There were cheers on the top of Ganquan Fort, and the soldiers returned to the south city head one after another, and all kinds of equipment that had been temporarily moved away were transported back to their positions.
Chen Qing looked at the sea of fire in the distance, nodded with satisfaction and said: "Pass on my order and reward the craftsman camp with three thousand guan of money!"
Chen Qing's idea was to seize the opportunity and launch a fire attack while the enemy's heavy trebuchet still needed to be installed and debugged. Zheng Ping proposed using thunder kites to divert the enemy's attention and not give the Jin soldiers a chance to drag away the trebuchet.
Then the ten trebuchets were completely burned with kerosene.
The biggest difficulty here is accuracy. How to ensure that the fire clay and kerosene hit the trebuchet. For accuracy, the craftsmen in the craftsman camp worked hard all night and used their experience and ingenuity to set the fire clay bag to fifty
Five kilograms, and fine-tuning the Thousand-Step Cannon, finally ensured that both the clay bags and the kerosene barrels accurately hit the trebuchet array.
Looking at the ten trebuchets that were engulfed by the fire, Wanyan Wushu felt extremely heartbroken, but he had no choice but to do it. The arrow was already on the string, and he could no longer withdraw his troops. He immediately ordered: "The Jurchen army will cover, and the Qi army will attack. Give it to me."
Beat the drum!"
'Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!'
In the raging fire, the huge war drums beat, and 20,000 troops began to go into battle. Han Chang was the Jurchen commander, Li became the Qi army commander, and Wanyan Wushu personally commanded the siege.
The Jurchen army did not use cavalry, but 10,000 infantry. They were armed with large shields and spears, and had crossbows and crossbows on their backs. Of course, these 10,000 Jurchen infantry were not authentic Jurchens, but Jurchens in a broad sense.
Including various ethnic groups conquered by the Wanyan tribe in the early years, including the Bohai people, Xi people and other Donghu people.
This is also an adjustment made within the Jin Kingdom to minimize the Jurchen casualties in the war and use other Donghu people to serve their lives. Of course, they will also be given certain benefits. Therefore, among the 30,000 Jurchens sent this time, the authentic Huining Jurchens
There are only 10,000 people, and the other 20,000 are Donghu people. Of course, they are also called Jurchens. They all have the same appearance and armor. Only they can be distinguished internally, and it is difficult for the Han people to distinguish them.
These 10,000 Jurchen infantrymen are Bohai people. They are generally tall and good at infantry combat, including sieges.
They were divided into five square formations and advanced with shields held high. They would set up a crossbow formation to attack the defenders at the top of the city and the 10,000 Song archers inside the city, and cover the 10,000 Qi army's attack.
The team passed the blazing trebuchet formation and continued to advance. They would advance to the 150-step line, and then launch a crossbow battle.
The defense of Ganquan Fort has always focused on a triple strike strategy that combines distance, middle and near, using crossbows for long distances, crossbows and divine arm crossbows for medium distances, and defensive bows or small trebuchets for close distances.
When Chen Qing saw that the enemy had entered the 300-step line, he immediately ordered: "Crossbow shooting!"
The range of the bed crossbow is one mile. Why wait until three hundred steps before shooting? The key is that the opponent has a shield. If the distance is far, the jackdaw arrow cannot penetrate the enemy's shield.
The red flag was waved, five hundred crossbows were fired at the same time, dense jackdaw arrows were shot into the air, and two thousand five hundred jackdaw arrows pounced on the Jurchen infantry who were approaching in formation like locusts.
‘Woo’
The sharp horn sounded in the infantry team, and the soldiers of the third and fourth phalanxes in the five phalanxes raised their shields and crouched down to resist the jackdaw arrows whistling in the air.
The jackdaw iron arrow is worthy of being the first of a hundred arrows. Even a strong double-layer cowhide shield cannot withstand its powerful penetrating power. When the shield is penetrated, the jackdaw arrow immediately penetrates into the soldier's head and body, causing screams and wails.
Entire wilderness.
More than 600 people were killed and injured by jackdaw arrows. The blood gathered into a river and soaked into the soil that had turned red. This was the result of previous wars. Almost all the soil in front of Ganquan Fort turned reddish brown.
The infantry sped up and started running. Then the second round of crossbows was fired, and the Jurchen infantry once again suffered more than 500 casualties.
Nearly nine thousand infantrymen rushed to the 150th step, used shields as cover, and began to fire arrows at the top of the city. A cloud of arrows flew up to the top of the city, and most of them passed over the top of the city and flew into the city. Their target was inside the city.
Ten thousand archers guarding the city.
In the test battle, Wanyan Wushu found that the distance of the 10,000 soldiers' arrows was within a hundred steps outside the city. He roughly determined the positions of the 10,000 archers. Therefore, these 10,000 infantry soldiers should be able to hit the opponent, but they would not.
Wounded by the opponent's arrows.
Wanyan Wushu's strategy was indeed successful. The 10,000 archers in the city had to retreat quickly and could no longer maintain the formation of 10,000 archers.
At this time, a cavalryman rushed over, raised his command arrow and shouted: "The commander-in-chief has ordered that 10,000 archers return to camp to rest and change guard to guard the city in four hours!"
Groups of soldiers began to retreat and ran towards the military camp. They rushed back to rest and regain their strength before returning to fight.
At the same time, the three thousand divine arm crossbow troops on the top of the city began to show off their power. They lay half-lying on the ground and loaded the bow, and then fired outwards. The target was of course the Jurchen crossbowmen one hundred and fifty years away.
Arrows from both sides were killing each other, and the casualties continued to increase. At this time, fierce war drums sounded.
Ten thousand puppet Qi troops carried two hundred siege ladders and rushed towards Ganquan Fort with shouts. Wanyan Wushu gave a heavy reward. The one who climbed to the top of the city was rewarded with fifty guans, and the first one who climbed to the top of the city was rewarded with five guans.
Qian Guan.
The huge reward greatly inspired the puppet Qi army. Their morale was high and they ran desperately. They quickly passed through the burning trebuchets and the Jurchen army's crossbow array. The bed crossbows and divine arm crossbows on the city top took turns firing.
Countless soldiers fell down while running under the city. The denser the team, the greater the casualties.
However, thousands of casualties could not change the progress of the attack. Wide siege ladders were hung on the top of the city, and soldiers began to swarm up, climbing desperately.
Wanyan Wushu issued the order, "The Jurchen bow and crossbow array stopped shooting and turned to attack!"
The battle flags were waving, the drums were beating loudly, and Han Chang shouted: "Put down the crossbows and attack!"
Eight thousand Jurchen infantry put down their crossbows, holding shields and spears, and joined the attacking team.
In this official attack, both sides brought out powerful weapons. The siege ladder of the Jin soldiers became wider, allowing two people to climb side by side at the same time, making it easier to cover each other.
This is indeed a great improvement. It is much better for two people to fight than for one person to fight alone. This is not that one plus one equals two, but that one plus one is greater than two.
But the devil is one foot high, and the road is ten feet high. The Song army used not only huge rocks to show its power, but also a kind of "Meng Po soup".
Meng Po Soup is a joking name for the soldiers of the Song Army. It is actually fire mud. The soldiers of the Song Army used large copper spoons to pour ladles of burning fire mud like feeding fishes in a fish pond. The rain and dew of the Jin soldiers and the puppet Qi army were all covered with it.
, burning fire oil falls on the body, which is much scarier than scalding oil.
The enemy soldiers used shields to resist, but they were still burned until they screamed and stamped their feet, and those who were severely burned rolled down the siege ladder.
Fire and thunder exploded under the city, and poisonous nails flew everywhere. The golden soldiers were unable to defend themselves, and the grim smile of death appeared in almost every corner.
However, enemy troops continued to climb up and fight fiercely with the Song army at the crenel. Everyone was eager to be the first to climb to the top of the city. One person was assassinated and another one emerged. The two sides fought extremely fiercely and were locked in a stalemate.
This time, the horse-faced city wall was not spared, and a siege ladder was set up. Soldiers of the puppet Qi army began to climb up, but they were also attacked head-on by the Song army.
At this moment, there was a commotion in the middle of the city wall, and there was a huge fire on top of the city. Many Song troops were set alight by the fire, which made the Song troops scream. In the chaos, Jurchen soldiers began to rush to the top of the city.
Although Chen Qing didn't know what happened, the top priority at this time was support.
He turned around and shouted to Niu Gao, who was waiting at the head of Xicheng: "General Niu will bring five hundred troops to support!"
"Follow the order!"
Niu Gao agreed loudly and waved his hand, "Follow me!"
He rushed over with five hundred soldiers.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing stumbled over, his eyebrows and temples were singed, and shouted to Chen Qing: "Capital Commander, the enemy is using kerosene to attack the city!"
