Chapter 245: Entering the City
"Shoot back!"
Tian Yu at the head of the city has also organized archers at this moment and is shooting at them on the city wall.
The soldiers under the command of the Jin army were not so lucky, they were directly exposed to the bows and arrows of the Tang army, and they had no protection, the arrows shot into the formation, and they immediately screamed.
Yan Rou on the side, seeing that his bow and arrows did not work, but was turned over by the Tang army on the city wall, Yan Rou snorted coldly, directly drew his sword, pointed the tip of the sword obliquely to the sky, and ordered: "Cavalry on both wings, attack!" ”
With Yan Rou's order, the cavalry distributed on both flanks immediately raised their guns and put on an offensive posture, and under the command of the cavalry commander, they began to charge towards the city gate.
"Defend the city gates, resist the horses!"
With Luo Cheng's order, the broken 1,000 foot soldiers slowly shrank their formations, raised shields and guns, and surrounded the city gate, guarding the city gate in a fan shape.
"Archer, release the arrow!"
The cavalry was already less than a stone's throw away from Luo Cheng, and Tian Yu at the head of the city then commanded the guards to release a wave of arrows to assist Luo Cheng in his defense.
"Block!"
In Luo Cheng's loud shouting, the soldiers of the two sides had already met.
In the face of the sharp spears of the Tang army, the Jin soldiers in the front row did not dodge or dodge, and directly collided with them, among which there were some soldiers with superb riding skills, when they approached the front of the Tang army, they avoided the spear in front of them through superb riding skills, and avoided the fate of death, and those knights who were not able to dodge were inevitably pierced by the spear, and their whole bodies were hung on the spear.
In just a few breaths, most of the knights in the front row of the Jin army had already been killed.
However, the Tang soldiers were not comfortable, especially the soldiers in the front row who raised shields, although they were half-squatting, the center of gravity was lower, but when the cavalry charged, the force generated was more than a thousand catties, after the two sides met, the soldiers broke their arms everywhere, and even more, a large number of soldiers were knocked away and fell a few feet away.
"Plug the gap!" Luo Cheng saw that there was a gap in the defensive line, and there were already many, many Jin soldiers and soldiers who had entered the formation, bursting into the battle again and again, and at the same time copying their guns, slaughtering the enemies who had rushed into the formation.
"Foot attack!" Seeing that the cavalry had opened the gap, Yan Rou naturally wouldn't let Luo Cheng block it easily, and immediately ordered.
When Luo Cheng saw Yan Rou's increase in troops, he immediately cleaned up the enemies around him, and then glanced at the battlefield, only to see that at this time, less than half of the soldiers who could still stand, so he shouted: "Shrink your defense, retreat!" ”
So the Tang army retreated while fighting according to Luo Cheng's command, and soon surrounded the city gate and reorganized the defense.
But before Luo Cheng and the others could catch their breath, the Jin army's foot soldiers had already arrived in front of Luo Cheng's formation.
The advance of the Jin army's infantry did not encounter the slightest obstacle, and at the head of the city, the soldiers commanded by Tian Yu were already exhausted and did not have the strength to open the bow again.
"General, let's go into the city!"
At this time, the Tang army was left with only them, because they had to resist the Jin army, they had not yet entered the city, and the others had all entered the city.
"You go first, I'll break it later," Luo Cheng heard this, raised the spear in his hand, looked at the soldiers around him and said.
"If the general doesn't leave first, how can we be embarrassed to leave."
"Yes, please leave first!"
"If the general doesn't leave, I won't leave!"
Several people looked at Luo Cheng with firm faces, and shouted one after another.
Luo Cheng gritted his teeth, looked at the few people in front of him, and then looked at the soldiers who were fighting in the field, his eyes were full of struggle, and after a while, he said, "Okay, I'll enter the city, you ...... Take care! ”
A few people secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, it didn't matter if they died, anyway, it was a cheap life, and Luo Cheng was different, he was the cousin of the king and the general in the army, if he died in front of them like this, I am afraid that they themselves would not forgive themselves.
"General, take care!" Several people bowed down at the same time and saluted Luo Cheng, with unusually solemn expressions.
They all knew very well that staying was basically a dead end, and they had already had the consciousness of death when they stayed to block the enemy army.
Luo Cheng returned the salute and glanced at a few people, as if to remember their faces, and then shouted: "Enter the city!" ”
As Luo Cheng quickly entered the city, and the defense line outside the city was forced by Yan Rou to shrink, at this time, the soldiers who blocked Yan Rou had been completely destroyed.
"Start closing!" Just as Luo Cheng entered the city, Tian Yu, who was at the head of the city, immediately ordered.
"Squeak ......" accompanied by a heavy grinding sound of the city gates, and the two gates began to slowly close.
"Rush, don't let them close the city gates!" On the battlefield, Yan Rou, who was watching the battle, saw Luo Cheng enter the city and immediately shouted loudly.
The Tang army that remained, in the face of the Jin army that was frantically storming the city gate, not only did not collapse, but became more and more courageous, and resisted the siege of thousands of people at the city gate with 300 people.
"Soldiers, we have no way back, for the sake of the king, for the Tang Kingdom, kill all the thieves of the Jin Kingdom!"
Among the remaining Tang troops, one of the remaining soldiers saw that there was no hope of entering the city, and immediately shouted.
Hearing the tragic voice of the army, the soldiers who had not yet entered the city glanced at each other, and they could see the firmness in the eyes of the other party.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
Their morale is still strong, and in the face of dozens of times the enemy, the madness in their hearts has been completely aroused, and one by one they exchange injuries for lives, and even life for lives.
"Get into town quickly!"
Just when the Tang army was killed and wounded to 100 people outside the city, Luo Cheng's voice suddenly came from the city gate.
At this time, only one person was left in the gate, and through the gap, you could see the street for a few miles.
Soon, all the remaining 100 people gathered near the doorway, and the soldiers on the periphery held their shields aloof, and stood shoulder to shoulder.
"Quick, get through as soon as possible." Luo Cheng urged again.
"Set up a shield in the front row, and quickly enter the city in the back row!" The soldier did not hesitate, and immediately ordered, but he himself was armed with a spear, and now appeared in the second row of the line, thinking of himself as a pikeman.
After about a cup of tea, there were only more than ten people left outside the Tang army, and at this time they had all retreated into the doorway.
"General Luo, close the door!" The army who had not yet entered the city, seeing that the Jin army was getting closer and closer to the city gate, he was really afraid that because he entered the city, the Jin army would rush into the city gate, so he stopped directly and said to Luo Cheng.
"Don't worry, the Jin army can't get in!" It was Luo Cheng's categorical words that answered him.
In the midst of the confusion of the soldiers, they suddenly heard the sound of countless jars cracking, and then, a pungent smell permeated, and then an angry roar was heard: "Ignition!" ”
In an instant, the flames rose directly into the sky, instantly engulfing countless Jin soldiers.