Chapter 88: Fierce Battle with Zhao Xincheng (continued)
One moment it was a fortified city standing on the mountain pass, and the next moment it was like a ghost.
The entire city felt as if it had been violently struck by a monster emerging from the ground. Walls collapsed and houses collapsed. The rising dust and pungent-smelling black smoke spiraled up, covering the sky above the entire city.
The heavy snow was forced to fly in all directions by the smoke.
Countless Xueyantuo soldiers were buried alive by collapsed houses and collapsed city walls. Countless bricks, stones, broken wood and debris were thrown into the sky, and then fell like heavy rain.
Yi Nan Khan, Qi Bukele, Xiao Siye... everyone was dumbfounded.
What kind of terrifying power is this that can explode with such power, destroying a city and burying nearly a hundred thousand troops?
Under the ruins of the city, the surviving soldiers of Xue Yantuo struggled to crawl out from the ruins. Many of them were blown to pieces with bloody flesh and limbs, and each of them looked like a ghost who had come back from hell.
, howling all over the ground, crying loudly!
The Tang army, which was originally shrinking in the south of the city, began an organized counterattack at this time. They dispersed one by one, with the shield bearers and swordsmen in front, and the musketeers in the back. They began to kill the surviving enemy troops mercilessly.
, gunshots rang out like exploding beans, and from time to time the flashes of fire and ear-splitting roars of thunder exploded the ruins again. Even the enemy troops buried in the ruins could not escape their misfortune.
Yi Nan Khan finally recovered from the shock. Seeing that the entire Zhao Xin City had been reduced to ruins and countless soldiers were slaughtered, his eyes were splitting!
"Gunpowder! This is gunpowder! It was this kind of firearm that blew up Wuchuan Town!"
Chibicol screamed in panic.
Others may not know how the Tang army turned the entire city into purgatory in an instant, but Qibi Kele knew that this was the method used by the Tang army to blow up Wuchuan Town.
Only now did he realize what was wrong!
It was not that the Tang army was unable to resist and had to retreat, but it was also a premeditated plot to force Xue Yantuo's army to rush into the city step by step. The Tang army had already buried a huge amount of gunpowder under the city, waiting for Xue Yantuo's army to enter.
, and then they all exploded into the sky with a loud sound!
That’s nearly 100,000 people!
Too cruel...
He couldn't help but look back and stare at Xiao Siye, what a vicious plot!
I thought he was a traitor to the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't expect that he was really a "death realm". Step by step, he led Xue Yantuo's army into hell, and the entire army was destroyed!
Suddenly, Yi Nan Khan suddenly turned his head and stared at Xiao Siye, gritting his teeth and being speechless for a moment.
He regrets it!
I feel so regretful that my intestines are green. How could I have been blinded by butter and credulously believe in the bewitchment of such traitors?
Qibi Kele took a bad look at it. Xue Yantuo was now defeated. There were only 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers left outside the city. He could not continue to rule Mobei anyway. The whole of Mobei was about to suffer a violent washout.
Cards, where will the Qibi Department go, but they all fell on Xiao Siye, the death king who had made "huge contributions" to the Tang Dynasty. How could Yi Nan Khan be killed so easily?
He quickly pulled Yi Nan Khan's arm and said quickly: "The Great Khan is angry, now is the time to investigate the culprits, and we should quickly give orders to return to the tent. Otherwise, once the Tang army comes after them, it will be difficult to escape!"
Before Yi Nan Khan could react, Yimang on the other side suddenly pulled out his sword, clamped the horse's belly and rushed towards Xiao Siye. His eyes were about to burst, and he cursed: "Traitor! You actually bewitched your father Khan.
If you underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, you are clearly a spy sent by the Tang Dynasty. I will cut you into pieces!"
Xiao Siye was horrified and shouted: "General Qibi, save me!"
Qi Bikele wanted to hold Yi Mang back, but it was too late and he shouted: "The eldest prince will save someone under his sword..."
More than 100,000 troops were wiped out in an instant, and the entire Xue Yantuo was devastated, and even became the target of bullying by various tribes on the grassland. It was all thanks to this spy. Yimang was so angry that he was not willing to listen to Qibi Kele.
words?
He stepped forward on his horse, raised the sword in his hand high, and slashed it down hard.
"oops!"
Xiao Siye had no weapon, so he stretched out his arm to block it in horror, but his arm was cut off by the sharp waist knife. He screamed in pain and fell off the horse.
Yimang threw away his sword, took off a spear from the winning hook, held it up with one arm, and threw it towards Xiao Siye on the ground.
The spear turned into a shadow and struck Xiao Siye right in the heart, pinning him to the ground.
Poor Xiao Siye howled miserably and struggled a few times, his limbs twitched and he died.
Qibukele had no choice but to let go of Yi Nan Khan's arm, looked at Xiao Siye's lifeless body, and sighed.
It's over now. Xue Yantuo suffered a great defeat and damaged his foundation. In the future, the Mobei Hu people will definitely fight for their own affairs and rebel. As a staunch supporter of Xue Yantuo, if he cannot get the support of the Tang Dynasty, he will definitely become the target of attack and annihilation by various tribes.
Xue Yantuo had too much time to take care of himself, how could he still cover the Qibi tribe?
How abominable!
This Yimang was too cruel...
He was feeling regretful and groaning in his heart, while the Yinan Khan looked at him angrily and shouted: "This is an abominable beast. It tempted me to step into the trap of the Tang army. It resulted in a huge defeat and the loss of soldiers. If I don't skin it and cramp it, I can't get rid of the pain in my heart."
Hate, why did General stop me?"
Qibi Kele had no choice but to say: "The Great Khan Mingjian, it is not that I want to protect this traitor, but since this person is the 'dead room' of the Tang Dynasty, his significance to the Tang Dynasty is naturally very important. If we can capture this person alive,
By using it as a threat, I think I can get some benefits from the Tang Dynasty, so that I won't be miserable and get nothing, but it will actually make this beast famous for its loyalty."
Yinan Khan said angrily: "Why do we care about this? If we don't kill this beast, where will my face be? Needless to say, mount your horse quickly, we will retreat to the tent, and then recruit the young men of all tribes, and another
Make calculations."
"Here!"
Qibi Kele did not dare to say anything, so he quickly jumped on his horse, turned its head, and was about to follow Yinan Khan back to the north to his tent, but he heard another loud bang in his ears, and the road was dozens of miles wide.
Pieces of ice and dirt from the mountain pass were blown up into the sky, and then fell to the ground like a heavy rain.
Smoke and dust filled the air.
The wide mountain pass was suddenly blasted with gunpowder, creating a deep ravine that was three feet wide and reached the mountain walls on both sides.
Yinan Khan's face was pale and his eyes showed despair.
This ditch is three feet deep, so it won't block our fellow travelers. However, the frozen soil in the ditch has been blown to pieces, with large and small pieces scattered everywhere. If a war horse jumps down, it will sprain its legs.
If you walk there, it will take too much time.
The sound of fighting behind them was loud. The Tang army had already wiped out the remaining enemy troops in the city, and was chasing them one after another...
This ditch obviously did not cut off Yinan Khan's retreat, but it forced him to pause and give the Tang army time to pursue.
But where can I hesitate at this moment?
Yi Nan Khan gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Dismount and go over quickly!"
You should first jump off the horse, lead the horse and jump into the ditch. Dismount everyone on the left and right, and imitate his example, leading the horse one step deeper than the other to cross the ditch.
Even though most of the soldiers were lost in the city, there were still tens of thousands of troops left outside the city. At this time, they could not gallop. The soldiers in the front dismounted and slowly crossed the deep ditch, while the soldiers behind could only wait.
This gave the Tang Army's musketeers an opportunity to show off their power, and also completely destroyed these soldiers here.
"Bang bang bang"
The densely packed Xue Yantuo soldiers and hedgehogs gathered together between the mountain passes. There was no need to aim at all. They only had to stand in a row to load, shoot, load, shoot... such a mechanical cycle.
The dense gunfire shook the snow on the slopes on both sides of the mountain pass, and snowflakes flew in the sky. The smoke after the shooting filled the entire mountain pass.
Xue Yantuo's soldiers who were too late to cross the ditch became living targets. In the face of the overwhelming hail of bullets, they were killed like dogs, cattle, and sheep. The screams resounded through the sky. They were shot and fell from their horses. The blood from the wounds gurgled out, melting the ice and snow on the ground.
It turned into a pool of blood, and then was frozen by the severe cold, showing a strange and beautiful blood-red color.
Zhao Xincheng became a hell for Xue Yantuo's army.
All the tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder carried by the Youtun Guards were buried underground in the entire city. They were connected with wires. A single torch created the world's largest firecracker, killing half of Xue Yantuo's army of nearly 100,000, and leaving scars on the remaining survivors.
Those who were seriously injured were beheaded on the spot, because with the medical conditions of this era, there was no need for treatment, while those who were slightly injured were captured.
However, the retreat of Xue Yantuo's army outside the city was blocked. Gunpowder blasted a deep trench in the mountain pass, which seriously slowed down the retreat of Xue Yantuo's army. The Tang army who arrived later used muskets to ravage the mountain pass. Corpses of men and horses filled the mountain pass, and blood flowed into a river.