Gao Chong and Zhao Li were a little worried about the turtle shell of Gaochang City. It is said that the Song army has gone from Xiazhou City in Western Xia, Lingzhou City, to Datong City in Liao Kingdom, Yanjing of Jin Kingdom, and Dading Helin in recent years.

Huangfu, each of them is one of the best cities and has accumulated a lot of experience. Zhao Li is now the chief military theorist in the Song army. He studies ancient and modern war examples and is familiar with various siege tactics, but now he is also a little trouble.

Use a surprise attack. The Gaochang city gate is closed and even a fly cannot fly in; use a sneak attack. Although the city is built, the walls are shining, there is no point of focus unless the emperor arrives and uses the "Immortal Art" to fly in.

; Let's do a strong attack, not to mention the great casualties, the geography here is somewhat similar to that of Lingzhou. There are no tall trees around it that cannot be used to make siege equipment. You have to go to Tianshan Mountain hundreds of miles away to cut it down. If it is a besieged, it is not as good as other places. Gaochang

Fudeliuyou City has a lot of food accumulation. Eating for one or two years will not be a problem. It will definitely consume them. Let's get a combination of inside and outside. This is not Beiting. There are only more than a dozen spies from the Intelligence Department in the city. They are powerless.

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At this time, Zhao Li realized how correct the emperor had said, "Every battle cannot be completely copied." The two of them discussed for a long time and thought about the "shocking" tactics that the emperor said, and the core of the emperor was psychology.

War, by attacking important enemy targets, panic the enemy, shake their determination to continue to resist, and achieve the goal of ending the war.

The two of them thought about it and felt that they still had an advantage, and their most powerful weapon was still a firearm. Although the light artillery could not explode the city gate, its power was enough to shock the enemy, especially those like Gaochang, who have not yet really been

The rich people who have seen the power of firearms. After seeing the fierce artillery fire attacking the city, can they still stay in the city calmly, and can they withstand the pressure from inside and outside...

The second-generation light artillery equipped by the Song army includes rapid-fire cannons and mortars. The rapid-fire cannons can fire solid bullets and shotguns. The maximum range of firing ten kilograms of solid bullets can reach 400 steps, and the effective range is about 300 steps. The effective shotguns can be effective.

The range is 200 steps, and the armor cannot penetrate no matter how far it is. The mortar can fire solid bullets, flowering bullets and incendiary bombs. The effective range of a fifteen-pound solid bullet is 200 steps. Compared with the flowering bullets, the incendiary bullets can be fired.

It is much lighter, and the range is also increased, reaching 400 steps.

Now due to the shielding of the city wall, the mortar cannon is less affected. However, the rapid-fire cannon has low ballistics and is powerless in front of the city wall. In order to exert the power of the two types of artillery, Gao Chong and Zhao Li thought of a way to build a base, which was to use the

If the cannon position is built with sand and soil, the height is flush with the city wall or even exceeding the height of the city wall, the range of the cannon can be effectively improved. At the same time, the high earth barrier can be used to observe the situation in the city. It is targeted.

After calculation, Zhao Li concluded that this plan was completely feasible. Gaochang City was twelve miles in circumference, and the city was square, with each side about three miles long. The cannons they equipped could cover the inner city when they advanced a hundred steps away from the city.

The position is located in the North City and can reach the palace city. In order to reach the maximum range of artillery, the artillery position must be moved forward as far as possible to the city wall, but this will face the threat of an enemy raid, so they dug out trenches while taking soil.

, which can prevent the attack of enemy cavalry and obtain enough sand and soil.

In order to fully utilize the combat effectiveness of artillery, Zhao Li carefully planned the use of artillery, target strikes and tactics. In order to achieve the best effect, he adopted a step-by-step and gradual advancement method to gradually put pressure on the enemy

, the artillery position was set at 200 steps in front of the city. In order to prevent the enemy from interfering, a cavalry was sent to cruise outside the enemy's range of bows and arrows to guard the army, and a cannon position was set to cover the construction of the army.

What everyone didn't expect was that Bilege was going up to inspect the city at this time. The Song army's artillery found that a large number of enemy troops suddenly appeared on the top of the city, and they were wearing Jinluo umbrellas. They judged that there was a big leader among them, so they faced the crowd.

One shot was fired, and Bilege escaped with cleverness, and his joint force should be unlucky and his head was broken. However, the Song army had no idea that there were so many big figures in the city, otherwise, if he had changed into a firing bullet, he would have

If the leader of Gaochang was taken away in one fell swoop, the battle would probably be over.

But war is war, there is not so much luck. However, this gun was not in vain. Not only did it kill Gaochang's military deputy commander, but it also destroyed a pro-war faction, which scared Bile Ge and did not dare to go to the city again.

Dare not to send troops out of the city to fight. The Song army did not interfere. Tens of thousands of people fought together for two days and nights to build a five-meter-high earth tower outside the city, erecting a ten-meter-high watchtower in Gaochang City

The situation is in sight.

After the construction of the artillery position, the Song army began to shell the enemy. The target of their attack was the military camp built near the city wall. In order to make the enemy feel oppressed, they did not concentrate on artillery fire, but instead attacked them with sporadic and continuous artillery bombardment and harassment.

Morale. The effect of the first day was good. Gaochang soldiers looked at the sky with fear all day to prevent shells that did not know when and where they fell; but after three days, Gao Chong and Zhao Li discovered that there was no such thing in the city.

The expected riots occurred, and although the soldiers and civilians in the city were in panic, they could still maintain normal living order.

If you continue to fight like this, it will be a waste of ammunition. At this time, the second gun position has been built and the range can reach the central area of ​​the inner city. So Gao Chong and Zhao Li ordered the gun position to be transferred overnight and a new bombardment target was selected. This time

The choice is the gathering area of ​​the government office and the residence. How to determine this is not difficult. In addition to the temples and palaces in Gaochang City, the second is the residences of the yamen and officials. They are built in the inner city like cities in the Central Plains.

Most of them are within the range of the Song army's artillery fire.

At dawn, the shelling of the Song army began, and the shelling began after a round of test fire! If the previous shelling was gentle and drizzle, then this round of shelling was storm. Zhao Li learned from the lessons of the last time,

He realized that as the fighting style of the city was the same, it had to carry out high-intensity, devastating and decisive attacks on the enemy. All artillery brigade fired almost at the same time, and continuously bombarded their respective targets. Solid bombs destroyed the houses

, the flowering bullets kill and fleeing people, and the incendiary bombs turn everything into ashes.

This time is the time when people seem to be asleep and not getting up. After a sudden blow, they have no time to react. Many people were killed in bed. Then the overwhelming fires caused raging fires everywhere.

It was difficult to escape. The violent shelling lasted only for an hour and ended, but the fire caused was extinguished when it was dark. The government office turned into a ruin, and it was impossible to see wherever the door opened.

The official residences of officials who were the focus of the shelling were almost burned to white ground. Even those who were not bombarded were affected by the fire and became homeless, with houses and silver disappearing. Even if it was not lucky, it was not

Everyone is also covered in bruises, especially in their mental state, and becomes mentally tranced and in panic all day long.

Although the shelling did not last long, the effect was several times higher than that of the previous few days. Bilege knew the most. When he went to court the next day, he found that more than half of the people were missing. According to statistics, the Privy Council was killed by the bombing.

, Yu Erqi (minister) died eight people and injured more than ten people; the official (judicial chief) was seriously injured and unpredictable, and life and death were unpredictable; dozens of people were killed or injured by Big and Big Burke. Fortunately, the Prime Minister's Mansion was in Beicheng, and he survived.

Because during the War of Righteousness, most of the generals were on duty in the battalion, but the casualties were the least, but they had to stay in the military camp in the future.

Although the shelling caused little casualties, it caused a huge blow to Gaochang's military and political system. It lost so many officials and it was difficult to replenish them for a while. Moreover, the successors also need to be familiar with the situation. At this time, some people are now in the process of losing so many officials.

They also retreated, and they knew that the Song army's shelling was obviously aimed at military and political officials, and becoming an official has become a high-risk industry.

What's even more serious is that some people began to be skeptical about whether they could defend the city and asked the king to negotiate with the Song army and seek peace. However, this was rejected by Bile Ge, and he was not stupid and knew that the Song army came from afar to confirm it.

It’s not that they are idle, they are here to take their heads. Even if they surrender, they may not be able to keep the position of the king. Therefore, they must persevere to the end. Besides, the Song army has not yet failed to break through the city!

One day after the recession, the Song army began the second round of artillery. This time the target was to cover the handicraft workshops in Nancheng, especially weapons, armor workshops, and metal smelting sites. These are all worthy of war potential.

Target.Then the shelling turned to the trading venue in the city, which was the basis for Gaochang's continued prosperity and the key economic goal to support the war. It would destroy their influence on Gaochang for a long time and also touched the most sensitive of the powerful.

place.

Fortunately, after the Song army blew up two large trading markets, they turned their target to the roads and bridges in the city. Two days later, there was no smooth road in the south city. Not to mention riding a horse, even walking was full of bumps.

, accidentally falls into a horse. This not only makes it difficult for residents to travel, but also makes the army lose its mobility and makes it very difficult to transport materials.

The most worrying thing happened next. The Song army turned its target to ordinary people and bombarded the gathering areas of people with artillery, but the Song army seemed to be merciless. They did not use incendiary bombs and opened fire with greater lethality.

The bomb was instead bombarded the residential areas in the city with solid bombs. Although the losses caused were not large, panic was inevitable. Think about how terrifying it was to suddenly fall from the sky and smash a big hole into the roof.
Chapter completed!