Chapter 234: The Magnificent Capital (Part II) (Sixth Watch)
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Chapter 234: The Magnificent Capital (Part II)
Wanyan Haiya and Wanyan Shengcong, father and son, felt the grandeur of Jingshi City and were thrilled at the same time. The cold city of the pen and the fun and the pavilion www.biquge.info also poured cold water on them.
They had to examine their own strength, whether they could eat such a large city. The largest city that the Liao army has attacked is Liaoyang City, which is a very large city in the eyes of the Manshu people. At the beginning, the Manshu tribe invested 100,000 troops in attacking Liaoyang City, and they were all Manshu soldiers.
And the Jingshi City in front of him is ten times the size of Liaoyang City, and Liaoyang City looks insignificant and small in front of Jingshi City.
According to this calculation, how many troops does the Liao army have to invest to conquer this city? Half a million? Million?
The Liao army was ambitious, and the tall and thick walls of Jingshi City made their fiery ambitions suddenly cool.
This is a castle that can be looked up at and is difficult to attack.
"Bring me all the cannons we've captured!" After being stunned in front of Jingshi City for a long time, Wanyan Shengcong finally gave the first order.
The Liao army entered the pass lightly and directly crossed the precipitous border defense line of the Great Wall into the Beizhili area, and it was impossible for the Liao army to carry large and heavy siege equipment through such a rugged terrain. All the siege equipment of the Liao army was captured from the hands of the Zhao army on the spot during the battle of the He and Zhao armies.
Now all these siege equipment have been moved to the city of Beijing by the Liao army, which is all the siege equipment they can handle.
These siege equipment include artillery, giant stone throwers, giant crossbows, ladder trucks, well railings, and so on.
Chen Yankai looked at the various weapons in front of him and shook his head secretly. These weapons are acceptable for attacking ordinary cities, but it is obviously impossible to attack Jingshi Castle, which is seven zhang wide with only the foundation of the city.
Dig a tunnel to the base of the wall of Kyoshi Castle like the attack on Mikawa Castle, and blow up the wall of Kyoshi Castle with gunpowder?
Obviously, this method will not work, the gunpowder of this era is all black powder, even if it is the high-quality gunpowder of this era (black powder of high purity), I am afraid that it will be helpless against the wall base of the city wall of Jingshi City with a width of seven zhang! How crazy the people who designed the Jingshi City were in the first place! Where is the Jingshi City a city! This is obviously an impregnable military fortress!
"Lord Qianhu, Liao Army...... The Liao army is going to bomb the capital city. ”
The Liao army carried artillery, stone throwers, and giant crossbows, and such a big movement was naturally impossible to hide from the Zhao defenders at the head of the city.
The lowest part of the city wall of Jingshi City is also four zhang, and the height of the watchtower is even higher. Condescendingly, the terrain around Jingshi City is open and flat, as long as there is no major problem with the eyes. All of these conditions can be clearly observed with the naked eye.
A pawn of the forbidden army guarding the gate has never seen much of the world, the first time he experienced actual combat, seeing that the Liao army moved on the artillery to bomb the city of Beijing without saying a word, he lost every inch, and ran upstairs in a panic to find the forbidden army Qianhu who was responsible for guarding the city gate.
Wu Weiguo, a thousand households of the forbidden army, saw that this pawn was nervous, and scolded when he opened his mouth: "Nervous bird, Lao Tzu is not cowardly, you (him) (mother) are a soft egg!" ”
Wu Weiguo, a thousand households of the forbidden army, was very satisfied with his fearlessness.
"Lord Qianhu, the Liao army has brought up all the cannons." The forbidden soldier defended, "The little one saw it clearly just now, the swarthy, the muzzle of a cannon the size of a sea bowl, and hundreds of cannons were about to fire at the walls of our Jingshi City." ”
Wu Weiguo looked indifferent, gave the pawn a braincase, and scolded: "There is no product, the foundation of the wall of the city wall of Jingshi City is seven zhang wide for him (mother)!" A full seven zhang, from your grandfather lying to your grandson may not be lying out of this width, do you think it is the courtyard wall of your house less than three feet wide, and the artillery of the Liao army will bombard? ”
Wu Weiguo is very confident in the walls of Jingshi City, and he firmly believes that the artillery of the Liao army is helpless against Jingshi City: "Don't say that it is a cannon mouth the size of a sea bowl, hundreds of cannons, even if it is a cannon the size of a urinal used by your mother, thousands of cannons may not be able to collapse the wall of Jingshi City!" ”
Outside the city of Jingshi, the gunners of the Liao army calibrated the artillery and adjusted the elevation angle of the artillery. Since suffering losses in firearms, the top leaders of the Liao State have begun to pay attention to the use of firearms. The Liao army formed and trained its own artillerymen. The artillery of the Liao army is no longer only Han Chinese, but also the Liao army of the Manshu nationality as artillerymen.
After the gunners of the Liao army checked all the artillery and confirmed that all the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the walls of the Beijing Division, and after the artillery firing would hit the walls of the Beijing Division, the Liao army leader who was responsible for commanding the gunners reported to Wan Yan Shengcong that all the artillery was ready and could be fired!
Wan Yan Shengcong's hands trembled with excitement, Wan Yan Shengcong was too excited.
Wanyan Shengcong raised it and pressed it down, shouting with all his strength: "Fire!" ”
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
The guards beside Wan Yan Shengcong conveyed Wan Yan Shengcong's order, and the shouts resounded through the sky, echoing in the empty field for a long time.
After hearing the order to open the artillery, the gunners of the Liao army left the artillery far away after igniting the artillery, the recoil of the artillery was too great, and it was easy to injure themselves when the artillery was fired too close to the artillery. Moreover, these artillery pieces are all captured from the hands of Zhao Jun, and the ghost knows if they will explode, only if they are farther away can they be safer.
The swarthy muzzle of the cannon erupted a burst of dazzling fire, raising a thick puff of gunsmoke.
It can be clearly seen that the artillery thrown out of the muzzle of the gun is solid ammunition, and the trajectory of the artillery projectile in the sky can be clearly seen.
The black-dotted cannonball streaked through the air in a perfect parabola and finally smashed into the city wall with unerring accuracy.
After the black dots smashed into the city wall, they either directly crushed the bricks and stones wrapped outside the city wall, or they bounced directly out of the city wall.
The answer is clear, artillery shells could not cause damage to the strong and thick walls of Kyoshi Castle.
The soldiers on the city wall only felt the slight vibration of the city wall. But that's about it.
After a row ran over, everything was still the same, and Jingshi City was safe and sound!
Hundreds of cannons fired in unison without causing damage to the walls of Jingshi City.
"This ......" Wan Yan Shengcong was stunned, he couldn't believe that the artillery had no effect on the walls of Jingshi City.
"It can't be! That's impossible! No way! After Yan Shengcong said incoherently, he looked a little crazy.
"Put it again! Put it again! Wanyan Shengcong shouted, "Continue to up, up, up, blow up the walls of Jingshi City!" ”
The Liao artillery was ordered to continue the bombardment of the walls of the Jingshi City.
Without exception, the walls of Jingshi City were unscathed under the continuous bombardment of hundreds of artillery, and stood still as if they were Mount Tai.
Wanyan Shengcong couldn't bear it anymore, and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth. (To be continued.) )