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Chapter 570 The End of the Hero (5)

"Three artillery linkage, target, defend the city crossbow, release!"

Taking advantage of the fierce battle between the officers and soldiers of the first brigade and the defenders at the top of the city, the officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion quickly pushed a dozen artillery pieces to the predetermined position seventy steps away from the city. The artillery positions were already ready for the shelling, so Su Qingsheng didn't dare to delay a little bit, so he hurriedly gave the order to attack.

"Boom, boom..."

The artillery, which had been silent for a while, started firing again. Unlike the previous two rounds of diffuse fire, this time the Tang army's firepower had been concentrated. Three artillery pieces were used to deal with a city defense crossbow. They named them one by one, and several rounds of shelling After coming down, most of the defensive crossbows on the top of the city were destroyed, and the few remaining gates were no longer a big threat to the Tang army. Even so, the officers and soldiers of the first brigade did not relax their fire to attack the remaining crossbows. , the dense rain of bullets was so heavy that the Tubo officers and soldiers could not even raise their heads, let alone handle the ballista. At this point in the battle, the defenders were completely at a disadvantage. They could only be beaten, but could not fight back. .

"Boom, boom!"

Seeing that the Tubo defenders were unable to fight back, the officers and soldiers of the first brigade stopped firing rapidly, and only the two heavy artillery were still firing at a leisurely pace, smashing giant shells hard Towards the dilapidated city gate, he jumped off the sandbags filled in it almost foot by foot-although the sandbags can effectively slow down the impact of the shells, they cannot completely eliminate the power of the heavy artillery approaching the shooting. Before long, the city gate was in a mess, the thick wooden gate had long since disappeared, and the sandbags on the outermost layer had been smashed to pieces, but the three-foot-wide city gate seemed to be full of sandbags, which must have been hit by heavy artillery. No matter how powerful it is, there is also a problem with the shooting angle. After only half of the city gate is gnawed, it can no longer move forward. At this time, the heavy artillery has to stop.

"Ming Wu, ask the captives to come forward and remove the sandbags, and tell them that as long as they can remove all the sandbags in the city gate, I will give them freedom, and reward each with a hundred sheep and a horse. There is a heavy reward, and those who are not in the first place will be killed on the spot!"

Li Xian had long expected that the heavy artillery would not be able to completely remove the sandbags in the city gate. Seeing that the heavy artillery had stopped firing at this time, he didn't take it seriously. He waved Zhang Mingwu to him, and gave instructions indifferently.

"promise!"

Earlier when the heavy artillery was attacking the city, Li Xian had already sent someone to bring over the [-] miscellaneous soldiers captured yesterday. Zhang Mingwu was a little confused about this at first, but he didn't dare to ask further questions. Having said this, it was only then that he suddenly realized that he didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly answered, galloped his horse towards the place where the prisoners were, and conveyed Li Xian's order loudly, immediately offending the prisoners. They were in an uproar, but under the pressure of Tang Jun's horizontal knife bullets, they all quickly calmed down. Whether they wanted to or not, they could only act according to Tang Jun's orders.

"Cheng Bin, bring your men up. The cavalry is approaching for cover. The infantry is ready to rush into the city at any time, but they must not go deep. Be careful of the enemy's ambush. Just take down the city wall!"

Li Xian didn't bother about those prisoners, he waved his hand, called Lin Chengbin over, and gave him some detailed instructions.

"promise!"

Li Xian's order was obviously a bit conservative, but Lin Chengbin didn't say anything else, he agreed to the promise neatly, and rushed back to the main formation with his horse. The Thousand Infantry began to move forward, but the speed was not considered fast. They just followed behind a large number of prisoners, not as if they were going to charge the city, but as if they were escorting the prisoners.

"Not good! Quickly, gather the rolling stones at the city gate, and move quickly!"

Now that the Tang army stopped shooting, all the Tubo officers and soldiers slowly poked their heads out from behind the city plate. Seeing the Tang army escorting the prisoners meandering towards the city gate, they couldn't help feeling a little silly At first glance, he didn't know which play Tang Jun was singing. He was in a daze, but he saw Gar Qinling's expression suddenly changed, and he gave the general order in an exclamation.

"Cavalry attack!"

As soon as Gar Qinling gave the order, the defenders on the top of the city immediately became flustered, running around one by one carrying the rolling stones and trees that had been scattered everywhere. The movement of this chaotic situation fell on Lin Chengbin In his eyes, he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he shouted, led the cavalry to cross the slow-moving line of prisoners of war, and rushed towards the gate tower at high speed. At the same time, the officers and soldiers of the first brigade They also started shooting in turn to disrupt the actions of the Tubo army.

"Run up, the target city gate, anyone who dares to disobey the order, kill!"

Zhang Mingwu also noticed the movement of the defenders at the top of the city. With a slight roll of his eyes, he had already guessed the plan of the Tubo army. He didn't dare to delay any longer. He drew out the horizontal knife at his waist, slashed it heavily, and roared. After the order was given, a group of personal guards rode their horses and rushed forward, whipping the hesitant prisoners of war with a whip, without counting breaths, all the prisoners who were unable to eat and beat all rushed forward frantically.

The cavalry of the Tang army quickly rushed to the city, shooting arrows like rain on the top of the city, coupled with the salvo of the officers and soldiers of the first brigade, the firepower was naturally astonishingly fierce. Hiding behind the city plate with your waist down, the results you can get are actually very limited, and you can't completely stop the Tubo army from gathering the rolling stones.

"The whole army obeys the order: at all costs, seal the city gates, life and death are in this battle, anyone who dares to retreat, kill! Those who delay, kill! Those who move slowly, kill!"

The transportation matter can be covered by the city plate, but throwing wood and rolling stones under the city has to lean out. In this way, it is bound to become the target of the Tang army's concentrated fire. This point is clearly seen by Gar Qinling. At this critical moment, he didn't care about taking care of his subordinates any more. He pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist and gave the order to die. Not only that, he also ordered the personal guards to go up to press the formation, forcing the defenders at the top of the city to risk their lives to attack A group of prisoners of war who had rushed to the gate of the city.

Facing the gleaming scimitars in the hands of the guards, the guards did not dare to resist. They could only bite the bullet and form several queues, stepping forward one by one to throw the rolling stones. First of all, the prisoners of war who rushed to transport the sandbags at the city gate were unlucky. From time to time, some people were hit by the rolling stones thrown from the top of the city or even the corpses of the defenders. The defenders at the top of the city didn't have a good result either. Often a group of people threw what they had in their hands before they were all shot into a sieve by the Tang army's intensive firepower. It became a battle of attrition. The difference is that the Tang army fought for the lives of the prisoners, while the Tubo army fought for their own lives. Obviously, the pressure fell entirely on the Tubo army.

The fighting continued fiercely. After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, most of the original [-] defenders on the top of the city were killed or injured, and hundreds of prisoners of war who rushed to transport sandbags below the city also died. Under the supervision of the city gate, they did not dare to relax at all, and kept removing the sandbags and other sundries in the city gate. Gradually, a glimmer of light appeared in the originally dark city gate—the city gate was about to be opened!
"boom!"

Just as the prisoners of war were cheering because the city gate was about to be opened, they saw that only one or two layers of sandbag walls were suddenly pushed down from the city. The prisoners at the front were caught off guard and crushed into minced meat on the spot.

"Kill, kill these traitors!"

Before the prisoners of war came back to their senses, they heard a loud roar, and then countless Tubo infantry armed with sharp knives swarmed into the city gate, slashing wildly with knives, killing the prisoners immediately The ghosts and wolves howled endlessly. Under the heavy casualties, the survivors turned their heads regardless and rushed out of the city gate, screaming and fleeing to the distance.

"Infantry attack!"

When Lin Chengbin saw that something was wrong, he dared not take it lightly. He gave a loud cry and ordered his [-] infantry to attack.

"Come with me, kill into the city!"

After the command was given by the general, an infantry general holding a Mo knife screamed and rushed to the city gate, and in an instant he collided fiercely with the Tubo infantry rushing out from the city gate. This is the beginning of the extremely tragic bloody battle, neither side backs down, almost fighting desperately, the swords are raging, the spears are criss-crossing, countless lives are passing away like grass, and the battle has become a stalemate for a while. .

"Modao team, go!"

This is a fight with no way out for both sides. Under the contest of blood and iron, the number of casualties on both sides is increasing sharply. The vicinity of the city gate is already covered with fallen corpses. After accumulating several layers, the scene was really terrifying. Seeing that the battle could not be stopped for a long time, the general of the Tang army who led the attack immediately became anxious. With a loud roar, he threw the trump card in his hand into the bloody battlefield without hesitation. middle.

"Raise the knife! Go in! Cut, turn, cross..."

The power of the Modao team is naturally extremely powerful, but it is not easy to cultivate. The generals of the Tang Dynasty are generally reluctant to put this powerful army into the battlefield at once, and they are often used at the most critical time. Obviously, at this time, for the Tang army rushing to the city, it was the time when there was no way to back down. They could only throw this powerful army into a meat grinder-like fight, and the Modao team did not order the Tang army to fight. The commander was disappointed, and as the trumpet sounded, the Modao team, which had already rallied to the front line, waved the grown Modao like a wheel, cutting all the Tubo officers and soldiers who dared to stand in the way to pieces, but After a short time, he had forced his way through the city gate.

"Send the arrow, release the arrow!"

Jieming Lusong, the Tubo chief who was guarding the city gate, saw that something was wrong, and regardless of the fact that there were still many defeated soldiers in front of him, he roared and ordered the thousands of crossbowmen who had already lined up in the city to focus their fire. attack.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Since the lord general gave the order, the bowmen did not dare to delay, and let go of the strings one after another, but when they heard the sound of the bowstrings, a dense rain of arrows like locusts poured on the opening of the city gate. In the past, in an instant, the soldiers of the two armies who were fighting in a melee were all shot and screamed miserably. The Modao team of the Tang army who had just rushed into the city also suffered a heavy loss because of this, and was rushed by the surging Tubo infantry , Immediately, he couldn't stand his ground, and was beaten backwards back into the city gate.

(End of this chapter)