Chapter 657: The Eve of Dawn (Part II)

"Not good!" There were many enemies, arrows were pouring down from the sky like a downpour, and the vision at night was not good, so they could only see a dark patch when they looked up, and the soldiers could not see the direction in which the arrows were falling, so they could not make an effective dodge.

In just an instant, there were screams on the city wall, and many soldiers were killed by arrows, or they were seriously injured, and they fell to the ground convulsive and rolled.

By the time the soldiers took out their shields or hid behind the walls to avoid the rain of arrows, more than half of the soldiers on the walls had already suffered casualties.

This scene made Chen Fei and the others want to crack! What a good son! In just an instant, they died in the enemy's rain of arrows before they could react, how could they not feel heartache.

What's even more infuriating is that Chen Fei and Cheng Chumo were almost shot to the heart just now, but fortunately, Yin Ping reacted quickly and pulled them down in time to avoid the rain of arrows.

Within seconds of leaving the place, the original place was covered in a rain of arrows!

"! Kill them all! Chen Fei's eyes were red, and he gasped. If it weren't for Yin Ping's pulling, it is estimated that he would have tied two thunderbolts and rushed out to die with the enemy. He was so angry.

In the end, he still has too little experience, seeing Chen Fei's somewhat crazy appearance, Cheng Chu sighed silently, he has experienced such a scene several times, and he has already adapted to it, but his heart trembled slightly at first, and he couldn't calm down.

Fortunately, the enemy's arrow rain was not unlimited, and after a few rounds, the enemy rushed to the foot of the city wall, and naturally no longer released arrows, for fear of hurting their own people, they moved a long ladder, intending to attack the city and seize the city wall.

Cheng Chumo seized the gap where the opponent's arrow rain stopped, and ordered the special soldiers to throw thunderbolts down.

At this time, the enemy was concentrated at the foot of the city wall, and several thunderbolts bloomed at the foot of the city wall, bringing a rain of blood, killing and wounding many enemies.

Before the enemy could recover his strength, another round of thunderbolts poured down, this time thrown a little farther away, falling to the ground and exploding, overturning countless enemies.

At this point, a clearing was cleared at the foot of the city wall, and the Tang army finally had time to catch its breath and organize a counterattack.

Under the command of Cheng Chumo, there were soldiers who moved the arrows on the city wall, and then it was the turn of the Tang army to shoot at the enemy in a round, plus cannons and crossbow machines, and the enemy was killed and wounded.

However, the allied forces were clearly determined to capture Dunhuang, and even if they suffered losses, even in the face of terrifying weapons, they still refused to give up easily, and soon, the enemy launched a second round of attacks under the organization of the opposing generals.

And this attack really made Cheng Chumo change color!

The enemy not only surrounded Dunhuang in three ways, but even moved out the stone-throwing carts used for the siege!

Several boulders smashed into the city wall almost at the same time, smashing a large gap in the city wall, and even smashing the soldiers on the city wall into pulp! The Don army hardly dared to take the lead, and even the strong walls could not protect it.

Moreover, the coalition forces dispersed their forces and besieged three city walls, and the Tang army inevitably had to allocate manpower to defend it.

However, the enemy had 1780,000 people, and it seemed that it was easy to attack it separately, while the Tang army only had more than 13,000 people, and when they were scattered, the unilateral city wall guards seemed much thinner.

What's more, the enemy had a big killing weapon and killed and wounded many Tang troops.

This is not the end, under the light of the fire that burned after the explosion of the thunderbolt fire, the Tang army was horrified to find that the enemy had even brought the siege ladder!

The siege ladder is not a simple long ladder shelf like before, but is made of wooden planks, which can be stepped on smoothly like a staircase, and several soldiers can rush up at the same time at a time, and wheels are installed underneath to move and push it from a distance.

This kind of ladder is the most difficult to destroy, whether it is poured with stones or boiling hot oil, it is difficult to really hurt the enemy.

And the enemy can pass through this endless network of soldiers, so that the Tang army will be passive!

"Damn it!" Cheng Chumo scolded: "No wonder the follow-up army has been separated by so many days, it turns out that even these siege weapons are ready, and I really underestimate them!" Damn it! It's hard to do now! ”

Rao is Cheng Chumo was also worried, and he couldn't think of any good way all of a sudden.

Thunderbolts can be used, but the siege ladder is strong, and it is difficult for Thunderbolts to completely destroy them, not to mention that they don't have a lot of Thunderbolt Flames in stock, so they can't use them indiscriminately.

"! We also have a stone throwing truck! Chen Fei shouted, "Use the rock-throwing truck we built!" Throw the thunderbolt out, use the light of the thunderbolt to find out the location of the opponent's stone thrower, and then use the cannon to smash the opponent's stone thrower! ”

That's right! Good idea! Cheng Chumo's heart moved, and he immediately arranged for the soldiers to do what Chen Fei said.

Chen Fei added with a strange shout: "The enemy's stone-throwing cart was smashed with red-coated cannons, and the siege ladder in front of the city was blasted with Furlong machine guns!" First smash the approaching siege ladder, move quickly! By the way, you can also put a can of oil on the rock throwing truck! ”

Chen Fei's idea was quickly executed, and the siege ladder was already very close to the city wall, and in the reflection of the burning fire at the foot of the city wall, a huge black shadow was faintly visible.

Franco's cannon was aimed at the ladder and continued to fire, soon blasting the siege ladder into rotten wood chips. Of course, this is just one of them.

There are only five Franc cannons on one city wall, and although the rate of fire of the Franco cannons is fast, it is not comparable to the speed of the enemy's soldiers pushing the ladders together, and only five ladders can be destroyed in a short time.

Cheng Chumo saw that the situation was not right, and immediately adjusted his strategy, not asking for the destruction of the entire ladder, but only the destruction of the upper part of the ladder, so that the enemy could not climb the city wall.

In a short period of time, five siege ladders were destroyed in turn. But there were still five ladders to the city wall, and the enemy under the ladder rushed up fiercely with swords.

It was as if five openings had been opened in the walls, and countless enemies were pouring up towards it.

Cheng Chumo immediately laid out a defensive formation, and where the five ladders were connected to the city wall, there were more than 20 soldiers armed with spears and shields, forming a semicircle to enclose the passage of the ladders. If an enemy rushes up, the spear will pierce the body.

And there are many long thorns on the outward side of these shields, which can also stab the enemy if they are struck forward.

Behind the twenty men, there were several crossbowmen ready to shoot the enemy at any time.

The special soldiers threw thunderbolts at the foot of the ladder, blowing the gathered enemies to pieces.

The assumption of the ladder suddenly became the home of the two sides fighting, one side desperately wanted to break through, the other side desperately wanted to suppress, and the war just began, and it fell into white heat!

On the other side, the soldiers weave a thunderbolt and a can of oil together with ropes, place them on a stone-throwing cart, light the thunderbolt, and then use the stone-throwing cart to throw it out.

There are thunderbolts that explode in the air, there are oil canisters that crash to the ground like meteors, bursting open and burning countless enemies, and there are thunderbolts that explode after they hit the ground, burning the enemies to the ground.

At this moment, the soldiers on the city wall got a vision, immediately judged the direction of the enemy's catapult, adjusted the direction of the red-coated cannon, and began to try to fire artillery fire at the opponent's catapult.

Due to the long distance, the trajectory of the cannon was not easy to grasp, and it took several attempts to hit a catapult.

The red-coated cannon is worthy of being a weapon of long-range destruction, and at such a distance, one blow can smash a combined stone thrower. Sawdust flew in all directions, startling the surrounding soldiers.

In the competition of power and distance, the cannon wins!

(End of chapter)