"How is this—how is this possible!?"

Because he was "taken care of" by a seven-tip cannon of the Song army, Li Ziqian, who was lying on the ground to avoid stone bullets, yelled angrily: "What kind of cannon is the Song army using, why can it still fight more than 200 steps away!?" What about our cannons? What are you doing?! Why don't you fight back!? ”

Although Wang Jing's garrison was a new army that had been in force for less than a year, the weapons used to defend the city such as trebuchets were still very complete, and their craftsmanship was even much more elaborate than the tools that were being used by the Song army. In addition, the materials used are also dehydrated wood, unlike the Song Army, which uses some freshly cut wood. Therefore, in terms of durability, the attacker's equipment is definitely not as durable as the stone cannons of Wang Jing's defenders.

But the key is that the Koreans at this time can't be proud at all, because the opponent has an advantage that they can't catch up, that is, "I can beat you, you can't beat me!" ”

In the face of Li Ziqian's anger, some people still dared to respond, only to see a military general prostrate on the ground said angrily: "Your Majesty, Zeng Gongliang has misled the country!" ”

Zeng Gongliang is a political figure of the "Song State" who was active in the three dynasties of Renzong, Yingzong, and Shenzong, and has nothing to do with Goryeo at all. But the group of people in front of him complained about him when they were beaten. It's not entirely irrelevant.

It turns out that the root cause is that this person once edited a very important military book of the Great Song Dynasty, called "Wujing General Essentials".

This book is not only an important classic for later scholars to study the military of the Song Dynasty, but also one of the treasures of the small state of Goryeo at this time.

It doesn't matter if you haven't fought the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Weishui or something, it doesn't matter if you haven't created the rule of Wenjing, it doesn't matter if you haven't seen the world for hundreds of years! Why? The suzerainty of the Central Plains has seen it! What's that, what my father has, isn't it my son's, just use it! So the Goryeo people guarded the catapult of the royal capital at this time. They are all created according to the pattern of the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts".

But the depressed Li Ziqian just couldn't figure it out, it was all invented by the Song people, how could he not be beaten just by being beaten? Even superstitious, he once slandered, could it be that this ghost thing still recognized the master!

The reason, in the end, fell on Ling Zhen.

Ling Zhenren is known as the first gunner of the Great Song Dynasty, so naturally he is not in vain. When he was in Kaijing, he recognized the origin of the siege equipment of the Koreans, and at that time he also talked about this with Wang Lun in a joking tone, "It is better to believe in books than to have no books!" ”

Yes, on the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" of the Great Song Dynasty official repair. Some of the numbers are purely foolish.

In particular, the range of catapults has shrunk dramatically. For example, the maximum firing range of a single cannon is 60 to 80 paces, but according to the actual combat record of the anti-gold war in the private book "Xiangyang Defending the City", it can reach 250 steps, a difference of three to five times.

Of course, this can also be understood as a technological advancement. But there is an important problem, if the range of the trivial and complicated trebuchet is not as far as the bow and arrow, the hard crossbow is not eliminated, and it is not eliminated by the cruel war, and it is also said by Zeng Gongliang to be "a cannon." The sharp weapon in the army is also used by both offensive and defensive divisions", is it logically credible?

But the Korean people believed it, and they were like getting the treasure to build according to the drawing. created these things that seemed to be bluffing and placed high hopes on them, thinking that with the wisdom of these Song people, they could stop the pace of the Song army.

As everyone knows, the doctrine of taking it is not omnipotent. Right now, Ling Zhen let them see, what is called dancing a big knife in front of Guan Gong.

"A weapon of the nation. How can you show it? Zeng Ming Zhongfang is today's situation, and these guys are still complacent, thinking that they have stolen our country's sharp weapons. I'm afraid it's a little tender! Ling Zhen snorted coldly, he could think of the gaffe of the defenders in the city at this time, after all, in their hearts, the stone cannon with a maximum range of only ninety steps shot at an ultra-long distance of more than two hundred steps, this kind of shock in the heart and the situation of being beaten but not being able to do it was very demoralizing.

Fighting a war is sometimes like two people wrestling their wrists, and if one party has the upper hand, the other side will inevitably fall behind. At this time, the morale of the defenders on the city wall plummeted, and the morale of the soldiers charging under the city wall was naturally high. Although both sides are full of Korean people.

Except for a few soldiers who stumbled in the traps that were not cleaned up, on the whole, the distance of tens of zhang in the initial stage was relatively smooth.

Just when the ladders, building cars, and rushing cars were less than thirty feet away from the city wall, the real test came.

The dense array of arrows and crossbow arrows struck like a storm of more than a dozen besieging soldiers. The "hail" mixed in with it: the dung bombs of the Koreans, made the advancing soldiers suffer a lot. Before they could do anything, all the siege equipment they had pushed was spared, and it became smelly.

It's still good, nausea is a little disgusting, but it's not fatal. The tragic thing is that those soldiers who were directly hit by dung bombs were lying on the ground wailing in pain, don't look at this is just a mud bomb mixed with dung and soil, hitting the body, no matter whether you have soft armor or hard armor, seven or eight times out of ten are broken bones and tendons.

Looking at the comrades who came along the way, there were many people who wailed halfway, which was undoubtedly very demoralizing. In the past, under the storm of arrows and mud bombs of this intensity, everyone would have dispersed without a trace, and where to hide.

But the words that Li Zhizao said when he was mobilized before the war were really useful, either the people in the city died, or they died. The Song people can still return to the Song Kingdom, but where else can they retreat?

Enduring the stench and timidity, many soldiers lowered their heads and unconsciously pushed the siege equipment in front of them numbly, while praying in their hearts for their divine apparitions to keep the cold weapons of life away from them.

"Boom ......"

When the rushing car crashed into the city gate and generated a huge recoil force, the stumbling siege team realized that they had completed this road of life and death. The survivors subconsciously looked around, counting the names of those who were no longer there. When they saw that a team had set off from the big formation, braved arrows and stones, and began to rescue their comrades who had fallen halfway, they couldn't help but burst into tears.

"It seems that the generalissimo is unwilling to give us a pension, so it's better to save people!" A thin man with red eyes clearly has the potential to be a dead duck (with a hard mouth).

"You guy, our pension is all for you, you can't die for me!" Everyone scolded.

The thin man stuck out his tongue and didn't answer, but struggled to fight the flames on the roof of the chariot, and when everyone saw this, they lost their minds for a short time and threw themselves into their respective tasks. Then, only the sound of the "boom" loud bang was heard, resounding under Li Ziqian's last fortified city.

At the same time, the battle for the city walls was also fought vigorously.

With the support of the Song army's follow-up Divine Arm Bow Array, the defenders in the city almost did not dare to straighten their waists, because many battlements were smashed flat by the stone cannons of the Song people.

What's more, around each ladder, it must be the object of the Song Army's crossbow array, and many flying hook masters have just appeared and are about to destroy the Song Army's ladder, and they will find that there are a few more holes on their bodies. Of course, this is definitely not that the Song people have their own accurate heads, but the people are equipped with more divine arm bows and enemy bows, so when it comes to covering shooting, they basically ignore the loss and only look at the efficacy.

The experience of the previous car is so ferocious, many of the sharp weapons defending the city such as the wolf's tooth slap, the night of the righteousness have no chance to show up, let the officers defending the city shout out their voices, many soldiers who are almost on the battlefield for the first time just dare not step forward, only dare to half-crouch and raise their spears, tremblingly waiting for the Song army that is about to appear in front of them.

"Up?! It's that simple!? ”

Zhu Wu was a little dumbfounded. After all, this is a fortified city with 300,000 defenders! He was mentally prepared. Who would have thought that the first time he used the Goryeo servant army to rush the city wall, this huge contrast made him feel unrealistic, and Li Ziqian couldn't be so sparse?

But the fact repeatedly impacted Zhu Wu's senses, and more and more servants entered the city from the dozen or so ladders, except for the rushing cars at the city gate, which were still hitting the city gate one by one, and most of the battles were transferred to the city wall. So much so that Ling Zhen's stone cannon group stopped attacking, and the temporary cameo gunners began to carry out difficult stone cannon advances.

"My brother! Even these guys have attacked, what else do you have to say? At this time, it is not called me Iron Bull, when is it called Me! My plate axe has long been unbearable! ”

Li Kui, who secretly slipped out of the formation, actually ran to the Chinese army to invite Wang Lun to fight, and he did not forget to squeeze Wang Lun in his words.

Wang Lun didn't pay attention to this black guy, but just concentrated on analyzing the situation in front of him. In fact, he and Zhu Wu's intuition were almost the same, and they both felt that it was indeed a little incredible to attack the city wall so quickly. However, their own advantage on the battlefield is very obvious, and if they don't fight at this time, the previous group of people who rushed forward can be said to have lost their previous achievements.

"Divine Machine, help me say a word to Tie Niu! Isn't it your grudge against me? ”

Seeing that Wang Lun didn't pay attention to him, Li Kui directly found Zhu Wu. At this time, there was a new development on the battlefield, and I saw that there was almost no one in the attack squads except for the soldiers who protected the ladder. The soldiers had either already climbed the wall or were on their way to it.

"Brother, maybe we really overestimated this group of people! Why don't you let the iron bull go up and arch it? "Zhu Wu gave his advice at this time. Li Kui saw that he looked at Zhu Wu very kindly, patted his chest and said, "I know that you are a good person, and I will tie (help) you next time!" ”

Zhu Wu smiled bitterly when he saw this, and bowed his hand to Li Kui, and then his eyes fell on Wang Lun, the commander of the whole army.

"Li Kui will return to the team quickly, if he runs around again, military law will be engaged! The military advisor, and asked Shi Wengong to send the second batch of teams up, and ordered the trapped army to wait as the third team! For some reason, Wang Lun was always a little unsteady in his heart, so he still made a slightly more conservative decision. (To be continued......)