Yeluzhen had a lot of artillery. In addition to the batch initially assigned to the army, they were the two hundred iron cannons that Xiao Chuo finally assigned to them. In addition, they could be thrown with trebuchets and crossbows.

The medicine packs came out, and the firepower of the Liao army was actually not bad, at least not worse than the Song army in Xuzhou City.

But in the early stage, Yeluzhen was basically useless.

First, the trenches and bunkers stretching for miles around minimized the lethality of the artillery. Moreover, Yeluzhen knew very well that the quality of those iron cannons was so poor that they might just be disposable products, so they did not

At the most critical moment, he will never use it.

Good steel must be used on the blade, and all the artillery can be concentrated to inflict a large number of casualties on the Song army at once, thereby taking the opportunity to break through Xuzhou's solid city wall. There is only one chance.

But now, Yeluzhen thinks the opportunity has come.

After months of fierce fighting and contention, the defense on the outer perimeter of Xuzhou City has been basically cleared, the city wall is in sight, and the Song Army's last line of defense is within the range of artillery.

Either don’t use it, or use it to the best of your ability.

In the early stage, Yeluzhen endured huge casualties and fought for position step by step with the Song army in the ditch, just to give the Song army the biggest surprise in the end.

Now, more than 90% of the trenches and bunkers are his.

The criss-crossing trenches seem to be the same from the outside, but only when you go deep into them, you will find that they are actually very different inside. Each different trench has a different function.

Yeluzhen stood on the top of a stone fortress, staring at the slightly shining armors rushing to their positions quickly and quietly under the bright moonlight.

"When will it start?" Zhang Ren said: "According to the previous arrangement, I think you are planning to turn over all this land!"

"Who wants to come!" Xia Song sighed. "Calculating the time, your nephew should be nine months old now. I went out when your sister-in-law was about to give birth. I hope I can rush home when your nephew is one year old."

Xia Erlang sighed: "The artillery team is so dense that it is really going to explode, so what's the use of wearing armor? The shell fragments can't kill us, and the earthquake will kill us."

Back inside the stone fort, Yeluzhen took off her iron helmet and put it aside, sat down cross-legged, and said to her bodyguard: "I'll take a nap for a while, wake me up at the fourth watch!"

Of course, you may die faster if you run ahead. This is a matter of probability.

Zhang Ren had nothing to say.

In the dim light of the fire, patrol soldiers with guns and knives could be seen walking up and down the wall.

"Gunner!" He pursed his lips and pointed to Xia Song to look at the iron cannons. "What should I do if they explode? Didn't the old officer say at the beginning that iron cannons explode easily?"

Now, he has made full use of these trenches.

Time passed little by little. Hudugu sat down, stretched his legs, took out a piece of dried meat from his arms, and chewed it slowly. This was when he killed a man in the last battle.

After the Song Dynasty, the food found from the opponent's body tasted very good. It not only contained salt, but also seemed to be spiced.

After winning this battle, as long as he doesn't die, he can escape from the vanguard camp, and maybe he can become a centurion or something, and then he can steal a lot of good things from the Song people.

Xia Erlang was worried and glanced at the left and right sides. They were iron cannons one after another. Looking at the operation of the gunners, it was obvious that they were not well-trained.

But on top of the city, beneath the seemingly calm surface, there is an undercurrent surging.

Xia Erlang chuckled: "I don't believe them, I only believe you."

Continuous drum beats began, and along with the drum beats were bursts of fire that suddenly erupted from the top of the city.

In front of him, there was a huge cowhide drum.

Song people are really extravagant.

"I'm not in a hurry!" Zhang Ren smiled.

After this competition, he felt that he had benefited a lot and really learned a lot.

Hu Dugu had an iron helmet and wore paper armor. His family used to make paper armor in the Liao Kingdom. Paper armor is lighter than iron armor. The protective performance of really good paper armor is no worse than that of iron armor. It’s just that

Paper armor is just afraid of water.

Lift it high and fall hard.

If he wants his family to live a normal life, he has no choice but to risk his life. If he dies, his family can be pardoned. If he doesn't die, of course it would be better. Those who enter the Pioneer Camp and don't die will also be promoted.

Usually very fast.

Hundreds of cannons were quietly transported to the front through these interconnected trenches. When the time to attack came, they could immediately open fire on the city wall after removing their camouflage.

When he hears the sound of cannons or the sound of crossbows, he should think nothing of anything and just rush forward. This is what experienced seniors have warned him: if you run slowly, you will die quickly.

"Of course we have to turn over!" Gao Yingxiang laughed loudly: "In that area, there are at least 30,000 of the most elite troops of the Liao army hidden. If they are destroyed, the backbone of the Liao people will be broken. This war is basically

It can be brought to an end. Don't worry, there will be plenty of time for you to make great achievements in the future, and then you have to drive out the Liao people in one fell swoop. This is not something that can be accomplished in a short time."

"You are from a family of officials. You have understood these principles since you were a child, so you don't need me to teach you!" Gao Yingxiang smiled and looked up at the moonlight: "It's about to begin, are you looking forward to it?"

Xia Song and the others were Han people from Youyan, and they were the first people selected for artillery firing training. They, the artillerymen, were either from the same hometown or were related to each other.

The boys in the family don't need to pay attention to them and have to earn their own living. But if the girls want to get married, the dowry must not be small, otherwise they will not be able to hold their heads high when they go to their husband's family.

Xia Song nodded.

Even if it doesn't rain, the advantages of paper armor are still obvious. They are light and can run very fast.

If there is a way, Hu Dugu certainly does not want to join such a force, but who made his Hu Dugu family involved in the early Yelvxi rebellion? All the elders in the family are dead, and Hu Dugu is the oldest person in the family.

, there are women and children at home.

As long as a gap is opened, there won't be much suspense about the ensuing war.

The Liao army has made final preparations before the attack.

Carefully checking the shoes, clothes and pants, and all the scattered places, Hu Dugu tied them up with ropes or linen. These people were not like the Pishi Army and Shushan Army behind them, who had full sets of armor.

On the Liao army's artillery position, Xia Song sat cross-legged next to the artillery. Next to him, his fellow countryman Xia Dalang sat, a group of four artillerymen, a main gunner, a chamber cleaner, and two loaders.

If the four people are well-trained and cooperate tacitly, they can maximize the firing speed of the artillery. The firing speed of the best artillery group and the worst artillery group can be three to four times different.

"Shut up!" Xia Song shouted in a low voice: "Do our own thing and put on our armor!"

"Isn't it a cold? This damn weather, during this period, many people in the entire artillery camp have caught colds! It's very scary!" Xia Erlang said: "Captain, according to your order, we found a lot of people

Wood, I made the original hole for hiding soldiers again, and it is now tight and strong! If anything happens, there is no problem at all in hiding the four of us!"

"Who knows!" Xia Song said, "You can just believe one or two out of ten of the official gossip."

At three o'clock in the morning, the Song army suddenly took the lead in attacking.

"The iron cannon has ten rounds, and we have twenty!" Xia Song said: "After the shooting is over, we will have nothing to do. Those iron cannons, again, can survive more than ten rounds!"

But if your own cannon explodes and kills you, that's God's will.

Gao Yingxiang smiled and raised a pair of drumsticks in front of him.

When Yeluzhen got the detailed maps of these trenches and carefully analyzed the functions of these different trench bunkers, she was really impressed.

For technical units like them, the tolerance level from the superiors is still very high. Generally speaking, they will not be held responsible for running away.

"Don't look aggrieved." Gao Yingxiang glanced at Zhang Ren: "Luck is also a kind of strength."

With this sound, countless torches lit up the dim city of Xuzhou in an instant, illuminating the city. It merged with the light of the bonfires more than a hundred steps away from the city.

Everyone in the vanguard camp relies on their own equipment.

"Thank you, General, for your teaching!"

Some scouts had already gone over and confirmed that there were no enemies in the trench opposite. It seemed that they knew they could no longer stop Daliao outside the city, so they retreated back to the city.

"You are a lucky general, the luckiest general I have seen in so many years!" Gao Yingxiang did not hide why he brought Zhang Ren here, "Although everything is under control, I still have to

Take your luck."

If you really wear a suit of armor weighing dozens of kilograms and want to run fast, that would be a delusion.

Yeluzhen did not think that Xuzhou's city wall could withstand such a concentrated attack with fierce firepower. The city wall would probably be blown down. Even if it did not collapse, the Song army defending in this area would be caught off guard and would be hit by artillery fire.

Sweep away.

A thud broke the silence of the night sky.

But now, the amount of gunpowder on their position is staggering. If something happens, where can they escape?

Generally speaking, the survival rate of artillery is still very high. They will not attack on the front line. If there is a mistake in the front, the battle is defeated, and they really have to run away, they will be the first to run away.

These people who have been exposed to gunpowder weapons and deal with cannons all day long have figured out before many others that the most lethal part of gunpowder weapons is not the broken nails or iron pieces that hurt people, but the aftermath of the explosion.

impact force.

Zhang Ren's open mouth was never disturbed.

"Of course! The next scene will definitely be epoch-making." Zhang Ren stood upright.

"I asked you guys to make that pit a little stronger. How are you doing?"

not good."

Behind the long city wall stacks, behind the horse faces, and on top of the arrow towers, there are bronze cannons. And under the city, every few dozen steps, there is a huge trebuchet, and what these trebuchets are throwing now is not

Instead of stones, they were ignited gunpowder packets. Of course, there were also those powerful crossbows, each of which had a pack of explosives tied to it.

There seemed to be nothing unusual about Xuzhou City in the distance.

The Song Dynasty was very cunning. More than a hundred steps below the city, the Song people lit piles of bonfires, illuminating the area as bright as day. If anyone wanted to lurk in that area, how could a single person think about it?

There are some methods, but the army doesn't even think about it.

If it were a guy with the same status as himself, he would definitely have a lot of experience, but the status of the person in front of him is not even a bit higher than himself.

And in countless trenches, the elite Liao sergeants have made final preparations.

"I hope so!" Xia Erlang said: "I have been hiding in this hellish place for so long. My whole body is covered with sores. It hurts and itches so much that it makes me uncomfortable. After this battle, we should go back.

Come home, I will never come to this stuffy, humid and hot place again in my life!"

Before dawn, the attack will be in full swing.

In the past few days, the artillery has been quietly transported and installed quietly, and today the final attack force will be in place.

"It should be possible. Didn't the superiors say that the Song people are exhausted? That's why we launched a general attack and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop!" Xia Erlang said.

Hu Dugu is the group of people who rush to the front, commonly known as the death squads and vanguards. Generally speaking, they are the troops with the highest casualties. After a big battle, 30% to 40% of ten people will survive.

It's pretty good.

Of course, they also used the few bronze cannons carefully crafted by the Liao Kingdom.

"That's good. You've been promoted quickly enough. You're the youngest commander in the army, just a little behind Grand Master Xiao. Just be content. If you don't give some credit to others, it will make people jealous. This

It’s not good for your future growth!”

Hu Dugu was squatting in the trench. From their position, when they raised their heads, they could clearly see the tall and towering Xuzhou City hundreds of steps away. They could not go any further.

The moment Wudugu, who was squinting in sleep, heard the sound of the drum, he subconsciously stood up, picked up the spear in his hand, and rushed forward with his waist bent. Under his influence, everyone in the trench

Everyone followed him and ran forward as fast as they could.

Udugu's subconscious move saved his life.

Because as soon as he left his previous position, the gunpowder packets thrown by the trebuchet fell on their area. In an instant, the area was completely covered by artillery and thick smoke.

Gao Yingxiang assembled hundreds of artillery, trebuchets, and crossbows, divided the area in detail, and assigned tasks to each cannon, each trebuchet, and each crossbow. These weapons,

All the artillery shells and powder packets assigned to them must be fired out, hitting the area assigned to them.
Chapter completed!