Chapter 113 Chanzhou City is in Danger
Thanks to the depth of Chanzhou's fortifications, the good combat power of the garrison, and ten cannons as a deterrent, although Wanyan Zongfu tried to attack the city many times, he failed.
This also made Wanyan Zongfu very angry! If the size of Chanzhou City's garrison was almost the same as his own army, it would be natural for him to be unable to capture the city. But now that he has ten times the opponent's military strength but cannot capture a mere Chanzhou, how could he have the face to go back and see the Emperor of Jin? His Majesty? Liu Yu's good son Liu Lin, as the deputy commander of the East Route Army, was devastated by the losses of his own army during the siege. He vaguely felt that Wanyan Zongfu's words were deceitful. On the surface, he was helping Daqi capture Chanzhou and Kaifeng, but in fact he was letting him The army was used as cannon fodder.
But judging from the battle process, Wanyan Zongfu didn't seem to begrudge his troops much. The casualties caused by successive sieges were almost evenly divided between himself and him.
"Then Wang Xing is just a first-level grass bandit. How can he have such ability to compete with my army?"
Liu Lin thought of the cannon that almost sent him away during the day, and said with lingering fear, "General, the reason why our army has been unable to attack for a long time is because of the strange weapon in Chanzhou City. As long as that weapon is fired, there will be casualties in our army." . From my point of view, this must be a strange technique, so we’d better be careful.”
Wanyan Zongyi, who was accompanying the army, said with a serious face, "This is not a strange skill, but a weapon recently created by Zhao Yingluo, called 'artillery', which is used to fire iron lumps with gunpowder... The lethality is amazing, one shot When the cannonball falls, it can kill and injure enemies within a few feet."
"In that case, why not ask the craftsmen to imitate it? Why only imitated the fire gun?"
Wanyan Zongyi said in a deep voice, "The new craftsmen who entered the foundry are all arranged to make firecrackers. As for this artillery, they are all old craftsmen of the foundry. I arranged for the craftsmen to find out the news about this artillery. According to reports The craftsman said that the artillery was not manufactured smoothly, and none of it was operational when they left for the north."
Wanyan Zongfu was sullen, "Then what's the explanation for the artillery here?"
Wanyan Zongyi sighed, "I can only say that Zhao Yingluo is extremely capable, so she was able to complete the production of the artillery in a very short period of time."
"Then what do you think we should do? Is it possible that we just retreat?"
Wanyan Zongyi pondered for a long time and then said, "Wang Zaixing is at the end of his battle. I believe Chanzhou will be captured in a day or two. How can we retreat just like that? What's more, once Chanzhou City is captured, those cannons can be copied. It will be of great benefit to our country, the Golden Kingdom."
Wanyan Zongfu's anger calmed down a little, "Send the order and attack the city with all your strength tomorrow morning!"
Just after the military order was issued, a scout hurried into the tent and said, "General, there is news from Xingzhou."
Wanyan Zongfu took the letter and opened it, his expression suddenly changed, "News from Xingzhou, the coach has been defeated!"
Wanyan Zongyi was shocked, "The commander has 20 troops, how could he be defeated?"
Wanyan Zongfu said while handing him the letter, "Zhao Yingluo used a trick. The coach was surrounded and defeated by that weird cannon."
After Wanyan Zongyi read the letter, he was not angry but happy, which made Wanyan Zongfu angry again, "The coach is defeated, but you are laughing, what do you mean?"
Wanyan Zongyi suppressed his smile after being lectured like this, "The coach only lost more than 1 people, which is nothing compared with 20 troops. But the letter also said that he was defeated by cannons, which shows that the battlefield was decided. In addition to morale and combat power, the quality of weapons is also very important in winning or losing. As long as we capture Chanzhou's artillery and make large-scale imitations, why worry about being unable to destroy the Song Dynasty?"
Wanyan Zongfu nodded, what he said was reasonable. Then Zhao Yingluo defeated the coach twice, didn't he rely on fire blunderbuss and this strange artillery? "The commander ordered us to attack the Song army from the north after capturing Chanzhou, and then join forces and move south. For the current plan, we can only break the city as soon as possible."
Wanyan Zongyi nodded, then turned his attention to Liu Lin, "For your great Qi, our Kingdom of Jin has mobilized its troops and mobilized a lot of national power and manpower. We will go into battle tomorrow. If your infantry does not die, then this great Qi will not exist!" Liu Lin trembled in his heart, thinking that this was the other party threatening to destroy the country and forcing the people he commanded to become cannon fodder! Your people are human beings, so are mine not human beings? He was a little angry, but he didn't dare to refute. Who allowed Daqi to exist under the blessing of Da Jin.
【Chanzhou City】
Wang Zaixing looked at the wilderness shrouded in night and the sparks of the enemy camp not far away, with a sad face. Today's defense has exhausted all the artillery shells, and the barrels of those cannons have also exceeded their firing life. Using it, the entire Chanzhou garrison has dropped to less than [-]. How will we defend tomorrow?
Once the city is defeated, the final outcome will be that he and the [-] defenders will die together.
"Is there any news about reinforcements?"
The deputy general shook his head, "According to the distance, the reinforcements will not arrive until noon tomorrow at least."
"Go down the order! We will defend the city with all our strength tomorrow. Even if we die to the last person, we have to wait for reinforcements. The life and death of the people of Song Dynasty in Chanzhou depends on us."
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When the first ray of sunlight shone on the mottled city walls of Chanzhou, the war-torn city guarding Kaifeng gained a little life. But the next moment, nearly 30 troops slowly advancing towards the city gate would soon be The only vitality was washed away.
War means death!
Wanyan Zongfu gave the order, and [-] forwards charged towards the city gate! Without the deterrent of artillery, they quickly rushed to the foot of Chanzhou City with superior strength and relied on ladders to rush to the city wall.
Hundreds of infantrymen responsible for knocking down the gate carried huge wooden logs, shouted slogans, and kept hitting the city gate. The entire city gate was swaying under the huge impact, as if it would fall down at any time.
This offensive and defensive battle lasted from sunrise to noon. Corpses piled up under the city wall, and people continued to fall from the city wall. The corpses of the enemy and ours overlapped and piled up, and the blood flowed, making the whole world a purgatory.
Nearly half of the defenders were lost and exhausted, but there were still enemy troops attacking under the city wall.
Not long after, Wanyan Zongfu's army finally attacked the city wall, and the battle became more fierce. The continuous screams made the people of Xingzhou City panic.
Wang Zaixing is desperate! If the reinforcements don't come yet and the city is about to be broken, the entire people of Chanzhou City will suffer together. If Chanzhou fails, the enemy army will take advantage of the situation and move south, and Kaifeng City will face the threat of the Jin army.
Seeing the victory in sight, Wanyan Zongfu burst out laughing, "How dare Zhao Yingluo build the Jingguan? After Chanzhou City is destroyed, I will use all the people in Chanzhou City to build the Jingguan, leaving no one behind."
While Liu Lin felt sorry for the heavy casualties among his own men, he also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he captured Chanzhou, Daqi would have hope to save it.
(End of this chapter)