Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 874 Cruel Colonial War 1
Sure enough, Zhang Guo started his conquest of the entire northern part of the island with a mere [-] men. Gaogong City was high and deep, and it was not easy to attack for a while. Give warning.

The garrison soldiers swaggered for three days, and suddenly turned to sweep several medium-sized cities. As long as they dared to resist, they would massacre all cities and clans, and they would not show mercy.Of course, he will keep some slaves and burn and bury their bodies in time to avoid the spread of the plague.

No one expected that he would transfer troops. The Sanfoqi royal family thought that the Song army was fighting Gaogong in a decisive battle, and several main forces were rushing to help, but they missed nothing, and could only follow Zhang Guo's buttocks in pursuit.

For four full months, he forced to land in four cities, slaughtered three cities, and beheaded more than [-] natives.The most chilling thing is that in the two sieges and reinforcements at the same location, the main force of the two Sanfoqis were all wiped out, so that the pursuers were unwilling to approach too closely, so they could only follow from a distance, as if escorting this ominous army.

Several beautiful victories, as well as brutal killings, shocked the entire Three Buddha Qi. With the continuous spread of maritime merchants, Song Jun’s methods of daring to resist and surrender also made the countries in the South China Sea silent. Frightened, no one dared to fight this elite Song army.

What is even more frightening is that the overwhelming arrows of the Song army, the leather armor and wooden shields of the Three Buddhas, could not be defended at all, and there were many casualties before the hand-to-hand combat. .

In the worst case, tens of thousands of people fell into ambush and were suppressed by two-winged arrows for a day. More than [-] people who escaped were hunted by the horse army, chased and killed by the Oubei infantry, and only [-] people survived. The Qi army was frightened.

At this moment, Zhang Guo's troops went straight to Gaogong City, drove tens of thousands of slaves, and launched a fierce attack on the city. Light catapults and bed crossbows lined up and directly bombarded the top of the city. No one dared to approach again, for fear of being hit. His ambush.

It has to be said that the armored weapons of the Song Army are several grades higher than those of other countries in the South China Sea. As a powerful country in the South China Sea, Sanfoqi was still using bows and arrows of more than a hundred steps, and the Song Army's improved bed crossbow had reached a range of [-] steps. , and the powerful black medicine, each shot will cause a lot of damage, and there is almost no power to fight back in the city.

Trebuchets are light, but very powerful. They can fire iron shells, which are very effective in killing dense crowds.

After only two days of fighting, the masts and sculls in Gaogong City fell to pieces, and the city was in a sea of ​​flames.

Zhang Guo is hard-hearted. Since Gaogong City resisted, he must have the consciousness of being massacred. At this time, he will never accept surrender. He wants to establish his own authority.

Moreover, in order to end the battle as soon as possible, Li Changsheng dispatched three giant ship crossbows from the ship, which were designed to deal with sea ships and also took into account the blow to the city wall.

The huge ship crossbow is quite bulky, and it is very inconvenient for long-distance transportation. It needs to be dismantled and transported to the location for assembly.However, the use of the gear mechanism and the use of rail springs make the ship crossbow very easy to operate. One crossbow commander and five officials are enough, and at most two oxen are needed.

The crossbow leader is in charge of watching the mountain and adjusting the shooting direction and angle. Three officials pull the bowstring with the oxen, and two officials put the arrows on.Of course, if it is placed on a boat, it will not be a cow, but a gear mechanism is used, and four people push the winch to pull the bowstring.

After the arrow is ready, adjust the angle and use the gear to shake it. Following the command of the crossbow commander, the two officers who loaded the arrow pulled the trigger, and the nearly six-foot arrow flew towards the city in a parabola whistling with a dull loud noise.

If it falls two feet into the city wall, if it is loaded with gunpowder, it can explode a large area of ​​the city wall and fall into the residential area of ​​the city.

However, the ship's crossbow is very heavy, and its shooting accuracy is extremely high. It cannot be fired in bursts, and can only fire one at a time.It is mainly used to attack enemy ships at sea. When encountering a large ship, it can be equipped with medicine stones to ensure a few salvos at most to severely damage or sink the enemy ship.

As long as the stone throwing machine in Liancheng and the low wall at the top of the city were hit, they would be destroyed without a doubt.Gaogong City deserved to be unlucky.

"Whoosh..." There were bursts of sharp piercing sounds across the city, and the Song Army's ship crossbow was fired for the first time.

The giant arrows fired extremely fast, and the Sanfoqi soldiers on the top of the city looked up at the sky, and three huge arrows smashed towards them with a sharp sound of piercing through the air.

Amid their exclamations, a trebuchet under the city was hit. As the arrow exploded, dozens of people died, and the whole trebuchet was scrapped; In the explosion, half of the entire city tower collapsed, and the damage caused was even greater. Nearly a hundred people were smashed under the ruins and howled miserably.

The last huge arrow hit the city wall directly, and the crossbowman was in bad luck. With the violent explosion, all the archers within more than twenty steps to the left and right were killed in the flames, and some were directly killed by iron pins. Fortunately, Falling to the ground with serious injuries, there was a sound of howling ghosts and wolves.

"Yes, the effect is really good, keep shooting." Zhang Guo was very satisfied with the effect of the boat crossbow, this kind of giant arrow with black medicine inside is too sharp.

"Adjust and check the mountain, and shoot the arrow." The guard of the navy general, who accompanied the team, immediately sent an order to reload the arrow, which required a process.

The use of black medicine has increased the damage of crossbow arrows. Fortunately, there are sufficient charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur resources in the local area. It is very convenient to use local materials to support wars.Otherwise, they would never waste black medicine, because fighting alone overseas, black medicine and crossbow arrows are the most critical tools for them to reduce casualties and attack the enemy, and no waste is allowed.

Even the cannon stones fired by the trebuchet are mostly stones taken nearby, or jars filled with black oil, and advanced black powder iron shells are rarely used.It's just that sufficient resources are found in Sanfoqi, and they have a large number of craftsmen who make them, so it is possible to replenish black medicine at any time, and there is no need to be too frugal.

He even invented a simple giant explosive bomb, which was the prototype of a dynamite package. He loaded black powder, iron pins, etc. into a jar, ignited and launched it, and the lethality was considerable.

Of course, it is not necessary to use all black medicine for siege, and lime bombs are a better choice.One round of firing can cause a large amount of lime powder in the city, causing great trouble to the defenders and helping to create time for the siege troops.

At the forefront of the siege troops were captured Sanfoqi slaves. These people were equipped with the simplest weapons and the most primitive ladders.

Then came the elite troops of the Song Army. They were well-armored and supervised the battle with various crossbows, constantly consuming the defensive power of the city.

There is no way around this. The scholars of the Song Dynasty cursed the Jurchens and drove the people to go to the city to consume their defensive power. Why didn't the Song Army use this move? It's just that the time is different, the location is different, and the target is different, so the meaning is different, isn't it? ?

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