Chapter 1197: Night Battle
A snowstorm swept through Liaodong again.
Liaoyang Mansion.
"Such a big snow?"
Wang Jin and the others frowned, and large snowflakes fell with the wind, which suddenly blocked their vision, and they could no longer see the situation in the distance.
"Will the enemy come today?"
Liu Fa looked outside the city and frowned.
"Definitely, since the last war, the Jin Kingdom has been silent for several days, and what they are waiting for is this heavy snow!"
Zong Ze said with conviction.
"But in this kind of weather, we can't do a targeted defense without knowing where they will attack from."
Uncle Zhang said at night, and the heavy snow had covered the ice wall outside the city.
"Let's defend normally, we can only see the move!"
Wang Jin said helplessly, this situation is very unfavorable to them now.
That night, there were several loud noises outside Liaoyang Mansion, and the city shook. The snowflakes on the walls were shaken down. Cracks appeared in the walls.
"Sure enough, it's here again, it's much more powerful than last time, it looks like it wants to blow up the city wall!"
Han Tao said.
"Let's pour ice water on the city wall, but now the city wall is much stronger, and it can't be blown up with some gunpowder."
Peng Xi said disdainfully.
The effect of pouring ice water on the outer layer of the city wall is highlighted, although the amount of gunpowder in the Jin Kingdom has increased a lot, but the damage to the city wall this time is much smaller than the last time.
The power of the explosives only blew the ice on the outer layer of the city wall, and the cracked ice absorbed the destructive power of the gunpowder, and the city wall behind it did not suffer much impact.
Han Tao and Peng Xi carefully led people close to those explosion points, they did not rush to counterattack, but carefully searched, the enemy was between the ice wall and the city wall.
"Boom, boom!"
A violent explosion rang out, and the screams of the city mixed with the sound of explosions.
"Find the right person and throw it!"
Han Tao ordered the soldiers around him to smash the gopher with grenades now.
The Jurchen soldiers lying on their stomachs in the snow outside the city were too frightened to move, they didn't have time to exit, and the ice wall was not so easy to climb.
The Jurchen soldiers under the city walls did not dare to move, and the defenders in the city were not in a hurry, and the talents in the snow were even more difficult.
In the distance, Wanyan Wu begged to buy and looked at Liaoyang Mansion.
"Your Majesty, the people who went out haven't come back yet!"
After finishing Yan Yinshu, he said, this time it was Jin Wushu who brought people over, but after the loud noise, Jin Wushu did not bring the troops back.
"Looks like something happened!"
After Yan Wu begged to buy and said, after blowing up Liaoyang Mansion, Jin Wushu should return immediately.
"Push out the trebuchet, if you can't fight during the day, we'll fight at night!"
Wanyan Wu Qimai immediately ordered, tonight's wind and snow are raging, and it is a good time for them to attack.
The trebuchet was pushed out, and it was pitch black two miles away on a snowy night.
"Your Majesty, they haven't come back yet!"
Wanyan Yinshu hurriedly persuaded that the Golden Vulture might still be near the city wall, and at this time, the attack was likely to be killed along with the Golden Vulture.
"I can't care so much! If you don't fight, it's even more impossible for the Golden Vulture to get out! ”
Wanyan Wu Qimai said that he did not approach the city wall and did not know what was happening, but after a little guess, he knew that he must have been entangled by the enemy.
The trebuchet was pulled down, the explosive bags were put in, and as the machine was struck, one by one the explosives were thrown towards Liaoyang Mansion.
"Boom, boom!"
A violent explosion exploded up and down the city of Liaoyang.
"Enemy attack!"
Han Tao and Peng Xi, who were leading troops to look for the enemy, changed their faces greatly, and immediately a drum sounded in Liaoyang Mansion.
"Protect the artillery! Counterattack! ”
Peng Xi shouted at the defenders.
The soldiers quickly approached the artillery, but in the distance it was pitch black, and they could not see where the enemy's trebuchet was, only where it was.
"Hit first!"
Wang Jin had already gone up to the city wall at this time, and he also knew the current situation, so he immediately ordered the soldiers, they had a lot of ammunition, and there was no need to save it.
"Boom, boom."
A burst of artillery roared in Liaoyang Mansion, and the shells exploded in the dark night in the distance, but the shells burst instead of lighting up the night, and they couldn't even see the landing point.
"The enemy is very calculating, and if he can't fight during the day, he will come to fight at night, or in this kind of snowstorm at night!"
Uncle Zhang frowned at night.
There was another explosion on the city wall, and the trebuchet of the Jin army did not stop, and continued to throw explosive bags to Liaoyang Mansion, but in this kind of snowstorm night, the throwing of trebuchets was not accurate at all, and the howling wind would affect the landing point of the explosive bags.
"Out of town?"
Du Yan looked at Wang Jin and asked.
"The enemy is hiding in the dark, and he can't leave the city at this time!"
Wang Jin shook his head and said, during the day, he was unwilling to fight the enemy in the snow, and now it was a snowstorm night, and he couldn't go out of the city.
"Push the artillery over, and the artillery will cover that area!"
Wu Song ordered to the soldiers, since you can't find the enemy, then destroy all possible places, the trebuchet is so big, it can always be hit.
Outside Liaoyang Mansion, in the snow.
The Golden Vulture slowly retreated like a worm, and just now, an explosive pack exploded outside the city, and the shockwave nearly swept him away.
"Why did you suddenly use a trebuchet?"
Jin Wushu scolded in his heart, isn't this going to blow them up together.
On the city walls, the artillery was quickly pushed over.
With the rhythmic sound of war drums, thousands of cannons were fired on the city walls.
"Boom!"
After the artillery fire, a terrifying explosion suddenly came from the darkness, and in an instant, the flames soared into the sky, and it turned out to be a cart of gunpowder that was hit by the artillery.
"Go on!"
Wanyan Wu begged to buy but didn't care, and continued to let the soldiers control the trebuchet, although he also had losses on his side, but compared to the results of the battle, this loss was obviously acceptable.
"Your Majesty, it seems that it is feasible for us to storm with trebuchets at night! If we scatter ......"
Wan Yan Yinshu said excitedly, after dark, the enemy will have nothing to do with them, now the trebuchet is concentrated, and the enemy can still deal with it by covering firepower, but what if they break into pieces and attack the city from all directions.
"That's the way to play, but remember, it has to be a snowy day or a cloudy night without moonlight!"
Wanyan Wu begged to buy a nod and said, it is feasible to use trebuchets to attack the city at night, but you must pay attention to the sky.
The confrontation between the two sides continued for a long time, until the Golden Vulture returned to the formation.
"Your Majesty, the enemy has broken the water in the outer layer of the city wall, and now the outer layer of the city wall is full of ice, we can blow up the ice, if you want to blow up the city wall, you must dig a hole and bury gunpowder in it!"
Jin Wushu said to Wanyan Wu begging.
"It's all ice?"
Wanyan Wu Qimai's face was gloomy, and the ice fragmentation could reduce the destructive power of the explosion, which was not good for them.
"Retire today!"
Wanyan Wu Qimai ordered, the enemy's long-term artillery cover attack still caused them a lot of losses, and their trebuchets could not withstand such losses.
(End of chapter)