Chapter 312: The Desperate Division

Familiar faces, pairs of expectant eyes, looking at the soldiers killed because of the obstruction near the city gate, everyone's hearts are mixed, this kind of performance often appeared in the previous Song army, and it is also a precursor to the imminent collapse of the entire army. （）

The 10,000-pound cannons outside the city were filled, and every time the huge cannonballs were fired, thousands of taels of silver were smashed out.

"Boom!"

A puff of dust and smoke rose into the sky, and the soldiers near the 10,000-jin cannon closed their eyes tightly, covered their ears and lowered their heads, but their mouths were wide open, this was a trick taught by Zhao Tianyou, a preventive posture to avoid shock injuries when the cannon was fired.

Slightly adjusted the angle, the huge cannonball directly collapsed the tower of the main city, and then exploded violently, completely sweeping away the radius within a dozen radius, and shrapnel mixed with bricks and tiles fired in all directions. The generals who had commanded from the city tower just now had already been crushed to pieces in the violent explosion, and there was absolutely no chance of being spared.

Zhao Tianyou was standing not far behind the cannon, and the 10,000-jin cannon didn't want to use it anymore, mainly because it was too laborious to transport it, and it was also hard to make flowering shells according to his caliber. When Boyan cast the cannons, the craftsmen had a sufficient budget, so these cannons were definitely real materials, and as long as they created suitable shells, they could be directly put into battle.

The only inconvenience is that the shells are too large and require a lot of propellant, and when the gun mount is displaced, it is also inconvenient to clean the gun chamber, so it takes a lot of time to prepare after each launch.

Fortunately, the power of this cannon is huge, and compared with the power of its sub-cannon, it is several times greater! It already has a bit of the strength of a howitzer in modern warfare, and there is absolutely no reason for anyone to be spared from that explosion within a dozen paces.

"General Zhao, if this 10,000-jin cannon is equipped with the army, and the city is built in vain, I can't think of any kind of city wall that can withstand the shells of 10,000-jin cannons."

Zhao Tianyou said in his heart, the role of the earth and stone city wall is that it still has a role in the early stage of thermal weapons, and when the large-caliber howitzer comes out, the defending side has given up the masonry fortifications, and the advent of concrete has also provided help for the construction of stronger fortifications.

"Naturally, it works, if there is no city wall, do we still need to open fire? Haha, this way can it seem that our cannon is powerful! ”

Just in the midst of their relaxed and happy chat, two more 10,000-pound cannons were fired, and this time the impact point had reached the interior of Fancheng, causing huge casualties, completely shattering the belief of those who were still trying to hold on to the Yuan soldiers.

The wide open west city gate seems to send an invitation to every troubled soldier again, as long as you dare to rush, I dare to let you go and give you freedom, don't come quickly!

Three, five, seven or eight, dozens of them, once someone began to urge the horse to rush towards the west city gate, it was immediately like pouring a basin of water into a hot oil pot, and all soldiers who had war horses under their crotch immediately rushed towards the west city gate with a wave of their horsewhips, for fear that they would fall behind others.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves and the dust that shot up flew up, and unlike the thick smoke caused by the explosion of a cannonball, the dust represented a way to live, and all you had to do was run forward.

But there were still 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers stationed on the acropolis of the city walls on all sides, and their horses were still in the horse fields of the barracks.

The soldiers of the Song army were cleaning up the Yuan army on the second acropolis, and suddenly felt that the pressure had dropped sharply, and there were no more arrows on the main city wall.

"It's successful, the support of the Yuan army inside is too short, it must be that there is no effective general command, and it will collapse too quickly!" Zhao Tianyou shook his head, this victory came too quickly, the tactics of step-by-step had just begun, and the offensive and defensive system was only the first exercise, and it was over so quickly.

There were more than 38,000 Yuan troops stationed in Fancheng, and five or six thousand people fled for the first time, and in the siege battle of Beicheng, the number of Yuan soldiers killed by artillery and Song army killed by the Song army did not exceed 3,000 at most.

When a unit with a complete military capacity loses more than 30 percent of its troops in a single battle, its morale will be unstable, and if it is not withdrawn from the battle as soon as possible for repair, its combat effectiveness will plummet. Once the casualties continue to increase, there will be two completely different results, and some troops will concentrate on treating death as if they were home, and they will bite the enemy fiercely even if the whole army is annihilated.

There are also troops that will lose restraint, that is, the commander is not killed, but has also lost control, and often the commander is killed by ordinary soldiers who want to escape the artillery, and then the entire army completely breaks up and flees the battlefield in a disorganized manner.

Fancheng collapsed today with only minor losses, there is not only one reason, of course, the most important thing is the roar of 10,000 jin cannons, and the reimbursement of several generals after the collapse of the city gate is also very effective, and at the same time, the Song army has left a living gate from beginning to end, which is the root of the Yuan army's idea of escaping.

The status of Xiangyang is too important, the two cities are built so strongly, Zhao Tianyou is willing to blow them all up, so don't you have to repair it yourself in the future, this is when you haven't captured it, you already regard Xiangyang City as your own.

There are no ordinary people in Fancheng, only 2,000 hard laborers captured by the Yuan army, and there are no ordinary Yuan soldiers in the city who have escaped at this time, because they were defending the city just now, and when they wanted to escape and run down the city wall, they found that they no longer had their own horses.

When they hesitated, they didn't know whether to run away with their feet, or when they continued to search for horses and flee for their lives, the Song army had already entered Fancheng. The soldiers of the Song Army, who had never been addicted to fighting, immediately sealed the West City Gate, cut off the escape route of the remaining thousands of Yuan troops in the city, cleaned up the battlefield step by step, and killed every Yuan Army soldier who was discovered.

The rumbling cannon sound in the direction of Fancheng sounded to Boyan in Xiangyang City, which was simply a urging gong, which also indicated the tomorrow of Xiangyang City, is it tomorrow? Is it the day after tomorrow? It's going to be a few more days!

He didn't know that what played a decisive role this time was the 10,000-pound cannon he spent a lot of money casting, but he believed that he would have a chance, and when he saw the familiar cannon in the ground camp again, he didn't know if he would be a little excited.

"Prime Minister, the head of Fancheng City has been replaced with the banner of the Song Army, and it has been lost!"

Boyan nodded and mumbled, without giving any orders, the herald waited for a moment, and then exited the room with interest.

"It's the end? I didn't die last time, what should I do this time? ”

Boyan's faith did not allow him to commit suicide, but his despair for the future far outweighed his fear of death.

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