Chapter eight hundred and fifty fifth unexpected
Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
The rapid war drums sounded, and the Tang soldiers in the front row held up their shields and accelerated their speed.|}.
The catapult and crossbow behind him immediately vented a wave of stone bullets and arrows to Zhao Jun on the city.
The huge rocks that came into the air above the heads of the Tang soldiers roared past, hitting the Zhao army's wooden wall several times, piercing through the gaps. The Zhao army's arrows on the board wall also came in the air, descending on the earth like dense locusts.
The arrows were inserted into rows of arrows on the ground at a curve of thirty or forty-five degrees, and the leather boots of the Tang soldiers were almost stepping on the broken arrow branches. The Zhao army behind the wooden wall was also prepared for the Tang army's throwing stones. They supported a curtain barrier made of multiple layers of mature cowhide to block the damage of the casting machine from the city wall.
Wang Mahan, who was observing the overall situation on the watchtower, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, Li Shimin has a machine crossbow, will I lose it? I'll send me my order to fight back, fight back!"
The soldiers in the Zhao army village pulled off the oil cloth covered with stone scattering machine, loaded the stone bullets, and rushed out the Tang army soldiers.
The crossbow on the city wall also showed its hideous fangs.
Arrows and stone bullets also covered the Tang army's head. They did not have the cover of the walls, so they could only block the oars and shields in their hands. However, the stone bullets of Zhao army's eight-sled cannons were all dozens of kilograms or even hundreds of kilograms.
In this way, the huge rocks smashed into the air hit the shield, and the better the stones fell and the shields were scattered, and the soldiers broke their bones and their arms were almost broken, and the people and the shields were smashed into blood and blood.
Screams came one after another, the sound of shields falling apart, and the sound of shattering bones shattering.
The arrows of the crossbow were like farmers plowing the fields, tearing the Tang army's formation apart. The oars and shields had no effect in front of the crossbow.
The Tang army soldiers were swarming in with black and swarmed with stone bullets and arrows, but they were instantly filled with the Tang army pressing behind.
For Changsun Wuji, who had the advantageous force, he didn't care about this loss at all.
They were approaching the first trench dug by the Zhao army. The Tang soldiers had never investigated before, but now they were in front of them, but they were gasping for breath. The Zhao army had built the trench too deep.
The Tang army general had a look and could only use the ladder for climbing the wall in advance and reach the bottom of the trench. After the Tang army soldiers climbed down from above, they then set up another ladder to climb up. This entry and exit consumed a lot of the Tang army wearing heavy armor. After the Tang army soldiers finally passed the first trench, they encountered the second trench, which was deeper than the first trench.
In the Zhao army camp, 50,000 civil servants who had originally built trenches and excavated fortifications were working to save lives and heal the wounded. They transported arrows to the front line, and lifted the wounded soldiers from one by one and placed them in the rear for treatment.
The Tang army had approached the wall, with arrows densely filled with them. There were several holes that were bombarded by catapults.
The Zhao army soldiers stood on the wall, put arrows on the crossbow with their feet, and then fired freely. On the side, the Zhao army general shouted loudly, teams of spearmen arranged in dense spear formations on the wall.
The bright armor of these spearmen was very eye-catching, causing the Tang army to shoot arrows all over the ground. However, they were waiting to surround the crossbowman, and the armor was full of arrows shot by the Tang army.
Below the wall, Tang army arrived with a cloud ladder. Bamboo ladders were erected on the wall. The elite Tang army's army's formation soldiers immediately carried a big sword and a spear climbed onto the wall.
‘Kill!’ The Zhao soldiers behind the wall shouted together!
Countless gun rods wrapped in red cherry poked out from the battlements of the city wall. The Tang army under the city was not unprepared. They threw the short axe in their hands on the city wall to destroy the Zhao army's gun formation. Many Zhao soldiers fell down from the heads, but dozens of Tang soldiers covered their chests and fell from the city wall.
The bloody hand-to-hand combat is without any conspiracy. Both armies are fighting for life. At several passes where the stones were thrown, soldiers on both sides fought against each other with shields and swords, and blood was drifting.
The soldiers of the two armies were gasping for breath and fighting against each other on the city wall, unable to give in at a single step. They looked at each other's eyes, and even the sound of breathing was clearly heard.
The soldiers fighting in front were driven by the soldiers behind him to fight. The two armies had their eyes red, and the loser fell to the ground with swords and guns, and then they were pulled out by their partners, and the people behind continued to make up.
The Tang army was crowded with people under the wall, and more and more soldiers rushed over, and the crossbow had already stopped shooting. Only the stone thrower was still projecting in depth, trying to suppress Zhao's army's stone thrower and crossbow.
On the right wing Turkic infantry finally filled the trench in front of the wall, cleared the ground's stalkers and caltrops, at the cost of two thousand casualties. The soldiers who died in the Turkic army fell on the ground and were dragged down one by one.
A fire was lit in the rear, and several Zoroastrian priests were dancing and praying for victory.
Tongye Hu Khan stared at the battlefield in front of him with expressionless face.
‘Khan, the Zhao army’s position prevents our cavalry from playing their advantages!’
Listening to his subordinates' complaints, Tong Ye Hu nodded and said, "Don't worry, as long as we can break the wall, our cavalry can assault the battalion."
‘But how to break it?’
Tongye Hu said coldly: ‘Of course it burned him.’
After the second row of Turkic troops rushed forward, they did not climb the city, but were not surprised to see each other carrying wooden barrels on their shoulders and advancing with the attack of Zhao army's arrows.
Yuchi Gong didn't understand why, but he was wondering why the Turkic army threw the wooden barrel under the city wall.
At this time, several arrows shot through the wooden barrel, but black viscous objects flowed out from it.
‘It’s tinea oil! Damn it!’ Yuchi Gong could see it at a glance.
It is no secret that the Zhao army likes to use sulphur bombs produced in the Western Regions, and the Turks in the Western Regions know how to use them even more.
But they saw them throwing the turtle oil barrel behind the city wall, and then shoot at the wooden barrel with arrows with fire. Then the infantry formations on both sides retreated far back.
When Yuchi Jingde saw this scene, he immediately ordered: "Hurry, withdraw from here quickly, the turmeric oil will explode soon."
After listening to Yuchi Jingde's order, the Zhao army soldiers immediately evacuated the wall of this section.
Just a moment later, with a loud bang, a fire burned at the Zhao Jun wall. The wall was in an explosion, either burning or being blown away.
Tongye Hu saw it and pulled out the battle knife and pointed forward, saying, "Warriors, where are you?"
Tens of Turkic cavalry behind him raised the scimitar in their hands and responded loudly.
‘Kill all of them, rob all their money, and make their women your slaves!’
'kill!'
Tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry activate their mounts, and the sound of horse hooves that shook the sky resounded throughout the battlefield, and the ground trembled slightly.
The air twisted its vision while burning, and a stream of black smoke rose everywhere. Through the remains of the burning city wall, the strongest armor of the Zhao army was removed. Behind the broken wall, Zhao army infantry could be seen re-arranged behind the city wall in a hurry.
The black Turkic cavalry urged their war horses to kill the Zhao army infantry in the array.
It was too late for them to see the war horses quickly passed through the filled trench and then through the remains of the smoke-filled city walls.
The manic ox-horn sounded the entire battlefield at this time. Turkic cavalry roared over, and more than 40,000 horse hooves urged to hit the ground. In the face of the pressure of the cavalry, everyone felt dizzy.
Seeing the beating horse's head fill the entire field of vision, a sneer appeared on Yuchi Gong's face.
Crash!
The first Turkic cavalry that broke through the city wall suddenly turned over and over. The second row of Turkic cavalry in the rear didn't know what had happened. They wanted to stop the horses, but couldn't stop.
‘Yes, trench!’
‘The Han people dug a trench behind the city wall!’
‘Despicable Han people, ah!’
When Yuchi Jingde saw the scene of Turkic cavalry swaying on their horses, he couldn't help laughing.
After the Turkic cavalry filled the trench, the Turkic cavalry that rushed up were attacked by caltrops on the ground and tripped the horses.
‘Retreat!’ Tongye Hu was about to get angry at this moment. Such a terrifying cavalry assault became a joke in Zhao Jun’s eyes.
When the Turkic cavalry heard the order to retreat, they quickly turned their horses.
‘I want to leave, no way, shoot an arrow!’ Yuchi Jingde roared,
The Turkic cavalry that retreated in a hurry was attacked by the Zhao army's arrow rain, and the stone thrower was also activated, and the stone bullets hit the Turkic cavalry in a head and faced with stone bullets.
In front of the city wall, the bodies of Turkic cavalry suddenly piled up like mountains.
'What?'
Only then did Tong Ye Hu see clearly that there was a second wall behind the Zhao army. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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