At the top of Xingyang City, the defenders saw that the enemy troops were rapidly approaching without any sign of stopping. They knew that a fierce battle was unavoidable, so they had to send military orders and the entire army met the enemy.
Even if my side wants to surrender without a fight, they won't accept it at all. They will attack with all their strength. You can't kill them just by taking the lead...
The defenders on the city drew their bows and nocked arrows. The bows were like a full moon, and the arrow clusters were tilted upward. There was a muffled sound of "collapse", and as the bow strings trembled, the rain attached to them turned into a mist, and the arrows flew out.
A parabola passed through the rain curtain and fell into the oncoming navy soldiers.
In the blink of an eye, three rounds had been fired.
There was a "dinging, clanging" sound that was more dense than raindrops. Countless arrows landed on the armor worn by the soldiers. They were blocked by the iron armor and fell powerlessly, unable to hurt them at all.
There was no hot-blooded charge and shouts. The navy soldiers rushing towards the city wall like a tide ignored the oncoming arrows mixed with the rain. The footsteps of thousands of people were like a huge drum, shocking the heart.
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"Get ready to roll wood and rocks!"
The rain was too heavy, and the performance of the bow string was greatly reduced after getting wet, and the arrows could not break through the armor of the heavily armored infantry. So we had to give up firing the crossbows and order the crossbowmen to retreat, while the other soldiers rushed to roll the logs that had been prepared.
The stones were pushed in front of the arrow stack, waiting for the navy soldiers to push them down together when they attacked the city, severely injuring the enemy.
only……
The garrison generals looked around from the city, and could see the enemy troops getting closer and closer, but they never found the ladders, archery towers, rams and other equipment used to attack the city. They couldn't help but be filled with doubts - what is going on?
Do you want to use your momentum to scare us into losing our armor and surrender without a fight?
Under the surprised and puzzled eyes of the defenders on the city, the navy soldiers charged to a place more than a hundred feet away from the city head and slowed down. Three small teams of ten people each stood out from the formation. They speeded up and quickly surpassed the main team.
A huge wooden shield was raised above his head and he flew towards the city wall.
The garrison general just woke up from a dream, his expression changed drastically, and he shouted: "Gunpowder! They want to use gunpowder to blow up the city wall! Stop them!"
The navy often used gunpowder to blow up cities and quickly break through the defenders' defenses. This tactic has been tried and tested in many foreign countries and has many applications, but it is rarely used at home. Therefore, the defenders were not aware of it for a while, but it was not unheard of.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally reacted.
With such powerful weapons as gunpowder, any fortified city is as simple as adobe and mud. Why do we need an engineering tool like a ladder that can kill five hundred enemies and damage one thousand?
For a moment, the faces of the defenders on the city changed, and they quickly gathered at the top of the city. Arrows, rolling logs, and stones were thrown at the enemy troops who were approaching the city. However, due to the huge wooden shield, they could not hurt Qu Shen.
The soldiers below him could only watch helplessly as he rushed to the bottom of the city, and then he was tinkering with something there...
The guard was furious and shouted: "Hang them down with a rope to stop them! Quick, quick, quick!"
Someone immediately brought ropes and tried to hang the soldiers from the top of the city to prevent the enemy soldiers below the city from planting gunpowder.
However, before the soldiers could slide down the ropes down the city wall, they saw three enemy teams retreating quickly with huge wooden shields...
The guard's eyes were about to burst, and he didn't care whether he would be shot by the enemy's strong bows. He lay on the arrow stack and shouted at the soldiers who had just climbed down the city wall: "Take out the gunpowder they buried!"
The soldiers under the city didn't know the enemy's tactics at all. They were confused for a while after hearing this, and then looked towards the base of the city wall. They saw three holes with city bricks pried out less than ten feet apart. They were about to step forward and take a closer look...
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three muffled sounds sounded almost at the same time. The gunpowder buried at the root of the wall exploded with unparalleled power. The tall and solid city wall seemed to have been arched by a giant dragon underground. First, cracks appeared, and then the bricks and stones flew. The entire city wall
It collapsed in an instant, and countless defenders screamed miserably as the collapsed city wall fell, and were instantly buried by the collapsed masonry.
In the heavy rain, the dozens of feet long city wall suddenly collapsed, revealing a huge gap in the solid defense line.
"Woo-"
In the wind and rain, the horn sounded far away, and the navy soldiers who had slowed down suddenly exerted force and rushed towards the gap in the collapsed city wall at full speed.
Behind him and on both sides, the armored cavalry slowly pressed forward to ensure that the charging heavy armored infantry would not be harassed by the enemy's light cavalry.
The city wall collapsed with a loud bang. The defenders were already shocked and panicked. The heavily armored infantry gathered into a torrent and rushed into the city from the collapsed gap.
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Zheng Rentai was sitting on pins and needles in the barracks inside the city wall. He wanted to surrender, but the navy was completely indifferent and the momentum of the attack refused to stop. With no other option, he could only hope that his troops could block the momentum of the navy's fierce attack and give him hope.
The eldest son Zheng Xuanguo asked to see Liu Rengui to buy some time.
The walls of Xingyang City are high and thick, and the navy only has a few thousand soldiers and horses. No matter how powerful the battle force is, there is nothing that can be done about Xingyang without three or five days.
However, just when he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, thinking about where the Zheng family in Xingyang would go from here, he felt the ground beneath his feet tremble suddenly, and then there was a loud muffled sound in his ears, which made his heart tremble.
I spat out the tea after taking a sip...
Noisy and roaring lingered in the ears, and the soldiers rushed in with a pale expression: "Commander, something bad happened, the city wall collapsed!"
Zheng Rentai was a little confused and subconsciously asked: "The city wall... collapsed?"
How could the city wall collapse?
Immediately, he quickly realized that the navy was using gunpowder...
Sure enough, the soldiers said urgently: "The navy used commandos to attack under the city wall, pry up the wall bricks, bury gunpowder, and blow up a section of the city wall dozens of feet long. Now they have rushed into the city from the collapse!"
Zheng Rentai felt his ears buzzing and his vision went dark. If he hadn't been sitting at this moment, he would have fallen to the ground...
How could the fortified city that the Zheng family had managed for hundreds of years be destroyed so easily?
The deafening shouts of killing woke him up, he rubbed his face fiercely, stood up suddenly, and walked outside the barracks in a few steps. Looking at the soldiers under his command who were running away in all directions, he drew his sword and said loudly: "Give me the order, go down.
We must block the enemy at the line of the city wall and never allow the enemy to break into the city! Xingyang is the Xingyang of the Zheng family. Your wife, children, and family members are all in the city. How can you allow the thieves to humiliate you at will? Anyone who retreats under my military order will be killed without mercy!"
"Here!"
The soldiers on the left and right responded loudly, drawing their swords and rushing towards the gap in the city wall. All the retreating soldiers along the way were slashed to death with their swords. Zheng Rentai's general order was repeated loudly over and over again. Under strong pressure, the situation was finally stabilized.
It won’t collapse thousands of miles in one fell swoop.
Zheng Rentai gathered the remaining soldiers, blocked the backup, and rushed towards the city wall continuously, fighting in a melee with the heavily armored infantry who had just rushed into the city and at the gap in the city wall.
The heavy armored infantry was not strong enough to take advantage of the opportunity to overwhelm the entire city wall defense line. However, these soldiers were all elite and fully armored, making them almost invulnerable.
, hot blood mixed with rain flowed everywhere, and the battle was extremely tragic.
Zheng Rentai had already retreated and was commanding the battle from a place that was safe enough from the city gate. He watched the soldiers under his command rush towards the gap in the city wall, only to be devoured and crushed like a flesh and blood mill. He couldn't help feeling terrified and regretful.
Endless.
Since you already have the intention to surrender, why should you want to take the initiative?
If he hadn't been unwilling to be at a disadvantage and let the enemy be driven, but had decisively cut off the city and surrendered when the navy showed its intention to attack Xingyang, how could it have been as tragic as this?
However, at this point, he had no control over it. If he could not block the heavily armored infantry at the line of the city wall and wait until they rushed into the city, no one knew whether it would trigger a tragic massacre...
The city wall collapsed and the news of the enemy's entry into the city was immediately spread to the city. The entire Xingyang City was in turmoil. Countless people, merchants, and officials were panicked. They dragged their children, old and young out of their homes, and rushed to Nancheng with their belongings and belongings.
, trying to escape from the city gate to avoid disaster.
There was chaos inside and outside the city.
As hundreds of soldiers died in the battle under the city wall, Zheng Rentai's will was melting away little by little. He wanted to order to stop the resistance several times and let the enemy troops enter the city, betting that these naval soldiers would not dare to massacre.
, Digging out the foundation of the Zheng family in Xingyang...
Just when he was gritting his teeth and about to issue an order, suddenly a burst of cheers came from the front, and countless soldiers raised their arms and shouted: "The enemy has retreated! The enemy has retreated!"
Zheng Rentai perked up and asked hurriedly: "What's going on?"
Naturally, the soldiers didn't know what was happening in front of them, so they hurriedly went to find out. After a while, they rushed back and couldn't hide their joy: "Commander Qi, the navy has withdrawn from the city and formed a formation! We have won!"
Zheng Rentai let out a long breath, kicked the stupid soldier to the ground, and ordered: "Gather the troops immediately, put down their weapons, form an array within the city wall, and wait for the navy to enter the city and take over the defense!"
Shit wins!
It must be that Zheng Xuanguo had met Liu Rengui and expressed the Zheng family's willingness to surrender in Xingyang, so Liu Rengui ordered the navy to give up its advantage and withdraw from the city.
If you are confused at this time, think that you have defeated the enemy, or even pursue them, you simply don’t know how to die...