Chapter 218: Testimony
"Woooooo
The sound of the horn suddenly resounded throughout the land, and the Mongolian cavalry, who roamed unscrupulously under the three walls of Xiangyang City, heard the sound of the horn and began to retreat slowly, regrouping less than five miles from the city wall.
As the Mongol cavalry retreated, a long black line stretched out from the Mongol camp besieging the city on three sides, and slowly crushed towards Xiangyang City in an arc.
The sound of the horn slowly dissipated after a long time of tea. Instead, the rustling footsteps of countless surging crowds gathered were rolling towards Xiangyang City firmly and steadily.
The boundless aura of slaughter swept up the dust, spreading its teeth and claws above the sky.
On the tower of the south gate of Xiangyang City, Jia Nidao, who was dressed in a cyan Confucian shirt, and Meng Hui, who was neatly draped all over his body, each took a telescope and observed a large number of Mongolian foot soldiers approaching under the south city wall.
Knowing that Jia Nidao made the big killing weapon, Meng Heng, who no longer had to worry about Xiangyang City's inability to defend, finally stopped forcibly refusing Jia Nidao to go to the city tower.
"Three walls are attacking the city at the same time, it seems that the mouth is not worth spending is an iron heart to break the city today."
Putting down the monoculars, Meng Heng's expression was still a little worried.
Prior to this, Kou Wen Buhua chose the south city wall where he was located as the main attack city wall most of the time, while the north city wall and the east city wall rarely attacked at the same time, and occasionally a few times were at most when the south city wall was in full swing, and took a surprise attack to attack the remaining two city walls, but after several attempts to no avail, in addition to the south city wall as the main attack, even if the attack on the other east and north walls was mainly to attack and disturb.
As for the western city wall, which is adjacent to the Han River, it cannot be attacked.
Although I have seen the power of the thunderbolt, after all, there is still a difference between grass and people. How could Meng Heng really bet all his hopes on thunderbolts?
Of course, the huge gap in strength between the two sides, after nearly 20 days of stalemate, not only has not narrowed, but has a tendency to get bigger and bigger, even if Meng Heng doesn't want to bet, he has no choice.
Offense is the best defense. Not to mention, the Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia have long been no heavyweight opponents. And he doesn't spend money with mouth temperature, maybe he is not his opponent with a warm mouth with soldiers, but with just one sentence, he can continuously draw countless armies to come, and he Meng Heng can't and doesn't have that power.
"Meng Shuai was able to hold out for more than 20 days under the siege of the Mongolian army several times his size, how many people can do it on this day? If you don't spend what you do today, it's just a desperate gamble. After all, he was only one of the kings of the Mongol kingdom. ”
Jia Rudao didn't put down the telescope in his hand and comforted.
A hundred people may not be much, but a thousand people gathered together is a black oppression, so what will happen when 10,000 people gather together? What about 100,000 people? Maybe Jia Rudao didn't know it before, but now he understands.
With a telescope and a condescending advantage, he is willing to know better than everyone else, and the more shock he has in his heart.
The war of hot weapons, the whistling shells, the battlefield with a single piece of flying sideways, and the flying stumps and broken arms make people see the horror of war. Because, a single shell can bury dozens or hundreds of people, and a bullet can kill people; However, if we talk about the cruelty and shock of war, there is only the bloody confrontation between people in the era of cold weapons.
"Mongolia's three-way army is exhausted, if it is only Xiangyang City, it is fine, Ben Shuai is afraid that the Mongolian people are determined to fight with my Great Song Dynasty this time." Meng Hui did not hide the anxiety in his heart and sighed.
In terms of national strength, even if the Great Song Dynasty has been in a corner of peace, the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty is still beyond the reach of the Mongols; However, national strength, after all, does not just refer to more money and less money, but only money, but without the protection of force to match, it can only be a big piece of fat. What's more, the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty is not as thick as the Mongolian treasury that burned and looted everywhere.
Hearing Meng Hui's words, Jia Rudao didn't know how to interface with Lu Dao for a while. Because this is also what he is worried about, although it is very likely that this is just a battle of punishment for the Mongols to save face, but after all, history has changed, and Jia Rudao is not sure at all. If you only pin your hope on what you know about the original history, I am afraid that you will die a miserable death.
“…… The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth! Even if he really wants to fight, it depends on whether he has a warm mouth and whether he eats or not. ”
For a long time, Jia seemed to be a quiet interface.
Under the three city walls, the overwhelming Mongolian foot soldiers walked in a not very neat pace, firmly and slowly approaching the city wall, and did not swarm as before, and the invisible killing aura filled every inch of space under the sky, making people feel a little breathless.
"Boom!" A loud wave of sound suddenly came.
The Mongol foot soldiers at the front were all shield soldiers with large shields, dozens of foot soldiers in the middle carried a long ladder, and at the back were a large number of archers. The dense black crowd was the last twenty behemoths that slowly appeared in front of people, and the size was even comparable to the city tower where Jia Yidao was standing now.
The huge body, which was nearly six or seven feet high, was covered with dark cowhide, and several huge wooden wheels rumbled loudly as they walked, drowning out the rustling of footsteps. Countless people holding hands and pushing each other, compared with the huge siege equipment, are like small ants.
"Sizzle...... Siege tower car! Meng Heng gasped and exclaimed.
The exclamations on the city wall were endless.
I've never eaten pork, I've always seen pigs run. There are too many siege battles that seem to be synthesized with special effects in later movies and television, and Jia Yidao can be regarded as having some understanding of siege equipment in the era of cold weapons.
It's just what you see on movies and TV, after all, it's just virtual. When he really saw those behemoths with his own eyes, Jia Rudao realized how shocking these war weapons that had only developed to the extreme in the era of cold weapons were shocking.
"Could it be that in the siege battle of more than 20 days ago, Kou Wen Buhua has not dispatched the siege tower car? Meng Shuai? ”
As soon as he arrived in Xiangyang City, he arrived at the Ordnance Prison without his ass being hot, and then the Mongols began to attack the city, and Jia Rudao really didn't ask about the specific battle situation in Xiangyang City for more than 20 days. Although Meng Heng has sent war reports, but that is the general situation, except for some battle losses and results, the specific process is not very clear.
"It never happened. These days, Kouwen Buhua has been making these siege tower carts, and presumably the same is true of the other two walls. It seems that the previous mouth of Wen Buhua did not use all his strength at all. ”
There was inevitably a slight loss in Meng Hui's words.
The siege towers were covered with cowhides, which was extremely difficult to destroy, and there were soldiers hidden inside, and once they got close to the city walls, the result was ...... Meng Hui didn't dare to imagine that if he had directly used this siege tower car and put on the current siege formation without spending money at the beginning, I am afraid that Xiangyang City would have fallen a long time ago, right?
"Hehe, Meng Shuai, looking at the appearance of this siege tower car, I'm afraid that it is not warm and does not take money at all, it is not used before, it is because there is no one in the Mongolian army."
Jia Rudao comforted.
"It seems that you and I have a relationship, can Ben Shuai ask you for one thing?" Meng Hui looked at Jia Yidao, and said solemnly with burning eyes.
"Why did Meng Shuai say this? Whatever is commanded, it seems that there is no other way to say anything. ”
"Once you can't do anything today, it seems that you will promise this commander to go out of the city and cross the river to the south immediately......"
"Meng Shuai ......"
"It seems that you listen to Ben Shuai." Meng Hui interrupted Jia Rudao, "Although you and I have not known each other for a long time, but Ben Shuai is a person who knows the Tao and is a person with great wisdom. Mengren is powerful, the government is collapsing, the mediocre ministers are in charge, I am hundreds of millions of people in the Song Dynasty, hundreds of years of national fortune are all placed on the Dao body, the handsome is already old, and there will eventually be a death, but it seems that you are in the prime of life and there are still decades and months to use, and you can't do the thing that can turn the tide and protect hundreds of millions of people. ”
Jia Rudao looked at Meng Heng, who was sincere, and his heart was shaken, Jia Rudao knew that this famous general who had been working hard for the stormy Great Song Dynasty all his life was actually ready to die with the city.
Seeing that Jia seemed to be ...... for a long time, Meng Heng said urgently.
"It seems that the Tao promised Meng Shuai, if it is really impossible to do something, it seems that the Tao will go ......"
"Hahaha! Good! That handsome man will see what he is capable of if he doesn't spend his mouth today! Seeing that Jia Rudao finally agreed, Meng Heng's worries were suddenly swept away, and he returned to the style of a generation of famous generals who scolded Fang Xuan before, and said with a smile.
As long as he can leave a little fire, even if he Meng Heng is dead, there is still a glimmer of hope after all.
"Woooooooooooo
The Mongol infantry had already deceived the city wall less than two miles away, and in the camp, the sound of the vast horn resounded again in the world.
Hearing the sound of the horn, Meng Heng raised his eyebrows.
"Meng Ying! Beat the drums, give orders to the generals, and meet the battle! Kill the enemy!"
"The last will be ordered!"
A moment later, the roar of the heart-stirring war drums sounded simultaneously on the eastern, northern, and southern city walls, from slow to fast, and finally a huge wave of the city became the only sound in the world.
Under the city wall, the overwhelming Mongolian foot soldiers have begun to accelerate towards the city wall like a tide.
Listening to the roar of the war drums in the sky, Jia Rudao's heart began to boil involuntarily.
"Zhao Yi, pass the order, order the trebuchets behind the city walls to adjust the range to three hundred paces, and watch the official order flag to fire thunderbolts. Once there is a violation of the order, severe punishment will not be killed! ”
"The last will be ordered!"
His eyes swept over the Mongolian foot soldiers who had already begun to shout, Jia Rudao looked at the two faint figures standing on the high platform that could be seen in the distance, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Today, use the blood of these people you sent as a testimony to the mainstream of thermal weapons.