Chapter 318: No Forgiveness!
Seeing the island country's 60,000 troops turn from attacking to retreating, Yuan Sheng's mind was blank.
He could not understand how, in less than a quarter of an hour, the situation on the battlefield had been reversed.
He couldn't understand what mysterious firearms Tang Jun had developed, however, no one could answer his question.
What's more, with the firearms depleted, the Don army had already begun a truly full-scale offensive.
Incendiary bombs and improved black powder did bring huge casualties to the islanders, but the number of incendiary bombs and black powder was limited after all, and it was impossible to really burn all the entire 60,000 islanders to death just by relying on these things.
In fact, although a large number of island soldiers died in flames, trampling, and cannibalism, there are still more than 40,000 islanders with combat effectiveness left at this moment, and if someone can organize them at this time, it is still a huge force.
It's just that war is not a game, and there is no such thing as a thing on the battlefield, and the general of the island country who was on the front line, Itada Jun Maro, did try to reorganize the army of the island country that had fallen into rout.
However, by the time he tried to reorganize, the Changying Army had stopped firing from the Eight Bull Crossbows and Catapults, and instead began to throw soldiers into the front line.
The heavy infantry kept the formation flat, the archers and crossbowmen guarded the flanks and filled the gaps, and the light cavalry and light infantry flanked from the flanks, and the whole formation was stable but orderly.
However, it was this step-by-step and steady advance, that the soldiers of the island country, who were already like frightened birds, completely collapsed, while the soldiers of the Changying army continued to follow the step-by-step process, frantically harvesting the heads of the soldiers of the island country at a very high speed.
Seeing the scene of the Tang Army's soldiers starting to attack in earnest, Sakagami's heart was full of despair, if it weren't for a few personal desperate guards, Sakagami was afraid that he would be trampled to death directly by the retreating island soldiers on the spot.
As the light cavalry advanced from the battle formation of the Changying Army all the way to the vicinity of the city wall of Wendeng County, the escape route of the northern and southern flanks of the island people was completely blocked.
The rest of the islanders began to desperately die in the direction that only had the potential to bring life - the county seat of Wendeng.
At the same time, Yuansheng, who was above the head of Wendeng City, remembered Sakagami's last instructions to himself before leaving, as long as he held the county seat of Wendeng, there was still hope for everything.
From the top of the city, looking at the defeated troops of the island country that flocked to Wendeng County after the complete collapse, and then looked at the Changying army that followed the tepid advance after the defeat of the island country, Yuan Shengxin was horizontal and directly ordered the city gate to be closed.
With the issuance of Yuansheng's order, the soldiers of the island country who were responsible for guarding the city gate sealed the city gate before the large group of island troops arrived according to Yuansheng's order.
There was the pursuit of the Tang army's foot soldiers in the rear, and the blockade and drive of the Tang army's cavalry on the north and south flanks.
After the baptism of incendiary bombs, the pursuit and siege of the Changying army, and the escape and cannibalism, the remaining more than 40,000 soldiers of the island nation were besieged in the open space in front of the west gate of Wendeng.
Faced with the bitter pleas of the defeated soldiers, Yuan Sheng's face was gloomy, and he not only refused the request of the defeated soldiers, but also shouted directly to the defeated soldiers under the city.
"Your only way to survive is to turn back and kill the enemy, destroy all the Tang army, you still have a chance to live, otherwise you will wait to be slaughtered by the Tang army."
At first glance, Yuan Sheng's words seemed to be very reasonable and convincing, but in fact, the persuasiveness of Yuan Sheng's words looked so pale and powerless in front of the heavy armor and sharp blades of the Changying Army.
Of course, at the moment of life and death, it is not that there are no islanders who have tried to resist, however, in the face of the battle formation formed by the soldiers of the Changying Army, all counterattacks and resistance have become useless.
While the soldiers of the Changying Army followed the advance of the rout of the island nation, the auxiliaries of the equipment battalion and the logistics battalion were not idle, and they drove the eight-bull crossbows and catapults that were still in good condition to advance along the road cleared by the soldiers.
A quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen eight-oxen crossbows, ten catapults, and the ammunition they needed were transported to a position less than two miles from the gate of Wendeng County, which was only a line away from the actual line of contact between the Changying army and the defeated army of the island nation.
Ignoring the soldiers who were chasing the routed troops of the island nation, as the position arrived, the equipment battalion and the logistics battalion began to restore the eight-ox crossbow and catapult to combat condition as quickly as possible.
Gunpowder men were installing fuses for black powder and incendiary bombs, which were already in small quantities.
As the soldiers slowly advanced, after dozens of breaths, after completing the preparations, the incendiary bombs and the crossbows wrapped in flames reappeared in the sky, flying in the opposite direction towards the rout of the island country in front and the city wall of Wendeng County.
Seeing these big fireballs that brought endless pain, these defeated soldiers of the island country who had finally escaped to the city of Wendeng showed frightened expressions one by one.
They struggled, cried, slain, trying to dodge the flames that would come from Hell, but as before, it was all in vain.
One incendiary bomb after another exploded in the air, or fell into the dense rout of the island nation, and there was no way to hide, and there was no way to avoid it, and one after another burning men appeared under the city walls, screams and wails rushed into most of the sky.
This time, Yuan Sheng, who was above the county seat of Wendeng, clearly saw the true face of the Tang army's firearms.
However, watching the rout of the island nation being ignited by the flames and burned to ashes in the painful struggle, Yuan Sheng felt that his heart was constantly twitching.
After this hellish scene, it was directly imprinted in Yuan Sheng's mind, and great fear lingered in his mind.
Afraid that he would also suffer the fate of the defeated soldiers under the city wall, he directly ordered the broken dragon stone at the west gate of Wendeng County to be put down, and at the same time ordered to shoot arrows directly at the compatriots who were trapped in the sea of fire under the city wall, trying to drive them out.
The outermost layer was surrounded by the soldiers of the Changying Army, the baptism of incendiary bombs in the middle, and the arrows of the island defenders on the city wall were missed, and under the triple force, the rout of the island country besieged in the middle began to decrease at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It's just that Lu Xiaobing, who rushed to the front line, looked at the scene on the battlefield, especially after the defenders of the island country began to shoot arrows frantically, but his heart began to become anxious, after all, killing all the people of the island country is not the whole purpose of today.
"Lao Xiao, no problem!"
With uneasiness, Lu Xiaobing asked Xiao Junpeng, who looked relaxed and seemed to be admiring the beauty.
"Don't worry, we tossed for most of the night last night, and the arrangements were proper, as long as a lit islander enters the right area, even if the incendiary bomb will not hit directly, as long as there is a ignited islander......"
Just as Xiao Junpeng was speaking, an incendiary bomb exploded less than three feet from the ground, and a rout of an island nation next to the explosion point was instantly engulfed in flames.
Under the pain of the flames, the hapless rout began to struggle frantically through the crowd.
In the process of struggling, after successively igniting four or five of the nearest island nation routs, their eyes were blinded by the flames, and the routs who had lost their aim rushed in the direction of the city wall.
In the process of running, he was hit by a series of arrows fired from the city wall, but the pain caused by the arrow loss cannot be compared to being burned by the flames all over his body.
Until a door slammed into the city wall, the burning man fell to the ground.
It's just that the moment he fell to the ground, the flames on his body ignited the lead laid by black powder on the ground around him.
Red flames began to fly down the black powder leads on the ground towards the bottom of the walls.
After five breaths, the flames disappeared into the bottom of the city wall, and a huge fireball instantly appeared at the bottom of the rammed earth city wall, followed by an earth-shattering sound!
The air near the site of the explosion seemed to freeze for a short time, and the thick walls of the city had been blown out of a large hole by itself.
Within five feet of the explosion site, whether on the ground or on the city walls, all the islanders were almost killed directly, and if anyone looked at it, they would find that their internal organs were directly shattered.
Within 10 zhang of the explosion site, all the islanders collapsed almost directly to the ground, and all of them had blood flowing from their eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.
Ten feet away, under the impact of the explosion, the people of the island country buzzed one by one, and lost their hearing and ability to move in a short period of time.
Even if they were not directly injured by the explosion, all the people of the island country were also shocked by this amazing explosive power, and stood in place one by one, as if they were stupid.
However, this is the first, but not the last.
To be precise, Xiao Junpeng, a guy who plays with gunpowder, chose a suitable preset location for explosives under the guidance of professional sappers like He Mang.
Each explosion point not only has a lead made of black powder, but also several different paths between each explosion point, and the connecting lines made of black powder.
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Less than ten breaths after the first explosion came, "Boom! "Boom!" One after the other, two huge explosions rang out.
Next, a series of rumbling explosions rang out.
By the time four explosions rang out, there were no living people left on the walls.
The fifth sound exploded, and the city wall on the west side of Wendeng County had begun to shake.
The sixth explosion sounded, and a large area of the city wall had begun to collapse, and the other part began to collapse directly from the inside out.
In the sound of the next explosion, the rammed earth wall quickly crumbled, and when the last explosion fell, the wall that had been tall and strong a few moments ago had disappeared from everyone's eyes.
At this moment, except for some of the people who were ignited and turned into burning people, the rest of the islanders almost collectively stood upright and stunned in place.
The people of the island country were so shocked that they were collectively stunned, in fact, even the Changying Army, who had already seen the power of black powder and had a certain psychological preparation, had many people stunned in place.
Of course, not everyone was dazed, and the auxiliaries of the equipment battalion were still busy, shooting the last incendiary projectiles around them forward.
After firing the last few incendiary bombs and crossbows around them, the auxiliaries of these equipment battalions, logistics battalions, and engineer battalions grabbed the horizontal knives or sapper shovels behind them, rushed forward, and joined the ranks of the soldiers.
Lu Xiaobing, who was a little worried before, had a bright smile on his face at this moment, and looking at his results, Xiao Junpeng's face was as bright as a chrysanthemum.
Knowing what would happen, the military academy, which had enough combat experience, shouted and cursed, shouted and ordered, and kicked and scolded to wake up the soldiers who were stunned one by one.
As the soldiers recovered under the orders of the veterans and military academies, the horizontal knives were waved, the knives were slashed, and the spears were pierced, and the soldiers of the Changying Army remembered their tasks and remembered the general's killing order!
Of course, these islanders who were stunned in place also included Itaida-kunmaro, who attacked in advance and tried to launch a counterattack.
With the blessing of luck, Sakagami successfully dodged two rounds of incendiary bombs, and more than a dozen loyal relatives around him desperately protected each other from the cannibalism, escaped the arrows from the city wall, and escaped the aftermath of the final explosion.
Compared to Sakagami, who ventured out for a chance of victory, he did everything for power and did everything to survive, but Gensheng, who stayed on the city wall, has now been completely buried in the remnants of the city wall after the collapse of the city wall with the explosion.
When Sakagami came to his senses from the shock, he found that the Tang army, armed with a sharp blade and wearing heavy armor, was about to kill in front of him.
Looking at the Tang Army's killing without any hesitation, looking at the corpses that belonged to the island people all over the ground, looking at the city walls that had completely disappeared, and then looking at the remnants of the island country behind him who were either panicked, frightened, or dazed but had completely lost their fighting spirit, Sakagami found the meaning of his own life.
Immediately, Sakagami straightened the armor on his body, and strode towards the Tang army, who was killing while carrying his blade.
Less than five steps closer to the Tang Army's soldiers, Sakagami shouted loudly in a clear Chang'an voice.
"I'm the general of the island country, I'm Ueda-kun Maro, I ask to meet your general, I can lead my troops to surrender......"
Listening to Sakagami's clear voice, a young Changying Army Mo knife soldier who had just raised the Mo knife and was about to cut it down was slightly stunned, and the Mo knife in his hand was suspended in the air.
However, Mo Dao stayed in the air for less than half a breath, and the young Mo Dao soldier was hit hard on the buttocks, and at the same time, the voice of his company commander Lin Yu came from his side.
"Liu Wan, the dog, have you forgotten the general's order?"
The young Mo knife soldier's expression was awe-inspiring, and the Mo knife hanging in the air was immediately cut down, and an island soldier wearing light armor was directly cracked in two.
"The general has an order, if it is not my race, his heart will be different, and those who set foot in the Tang land will be killed!"