Chapter 398: Breaking the City
Gao Lin commanded the army, and the cold wind was howling beside him, freezing cold.
It's the coldest time of the year.
The city walls seemed to be frozen cold, and the hard state had nowhere to focus at all, and it was not an easy thing to attack with soldiers, not to mention that with his troops, it was not suitable for attacking the city in the first place.
However, before today, Tie Shan Wu passed instructions through mysterious channels, asking Gao Lin to use a certain method, and finally said in an almost joking tone: "You try it first, how do you know if you don't try?" ”
The fire on Chang'an City was soaring, and the elite of Southern Wu was guarding it to the death, Gao Lin simply attacked, and it was really difficult to shake, and he was only able to leave a dead corpse.
Although the siege force was insufficient, Gao Lin did not know where to get three trebuchets, and at this moment, the trebuchets were wrapped in oiled paper.
He raised his knife and swung it down.
They streaked across the night sky and slammed viciously at the walls.
The defenders above were a little chilled, and anyone would feel jealous of these siege equipment.
But the sound of smashing against the walls was muffled, which was a bit strange.
With such a great force, the oil paper was naturally broken, and the oil inside splashed and fell down the city wall.
Not many people on the city wall looked down, afraid of being hit by black arrows, but they felt a little strange.
Then Gao Lin gave another order.
I saw the archers with rockets rushing out, and they quickly bent their bows and arrows.
Seeing that these people were exposed to the range of his troops, the guard shouted: "Shoot! ”
The Northern Tang people led by Gao Lin besieged the city, and the attack was not fierce, and most of the time they suddenly retreated far away, and the people at the head of the city held back the fire, waiting for the moment to kill the enemy.
With the condescending momentum, arrows were fired down from the city wall in a dense manner, and scattered screams were heard below, and people were constantly shot and fell.
But under such an offensive, the troops under the city were clearly targeted, they were not panicked by the fierce attack on the city wall, and their target was not those Southern Wu people, but the city wall, to be exact, the oil that was poured on the city wall.
At this time, the cold wind was biting, but both sides bent their bows and arrows, and both used full strength, and soon almost all of them were emitted a faint white heat.
Sensing Gao Lin's attempt, the guard did not panic, he was calm.
Although he has not experienced the construction of the city, but for so many months, he has been getting along with this city day and night, and he is full of confidence in the walls of Chang'an.
Chang'an is the political center of the Northern Tang Dynasty, the capital, the thickness of the city wall, must not be underestimated, and now these people actually want to attack with fire, just pour some oil, aren't they whimsical?
As the rocket was fired, the oil burned on the city wall, and I don't know what kind of oil it was, but it burned very violently, and the wind and fire were quite loud.
However, if the soil is burned, it will harden and turn into masonry, and how much damage can be caused if the hard walls of Chang'an City are burned?
It's just that the smoke is billowing out, but it chokes people, because of the direction of the wind, there is a lot of scolding among those Southern Wu people.
The casualties were a bit heavy, and when the oil on the walls was burning, Gao Lin hurriedly ordered the archers to retreat.
The tall figure of the guard stood at the head of the city, he calmly watched this farce, and then mocked in the broken official dialect of the Northern Tang Dynasty:
"The Northern Tang Dynasty City is very well repaired, but unfortunately the Northern Tang people who are attacking the city are not fools, it happens to be cold today, bake it for the brothers, I am really very grateful."
There was a loud laugh around him.
At the end, he suddenly noticed that Gao Lin's troops were still carrying things, and he didn't know what it was.
The fire at the head of the city was so strong that even large areas of the bricks had turned red.
Or something wrapped in oiled paper, put in a trebuchet.
It seemed to be some liquid, and then a white mist came out because of the temperature.
It's not really a big deal, it's just water, water with a bit of temperature.
Now it's cold, and the water is frozen, so the water is slightly heated in order to keep it kept.
Just as the guard stopped smiling and stared at the Northern Tang people below with a wary expression, the trebuchet started again.
This time, because of the accuracy, it was difficult for them to accurately throw it where it had burned before. They seemed very composed, though.
When the oil paper was thrown on the walls, the soldiers defending the city recognized it as water.
Of course, at such a tense moment, no one could understand what Gao Lin wanted to do at first, so he was confused.
Until water was thrown onto the red-hot bricks, making a "smack" sound, and a large mist of water evaporated.
In this cold weather, the water cools down very quickly.
And before, it was burned to the core.
The general defending the city seemed to suddenly remember something, and his color changed.
And by this time, the trebuchet had been replaced with a real boulder.
The trebuchet was activated, and huge stones were constantly smashed against the city wall, so even the majestic Chang'an city wall had a slight shaking.
The guard pointed to the place where he had just been splashed with oil and water, and shouted, "Get out of those places!" ”
There was a loud bang, and a boulder hit the place.
The shaking of the walls became more violent, and from those shaking came greater and greater dangers.
"Boom!"
Another place was hit again, and the solid Chang'an city wall actually cracked slightly.
At this moment, the guard suddenly began to regret his neglect of the other party's previous inexplicable move.
The original Chang'an city wall will not be shaken so easily, but this cold winter wax moon is a great test for the city wall, and then it is such a fire and ice, even if it is a solid Chang'an city wall, it is unbearable.
After another earth-shattering bang, the walls collapsed in pieces.
Fortunately, the guard reacted in time, and before he could do so, he ordered the people there to leave as soon as possible.
The trebuchet continued, and the collapse of the city wall became more and more serious, and a hole was actually opened.
Gao Lin looked back at the heroic child in the army, and thought of the mysterious and powerful boss Tie Shan Wu, and couldn't help but smile.
A lot of people who can achieve great things may just have some friends who seem insignificant on the surface.
He slapped his horse's ass and led the charge, and the army behind him rushed away.
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