Chapter 860: City Destruction and Pursuit

The morning sun of early autumn shines on the earth, and a piece of golden light floats.

Outside the towering Taigu City, a large number of Chinese Dynasty military formations were gathered, with every 10,000 people as a formation, densely arranged in the wilderness outside the city, and the flags were fluttering. The spearhead is like a forest, and the mountains are full of warriors, with a young and dark face, a resolute look, and an unknown excitement in his eyes.

The cold swords and guns, the extremely sharp arrows, flashed with cold brilliance in the morning light.

The constant neighing of horses and the sound of hunting wind fluttering in military flags seemed so insignificant to the ears of all the soldiers, and the military formation remained quiet, waiting for the military order to be issued.

Luo Zhaoyun had already done the pre-war mobilization, and he was mentally prepared, and he was about to charge at any time.

"Your Majesty, the hour has come, and you can give the order."

Luo Zhaoyun nodded slightly, he has done enough today, and he will definitely give Taigu City a fierce hammer to force the Tang army to abandon the city and flee.

"Order, attack the city immediately!"

The order spread quickly, and then the three armies began to be agitated, and the sound of drawing bows first sounded, and then there was a thunderclap.

Woohoo!

Ten thousand arrows are fired at once, all of them are strong crossbows, and the attack power is extremely powerful, and ordinary iron armor can penetrate it in one go.

The black pressure shrouded the past, as if the black clouds were pressing the city, covering the sky and covering the city, some Tang soldiers were not completely hidden, they were hit by cold arrows, and they were directly nailed to the head of the city wall, and the rock steps were pierced into the ground by the arrows of the strong crossbow a few inches deep. Soon the aisles of the city wall were densely packed with arrows.

Immediately afterwards, the army attacked the city, and the tide of Chinese soldiers poured under the city and began to set up cloud ladders to climb.

At this time, the guards at the head of the city began to fight back, drawing bows and shooting arrows, or smashing them with rolling wood and stones, and stubbornly resisted in the corner.

The sound of waves of people and weapons pouring against each other continued to spread, and the sound of killing shook the sky and was deafening.

Thousands of men and horses attacked the city gate one after another, and the cold light of the weapons did not pierce the eyes, it was the glory paved with blood and life, so numb and cruel.

Outside the city, the longbowers approached, constantly firing at the head of the city, covering the tide of the tide, and the men and horses with ladders and siege chariots marched forward, while the soldiers in front lined up on the city walls, one after the other, and the dead were made up for by one wave.

The head of the city is also returning the color to the enemy army below the city, using throwing stones and crossbow arrows from afar, and using rolling wood and rocks to roll closely.

Luo Zhaoyun watched this scene quietly, he was accustomed to it, although he had some compassion in his heart, but he also knew that this battle was inevitable, there was no peace at his fingertips, and he had to stop the war with force.

This time, the attack was obviously more violent, because the Dahua Emperor was personally driving and was watching, and all the soldiers were out of the way to reunite, and the morale was like a rainbow, while the Tang army defending the city had been tired for many days, and their morale had plummeted, and in comparison, the fighting spirit was very low.

By noon, the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for the defenders of the city, and the city was almost lost several times.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, morale is low, and Taigu City can no longer be defended." Yu Wenying said with a heavy face.

"What about King Qin?" Li Jiancheng asked sideways.

Yu Wenying replied: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, he has already led his troops out of the city first, saying that he is going to explore the way, and he is worried that the Chinese army will be ambushed on the way, so he will send someone to come and tell him, so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can wait for the opportunity to move, and he can withdraw at any time!" ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, he did consider this possibility, and compared to the fact that the Chinese army could bypass these mountains and rivers and send a small group of men and horses from the side to intercept them, it would deal a big blow to them.

"Then withdraw, there is no point in holding on, so the jungler can't stop the Chinese army, let's go back to Jinyang City and fight Dahua to the death there!" Li Jiancheng sighed lightly and ordered a retreat.

When the military order spread, leaving 10,000 people behind, the rest followed Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the Tang State, and withdrew from the north first.

As a result, the soldiers after the Tang army was broken were disheartened, and they could not stop the artillery fire and charge of the Chinese army, and the head of the city was quickly occupied, and Taigu City was gradually lost.

"The Tang army abandoned the city."

When the news came out, Luo Zhaoyun nodded slightly, and sent Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin and others to lead troops to rush over from the mouth of the river valley gorge in the east of the city, bypassing the city, and directly chasing and killing.

When Taigu City was captured, it was of little significance, Luo Zhaoyun did not wait for the city to be collected, only appointed Hou Junji and Xu Shiji to continue to attack the city, and after ensuring that it was taken safely, he personally led an army of 100,000 to bypass the city wall from the east, gallop on the sand and gravel beach in the river valley, and advance to the north of Taigu City.

There were more than 20,000 Tang troops in front, rushing away, and the chasing soldiers behind were in hot pursuit.

Rushing out of more than ten miles, there was really a sound of fighting in front, Xue Wanqian and Pei Yuanqing led an elite army to ambush here, and fought fiercely with Li Shimin and other teams who went out of the city first.

"Kill—"

Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin and others came to kill at the end of the line, and began to approach the first team of Li Jiancheng.

Once Li Jiancheng's men and horses are bitten, coupled with the previous interception, the crown prince of the Tang State and the king of Qin may all die here.

Dou Ting, the general of the left guard, held a horse lance, stopped, and shouted: "Leave five thousand men and horses, follow the general, and buy time for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to withdraw." ”

The 5,000 men stopped, turned around, and set up a formation to block them.

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and others were all tiger generals, charging with a cavalry team, spears like a forest, rolling in, and the men and horses of the five thousand Tang Army collided violently, and in an instant, many soldiers fell in a pool of blood, screaming, and angry one after another.

"Kill it!"

Cheng Yanjin and Luo Shixin cooperated, one wielded a horse lance, the other held a spear, and with a fine horse, they tore the cloth like scissors and opened it, drawing a gap.

Qin Qiong led the troops to advance as a whole to devour this group of men and horses.

At this time, Li Shimin, Wei Chi Jingde and others at the forefront were also rushing to kill, trying their best to get rid of the interception of the ambush soldiers, but as soon as they rushed out of a hundred steps, some arrows tied with gunpowder shot down, and suddenly the sound of artillery fire was continuous, and they continued to explode.

Puff puff!

The man turned over on his back, the flesh and blood were blurred, and a large number of Tang soldiers rolled to the ground, either dead or wounded.

Li Shimin and others also hung up the lottery, and were more or less rubbed by the iron sheet.

"King Qin?"

"It doesn't matter!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and insisted, looking at the blood on his arm, but he was unmoved, knowing that it was critical at this time, if he stopped, it would definitely be difficult to live.

Wei Chi Jingde roared, holding a steel whip in one hand and a horse lance in the other, guarding by his side, he just fought his way out and broke through in the direction of Jinyang.

"Don't chase it, stop the people behind." Xue Wancheng shouted, organized people, turned around, and surrounded and suppressed Li Jiancheng's team.

These thousands of people formed a three-dimensional defense line, and the spears, horse lances, Mo knives, and crossbow machines were all set up, and the cold light was forested.