There are only more than 1,000 cavalry in the Tianxiong battalion under Dong Xueli, and now they have left 200 in the camp at the fork in the rear as a warning, bringing the cavalry in front of Shimen Pass, which is 800 people when they are full. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, even these 800 people can play a decisive role than simple foot soldiers at a critical time.

The rain was still falling, and Liu Guoneng thought that the official army would not attack the city at this time, so the thief army behind the city was concentrating on consolidating the original camp.

However, the officers and soldiers were not idle, and once the plan in the big tent was confirmed, they quickly took action.

Just after midnight on the 14th of May, a huge siege vehicle with a sturdy log roof was slowly pushed under the gate once again in the face of the section of the fortress, which had been exposed to the layer of stone and rammed earth.

This time, it was not Lu Yuanding's precious artillery and artillery officers and soldiers who were hidden under the roof of the siege vehicle, but the prisoners of Chen Tan's sword and shield men and baggage craftsmen's battalion.

Of course, hidden under the siege engines with them, slowly transported forward, there was a large vat covered with layers of tarpaulin and quilts.

This large vat was originally a water container in the baggage camp, and it was favored by Lu Yuanding, as a tool for burying gunpowder this time, after all, the charge of the wooden barrel was still slightly less, and the gunpowder of ten or eight wooden barrels was not only inconvenient to carry and place, but also had an error in the time of detonation, which would affect the power of the explosion.

Nowadays, those mines in the jurisdiction of Baiye City have promoted the use of gunpowder blasting when digging iron ore, limestone mines, and coal mines, so Lu Yuanding also has some experience.

The huge siege engine has been somewhat improved, and the roof made of logs is a little larger, and the captives of the artisan battalion pushing the giant ship of the siege engine outside are also hidden below, although some of the captives on the periphery are still injured by the rolling wood and stones thrown from the city, but it is much better than before without shelter.

So, this time, although the huge siege vehicle was heavier than before, and the huge wheels crunched every time it rolled forward, it finally crashed heavily into the fortress after half an hour.

Although the thieves at the head of the city did not know what they were doing, they still threw boulders at the huge siege engine like crazy, hoping to destroy it in one fell swoop.

However, in the dripping prison, the thieves at the head of the city had nothing to do unless they jumped off the city and jumped on top of the siege engine.

Rainy days are not good for the officers and soldiers, and it is not good for the thieves, not only the rockets will not work, but even the only long-range weapon, the bow and arrow, will not work.

Most of the strong bows that can be used in battle in this era are tendon and angle compound bows, which are afraid of water and tide, and cannot be used on rainy days.

Therefore, relying only on the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city, it was impossible to stop the approach of the siege vehicles of the official army in a short period of time.

Although Liu Guocheng stood at the head of the city at this time and waved his sword to order his subordinates to move forward, and even forced the thieves in front of him to jump on the siege vehicle to fight, but the siege vehicle is different from the building car, its characteristics are not high, not as high as the Guancheng or close to it, on the contrary, it is characterized by being short, like a turtle shell, plus the mountain-style roof, it is only seven feet high, jumping down from the Guancheng as high as five or six zhang, it is not only courageous.

And those who were forced by Liu Guocheng and his own soldiers to jump off the city with knives either fell to death on the spot, or slipped off the roof of the siege vehicle and fell to the ground, and then were rushed out and hacked to death by Chen Tan's sword and shield men.

After the stone wall of the siege vehicle was loaded on the city and fell off, and the rammed earth city wall was exposed, no one poured out from below, and there was no ladder to lean on the head of the city, which made Liu Guocheng a little confused.

However, although Liu Guocheng didn't know what the official army was doing, he knew very well that the official army must have some conspiracy, and for himself, the party defending the city, it must be more dangerous than the ant annex attacking the city.

"Smash me! Stoned them to death these shitty days! ”

Liu Guocheng angrily gave an order above the city, and then countless rolling logs and stones fell from the city, smashing on the heavy roof of the siege vehicle, making a popping sound!

Seeing that the thieves above the city were helpless, the captive soldiers hidden in the siege vehicles, under the command of Chen Tan and others, began to dig the bare rammed earth wall with the courage.

The rammed earth of Guancheng is sandwiched with stones and wood, which is very strong and difficult to dig under normal circumstances, but it was previously bombarded by the official artillery and collapsed the thick stone wall wrapped outside, and after yesterday's heavy rain and a night of light rain soaking, the once solid rammed earth layer has been soft and expanded, and after half an hour, dozens of captive soldiers worked together to finally dig a deep hole enough to accommodate the large vat on the rammed earth wall.

Chen Tan commanded the captives to carefully push the large water tank filled with black powder wrapped in a thick quilt and oilcloth into the deep hole in the wall, and then threw a burning torch on top of the medicine twist that had been coiled in advance with the oilcloth. Evacuate! ”

Then he fled with his shield and fled from the siege vehicle, and the more than 100 people who were originally hiding under the siege vehicle also ran away immediately.

This scene saw that the thief army above the city was stunned, and I didn't know what the hell the official army was doing!

However, it is always a good thing that the official army ran away, and many thieves thought that their continuous rolling wood and stones had played a role, and the official army finally couldn't stand it.

Different from the happy cheers of the thief army at this moment, Li Banghua and Lu Xiangsheng saw this and knew that the critical moment had arrived, so they immediately ordered the officers and soldiers in front of the formation to get out of the way, and let the cavalry of Dong Xueli's department of the Tianxiong Battalion immediately get on their horses and prepare.

As soon as the officials and soldiers got out of the way, Chen Tan and his men had just rushed back to the front of the formation, when they heard a loud "boom" under the Guancheng, and the earth trembled, and the tall Guancheng that originally stood in front of the officials and soldiers, the whole section of the Guancheng that was more than ten steps wide in the middle was like jumping up from the ground in an instant, jumping several feet high as a whole, and then collapsed, and at the same time, the thieves who were cheering and jumping on the Guancheng were buried under a pile of earth and stones, and the siege vehicle that had just made a contribution under the Guancheng was overturned in the distance.

Liu Guocheng, who was secretly glad that he had withstood an attack by the official army, and the personal soldiers who surrounded him layer by layer and protected him, were also buried in the earth and rocks with the collapsed section of the city, and died in an instant.

With the sound of the sky cracking and the collapse of a large section of the Guancheng hundreds of steps away in front of him, a deafening cheer broke out in the official and military camps in an instant!

In the shouting of the official army camp, Dong Xueli gave an order, rushed out of the camp with 800 cavalry, and rushed towards the gap in the collapsed city.

Because it was a rainy day, the three-eyed gun and bow and arrow could not be used, so the cavalry under Dong Xueli, everyone was armed with a spear, a long knife hung from their waists, and rode out.

"The walls are falling! The walls are falling! ”

A burst of panicked shouts came into Liu Guoneng's camp.

Liu Guoneng was shocked when he heard the loud noise in the distance, thinking that the artillery of the official army could fire again, but when he came out, he happened to witness the collapse of the middle section of the city.

Not everyone has the opportunity to see such a scene, and anyone who has seen it with their own eyes will never forget to take the spectacular scene!

Liu Guoneng couldn't believe his eyes, but looking at the minions who fell from the high Guancheng, and looking at the people who were screaming in terror and fleeing in all directions under the Guancheng, two words suddenly popped up in his heart: "It's over!" ”

At this moment, Zhang Liwei, who was sent by Wang Jiayin to supervise the battle, also heard the news and ran over, and as soon as he saw Liu Guoneng, he immediately shouted: "King of the Collapsed Heaven, it's over!" It's really over! Let's get out of here! ”

Remove? Where to retreat? Withdraw to Wang Er or Wang Jiayin as a grandson?

If such a fortress can't be defended, how long can it hold out when it retreats to Shennanyu?

Thinking of this, Liu Guoneng turned his head instantly, looked at Zhang Liwei, and suddenly said, "Brother Zhang, my brother can't help it!" ”

After saying this, Liu Guoneng immediately ordered left and right: "Take him down for me!" ”

Liu Guoneng is his cronies on the left and right, and he usually only listens to his orders, so naturally he doesn't have a word at this time, he doesn't care who you are from Hengtian King, and immediately stepped forward to push Zhang Liwei to the ground, and found ropes to tie his hands and feet.