Since ancient times, a large-scale siege of a well-fortified city has been something that no commander would want to encounter.

In the era of cold weapons, due to the lack of effective siege methods, it was often necessary to use countless lives to attack a fortified city. Or simply surround the city to the death, starve the defenders in the city to death, or force them to surrender. There are not a few long-term sieges in the history books that have been counted in years.

If it were possible, Wanyan Zonghan really wanted to besiege Yingzhou City to death! Starve all the rogues inside!

However, he didn't have time! He didn't know if Wanyan Lou's room would succeed in transporting grain, nor did he know how much of a threat the military horses lurking near Yunzhou would pose. If something goes wrong, the army will have no food, and the whole army will inevitably collapse!

The Jurchen army, which was originally incomparable and invincible in the world, seemed to be stuck in the mud at this moment. Tightly wound by invisible silk threads, I have no strength but I don't know where to use it!

The entire Left Army was divided. Wanyan Xiyin took a part of it to the south and continued to surround the Taiyuan City that was about to be fully ripe. Then it was Wanyan Lou who took a part of it north and returned to Yunzhou to guard the grain and grass. The rest is under Yingzhou City.

The dispersion of troops is always a taboo for soldiers, and Wanyan Zonghan is not unintelligible. It's just that now he's being dragged down by all the bad things that suddenly appeared. I can only be led by the nose, this feeling is really bad.

The only way to break through this dilemma is to break the node. Capture Yingzhou City!

At this time, Wanyan Zonghan had no choice. In the face of a well-defended city, he can only go to the hard! Use these elite veterans under your command to fill in your life! Now don't say that Yingzhou City is close to the left, that is, the entire Hedong Road can't catch any usable livestock at this time!

The people who originally lived here were either killed or died of various natural and man-made disasters and starvation. In addition to Taiyuan City, there may be a small number of people hiding in the vast mountains. Wanyan Zonghan didn't have the time and energy to go to the ravines and ravines to catch them!

"I knew I wouldn't have killed so many animals when I went south." Watching his subordinates push the siege equipment towards Yingzhou City, which was densely covered with siege equipment, Wanyan Zonghan narrowed his eyes slightly. muttered to himself.

He just sighed. Wanyan Zonghan, as the commander-in-chief, once he makes up his mind, he will definitely not be merciful! The Jurchens regard people of other nationalities as mustard, even when they should use it for their own people!

The so-called siege battle, as long as you make up your mind to attack the city, you must take advantage of the sharpest time to fight!

The sergeants used their flesh and blood to fight against the solid earth, gold, and iron, and if they failed to pounce once, and fought a bloody tug-of-war that came and went, the morale of the army would immediately decline, and it would be difficult to regain its strength in a short period of time.

Before the city was breached, the ratio of casualties between the attackers and the defenders was too great. A well-prepared pounce could not be attacked. Then the only option is to besiege for a long time.

At the same time, build more and more powerful siege machines. Motivate the sergeants and restore the morale of the soldiers. Raise more gold, silver, goods, people's food and other military supplies.

Wait until a qiē is restored before you can mention the matter of breaking the city. Or simply surround the defenders, and the food is exhausted, and they can't finish it anymore.

Wanyan Zonghan did not have enough cattle to be able to fill the city. There are no large numbers of powerful siege machines. Not to mention the grain he has to support him to besiege the city for a long time, it is not enough for him and his army to stay here for a few more days!

The only thing he had was the sergeants under his command. As a commander-in-chief, it is essential to ignore the huge casualties and treat the heavy losses with indifference in order to accomplish the operational objectives.

Wanyan Zonghan is not an indecisive and merciful person. Although he felt the elite veterans who went to the city, he would not change his determination!

The first to do so were more than 1,000 new annexes who had taken refuge in the Jurchens with a large number of siege equipment. They are not only the Han people in the north, but also the Murowei people, Xi people, Bohai people and so on who took refuge when the Liao was destroyed. When filling in life. Let them go first, of course.

Behind them were the three Jurchen Heavy Armor Warriors, who were the main force in the assault on the city. Everyone is heavily armoured, armed with shields and all kinds of heavy weapons, and once they are allowed to go up the city wall, it will be a bloody fight! Behind them were more than 1,000 horsemen who were responsible for holding down the formation. Jurchen light cavalry carrying out back-firing cover.

This was the first attack wave sent by Wanyan Zonghan. Their first target was the beacon outside the city.

The Jin army, pushing the siege equipment, cautiously approached the beacon that did not react, and became even more frightened when it entered the firing range. This is the instinctive reaction of intelligent life when faced with unknown dangers.

Strangely, the expected rain of arrows did not appear!

There was no counterattack from that beacon. Not even a single defender appeared on the walls!

"Shouldn't it?" Wanyan Zonghan, who was watching the battle from a distance, said suspiciously: "They don't look like they are so uninformed. How is it possible to give up the outlying stronghold so lightly? ”

Out of the instinct of a veteran of a hundred battles, Wanyan Zonghan intuitively smelled a hint of conspiracy. That beacon is most likely a trap!

It's just that. Before the unknown trap is not really touched. It was impossible for Wanyan Zonghan to give up this carefully prepared attack because of his feelings. The offensive will continue.

After approaching the beacon, a long ladder was erected against the beacon. The new recruits of the brigade rushed forward. They did not meet any resistance!

The beacon tower was not large, and the new annexes who turned into the beacon tower quickly opened the city gates. Outside the city, a large number of Jurchen armor soldiers swarmed in.

The Jurchen army in the distance cheered excitedly when they saw that the vanguard had captured this important peripheral fulcrum without any losses. The morale of the Jin army went up all at once!

During the siege of Taiyuan City before, those fulcrum forts outside Taiyuan City had made them suffer enough! I don't know how many Jin soldiers were lost under those fortresses!

The defenders on the city wall of Yingzhou were all ugly, and they all showed depression. Stress is everywhere. The sergeant just felt that the enemy army was very light and leaned in, and the faces of the generals who did not know the details were not good-looking.

"Such a rash loss of important support points outside the city, what does the senior general think?" The generals couldn't understand Gao Yang's approach at all. Gao Yang doesn't look like a person who doesn't know how to march and fight.

Wanyan Zonghan didn't cheer loudly like the sergeants beside him, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger. Squinting his eyes slightly, he looked at the beacon in the distance, the beacon glowing with black light was like a huge monster ready to choose people and devour it in the sunlight!

On the city wall of Yingzhou, Gao Yang, who looked indifferent, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw a large number of Jin soldiers pouring into the beacon tower. The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and a sharp edge flashed in his eyes!

The small instrument facing the beacon in his hand flashed a dangerous red light, and Gao Yang's face also showed a satisfied smile.

"The concentration is enough. You're putting too much. The origin said in a deep voice.

"Oh." Gao Yang nodded and responded. Put down the detection instrument in his hand, put on the sunglasses that were placed on the side, tilted his head slightly, and whispered to the general behind him, "Start." ”

There are several new-style catapults on the city wall of Yingzhou that were built by the craftsmen according to the drawings and materials given by Gao Yang!

Unlike trebuchets, which have not yet been invented, these sharp tools, which have been accurately measured and produced by modern industrial society, can throw heavy stones hundreds of steps away!

At the moment, these catapults are not heavy stones. It's a big ball of oil-doped tarpaulin!

The sergeants who were in charge of the catapults set the tarpaulins on fire with torches in their hands. The sergeant with the hammer swung it and smashed it on the bracket. The catapult, which had already calculated the distance and direction, suddenly flung up and threw several huge flaming fireballs towards the beacon that had poured into a large number of Jin State soldiers!

The huge, burning fireball drew several beautiful parabolas in the air, and smashed into the beacon tower in the midst of tens of thousands of pairs of puzzled, surprised, or puzzled eyes!

These oilcloths, wrapped in the shape of balls, are wrapped in sealed clay pots. And those clay pots are filled with oil that Gao Yang has added white phosphorus, which is extremely dangerous to burn!

The fireball smashed to the ground, and the clay pot shattered. The spilled oil came into contact with an open flame and exploded.

The nearby Jin State sergeant was unlucky. The ignited oil got on his body and immediately burned violently.

The burning oil can't be extinguished! Even if those Jin soldiers are lying on the ground and rolling! These flames are like maggots on tarsal bones, sticking to your body, even wearing heavy armor can burn you through!

Perhaps these fireballs were so powerful that they burned hundreds of Jin soldiers into torches. But this is not the main purpose of Gao Yang.

Gao Yang gave up the beacon outside the city to lay a huge death trap here and teach these arrogant Jurchens a cruel lesson! Let them see what it means to live rather than die!

Gao Yang's night attack last night was just a pretense to attract the attention of the Jurchens, and at the same time, a large number of sergeants buried a large amount of high-purity gasoline brought by Gao Yang from modern time and space in this beacon tower!

After the soldiers of the Jin State Brigade poured into the beacon tower, they trampled indiscriminately, and trampled on the gasoline packaging film that was only shallow buried under the soil. A large amount of high-purity gasoline poured out immediately.

When it's hot, the high-purity gasoline that's exposed to the sun quickly evaporates into gasoline vapor, which mixes with the air to form an explosive mixture that makes people feel terrible!

The beacon tower was originally an area that was shrouded on all sides, and there were too many Jin State soldiers pouring in, so there was no chance of being blown away by the wind at all! Here, an incomparably terrifying Death Domain has been formed!

After the catapult threw the fireball into the beacon, it didn't take long for the gas mixture that encountered the open flame to explode violently! (To be continued......)