Chapter 232: Bombardment of the Observation Team

When he heard that the Beicheng Yuan soldiers had made a feint yesterday and lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, Dong Wenbing felt a little uneasy in his heart, especially when he said that the sturdy wooden platoon was blown up by shells.

Forty huge wooden shells, which were built at the cost of so many manpower and material resources, were upside down on the gun cart of the Divine Cannon, and hundreds of people were needed to cooperate to walk when moving. If he was crushed by the Song army when he arrived in the city, wouldn't his idea become a big joke, then he would lose his dead, and it would be difficult to keep his position as the main general of the siege.

However, the next day, Ashu's order came, asking Dong Wenbing's troops to launch an all-out attack on the East Gate, and the men arranged by Si Qin Bari had already arrived at his camp and were responsible for counting the data of the Dongcheng cannons when he was attacking the city.

At this time, Dong Wenbing had no way to retreat, rather than sending someone to go up and feint an attack, it was better to simply send out these tens of thousands of people and launch an attack with all their might, maybe there was still a chance to take advantage of it, so he decided to gamble.

More than 100 siege wagons were at the front of the team, the carriages transporting bricks and stones followed closely, 40 brave cannons with wooden shells mixed in the middle of the team, and more than 30,000 cavalry all mounted their horses and assembled at the east city gate.

Ling Zhen, who didn't have a chance to go out of the city to attack the Yuan soldiers, was already feeling panicked, and when he knew the movements of the Yuan soldiers at the East Gate, he was very happy, and he waited on the East City Gate early, waiting for the Yuan soldiers to enter the city with cannons.

Zhao Tianyou, who rushed over from Beicheng after hearing the news, was very strange, why didn't the Yuan soldiers launch at the same time, and had to attack the city at different times, didn't he understand that the city could easily deal with it in this way. When he looked from afar at the head of the city, he observed the group of soldiers who were ready to make a record, and immediately understood that today was still a feint to record the firepower distribution of the cannons at the head of the city.

"Okay, I'll give you a few beautiful data today, and I'll stew it for you, and I'll send you to the west to see who makes the record."

Zhao Tianyou had a bad feeling in his heart, and immediately beckoned the soldiers of the firearms battalion, mobilized eight cannons, and Zhao Tianyou personally adjusted the direction and aimed one by one. The eyesight of the soldiers of the firearms battalion could not see so far, even if they instructed the gunners to aim, it could only be an approximation, and it was not as accurate as Zhao Tianyou's personal aiming.

There are seventy or eighty of these soldiers, and they already have the experience of recording data yesterday, and today there is no rush at all. Anyway, there is still plenty of time to wait for the cannon bombardment of the approaching Yuan soldiers at the head of the city, so they gather together lazily and are exchanging experiences in observing and recording cannon data.

"Look, there are a lot of Song troops moving in the city."

"What's the use of seeing people, when General Dong attacks later, remember the location and number of cannons clearly, that's our purpose."

"Someone is waving a flag, what is this for? It's not good, the fireworks are starting at the head of the city, one, two, three ......"

The smoke of gunpowder at the head of the city they saw first rise, followed by the sound of almost connected cannons, and some people saw carefully that it was a burst of eight cannons. Then it is necessary to wait for the observation of the impact point of the projectile, estimate the range and angle of the cannon, record the lethality of the shell, etc., as well as the protective effect of the battering equipment or wooden shell that is hit.

When the whistling sound of the air from far and near reached the ears, it was too late to dodge, and the place where the seventy or eighty people had gathered arrived one after another with eight shells whistling.

Four or five people were killed by the shells, and the explosions that followed together covered a radius of several feet, and only the soldiers who were in the edge and reacted quickly avoided the four splashes of shrapnel by quickly evading.

"Second brother, second brother"

"Brothers, Brothers......"

The bombing flattened forty or fifty of them, and most of the soldiers on the ground who were blown up and blurred with flesh and blood did not lose their breath, while shouting hoarsely for help, while Xue Xue rolled and struggled on the ground in pain, and the uninjured soldiers hurriedly stopped the bleeding and treated them.

Dong Wenbing's heart trembled violently when he heard the sound of artillery, and he immediately called out for the herald to rush out to find out the impact point of the Song army's cannon, and asked to report the situation of the artillery truck hit as soon as possible. He still muttered secretly in his heart, the Song army in the city, you are so uncontrollable, you will open fire as soon as I dispatch, can you hit it accurately from such a distance?

"Report to the general, the Song army's artillery attack is from Beicheng to observe and record the personnel, forty or fifty people have been put down at once, and they are hurrying to treat the wounded."

"Well, I know, I'll find out and report again."

As soon as Dong Wenbing's words fell, the cannon at the head of the city rang into a continuous salvo, like a small hammer chiseled in Dong Wenbing's heart, and he hurriedly ordered the heralds to dispatch and quickly report back the extent of the battle damage.

As long as the Shenyong cannon can resist the bombardment on the road and move to a position outside the city where the cannon can be fired, then even if he has made a war exploit against Dong Wenbing, it will be worth the price of today's feint.

"Report to the General......"

The herald who had just reported stumbled back and started to say, "General, it's not good, it's still a cannon fired at the observers, and there are basically no more of those seventy or eighty people who can stand." ”

"What's wrong, don't panic, calm down, and quickly arrange a doctor to treat the injured."

Dong Wenbing couldn't help it, turned over and left the station, took dozens of personal guards, followed the back of the team, and slowly marched towards the east city gate. All cavalry were cover, and the first wave would launch a quick charge from the rear of the ranks when the gun wagons were halfway through, trying to reach the bottom of the walls as quickly as possible, and use their bows and arrows to influence the firing of the cannons.

If this is a means in the previous siege campaigns, the Mengyuan cavalry has superb tactics, and most of the people responsible for the impact task are wearing hard leather armor, and even the horses are covered with cowhide armor. Relying on speed and protection, you can shoot at the defenders at the city, scatter and kill the defenders at the city, and cover the movement of the large army behind you.

However, the main force of the Song army they faced today was the soldiers of the firearms battalion who had improved a lot in terms of equipment, confidence, and tactical arrangements, and had prepared firearms at various killing distances, just waiting for their attack.

Even the ordinary soldiers defending the city were assigned dozens of armor-piercing cones and arrows, relying on the advantage of the height of the city's head, top-down shooting could offset their lack of arm strength, and also gave full play to the advantages of the armor-piercing cone.

Zhao Tianyou eliminated the observers of the Yuan soldiers and handed back the command to Ling Zhen.

"General Ling has handed it over to you here, they are just feints, let me tell you, concentrate the fire of the cannons and bombard the forty square boxes."

Ling Zhen laughed and said, "General Zhao, you will look at me today, I promise not to disappoint you, but what is in those square boxes?" There must be a lot of soldiers hiding down there, is it a mobile barracks! ”

"Just work hard, I'll go back to Beicheng."

Zhao Tianyou really didn't expect that Dong Wenbing was not a feint today, but a desperate attack.

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