"The safety of gunpowder needs to be improved. The current black powder will explode as long as it encounters sparks or has a severe impact.
It seems that Yelu Yixin has really put a lot of effort into our tactics and deployed defenses in a targeted manner, and the effect is pretty good.
However, Yelu Yixin is too naive if he thinks that such a simple method can suppress our army. Once firearms begin to be used on a large scale, they and cold weapons are products of two eras, just like the ancient Stone Age.
People used stone tools to fight armies equipped with armor.
If Yelu Yixin had not completely kept up with the times, the courage and toughness of the Liao people would have disappeared under the bombardment of artillery."
Yun Zheng's words were like magic sounds that calmed down several generals who had become impatient after seeing the heavy casualties suffered by their subordinates.
Sure enough, Ge Tianfang, a warrior who has fought many battles, naturally has his own tricks. The dense skateboards were quickly dispersed on the mud using pennies to support each other. The target became smaller, which effectively dispersed the Liao army.
Intensive attack.
Lang Tan, on the other hand, launched the second batch of flying claws to the other side very promptly. Before the first team could reach the shore, the second team's skateboards had already started to set off.
Seeing that the skateboard Ge Tianfang was riding was about to reach the other side, a huge boulder roared down from the sky. Ge Tianfang roared, threw the oar shield in his hand on the mud, and stepped on the oar shield first to fly ashore. The rest.
The soldiers had no time to move, so they shouted and threw their shields on the mud and fled.
The boulder landed accurately on the skateboard, not only smashing the oar shield, but also splashing mud particles all over the sky. The surrounding Song troops immediately turned into clay figures.
Ge Tianfang relied on the fine armor on his body, shielded his eyes with iron gauntlets and rushed forward arrogantly. The Liao people's feather arrows shot at him, but they were all blocked by the armor. Only one thick feather arrow penetrated.
The two layers of heavy armor passed over his body and bit into his arm.
A cannonball accurately landed around the arrow hole on the city wall. After exploding, it tore a large hole in the city wall. The rest of the cannonballs followed closely and chose to land here, although there was no first one.
The artillery shells were fired accurately, but they also bombarded the city wall to the point of crumbling.
Without the oar shield, Ge Tianfang had no way to set up a beach position on the opposite side. He could only grit his teeth and continue to charge forward, hoping to attract enough crossbow arrows from the Liao people to relieve some pressure on the soldiers who followed.
After rushing up a small slope, there was a trench about two feet wide in front of him. The water flowing in the trench was not fast, but the thick mud made Ge Tianfang helpless to deal with the scene in front of him.
The long knife in his hand was constantly swung, and most of the feather arrows flew away, but there were always one or two feather arrows that could penetrate his armor and pierce his flesh.
Just when Ge Tianfang felt that his arms were getting heavier and heavier, a scull shield blocked his face, and then more warriors holding scull shields came from behind and quickly formed in front of the trench.
Got a new turtle shell.
A small ballista was also brought over. After a soldier roughly measured the distance, he decisively cut the match rope, lit an eight-pound gunpowder bag, and put it in a leather bag.
After that, the little ballista threw the gunpowder packet onto the city wall.
After a loud "bang", rocks flew from the top of the city and jingled on the tortoise shell. The power of this gunpowder bag was much greater than the power of cannonballs.
Ge Tianfang, who was bleeding profusely, felt a buzzing in his ears, double images of everything in his eyes, and the loud roars of his companions seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him.
Surrounded by oars and shields, Lang Tan hurried to Ge Tianfang's side. After one glance, his face changed drastically. As soon as he reached out, he pulled out an arrow inserted into Ge Tianfang's shoulder and said angrily: "The arrow is poisonous."
.Use phosphorus fire bombs for me, I will burn this city down!"
A military prince hurriedly said: "General, if the distance is too close, we will accidentally injure our own brothers."
Lang Tan said with a ferocious smile: "Cast it, and when the phosphorus fire comes flying over, I will use the oar shield to block it!"
Seeing that Lang Tan seemed to have lost his mind, the military marquis Ge Tianfang gritted his teeth and took out red balls one by one from the iron box he brought. After taking a long breath, he put the balls in
He put it into the leather bag of the small ballista, lit the fuse and then ejected, not daring to stay among his crowd for a moment.
"Prepare the oar shield, give up dealing with the feather arrows, and block the sky with all your strength..." The Junhou roared at the top of his lungs, and immediately placed the oar shield in his hand on top of his head.
The tigers once again began to show off their power, and raindrops of arrows hit the military commander's body, causing him to retreat continuously. He could not take three steps before a crossbow arrow penetrated his eye and came out of his brain.
The white dazzling fire exploded at the top of the city. The sound was not loud, but countless blue and faint flames slowly fell from the sky. The fire looked light blue in the dark, but in the sunlight, those flames appeared
There was a strange pale color, these flames floating in the air, drifting in all directions with the wind, and got in from countless ventilation holes.
Seeing the tragic death of the military lord, Lang Tan personally ordered another round of phosphorus fire bombs to be fired, and did not stop until there was no more such shells in his hands.
For some reason, the top of the city became quiet. Even the powerful gunpowder-driven crossbow arrows such as Tigers Rush became increasingly rare. Through the gap in the oar shield, Lang Tan hit a blue fire ball with his sword,
The fire ball was not extinguished by Lang Tan's waving, but instead turned into a string of blue sparks that danced with Lang Tan's dance.
The sky was filled with rain of fire. Everyone in the Song Dynasty felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy and would never allow a ball of flames to touch them. The screams coming from the city were the price of being contaminated by the ball of fire.
Phosphorus fire cannot kill people for a while, but it is like a tarsal maggot that cannot be shaken off...
The skateboards kept coming to the shore, and the soldiers who came later carried the skateboards and charged towards the city. After arriving at the first trench, they carefully avoided the phosphorus fires that were still burning on the ground and put the skateboards more than two feet long into the city.
In the trench, as soon as the phosphorus fire is extinguished, they will continue to charge immediately. The scene like a sea of fire in front of them makes even the most daring Song army shudder.
The flowing water in the ditch slowly took away a lot of phosphorus fire that fell into the water, like a blue burning river.
Ge Tianfang, who was foaming at the mouth, was quickly carried away. The military doctor immediately removed the arrow and used the sharpest knife to cut out the flesh and blood near the wound. He did not stop until fresh blood seeped out.
This is just a rough rescue, the rest of the work still needs to be dealt with by the most skilled military doctors in the army.
Wang Anshi saw that Yunzheng had stopped the bombardment. As the smoke from the top of the city was blown away by the wind, he discovered that the top of the city was on fire at this time. In the sun, the flames showed a strange pale white color, but there was no visible light from the top of the city.
A Liao man who can stand.
The flag is burning, the flagpole is burning, the city wall is burning, and even the water seems to be burning. In front of these destructive flames, no life can be seen there.
"Phosphorus fire comes from the grave. It is indeed the fire of hell. It is beyond the reach of human beings!"
"Human bones contain a large amount of white phosphorus, which will burn when exposed to water or alkali. Most of the phosphorus fires you see are harmless and will disperse as long as they are blown by the wind.
The phosphorus fire in the military is different. It comes from phosphate ore. After it is burned by the forging road, the gas generated by the ore is specially collected. After cooling, pure yellow phosphorus is obtained.
This thing is easy to catch fire. Even if there is no fire, as long as the weather is hot enough, or it is allowed to get a temperature higher than our body temperature, it will burn, so we usually put it in a sealed jar and bury it.
In the sand.
In order to transport these things, the military spent a lot of manpower and material resources."
Wang Anshi said: "Looking at its power now, the price we paid is worth it."
Yun Zheng sighed and said: "As long as this thing touches people, it will be difficult to extinguish it. As long as it is burned by him, or left in the middle of a dense fire and smells the phosphorus fire, it will be difficult to survive. If Brother Jiefu wants to do it one day,
To kill people and silence them, just pick a little bit with your fingernails and let your opponent take it, and I guarantee that this person will die."
Wang Anshi glanced at Yun Zheng and said coldly: "I only know how to kill people with knives, not these insidious things."
Impatient to listen to the nonsense of the two big guys, Su Xun stood up and pointed at the Yanghe Road: "Skateboards have covered the tidal flats, it's time for the army to march."
Yun Zheng shook his head and said: "Where the area is narrow, more people will suffer. After Lang Tan blows up the city wall and gate, the army can follow up at any time. I just saw the military doctor carrying people down. It seems that one of our generals is injured."
Yes, let’s go and have a look.”
The first words were said to Su Xun, but the last words were said to Han Niu. Han Niu turned around and ordered his generals to go take a look. Su Xun sat back on the mountain bag again and continued to watch Lang Tan's troops slowly advance towards the city wall.
, very dissatisfied with their slow speed.
The flames at the top of the city gradually extinguished. Su Xun immediately waved the flag and the artillery began to bombard the city again. Lang Tan at the bottom of the city blocked his mouth and nose with a wet towel and accelerated his march.
The second trench was relatively narrow, and a skateboard was enough to be laid on it to form a bridge. Therefore, the speed was very fast. Seeing that the phosphorus fire on the ground was extinguished, Lang Tan urged the soldiers to pile up the gunpowder packets they brought in piles at the end of the city wall.
For the weak part, the whole army will retreat after lighting the fuse.
Countless heavy stones, thick logs, and even lead water fell from the top of the city. Before Lang Tan could even hide in a safe place, he heard a loud noise from behind and a wave of heat.
He flew across the trench and fell heavily to the ground.
Lang Tan, who has quick hands and quick eyes, quickly covered himself with a shield, hoping that no big stone would fall on him... (To be continued)