A cloud ladder set up the city wall, the golden soldiers were crazy, everyone was red-eyed, they climbed up desperately, holding a shield in one hand, and fighting fiercely with a spear and knife in the other, a huge stone fell down on the top of their heads, and there were soldiers screaming and falling down the ladder, but immediately someone swarmed up.

Around each ladder, hundreds of golden soldiers held copper shields to defend to the death, and it was difficult for iron fire and thunder to directly blow up the ladder.

But this is not the real reason for the reduction in the frequency of use of iron fire mines, the real reason is that the army has consumed most of the 10,000 iron fire mines, only more than 3,000 remain, because there is no saltpeter powder in the city, can only take out the gunpowder from the existing firearms and re-proportion, the production is very difficult, so far has not been successful, so the Song army is no longer using iron fire mines.

The soldiers of the Song army shot arrows from both sides, the arrows were sharp, straight through the leather armor, and the strings of soldiers on the ladder were shot and fell down the ladder, but soon, as the golden soldiers led by them rushed to the front of the battlements, the soldiers behind no longer cared about the top of their heads, and protected the shields on both sides, and the golden soldiers who were hit by the arrows gradually decreased.

At the head of the city, there are dozens of Song soldiers fighting fiercely with the enemy in front of each cloud ladder, in front of a cloud ladder in the west section of the north city, Wang Gui has killed the red eye, he led fifty Song troops in the fierce battle with the surging enemy army, they are facing the former Liao State Su Guard, a tall physique, stout as an ox, holding a shield, waving a long knife and a sharp spear.

The spear sprinted, the sword slashed, the fight was extremely bloody, a Song soldier in front of the ladder was cut in the forehead, blood gushed like an infusion, screamed on his back and fell to his death, another Song soldier waved a spear and rushed up, the spear pierced the enemy's chest, picked him down the city, and re-resisted the gap.

A strong Jin soldier with a shield to open the Song army, the first to jump on the city, in an instant, dozens of Song army spears from all sides stabbed, spears pierced the body, the Jin soldiers screamed and rolled down, but it was this enemy army rushed to the city, so that there was a short gap in the defense of the ladder, was suppressed on the ladder Jin soldiers seized the opportunity, in an instant, more than a dozen fierce Jin soldiers rushed to the city.

Wang Gui roared, swung his big knife and rushed up, splitting several golden soldiers into two pieces, and the fishy and pungent smell filled the city.

But the gap has been opened, more and more Jin soldiers rushed to the city, at this moment, a thin Song soldier volleyed down from the side of the city wall, grabbed the ladder in mid-air, he was stabbed several times, and his lower abdomen was also pierced by a spear, but he just didn't let go of the ladder.

Suddenly, a flash of fire burst out from his waist, and an iron fire thunder exploded on him, blowing up the Song soldier into several sections, and at the same time, the ladder was also blown up, and dozens of golden soldiers above the ladder screamed in unison, and fell down the city with the ladder.

The ladder was blown up by the waist and lost the role of siege, and dozens of Jin soldiers who had attacked the city were gradually wiped out by the Song army, and the Song army recaptured the lost position.

Wang Gui wiped the blood from his face, and asked with palpitations, "What is the name of that brother?" ”

"It's called Wu Sanlang, a native of Jingzhao Mansion!"

"Remember him, go back and ask him for great credit!"

At this time, there was an earth-shattering explosion under the city, and everyone probed down, and it was a heaven-shattering thunder of Jin Bing that exploded, blowing up the Beicheng Suspension Bridge into two sections.

"General, look!" A soldier pointed to the distance and shouted, Wang Gui looked in the direction of his finger, and was secretly surprised to see a huge battering ram slowly approaching the city gate.

Although the Jin State did not yet have the ability to make earth-shaking thunder, the Western Xia already had it, and after the Western Xia was defeated by the Jin State in Datong Mansion, a large number of military materials were seized by the Jin soldiers, including a large amount of fire oil and earth-shaking thunder, Li Yanqing estimated that the Jin soldiers had at least dozens of earth-shaking thunders in their hands, which was a serious threat to Taiyuan City.

For this reason, Li Yanqing specially replaced the city gate, the original half-old wooden city gate was replaced with a cast iron gate, a gate has tens of thousands of catties, it is enough to resist the shock wave generated by the explosion of the earth-shaking thunder, they have done experiments, the earth-shaking thunder can not destroy the iron gate, in the actual battle a few days ago, the Jin soldiers have used three earth-shaking thunder to blast the city gate, but they have not succeeded, and the earth-shaking thunder can not blow down the solid bluestone city wall.

After several attempts to use the earth-shattering thunder to no avail, the Jin soldiers changed their tactics and continued to use traditional siege methods, including battering rams, trebuchets and other heavy siege weapons.

The drawbridge was blown up, the moat has been filled in by the river, a heavy battering ram is slowly heading towards the north city gate, this battering ram is built in Datong Mansion by Liao craftsmen, the mallet body is a jujube tree that has grown for five hundred years, about three zhang long, the diameter is five feet, the front end is equipped with a pig iron made of the head, weighing five thousand catties, and the frame of the battering ram is also made of giant wood, dozens of iron chains hang the mallet body on the shelf, there is a wooden canopy at the top, you can defend against arrows, the whole battering ram is as high as two zhang, five zhang long, and it needs to be manipulated by 100 soldiers.

The battering ram has four pairs of large wooden wheels, pulled by twenty healthy oxen, and is slowly heading towards the city gate, at this time, Li Yanqing also saw this large battering ram, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly, Wanyan Zonghan took it for granted, thinking that with this battering ram he could break open the city gate?

"Dutong, blow it up with the earth-shattering thunder!" One of the generals shouted.

Li Yanqing hesitated slightly, the reason why the earth-shaking thunder is so powerful is mainly because of the flying iron pieces that hurt people, and within a few zhang, the human body can't resist the shock wave, but for this kind of heavy weapon, which weighs tens of thousands of catties, unless the sky-shaking thunder explodes at the bottom of it, the powerful impact can overturn it.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment, but decided to give it a try, and he immediately ordered: "Try three earth-shattering thunders, prepare for fire oil!" ”

The drums on the head of the city were loud, and the three trebuchets started at the same time, and the long arm swing out, throwing the fifty-pound sky-shaking thunder into the air, and the black sky-shaking thunder swirled in the air, whistling and smashing into the battering ram, 'Boom! Rumble! Rumble! There were three earth-shattering explosions in a row, and a large cloud of smoke rose into the air, and the earth-shaking thunder did not hit the battering ram accurately, but exploded near it, killing more than a hundred people in the explosion.

When the smoke cleared, the huge battering ram of the body was not damaged, but the twenty healthy cattle that pulled it were all destroyed, and a heaven-shattering thunder exploded in the herd, and the twenty cows were blown into a blur of flesh and blood, and it was terrible to see.

But the Jin soldiers quickly adjusted, changed to hundreds of people to push the siege ram, and continued to march towards the city gate, at this time, the general Wang Fan hurriedly said: "Dutong, use two more earth-shattering thunders and use fire cannons to project, you will definitely be able to kill it." ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Don't waste the earth-shaking thunder, use fire oil to deal with it!" ”

At this time, hundreds of people in charge of logistics carried hundreds of barrels of fire oil from the city, each barrel of fire oil weighed 50 catties, and placed them at the head of the city, Li Yanqing transferred another 1,000 crossbowmen, and the crossbowmen raised their crossbows in the battlements one after another, and waited for the battle.

Li Yanqing waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to wait patiently, he stared at this behemoth and slowly walked towards the city gate, at this time, the soldiers who pushed the battering ram shouted, and raised their shields, the whole battlefield seemed to be still, and almost all the soldiers were paying attention to this battering ram.

Even Wanyan Zonghan's heart was hanging, he knew that the Song army had many ways to deal with the siege ram, but he didn't have many siege options, the cloud ladder and the nest car had been destroyed, and the earth-shattering thunder could not blow up the solid city wall, and he couldn't take the city at all with a simple siege ladder, and he now pinned his hopes on the battering ram to a large extent.

At this time, the head of the mallet was still seven feet away from the city gate, and Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”

A thousand powerful crossbow arrows shot at the soldiers pushing the battering ram, within fifty paces, the golden soldier's shield and iron armor could not block the powerful divine arm crossbow shot, the golden soldier screamed and fell to the ground, and in an instant there were nearly two hundred casualties, the advancing battering ram immediately stopped, at this moment, hundreds of barrels of fire oil tilted down from the city gate, the barrel cracked, the black fire oil spilled out, and the entire battering hammer was soaked in fire oil.

At this moment, several torches were thrown down, and the flames under the city suddenly rose into the air, and the raging flames quickly engulfed most of the battering rams, and by the time the soldiers behind recovered from the chaotic arrows, it was too late.

The flames spread extremely fast, and finally engulfed the entire battering ram, and the surrounding Jin soldiers had to give up the attack, turn around and flee, at this time, the second round of dense crossbow arrows fired, and most of the soldiers were shot down during the escape, leaving only dozens of people to escape.

In the distance, Wanyan Zonghan sighed in his heart, he couldn't capture Taiyuan City by storming, so he could only use the method of dealing with Liao State Shangjing and besiege the city to force the Song army in the city to surrender.

He immediately gave the order to retreat, "Order to withdraw!" ”

'When! While! While! The bell for the withdrawal rang, and more than 30,000 Jin soldiers on the battlefield withdrew like a tide, and the siege battle, which lasted for two and a half hours, finally ended, with 12,000 casualties among the Jin soldiers and nearly 3,000 losses for the Song army.

That night, 100,000 Jin soldiers redeployed to besiege the city, and four large battalions were stationed outside the four city gates.