Seeing the Khitans outside the city busy and a large number of pack horses in front of the city, Chang Fang was stunned. After a while, he said, "Looking at the appearance outside the city, do the Khitans use artillery to attack the city?"

Cui Qun nodded: "Yes, what are they putting out? Not artillery?"

After a while, Chang Fang breathed out: "I heard that the Khitan army arrived in Youzhou in early October and waited for so long before heading south to transport artillery. How can they compare to us when it comes to artillery artillery?"

After saying that, he called Zheng Zunlai, and pointed to the Khitans outside the city and said, "Immediately prepare and knock me out the Khitans' cannons outside the city one by one! The purpose of installing cannons on the city is to destroy the siege equipment, not to mention the artillery!"

Zheng Zun crossed his hands and said, and hurriedly turned around and directed the soldiers at the top of the city to charge and fill in ammunition. He and several gunners were calculating the parameters nervously against the outside of the city. There were no measuring instruments in this era, but they were just measured by thumbs. Although there were some accuracy, if you want to measure accurately, you still see the experience of the measuring personnel. Therefore, it is difficult for artillery to hit the target in one shot, and you must constantly correct it.

The Khitan artillery were all north, divided into several rows, and were placed there to bombard the city walls of the Song army. Compared with the Song army's artillery, the Khitan artillery was extremely heavy, and each of them had to be dragged by several horses. Fortunately, the Khitan did not lack horses, and for a time, more than a thousand horses were pulled outside the city.

Zheng Zun divided the cannons into two groups, each with three cannons. Three cannons aimed at one target and fired together to make up for the shortage of accuracy. There was only one battalion and twenty-three cannons guarding the city. Four walls and more north walls were the only one cannon.

Ali only commanded the soldiers to pull the cannons to the position and defended them. He was familiar with the range of these cannons, and the cannon position he set up should have hit the Song army's city wall. It was more than a mile away and when it reached the city wall, it was the time when it was most powerful.

Putting the cannons up, Ali only looked at the top of the city and sneered: "Today, let's arrange thirty cannons first, and then you'll squeeze them out. Look at this small city, the city wall can withstand a few shells! Only after the city wall collapsed, the Song army realized how powerful we were!"

But I didn't know that although the city built by the Song army was small, the city wall was extremely thick. Moreover, there was an inclination on the outside. When attacking the city outside, the shells could not hit the city wall directly. Although the city wall was not high, its defense against artillery was strong, and it was not worse than that of the county towns in Zhoucheng.

Song Jun himself used guns and cannons, so he would naturally consider defending artillery against cannons, which was not comparable to the previous city. This small city has much stronger ability to defend artillery than Quyang City.

The tower on one side also commanded the cannons and said to Ali: "General, there are the cannons of the Song army on the top of the city. What if they hit us with cannons? I heard that the cannons of the Song people were far and accurate, so I was afraid they would not be able to defend themselves."

Ali sneered: "We have more than 100 cannons, and today we only set up thirty. I have seen the cannons of the Song army on the top of the city wall, and there are only five or six gates on each wall. Even if I use two cannons to exchange for one, I will still win!"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a whistling sound in the air. Not far away, three shells fell, and there were "hiss, hissing" smoke.

Ali was shocked and hurriedly lying on the ground. As soon as he lay down, he heard three muffled sounds, and the shells exploded. Several soldiers could not hide, were injured by the fragments, and were wailing there.

Arise from the ground, Ali said: "This is the flowering bullet of the Song army, the most vicious! The shells fly in and hurt people first. After a moment, they suddenly explode. Many debris inside, if they hurt people, they cannot resist it without heavy armor!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another cannon next to him fell, injured five or six soldiers.

Ali gritted his teeth and said, "How can the shells be shot accurately one mile away? I just hit the city wall and don't need to aim. The Song army is not good! Even if their artillery is powerful, they will definitely lose today!"

Chang Fang on the top of the city saw with a telescope and hit the city wall: "It's a pity that they both shot a little bit off! The cannons are still there! Look at the number of Khitans outside the city, there are as many as thirty guns. If they are not accurate, how can they stop them from slamming the city wall!"

Cui Qun said: "Instructions, don't be anxious. One mile away, it's not easy to shoot the cannon accurately. But if you shoot accurately, the Khitans' cannon will be ruined. We can attack him, but he can't attack us. The advantages of this cannon on the city are."

Chang Fang nodded: "The reason is that, but it cannot be delayed at all. The Khitans have many artillery artillery and have bombed too much. If they collapse the city wall, it will be difficult to defend the city. When we defend the city, the city wall is the lifeblood."

Zheng Zun held a telescope in his hand, looked carefully at the landing point of the cannons, and nervously adjusted the cannons with the gunners. He had to seize the time and just pulled the cannons over and broke them all without being arranged. After a long time, the Khitans fired guns and bombarded the city walls, but the result was unpredictable.

After adjusting and firing another shot. This time it was much more accurate and was hitting the cannon. Seeing the Khitan gunner fall to the ground, Zheng Zun shouted loudly: "Okay, that's it! The Khitan cannon is bulky and inconvenient to move, it's the target!"

At this moment, Chang Fang sent his personal soldiers over and said with his hands: "There is an order for the commander to fire three shots. One shot against one shot, let the Khitans not fire the cannon first! Although the three shots against one shot, it is impossible to suppress the Khitans' artillery fire!"

Zheng Zun obeyed the orders with his hands crossed his hands. He was a subordinate of Chang Fang and could only obey Chang Fang's orders. Three guns against one gun were learned in a military academy. Due to the insufficient accuracy of the gun, the number of guns was used to make up for it. Since Chang Fang did not allow it, then let's listen to him.

At this time, the Song army did not have the concept of artillery suppression. When learning artillery, they learned knowledge of transportation, aiming, artillery and other knowledge. The specific tactics were mastered by the commander. Chang Fang was the city lord general, and he could see clearly that according to Zheng Zun's method, he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress the Khitans. He had to destroy the Khitan guns one by one, and the rest of their cannons could be fired, and the city walls were still at risk of being collapsed. One by one, he did not force the Khitan guns to destroy them at one time. Because the flowering bullets used could injure artillery soldiers and prevent the Khitans from firing.

Ali was furious and urged the soldiers to set up the cannons quickly. It didn't require any complicated operations to bombard the city walls. Each cannon only had one or two veterans, and the rest were just ordinary soldiers. Injuring dozens of people was nothing. The Khitan had an army of 50,000 outside the city. No matter how powerful the Song army's artillery was, it could still injure all the 50,000 people.

Just as I was thinking, I suddenly heard the bomb explosion. This time it was different. It was no longer just two cannons were attacked, but six cannons. Although the Song army was not accurate in firing, it did not destroy the cannons, but most of the soldiers who operated the cannons were injured. In this way, the arrangement of the cannons was affected and people could only be transferred again for a while, and the city walls could not be bombarded for a short time.

Seeing the Song army fighting another round, Ali only understood the Song army's intention and said angrily: "What a sinister way of fighting! They are like this, how can I fire here? If I don't find a way, I'm afraid I won't get what I want! It's really annoying!"

After thinking about it, he said to the personal soldiers of the command: "Go to report to the king. The cannons on the top of the Song army are powerful and will hurt our soldiers. Those who are using artillery here must wear heavy armor to avoid injury! Let the king send some strong people to wear heavy armor and fire cannons here!"
Chapter completed!