Chapter 70: Storming the City
"It seems that this Wuhai City won't last long!"
Looking at the city wall in the distance, the cracks became larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and sneered, the city wall in the era of leading weapons, no matter how strong it is, it can't stop the power of the cannonballs!
As the shells continued to fall, the city wall was finally overwhelmed and collapsed!
The time for the general offensive has finally come, and the soldiers have long been unable to wait!
"Siege!"
With an order, the army rushed towards Wuhai City like a tide.
Hurry! Plug the gap and don't let the Tang army in!"
Mang Buzhi led the troops and horses in front of the gap, let the people behind repair the city wall, plug the gap, and he led the troops to block the attack of the Tang army.
Mangbuzhi let the archers keep shooting arrows at the Tang army, and now there is no suppression of the Shenwei cannon, it is the time for them to show their skills, and their Tubo warriors are not afraid of any enemy!
Rumble!
A cannonball fell from the sky, dragging a long flame tail, and smashed into the Mangbu Branch, exploding, shrapnel flew everywhere, the Tubo soldiers wailed, and even the Mangbu Branch was injured by a piece of shrapnel!
Soon! The cavalry of the Tang army rushed to the front and fought with the Tang army with the wounded of Mangbuzhi.
The cavalry had a natural advantage in the face of the infantry, and soon the men and horses of Mangbuzhi were almost killed, if it were not for the other soldiers and horses of Tubo to come to support, the Tang army would have already killed along the gap.
The soldiers defending the city temporarily had an advantage, and as the Tang army became more and more, the Tang army, which was already strong in individual combat ability, quickly reversed the situation, gained an advantage at once, and the Tubo army was defeated and retreated!
"Kill!"
The two armies roared and fought each other, although the Tibetan soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy and resisted desperately, under the strong attack of the Tang army, they also had to shrink into the city.
When the Tang army was about to take the gap, the Qin Ling personally led the troops and horses of his headquarters to arrive.
On Qinling took the lead, a knife to kill a Tang army soldier, the commander took the lead, greatly boosted morale, the Tubo army followed the battle of Qinling.
The defenders formed a dense phalanx with long contradictory cards, and the archers released arrows at the back of the team to keep the Tang army out of the gap, and they were the new walls of Wuhai City.
The Tang army did not give up and continued to launch a fierce attack, intending to repel the Tubo army that was stubbornly defending the gap, and the two sides launched a fierce white-knuckle battle.
Both sides put their greatest strength into it, and the Tubo army relied on the long contradiction card phalanx, fought to the death, and withstood the fierce attack of the Tang army.
The siege was fierce.
Both sides have left tens of thousands of corpses here, and they are all fighting to the end for their respective camps, and they would rather die than take a step back, and truly do the horse leather shroud!
Li Jing didn't expect the Tubo army to be so tenacious, and Qin Ling would actually do his best this time, but don't think that this can stop the Tang army's advance.
Since he said that he wanted to take Wuhai City today, he must take Wuhai City today, otherwise, wouldn't he be slapping him in the face.
"Order, the army retreats! Switch to the shield player in front and the musketeer in the center, let the shield player protect the musketeer and pierce the opponent's shield with the musket! After breaking through the enemy's shield, immediately send cavalry to rush up, break up their formation, and the whole army will be pressed!"
Li Jing ordered.
The herald immediately rushed away to convey Li Jing's military order.
Bang Bang!
A golden gong sounded in the rear of the Don Army, which was a signal to withdraw the troops!
The Tang army, which was fighting, began to retreat.
There were cheers from the Tubo army, they finally held the gap, which was equivalent to holding Wuhai City!
"Xilu, you lead people to repair the gap, and before the Tang army launches an attack, it must be repaired!"
On Qinling ordered his subordinates around him, at this moment, he also hung up colors, with many wounds on his body, and his battle robe was even reddened with blood!
"This ......"
The man named Xilu was a little embarrassed, the gap was several hundred meters long, and it would take time to carry the boulders used to repair the city wall, and it was impossible to repair them before the next attack of the Tang army.
No one knows when the Tang army will attack, if he leads people to just halfway through the cultivation, the Tang army will kill again, not a failure!
"What? What is your opinion? ”
On Qinling's face was gloomy and he asked.
Xilu was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, it was really so scary that Qin Ling's face was too scary, and he didn't dare to say half a word.
"There is no opinion on the lowly position!"
Xilu secretly complained in his heart and saluted.
"Then act as soon as possible!"
On Qinling didn't give him much time, and the enemy wouldn't give him much time, and now he can only race against time, and he can repair as much as he can.
"Yes!"
Silu replied.
At this moment, a burst of drums sounded, which was the war drums of the Tang army's attack.
On Qinling didn't expect that the Tang army would attack again so quickly, and it would only take long for the first wave to retreat, and it was about to start!
On the Qinling turned to the Tibetan soldiers, to motivate, hoping that they can live and die with Wuhai City, today, Wuhai City is here, he talks about Qinling is there, Wuhai City is dead, he is on Qinling to die in front, inspiring speech!
After his encouragement, the Tubo soldiers were all like chicken blood, full of high morale, and set up a formation in front of the gap, waiting for the Tang army to kill!
is still a long contradictory card array, the first time it can block the Tang Army, the second time it can also block the Tang Army.
With the experience of blocking the Tang army for the first time, the Tubo soldiers were even more confident this time, and felt that there was no problem at all in blocking the second wave of attacks of the Tang army, and they had a little more confidence in holding on to Wuhai City!
"Archer prepare!"
The archers behind the spearmen immediately drew their bows, facing the sky at an angle of forty-five degrees, and at the first command, they would shoot out what they were holding.
But after waiting for a long time, the Tang army stopped at a distance of 300 meters from the Tubo army, and the shield formed a shield wall, and long sticks stretched out from the gaps in the shield.
The Tubo army was all stunned, and they couldn't figure out what the Tang army wanted to do?
As long as they advance more than a hundred meters, they will enter the range of archers, and the Tibetan army will be able to use bows and arrows to output long-range firepower!
The effective range of the Tibetan bows and arrows was more than 180 meters, and when the Tang army stopped at a distance of 300 meters, their bows and arrows were useless.
They can't attack the Tang army, but the musketeers of the Tang army can attack them, and the rifles in the hands of the musketeers have an effective range of 460 meters!
As for the shield of the Tubo army, it is okay to block the bow and arrow, if you want to block the bullet, it is simply a fool's dream, the musket of the Tang army is enough to penetrate the shield and hit the Tubo people behind the shield, who let them be so dense that they can hit without aiming!
"Fire!"
"Bang, bang, bang, bang......"
With an order, the musketeers fired at the Tibetan army, and the dense gunfire rang out, and the bullets shot out of the chamber, piercing the shield of the Tibetan army and hitting the Tibetan soldiers behind the shield.
Some bullets passed through the shield, grazed the ears of the Tibetan soldiers, some were shot in the abdomen, some were shot in the legs, and if they were unlucky, they were killed directly!
Under the continuous fire of the Tang army's musketeers, the casualties of the Tibetan soldiers continued to increase.
"Quick! Retreat into the city, find cover for each one, avoid the enemy's attack, and wait for the opponent's offensive to stop, and then rush out to kill the enemy!"
On Qinling commanded the army, retreat into the city first to save his life, standing here will only become a live target for others, it is better to hide first, find an opportunity to kill him!
The Tubo army withdrew into the city, the Tang army began to continue to advance, the musketeers released their guns while advancing, and the Tubo army could not raise their heads, and under the crossfire of the Tang army, they had only to hide!
In two minutes, the Tang army advanced to the front of the gap, and the Tang army's musketeers slowed down their pace and slowly approached step by step, beware of the Tubo soldiers suddenly killing and catching them off guard!
As soon as he appeared, the musketeer's gun was immediately pointed at the opponent, and the bullet was shot at the target, and if he moved slowly, he would be shot.
The musketeers slowly entered through the gap, alternately covering each other to prevent a sudden attack, and the guns in their hands kept shooting in all directions, and the unlucky Tubo soldiers became the ghosts of the guns!
The Tibetan soldiers also organized a manpower resistance, but were eventually repelled by the Tang army, and the Tibetan army could only rely on the surrounding environment to carry out an effective counterattack.
As more and more Tang troops came in, more and more places were captured by the Tang army, and the Tang army relied on shields to defend against bows and arrows, greatly reducing casualties.
The Tibetan side was not so lucky, and all those who were found were killed.
There are also those who really can't bear it and choose to surrender, they understand that the moment the Tang Army began to use new weapons, it was already doomed!
Instead of doing a senseless struggle, it is better to disarm and surrender, and you can still save your own life.
What coexists and dies with Wuhai City, to hell with it! They just want to survive!
For the Tubo people who surrendered, the Tang army accepted them all and continued to advance, which could also save a lot of strength and ammunition.
Some chose to surrender, and some chose to surrender by fraud, using surrender as an excuse to lure the Tang army forward and start a hand-to-hand battle with the Tang army, but the result was naturally a dead end, but fortunately, it also took away a few lives of the Tang army!
The Tang army besieged a Tubo army of hundreds of people in a courtyard, and the Tubo army inside chose to fight to the death, and the Tang army immediately greeted with grenades, blowing up the entire courtyard, and all the Tubo soldiers inside were killed.
Such a situation was staged in many places in Wuhai City, and all the resistance was resolved to the end, and those who surrendered all laid down their arms and came out, and someone took them in.
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On the Qin Tomb retreated to the city lord's mansion with the remnants.
"Da Lun, Wuhai City will definitely not be able to hold it, the Tang army will be killed soon, please withdraw as soon as possible, I will stay and break the rear!"
Xilu knelt in front of the Lun Qin Ling and begged the Lun Qin Tomb to leave quickly.
"No, I can't just leave, I said, swear to live and die in Wuhai City, if I break my oath, I won't die!"
"The soldiers are bleeding and killing the enemy, but I, the commander, want to flee from the battle, what are you like? Don't persuade me again!"
On Qinling waved his hand.
Go, he has no way out, back to the Tubo homeland, the king of Tubo will not let him go, for the glory and wealth of the Gar family, his brothers basically offended the local nobles of Tubo! They all wanted him to talk about Qinling's early death!