Chapter 454: Breaking the City (3)

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Dense clouds obscured the sky. The blackened clouds, shaded by the moon, illuminate the edges of the clouds. It's like an eerie blue flame.

Under the night sky, tens of thousands of torches, like stars, twinkle uncertainly.

On the wilderness, the army of tides, killing and shouting, constantly impacting the Taiyuan City like an isolated island in the sea, on the city wall, broken branches and arms, blood flowed everywhere.

"Strategist, it's almost now, isn't it?" Although it is a harsh winter, the temperature drops at night. But Duan Peng's forehead was still oozing fine beads of sweat. Duan Peng took back the binoculars, turned around, and asked Lu Hengdao.

Lu Heng took a long look through the binoculars and found that although there were heavy casualties on the city wall, the defending side was still in order.

Slowly put down the binoculars, pondered for a moment, and said calmly: "Let Ma San take people to attack once!" ”

"Not a feint?" Duan Peng listened and asked. There was a look of surprise in his tone.

"It's not!" Lu Heng shook his head, raised his binoculars to take a look, and said, "It's real!" ”

After putting down the binoculars, Lu Heng turned his head, stretched out his hand and pointed to the sturdy city wall, and said in a deep voice: "Order the artillery, cover the siege of the three Ma Divisions!" ”

"Yes!" When Duan Peng heard this, he didn't say a word, and immediately took the order. He turned around and said a few words to the herald holding a torch beside him. Then the herald raised his torches in both hands, and waved a flag in the air.

"General, the Chinese army order, let's attack!" After seeing the order from the Chinese army, the herald beside Ma San hurriedly said.

"Hmm!" Ma San raised his hand, wiped the smoke marks on his face, and gritted his teeth. He pulled out his waist knife, ripped off a strip of cloth, and tied the handle firmly to his hand.

"Brothers, rush!" Ma San took a deep breath, and after roaring in a hoarse voice, he took the lead in grabbing a shield and rushed out.

"Kill!"

Behind him, thousands of soldiers with shields and ladders rushed out of the camp like a tide, followed General Ma San, and rushed towards the city wall in front of which torches were lit.

Thousands of torches under the night, like a tide of flickering firelight, surged, impacting the crumbling island in the night.

After Ma San led the people to rush out, the artillery behind the army, under the order of the fat commander, after a hundred cannons roared in unison, and between the tongues of fire, the cannons fired smoke, which filled the position in an instant, covering the sky. In the lightning-like firelight, cannonballs whistled out.

The cannonballs dragging the long tail of fire crossed the night like a poignant meteor shower in the night, and fell towards the distant Taiyuan City.

Boom......

Hundreds of shells landed on the walls of the city with unmistakable accuracy. The flames rose into the sky, the shattered stones that were exploded, and the remnants of the dead man's severed arms were scattered in a chaotic manner in the smoke of the explosion.

"Get down, get down!" In the deafening explosion, the captains defending the city, holding the iron helmets on their heads, ran while beckoning the soldiers to defend.

There were a few captains covered in blood, shouting loudly. Walking back and forth among the splattered rubble. The sky-high flames illuminated their blood-stained faces, and there was a strong look in their eyes

However, before they could take a few steps, they were blown to pieces by a bomb that fell at their feet.

"Boss!" When the soldiers saw this scene, tears fell from the corners of their eyes. Wow Wow yelled, got up and rushed over. It's just that before he took two steps, he was dismembered by a flying bomb. Flesh and blood flying.

"Boss!" When the rest of the soldiers hiding behind the battlements saw this, their hearts were shocked, and they were about to rush over.

"It's all *** for Lao Tzu to hide, do you want to die?" A lieutenant wiped tears from his eyes, glanced at the place where the rubble was splashed and the bones were gone, and roared fiercely at the excited soldiers.

"Boss!" The soldiers looked at their comrades, who were killed one by one, and whimpered and cried, their hearts like knives.

"What are you crying about!" The captain raised his hand and wiped his tears, and choked up: "Your Highness is not thin on us on weekdays, brothers know how to repay their kindness, and Lao Tzu feels honored for them!" ”

Under the city, the shouts of killing are getting closer and closer. Deafening.

The lieutenant, who was wearing an iron helmet and hiding behind the battlements, sniffed and pressed the crossbow arrows into the crossbow machine one by one. Taking a deep breath, he jerked to his feet and pulled the trigger on the soldiers rushing down the city.

Bouncing ......

A volley of crossbow arrows was fired, and except for the big man who was the leader who was wielding a plate axe to block the arrows, the rest of the unknown soldiers were all killed by arrows.

"Hahaha!" The captain who was guarding the city laughed loudly, and took out a plate of crossbow arrows from behind him again, just as he was about to press in. The big man who rushed to the city saw the soldiers beside him fall one after another, screamed and roared angrily, and suddenly threw the axe in his hand.

The incomparably sharp axe pierced the air in the air and slammed into the head of the laughing captain like lightning.

Snap a click......

The sharp plate axe slashed into the captain's head, blood flew sideways, the captain's laughter stopped abruptly, and the whole person was directly carried upside down by the power of the giant axe. With a bang, the body of the captain with the axe on his head flew sideways for a distance, and then boomed.

The soldiers of the Jin army behind the battlements, when they saw the captain who had just encouraged them to live, died in the blink of an eye. My heart hurts. Roaring madly, he rushed out of the battlements, took his bow and shot arrows, and shot them down.

The swarthy feathered arrows, like plagued locusts, shot densely towards the imperial army under the city.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people fell in a pool of blood one after another, like waves of wheat that had been cut down. There were a few soldiers, full of feathered arrows, but they still struggled and charged forward.

Father... ・・・

Another volley, those soldiers who were not afraid of death, in the power of the feather arrows pierced their bodies, with their footsteps stopped. I can't support it anymore. Unwillingly, he fell down and became one of the mountains of corpses.

The blood pooled into a stream and flowed into the frozen moat. The white ice floes are dyed bright red.

The rich blood gas permeated the city. Full-bodied. It seems that even the inky night has turned bright red.

"Respectable opponent!" Lu Heng put away the binoculars, his face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice.

The night breeze blew cold, bringing with it the cold of the northern country.

The whirring wind swept by, and the black hair like ink fluttered wildly in the wind.

The body, the cotton gown, could not withstand the ravages of this cold wind. Whirring and shaking.

The cold wind brought a strong smell of blood, which made people smell sick. However, Lu Heng, as well as Duan Peng beside him, and the soldiers who were preparing to attack the city. All of them were solemn, as silent as water, standing in place, motionless.

"Strategist, send a signal!"

Duan Peng passed through the telescope and saw Ma San's arrow swaying uncontrollably after seeing that Ma San was hit by an arrow. In a hurry, he cried and said to Lu Heng.

"Herald, second echelon!" Lu Heng didn't seem to hear Duan Peng's crying, and his voice was indifferent. Turning his head, he calmly said to the herald: "Command the artillery, increase the firepower coverage!" ”

"Yes!" The herald stood tall and shook the torch in his hand again. The order of the general army will be conveyed to the various units participating in the battle.

Lu Heng glanced at the second echelon on the left side of the front military formation and began to charge forward. I took a deep breath, silently thought in my heart, and secretly prayed: This time, it should be about the same!

Today's tragic battle, Lu Heng also did not expect.

He had thought that after the army began to charge. The defenders on the city walls soon became unable to hold on, and the King of Jin, who was entrenched in the city, would definitely distribute the elite soldiers in the city to the various city gates to strengthen the defense.

However, the fighting will and combat effectiveness of these Taiyuan defenders greatly surprised Lu Heng. After several rounds of shelling, the soldiers, who were buried in the ashes of rubble, showed no signs of retreat. On the contrary, he still gritted his teeth, resisted stubbornly, and did not retreat a step.

Judging from the fighting will of these Taiyuan defenders who are not afraid of death, these 20,000 soldiers should be the descendants of the King of Jin.

He has absolute loyalty to the King of Jin.

Several rounds of feints have been made, but the general defending the city is clearly a ruthless man with an iron will. Even when he saw his soldiers being blown to pieces by artillery fire, he was ruthless and did not let the crossbowmen who were hiding in the shadows be exposed.

When the real attack began, the general also organized a counterattack with moderation. Moreover, under his leadership, the soldiers defending the city are still in order.

"Ready, put!"

Through the binoculars, the fat commander of the artillery saw the heavy casualties of the Ma San Division. In a heart cramp, he turned his head and shouted to the soldiers who had finished loading, and gave orders again

Boom Boom Boom ......

Tongues of fire poured out, illuminating the position. In the loud sound of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, the smoke of gunpowder filled. Meteor-like cannonballs whistled out again.

Across the sky, a trail of red afterimages was clearly visible.

Shells rained down again into the walls.

In the midst of a violent explosion, the flames burst into the sky again.

In the splashing rubble, in the smoke of gunpowder, the strong city wall of Taiyuan Mansion could no longer withstand this violent blow. A corner of the city wall collapsed with a bang.

In the smoke and dust, the collapsed corner was tantamount to a heavy burden for the Jin army that was defending Taiyuan City

And Ma San, who was suppressed under the city and couldn't move, looked happy after seeing the collapsed corner. He picked up his axe, turned back and shouted at the soldiers who were less than five hundred left: "Brothers, rush! ”

Through the binoculars, I saw the defenders on the city walls, and finally chaos began to appear. Lu Heng, who was standing in the Chinese army, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In this way, the city defenses were torn apart. In this case, King Jin must take measures. The only way is to mobilize the 10,000 elite soldiers defending various important places in the city to the city gate.

Looking at the Ma San Department that was rushing in, Lu Heng smiled coldly, turned his head, and said to Duan Peng beside him: "Duan Peng, get ready to send a signal!" "Min.