The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

In the Battle of Huining, the emperors were full of tricks. Zong Xiong and Zong Min, the two pillars of the Jin Kingdom, were so stupid, incompetent and ineffective. In fact, the responsibility for defending the city was mainly suppressed by Heshilie Zhining and

Pusan ​​Zhongyi and the other two were commanded by the soldiers and civilians of Huining City to repel the attacks of the Song army again and again, showing great courage and fearlessness, causing great trouble to the Song army.

According to Zhao Qi's arrangement, the Song army used the tactic of rapid attack and slow advance to attack the city. They concentrated artillery fire in the north city to destroy the barriers and fortifications outside their city, and then steadily approached forward, gradually clearing the strongholds on the outer defense line of the Jin army, and then re-examined the

Establish an artillery position to enter the effective range of the artillery. But as the advancement process, the closer you get to the city, the greater the resistance you encounter. This resistance is not only the tenacious resistance of the Jin army, but also the threat of the catapult.

When the Jin Dynasty went south to the Central Plains and attacked Bianjing, it obtained the most advanced offensive and defensive weapon abandoned by the Song army at that time. It was used in actual combat in the subsequent siege and mastered the launch method. The Jurchens were also quite good at learning.

And nations that absorbed advanced technology, powerful weapons like trenchers naturally became their targets for absorption. After the North Returning to the West, the Jurchens used the captured Central Plains craftsmen to start making trenchers and gradually equipped them to the army.

The history of catapults can be traced back to the Warring States Period. It is a large human-power long-range weapon that uses the principle of leverage to shoot stone bombs. It is an important tool for attacking cities and has been widely used in siege battles in all dynasties. The catapults in the Song Dynasty

The development reached its peak, and its power began to become extremely terrifying and huge. According to the size and the amount of manpower required, trench machines are divided into three types: light, medium and heavy:

Light throwing car, only two people are cast, and the stone bullet weighs half a pound, can be used to fight against the enemy; medium throwing car has single tips, double tips, whirlwinds, tiger squats, etc., which requires forty to hundreds of people to pull the cannon rope.

The stone projectile weighing more than 20 kilograms was shot out eighty steps; while the heavy throwing car had five-shot and seven-shot cannons, which required one hundred and fifty people to pull the cannon cable, and could fire the stone weighing seventy to hundreds of kilograms.

Bullet. A 100-pound stone bullet can also shoot fifty steps away when it is full of blood, while smaller stone bullets can be fired further.

Compared with artillery, the stone-piercing machine has a small power, short range and poor flexibility, but it is still a powerful tool, especially in the battle of defending the city. After the Jin army was blocked from developing artillery, it began to make a large number of stone-piercing machines for war.

He also gradually explored and summarized his experience in the battle with the Song army. Although he won fewer and lost more in the battle with the Song army, it was much better than being passively beaten and had no power to fight back.

During the Northern Expedition of the Song army, the Jin army was defeated step by step. Heshilie Zhining, who was responsible for defending the capital, realized that he would fight the Song army under the city. Therefore, he was also actively preparing for the war. While strengthening the city defense, he ordered the craftsmen to rush to make the battle.

There are a large number of catapults, with a total of more than 2,000.

Based on past experience, Zhining understood that the catapult was the key target of the Song army's artillery attack, so he arranged the light catapult above the city. Even if he attacked the siege of the Song army from a high place, it would be conducive to transfer and supplementation. Of course, it was also

Because it is easy to manufacture and the largest number; the medium-sized trencher is relatively bulky, he arranged it on the high platform in the city and hid behind the city wall. The wall can be used to cover the wall to reduce the probability of being destroyed by the Song army artillery.

Heavy catapults had difficulty moving and could only be fixed on the ground. Therefore, Zhining took advantage of its long range to arrange the heavy catapults at the corner of the city, and shot and suppressed enemy artillery in the partition walls. The number of each corner of the city reached hundreds of gates.

Thinking about the launch of thousands of trenchers together, the stones flying all over the sky falling from the sky was an extremely spectacular scene, and the damage caused was also amazing.

But the Jin army's stone thrower not only fires stone bombs, but also equipped them with multiple types of rock throwers. Lime bags with charming eyes, poisonous caltrops that can make people angry and smoke... The most powerful thing is that they can explode

Although the thunder bomb is not as powerful as the Song army's flowering bomb, it is not as limited by the caliber of the artillery shell, and its size can be made to increase its power. Therefore, the casualties caused by explosions in the crowd are also terrifying.

There is no escape within a radius of 100 feet.

In order to eliminate the threat of the catapult to the offensive troops, Zhao Xiao ordered the artillery to knock it out. The catapult on the city was okay. The rapid-fire cannon has insufficient range and can be used to use heavy artillery direct aiming to destroy it, but it is hidden in the city wall.

The latter is difficult to deal with. It can only be blown up by mortar ejection, but it cannot accurately shoot because it is difficult to find its location and range limitation. It can only be used to calculate the probability aiming through the observer, which is extremely low in efficiency, and the city corner

The heavy stone thrower is more difficult to hit by the two walls.

So Zhao Xiao ordered the trench in front of the barrier to be filled, and used the remaining low wall as the basis to increase it so that it is basically flush with the city wall, and then set up a cannon position with this platform, so that the observation and shooting conditions are great

Change. A fierce artillery battle started inside and outside the city, and even the artillery arranged by the Jin army on the top of the city joined the battle.

But over time, the Jin army's stone thrower fired slowly, with short range and low power were exposed. The small stone thrower arranged on the city was first destroyed, and then the artillery was overturned.

While the catapults at the top of the city, the heavy mortars of the Song army's artillery also suppressed the catapults hidden behind the city, and resolutely destroyed the exposed concentrated firepower.

The artillery battle between the two sides lasted intermittently for several days. Compared with the two incompetent generals, their performance in this battle of defense was very eye-catching and worthy of a special book.

Because the two of them had almost always been on the front line of the war. When the fierce battle was in full swing, Heshilie Zhining went to the northern city to command the battle under the Song army's artillery fire, appeased the soldiers guarding the city, and personally sent medicine to the wounded people during the truce.

Wine rewards the soldiers who have made great contributions to defending soldiers. Pusan ​​Zhongyi, who commanded the thief, learned from his past defeat, allocated firepower reasonably, replenished ammunition in time, repaired the destroyed thief, transferred the exposed positions, and replenished Ding Zhuang to maintain combat effectiveness.

But it is hard to cook without rice. As the battle lasts longer, in this high-intensity battle, the gunpowder stored by the Jin army is basically exhausted, and the city is surrounded and cannot raise the sulfur, saltpeter and other raw materials needed to prepare gunpowder.

After the decorations, the powerful thunderbolt bombs were sold out. However, they did not stop fighting because of this, and still fired stone bombs to attack the attacking Song army, so that even stone bombs could not be supplied in the later period.

Bianjing also encountered this scene back then, but they did not have the "foresight" of Zhao Ji, collecting strange stones and building Genyue in the city, and built an ammunition depot for the officers and soldiers guarding Bianjing City. When the stones were exhausted, they could be demolished into ammunition.

Pusan ​​Zhongyi took the lead in tearing down his mansion, polishing the stones, steps and pillars into stone bullets for war, and wood was used to make trench machines. With the example, the military and civilians in the city also collected stones and wood.

Sent to the army for use, hundreds of stone bombs were piled up around the corner of the city. The height of the stone bombs had even exceeded the city wall. The newly made trencher could make up for the losses!

Tactically speaking, the Song army seemed to have won the victory, destroying hundreds of catapults of the Jin army, killing a large number of enemy troops, and opening up the channel for attack. But strategically, the Song army did not achieve the expected results.

Not only did they not overwhelm the will of Jin and the people to resist, they inspire their fighting spirit. So overall, they should have played a similar game, and the Song army had a little advantage and did not achieve an overwhelming victory...

The offensive and defensive battle in Huining City was in full swing, but the emperor Wanyan Tan seemed not as enthusiastic as before. After confirming that Wanyan Heng was missing, he completely believed that Wu Shu was preparing to make peace with Song and betray him and make his son the emperor.

It's true. This makes him unable to sleep or eat. He may be given as a gift to Zhao Er at any time, but no one in the capital can compete with Wu Shu. Those who are capable have already let Wu Shu kill him with his help.

After a clean look, Wanyan Tan felt very sad when he thought about his embarrassment. In times of danger, there was no one who could trust.

Between life and death, Wanyan Dan certainly would not sit still and wait for death. After thinking about the only thing he could use in the court in the court was Zhang Hao. He was an old minister of the three dynasties. Although he was valued by Wushu, he had several ups and downs, which was also said.

Using his talent but not believing in others is just an emergency role. He is often dissatisfied with Wu Shu's control of the government, so Zhang Hao can become the target of his own and become a chess piece against Wu Shu.

Wanyan Tan, who had figured it out, summoned Zhang Hao to the palace by discussing Kuoli's affairs. He held his left and right and left to discuss with Zhang Hao, and told Wu Shu that he would make peace with Song to establish his son as emperor. In fact, there were long rumors in the capital.

Hao also heard that when the emperor said it today, he realized that it was "true". He understood that the emperor would inevitably get involved in the royal struggle and there was no way out. He was a literati and honest person.

The man naturally despised what Wu Shu did, so he decided to stand on the side of the emperor.

Zhang Hao and Wanyan Tan knew that they could not fight Wushu alone. Their strength was too weak, especially lacking the support of the army. Now the army in the city is divided into Wanyan Zongxiong, Wanyan Zongmin, and Heshilie Zhining.

With the hands of the four people of Pusan ​​Zhongyi, Heshilie Zhining was Wushu's son-in-law and was naturally the first to be out. Wanyan Zongmin had no experience in joining the army and lacked connections, so there were only Zongxiong and Pusan ​​Zhongyi.

These two people are not actually the best candidates, and Zong Xiong's performance in the battle is really hard to compliment; Pusan ​​Zhongyi once followed Wu Shu for a long time to fight, and the two have a close relationship, and they were recommended by Wu Shu for several promotions. So they

He did not dare to press the treasure on them, and at this moment, news came from outside the palace: Wanyan Kexi, who was guarding the Sufen Road, led the army of the king to break through the Song army's encirclement and enter the city... (To be continued)