There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 157
As the sky gradually brightened, the patrolling soldiers on the top of the city switched defenses and were replaced by a group of rested soldiers, who were still patrolling the top of the city as before.

On weekdays, many businessmen and travelers gather here before dawn at the west gate of Yingchang Mansion, waiting for the gate to open. Many small vendors selling wonton breakfast also come early in the morning with their burdens.

But today, downstairs in Ximen, there are only a few merchants waiting and watching.

Now the city has been rumored that the Qilin Army uprising in Xiangcheng County is fighting with the Song Dynasty official army. Sometimes they went south from Nanyang, some stayed in the city and waited, and some chose another way to go south.

On the official road outside the city gate, a few villagers who came out of the village to go to the city to go to the market were coming this way. As they walked, they suddenly stopped and looked at the tanks spreading across the official road. , cars and cavalry.

Seeing that the villager was not in the uniform of an officer or soldier, he was so frightened that he pissed on his knees and kowtowed to the hero for mercy.

Li Chu just asked Ning Rong to drive the villagers back.

As time went on, more and more villagers who went to the market discovered the Qilin army posing on the road, and finally were persuaded to go back one by one, and told them that we are volunteers of the Qilin army who came to attack Yingchang Mansion. To panic, go home with peace of mind.

It was only then that the patrol soldiers on the city saw the Qilin Army outside the city, and they immediately panicked.

Li Chu just chuckled. He had waited here for so long before he could respond. This is Yingchang Mansion, which can be said to be one of the most important cities on Jingxi Road. If all the towns and cities above and below responded like this, it would be sour.

He was not in a hurry to fire immediately, but was waiting, waiting for this group of soldiers to pass the news to Zheng Ci, and waiting for the eyes of everyone in Yingchang Mansion to gather in the west city.

If the tiger doesn't show its power, you fucking treat me as a sick cat.

After the time was almost up, Li Chu immediately stood up and instructed Ning Rong to lead two hundred cavalry to advance slowly after Ning Rong got the order, and one hundred soldiers of the quick response force also held the compound crossbow and gradually moved forward like a long snake.

In the tank, the shells loaded were also replaced by broken armor shells by Li Chu.

There are a total of 55 shells in the tank, including ten rounds each of tail vertical armor-piercing shells, armor-breaking shells, and armor-piercing shells, and 25 rounds of grenades.Now seven rounds of grenades have been knocked out, and there are still eighteen rounds left.

48 shells are enough!

After Li Chu sat in the gunner's room, he aimed at the city wall of Yingchang Mansion.

With a foot on the tower, the body swayed back, the gun barrel retracted, and the broken armor bullets shot out from the gun barrel in the white smoke.

The gate tower on the city gate was hit by shells.

Bang!
The cannonball flew into the gate tower and exploded inside. The huge explosive force lifted the roof of the gate tower and landed in the city. Under this shot, it collapsed.

With one shot, the gate tower collapsed.

The soldiers standing near the city gate tower were affected, and the impact caused by the explosion blasted wood, bricks, etc., and hit them.

Early in the morning, there was a huge explosion that startled the people of the entire Yingchang Mansion.

Everyone walked out of the house in panic and looked around to find out what happened. Some babies were also startled by the huge explosion and cried.People who lived near the west gate also saw the top of the gate tower that was blown up and landed in the city, as well as the collapsed gate tower, and the flames on it were burning.

Everyone is blinded.

Zheng Ci was also taken aback.

Anxiously heading towards the west city gate, just halfway to Xizhi Street, he heard a loud bang. Zheng Ci raised his head, his eyes were straightened instantly, and the gate tower standing on the city wall exploded.

Before Zheng Ci could react, there was another loud bang, a ball of flames erupted on the city wall, and a huge cloud of gunpowder smoke billowed up. Bomb the city wall to create a large hole with a diameter of four meters.

Residents living in the city, especially those near the west gate, felt as if an earthquake had been struck by this shell.

After the gunpowder smoke passed, the soldiers on the city wall stood up slowly and looked at the broken city wall. Just now, a soldier happened to see a flame emanating from the tank, and before he could react, his side exploded.

After getting up, the little soldier ran directly down the city without saying a word.

Just as the little soldier ran down the city, Li Chu bombarded the city wall with another shell.

Bang!
Like an earthquake shaking a mountain.

After Li Chu fired the cannon, he immediately ran to the position of the loader, processed another shell and stuffed it into the barrel, this time replacing it with a grenade.Sit back in the gunner's room, aim, and fire!
boom! ! !
Li Chu did not intend to capture Yingchang Mansion.

He wanted Zheng Ci and the Song court to feel terrified after seeing the tragedy in Yingchang Mansion.

The Song Dynasty government army sent people over every three days to encircle and suppress them. They were really easy to bully Li Chu.

Now the tanks are running out of fuel, not only the fuel problem, but the biggest problem is that the soldiers in Li Chu's hands are not up.

They were all newly recruited in a hurry, with different quality of soldiers, and lack of training in all aspects. It is better to call people than soldiers, or even militia.In the scuffle last night, the ratio of casualties was based on the fact that Li Chu used his skills to shoot the cavalry of the official army, and Ning Rong's [-] cavalry helped. Even so, there were still so many casualties.

If they were allowed to correct it by themselves, the consequences would be self-evident.

Not just soldiers!

Xiangcheng County's internal construction control, people's livelihood, politics, etc., there is still a lot of mess waiting for Li Chu to deal with. He needs time now, a period of time to cultivate and improve the overall quality.

And it's not all there.

The construction of the oil field in Yan'an will take time. If the officers and soldiers have to keep attacking, how can there be time for Li Chu?
Rather than being passive, it is better to take the initiative. Taking advantage of the fact that the fuel and shells of the tank can still support, show off your muscles, show your fangs, and scare the officers and soldiers. If you want to send troops, you will do so with caution.

Just like Wang Qing in Huaixi, now Wang Qing's momentum is overwhelming, not to mention other places, just talk about this Nanyang, Wang Qing's bandit army has occupied Nanyang for more than a year. The officers, soldiers and forbidden army went to encircle and suppress Wang Qing?
This Great Song court is pinching itself like a soft persimmon.

Come on, squeeze it.

Reloading again, Li Chu fired another shell.

He did not choose a residential area, and tried his best to choose the city wall of Yingchang Mansion. This kind of city wall made up of stone blocks can better reflect the power of the shells.

After a few shells, a huge hole was forcefully blasted out on the city wall of the west gate.

The city gate that was originally closed has long since disappeared, and the city wall above the city gate is also empty.

The city gate tower above has long since disappeared.

At the city gate, the city wall was gone, and a hole tens of meters wide was created by the bombing.

Ning Rong's cavalry team and Li He's special operations unit had already arrived near the city gate under the roar of artillery fire.

"Cavalry, go!"

PS, I have something to do today, this chapter is for tonight.

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