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Chapter 1523 The internal fight between two firearms force bosses (second update)
Chapter 1532

"Do those Song dogs have such huge cylindrical iron tools?" Yelu Gondo, the guard of Ningbyian Prefecture, asked the dock soldiers who fled back to the city of Ningbyian Prefecture.

"This small one can be [-]% sure. There is absolutely no such big iron tube." The soldier who escaped back thought carefully for a long time and then shook his head vigorously and replied resolutely.

"General, don't worry too much. The reason why our army collapsed in the battle of Liaodong was because there was no barrier to cover it. Now, we have a strong fortress in Ningbian Prefecture, which is two feet high and built with bricks and stones. In terms of strength , no less than Xiazhou.

Even if they had artillery, it would take them ten days to break through the ten feet thick city wall, and we have already sent people to Jin Su's army.

In five days at the most, reinforcements will arrive. At that time, we will directly fight out of the city. Apart from capturing these Song dogs, they will just jump into the Yellow River. "

After hearing the words of the generals around him, Yelugundo, who was a little worried, finally relaxed. "It makes sense. Furthermore, if the general manager hears that the Song people are attacking our Ningbian Prefecture, he will definitely raise troops. At that time, these Song dogs will definitely be at a loss."

"With the thousands of warriors in Ningbian Prefecture, can we still be afraid of the Song dog attacking the city with similar strength?" Another general couldn't help laughing out loud.

On the city wall of Ningbian Prefecture, a group of Beiliao generals pointed and pointed at the top of the city. After the common people and the soldiers guarding the pier fled back to the city, the gate was closed.

Accompanied by the yelling of the soldiers and the creaking of the bearings, an iron gate weighing several thousand catties slowly fell and blocked the city gate.With this kind of solid barrier, even if the Song people attacked with fire or hit it with a siege engine, it would not have much effect.

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"Array, move forward!" Accompanied by the stern voices of the generals, they formed a neat horizontal formation, with sword and shield soldiers in the front row, spearmen in the second row, and Sanqian Song soldiers in the third row. The army began to move forward slowly and orderly.

As these [-] elite border troops moved, two thousand musketeers also lined up in an orderly manner, shouldering their rifles and stepping forward. Following the whistle blown by the corps commander, they shouted the slogan "[-]" and began to move forward.

Compared with the [-] frontier soldiers, the formation of the two thousand musketeers is more orderly, and they will always shout the slogan "one two one" while marching, so that the frontier soldiers in front will always turn their heads to watch curiously.

And at the rear are the two mortar battalions, each with five artillery teams, pushing two two-wheeled vehicles forward slowly.One car contained mortars, and the other contained twenty wooden boxes, each containing ten mortar shells and propellant.

The strange array of the Song Army made the Liao Army on the top of the city a little confused. When the Song Army advanced to about two miles away from the city wall of Ningbian Prefecture, the Song Army stopped. , and the frontier troops in front began to line up.

As for the Song soldiers holding iron rods in their hands, they stood there stupidly, which made the Liao soldiers feel that something strange was still to come.

There were still Song troops behind, but those Song troops seemed a little weird. Every group of five pushed two two-wheeled vehicles across the formation of the frontier army, and when they reached [-] steps in front of the formation of the frontier army, they began to get busy.

A small iron cylinder was unloaded from those carts, and then a large iron plate was picked up and smashed hard on the ground, and then the iron cylinder was set on top of it.

Then he brought something that looked like an iron ring and two iron rods and put them on the iron cylinder. The high iron cylinder pointing straight to the sky was facing the direction of Yongbyon Prefecture City.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the Liao army in the city couldn't help becoming a little nervous.

"Could this be the rumored Yuanyou Shen Mighty Cannon?"

"Impossible. I heard that that kind of cannon weighs hundreds of kilograms alone. Look at it yourself. The thickness of the iron cylinder is probably not as thick as Lao Tzu's arm. It can be carried by one person and run around. Neither."

Everyone was talking incessantly. Listening to the noise coming from his ears, Yelu Gong frowned while stroking his thick beard.

Although these iron pipes don't look as huge as the rumored Yuanyou Shenwei Cannon, what if this thing can shoot as far as Yuanyou Shenwei Cannon?
You can't just squat in the city so stupidly and wait for the Song Army's shells to fall on your head, right?Seeing these iron pipes and the Song army lined up at the forefront, Yelu Gundo finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind after thinking about it for a long time.

"Baro, you immediately lead a thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry to assemble near the gate of the city. Listen to my command and prepare to attack."

"Langdu, tell those brothers to hurry up and lift up the iron gate for me first,"

"Don't worry, general, the general will definitely bring back the heads of those Song dogs." Hearing this, the sturdy Baro was overjoyed, and after patting Yelu Gundo's chest as a salute, he quickly walked towards the city. .

Deng Heng stroked his long beard under his chin, and asked in a low voice to Zhao Xingyong, who commanded the mortar troops. "General Zhao, I heard that those Yuanyou Shenwei cannons can accurately hit the enemy army several miles away. I wonder if our mortar can do the same?"

Zhao Xingyong smashed his mouth, Nima, don't mention which pot is not mentioned, can you open which pot?This mortar artillery unit has only been established for a few months, and each artillery group has only fired two or three hundred shells at most. It can determine the approximate range, and the hit range can be within fifteen feet. It's pretty good, it's impossible for the gun crews who have trained for a year or two to shoot wherever they want, right?
"Of course it can be done, but there is no need for that. Our goal is to capture the Yongbian Prefecture. Therefore, destroying the enemy's will to fight is the top priority. If General Deng likes it, I will show it to General Deng when I have a chance. That's it."

"You two, look at the opposite side. There has been movement from the other side. The iron gate that was just lowered before has been pulled up again. It is very likely that the Liao army in Ningbian Prefecture wants to take this opportunity to attack us."

"What's the matter, before they can get out of the city, my Da Song's artillery can fall on their heads." Zhao Xingyong picked up the binoculars and looked at the iron gate that had begun to go up slowly, and couldn't help but dismiss it contemptuously. curled his lips.

At this moment, Wang Hao couldn't help becoming anxious. "General, this must not be the case. Since the enemy wants to come out to die, isn't this just a way for the last general to lead the brothers to warm up? Anyway, your artillery is farther than ours, and the brothers finally have a chance to go to the battlefield. You can't just Let you steal them all."

Zhao Xingyong couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and was about to ignore it, but Wang Hao was impatient, so he simply showed Wang Yang.

"The commander-in-chief has said that the purpose of this battle to capture the North Liaohe River is for training soldiers. If Brother Zhao, you don't even give us the Musketeers such an opportunity, then don't blame me, brother, for stabbing us when the time comes." Commander, go ahead."

Seeing these two guys arguing in front of him, Deng Heng was also very helpless, what the hell are you asking me to say about you.

(End of this chapter)