In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 414 New Iron Bullet?

The Mongolian leader still wanted to fight, but Delbatu immediately stopped him: "The Song Army has a new firearm, which is very powerful. It can hit far and cause high damage."

"And it's very dense. If there are pikemen and carriages in front, it will be difficult for us to charge."

Natu'er's face was ashen, he gritted his teeth and looked around, his eyes were red: "I don't know how many brothers and clansmen we have here."

When they first left the city, many common people, merchants and officials also rushed out of the city, which actually affected the Mongolian army's gathering.

Moreover, most of the Mongolian army came out in one group, battalion by battalion, and there were also a small number who ran out dispersedly.

At that time, Natul wanted to send people to shoot the people, merchants and officials, but many of them were Mongolians, so he did not dare to give the order.

Thinking about it this way, I wonder how many people can escape this time.

Fortunately, the Song army was not in the mood to fight with them that day, so they blocked the city. After dark, Natuer gathered his troops on the bank of the Yellow River in the north.

It turned out that a total of more than 10,000 people came out today, including more than 6,000 real Mongolian army combatants, and more than 3,000 herdsmen, businessmen, officials, and even the families of their combatants.

Many people came out dragging their children and talking.

Natu'er was so angry that he couldn't say anything because he and Delbatu both ran out with their families.

But what made Natour very depressed was that his son Chala did not come out.

He asked Cha La to gather the troops, but he didn't expect Cha La to go home and call his family members. His family members also wanted to bring gold, silver and soft goods, so he delayed and finally didn't run out.

There are about 20,000 Mongolian troops in the city. Putting aside the one or two thousand who died in the battle with the Song army outside the city today, it is estimated that there are still about 12,000 trapped inside the city.

This time it was a heavy loss, and the key was that his son was still trapped in the city.

In fact, there will be 6,000 elite meng cavalry in hand. They can walk sideways on the Western Expedition. No matter what kind of troops they fight, it will be difficult to lose.

Natu'er also tried to bring more than 6,000 cavalry back to fight the Song army because he wanted to save his son.

But the Song army ignored them. With an army of more than 60,000 and 10,000 civilians, they surrounded Dingzhou City from four directions, and then dug a ditch outside the camp.

Natu'er attacked at night the next night and did not give the Song people time to dig trenches.

As expected, the Haogou was not dug deep enough that day, and the Mongolian army rushed over, but behind it were all horse tripping ropes and small horse traps, as well as various carriages, horse traps and other objects.

The Song army's flintlock guns were also able to fire at night, and artillery arrived.

Natu'er's night attack failed to help the city. Instead, he lost thousands of horses and almost vomited blood.

Early one morning in early August, with the continuous sound of trumpets, the Song army came out of camp one after another and began to attack the city.

At this time, it had only been three days since the Song army blocked Dingzhou City.

At this time, Natu'er was watching with five thousand riders a few miles away from the Song Army camp.

The Song army did not divide their troops to defend them, but directly attacked the city, simply ignoring his five thousand cavalry.

Natu'er and Delbatu led their men to slowly approach the Song army, and soon they were less than 500 steps away from the Song army's rear formation, which had its back to them.

The two chose a high place to check, and ordered their subordinates to be ready at any time. If Song troops came out, they would fight and retreat. If no Song troops came out, they would watch from 500 steps away.

The Mongolian army was not afraid of anyone in the wild, so they were not afraid of being surrounded by the Song army.

"Woo hoo!" The horns of the Song army in front were endless. Because the Song army had many horses and horses, as well as carriages and other things, they could not see what the Song army was doing in front.

But it was still possible to get out. It seems that the Song army only attacked the north gate. There were no ants in other places and no ladders were built.

"The Song army blocked several other gates and only attacked the north gate." Delbatu said solemnly.

"That's okay. We still have more than 10,000 people in the city. We just need to guard the north gate with all our strength." A subordinate whispered.

"The artillery of the Song Army can blast the doors. There is no moat in Dingzhou City. I don't know if it is blocked inside."

Dingzhou is not far from the Yellow River. At first, someone proposed to dig a moat and connect it to the Yellow River. However, some people were worried that the rising water level of the Yellow River during the rainy season would affect the moat and Dingzhou City, so they did not do this.

Now that the Song army has artillery bombardment, a city without a moat will be difficult to defend in the future.

Natu'er couldn't help but think that in the area controlled by the Great Mongol Empire, there were many more cities without moats than those with moats.

The two of them were watching the Song Army's formation, and someone below had already come up to report.

The Song Army's rear formation dug a ditch and had horse-drawn carriages. If they were to rush forward, it would probably have no effect.

The two wanted to help relieve the pressure on the city's defenders, but the Song army dug a ditch and prepared carriages, waiting for them to charge.

You definitely can't do this kind of thing of giving away someone's head.

Can we just watch the Song army attack the city?

"Let's see how they attack the city first." Delbatu could only comfort him.

Natu'er's son Chara was trapped in the city, and Delbatu could understand his mood.

Now they really have no choice but to watch from the sidelines.

In front of Dingzhou City, the Song army was preparing to attack the city.

The guard in the city was Natu'er's son Chara.

The unlucky Chala had a chance to escape from the city, because the mother-in-law had to bring gold and silver, and she also had to find a carriage. Finally, when they arrived at the north gate, it was blocked.

Cha La was anxious and angry, but he had no choice but to summon all the generals in the city and decided to defend to the death.

Cha Laxian quickly looked around the city wall and found that the Song army seemed to be mainly attacking the north gate. He didn't know why the Song army was mainly attacking the north gate. If they attacked the north gate on the first day, they would definitely not have time to block the last pass of the north gate.

However, the Song army waited for three days before attacking, and all the gates in the city were now quite tightly blocked.

When he saw his father Natu'er's fine cavalry wandering around near the north gate, Chala knew that the Song army was also afraid of the Mongolian army, so there was almost no separation of forces.

The Song army had more than 60,000 troops and more than 10,000 civilians, as well as thousands of captured Mongolian herders. Nearly 80,000 people were stationed around Dingzhou City.

The Song generals were also afraid of the Mongolian army's counterattack, so they concentrated their forces. Because Dingzhou City had four gates, the main force of the Song army was divided into four gates, with more than 10,000 people and two to three thousand civilians at each gate.

In the section of the city wall outside the city gate, patrol style is adopted.

During the day, the Song army patrolled the surrounding city walls with sentinels. At night, they lit a circle of torches outside the city, and sentries took turns checking.

There was no attack in the first three days, so the Mongolian civilians dug trenches to defend the Song army's own camp, and dug some shallow pits outside the city wall section, mainly to prevent the Mongolian cavalry from rushing into the formation and speeding up.

In this way, although Natu'er has thousands of horses in his hands, it will be difficult to attack anywhere.

If it is a normal siege and more than 60,000 troops are used to surround Dingzhou City, then Dingzhou City is so big, how many Song troops can be garrisoned per meter?

A large camp surrounded by more than 60,000 legions must be weak everywhere and easier to break.

For the defensive side, the longer the defensive area and front line, the more troublesome it will be, and the greater the number of troops and energy required.

Now the Song army concentrated on guarding four city gates, the defensive area became smaller, and less troops and energy were used.

Cha Lai has already figured out why the Song army attacked from the north gate. It was because there was a forest near the north gate and it was more convenient for the Song army to cut down wood and build siege equipment.

There is no jungle within dozens of miles near the other east, west and south gates. The civilian craftsmen who went out to cut wood were also afraid of being attacked by the Mongolian army, so the Song army only focused on the north gate.

Knowing the Song Army's intentions, it was easier for Chala to defend.

He immediately arranged it. There were about 12,000 Mongolian troops and tens of thousands of herdsmen and people in the city.

He recruited 5,000 strong men and women in their twenties and thirties from the common people to assist in the defense.

Of the approximately 12,000 Mongolian troops, 8,000 were concentrated at the north gate, while the remaining 4,000 and most of the able-bodied women and common people were at the remaining three gates.

Chala felt that there was still a chance to defend the city, so the Song army waited a few days before attacking the city, giving him time to block the city gate.

The Song army only has more than 10,000 people on the north gate, and he has more than 8,000 elite defenders in his hands.

There is not much difference in the strength of the two sides, and the Song army still has to guard against Natu'er outside the north gate. Thinking about it this way, Chala feels that there is no problem in defending Dingzhou.

But guarding Dingzhou is not the key. The key is how to fight from behind the Song army and how to fight from behind the Mongolian army?

How long can the Song Army's food last? Although the Zhongxing Mansion of the Song Army is quite close to here, if they want to transport grain, Natu'er can go to the grain road, unless the Song Army also has thousands of soldiers and horses escorting the grain.

How many reinforcements can the Mongolian army gather in other nearby states? How many more will be behind the Song Army? Will the two sides hold a large-scale battle outside the city?

These are things that the coaches of both sides are considering, and Chala is already making calculations to estimate how long he can hold on.

Just as Chala was standing at the top of the city thoughtfully, horns sounded from the Song army's camp outside the city, and then a large number of Song troops came out of the camp directly.

"Coming, coming, the Song army is attacking the city." The subordinates shouted.

"Why are you panicking?" Chala came to his senses and said angrily: "The Song army only has more than 10,000 people at the north gate."

The size of the Song Army's camp can be seen. Cha La's observation in the past few days found that there are still two to three thousand civilians working. With all calculations, the Song Army will not exceed 20,000 people at the north gate.

Almost at the same time that the Song Army moved, horns sounded from a place further away, as if echoing here.

Then Natu'er's cavalry slowly appeared behind the Song army's formation, hundreds of steps away.

Natu'er was helping his son, trying to put pressure on the Song army attacking the city.

But the Song Army seemed to ignore him, and the Song Army guarding the other three sides did not come out.

The Song army only had sentries and cavalry following them from a distance.

Natu'er looked at the Song Army camp in front of him, and was torn in his heart. When the Song Army attacked the city later, should he go up and fight?

The police officer at the top of the city kept encouraging his subordinates. Once the Song army attacked the city, my father would definitely send troops to put pressure on the Song army.

The Song army, with only more than 10,000 people, wanted to attack our north gate. This was impossible, and his subordinates all said so.

As soon as Chala finished speaking, there was a buzzing sound, and the Song army outside the city began to push the large trebuchet forward.

This was the first time for Chala and the others to see the Song Army's trebuchet.

In the Zhongxingfu battle, the Song army only used artillery and did not use trebuchets.

Some Mongolian troops in the city had participated in the Zhongxingfu battle and escaped. This was the first time they saw the Song army's trebuchets.

The trebuchet was now called a cannon by the Mongolian army, and later it was also called a Huihui cannon.

But the Song army's trebuchets were different from those of the Mongolian army, and the ones launched this time were larger.

"Good guy." Someone exclaimed. The Song army's trebuchet was larger and taller than the Mongolian one, and the lever seemed to be longer.

I saw the Song army pushing forward slowly, and did not stop until they were one hundred and fifty steps away.

The Song army is now quite skilled in offensive and defensive battles with the Mongolian army. They know that the Mongolian army will definitely block the city gate, so the Song army is not afraid of the Mongolian army leaving the city and directly advances the trebuchet one hundred and fifty steps.

Then, soldiers and horses of the Song Army moved forward one after another and stood behind the trebuchet.

At this time, except for the artillery of the Song army, the Mongolian army did not have any weapons that could hit the Song army 150 steps away. They could only watch the Song army line up helplessly.

Chala kept observing the Song army and saw the Song army launching forty-four trebuchets.

Each trebuchet is about ten paces away, arranged in a line, 400 paces away from the north gate, but three trebuchets are placed almost side by side on the far left and right (that is, on the east and west sides).

He didn't understand why the Song Army placed two more troops on the east and west sides.

"Tell brothers to be careful." Chala quickly left within 400 steps of the north gate, and many Mongolian soldiers also hurried to the crenel and squatted on the ground.

It is still very dangerous for the trebuchet to hit the city head, but if you hide behind the crenellations, it will be fine, unless you are unlucky and hit the crenels from the opposite side.

The Mongolian army surged at the top of the city, and everyone moved forward, and the crowd began to disperse as much as possible.

The Mongolian army followed Cha La and retreated hundreds of steps away. When the Song army ants arrived, they were ready to come in.

Chala was staring at the Song army more than 200 steps away from the north gate in the east.

Not long after the Song Army's trebuchet was pushed into place.

Bang, with a loud bang, whoosh, a trebuchet in the middle threw a stone.

Some of the Mongolian troops at the top of the city were shouting, and some were watching. The stone didn't seem to be very big. It flew out in a parabola in the air, then plopped and hit the ground outside the city wall.

"Hahaha." The Mongolian troops at the top of the city laughed.

But Chala's face was serious, knowing that Song Jun was debugging.

After a while, bang, bang, bang, there were loud sounds outside the city, and the Song Army's trebuchets were thrown upward one after another.

Song Jun tried two or three rounds unhurriedly, some for two rounds, and some for three rounds.

After a while, a subordinate came over to show Chala some of Song Jun's belongings. Chala's face changed slightly, a little incredulous.

What the Song army threw was not a stone, but an iron cylinder with the number "Shi" written on it.

The iron objects seemed to be hollow in the middle, not very big in size, and relatively light in weight. If they hit the city wall, they would have no lethality. My subordinates picked up a few of them one after another, and found that they were all made of iron, and they were exactly the same, and the weight was about the same.

"It should weigh ten kilograms." Chala tried to hug a few and said in a deep voice, "The weight is written on it."

The Song army tested the artillery and dropped dozens of iron objects weighing ten kilograms. What did it mean?

"Can this thing be recycled and reused?" A Mongolian general seemed to have discovered something.

The stone bullets thrown by the Mongolian army's trebuchets are usually used once and are used up once they are thrown.

Song Jun's iron can still be used again.

But the problem is, the Song Army's huge trebuchet is much larger than theirs, but it throws iron products weighing ten kilograms?

The trebuchets of the Mongolian army usually hurled large stones weighing several hundred kilograms, and their power was earth-shattering.

"The Song army wants to use such small iron bullets to destroy Dingzhou City?" A Mongolian army laughed.

"Hahaha." There was laughter all around.

But Cha La couldn't laugh. He always felt that there was something wrong with Song Jun's iron bullet.

(End of this chapter)