The first thing about the war was to attack on the Jianghuai battlefield, and the target was Haozhou.

In fact, the Song army on the Jianghuai front line had a total of four imperial garrisons, plus the forbidden army led by Qi Fang, the total strength was close to 140,000, but there were too many places to defend, so the troops were scattered, and there were not as many Jin troops in the local area.

However, in the Jianghuai region, Luzhou, Haozhou, Xuyijun, Chuzhou and other places are connected in a line, forming a whole and becoming a barrier to guard the Jianghuai. Among them, Haozhou is the most guanjian, Haozhou is located in the upper reaches of Huaishui, due south of Suzhou, connecting the two battlefields of Huaidong and Huaixi, maintaining the security of the entire Jianghuai defense line, so Wanyan Chen monk Haozhou also broke through, undoubtedly to find the Jianghuai defense line and build the place.

At the same time, in order to prevent other Song troops from attacking the flank of the Jin army, the monk Wanyan Chen sent Shi Dingyue to lead 30,000 horses to attack Qixian and Lingbi to suppress the Song army of Xuyi, and ordered Pu Atong to lead 20,000 horses to attack the Anfeng army and contain the Song army in Gwangju. And he concentrated an army of 60,000, together with Wanyan Kuang, Wanyan Chong, Gao Linfu, Daduchen, Wulintai, Shao Fangjie and other generals, and launched an attack on Haozhou.

Haozhou's Imperial Garrison Division had a total of 30,000 horses, but sent 10,000 horses to guard Qixian and Lingbi. Now there are only 20,000 left, and there are 5,000 local militias. Moreover, Gao Zhen was stationed in the city of Haozhou, and the imperial garrison of Haozhou controlled Zhang Shiyan and guarded the city together. Although Gao Zhen's prestige is not as good as Yang Yan and Bi Zaiyu, he is also a famous general among the younger generation of the Great Song Army, and he is also the only one of the generals of the Song Army who can lead an army to fight, and he is now the commander of Huaidong soldiers and horses, so sitting in the city has also boosted the morale of the defenders in the city a lot.

After several years of operation in the Great Song Dynasty, the city defense of Haozhou is very strong, and a large number of materials and equipment to defend the city have also been prepared, which can be said to be fully prepared. It's just that Haozhou only has the east side of the east side of the Donghao River as a moat, and the southwest and north sides are dry cities. Because it is to the west, the terrain is open, so it is also the main direction of attack of the Jin army.

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Monk Wanyan Chen immediately crossed the axe, stood on a small hillside outside the west city of Haozhou, looked at the city wall of Haozhou about 400 steps away, and gave the order to attack.

In the earth-shattering drums of war, 5,000 Jin soldiers pushed 20 tower carts, 50 cloud ladders, and 60 bucket trucks, approaching the direction of the city wall of Haozhou. And behind the tower cart, there were thirty-six bed crossbows and twenty-two trebuchets.

At this time, Gao Zhen and Zhang Shiyan stood side by side on the city tower, looking at the Jin army that was gradually approaching the city wall from the black pressure of a golden array from a distance, Gao Zhen shouted: "Beat the drum." ”

"Knock-knock-knock-knock-"

The drums on the head of Haozhou City also sounded like thunder, almost shaking the city.

With the beating of the drums, the twenty-four bed crossbows on the head of Haozhou City also started together, like arm-thick crossbow guns with a terrifying and terrifying whistling sound, and shot towards the Jin army that had entered the firing range. The powerful force of the bed crossbow is so strong that a crossbow gun can often penetrate the bodies of two or three golden soldiers in a row. Even if it is shot at the tower car, it can also penetrate the baffle on the periphery of the tower car and shoot the Jin army hiding inside.

In the advancing ranks of the Jin army, the sound of the screams of the arrows immediately sounded, because the range of the bed crossbow of the Jin country was slightly smaller, and the bed crossbow of the Song army was placed on the city wall, which was condescending, and the range of more than ten zhang was invisibly increased, so when the Song army began to fire crossbow guns, it had not yet entered the range of the bed crossbow and trebuchet of the Jin army. However, the Jin army continued to advance under the crossbow attack of the Song army, and the speed of the advance did not slow down at all, and the soldiers in front were shot down by the ballistas, and the ones behind immediately followed, and even the formation was basically maintained.

When the Jin army pushed closer to the city wall of Haozhou, the Song army's twelve trebuchets also began to throw, throwing not only stones, but also thunderbolts, thunderbolts, oil bombs and other firearms, and aimed at the Jin army's tower cart as much as possible. Although trebuchets are basically not accurate, if you throw too much, there will always be some hits.

Moreover, even if the vast majority of stone firearms can not hit the tower car, they can also fall into the formation of the Jin army, the striking force is obviously much larger than just now, as long as the stones fall and hit the Jin soldiers, almost none of them will be spared, and after the firearms such as thunder and thunderbolts fall and explode, the iron pieces that shoot out can often kill more than ten Jin soldiers around them, so the casualties of the Jin army are further expanded.

Although it was not yet close to the city, hundreds of golden soldiers had fallen on the battlefield forever, many of them armed with bed crossbows and trebuchets. This is the price that the besieging side must pay, and several tower trucks have also been hit to varying degrees, but basically there are no injuries, but one tower car was hit by a heavy oil bomb and burned. Although the Jin soldiers below still pushed the cart and continued to move forward, the Jin soldiers hiding in the car abandoned the car and fled.

In fact, the distance of 200 paces has already entered the shooting range of the bed crossbow, but it is still slightly farther from the range of the trebuchet. And anyway, at this time, Yijing was within the range of the Song army, so he simply moved forward and was up to his own range. Therefore, when they had advanced a distance of about 180 steps from the city wall, the Jin army's bed crossbow and trebuchet stopped, and they also began to launch a counterattack on the city wall together, dealing a blow to the Song army, and no longer blindly being beaten passively.

Although the Song army's losses were much smaller than those of the Jin army, the Jin army's long-range weapons were more numerical than the Song army's, because the Song army's long-range weapons had to be defended on all sides, while the Jin army could use them intensively. Therefore, after the long-range weapons of the two sides attacked each other, many Song soldiers were shot by the crossbow guns of the Jin army on the city wall, and some stone firearms fell on the city wall, and the casualties of the Song soldiers began to gradually increase. At the same time, the striking force against the Jin army was also much smaller.

Monk Wanyan Chen watched the battle in the formation, looking at the casualties of the Jin army at the beginning, his face did not change in the slightest. Years of war have long since sharpened his mind. However, seeing that his bed crossbow and trebuchet also began to exert their power, and immediately contained the long-range attack of the Song army, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately ordered another 5,000 troops to be added to the siege battle.

At this time, the first group of attacking Jin troops entered the distance of 100 paces from the city wall, and reached the range of the bow and crossbow. Gao Zhen immediately ordered, and the archers and crossbowmen on the city wall each opened their bows and released arrows, and for a while, the arrows fell on the heads of the Jin army like raindrops.

And the attacking Jin army was also prepared, and they raised the shields they had carried long ago to block the arrows, after all, bows and arrows are not crossbows and firearms, they can be blocked. However, through the gap between the shields, many golden soldiers still fell to the ground and died after being hit by arrows. But there were also many crossbowmen of the Jin army who fired arrows at the city wall while advancing, and the Jin soldiers on the bucket carts also fired bows and arrows to hit the Song army on the city, and the intensity of the battle gradually increased.

At this time, on the city wall of Suzhou City, under the dispatch of Gao Zhen, the Song army also repeatedly adjusted the tactics for the progress of the Jin army, the crossbowmen desperately fired arrows at the battlements to the city, and the trebuchets and bed crossbows were also fiercely fired in the back row, and one by one the crashing cars were also pushed to the city wall, aiming at the tower carts that were gradually approaching the city wall. At the same time, dozens of "fire dragon water dryers" were also brought up, all facing the tower car, ready to launch. There is also a part of the Song soldiers with swords and guns, standing on the city wall and waiting, waiting for the tower car to approach the city wall, and after the Jin army is killed, they will carry out white-knuckle combat.

The distance from the Jin army's array to the city of Haozhou cannot be hundreds of steps, but for the Jin army, this distance of a few hundred steps is a road paved with death, and nearly a thousand Jin troops have fallen forever, and even if they reach the city wall, it does not mean that they have reached the end, it is only the beginning of bigger and more deaths.

One by one, the tower carts approached the city wall, and the ladders were slowly rising, forty, thirty, twenty steps...... The Book of Scripture is getting closer.

The three sides of the tower cart are sealed with thick wooden boards, unless it is a bed crossbow or a divine arm bow, otherwise the general bow and arrow is impenetrable, so the bow and arrow of the Song army retreated to the second line, and used the way of projectile to hit the Jin army close to the city, and the position of the battlement was reserved for other Song soldiers, ready to meet the Jin army that kicked the city. And the crash car was also in the right position, the crashing wood was pulled up high, just waiting for the tower car to get close to the city wall, and then hit it mercilessly.

At this moment, only to hear a loud "boom", from the top of a tower car fire, immediately spewed out a large amount of smoke, sharp and rapid sound of breaking the air suddenly sounded intensively, and on the city wall opposite the tower car, dozens of Song soldiers almost at the same time let out a screaming sound, fell to the ground and died, everyone was either stuck with a few sharp arrows, or was pierced by sharp arrows through several blood holes. The knocking wood that had been pulled up also hung down, and a large gap was immediately opened in the tightly guarded city wall.

In fact, the Jin army also learned from the Great Song Dynasty this trick, installed a "fire dragon water pipe" on the roof of each tower car, ignited and launched when close to the city wall, because the distance is too close, and the Song army on the city wall is very dense, so it can cause a considerable blow to the Song army. It also opens up the situation for the next step of the tower car pedaling on the city wall. It's just that the Jin army used this tactic for the first time, and he was a little anxious, and when the tower car was still more than a dozen steps away from the city wall, he lit the "fire dragon water pipe". Although it dealt a considerable blow to the Song army, the tower cart was some distance away and did not get close to the city wall.