Two watches, the Song soldiers rested almost, can launch an offensive, twenty carrying a huge earth-shaking thunder to the west of the city, the so-called road is one foot high, the magic is one foot high, since the powerful earth-shaking thunder came out, many important city gates have been thickened, or wrapped with iron sheets, the city gate of Taiyuan is in the last year to re-thicken, the original two-inch thick city gate became four inches, a layer of iron sheet on the outside, nailed nearly a hundred large round nails, even the bolt was replaced with pig iron, with ordinary earth-shaking thunder has been unable to blow open the city gate. （）

But the Megatron Thunder has also derived many types, such as the Heaven-Shaking Thunder on the battlefield, which is filled with a large number of quenched fine iron nails, which is more lethal to soldiers and war horses.

Another example is the water battle sky-shaking thunder, this kind of sky-shaking thunder is the same as the sky-shaking thunder that attacks the nest car, with several sharp nails installed on the shell, and the sky-shaking thunder can be directly nailed to the wood.

There is also a waterproof type earth-shaking thunder, this kind of earth-shaking thunder has a cone at the top, the opening is like a nose, bent downward, can make the fire rope burn in the cone, even if the water is splashed, the fire rope will not be extinguished, especially suitable for use as a raft floating mine on the water.

Then there is the enhanced earth-shaking thunder developed for the thickening of the city gate, this kind of earth-shaking thunder is very practical and targeted, the volume is larger, the iron shell is thicker, the impact force after the explosion will be more powerful, the impact force is three times the original, the weight is also eighty pounds, and it is also twice the original, this enhanced earth-shaking thunder is to blast the city gate and the city wall.

Today, the Song Army is using this enhanced Earthquake Thunder, which is the first time that the Song Army has used it in actual combat.

Twenty soldiers ran across the frozen moat, clinging to the city wall towards the city gate, and soon, they arrived outside the city gate, the Song soldiers dug three small pits with daggers on the ground, put the three feet of the triangular bracket into the pit, the front end firmly held the city gate, and slowly put the eighty pounds of earth-shaking thunder on the wooden board of the bracket, the shape was like a huge potato, and the black and swarthy shell was slightly rough.

At this time, the commander Guan Sheng had led a thousand soldiers to slowly approach the city gate, and they were wearing white cloaks and prostrate on the snow, only two hundred steps away from the city gate.

In front of the city gate, the first soldier took out the fire fold and shook it, the fire fold suddenly burned, they lit the fire rope, twenty soldiers immediately turned around and ran along the city wall, ran out of a hundred steps and threw themselves on the snow, covering their ears tightly with their hands, this enhanced earth-shattering thunder sound is also several times the original, many soldiers were deaf in their ears during the test, and it took almost half a month to slowly recover their hearing, and it has become the consensus of all soldiers to cover their ears tightly.

Just for a moment, 'Boom!' An earth-shattering explosion sounded at the city gate, the earth trembled, and a gray smoke rose into the air, forming a mushroom cloud, and the broken wood chips flew everywhere, and the largest piece of wood flew out two miles away and landed in front of Cao Meng's war horse.

Guan Sheng slowly raised his head, only to see a huge black hole appear at the city gate, the city gate was blown away, and only half of the city gate was left hanging in the air.

He yelled, "Kill! ”

A thousand soldiers jumped up and rushed towards the city gate two hundred steps away, Guan Sheng ran extremely fast, and the first one rushed into the city gate, but Taiyuan is a strategic city, and each city gate is an urn city, which means that the Song army only blew up the outer city, and there was an inner city inside.

The urn city covers an area of about two acres, surrounded by high walls, only two city gates communicate, if the Jin soldiers control effectively, even if the Song army attacks the outer city, the Jin soldiers can also use the advantage of defending the city to turn the situation back, the most effective way is to crossbow and fire attack, especially the fire attack, the urn city into a sea of fire, the Song army had to withdraw.

However, it was destined to belong to the Song army tonight, and the hundred golden soldiers guarding the west city were roasting or sleeping above the city gate, and the huge explosion caused half of the people to be killed on the spot, and the other half were stunned.

When the Song army attacked the urn city, there was no soldier on the urn city, dozens of soldiers climbed the city with ropes, opened the inner city gate, a thousand Song soldiers shouted and rushed into the city gate, the outside drawbridge was also slowly lowered, the sound of horses' hooves in the distance was like thunder, five thousand cavalry under the leadership of Cao Meng, swept towards the city gate, and directly killed into the Taiyuan city.

Cao Meng wielded a sledgehammer to take the lead, but met more than a dozen Jin cavalry, the first of the generals held a spear, it was the Han general Yang Ke, he was still wearing the Song army's Shunshui Mountain pattern armor, but on his head he was wearing a golden man's disc mink hat, Cao Meng was furious, "The ancestor dog thief will not get off the horse and die!" ”

He urged the horse to gallop, picked up the sledgehammer and smashed it with a whin, Yang Ke saw that the other party was fierce and fast, and the bayonet was too late, so he had to raise the gun carriage and only listen to the 'dang! While! With two loud bangs, a pair of eighty-pound eight-sided purple gold hammers smashed heavily on the barrel of the gun, Yang Ke screamed, his arms were broken, and the spear flew out, he turned the horse's head and fled, Cao Meng backhanded a hammer, which hit the back of his head, 'Bang! With a bang, the skull shattered, the brain splattered, and Yang Ke fell from his horse and died tragically.

More than a dozen of his own soldiers turned around and ran, but they were chased by Cao Meng, hammered one by one, and all of them were stoned to death.

"Kill"

The war horses of the five thousand Song cavalry galloped on the street, the horse's hooves hit the bluestone slab, the sound of the horse's hooves was more spectacular than the earth-shaking thunder just now, as if the whole Taiyuan City was shaking the ground, the people of Taiyuan City were awakened, and every household was talking about it, both the surprise of the Song army's killing, and the worry of war.

The Jin Bing camp is in the middle of the county, the earth-shattering thunder explosion has awakened the sleeping 5,000 soldiers, but the main general Wanyan Hulu is drunk and snoring and can't wake up, the deputy general Yang Ke is nowhere to be found, the Jin soldiers are helpless, so they have to rush out of the camp to meet the battle, many soldiers don't even have time to put on armor, and they rush out of the camp gate after putting on cloth clothes indiscriminately, the Jurchen soldiers are almost all haired, the top of their heads is bald, and two thin braids hang down on their shoulders, which are easy to identify.

Although the Han army was timid in their hearts and did not dare to fight, a thousand Jurchen soldiers were very strong, shouting in their mouths, rushing towards the Song cavalry with spears in their hands, but Cao Meng sneered and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

Although Cao Meng was known as the first fierce general of the Jingzhao Army, he was promoted to commander in his early twenties, but not only because of his bravery, he also had a keen mind and a clear mind, and the narrow streets were difficult to give full play to the advantages of high-speed mobility and strong impact of the cavalry, on the contrary, it was easy to cause a large number of casualties among the cavalry when they fell into the spear infantry formation.

Cao Meng discovered the disadvantage of the other party, but most of the soldiers did not wear armor, isn't this a ready-made arrow target? He made a quick decision and ordered archery.

The cavalry opened their bows on their horses and shot fast, thousands of arrows shot like a storm towards the dense Jurchen soldiers, the Jurchen soldiers had no leather armor to resist, and there were no shields, a piece of soldiers were shot down, and the wails resounded through the street, many of the Han soldiers behind were also hit by arrows, and the Jin soldiers were suddenly in chaos, without the main and deputy generals to lead the troops, the army's heart quickly lost control, first of all, the Han soldiers, they made a shout, turned around and fled to the east.

However, Wang Gui led 5,000 infantry to cut off the retreat of the Han soldiers, and 2,000 crossbowmen lined up in three rows and fired arrows at the fleeing soldiers.

The fierce Jurchen soldiers also collapsed in the face of heavy casualties, and the remaining 400 soldiers fled back to the barracks, and 2,000 cavalry rushed into the barracks under the leadership of Cao Meng.......

Li Yanqing led an army of 20,000 men to Taiyuan only one day later than the vanguard of Wang Gui and Cao Meng, and Li Yanqing's army arrived in Taiyuan the next afternoon.

In the big tent that had just been planted, Wang Gui and Cao Meng rushed to report the battle situation to Li Yanqing.

"In the battle of Taiyuan at night, the Song soldiers killed 74 people, wounded 135 people, killed nearly 1,000 Jurchen soldiers, more than 2,800 Han soldiers, captured more than 1,000 people, and more than 1,000 Han soldiers fled into civilian houses, and our army is conducting martial law searches throughout the city."

"What important people can be caught?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"In addition to catching the main general Wanyan Hulu, more than a dozen Jin Wen officials were also arrested, and one of them will definitely be interested."

"Who is it?"

"This person's name is Wan Yan Zongya, and the Jurchen name is Hu Lu Bu, it is said that he is the son of Wan Yan Sheng, the son of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, who was ordered to inspect Hedong Road, and happened to be in Taiyuan, and was caught by us."

Li Yanqing suddenly became interested and asked, "Where is this person now?" ”

"Imprisoned in the Taiyuan Mansion, this person has a very strong temperament, and he tried to die twice, but was stopped by the soldiers."

Li Yanqing sneered, "If you really want to die, you can chew your tongue, I'll meet him." ”

Li Yanqing immediately took hundreds of personal soldiers and entered Taiyuan City with Wang Gui and Cao Meng.