The soldiers of the Tang Army couldn't help but stagger a little. They heard a series of muffled thunders in front of them, and in front of them was the shattered and flying city wall in front of them.
Su Chen has always been generous with the amount of gunpowder. This time, two tons of gunpowder were buried at the end of each tunnel!
The tunnel of each camp reached the bottom of the city wall and was dug horizontally along the city wall to both ends. Two tons of gunpowder were buried in the horizontal section under the city wall.
Four tons of gunpowder blasted a huge gap of more than 100 meters in the city walls on both sides of the south gate of Basra!
At the same time, the entire south city wall shook violently like a shaking rope!
The defenders on the city wall were staggering around in panic.
After the explosion under the city wall, intensive artillery fire sounded on the Tang army's position,
At the same time, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty hurriedly comforted their frightened mounts, and then rushed towards the blasted gap.
The general attack on Basra begins!
A large amount of gunpowder exploded under the city wall, which not only collapsed two gaps of more than 100 meters in the city wall, but
The violent vibrations caused by the release of energy shook like an earthquake, causing the giant man-eater on the city wall to stagger around, causing everyone to panic and panic.
When the Tang army's artillery shells fell on the city wall, the Da Shi people hurriedly ran to counterattack.
However, the cannonballs all fell behind the charging cavalry.
In their panic, they did not adjust the launch angle and fired at the maximum range previously set.
After reacting, the cannibal hurriedly reloaded the artillery, adjusted the angle, and bombarded the cavalry rushing towards the gap in the city wall.
More than a thousand meters, for the cavalry, it only takes two or three minutes.
By the time they finished loading, the cavalry had already rushed to the bottom of the city wall.
At the same time, the trebuchets and crossbowmen also adjusted their direction and elevation, and began to attack the charging cavalry.
A round of volleys caused considerable casualties to the cavalry that rushed forward.
However, they only had this chance. Before they could prepare for the second round of attack, the Tang cavalry rushed into the city through the gap in the city wall.
At this time, the city of Basra was being bombarded by hot air balloons, and there was no resistance at all.
The large cannibal cavalry who were gathering towards the other three city gates were shocked by the unexpected situation and didn't know what to do.
The heavy armored cavalry of the Tang Dynasty were at the front, followed by the Persian cavalry, followed by infantry, crossbowmen, and catapults. Everyone rushed towards Basra.
There are enemies inside and outside the city, and the defenders on the city wall don't know what to do!
After enduring two rounds of attacks on the city wall, the Persian cavalry also rushed into the city.
At this time, the crossbowmen and catapults outside the city also reached the attack range and began to launch a fierce attack on the giant cannibal on the city wall.
After all, the city wall is only that wide, and the number of defenders on it is limited.
Basra is a small city. The southern city wall is less than 2,000 meters long. Two holes of more than 100 meters were blown down. The defenders at both ends of the gap were cleared by cavalry throwing grenades along the way to clear out dozens of meters of Basra.
The defenders on the south city wall were divided into three sections, with the middle gate having the shortest length on both sides and the fewest defenders. The Tang army's crossbows and crossbows quickly caught up and the stones were cleared away.
Then artillery, trebuchets, and crossbows suppressed the remaining defenders at both ends of the southern city wall, covering a large number of infantry and cavalry as they rushed into the city from the two gaps.
At the same time, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, which had already rushed in, began to rampage in the city, chasing the fleeing cannibals all over the city.
Because the city wall was suddenly blown down with two large holes, the defenders in the city did not have time to react.
The Tang army's cavalry rushed in. Da Shiren tried to gather the scattered troops and mobilized reinforcements from the other three city gates and other city walls to stop the Tang army from rushing into the city.
How could Tang Jun give them a chance?
The hot air balloon in the sky is staring at the entire city of Basra from all directions. Wherever there are giant cannibals trying to gather, they immediately direct the cavalry below to extinguish them.
As the Tang Dynasty rushed in, the number of Persian coalition forces increased, and the city had formed a numerical suppression of the Dashi army.
In addition, the cannibals in the city are divided and cannot act in a unified manner. They can only fight in the streets with the coalition forces. They are no match for the coalition forces.
The defenders on the other three walls were very depressed. They were still on the wall, but the city had fallen!
The fortifications on the city wall are for external use, but they can't do anything for the inside of the city.
They wanted to go down to help, but they had to go down a few steps to the ground, but the steps were only so wide, and there were only so many steps.
Several teams of elite heavy cavalry from the Tang Army were waiting for them nearby.
As soon as they got off the city wall, they were immediately discovered, and then they were attacked and killed by heavy cavalry.
The big eater didn't care about anything else, he just used the trebuchet to smash into the city, and together with the crossbowmen, he covered the defenders on the city wall and went down the steps on both sides of the three city gates.
Don't tell me, the effect is not bad,
The Tang army really did not dare to brave the attacks of trebuchets and countless crossbows to approach several city gates.
But by the time the large defenders on the city wall descended from the three city gates, Basra was basically occupied by the Persian coalition forces.
The men and horses they gathered behind the city gates were already helpless.
Datang also began to gather soldiers and horses in the city and attacked the three city gates.
Seeing that the situation was over, the guards at several city gates simply opened the city gates and fled.
The Tang cavalry rushed out of the city gate and began to pursue!
The cannibal defenders on the city wall are all infantry, how can they outrun the Tang cavalry?
They were all killed by the Tang cavalry who were chasing them.
However, the big eater was familiar with the terrain here, and he scattered and escaped.
The number of people pursued by the Tang army was not large, but a large number of Da Shi's defeated troops escaped.
When Su Chen followed the large army into Basra, most of the stubborn enemies in the city had been eliminated.
Cheng Wuting and Yuchi Baolin were besieging the last group of enemies, which seemed to be the coach of Basra and his personal guards.
Su Chen came to the edge of the battle and said to Hashim: "What is this guy's name?"
Hashim can now understand a few simple sentences in Chinese,
After understanding what Su Chen meant, he yelled at General Dashi who was fighting Yuchi Baolin.
It didn't matter that Hashim roared. The big cannibal general who was fighting with Yuchi Baolin suddenly used his mace to force Yuchi Baolin back, and then rushed directly towards Su Chen.
Yuchi Baolin hurriedly chased after him, and the personal guards around Su Chen also raised their weapons to intercept him.
Who knew that Su Chen suddenly slapped his horse and rushed out first!
"Commander!"
The surrounding Tang troops were stunned, and the guards shouted anxiously, and immediately chased after them.
Before the guards could catch up, Su Chen had already fought with General Dashi.
Seeing that Su Chen dared to rush forward, General Dashi smiled contemptuously, picked up his mace and was about to hit Su Chen!
"Be handsome! Be careful..."
"Ah! The handsome man is so brave!"
Everyone saw that General Dashi had just raised the mace in his hand, and the mace in Su Chen's hand had already been stabbed out, hitting General Dashi's chest!
