Seeing that Osman continued to wait for him upstream as he expected,
Su Chen secretly sneered in his heart, let's see what you will do after losing Xila City, maybe you will really run away!
In the early morning of the next day, before it was dark, the Tang Army camp was already busy.
"Master Sun Ren, Yuchi Baolin, this time it's up to you!"
Watching the hot air balloon slowly rising into the sky, Su Chen said to the two people who were getting ready.
"Don't worry, Commander, we will definitely fulfill our mission!"
The two of them clasped their fists and led three thousand troops towards the east gate of Hilla City.
In this attack on Shila City, Su Chen did not attack with his entire army, and he did not even plan to use artillery or trebuchets.
Only Sun Renshi and Yuchi Baolin were given three thousand troops to go.
It's not that Su Chen is too big, it's just that the capture of the city this time mainly relies on surprise attacks, and there is no use in large numbers.
After Sun Renshi left with 3,000 people, Su Chen also led the army to slowly move towards Xila City.
The journey was only five or six miles in total and we arrived quickly.
Under the moonlight, the cannibal on the top of the city watched dozens of hot air balloons flying over at low altitude, and his heart suddenly became filled with despair!
What the Tang people said today continues to be true, and they couldn't wait to bomb before dawn!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The explosion was as violent as yesterday!
The defenders on the city wall were lucky that the gunpowder bags did not fall on the city wall today. Yesterday, two gunpowder bags exploded on the city wall. How tragic!
The soldiers dozens of meters away were bleeding to death!
Following several loud noises, the defenders in the city hid in every corner and shivered.
Um?
The explosion sounds were so sparse this time, how many times did they disappear?
By the moonlight, the defenders on the city wall discovered that the hot air balloon had to be extremely low this time, and they would definitely be able to reach it with bows and arrows.
And vaguely, the nearest hot air balloon seemed to have a figure under the basket of the hot air balloon.
The food officer on the city wall was stunned for a moment and then reacted immediately,
Tang Jun got down from the hot air balloon and entered the city of Xila!
Officer Dashi hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice to warn the defenders in the city.
But as soon as the food defenders in the city saw the hot air balloon coming, they hurried to hide in every nook and corner.
Especially near the east city gate, there are not many defenders at all.
As soon as they saw the Tang people's hot air balloon flying over from the east gate, everyone had already gone elsewhere.
The Dashi garrison who was hiding in the city gate was about to put his head out to see what was going on, when he was faced with more than a dozen grenades!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
There was an explosion, and the Dashi defenders hiding in the city gate suffered heavy casualties.
Before the smoke cleared, dozens of soldiers from the Tang Dynasty rushed to the city gate, blocked the giant cannibal hiding in the city gate hole, and started killing them with their swords.
Seeing that something was wrong, the defenders on the city wall hurriedly came down to help. As a result, dozens more Tang Dynasty soldiers ran over from a distance. After a burst of grenades, they began to bend their bows and shoot arrows, blocking the defenders on the city wall and preventing them from coming down.
There are more Tang Army soldiers running towards the east gate in the distance!
Although hot air balloons are difficult to control, it is still possible to deliver the soldiers near the east gate.
The defenders in the city were hiding in every nook and cranny, and they didn't realize what was going on.
The Tang soldiers who landed ran directly to the east gate without encountering any obstacles.
The load capacity of a hot air balloon is very small. Under normal circumstances, it can carry five fully armed Marines.
This time the distance was short, and I only carried one-third of the fuel, so I could barely carry six people.
One of them has to control the hot air balloon, so he can only transport five people at a time. Fifty hot air balloons can only transport 250 people into the city.
Fortunately, the Dashi defenders in the city were in a panic to avoid the bombing and were unable to intercept it in time.
Moreover, the four hot-air balloon companies just dropped all the more than 1,000 kilograms of gunpowder packets they carried near the east gate of the city.
Most of the defenders hiding nearby have been killed and injured by the powerful shock wave.
Only then could the more than 200 marines gather at the city gate in time.
Then the Marines fought fiercely with the Dashi defenders at the city gate, trying to open the city gate from inside the city.
At this time, Sun Renshi and Yuchi Baolin had arrived outside the city gate and were standing anxiously outside the artillery range, staring at the closed east city gate.
The artillery, trebuchets, and ballistae on the city walls are all ready.
As long as the Tang army outside the city moved, they would immediately have the opportunity to fire.
The other defenders in the city also understood and immediately gathered towards the east gate from all directions.
The city gate hole was full of large cannibal defenders. The marines in the city threw three rounds of grenades before they rushed in to clean up and then opened the east gate of Shila City.
It’s just that the situation in the city is already in danger.
The defenders on the city wall rushed down the steps on both sides of the city gate.
The defenders who came from elsewhere were already within a stone's throw and were exchanging bows and arrows with the Marines at the door.
As soon as Sun Renshi and Yuchi Baolin saw the city gate beginning to open, they immediately waved their hands, and three thousand cavalry rushed towards the city gate at the fastest speed.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The tiger on the city wall starts firing!
The cavalry of the Tang army were spread out very widely, forming a line and trying to charge forward.
The Cannibal's artillery was loaded with solid bullets for the first time, and the Tang army was scattered, so the hit rate was very low.
However, as the Tang cavalry approached, the ballistas and trebuchets on the city wall were fired one after another, and the casualties began to increase.
Moreover, the city gate is so wide. If three thousand people want to rush in, it will take a while.
The knight rushed to the city wall, raised his hand and threw the burning grenade onto the city wall.
After a burst of explosions, the city walls were filled with smoke, and the Dashi defenders suffered heavy casualties.
However, the second reload of the big man-eating cannon was completed.
A single volley of shotguns caused terrible casualties to the approaching Tang cavalry.
Seeing this, Master Sun Ren frowned.
In the past, it felt sharp to use artillery to bombard the cannibal. Now it is the cannon's turn to bombard itself. This feeling is really uncomfortable!
When Yuchi Baolin saw that the cannon had finished firing, he hurriedly took advantage of the enemy to fill the gap and quickly rushed into the city.
As the number of Tang Dynasty cavalry rushing into the city increased, the crisis in the city had been lifted.
There were very few cavalrymen left in the city, and they were scattered everywhere to avoid the bombing.
The Dashi garrison who gathered from all over the city had no time to form a military formation and simply continued to hide at the city gate.
The Dashi defenders had no choice but to take a step back and continue to gather not far away, hoping to use spear formations and gunpowder bombs to block the Tang army at the city gate.
At this time, the Tang army that rushed into the city immediately began to divide the work. Some of them took advantage of riding and shooting to continue to expand the activity space at the city gate and assist their companions outside the city to enter the city.
Another group of people dismounted and began to counterattack along the steps on both sides of the city gate towards the city wall.
I saw a few cavalrymen entering the city, quickly dismounting, and then taking a pair of fingers from the horse and putting it on their backs. Others took off two metal cans, metal hoses, hard pipes, nozzles, etc.
A flamethrower was quickly assembled, and as soon as the valve was pressed, Greek fire spurted out from the nozzle and sprayed towards the steps. Someone had already thrown a torch to ignite the Greek fire.
