Chapter 658: The Eve of Dawn (Part II)
"Good!" Cheng Chumo stood on the city wall and shouted excitedly when he saw this scene. Even if the enemy is well prepared and has brought siege weapons to kill the city, even if the enemy is dozens of times outnumbered by his own, so what? Isn't it a beaten head rat?
Because some soldiers kept throwing thunderbolts at the bottom of the ladder, the allied soldiers did not dare to rush up in a swarm, so they had to disperse in pairs and climb the ladder one by one to avoid being caught in the thunderbolts.
When a soldier climbed the ladder and raised his head to the wall, he was faced with dozens of cold long hairs, even if there were shields in the way, they only screamed and were pierced by several spears. Convulsions to death.
One after another, the coalition soldiers climbed the ladder, but with the close cooperation of the Tang army's battle formation, one after another the coalition soldiers fell, and this kind of death-like dispatch did not play a breakthrough role at all.
The Don Army also seemed to be tired of the endless way of sending the coalition forces to death, and several soldiers tied oil cans to thunderbolts, lit them and threw them to the bottom of the ladder.
"Boom" with a loud sound, like a fire dragon was born, the moment the thunderbolt fire exploded contaminated with oil, the power was extremely terrifying, and the base of the ladder was blown to pieces in an instant, and the entire upper part of the ladder also burned, or it would be destroyed in a short time.
The soldiers who had not yet come down the ladder had no way to retreat, and were soon caught up and engulfed by the spreading fire, only to scream.
The Tang army immediately took a few huge logs, and while the top of the ladder had not yet burned, he hurriedly hit the ladder with the logs to make it break away from the city wall and prevent the fire from spreading to the city wall.
Seeing that this method worked, the others immediately followed suit, destroying the ladder, the corner of the wall burst into flames, and the huge fire dragon was reflected in the eyes of every coalition soldier, turning into incomparable fear.
"! How could the Don Army have such a terrible weapon! Ying Hao sat in the middle camp, and when he saw the continuous firelight in the distance, his own soldiers screamed, and he couldn't help but scold his mother. The faces of the generals beside him were also very unsightly, the strength of the Tang army was beyond their expectations, and under the sneak attack, they did not capture the city wall, but let the Tang army counterattack, killing and wounding countless soldiers, and destroying several siege weapons.
"It can't go on like this! The dead are all the elites of our country! "There are generals from small countries who feel pain in their flesh and persuade each other.
In fact, not only small countries, but some larger countries are a little frightened in the face of this attrition.
How many did Tang Jun die? How much did they sacrifice? The problem is that they have not yet made a substantial breakthrough, which makes them calm and anxious!
"Since this method doesn't work, let's implement the first plan!" Ying Hao said coldly and waved his hand to give an order.
The allied soldiers who were still in front of the coalition army heard the drumming and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ran back.
Seeing the enemy's withdrawal, Cheng Chumo would not give up this opportunity to beat the water dogs, and hurriedly ordered the archers to rain arrows, and the enemy who shot them wailed and cursed.
"Hahaha! Retreated! Hundreds of thousands of them are still retired! Hahaha! Cheng Chumo stood at the head of the wall, smiling happily.
Chen Fei's face was not very good-looking, he walked around, checked the wounded soldiers, and his face was gloomy and fell into the water.
The casualties are too great! Even with advanced weapons, the enemy's rain of arrows and catapults have caused great damage to their side, and countless soldiers have been wounded and killed.
He didn't have an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 for him to squander, and only more than 10,000 people were guarding the three city walls, and the casualties were really heart-wrenching.
"Ah Fei, don't be so sad, you have to see how many enemies are killed and wounded, the casualties are one to ten, such a battle is already a miracle!" Cheng Chumo patted Chen Fei on the shoulder, he had a different concept from Chen Fei, he had experienced a brutal war, and he knew how incredible such a record was.
Listening to his father, when he followed Gaozu to fight in the east and west, the casualty ratio of the offensive and defensive sides was about 1 to 3, and the tragic one was 1 to 5. Now they have achieved one to ten, which is a complete miracle, and it will move many veterans when it is spread!
But Chen Fei's concept is that no matter how many people are killed or injured anyway, the number of people defending the city will decrease, and the pressure of defending the city will increase exponentially.
turned his head and saw Cheng Chu's stupid and cute face....... Forget it, don't care about it, he doesn't even know what geometry means.
"Brother Chu Mo, don't relax, I don't think the enemy will give up so easily." Chen Fei stared into the distance with his brows, and there was always a bad premonition in his heart.
The enemy's army of more than 100,000 took advantage of the night to launch a round of fierce attack, how could it be possible that the fierce battle lasted less than an hour, and both sides withdrew their troops before they could fight a real fire? There must be a conspiracy!
A moment later, a rain of arrows from the sky confirmed Chen Fei's guess.
But fortunately, after suffering a loss, the Tang army had already gained experience, and the moment the arrow rain fell, the soldiers raised the shields they had prepared, or hid behind the city wall to avoid the arrow rain.
Although many soldiers were still injured in the first place, the casualties were significantly lower than last time.
That's all the enemy does, right? Many soldiers sneered with their shields in their hands, disdainful of the barbarians of the Western Regions.
Five minutes later, however, there were unusual noises that made the soldiers on the walls of the city unstoppable.
At the foot of the city wall, there was the sound of continuous digging! A soldier braved the rain of arrows to carefully poke his head out, and saw countless enemies digging into the corner of the wall!
"Oh no! The enemy is digging into the wall! The soldier shouted. The people on the city walls were all moved.
Cut the ground from under somebody's feet? What a sinister trick! But... It's so deterrent!
The city wall of Dunhuang is not as magnificent as the city wall of Chang'an, almost impossible to dig, and most of the city walls here are still hard loess glued together with stone, although hard, but it takes time to dig and you can dig it.
Therefore, after learning that the enemy was digging the foot of the wall, everyone could not sit still, and if the city wall was really dug up, Dunhuang would be like a woman who was stripped naked, and could only be ravaged by others.
When Chen Fei heard the news, his brain was blank, and in his mind, there was no way to deal with this situation, even Cheng Chumo was in a cold sweat, and he couldn't think of a good idea for a while.
"What should I do?" Chen Fei asked Cheng Chumo.
Cheng Chumo screamed and scolded: "Damn, how do I know? Isn't that too insidious? Dig the foot of the wall, dig the foot of the wall, and actually cover it with a rain of arrows! Where can I figure out how to go! ”
There was a rain of arrows, and there were soldiers digging into the wall, and in the face of this situation, the generals had no choice, and the situation was reversed all of a sudden, and the Tang Army, which had originally had the advantage, suddenly became dangerous!
(End of chapter)