Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

There are two types, those with long leads and those with short leads.

The lead wire is long and thrown out with a trebuchet machine, just like the fireball of caltrops that happened in the turret just now.

The short lead was directly ignited and thrown down the tower.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the war was basically a defensive war, and the war was continued from the founding of the country to the destruction of the country, so many things were not available in the previous generation in terms of military equipment.

The soldiers of the Song army kept throwing down the thunder, and the sound of explosions continued one after another. The fragments pierced through the armor and pierced into the bodies of the soldiers of the Jin army.

The soldiers of the Golden Army below fell in pieces.

This effect is much better than smashing rocks.

However, the number of Thunderbolts is limited.

At this time, the Jin Army also began to replace the stones of the trebuchet with iron cannons that could explode!

That's right, Jin Jun also has it.

There are two sources of these equipment for the Jin Army:

[-]. The Liao Kingdom that was wiped out by them.

Liaodong has always been a place where iron ore is produced. Liao is not a pure nomad. Its nomadic and Han country is a semi-nomadic and semi-feudal empire.

There used to be a considerable number of Han craftsmen in the Liao Kingdom who were proficient in craftsmanship, and later they were all accepted by the Jin Kingdom.

[-]. Three important military towns in the north of the Song Dynasty.

In order to defend the Liao Kingdom, the Northern Song Dynasty set up a series of military defenses on the Hedong and Hebei roads.

The three towns mainly refer to Taiyuan, Hejian and Zhongshan.

At the end of the first year of Jingkang, that is, at this time, the Jin army captured the three towns and obtained most of the Song army's firearms, which were imitated by craftsmen.

However, the iron cannons of the Jin army drew arcs in the air and pressed towards the head of the Song army.

bang bang bang...

After hitting the top of the city, an explosion occurred, forming a terrifying lethal force among the Song Army crowd.

There were screams one after another, and the soldiers of the Song Army who were forming a counterattack against the Jin Army on the ladder were injured and fell to the ground, and there was a lot of panic.

The surrounding Song Army soldiers immediately stepped forward to fill the vacant defense.

Song Jun showed a heroic and tenacious spirit.

In the final analysis, there is no way out for everyone. The Jin people have already reached the door of the house. Take a step back. If the Jin people enter the city, they will inevitably massacre the city and many people will die.

No one can guarantee that those who were killed will have their own family members.

At this time, on the contrary, everyone's blood was aroused.

Coupled with the emperor's various operations, the morale of the Song army was full.

However, there are more than 100 ladders, which are more than [-] meters wide when spread out horizontally. Countless Jin soldiers climbed up, and the city walls were covered with Jin soldiers.

The speed at which the soldiers of the Golden Army were eliminated could not keep up with the speed at which they were replenished.

Seeing that more and more soldiers of the Jin army were about to climb up, the iron cannons of the Jin men continued to hit them.

Zhang Bofen shouted: "Bring up the fire oil!"

But they saw that each of the soldiers in the back was holding a cabinet in their hands. The Song army in front quickly made room for them, and the infantry beside them held their shields to protect them.

Those cabinets are fierce fire oil tanks, one of the firearms of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Eastern Roman Empire was most proud of the Greek fire in naval battles, that is, the flames from the bows of the ships burned the enemy's ships.

This thing actually existed in the Song Dynasty, and it was even more powerful than that of the Eastern Roman Empire.

It's just a small cabinet that can be screwed up by one person, making it very convenient to carry.

And the design is very scientific, using the principle of air compression, which is the same principle as the flame-throwing device of later generations.

I saw the heavy fire oil tank in the hands of the soldiers of the Song Army. The pump (original piston mechanism) was placed horizontally on the pipe, which communicated with the oil tank, and about 3 catties of oil were filled each time.

There is a "fire building" in the front of the pump, which contains gunpowder.

The soldier ignited the primer in the fire building with a red-hot burning cone, forming a high-temperature zone in the fire building, and at the same time, through conduction, the fuel injection channel in front of the preheating cylinder formed a preheating zone.

Then pull the pump hard to compress the air into the oil tank, so that when the fierce oil is sprayed through the fire building, it will be ignited when it is heated, and flames will be ejected from the fire building nozzle.

Immediately it looks like a fire dragon!

A Golden Army soldier who had just climbed up was instantly engulfed by the fire dragon, and fell down with a scream.

The soldier of the Song Army pulled it back, and the cabinet began to absorb oil, and pushed it forward, and it started to breathe fire again.

Chapter 29

Song Jun took out a total of 40 such fierce fire oil tanks, one every three meters.

For a moment, the flames spewed out from the top of the city tower, and some soldiers of the Golden Army who had just climbed up were immediately swallowed by the terrible flames.

Some of the clothes were ignited and fell down with flames, while some were burned and then fell immediately.

With a bang, it fell to the ground, and its internal organs were shattered.

The Jin army behind continued to climb up, and did not stop because the Song army used the fierce fire oil tank.

It shows the tenacity of the Jin army in combat.

Although the attack of the fierce fire oil tank is limited, the defense of the city is more than sufficient.

In this way, the two sides fought fiercely at the top of the city, and more than half an hour passed.

The death toll of the Golden Army has exceeded 500.

The Song army also suffered a lot of casualties. As the defender of the city, more than [-] people were seriously injured, and more than [-] people were killed in battle.

People kept climbing up the tower and carrying the wounded and dead down.

There were already doctors ready near the city tower. When they saw the man being carried over, they hurriedly brought some common people and surrounded them with medicine.

"Quickly, take off the armor on them."

Those soldiers and civilians took off the heavy armor on the soldiers.

Some of the heavy armor was hit by stone cannons, and the pieces of the armor were embedded in the flesh and cut to the bone. When the heavy armor was taken off, the soldiers screamed in pain, their faces turned pale, and their foreheads were sweating like rain.

The people on one side were terrified and burst into tears.

Some people were hit on the head. Although they were protected by helmets, the huge force even deformed the helmets.

When people carefully took off the helmets, there was a long crack on the head, and the blood was stuck there, which was shocking.

Some soldiers who died in battle were covered with white cloth and carried away from here.

Their remains will be sent home to their families.

It could be a child who has lost a brave father, or it could be a mother who is still stitching at home and has lost her teenage son.

The soldiers and civilians who were staying in various places in the city fell silent when they saw the people being carried out in white cloth.

Human beings are most likely to be deceived by prosperity, thinking that peace is the norm. It is not until the moment of war that human beings realize that war and destruction are so close.

The war was still going on, and the loud drums outside the city and the loud shouts of killing were like a huge palm, overwhelmingly pressing down on everyone's heart.

Time seemed to slow down too.

More than half an hour passed, but it seemed like a century had passed.

Chengtou began to change defenses.

The soldiers who were replaced walked down with difficulty. They were lying under the tower, and they had exhausted all their strength.

Sweat soaked the clothes inside.

When the soldiers and civilians below helped them take off their armor, they found that the sweat had frozen and was frozen together with the armor.

The battle on the top of the city did not mean to weaken at all, and the Jin army continued to climb up like crazy.

The stone cannons of the Jin army also continued to hit, smashing countless small gaps in the battlements at the top of the city,

Pieces of rubble and exploding iron cannons flew around the city.

Soldiers of the Song Army kept falling down, and people kept coming up to fill their positions.

The stone cannons on the Song Army's turret also kept fighting back.

After the stone is smashed, it enters a state of hand-to-hand confrontation, and both sides are wearing armor.

The weapons they fought fiercely included axes, iron bones, and hammers. No one used knives, because knives couldn't pierce armor at all.

It has been an hour and a half since the Jin army began to attack the city.

Song Jun's fierce fire oil has been changed countless times.

After Jin Jun climbed to the top of the city, he was driven down, and after being driven down, he climbed up again, back and forth four or five times, and the tower was covered with Jin Jun's corpses.

Wanyan Yinshu was about to continue to mobilize people forward, when the military order from the rear came: "The marshal ordered the troops to retreat immediately!"

Before Wanyan Yinshu had time to say anything, the sound of gongs and drums came from behind, it was Mingjin withdrawing troops.

Wanyan Yinshu yelled calmly: "Withdraw!"

The golden soldiers who were attacking the city withdrew like a tide.

Wanyan Yinshu rode to the commander's position: "Marshal, why are you withdrawing troops?"

Wanyan Zonghan's face was a bit ugly: "Now is not the time to attack the city!"

"We have already attacked halfway, and we are about to attack..."

Wanyan Zonghan said angrily: "Where do you think they are going to be captured?"

"This……"

The conceited and proud Yinshu is of course not happy, but Yinshu is definitely a hero.

He is a master in field battles, cavalry charges, and infantry formations, but not necessarily in siege warfare.

Wanyan Zonghan said again: "Go to the west gate and tell Zongwang to withdraw his troops."

"Yes!"

"Marshal, the general is puzzled."

"The situation has changed." Wanyan Zonghan only said this, and then, surrounded by the personal guards, he returned to the commander's camp.

Wanyan Zongwang's troops at the west gate were not much better. They attacked the city continuously and killed more than 1000 people.

In ancient wars, those who rushed to the forefront were definitely not the cannon fodder people imagined.

Those who rush to the forefront are experienced veterans.

War is not one-on-one, and military affairs are extremely complicated knowledge.

It includes social psychology, individual psychology, organizational behavior, finance, technology, management, and more.

One of the most important points is morale, whether it is a famous commander in ancient or modern China or abroad, all value morale.

For example, "Sima Fa Yan Wei No. [-]" mentioned: In all battles, use force for a long time, use energy to win, use solidity for a long time, use danger to win, have a solid heart, and fresh energy wins.

The western book "On War" also mentioned the elements of war: spiritual elements, material elements, mathematical elements, geographical elements and statistical elements.

Among them, everything caused by the spiritual element and its function belongs to the first category. The spiritual element runs through the entire field of war. It is closely integrated with the will to promote and dominate the entire material force, as if fused into one.

You see, Clausewitz, the author of On War, is considered the father of modern warfare.

He also highly admires the role of spiritual power in war, which coincides with the interpretation of morale in ancient Chinese art of war.

This principle is well explained in Cao GUI's debate.

No matter how powerful the troops are, their morale will also be damaged. The reason why you see those troops can fight to the last soldier is because their commanders and army concepts quickly repair after their short-term morale damage.

But for a quick fix, the army must be given a chance to breathe.

Zong Wang also called for money to withdraw his troops.

Because he also found that the morale of the Song army defending the city is very strong now, which seems to be quite different from the previous period.

Attacking a city when the enemy's morale is high is not a decision made by a qualified commander.

After the Jin army called Jin to retreat, the head of the city immediately sent back the news, and the tense atmosphere in the city finally eased.

The commander-in-chief and high-level generals of the Jin army all gathered in Wanyan Zonghan's camp.