One Piece of Song Dynasty

However, the fierce offensive and defensive battle between the two sides that had just lasted was extinguished by the sudden heavy rain. Jin Wushu outside the city looked at the heavy rain outside and sighed: "Han Chang, order all the armies to withdraw and rest." Well, with such a heavy rain, fighting is a waste of materials and troops, wait until the rain stops."

Han Chang cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Marshal."

In the Luzhou government office in the city, Li Xin looked at the heavy rain outside and said excitedly: "Haha, it seems that everyone is facing us. Now the soldiers can have a good rest."

Zhao Ding nodded and said: "Yes, what we need most now is time. Every time we can delay it, our chances of winning will increase. This heavy rain is really timely."

Zhang Junze said: "No, these masters are all facing us, but the Jin Army's offensive yesterday was really fierce. If the rain hadn't interrupted the Jin Army's offensive, I really don't know how our army could have defended in the face of such an offensive." Several."

Wang Shu said: "Zhang Zhongcheng, just look at it. Such a fierce offensive by the Jin Army will not last long, only a week at most. Although the Jin Army's offensive is fierce, it consumes a lot of money. The Jin Army at least suffered casualties in yesterday's battle." There are more than people. Including the previous ones, I estimate that the Jin Army has suffered at least or casualties. There is also the problem of food and grass. The longer it delays in Luzhou, the more difficult it will be for the Jin Army to find food and grass. After all, this is not Jinrao's territory. , Luzhou is still more than two hundred miles away from the Jin people’s ruling area."

When Wang Shu asked about the casualties of Jin Rao, Li Xin suddenly thought about the casualties of his own army, so Li Xin asked: "Wang Shangshu, how many casualties did our army have yesterday?"

Wang Shu replied: "Your Majesty, our army suffered more than a thousand casualties yesterday. If we add the previous few, there have been more than two thousand casualties."

Li Xin nodded and said: "In other words, our army has consumed half of its strength. I don't know what is going on with Han Shizhong, Mr. Zhao. Is there any news from Han Shizhong's department?"

Zhao Ding shook his head and said: "There is no cherry blossom yet."

The next time the rain cleared, the two sides resumed fighting. The city wall of Luzhou was about thirty miles in circumference, ten miles long from east to west, and five miles wide from north to south. There was a crossbow every fifty meters on the wall, and a crossbow every twenty-five meters. There is a squatting tiger cannon, and there are dozens of thunder vehicles under each city wall. This kind of defensive firepower is quite powerful.

The Jin Army's siege equipment was also very powerful, including trebuchets. After several days of preparation, the number of Jin Army's trebuchets reached nearly a thousand. Each wall of Luzhou City had to face hundreds of Jin Army's trebuchets. Although there are many trebuchets of the Jin Army, their range is not as good as that of the Thunder Chariots of the Song Army. The maximum range of the Jin Army's trebuchets is only more than two hundred meters, while the Song Army's Thunder Chariots can reach four to five hundred meters, which is almost as far as the Jin Army's. The range of the trebuchet is twice that of the Jin Army. As the saying goes, you can't hit me, but I can hit you. Moreover, the target of the Song Army's Thunder Chariot is exactly the densely packed trebuchet of the Jin Army.

So Li Xin, who was standing on the city wall watching the battle, often saw some Jin Army trebuchets being destroyed by their own thunder vehicles before they had even thrown a few stones. Then the Jin Army quickly cleaned up and launched a spare trebuchet, except for both sides. The trebuchets competed with each other, and the battle near the city wall was also very fierce. If the thunder cart was specially prepared for the enemy's trebuchets, then the crossbows and tiger crouching cannons on the city wall were prepared for the infantry and battering rams. Facing the densely packed city walls, The infantry siege is when the Tiger Crouching Cannon shows its power. Basically, a falling cannon shell can kill and injure at least two or three people and as many as seven or eight people. One round of cannon can kill hundreds of people.

But as time went by, the situation of the Jin Army gradually improved a lot, and they were no longer afraid after seeing more. What's more, when Jin Wushu charged in groups, most of the people Jin Wushu threw into the attack were northern Han or Khitan troops. , the real elite Jurchens didn’t invest in it. Those who died were not their tribesmen, and they Jurchens didn’t feel bad.

Standing on the city wall to watch the battle, Li Xin saw the fierce war scene with his own eyes. Although he was calm on the surface, he was just pretending to be calm. After all, as the supreme ruler of the Song Dynasty, he could not show "fear", but this was Li Xin's first Witnessing the war scenes of the cold weapon era with his own eyes, this was much more real than what was shown on TV. From time to time, Li Xin could see dead or supported soldiers being carried down. These soldiers were either hit by stones or were killed. The bloody scene when the arrow hit him made Li Xin want to vomit but didn't dare.

Although Li Xin has killed hundreds of thousands of people since he came to this world, this is the first time he has experienced it personally. Seeing this fierce attack and defense scene, Li Xin felt that it was necessary to speed up the research and development of weapons. Calculating the time, It has been several years since Chen Gui took away the musket information, and I don’t know what the development status is now.

In fact, Chen Gui had already arrived in Lin'an with the finished musket at this time. If Li Xin had not gone to the battlefield in person, he would have seen the finished musket by now, but it was only a finished matchlock, and the flintlock gun had not yet been successfully developed.

After watching the battle on the city wall for a while, Li Xin was driven off by Yang Yizhong. After all, if the stone had no eyes, Li Xin would be dead if he was hit. Moreover, Li Xin himself was not very effective in combat, so he was just a guard on the city wall. In fact, Zhao Ding and others had advised Li Xin before he went to the city to watch the battle, but Li Xin refused to listen and insisted on climbing the city wall to cheer up the soldiers and let them know that he, the prince, was with them.

After getting off the city wall, Li Xin went to the wounded barracks again. After Li Xin took over the Song Dynasty, the wounded barracks system was gradually extended to the entire army by Li Xin. The arrival of the wounded barracks was very popular in the army. After all, if you can survive, it is not Everyone wants to die. Of course, most of the nurses in the wounded camps are women, which is one of the reasons why the wounded camps are so popular. Moreover, with the popularity of alcohol, the mortality rate of wounded soldiers has plummeted in several wars. , but the number of medical nurses in the military is not enough. After all, it takes a lot of time to train doctors and nurses.

Li Xin led Zhao Ding and others into the clean and tidy wounded barracks. Cleanliness and tidiness was Li Xin's first requirement for the wounded barracks. After all, a clean environment is not easy to breed bacteria. Wounded soldiers caused by war are basically traumatic injuries. According to current In the current stage of medical development, the wounded soldiers carried into the wounded barracks were fine with minor injuries, but most of the seriously injured soldiers had to rely on amputation to survive. Therefore, most of the people Li Xin saw in the wounded barracks were disabled, either missing arms or legs. .

Li Xin, who was walking in the wounded soldier camp, met a young woman. The woman was dressed in green and standing beside the wounded soldier with a smile. She had a gentle smile on her beautiful face. This woman looked like she was in her twenties. She looked about years old and was recording something with a pen while chatting with the wounded soldiers.