At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 236 Pizhou Attack and Defense Battle

Boom boom boom~
The sound of artillery continued, and the Yuan army could only risk driving away civilians to strengthen the protective fortifications of the remaining artillery positions. However, with eight against one, even if the hit rate was not high, artillery shells still hit the sand fortress from time to time.

"Send the order!" Li Yizi, commander of the artillery battalion, said: "Concentrate fire on the number one gun position from the left, and it must be destroyed!"

The Song Army's tactics had just changed, and the effect was achieved immediately.

In just two rounds, the target was destroyed.

"No, we can't be beaten passively, I want to lead the cavalry army to attack!" Yihei lost his mind and said.

"Calm down Pingzhang!" Gao Mieligan said: "The fortifications are complete, and there is no chance of an attack by the cavalry army."

"No matter what, we must cover the artillery and withdraw it, otherwise morale will be low. How can we defend the city?" Yihei lost his way and said.

"If Pizhou cannot be defended, it is better to send another army to Aishan for a long-term plan." Gao Mieligan said.

While the two were arguing, another cannon was destroyed.

The two fell silent suddenly.

They are all cannons, why are the Song Army's so powerful?
"I want His Majesty to give personal guidance and three more years of testing before we have the current artillery camp. Yuanlu only has one year to build artillery and he wants to compete with me. I'm afraid he's not awake!" Li Yizi sneered.

So far, none of the artillery pieces of the Song army have exploded, and the same is true for muskets. If the emperor was not reluctant to bear the gunners, the number of guns would be increased by ten times, three or five times would definitely be no problem.

The Yuan army hurriedly built the artillery, without understanding the concept of chamber pressure, the impact of bubbles on the gun wall, and did not even have time to test the life of the barrel.

What's more terrible, Kublai Khan made a mistake again - the artillery is all under the control of the center.

First meet most of the defense needs, and then issue them to critical defense areas. As a result, battlefields such as Pizhou that are scheduled to be large defense areas only have ten guns.

However, the Yuan army's ten cannons had their own targets, and they had not yet concentrated their bombardment on one target, so they naturally fell into a disadvantage.

From morning to noon, the two sides finally stopped.

All the cannons of the Yuan army were destroyed. To be precise, except for the two that exploded, the other eight were only knocked over and could still be used when they were lifted up. However, the gunners suffered all casualties and no one knew how to use them. Moreover, the Song army did not give them any weapons. Time for them to start over again.

After confirming that all the Yuan army's artillery was destroyed, a thousand soldiers left their positions and marched towards the city in a skirmish line.

After walking a hundred steps, a dozen black spots suddenly appeared in the city.

Trebuchet!
This thing is hidden behind the city wall, the artillery can't hurt it, and the trajectory is curved, so it can go over the city wall,

Shouting in surprise, Song soldiers scattered on the ground.

Boom~
The boulder fell to the ground, and two soldiers who could not dodge were hit in the head and turned into flesh immediately.

"Keep going!"

"The trebuchet is slow, speed up and it will be safe under the city wall."

"Don't stop, don't stop!"

While shouting, the Song soldiers quickened their pace. When they reached sixty steps, three hundred musketeers lined up and raised their guns, and the infantry continued to attack.

On the top of the city, Yuan soldiers appeared. Just as they were about to shoot arrows and stones, muskets fired and they were pushed back.

It's just that Yuan Bing has learned a lot, lying on the city wall, using the cover of sandbags to throw thunder down at random.

Boom boom~
There was a loud thunder, but the Song soldiers suffered few casualties.

The purpose of the skirmisher formation is to guard against sky thunder. Unless it is thrown accurately, it will only blow up one or two people at a time, and the gain may not be as great as the effort.

Until now, Yuanting's supply of gunpowder is not sufficient. There are only more than 5000 sky mines in Pizhou City, and it cannot afford to be bombarded by sky mines.

Song soldiers rushed to the city wall through the gunpowder smoke and began soil work.

The city walls were pockmarked by cannon fire, and Song soldiers dug in these places.Although the speed was not fast, five large holes appeared in three days without stopping day and night.

The demolition crews who had been preparing for the attack ran wildly carrying the coffin. One group was hit by a trebuchet, and another group was overturned by thunder. However, they still stuffed the coffin into the city wall.

"Withdraw~"

The Coffin Guys ran back, and the Demomen lit the fuses and ran back.

Seeing this, the Yuan army on the top of the city rushed down the city, but before they could run far, there was a muffled bang, and the city wall jumped up and fell down with a bang, turning into ruins.

Before the rubble and bricks could completely fall to the ground, a large group of Song troops had already rushed into the city.

The artillerymen of the Yuan army had just recovered when they saw the Song soldiers setting up their guns.

"escape!"

The gunners did not hesitate and immediately jumped into the trench behind them.

Crackling, the lead bullets did not kill much, Song Bing was not disappointed, and immediately threw the fire oil tank and torches, and burned all the return guns.

The fire of the return gun did not mean that the obstacles of the follow-up army were swept away. The cavalry of the 5000 yuan army came out from the north gate and charged along the east wall.

Side attack was a tried-and-tested move for the defenders to deal with city sieges. The Song army had been guarding against this move. The artillery had already turned its angle, but it was not sure to intercept them all, so Jiang Cai personally led the cavalry out of the battle.

"Brothers, kill!" Gao Mieligan brandished his spear and attacked Jiang Cai.

Everyone in the Yuan army knew that Shi Bi was powerful. As his opponent, Jiang Cai was also well-known. However, Gao Mieligan maintained his bravery and felt that the time had come to make a contribution.

The generals collided with each other, and instantly they were knocked off their backs. When Jiang Cai drew his broadsword, someone was bound to fall from his horse. Within a moment, he was in front of Gao Mieligan.

"Well done!" Gao Mieligan shouted as he thrust out his spear, trying to knock his opponent off his horse.

Jiang Cai only slashed the long sword diagonally. While splitting the spear, the sword's momentum remained unchanged and went straight for Gao Miiligan's neck. Gao Miiligan turned pale with fright and quickly fell down to dodge. Jiang Cai turned from slashing to slapping. Gao Mieli was knocked off his horse with a dry slap.

With thousands of horses galloping, it was impossible to turn back and retaliate. Jiang Cai raised his sword and disemboweled the Yiyuan soldier. Gao Mieligan rolled on the spot and avoided the collision of the Song army. Before he could get up, another spear stabbed him. Come on, Gao Miiligan is really powerful. He seized the opportunity and reached out to grab the spear, dragging Song Bing off his horse. When he was about to kill someone, a horse bumped into him and he fell to the ground immediately.

The horse's hooves stomped, and Gao Mie Ligan immediately turned into a meat paste, without a human form.

The two sides had been fighting for what seemed like 1 years, and it seemed like an instant. Just after they separated, they heard the roar of cannons, and hundreds of Yuanqi were shot down.

The iron bullets from the big cannons killed those who hit them, while the iron sand from the small cannons swept away them. In just these two hits, more than half of the Yuan army suffered casualties.

Jiang Cai reined in his horse and turned around, raised his knife and charged again. His subordinates were all elites who had followed him for a long time. He had enough rice, noodles and fish every day, and he was full of strength.

When the Song army collided head-on, the Yuan army had not yet reorganized, and as Tang Woxue saw, Yuan Qi kept falling off his horse.

When the charge was over, there were only a thousand Yuan Qi left, and they ran away without even daring to look back.

"Cowards are hateful, traitors are shameless!" Yi Hei Mi Mi scolded.

In the first confrontation, the two sides were evenly matched, but the Song army was cunning and actually fired artillery to support the battle. After all, Yuan Qi was not the Yuan Qi he was at the founding of the country. He was demoralized in one round of artillery bombardment, making the second round of the confrontation a one-sided massacre. .

I can't help but feel lost and angry.

Jiang Cai, however, did not lead his troops in pursuit. He guarded himself and let the infantry come out to clean up the battlefield.

More than 3000 cavalrymen were killed, and there were [-] intact war horses. This was a must, and the injured and dead horses could be used to improve food. Of course, treating one's own wounded was the top priority.

The short and fierce cavalry battle outside the city did not affect the city. At this time, the Song army's musketeers began to seize the city wall, while the Yuan army threw thunder inside the city.

The Yuan army did not retreat, street fighting became inevitable, and human lives had to be paid.

(End of this chapter)