On the street facing the north gate of Pingyuan City, the scenery was as tragic as hell.
The power of black gunpowder is not great, but more than 300 kilograms of black gunpowder were packed in ten wooden boxes and nailed tightly to the city gate, but it blew the entire city gate to pieces.
Wooden oak trees, iron nails, door knockers and other objects, driven by the air waves, spewed out at high speed along the direction of the door opening, and collided head-on with the soldiers who had been ordered to swarm to block the city gate with bricks and tiles.
Right!
The six soldiers who were walking in front of the team were rushed into the air, their armor and clothes were shattered, and not a single piece of intact flesh could be seen on their bodies.
The soldiers of the signing army who were six to ten steps away from the city gate, including Du Yuhou Guo Jin, were directly shot into sieves by the fragments produced after the door panel was broken.
A little further away, about eleven to twenty steps away from the city gate, there were still more than twenty signing soldiers who were knocked to the ground by the shock wave generated by the explosion.
There were only a few injuries all over his body, but no one could stand up again. He lay on the wet street struggling and rolling in pain, vomiting blood from his mouth.
"Demon magic——" I don't know who shouted, and then fear spread throughout the city.
The rest of the soldiers near the north gate of Pingyuan City turned around and fled for their lives in a chaotic manner. No one dared to make any further stops.
Han Qing held a long spear and rushed into the city through the door. He looked around first, and then quickly made adjustments, "Li Yu, Yuan Kun, and Yuan Bao, the three of you led the brothers from the front camp, left camp, and rear camp to seize the rest."
Three city gates. Don’t let anyone escape! Others, follow me and go straight to the county government office.”
"Yes!" Li Yu, Yuan Kun, and Yuan Bao agreed loudly. Then they strode away from the team. Their soldiers held up their flags and followed them closely.
The teams that entered the city one after another quickly split into two. Three of the battalions followed Li Yu, Yuan Kun and Yuan Bao to block the other three gates of Pingyuan City. The other three battalions and a group of soldiers, about one
Brother Qian continued to follow Han Qing and rushed towards the county government office.
Near the city gate, everyone encountered no resistance.
After the explosion, all the soldiers who were able to stand up fled away. Those who could not stand up either had died, or their internal organs had been severely impacted, and they were lying in a pool of blood and dying.
"The officers and soldiers are the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty!" Someone was screaming loudly in the alley facing the street, but they were far more frightened than happy.
These days, the discipline of the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty is only slightly better than that of the Liao people, but it is very limited.
Therefore, even the people who cherish the Song Dynasty are not sure whether they will become the target of looting by the government and the army, or the target of killing good people and taking credit for their merits.
What's more, Pingyuan City was recaptured by the Song Army tonight, and may be captured again by the Liao Army another day. After repeating this process two or three times, there were basically no living people left in Pingyuan City.
"Raise a fire and light up the road." Han Qing didn't have time to distinguish whether those hiding in the alley were ordinary people or the defeated troops. He continued to stride forward while loudly ordering. "If there is a sneak attack, immediately
Fight back with rockets!”
"Yes!" The brothers agreed in unison, and then lit dozens of torches in the team.
The empty streets and the houses on both sides of the streets were illuminated, and the team of thousands of people looked particularly majestic and majestic under the light of the fire.
The darkness ahead was forced back by the torches. The central area of Pingyuan County quickly came from darkness to light.
There are many brick and tile houses in this area, and the courtyard walls are relatively tall and neat. However, some of the courtyards have their doors open. On the steps at the door, the blackened blood stains were particularly eye-catching when illuminated by the torch.
It was a wealthy family's house that had been looted by the Liao army. The high walls and brick houses could stop the prying eyes of local thieves and petty officials, but they could not stop the large army from the Liao Kingdom.
A row of cold arrows suddenly shot out from a high-walled compound somewhere and headed straight for Han Qing. However, due to poor accuracy, none of them successfully hit the target.
Wang Wu and Zhang Fan quickly put up their shields to protect Han Qing's body. More than twenty soldiers rushed to the left and right sides of Han Qing and erected two shield walls sideways to block more cold arrows.
Dou Sha, who followed Han Qing, decisively organized his troops and launched a counterattack in the direction of the cold arrow. Hundreds of feather arrows tied with gunpowder balls or fish oil balls rose into the air and quickly penetrated into the high-walled compound.
Inside.
The next moment, the sound of explosions was heard. Immediately afterwards, flames rose into the sky in the target courtyard.
The sneak attackers were so frightened by the explosion that they immediately stopped releasing cold arrows. Dou Sha, on the other hand, led a group of brothers to break in and cut down the attackers one by one.
Han Qing did not stop to wait for Dou Sha, but continued to push forward with more than 800 other brothers. The obstacles encountered along the way were minimal.
The city was broken so fast that the generals of the signing army in the city had no time to gather enough soldiers to re-build the defense line. And the signing army itself was not strong enough to assemble on its own after hearing the explosion.
The several teams that the generals had hastily put together were less than a hundred people in size. They did not have the courage to stop Han Qing head-on, so they could only hide in a high-walled compound that they had looted somewhere, or near the main street.
In the alley, use feather arrows to sneak attack.
Every sneak attack was met with a strong blow from the attacker.
The officers around Han Qing were all created by him. They were greatly influenced by him and had an almost superstitious respect for gunpowder weapons.
When they discovered that there were cold arrows coming, everyone immediately used gunpowder arrows and fish oil arrows to greet them, frightening the attackers so much that they were burned until they had nowhere to hide.
If you encounter a blind sign army and try to form a formation to fight, you will have several grenades in your pocket, blowing them up and knocking them off their feet.
The signing army, which was originally a consumable, was quickly beaten back to its original form in the face of the cross-era weapons. One team after another, they escaped from the hiding courtyard or the alley facing the street and fled. Even the ones they had just snatched a few days ago escaped.
The new boots flew away and I didn't even bother to pick them up.
The county government office in Pingyuan County was soon illuminated by the light from torches. A large group of Liao soldiers were forming an formation with their backs to the gate of the county government office. Everyone looked nervous.
They had few long weapons in their hands, most of them used scimitars and bows, and some held short crossbows.
Among them were Khitan people, Han people from Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, Shiwei people from the grasslands, and Xi people who were relatively short but fair-faced.
Their costumes are also all kinds of strange. There are monks, Taoist priests, traders, tailors, and even beggars with disheveled hair.
When they discovered that Han Qing only had eight or nine hundred brothers with him, the nervousness on the faces of these Liao officials quickly turned into surprise, and then into anger and shame.
Someone standing inside the gate of the county government quickly shouted, "Kill them all!", and immediately after, the craftsmen quickly took off their arrows and short crossbows.
"Bah bang bang..." The shields in front of and beside Han Qing were struck by arrows and crossbows, making a series of harsh sounds.
Someone in the team was injured, and hot drops of blood flew up and splashed all over the face of his companions. However, no one was intimidated by the rain of arrows shot in the face.
Under the organization of several leaders, everyone quickly launched a counterattack towards Liao Guo Xizuo. The feathered arrows dragged the flames like meteors. The combat boots stepped on the bluestone near the county government office, making a thunderous roar.