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At noon, the rumbling of artillery began the siege. According to the art of war and common sense, the time of siege is generally chosen at dawn or early morning, so that the purpose of the surprise attack can be achieved and there is enough time, so the Xia army saw that the Song army in formation in the morning did not act, thinking that it was another routine 'drill', and at noon began to change the guard and open dinner. And the reason why Zhao Ta chose this time also has his own reasons, at noon, they launched an attack along the sun, so that it was convenient for their own side to aim and shoot, but for the Xia army, they had to defend against the light, and the dazzling sunlight would of course affect their hit rate; Another reason is that the northwest tends to have a period of no wind at midday.

The defense facilities of Lingzhou City were destroyed by the artillery fire of the Song army two days ago, although they were repaired day and night, but the city tower, arrow tower, and corner tower could not be repaired in one or two days, so they could only be cleaned up, and more war sheds were built, and fire extinguishing appliances such as rolling wood, gravel, yellow sand, and water urns were built. As soon as the Song army's artillery sounded, the Xia army at the head of the city immediately sounded the alarm bell, went into the war shed to avoid the shelling, and the eaters quickly put down their rice bowls, picked up their weapons and lay in the hidden soldiers under the city, ready to go to the city to support at any time. But this time the Song army played tricks again, and the first thing that came in was not explosives such as flowering bombs, but incendiary bombs...

Seeing that the fire broke out at the head of the city, Zhao Ren immediately ordered the construction of bridges, and the sappers who had already prepared for it immediately launched more than a dozen trench bridges with the assistance of the people. The bridge is one zhang wide and six zhang long, and there are wheels underneath. All were made of hardwood, which could accommodate cavalry crossing bridges. The road leading to the city has been cleared, and many rehearsals have been made on similar terrain before the war, and the bridge has been successfully erected. The two joined together, and several temporary bridges with a width of two feet appeared on the wide moat.

After the trench bridge was erected, the people quickly withdrew, and another team of people carried straw bales and shovels to fill in the ditch and bury the pit, while the sappers picked up sharp axes to cut the suspension cable of the Lingzhou City suspension bridge and put down the suspension bridge. Clean up the pits, foothills, and horse piles set up by the Xia army in front of the city, clean up the passages, and deal with those low walls that are difficult to reach by manpower, and simply use blasting to clear them... Their entire operation was carried out under the cover of artillery fire, and the operation was even more methodical. The division of labor is clear, each has its own responsibilities, one team completes the work, immediately retreats, and the other team immediately steps forward to take over. It's like a production line in a factory.

The road here has just been cleared, and the 'rumbling' sound has started again, but several siege vehicles with the same height as Lingzhou City and several strange-looking corridor cars that look like covered bridges have been launched in the formation.

The siege vehicle had already been used during the attack on Toyosu Castle, and this time it was used differently than the last time. Not only were two separate machine-gun bunkers set up on the roof of the car to provide fire support. And the whole body was covered with cowhide and soaked back felt pads, and even the people of the cart were all shrouded in it. The people in front of them are commanded by the whistle, and after training, these people really do the same, forward, backward, and turn, as one person.

In the past, the corridor car was only used to cover the operation under the city and play the role of a temporary cover, but Zhao Ta improved it, and now this of course looks a little nondescript, but in the eyes of modern people, it can be recognized at a glance, isn't this a gangway car used to get on and off the plane! However, at this time, the roof of the corridor was changed to a spire, covered with iron sheets, which could resist arrows and flying stones, and the siege sergeants could run directly up the city along the covered bridge, which was much more convenient than the corridor shape of the chariot in the past.

In order to remain stable and strong, these homes must be built large and driven by manpower, so they must move slowly. Although the artillery at this time has been improved by Zhao Tan, it is limited to the current manufacturing technology and the formula of gunpowder, and the rate of fire, power, accuracy, and lethality are far inferior to modern artillery. The city wall of Lingzhou is long, and the width of five zhang is that even modern artillery does not dare to guarantee that all of them will fall on the city wall, so although Zhao Ta concentrated all the artillery of the loyal army, it is still inevitable to take care of one or the other. He first cleared the defenders at the head of the city with incendiary bombs to buy time for opening the way, and in order to prevent accidental damage to the siege troops, he could only use solid bullets and flowering bombs instead. …,

"Concentrate your machine-gun fire and sweep away the archers on the city!" Seeing the appearance of the Xia army brigade at the head of the city, Zhao Zhong immediately commanded the machine gun team directly under the tiger general and the selected sharpshooters to set up firing positions to cover the siege troops.

"Order Zhao Xiao's artillery fire to extend and strike at the enemy troops under the city, and release smoke bombs under the city!" Before the war, Zhao Ren and other loyal generals of the loyal and brave army repeatedly deduced siege tactics with the prince, and had a plan for various situations.

Smoke bombs have begun to be used when dealing with Chage, but at this time less of those poisons are cast, more wolf dung, the smoke column produced after the combustion of this thing goes straight to the top of the body for a long time, and today there is no wind, the whole city is not much effort is shrouded in smoke, although it also blocks the sight of the attacking side, but the impact on the Xia army is greater, for a while can not figure out the direction of the Song army's attack, can only divide the troops everywhere, and the city is blocked by artillery fire, the strength is inevitably stretched.

"It's time for the commandos to strike!" Zhao Ta saw that the smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and the Xia army at the head of the city had become a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, and it was the time to catch the blind, and Wu Tao, the commando captain who turned around and faced his life, said that he is now the commander of the fourth battalion of the leopard general, because he was calm and decisive during the battle, and was selected as the captain by Zhao Ta, because after going to the city, the situation is changing rapidly, and there must be a strong commander to deal with it according to the enemy's situation, and he is the right person.

"Attack!" Wu Tao saluted the prince, and immediately led the troops out of the battle, but their attack target was not the front of the attack, but chose the southeast corner of the city wall, and the tools for climbing the city were also traditional ladders and hooks.

"Tell Zhao Xiao that the commando team is attacking!" Zhao Ta picked up the binoculars and watched the assault team successfully cross the moat under the leadership of Wu Tao, using the cover of terrain and features to quickly approach the city wall, he ordered. At this time, the second echelon of support tasks also began to move down the city, and they were all trained in cover, handling, climbing, and fighting after climbing in advance, and they were very clear about their tasks.

'Boom...' A row of cannonballs suddenly fell from the southeast corner of the city wall, destroying the grate fence and crossbow platform that poked out of the city, and several corpses of Xia Jun fell from the city, Zhao Ta then saw that a cloud ladder had been set up on the city wall, and his heart also hung up, the real one was coming... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )