The Song army soldiers reported their numbers quickly.
"What?"
So when they heard that Zhang Kang was calling them over, they immediately stopped chasing the defeated Liao army and rushed to the north of Xijin City with their troops.
So the situation on the Song army's side is similar.
Soon after the city gate collapsed, a large number of Song troops began to charge forward. The Weiyuan cannon continued to bombard the city wall, suppressing the Liao army archers on the wall.
One of the shells even fell directly into the small river next to them, less than ten feet away from them, splashing water three feet high, scaring the nearby Song army so much that they almost jumped up from the ground.
"yes."
These people were only middle and lower-level officers during the Song-Xia War, but later because of their repeated achievements, they gradually climbed to the level of middle and upper-level generals.
"These artillerymen are such bastards. They can't even aim when they fire."
After Zhang Kang led his Song army to drive away a large number of scattered Liao troops in the north of Xijin City, he began to think about how to take the city.
"Fan Ke."
"yes."
Yelu Renxian also had to defend against Fan Zhongyan's attack from the main gate at the south gate.
However, the battalion commander suddenly had an idea and turned his head to say to everyone, "Their artillerymen are just firing at the back, so why do they need bullets? Brothers, don't you agree?"
As more and more Song troops rushed to the battlefield, the Liao people, who had been able to fight the Song army back and forth at the beginning, could no longer hold on and slowly fled to the north.
The deputy general came to report the situation to Zhang Kang.
The Song army's musketeers and artillery should have complemented each other, but many musketeers were angry with the artillery and did not treat them well.
But just when Yelu Begut was about to lead his men out of the city, he was suddenly attacked by the Song army, forcing him to return to the city.
"You must immediately lead your troops to attack the Qingjin Gate and Xianxi Gate in the west."
Moreover, most of the artillery is concentrated in the South City. There are only about 100 artillery pieces in the six gates of the North City, West City and East City.
"But Prime Minister Fan said they might have set fire to the city."
There was continuous artillery fire from the top of the city wall, and the Song army below also responded with artillery fire. The artillery shells from both sides kept arcing in the air, some fell into the city wall, and some fell into the wilderness.
But if artillery bombarded one's own people, there would be no shortage of curses. After all, stray bullets affected so many things, and if a shell missed and hit one's own people, it was usually a sign of poor artilleryman skills, which naturally led to curses.
"yes."
Taking Xijin was a great achievement, changing one's destiny in one move, and no one wanted to fall behind. Even if they died, it didn't matter. The Song Dynasty's pensions for soldiers killed in battle were extremely generous, enough for the whole family to live comfortably for a lifetime.
With such fearlessness and bravery, the Song army rushed into the city soon, and Yelu Begut also arrived with his troops. The two sides engaged in a fierce battle around the Tongtianmen city gate.
(End of this chapter)
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