Chapter 97: The Battle of Pyongyang (2)

It was just a round of spirit stone fireball bombardment, and more than 100 spirit stones fell on the top of the city, because of its excellent accuracy and incredible lethality, thousands of people died in the city guards, not to mention the soldiers!

The injured are several times this, and most of them are seriously injured, because as long as they are pierced by the flying stones, they will basically lose their combat ability, and there are also a large number of low-level Qi cultivators who are the backbone of the city!

The women's wall has also suffered a certain degree of damage, and large gaps in the doors have appeared one after another.

And that's just the casualty of a wall!

And with the sound of the wind howling, the second round of spirit stone fireballs of the Tang Army rose into the air and smashed down in a devastating attitude.

Those soldiers defending the city who were still high-spirited and confident before at the head of the city, after experiencing a round of fierce bombardment that they had never encountered before, not only did many people become corpses, thousands of people lay in a pool of blood and wailed, even the soldiers who had not been bombarded were also blank in their minds, and they couldn't be more fierce, either stunned in place, or hugged their heads when a new round of spirit stones attacked.

Shen Chongqian had never experienced such a battle, and he was stunned there, looking at the miserable appearance of the city, his face full of disbelief.

In the face of such an offensive, Pei Xuanqing, whose expression had changed greatly, was shocked and shouted like crazy: "Intercept the 'flint', intercept the 'flint'!

The defense line of Pyongyang City concentrated the essence of the Goguryeo army, with more than 40 people in the real realm, hundreds of people in the high stage of Qi training, and nearly 10,000 Qi cultivators. Such a huge force is the basis for Gong Yi, Pei Xuanqing and others to be confident that they can defeat the Tang army.

The spirit stone fireball came very fast, not comparable to ordinary boulders, in a hurry, the second round of spiritual energy fireball fell, only less than two percent were intercepted, and many were about to fall on the city, only to be destroyed by the monks, and the exploding flying stones still set off a bloody storm in the city.

After the first round of bombardment, the Goguryeo soldiers at the head of the city have fallen into a certain degree of chaos, although the falling spirit stone fireball is less, but the damage caused is not reduced at all!

Pei Xuanqing hated so much that his eyes were about to fall out.

The buzzing third round of spirit stone fireballs struck right after!

Pei Xuanqing made a brazen move and intercepted the three spirit stone fireballs nearby, with his cultivation strength, there was no difficulty in this. But he also felt that the power of a spirit stone fireball when it exploded was equivalent to a full blow from a high-level Qi cultivation cultivator, and such an extraordinary power made his scalp tingle.

Fortunately, the Goguryeo army has also experienced a lot of battles, and ordinary soldiers can't face such a heavenly might, but the high-level Qi training stage, especially the real human realm monks, after reacting, made a decisive move, and immediately stopped most of the third round of fireballs.

The remaining twenty or thirty fireballs fell on the top of the city, and although they were still extremely lethal, they were no longer so terrifying.

Pei Xuanqing breathed a sigh of relief and secretly palpitated. The Tang Dynasty was so terrifying, it was so terrifying to build such a terrifying thing, such a weapon of mass destruction, it was really heart-wrenching on the battlefield!

"Fortunately, I reacted in time, there are many real realm and high-level Qi cultivation cultivators in the city, and the next round of spirit stone fireballs is coming, there shouldn't be too many threats......"

Pei Xuanqing was thinking like this, when he suddenly heard Shen Chongqian's panicked shout: "General, look!"

Pei Xuanqing was observing the battlefield at the head of the city, assessing the degree of damage to the soldiers, when he suddenly heard Shen Chongqian's shout, and when he looked back at the outside of the city, the heart that had just stabilized suddenly raised his throat again!

The trebuchet of the Tang army did not continue to exert its might, but in the formation of the Tang army, a boundless dark cloud flew out!

Naturally, it's not really a dark cloud, it's still a rain of arrows!

No, it's not a rain of arrows, it's a strong crossbow bolt!

Extraordinary crossbows!

On each crossbow arrow, there is a flashing aura light, connected together, and the sound is terrifying!

"It's a magic weapon again?!

There are too many crossbow arrows to count, even if there are real people in the realm and high-level Qi cultivation cultivators, there is no way to intercept them!

Dark clouds fell on the city.

After the bombardment of the spirit stone fireball, the curtain at the head of the city has long disappeared, becoming a burning "paper" scattered everywhere, the magic weapon crossbow arrow is no longer hindered, and the crosshair is also amazing, most of them accurately cover the city!

Suddenly, the soldiers at the head of the city were hit head-on by a flash flood.

It was a flash flood, not a torrential rain. Because it is a magic weapon crossbow arrow, the power is amazing, not to mention that it is easy to break the armor, after shooting a person, it can also pierce the armor behind it, and then nail it to the wall.

Not to mention the heavy casualties of the soldiers defending the city, the death was extremely miserable.

One of the team members was looking at the large shield held high in his hand, and then at the crossbow bolt that had sunk into his chest, his eyes full of confusion and despair. He couldn't understand until he died, why the Tang Army's crossbow arrows were so strong, and it was just a matter of being able to penetrate the big shield when shot from a distance, and even after piercing the big shield, he could also shoot through his own armor and penetrate his body!

This...... Irrationality......

How can such crossbow arrows be defended? What is the point of shields and armor?

The magic trebuchet stopped, but the magic weapon crossbow was exerting even more terrifying power, and the city of Pyongyang was completely in chaos. In a very short time, the corpses filled the horse path, as if they were not people, but weeds, and died too easily.

Seeing that there was no end to the dark clouds of the Tang army's crossbow arrows, hitting wave after wave, Pei Xuanqing's heart beat like a drum, and his eyes were about to split, as if there were blood and tears about to flow down!

"The offensive of the Don army...... Why is this so unreasonable? This ...... What kind of existence are these! With such a strong trebuchet and a strong crossbow, how can we defend it, and how can we continue to stand at the head of the city?" Shen Chongqian intercepted the crossbow bolt in front of him, and his voice was indescribably sad.

At this moment, he finally understood why the Tang army only had 100,000 people and dared to attack Goguryeo!

The three city walls combined, the Goguryeo soldiers killed more than 10,000 in battle, and tens of thousands of wounded, and the Tang army's crossbow arrows seemed to have no end, even if they had 300,000 soldiers, how could they withstand such a massacre?

"Retreat! Retreat! Go down the city wall!" Pei Xuanqing looked at the scattered soldiers on the city wall, his eyes were as red as blood, and his teeth were about to be crushed.

He had to give such an order.

The Tang army's long-range attack methods were too explosive, they couldn't deal with it at all, and staying in the city was to be killed, and they had to go down the city wall to dodge first.

Pei Xuanqing wanted to retreat, but Tang Jun didn't plan to let them retreat so easily.

"General, the Tang army is beginning to take over the city!" a general shouted in fear, pointing out of the city.

Pei Xuanqing leaned on the female wall and looked out, the Tang Army's infantry army held a big shield high, carrying stacked bridges and ladders, holding the nest car, and had begun to rush towards the city wall, although their speed was not fast, but it was definitely not slow, and the formation was extremely neat, like a wall, every soldier was tightly protected by the big shield.

There is a moat outside the city, deep and wide, there are few Tang soldiers, to fill the moat, it will inevitably consume a lot of time, this time, this time is the time for the city head to play the advantage of strong bows and crossbows, let them pay a heavy price, but now.....

In the Tang army's array, the rain of dark clouds of arrows continued to fall on the city, and the city head was no longer standing.

The magic weapon strong crossbow, compared with the ordinary strong bow crossbow, has a longer range, a better crosshair, and greater lethality, which allows the Tang army to attack completely unreasonably.

Moreover, the Tang army was not carrying sacks, but stacked bridges, where could Pei Xuanqing not understand, they did not plan to fill the moat, but planned to build a bridge to pass through directly and quickly pick up the city!

Pei Xuanqing's face changed rapidly, and it was extremely exciting.

If it's a normal time...... Forget it, it's not the usual at all now, what's the point of thinking about this!

"General...... Is it impossible to hold the city?" the general asked tentatively, swallowing his saliva with difficulty. When he said this, he himself felt ridiculous. It has been less than half an hour since the start of the war, and the Goguryeo defenders, who have been waiting for a long time, can no longer hold the city!

Is there such a war in the world?

Their city defenses were very tight, all kinds of defensive equipment were very complete, and the manpower was sufficient, and the walls were high enough...... But no matter how good these things are, what use can they do if the city can't stand people?

Under normal circumstances, even if the besieging side of the city no matter how strong the arrow rain is, most of the arrows can not accurately fall on the road at the head of the city, even if it falls, the defender relies on the female wall, shield, armor protection, the loss will not be large, and when the siege is close to the city, they are condescending, not how to fight as they want?

But now......

Before this battle, Mo said that ordinary generals could not have imagined that even Pei Xuanqing and Shen Chongqian would not know that the Tang Army was equipped with such a powerful magic weapon trebuchet and magic weapon crossbow, and there were so many of them!

The female wall was collapsed by the spirit stone fireball, and was pierced by the crossbow of the magic weapon bed, and the shield armor could not block the crossbow arrows at all, the key is that the crossbow array of the Tang army is still far away, and the ordinary strong crossbow at the head of the city can't touch the other party at all, so they can only be beaten passively!

This siege battle can't be carried out at all!

The Tang Dynasty was already so strong?

Pei Xuanqing's heart trembled.

"Assemble the elite cavalry and go out of the city to face the battle!" Pei Xuanqing clenched his fists and gave the order to fight.

The head of the city can no longer stand, if the Tang army is allowed to attack the head of the city and directly attack the city, the morale will collapse in an instant, after all, the war has only been started for less than half an hour, in that case, the street fighting cannot be carried out at all, and the city of Pyongyang will not be able to hold!

For the sake of today's plan, the only way to do this is to give full play to the superiority of troops and go out of the city to engage in close combat with the Tang army! As long as the two sides are mixed, the Tang army's strong crossbow array will not be able to exert its might.

"Command the left and right acropolis, mobilize elite troops to attack, and cooperate with the main city to fight!"

Pei Xuanqing hurriedly walked down the road, stepped on the war horse, took a deep breath, in order to protect everything, he turned around and ordered again: "After the elite cavalry leaves the city, the infantry army must also be ready to follow up at any time, today's battle, the only way to fight head-on with the Tang army is to be spared!

When the generals heard this, they all loudly agreed.

Passive beating at the head of the city, it was too embarrassing, tens of thousands of casualties in a very short period of time, which made people lose their fighting spirit, and now they can go out of the city to fight the Tang army head-on, and they as elites, they soon regained their fighting spirit.

On the handsome platform of the Tang army's great array, Zhao Poyu saw several city gates open at the same time, and the ironclad torrent-like cavalry rushed out of it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he clenched his fists and said to Li Ye: "Your Majesty, the Goryeo army has come out!"

Li Ye smiled slightly, "It's finally out." If the spirit stone fireballs and magic weapon crossbow arrows continue to be consumed like this, I will be in pain. Although these things are amazingly powerful, they are too expensive, and it is good to save a little. ”