A quarter of an hour later, that is, at six o'clock in the morning, the 30,000 new troops finally arrived in the south of the city. At this time, Xijin Mansion had become a large barracks, and the Liao army's Tanma continued to flow when they were twenty miles away, and they were mixed with the new army Tanma to chase each other.

In terms of horsemanship, the Liao army has superior horse exploration skills, how can there be a huge gap in the bow and crossbow and armor, there are fewer wins and more losses, and after throwing down hundreds of corpses, they still do not give up, staring at these invaders from afar.

Not only did the Liao ** team make the strongest protest, but the Han villages passing by were not very friendly. Even if the new army played the banner of the Song army, there were still people who launched cold arrows from roadside houses and grass to sneak attack.

At first, Hong Tao was relatively restrained, but after the casualties of the new army, his already small compassion immediately dissipated without a trace, and was replaced by a cold three-light policy.

No matter who you encounter along the way, no matter what village, or town, you will shoot, burn, and exterminate them, and there are no restrictions. As long as the forward officer feels that he can protect the safety of the soldiers, he is not guilty of chopping people into minced meat!

An army that is provoked to ferocity and a cold-blooded commander turns out to be inhuman. The 30,000 new troops swept the ground of more than 20 miles south of the city of Xijin Prefecture like a lawnmower, and the width was almost more than 10 miles, and there was only one result where they passed, no man's land!

Houses, warehouses, and fences were all burned down, all personnel and livestock were killed regardless of race, and even wells had to be destroyed and landfilled. This is really not an order from Hong Tao, nor is it someone below who is taking advantage of the topic to play. This is how the training subjects of the New Army are prescribed in peacetime, and everyone is accustomed to implementing them.

The strong attack on Jinfu is different from the feint attack on Gu'an, Hong Tao mainly attacked the Danfeng Gate and Kaiyang Gate in the southern city. Miao Kui guarded the Xianxi Gate and the Qing Jin Gate in the west of the city on the left; Wang Da is in charge of the East Gate and the Yingchun Gate of Dongcheng on the right.

The purpose of this is very simple, it is to kill and injure more soldiers defending the city. The more targets there are, the more scattered the enemies become, which has an effect on area damage when using Thunderbolts. Hong Tao felt that it was best to let every shrapnel kill and injure an enemy, and it would be a crime to waste one.

The Central Route Army advanced until it was about 200 meters away from the moat before stopping, ignoring the scattered flying arrows and installing siege crossbows on the spot, and had no intention of setting up camp at all. In Hong Tao's words, if you can't enter the city at noon, who will sleep in a tent if you have a house?

If the enemy launches a counter-charge, use the box cart to make do with the block. But the Liao army guards in the city obviously didn't think so, and they also sent a team of envoys under the city of Liangzhou to come over and talk about it with banners.

"Continue to prepare, Lao Jiu, let the siege crossbow be exchanged for the crescent shovel, and send them all away." Hong Tao felt that his malice had been revealed, was it necessary to talk about it again?

In order to make the other party die, this team of envoys became Wang Jiu's target. The more than 20 siege crossbows that had just been fixed were all replaced with giant crossbows with crescent-shaped arrows, and there were only two people left with more than ten cavalry envoys of the Liao State in a salvo.

There was only one who could run back, and the other horse was shot dead, and as soon as he got up, he was hit again on his back. Hong Tao didn't want to know who the other party was, what it was called, and how big the official was, even if they abandoned the city and surrendered, they would have to kill most of them.

There's no way, it's not that we're ruthless, it's that we really can't afford to raise so many captives. The military rations are all for you, what are we eating? Starving people to death is more inhumane than killing them. Aren't the ancients cloudy, small goodness is like great evil, and great good is the most ruthless!

"Twelve, you stare at the signal, see it clearly and then report, don't be nervous."

Seeing that a group of envoys were shot under the city for no reason, the Liao army at the head of the city was suddenly indignant, and the drums beat for a while. But it soon weakened, and a big black ball flickered up in the rear of the car formation under the city, rising higher and higher.

After exceeding the height of the city wall, the big black ball continued to rise, and there were clearly people in the basket below. The soldiers of the Liao army were all dumbfounded, and none of the generals could explain what the big black ball was, and a sense of unease gradually permeated their hearts.

"Order...... The balloon said that there are the most officials standing on the upper floor of Kaiyangmen City! "Wang Twelfth originally wanted to go up to be a lookout post in person, and he liked the feeling of flying. But Daddy didn't let him, so he could only hold a telescope and tilt his head down as a herald. Before the rope under the balloon was released, the flag above came.

"Test one shot of the siege crossbow, the city wall on the right side of the target!" With the hot air balloon as a lookout post, Hong Tao didn't even need the roof of the box, so he sat in the carriage and commanded the battle.

"Forty steps!" The siege crossbow changed to a leather pocket and threw an unignited thunderbolt at the longest distance, and soon the flag came from the balloon to make a more accurate correction for this test firing.

"Change the thunderbolt, target the city tower of Kaiyangmen, the left wing shoots first, and the right wing self-corrects and follows!" The people in the city did not show panic because of a small ball thrown from the city, and the thunderbolt probably did not hit any target, and fell directly over the city wall.

However, the Liao army in the city suffered a loss that they did not know, and if they knew what they would face after the test launch, they would definitely not stand on the top of the city again. The second round of thunderbolts was thrown quickly, and fifteen rounds were thrown at once, and most of them landed accurately on the tower.

As explosions rang out one after another, fifteen siege crossbows on the right flank followed suit. With the shooting effect of the siege crossbow on the left flank, the firing of the right flank is more accurate, and there is no human figure on the city tower for a while, it is all dust and mist and debris that have been kicked up by the air waves, and there may be human fragments.

"On the sappers, the siege crossbow is replaced with fire and oil bombs for cover!" Before the smoke on the Kaiyang Gate could dissipate, Hong Tao's second order was issued again. Immediately, two groups of New Army soldiers dressed in armor like gasoline drums came out of the line and pushed a box cart towards the moat.

The armor is made of steel plates three millimeters thick and has been carburized. It's a bit heavier, and it's basically impossible to run while wearing it, but it's safe, and shooting with a battering crossbow has half a chance of not being able to penetrate.

The sappers didn't have to run, they moved to the moat step by step under the rain of arrows, let their bodies jingle and clank, and still slowly drilled holes on the river bank with Luoyang shovels, slipped more than ten at a time, and then stuffed ammonium oil medicine rolls into the holes one by one. Finally, the length of the medicine twist was calculated, and he walked back slowly.

What is directional blasting, the Liao ** team can be regarded as an eye-opener. With several loud noises that were almost connected together, the earth seemed to wake up, and it turned over, causing the walls of the city to fall to the earth.

Looking further down the city, a large earthy yellow wave was set off on the south bank of the moat, surging to the north bank with overwhelming momentum. The moat, which was more than ten meters wide, was instantly filled in a section more than twenty meters wide, and the place where the big iron barrels drilled just now appeared in a low-lying area, and the riverbank was flattened.

In the dust, the big iron buckets came up slowly, this time not burrowing, but unloading the planks from the square strange car, one by one, and the big stool-like things, it was actually a small bridge.

At this time, no one who has ever seen it can see what the big iron buckets are doing, building bridges. If you don't let the suspension bridge go, people will build one by themselves, but the speed of building the bridge is a bit fast, and more than ten wooden planks are loaded in one car, and the moat is useless if you don't need a few cars.

But how do you deal with it? I don't know, and no one gives orders, but those who are qualified to give orders are on the tower. It has become a ruined and bloody Shura field, dozens of high- and middle-level officers of the Liao Army, plus officials from Nanjing Province, there is really no one who can stand up, and if they are not killed by the bombing, they will be stoned to death by the bricks and tiles of the collapsed city tower.

The Liao army on the city wall can only use bows and arrows to shoot desperately, but unfortunately the archery skills that they were proud of in the past seem to have lost their effectiveness at this time.

On the other hand, the enemy troops lined up behind the carriages under the city were as if they were all asleep, neither cheering for the big iron buckets, nor beating gongs and drums to boost their morale, but just standing in a daze, except for the high black ball in the distance, as if someone was waving a piece of cloth.

"Toot toot toot...... "Just as the improvised bridge was about to be built on ......the opposite bank, there was finally movement in the city, and with the sound of long horns, the drawbridge rattled down, and the city gate creaked left and right, and three teams of cavalry appeared in the doorway.

"Boom! Rumble! "It's a pity that before the cavalry could run out ......of the hole, those damn iron balls flew over again and exploded in the hole of the city gate. Unlike the castle towers, these iron balls not only kill people, but also ignite a raging fire, even the walls and the ground.

"Galala...... "I don't know if the winch of the suspension bridge was broken, or if someone made a mistake, the suspension bridge that had just been dragged up less than three feet high was planted back at one end, and it slammed heavily on the ground, making an uncomfortable moaning sound.......

"There are thousands of cavalry troops gathered in the city of urns!" Hong Tao didn't say anything about the fall of the suspension bridge, and listened carefully to the information from the hot air balloon conveyed by Wang Twelve.

"This official just said, how can such a strong city be a gate, and order the siege crossbow to shoot two rounds with thunderbolts!"

This matter really came to Hong Tao's mind first, the new army had not attacked the city with the urn city, and the daimyo's mansion did not look at the high city and the river was deep, nor did they build the urn city. After asking the lookout hand on the balloon, I learned that the urn city of Xijin Province was inside.

The gates were blocked by corpses and fire, and the companions behind were still pouring inside, filling the small urn city to the brim. The defect of the lack of unified command of the commander-in-chief was manifested at this time, and the order was issued too slowly.

At this time, an iron ball flew in over the city wall, first smashing the heads of the Liao soldiers and horses with kinetic energy, and then violently releasing chemical energy, bursting out violently on the ground.

After the flying pieces of iron and porcelain pierce a person's body, they will greet the second and third ones, which is really not a waste at all, there is always a piece for you.