Chapter 317: Falling to the Ground
"Boom!"
As the first thunderbolt was trampled on by the horses of the hapless Xue Yantuo soldiers, the second, and the third ...... The continuous explosion began, and for a moment the mountains shook, and the heavens and the earth seemed to become unreal!
Countless fires accompanied by black smoke rose billowing under the wind of the savannah, and the distant sky was like a lit fire cloud, if it were not for the countless whining of horses and the screams of people during this period, the scenery was indeed somewhat spectacular.
And with the appearance of the first thunderbolt, all the Xue Yantuo people and the war horses began to explode their nests, and they roared in horror and looked around, hoping to find what was the sound coming from.
"What is this ......?"
"Enemy attack, enemy attack ......"
As the thunderbolts were detonated one by one, there were bursts of sky-shattering sounds, and the panic and irritability contained in the hearts of those Xue Yantuo's soldiers almost rose to the top.
The panic of these soldiers was not fatal, but the horses they sat on began to go wild, running and jumping lightly, but more of them impacted each other, and they couldn't distinguish between friend and foe at all.
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Far away, a hundred zhang away from the west gate of Shuozhou City.
"Left-handed, left-handed...... Look, look......"
A few guys who followed Batu's side, looking into the distance with a confused face, only feeling? The whole world seemed to have collapsed.
Batu stared blankly at the scene on the battlefield not far away, and a pair of pupils suddenly contracted inward.
Defeated, 50,000 elite cavalry of Xue Yantuo were so vulnerable!
Although Batu had already expected that Xue Yantuo's army would suffer losses or even suffer defeat, he could not have imagined that the Xue Yantuo army led by Gu Liqi would be defeated so quickly, he didn't even react to it.
"Alas!"
Batu subconsciously narrowed his eyes, as if he had realized something.
Those horses and Xue Yantuo soldiers who had already noticed it, but had already been frightened. Still couldn't react, because when Batu looked at them again, he had a rare ray of sadness, maybe it was the death of the rabbit and the fox.
After all, judging from the current situation, they had no way to resist this unknown, thunder-like weapon.
At least for now, there really is no way!
It's over, it seems that Xue Yantuo's army is destined to die on this battlefield!
At this time, those Xue Yantuo soldiers who did not rush forward, but followed behind a little later. I also sensed the situation at the front, and thinking about it, with such a large-scale explosion, these Xue Yantuo's soldiers were not deaf, dumb or blind, so they could naturally sense that the situation in front of them was wrong.
It's just that what makes people feel quite speechless is that although Guliqi was charging forward at the beginning, when the first thunderbolt exploded and caused a chain reaction, the cunning Guliqi directly took hundreds of his cronies. Surrounded by countless soldiers, he scurried with his head in his arms. Riding his horse and fleeing to the rear.
As soon as the commander of the 50,000-strong army left, Xue Yantuo's soldiers, who were rushing in the middle, also noticed something, and immediately the besieging army panicked, and they began to curse the leading generals loudly. He dropped his weapon and frantically pulled the reins of the horse under his seat.
What's more, they even turned the horse's head and ran away without looking back!
The whole battlefield. That picture has a great sense of déjà vu, and the whole army is in chaos!
Batu suddenly smiled bitterly, in fact, from the beginning. He realized that mixing with this group of Xue Yantuo's two fools was tantamount to having a bunch of pig-like teammates, and if they could not make two mistakes, it would be as difficult as letting a dog not eat!
But it's too late now, since the defenders of Shuozhou City in the Tang Dynasty have seen them, the soldiers of Tubo, there is absolutely no way back to retreat, because if they withdraw, even if Xue Yantuo is destroyed, Datang will still not let them go, because they have violated the bottom line of Datang.
As for being caught? Then it's even more unlikely.
He clearly knew that if he withdrew his troops and went back now, even if Li Yuanba was willing to let them go and not pursue them, Songtsen Gampo would not spare him, and going back would be a dead end.
Songtsen Gampo is a ruthless man, and he will never allow his men to fail.
"My lord, what do we do now? Do you want to rush up and help them? ”
A few Tibetan men on Batu's side, when they saw this scene, they inevitably had a feeling of sadness for the rabbit and the fox, not to mention that this time it was necessary for both sides to cooperate, if they watched these Xue Yantuo's soldiers being killed like this, then they really didn't have much chance of winning.
There was no turning back, and this was his first time on the battlefield, so he naturally wanted to make a name for himself, so Batu shook his shoulder, flew the gray falcon excitedly, and then took out a scimitar from the hand of a general on his side, and shouted: "Come with me!" ”
Dozens of pro-soldiers rushed to the battlefield in front of Batu, and the entire Tufan army finally moved, they rode their horses and charged forward, although the scimitar in their hands did not fall, but it exuded a strange cold glow.
In fact, the mines planted by the front Cheng Bi have been almost trampled by these unlucky Xue Yantuo soldiers, and a few of them, as long as you have enough people, you are not afraid not to step on them!
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Just when this group of Tufan troops finally began to move, in the direction of the city gate, the eyes of Li Yuanba and other Shenwu guards suddenly lit up.
"Lord Wang, the mines have been almost consumed, if they rush forward, I'm afraid they won't suffer any more damage, isn't it a stone cannon?"
Su Dingfang's eyes were already red, and his eyes were already red.
Li Yuanba was still the same unhurried appearance as before, and when the Tufan army and the remnants of Xue Yantuo's army, which was only half of the standing army, converged and surged forward, he took a deep breath and said to Su Dingfang behind him: "Dingfang, do it!" ”
Su Dingfang nodded excitedly, then picked up a slender firearm and fired a shot into the sky.
"Boom!"
The sound of the gun was like thunder in the sky, and as the smoke of the gunpowder was spreading to the sky, the cannonballs had already been prepared, and when the Shenwu Wei gunners heard this exciting gun, they immediately began to act.
They placed the cannonball almost impatiently, and then ignited a long core of gunpowder, and a huge cannonball ejected from the catapult, cutting a perfect arc above the sky, like a meteor, and swooping down on the army of thieves dozens of kilometers away.
At this time, the tide of Xue Yantuo and the Tibetan army had already rushed up, and sure enough, there were no more mines on the way, but when the cannonballs from the sky dome came, they chose to dodge.
Suddenly, a strong smell of gunpowder smoke came out!
Rumble......
Falling to the ground, the earth and the sky suddenly turned extremely red, and with a huge explosion, a small, large black mushroom cloud rose directly.
In an instant, the flying sand and rocks were like the collapse of Mount Tai, and the terrifying power directly blasted people, horses, armor, and weapons into the sky.
gunpowder, there are even iron filings in it......
Many thieves were stunned by this sudden and huge explosion, and the people in the explosion encirclement, in addition to being killed, the heavier ones were missing arms and legs, and became first-class cripples, and the lighter ones were shocked into deaf and dumb people......
This is not the most terrifying, the grenade also added a lot of tiny iron slag, and in this shell is iron filings, the size of a thumbnail, under the huge explosion, the size of the nail scale of iron filings suddenly raised, rushing in all directions at a very fast speed.
The iron filings still had a fiery breath, and they pierced directly into the bodies of the horses and thieves, although these injuries did not kill them in a short period of time, but if they remained in their bodies for a long time and caused heavy bleeding, death would only be a matter of time!
"Boom ......"
The next scene was so dazzling that they were stunned that the shells were smashed in their direction as if they had been discussed.
It's really a landing flower, indiscriminate attack!
For a time, the entire battlefield was chaotic, but in such a short time of dozens of breaths, tens of thousands of people were killed and injured, but many more people were injured by the explosion, lost their mobility, and lay motionless on the ground struggling and moaning in pain.
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This kind of attack lasted for more than half an hour, and in this half an hour, the army of Tufan and Xue Yantuo did not dare to cross the thunder pool by half a step.
It's almost over, after this bombardment and thunderstorming, Xue Yantuo and the Tubo army under the city wall have already suffered heavy casualties, and the entire battlefield is filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.
The grenade gunners composed of Li Sanduo were in front, and the rest of the Shenwu guards would be on both sides, while those led by Zhao Sanpao, who were gunners, were surrounded in the center.
"Dingfang, you go and ask the brothers guarding the city to open the city gate!"
Li Yuanba, who was walking beside those grenade gunners, said to Su Dingfang, who was also acting as a vanguard.
Because the city gate is closed at the moment, and the light in the city gate hole is not good, and it is pitch black.
Li Yuanba led the army to the edge of the city gate, stared at the huge city gate in front of him, which was much smaller than the north gate, and gave an order to Su Dingfang in a deep voice.
"No!"
The city owes it, Xue Yantuo and the Tubo army pressed the border, but Li Yuanba made people open the city gate, which is a crazy move in anyone's eyes.
After all, although the thieves outside the door said that they had suffered heavy losses, there were still more than 30,000 people left, which was more than ten times that of these divine guards in front of them. (To be continued......) R1292