"It's getting dark at night, it's almost time." After talking to everyone about the inside of Yongzhou, Li Chen stood up, opened the curtain of the handsome tent, and looked at the night sky. And he said, "Well, it's time, let's attack the city!" ”

When Qin Daolin heard Li Chenfeng's words, he immediately stood up and told the truth. After the catapult arrived, the whole army did not immediately start the siege, but let the soldiers rest in place and wait for orders, although he knew that this was to put pressure on the northern army defending the city, but he was already a little impatient to wait. Still a little puzzled, however, he still understood the deep meaning, and also forced his composure, as if nothing happened, at this time, hearing Xu Maogong nodded, he immediately called the herald, and said excitedly: "Order the siege." ”

There was no whimper of horns, no cheering of war drums, and the herald came to the front of the two armies as quickly as possible, although the moon and stars were sparse in the sky, but the farther the vision in the dark night, the more unclear it became. As the heralds ran around, the originally quiet night sounded the sound of the collision of Jin Ge's iron armor, and black shadows rose from the ground. Then line up.

"Trebuchet ready, stone bullet loading!" The officer of the catapult team ordered sharply.

"Launch!" With an order, with a rapid and piercing whistling sound, hundreds of stone projectiles ejected, slid through black shadows in the air, and fell straight to the head of Chengle County......

In the dark night, the projection of stone bullets was not easy to be clearly seen by the defenders, but the soldiers of the northern army defending the city still knew about the heroic posture of the Xiaoguo army outside the city. The garrison immediately sent a report to the chief general of the city, reporting the situation in the eastern city.

"Hoo ......"

By the light of the fire above the city, the soldiers of the northern part of the city saw hundreds of black shadows flying from the sky, and quickly enlarged, pressing down fiercely towards the city wall.

"Damn! Trebuchet, it's a trebuchet, quickly find a place to hide, find a place to hide......" The brocade and some old soldiers on the city wall immediately understood what this was, and immediately roared hoarsely, but in this dark night, the guards of the city who had been nervous from the afternoon to the present immediately rioted, and no one paid attention to the direction of the fall of the stone bullets in the sky, and they were unaware of the impending doom.

"Boom...... "Boom ......"

The continuous loud noise shattered the dark void, and the sturdy city walls of Chengle County, which had been heightened and thickened, trembled violently, moaning in pain, and the originally smooth and smooth walls were pitted and full of greenery in an instant, and from time to time broken bricks peeled off from the wall, falling into the deep moat outside the city with dust.

Fortunately, this city was specially strengthened to defend against the Xiaoguo army, otherwise, this continuous stone bullet would have been enough to make the city wall burst apart. However, the soldiers defending the city also began to dodge one after another, panicking. Fortunately, among these soldiers defending the city, seventy or eighty percent were the regular soldiers of the Northern Army of Bingzhou, all of whom were reorganized from the original border army, and after a little panic, they immediately hid behind the thickened female wall, shrank their heads, and never dared to stick their heads out again. However, Rao was like this, and under the continuous stone bullets, more than 500 people were killed or seriously injured. But for the officers defending the city, what is even worse is that in this dark night, the morale of the soldiers guarding the city was suppressed by this dense stone bullet......

"Let them exchange the fire and oil bombs, and then add the earth-shattering thunder, first clean up the defenders at the head of the city, and then take advantage of the situation to attack the city." Looking at the chaos above the city, filled with smoke and dust, Li Chenfeng, who was located in the rear of the Chinese army, said in a deep voice.

Above the city, Cao Lie, who arrived, looked at the potholed city wall, looked at the messy city head, and looked at the corpses that were smashed all over the ground like juicy tomatoes, and couldn't help but curse angrily, "Damn it!" How could there be so many catapults in the Xiaoguo Army! The projection is farther than our trebuchets! ”

Above the head of the city, the defending side of the northern army of Bingzhou also has catapults, but, compared to the Xiaoguo army, their range is far less than the opponent's original, in addition, in order to prevent the fire suppression of the Xiaoguo army's catapults and the ferocity of the Xiaoguo army's siege, their catapults are arranged in the city, and the range cannot reach the position of the Xiaoguo army outside the city. In addition, the catapults they improvised were not only inferior to the Xiaoguo Army in terms of quality, but also far from being in quantity.

In addition to the catapults, there are a lot of crossbow machines on the city, but at this moment, they have already been smashed by the stone bullets like summer hailstones, and none of them are intact.

"Be careful!" When Cao Lie was scolding, a stone bullet fell out of thin air. If it weren't for the guards pulling it away in time, I was afraid that he would be smashed like eggs like the three soldiers who had just killed the city not far from his left front.

"Fire oil bombs, reload!" The huge catapult arm was pulled down, and the fire oil bombs like large black watermelons were placed in the projectile basket.

"Shoot!" With a low roar, more than 100 catapults shot out one after another, more than 100 fire oil bombs in the dark night across a beautiful arc, under the light of the bright moon, it looked very dazzling, the Jin army on the head of the city saw the roaring black shadow, immediately shouted loudly: "The stone bullets of the Xiaoguo army are here again, quickly dodge!" Avoid! ”

"Stupid, that's not a stone bomb, it's a fire oil bomb!" Many knowledgeable veterans rebuked angrily. However, no matter what the bullet is, they can't wait to avoid it.

Hundreds of fire oil bombs crackled from the sky, these altars and jars slammed when they hit the ground, and the fire oil inside splashed to the ground, occasionally a few unlucky soldiers dodged and were smashed on their bodies, and their whole bodies were drenched with fire oil, and the lethality of fire oil bombs was not high, so the lethality rate was not as high as the previous stone bullets, and the soldiers defending the city had already taken advantage of the chaos to avoid, and finally the losses of the northern army defending the city were very limited. However, there were not a few people who were burned, and the screams were worse than before.

After Cao Lie avoided the previous stone bullet smash, he was also awakened by the situation in front of him. Hurriedly led his subordinates to suppress the chaotic team, but under the city, a fire suddenly ignited, so that the soldiers, who had been a little quiet under the suppression of the officers, lost control again, "shoot again", and with an order, hundreds of fire oil bombs came in the air.

"Rocket, shoot! Catapult, load the earth-shattering thunder! ”

In an instant, thousands of rockets dragged a flame from outside the city to the city, and as soon as the fire touched the ground and the fire oil on the city wall, it immediately ignited a raging fire, illuminating the city head transparently.

"Put!" The catapults in the rear were powerful again, but this time they fired not fire oil bombs, but earth-shattering thunder. These earth-shattering thunderbolts were not directly ignited and projectile, but directly projected above the city, and the lead of this sky-shattering thunder was very short. Hundreds of earth-shaking thunderbolts roared down from the sky, slamming on the city's head, and the earth-shattering thunders with iron sheets as shells and cloth strips fell densely in the flames on the city walls.

"Boom ......"

The next moment, above the entire city, hundreds of earth-shattering thunderbolts exploded within the city walls. I saw a flash of firelight, accompanied by a huge sound.

Those soldiers who were hiding behind the women's wall and running in a panic suddenly encountered and suffered this sudden blow. All of a sudden, 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. In addition, countless pieces of dirt and fragments of weapons were scattered and scattered. The entire city wall, which was already pitted by stone bullets, suffered a heavy blow again.

Under the dense Liaodong city, a hundred blank areas with a radius of several zhang appeared in an instant. The rubble on the ground that had been smashed by the stone bullets was cleared, and even the flames from the fire oil bombs suddenly opened a large blank space. For the soldiers who were hiding on the city walls, the threat posed by this earth-shattering thunder was the greatest. The earth-shattering thunder, filled with marbles, shot out under the explosion of gunpowder. The soldiers within a radius of a few zhang were basically subjected to this fierce shot like crossbow arrows, and as a result, it is needless to say, that each of them became a hornet's nest. In addition, it was a fatal blow to the morale of the defenders. At this time, the northern army of Bingzhou on the city wall no longer had the determination to hold on.

At this moment, among the nearly 10,000 soldiers on the city wall who participated in the battle, nearly 3,000 soldiers were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded. The huge lethality of the earth-shaking thunder made the entire battlefield pause, and many of the officers who had just encouraged the soldiers and were ready to let the soldiers stop projecting on the trebuchets of the Xiaoguo Army outside the city to counterattack were already pale at this time, and their hearts were retreating.

As for the soldiers, they were even more unbearable. In the face of the huge earth-shattering thunder, those northern armies were shocked and panicked. Although they had also heard some merchants from the east talk about such things as the Earthquake Thunder, they had never seen it with their own eyes, and they didn't believe how powerful the Earthquake Thunder of the Xiao Guo Army was. But in this dark night, the power, fire and light brought by this earth-shattering thunder made these defenders of the Northern Army collapse all at once.

The morale that was already low has weakened again, and even some of the soldiers have retreated in a panic. Even some low-ranking officers lost their former composure and hurriedly ran to the city with the soldiers.

"Stop, stop, don't retreat...... Cao Lie, who was fine under the guard, pushed away the guard in front of him and yelled.

"Boom ......"

Another round of earth-shattering thunder explosions, one of which was not far from Cao Lie's side. Immediately, those gathered together and prepared to evacuate, but because of Cao Lie's obstruction, the more than 15 soldiers were scrapped, and it was Cao Lie, and several iron beads were also concentrated on his arms.

Cao Lie only felt that his arm was pierced by several steel needles, and he suddenly felt a pain, and then he felt that his right arm was no longer strong, and then it was a pain in his heart. At the same time, he was also dizzy by the explosion of earth-shattering thunder, and he couldn't shout anymore.

Seeing that the boss was injured, Cao Lie's personal guards immediately protected Cao Lie and escorted him down the city wall. And the defenders on the city wall also lost a lot of people in the second round of earth-shattering thunder explosions, and at the same time, they also rushed down the road.

"Very well, van forward, give me access over the moat and the trench." Through the simple telescope, Li Chenfeng clearly saw the situation on the city wall, and ordered with a smile.

So, when the city was in chaos, on the ground, fifty vans had already rushed to the first trench outside the city, and at the front of the vans of the Xiaoguo army was a huge shield, which could block bows and arrows, and it was also covered with cowhide to prevent fire, and it was very strong and safe unless it was directly hit by the boulder of the catapult. Not only that, there is also a lot of space in the van of the Xiaoguo army, where earth and stones can be placed, and there is a gap under the shield from which the earth and stones can be sprinkled, and when the van is parked in front of the trench, the soldiers in the car begin to fill in the trench in front of the gap to shorten the width of the trench. The trenches were gradually filled in to make it easier for the army to pass.

In addition to having a lot of earth and stone in the van, there are two thick timbers up to two zhang on both sides of the interior, when the width of the trench reaches within two zhang, the coarse wood is pushed out, and on the other side of the trench, and at this time the giant shield in front of the van is also pulled forward by the internal noose, the wooden shield slowly falls, and is built on the coarse wood on both sides, a simple wooden bridge is formed, two vans can build a wooden bridge up to ten meters wide, and then the van rushes to the front along the wooden bridge, and builds a bridge deck again, fifty vans can build ten wooden bridges, And the army began to attack the city along these wooden bridges. Speaking of which, this van is somewhat like the bridge-building vehicle of the state bridge troops.

There are 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses in Chengle County, and the Xiaoguo army is only 80,000 soldiers. Theoretically, it would be very difficult to break through this place, after all, the losses of the besieging side are far greater than those of the defending side. However, the sharp siege equipment of the Xiaoguo army is enough to make up for the gap in strength and the strength of the attacker and defender. And the city-breaking technique in front of him, which relies entirely on siege equipment, is one of the effective techniques of the Xiaoguo army's powerful siege.

Originally, at such a time, it was most appropriate for the defenders to suppress the siege team. It's a pity that the guards of the city have already been frightened by the thunderstorm, and because of the departure of officers at all levels, the flames still burning on the city walls suddenly made the guards of the city not know how to fight back. Even if there were, it was scattered and dotted, and it was not effectively organized.

"Dangdangdang." A series of voices sounded, and the Xiaoguo army had already opened the guò ditch and moat, and erected the cloud ladder on the city wall of Chengle County. In an instant, dozens of ladders leaned against the city wall, and the Xiaoguo army began to prepare to enter the city......

While the infantry erected the ladder, the archers of the Xiaoguo army also threw three rounds of arrow rain, and after three rounds of arrow rain, there was no strong counterattack on the city wall.

"The northern army defending the city is weaker than we thought, I thought they could fight back......" Sergeant Yi Xiaoguo whispered as he ran towards the city wall.

"Pull it, don't sè. If it weren't for the methods of the brothers of the Divine Machine Battalion, you would still dare to speak like this. A Wu Commander said angrily.

"Hey...... Captain Wu, didn't I just talk about it casually......"

Groups of Xiaoguo soldiers climbed up to the top of the city, quickly tearing open gaps in the city, their hands were thickened in melee combat, and they had three-arrow crossbows in distant combat. The originally empty city wall was soon captured by more and more Xiaoguo troops under the attack of the Xiaoguo army.

"Kill me, brothers, and open the gates of the city, and let the brethren from outside the city enter." The officer of the Xiaoguo Army who killed the city wall shouted sharply.

At the same time, Cao Lie, who came to his senses, also came with a nervous face and came to kill the soldiers of the northern part of the state who were hiding under the city wall. However, their morale was not high, and they were defeated and retreated under the charge of the Xiaoguo army. What's more, in the siege team of the Xiaoguo army, some soldiers also carried sky-shaking thunders with long leads, and they quietly threw the sky-shaking thunderbolts into the dense Bingzhou North soldiers, each of which would kill and wound hundreds of people, and make the soldiers of the North of the State miserable, and their morale fell again and again......

And in the middle of the Chinese army outside the city, Li Chenfeng looked through the telescope to see the changes on the city wall, on the hillside. Turning around, he said, "Let the soldiers prepare, prepare to enter the city." In addition, inform the cavalry team that they should intercept all the routs of the northern army of Bingzhou that had fled from the city, and that they must not be allowed to escape. Take Dingxiang Mansion, but it will be in Chengle County in front of you. ”

Sergeant Xiaoguo used the earth-shattering thunder to blow up the defenders of the east gate, and then opened the city gate. With a creaking sound, the drawbridge at the east gate was lowered and the city gate was opened.

And the army, which had already received military orders, was ready to attack the moment the city gate was opened. Qin Daolin looked at the slowly opening city gate, pulled out the horizontal knife that flashed in the moonlight, and roared: "Kill!" As he spoke, his legs clamped between the horse's belly, and the war horse neighed, spread its four hooves and rushed to the east gate where the city gate was opened.

"Kill!" Qin Daolin's guards followed closely behind on their horses, and then behind were more than tens of thousands of Xiaoguo soldiers, waving their weapons in their hands and roaring towards the east gate. Chengle County, the Dingxiang Mansion Governor, is also the key point of Dingxiang Mansion, after Cao Lie built a fortified city for more than half a month, in the end it still failed to carry the night, and was seized by the Xiaoguo Army. The city gate has been lost, how can Chengle County be protected?

The East Gate City was broken, and the Xiaoguo Army entered, although there were also soldiers from the North of the State after the East Gate to block it, but it was also blocked by the North Army of the State with the earth-shaking thunder as a weapon to open the way, and the North Army of the State was broken up at once. Of course, the Northern Army of Bingzhou did not mean to fight to the death with the Xiaoguo Army that entered the city. Although Cao Lie, who learned the news, hurriedly organized people to block it. But there's still too late. After learning that the east gate was opened, under the persuasion of the Xiaoguo army, the defenders of the south gate killed the city gate guards, opened the city gate and surrendered the city, just in the south gate and its surroundings, there were more than 15,000 people in the northern army of Bingzhou who surrendered successively. It was followed by the Xiaoguo Army. In an instant, countless Xiaoguo troops entered Chengle County, and Chengle County was broken at the dawn of the sky. This important city, which Cao Gang regarded as a front to defend against the Xiaoguo army, was finally destroyed.