The sun had not yet risen, and the wind blew on the face like a knife. The flags rattled in the cold wind, making a terrible sound.

Looking at the neat lineup of the Song army outside the city, Mustang Yuanchang said: "Tai Lieutenant, today's Song army is not like the previous two days, isn't it going to attack the city?" ”

Gu Le Cunzhong said in a deep voice: "They have been besieging the city for three days, and they have been arranged yesterday, and there is no action in the afternoon, it is time to attack the city." ”

Mustang Yuanchang was a little nervous: "What should we do?" I heard that the artillery was sharp, but I didn't know what it looked like. ”

Gu Le Cunzhong sighed: "Just wait, what else can you do?" The soldiers and horses in the city guarded the city wall tightly, waiting for the Song army to attack. ”

The Dangxiang army had the same problem as the Khitan, it was neither good at attacking or defending cities, and it used to fight with the Song army, mainly relying on field battles. The Song army overhauled the fort, and they had no choice. Siege with artillery, they have never seen it.

At this moment, a low horn suddenly sounded outside the city. The voice was terrible, streaking across the vast land,

Mustang Yuanchang was shocked in his heart and said: "It's not good, it's not that the Song army is about to attack the city."

Looking out, I saw that in front of the various artillery positions of the Song army, there were constantly small flags waving, and the surrounding soldiers were loading and reloading the guns. In the infantry formation in front, a large number of ladders began to appear. Obviously, the Song army was already about to attack the city.

Gu Le Cunzhong felt that his palms were sweaty, and he couldn't help but be nervous, and he looked at the Song army outside the city without blinking. The leader of the party army on the city wall kept running around to give orders to prepare the soldiers defending the city. Light a fire under the cauldron next to it and start boiling the hot oil.

After a short time, I saw the gunner of the Song army, the torch in his hand was lit, and he twisted the medicine on the cannon.

I heard the rumbling sound of the sky falling apart, and the gun smoke came out of the cannon outside the city, which covered the formation of the Song army for a while. Gu Le Cunzhong watched the countless projectiles flying towards the city wall, and before he could react, he felt the city wall shake under his feet. Then there was the sound of the walls cracking and the screams of the dead and wounded. Yuanchang, a wild horse standing beside him, was hit by a collapsing clod of soil, and knelt on the ground with a scream.

Jumping up from the ground, Mustang Yuanchang touched the wound, and blood was dripping. hurriedly shouted: "Tai Lieutenant, this city tower can't wait, the artillery of the Song army is really powerful, go down to the city quickly!" ”

As he spoke, he pulled Gu Le Cunzhong and hurriedly went downstairs to the city.

Gu Le Cunzhong shook his hand suddenly: "I was about to see how the Song army attacked the city, how could I go down!" At this time of life and death, do not retreat! ”

Mustang Yuanchang looked around, because the party soldiers guarding the city on the city wall were too dense, there were already many casualties under the first round of artillery. He said to Gu Le Cunzhong: "Tai Lieutenant, there have been countless dead and wounded on the city wall, and I can't wait here!" If a shot comes and you make a mistake, what should I do? ”

After speaking, no matter how Gu Le Cunzhong didn't allow it, together with the guards, he was put down.

Han Qi stood outside the city, holding a telescope in his hand, looking at the scene on the city wall. Seeing a round of artillery, there were many dead and wounded on the city wall, and said to Zhao Zi beside him: "The party people still don't know how to defend the city under the artillery, they all gather together on the city wall, and there are many casualties in this round." ”

Zhao Zi said: "Although the party also has artillery, there are never ten people in Ganzhou City. They don't know, there's nothing strange about it. Wait until there are no defenders on the city wall after a few rounds, and then let the soldiers and ants join the siege city! ”

Han Qi nodded: "This is the best, the siege is not so troublesome." You ordered the cavalry to be ready, not to slack off, and to catch up with the party army as soon as they fled. Can't let them retreat to Liangzhou, otherwise it will be another big war. ”

Zhao Zi promised loudly. This was a long-distance attack, with a lot of horses and nearly 10,000 cavalry. Once the party escaped, it was chased by the cavalry and could not resist the muskets and sabers. Chasing the dead and chasing the north is exactly what the cavalry of the Song army is good at.

Back at the palace, Gu Le Cunzhong said sharply: "Send someone to the city, come back every quarter of an hour to report, what is going on in the city!" ”

The soldiers agreed and hurried away.

After walking back and forth in the mansion for a few steps, Gule Cunzhong remembered that Mustang Yuanchang was injured and said to him: "Are you seriously injured?" ”

Mustang Yuanchang said: "But some blood, nothing." The top priority is to decide how to deal with the Song army. They bombarded the walls with artillery, but they could not gather a large army on the top of the city. Once the soldiers got off the city wall, the Song army would attack the city again, how to deal with it? ”

Gu Le Cunzhong's face was like black iron, and he didn't say a word, just pacing back and forth in the ya. Originally, I thought that the Song army was going to use artillery to bombard the city wall, Ganzhou is an old city for many years, although it is not repaired, the city wall is thick enough, and it is not afraid of the Song army bombarding the city. I didn't expect that the artillery was not used like that, it was not used to bombard the city wall, but directly to the head of the city. As a result, there will no longer be any soldiers on the walls.

After thinking back and forth for a while, Gu Le Cunzhong said, "Wait and see." Can the artillery of the Song army continue to bombard? The military horses were withdrawn from the city wall, and the gate of Ganzhou City was wide open, how could it be defended! ”

After speaking, Gule Cunzhong returned to the desk and sat down, looking at the door, his face gloomy as water.

After a quarter of an hour, one of his own soldiers hurriedly returned, and reported with a forked hand: "Captain, there are many casualties on the city wall, and I can't stay any longer!" ”

Gu Le Cunzhong stood up abruptly and said in a deep voice: "The artillery of the Song army has not stopped? ”

The soldier said: "Back to the captain, the artillery has not stopped." The infantry of the Song army outside the city guarded the ladder and watched there. ”

Gu Le Cunzhong looked outside the door, the sun had already risen, and the sunlight was shining golden on the snowflakes that had been stored two days ago. There is too little rain and snow here in Ganzhou, and it seems that there is no hope for three consecutive days of heavy snowfall as joked in the previous two days.

Exhaling lightly, Gu Le Cunzhong said: "Go and invite the Yeyu general at the head of the city to discuss matters in the palace." ”

The soldiers made a promise, turned and went out, and hurried to the city.

Gule Cunzhong said to the wild horse Yuanchang on the side: "If the soldiers are withdrawn from the city wall, it will not be easy for the Song army to attack the city. If you don't defend the city wall, how can Ganzhou still hold it? After the loss of Ganzhou, Shandan County in the east is even less worth mentioning. Without a large army, who can stop the footsteps of the Song army? ”

Mustang Yuanchang had already stopped the bleeding and said, "Captain Tai don't worry, he will always find a way." How could the Song army be really invincible? ”

Gu Le Cunzhong sighed, shook his head, and said nothing more. This is what I am most afraid of fighting, I have no chance to fight with the enemy, so I can only shrink in the city and be beaten passively. wanted to go out of the city to fight, but the Song army's musket had no chance to get close at all.

After a short time, Ye Yusiwen, the general of the city, came in and sang a promise with his crossed hands.

Gu Le Cunzhong said: "The artillery of the Song army is bombarding non-stop, how are the soldiers at the head of the city?" Can you hold it? ”

Ye Yu Siwen hesitated, and said with his crossed hands: "Don't hide it from the captain, the soldiers at the head of the city have dispersed, and there are really a lot of casualties." Now it seems that the Song army outside the city has artillery to help, and there is no one on the city. It is better to withdraw the soldiers and wait for the Song infantry to attack the city, and then go up to defend. ”

Gu Le Cunzhong said: "At that time, is it still too late? ”

Ye Yu Siwen said: "Whether it's too late or not, it can only be like this." Under the artillery, the soldiers really couldn't wait. If you don't withdraw, you can only let the artillery of the Song army bombard to death, and you won't even have a chance to resist. After withdrawing, several lookout posts were set up on the city wall, and as soon as the Song army infantry marched forward, they would enter the city, and it would not be too far behind. ”

Gu Le Cunzhong sighed secretly. What will not be too different, go up under the city wall, the road is narrow, how can there be strength to defend the city. But if you don't remove the guards of the city, you will be bombarded by artillery on the city wall, and there is no way.

After thinking about it again and again, Gu Le Cunzhong nodded helplessly and said, "Then let's withdraw first." As soon as the Song army's artillery stopped, they immediately landed in the city! ”

Ye Yu Siwen fork hand said yes.

Watching Yeyu Siwen leave the mansion, Gule Cunzhong said to Yema Yuanchang: "It seems that it is not easy to defend Ganzhou City. As soon as the city is broken, you and I will be left without a curse. It's just that the poor family members have to suffer from the pond fish. ”

Mustang Yuanchang was silent for a while, and then tried to ask: "There is no real siege at the east gate of the city, why don't you send someone to try if you can escape?" ”

Gu Le Cunzhong smiled bitterly: "Surround the three queyi, how can there be a reason not to arrange ambush soldiers in the direction of the queyi?" Forget it, let's watch and don't think about it. This time the Song army attacked the city, and we were only afraid of more evil and less auspicious. ”

Outside the city, the Song army bombarded for half an hour, the artillery stopped, each gun position urgently cooled the gun barrel, and the damaged artillery was urgently repaired.

Han Qi put down the binoculars and said, "The party has withdrawn the soldiers at the head of the city, can we try to attack the city?" ”

Zhao Zi said: "Don't worry, you have to bombard a few rounds, and then attack the city." Our artillery has stopped here, and the party soldiers must have to go up to the city wall again, and when there are a few more rounds of artillery, it is best if they dare not go up to the city again. ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the party soldiers who had withdrawn under the city wall in the Wangyuan Realm slowly appeared at the head of the city again. couldn't help laughing and said: "The party members are really like this, and they sent the soldiers up again." One more round of cannon shots later and see how it ends up. ”

Han Qi smiled, raised his binoculars, and looked at the city wall opposite.

The Song army cooled the barrel, repaired the damage, and reloaded the ammunition. With a trumpet, it slammed into the city again.

Hearing the sound of cannons, the party soldiers who had just sorted out their troops on the city wall shouted, and immediately scattered as birds and beasts, and hurriedly ran down the city. The passage under the city wall was narrow, and I don't know how many soldiers were hit, and for a time there was chaos on the city wall.

When Mustang Siwen saw it, he couldn't help but feel anxious. There has never been an artillery siege before, the city wall of Ganzhou is not high, and there are no protective measures on the city wall. Under the artillery of the Song army, there was nowhere to hide.

Putting down the binoculars, Zhao Zi said to Han Qi: "Tai Lieutenant, the first time the party people encountered an artillery siege, it took a few times before they knew the stakes. When you don't dare to go up the city wall, it's not too late to send infantry. ”

Han Qi nodded: "Looking at the appearance of the city, it can only be like this." Wait until noon, and then attack the city. ”

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