The battlefield of Linhuangfucheng.

The artillery bombardment that continued to roar for nearly four hours stopped abruptly when it was almost dusk.

The city wall of Shangjing Prefecture of the Great Liao Dynasty was indeed as expected by Wu Yiyong, Ma Yong and others, and could not resist the bombardment of 88 12-jin cannons and 6-jin cannons. After four hours, nearly 7,000 shells were hit hard, a collapse gap of 150 steps wide suddenly appeared in the middle of the southern wall of Linhuang Prefecture.

The rammed earth city wall collapsed on a large scale, forming a gentle slope that could be walked up. In the uncollapsed parts, they were also riddled with holes and were full of terrible gaps.

The Jin soldiers guarding the city wall had long disappeared, and even Wanyan Xi did not dare to watch the battle on the southeast corner of the safer city wall. His location was blocked by a triangle out of the fort and was not easily bombarded. However, Xi still fell from the city wall and retreated to the back of the collapse entrance of the city wall, behind a chest wall that was temporarily built with sandbags.

Because he knew that the battle that decided that Linhuang Mansion City would unfold in front of this chest wall.

The 150-step-wide gentle slope formed by the collapse cannot be lost! Because once the gentle slope is lost, the Zhou army will drag the cannons up and deploy. At that time, the cannons that fire from a high place will pose a fatal threat to the archery in the city. Linhuang Mansion City is also built in a model of Tang City. The city is divided into many archies, and each archway has a wall guard.

If the Zhou army set up artillery to a high place, most of the walls would become targets and be easily destroyed. At that time, the Jin soldiers who were indented into the city would not even have a support to defend.

So Xi had already made up his mind to fight the Zhou people to the death near this gap.

If you can't win, you can only retreat to Yelai Mountain...

In the bunker where Wang Yan and Wu Yiyong were, everyone was watching the collapse of the city wall. After the shelling stopped, the smoke and dust were gradually dissipating. Now we can finally observe the terrain carefully.

"About two feet high, the collapsed rammed earth formed a gentle slope and buried the tiger's fall. There was a trench and a low wall in front of the gentle slope, and there seemed to be a small number of Jin soldiers defending behind the low wall."

After a while, Wu Yiyong read the scout's investigation report he had just received to Wang Yan, and then made a suggestion: "That gentle slope is the key! As long as you seize the gentle slope, Linhuang Mansion City is ours. The first step is to clear the obstacles to the general attack, fill the trench, occupy the low wall, and then push the cannon up and aim it at the gentle slope.

At the same time, you can also launch a tentative attack on the triangles on both sides, and maybe you can seize it."

"Are the offensive troops ready?" Wang Yan asked.

"The First Infantry Division is ready," Wu Yiyong replied, "the shield cart and the sandbags that fill the trench are ready."

"Then start!" Wang Yan said, "I gave the First Infantry Division the trenches must be filled and the low walls must be seized before the hour of Hai!"

"Here!"

The commander of the First Infantry Division was Miao Fu, the son of Miao Lu, a famous general of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. He should not have joined the Zhou army, but in the "Kangzhong Qingcheng Taoism" incident 16 years ago, he incited the student movement of the Biyong Academy with Liu Zhengyan. He had to go into Jiehe and transfer to Jiehe Knight Academy. After graduating from the Knight Academy, Miao Fu entered Wu Haogu's army. He first worked in Jiehe and Cangzhou regiment training, and then served as an infantry officer in the Republican Army, step by step to the current command of the First Division. It was not because of his family's Yin, but because of his solid military command skills and the courage to lead the way. The First Infantry Division of the Republican Army commanded was also a famous brigade who was good at fighting tough battles. Today, Miao Fu was determined to use the most rapid attack to add another point to his and the First Division's credit card.

When the artillery bombardment ended, Miao Fu had already put on a wart armor and pointed at the line with half of the division. He stood in front of the neatly arranged brigade soldiers, stretched his neck and looked forward, looking a little impatient.

After receiving the order issued by the Legion headquarters, Miao Fu immediately drew out his sword and pointed forward, shouting: "Republic Army, advance!"

He followed the drum chariot and trumpeter who were used to deliver the orders. When he heard the orders of his commander, he immediately beat the drum and trumpet.

Amid a tight war drum and a whimpering horn, the officers and soldiers of the First Infantry Brigade, who had been waiting for battle, also roared their strongest: "Keep the laws of heaven, defend the Republic! Kill the enemy!"

"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy..."

The republican officers and soldiers shouting slogans also began to advance in team-level phalanxes.

The one who walked in front was the spearmen who were pushing the shield chariot. Only half of them were carrying slings, and the rest were trying to push the shield chariots modified with supplies. In addition to the shield chariots, the shield chariots were also filled with sandbags used to fill the trenches. These sandbags could also withstand the projectiles of 6 taels.

The spearmen were platoons, and a row of spearmen followed or pushed a shield car, forming several waves of "shield car lines" on the battlefield and advancing slowly.

After each wave of shields, there were three rows of crossbow soldiers or sword and shield soldiers holding bows and arrows. There was no archer organization in the Zhou Republic Army, but archery was a compulsory skill for Zhou citizens, especially military citizens. Therefore, after the Republican Republic, the sword and shield soldiers of the Republican Army had to work as part-time archers.

The first wave of shield line quickly approached the trenches outside Linhuangfu City. The trenches were not straight, but were built along a triangle out of the fort, winding and winding. Therefore, when the shield line approached the trenches, it was impossible to keep a straight line, and it became curved. This change exposed the backs of some Republican soldiers to the firepower of the Jin soldiers on the triangle out of the fort.

However, the 250-jin cannons placed on several triangles of the Jin soldiers were already half dumb because of the accident, and the remaining half was not very accurate, so they just heard a sound.

However, the Zhou army that hit the trench still suffered some losses! What caused them was a weapon bed crossbow that had been eliminated in the Zhou army!

The distance between the two triangles is two or three hundred steps away from the fort, otherwise it would be too dense, the construction cost is too high, and there are too many troops to deploy. The distance between two or three hundred steps cannot be covered by ordinary bows and arrows. The Jin army, who did not have enough financial resources to equip artillery, thought of the bed crossbow. They imported samples from the Song Dynasty and imitated many of them themselves!

So when the soldiers of the First Infantry Brigade entered the two triangles and left the fort, a giant arrow six or seven feet long shot at them!

While the giant arrow shot, many Jurchen heroes wearing two layers of heavy armor appeared behind the chest wall opposite the trench, holding bows and arrows, desperately shooting feather arrows at the back of the shield!

The casualties began to appear. Republican soldiers who were pushing shields and carrying sandbags to fill the trenches kept falling, but the remaining people were still firm.

The counterattack began soon. The crossbow soldiers and the sword and shield soldiers carrying bows and arrows, under the organization of the officers, seized favorable shooting positions. Either by shooting or aiming directly, they projected the feather arrows onto the two triangles of the fort.

Under the cover of our own crossbow, the soldiers carrying sandbags to fill the trench also accelerated their movements. The sandbags were thrown into trenches that were not too deep or too wide. Several passages made of sandbags were formed at a speed visible to the naked eye!

These passages lead to the triangular castle on both sides and the chest wall on the front that protects the gap in the Linhuangfu City Wall.

The Jurchens on the triangular fortress and behind the chest wall were anxious when they saw this scene. There were only a few thousand defenders in Linhuang Mansion! It really allowed the Zhou army to break through the city defense, and the city could still be defended?

So they ignored the opponent's rain of arrows and tried their best to shoot arrows at the passage made of sandbags. In a blink of an eye, the sandbags that formed the passage were filled with arrows!

However, no matter how dense the arrow rain is, it cannot stop the determination of the Republican soldiers! Most of them are all second-generations who need military merit to improve their status and honor, and most of them are "Yuzi". They must earn their ancestral and citizenship through merit. They have been instilled with such ideas by their teachers and fathers since childhood, and have been preparing for their achievements. Now is the time to extend their great ambitions in their lives, how can they retreat in the last moment?

Miao Fu also went to the front line and was screaming at the supervision of the battle less than 50 steps away from the trench. There was a shield chariot on each side to resist the giant arrows shot from the Triangle Fort on both sides.

The shell shot from a 250-jin cannon suddenly landed in front of him, splashing a lot of sand, soil and gravel, and hit Miao Fu's head and face. But the coach didn't even blink his eyelids.

Just as the officers and soldiers of the First Brigade were working hard to fill the trenches, the officers and soldiers of the Second Brigade also shouted loudly, carrying the ladders and swords and shields, and began to charge. Their target was the two triangles that left the fort!

The castle is solid rammed earth, and the exterior wall has a certain slope, and it is also triangular angles to the outside, so it is difficult to destroy with cannons, so it can only be attacked!

Fortunately, the triangle castle is not tall and the exterior wall has a large slope, making it easier to climb.

More than a thousand soldiers from the two battalions were about to climb up to these two castles, killing them with their swords and shields, flesh and blood, and hand-to-hand swords, and decide the outcome with the Jurchener who is good at fighting!

If it were ten years ago, if it were the first generation of Republican soldiers, it would be impossible to defeat the Jurchen elite in the scattered hand-to-hand combat.

Because most of the first generation of Republican soldiers were farmers who had just put down their hoes. Even if they received strict training, it was still impossible to master individual fighting skills.

Now, as soldiers of the Republican Army's sharp knife troops, almost all of them are quasi-citizens who have received military education. They are not only loyal to the Republic and are eager to make achievements, but also have extremely high military qualities. Their skills in hand-to-hand combat are even worse than those of the genuine Jurchen Gundam, but the mature Jurchens, Bohai people, and Goryeo people are not their opponents! Many Jurchen second generations who have better lives are not their opponents to these Republican soldiers who have both martial arts and ideology!

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