"Bang! Bang!" The boulders hit the city wall continuously, making a huge and dull impact, and five more big holes appeared in the city wall.
The west side of the city wall is the weakest link, and it is also the most decayed part of the entire south city wall. The wood and city bricks inside are rotten. Suddenly, there was a shouting at the top of the city, and a big hole collapsed in the ground above the city. More than a dozen people were killed.
The soldiers were unable to dodge and were swallowed by the large hole, and several huge cracks appeared on the ground.
Tian Chengsi shouted: "All soldiers leave the west wall!"
The soldiers evacuated the west city wall one after another. Li Ye saw the clue that there was something wrong with the west city wall. He immediately ordered: "Concentrate the attack on the west city wall!"
The trebuchets began to gather toward the west, and heavy crossbow arrows and thunderbolts were fired one after another from the top of the city. However, under the protection of the Tang army's strict baffles and shields, neither the heavy crossbow arrows nor the exploding iron nails had any effect.
Tian Chengsi discovered that the Tang Army's trebuchets were moving to the west, and he immediately realized the Tang Army's intention. He rushed to the city wall and shouted: "General Duan, the West City is not supported. You lead the reserve army to set up a bow and arrow array in the West City and seal it with mud bags."
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"I humbly obey orders!"
Duan Baihu agreed loudly and led the 7,000 troops to quickly deploy.
At the same time, the Tang Army's third launch, this time, fifteen heavy trebuchets concentrated on attacking the west city wall. The west city wall could no longer withstand the continuous impact of hundreds of kilograms of boulders, and collapsed suddenly, with worn-out city bricks and sand pouring down.
Below, there was a gap about nine feet long.
Li Ye was overjoyed, waved his sword and shouted: "Fight into the city!"
He had already made arrangements, and hundreds of soldiers rushed to the front carrying long planks. They quickly built a wooden bridge. Their movements were very agile and fast. In just a moment, a two-foot-wide wooden bridge appeared on the moat.
Then there were nearly a hundred running bulls. Lei Wanchun rode on the bull king. He waved his hand and inserted a dagger into his back. The bull king felt pain, roared "moo——", and spread his hooves and ran wildly.
At the same time, the soldiers fired arrows at the backs of nearly a hundred cattle. The severe pain caused the cattle to start running, closely following the Bull King.
The key to the bull-running formation is to control the bull king and its direction. Lei Wanchun rides on the back of the bull, holds the horns tightly, and controls the direction in which the bull king runs. No matter how the bull king shakes his head, he will not move at all.
The Ox King rushed into the city. Lei Wanchun stabbed the bull's back again, jumped off the bull's back, rolled over, and hid behind a big rock.
The Ox King was so stimulated that he rushed towards the enemy troops in front. Behind him was a large group of running bulls. Seven thousand Yan army soldiers gathered near the break. They were already waiting with bows and crossbows in hand. Suddenly he broke into the large group of running bulls. In the darkness,
The soldiers of the Yan army thought that the cavalry of the Tang army fired arrows together, and the dense arrows shot like raindrops at hundreds of running bulls.
The strong bulls fell to the ground one after another after being hit by arrows, but more than twenty strong bulls rushed over, overturned dozens of soldiers, and ran wildly.
But right behind the herd, three thousand cavalrymen armed with shields and short spears, led by Nan Jiyun, rushed into the city at lightning speed.
This is the classic suggestion put forward by Li Baozhen. In the dark night, the intercepting soldiers will inevitably shoot arrows at the cattle. After releasing the arrows, they find that it is a herd of cattle. The Yan army soldiers will inevitably be distracted and look closely, which will delay the re-winding of the string.
A little time, as long as they seize this extremely short time, it is their opportunity to break through.
Nan Jiyun took the lead, with a white horse and a silver spear, like the reincarnation of Zhao Yun. His white horse was the prize for the first place in the general selection competition. It was a Dawan horse from Bukhan that was chosen one among a thousand. It was only three years old, white as snow, extremely tall and strong.
Nan Jiyun loved it so much that he couldn't even bear to sleep and put it back in the stable.
Nan Jiyun rushed to the enemy in the blink of an eye, swung his spear, and stabbed over a dozen enemy soldiers in an instant. Three thousand cavalry also rushed into the enemy group. The Tang army followed the cavalry into the city with shouts of killing, like a tide.
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Tian Chengsi was so anxious that he stamped his feet, waved his sword and shouted: "The whole army comes down to the city to fight!"
The eight thousand Yan army soldiers on the city head rushed down to the city, and the two sides started a street battle in Nanyang City. Almost all the main forces of the Tang army were dispatched, and only a few thousand people were left to guard the camp and trebuchets. The rest of the Tang army fought through the south gate.
Got in.
There are no ordinary people in Nanyang City, which is beneficial to the soldiers of the Tang Army. If there are a large number of ordinary people in the city, the Yan Army will definitely use the ordinary people as human shields against the Tang Army, which will tie up the Tang Army. Now Nanyang City is an empty city, and the Tang Army has no restraints. Let go.
Fight fiercely with the enemy with hands and feet.
At this time, the number of Tang troops in the city was 45,000, while the Yan army only had 15,000 troops. The Tang army surpassed the opponent in terms of numbers, training and morale. In this street battle, the Tang army completely suppressed the opponent. The Yan army soldiers either
Surrender or be killed by the Tang army in stubborn resistance.
The focus of the fierce battle was the county government office. The county government office was also a warehouse, with grain and grass supplies piled up like mountains. Duan Baihu led a thousand Yan troops to defend the county government office and fight against the Tang army.
Li Ye personally led an army of 3,000 to attack the county government. General Ying Yanglang Ye Feng suggested: "Jiedu envoys, it is better to attack with fire!"
Li Ye shook his head and rejected his suggestion, "The food and supplies inside are what we need. It would be a pity to burn them on fire."
"But if the other party can't hold on, they will all be burned together."
This was what Li Ye was worried about. He thought for a moment and said, "Find the enemy civilian official who surrendered!"
Not long after, the soldiers captured a civilian official of the Yan Army. He was a marching Sima of the Yan Army. His name was Zhao Wentong. He was from Jizhou and was rather thin.
He stepped forward and saluted cautiously: "Meet Jiedushi?"
"Let me ask you, do you know how to distribute the warehouses within the county government?"
"The villain knows, it is the villain who arranged it."
"How are grain and grass supplies stored?"
"Reporting to Jiedushi, the county government office was divided into two. The county magistrate's house was in the back, and the county government office was in the front. There was a high wall in the middle. Food and grass supplies were piled in the county government office in the front. Basically, every room was full.
, there is no house in the back, not at all."
Li Ye asked again: "Are the soldiers inside willing to surrender?"
Zhao Wentong smiled bitterly and said: "These soldiers are not Youzhou Army, they are not that loyal, and they are not that fierce. The reason why they did not surrender is because their leader is fierce. All the generals above the rank are Youzhou Army soldiers. The Jiedushi Commander
Kill their leader and ensure that they return to their hometown after surrendering, and they will definitely surrender!"
This was more difficult, as it was difficult to tell who was who, and Li Ye didn't bother to care whether they were willing to surrender. He came up with a plan to use sausage-slicing tactics to push the Yan army to the back house step by step.
As long as he controls the county government, he can also control the grain and grass supplies inside.
Li Ye immediately selected 150 more flexible heavy-armored soldiers and rushed into the county government office from three directions. Li Ye climbed up a big tree and fired arrows into the county government office from a high position. It was just five o'clock at night, and the moon was shining.
The bright moonlight reflected the armor of the enemy soldiers. Li Ye drew his bow and arrow, and shot out an arrow. A soldier screamed and rolled down from the roof.
He shot more than twenty arrows in one breath, and every arrow was hit by a soldier hiding in a high place.
Don't underestimate Li Ye, who only killed more than 20 people, but his perfect arrows had already made the soldiers hiding on the roof frightened. They shrank their heads and did not dare to come out. This gave the soldiers of the Tang Army a chance, and they were suppressed on the wall.
Hundreds of Tang soldiers who could not lift their heads immediately fought back, and dense arrows suppressed the Yan soldiers on the roof.
