In the early morning, when the first ray of sunshine shines on the city wall, the new year has arrived. Today is the New Year's Day and the second year of Jianyan. Early in the morning, firecrackers sounded in the city, and every household began to worship their ancestors.

The Jin soldiers were stationed ten miles away from the southern city and did not attack the city for twenty days.

Although twenty days are a rare peaceful time for the people of Taiyuan, it is a rare opportunity for the Song army guarding the city.

Fifty thousand new recruits were training in the military camp day and night, and their hard work and sweat soaked in their training, making them transformed day by day and gradually become stronger.

Twenty days also made the Song army's fortifications perfect. The most obvious thing was that the wooden shelf behind the city wall was removed. This was a wooden platform built to install thunder in the trench. The craftsmen continued to improve the trench and changed the trench from the rear-mounted type to the side-mounted type, so that the throwing rod could be moved and the throwing rod would be folded to the 90-degree angle. The soldiers directly put the threnching lightning into the trench on the top of the city.

As soon as dawn was dawn, Li Yanqing brought his soldiers to the city to inspect. He came to the north city wall. The main general of the north city was Wang Gui, and the deputy general was his old partners Cao Meng and Niu Gao. Three days ago, the Jin soldiers rebuilt the camp outside the north city and the east city, which meant that the Jin soldiers would attack the north city and the east city.

Li Yanqing also made corresponding adjustments. Wang Gui took over the role of the Lord of the North City, leading 20,000 troops to garrison, while Liu Qi also led 20,000 troops to garrison.

When Wang Gui saw Li Yanqing coming to the city, he came forward and asked with a smile: "Will Yanqing sacrifice his ancestors in the big tent today?"

"I have already given incense to my mother's spiritual throne at the time of Yin. The ladies in Jingzhao City will also go to the temple to burn incense. As for sacrificing ancestors, let my father do it!"

"I'm the same. I've burned incense on my mother. My ancestors and grandfathers were offering sacrifices in Jiangxia, so I don't care."

Wang Gui's mother also died of illness shortly after arriving in Jiangxia. He would worship his mothers with Li Yanqing every year. Li Yanqing patted Wang Gui on the shoulder and smiled: "Today's New Year, take a day off!"

Wang Gui shook his head, "Last night, the Jin soldiers' catapults had already left the camp to test the way. I guess it was either today or tomorrow. A new round of Jin soldiers' offensive was about to begin, and I really couldn't rest."

As he was talking, a personal soldier hurriedly pulled Li Yanqing, "President should be careful!"

Li Yanqing then realized that he was standing by the edge of the city, which was very dangerous, so he hurriedly walked a few steps inside.

Generally, the city wall facing the city is called the female wall, and the battlements are relatively short. In order to deal with the Jin soldiers' catapults, the Song army specially transformed the female walls on the North City and the East City. The main reason was to knock off the battlements of the female wall with an iron hammer, so that there was no short wall protection on the inside of the city head. This benefit was obvious. Whether it was a stone or a thunderclap, if it hit the city head, it would slide directly into the city with the help of inertia without stopping on the city head.

Of course, there are also disadvantages, mainly because the soldiers will fall off the city if they are not careful, and this depends on the soldiers themselves to be careful.

"It seems that the Jin army reinforcements are coming in full force. Do you see what model of their catapult is?"

"It is also a heavy trencher, which seems to be a little higher than ours."

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly and said, "This must be the inventory trench machine of Zhending Mansion. When I came to Zhending Mansion to inspect the inventory, I found that their trench machine was well maintained. I also specially commended the officials who managed the warehouse, but I didn't expect that the golden man would be cheaper in the end. It's really ironic!"

"The generals don't have to be upset. So what if the Jin soldiers have catapults? We have seen so many of them, and we are not afraid of them at all."

At this time, a group of female guards came towards him, especially heroic. The soldiers who were busy on the city were panicking and casting vigilant eyes at the female soldiers.

The female soldiers stepped forward to salute Li Yanqing. They had two responsibilities, one was to check the combat readiness before the war, and the other was to rescue the wounded soldiers during the war.

Recruiting female soldiers into the army. Although the controversy caused by the court has not yet subsided, all soldiers sincerely supported this decision. The timely rescue of female guards greatly reduced the mortality rate of wounded soldiers. This is a fact verified by countless battles.

In fact, there were not many soldiers who were directly killed in the Cold Weapon Age. Most of the soldiers died of injuries. One was caused by excessive bleeding and the other was wound infection. These were the two major killers who claimed to have caused the death of wounded soldiers.

However, after the female guards appeared, they would disinfect the wounds of the soldiers with salt water in time, and quickly bandage them with bleeding ointment. This made the two major killers of the wounded soldiers no longer as rampant as before, and the death rate of the wounded soldiers dropped sharply by 80%.

A thousand female soldiers of the Jingzhao Army rescued a large number of wounded soldiers on the battlefield and won the respect of the Jingzhao Army through practical actions.

At present, only Li Yanqing's Jingzhao Army and Han Shizhong's Huainan Army recruited female soldiers, led by female generals Hu Qing'er and Liang Hongyu respectively.

The female soldier leader who came towards him was named Wang Qiong, a general, from Jingzhao Mansion. Today, she led fifty female soldiers to inspect the preparations for the city and correct the existing hidden dangers on the spot.

She bowed to Li Yanqing and said, "Report to the commander, so far, the commander has discovered eight hidden dangers and corrected them one by one. The most serious hidden danger is that the thunder of the sky was not packed, and twelve thunders were placed directly on the ground, and there was oil spill on the ground. As long as there was a little fire, the consequences would be unimaginable. I have reported this to Deputy Commander Liu and asked the person responsible to be punished."

Li Yanqing nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, General Wang!"

Wang Qiong bowed again and then led the female soldiers to continue inspection. After walking more than a dozen steps, they found that there was no maintenance seal for a craftsman on a scribble. They immediately asked the soldiers to confirm again whether the scribble had been inspected or not?

Wang Gui looked at their backs and smiled, "How could the governor think of letting the female soldiers come to patrol and prepare for combat?"

Li Yanqing said lightly: "Women are more careful and do not favoritism. Moreover, it is very embarrassing to find problems when women find them. I believe that all soldiers dare not be careless. In my opinion, they are very qualified!"

As soon as Li Yanqing finished speaking, a thunderous sound of war drums came from a distance, "Dong! dong! dong! dong! dong! dong! dong! dong! dong! ' The war drums were low and dense.

Li Yanqing's face changed and he shouted: "Roar the alarm bell!"

‘Dang!Dang!Dang…’

The alarm bell on the city wall also rang violently.

A group of soldiers rushed towards the city, and the soldiers operating the catapults were quickly in place. In addition to the North City and the East City, the enemy's attacks were unlikely to be five thousand soldiers each guarded the West City and the South City, which were unlikely to attack.

Currently, there are 75,000 troops in Taiyuan City. Except for 25,000 troops as reserve support troops, the remaining 50,000 troops have all gone to the city, with swords and guns being sheathed, crossbows and arrows being rolled in the strings, and the thunder of the sky have been placed in the iron pocket of the catapult. There are spears above the top of the city, full of murderous auras.

As the Song army judged, the targets of the Jin soldiers were indeed the North City and the East City of Taiyuan. The war drums were ringing almost at the same time in the direction of the North and East Camp of the Jin soldiers. The two armies began to assemble in the distance, and the figures of large siege weapons were also faintly visible in the distance.

This time, the Jin soldiers transported a total of 300 trenchers, 80 nest chariots, 260 artillery, as well as siege rams and trench laying vehicles from Zhending Prefecture. The so-called trench laying is used when crossing the trench. The trench laying vehicle carried wooden rafts that had been made in advance, and a wooden bridge could be quickly built on the trench. In fact, it was just as fast as carrying the shoulders and hands, but it was more flexible. The practical significance of this kind of trench laying vehicle was not very important.

The biggest threat to the Song army was the catapult. Wanyan Chang rode on the horse and looked at the east city wall in the distance with a grim smile. Behind him were a hundred heavy catapults, all of which were parts when transported. The craftsmen in the Jin camp completed the assembly in three days.

The chassis of the catapult is very large, with large wooden wheels around it, which can be slowly pushed on the flat ground. The main shaft is two feet tall, which is six meters tall. It stands like a row of monster troops standing on the field. The long throwing pole is as long as five feet long, and it can throw fifty or sixty kilograms of huge rocks to two hundred and fifty steps away.

The catapult on the city was restricted by the environment, and the farthest throwing distance was only 200 steps, which gave the Jin soldiers' catapults a little advantage.

However, the Song army was not unable to deal with the Jin soldiers' catapults. First, it was to make a super giant catapult, which was thrown in the city, and could throw the thunder to 500 steps away. However, the Song army currently had only three such super long catapults, and at most could only make three super catapults.

The second method is to use a bed crossbow. The range of the bed crossbow is 500 steps and has a very strong penetration. The Song Jun Gunpowder designed a long-barrel-shaped gunpowder tube, wrapped in layers of paper, and tied to the crossbow arrow. When it hits the opponent's catapult, it will explode quickly. Although the explosion is not powerful, it will have a great impact on some key parts of the catapult.

However, the most effective is passive defense. For example, the Song army knocked off the battlements facing the inside of the city. Unless the Jin soldiers' thunder exploded when they landed, they would rush down to the city directly, and digged a deep earth pit under the city. Whether it was fireballs or sky-shaking thunder, they would fall into the earth pit.

The other is the city wall. Fortunately, it is still harsh now. The Song army continued to thicken the ice layer on the city wall, making the ice layer on the front of the city wall thicker than one foot. When knocked down with a hammer, it would be a white seal, which was frozen firmly. It was exploded continuously with a hundred thunders, and it could not break the ice shell, let alone the huge rock wall inside.

The Jin soldiers' catapults moved forward with a rumbling sound and stopped in front of the two hundred and fifty-step lime line. The Jin soldiers' target was the Song army on the top of the city, and they had no interest in the city walls and in the city.

At this time, Li Yanqing issued an evacuation order, and the soldiers on the north and east city were evacuated to the west and south city one after another. Only 5,000 soldiers were left on the two main battle cities. At the same time, the artillery originally deployed on the city wall was quickly withdrawn, and the thunder and turbulent oil could not be left on the city wall.
Chapter completed!