The shells hit the ground, blowing up a puff of dirt and spilling it down. Zhong Xun tilted his head, waited for the dust to fall, and scolded in his mouth: "The cannon of the party is really inaccurate." Here and there, there's nowhere to hide! ”

The soldier on one side whispered: "Commander, our current artillery position is already within the firing range of the party members." If we go forward, I am afraid that the party members will beat us up. It's so dangerous, it's not like fighting before. ”

Zhong Xun scolded: "Look at the cannonballs from the party members, none of them are on time, it's all up to luck, what are you afraid of!" If the city is broken today, each of you will be rewarded with ten times. was unlucky to be hit by the party's people, and only blamed himself for his bad life. If the city is broken, then there will be ten full money! ”

The soldier licked his lips: "Ten is enough money, it's not too much, it's not too much, it's not too little." It's worth the go! ”

Zhong Xun said: "Ten times the money is not satisfied? Look at those infantrymen, don't they have to die in every battle, where is there so much money? ”

While speaking, Zhong Xun commanded the soldiers, and just pushed the gun carriage to approach Jingzhou City.

On the city wall, the party soldiers looked at the Song army outside the city, pushing the gun cart and leaning towards themselves, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded. After a while, a soldier said, "Aren't these Song people afraid of death?" Get close, the old cannon kills them! ”

The soldier on the other side said: "Let's talk about it first!" It's been so long, only a few soldiers of the Song army have been killed, and a cannon can't be broken, what are they afraid of! This matter is not good, go and report to the city lord quickly! When the Song artillery arrives in the city, how can we fight? ”

Xibiluo, the lord of Jingzhou, heard the report from the soldiers and hurried to the city wall. Looking outside the city, I saw a large number of artillery positions pressing towards the city wall, and the Song infantry in the distance had already finished arraying. Obviously, the Song army pushed the cannon closer and confronted the party artillery on the city wall.

When Xibiluo saw it, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Are these Song people crazy?" Their cannons are close, aren't they being shelled by the city? Quickly order all the cannons, aim at the guns of the Song army, don't stop! ”

On the side, the general of Song Cheng said: "City Lord, our artillery can't be so accurate. It's been a quarter of an hour, and not a single Song cannon has been fired. At the beginning, the Song people were cautious, but now they are all swaggering! ”

Xibiluo said: "If you can't hit it accurately, then shoot a few more shots!" If you hit too much, there will always be a time to hit! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden burst of cheers from the city wall. Looking outside the city wall, a Song cannon was hit by the party and fell to the side. There were Song artillerymen who were hit and struggled on the ground. Song Jun on the side hurriedly ran forward to help the injured Song Jun.

Xibiluo patted the city wall: "Do you see it?" Although I can't hit for a while, I only hit a lot, and there is always a time to hit! ”

When the party artillery saw the results of the battle, they became imposing for a while, shouted loudly, desperately reloaded their ammunition, and fired out of the city. Just when everyone was in a mess, I suddenly heard an explosion, followed by the sound of crying dad and mother. When the smoke cleared, it turned out to be a cannon that exploded, and several of the soldiers who operated the cannon were wounded and wailed on the city wall.

Xibiluo couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw it, and ordered the soldiers to go to the rescue, and instructed the artillerymen to be careful not to charge too much.

At this moment, the generals guarding the city beside him said loudly: "City lord, look, the Song army outside the city has begun to arrange artillery emplacements!" At this distance, our walls are within their range! ”

Xibiluo looked outside the city, only to see that the artillery of the Song army had stopped, each chose a position, and was adjusting the artillery.

In the distance, Han Qi looked at the situation in front of the city through the telescope, and said to Liu Ji beside him: "Forced to the city, only one cannon was lost, and the artillery of the party people was indeed inaccurate." Their artillery is to prevent our artillery from approaching. If you can't get it right, what's the use? Order the artillery, concentrate the artillery fire to attack the city, and knock out the artillery of the party members first! ”

Liu Ji promised and ordered his soldiers to go over and give orders. The artillery should fire at the enemy's artillery, and first knock out the artillery that poses the greatest threat.

While Sibiro was busy, he suddenly heard the sound of cannons coming from outside the city. Before he could react, he felt the city wall tremble under his feet. Jingzhou is a small city, close to the Yellow River on one side, and the city walls are not strong. The artillery shells of the Song army were heavier than those of the party, and the mountains shook for a while.

The artillery of the Song army was obviously much stronger than that of the party, and once it was fired, it was continuous and terrifying. There were only a dozen artillery pieces at the head of Jingzhou City, and in a short time, half of them were damaged. The party soldiers at the head of the city were killed and wounded countless times.

Xibi Luo looked around, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and said, "If you go on like this, how can you keep Jingzhou City?" The cannon at the head of the city was destroyed, how could it stop the Song army! There is no one in the city, and the Song army ants are attached to the siege of the city, isn't the door wide open! ”

The artillery of the Song army was more than ten times that of the party, and the skills of the soldiers and soldiers in handling the artillery were even stronger. In just half an hour, the artillery of the party at the head of the city was completely destroyed, and all the soldiers at the head of the city had to withdraw.

Liu Ji saw it in the binoculars and said to the soldiers around him: "Move the artillery forward a little more, and take down all the party items at the head of the city!" Order the infantry, the whole army to line up, and prepare for the siege! ”

The soldiers agreed and turned around and went quickly.

Liu Ji said to Han Qi: "The cannon of the party at the head of the city has been knocked out, and when the artillery drives all the party defenders off the city wall, they can join the siege of the city." Unexpectedly, the artillery of the party people just looked powerful, and it was not an opponent when it was bombarded with our army. ”

Han Qi nodded: "The party members just cast these cannons according to the appearance of our cannons." The firing range is neither as long as ours, nor as powerful as our artillery, it is better than it should be. Let the front line check how many guns were damaged at this point. ”

Liu Ji responded to the promise and sent his own soldiers out to the front line to inquire about the losses of the artillery. After a while, he came back and reported that the Song army had lost a total of five cannons, and looking at the appearance of the city, he should have knocked out the party's ten-way gate.

Han Qi said: "Today's battle situation should be reported to Captain Di of Lingzhou." There is no need to be afraid that the party members have artillery, and it does not necessarily have to be heavy artillery. As long as the artillery is not afraid of death, and the enemy is close to the bombardment, the party members cannot resist. As long as the cannon at the head of their city is defeated, they can only be captured. ”

Liu Ji nodded and said, "Speaking of which, I am still not familiar with artillery in the army. As soon as he saw that the enemy was fighting farther away, he was first frightened in his heart, and he did not dare to get close and bombard the hostile. In fact, if you think about it, we have trained hard, there are special professors in military schools, and the accuracy of artillery is only like this, how can the party members be more accurate? In the army of this dynasty, the number of artillery pieces is not known to be many times that of the party members, and they cannot resist the bombardment. ”

Han Qi said: "Artillery is the most precious branch of the army, it is more difficult to train, the treatment is better, but it lacks some courage. They should be able to fight at close range in order to be at their most powerful. The biggest significance of the battle of Jingzhou is that it is clear that the enemy defending the city is not so terrible if it has artillery. ”

In fact, there is another reason, the party people placed the artillery at the head of the city, and there was no effective protection. The Song army erected its artillery position, and as soon as the shells were able to hit the city walls, they immediately had the upper hand. The defenders of the city should build artillery bunkers to avoid being shelled by the opponent in order to play the greatest role. It's just that in this era, artillery itself is a new thing, where can it be thought? In the eyes of the party members, if they have artillery, they should be able to restrain the artillery of the Song army. But they didn't know that if the artillery was not used properly, the power would be greatly reduced.