Great Tang princess

Chapter 346 Defeat like a mountain

To be honest, the flying speed of the hot air balloon is actually not too fast, but when most of the soldiers were stunned, they had already flown up to a height of [-] meters, almost directly above Yangzhou City.

Xu Jingye looked up at the hot air balloon in the sky, his mind kept running, thinking about the solution.

At this height, even if all the soldiers shot into the air with bows and arrows, it would probably be meaningless. It would be great if the arrows could be nailed to the hanging basket. In fact, most of the arrows might not be able to hit the target.

If the arrow is shot forward, it will definitely be no problem to hit the target at this distance, but if it is upward, it is another matter.

However, the other party obviously didn't give him time to react, and soon, he vaguely saw a few small black spots flying out of the hanging basket in the sky, drawing an arc in the air, and quickly falling towards the city wall come.

If you look closely, you can even see a twinkle of sparks in these tiny black dots!

Although he didn't know what it was, Xu Jingye's heart skipped a beat at this time, and a bad premonition cast a shadow over his heart.

"Run!"

He suddenly yelled, but it was too late.

The next moment, the bamboo tubes with the fuses ignited had almost landed on both sides of the city wall, and the gunpowder inside was instantly ignited. When the bamboo tubes exploded, the circle of prefabricated fragments attached to the outside were also suddenly pushed out to the surroundings!
What followed were explosions one after another, accompanied by a large amount of fire and smoke exploding on both sides of the city wall.

Many soldiers around were blown to death without even making a sound.

However, what is even more frightening is that more soldiers who were not killed by the bombing around were screaming and rolling on the ground while clutching various injured parts of their bodies.

Such a scene made the guards around Xu Jingye feel his legs trembling, and quickly reached out to grab his arm: "General, retreat! We can't beat it!"

Hearing the voice of the personal guard, Xu Jingye, who was also stunned by the explosion, came back to his senses, and then he couldn't help laughing bitterly: "Withdraw? Where are you going?"

"This..." The guard didn't know how to answer him for a while, but then shook his head, grabbed his arm and walked away, "In short, go down the city wall first, and you can't stay here any longer!"

The explosions around were still ringing, and many soldiers on the city wall had dropped their weapons and rushed down screaming.

If there is the first one, there will be no lack of the second one. As the saying goes, the defeat is like a mountain. Once a person is frightened and loses his support, he will not have the courage to continue to take up arms and fight.

The grenade itself is not terrible, what is terrible is that only the other party has this thing and he does not have it.

The soldiers fled in defeat. Xu Jingye knew that this battle was over, so he didn't resist, and let his guards drag him down the city wall.

Soon, the soldiers on the city wall were emptied. As soon as Xu Jingye walked down the city wall, he heard the soldiers who were watching the opposite side through the cracks behind the city gate and ran over to report: "General, only a dozen or so enemies from the enemy came to the city. Outside the door, I don’t know what kind of utensils are being piled up, what should I do?”

When the soldier spoke, there was unconcealable fear in his eyes.

But at the same time, he was secretly glad that he hadn't stayed on the city wall just now, otherwise he might have been killed by the bomb now.

Xu Jingye looked at the soldier in front of him, and was about to wave his hands to tell them to flee for their lives, but he stopped suddenly.

You can't do this, the princess is strong now, if there is a tendency to lose without a fight at this time, I'm afraid these soldiers will immediately chop off their heads and offer them to the princess to surrender.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in this era, so I can't panic now, I have to keep these soldiers... No, at least keep the guards under me!
Thinking of this, Xu Jingye immediately forced himself to cheer up, and ordered to the soldiers: "No matter what, the other party is definitely going to enter the city, first..."

With a sound of "Boom--", a violent explosion suddenly sounded at the city gate, and the huge city gate was instantly blown to pieces, and the shattered fragments were accompanied by a bright fireball and a large amount of smoke flying everywhere.

The soldiers who were in charge of guarding behind the city gate were directly pushed away by the shock wave generated by the explosion at this moment. When they landed, their exposed skin was already charred black, and it was unknown whether they were alive or dead!

The people around shouted and ran away, and some seemed to be frightened, and sat on the ground directly, staring blankly at the city gate that was blown open in front of them.

Xu Jingye was also taken aback, his legs softened, and he subconsciously sat on the ground.

Still, the guard next to him reacted quickly. He leaned out and saw that the soldiers on the opposite side had already rushed towards this side with neat steps.

The black infantry walked in the front with their shields almost as high as their bodies, and they pushed forward unhurriedly, obviously planning to enter the city directly.

The personal guard stretched out his hand to pull Xu Jingye up, and then said to Wei Siwen and King Luo Bin, the military advisers beside him: "Please lead the generals to retreat first, and the subordinates stay here to resist one or two. The opponent's strength is only [-]. Has the power to fight!"

Wei Siwen shook his head: "No, it's better to gather the soldiers first and retreat with us, otherwise the other party..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the soldier next to him suddenly pointing at the sky and shouting: "Come in!"

Everyone under the city wall saw that at some point, those hot air balloons had descended to only about ten feet away from the city wall.

Ropes were thrown from outside the hanging basket, and a large number of soldiers in camouflage uniforms slid down the ropes.

They lined up, holding bows and crossbows, and quickly occupied the city wall completely.

Some soldiers who had not had time to run down the city wall were shot to death by crossbow arrows before they could resist.

The movements of these soldiers in camouflage uniforms were uniform, obviously they had undergone strict training, no one ran away from the team, they were like a precision-operated machine, completely occupied the entire city wall, and no one was injured!
Such a quick action shocked Xu Jingye and others below, and hurriedly summoned his personal guards to prepare to retreat.

It is not difficult to see that those wearing green floral patterns are the princess's soldiers, and these soldiers who have just entered the city at this time are ordinary soldiers who are no different from them.

The personal guard immediately organized a team, and then took Xu Jingye and others to prepare to retreat to Runzhou.

Although the other side will definitely not be able to withstand the princess's offensive, at least they can gather some forces to continue going south, and don't expect a comeback, but at least they can hold on to this life, right?
While organizing the troops, the captain of the personal guard did not forget to take people to stop the soldiers who had already rushed into the city.

Qiu Shenji and Linghu Zhitong led the team in the lead, followed behind the shields in the front row and entered the city, commanding the front line.

Linghu Zhitong wanted to join the princess's army, and Qiu Shenji wanted to hug his thighs. Both of them valued their own performance in this war.

In fact, logically speaking, as high-level military officers, there is no need for the two of them to come to the front line in person, but there is no way, since Li Yuechen himself has come, they can only keep up.

And Li Yuechen came to the front line to catch Xu Jingye and Luo Binwang with his own hands. The person who insulted his mother just wanted to catch him with his own hands!
The soldiers who rushed into the city soon met the enemy, and the two sides fought on the widest street in the middle of the city.

The arrows shot by Xu Jingye's soldiers nailed the large wooden shield one after another, but did not cause any harm to the people behind.

Behind the soldiers holding large shields in the front row were the spearmen. The moment the two sides came into contact, they stabbed the spears in their hands through the gap between the large shields through their extremely limited vision.

Originally, according to this style of play, the two sides were evenly matched.

However, at this time, the Qianniuwei soldiers who occupied the city wall quickly turned the direction of the bed crossbow facing the outside of the city, aimed at the city, and aimed at the enemy to launch.

The bed crossbow is a heavy weapon in this era, and it is not used to deal with people.

But at the same time, once this weapon is fired at a person, there is almost no difference whether it is light armor or heavy armor.

Although the soldiers of Qianniuwei are trained with the concept of the future, it does not mean that they will not use the weapons of this era.

Under the control of Li Yuechen, the royal princess, as long as it is a weapon that will appear on the battlefield in this era, they basically know it and understand its operation method.

The arrows shot by the bed crossbow could already be called spears. These spears flew into the enemy army with great power. A large number of soldiers were threaded into a string and fell to the ground screaming.

However, this is not the end. There are many places where the bed crossbow is not easy to shoot. The grenadiers on the city wall hold the crossbow and make it into a grenade launcher. After igniting the grenade, it is projected to the crowd behind the enemy. dense places.

Explosions sounded one after another in the crowd, accompanied by a lot of screams. In an instant, the streets in the city turned into a hell on earth, and wounded soldiers clutched their bodies and screamed everywhere.

The most frightening thing was that such an explosion almost frightened the surrounding soldiers, and they ran away screaming.

Many soldiers lying on the ground were trampled to death by their own people who were running away before they could react.

The enemy army whose command system was already on the verge of paralysis is now completely disintegrated and has completely lost its combat effectiveness.

Just at this time, the soldiers on the opposite side had already shouted loudly: "Those who surrender will not be killed!"

Hearing this, the soldiers on the opposite side immediately dropped their weapons to express their surrender.

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On the other side, Xu Jingye and others are moving quickly to the back of the city under the leadership of the guards, planning to escape out of the city first.

At this moment, there are only more than a thousand soldiers around, and they plan to flee back to Runzhou first.

However, as soon as he turned a street, he saw a bamboo tube suddenly fall from the sky.

Xu Jingye opened his eyes wide, feeling a sense of unwillingness in his heart, could it be that he was going to be killed here today?

With a sound of "噗嗤", the bamboo tube that fell on the ground did not explode, but a large amount of red smoke spewed out, which filled the surrounding air in a short while, blocking a large amount of sight.

"Cough cough..."

Even if it wasn't tear gas, the thick smoke still made many people cough.

Xu Jingye thought for a while, the bamboo tube seemed to only release smoke, but it would not explode...not good!
After all, he was born in the house of generals. Although he has never seen a smoke bomb, he immediately realized that this thing is used to point out the direction, and someone will follow the smoke to catch him soon.

He looked up, and sure enough, not all the hot air balloons in the sky had descended, but there were still a few floating in the sky. If you squint your eyes carefully, you can still see someone holding something Stick it on your face and look down.

"Run!"

Xu Jingye exclaimed, and quickly took the lead and ran quickly.

……

On the other side, Li Yuechen also entered the city behind the soldiers of the big shield. She did not rush to fight in front, but waited for the smoke bomb to fall, and pointed out the direction of Xu Jingye to herself.

After a while, Fulai pointed to a place and shouted: "Look, Your Highness!"

Not far away, red smoke filled the air and was becoming thinner as it gradually rose.

Li Yuechen's eyes were fixed, and he immediately ran forward.

Today she didn't wear her own armor, but a set of light armor of ordinary soldiers. Although the protection ability is not high, it will not affect physical activities.

What's more, to her, it's not even armor, it's just a thick coat at best.

Seeing Li Yuechen running out, the bodyguards beside him, Linghu Zhitong and Qiu Shenji immediately followed, and at the same time tried to persuade her to chase after her on horseback.

However, the next moment, Li Yuechen suddenly ran into the aisle between the two houses, jumped in the air, jumped back and forth between the two walls four times, and then turned directly onto the roof.

The people who were chasing behind stood up immediately, they couldn't do this kind of operation!
Those who were familiar with Li Yuechen were quite calm, and immediately planned to chase him from the side, but Linghu Zhitong and Qiu Shenji froze in place.

It is said that His Highness is the reincarnation of a god, but... why does it feel like a monkey that has become a spirit?In other words, can a person repeatedly jump horizontally on the wall more than twice?
In fact, they didn't know that this was still when Li Yuechen was in a hurry to chase someone. If he really wanted to show off, he would be fine by jumping across the wall five or six times.

At this time, Li Yuechen, who was already on the roof, suddenly poked his head out and said, "Bring my bow!"

A bodyguard immediately threw her mechanical compound bow up, and she grabbed it in her hand.

Then she turned around and chased after the place where the red smoke appeared. Of course, she wasn't the only one. Geng Yunqiang had already led someone to chase from the ground.

Li Yuechen just started running between the well-arranged roofs. Her body control is very strong, and her strength is far beyond ordinary people. She can even do many movements that ordinary people can't do at all.

The red smoke bombs fell one after another, pointing her to where Xu Jingye was at this time.

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Xu Jingye on the other side looked at the red smoke bombs that fell not far away from time to time, thought carefully and said: "Don't run away! Just wait here!"

He figured it out now, with someone watching from the sky, he would definitely not be able to run away. If so, why not just wait here and wait for the other party to come over, and fight to the death!

Now that he has reached this point, he also wants to see if Princess Taiping is really like the one in the legend and can be number one in the world.

(End of this chapter)