The weeds on the ground moved slightly, and a large telescope was erected. Swinging left and right to the north of Lin'an City, the situation on the west bank of the canal is all in sight. This is the front line of the Song army's Lin'an city defense, at the same time that the Ming army dug a trench to besiege the city, the Song army was also strengthening the defense, relying on the three fortresses with a zigzag layout, reinforcing and expanding it, and also built a chest wall road, and also used the deer to block the horse to cover both sides, and connected the three fortresses into one.

There are also a lot of deer and horses in front of the fortress, and on the wall of the fortress, there are still traces of cannons faintly visible, and most of them still have three-bow bed crossbows. Behind the fortress, there are many sturdy and tall courtyards, standing alone. This is supposed to have been deliberately left behind by the Song army when they demolished the buildings outside Lin'an City, which had been transformed into a stronghold of the Song army. The existence of these strongholds was just enough to cover the traffic behind the fortress. The reinforcements of Lin'an City can be sent out for reinforcements at any time.

The person who observed through this telescope was the Ming Emperor Chen Dexing and Chen Shengren himself. In the past few days, he has been inspecting various places on the front line for several days, and basically found out the defensive situation of Lin'an City. A group of Ming Guards soldiers and staff officers squatted in this trench, guarding their saints. This is within the range of the cannons and three-bow bed crossbows of the Song army on the opposite side! The saint actually went to the front line to observe the enemy's position. These staff officers and soldiers who regard Chen Dexing as a god are warm and coaxed in their hearts.

With such an emperor leading everyone, what kind of city can't be defeated?

Although Chen Dexing was born in Anfengjun, he grew up in Lin'an and lived in Anpingfang, near Yuhangmen. So he is very familiar with the terrain in the north of Lin'an City, and he is only here to take one last look at the complete Lin'an City.

Because this siege will use a powerful artillery - mortar! By the time Lin'an was captured, the city would have been devastated!

The streets built in the north of Lin'an City have now been demolished. Only a few houses remain as support points. Towns had already developed around several forts, and now the houses have been bulldozed. The shooting boundary is cleared. Several old forts have also been reinforced, and many obstacles have been set up on the perimeter. It seems that the Song army has put some effort into defending the city. If you use the traditional siege method. The fortified city of Lin'an will definitely cause heavy casualties to the Ming army.

Chen Dexing moved his body, which had become a little stiff because he had been squatting in the trench for too long, and frightened the guards and staff officers around him. I think that Chen Dexing used a three-bow bed crossbow and a heavenly thunder arrow to kill Meng Ge, but now don't do the same thing yourself. That's a lot of fun.

Fortunately, Chen Dexing was blessed by the Taiyi God, and the Song army on the opposite fortress did not find anything at all. And even if they found out, they couldn't do anything about the opponent in the trench. After all, the three-bow bed crossbow and their copper cannon were both direct-fire weapons, and there was nothing they could do about the trenches hundreds of paces away, and the stone generators couldn't hit that far. As for the foot soldiers...... Forget it. The trenches of the Ming army were garrisoned by sharpshooters and sword and shield men wearing steel armor, and the Song army could not defeat them at all. Outside this long trench, there were also steel-armored cavalry of the Guards Cavalry Division. This is the nemesis of the infantry of the Song army. Not to mention, the artillery fortress of the Ming army was one or two hundred steps north of the trench, and a shotgun came over, and the corpses of the Song army were all over the field!

Chen Dexing finally withdrew down the traffic trench, and he already knew the situation at the front. Unable to venture any further, the group retreated silently behind a gun barricade. There is a temporary headquarters here, which is in a large pit dug by hand, with a shed on top and bamboo mats underneath. Several low tables were put together, and a huge map lay out on top of it.

Land Rover, Monk Liu, Ren Yijiang, Zhang Xizai and several other staff officers were already in place, and they all stood up and saluted when they saw Chen Dexing coming.

From time to time, heralds came in and out, loudly informing them of the readiness of the various artillery positions.

Attack and defense of Lin'an City. It's going to be officially launched soon.

And this urban offensive and defensive battle, there is no doubt, will be an epoch-making battle!

If you look down from above. It is not difficult to find that the trenches of the Ming army were wide and narrow. In close proximity to the Song army fortress. There were twenty-four particularly large oval pits, in which twenty-four thick and short mortars were placed. This is the most prominent fortress in the Song military zigzag fortress group. It's only three or four hundred steps. For a large-caliber mortar with a maximum range of up to three miles, there is basically no possibility of hitting a castle at this distance, as long as it is about to aim and hit out.

In the current sequence of the Ming army, the mortar artillery does not belong to the field artillery, but the siege artillery department directly under the joint management of the War Department and the Army General Staff. And siege artillery, as the name suggests, is artillery specially used to siege cities. They were all equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery and mortar guns, and all the mortar guns with a caliber of 10 inches were transported to the front line of Lin'an this time. The cannon, which looks like a cauldron, weighs about 5,000 pounds and is placed on a wooden frame that cannot be moved, and the wooden frame is firmly fixed to the ground. On both sides of each mortar is a breast wall made of pouches filled with mud, separating the cannon from ammunition and gunpowder.

This is so because the flowering shells used in this 10-inch mortar are very unreliable - this is a hollow sphere made of pig iron, weighing 120 catties, and the inside is filled with as many as 11 catties of H medicine. Each shell was fitted with a fuse, a hollow tube made of wood, and filled with a flammable mixture. However, due to the poor pig iron casting technology and the huge pressure when the shell is fired, there is a certain chance that the cannon will explode immediately after it is discharged! So the mortar was lit with a fire rope, and after lighting the fire rope, all the crew members would hide behind cover to avoid unnecessary casualties.

At this time, the order for shelling was given. The twenty-four mortars had been loaded, the fire rope was immediately ignited, and all the crew members crouched behind the cover, covering their ears with their hands, holding their breath, just waiting for the cannon to fire.

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At this time, Jia Rudao was having lunch with his family. His father Jia Shi died young, but his mother Hu Shi lived a long life and is still alive today. originally lived in Taizhou and was taken care of by Jia Rude. Now he also came to Lin'an with Jia Rude and arranged to live in the welcome courtyard of the Ministry of Rites.

Jia Rudao's main room is no longer there, and there is no continuation, anyway, there are countless concubines around him, and there is no shortage of women at all. Several of his sons are also in Lin'an, and the eldest two of them have already started a family, and all of them are married to the county lord and county lord of the Zhao family. There is no important official position, that is, he is idle in the imperial court, and this time he did not follow him to Hongdu, but he was with Jia Yidao in Lin'an.

And Jia Nidao didn't let them go to the regiment to train the army on an errand, and the traitor knew that his two sons were of no great use - in fact, they were not stupid, they were just two nerds, and they were a little timid, which made Jia Nidao bad.

The traitor himself is both bold and cunning, and there is nothing he dare not do when he is young. But he also knew that it was wrong to do this, if it weren't for the fact that there was a concubine sister who was loved by thousands of people, and a brother-in-law of the emperor who was famous for protecting his shortcomings, he would have drowned the imperial history with a bullet seal a long time ago!

Therefore, after Jia Rudao had a son, he learned a lesson, disciplined him strictly, and gave the Guan family a good study, and was not allowed to go outside to fool around. And his son is also hard-working, he reads very well, and he can pass the lock hall test every time, but he always drops the chain during the spring competition.

Jia Rudao also has several daughters, the eldest of whom is married, and the younger one is still with him. There is one who has also reached the age of Ji Ji, and he is like a flower - Lao Jia's genes are good, and the one who can enter Lao Jia's house to give birth to a daughter for him must also be a beauty, can the daughter born stink? However, this little lady Jia has not yet found a suitable in-law, the daughters of the prime minister's family in the Song Dynasty generally marry into the scholar (the daughters of the military general's family generally enter the palace or marry the prince), if it is not a war, after this year's spring competition, Jia Rudao will find a husband for his daughters.

But now...... Liang Chongru brought a handwritten letter from Chen Huaiqing asking for his son Chen Dexing, wanting to let Jia Xiaoniang Sisi enter the palace as a concubine.

This is very good, hundreds of thousands of soldiers are fighting to the death, but the commanders of both sides are preparing for marriage!

Sitting at the dining table, Jia Rudao, who was about to start the meal, couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought of this. To be honest, he is actually quite satisfied with this family business. Although he is now confronting Chen Dexing, the general trend is clear, Song Death and Mingxing are the destiny of heaven, and they can't fight at all. Then Jia Rudao had to plan for the future of the Jia family. His niece is now the wife of Chen Defang, the son of King Fu, and his niece Zhao Lin'er is Chen Dexing's imperial concubine, and Chen Dexing's queen Li Cuixian and the Jia family are also world friends, if they send their daughter to Chen Dexing's harem, the Jia family will be stable.

Although Jia Rudao thinks he is a loyal minister, he does not plan to martyr the country, and he does not plan to put the Jia family into it. is completely a loyal minister and a filial son, and he plans to be a good father and grandfather to his children and grandchildren. What a win!

Just as the traitor was thinking of this, the ground under his feet suddenly trembled, and the dishes and pans on the table jumped slightly, and then a series of loud roars came.

The rest of the room didn't notice anything, and thought it was thundering, and it was already a rainy spring. But Jia Yidao, who had been in battle for a long time, suddenly woke up from his thoughts, and suddenly stood up with a bang on the table, shouting loudly.

"The thieves are firing! It's a thief army firing cannons! How could there be such a big movement? Where is it**? (To be continued......)