Thanks to the depth of the fortifications and the good combat power of the garrison, and ten cannons as a deterrent, although Wanyan Sosuke tried to attack the city many times, but was unsuccessful.

This also annoyed Wanyan Sosuke! If the size of the defenders of Lanzhou City is almost the same as his own army, it is natural that he can't capture the city, but now he can't take a single Lanzhou with ten times the strength of the other party, what kind of face does he have to go back to see His Majesty the Emperor of Dajin Kingdom?

Liu Yu's good son Liu Lin, as the deputy commander of the Eastern Route Army, was saddened by the loss of his own army during the siege, and he vaguely felt that Wanyan Zongfu's words were deceitful, ostensibly to help Daqi seize Lanzhou and Kaifeng, but in fact he let his army be cannon fodder.

But judging from the course of the battle, Wanyan Sosuke didn't seem to be stingy with his army, and the casualties caused by the repeated sieges were almost half of himself and half of him.

"Then Wang Zaixing is just a first-order grass coward, how can he have such the ability to compete with my army?"

Liu Lin thought that the cannon almost sent him away during the day, and said with palpitations, "General, the reason why our army has not been able to attack for a long time is because of that strange weapon in Lanzhou City, as long as that weapon sounds, there will be casualties in our army." In my opinion, this must be an anomaly, so we better be careful. ”

Wanyan Zongyi, who was accompanying the army, said with a heavy face, "This is not an abnormal technique, but a weapon newly created by Zhao Yingluo, called 'artillery', which is used to fire iron bumps with gunpowder...... The lethality is amazing, and a single shell can kill and injure an enemy within a few feet. ”

"In that case, why not make the craftsman imitate it? Why did you just copy that firebolt? ”

Wanyan Zongyi said in a deep voice, "The craftsmen who have newly entered the foundry have arranged to make firecrackers, and as for this artillery, they are all old craftsmen in the foundry, and I arranged for those craftsmen to inquire about the news of this artillery." According to the craftsmen, the cannon was not well made, and by the time they left for the north, none of them could be used. ”

Wanyan Zongfu was furious, "Then what is the explanation of the artillery on this side?" ”

Wanyan Zongyi sighed, "I can only say that this Zhao Yingluo is extremely capable, so he can complete the production of artillery in a very short period of time." ”

"What do you think? Could it be that we will quit the army? ”

After Yan Zongyi pondered for a long time, he said, "Wang Zaixing is already at the end of the crossbow, I believe that it won't take a day or two for Lanzhou to be breached, how can he retreat?" What's more, once the city of Lanzhou is breached, those cannons can be used to imitate, which will be of great benefit to our Dajin country. ”

Wanyan Zongfu's anger calmed down a little, "Pass the order, and attack the city with all your strength early tomorrow morning!" ”

As soon as the military order was issued, a scout hurriedly entered the account, "General, news has come from Xingzhou." ”

Wanyan Zongfu took the letter and opened it, and his face suddenly changed greatly, "News from Xingzhou, the commander is defeated!" ”

Wanyan Zongyi was shocked, "The boss has 200,000 troops, why is he defeated?" ”

Wanyan Zongfu said while handing him the letter, "Zhao Yingluo used a plan, and the boss was surrounded and defeated by that strange cannon. ”

After Yan Zongyi read the letter, he was not angry but happy, which made Yan Zongfu angry again, "The boss is defeated, but you laugh, what do you mean?" ”

After being lectured by him like this, Wanyan Zongyi restrained his smile, "The boss has only lost more than 10,000 people, which is nothing compared to 200,000 horses." However, the letter also said that he was defeated by artillery, which shows that in addition to morale and combat power, the quality of weapons is also very important in determining the victory or defeat on the battlefield. As long as we capture the artillery of Lanzhou and carry out large-scale imitation, why can't we destroy the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Wanyan Zongfu nodded, what he said was not unreasonable, so Zhao Yingluo defeated the boss twice, didn't he rely on the fire gun and this strange artillery?

"The boss ordered me to wait for the capture of Lanzhou, first go north to flank the Song army, and then converge to the south, for today's plan, the only way to break the city as soon as possible."

Wanyan Zongyi nodded, and then turned his gaze to Liu Lin, "For your Daqi, I Dajin Guo's labor division mobilized the people, and it took a lot of national strength and manpower to go into battle tomorrow, if your infantry doesn't have to die, this Daqi doesn't exist!" ”

Liu Lin trembled in his heart, co-authoring this is the other party to threaten the country to destroy the country, forcing these people in command to be cannon fodder! Your people are people, aren't my people people?

He was a little angry, but he didn't dare to refute, who let Daqi exist under the protection of Dajin.

【Castle】

Wang Zaixing looked at the field shrouded in night and the sparks of the enemy camp not far away, with a sad face, today's defense has exhausted all the shells, and the barrels of those cannons are also unusable because they have exceeded their firing life, and the defenders of the entire Lanzhou have dropped to less than 30,000, how to defend tomorrow?

Once the city is broken, the final outcome is that he will be martyred along with the 30,000 defenders.

"Is there any news of reinforcements?"

The adjutant general shook his head, "According to the distance, the reinforcements will not arrive until at least tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Pass the order! Defend the city with all your strength tomorrow, even if you die to the last person, you will have to wait for reinforcements, and the safety of the entire Great Song Dynasty in Lanzhou will be pinned on us. ”

……

When the first rays of sunlight shone on the mottled city walls of Shanzhou, this arch guarded Kaifeng, and the war-torn city rose a little vitality, but the next moment, the nearly 300,000 troops slowly advancing towards the city gate quickly dispersed this only vitality.

War means death!

After Yan Zongfu's order, 50,000 forwards charged towards the city gate! Due to the lack of artillery deterrence, they quickly rushed to the city of Lanzhou, relying on the ladder to rush to the city wall.

The hundreds of infantrymen in charge of slamming the gates, carrying huge bumping logs and shouting slogans, kept banging on the gates, and the entire gate swayed under the huge impact, as if it would fall at any moment.

This offensive and defensive battle lasted from the rising of the sun to noon, the corpses under the city wall piled up into a mountain, and people on the city wall continued to fall from the city wall, the corpses of both the enemy and the enemy were piled up, and the blood flowed and drifted, and the whole person was purgatory.

The defenders were nearly half lost and exhausted, but there was still a steady stream of enemy troops attacking under the walls.

Before that, Wanyan Zongfu's army finally attacked the city wall, and the battle became even more fierce, and the continuous screams made the people of the entire Xingzhou City panic.

Wang Zaixing is desperate! If the reinforcements do not come, the city is close at hand, the people of the entire city of Lanzhou will suffer together, and if the city fails, the enemy army can take advantage of the situation to go south, and Kaifeng City will face the threat of the Jin army.

Wanyan Zongfu saw that victory was in sight, and laughed, "Then Zhao Yingluo actually dares to build a Beijing Temple, after the city of Lanzhou is broken, I will take the people of the whole city of Lanzhou to build a Beijing Temple, and no one will be left." ”

While Liu Lin was suffering heavy casualties among his own people, he was also relieved, as long as he captured Lanzhou, Daqi would have hope to keep it.