Chapter 678: Fierce Battle in Chang'an (Part II)
There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, this old saying remains unchanged for eternity.
Yi Nan gave a heavy reward and wanted to capture the Tang army wall at all costs, and his soldiers were also crazy! Ten gold, the official is promoted to three levels! It is an irresistible temptation for those of them who are herding sheep and horses on the grassland all day long, even if it is for their families and for the future!
Therefore, not only did the thunderbolt fire not scare the Xue Yantuo tribe, but under the stimulation of Yi Nan's promise of heavy rewards, the morale was high again, and even surpassed!
The soldiers of the Xue Yantuo tribe are crazy! Not fearing life and death, carrying bamboo ladders and shields in their hands, they bypassed the fire and rushed to the foot of the city walls, intending to launch a second wave of attacks.
"My lord, do you still use thunderbolts?" On the city wall, a soldier asked Cheng to bite the gold.
Cheng Yanjin glanced down and snorted, "Donkey Day, Xue Yantuo is going to work hard?" Is this crazy? But it's okay, the old man will play with you, and when your army is pressed up, I will give you a big meal! ”
Cheng turned around and instructed the defenders: "Everyone obey the order, stop using the thunderbolt fire for the time being, and block the Xue Yantuo tribe with stones and hot oil!" Others prepare filled oil for Lao Tzu, which will be of great use later! ”
"Yes!" The soldiers clenched their fists and got busy according to Cheng Yanjin's orders.
Some generals were puzzled and boldly asked, "General, we have plenty of thunderbolts, why don't we use them?" Instead, let the soldiers fight hand-to-hand with the enemy, only to increase casualties? ”
Cheng bit the golden bronze bell-like eyes and glared at the general fiercely, "Fool, if you throw out all the thunderbolts as soon as you come up, won't the enemy run away in fright?" Lao Tzu just wants to create a false impression for the enemy, so that they think that we have no thunderbolt fire, have lost the biggest guard of honor, and can only fight with them hand-to-hand, so that they dare to rush up, and when their army is close to the city wall, and then use a stone-throwing cart to give them a 'divine fire from heaven', wouldn't it be more painful? ”
When the general heard this, he immediately threw himself to the ground with admiration for Cheng Yanjin, and said that his vision was narrow and he couldn't see through the overall situation.
Cheng Yanjin just snorted arrogantly when he heard this, and looked like he was enjoying worship as a matter of course.
The two sides fought fiercely, and the soldiers besieging the city of Xue Yantuo were blocked by the boulders and hot oil of the Tang army again and again, and suffered a lot of casualties, and Xue Yantuo and the people finally realized that the Tang army in front of them was far more terrible than they imagined, and a series of defenses did not leak, making them helpless.
Similarly, in hand-to-hand combat, the Tang army will inevitably suffer casualties, but compared to Xue Yantuo's troops, the casualties on both sides are disproportionate.
So far, the battle has been fought, and the two sides have also fought real fire, which is undoubtedly more tragic than the tentative attack at the beginning.
The boulders thrown from the city walls smashed the enemy into an inhuman shape, and there were also hidden arrows from below that pierced the head of the Tang army.
Blood had stained the walls red, but neither of the generals showed any signs of stopping.
Finally, the enemy's trebuchet was ready, pulled onto the battlefield and ready to be put into service.
The enemy also retreated from the bamboo ladder and stood at the corner of the city wall to avoid being accidentally injured by their own stone throwers.
Seeing the enemy's stone thrower in battle, Cheng Yanjin's face gradually became serious, the enemy is going to move seriously, if he still passively defends like just now, he will suffer a big loss!
It's time to change your strategy!
"Someone! Give me the cannon to aim at the enemy's catapult! Give me the weapons to scatter them! This thing can even smash a big hole in the mountains, and I don't believe that I can't break a few broken stone throwers made of wood! ”
"Boom, boom!" The artillery attempts the first round of attacks.
Many shells fell into the enemy's camp, killing and wounding countless people, but not a single shell hit the catapult.
After all, the ones who operate the shells are not professionals, and they do not fight like the special forces. The cannon is a kind of their daily training, so the accuracy of the cannon is very erratic, and it is 108,000 miles away from the target.
"Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! Such a big catapult can't be hit! Keep aiming at Lao Tzu! No stop without an order! ”
At the same time, the enemy's stone throwing machine also began to operate, and some huge stones were thrown onto the city wall, and many Tang troops could not dodge and were smashed into meatloaf.
Cheng Yanjin's eyes suddenly turned red, pushed away the shield of the guard, walked to the side of the cannon, set it up himself, and aimed.
"General be careful!" The guards were shocked and held their shields to block Cheng Yanjin.
Cheng Yanjin pushed away the soldier nonchalantly, aimed the cannon, and then let the soldier fire.......
"Boom!" After a bang, a stone thrower in the distance collapsed.
"Hahaha!" The blind cat bumped into the dead mouse, and Cheng Biting Jin laughed proudly: "Did you see it!" The old man can hit it in one shot, why can't you? Keep calling me! If you can't hit again, the old man will stuff you into the barrel and shoot you out! ”
Cheng Yanjin had never used a cannon to hit it in one go, and these of them, who had received emergency special training, actually hit crookedly, which made these soldiers feel extremely ashamed, and at the same time aimed more carefully, and then loaded the shell and fired.....
"Boom, boom, boom......."
The cannon spat out tongues of fire, and finally hit several of the opponent's stone throwers, smashing them to pieces.
However, the other party's stone throwers are not vegetarians, they no longer use stones for projectiles, but replace them with fire oil.
A can of fire oil smashed on the wall of the Tang army, burning and injuring countless people, making the Tang army scream.
"Not good!" In the moment of the fire oil and gas, Cheng Yanjin's face changed and shouted: "Quickly put away the thunderbolt fire, and don't put it on the city wall!" Everyone, find cover to hide, don't be doused with fire oil! The cannon continued to hit the local stone throwing cart for me, and beat the old man his donkey day! ”
Relying on their weapons, the two sides began a long-distance attack and defense, and the fire spread on the city walls, and the enemy was not much better, and the catapult was finally destroyed by the artillery, and the soldiers were killed and wounded.
Of course, the Tang army was not much better, there were countless dead and wounded on the city walls, more than 20 cannons were destroyed, and both sides paid a heavy price!
After the sound of artillery fire stopped, it was the time for the two sides to fight again, and in order to fight for the city wall, a bloody battle broke out between the two sides!
Cheng Yanjin asked the reserve army to urgently carry soil to extinguish the fire on the city wall, and at the same time, asked the army to prepare stone throwing carts, thunderbolt fires, and oil cans, and planned to invite Xue Yantuo to eat a pot of "big"!
"Donkey Day!" Cheng Yanjin spit out a mouthful of old phlegm under the city wall, stared at the Xue Yantuo soldiers who were constantly coming up like locusts, and said, "Inform the other two generals that the time is almost up, and the net can be closed!" ”
(End of chapter)