Chapter 20 Wu

Shizishan Mongolian Army Barracks is only three miles away from the Huguomen of Diaoyu City. Standing on Shizishan, the enemy towers on Huguomen and Qinghuamen are clearly distinguishable. The Song Army's banner swayed gently in the morning breeze.On the road from Shizishan to Diaoyu City, there are cliffs on both sides, and vines are entwined.The horses carried trebuchets and bronze cannons, and their heavy iron hooves stepped on the mountain road, bursting out bright sparks.The gunners carried gunpowder on their shoulders, followed the horses, and walked forward.The supply carts, weapon carts, and supply carts are like a long black dragon, extending from the west and northwest of Shizi Mountain, facing each other end to end, with an endless view.

Although the Yizi City adjacent to Chuqimen in the north was captured by the Mongolian army, the Song army had strengthened the fortifications of Chuqimen and its surrounding cities in a short period of time.There is a gap in the city wall from top to bottom in the east-west direction. It is dark, and from a distance, it seems that there is a gap in the middle, and soldiers and convoys are passing through the gap. To the north and west of Yizi City is the surging Jialing River. The Song army dug canals to divert water and built a moat with a width of more than ten feet.Looking up, a line of blue sky breaks through the cliff, making people dizzy and startled.The city wall of Diaoyu City is built in a semicircle along the northwest, south and northeast. The city is twelve feet high, with jagged rocks and soft vines hanging down.Such a steep city wall, not to mention soldiers, even if they are as agile as apes, it will take a lot of effort to climb up.

Just after three o'clock at Maoshi on the eighth day, the Mongolian army's hundreds of drums, thousands of trumpets, and ten thousand crossbows were all fired together. The sound of huge artillery, drums, arrows and the shouts of tens of thousands of siege soldiers were intertwined. Together, waves of deafening sound waves were set off over the silent mountain city.The Mongolian army's trebuchet roared, with a huge "buzzing" sound, and threw stones the size of copper basins like raindrops towards Diaoyucheng.The city towers collapsed one after another, and the Song army defending the city suffered serious casualties.

Half an hour later, the Mongolian army's cloud ladder troops took advantage of the momentum and quickly set up the cloud ladders. The siege troops launched an attack on the seven gates in four directions of Diaoyu City at the same time. superior.Suddenly, an unexpected situation appeared, and the ladders began to tilt one by one, some fell down, and some broke in the middle.There were 20 or 30 Mongolian soldiers on each ladder. As the ladder fell, they were thrown heavily into the rocks below the city, causing countless casualties.It turned out that Wang Jian had long expected that the Mongolian army would be unable to attack for a long time, and a big offensive would be brewed, so he set up many small forts with huge stones at a place more than ten feet away from the city wall in advance. Hooks, halberds and other weapons can also be used to assassinate siege soldiers and destroy ladders.

In just one stick of incense, more than half of the more than 70 ladders set up by the Mongolian army to attack the city at the seven city gates were broken, causing more than 1,000 casualties.The Song army gained power and immediately counterattacked the Mongolian army that was besieging the city.Rolling logs and rocks crashed down, and artillery, earthen cannons, rockets, and muskets showed their might. In the smoke, the horses scattered and fled.Not to be outdone, the archers fired crossbow arrows at the scattered men and horses of the Mongolian army like raindrops, and groups of siege soldiers fell in pools of blood.

Mengge Khan saw nearly 2,000 strong Mongolian soldiers killed by flying stones, arrows, crossbows, and guns. He was furious. He drew a scimitar from his waist and commanded the follow-up Mongolian army in batches. , Set off a frenzy for the second siege. "Pass me the oral order: artillerymen, rocketmen, crossbowmen, trebuchetmen, aim at the enemy, and hit me hard! Be sure to wipe out all the enemies on the Diaoyu City!" At this time, Mengge Khan is no longer the taciturn and gentle Mongolian Khan that people are familiar with. His eyes are red and his voice is hoarse. Like a raging lion, he may rush up at any time and open his mouth wide open. , swallowing its prey in one gulp.

Cannons and trebuchets roared again, hot metal bullets blasted down on the top of the city, gunpowder smoke engulfed the bullets and boulders and fell into the city, the Song army hiding in the corner was smashed to pieces by the boulders, and the black and red blood flowed all over the city. It gurgled down the city walls and steps, and merged into a stream of blood. Countless stone holes appeared in the wall fortress of Diaoyu City, and countless fire dragons shot out from these dark stone holes.Muskets, torches and the most primitive long bamboo muskets ejected hot bullets from the barrels. How could Mongolian soldiers holding shields resist the power of gunpowder and bullets?The corpses were densely piled up under the city like straw.

The archers of the Mongolian army aimed at the stone holes on the city wall and shot, and a sharp arrow shot into the hole smoothly. The archers of the Song army were caught off guard, and countless people were hit by the arrows. With the horror before entering hell, there was a brief silence on the battlefield. However, the silence was so brief that it only allowed for a short breath.Then, "Kill", "Rush", "Avenge the brothers who died"!The roar of the Mongolian soldiers was louder and louder, covering up the gunfire of the Song army. Dozens of ladders were erected again. This time, in order to reduce the pressure on the ladders and leave room for the soldiers who climbed the city to use their swords and guns, the Mongolian army came up every two meters.Moreover, in order to deal with the enemy's dark forts and firearms, Mengge Khan re-adjusted the formation, and the shield and sword holders were separated by a quiver, and the quiver specifically shot at the Song army in the stone hole.Whenever the stone hole was opened, Song Jun immediately fell to his death.After this arduous battle, the Mongolian army finally captured the outer wall.

When the eagle flag symbolizing victory fluttered high above the enemy tower at the city gate, the soldiers of the Mongolian army could not help but burst into tears. They stood on the ruined wall soaked in blood, beside the corpses of comrades-in-arms and enemies, Accompanied by billowing gunpowder smoke and raging flames, they sang the "Heroic Epic", which is widely circulated in the grassland and full of shocking power. The gate was lost, Song General Wang Jian hurriedly dispatched musketeers and artillerymen from Chiqishan, Tianchi, and Diaoyutai in the city, and launched a fierce counterattack against the Mongolian army occupying the outer wall.

In order to regain the outer wall, the Song army spared no expense and invested all its secret weapons-more than ten new whirlwind guns with a range of up to 800 steps, as well as flying guns, pear flower guns, burst guns, and torches. The red-eyed Mengge Khan personally led a bloody battle in the bathroom. Suddenly, a lead bullet hit the city tower outside the Huguomen, scattering tiles and stones, and dust and smoke filled the air. Mengge Khan stood up from the ruins, patted the dust on his body, and was safe and sound.Seeing that the enemy's firepower was strong and his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, he issued an order to the old guard: "Send the whole army to evacuate the battlefield immediately!"

The Mongolian army called gold to withdraw their troops.Meng Ge Khan ordered people to pull down the nine white flags from the top of the building, and looked at the corpses of the soldiers of the two armies below the city, two lines of tears came down quietly. As a Mongolian Khan who once looked down on the world, Mengge Khan may have indulged too much in the heroic scenes of bullets and swords, but neglected to pre-estimate and think about the power of himself and others.Although he is an excellent mathematician, when calculating the tricky math problem of the Mongolian army's attack on the Diaoyu City in eastern Sichuan, he did not give full play to his advantages of rigorous logic and precise calculations-he underestimated Song Jun's ability too much The ability to resist also ignored the perseverance and courage of the young general Wang Jian, and even ignored the constraints of geographical conditions and the improvement of weapons.This is the most fatal blow.Now, looking at the eagle flag full of gunpowder smoke, the only thing that can make him feel relieved is the heroic dedication of his soldiers.He knew that it was this kind of power that created the glory of several generations of Mongolian Khans. The setting sun reflected on the ruins, and there was a sickening smell in the air.An unprecedented sense of boredom hit Mengge Khan. He trembled all over and had a splitting headache. Everything suddenly became blurred, like phantoms jumping in front of his eyes. Amidst the sparse gunfire...