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    Wu Shu and others only suffered the disaster of Chiyu, but the Jin soldiers who carried the catapult forward received a direct blow.  Even if he wasn't hit by the bombing, his eardrums were hurt by the sound of artillery around him.

    Many people subconsciously ran back.

    Wu Shu saw some Han soldiers escaping. He picked up his bow and arrows and shot down several of the fleeing men with a few arrows.

    Wanyan Zongwang also sent a team of golden soldiers from behind to kill those who escaped.

    The Han people who were carrying the catapult saw that they would die if they fled back, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and carry the catapult again.

    There is no way, the only people who can play catapult are Han people.

    The Jurchens are very strong, but it is more difficult to let a group of savages learn to fire cannons together than to prevent the Jurchens from killing people.

    The artillery that closed the pass continued to be thrown out, blowing up catapults one after another, and causing the sky outside the pass to be filled with snowflakes.

    Finally, a catapult moved into range, and the Jin soldiers immediately began to throw stones the size of human heads, trying to suppress the closed catapult.

    "boom"

    A stone hit the battlement, sending the several-foot-wide battlement flying into the air. A soldier behind him couldn't avoid it and was crushed to the ground, screaming in agony.

    As the Jin soldiers began to fire more catapults, the casualties at the gate also gradually increased.

    But the power of the artillery is much greater than that of the stone cannon. Unless the stone cannon hits the catapult, it will basically not damage the catapult. However, as long as the artillery falls a few feet near the catapult, it will be enough to destroy the catapult.

    Less than half an hour into the confrontation, all the catapults outside the pass were blown up.

    Wu Shu ran back angrily and said to his second brother Wanyan Zongwang: "The Han people's artillery is powerful, but our stone cannon is not good."

    Wanyan Zongwang turned his head and glanced at the mountains to the west, and said with a smile: "The Han people will never run out of artillery. I have sent people to Runzhou to recruit 10,000 people to cut down trees. The craftsmen in the camp are working day and night to throw stones.  Che, I don¡¯t believe that we can¡¯t use up all their artillery. Let¡¯s do this today and withdraw our troops.¡±

    "I'm afraid that before the Han people's artillery is used up, all our gunners will be dead."

    Wanyan Zongwang smiled and said: "Tomorrow we will use the Bohai Navy as gunners. We will trick the Han people into using artillery to fight back."

    After saying that, Wanyan Zongwang turned his horse and walked towards the camp.

    Zhang Qing watched the Jin soldiers retreat outside the pass and asked in confusion: "Are the Jin people just planning to attack the city with catapults?"

    Yue Fei said: "We have artillery, and the other siege equipment was blown up as soon as it got close to the city wall."

    Zhang Qing smiled and said: "With gunpowder to defend the city, all siege equipment is useless. Unless they also have gunpowder."

    Yue Fei said: "Digging tunnels can also collapse the city wall. Although it is difficult to dig during this season, we still have to beware of them digging tunnels."

    Zhang Qing nodded and said: "I have asked people to monitor the movements underground. Okay, let's go down to the city. The Jin people should not attack the city today."

    Although the battlefield has temporarily calmed down.  However, they were rescuing the wounded, repairing catapults, and preparing artillery. The Jin people were rushing to make catapults and prepare cannon stones. Everyone inside and outside the pass was nervously preparing for war.

    The next day, the sun had already climbed the mountain, and the Jin soldiers swarmed out of the camp again and came to Yuguan.

    In just half a day and a night, Jin Bing built hundreds more catapults.  In fact, the craftsmanship of the catapult is not complicated.  Moreover, the Han people in the North also learned from the Han people in the Central Plains to standardize production and assembly. If the Jin people obtained the Han craftsmen in Nanjing Road, it would not be difficult to build thousands of catapults overnight.  It is rare to train qualified gunners. The longer the range, the more people need to be dragged.  Moreover, these people must be able to work together to ensure the accuracy of the cannon.

    After another artillery bombardment, the Jin army had a catapult to advance to a distance of a hundred steps and began to throw stone cannons.

    Stones the size of a human head roared into the sky.  It hit the wall with a bang, stirring up a cloud of dust, and more of it hit the open space.

    Zhang Qing and the three of them also saw something fishy.

    Yue Fei looked at the Jin soldiers under the city who were firing in panic during the artillery bombardment.  He said: "They are not specialized artillerymen. Most of yesterday's siege artillerymen are probably dead."

    Zhang Qing said with a smile: "Such gunners may not be able to bring down the city wall if they are allowed to fire for a few days."

    Zhu Tong thought for a while and said: "Could the Jin soldiers want to consume our artillery?"

    "hehe"

    Zhang Qing smiled contemptuously and said: "Such a gunner doesn't need artillery anymore. All the messenger gunners will be replaced with stone cannons."

    Wu Shu was still monitoring the Bohai Navy in the front army. When he saw that the Han army suddenly changed to stone cannons and beat the horses and ran back to the central army, he said happily: "Second brother, the Han people's artillery seems to have been used up."

    Wanyan Zongwang shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, it may be that the Bohai Navy put too little pressure on them. Look, not a single cannon stone has been hit or closed for a long time. Let themPush the catapult forward until the cannon stone can hit the door.  "

    The third son of Aguda next to him, Wanyan Zongfu, was more tolerant. Hearing this, he said, "The Han archers will be able to shoot them if they go further."

    Wanyan Zongwang, however, was unmoved and waved his hand: "Let them go forward and try first to see if the Han people still have artillery. If there are no artillery, let the Han army fire the artillery."

    Wu Shu had no mercy. He rushed to the front of the formation and shouted: "Twenty more steps forward."

    ¡°The Bohai Navy, who had urgently learned how to fire artillery yesterday, couldn¡¯t help but change their expressions when they heard Wu Shu¡¯s words.

    A Bohai officer boldly said: "If we go further, we will enter the shooting range of Liang Jun's archers. Uh"

    As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Shu shot an arrow in his throat and fell to the ground.

    Although the Bohai navy had long been accustomed to the Jurchens' brutality, they still showed indignation at this time.

    They had just fought against the continuously exploding artillery, and they still had some hope. After all, the accuracy and density of artillery were smaller than that of bows and arrows. If they entered the range of the archers and were covered by the rain of arrows, they would not be able to hit even a few arrows if they rushed forward.  You can rush over, but if you stand there and fire cannons and let the archers shoot, you will definitely die after a few waves of arrows.

    Seeing that no one was moving, Wu Shu shouted: "If we don't move forward, everyone will be executed."

    The Jurchens behind also raised their weapons. As long as Wu Shu gave the order, they would kill these Bohai navy without hesitation.

    The Bohai Navy had already been frightened by the Jurchens. Seeing the ferocious appearance of the Jurchens, someone immediately compromised and pushed the catapult forward.

    Once someone takes the lead, the others will follow suit.

    Zhang Qing looked at the door and saw that the Jin soldiers actually pushed the catapult forward and shouted: "Archers, prepare."

    The shooting range of the standard bows and arrows of Daliang soldiers and horses is sixty steps, but on the several-foot-high wall, the shooting range is also increased a lot.

    When the golden soldiers entered the range of the archers, a hail of arrows poured down.

    One by one, the Bohai Navy screamed and fell in the rain of arrows. The Bohai Navy, which could persist under the artillery attack, finally collapsed. No one wanted to stand there and accept the baptism of the arrows.

    Of course they knew that running to the back would lead to death.  The ferocious Jurchens would not give them a way to survive, so they all rushed forward with shouts.  Those who knew Chinese shouted surrender, and those who didn't also threw away all their weapons to let the Han people understand what they meant.

    When Wushu saw the Bohai navy escaping, he howled and ordered the Jurchen soldiers behind him to shoot the Bohai navy with bows and arrows.

    Under the attack of artillery and arrows, less than a thousand of the five thousand Bohai navy were left. They were then chased by the Jurchen soldiers. Less than three hundred people fled to the city, and the casualties were tragic.

    ¡°Few soldiers and horses can withstand such casualties.  If the Jurchen soldiers had not been threatening them with butcher knives, the Bohai Navy would have fled long ago. However, after realizing that there was no way to survive, the Bohai Navy finally defected.

    Wu Shu was still hesitating whether to brave the rain of arrows to chase down the remaining Bohai navy. Suddenly he saw several black lights shooting at him from the city. He had no time to move his horse, so he could only jump from his horse to the ground.

    "boom"

    As soon as Wu Shu jumped out, he heard the war horse behind him neighing sadly and falling to the ground.  Turn around and look.  An iron spear was less than a foot away. Two iron spears shot two bloody holes in the horse, and three iron spears fell on the other side.

    Wu Shu knew that this was Daliang¡¯s bed crossbow, which was said to have a range of nearly a thousand steps.  So the army was arrayed two miles away.  He supervised the formation in the front army and did not let his soldiers get too close to avoid being noticed by Liang Jun and shooting him with a bed crossbow.

    I just didn¡¯t expect that the pursuit of the Bohai Navy would be closer this time.  He was targeted by Liang Jun.

    Wu Shu didn¡¯t dare to think too much. He got up and ran around the corner.

    Wushu¡¯s soldiers were also running back and forth behind Wushu, disrupting Liang Jun¡¯s sight.

    Liang Jun, who was operating the crossbow on the city wall, fired a few more arrows one after another.  None of them hit Wushu, but only two of Wushu's soldiers were shot dead.

    Wu Shu rolled and crawled back to the central army and said to Wanyan Zongwang: "Second brother, do you want to send someone to kill those Bohai navy?"

    Wanyan Zongwang shook his head and said: "They have all hid under the city wall. If we want to kill them, I am afraid that many tribesmen will be killed or injured."

    But Wu Shu hated the Bohai navy for making him flee in embarrassment, and said unwillingly: "If we don't kill them all, the other Bohai navy and Han people will definitely follow and flee."

    Wanyan Zongwang also hesitated. The military system of the Jin Kingdom was cruel. Not to mention the Bohai Navy and the Han Army, many Jurchen tribes had complaints, but they were all frightened by the killings of the Wanyan tribe.  If he doesn't hunt down those Bohai navy today, maybe both the Bohai navy and the Han army will escape when the war starts tomorrow.

    Wushu said: "Send a plan"Even if someone went up to shoot them, not many would die.  "

    Although Wanyan Zongfu was more lenient, he also knew that the morale of the army could not be shaken and said: "Send a team of heavy armored infantry up to shoot them."

    Wanyan Zongwang saw that his third and fourth brothers said this, so he also sent a group of heavy armored infantrymen to go up.

    After the Jin State captured several cities in the Liao State and obtained steel, they obtained some heavy armored cavalry and heavy armored infantry.  The ferocious Jurchens put on heavy armor and were undoubtedly demons on the battlefield. No Liao soldiers could block their impact.

    But today¡¯s heavy armored infantry is to resist the bows and arrows of the beams.

    The Bohai navy who fled under the city wall saw the Jurchen heavy armor approaching and knew their purpose. They cried and begged the people who closed the city gate to open the city gate for them and let them in.

    Zhang Qing waved his hand and said: "Yue Fei, take the people down, open the city gate, and take the surrendering soldiers behind."

    "yes"

    Yue Fei clasped his fists in response and strode towards Guanxia.

    No one is worried that the Jurchens will take the opportunity to close the door. As long as the city top keeps throwing fire and thunder, the soldiers and horses outside can be cut off.  Unless the golden soldiers under the city can rush to the gate, it is almost impossible for hundreds of people with bare hands to rush to the gate.  Especially when the father-in-law leads the troops on his own, that can be said to be completely impossible.

    The Jurchens lived in a bitter cold land, and almost everyone had brute strength. Although they wore heavy armor, they did not move slowly. However, before they could enter the range of the archers on the city wall, they saw the city gate open and the Bohai Navy rushing to attack them.  They squeezed in and were escorted back by Daliang soldiers and horses.

    Seeing this, Wu Shu couldn't help but said: "Let the heavy armored infantry try to see if they can seize the city gate, otherwise I don't know how long it will take to capture Yuguan."

    Wanyan Zongwang also felt that playing cannon with Daliang would not work. If he forced the Bohai Navy or the Han Army to attack, they would probably escape directly.  If the Jurchens were allowed to go up, the Kingdom of Jin would not be able to bear such casualties.  Think about it for a moment.  Wanyan Zongwang nodded and said: "Let them rush up and seize the city gate."

    The Jurchen soldiers were indeed more reliable than the Bohai Navy. Although they knew there might be danger, they still screamed and rushed forward.

    Zhang Qing saw the Jin army rushing towards them with heavy armored infantry, and smiled: "There is no need to close the city gate, the fire-thunder hand will block the city gate."

    After the heavy armored infantry entered the shooting range of the archers, the archers fired a round of tentative shots. Most of the arrows hit the heavy armor but could not be penetrated. A few of the arrows were inserted into the heavy armor and the shots were not deep. Such injuries are not harmful to the enemy.  For savages, it's almost negligible.  Not a single wildling fell to the attack of the archers.

    ?Then comes the attack of the Fire Thunder Hands.  There were still more than ten feet away from the city gate, and the fire thunder hand began to throw down fire thunder continuously.

    Faced with gunpowder, the heavy armor was completely vulnerable. Those who were closer were directly blown to pieces, and those further away were directly blown to the ground.  Once the heavy armored infantry fell to the ground, it was like a tortoise being turned over, struggling hard.

    But the Jurchens were not completely brainless. When they saw the people in front being blown down one by one, the people behind them scattered and rushed forward.

    Under the intensive attack of the Fire Thunder Hands.  Actually, several Jurchens came around from the side to the city gate. Seeing that the city gate was close at hand, they howled with joy.

    This kind of wildness alone is not comparable to that of ordinary armies.  But they were not happy for long.  I saw a cannon the size of a watermelon thrown down, and then each of them saw only a flash of fire and was torn into pieces.  Those who were a little farther away only felt a strong force coming from them, and they immediately jumped into the trapeze.  There were also several overturned ones in the back.

    The huge explosion stunned the soldiers who had closed the door, and the continuous fire and thunder attacks also stopped.

    Zhang Qing shook his head vigorously, leaned forward and looked down.

    A large crater with a radius of more than ten feet was blasted directly in front of the city gate.  The middle is several feet deep.

    Although the Jurchens were not afraid of death, feeling the power of the artillery at close range still made them lose all intention of winning, and each of them slowed down a lot.

    The closed fire thunder hand also slowly recovered, and the fire thunder was accurately thrown at the feet of the Jurchens.

    Yimou defeated all the Jurchens in heavy armor. No retreat horn sounded from behind, and the Jurchens did not run away. They just changed from running wildly at the beginning to mechanical death.

    When Zhang Qing saw that all the heavy armored infantry were wiped out, he couldn't help but cursed: "What a fucking beast, meaningless death, but they didn't even withdraw their troops."

    Zhu Tong said: "The Jurchens are young. If they weren't so brutal, I might not be able to defeat the Liao Kingdom."

    Wanyan Zongwang watched as the heavy armored infantry in front of him were wiped out, and his heart was bleeding. There were few Jurchens, and all the men in the smaller tribes were just one Mouke. The death of one Mouke was almost the same as the destruction of a small Jurchen tribe.  .  butIn order to stabilize the Bohai Navy and the Han Army, he had to sacrifice a plot to defeat the Jurchens.  Both the Han army and the Bohai navy suffered almost 5,000 casualties in the past two days. When it was the Jurchen soldiers' turn, they couldn't just go up and withdraw when they saw something was wrong.

    Only by being equally cruel to oneself can they be frightened.

    Wu Shu, however, was heartless and said angrily: "The Han people's artillery is powerful, and they can't attack with artillery. If the catapults are not good, they can't rush in, so how can we fight?"

    Wanyan Zongwang frowned and said: "Now we can only dig tunnels and collapse the city walls so that we can rush in."

    Wanyan Zongfu also said helplessly: "This is the only way, let the strong men who cut wood dig the tunnel."

    "Well, let's go back to camp first. Bring them back and prepare all the tools. Let's start again after the ground becomes softer in the afternoon."

    Even though the tough Jurchens were relieved to see Brother Wanyan Zongwang riding back to camp, Daliang's firearms were so powerful that even the heavy armor was blown to pieces.  They dared to face Hubao with their bare hands, but now they didn't want to face Liang Jun with swords and guns.

    Zhang Qing saw the Jin soldiers retreating, so he let the soldiers in Guan Guan take turns to rest. Today, only one of the defenders in Guan Guan was injured. It was Zhang Qing who threw a cannon down and was cut by the fragments of the armor that exploded.

    Just after lunch, warning sounds came from the city again.

    Zhang Qing rode up to the gate and saw the Jin soldiers approaching in formation again. He cursed, "How dare these sons of bitches come here to die."

    As soon as he finished cursing, he saw a farmer behind him pushing a wooden cart wrapped in cowhide.

    The captain in charge of the gunners came over and asked, "Do you want to fire?"

    Zhang Qing thought for a while and said, "Wait a moment and see what they are going to do."

    A wooden cart several feet wide is not easy to aim with a stone cannon, and it would be too wasteful to use artillery.  Although the imperial court urgently dispatched a lot of artillery, it was definitely not enough to fight the civilians.

    Zhang Qing saw that the wooden cart had been pushed into the archer's shooting range, and shouted: "Fire the arrow."

    With an order, countless sharp arrows flew from the city like locusts and pounced towards the pass.

    However, the peasants immediately shrank into the wooden cart, and the arrows clanked on the cowhide cart. Many arrows were inserted into the wooden cart, and the wooden carts were nailed like hedgehogs, but the wooden carts were still drilling.  Pushed by the civilian husband inside, he moved forward.

    Zhang Qing saw that those wooden carts had entered the attack range of the thunder hand, and he was not stingy. The fire thunder was much more abundant than the artillery.

    "Fire and thunder attack."

    A row of fire thunders were thrown down, and most of the wooden carts rushing in front were blown to pieces or overturned.

    Wu Shu, who was supervising the formation behind, saw that the wooden chariot had advanced into the attack range of the Fire Thunder Hands, and then he blew the horn.

    The peasants who were huddled in the wooden cart also heard the loud roar in front, and many of them were frightened to the point of urinating. However, the Jurchens' butcher knives were raised behind them, so they could only grit their teeth and move forward.

    They also wanted to surrender to Daliang, but before leaving the camp, the Jurchens told him that a man had escaped. If he was found, the whole family would be killed.  If we can't find out who escaped, we will kill all the family members of this group of people.

    For the sake of the lives of their family members, they can only listen to the Jurchens.  (To be continued)

    ps: (Introduction to "Horror Space" 3043664: This is the story of a man living in the end of the world who enters space to fight, pursue, and save. The most terrifying thing in the horror world is not monsters and ghosts, but human hearts!)
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