Chapter 172: Demolition (Part II)

"Strange, if the enemy wants to dig tunnels into the city, what is the use of such a swagger? It is not so easy to dig down the walls. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What's more, whether you want to dig tunnels into the city or directly dig up the city walls, this is not something that can be done in a day. Ben Jiang doesn't believe that you Wang Maozhang can continue to attack the city for several days and nights, as long as the siege stops, Ben will be able to send troops out of the city to fill in the hole you dug, what can I do? An Renyi couldn't help but sneer.

An Renyi saw that the other party was constantly digging holes, although he had some doubts in his heart, but he thought that Wang Maozhang's actions could not help him at all, so he just sent people to shoot arrows to hinder the speed of the Huainan army digging holes, but there were no further measures.

In a short time, a hole more than one meter wide and two meters deep had been dug under the city wall, and the soldiers hurriedly took the coffin containing black powder from the siege vehicle and loaded it into the hole.

A craftsman who came with Ning Zhong to serve in front of the army, under the protection of the siege vehicle, immediately inserted one end of a long fuse into the black powder inside the coffin through a hole in the coffin, and spread the fuse and placed it under the protection of the siege vehicle.

When everything was ready, the craftsman ordered the soldiers to send a rocket to signal Wang Maozhang, who was watching the battle in the rear.

"General, it seems that everything is ready, and the order can be given to the soldiers besieging the city to evacuate quickly." Ning Zhong was also a little excited, after all, he had never seen the scene of the explosion of two thousand catties of black powder with his own eyes, so he was also looking forward to it.

"Okay, give the order, quickly let the besieging soldiers withdraw, the action must be fast, and there can be no hesitation." Wang Maozhang gave an order in a deep voice, and asked the soldiers who were waiting in the rear to prepare for the siege.

With the sound of gold, the siege soldiers who had been notified before suddenly dropped all kinds of siege equipment like the tide of the ebb tide, and they just desperately fled from the city regardless of the attack of the defenders in the city. The craftsman before him had lit the fuse and ran, running even faster than the trained soldiers.

On the city wall, looking at the sudden retreat of the Huainan soldiers, the defending soldiers were a little confused, not knowing what the Huainan Army was doing.

"An envoy, the Huainan soldiers under the city are suddenly retreating, is there any trickery in this?" Zhang Hao asked in surprise.

An Renyi's face was pale, staring at the rapid retreat of the Huainan army, and he suddenly felt a sense of ominousness in his heart, and whispered in his mouth: "Is there any conspiracy Wang Maozhang can't succeed?" What is the idea of fighting? ”

However, no matter how An Renyi thought about it, he never understood Wang Maozhang's plan, and could only instinctively feel the danger.

"Quick, send soldiers out of the city to check and see what the enemy is doing?"

Without waiting for the soldiers in the city to open the city gate and come out to check, inside the siege vehicle, a fuse more than ten meters long was crackling and burning, and at a very fast speed, it quickly burned into the coffin in the hole, igniting the black particles inside.

"Boom!"

With a loud sound that shook the earth, a huge mushroom cloud appeared, and this section of the city wall was already scarred by the Suzhou artillery of the Huainan Army, and at this time, it fell down in the dust and rubble in the sky, and a gap of more than ten meters wide appeared.

There was silence between heaven and earth, and with the roar of the cave mountain shaking, the siege soldiers who had just escaped from the city less than two hundred steps were immediately shocked to the ground by the shock wave caused by the explosion, some soldiers were immediately affected and injured, and even some unlucky soldiers were hit by the flying gravel and died on the spot, and those soldiers who were only knocked to the ground and were not injured were also golden in their eyes at this time, their minds were dizzy, and they fell to the ground for a long time and couldn't get up.

Wang Maozhang and others, who were watching from the rear, were also shocked to the ground by the violent roar, but fortunately, they were far enough away from the explosion point, so no one was injured.

When Wang Maozhang got up, he only felt that his ears were "buzzing", and when he looked up at the explosion site, he was stunned, obviously shocked by the huge power of the explosion just now.

He thought that he had seen it wrong, and when he looked left and right, he saw that the guards around him were dumbfounded, and then he knew that he was not mistaken.

On the side, Ning Zhong had seen the scene of the explosion of black powder before, so although he was shocked by the power caused by the two thousand catties of black powder, he was still the first to wake up.

"I didn't expect the power to be so huge, it's not good, those soldiers who are besieging the city are too close to the explosion point, will they all be killed?"

Ning Zhong secretly regretted that although he had reminded the besieging soldiers to retreat immediately after hearing Mingjin, he still didn't expect the explosion to be so powerful, and as a result, there was not enough time for the besieging soldiers to flee.

"Attack! All the army is attacking! On the side, Wang Maozhang also came to his senses and immediately ordered.

They were so far away from the explosion point that they were affected by the violent explosion, so the damage suffered by the defenders on the city wall who faced the explosion at close range can be imagined, and when will they not attack the city at this time?

The rest of the generals also came to their senses and immediately urged their soldiers to attack.

This time the scale of the attack reached the extreme, and Wang Maozhang planned to do his best to attack it, except for a small number of reserves, and put all the rest of the soldiers into the attack at once.

The tide-like Huainan soldiers shouted loudly and rushed towards the gap blown up like crazy, at this time, it didn't matter what formation and what physical strength to maintain, only attacking the city was the most important.

For a time, while the defenders were dizzy by the bombing, a large number of Huainan troops entered the city in less than a quarter of an hour at the gap.

Almost at the same time, Wang Maozhang personally beat the drums of war. The roaring drums shook the battlefield, making the Huainan army that attacked the city more vigorous, and continued to storm fiercely.

On the city tower, An Renyi and Zhang Hao were lucky, they were far away from the explosion point, although they were also shocked by the violent explosion just now, but after all, they saved their lives.

An Renyi lay on the ground for a long time before he got up, he reached out and wiped his face, only to see that his hands were full of blood, and then he felt severe pain all over his body, knowing that he had been injured.

"What's going on? Did the Huainan Army use demon magic? ”

Before the two could figure out what was going on, the Huainan army had already poured into the city like a tide.

After all, the defenders were much closer to the explosion point, and the losses suffered were much greater, many soldiers were killed or seriously injured on the spot, and those soldiers who were far away from the city and were not injured often felt that the Huainan army had used demon methods, and did not dare to resist in the face of the attack, and only thought of fleeing far away.

The surging Huainan army quickly divided into two routes, one began to rush to the nearest tower, trying to capture the tower and open the gate, and the other immediately marched towards the inner city, trying to capture the inner city before the defenders could react.