'Whew, Whew, Whew...... heavy mallet struck the catapult's crossbow machine, and the hammer fell sharply, and the tip arm suddenly lifted and struck the beam. The arm stopped, and the elastic pocket on the end of the arm still rose under the strong inertia, and the huge stone bullet contained in it broke free from the restraint, and rushed into the air with a breathtaking roar, and fell downward after exhaustion.

'Boom, boom, ......boom' fell stone bullets like meteors smashed on the grass dozens of steps in front of the Song army's formation, the land that had just been soaked up by the rain became very soft, and the heavy stone bullets fell deep into it, and the huge impact force stirred up grass clippings and sediment several feet high, and fell like a shower.

"Haha...... Why aren't they afraid? Seeing the tremendous power of the return cannon, Shi Bi couldn't help laughing, but suddenly stopped abruptly like a duck caught by the neck.

In his mind, after Song Jun saw the stone cannon show its might, he should be shocked by it, and he dodged in panic, and even turned around and ran, disrupting his position and retreating without a fight. But the formation of the Song army in front of him was not chaotic at all, even the soldiers in the front row did not take half a step back, and they did not even raise their hands to wipe away the mud and sand splashed on their faces and bodies, and still maintained a solemn posture with guns, and the situation he imagined did not appear at all.

"Reload, reshoot!" Shi Bi was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, these Song Jun were different from the Song Jun he met before, but he still turned around and shouted unwillingly.

When Alihan heard this, he looked bitter, and replied that the artillery artillery carriage was huge, and it was suitable for placing it in an open place, so that the gunner could deploy it and operate it easily. Fancheng is a big city, the top of the city wall is more than ten zhang wide, two cars can be parallel, and the fort is even wider. But for a guy like the return cannon, which is very large and requires hundreds of soldiers to operate, it will seem cramped.

Therefore, the repatriation cannon should not be placed on the city at all, but in a wide area behind the city to facilitate the operation of the soldiers. However, in order to show his strength, Shi Bi insisted on moving the return cannon to the city, so he had to spend a lot of manpower to disassemble the gun carriage and transport it to the city to reassemble, and hoist the heavy stone bullets on the city. And now it is not easy to reload.

"Haha...... Is Nanchao Xiaoer scaring the old man? At the moment when the war was about to break out, Shi Bi suddenly leaned against the wall and laughed.

"What did the manager find?" Alihan asked with a wry smile.

"Alihan, you see that there are only a few bridge cars in the Song army's formation, and there is not a single siege weapon, they are ribbed with wings, or can fly the eaves and walk the wall, really Fancheng is paper-paste!" Shi Bi pointed to the Song army camp that had begun to change formations and sneered.

"Oh, that's true, is it just a demonstration in front of the city? It's not going to dig tunnels to sneak into the city! Alihan looked at it intently, and sure enough, he didn't see tall siege vehicles, rushing vehicles and other large siege equipment in the Song army array under the city, and he didn't even have the necessary ladders for attacking the city.

"Digging tunnels?! Although this Fan City is an earthen city, it is also based on huge stones. And yesterday it rained heavily, and the water could be seen when digging two feet into the ground, and they were not afraid to drown themselves, so they came to dig! Shi Bi sneered and said disdainfully.

"The governor said very much, they rushed to attack the city, and they were killing themselves. It seems that the little emperor is very good at using soldiers and is invincible, but it seems that he is not Erer. Alihan also smiled.

"It's just a yellow-mouthed child, and the southerners are very hypocritical, and after winning a few small battles, they brag about it, beheading a few, and dare to claim that it is more than a thousand, but in fact it is just a straw bag!" Shi Bi touched his beard and said with great disdain.

"Chief, what is the Southern Army going to do?" While the two were talking, Alihan glanced at the city, but he was surprised to see that the Song army's forward suddenly dispersed, crouched on the ground, and more than a dozen artillery carriages withdrew from behind.

"It's a dream that they want to use firearms to collapse the city wall, and even the boulders fired by the cannon this time are difficult to easily collapse the city wall, so don't worry too much, just prepare to block it!" Shi Bi had seen Song Jun's firearms, but he still thought that he was not afraid, and said with a smile.

"Chief, the firearms are sharp, it's better to go down to the city to avoid it!" Alihan is still cautious.

"The old man walked through the guns and knives, how could he be afraid of firearms!" Shi Bi straightened his waist and said very hardly.

'Boom, boom, boom...... There was a sudden explosion from under the city, but with the thunderous roar before the rain, the firelight flickered, the smoke rose, and the bowl-sized projectile roared.

There was a loud bang, and a cannonball smashed on the female wall, and suddenly the bricks and stones splashed, and the battlement was smashed alive, and the soldiers hidden behind them flew out upside down, spitting blood, and Beijia's chest collapsed, and he couldn't see it alive. In an instant, the entire city wall was bombarded, and some projectiles fell directly on the city wall, and those in them were either killed or injured; Some hit the city tower, and the projectile passed directly through the wall and fell to the city; Some hit the trebuchet, and the two-foot-thick bracket was smashed in an instant, and the gun carriage collapsed with a bang.

"Chief, the enemy's artillery fire is fierce, let's go down to the city and take shelter for a while!" Alihan secretly sighed that Shi Bi was worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield, and when he saw the ferocity of the artillery fire, he saw that he was old, and immediately bent down and hid under the battlements. Seeing that after a round of artillery fire, he hurriedly pulled it up and shouted.

"No, how can my lord be afraid of the enemy's artillery and immediately launch a cannon counterattack!" Shi Bi refused, shook the soil on his body, and shouted loudly.

"Hurry up the cannon!" Alihan turned to look at the city, and although some of the stone throwers had been hit and destroyed, most of them were still usable, and shouted to the soldiers, telling them to speed up their reloading and fight back immediately.

But before they could get ready, the second round of artillery fire of the Song army had already sounded again, and this time it was not a solid bullet, but a flowering bullet. For a time, shrapnel flew in the city, the flames soared to the sky, and the soldiers in the city who had no time to hide were injured and fell to the ground. The soldiers in charge of the artillery were together, and only one shell fell into the crowd, and it exploded, resulting in heavy casualties among the gunners.

"Artillery artillery, artillery ......" The Song army's artillery fire was fierce, but his own side was dumb, Shi Bi was angry and drew his knife and threatened.

Under duress, the gunners raised again to operate the catapult, but the interval between the Song artillery firing became lower and lower, and more artillery joined the shelling, the fire became dense, and the casualties of the soldiers in the city continued to increase. The enemy's artillery fire was more directed at the stone throwers, under this care, the gun carriage was destroyed, the soldiers were killed and wounded, and after the two stone throwers barely fired the stone projectiles, the gunners could not hold on and scattered to dodge, as for the hit did not hit, but no one paid attention.

Alihan shrank at the base of the female wall and didn't dare to move, and only after listening to the slightly weaker sound of the cannon did he poke his head out and peek down from the battlement, but found that the Song army was advancing, and more than a dozen big guys were still firing intermittently, but there were smaller ones moving forward. There were dozens of small cannons that could be operated by a few soldiers, and they had moved to a distance of less than two hundred paces from the city walls, firing quickly at the city.

What frightened Alihan the most was that the Song army advanced in two groups under the cover of artillery fire. There were four gates at the north gate of Fancheng, and the enemy army rushed all the way to the Pingxiang Gate on the east side and the Hajj Gate on the west side. Because they were suppressed by the Song artillery and did not organize an effective counterattack, the arrows could not stop the enemy's attack at all.

Alihan looked at the chill in his heart, and the siege point chosen by the Song army was very tricky. He knew that although these two gates were small, they had not built urn cities, and as long as the gates were broken, they could break directly into the city. What puzzled him was that the Song army was still the same as before, the two axles pushed by the forward rushed forward, and the soldiers who belonged to the rear did not carry siege equipment except for the weapons in their hands.

Shi Bi pushed away the soldiers with a big shield, he had a city wall in front of him, and a big shield and a meat shield behind him, but he was unscathed, but it was inevitable that he would be disgraced. He looked out, and saw that the city was filled with gunsmoke, dead and wounded, and when he saw that his 'treasures' had all fallen down and become piles of waste wood, he couldn't help but wail: "My return cannon, how is it all destroyed!" ”

"Don't grieve, sir, you can rebuild it if it is destroyed, the enemy army has now forced under the city and begun to build bridges and trenches!" Ali was in a hurry, and while comforting, he prayed.

"Quickly mobilize troops to go to the city to defend it, and we must not let them enter the city!" At this time, the artillery fire of the Song army began to shift, concentrating on the city gates on the east and west sides, suppressing their own troops who were trying to counterattack. The forward of the Song army, who attacked the Hajj Gate, had already pushed the bridge cart into the trench and was adjusting its position to fix the pontoon bridge, and he hurriedly gave the order.

The Yuan army stationed under the city quickly went up to the city along the horse road leading to the city, and the archers bent their bows and arrows to fire at the city, but just after a round of shooting, the guns under the city were loud, and the archers who did not have time to retreat were shot and fell to the ground, but they were pitiful that they avoided the artillery fire of the Song army, but did not escape the musket fire of the Song army. At this time, someone discovered that the follow-up troops of the Song army had pressed on, and under the cover of the big shield, they lined up in several columns and took turns to shoot at the city.

As a result, a 'long-range' duel between hot and cold weapons broke out between the two sides above and below the city, with one side archers throwing arrows at the city and the other side using muskets to shoot upwards with a row of guns. In terms of rate of fire, flintlock muskets are inferior to bows and arrows, but can be compensated for by rounds; In terms of range, the bow and arrow will be inferior, and the Song army can hide outside the range of the bow and arrow to shoot, and the power and accuracy of the bow and arrow will be weakened.

In terms of power, the bow and arrow are far inferior to the musket, which can pierce through the iron armor, and if it is hit, it will either kill or be wounded, and even if it does not hit the vital point, it will lose its combat effectiveness. Even if the Song army was only equipped with a rudimentary cuirass, the bow and arrow could not penetrate the lined porcelain plate, and the person who was shot, as long as it was not a vital hit, the wounded could still maintain a certain combat effectiveness.

And just when the two sides were firing fierce arrows in the air, a Song army team pushed a number of small vans and cars to brave the rain of arrows on the pontoon bridge, dodged the rolling wood and stones thrown from the city, and rushed into the city gate hole......