Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

With the lessons learned from Shichengguan, Shichengguan should have already known the Song army's method of using gunpowder to attack the city gate, and they may have blocked the city gate long ago.

But now there is only one way before the Song army, and that is to storm Shicheng Pass.

Fortunately, the Song army had been reorganizing for three days and had already built a lot of siege equipment. Coupled with the three major families who were eager to make contributions, this battle had a great advantage.

"Boom boom boom!"

Huge war drums sounded, and Fan Zheng gave the order, and the Song army immediately began to attack the city.

Although Shichengguan is an important town in the southwest, its city wall is not high. However, there is abundant rain in the southwest, and the wide moat outside the city became the biggest trouble for the Song army.

"Get in the carriage!"

Yang Bangyi, who was in charge of attacking the city, waved his hand and shouted.

Immediately, the men and horses of the three major families rolled out huge large carriages. The wheels were rolling underneath, and huge rocks and wood were placed on top. The exterior was wrapped in rawhide and iron sheets. Moreover, the carriage did not need to be too heavy, just ensure that it could sink into the water. It can be pushed behind the carriage without much manpower. This weapon was built by the Song Army in three days to fill the moat.

"General Fan's plan is fine, Shicheng Pass will be broken!"

Yang Changchun on the side saw this strategy and couldn't help but exclaimed that Yang Changchun was not maliciously flattering. In his opinion, the Song army would definitely use the method of filling the stone city with soil to fill the moat of the stone city.

However, the method of filling the river with soil has one of the biggest drawbacks, that is, the Dali army on the city wall will not sit idly by and will definitely attack with bows and arrows, causing a large number of casualties to the soldiers who are filling the river with soil.

Using horse-drawn carriages to directly fill the moat can not only greatly speed up the filling of the moat, but the huge horse-drawn carriages can also protect the soldiers responsible for filling the moats.

Fan Zheng said disapprovingly: "It's just an old strategy of the Song Dynasty to block river breaches!"

His use of this method was also prompted by the filling of the breach in the Yellow River embankment at that time. Although the water in the moat was not fast, the arrows on the city wall were like a violent storm. The faster the moat was filled, the smaller the casualties to the Song Dynasty. .

As the huge carriage slowly approached the moat, the Dali defenders in the stone city suddenly became anxious and fired arrows one after another, intending to prevent the Song army from approaching.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The Dali defenders were not stingy with their arrows, but with the protection of the carriages, there was very little damage to the men and horses of the three major families. Seeing this scene, the three major families could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Yang Bangyi sneered in his heart. The original breach of the Yellow River could be blocked, let alone a small moat.

"God's Arm Crossbow, take cover immediately!"

When Yang Bangyi saw that the carriage filled with soil was approaching the moat, he immediately ordered.

At that moment, the Great Song Divine Arm Crossbow immediately counterattacked the Shicheng defenders.

The defenders of Shicheng had the advantage of the city, but the range of bows and arrows was limited, and the effective range was only about a hundred steps, while the effective range of the divine arm crossbow was a full two hundred steps.

Even if they attack the stone city wall upwards, the effective range is still beyond the range of Shicheng's bow and arrow.

"Buzz!"

A large number of divine arm crossbows fired in unison, like black clouds pressing down, rushing towards the stone city wall.

The Shicheng defenders were unaware of the situation, and coupled with the amazing power of the divine arm crossbow, they suffered heavy casualties immediately. The originally dense rain of arrows suddenly became sparse.

"Hurry!"

The men and horses of the three major families responsible for filling in the city took this opportunity to immediately push the carriage into the moat. Then they carried wooden shields and quickly retreated. The next wave of carriages then filled in and continued to fill in!

With the continuous suppression of the Song Army, the moat outside Shicheng was filled in at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Shicheng can't be saved!"

Yang Changchun couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. He had personally seen the power of the Song Dynasty's gunpowder weapons. Once the trenches of the moat were filled, the Song Dynasty's gunpowder weapons would become more powerful. At that time, Shicheng would no longer be able to fight back.

Sure enough, seeing the moat being filled in, the defenders of the Song Dynasty Stone City suddenly couldn't sit still, and at the risk of their divine arm crossbows, they prepared to continue to stand up to prevent the Song army from attacking the city!

"Loucha, use thunder to attack the city!"

Yang Bangyi gave an order, and a large number of building carts, which were almost the same height as the stone city wall, were pushed out.

When the carriage approached thirty steps away, smoke-emitting wooden-handled thunderbolts flew towards the stone city wall.

"Boom! Boom!"

The defenders on the stone city wall were like living targets. Amidst the violent explosions, they suffered heavy casualties and were defeated.

"Drum attack!"

Yang Bangyi immediately ordered.

Suddenly the drums beat loudly, and the men and horses of the three major families immediately rushed to the city wall. Under the cover of the Song Army's thunder and divine arm crossbows, they quickly rushed to the city wall, and the entire city wall suddenly erupted with loud killing sounds.

However, although the Shicheng defenders suffered heavy casualties under the thunder, the men and horses of the three major families were a mob after all. In addition, the Shicheng defenders resisted desperately, and there was a vague tendency to be driven off the city wall.

"Snipe the Stone City reinforcements!"

Yang Bangyi immediately ordered.

In an instant, the Song Army's divine arm crossbows and thunderbolts attacked the assembled Shicheng defenders, causing the resistance that had just been gathered in Shicheng to collapse again.

At that moment, more and more people rushed to the city wall. Even the Song Army sent the most elite imperial army to attack the stone city wall with thunderbolts.

Once encountering the stubborn resistance of the Shicheng defenders, the Song army used thunder to open the way, and the Shicheng defenders retreated steadily.

As the advantage of the Song Army continued to expand, more and more Song troops invaded Shicheng and opened the gate of Shicheng.

Seeing the Song army pouring into Shicheng, the defenders of Shicheng suddenly collapsed when they saw that the situation was over.

"Congratulations to General Fan! Shicheng fell in one battle!"

Yang Changchun cupped his fists and congratulated, but his lowered head could not conceal his shock.

The Song army at Shicheng Pass for the first time mainly relied on sneak attacks. Even the Yang family's troops could easily pacify the villages along the way, so it was natural that the Song army would not be able to defeat them.

Shicheng is a well-known fortified city in Dali, and it is even defended by the Dali garrison. However, despite this, the Song army only used the thunder and divine arm crossbows, and the three major families were able to easily capture Shicheng.

"The emergence of gunpowder weapons has changed the mode of war." Fan Zheng sighed in his heart.

If we talk about the traditional siege method, even if the Song Dynasty could capture Shicheng, it would probably be damaged, let alone let the three major families do their best to attack the city.

The emergence of gunpowder made the Dali defenders who did not understand the power of gunpowder a living target. The outcome of this battle was already doomed.

More and more Song troops invaded Shicheng, and the shouts of killing in Shicheng gradually subsided.

"Come to General Fan, we are lucky enough to live up to our orders!"

Before Yang Bangyi came, Song Wanzhang, who was eager to take credit, hurried to Fan Zheng and said excitedly.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "I will give you five days to wipe out all the surrounding villages that refuse to surrender. All captured items do not need to be handed over to the public."

"Thank you for your permission!" Song Wanzhang was immediately overjoyed.

Along the way, Yang Changchun broke into several fortresses and captured countless things, which made them quite greedy. Now it was finally their turn.

Now that the stone city has been destroyed, there is no one around who can match their strength. Song Wanzhang immediately gathered his troops and left in a hurry.

Luo Shi and Tian Shi also imitated the example and left with their troops, making Yang Changchun envious.