The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 486 The Battle of Shaowu ([-])

At night, standing on the head of Shaowu North City, you can still see the light in the camp of the Yuan army.

This bright light stretches for several miles, divided into two groups, on the left and right sides of the official road, echoing each other.It looks like two prostrate wild beasts.

Zhao Dongting led Tie Liduan and others to stand at the top of the city, Xi Wuliang and other civil and military officials from Shao Wu and Guang Guang also stood behind.

Seeing the majestic atmosphere of the Yuan army's camp, everyone's face was dignified.Even though Zhao Dongting came here through time travel, he still felt great pressure at this time.

With [-] versus tens of thousands, given that they are not familiar with the situation on the other side, and their weapons are inferior, this is a battle with little chance of winning.

Zhao Dongting didn't even think about winning this battle, all he wanted was to hold on until Huang Hua came.

In that way, although the number of soldiers is still at an absolute disadvantage, it is not completely impossible to win.

Seeing Zhao Dongting's solemn expression, Tie Liduan said again: "Your Majesty, why don't we go to the Yuan army's camp again?"

Nine real warriors entering the camp may still be able to deal a great blow to the Yuan army.

But Zhao Dongting still shook his head, "Yuan army has already suffered losses in Guangze, and even Zhang Kui Temple is dead. Now the camp seems to be calm, but it may be a murderous intention, seniors should not take risks."

Hong Wutian and Le Wuwei are not only his treasures, but also have a close personal relationship with him. Zhao Dongting absolutely does not want any accidents to happen to them.

That night, Zhao Dongting and others stayed on the city wall until late at night before returning to the government office.

The sky was getting brighter.

The Yuan army couldn't wait to march towards Shaowu, and when it was completely bright, tens of thousands of troops had rushed to the north gate of Shaowu City, only a few hundred meters away from the gate.

The wind blew past, blowing the military flags in the Yuan army formation whirring.

A group of Yuan generals immediately stood in front of each army formation, all looking up at the city of Shaowu County.

On the top of the city, there were only a few hundred soldiers.Either a gunner or a crossbowman.The rest of the soldiers have disappeared.

The bald heads are shining in the morning light.

The generals of the Yuan army had obviously already discussed the countermeasures to capture Shaowu, but a few minutes later, there were drums in the Chinese army.

The two army formations at the front, about ten thousand people, stepped forward together and approached Shaowu City step by step.

They had neither battering rams nor catapults in their army.Yes, it's just a catapult that is much smaller than a catapult.

The shooting range of the cannon cart was similar to that of the catapult, and when it reached about 500 meters outside the city, the two army formations stopped again amidst the shouts of the generals.

The passionate murderous aura was so thick in the air that even the wind couldn't blow it away.

The extremely turbid river flows through the moat outside Shaowu City, but since Hong Tianlei was invented by Zhao Dongting, the moat is no longer as effective as it used to be.

"put!"

On the top of the city, a general of the Toutuo Army in armor looked at the Yuan army's formation with a serious face and gave orders.

The bright red command flag waved forward.

Stones were thrown into the sky by the catapult and fell towards the Yuan army formation.

And almost at the same time, black thunderbolts were thrown out from the artillery carts in the Yuan army formation.

The battle started under such abrupt circumstances.

Thunderbolts exploded on the city wall, or fell on the top of the city. Smoke bursts, and countless fragments of blue bricks flew.

These broken bricks fell into the moat outside the city, making waves in circles.

Some Toutuo soldiers were blown to pieces by the bombardment, and even the catapult was blown to pieces.

However, there were also soldiers in the Yuan army who failed to avoid the stones thrown from the top of the city, and were immediately beaten to a bloody mess.

Compared with the grenadier, the shooting range of the artillery cart is still much worse.

Most of the blasting thunders failed to be thrown on the top of the city, but all the stones from the Toutuo army fell into the formation of the Yuan army.

In terms of the loss of soldiers on both sides, the Yuan army undoubtedly suffered a bit.After all, there are only a few hundred Tutuo troops on the top of the city, which is too scattered.

The power of Thunderbolt cannot be fully exerted.

However, under such circumstances, no matter how strong the city wall is, it is obvious that it will not be able to last for a long time.If the Yuan army does not care about the cost, the city will be razed to the ground sooner or later.

Bang Tianlei and stones continued to criss-cross in the air.

The whole city seemed to be shaking.

However, under the leadership of the generals, the Chengtoutuo army did not retreat.

In terms of combat effectiveness, those who were born in the rebel army may not be able to compare with the soldiers of the Yuan army.But they were all battle-hardened fighters, and they were not bad at all in terms of ruthlessness.

In this way, more than ten minutes passed quickly.

There are already many gaps on the top of the city, and more than 20 catapults of the Toutuo Army have been blown up.

In the Yuan army's formation, the cannon throwing carts were also hit by stones and then turned into pieces.

If this continues, the city gate will be breached sooner or later.

However, the generals of the Yuan army seemed dissatisfied with attacking the city at such a cost and speed, and the drums in the army suddenly became agitated.

When the generals raised their weapons, the soldiers of the two front ranks rushed to the foot of Shaowu city together with loud shouts of killing.

"Fire arrows!"

"Fire arrows!"

The corners of the eyes of several generals of the Toutuo army in Chengtoutuo almost opened, and they roared loudly.

Arrows rushed out of the arrow stacks at the top of the city one by one.

These arrows are fired by strong crossbows, and they are all extremely powerful. When shot into a group of Yuan troops, they can often penetrate two Yuan troops.

However, this damage is really just itching for the tens of thousands of yuan troops.

No general would care about this loss.

The gun-throwing vehicles in the Yuan army also took advantage of the situation and pushed forward. After the shooting range was shortened, more and more dense thunderbolts were able to fall on the top of the city.

Hundreds of Toutuo soldiers were jumping on the top of the city where the artillery was flying.

On the way to run, someone was hit by the Thunderbolt, screamed and was thrown away, and then never got up again.

They are still lucky.

There were soldiers whose legs or hands had been blown off, lying bloodied on the ground, looking at their stumps with horror on their faces.Tears and blood gurgled out, screaming terribly.

This is simply more painful than death.

The eyes of the generals of the Thutuo Army were all red.

And on the top of the residential houses beside the street behind the city, Zhao Dongting and others looked at the situation on the city with serious expressions on their faces.

Zhao Dongting did not expect that the Yuan army would be so eager to take down Shaowu County, and even let the soldiers launch a fierce attack on the city gate in a short period of time.

The situation was more serious than he had expected.

Hundreds of Tutuo troops do not know how long they can hold off the Yuan army.And today, it was just the beginning.

Every minute and every second seemed extremely difficult at this moment.

With thousands of people trying to block the Yuan army, it was extremely difficult to persist until Huang Hua led the army to arrive.

Against the rain of arrows, the densely packed Yuan army quickly rushed to the side of the moat of Shaowu City.

The muddy river flows by.

The archers in the Yuan army shot towards the top of the city.

There were screams from the top of the city, and more and more soldiers of the Thutuo soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

But there are still people who keep throwing stones and kerosene out.

The Yuan army was just below the head, holding it stiffly.

Toutuo soldiers who took the lead often appeared at the top of the city, and it was difficult to retreat.

The bows and crossbows of the Yuan army are strong, and it is not so easy to avoid them.

Hundreds of people gradually turned into more than two hundred people, and then only a hundred people remained.

I don't know when, the shouts of the generals can no longer be heard from the top of the city.The only few generals were all killed by artillery fire and arrows.

There are more dead bodies lying on the top of the city than standing people.

The only remaining Thutuo soldiers were red-eyed, kept roaring, and flung stones down the city defiantly.

But after all, their power is getting weaker and weaker.

Some soldiers in the Yuan army who knew how to swim jumped directly into the moat, and then swam to the other side of the river.

The moat was only a few meters wide, and only a few stones and arrows fell, which could not stop these Yuan troops at all.

Soon, many Yuan troops successfully swam to the other side, and then went ashore.

Some people ran towards the city gate, while others threw flying claws on the top of the city and grabbed the rope to climb up.

With Hongtianlei, the Yuan army no longer used traditional weapons such as ladders and battering hammers to attack the city as before.

Compared with the battering ram, Thunderbolt is undoubtedly much lighter.

In the blink of an eye, the sound of bombing was heard, and the fight took only a quarter of an hour, and the city gate of Shaowu County was bombed and collapsed in the gunpowder smoke.

"boom!"

The heavy city gate smashed to the ground, making a muffled sound.

(End of this chapter)