On the day when the Jin soldiers approached the city, it was gloomy and cloudy, and it seemed that they would collapse at any moment, crushing all living beings.
At this time, the army was facing the city, and at a glance, the flags covered the sun, the armor was like ink, and the spears were like a forest. The central army was infantry, with cavalry on both wings. Inside the Chinese army, a large three-color flag (reading the Tao) fluttered against the cold wind in Liaodong. It was the flag of the commander of the three armies, Zhuo Letai.
The 70,000-strong army remained motionless and silent, which showed that the main general was strict in governing the army.
Yuanmao had conscripted all the able-bodied men in the city into the army, but the strength of the Jin people was still nearly 20 times that of his own. If they hadn't had no worries about food and grass, so many people would have surrounded them to death. In a battle with such disparity, the weaker side is often defeated before the battle. It is really courageous to be able to stand upright on the city wall and face the heads of the mountains and fields. Between exhalation and inhalation.
Looking at the black army under the city, Yuan Sikong trembled from the bottom of his heart, but he was quickly driven off the city wall by Yuan Mao.
Zhuo Letai's army beat the drums, the sound was like thunder, every beat, chasing the rhythm of the heartbeat. The army began to shout to the sound of the drums, probably in Jurchen language, which they could not understand, but the short and high-pitched melody had extremely powerful magic power, turning into an invisible sword, sweeping across the three armies, the shouts became more and more urgent, The tense atmosphere hit everyone's veins, making the heartbeat unconsciously follow the frequency, as if it would burst and die in the next moment!
The frequency of war drums and shouts stopped abruptly one after the other at the moment of the climax. After a sudden silence, the man under the banner drew out his sword, pointed at Guangning City, and shouted: "Shoot the arrow!" —”
The voice runs through Changhong!
The archer looked at the full moon, and thousands of arrows flew towards Guangning City like locusts.
As soon as the arrow left the string, the infantrymen of the Golden Army raised their shields in a well-trained manner, placed them horizontally above their heads, protected the archers, and began to march down the city wall step by step.
Almost at the same time, the defenders on the city wall also raised their shields to resist the devouring arrow rain. The battle drums were beating on Guangning City, and Han Zhaoxing hid under the shield and shouted: "Attack!"
As the arrows flew towards the Jin army, the pitch-black shield was filled with bamboo arrows, and the arrow feathers were still shaking. The archers of the Jin army had already drilled out of the shield and shot a second wave of arrows.
Arrows rained from both sides, the shields of the Jin army below the city kept leaking, and the Sheng army on the city also fell to the ground, falling down, and howling for a while.
Zhuo Letai used archers as the vanguard to weaken the attack of the Sheng army, and then sent out a second wave of infantry, still under the cover of shields, in an attempt to transport the battering ram under the city wall.
Yuan Mao personally lifted the fiery red curtain of the Fengshen cannon, and under his command, the artillery bombarded the troops transporting the battering ram.
The Fengshen cannon is a breech-loading cannon. Compared with the breech-loading cannon that was easy to explode in the past, it is much safer and the reloading speed is much faster, but the cost is high. Liaodong has a total of four, and they are all safe in Guangning City. superior.
The two cannons fired at once, blowing up the battering ram completely.
Zhuo Letai no longer let the battering ram rush in, but commanded two catapults to throw huge logs and stones at Guangning City.
When the boulder hits the city, blood and flesh splatter, and when it hits the wall, ice cracks and tiles collapse. The more primitive the power, the more domineering it is.
"Fire!" Han Zhaoxing shouted, "Archers ready!".
"kill-"
The drums shook the sky, the shouts pierced the clouds, the Jin army came with boulders, and the Sheng army came with artillery fire, and there were countless casualties.
The troops with the battering ram continued to march towards the base of the city wall under the cover. One team was blown away and another team went up. Finally, they put down the planks, crossed the moat, and marched towards the main city gate.
Cheng Jun smashed the oil bottle at the shield armor covering the battering ram troops, then ignited the rocket, and shot at the kerosene sprayed from the broken oil bottle.
Pieces of shield armor burst into flames, and there was a shrill howl from under the shield armor.
Zhuo Letai's artillery chariot also marched slowly. These thunderbolt cannons are easy-to-explode muzzle-loading cannons, which were improved from Hongyi cannons. In terms of mechanical manufacturing, Manzi is far behind the Central Plains, but he has eight As many as there are, the number wins.
Just as Fengshen's cannons were lighting flowers everywhere on the ground, Zhuo Letai's cannons also exploded in unison, blasting towards the city wall of Guangning.
The wall of Guangning Guard City was two feet thick, and with the ice poured over the past few days, it was almost three feet thick.
However this is only temporary.
After wave after wave of dead soldiers laid the road, the golden man's battering ram finally hit the gate of Guangningwei for the first time. The power of that hammer did not hurt the city gate at all, but it directly hit the heart of every Cheng Jun.
Han Zhaoxing was sweating profusely in the severe winter, commanding back and forth on the top of the city, with Yuan Mao as his assistant, but giving orders was more useful than Han Zhaoxing. At this time, the battle situation was critical. Like a tiger, the small town of Guangning is in danger.
"The newspaper—the south corner of the city was destroyed by a huge rock!"
"Chen Yulong, you lead three hundred troops to reinforce the south of the city."
"yes!"
"Liang Huiyong, send two hundred more archers to protect the west gate."
"yes!"
At this time, the battle had lasted for nearly two hours, Zhuo Letai's offensive vigor remained undiminished, and the Cheng army was also methodical. The battering ram hit the city gate several times, and was killed by the defenders on the city. Zhuo Letai continued to let the battering ram troops go up, and at the same time sent the infantry to rush to the city wall with the climbing ladder.
Countless long ladders were erected on the city wall, and fearless soldiers climbed up one after another. The defenders on the city greeted each other with bows, arrows, stones, and boiling water. There was endless howls.
Since ancient times, siege has been the worst strategy, and the technique of ant possession is the worst strategy for siege, but it is also the most common and easy to control tactic, especially when we are outnumbered, artillery stones and battering rams have been dispersed. In the case of most of the army's firepower, the climbing ladders were constantly broken and attached. In the end, it was not only the strength of the troops, but also the perseverance.
Yuan Mao divided the defenders of the city wall into two groups. One group attacked the Jin army climbing the wall, and the other group rested.
Gradually, no one dared to climb up.
Sheng Jun's stubbornness was beyond Zhuo Letai's imagination.
The battle lasted from noon to dusk, and the Jin army lost thousands of soldiers. Several times they saw that the gap had been opened, and then retreated again under the onslaught, but they were still unable to attack the city.
Unwilling to be reconciled, Zhuo Letai continued to attack.
Both sides suffered heavy losses, and their troops would be exhausted until the sky disappeared and dusk fell. Zhuo Letai did not retreat but advanced, intending to use the advantage of numbers to exhaust the Guangning defenders to death.
"Lord Chief Soldier, Chengnan is going to be overwhelmed!"
"General Han, I'm afraid there are not enough arrows."
Han Zhaoxing was in a state of desperation, but he had to force himself to be calm: "Continue to stick to it, stick to it!"
Yuan Mao's eyes were bloodshot, his face was pale, and he was still directing the soldiers non-stop. No one knows whether Guangning City can survive tonight, but as long as he is still alive, he will definitely kill another golden dog !
Zhuo Letai's pressure was no less than Yuanmao's. The dead bodies in the city were already piled up to two people high. No one dared to climb the ladder even after the reward was announced. Moreover, the soldiers were tired and hadn't had a drop of water for half a day. The offensive was obviously much slower.
When it was completely dark, Zhuo Letai saw that morale was low, and he might lose more if he continued to attack. In desperation, he finally ordered to retreat.
So far, Guangningwei survived the first night after the war began.