For a while, no one knew what happened.

And the "rumbling" sound did not stop.

The continuous rumbling sound was like the earth was really falling apart.

Some people were dumbfounded and did not dare to move in the ditch, while others squatted down and covered their ears, not knowing what to do.

Wang Xingchao's body was light and he had already stepped on the earthen steps and quickly jumped up. When he turned around, the scene in front of him made him feel like a nightmare.

At the base of the city wall not far in front of him, a hole had appeared at this time, the broken bricks were torn apart, and there was a big pit in the ground, which was in a mess.

The sound of "booming" continued continuously.

He saw with his own eyes that a section of the wall in the distance suddenly cracked open. Amidst the roar, a large gap instantly appeared in the originally good stone wall. The rubble collapsed, and the inside and outside of the city wall were completely opened.

He opened his mouth wide, but no sound came out.

Caves appeared one after another, some large and some small, small ones could be entered with a cat body, and large ones could even be entered directly on horseback.

A good city wall, but in a state of disrepair.

Captain Qi led people into the tunnel to check, and they must have died together in the tunnel.

At this time, Wang Xingchao had already thought that the horrific scene in front of him must be caused by those sacks placed under the city wall.

But what is in the sack that can cause such terrifying destructive power?

He had never seen such an amazing scene in his life.

Not only were the soldiers and civilians below the city stunned, but the defenders on top of the city also heard a huge cracking and roaring sound. At first, they didn't know where it came from. When someone realized that it was under their feet, they were all stunned.

The soul is scattered.

Fortunately, the city wall is still there

It is considered strong. Although more than a dozen large holes have been blasted in this moment, the wall has not collapsed.

After a series of loud noises, Wang Xingchao heard the low sound of the horn.

His heart sank rapidly.

At this moment, he finally understood Qin Xiao's intention.

The enemy army spent more than half a month digging tunnels, but their purpose was not to use the tunnels to let the sergeants enter the city, but to use unknown things to blow up the roots of the city wall.

He didn't know whether the enemy had already planned to attack the city today, or whether he alerted the enemy by having his men dig ditches in the city, causing the enemy to take action in advance.

But no matter what, the holes under the city wall have become the biggest threat.

The barbican outside the south gate has been blocked, making it almost impossible for the enemy to invade from the south gate.

At that time, Wang Xingchao and his soldiers were still proud of this. They felt that Long Rui's army was stupid, so they filled the urn city with stone bullets and blocked the access to the gate, making it more difficult to break the city.

But then Wang Xingchao realized that Qin Xiao had never thought of attacking directly through the city gate from the beginning.

Now the enemy only needs to rush to the bottom of the city. These dozen large holes are equivalent to the city gates that have been opened.

The horn sound became louder and louder, and Wang Xingchao knew that Long Ruijun was really going to launch an attack this time.

These dilapidated holes will be impossible to repair for a while. Soldiers can still be sent to block some smaller holes, but those holes that even horses can rush in cannot be blocked by just a few soldiers.

The number of soldiers guarding the city at the south gate is limited. If the garrison at the top of the city is transferred to block these holes, the defensive force at the top of the city will be greatly weakened.

"Find someone to plug the gap."

Wang Xingchao was anxious in his heart. He could not pay attention to this side but to the top. He thought that even if the enemy troops rushed to attack the city, after all, there would still be a moat as a barrier and they would still have some time to set up defenses in the gap. He loudly ordered: "Purchase the troops trained in the city."

The reserve militiamen were mobilized to guard the gap."

The Liaodong Army had already recruited some brave men in the city before, but the number was not large, and they were still training. The original intention was to make up for the heavy depletion of troops at the top of the city, and to train for some time before that.

Who would have thought that the enemy troops would suddenly arrive so suddenly? The situation was urgent. Although I knew that the soldiers recruited temporarily were extremely weak in combat effectiveness, I couldn't care less about it at the moment.

The sun had already risen, and Wang Xingchao ran to the top of the city and saw that the garrison at the top of the city was already in a tight formation, all looking towards the outside of the city.

The horns are loud and the drums are beating loudly.

Rows and rows of dragon warriors poured out from the enemy camp and rushed towards the city with firm steps.

The siege officially begins at this moment!

Wang Xingchao looked at Long Ruijun, who was coming over like a wave, and his heart sank to the bottom.

The enemy's catapults began to attack again, and this time the offensive was more fierce than before.

A stone bullet flew straight towards Wang Xingchao. Wang Xingchao immediately dodged. With a "bang" sound, the stone bullet hit the wall and shattered instantly. Stone chips flew everywhere. There were several screams. Some soldiers were already crushed.

Injured by stone.

However, Long Rui's army used catapults to launch an offensive just to cover their infantry.

The Long Rui army at the front were all shield infantry. Behind the infantry, there were many archers, and behind the archers, hundreds of toad carts swarmed up, loaded with earth and rocks.

Using catapults and archers to suppress the defenders at the top of the city, the toad soldiers advanced to the moat and quickly filled the moat with earth.

Wang Xingchao knew that once the moat was filled out and the enemy troops rushed to the city, they could use the gaps under the city wall to rush directly into the city.

Originally, the Liaodong Army had never thought that the moat could really stop the enemy. It was just adding a layer of protection and causing some losses to the enemy.

After all, thick and solid city walls are the real protection.

But now the situation is different, and the moat has become extremely critical.

Wang Xingchao personally bent his bow and shot arrows, and led the archers at the top of the city to prevent the enemy from filling the ground.

However, the enemy's stone bullets and arrows fell like rain, and the archers at the top of the city were unable to defend with all their strength.

Qin Xiao seemed to have moved all Long Ruijun's archers outside the south gate.

Before, Wang Xingchao was very confident about the archer Liaoyang City, but only when Long Ruijun actually launched an attack did he know that his opponent was fully prepared.

This is like a top master who either doesn't take action, but once he takes action, it will be violent and extremely sharp.

Small catapults were also prepared at the top of the city. The catapults followed Wang Xingchao's instructions and aimed at the enemy's catapults.

Although some toad vehicles were indeed destroyed and many toad soldiers were shot and killed, the enemy had hundreds of toad vehicles and even more toad soldiers. The losses caused to the enemy were insignificant.

Stop them from filling in the moat with dirt.

The enemy obviously did not intend to fill in the entire moat, but spread out and divided into more than a dozen teams, apparently preparing to fill in more than a dozen roads on the moat.

Qin Xiao had previously conserved his strength and prevented his soldiers from charging into the city, but when it came time to really risk his life,

time, but there was no reservation at all.

And Long Ruijun also moved forward indomitably and was extremely brave.

At this time, Qin Xiao was riding on his horse, looking at the city head.

Naturally, he also saw that the defenders at the top of the city were suppressed, while the soldiers under his command were advancing in overwhelming numbers.

"One general's success is worth ten thousand bones." Qin Xiao had a complicated look on his face when he saw many defenders falling from the wall after being hit by arrows. He also saw that the enemy's arrows and catapults had caused considerable damage to the sergeants of his headquarters.

Said: "We are all warriors of the Tang Dynasty, but they want to kill each other...!"

Gu Baiyi on the side also sighed with emotion: "This is killing to stop killing. Only by winning this battle without hesitation will peace be restored in the Northeast."

"If Liaoyang can be captured quickly this time, Sikong Ling and Zhang Tailing will take the greatest credit." Qin Xiao said: "In just over half a month, Huoleiying was able to dig dozens of tunnels and lay fire pits under the city wall.

Ray, they do work very hard."

Gu Baiyi said: "The harder they work, the less we will die of many brothers. The merit is immeasurable."

Of course, it was the Huolei Camp that blew open the city wall of Liaoyang.

Qin Xiao's Huolei Camp belongs to the secret army.

The formation of this team has been very secretive from the beginning. Even among the officers and soldiers of Long Rui Army, not many people know about the existence of Huolei Camp, and some people who know about the existence of Huolei Camp actually don’t know about Huolei Camp.

What exactly does it do?

The Fire and Thunder Battalion has always been deployed in remote locations away from the main camp for training.

Qin Xiao had no doubts about employing people. After establishing Huolei Camp, he directly handed over Huolei Camp to Sima Ling to take full responsibility.

How to train the personnel recruited by Huolei Camp, and even how to distribute their salaries are all handled by Sima Ling.

Sima Ling hangs around

After decades in the martial arts world, he has made a lot of friends, and there are many strange people among them. Sima Ling has recruited many old friends, and has also selected many smart people from the army. In a short period of time, Huolei Camp has also

Five or six hundred people were developed.

An important subject of training for these people is digging tunnels.

The weapons of other soldiers of the Long Rui Army are swords, guns, bows and arrows, while the weapons of the soldiers of the Huolei Camp are iron picks and short shovels.

In addition, another important weapon of the Fire Thunder Camp is naturally the powerful Fire Thunder.

As early as after taking western Liaoning, Qin Xiao asked Zhang Tailing to store as many fire thunders as possible so that they would be needed at critical times.

Qin Xiao has always responded to Huolei camp's needs, and has always provided as much material as needed to make Huolei.

Zhang Tailing also has a group of people under his command, but Zhang Tailing has never dared to hand over the complete formula for making fire thunder to anyone. He just divided his people into several teams, and each team was responsible for a part of the process of making fire thunder, so although in the end

A large number of fire thunders were made, but no one else could fully master the method of making fire thunders.

In this attack on Liaoyang, Qin Xiao knew that Wang Xingchao would definitely not be able to hold on. If he wanted to capture Liaoyang, if there was no other way, he could only attack by force.

Of course, the price paid for attacking a fortified city will not be small.

If there was no Huolei, Qin Xiao could only attack the city by force, but because of the existence of Huolei Camp, Qin Xiao of course included Huolei Camp in the siege plan.

As long as it is used properly, it can not only speed up the destruction of the city, but also reduce casualties. This is of course the best thing.

Therefore, before sending troops to Liaoyang, Qin Xiao sent Huolei to

The battalion was transferred to Liaodong, and after careful study with Sima Ling and others, they finally discussed specific methods of siege.

The Huolei Camp did live up to Qin Xiao's expectations. The first time they went into battle, they had a miraculous effect, directly blasting more than a dozen gaps in the Liaoyang city wall.
Chapter completed!