(Ah Cao confused Han Cheng and Feng Yi, which is not easy to correct. Han Cheng and Feng Yi will return to their positions in the following plot.)
The city-climbing vehicle, which was as tall as a wooden building, finally appeared on the battlefield. Because the suspension bridge had been chopped down, the crash vehicle also had a place to be used.
When this day's siege battle began, the siege army became violent, no longer caring about casualties, and the waves of attacks never stopped.
The siege soldiers were so densely packed that they almost covered the Puban city wall. Everyone was vying to be the first, and they were all brave, and they had a posture of completing their achievements in one battle.
It was nearly noon, and the two city-climbing carriages in the east city finally slowly approached the city wall, pulled by ox-horses. The defenders in Puban City came to a critical moment of life and death.
Generally speaking, there are not many ways to deal with big guys like the city boarding car.
If you want to destroy it, one way is to throw cannons. However, in the few days of siege battles, all the cannons in the city have been lost. Stones are raging in the sky, but the enemy's cannons have been showing off again and again. The cannons in the city have long been gone.
What a noise.
Then there is the fire attack. This effect is very unsatisfactory. If you want to set the city climbing car on fire and burn it, unless you have fuel, you will definitely not be able to get fuel at this time of year.
The next step is to fight outside the city, repel the enemy troops, and demolish the city boarding vehicles.
Countless poles and logs stretched out from the top of the city, trying to resist the approach of the building carts, but they were nothing more than mantis arms in front of such a heavyweight monster.
The longer one will either be pushed away or simply break as soon as it comes into contact, while the shorter one can't get close to the car at all.
When the thick wooden board on the roof of the car fell down, there was a loud bang and it hit the crenellations at the top of the city, finally revealing the soldiers holding shields and knives in the car...
"Report, hundreds of riders from Nancheng are leaving the city."
"Send an order to Ashina Jihu and ask him to lead a thousand riders to Nancheng."
Li Po didn't pay attention to such a desperate struggle. The Puban defenders were already in danger. Leaving the city at this time was purely seeking death. In fact, in Li Po's view, the reason why Puban can still stand today is that no one can.
Enter the city.
One is that it is indeed a bit dangerous, and the other is that no one is willing to waste troops here. Otherwise, if the army surrounds the city, even with Yao Junsu's small force, the scum who had been destroyed by Li Tang long ago would not be able to do so.
Leftover.
The Tang army was not Turkic, and their siege methods were not necessarily much worse than ours.
The military order was quickly passed down, and a group of cavalry nearby immediately left the group and headed south around the city.
"Send the order, beat the war drums, and tell all the troops that success or failure depends on this one move. The first one to climb the city will be rewarded, and the one who retreats will be killed."
At this moment, Li Po didn't do what he thought, and first defeated Pu Ban with all his strength.
At this time, there was a loud killing sound on the top of the city. Countless city defenders gathered in one place and fought with the enemies pouring out of the city carriages. The flying arrows suddenly became denser.
The soldiers who climbed the city were also inspired, climbed up with all their strength, and fought fiercely with the defenders.
At this time, there were shouts of killing all over the city.
Stones were flying in the sky, arrows were flying, and they were roaring from time to time, drinking blood. The two soldiers were fighting selflessly at the top of the city. The figures fell from the top of the city like dumplings, and all kinds of death screams were mixed together.
Being together is enough to make ordinary people's hair stand on end.
At this time of chaos, Xu Shiji quietly came to the corner of the city wall with five hundred soldiers, and then erected a ladder.
This hero who came out of the war-torn land of Henan is no stranger to siege warfare. The reason why he asked Yuen Long for orders to siege the city now was because he saw that the city was about to fall and wanted to compete for credit.
Already.
When he came south with Yuen Long, he gradually gained Yuen Long's trust and helped him make suggestions. He seemed to work very hard. But Xu Shiji knew that these days, no matter how big an official is, it's just like that if there are no soldiers or generals. People think
What I saw was a man who dared to fight and kill. He had no military merit and would be overpowered by others wherever he went.
So it's not surprising that he led his troops out at this time.
Of course, the cunningness of the general of the Henan rebel army was very obvious in him. He did not intend to crowd with others in the front, but found a relatively secluded place. Above was the archery tower, which was destroyed by cannon fire.
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So the ladder needs to be longer, and you have to climb a little longer when you climb up, but it doesn't matter. Even though the city is about to be destroyed, he feels that the defenders are still strong enough and they will have to fight for a while.
At this time, the ladder had been erected, and Xu Shiji's expression gradually turned ferocious. He was already a little impatient after being stimulated by the blood and the sound of fighting, and finally revealed his true colors.
Holding the knife tightly, he raised it and waved it over his head a few times. Without any nonsense, he climbed up the ladder first...
At the corner in the south of the city, five hundred Tang Army cavalry met the Jin Dynasty cavalry head-on. Both sides were prepared and were not afraid of their opponents. On the galloping horses, the knights waved their sharp swords and criss-crossed each other in the gallop.
And passed.
Immediately, a cloud of blood spurted out, screams broke out, and countless figures fell off their horses. The battle between the cavalry was always short and fierce. When the tall Ashinaji rode back with more than he wanted to finish,
, there are few Tang soldiers who can sit on their horses safely and turn around to fight again.
Then they were overwhelmed by a hundred cavalrymen who were waiting for someone to rush through and block them. It goes without saying how elite the Daizhou cavalrymen were. It didn't take much effort or effort to kill the five hundred Tang Army cavalrymen. Even if they
They are all Kansai heroes, serious royal guards, and so are they.
And these cavalrymen obviously came out too early. Even if the tactics were correct, it was meaningless. When Li Po's cavalry and infantry brigade were complete, as Li Po thought, those who went out to fight were looking for death.
, sending troops out at this time did indeed bring out the meaning of a dying struggle.
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"Report, General Yuchi ordered me to report to the general that the Tang army on the other side intends to cross the river."
When he heard the news, Li Po didn't even blink. He had already foreseen it, and it was just a matter of time. If he had stronger troops, he would definitely let the Tang army cross the river and then annihilate them under the city.
But now it is not possible. The city is about to be broken. If the Tang army is allowed to cross the river and stand firm and defend the city, they will not be able to shake such a Puban city in a short time. In addition, there will be a steady stream of supplies coming later, even if he recalls all the troops
, then it will become a decisive battle with the Tang army at the foot of Puban City.
In that way, no matter what happens to Li Tang, the impact on the people under his rule will be all-round.
So one can imagine what he would do, "Send an order to General Zhang Lun and Zhang, asking him to retreat and reorganize his army. If the Tang army crosses the river, he will assist Wei Chi Kai and hold the river beach according to the situation."
"Come here, send an order to General Yuwen and ask him to lead his army to attack the city more quickly."
"Send an order to Luo Shixin and lead two thousand horses to the north city. They will be under the control of Zhang Lun. If the defenders in the city leave the city, just break it."
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The Battle of Pujin Bridge broke out very suddenly. The Tang army guarding the beach of the Yellow River only repaired briefly before rushing onto the Pujin Bridge. Yuchi and his troops, who had just completed their formation and noticed something strange, started a battle to seize the beach.
The arrows rose up and landed on the bridge. The Tang soldiers holding shields were hit by arrows from time to time, and fell into the icy water of the Yellow River, quickly dyeing the river red.
The offensive of the Tang army was also extremely violent. The elite Kansai soldiers wearing heavy armor and walking out of the northwest wind and sand revealed their ferocious faces as soon as they survived the rain of arrows.
Wielding all kinds of heavy weapons, they were the most brave and proficient bodyguards under Qin King Li Shimin. At the same time, they were also the pioneers in breaking the formation and capturing the city in previous battles.
They demonstrated the martial prowess of the Qin people vividly. The moment they walked across the pontoon bridge and stepped onto the river beach, they quickly launched a fierce attack on Yuchi's troops arrayed on the river beach in a group of five.
Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, it has been a consensus among people that elite soldiers came out of Qin since ancient times. The bravery of the Qin people does not need to be described too much, especially after the founding of the Western Wei Dynasty. It took the Qin people nearly a hundred years to once again sweep across the world, and their prestige became even higher.
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This kind of historical inheritance, coupled with the great chaos in the world, the pride and sturdiness of the Qin people reached their peak. When they were in the battle formation, what were the infantry of Youzhou, the athletes of Henan, the warriors of Jin, and the two
Huai's elite soldiers will not be put in their eyes.
Wild howls sounded on the river beach, and tall and strong figures wearing heavy armor ran into the neatly arranged shield walls one after another like monsters walking out of the wilderness.
Some were directly pierced by the spears, some bounced back from the shield wall and were immediately stabbed by the spears, and some directly broke through the wall with brute force.
The battle of the Tang Army crossing the river started very suddenly, but it seemed particularly resolute and decisive. With just one contact, it directly passed the prologue and presented the climax before people's eyes.
Some people would say that crossing the river in this way is too easy, but war is like this. As long as there is leverage on the water and the army crossing the river is strong, it is generally difficult to prevent them from successfully crossing the river.
What the army crossing the river feared most was not being attacked while crossing the river, but how to stand firm on the river beach. Moreover, for the army crossing the river, the most terrifying thing was to be attacked halfway across the river.
The Tang army, with its elite as the forerunner, filed across the river. It seemed that in an instant, the shouts of killing on both sides of the Yellow River shook the heaven and the earth.
Arrow rain continued to rise on the east bank of the Yellow River and fell on the pontoon bridge. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty on the pontoon were hit by arrows and fell into the river like dumplings. Soon there were countless human heads floating on the river, and some were floating along the river.
Some people gathered near the pontoon, and the blood slowly dyed the river red. The scene was extremely horrifying.
But the living people are still fighting hard...
The thousands of infantry led by Yu Chikai were not Xue Ju's rebels. They were filled with government soldiers. Many of them had faced the wind and snow in Liaodong and had been tempered and replenished in various wars in northern Shanxi.
Their bravery and strength also don’t need to be described too much. Their combat experience is actually better than that of the Tang army. When facing the fierce attack of the Tang army’s pioneers, they performed with ease...
This chapter has been completed!