Paya really thought more thoroughly, since he had surrendered to the empire, he would have to earn more credit for his crimes, and only in this way could he keep the safety of the whole clan.

Therefore, Paya Zhen can be regarded as knowing everything, and he immediately pointed to Jinghongcheng and said: "As far as I know, the catapults in the city are mainly arranged in the south and west, and the Duan Zhengchun brothers and other officials and generals should hide in the underground headquarters located in the center of the city at this time. ”

"Good!" Yue Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to the brigade commander of the artillery division: "You heard it clearly, right?" Know what to do, right? ”

His own artillery and artillery were smashed and killed by the enemy's catapults in a short period of time, and the brigade commander's heart was also full of anger.

Now that he knew the enemy's catapults and the exact location of the headquarters, he immediately replied in a loud voice: "Understood! General, just look at our artillery! ”

All the artillery was aimed at Jinghongcheng, two miles away, and seeing that the artillery under his command was ready, the brigade commander waved his arm vigorously and shouted: "Open the cannon!" ”

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"

Countless fires erupted in the woods in an instant, and finally the cannon sound was unexpectedly connected, and one by one the new type of cannonballs that were detonated frantically poured into Jinghong City.

It's true that the accuracy of the Imperial artillery is not too high now, but it is dark at this time, and it is impossible to aim in the first place, as long as the cannonball hits that area.

In an instant, the city exploded everywhere, especially the two catapult positions that were the main targets, and this large wooden machine could not move at all, so it could only be bombed.

After half an hour of shelling, no boulders were thrown out of the city, seeing this situation, Yue Fei did not delay, and immediately ordered the whole army to assault!

It is not easy to build a city in the Indochina Peninsula because of the relationship between climate and temperature, and Jinghong, the capital of the Jinglong Golden Palace Kingdom, is far from being comparable with the Central Plains in terms of the scale of the city and the height and thickness of the city wall.

The Imperial army placed the explosive packs with ease, and with a few loud explosions, the walls of Jinghong City collapsed in several places, and the Imperial infantry swarmed in through the gap.

After entering the city, the two sides quickly started a street battle, because there are many buildings in the city, so the terrain is somewhat complicated, which also gives the Jinglong soldiers the ability to fight back.

Seeing that the soldiers under his command were shot down by a lot of cold arrows in the dark, Wang Ping's killing intent was great, and his eyes turned blood-red.

"Hide up first, grenades out of the way!"

Hearing Wang Ping's order, the deputy commander of the reconnaissance battalion said with some scruples: "Battalion Commander Wang, if you do this, I'm afraid you will hurt those civilians!" ”

Wang Ping said angrily: "What are you afraid of? Besides, it's wartime, and this is the capital of the enemy country, kill me, and if something happens, it's mine! ”

It is true that the military discipline of the imperial army does not harm the enemy's civilians, but as Wang Ping said, this military discipline is of little use in wartime, because it is difficult to distinguish between the soldiers of the opposing side and the civilians in battle.

With Wang Ping's order, the soldiers also let go of their hands and feet, and all the small buildings where it was possible to hide the archers were thrown into one or two grenades.

In fact, it was not only Wang Ping who gave such an order, but the other generals of the Seventh Legion saw cold arrows flying in the dark, and in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, they also did the same.

Relying on the power of grenades and muskets, the Imperial Army finally began to advance inward.

The farther you attack the city, the stronger the resistance you encounter, but even though the Jinglong Kingdom has more soldiers than the Imperial Army, the numerical advantage is of little practical use under the attack of guns and bullets.

Today's Imperial Army fights with neighboring countries in the same way that the Boxers and Qing soldiers who wielded broadswords and spears during the Qing Dynasty fought against the Eight-Nation Coalition Army, which wielded muskets.

Despite the large number of Jinglong soldiers, the Imperial soldiers were equipped with muskets that could fire continuously at long range, as well as grenades that could explode, which turned the situation on the battlefield to one side.

When the Imperial Army came to the center of Jinghong City, something very unexpected happened.

A group of Imperial soldiers who charged forward were killed by the enemy with muskets!

And what is even more surprising is that there is still artillery in this round double-decker boulder fortress.

Gunpowder has existed in China since ancient times, and firearms also had a prototype in the Song Dynasty, but muskets were equipped with soldiers, so that they could really be used in battle, which was still an imperial initiative.

With the Empire equipping the entire army with muskets and defeating the surrounding enemies, the musket was a new weapon that entered the eyes of the world.

When the empire was at war with the Song Kingdom, many soldiers died on the battlefield, so muskets and other firearms also fell into the hands of the Song people.

Relying on these samples, the Song people's generals also imitated muskets, and since Song Qinzong followed the Jin people north, the Jin people also had firearms.

No one expected that the Jinglong Jindian Kingdom on the Indochina Peninsula also had firearms, and it is estimated that these things were purchased by Duan Zhengchun and others from the Song State or the Jin Kingdom.

It can be seen from the firepower in this stone fortress that there are three or four cannons and thousands of muskets firing inside, and it seems that this is already Duan Zhengchun's means of pressing the bottom of the box for self-protection.

Behind a dilapidated house a few hundred meters away from this stone fortress, Wang Ping, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the Seventh Army of the Empire, was carefully observing.

It can be seen that Duan Zhengchun has put some thought into the construction of this fortress, and there is no obstacle within a few hundred meters of this building, it is completely an open field.

In this way, if the soldiers of the Imperial Army were to charge, they would have to withstand fire from the upper and lower layers of the exposure. As long as the opponent's ammunition is sufficient, the Imperial army will have to pay a lot of price if it wants to rush through this death zone to the front of the pillbox.

"Bang! Bang! Bang ......" At this time, the Imperial soldiers who had surrounded the enemy's last bastion hid behind various obstacles and fired fiercely at the pillbox.

The Imperial army was heavily fired, but the fortress was built entirely of heavy boulders, and bullets had no effect on it, while enemy soldiers hiding inside could fire from the firing port.

At present, the best way is to use artillery to collapse the building, Wang Ping hurriedly ordered the herald: "Go and ask, can the artillery be brought up?" ”

After a while, the herald brought back two pieces of bad news.

Because of the previous wanton and indiscriminate bombing, Jinghong City was bombed all over the ruins, all the roads were blocked, and the two-wheeled artillery dragged by war elephants could not pass smoothly at all.

And according to the Dai leader Payazhen, there is a secret passage under this stone fortress that leads to other places, and if the imperial army takes too long here, the Duan brothers will definitely escape.

In a place like Indochina, which is full of tropical jungles, it is almost impossible to find a small number of people who escape.

It was for these two reasons that Yue Fei, the commander of the legion, ordered the whole army to try to think of some good ways to capture this strong fortress as soon as possible at all costs, and capture the war criminals Duan family brothers demanded by His Majesty the Emperor.