Chapter Seventy-Three
Tang Xu rode his horse on a small hill outside the north gate of Kefield, and behind him were more than a thousand cavalry of the "homeland". At this time, it is lined up in a neat phalanx, ready to attack at any time. More than three hundred paces in front of him was the sturdy and towering walls of Kefield.
The entire cavalry queue of the "Homeland" stood there silently like this, except for the occasional neighing of war horses, all the warriors did not say a word, and they all focused their eyes on Tang Xu's spear, the Tenglong Cold Iron Spear.
Tang Xu's gun was actually tailor-made for him by the Iron Smelting Center. It is a bit shorter than a regular gun, but it can be handled nimbly with one hand. The material is rare Tang Xu iron, which is heavier than ordinary iron, so although the whole gun does not look long, the weight is twice that of an ordinary gun, and it is on par with Langzhong's bloody tooth knife. Of course, since it was tailor-made for him, there will definitely be some personal "style" on the gun. There is a special dragon head swallow on the body of the gun, which is designed to facilitate the use of the gun with one hand, and the workmanship is extremely fine. What's even more amazing is that the front half of the spear body is actually coiled with a dragon, which is exactly the same as the one on the scabbard of Li Yuxuan's coiling dragon ancient sword. It turned out that Tang Xu liked the Panlong pattern on the scabbard of the Panlong Ancient Sword very much after seeing it, so he deliberately copied it with paper and asked the craftsman to cast it on the body of the gun for him.
Now for Tang Xu's cavalry, the Tang Xu Teng Dragon Spear in his hand is the signal of battle, just like the bloody tooth knife in Yu Langzhong's hand.
The sun slowly rose to mid-heaven, and the moment it overlapped with the body of the tree in the shadow of the tree, Tang Xu raised the Tang Xu Teng Dragon Spear in his hand and pointed forward, and he took the lead in rushing towards the city wall of Kefield in the distance. More than 1,000 cavalry immediately changed from the original phalanx to four columns, each of which was a scattered formation of 200 cavalry, followed closely.
At the same time, Lang Zhong and Li Yuyang outside the south gate and west gate also led the army to break through.
When Tang Xu and his cavalry rushed to about one hundred and twenty steps away from the city wall, the first "rain of arrows" fell on the city tower. But what is incredible is that the arrows that fell from it were sparse, only a few hundred or so arrows, and they did not have the momentum and power of the defending troops at all, and it seemed that they were in the weak part of the enemy's defense.
When Tang Xu and his cavalry rushed to the foot of the Kefield city wall, not even a single piece of wood rolled down the city wall. What's even more incomprehensible is that there are sounds of fighting on the city wall.
It can't be the troops of the "homeland"! Lang Zhong and Li Yuyang can't move so quickly, unless they attack in advance.
Just when Tang Xu was stunned, many of his subordinates had already jumped off the horseback and were about to untie the "cloud grasp", a climbing tool tied to his waist.
It was a small one-man combat tool, the main part of which was an iron talon with a fairly strong hemp rope tied to the back. Since the cavalry of the "homeland", especially the original "Black Dragon Knights", has a very strong individual combat ability, each of them prepared one of these things. Usually pinned to the waist, once you break under the wall, you can throw it onto the wall, where you can hold it firmly on the tower, and the warriors climb the rope. In some smaller-scale siege battles, they can give full play to their individual combat capabilities.
But now they have to deal with Kefield, who is known for their sturdiness, and it's not clear whether they can succeed. But in the absence of large-scale siege equipment, Tang Xu had no choice but to take a risk.
At this moment, the shouts of killing on the city wall did not decrease but increased, and it was obvious that there was a fierce battle above, and maybe his cavalry could really climb over the wall of Kefield with the "cloud grasp" in his hand.
Dozens of "cloud grabbers" grabbed the battlements of the city wall, and the warriors were preparing to go up the line. It was at this moment that the north door of Kefield was suddenly opened from the inside. As soon as Tang Xu saw it, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, the first one rushed into the city, and the rest of the cavalry hurriedly followed when they saw the generals rushing in.
To the surprise of all the soldiers of the "homeland" who entered the city, they were not "greeted" by a flood of enemies, but by groups of Kefield civilians with various "weapons" in their hands. One of the young men with a sharp sword in his hand stepped out of the crowd and gave Tang Xu a standard military salute.
"I am the master of the house who has installed it in Kefield, and I have completed the task of capturing the north gate. Now please the general hurry up and support the 'homeland' of the other two gates, the main force of the Fengxiang army defending the city is now concentrated there!"
After listening to the young man's report, Tang Xu hurriedly ordered the soldiers to divide into two routes, each supporting the west gate and the south gate.
In just over half an hour, the capital of the former Carol Kingdom changed hands again. The "homeland" captured the city at the cost of only three hundred men, and captured more than two thousand Fengxiang's ironclad infantry.
That night, Li Yuxuan led a follow-up force of 500 cavalry to Kefield.
The original Li Mansion was already a pile of ruins, and it was still lying there quietly at the moment. Tang Xu set up his headquarters in the Carol Palace, located in the west of the city. When Li Yuxuan saw his three generals for the first time, Tang Xu and the three of them were sitting around the main hall of the palace roasting mutton.
"You guys are good, you're already on an equal footing with our king!" Li Yuxuan appeared outside the hall gate with a smile on his face.
As soon as they saw that it was the head of the house, the three of them immediately stood up from the ground and saluted respectfully: "The head of the house!"
Li Yuxuan waved his hand to let them sit down, and he also found a place among them and sat down. Lang Zhong hurriedly handed over a piece of mutton that had been cooked.
Li Yuxuan smiled and took the mutton from Lang Zhong's hand, and hissed: "Tang Xu, how does it feel to sit in the main hall, have you tried it on the throne?"
"You don't know, head of the house. There was a soldier who sat on the throne for a while when he rushed into the main hall, but he didn't expect ......" Lang Zhong muttered and glared at Tang Xu on the side.
"What's wrong?" Li Yuxuan's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he still looked at Tang Xu with a smile on his face.
Tang Xu was not unaware of the killing intent that flashed in Li Yuxuan's eyes, and he knew very well what it meant after four years of being with him. But now he is always reminding himself in his heart that he must not pay attention to Li Yuxuan's eyes, because any king hopes that his subordinates are too "smart".
"Qiqi family master, I have already ordered this daring soldier to be beheaded!" Tang Xu said with a straight face.
"There's no such thing in the 'Ten Beheading Orders' I signed?"
"As a subordinate, daring to occupy the throne privately is no different from rebellion. Those who violate military discipline should be beheaded!" Tang Xu's tone was quite stern.
"I guess this soldier is just curious, and he won't have any rebellious intentions, right?" Li Yuxuan's tone was still unhurried, but Lang Zhong and Li Yuyang had already felt Li Yuxuan's might from it at this moment.
"Although there is no intention of rebellion, there is a suspicion of rebellion, and it should be killed!"
Li Yuxuan nodded, patted Tang Xu's shoulder, stood up and walked out of the hall, and the figure disappeared around the corner of the hall.
It turned out that the soldier was Lang Zhong's subordinate. In fact, at that time, Li Yuyang also wanted to sit on it, but was stopped by Tang Xu, who arrived later. Not only that, but he also advocated the soldier's death. Now the two finally understood the reason why Tang Xu did this.
Although there is no intention of rebellion, there is a form of rebellion, and it should be killed!
This sentence was like a thunderclap on the heads of Lang Zhong and Li Yuyang. If he had sat in that position today, although Li Yuxuan would not have beheaded them, what about them in the future? Now, they have finally realized what it means to be unpredictable, and what it means to be a companion like a tiger. There are some things that you may be able to do as you want, but there are some things that you can't even touch.
Touching the frightened eyes of the two, Tang Xu did not speak. He believed the two had understood why they had done so.