Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

They suddenly launched a three-pronged attack on the Ming army.

Li Yuchang was looking for an opportunity.

If the Ming army dared to swarm the city walls...

That would be the perfect opportunity for a pincer attack!

Twelve cast iron cannons,

The castles are arranged in a staggered pattern.

Eight wrought iron field guns,

Aiming towards the mother city and the Karo River,

We can attack enemy troops from the mother city who are crossing the river at any time.

Forty tiger-squatting cannons,

Aiming at the flat valley to the north,

That was the direction of the enemy troops who had already crossed the river.

One grain truck after another,

Push them out to build a defensive barrier.

The Ming soldiers stood behind the grain carts.

Once the enemy attacks...

The artillery should fire as many times as possible.

Then the artillery retreated to be protected by the infantry.

Li Yuchang had been observing and watching closely.

Seeing that the Ming army had set up a defensive formation,

However, they never attacked the castle.

While he was wondering,

Suddenly, several loud "boom" sounds were heard.

That's the Ming army testing their cannons!

A sudden loud noise,

This left the Western Xia soldiers bewildered and uncertain.

Western Xia soldiers guarding the flanks and rear.

Because the situation is not clear,

I thought it was thundering in broad daylight.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

A series of cannon shots rang out.

Not only did twelve cast iron cannons fire at the inner city,

Eight wrought iron field guns also bombarded the mother city across the river.

Two of the shells,

It struck the red clay city wall beneath Li Yuchang's feet.

He felt as if there was an earthquake.

"What kind of cannon is this? Why doesn't it need someone to pull the rope?" Li Yuchang asked in alarm.

The Western Xia also had catapults.

They also formed a special branch of the military—the Poxi Army.

The Poxi army was a force of small catapults transported by camels.

The full complement consisted of three hundred catapults.

Capable of long-distance desert marches,

It can also move quickly in mountainous areas.

Especially in the Yokoyama area,

Climb halfway up the mountain to assemble the catapult.

They threw fist-sized stones at the Song army below the mountain.

This really gave Song Jun a huge headache.

A physical headache.

Chapter 1701 Artillery Barrage! Artillery Barrage!

"This is undoubtedly a new weapon for the Han people,"

Han Huaizhong said,

"Just like the crossbows of the Song Dynasty,"

"Han people have always been good at making tools."

Li Yuchang asked, "How should we deal with this?"

Han Huaizhong shook his head: "I don't know."

The Han family was a prominent Tangut clan that followed Li Yuanhao in his uprising.

Their families were in charge of compiling the history of the Western Xia Dynasty for generations.

They also possess the right to interpret the Tangut epics.

The most famous of them all was Han Daochong from the early Southern Song Dynasty.

The Analects, the Book of Changes, and their commentaries were translated into the Xixia script.

One branch of the Han family,

Later, they surrendered to the Mongols.

They changed their surname to Duo and their descendants flourished in Yunnan.

They remained a prominent ethnic group in Yunnan until the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China period.

Even the prime minister of the Western Xia Dynasty could command troops here.

The Han family, who were in charge of compiling the national history, were naturally also good at fighting!

Li Yuchang had never encountered this type of weapon before.

For a moment, I didn't know what to do.

Because the Ming army had arranged their grain transport wagons in a battle formation.

The infantry then hid behind the grain wagons and formed ranks.

Now is not the time to launch a three-pronged attack.

What if the Ming army keeps bombarding us with those kinds of cannons?

What if the city wall collapses?

"Shoot those gunners!"

Li Yuchang could only deploy his troops to shoot with bows and arrows.

Karo River is not a large river.

The river is only forty or fifty meters wide.

The range of the bow and arrow was more than sufficient.

Thousands of soldiers carrying bows and arrows,

They stood directly on the city wall and fired a barrage of arrows.

From the walls of the mother city,

To the artillery positions on the other side of the river.

It is about 60 or 70 meters away.

A hail of arrows flew in.

It had no effect.

Rattan shield player and long shield player,

They have been protecting the artillery.

The artillerymen themselves were also wearing light armor.

When the Ming army initially constructed artillery positions and wagon formations,

The Western Xia army had already fired several rounds of shots.

So far, it has only injured twenty or thirty unlucky people.

The mother city is shooting arrows.

Zicheng was also shooting.

Hua Rong led over a thousand members of the Divine Machine Battalion.

Pushing forward through the chariot formation and braving a hail of arrows,

Aim at the archers on the inner city and fire freely.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Gunshots rang out one after another.

More than a thousand bullets,

It only hit a handful of enemies.

The garrison commander of the inner city was named Zhang Chuo.

The Western Xia Dynasty had two prominent Zhang families.

He was a descendant of Zhang Yuan, the founding military strategist and prime minister of the Western Xia Dynasty.

Yes, my ancestral home is Huayin.

Another round of shells came bombarding in.

Zhang Chuo moved forward while crouching behind the parapet.

They dragged the body of a wounded soldier to their side.

The bullet hit his cheek.

Deeply penetrated into the mind,

The wound from the bullet has expanded into a bloody hole.

Zhang Chuo was horrified.

This thing is more powerful than a bow and arrow!

Several more rounds of shelling followed.

Cracks appeared in the inner city wall.

Zhang Chuo immediately ordered his soldiers to raise a flag to signal for help.

Han Huaizhong, seeing the flag's movement clearly, said with concern,

"The city wall on the other side is about to give way,"

"If we don't send troops now, the inner city will surely fall,"

"The mother city will be unable to hold up the battle alone."