Chapter 513: Surprise from the Sky
Seeing that the enemy cavalry had entered the city.
The face of the defending general immediately turned pale, and he forced the apprehension in his heart and shouted loudly.
"The number of enemy troops is not large, hurry up and contact the defenders everywhere to come to reinforcements, brothers fight with them!"
At the sound of the order, the soldiers defending the city immediately rushed forward, regardless of the fierceness of the enemy's cavalry, resolutely killed, and fought with the cavalry that entered the city first.
More and more enemy troops rushed into the city gate, and the soldiers defending the city slowly converged, and the men and horses on both sides formed a stalemate here at the west city gate, and the two sides rushed to kill each other, each with damage.
Seeing that the situation was deadlocked, after all, the king of Hadessalon had come from afar, and if he was to be accommodated here, he was afraid that it would be unfavorable to them, so he had already ordered: "Set fire!" ”
In an instant, countless lit oil bottles flew out and landed in the homes of the people around the city walls.
The flames burst into flames, and the people ran out of their homes in panic, dazed and at a loss.
But there was an enemy army not far away, and as soon as they saw the people running out, they immediately stepped forward and slashed and killed, but in a few moments, dozens of people died in a pool of blood.
The general guarding the city watched all this, and his eyes shattered with anger.
"Dog thief, there is a kind of who comes to kill me, what kind of hero is it to do it to innocent people!"
But how could his roar interfere with this group of murderous killers?
The sound of killing, screaming broke the silence of the night, and innocent people died tragically under the butcher's knife.
The generals defending the city could not sit idly by, and immediately sent more than 1,000 soldiers to rescue the people and escort them out of this dangerous area.
The Tang army was well-trained, and the defenders of Chang'an were all elites, and they immediately restrained the enemy's offensive, protecting the people around the West City Gate and covering their evacuation into the distance.
"Brothers, hold on, our reinforcements are still coming, driving this group of bandits and thieves out of Chang'an City!"
The general defending the city raised his steel sword and yelled at the soldiers behind him.
The soldiers were encouraged to charge more bravely.
But at this moment, the king of Hades, who was hidden under the mask, let out a strange laugh.
"Do it!"
The general defending the city was startled and subconsciously looked back.
"Poof, poof!"
The muffled sound of the winning streak came, and the people who had just fled to a distant place by the soldiers' escorts suddenly showed a fierce face, each took out his weapon, and launched an attack on the soldiers who were escorting them beside him.
The soldiers were defenseless and suffered heavy casualties.
What's even more terrifying is that the surrounding buildings and shops suddenly opened, and countless neighbors who were usually kind and friendly rushed out with archers and knives and launched an attack on the defenders of Chang'an.
The defenders were taken by surprise, and the formation immediately became chaotic.
At this moment, the general defending the city suddenly remembered the chaos that had occurred in the Li Kingdom a month ago.
At that time, one of his brothers, who was on an errand in the Li Kingdom, once told him that the Turks had planted a lot of eyeliner in the Tang Dynasty, and they used high remuneration to stir up the atmosphere of the Li Academy, and almost caused chaos in the Li Kingdom.
At that time, the generals of the city only regarded it as a joke, but now it seems that this is not only not a joke, but more serious than what the brother said.
The Turks really planted countless eyeliners in the Tang Dynasty, they not only wanted to mess up the Li Kingdom, but also wanted to capture Chang'an!
There are more and more people around, but the soldiers defending the city can't fight back angrily, because among these mobs, there are still many real Tang people, who slash and kill indiscriminately, and the innocent people who can only be harmed died tragically, and they fell into an extremely passive situation for a while.
"The hour has come, the whole army charges!"
At this moment, King Hadesaro shouted angrily.
Only then did the defending generals discover that the enemy's troops outside the city, taking advantage of the chaos on the side of the defenders, had all entered the city.
With an order, they took the cavalry as the vanguard and rushed into the position of the defenders.
The infantry followed closely and defeated the scattered defenders of the city, suffering heavy casualties.
Seeing that the direction of the West City Gate is about to be lost.
The general defending the city was annoyed in his heart, if Chang'an collapsed this time, he, the general defending the city, would be unable to escape the blame, even if he died 10,000 times, it would not be enough to compensate for the mistake, and he would inevitably be infamous through the ages.
"General, I can't stand it here, hurry back and go to the second line of defense to hold on!"
The lieutenant slashed at the rushing enemy, pulling the shoulders of the defending general and shouting.
"Everyone, retreat to the second line of defense!"
As a last resort, the defending generals could only order a retreat.
The West Gate was completely lost.
But even if they retreated, the situation in the city still did not seem to improve in the slightest, and the defending army fled all the way towards the second line of defense, but along the way, people appeared one after another, and there were countless mobs hidden among them. They want to save their compatriots, but they are afraid that the people they save will be the enemy's gap.
At the slightest hesitation, a mob spread rumors.
"This group of soldiers guarding the city, regardless of whether the people live or die, the Tang Dynasty is dead!"
The defenders of the city were furious when they heard this, but they could not find out who was spreading the rumors, and it was difficult to argue with the crime.
What's more, several mobs wanted to attack the defenders, but they found out that they were killing them.
These people said that the defenders of the city killed innocent people indiscriminately, which made people panic, and even the real people of the Tang Dynasty did not dare to believe them.
The rumors are getting worse and worse, and the morale of the army is about to collapse.
When the generals defending the city fled to the second line of defense with the remnants of the army, there were only a few thousand soldiers and horses left, and many of them left the team without permission because they were worried about their families.
Seeing that the troops of the King of Hadesaro had completely suppressed the direction of Xicheng, they were rushing towards the second line of defense.
There are only a few thousand men left under the generals who defend the city. Where can you stop the enemy's charge?
Despair, helplessness, sorrow. Countless emotions surged into his heart, and the generals defending the city were almost on their knees.
"The army of Hades has arrived, so quickly lay down your weapons and surrender, otherwise there is only one way to die!"
A strong man with a blue-faced, fanged demon mask rode a horse, holding a large knife and pointed at the general who defended the city, shouting loudly.
The general defending the city gritted his teeth, pulled out the saber on his waist and roared: "I, the Tang Heavenly Army, can only die by standing, never live by kneeling, brothers, fight with them, even if you die, you must protect the people and protect Chang'an!" ”
"Kill!"
The soldiers who were left behind were all loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and immediately responded to the generals with angry roars, and charged towards the enemy who was several times their size.
"It's not a measure!" The ghost-faced man snorted coldly and rode out, waving his big sword in his hand to fight with the defending general.
Wu Yi, the general who defended the city, was originally good, but he had just experienced countless chaos, and his soul was about to collapse, coupled with the magical horse of the counter man, he had the advantage. was beaten in embarrassment for a while, and could only grit his teeth and carry it.
The ghost-faced man saw an opportunity, and swung the broadsword vigorously, and the general defending the city was caught off guard, the steel knife in his hand was picked off, and the whole person was also knocked away by the huge force and fell to the ground.
The ghostface laughed and rode up.
"Arrogant General Tang, watch me take your head!"
The broadsword fell in the air, slashing straight at the head of the general.
The general was lying on the ground, his heart was full of despair, and he couldn't help but close his eyes.
"Lang!"
A loud bang was heard.
The general defending the city was taken aback and hurriedly opened his eyes.
I saw the ghost-faced man's broadsword hovering in front of him, blocked by a glittering halberd.
A man dressed in a dark robe and riding a tall horse stood beside the general, saving the halberd of the other general, and it was in his hands.
"Wang ...... Rajah! ”
The general exclaimed, his tone mixed with surprise and doubt.
That's right, the person who came is really the prince of Tang Zhen'an - Li Hao!