Supervisor Wang squinted and observed for a long time: "The main shaft is being prepared, then the chassis should have been ready, even if they transport all the materials, it will take at least one night to build a complete trebuchet." ”

With these words, Li Yanqing's heart let go, and he asked again: "How far can our trebuchet throw?" ”

Of course, Li Yanqing was asking about the three new super trebuchets, and Supervisor Wang immediately understood, it turned out that the three giant trebuchets were built to deal with this dirt mountain, he hurriedly visually measured the distance, and said to Li Yanqing: "The maximum range of our trebuchet is five hundred steps, and it is about three hundred and fifty steps from the city wall to the top of that mountain, but it is best to test it first, launch it once, and then adjust!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, turned back to Liu Jian and said, "First launch the earth-shaking thunder, and then shoot the fire oil to completely burn the top of the mountain!" ”

"Obey!"

Liu Jian walked away quickly, Wang Supervisor also hurriedly followed, Li Yanqing stayed in the city, he was also looking forward to the power of the super trebuchet, the height of the body actually exceeded the city wall, and only in this way could he hit the earth mountain five hundred steps away, now Li Yanqing can't call it a pyramid, there is no spire, it can only be called a soil mountain.

After about a quarter of an hour, there was a sudden 'bang!' With a loud bang, all the soldiers turned their heads in shock, but Li Yanqing looked up at the sky, only to see a swarthy sky-shattering thunder passing above his head, burning with sparks and fires, and quickly swept through the sky and flew towards Tushan.

When Li Yanqing saw where it landed, he was still startled, didn't he say that he wanted to try it first? Why is the first shot so accurate, Li Yanqing only then understands that Supervisor Wang is actually just modest, he has already calculated the landing point, and he may not be sure to deal with moving objects, but he is not sure to deal with such a fixed target, so it will be in vain to be the title of the first master of the crossbow workshop.

The earth-shaking thunder fell accurately on the top of the earth mountain, and more than 20 craftsmen on the top of the mountain were also installing trebuchets, and suddenly a sky-shaking thunder rolled down to their side, and before they could react, the earth-shattering thunder burst out of a dazzling red light, and it exploded earth-shattering, and the huge shock wave swept across the top of the earth mountain, blasting several stone throws that had not yet been installed to pieces, and more than 20 people were also blown to flesh and blood, and their heads were in different places, and they flew out far away.

Li Yanqing looked at the black smoke on the top of the mountain on the top of the city, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, before he was still looking for the best way to deal with Tushan, and now it seems that the way to return others with his own body is the best means.

Immediately afterward, two more earth-shattering thunderbolts exploded on the top of the mountain, and the two giant trees that had slipped through the net in the first explosion were completely shattered.

The three explosions made the Song soldiers at the head of the city cheer, but Wan Yan Xian, who was inspecting the final stage at the foot of the dirt mountain, was stunned, how could he not have imagined that the Song army's throwing ability would improve so rapidly.

"What's going on?" Wan Yan Xian was also annoyed and angry, and couldn't help but roar angrily.

At this time, a captain who had escaped halfway from Tushan stumbled and said, "Marshal Du, it's a huge trebuchet, and it's higher than the city wall. ”

"Ahh

Wanyan Xian also exclaimed, urging the horse to gallop in the direction of the city wall, Wanyan Zongwang and his own soldiers were startled, and also followed, Wanyan Xian also ran to the foot of the earth mountain, and immediately looked at the city from a high place, he also saw that in the half-light and half-dark twilight, there were three more black pagodas in the northwest corner of the city, which exceeded the city wall by about one zhang, which should be the super-large trebuchet of the Song army.

Wan Yan Xian couldn't help but sigh secretly, he originally planned to attack the Song army condescendingly, but he didn't expect to be preempted by the Song army, I don't know what is the use of this hard-built dirt mountain?

At this moment, three barrels of fire oil flew from the city, two of them smashed on the top of the mountain, the barrels shattered, the oil overflowed, and the other barrel of oil missed a little and smashed on the mountainside, 'Bang! With a muffled sound, the barrel also shattered, and the jet-black fire oil flowed down the mud and sandbags, and it was only a few dozen steps away from Wanyanxie.

At this time, more than 100 personal soldiers rushed up, holding high shields to protect Wanyan Xianye, and Wanyan Zongwang also followed, and said in a low voice: "The Song army should throw fireballs soon, the marshal should avoid it!" ”

As he was talking, he saw a bright red fireball rising from the direction of the city wall, rushing towards the top of the mountain like wind and rain, 'Bang! The ground struck the top of the hill and scattered at once, and the top of the hill was in flames.

Wan Yan Xian was also stunned, how is this fireball different from the fireball of the Jin Army, the fireball projected by the Jin Soldier is wrapped in a fire cloth, which is very easy to ignite, but the elasticity is also large, and the siege camp is not bad, but the effect of the siege is far worse, and it is difficult to ignite the fire oil when it hits the city head by chance, and the fireball of the Song Army falls apart immediately after hitting the target, this is the real ignition fireball.

Wan Yan Xian also hurriedly said to the left and right: "Go up the mountain and see, what kind of material is this made of?" ”

Several soldiers rushed up the mountain, and after a while, they ran down and said: "Marshal Qiyudu, it's a hollow grass ball!" ”

Wan Yan also patted his forehead, it turned out to be a hollow grass ball, he was taught, he turned back to Wan Yan Zong and said: "If we also used a hollow grass ball to attack the city last time, the fire oil on the city should be ignited!" ”

Wanyan Zongwang felt bitter in his heart, this is Marshal Du blaming himself! He hurriedly bowed down and said, "Humble duty knows mistakes!" ”

"It's not just about knowing your mistakes, but you also need to learn lessons and learn from the strengths of the Song Dynasty, otherwise our Dajin will be useless except for cavalry."

"Humble, remember!"

Wan Yan also nodded, turned the horse's head and returned to the barracks, and after a while, his voice came from a distance, "There should be many craftsmen among these 300,000 people!" You let the craftsmen sell coolies, Zongwang, you are too rough to do things. ”

Wanyan Zongwang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and his back was also wet, he was very annoyed in his heart, he really couldn't keep up with his uncle's thoughts.

"Pass my orders and gather the people immediately!"

..........

The next morning, the drums of the Jin soldiers' camp rumbled, and the 80,000 troops under the leadership of the main general Wanyan Zongwang and the left and right deputy generals Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan Chang launched a fierce attack on the northern, eastern, and western walls of Bianliang City at the same time.

The attack on the northern city is still the focus, and the main force of 40,000 Jin soldiers under the leadership of Wanyan Zongwang attacked the city, this time in addition to the 20,000 Bohai Navy and 10,000 Khitan Army, there are also Jurchen troops who also went to war.

Wanyan Zongwang took the lead in investing 30,000 people to attack the city wall, this time Wanyan Zongwang learned the lessons of the previous failures in the siege, and all the soldiers were replaced with copper shields, although the Khitan army was still wearing leather armor, but there was a copper shield to protect the body, and the casualty rate was also greatly reduced.

An army of 30,000 was overwhelming towards the city, but most of the army stayed two hundred and fifty steps away, and there were not many troops between two hundred and two hundred and fifty steps, which was also the main killing range of the Song army.

The first round of attack was the Khitan soldiers of the first army, and he also suffered heavy casualties on the first day of the tentative attack, but after more than ten days of rest, the morale and physical strength of the Khitan soldiers gradually recovered, and today they were put into the first round of the attack.

The earth-shaking thunder is still the sharp defensive weapon of the Song army, and it did not give up because the golden soldiers found a defensive strategy, the long arm was swung out, and a hundred earth-shaking thunderbolts were lined up in the air into dense small dots, whistling towards the top of the golden soldiers' heads, the golden soldiers shouted, and lay on the ground one after another, and the shields blocked the heads and other vital parts, and the golden soldiers lay down one by one, as if the wind was blowing through the wheat field, and suddenly fell a large piece, which was very spectacular.

The earth-shattering thunder exploded in the crowd one after another, perhaps because of the more earth-shaking thunder, whether it was the Song army or the Jin soldiers, they did not cover their ears and squatted down as they did at the beginning, the earth-shattering explosion of the earth-shattering thunder The soldiers were basically used to it, and the battlefield was suddenly filled with black smoke, but just after the explosion, there were generals who roared a few times, and the Jin soldiers lying on the ground jumped up one after another, shouting and rushing towards the city.

At this time, the arrows on the head of the city began to shoot downward like a storm, although the bronze shield of the golden soldiers could resist the powerful crossbow arrows of the divine arm crossbow, but the crossbow arrows of the Song army were too dense, and the shield could not cover the whole body, and the attacking soldiers could not prevent it, and the golden soldiers were constantly planted by arrows.

After entering the hundred steps, the crossbowmen of the Song army began to use the big bow to defend the city, shooting out a thick and heavy arrow, the lethality of the arrows is equally powerful, and the longbow is easier to manipulate than the divine arm crossbow, making the arrow rain at the head of the city more dense, and the casualties of the besieging Khitan Jin soldiers are getting bigger and bigger.

'Boom! Boom! Boom! Knock 1'The siege drum beat again in a hurry.

Seven thousand gold soldiers survived three layers of blows, and set up siege ladders on the top of the city, and the soldiers began to climb up frantically, and above their heads, rolling logs and stones fell like hailstones.