Just when the Kushan infantry wanted to open the city gate and welcome the army into the city, a huge explosion was heard from the city gate hole, and Gao Shun had already planted explosives to blow up the city gate at the necessary moment to prevent the enemy from opening the city gate and putting their cavalry into the city.

At the same time, in the hidden places on the city wall, hundreds of Han troops rushed out, and they were the brave men selected by Gao Shun.

Armed with two horizontal knives and carrying explosives bags, they rushed to the tall siege towers that still stood on the edge of the city walls.

Of course, there are only twenty explosives bags in the ten groups, two in each group, and the others need to protect the two explosives bags in their own group.

These daredevils will be recorded by the clerk for a great military exploit, enough to make their families live a good life, and their children can also receive a good education, thus changing the future of the family.

Therefore, they are not afraid of death, and they burst out ten times their own combat power.

In this way, under the siege of thousands of enemy troops at the head of the city, they still managed to blow up six siege towers, plus the three that were burned down before, only one lone siege tower remained.

In the dark night, the gorgeous ceremonial flowers bloomed on the head of the city, and Gao Shun and Tai Shici and the Han soldiers around them all shed tears, silently giving their brave comrades-in-arms a noble military salute.

Gao Shun counted silently, a full twenty rings, twenty explosive packs, all of them were sounded, and none of them were wasted or flinched.

He could imagine that even if there were no siege towers to blow up, the daredevils would resolutely rush to the place where the enemy would be most likely and pull off the explosive packs.

At the very least, these 500 daredevils exchanged the lives of at least 4,000 Kushan Empire soldiers.

Osidmos stood on the last narrowly saved siege tower, his forehead covered with cold sweat.

He witnessed the final madness of these outlaws, and when there was only one siege tower left in the field, all the Han army's daredevils rushed here.

Fortunately, the Minagalla heavy infantry and Bactrian light infantry at the head of the city also had the courage to be as good as the Han Chinese, and they all knew the meaning of keeping this last siege tower!

The significance of the spiritual pillar is far greater than its actual effect, and the Kushan soldiers are also desperate to block the front.

Many of the Peshawar crossbowmen who had already climbed to the top of the city also fired, reloaded, and fired as fast as they could.

It was under such obstacles that they went forward and followed, and the distance of less than 100 zhang was that the daredevils of the Han army were always insurmountable.

Even if there were four or five Han soldiers with explosive bags on their backs, they used their own explosions to blow up a bloody path for their companions, and the last Han army with explosives bags on their backs could only rush to a distance of thirty zhang from the last siege tower.

Under the desperate cover of the last few comrades, he pulled the fuse, and then threw the explosives bag with all his might.

If it was a grenade, he would have succeeded, but the boxy explosive bag only flew more than ten feet and began to fall.

Of course, the distance of more than ten zhang is also within the explosion range, and if it really falls, it may also destroy the enemy's siege tower.

But the warriors who were not afraid of death were not only the Han army, a Bactrian light infantryman, threw away the big shield in his hand and jumped into the air.

His bounce was amazing, perhaps talented, and he held the smoking explosive bag in the air.

Then he stomped on the head of one of the Minaggara hoplites and struggled to jump under the walls far from the siege towers.

While he was still flying in mid-air, the last of the ceremonial flowers bloomed, and the unsung hero of Bactria held the last siege tower with his life.

And the Han soldier was also in despair and regret, and was shot in many places by more than ten crossbow arrows, and died without blinking his eyes.

That's how Osidemos's cold sweat came, his mind was full of the picture just now, and he knew to be awakened by his adjutant.

"General, the city gate has been blown down by the Han Chinese, they have retreated into the city, and there is no light, what should we do?"

Osidemos also had no idea, after all, it was the first time he had experienced such a big battle, he let the troops temporarily garrison the city wall, and then sent someone to deliver a letter to Sauter, after all, Sauter was the main general.

Although Sot didn't see a scene on the city walls, he also saw the siege towers being blown down one by one, and heard a loud bang in the direction of the city gates.

At this time, the herald arrived, reported the situation in the city, and then relayed the inquiry of Osidmos.

Sauter thought for a moment and ordered Osidmos to command the light infantry to go down the city and search and advance into the city, but not too deep and be careful of ambushes.

The Minagalla heavy infantry was ordered to hold the head and gates of the city for the time being, and at the same time dig the gates to clear a passage as soon as possible.

Peshawar armoured crossbowmen followed behind the Bactrian light infantry and provided cover.

The Kshatriya warriors of Gandhara and the archers of the Magdalas also began to climb the city walls, preparing for battle.

Among them, the Kshatriya warriors took over from the heavy infantry of Minaggara to guard the walls and gates, and the Minagalla heavy infantry and the Modala archers formed the second echelon to participate in the following street battles.

Sauter, who had experience in street fighting, wanted to crush the Han army with his superiority in numbers and equipment.

He also ordered the troops of the ballistae and trebuchets to be dismantled immediately, and then the trebuchets were assembled on the city walls, and the ballistas were assembled within the city walls, and these long-range sharp weapons would help him win the siege tomorrow day.

Sauter was also proud of his genius idea, and of course he did not forget to report the previous battle situation and his own arrangements to Prince Botiao.

A group of Bactrian light infantry, holding high their large shields, marched slowly, with only a thin piece of leather armor studded with iron plates, which could not even be stopped by crossbow arrows, all relying on the large shield in their hands.

As they searched the streets, they looked back enviously at the armored crossbowmen of the Peshawar Provincial Legion following behind them.

After all, they are legions from the imperial capital, although they are crossbowmen, they are all full body armor, which is better than the protection of their own infantry.

Damn, the richer the people of the imperial capital are, the more timid they are, and wearing such good armor, let us take a big shield to open the way for them.

Osidmos used the light infantry and crossbowmen in his hands to participate in street battles.

A squad of light infantry with a squad of crossbowmen.

This group divided into dozens of groups and began to search for the streets closest to the city walls.

The streets were pitch black and there was no light at all, and the Kushan infantry could only rely on their torches to illuminate the surrounding streets.

The light on the city wall did not shine a few feet away, and it was more dependent on its own torches.

The light infantry, with a large shield in one hand and a torch in the other, carefully searched and advanced.

The combat effectiveness of the Han army, they have already learned it during the siege of the city, and if they are not careful, they will become the ones who send people to the door.