Chapter Thirty-Seven: Under the Halberd City
More than 20,000 Tang troops surrounded the entire Xinye City, Zhang Xun looked at the dense Tang army outside the city, and smiled helplessly, "It seems that I underestimate this Li Jiancheng, and the Tang prince still has a little eyesight!" ”
Lei Wanchun on the side waved the bronze hammer in his hand with a fighting spirit, "What are you afraid of, just let this group of Guanzhong earth dogs see the double hammer of a certain family." ”
Knock knock knock!!
Before Lei Wanchun's words fell, the Tang army was already beating drums, and five thousand Tang army armor soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding high huge shields shouted and slaughtered, advancing towards Xinye County.
Li Jiancheng looked at the Tang Army's foot soldiers who were slowly advancing behind the battle, and sighed, "It's a pity that the Shangyong Mountain Road is too narrow and dangerous, and siege weapons such as trebuchets, crossbows, and chariots can't be transported, otherwise how can Xinye Projectile City resist my Tang Xiongshi?" ”
Wei Ting, the general on the side, said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the last general thinks that even if there are no these siege weapons, with only 3,000 soldiers in the city, they can only resist my Tang Xiongshi for an hour at most!" ”
Li Jiancheng shook his head and said earnestly: "General Wei, it's better not to be too confident in everything!" ”
"Ahh
"It hurts me!"
"What a sinister Sui army!"
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Wei Ting wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by a scream, Wei Ting turned his head to look, but saw that the Tang army, which was still in order, was actually in chaos at this moment, and many people had fallen in a pool of blood, but the Sui army at the head of the city did not fire a single arrow.
Wei Ting opened his mouth wide and asked, "Too.." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what's going on? ”
Li Jiancheng shook his head helplessly, "Lord Wei, didn't you see the spear piercing out of the ground?" This patrol is really cunning, and he can come up with such a treacherous plan! ”
After listening to Li Jiancheng's reminder, Wei Ting finally understood the situation in front of him, only to see that in the land where the Tang army was attacking, a spear would be stretched out from time to time to stab the soldiers walking on it to death.
Although the Tang army was also well-trained, they were still disturbed by this insidious attack method, and shouted in panic, desperately picking up the long lance and big knife in their hands and stabbing them into the ground, but they poked into the ground for a long time only to hear the sound of "empty", and a spear would come out of their backs, suddenly stabbing them to the ground.
Li Jiancheng looked at the attacking Tang army, which was already in chaos, and sighed, "Order, the attacking troops will withdraw first, and then transfer two thousand lance hands to come forward to explore the holes in the ground, and smoke them to suffocate all the rats underground!" ”
"Yes!"
Zhang Xun at the head of the city saw that the first wave of the Tang army's attack had been repulsed, and immediately ordered: "Quickly order the brothers in the tunnel to withdraw to the city, and seal the tunnel immediately after all the withdrawal, beware of the Tang army directly from the tunnel!" ”
Lei Wanchun on the side laughed and said: "My lord is amazing, he beat the Tang Army to the point of losing his armor without losing a single soldier, Lei is really impressed!" ”
Zhang Xun said with a solemn face: "This authentic method just gives the Tang army a dismount, but it can only be used once, the strength of the Tang army is still several times that of our army, and I am afraid that the next time will be the most difficult!" General Lei, it's up to you to defend the city! ”
Lei Wanchun laughed and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will kill one when the Tang army comes, and I will kill one pair when two come, and I will never let a Tang army enter Xinye City!" ”
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After about a quarter of an hour, after careful exploration by two thousand lance men, all the secret passages were discovered, but the Sui army that was originally ambushed inside had fled, Li Jiancheng reluctantly ordered his soldiers to seal the entrance to the cave, and immediately ordered his Tang army to launch a second attack.
Zhang Xun pressed his sword and ordered in a deep voice: "Release the arrow!" ”
The Sui army at the head of the city stretched out their bows and arrows and shot towards the Tang army under the city, although the sword and shield men at the front of the Tang army raised their shields to meet each other, but there were still many feather arrows through the gap, shooting the Tang soldiers behind.
However, such damage was a drop in the bucket for the Tang army, and it didn't play a big role at all, and soon the Tang soldiers had already crossed the moat and attacked under the city wall, and dozens of ladders were erected high and erected under the city wall.
"Kill, the first one to attack the city, a reward of a thousand gold, give the county wait!"
Stimulated by the title of money, hundreds of first-timers shouted like madness and stepped on the ladder, holding shields in one hand and brandishing steel knives in the other, and climbed up without fear of death.
Zhang Xunmian stood on the city wall without changing his color, and ordered loudly: "Pour the oil pot!" ”
Along the front line of the city, dozens of cauldrons had already been erected, and with Zhang Xun's order, dozens of elite soldiers immediately set up cauldrons and threw them towards the Tang army under the city.
"Wow yes...... Scald me! ”
The boiling hot oil poured down like a torrential rain, and the screams that shook the sky immediately rose and fell. There was also a smell of burnt skin and flesh in the air, and many Tang soldiers who were climbing with their heads up were burned by the boiling hot oil, and the skin was scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, and they were in pain, so how could they have any strength to climb the city wall again?
In the endless screams, pieces of Tang soldiers fell down the city like kites with broken strings, and those who were lucky enough could save their lives, but those who were lucky almost fell into a ball of meat on the spot!
However, Zhang Xun's counterattack did not end so quickly, and soon hundreds of rockets were shot down from the city, and the foot of the city wall turned into a sea of fire in an instant, and the fire instantly devoured the lives of hundreds of Tang soldiers.
"Brothers, run!"
The water and fire were ruthless, and in the face of the raging fire, the Tang soldiers did not have any courage to resist at all, and jumped out of the sea of fire like a desperate person, and fled in a hurry. There were also hundreds of Tang soldiers who were unfortunately injured and had difficulty moving, trapped in the sea of fire, either engulfed by the fire that burned more and more, or suffocated to death, and their strength was unbearable!
Li Jiancheng looked at the Tang soldiers who fled out in a hurry in the sea of fire, and ordered with a gloomy expression: "Pass the order of the lonely army, Mingjin withdraw the troops!" ”
Bell Bell Bell !!
The long sound of gold sounded, and the Tang army siege soldiers, who were still a little unwilling, glanced at Xinye City with their resentful eyes, and slowly withdrew with the soldiers and horses of the Tang army.
Zhang Xun at the head of the city heard the sound of the Tang army, breathed a long sigh of relief, and ordered in a deep voice: "Count the casualties, quickly rescue the wounded and sick soldiers, collect the swords, armor and blades of the fallen soldiers of the Tang army, and reserve the army to patrol the city, be cautious, and beware of the night attack of the Tang army!" ”