Li Yuanhao couldn't get so many guns even if he sold everything he had, and most of them had to be placed on the border between Song and Xia. Therefore, there were only more than 30 cannons in Zhuola City, with seven or eight on each of the mountain ridges on both sides and more than ten in the city, which could not pose a significant firepower threat.
However, the Song army's small steel cannons were field cannons with a relatively low production cost. Therefore, an army of 5,000 people had 60 cannons. Jingtai brought an army of more than 10,000 people, and there were more than 100 small steel cannons, which were enough to form fire suppression.
The artillery of this era did not have any long-range aiming equipment or highly maneuverable towing vehicles, but using it for sieges was already a dimensionality reduction attack.
Dozens of small steel cannons that were carried up the mountain with great difficulty fired together and quickly suppressed the city.
When the Song cavalry approached to within a hundred feet of the city, the Song artillery ceased firing. As the desolate sound of the horn resounded through the sky, the Song army accelerated and rushed to the foot of Zhuolao City.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
The Song army under the city immediately raised their guns and began to suppress the fire on the city again.
The Xixia people's long-range shooting remained at the stage of artillery and crossbows, but the archers did not dare to shoot from the parapet, making the city very safe.
Then the Song army began to assemble small steel cannons pulled by horses outside the city. As the huge sound of cannons rang out, the south gate was blown down first. A large number of Song troops poured in and started a no-brainer battle for the city with the Xixia people.
Gunshots rang out everywhere in the city. By the afternoon, only an hour and a half had passed from the start of the attack to the entry into the city. The Western Xia's Zhuola City had changed hands and the flag of the Song army was raised.
Firearms and cannons did have an advantage over the Xixia people, who mainly used cold weapons.
Many Xixia people had been suppressed by artillery and could not raise their heads. The resistance on the top of the city was almost non-existent. The Song cavalry could easily reach the bottom of the city. Whether they climbed up with ladders or bombarded the city gates, they could easily break into the city.
When Jingtai entered the city, there were only sporadic gunshots in the city. Many Xixia people fled from the north gate, and the city was left in ruins.
"Report, the enemy is fleeing north!"
The scouts came to report to Jingtai: "The Xixia people in the city offered almost no resistance. They all fled."
Jingtai narrowed his eyes. He won this battle easily.
Thousands of Western Xia soldiers were wiped out.
However, this is clearly not enough.
Because the Zhiyuan wanted the entire Zhuolao and Nansi, there were still large areas in the north and east that he had not occupied.
"Chase them for two hundred miles. I will make sure that Xixia never dares to invade our borders again."
"yes!"
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
