Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 186 Lower Beizhou ([-])

Not long after Wang Ze left, the officers and soldiers pushed the building cart to the range of the crossbow at the head of the city. At this moment, several bugles sounded suddenly, and then 2 people stopped at the same time.A series of passwords sounded, and the crossbowman, the gunner dragging the stone cannon, and the bullock cart dragging the bed crossbow walked to the front of the building cart.Du Meng could see clearly from the top of the city and immediately ordered the bed crossbow to fire.The javelins flew out with the sound of bang bang and were neatly inserted in front of the ranks of the officers and soldiers, but they did not cause any damage to the officers and soldiers.

The battle has been fought for so long, and the ranges of the weapons of both sides have been thoroughly understood by each other.Of course Li Buqi would not let his troops suffer unnecessary losses.Du Meng had no choice but to yell at the enemy's cunning at the top of the city wall with the Taiwei.

At this time, many wheelbarrows were rolled out from the ranks of the officers and troops, and they seemed to be full of firewood and running fast.The Taiwei was surprised: "What is this?"

Du Meng hurriedly ordered: "Bed crossbows, crossbowmen! Shoot these cars!"

Immediately, a mass of crossbow arrows flew over, but the officers and soldiers pushing the cart were covered by something on the cart, and someone was holding a shield above their heads to cover them, so they did not receive too much threat. Only a few bed crossbows hit the cart, knocking it down The things and the soldiers pushing the carts were all smashed into pieces.But about 100 or so wheelbarrows were too many, arranged in a line, and the bed crossbow couldn't take care of them at all, and soon these carts were pushed to the front of the moat.

At this moment, Du Meng wanted to see what the officers and soldiers were going to do.Judging from the fact that the car was torn apart by the bed crossbow, it was loaded with firewood. Could it be that the officers and soldiers wanted to use fire to attack?There is not enough firewood to burn down the city.

Sure enough, the officers and soldiers lit the firewood on the car. The strange thing is that there was not much fire, but thick smoke was billowing along the north wind.

Taiwei, who was also the head of Xuan Yi's army, exclaimed in shock: "The enemy is so cunning! Be careful and guard against the enemy's sneak attack."

The small north wind was blowing unhurriedly, and the wet firewood produced a large amount of black smoke overwhelming the sky and drifting towards the city wall with the wind.When it is blocked by the city wall, it rises along the city wall until it covers the top of the city densely.At this time, many soldiers ran to the fire pile with firewood on their backs, and sprinkled the wet firewood on the fire pile, so the black smoke wrapped around the top of the city became thicker and thicker.Li Buqi just waved his hand, and immediately the war drums beat again, and the crossbowmen, gunners, and bed crossbows began to move forward according to the rhythm of the drums, followed by a large herd of bullocks dragging the building carts.

When the frontmost crossbowman came to a white line drawn with lime, he stopped abruptly. Under the command of the officer, he wound the crossbow and put the crossbow arrows on it, and then fired the crossbow arrows according to the scale on Wangshan Mountain.

The so-called Wangshan is the ancient ruler.This thing existed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but it gradually became more and more inferior due to various reasons. Therefore, the crossbow, which is the backbone of the Central Plains army, basically only has the function of direct-point shooting.But when Li Buqi recreated Wangshan in detail, the strong crossbow in Han Jiaerlang's hands regained its powerful attribute of curved strike.

Du Meng on the top of the city was as blind as if he had opened his eyes. Although he knew that the enemy was approaching the bottom of the city, he couldn't see anything.

He suddenly heard a burst of sound from the top of his head, and he quickly shouted through the sackcloth covering his mouth and nose: "Be careful with crossbows!"

After yelling, he rushed under the "war shed" made of thick planks, only to hear the sound of heavy rain above his head, and some people who hadn't had time to hide under the war shed had already let out screams.Hiding under the battle shed is not 100% safe. With a bang, a javelin shattered the battle shed above Du Meng's head, and the shattered wood splashed. Du Meng, who was wearing a helmet, was fine. The little soldier screamed in pain when a large wooden board hit his shoulder.

Du Meng was puzzled, the black smoke would also block the sight of the officers and soldiers, how could the officers and soldiers shoot so accurately?Moreover, the sound of arrows flying is from top to bottom. This is a projectile. When did Song's army projectiles be so accurate?

Before he could figure it out, more than a dozen batches of arrows rained down on the city, and javelins and flying stones continued.Flying stones are not very accurate, but in the past, you can see the trajectory of the flying stones and dodge in advance, but now you can't see anything and can't be on guard, so there will be a scream if there is no cannon stone flying past.Although the casualties are not large, the blow to morale is not small, especially if you can't see the enemy but just being beaten is the most blown to morale.

The defenders of the city not only included mutinous soldiers from the Xuanyi Army, but also Maitreya believers and people from nearby states, as well as the young and strong in the city. These people did not have the mental quality of the soldiers, and some people had already started crying.At this time, there were earth-shattering shouts of killing in the smoke. In order to prevent the officers and soldiers from taking advantage of the chaos and to save the shaky morale, Du Meng shouted: "Shoot arrows! Shoot arrows into the black smoke! Don't let the enemy rush!" Come up!"

Immediately, all kinds of long-range weapons on the city were fired blindly into the black smoke, and some people picked up stones and threw them under the city wall, as if the enemy had already rushed in front of them.But in fact, Li Buqi really made people shout continuously, and at the same time filled up the trenches with soil and rammed more than a dozen roads.At the same time, all the strong crossbows and bed crossbows with Wangshan were fired in turn at the positions measured in advance according to the set scale. When the crossbowmen were tired, they would change a batch. In short, they continued to kill and suppress the people in the city.Although the top of the city continued to fight back, but there was no aim. Some javelins even shot into the sky. It seemed that the crossbowmen lost their sense of direction.

When the building cart was finally pulled to the edge of the ditch, the crossbowmen of the Zhenwu Army climbed to the highest battle platform, while the hand-to-hand infantry stood on the first floor and stairs level with the top of the city, holding a shield in one hand and a broadsword or tomahawk in the other. Wait for the enemy.More soldiers chanted and put their shoulders against the crossbars to help the cattle push the cart over the remaining distance.

At this time, no one dared to complain, and it was better to shed a little sweat and put in a little effort than to die during the siege.

The building car slowly crossed the moat. Some wet piles of firewood that had been burning on the edge of the moat were pushed into the moat by the hook and sickle gun, and the thick smoke that enveloped the city was much thinner immediately.As soon as Du Meng looked up and saw the huge monster appearing from behind the thick smoke, he couldn't help screaming, and quickly rushed out his sword and ran towards the bed crossbow on the horse's face: "Quick! Shoot the wooden building!"

The two javelins were fired immediately and tore the rawhide covering the surface of the building car, smashed the plank and pierced through from the other side, creating a massacre inside the building car, but this also made the crossbow on the upper floor of the building car The hand found the position of the bed crossbow.Although it was covered by thin smoke, it couldn't withstand the shooting of more than a dozen powerful crossbows, and the crossbowman on the bed crossbow was shot into a hedgehog before he started working again.Fortunately, Du Meng picked up a shield to escape, but at such a short distance, the arrows from the strong crossbow had already pierced the shield. He didn't dare to show his bravery, so he quickly ducked behind the female wall and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Get ready!" Bottles! Get ready for rockets! This bird-wood building is missing!"

According to his thinking, the wooden building must always lean against the city wall, so that the hand-to-hand infantry of the official army can come up.But he only heard a loud noise, and he poked his head in desperately to see his face turned pale.I saw a bridge slab falling from the wooden building and put it on the city wall, and immediately a large number of officers and soldiers in heavy armor poured out from behind the fallen bridge slab and rushed to the top of the city.

(End of this chapter)