The guards were in the back, looking at the situation in front of him, Hu Yi's face was pale. Without the suppression of the archers, his own siege troops were completely the live targets of the archers in the city.

Sure enough, the two thousand archers of the guards died after only two rounds of shooting by the Xiaoguo army, and they had lost their deterrence and destructive power against the defenders, and the defenders in the city did not need to dodge at all, they only needed to pour down the arrows in their hands.

Speaking of which, it's not that the guards really don't have archers, but they don't have bows and arrows anymore. Moving north from Langya Mansion one after another, the arrows and bowstrings in the hands of the guards were almost used, and the only remaining archers were hit hard by the defenders.

Lincheng City.

After paying heavy casualties, the heavy infantry of the guard finally formed a shield wall, protecting the last remaining hundreds of archers, and the archers above and below the city began to enter the shooting, under the cover of the archers, three thousand light infantry quickly crossed the heavy infantry, set up the ladder to the city wall, and officially began to climb the wall and take the city under the cover of shields.

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Eighty miles west of Lincheng, Zhao Xunzheng led the army to rush back, and five thousand cavalry drove ten thousand war horses to gather into a wave of boundless surging tide, sweeping towards the east, iron hooves passed, smoke and dust rolled, broken grass flew, a mess.

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Near the city, a fierce battle is raging. In order to survive, the guards fought desperately and attacked the east gate. In order to defend the city, the Xiaoguo army also fought to the death.

"Kill!"

Han slammed into the spear of a guard foot soldier and threw it forward, the sharp spear carried a sharp roar, coldly piercing the chest of a small colonel, the spear was still castrated, and the corpse of the small colonel pierced the abdomen of another guard soldier backwards.

When the tip of the blood-dripping spear pierced the back of the soldier behind them, the two of them howled at the same time, and their expressions were hideous, and at this moment, a piece of wood with two people hugging each other smashed into the air, and in an instant, the two of them flew away, and fell from the castle tower.

"Poof!"

The corpses strung together by spears fell heavily into the trench, turning into two of the countless cold corpses, the horns stopped, the war drums ceased, and there was a dead, suffocating silence inside and outside the city! Only the wind howled, waving the flags on the towers and crackling.

"Push!"

"Phew...... Shout...... Push! A neat trumpet sounded.

"Whoa......

Leaning on the ladder on the city wall, they were held up by the defenders with spears, and pushed together, and the ladder was set up outside the city wall in an instant, and the guards and soldiers on the ladder were still waving their hands desperately, trying to press the ladder on the city wall.

"Shoot!"

......The arrows flew sideways, and immediately shot several soldiers on the ladder, and with the momentum of the arrows, the ladder slowly fell backwards.

"Ah...... Not ......"

"Boom ......"

The ladder with a string of people finally smashed back, and there was a loud noise.

It's not just who, looking at the fallen ladder, waved his fist vigorously at the black-pressed guards outside the city, and raised his head to the sky and snorted: "Victory......"

"Victory!"

The guards of the city responded violently, and the momentum was shocking and imposing.

"What a Devilish Army! Herald! The whole army is pressing, today, I can't take Lincheng, and I vow not to give up! ”

The fierce drumbeat of "Knock ......" resounded in the sky again, and after the guards and soldiers rested, they immediately reorganized the army and prepared for a new round of attack.

"Oh? The guards are going to fight hard! Come on, prepare the crossbow arrows, and pull the earth-shaking thunder up for me, today, let them stay in the city! Han shouted fiercely.

The guards under the city lost their formation and rushed towards the swarming walls.

Han Meng (speechless, harmonious) stood as tall as a pine, staring coldly at the guards and soldiers who were swarming under the city. Although it seems. Han Meng's face was calm, but he was actually just as nervous. Although he was the captain of Zhao Xun's personal guard battalion and was Zhao Xun's cronies, he had never led the army to fight alone. Although he has received guidance from Zhao Xun many times on weekdays, this is the first time that he has had such an opportunity to be independent. He represents not only himself, but also the pro-guard battalion, and the face of this Zhao Xun. This time, because his subordinates seized the position of the soldiers, Zhao Xun sent all the officers of the guard battalion to be used as senior officers at all levels.

Amid the deafening shouts of killing, the guards finally swarmed in. It was like a black oppressive ant, crowded at the foot of the thick city wall of the city.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Dozens of ladders were erected almost at the same time, and then leaned heavily against the top of the city.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Clusters of icy arrows rained down on the heads of the guards, and the guards were crowded under the walls. The archers guarding the castle tower don't even need to aim at all, and they can hit the target with a single arrow that they can shoot down.

The endless howl suddenly rushed into the sky, and the guards continued to fall down with wails, but the offensive of the guards did not stop, and dozens of ladders were soon crawled with fierce guards and soldiers, who were fierce and climbed up with their mouths and blades, hands and feet, and soon approached the city.

"Earthquake Thunder!"

In the face of such a close enemy army under the city, the defenders did not need to use catapults to throw them at all, but only needed to throw them directly after igniting the city.

"Huhuhu......" Dozens of explosives bags were thrown down.

Hu Yi, who was watching the battle from a distance, changed his face and shouted: "It's not good, it should be the legendary sky-shaking thunder of the Xiaoguo Army!" "Although this Southern Guard has not yet been attacked by the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, it doesn't mean that they don't know that the many appearances of the Xiaoguo Army's Earth-Shaking Thunder have long been known to the world. Hu Yi naturally knew that these sparkling packages were actually a secret weapon of the guards, that is, the legendary earth-shattering thunder.

Therefore, as soon as he saw this kind of gunpowder bag similar to the legend, his complexion couldn't help but change greatly, and sure enough, the next moment, dozens of sky-shattering thunderbolts fell into the dense guards. I saw a flash of firelight, accompanied by a huge sound.

In the dense and messy guard, countless corpses flew into the sky with those fires. In a moment, only countless fragments of corpses fell, and stumps and legs fell all over the ground. Under the Lincheng city, which was originally full of soldiers, dozens of blank spaces with a radius of several zhang instantly appeared.

At this moment, nearly four or five hundred soldiers were killed and more than seven or eight hundred were wounded. The tremendous lethality of the Heaven-Shaking Thunder brought the entire battlefield to a halt. Suddenly made the faces of the guards who were besieging the city turn pale.

"Quick! Push the ladder to me! The officers defending the city shouted.

In the next moment, dozens of heavy ladders had been lifted by extra-long spears, and they continued to tilt outward after being upright, and finally collapsed with a bang. Dozens of guard soldiers who climbed on the ladder were like drowning people in the water, falling down from mid-air with a puff, and dozens of guard soldiers who had nowhere to dodge were pressed under the heavy ladder, and their tendons were broken in an instant, but they did not lose their breath for a while. He was screaming terriblely.

The sky gradually darkened, and the entire battlefield was inexplicably silent, and the guards were still helpless against this city after losing more than 2,000 people. After the defenders of Lincheng threw out the earth-shattering thunder, the morale of the guards was completely beaten to a low point.

"Knock...... Knock Knock...... Knock knock ......"

At this moment, a strange sound came from the northwest, this sound was like thunder, and it was like a flood peak, and in just a moment, the sound had been amplified a lot, and the entire battlefield could be heard clearly.

"Cavalry? Cavalry! Hu Yi's face turned as white as snow in an instant.

"Cavalry...... It's cavalry! Northwest! ”

A sharp-eyed soldier suddenly screamed and pointed to the northwest.

Hu Yi looked sideways and saw that under the dark and gloomy sky, a big booming banner appeared from the northwest, and the fire unicorn on it fluttered in the wind. Under the red flag, the fiery cavalry was rushing over the mountains, the horse's hooves were flying, the mud and grass were splashing, and the hideous killing machine filled the sky and the earth, and the shiny steel knife was already raised in the air, flashing with a cold glow. It was like a fiery cloud pouring down on the earth, coming towards the guards.

The soldiers behind the guard began to stir, looking left and right, their eyes revealing inexplicable fear. Now, they had no way to defend at all, they were besieging the city in front, and they were encountering the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army in the rear.

"Moham! God, are you really going to kill me? Hu Yi said to himself sadly.

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Zhao Xun rode his horse and raised his gun, running at the front of the cavalry array, the red cloak fluttered from behind his shoulders, crackling, the gentle slope retreated like a tide from under his feet, and the rear sergeants of the guards slowly unfolded in front of him like sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

"Kill!"

Zhao asked the spear and shouted. Sen Leng's murderous intent poured out of his eyes, and in the eyes of the guards, he saw fear, endless fear......

"Woo Woo ......"

Before they got close, the cavalry of the soldiers almost began to exert their might, and before the guards could adjust, they were covered by a rain of arrows from the cavalry of the Xiaoguo army.

Suddenly, under the rain of arrows from the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army, more than 100 people died on the spot, and there were more guards and soldiers, wailing miserably.

"Dead ......"

Zhao Xun shouted, rode his horse hard, and the spear in his hand instantly lit up cold stars, stabbing to death the guard soldiers who were raising their guns in front of him. The war horse flew by, and four or five soldiers fell to the ground with a pop, becoming a stepping stone under the hooves of the cavalry of the follow-up Xiaoguo Army.

Behind Zhao Xun, the five thousand cavalry divided into five and slaughtered in all directions, completely encircling the messy guards.

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Above the city, seeing Zhao Xun leading the army to help, the cold expression on Han Meng's face couldn't help but relax, and he let out a deep breath. In fact, there was not much earth-shattering thunder in the city. Except for a part of the earth-shaking thunder of Youzhou that was used by the Xiaoguo army in Donglai Province, a large part of the rest was stored, and its target was the Turkic people who dominated the northern steppe. In addition to this, the water army also needs earth-shaking thunder.

It's okay to break the city with earth-shattering thunder, but if you want to blow up the cities of the Central Plains, the demand is too great, and it's not cost-effective at all. It can only be used to defend the city. What's more, most of the cities in the Central Plains have moats, and if you want to blow up the city, you also need to dig a tunnel under the city to blow up the city, and you need a lot of black powder. Of course, most importantly, there is a lack of raw materials. After the Great War began and the Xiaoguo Army was condemned as a rebel, the Youzhou caravan could no longer obtain raw materials for black powder from all over the Central Plains.