"Ahhhhh

Just as Jiang Yun turned around, the two Liao soldiers who had just turned over held the scimitar monster in their hands and screamed and rushed towards him,

"Boom!"

At such a close distance, the long knife in Jiang Yun's hand couldn't be used at all, plus he had been fighting for a long time, and the scimitar in the hands of the Liao people was cut off by Qi Qi as soon as he came into contact, and he was thrown to the ground with only a long pole left in his hand, which could stand the steel knife that was split in the air, and then with the help of the strength of his waist, his legs got a gap and kicked out, kicking the two Liao soldiers who forced him to come forward.

Jiang Yun raised the empty knife shaft in his hand horizontally as a stick, and smashed it down on the head of one of them.

Although the Liao soldier fell backwards and lost strength on his body, he still used the scimitar in his hand to block in front of his face with agility.

"Bell!"

At such a close distance, the blade in Jiang Yun's hand brought out a slight sound of breaking wind, you can imagine how strong the force in his hand is! Rao was blocked by the scimitar of the Liao soldier and deviated from the target, but he still carried a fierce force and smashed on the falcon's tail armor on the chest of the Liao soldier.

As soon as the back of the Liao soldier touched the ground, he was smashed by the knife shaft that came with him and vomited blood.

Jiang Yun took a few steps forward to pick up the scimitar beside him, and felt the coldness behind him getting stronger and stronger.

He jerked around!

"Boom!"

It collided with the blade of another Liao soldier,

At this time, his face was already covered with blood, and the blue-gray armor didn't know whether it was the Xia army's or the Liao army's patches of red, so he gritted his teeth fiercely, poured the strength of his whole body into his steel knife, and pressed it fiercely against the Liao soldiers who confronted him in front of his face.

The Liao man who had just been smashed in the chest by him didn't seem to be dead, although there was blood foaming out of his mouth, and his hand was grabbed on Jiang Yun's pair of light chain combat boots.

"Oops!!"

Jiang Yun screamed, with the help of the power advantage in his hand, he was pressing the scimitar inch by inch in front of Liao Bing's face, and his body was also close step by step, who knew that he was just about to lift his foot in the next plate, but he was blocked by a force at the ankle, but his upper body had already pressed forward with inertia, and under the staggering of the two, Jiang Yun's desperate side of the body fell to the side,

When the Liao soldiers saw that Jiang Yun was tripped, could they still seize this opportunity?

No, he turned the scimitar that had just been suppressed, and slashed towards Jiang Yun!

Jiang Yunrao was still in the air and had already felt the terrible cold light and killing intent, he tried his best, let himself desperately flip his body between the lightning and flint, fell to the ground on his back, and then raised the sharp blade of the scimitar in his hand upward,

"Poof!"

Before the scimitar in the Liao soldier's hand could be slashed, it had already been pierced through his chest by the sharp blade stretched out by Jiang Yun who fell to the ground,

"Uh~"

As his life passed, the blood gushing out along the blade completely dyed Jiang Yun's armor red, and he laboriously pushed the corpse of the Liao army aside, gasping for two large mouthfuls of cold air, relieving the burning sensation coming from his lungs,

"Uncle Jiang! Come on! ”

Who knew that as soon as he straightened up, he was pulled by Jiang Tianhao, who rushed over, and dragged him hard,

"Let's go! The Liao people have opened fire! ”

Jiang Yun hadn't recovered from the fight just now, and before he could fully feel the pain in his limbs caused by the strenuous activity, he was pulled out by the disgraced Jiang Tianhao, and he was stunned for a while.

What cannon? What cannon do I fire in the cave of the city gate?

"Boom!"

Jerecius was quick to give him an explanation,

He saw that the dead bodies piled up high in the city gate cave were almost blocking the offensive of the Liao soldiers, so he instructed the Fran machine on the side to make a shot against the city gate hole!

"Boom!"

The violent explosion brought a dazzling burst of fire in the city gate hole, and the sound of bombardment on the corpse mountain was extremely dull, and the huge air wave that spread out hit the bluestone brick city wall in the door hole in pieces, and then the countless stumps and broken arms were blown into the city gate together, and even the trench pit of the Chinese military camp was full of gray and black masonry and severing hands with green smoke.

"Kill!"

Before the dust splashed by the cannonballs in the city gate cave dissipated, the Liao soldiers' shouts of killing had already swept in, passing through the city gate hole that had been opened by a cannonball, holding the scimitar in his hand and rushing into the city, and strangling with the infantry of the regimental training battalion of the second line of defense.