Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 619 Fierce battle between two places

At this moment, a giant ship of five thousand shi rumbled toward it from the west. This was a large ship specially used for ramming in the Song Dynasty. A thousand stone warship crashed into two pieces.

More importantly, this is a steam engine ship with a huge paddle wheel installed at the back, which does not require sailors to row the boat, and it has a specific and powerful forward motion.

The boat suddenly blew its whistle, and the loud sound of the whistle scared the soldiers of the Liao army on the shore back, and Yelu Hongji shouted anxiously, "Stop it!"

But no one could stop the big ship's mad advance, and the soldiers standing on the pontoon bridge fled to both sides one after another, only listening to 'Boom! 'With a loud noise, the ship smashed the wooden boxes and stakes into pieces, opening a gap more than ten feet long.

Dozens of soldiers fell into the water one after another, but the big ship started to turn around after less than a mile, and hit the pontoon bridge again from the east.

After the third impact, the Liao army spent a day and a night building only the initial section near the north bank, and the other pontoon bridges that were one mile long disappeared.

Yelu Hongji's face was livid, he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe that there is no way to take the warships of the Song Army?"

He sternly said: "Mobilize all the people, and build a dam for me!"

This is the last and most effective method. Build a stone dam with an opening a few feet wide in the middle, so that the river will not be blocked. In the end, as long as a few bridge slabs are built on the gap, the Liao army on the other side can come over, and even refuse Mahe was no longer an obstacle to the Liao army.

It's just that it takes time to build the dam, and it will take at least 10 people to work for a month to complete it.

But in the eyes of the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, all the people in the world are ants, and he will never cherish the power of the people at this time.

Yelu Hongji immediately issued a decree to recruit 30 peasants from Nanjing Road, use 50 animals to quarry stones in Hunling Mountain [-] miles away, and build a dam on the Juma River.

The siege of Yi County has entered the ninth day, and the Song army has always blocked the news of finding the water source, so that Yelu Kunping finally couldn't bear it until the eighth day and ordered the army to storm the city.

In addition to dealing with the Khitan army, the Han army, Bo Haijun, and Xi army all joined the battle, and Yelu Kunping sent another thousand swordsmen to supervise the battle.

The sound of war drums was rumbling, and the [-] army attacked like a tide. The Song army once again sacrificed the giant wooden array. Thousands of giant trees smashed the sky and covered the Liao soldiers. The Liao soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but they had to continue running wildly. The soldiers of the Wan Liao army finally attacked the city. Arrows rained down from the top of the city, and the siege soldiers kept falling to the ground with arrows. The ladder climbed to the top of the city, and countless Liao troops climbed to the top of the city like ants.

'Woo——' the low horn sounded.

Five thousand cavalrymen of the Liao army rushed towards the city. They drew their bows and set arrows while sprinting, and the dense arrows shot towards the city. Powerful offensive.

The soldiers who threw the giant logs were constantly hit with arrows, which suppressed the giant wooden array. As soon as the siege soldiers loosened their heads, they immediately accelerated their offensive. Soldiers began to climb to the top of the city and fought fiercely with the soldiers of the Song army at the top of the city.

Yang Wenguang saw the dense crowd of soldiers under the city, and he could not even see the color of the land. He knew that the time was ripe, and immediately ordered: "Prepare Iron Fire Thunder!"

The Song army pushed fifty small trebuchets and quickly fixed them on the top of the city. Ten soldiers pushed the capstan. There was an iron hook under the iron throwing bag, and a rope hooked it, and the other end of the rope was buckled on the ground. At this time, as long as the rope is cut, the trebuchet will be thrown out.

Two soldiers put iron fire mines weighing fifty to sixty catties into their throwing pockets. One soldier unscrewed his hat and lit the matchlock with a torch. The matchlock burned rapidly. When it reached the red line, the fire chief shouted, "" put"

The pull rope was cut, and the trebuchet threw the iron fire thunder violently, with a range of about a hundred steps. According to experience, if the launching rules were strictly followed, the iron fire mine would either explode above the head or explode on the ground.

Fifty trebuchets were launched almost at the same time, and fifty black iron balls were thrown out of the city. Yelu Kunping saw the iron balls at a glance, he closed his eyes in shock, and plugged his ears with his hands. The feared weapon is finally here again.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

A series of earth-shattering explosions sounded outside the city. Except for the soldiers fighting fiercely with the enemy, the rest of the soldiers covered their ears and squatted on the ground. The ground was trembling, the city walls were shaking, and the screams of the enemy were drowned out.

The shock wave swayed in all directions, and for a while, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and black smoke enveloped the earth. More than 100 siege ladders were knocked down by the shock wave. Thousands of Liao troops on the siege ladders fell to the ground one after another, and many soldiers were seriously injured.

Yang Wenguang did not hesitate, and ordered again: "Shoot again!"

They brought a thousand iron fire mines this time, and only used up fifty at a time, which was enough for them.

Soon, the second round of iron fire thunders was thrown down the city. Fifty iron fire thunders rolled into the dense crowd and exploded again. , even if he is not dead, the thousands of poison-enhanced iron nails shot into the body after the explosion of the iron fire thunder will cause serious damage to the human body, causing it to lose combat effectiveness at least, and even die at worst.

Immediately afterwards, the third round of iron fire lasers came, and the explosion deafened the ears. There was no one standing in the city, and black smoke completely enveloped the battlefield.

Three rounds of iron fire and thunder explosions caused more than [-] Liao army casualties. In addition to the previous giant wooden formations and soldiers and arrows, more than half of the [-] Liao army casualties completely scared the Liao army soldiers out of their wits. flee.

Yelu Kunping heaved a long sigh. It seems that the Song army has not cut off the water source, and with the iron fire thunder weapon, even if the army is exhausted, they will not be able to attack Yi County.
"I really can't conquer Yi County, it seems that I have to ask the emperor for my sin!" Yelu Kunping sadly said to the crowd.

A general advised him: "General, we are about to attack the city today, why not try to attack the city from three sides and disperse the army, the lethality of Tie Huo Lei will not be so powerful."

Another general also said: "We have only attacked the city twice, and there are still more than [-] troops in the army. I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain to the emperor. I also suggest to continue to attack the city."

Yelu Kunping's confidant General Xiao Jiuchong said in a low voice: "I carefully observed the Tie Huolei of the Song Army, and found that the first time the damage was the largest, the second time it weakened, and the third time the number of casualties was the smallest. The main reason for this result is that During the third explosion, most of the soldiers were lying on the ground, so does this mean that as long as they can lie down in time, they can effectively resist the attack of the iron fire thunder."

Under the persuasion of the generals, Yelu Kunping was a little tempted. It seemed that there was something wrong with his siege deployment.

"Okay! Continue to attack the city tomorrow and try to attack the city from three sides!"

That night, the camp was lit all night, and the craftsmen were rushing to make the siege ladders overnight. When the day was about to dawn, [-] siege ladders were ready.

The next day, the day was bright, and the battle drums were loud again in the Liao army camp. Except for the [-] soldiers and the wounded guarding the camp, the rest of the nearly [-] troops were all on board. Except for the North City, they launched a war against Yi County from three directions: east, west, and south. All-out attack.

'Boom!Boom!Boom! 'The drums of war rang loudly.

Yelu Kunping waved his sword and shouted: "Taking Yi County, the first one to conquer the city will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and be promoted to three ranks!"

"Kill!"

Thirty thousand soldiers rushed towards the three city walls with shouts, and the attack was like a tidal wave. Thirteen thousand Song soldiers were waiting on the top of the city. Tens of thousands of rolling logs were ready, and a more brutal battle kicked off.

(End of this chapter)