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Chapter 494: Order from Lin’an, Ezhou city destroyed
"This, this, is this the divine thunder from the sky?" A military general said in disbelief as he looked at the thunderbolt rockets flying over in the distance.

He had never seen such a sudden strike from such an artifact.

These generals in Ezhou City had never seen this kind of weapon. In other words, all the generals in the entire Southern Song Dynasty, except those who had participated in the defense of Xiangyang before, had never seen this kind of weapon.

Huge thunderbolt rockets fell from the sky, exploding in all directions above the city tower and under the city wall.

A huge roar came directly from the place where it was hit, and everything around it, whether it was people, defensive equipment, or anything else, was blown to pieces.

"Ah! Help, help, ghost!" This extremely terrifying scene and this extremely terrifying weapon caused the emotions of the soldiers on the tower to collapse instantly.

All the soldiers began to flee in all directions, and not only the soldiers, but also some of the deputy generals who were originally guarding the city were also running around. The huge artillery fire and this terrifying weapon scared everyone.

"Everyone, don't mess up. Don't mess up. Go back to your posts. The Guanzhong army doesn't have many such weapons.

They can't fire much, so don't mess around, just treat it as more powerful artillery. "At this time, Meng Gong, as the top general guarding the city, finally appeared on the tower and began to comfort all the soldiers.

There was no other way. If he didn't come back, the soldiers on the entire city wall would probably rebel. They were guarding Xiangyang City before.

The King of Guanzhong arranged a group of spies in the city in advance. Secretly opening the city gate was one key, and the other key was this kind of flying rocket.

This weapon caused tremendous psychological pressure on the defenders. Many defenders suffered some psychological trauma and were extremely afraid of being beaten by this weapon.

This time to guard Ezhou City, he strengthened the city defenses a month in advance, and then searched the city for any possible details.

Meng Gong conducted strict inspections on some of the refugees who appeared recently, and did not allow these people to move around freely and arranged them in one area.

The trick sent by the King of Guanzhong before was to disguise himself as a refugee and sneak into the city. He was assassinated at the most critical moment and then captured Xiangyang City. This time Meng Gong could not make the same mistake as before.

But there is really nothing he can do about this thunderbolt rocket weapon. It cannot be defended in any way. It has a farther range than the octagonal ox bow, or even twice the range, and it is so powerful. How did Guanzhong study it? This kind of weapon came out?
So he had no choice but to go to the city wall to comfort the ordinary soldiers, telling everyone not to be afraid and to kill the enemy bravely.

But the effect was minimal, and the generals under his command did recover a lot under his comfort.

But ordinary soldiers are not like that. The soldiers in Ezhou City are completely different from the soldiers in Xiangyang before.

The soldiers in Xiangyang City are real frontline troops and elite divisions, while most of the soldiers in Ezhou City are temporarily recruited, and a large part of them were even used to be logistics transport troops. This time they were temporarily recruited, and their quality is indeed not as good as that of Xiangyang City. The soldiers are good.

The soldiers in Xiangyang City endured fierce artillery fire and it took them more than ten days to collapse, but they only withstood a few rounds.

Fortunately, there were not many thunderbolt rockets fired by the Guanzhong army. After the shooting, there was no movement. The soldiers on the tower ended their panic and finally calmed down under the comfort of their respective generals.

But even so, the faces of all the soldiers on the tower were full of fear, and their whole bodies were trembling.

"Okay, bring me some wine and meat so that the soldiers can have a good meal." Meng Gong said.

The Guanzhong army rested for a month and gave him more than a month to prepare supplies. During this period, Meng Gong still did a lot of things.

At least the supplies in Ezhou City are not too low. He is not afraid of the King of Guanzhong at all in a siege, and he is even sure that the fight will last for a year or two.

In Ezhou City, Meng Gong also cultivated some fertile fields and raised some livestock. The city could be self-sufficient, but it was not possible. In the end, Meng Gong planned to release all the people in the city, leaving only the army.

It's okay to live or die with the entire Ezhou, but he doesn't want to get involved with the people in the city. Therefore, if he defends until he runs out of ammunition and food, the soldiers in the city will send all the people out.

The only difficult thing now is the emotional breakdown of ordinary soldiers. The combat effectiveness has completely dropped to freezing point. Once the morale of the soldiers drops, it will be difficult to recover.

Therefore, Meng Gong decided that as long as the King of Guanzhong bombed indiscriminately, he would entertain all the soldiers with wine and meat every day, and insist on going upstairs every day to boost morale. In this way, the emotions of ordinary soldiers would not completely collapse.

"Did you hear that Marshal Meng is going to give you wine and meat? You bastards, you will have wine and meat before you win the battle." A general shouted at the top of his voice.

"Thank you Marshal Meng, thank you Marshal Meng." The soldiers began to reply in confusion.

Seeing this scene, Meng Gong shook his head helplessly. This morale was too low.

"Brothers, don't worry. Lin'an City has thick walls and well-equipped soldiers. Your Majesty, along with all the officers and soldiers, as well as civil and military officials, will definitely defend the city. When the time comes, the Guanzhong army will naturally retreat as soon as the food and grass are exhausted. "Meng Gong said.

After once again comforting the ordinary soldiers, Meng Gong took some generals back to the marshal's house, while the remaining soldiers, led by their respective lieutenants, continued to stand guard on the top of the city.

"Marshal Meng, we can't continue like this! The emotions of ordinary soldiers are about to collapse." A guard general of Ezhou City said.

Things are now far worse than they imagined. King Guanzhong's artillery is simply too powerful.

Especially this kind of thunderbolt rocket, it is simply too powerful, as if heaven's punishment has come to the world.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even knowledgeable generals like them are afraid.

When the thunderbolt rockets came just now, they were all frightened. It seemed as if the next moment, his life would be taken away and blown into pieces by the Guanzhong Army.

"Marshal Meng, this is not the way to go. Are we going to have to be beaten passively?" a military general said.

"If you don't get beaten, what can you do if you don't get beaten? Are you willing to go out of the city to fight the Guanzhong army? Do you have the ability to fight with his Guanzhong army in the field?" A general who participated in the Xiangyang War said.

If they defend the city, they can hold on for a while, but if they go out to fight, they will be doomed.

Even if their current number increases tenfold and becomes an army of 500,000, they may not be able to defeat the more than 200,000 Guanzhong army outside the city.

Otherwise, all the strongholds near Ezhou City and the transportation arteries of various state capitals would not have been captured by the Guanzhong army in such a short period of time.

The Guanzhong army is also very powerful in field battles, and they are not fighting with weapons, but using a tactic of muskets, artillery, and bows and arrows. Let alone them in terms of field battles.

It is estimated that even the Mongolian cavalry that once dominated the world, the Iron Buddha of the Jin Kingdom, and the Iron Harrier Army of Xixia cannot defeat them.

"You can't beat me again. If you defend, the morale of the soldiers will be extremely low. It seems that God is going to kill me!" A general sighed sadly and said.

Now all they have is despair, and there is a deeper despair.

"Generals, the difficult problem is not only the Guanzhong Army outside the city, but also our internal problems.

I'm afraid you don't know that His Majesty has repeatedly sent envoys to urge me to lead the army to break out and then return to Lin'an Prefecture to rescue them. "Looking at the noisy generals, Meng Gong also sighed helplessly and said.

Starting a few days ago, a total of three waves of envoys came to convey the order to withdraw the troops. The emperor was very angry and frightened about the siege of Lin'an Mansion. He was ordered to immediately lead the army to break out of the encirclement, abandon Ezhou City directly, and then go to Lin'an Prefecture to meet up.

But how could they leave at this time? The Guanzhong army has a lot of war horses, and the opponent's warships are not vegetarian. Whether they go by land or by water, they are all handled at the same time.

He had 120,000 men before, but now he has lost 60,000 to 70,000 in this month. Now he only has 50,000 troops left in Ezhou City.

It is indeed too difficult for this battle to reach this point. The King of Guanzhong is the most terrifying and powerful opponent he has ever encountered since joining the army.

He seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and he was one step ahead of himself every time. The battle in Xiangyang and the battle in Ezhou City made him fully realize the gap between the two sides.

This is not an ordinary gap. The gap between the quality of the soldiers on both sides, the gap in weapons, the gap in tactical command, the Guanzhong army has formed a crushing trend.

But how could he tell his subordinates? Should I tell you? Even I, the commander-in-chief, don’t have confidence. Do you think we will lose?
If he said that, the generals under his command would probably start to persuade him to surrender.

"Marshal Meng, how can we break out of the encirclement in this situation? Even if we break out, we will be made dumplings by the Guanzhong Army. Whether we go by water or by land, it is a dead end!" "Yes, we, we can still do it. We were counting on the imperial court to rescue us, but now the imperial court is counting on us to rescue them," a military general said.

They placed all their hopes on the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court could summon an army at Lin'an Prefecture and defeat the partial division of the Guanzhong army to them. These people who are fighting a decisive battle with the main force of the Guanzhong army will feel less pressure.

But now, the imperial court actually wants them to return to the army and withdraw to rescue the imperial court. What is this?
If you had issued an order for us to withdraw half a month ago, we would still have withdrawn. But now at this juncture, the Guanzhong army has surrounded Ezhou Prefecture. I am afraid that you will not be able to get in if you send envoys again.

"Alas! Could it be that God wants to kill me?"

"At this point, it is definitely impossible to rescue the imperial court. Let's defend the city for now!" Meng Gong sighed helplessly, sat on a chair and said.

The building is about to collapse, the old tree is about to fall, and he cannot hold it up. Chen Qiao, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, rebelled. After more than 300 years since the founding of the country, the Song Dynasty may have exhausted its strength!
The generals in the room also sighed and turned around to leave. Everyone's faces were filled with loss, disappointment, and despair.

In the next few days, the Guanzhong army began to continuously attack with artillery.

Three consecutive days of indiscriminate bombing left the city walls of Ezhou City crumbling. Coupled with the terrifying deterrent capabilities of Thunderbolt rockets, the bombing of Ezhou City continued at night.

The defenders in the city were frightened to the extreme. Many defenders would even be frightened awake in the middle of the night when they fell asleep, and even touched their bodies to see if they had any broken hands or feet.

Because at night, the Guanzhong army would launch attacks from time to time, and not just rockets. Some artillery and heavy artillery will also be used for bombardment.

The defenders in the city were so nervous that they couldn't even sleep well, for fear that they would be blown up by the Guanzhong army while they were still in bed.

In the early morning of the fourth day, the Guanzhong army came out almost in full force. All the soldiers lined up with armor, and all the artillery was placed in front of the city gate.

In addition, there are a large number of weapons such as rams, ladders, and siege towers.

With this posture, anyone with a little bit of discernment can tell that the Guanzhong army is about to launch a general attack.

"Your Majesty, all the soldiers are ready. As soon as you give the order, we will immediately begin to attack Ezhou City. The city will be broken today." Liu Heima came to Zhang Yong, bowed to Zhang Yong, and said .

Three consecutive days of indiscriminate bombing have reduced the morale of the defenders in the city to the extreme. On the side of the Guanzhong army, whether it is the Hebei army, the Central Plains army or the Mongolian army, they have eaten meat for three consecutive days, and their morale has also been reduced. Extremely high.

In addition, the city wall of Ezhou City has been blown into pieces, and today is the day the city will be destroyed.

"Well! The whole army is ordered to prepare to attack the city. Remember, if the city gate is breached, no one is allowed to be harmed after entering the city. If the king finds anyone who dares to burn, kill and loot, then he will be killed without mercy." Zhang Yong said. .

"Don't worry, King of Guanzhong, your subordinates know it. Brothers, the King of Guanzhong said, attack the city! Attack the city!"

"Attack the city! Attack the city!" All the soldiers in Guanzhong let out a roar that shook the earth.

Four city gates, four positions, and hundreds of cannons roared at the same time, and began to bombard the defenders on the city tower.

The army outside the city has already set up its posture, and the defenders inside the city have naturally begun to stand on top of the city. At this time, they naturally become living targets. Anyway, their own soldiers have not yet reached the city gate, so they should fire first. Say it again.

Boom! Boom!
A huge explosion sounded on the city tower, and countless Southern Song Dynasty defenders were blown into the sky. Then it fell on the tower, or fell directly and sank.

"Kill! Kill!" The Guanzhong army raised their shields, pushed rams, siege towers, and ladders, and launched an attack.

Dozens of soldiers holding shields, covering several heavy cannons, began to advance towards the city gate.

On top of the city tower, the general responsible for guarding the city saw this scene and immediately ordered his soldiers to attack.

"Aim at those who come to attack the city, aim at the ramming vehicles and heavy artillery, and never let them blow open the city gate."

Boom! Boom! Violent explosions continued to sound, and the Guanzhong army's artillery was extremely accurate, and every shot landed on the city wall.

The fighting made the defenders miserable, and there were not many soldiers able to participate in direct combat. After the Guanzhong army advanced to the city, all artillery stopped firing.

The huge siege ladder was pushed towards the city wall. The Guanzhong army, carrying shields and steel knives, began to rush up the tower along the ladder.

"Kill! Kill! Take Ezhou City, take Ezhou City."

"Brothers, don't panic, hold on to the city wall, hold on to the city wall." The Southern Song Dynasty general shouted.

"Everyone, follow me to kill the enemy, you thief. A few days ago, you were the one who asked your grandpa to come up. Grandpa came up today. Why don't you come and fight me for three hundred rounds?" Guanzhong was the first to climb the tower. The general held a steel sword, looked at the general in front of him, and said.

He has made special observations in the past few days. The city wall guarded by this man has specially chosen this attack point in order to go up to the city wall to fight you to the death.

Aren't you very arrogant when you were in the city a few days ago? OK! Grandpa, I’m here to find you today.

"You! How can I show off your bravery? Brothers, let me kill you." The Southern Song Dynasty general snorted coldly, took out his saber, and directed the soldiers to start charging.

"Bah! Everyone, form a round shield formation for me, move forward, and let the musketeers come up." The Guanzhong general who was attacking the city snorted coldly and said.

The Guanzhong soldiers who climbed up the tower immediately gathered together, raised their shields, and began to advance slowly.

Behind them, soldiers with muskets in hand had climbed up.

They took up their posture from behind and when the sound of muskets sounded, the outcome was no longer in suspense.

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
Countless soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty fell down, including the general who had shouted before also fell in a pool of blood.

"Brothers, the city tower has been taken down." The leading general shouted.

At this time, more and more Guanzhong troops climbed onto the tower and began to encircle and suppress the Southern Song army.

Almost at the same time, several heavy artillery were also pushed to the city.

"Load my cannon and fire!"

boom! boom!
A total of four heavy cannons fired at the same time, and a huge hole was blown open in the huge city gate, and the soldiers inside also looked panicked.

How can you play like this? Shouldn't you use a car to rush?

Just use this kind of artillery to blast the city gate to pieces!

"fire!"

boom! boom! boom!
After three consecutive rounds of shooting, the gate of the outer city was directly shattered into pieces. The soldiers responsible for guarding the city wall were either killed or injured, or simply fled in all directions.

"The door has been blasted open, brothers, fight into the city! Follow me into the city!" the leading general roared.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"The city is broken! The city is broken!" The soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty began to scream in despair.

The city towers were occupied and the city gates were broken down.

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