The night was already deep, and the dark night sky was covered with a bright moon and stars. This was supposed to be a moment to meet Zhou Gong in his dreamland, but the lights in Bianliang City were still bright.

On the edge of the Bianhe River, a group of people were unloading goods from a fleet to the shore, and not far away, Zhao Weiji and Kou Zhun were watching the artillery pieces that were constantly being brought ashore.

"Lord Wang? This is what caused an explosion in the tail of the Khitan contingent during the day? Seeing that the pitch-black cylinder was constantly being carried ashore and then transported to the surrounding city walls, Kou Zhun asked curiously.

"That's right, it's this thing, this thing is called artillery, and the principle is somewhat similar to the assault rifle I made before, except that this thing has more firepower and a longer range." While explaining the artillery to Kou Zhun, Zhao Weiji was also giving orders to the people who carried them: "Wait, the ten cannons from this one are sent to the west gate, be careful." ”

Looking at Zhao Weiji's precious cannons, thinking about the killing of Zhao Weiji's fleet to the Khitan army during the day, Kou Zhun at this time had more and more confidence in being able to successfully hold Bianliang City.

……

Before dawn the next day, Zhao Weiji led a group of people to climb the north gate tower of Bianliang City, although the news of the death of the Son of Heaven has not yet come out, but now Bianliang City is temporarily commanded by Zhao Weiji The order has been conveyed.

The order from above, coupled with Zhao Weiji's prestige in the army, made the soldiers who were originally stationed at the head of the city have no opinion on this prince who came from afar suddenly becoming their commander, but they are a little curious about this strange prop brought by this prince.

At this time, there were basically a lot of soldiers around every door running, pointing and talking about something.

Zhao Weiji, who saw this scene, didn't care too much, he was used to this situation. On the contrary, Zhao Weiji was very happy that the soldiers were interested in watching the cannon. This proves that the fighting spirit of the soldiers has not been lost. If the soldiers at this moment were not even interested in novelty, then there would be no need to fight this battle.

After watching this scene, Zhao Weiji nodded, then turned to the guard who led them up to the city tower and asked, "General Wu, I don't know if there are other city defense equipment in the city, such as bed crossbows?" ”

Zhao Weiji never expected that the person who came to guide him to do the inspection today was actually an old acquaintance, Wu Wen, a general who was originally stationed at Jianmen Pass. Due to the suppression of the rebellion in Shuzhong, it performed well. After the war, he gradually became noticed by the imperial court, and in a few years he was gradually promoted to one of the defenders of Bianliang City.

This time coincided with Zhao Weiji's return, and Kou Zhun arranged this person to Zhao Weiji, and asked him to introduce Zhao Weiji to the current situation in Bianliang City and the situation of the defenders.

"Yes, there have always been reserves in the city of these things, but His Majesty doesn't like them very much, so they haven't been used since the war, and they have been piled up in the warehouse."

Hearing that there were other city defense equipment in the city, Zhao Weiji was very happy. After all, after dividing the artillery he had brought with him into four, the firepower plummeted, and he needed other equipment to replenish it.

"This is a good feeling, you now order someone to move all the equipment out of the city. Then divide it equally into four gates. ”

Zhao Weiji's order was somewhat embarrassing for Wu Wen, and without knowing that the emperor had died, Wu Wen was a little reluctant to carry out this kind of blatant confrontation with the emperor's previous orders.

As soon as he saw Wu Wen's embarrassed face, Zhao Weiji knew what he was afraid of: "General Wu, it's okay, you just have to do it, now the defense of the entire Bianliang City is under the responsibility of this king, and all the consequences are borne by this king." ”

As soon as he heard Zhao Weiji being so resolute, Wu Wen no longer hesitated, and immediately went to find someone to move out all the equipment in the warehouse that would help defend the city.

When Wu Wen organized the manpower and began to yearn to carry the equipment, the morale of the soldiers who saw this scene on the city suddenly began to rise.

Zhao Weiji, who couldn't figure out what was going on, only learned that the soldiers were not completely defending the city without the help of weapons in the first five months, and in the first month, these weapons were still placed on the city.

And with the help of these equipment, the attack of the Khitan soldiers also made the initial stage, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were quite comfortable, until one time Zhenzong went out of the palace to inspect the army, and then found these weapons on the head of the city.

When he learned that these instruments were designed by Zhao Weiji, Zhenzong directly ordered all the instruments to be withdrawn without giving any reason.

But this was the emperor's will, and no one dared to disobey it, and these instruments were removed, and for a period of time later, the soldiers were using the primitive way of defending the city, which made the soldiers miserable.

After hearing all this, Zhao Weiji couldn't help but sigh, if he didn't do it, he wouldn't die, if he had used these instruments earlier, it was possible that this Bianliang City would not have been besieged for five months.

After two hours, these fortress guards had basically been re-installed on the head of the four gates, and the sky was basically all lit up at this time.

Zhao Weiji, who had almost not slept all night, had his eyes a little red at the moment, and dark circles under his eyes also appeared, but he couldn't care about it at all, and after drinking a cup of tea in the room at the head of the city, he stood on the head of the city again, because he knew that the Khitans were coming soon.

As expected, as soon as he returned to the city, the sky began to be dusty, and with a telescope, the Khitan army began to approach Bianliang City again.

This is the first time in ten days that the Khitans have taken the initiative to attack Bianliang City, because they have not been able to capture Bianliang City before, in order to reduce the time, Yelu Mo had to adopt a strategy of encircling but not fighting, hoping to wear out the materials and morale in Bianliang City, so as to take this Great Song Capital City at a relatively small price.

However, in yesterday's battle, the Khitan warrior was lucky to shoot and wound the Great Song Emperor, although there is still no latest news from the Great Song Emperor, but Yelu Mo still thinks that this is an excellent opportunity to attack, so after dawn on this day, he let the army come to attack the city.

When watching his army set off, the confident Yelumo suddenly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, the source of this uneasiness was Zhao Weiji's fleet that had not been found later, this fleet seemed to have disappeared and was no longer visible, although just in case, before today's battle, Yelumo arranged countless scouts in the rear, and once Zhao Weiji's fleet was found, he immediately made a vigilance.

Soon, Yelumo's uneasiness was confirmed, and the battlefield began to think of the sound of cannons, and when Yelumo, who thought that Zhao Weiji was sneaking up in the rear again, was about to let his previously prepared troops go to the rear to fight, the nightmarish fact came from the mouth of the scout who returned from the front: "The continuous shelling on the head of Bianliang City is the same as the shelling on the fleet yesterday." ”

Yelu Mo's eyes darkened when he heard the news, and he almost didn't fall off his horse, he never expected that Zhao Weiji's fleet would actually slip into Bianliang City from under their noses.

Now that regret was useless, Jerman immediately ordered all the soldiers to spread out their formations and advance the momentum to avoid the shelling as they had done yesterday.

Not long after his order was passed to the besieging troops in front, a new situation from the front was fed back, that is, the bed crossbow and other equipment that had disappeared from the head of Bianliang City for more than three months returned to the city.

Those troops who were fortunate enough to escape the shelling were unfortunately planted under these equipment, and the equipment and artillery formed a tight defensive network, so that the besieging troops could not advance an inch at all.

Even if a few people were lucky enough to make it to the bottom of the walls, they all died inexplicably, only knowing that they had died as if they had been hit by something, but there was nothing left on the corpses.

This kind of situation has never been encountered by Yelumo, although the Khitan siege ingenuity is weaker, but Yelumo, who has fought for so many years, has never encountered this kind of situation where the soldiers were killed before they could even start climbing the city wall.

Yelumo, who couldn't think of how to attack the city for a while, had no choice but to withdraw his troops and let the troops come back first to avoid more casualties.

And at the moment when the Khitan Mingjin withdrew his troops, there was a huge cheer above the head of Bianliang City, although the Song army would hold on to Bianliang City for five months, but none of the victories were so enjoyable, this kind of battle that made the enemy unable to climb the city wall was really enjoyable.

After the battle was over, the defenders of the Song army were shocked to find that they had only killed less than ten soldiers, and it is understood that these ten people were all accidentally shot to death by the Khitan arrows because they were not well hidden, and the others could be said to be unscathed.

Such a result made all the soldiers of the Song Army have to sigh again, and Zhao Weiji's legendary stories are indeed well deserved.

On the other hand, in the Khitan military camp, since the beginning of the Liao and Song wars, the Khitan army has never suffered such a blow, and even if the siege failed in the previous months, the morale of the Khitan soldiers has never been so low.

After today's siege battle, the number of soldiers lost by the Liao army has exceeded the total number of soldiers lost in other battles since the beginning of the entire Liao-Song War.

Such a terrible rout made the idea of retreating within the top of the Khitan army, although Yelumo still did not want to give up, but he also had to reconsider whether this Bianliang City could be captured, and if not, what should be done next to maintain the previous victory results without losing them.

At this time, the scout brought a worse news, that is, Li Jiqian in the northwest was defeated by Li Jiguang, and Li Jiguang began to return to Bianliang City at this time. (To be continued......)