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    In fact, with this kind of arrow array, neither Zhao Kai nor Zong Ze can do this kind of thing. No matter how many people come from the other side, we just shoot like this anyway. This is indeed a bit wasteful. There is almost no need to aim.  Yes, if Wan Yanchang knew that Li Qi had this idea, he would probably rush forward one by one.

    This is what Master Li dares to do, and this is what he strongly demands. He is a rich man with a lot of money, and his family has money. This little expense is nothing in his eyes. Zongze is a noble man, and thrift is a virtue. How can he have such shooting skills.

    At first, Zongze wanted to use the revitalizing cannon to cover the soldiers crossing the river, but Li Qi thought it was too troublesome. The frequency of the revitalizing cannon was too slow, and the heartless cannon was too powerful and the range was too short. This kind of short-distance charge would probably  Blast your own people to death too.

    In fact, they don't have so many archers. After all, Yang Zaixing and Liu Qi also brought some archers. It was Li Qi who mobilized pikemen to act as archers, because you don't need to aim, you just need to be able to draw a bow and shoot. This time on the expedition,  The most he brought was bows and arrows, followed by gunpowder.

    But now, Zong Ze and Zhao Kai don't think so. Bows and arrows should be shot like this. How cool it is. How many enemy troops come will be killed. It's too troublesome to aim and shoot again. The haze of the flood is now covered by the rain of arrows.  Rinsed cleanly.

    "Raise your bows and arrows, let the enemy see clearly."

    Li Qi could not help but raise his arms, and the crazy genes in his body began to stir again.

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    "Roar¡ª¡ª!"

    The officers and soldiers of the Song Army were inspired, they drew their crossbows and pointed the arrows directly at Yunzhou City.

    The more than 10,000 arrows reflected golden light. Looking from a distance, it looked like a golden mirror, and no archer could be seen.

    Wan Yanchang has completely admitted defeat this time. With so many arrows, you will die as many as you hit. There is no way to survive.  Not to mention the infantry, the cavalry will die if they charge, because the battlefield is only fifty meters. No matter how you charge, you will still have to concentrate within this fifty meters in the end. You are so cruel!  I won¡¯t play with you anymore. I¡¯ll let you cross the river, okay? I¡¯ll guard the city wall.

    Originally, they planned to use this opportunity to block the situation for two or three days, but Master Li taught them how to behave in every minute, and those who escaped back should not be killed.  Let's just stick to the city wall and don't think about anything extra. It's not our territory down there.

    But of course the Jin army would not be stupid enough to evacuate to the south gate. Wasn't that for the Song army to rush in? Instead, they turned to the side gate to enter the city, because Yunzhou City faces mountains on two sides and three, and they are all high mountains. You  To surround Yunzhou City, one must cross the mountain road, although there is also a road under the city.  But you can't go down to the city. Wouldn't that be a death penalty?  This is why Zongze took the lead in asking Yang Zaixing to attack Baishan Mountain and other passages in the north. First, he wanted to besiege the city and attack from all sides.  The purpose is to prevent the other party from turning around for rescue.

    The Jin army retreated, and the Song army only spent one day crossing the moat and picking up the arrows.

    This has completely entered the Song Army's rhythm.

    But Yunzhou City is a border fortress.  Whether it was the Tang Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom, or the Jin Kingdom, they all valued this city very much.  Because Yunzhou City is connected with the Great Wall, it is very solid, with a height of 11 to 2 meters. It is designed with bricks and boulders covered with earth. It becomes thicker as you go down, with a thickness of seven or eight meters. After all,  It is the consolidation of dozens of generations.

    It is difficult for the Song Army's revitalizing cannon to blast through the city wall. Unless it concentrates its firepower to attack a small area day and night, maybe it will open a hole, but this requires a high degree of aiming. At present, the revitalizing cannon is used in the war for the first time. Everyone  We are all still trying to figure it out, and since the city wall is designed not to collapse, you still have to climb up to the breach in the wall. In addition, the revitalizing cannon can fire up to seven shots a day, which is too much to bear, and the number is limited. It is difficult to blast through the Yunzhou city wall.  It is almost impossible to complete, so it is a waste to blast the city wall with the revitalizing cannon. It is better to kill the opponent's effective force.

    In the large tent of the Chinese army.

    This battle was enough to relieve his anger. Zhao Kai couldn't help but drink a bowl, wiped his mouth and said: "After placing the artillery tomorrow, we can break the city."

    Zongze said: "Your Majesty, in this tough battle, the battle is not about momentary courage, but psychology. If the attack and defense cannot be defeated for a long time, they will become tired. If the defender's psychology collapses, they can be defeated without attacking."

    Zhao Kai asked: "Then what should I do according to your wishes?"

    Zongze said: "We can first use artillery, crossbows, and the catapults that are being built to bombard the city day and night to confuse the enemy's minds. Moreover, our artillery and siege vehicles are almost arriving. When our weapons arrive,  , and then launch a massive attack."

    Li Qi frowned slightly and said, "But."

    Zongze seemed to know what he was going to say, so he added: "I know that the other party's reinforcements are coming soon, but at this time, we must stay calm. If we start?We launch a fierce attack. If we fail to capture it, our morale will be damaged. We can take advantage of these few days to build up our morale. When the enemy's vigor recedes, we can launch a fierce attack again.  "

    Zhao Kai and Li Qi communicated with their eyes and nodded, because Zongze is the generalissimo, so you have to rely on his opinion.

    The siege of the city is imminent, and the Song Army has added another weapon, the catapult. These days, the Song Army's engineering regiment has been making catapults, because the catapults are too heavy and heavy to transport up, so it is better to make them on the spot.  Just bring some spare parts up. Twenty large catapults have been deployed under the city. These catapults are much more advanced than those of the Jin Army. They are built based on strict mathematics and physics, and are equipped with a complete set of gear equipment.  The artillery fire was also ready, and they were lined up in a long snake formation. Because it was to scare the enemy, there was no need to concentrate the firepower.

    The first day of the siege became an unforgettable day for the Jurchens.

    Ruthless artillery fire bombarded the top of the city wall crazily. The twenty-two catapults were not for throwing stones, but for throwing bags. The heartless cannon was convenient and could make up for the mobility of the artillery, but its range was short. The Jin Army had already eaten this  The trouble is, even if you risk your life, you won't be allowed to bury heartless cannons under the city, but now it's a tough battle, and catapults will do.

    Although the Jin army was condescending and had a terrain advantage, its catapults and powerful crossbows could also fight back against the Song army. However, the firepower of the Song army was too strong, and the Jin army could only dodge everywhere and run on the city wall. Their counterattack seemed a bit insignificant.  The fortresses were blown up, but the Song army did not use force and bombed at intervals, mainly using bed crossbows during the day.  Use smoke harassment, mainly use revitalizers and catapults at night to bombard the fortresses on the opponent's city wall and scare the enemy with explosions.

    In short, it was bombing day and night.

    Although the city wall is still so strong and indestructible, there are already cracks in the hearts of the Jin army. The people's courage is broken, and their morale is extremely low. However, the Jurchens would rather go out of the city to fight to the death.  I don't want to be beaten so hard that I can't hold my head up. This kind of artillery harassment and bombardment day and night are too heavy a psychological blow.

    Although Wan Yanchang was fully prepared, he still underestimated the firepower of the Song army. He looked sad and said, "If this continues, it won't take long before Yunzhou City will fall."

    Gao Qingyi was also helpless.  The technology is not as advanced as the opponent's. In this kind of offensive battle, we can only be passively beaten. He said: "Now we can only defend one day and count the days. The unified army will definitely not let us down. Also, our reinforcements should be sent quickly."  Once the reinforcements arrive, we can launch a massive counterattack."

    Wan Yanchang nodded and said nothing. This battle was really too cowardly.

    His reinforcements did not arrive.  The Song army's supplies arrived first, including two large siege vehicles, ships, baggage, etc. Zongze immediately had small boats piled on the river and fixed with iron chains to form a paved road to facilitate the advance and retreat of the army. This fifty-meter road  Still a bit too narrow.

    The bombing continued for three days.

    For the defenders in the city, these three days were really torture, and they almost lost their composure.

    At dawn on the fourth day, the Song Army¡¯s horn finally sounded.

    Boom boom boom boom!

    The shells made a frightening and strange roar in the air, and the sound of the crossbow strings vibrated like a swarm of bees attacking, each bag tumbling in the air.

    The vast number of Song troops carried ladders on their backs and pushed siege vehicles and rushed forward.

    The Jin soldiers on the top of the city originally thought that this was a harassment tactic by the Song army. It was not until they heard the sound of killings under the city that they realized that the Song army was serious this time. However, before they could draw the bow strings and lift the boulders,  The artillery shells of the Song Army flew in. This round of firepower was very powerful, far beyond what could be compared in the other days.

    When the Song army was still some distance away from the city wall, they saw the Jin army starting to fall down. This greatly boosted morale.

    After setting up a ladder, they began to climb up. The vast Song army was divided into ten groups, using two siege vehicles as two firepower concentration points, and climbed up the city wall. This was actually a tentative attack, because this  This is the first time to attack the city, and it is also the first time to climb the Yunzhou City. You have to explore the way. It is impossible to just attack with a large army without knowing everything.

    But in less than half an hour, a man with a tattooed face was crawling, and suddenly he felt that he had reached the top of the city. He was puzzled, but now that he was up, it was time for the uncle to show off. He wielded his sword and slashed to death.  , chopped down several people with his face, this man was shocked by his martial arts again, let me choke, this is simply Zhao Zilong of Changshan, thousands of troops are in it, it is like no one's land.

    There are more and more Song troops on the city wall.

    Zongze was also confused, it was too fast, I hadn¡¯t even tried my best, and I was even more surprised.

    Just at this moment, there was a sudden sound on the top of the city.Many soldiers came out. The thorny-faced man who was the first to climb up the city wall was so confident. Faced with so many enemies, he rushed forward with a roar, and the result was¡ª¡ª.

    Died tragically by knife!

    The appearance of this group of soldiers immediately stopped the Song army's offensive.

    It turns out that in order to preserve his elite troops, Wan Yanchang forcibly recruited 20,000 people to help him defend the city. His elite troops have been resting in the back and have not been moved. However, those people are not nomads. It does not mean that they can fight with swords.  It still had to go through training. Although they had been practicing every day these days, they had forgotten everything that had been bombed in the previous two days, so the Song Army came up easily at the beginning, because the people were covering their heads to avoid the bombs.

    In fact, at the very beginning, Gao Qingyi said that these people who had just joined the army should not be expected to join the army, and that they should adopt a mixed organization, that is, the common people should be incorporated into the Jurchen army. However, it was precisely because of the mixed organization that Wan Yanchang suffered losses in the previous few days.  There are thousands of elites, and he only has the last 8,000 elites in his hands. He can't bear to part with them. These are his own troops. Many of the soldiers are his relatives. He doesn't care about the life and death of the common people. He thinks these common people can still help him.  A few days later, Wanyan Zonghan came to the rescue. As a result, the battle was immediately defeated.

    Gao Qingyi was so anxious that he jumped up and down, urging Wan Yanchang to quickly dispatch his elite troops. If you continue to be reluctant, the city will not be able to be defended.

    Fortunately, this was just the beginning, and Zongze hadn¡¯t used all his strength yet. If he had mobilized his entire army, he might actually be able to achieve good results.

    Zongze shook his head at this. He had already understood it, but he did not expect that the Jin army would do this. If it was the Song army, it would certainly be difficult to carry it together, but Yunzhou City is different. There are Jurchens in the city.  There are Han people, Khitans, Dangxiang people, and even Tatars. Wanyanchang naturally takes care of his Jurchens.

    This time Wan Yanchang had no choice but to dispatch his own elite troops. Only with the Jurchen warriors standing in front to stabilize the situation, the common people dared to stand up and brave the artillery fire. They picked up stones and logs and threw them at the Song army. Only then did they resist  This tentative attack by the Song Army was withstood, but at a heavy price.

    Wan Yanchang¡¯s heart began to beat, and he couldn¡¯t help but ask himself, how long can we last?

    This was the first time that the Song Army used artillery fire to attack the city. It was also the first time that they were attacked by artillery fire. For a while, they couldn't think of a way to deal with it. The only way was to reinforce the fortress and continue to reinforce it until the Song Army's artillery fire could not break it.  .

    Although this first attack on the city was unsuccessful, it gave the Song army great confidence that we could completely attack Yunzhou City. But at this time, a news came from Yuzhou that Wanyan Zonghan transferred to Hunyuan County  .

    After Wanyan Zonghan was defeated in Guizhou, he wanted to attack Yuzhou. Yuzhou was a central area that could cut off the Song army. However, before reaching Yuzhou, he lost 500 vanguard troops, all of whom died from landmines.  , because the Song Army had not buried the landmines in the Jin Army¡¯s territory, they had all buried them in their own homes. This was the first time Wanyan Zonghan broke into the Song Army¡¯s territory. He did not know the situation and did not take any precautions. As a result, he was  It exploded, and the entire vanguard elite was wiped out.

    Wanyan Zonghan was furious at that time and vowed to capture Yuzhou, but he had just said this when he heard that the person in charge of Yuzhou was Zhongshizhong. Originally, Zhongshizhong was in charge of the rear in Yingzhou, but Zongze had to  After knowing that Wanyan Zonghan was out, he immediately asked the planting masters to rush to Yuzhou. Because Weizhou controlled important passes such as Feihu Pass, Wanyan Zonghan could not be allowed to go to Yanshan Mansion. All the planting masters rushed to Yuzhou to take charge.  .

    This is really an old rival. Wanyan Zonghan turned around and left without saying a word. He really knew Zhongshizhong very well. How could his cavalry capture Weizhou without any siege equipment?  If he was a weak scholar or a coward, he might be able to surprise the opponent and scare him into surrendering, just like the Song Army before. However, he was bombed before he entered Weizhou. The Zhongshi must have been prepared.  , let alone surprise, and there are fruit trees and fields everywhere in Yuzhou. To put it bluntly, they are here to prevent your cavalry from invading.

    "However, Wanyan Zonghan is also a military strategist of the generation, and he is very open-minded. If I can't defeat him, I will leave. Since your army is in Yuzhou, you can't defend Hunyuan County."

    So Wanyan Zonghan made a decisive decision and turned to attack Hunyuan County. But this time he was smart and sent a hundred sentinels to clear the front for mines. I am not afraid of ambushes. If they can't defeat me, I can leave. I am afraid of explosions under my feet.  , this is also his luck. In fact, the Ordnance Inspector has developed a mine with igniting steel wheels, but it has not yet been mass-produced. The current mines still have to be ignited manually. The Jin Army just hugs the grass to hunt rabbits, and goes in to look for people when they see the grass.  , and dug him twice. If it was a land mine made by a steel wheel, the Song Army could bury it anywhere.

    Because there are various arrangements arranged by the teacher on the road.After seeing Wanyan Zonghan's diversion, he knew that he was definitely going to attack Hunyuan County, so he immediately sent a message to Zongze.

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