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Perhaps the most important moment was when the Mongolian army used it to capture Xiangyang City, which had persisted for 6 years.

It is said that the return cannon can throw a boulder weighing more than 100 catties 400 meters away.

At that time, the moat of Xiangyang City was 150 meters wide.

400 meters far exceeds the distance of the moat of Xiangyang City.

The return artillery continued to attack, directly smashing Xiangyang City from the city wall.

Soon Xiangyang surrendered, and the Southern Song Dynasty entered the countdown to its demise.

It can be said that it was the pinnacle of siege in the era of cold weapons before the emergence of real artillery.

But it is clear that Zhao Guanjia, who is wealthy and rough in handling affairs, is more willing to spend money than the Mongols.

Yang Zheng's return cannon is accompanied by the word "fire".

The logistics soldiers of the Song Army began to carry the assembly materials for the giant trebuchet.

Those wooden frames need several people to carry them together.

Even the livehook was unusually heavy.

The soldiers chanted the same slogans while carrying them to maintain the consistency of their movements.

After it was transported to the designated location, the soldiers of the artillery battalion began to assemble it.

This is a giant trebuchet, and it is more difficult to assemble than before, but fortunately, they are professional enough.

With the cooperation of all parties, ten giant trebuchets were equipped.

In the afternoon, huge stones were also brought in.

Then the soldiers began pouring oil on the stone.

Black viscous oil was splashed all over the stone, exuding a pungent and unpleasant smell.

At this time, the defenders of Lanzhou City didn't know what they were going to face.

After the oil on the stone was ignited, a blazing flame burned and scorched the air.

"emission!"

As the artillery battalion officer drew out his knife and waved it, with an order, the giant trebuchet burst into a dull sound instantly.

Ten huge stones rose from the ground, dragged a long flame, and threw towards the Lanzhou City in front of them while the guards of Lanzhou City were stunned.

boom……

With a crisp sound, two burning boulders hit Qiaolou, breaking the pillars of Qiaolou.

Sawdust splattered and structures collapsed.

A few guards below had no time to run, and were hit by the collapsed wood.

Another two hit the top of the city, and one smashed the battlements, splashing a large piece of rubble, and at the same time it collapsed quickly, hitting a guard head-on.

The poor guard was smashed on the spot and flew to the bottom of the city with a stone, half of his body collapsed, and the minced meat and internal organs were scattered all over the ground in the city.

The stone was smashed against one of the battlements, its power weakened, and it rolled on the ground, as did the other one.

The rest of them all smashed into the city.

Boom boom boom...

There was a loud noise, deafening.

In the "History of the Yuan Dynasty", it is recorded that the Huihui cannon is like this: the machine is fired, the sound shakes the world, and everything it hits is destroyed, and it penetrates seven feet into the ground.

Seven feet is equivalent to more than two meters.

In other words, a big hole two meters deep was directly smashed out!

No wonder the impregnable city of Xiangyang collapsed under its attack.

I saw that these burning stone cannons either hit the houses in the city and tore them apart.

Either it hits the ground in the city, splits the ground, and plows out terrifying long scars.

Then rolled on the ground, the flames were still burning.

The people around looked horrified, their livers were torn apart with fright, as if they were approaching the end, no one dared to approach.

No one has ever seen such a powerful trebuchet.

There was already a small-scale chaos behind the tower, and the guards on the tower were all pale and their legs were weak.

Song Jun started the second wave of attack.

Several people lifted the stone, poured black oil on it, and lit it again.

The ten flaming fireballs drew bright tricks again, and pressed them for the second time under the fearful eyes of the guards of Lanzhou City.

bang bang bang...

This time, five hit the city wall.

The city wall of Xiangyang City was made of bricks, and it was smashed to pieces.

The city wall of Lanzhou City was only rammed with mud. The people on the tower suddenly felt their feet tremble, and there were many cracks on the wall, and a large piece of the rammed earth collapsed.

It fell down with a clatter, raising a cloud of dust on the ground.

I saw that there were several large pits on the top of the city, and some soldiers even fell from there, fell into the city, and fell to their deaths on the spot.

The rest of the people were completely dumbfounded.

The flames left a large black scorching mark on the wall, as if sprayed by an angry dragon with flames.

And at that moment just now, the city tower seemed to be trembling.

Just think about it, if you are standing upstairs, suddenly the building under your feet is trembling, how would you feel?

Now the feeling of these guards is that there is no master.

Not to mention the other few smashed into the city again, sweeping everything in the city.

Some unlucky people were hit, and lost their human form on the spot, and the rotten flesh was crushed to the ground by the burning fireball, emitting a burnt smell.

With these two waves of attacks, the power of the Song army was directly raised.

The officers of the artillery battalion continued to direct the soldiers to put the stones on.

Now the guards above ran away in fright, and those who didn't escape were also frightened and at a loss.

Seeing this, Yang Zheng was in a great mood!

He said with a smile: "Straight mother! It's so cool! I smashed the top of the city to pieces!"

When the third wave of boulders went down, the city wall collapsed on a larger scale.

Although the city wall has not completely collapsed, it means that the psychological defense of all guards has collapsed.

"What!" When Zhewu heard the news brought by the messenger, he immediately jumped up, "You said our city wall was trampled!"

"Yes!" The messenger looked shocked, "General... General, the Song Army's trebuchets... are as powerful as thunder..."

"Quick! Send the order! The main force is assembled at the south gate, and the archers are ready!" Zhewu immediately began to approve the armor.

Liu Chun said: "General, the weapons of the Song army are astonishing. We should withdraw immediately and go back to Fugu to inform Zheshuai!"

"Our army is in the city and clearly has the upper hand!" Zhewu didn't listen to the persuasion, he put on his armor and rushed out with his personal guards.

When Zhewu rushed out, the Song army had stopped using giant catapults, but used crossbow arrows to sweep away the remaining defeated soldiers in the city.

Then began to prepare the ladder, large-scale siege.

There were no guards at the top of the city, and the Song army easily took the top of the city.

Soon he went up to the top of the city with crossbow arrows and began to fight back against the Zhejia army below the city.

More Song troops quickly climbed to the top of the city, and the two sides fought at the city wall.

At the same time, the Song army occupying the top of the city pulled the gate and opened the gate.

Seeing that the gate of the city was opened, Yang Zheng immediately mobilized a battalion of infantrymen as the vanguard to charge towards the gate of the city.

The number of the Song army was increasing, and the follow-up supplies of the Zhejia army also arrived quickly.

Zhewu never thought that the speed of the war would be pulled so fast.

Not only did he not think of it, but he would never think of it, Jin Guo would not think of it, and the Lord of Xixia would not think of it.

The arrival of new weapons will change the way of war in the Eastern Continent.

Chapter 668 Goryeo's Dangerous Situation? (Second more)

The crossbowman at the head of the city pressed the formation, and after sweeping a few waves of the Zhejia army below, the infantry forward rushed up.

Holding long guns, they started a hand-to-hand fight with the Zhejia army.

Their arms were amazing, and their long spears stabbed forward quickly. Anyone who approached was stabbed to death on the spot.

The Zhejia army in front wanted to repel the Song army with bows and arrows, but the arrows fell on the armor and could not penetrate the armor at all.

In addition to being shocked by the giant trebuchet just now, the Zhejia army's morale was unstable, and it collapsed after being hit by Song Ju's infantry a few waves.

The Vanguard Battalion of the Infantry Armor took advantage of the victory to pursue and charged forward in one go, causing the Zhejia army to scream again and again.

Not long after, the morale of the Zhejia army completely collapsed.

It was too late when Zhewu arrived, and when he learned that the army had collapsed, Zhewu ran away in a panic without saying a word.

The rest is that after the Song army entered the city on a large scale, they began to rectify the city with iron fists.

On March 21, Lanzhou City was recovered by the Song Army.

Lanzhou City is not a fortress, and neither side even invested much troops, but the next battle in Lanzhou City is destined to be the focus of all parties.

In the past era, there has never been a weapon that can smash down the city wall.

In the era of cold weapons, the defenders of the city walls have a great advantage.

Especially in the Song Dynasty, some city walls began to be built with bricks.

The more typical ones are the city walls of Taiyuan City and the city walls of Tokyo City.

They undoubtedly became the strongest cities of this era.

In the first year of Jingkang, Yan Zonghan besieged Taiyuan City for nine months, and took Taiyuan City after the food in Taiyuan City was eaten.

It shows the advantage of the defenders.

However, the appearance of this giant trebuchet is destined to make the defense of most cities useless.

Maybe now Wanyan Zongpan is still drinking in the palace, Zong Han is still sleeping in Liaoyang Mansion, Zong Wang is drinking tea in Yanjing, and Li Qianshun is still eating hot pot in Xingqing Mansion.

Everything seems to be unchanged.

However, this siege of Lanzhou City has indeed changed the pattern of the subsequent war.

If the Jin army mastered this kind of giant trebuchet during the war, it would inevitably manufacture it on a large scale.

Next, Da Song Hebei's defense line will face even more terrifying blows.

Once this happens, Da Song's defensive advantages may disappear.

The two sides will directly enter into competitions in terms of field capabilities, mobilization capabilities, and armament input.

The so-called defense system relying on the city is likely to become a thing of the past.

For example, Zong Wang previously advised Zong Han not to rush south, because the depth of Song's defense in Hebei was really hard to shake.

Just think about it, after Zong Han has formed a large number of such artillery, will they still have such concerns?

This is also the reason why Zhao Ning has never made Hui Hui Pao.

But now Zhao Ning dares to put it on the battlefield, which shows that the military and political affairs within the Song Dynasty have made a qualitative leap.

The famous generals of the Song Dynasty have also grown rapidly under these years of constant tempering.

The more important reason is that the mobilization system established by Zhao Ning in the north has been initially completed, and the fiscal revenue of the treasury has also entered a healthy state.

He is even confident that as long as his mobilization order is issued from Tokyo City, all the places north of the Yellow River will enter a state of war in a short period of time.

This is Zhao Ning's confidence to change the way of war!

News of the defeat quickly spread from Lanzhou to Fugu.