In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 338: Fierce Fire Oil vs. Fierce Fire Oil

Azan on the other side was a bit worse at archery, and it took him more than a dozen arrows to hit two.

There were five people behind their cart, and several others imitated them and tried to shoot arrows, but most of them did not dare to go out and only dared to shoot backwards from behind the cart.

This is equivalent to blind tossing, which is quite difficult. Whether you can hit it or not depends on your luck.

Many people couldn't control the parabola and would either shoot too close or too far. Only Dazazan was very accurate and almost every arrow landed behind the crenel.

Both sides exchanged fire, each suffering casualties.

Dazazan from the city shot a few more arrows, and the Song army's second round of artillery soon came.

"Squat down, squat down, cover your ears." Zhao Xiaotian's voice sounded again.

"Bang, bang, bang--" Five artillery pieces of the Song Army fired continuously.

Phew, this time a shot hit the city gate.

Only one shot hit after ten rounds. Dazazan felt that the hit rate of the artillery was a bit low.

It was at the same time that the cannon hit.

"whoosh"

Further back, the first shot of the Song Army's trebuchet was finally fired.

Dazazan looked at the trebuchet and hit it on the front of the city wall.

There was a sigh around him, and he was only half a step away from hitting the city wall.

The first shot was a stone. Dazazan felt that such a small stone was useless.

After a while, Dazazan heard Zhao Xiaotian's voice: "It should be blocked behind the city gate. Keep pushing forward and try again."

The Song army's artillery at about sixty paces was to see if there was any blockage behind the city gate.

If it is blocked, the Mongolian army will not suddenly rush out, so they have to push forward.

The cannon just tried was probably blocked behind the city gate, and the Mongolian army could not get out.

Song Jun's carriage boldly continued to push forward.

This time push it to thirty steps.

But the artillery didn't follow first.

Dazazan and their ten carriages were all alone in front, thirty steps away from the city gate. The scene looked very strange.

At this moment, there was a sudden flash of fire at the top of the city, and a Mongolian army raised a rocket.

Phew, an arrow shot at Dazazan's carriage.

"Rocket, rocket--" There was a sound of panic all around.

Someone blew air through the gap.

"Don't panic, don't panic -" Zhao Xiaotian arranged for everyone, it will take a while for the rocket to burn up, so why panic?

Moreover, they had already prepared the car and poured water on it.

There are two water bags at the back of each cart.

Dazazan reacted quickly and took the lead in grabbing a water bag, pouring a wave onto the rocket, extinguishing the fire in an instant.

However, people from the Mongolian army appeared one after another with rockets, and they shot at the cart. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen arrows hit the cart.

The people on the side of the cart also watered the water.

The Song Army's carriage had been wet before, so it was difficult to burn it in a short period of time. Just when the Mongolian Army was shooting happily.

"Huh!" Black shadows flew up in the air.

The Song Army's trebuchet launched again.

This time five trebuchets were thrown one after another.

The first measurement has determined the weight of the counterweight box.

This time I switched directly to kerosene bombs.

Usually the Song Army's first wave, and even the first few waves of kerosene bombs, do not carry fire, but unexpectedly the Mongolian Army took the lead in using rockets.

As soon as a Mongolian army lit the arrow, a black shadow flew towards the city.

The Mongolian troops at the top of the city scattered to avoid them. The Mongolian troops turned around and crouched under the corner of the wall.

Bang, the kerosene exploded immediately after it hit the ground, and a piece of kerosene splashed onto the chest of the Mongolian army.

"Damn it." The Mongolian army yelled, because the rocket shaft in his hand was also burning.

He stood up hurriedly, trying to shoot the arrow out quickly.

As soon as he stood up, he was hit in the chest by an arrow from the Divine Arm Bow.

Ah, the Mongolian army screamed and fell to the ground, including their men and arrows, falling into the kerosene on the ground.

Phew, as a gust of wind blew in the air, the clothes on his legs first caught fire, and then the fire grew bigger and bigger, causing him to scream and roll on the ground.

There was a lot of fire oil on the ground, and the fire got bigger and bigger, and soon there were screams from all around.

Before the Song army's carts were completely burned, the kerosene bombs at the top of the city had already set the city on fire. The Mongolian troops were scattered in all directions. Some people had to put out the fire, but they also had to guard against the Song arrows and trebuchets. It was quite chaotic.

Before the Mongolian army's fire was extinguished, the Song army's rockets came up again.

When the Song army saw the Mongolian army firing rockets, they immediately threw rockets upwards as well.

The two sides were throwing rockets at each other in broad daylight, and the Mongolian city suddenly became more chaotic, with more and more flames.

After a while, the flames on several of the Song Army's carriages finally started to burn, spreading slowly and being unable to be extinguished.

Just as the flames on the carriage were getting bigger and bigger, the Song army threw two more waves of kerosene bombs at the top of the city. There were flames all over the city. The Mongolian troops could no longer gather together and scattered to both sides.

A Dachi's liver and gallbladder were split when he saw it, and he was angry and angry.

Wokuotai had previously reminded the Mongolian troops everywhere that the Song army's siege routine was to first burn the city with fire so that it could not stand, and when there was no one at the city, they would push the artillery to the front to blast the city gates.

He was already prepared and had prepared a large amount of sand and some water at the top of the city. However, the Song army's arrow rain was too fierce and his defenders were few, so he could not withstand it at all.

It is easy to be shot if you stand at the top of the city for more than five seconds, so it is very difficult to carry sand and water to put out the fire at the top of the city. Many people will catch fire after being shot down, which will cause the flames to burn bigger and bigger.

It was only February, and the Mongolian army had a lot of clothes, and they burned faster than a cart.

At this time, the Song army's rear infantry began to use a large number of rockets.

When the Song Army's fourth and fifth waves of fire oil bombs hit the city, the fifty steps to the left and right of the city were covered in flames.

Atachi himself also left the city fifty steps away.

He looked at the direction of the city with a dark face. There were a large number of Mongolian corpses lying scattered on it. Because the Song army also used rockets, every corpse of the Mongolian army was burning.

The top of the city was blazing with flames, and no one could stand within fifty steps.

Seeing the Mongolian army leaving the city within fifty steps, Dazazan and the others in front of the west city gate hurried to the front of the carriage to extinguish the flames above.

The carriage had suffered heavy losses at this time. Many of the hemp ropes tied with it had been burned and it was in a state of dilapidation. Fortunately, the Mongolian army had been forced back outside the city gate and it did not do much harm to them.

If the fire continues, the carriage will probably fall apart.

The Song Army's artillery quickly pushed forward, this time directly within ten steps of the city gate.

The dark muzzle faced the door.

"Boom, boom, boom" the artillery fired continuously.

This time all five cannons hit, and the city gate was scattered and shattered.

But behind the broken city gate, thick masonry appeared.

Dazazan and the others were standing nearby, dumbfounded. They fought together for a long time, but it was all in vain?
But Song Jun didn't seem to be in a hurry, and Zhao Xiaotian said: "Sure enough, there is a wall behind."

Before Zhao Xiaotian's voice fell, the Song Army's artillery had already begun to retreat.

Directly in front of the Song Army's camp, beside the pit that Zhao Xiaotian had arranged to dig, many Song soldiers were gathering.

"Go in." Someone ordered, and the Song troops jumped into the water one after another.

Everyone dipped into the puddle, even their hair got wet. After soaking for a while, they climbed out of the puddle one after another.

It's a bit cold in February now, and everyone is grinning from the cold.

The cotton armor worn by these Song soldiers was quite heavy after being soaked by water.

But it was not over yet. At this time, Song Jun handed over a new kind of clothes. They looked gray and white and were quite crudely made.

The top is like a later raincoat, with a slit, which can be pulled down from the neck and draped down to the legs.

Each Song Jun helped a soaked Song Jun put it on. After putting it on, it looked like he was wearing a raincoat and looked bloated.

These new clothes worn by the Song Army are fire-proof clothing invented by Zhao Yurui.

Made of fire cloth.

Huohuan cloth is asbestos, which was once a famous luxury product before the Song Dynasty.

At first, Huohuanbu was a tribute, and only tribute from foreign countries would come to the Central Plains.

In the Song Dynasty, during the Zhezong era of Song Dynasty, some fire-huan cloths were brought back from Arab countries. The Song people at that time were shocked to see these fire-proof fire-huan cloths, and the importers deliberately said that they were made of precious animal hair. Raising the price of Huohuan cloth, it was once speculated to be a hundred times more valuable than gold.

The Song court saw that this stuff was relatively expensive, so they began to research its production. It was not until the Huizong period of the Song Dynasty that they discovered that Huohuan cloth was not woven from the legendary animal hair, but that the raw material was just a mineral.

After that, the Song Dynasty began to arrange for craftsmen to mine and produce Huohuan cloth in large quantities, and the price of Huohuan cloth also plummeted.

Although Huohuan cloth could be produced, it was limited by mining and usage, and it was not popular on a large scale at that time. Later, due to excessive output and lack of demand from the people, the court had no motivation to produce it.

It was not until Zhao Yurui ascended the throne that the imperial court restarted the production of Huohuan cloth and banned its sale on the market. All of it was used in the military.

This thing is rarely used in normal times. Now that the Song army is about to attack the city gate, several groups of Song soldiers have put on fire coats like raincoats.

After they finished covering themselves, Song soldiers nearby picked up many shields from the puddle, and then picked up pieces of leather felt from the puddle, all of which were soaked in the water for a long time.

Then they came to the back of a carriage. This carriage was relatively small. Song Jun covered it with soaked leather felt, and then added a layer of fire cloth on top. The wheels were soaked in water, and a layer of water was poured on the surface of the carriage. Each Song army held a soaked shield.

Immediately, another wave of people pushed the carriage forward.

Almost at the same time as the Song army was leaving, a large number of Mongolian troops were also gathering on the city top not far away.

"crash"

Someone on the side poured water on these Mongolian soldiers.

Yes, the Mongolian army is also watering.

Adachi obviously believed that the Song army could not be allowed to attack the city gate all the time.

The Song Army's artillery retreated, but there was no moat in Shazhou City, so the Song Army would definitely attack again. "The fire at the top of the city is much lighter." Adachi said: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, let's see what the Song people want to do?"

The Mongolian soldiers also wet their clothes one after another, and then they worked in pairs, each carrying a pot of hot oil, and stood by on both sides of the city gate.

After a while, they saw Song Jun pushing a carriage up, with many Song troops following around the carriage.

"Coming, coming, prepare to burn them to death." A La Gu smiled ferociously, don't think that you Song people are the only ones with the fire oil.

At this time, the other battlefield actions of both sides were relatively small. On the other three sides of Shazhou City, the Song Army clearly prepared ladders, but there were no ants attacking the city at all. They just kept throwing arrows towards the city head, relying on the divine arm bow and The range of the infantry bow was consuming the Mongolian army.

Adachi saw that the Song army was mainly attacking the west gate, and had mobilized a large number of troops to approach the west gate to defend it with all its strength.

Both sides seem to be focusing their attention on this, and have begun to fish in many places. The Song army is fishing, and so is the Mongolian army.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the west gate.

"Buzz buzz" Song Jun's carriage and people quickly approached the west gate.

"Up, up, up." A Lagu shouted sharply, and the Mongolian army, who was soaked all over, carried several pots of hot oil to the city gate.

"Raise higher, raise higher, be careful of Song Army's rockets."

People around me reminded me from time to time that because there was still a fire burning on the scene, the pot should be raised higher, and then there were people on the side holding shields to be careful of Song Army rockets.

What they learned from Song Jun was that there was someone holding a shield on the outside for protection, and each person also held another shield in his hand.

However, the Mongolian army had a small round shield, and its defensive area was far inferior to the Song army's large rectangular shield.

The Mongolian army was also relatively fierce and rushed in despite the flames at the top of the city.

At this time, the Song army had just arrived below the city gate.

"Quickly fall." The Mongolian army was afraid that the Song army would enter the barbican, so they quickly poured down the fire oil.

The first pot of hot oil was poured on the back half of the carriage, and the second pot of hot oil was poured directly on the shields held by several Song troops.

The ground in front of the city gate was filled with fierce fire oil.

A torch was thrown to the ground at the same time.

Whoosh, the fire swept across the scene, burning all around the city gate in an instant, and all the Song troops were wrapped in flames.

With a proud and ferocious laugh on A La Gu's face, I will burn you to death. Don't think that you are the only ones who can use strong fire oil.

The Mongolian army continued to fall.

At this time, Song Jun's rockets also shot upward.

After the Mongolian troops poured three or four pots, a few arrows hit their pots. Flames shot up from the top of the city and enveloped several Mongolian troops. Some of the Mongolian troops above scattered to avoid them.

There were also brave Mongolian soldiers who continued to fall even though they were soaked.

Dazazan was twenty steps away from the city with the carriage. He watched in disbelief as the Mongolian army poured a large amount of kerosene down, burning directly under the west city gate. After a dozen Song troops entered the barbican city, they seemed to be burned by the flames. Wrapped inside.

It's over now, are these people going to die?Dazazan thought in horror.

The next moment, he quickly took his bow, poured fire oil on the city wall, and shot at the Mongolian army. At this time, Song army archers came not far behind him and fired at it.

The Mongolian army at the top of the city could no longer hold it any longer. They were not afraid of fire but were also afraid of arrows, so they dispersed immediately.

There were no Mongolian troops at the west city gate again.

Not far away, A Dachi and A La Gu were both very proud, and their minds were already thinking of the Song army under the city gate, howling like ghosts, howling, holding their heads, and scurrying around in embarrassment.

But after waiting for a long time, the carriage and the Song army seemed to be in no mess at all. Although there were flames everywhere on the ground, not a single Song army ran out of Wengcheng.

"Something's wrong?" Isn't Song Jun afraid of being burned?

Even if the Song Army is not afraid of fire, isn't the Song Army's carriage afraid of fire?

Atachi and Alagu were both shocked.

They stared at the Wengcheng under the city gate, their eyes almost popped out of their eyes, but they did not see any Song troops coming out, nor did they see any panic scenes.

Because it was level with the city gate, the two of them could not see what was happening in the urn city from where they were. They could only look at the city gate, but they did not wait until Song Jun ran out in panic.

Not far from the city gate, Dazazan was still staring blankly at the flames at the city gate. Zhao Xiaotian ran over again and shouted: "Get down, get down, get down, cover your ears."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then saw Zhao Xiaotian himself lying on the ground. Only then did everyone react and lay down one after another.

Dazazan lay on the ground, but still raised his head and looked forward.

I saw a large number of Song troops suddenly running away in the flames in front.

"?" Dazazan saw before that the shields held by the Song army were doused with kerosene, but he was okay?
In almost a moment, all the Song troops who had just rushed into the urn city ran out.

After the Song soldiers threw away their shields, they all wore raincoat-like fire coats, which looked strange.

But their armor was heavy and their bodies were soaked, so they ran very slowly. After running away from the city gate, they quickly dispersed to both sides, and before they had run twenty steps, they quickly fell down like them.

Not far away, the Song army raised rockets and fired directly at the city gate.

Swish, swish, a dozen rockets shot into the vicinity of the city gate.

After a moment.

"Boom" there was an earth-shattering loud noise.

Dazazan and the others were relatively close, and he was completely dizzy from the explosion. His mind was buzzing, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

The strong explosion almost overturned the entire west city gate, but because there was a large amount of bricks and stones blocked behind the gate, it actually destroyed the urn city. The gate was not bombed very hard, and only a gap was created by the shock wave.

The collapsed urn city sank in the middle, and a broken slope appeared on the site. The gap was about seven or eight steps wide.

At this time, Song Jun could climb directly to the top of the city along the slope.

The gate of Shazhou City is equivalent to opening to the Song Army.

The Song army transported piles of gunpowder to the city gate in a carriage, then carefully took it out and piled it on top of the carriage, directly pushing it onto the urn city, specifically to blow up the urn city and the city gate.

For some cities in the Central Plains and Song Dynasty, the top of the urn city is quite thick and may not be completely destroyed by the explosion.

But Shazhou is a small city, and it was once broken by Atachi's tunnel digging. The foundation here is not hard, and the city walls are not all made of masonry. The explosion directly destroyed the Wengcheng.

Although the inner city gate was blocked with a lot of bricks and stones, the Mongolian army only blocked it in a hurry, and the strong impact still destroyed a lot of these bricks and stones.

This explosion was very shocking. After all, the Mongolian army had never seen such a huge amount of gunpowder.

After the explosion, many Mongolian troops who were standing near the city head staggered around, and the entire west city head within two to three hundred steps was trembling.

A Dachi and the others were relatively close, and their minds were buzzing with shock. When A Dachi came to his senses and half-crouched to reveal his head, he was horrified to see that the Xicheng Wengcheng had collapsed.

The Song army was able to climb up along the landslide at this time, but because both sides had lit a fire at the top of the city before, it was still burning.

The Song army was not in a hurry to attack, but a large number of soldiers and horses began to gather towards the west gate.

At the same time, more crossbowmen approached the city gate and fired at them.

The dense rain of arrows from the Song army kept shooting as if they were free of charge.

There was almost no room for people to stand at the top of the city, and the Mongolian troops kept moving to the left and right to avoid it.

"We can't hold it anymore." Atachi called Alagu at this time: "Take people down immediately and remove the bricks and stones blocking the east city gate. Let's gather all the soldiers who can mount their horses and retreat from the east."

"Here." A La Gu no longer had the arrogance of Gan Cai. After agreeing, he hurried down to the city.

"Come here, call all those who can hold bows, go up, go up." At this time, Adachi called all the archers near the city gate who could hold bows and had bows in their hands, and went up to shoot with the Song army.

The dense rain of arrows from the Song army was continuously thrown, and the Mongolian army could hardly stand at the top of the city. This was something that Atachi had never seen before.

When the Mongolian army attacked the city, there was not even such a powerful rain of arrows.

He found that the Song army seemed to be tireless, and every archer kept shooting.

In fact, the number and range of their bows and arrows were not as good as those of the Song army, so they had this illusion.

When the Mongolian army attacked a city, the defenders usually used infantry bows, which had a farther range than them. It was difficult for the Mongolian archers to suppress the defenders in this way.

On the other hand, when the Song army attacked the city, the Mongolian army still had more horses and bows, and the Song army had a farther range than them, so the scene looked like the Song army was suppressing them very much.

Of course, the more important reason is that the garrison of Shazhou City was too small. Originally there were only 2000 people, and the number of civilians recruited was only [-] or [-]. Many of them did not have bows.

The Song army far surpassed them in numbers and range, so it gave Atachi the illusion of being suppressed.

This is the current shortcoming of the Mongolian army, and he cannot make up for it in a short time.

He now forced his men to come forward and shoot at the Song army, just to increase casualties.

The Song army under the city had crossbowmen at a distance of fifty to a hundred steps, and the farther in front they were, the thicker their armor was.

The Mongolian army's shooting range was limited, and many Song troops could not shoot.

But everyone in the Song army can shoot to the top of the city.

Among Meng Ying's 4 men, there are 3 cavalry, more than [-] infantry, not many artillery trebuchets, and at least [-] with infantry bows and divine arm bows, plus a small number of strong crossbows.

Basically more than one-third of these tens of thousands of crossbowmen are here at the West City Gate. That is to say, there are about [-] crossbowmen on the scene now, all concentrated within [-] steps to the left and right of the West City Gate.

No one needs to fire volleys, they all take turns.

This caused the Song army to rain arrows incessantly, causing a storm-like blow to the Mongolian army at the top of the city. Shooting against them was asking for death.

As soon as Adachi gave the order, a group of Mongolian troops rushed forward with bows and arrows.

In the middle of the charge, they were hit by a lot of arrows from the Song army. The scene was filled with screams. Finally, someone rushed to the crenel. Those who could shoot one arrow were considered powerful. The Mongolian soldier who had the best luck shot three arrows before he was hit. .

There were arrows everywhere on the city wall, and the arrows rained down like rain from above, which could stop people.

Thousands of archers from the Song Army concentrated on this period of wild shooting.

And now it is not only the Song army who is shooting, but civilians like Dazazan are also shooting upwards unscrupulously under the city.

Adachi saw that he could not stand near the city head and knew that the Song army would soon climb the city.

"Let's go." He immediately decided and gave another order, asking a wave of servants to hold shields and wait at the crenel, waiting for the Song army ants to get up and stop them. After the order was given, he turned around without saying a word. Take people down to the top of the city.

When he rode his horse to the east city gate, there were more than 400 riders gathered at the scene, including family members.

Ah Da's face turned dark: "Why are there so many people? Are there family members?"

Alagu said, there were originally only more than 2000 soldiers in the city, but now many of them are defending at the top of the city. I have gathered all the elite Mongolian troops that I can.

He also mentioned that the last time the Mongolian army withdrew from the Central Plains, everyone said that the Song people were very cruel to the Mongolian army and would kill them all. Therefore, many Mongolian army officers were also afraid and wanted to take their families away.

Atachi was shocked and angry. He looked back and quickly found his family members in the crowd.

His wives, concubines, and children all came, also riding horses.

"What is this?" Atachi screamed in his heart. The Mongol Empire had never seen a general escape with his family.

(End of this chapter)