The decisive battle broke out. Two hundred and fifty siege ladders were hung on the city walls. Twenty thousand puppet Qi troops charged upwards madly. Huge boulders fell like hailstones, fire and thunder exploded continuously, poisonous nails shot out, and barrels of kerosene fell head-on.
, the dark fire oil filled the siege ladder, and the torch was thrown, and the flames quickly spread throughout the ladder. The soldiers on the ladder panicked and jumped to escape.
The five heavy-duty nest vehicles in the distance are like five huge monsters, rumbling towards the city. They are only five hundred steps away from the Ganquan Castle wall. Ten thousand troops follow the five heavy-duty nest vehicles, and the low horn sounds.
Entire wilderness.
At this time, two boulders weighing a hundred kilograms flew out of the city and hit the heavy nest vehicle that was walking slowly. Unfortunately, the two boulders were slightly deflected, but they hit the enemy soldiers behind the boulders, dozens of them.
The soldier was beaten to pieces and died tragically on the spot.
In just a moment, two more boulders flew in the air. One was still slightly missed, but the other hit the target. Under the heavy blow, broken wood flew everywhere, and half of the nest car collapsed, making it basically useless.
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Chen Qing focused on the heavy-duty nest car. When a nest car was hit by a boulder, he also saw the clues. This kind of nest car seemed huge, but the details were too delicate. Even the outer shell peeled off the bark of the tree and cut into pieces.
It's neat and nice to look at, but its toughness is poor. You must know that tree bark can also greatly slow down the impact force.
Exquisite but impractical, Chen Qing suddenly became confident in destroying the nest car.
He immediately ordered: "Burn the siege ladder with fire!"
They must destroy the siege ladder as soon as possible to reduce the intensity of the enemy's siege.
Bundles of wheat straw were continuously brought up from the city, and the Song army threw them down the ladder. The wheat straw was quickly ignited. On average, dozens of bundles of wheat straw were burned around a siege ladder, surrounded by kerosene, which made the puppet Qi soldiers
Can't get close.
Li Cheng looked at the battlefield coldly from a distance. The Song army's bed crossbows, trebuchets and divine arm crossbows all turned to shoot at the Chao chariot and the Jurchen soldiers nearby. The Qi army did not have many attacks and could only use huge rocks.
Damn it, all the arrows in the city stopped shooting.
A general suggested to Li Cheng: "Commander, you can let the soldiers bury the kerosene in the soil, pick out the wheat straw with their guns, and continue the attack!"
Li Cheng gave him a cold look and said, "Do you think our brothers have not died enough?"
"But......"
"No buts!"
Li Cheng was very dissatisfied and said: "To attack a strong castle in a place where no one can shit, this is the war of the Jurchens, not ours, but they themselves did not move and let others die for them...
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Wanyan Wushu's authentic Jurchen soldiers only suffered hundreds of casualties on the trebuchets, and the others did not go into battle at all. In the end, all those who died were Qi army officers and Donghu soldiers. Both Li Cheng and the Donghu generals were dissatisfied.
Moreover, the Qi army's treatment was extremely poor. After a month of fierce fighting, they didn't even get a piece of meat. They only had brown rice and dried pickles for every meal. The soldiers complained. Although Li Cheng didn't speak on the surface, his dissatisfaction was also there.
pole.
The previous siege suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy casualties. Now the soldiers of the puppet Qi army have learned the lesson. They surrounded the siege ladder and shouted, but no one went up to put out the fire. They watched the fire engulf the siege ladder.
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Wanyan Wushu, who was in the distance, also saw that the puppet Qi army was being lazy and slippery and was not working hard. He was really annoyed, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Wanyan shouted to Lisa: "Marshal Du, let those Han people withdraw! The siege ladder is useless anyway, leaving them here will only get in the way!"
Wanyan Helisa's suggestion was selfish. Soon he would be appointed as the Left Marshal of the West Route Army. He would also have to rely on the Qi Army. If the Qi Army suffered heavy casualties, it would be difficult for him to mobilize them in the future.
Wanyan Wushu glanced at him and ordered: "Go and inform Li Cheng that his army can withdraw!"
Immediately a cavalryman ran to notify Li Cheng, who immediately said: "Blow the trumpet and retreat!"
"Woo——"
A long horn sounded, which was the unique withdrawal order of the Puppet Qi Army, and the soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army immediately retreated like a tide.
The main offensive force on the battlefield was switched, and the Donghu Jurchen Army became the main force. They held their shields and spears high, resisting the rain of arrows from the Song army, and gathered around four huge heavy nest vehicles.
At this time, the four heavy-duty nest vehicles gradually approached the city wall, and their true appearance was exposed to the eyes of the Song Army soldiers. They were huge and taller than the city wall. They were indeed meticulously made, and all the wood was neat and tidy, leaving no gaps.
On the front of the top of the nest car, there is a thick piece of wood eight feet long and five feet wide with two large iron hooks on the front. This is the upper city overpass. Behind the overpass, there are more than twenty tall and strong soldiers standing, with their heads
There is a roof on top, mainly to prevent the Song army from investing firearms.
More than two dozen Donghu soldiers were wearing heavy armor, holding shields and spears in their hands. Their eyes were cold and could not see any human emotions. They were like more than two dozen wild beasts. The stairs behind them were also full of the same people.
Strong Donghu soldiers.
Fire and thunder exploded above their heads, and the thick ceiling was blown to pieces. However, because it was wrapped with a thin layer of iron, it withstood the continuous bombardment of the gunpowder barrels, and even the burning of the gunpowder was of no avail.
The heavy chariot was getting closer and closer, and the earth-shattering shouts from the city were like a tsunami. All 17,000 Jurchen cavalry pressed forward and fired arrows at the top of the city from 150 steps away. The arrows were overwhelming, trying to suppress the Song army's attack on Chao.
Car attack.
The war against Ganquan Fort finally reached its climax.
On the top of the city, four thousand troops specifically targeting heavy nest vehicles have also been assembled. Yang Zaixing, Gao Ding, Liu Cui and Niu Gao each led a thousand troops. They carried bed crossbows, divine arm crossbows, kerosene and gunpowder barrels.
He even carried 10,000 dans of wheat straw.
The chariot slowly approached the city wall, with only a dozen or so final steps left. Forty crossbows were aimed at the baffle of the chariot, waiting for the moment when the overpass fell.
The bottom of the nest car finally hit the city wall, and several huge upper city overpasses fell almost at the same time, causing rubble to splash.
The westernmost nest car was the first to land on the upper city overpass. The two dozen powerful and heavily armored soldiers inside rushed out. What greeted them was a fierce attack from fifty jackdaw iron arrows. No matter how strong the armor was,
It can't block the crossbow's shot, not to mention it's only a short dozen steps away.
There was a scream on the overpass, and more than two dozen strong soldiers fell down one after another. Many people's bodies were shot through by iron arrows. The iron arrows were nailed to the wooden walls inside, making the Donghu soldiers who were about to rush up below frightened and squatted down.
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The gap period was only a few seconds. Niu Gao roared, jumped onto the overpass with a big ax, and rushed into the nest car first. Dozens of soldiers behind him followed him and rushed into the nest car.
At the same time, the same situation happened to the other three Chao vehicles. The Song troops, led by Yang Zaixing, Gao Ding and Liu Cui, rushed into the Chao vehicle and blocked the enemy troops in the Chao vehicle from entering the city.
This is Zhang Xiao's strategy, to regard the Chao Che as part of the city wall, to turn against the guests and seize the initiative.
Once the Song army captured the top, the Jurchen enemy troops would no longer have any chance. More than a dozen gunpowder barrels were dropped continuously. This type did not have poison nails, so as to avoid accidentally injuring the Song soldiers at the top.
The gunpowder barrels exploded continuously in the nest car. Dozens of soldiers inside were blown to pieces and the ladders were blown to pieces. Then, barrels of kerosene were poured in, and bundles of wheat straw were also thrown down.
Several torches ignited the kerosene, and the blazing flames began to burn rapidly inside, with thick smoke billowing, and crimson flames spitting tongues of flame outwards.
General Niu Gao and other generals had already led their troops to withdraw, and the Song army immediately destroyed the overpass on the upper city. The Song soldiers on top of the city threw down barrels of kerosene and bundles of wheat straw, and the area fifty steps below the city turned into a sea of fire.
The Thousand Arrows Piercing Formation in the city was activated again, and arrows fell like dense raindrops overhead. Countless soldiers died in despair.
The siege vehicles that Wanyan Wushu had placed infinite hopes on all failed in just a quarter of an hour, and thousands of Donghu infantry perished in the sea of fire.
Wanyan Wushu let out a long sigh and said to Fan Gong with great annoyance: "I regret not listening to Sir's advice!"