On the contrary, there was continuous artillery fire from the direction of East City. The Xixia people discovered that the Song army was active on the small hill outside East City. Yeli Wangrong suspected that the Song army was going to occupy the mountain in the rain, so he gave the order to bombard.
There was continuous artillery fire on the city walls, and the situation outside the city was also very intense.
The Song army was busy making preparations. If Zhang Kang had not been worried about getting too close and being discovered by the Xixia people on the city wall, and the rainy day was not conducive to firing muskets, he would have even wanted to rush directly to the bottom of the city and set up a ladder to rush up.
Time passed quickly, minute by minute.
Zhang Kang, wearing a straw raincoat, stood on a small hill two or three meters high outside the north city of Miaochuan, watching quietly.
I watched it all night long.
"Report to the commander-in-chief, our artillery team is ready and all the artillery is loaded."
"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the artillery has been calibrated and is aimed at the city gates and above the city walls to ensure that the enemy's firepower can be suppressed."
"Report to the commander-in-chief, several artillery pieces are flooded and there may be accidents."
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief."
All sorts of things happened throughout the night.
But except for some cases where the tractor got stuck due to terrain restrictions or muddy ground, or the artillery was flooded, most of the artillery has been installed.
You should know that the Song army had 5,000 soldiers, three artillery battalions, thirty heavy artillery pieces, and 180 small steel cannons.
Napoleon only had more than 2,000 artillery pieces when he attacked Russia, which shows how powerful the Song Dynasty was at that time.
But that's normal.
Once Napoleon arrived, France's national strength would certainly not be comparable to that of the Song Dynasty.
Secondly, he was traveling a long distance and it was difficult for him to carry so many artillery pieces, which led to insufficient firepower.
The Song Dynasty had many cannons on the border, so there was no need to worry about long journeys.
At this moment, Zhang Kang had more than 40,000 troops, with about 180 heavy artillery pieces and more than 800 Weiyuan field guns, most of which were pulled over.
By the next morning, the rain had finally subsided a lot.
A Xixia soldier came out of the city wall, stretched himself, and walked to the parapet to urinate.
The rain was so heavy and the Xixia people lacked rain gear, so of course they couldn't stay at the city wall and watch outside all the time. They could only go out for patrol every quarter of an hour, which made it easy to miss something.
However, the visibility was much better in the morning. According to his schedule, he should have come out to inspect the city defenses in a few minutes, but he couldn't hold his urination.
“Sizzle, sizzle!”
After peeing, the Xixia soldier shuddered twice, then glanced casually outside the city.
It was this one look that almost scared the man to death.
Because he saw that after dawn, in the misty morning fog, about a mile away from Miaochuan City, there were countless Song soldiers standing.
In front of the Song army, nearly a thousand cannons were aimed at Miaochuan City. The black muzzles of the guns were chilling.
(End of this chapter)
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