The First Battle of the Forty-Nine Jianghuai (2)
The Song army, which came back to its senses, also immediately fought back, and also lit the "fire dragon water cylinder" that had been prepared on the city wall long ago, even if it was a thick wooden plank, it was difficult to stop the strong launch with gunpowder as thrust, as long as it was within the "fire dragon water cylinder" strike, all of them were pierced by feather arrows into thousands of holes, and the Jin army hiding in the tower car was also screaming. The Jin army, which had been hit, did not care that it had not yet approached the city wall, and they all lit the "fire dragon water pipe" porcelain on the roof of the tower.
In this way, the two sides launched a "fire dragon water pipe" battle at a distance of only a dozen steps, and for a time the entire city wall was filled with smoke and fog. The sharp and piercing sound of tearing atmosphere is endless.
Because the Song army stood very densely on the city wall, and there were only more than 20 Jin troops loaded on each tower car, the Song army was hit far more than the Jin army, and in just a moment, the casualties of the Song army were almost close to a thousand, and the dead bodies were all over the city wall, and the defensive area was empty at once.
However, the Jin army was not strong there, although the casualties were not many, but every tower car was shot all over the body, and was hit by the Song army's collision car, especially the other Song army regardless of life and death, they threw heavy oil bombs on the tower car, because the distance was too close, almost no bullets, twenty tower cars, seventeen were on fire to varying degrees. Three of them were swallowed by fire, and they were hit several times in succession, so that most of them fell apart and could no longer be used.
Monk Wanyan Chen, who was watching the battle from a distance, was also shaken, and he couldn't imagine that the battle situation had developed to such a fierce level before the siege had officially begun. And after this siege, at least half of the tower carts will no longer be usable. The cost of a tower car is very expensive, this time he only brought a total of sixty, and only forty were assembled, and the remaining twenty were still parts, and more than a dozen were scrapped at once, and the loss was not small. But now that Yijing couldn't stop, Monk Wanyan Chen bit it and ordered to transfer ten more tower carts, and at the same time added 5,000 soldiers to continue to devote themselves to the battle. And sent three more Chongcheng vehicles to hit the city gate of Haozhou.
At this time, although the other tower carts approached the city wall, the golden soldiers in the tower cart were all killed, so no one could step on the city wall for a while, and there was a short gap in the battlefield. However, taking advantage of this gap, dozens of ladders of the Jin army were built on the city wall with scriptures, and the Jin soldiers pedaled the ladders and climbed up desperately. There are also golden soldiers who re-pedaled on the tower cart and attacked the city.
And Gao Zhen, who commanded the city, was also surprised, because siege warfare has always been the weakness of the Jin army, and he didn't expect that this battle would deal such a big blow to the Song army at the beginning. Several routines commonly used by the Song army in the past to attack the city were almost all learned by the Jin army, and now they are used to deal with the Song army.
Since the smoke did not disperse and the banner could not be seen clearly, Gao Zhen could only send someone to give an order, so that the other Song soldiers could immediately fill in and prevent the Jin army from attacking the city.
After the Song army that came up to replenish them met the Jin army that climbed to the top of the city, a fierce battle immediately began.
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After the smoke cleared, the entire city wall could be seen clearly, and the soldiers waved their weapons and fought to the death amid the thunderous war drums on both sides. Do not give in to each other.
However, the Song army was good at defending the city, and it also had an advantage in numbers, after a period of panic, it gradually stabilized, and immediately under the command of the middle and lower generals, they divided their labor, part of the battle against the Jin soldiers who attacked the city wall, and part of the city seized the battlements, so as not to let the Jin army under the city continue to pedal on the city, and the crash car also started again, and the thick crashing wood was under the control of the Song soldiers, desperately hitting the tower car. At this time, the fire of three more tower cars became bigger and bigger, and after several impacts, they finally couldn't support it, and collapsed, crushing and crushing dozens of Jin soldiers.
At this time, the long-range weapons of the Jin army were also afraid of accidentally injuring their companions, so they did not dare to fire crossbow guns and stones at the city, so they had to hit as far as possible and hit the city to create chaos in the city. The Song army's crossbowmen and long-range weapons did not have this Cheng Ji, and after stabilizing their positions, they opened their bows and arrows one after another, and began to launch a fierce blow to the Jin army under the city.
Under the hard work of the Song army, the Jin army gradually became a little unable to resist, most of the battlements were reoccupied by the Song army, twenty tower cars are now pushed to eight, and the remaining twelve are also damaged to varying degrees, and they are also subjected to the fierce attack of the Song army, and the Jin soldiers who attacked the city head in the early stage also suffered heavy casualties, and the rest of the Jin soldiers can only surround Long into a few semicircles, with their backs against the battlements, desperately resisting, protecting the few gaps that were finally opened.
Fortunately, at this time, the reinforcements of the Jin army also arrived, because the Song army was now busy dealing with the Jin army attacking the city wall, so the ten tower cars that newly participated in the battle were not hindered this time, and they approached the city wall very easily. And the golden soldiers on the city wall were reinforced, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they gradually gained a firm foothold, and the battle on the city wall suddenly fell into a stalemate.
At the same time, the Jin army's city car also attacked the city gate of Haozhou, a city car blocked in front of the city gate of Xicheng, and the thick giant tree was violently slamming into the city gate under the joint control of sixteen Jin soldiers. There were bursts of thunderous sounds, only to shake the dust in the city gate hole, and cracks appeared on the thick door panels.
When Monk Wanyan Chen saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief. The tide of battle finally began to tilt to the side of the Jin army. Although the price paid is very heavy, if you can capture Haozhou in one fell swoop, it is still worth it.
Gao Zhen also knew that the current battle situation had reached the moment of Guan Jian, and at this time, no tactics or weapons were useless, and he could only rely on the bravery and desperate fighting spirit of the soldiers. Therefore, he first ordered Zhang Shiyan to go down to the city immediately to defend the city, and at the same time ordered to transfer 500 heavy infantry to the city to participate in the defense.
The heavy armored infantry army has always been the elite unit of the Song army, and it can't help but be well-equipped, and the selection is extremely strict, often one in a hundred, or even one in a thousand. There were only 1,500 heavy infantry in the Imperial Garrison Division of Haozhou, so this kind of attrition battle to defend the city was generally not allowed to participate in heavy infantry. But now that the situation is critical, there is no need to take care of it. Therefore, Gao Zhen redeployed the armored infantry army to the city to defend.
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Zhang Shiyan had just run down the city tower, only to hear a loud "bang", and the half-foot-thick city gate was slammed into a big hole. Five or six soldiers against the city gate were knocked out of the city. Zhang Shiyan couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Quick, go and transfer the archers and heavy infantry." Then immediately the soldiers were mobilized to guard the entrance to the door.
At this moment, only to hear "knock, knock, knock......" and a few loud noises, the door frame finally couldn't bear the force of the continuous impact, "rattle", and broke open. "Bang", the gate of Haozhou City was finally knocked open by Jin Bing.
However, at this time, under the dispatch of Zhang Shiyan, the Song army was ready to be knocked open by the scriptures. The crossbowmen of the Song army had already bent their bows and arrows in front of the hole in the city, the front row was half-kicked, the back row was standing, ready to attack, as soon as the city gate was opened, it was a burst of random arrows shot, in such a close situation, the Jin soldiers who operated the city car had no way to dodge at all, and were immediately shot down a large area. The crossbowmen immediately dispersed from both sides, leaving the firing position to their companions behind, then turned to the back of the team, drew their bows and arrows, and waited for the next launch.
And the Jin army finally crashed open the city gate, where he was willing to stop, while moving the city car away, while braving the arrows of the Song army, desperately rushing in. After the Jin soldiers in front fell, the Jin soldiers who followed immediately made up for it, and rushed to the city one after another, and the ground of the entire city gate hole was almost covered by the corpses of the Jin soldiers. It's just that although the rain of arrows of the Song army is fierce, it can't stop the Jin soldiers from desperately charging regardless of life and death, and how long can the city gate hole be, and finally the Jin army is forced to the entrance of the inner city.
Fortunately, at this time, the Song army rushed to 200 heavy armored infantry, under the command of Zhang Shiyan, the crossbowmen immediately withdrew, and the heavy armored infantry stubbornly guarded the entrance of the inner city, and forcibly blocked the golden soldiers in the city gate, but they could not enter the city.
At this time, the combat effectiveness of the heavy armored infantry is also fully revealed, more than ten heavy armored infantry stood in a row, blocking the passage of the city gate, each holding a hemp knife, and unless it is in the part that the armor cannot cover, it is difficult for the knife and gun in the hands of the Jin army to penetrate the protection of the heavy armor, so there is no need to parry the opponent's weapon at all, just the head of the platoon slashed at the Jin army. In the face of the Song Army's bright blade and unstoppable formation, the Jin soldiers were simply difficult to parry, and could only fall one by one. And the Song army advanced step by step, and it was almost difficult to step on the road under their feet, but they stepped on the corpses that had been cut down.
The gate hole of Haozhou City was originally only more than three zhang long, and it didn't take long for the Song army to recapture the distance of more than two zhang. Look at the Yijing killing to the edge of the outer city gate, and several Song soldiers immediately rushed up from both sides of the sword formation, pushed the city gate, and wanted to close the city gate again.
Zhang Shiyan watched from behind, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, as long as he added a little more force, he could drive the Jin army out of the city gate, and then close the city gate, as long as the city head was guarded, then the crisis would be basically cleared.
At this moment, suddenly the Jin army's team was divided left and right, and a general came up, using a mace in his hand, dancing a black light, and the three Song soldiers were shocked to spit blood and died of despair. Then this member will wield a mace to cover the left and right, and block all the several hemp knives that cut at him, and then the Jin army actually killed a row of infantry with iron hoods, wearing black armor, and holding big axes, and fought with the Song army, and it was also a heavy infantry.