There is an incentive called moving, yes, moving! In the face of the generosity of the fathers and villagers in the city, the Goguryeo defenders who fought hard for the rest of their lives in the city were all moved to tears, and for a time all the grievances and sacrifices had the answer, that is, in order to protect the city behind them, for the safety of the fathers and villagers, even if it was to pay for their own lives, but it was worth it, and the morale that was originally weakened by the giant trebuchet of the Tang Army instantly rose up.

Just in the midst of the chaos at the head of the city, the sharp-eyed Gao Kening suddenly pointed to the city and shouted loudly.

When Gao Huailong heard this, he was taken aback, and he didn't care about chattering with Yang Wanchun beside him, so he hurriedly squeezed out the crowd and jumped onto the broken city gate tower, only to take a look, and suddenly found that many soldiers and horses in the rear of the Tang army were retreating in the direction of the big camp in the distance, but the front army not only did not retreat, but more than 10,000 infantry were slowly advancing in the direction of the city wall.

; Yang Wanchun, who was supported by the guards and also climbed to the heights, saw that Gao Huailong's expression was wrong, and hurriedly asked suspiciously.

Gao Huailong took a deep breath and replied with a solemn face.

; Although Yang Wanchun is not very familiar with military strategy, but he has also defended the city, he knows that night battles for the besieging side, due to the limited line of sight, in fact, it is quite disadvantageous, those trebuchets, large ballistas and other equipment will not be able to play an effect, but the defender's trebuchet can smash outside the city without scruples, in view of this, Yang Wanchun can hardly believe that the always wise Li Shimin will act so recklessly.

Gao Huailong and Yang Wanchun have been together for a long time, and they know their strengths and weaknesses, but at this time, seeing Yang Wanchun's puzzled appearance, he was not surprised, shook his head with a wry smile, and lowered his voice: ;

Although Gao Huailong didn't finish his words, the meaning was expressed very clearly, and when he heard it, Yang Wanchun's face instantly changed several times, and he looked intently at the busy Tang officers and soldiers in the city, gritted his teeth and said:

Gao Huailong nodded knowingly, and said in a deep voice:

Yang Wanchun heard that there was a shortage of sassal wood, and he didn't care about any more greetings, so he answered, jumped off the broken city gate tower, and hurriedly went away;

Anshi City is built by the mountain, its city wall is a semi-circular structure, the two sides are connected with this high steep cliff, the whole city wall does not have the existence of water chestnut, which makes the city wall attack area is quite narrow, even if the besieging side has an absolute advantage of troops, can not be fully expanded, and the defender only needs a small number of troops to hold the city wall to be able to resist the enemy outside the city, and this is the reason why the Tang army has more than 200,000 troops, but can not attack on all sides, in the previous battle, the two Tang armies totaled 10,000 horses and horses rushed to the city, Not only is there a problem with the coordination between the two Tang armies, but more importantly, more than 10,000 men and horses cannot be used under the city, and under the crowding, the order cannot be guaranteed, not to mention, it has also led to a bad result, that is, the defenders of the city do not even need to aim too much, just throw the wooden rolling stones down casually, and they can easily knock down many Tang officers and soldiers, which is also the main reason why the Tang army, which is good at fighting, caused more than 5,000 casualties in a single storm.

Cheng Mingzhen is a veteran of the battlefield, for the way of attack and defense, he has seen it very thoroughly, this time when he asked for his life to rush the city again, Cheng Mingzhen learned the lesson of the last time he rushed to the city, and divided the 10,000 people into five teams, each team was only 2,000 foot soldiers responsible for the siege, but he dispatched a large number of cavalry to cover, suppress the defenders at the head of the city with cavalry, and then cooperate with the cover of the trebuchet troops, ready to continue to rush the city with tired soldiers, intending to drag down the will of the officers and soldiers defending the city, and then launch a decisive blow, In order to achieve the purpose of breaking the city, for this reason, Cheng Mingzhen did not hesitate to spend a lot of time to dispatch all parties, even if it gave the Goguryeo army the opportunity to readjust its defense, when it was four o'clock in the morning, when the sun was setting in the west, the dispatch of all parties had been completed, and all the departments were in place, Cheng Mingzhen no longer waited, waved his hand, and ordered loudly: Suddenly a terrible horn sound in the Tang army's formation suddenly rose, and the two thousand men and horses of the advance force as the first attack wave shouted and charged forward, but the speed was not fast, It seems to be looking forward to it.

Gao Kening, who was standing beside Gao Huailong, saw that the Tang army had moved, but his father never ordered the soldiers under the city to go to the city to defend, and hurriedly admonished that most of the defenders at the head of the city had already left the city because they were worried that the Tang army would attack with flying stones again, and most of the defenders at the head of the city had already left the city, standing against the wall, waiting for the order to go to the city at any time, and only hundreds of soldiers were left on the city to defend various points.

Gao Kening's worries are not unreasonable, the city defense design of Anshi is quite ingenious, although there are only three gates, but there are as many as six corridors to the city, which ensures that the defenders can quickly rush to the city through these six stairs to reinforce the troops at the head of the city, but no matter how convenient the facilities are, it will take time to play a role, if the Tang army has begun to attack the city, the defenders have not yet been able to go up to the city, then the defenders are bound to be in a dilemma of insufficient troops, or even because of this, it is not impossible for the city to fall, but Gao Huailong was unmoved, After his eyes quickly swept over the approaching Tang army's rushing troops, he immediately turned to the trebuchet position and snorted coldly:

Gao Kening saw the shouts of the Tang army's charge, and he couldn't hold his breath anymore, and when he heard his father say this, he was so anxious that he stomped his feet and shouted angrily.

Gao Huailong glanced at Gao Kening, and was just about to say something, when he suddenly heard a loud bang, he was startled, he didn't care about saying anything, shouted a voice, pulled Gao Kening, and quickly jumped off the broken city gate, no matter how dirty the blood stains on the ground were, after a few rolls, the people had already stuck to the city saucer cat, and before a series of actions were completed, more than 100 boulders thrown from the trebuchet position of the Tang Army had flown into the city. Several huge stone bullets smashed on the city gate tower that had collapsed more than half, after a few loud bangs, smoke and dust burst up, and half of the city gate tower that was still alive was completely razed to the ground, leaving only a pedestal full of big pits, Gao Koning, who reacted a little slower, was hit by the indiscriminate gravel and screamed again and again, his forehead hit hard, and blood immediately gushed out.

; Gao Huai Totoro was behind the city saucer, except for being covered with dust, but he was not seriously injured, at this time, when he saw Gao Kening's face full of blood, he was anxious, and he didn't care about the Tang Army's missiles still falling sparsely, and he rolled to Gao Kening's side and shouted anxiously.

Gao Kening had a headache, but in front of his father, he didn't want to show his cowardice, stretched out his hand to wipe his face, and pretended to say it easily.

Seeing that Gao Kening could still answer, Gao Huailong breathed a sigh of relief, on the occasion of the imminent start of the war, Gao Huailong did not dare to be distracted any more, flew back, and looked nervously at the Tang army's Chongcheng troops, and when he found that the Tang army's Chongcheng troops had begun to accelerate, Gao Huailong did not dare to hesitate any longer, and ordered in a loud voice:

As soon as the prepared trumpeter heard Gao Huailong's order, he hurriedly blew the horn, and more than 3,000 Goguryeo defenders who were originally standing against the wall began to rush towards the city along the six stairs, seizing the advantageous defensive position, and in a panic, the second wave of stone bomb attacks of the Tang army began again, and the Goguryeo defenders who were going to the city one after another were caught off guard, and many soldiers were smashed into meat sauce, but the Goguryeo defenders did not become a mess this time, and still rushed desperately towards the city. Even if the rocks around him were splashed, they still couldn't stop the Goguryeo army from going to the city, and at the same time, the Tang army's troops rushing towards the city wall also rushed towards the city wall, and both sides were competing for precious preemptive time.

Taking advantage of the launch of his own flying stone offensive, Cheng Mingzhen came to the trebuchet position on his horse, didn't care about getting off the horse, and shouted at Luo Zhengsheng, who was waiting next to the four trebuchets equipped with fire oil bombs in the center of the position.

Luo Zhengsheng hurriedly answered, although the voice was loud, but he couldn't help but tremble a little after the first wave of missile attacks, Luo Zhengsheng had already taken matters into his own hands, loaded the four oil bombs on the trebuchet, and personally checked the angles a few times, everything was already ready, but Luo Zhengsheng did not dare to guarantee that the four oil bombs could accurately hit the target, you must know that at this time, your own troops have also rushed to the city, once the oil bombs fall in the city, it will be a huge tragedy, Even if Cheng Mingzhen had stated in advance that all the responsibilities would be borne by him, Luo Zhengsheng, who knew the power of the oil bomb, still couldn't be completely relieved, and fear was inevitable, but the matter had come to this point, the arrow was ready to fly, and if it didn't happen, it had to be sent, in desperation, Luo Zhengsheng had no choice but to wave the small red flag in his hand and shouted:

As soon as the soldiers who had been waiting by the fire oil bomb for a long time heard the battle order issued, they hurriedly lit the flint and ignited the guide wood, and then used the open flame on the fire to ignite the lead rope on the four fire oil bombs.

It was too late, it was fast, but I saw that the first fire oil bullet shot farther, crossed the city, fell into the city, and smashed heavily on the ground in an instant, after a loud bang, the huge fire oil bomb immediately burst open, smashing out countless fires, more than a dozen Goguryeo defenders who were on standby under the city were unfortunately splashed by the fire, and in an instant they became a fire man, wailing and rushing around, until they were burned alive, and finally they were burned alive into charcoal, and the second fire oil bomb fell closer and smashed on the wall, The same smashed a large area of fire, this time the Tang army changed to the city became a victim, more than a dozen officers and soldiers who rushed too fiercely could not avoid it, and were also burned to death, the third and fourth fire oil bombs were extremely lucky, and accurately fell on the city, but unfortunately one failed to explode, apparently the lead was extinguished in the air, and the other exploded on the city, and ignited the fire oil splashed by the previous one, and took advantage of the situation to ignite the sassal wood piled up on the city, and in an instant the city head burned a skyrocketing fire, black smoke billowing between, A ten-zhang wide section of the city wall was set on fire, and all the Goguryeo defenders who had been ignited by the fire were burned alive, and the originally orderly order at the head of the city was greatly changed by this drastic change, and the city was in chaos.

Cheng Mingzhen, who was observing the battle situation, although he already knew a little about the power of the fire oil bomb in his heart, but when he saw that this bomb had caused such a huge might, he was still taken aback, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, his eyes widened, and he looked at the city head in a daze, and he didn't know what to say for a while. This made the Tang Army's Chongcheng troops, who were originally aiming at this section of the city wall, also fall into a dilemma of not knowing what to do for a while.

; Although Li Shimin, who was watching the battle in the Chinese army, already knew that Cheng Mingzhen had used weapons such as fire oil bombs to attack the city, he couldn't help but gasp when he saw that the fire at the head of the city was burning so strongly, but after all, Li Shimin was a handsome man on the battlefield, and he was keenly aware of the appearance of the fighter, and he didn't feel much about the power of this fire oil bomb. The war drums of the Central Military Division immediately rumbled.

Cheng Mingzhen, who was stunned in the trebuchet position, heard the sound of the Chinese army's drums, and suddenly came back to his senses, and also found that after the fire together, the defenders at the head of the city were not only chaotic, but also divided into two separate sections by the fire, which could neither unify the command nor support each other, and immediately realized that the opportunity to attack the city in an all-round way came, and did not dare to hesitate, and rushed back to his own rear formation, and ordered loudly: As soon as this order was given, the terrible horn sounded loudly, and the Tang army, which had already been divided into four teams, rushed out immediately. At the same time, the Tang army's trebuchet position was launched again, and a wave of boulders flew up to the city again, beating the Goguryeo defenders who were in a mess to the ground, so far, the morale of the Goguryeo defenders has fallen to the extreme, even if Gao Huailong and other generals shouted through their throats, they were unable to control the situation, and the defenders fell into the biggest crisis since the war.

Seeing the sergeants under his command scurrying around like headless flies, Gao Huailong's heart sank to the bottom, brandishing his waist knife, and roaring desperately.

Gao Kening, who desperately squeezed out the chaotic army, saw that he couldn't do anything, so he hurriedly grabbed Gao Huailong's hand and persuaded in a low voice.

Gao Huailong was furious when he heard this, and he didn't care that Gao Kening was his only remaining son, so he slashed over with a knife in his hand, how could poor Gao Kening be on guard against his father's knife, and when he couldn't dodge, his head was cut off, and he didn't even have time to shout, and his soul was scattered. When the Goguryeo defenders, who were in chaos, saw that Gao Huailong had killed his son, they were all frightened, and they stood on their feet in a panic, looking at the murderous Gao Huailong in surprise.

Gao Huailong didn't care about the tragic death of his young son, shouted, waved his knife and rushed towards the city, with the lesson of Gao Kening's blood, and Gao Huailong's example, the originally panicked Goguryeo defenders quickly calmed down, each with a knife and gun rushed to the edge of the city, ready to meet the attack of the Tang army, at the same time, Yang Wanchun, who learned that the city head had changed, also hurriedly rushed to the city head with three thousand foot soldiers, stabilized the chaos on another section of the city wall, and waited for the Tang army siege troops to cover up, A tragic battle of urban attack and defense has once again begun;

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