Standing at the east gate of the city, Sun Aying carried a bundle of throwing spears to the back of the wall and placed them neatly. Then he straightened up, looked at Hua Yue not far away, and said, "Ms. Hua Yue, all the city defense supplies have been prepared."
Well arranged.”
Huayue didn't speak, just nodded.
Sun Aying followed Hua Yue's line of sight and saw that in the east outside the city, at the junction of the sky and the earth, there was a slight light, as if a ray of light had been thrown into the dark room.
Sun Aying hesitated for a while and then said: "Ms. Huayue, we are guarding the east gate. We will be able to hold on until the army arrives. For safety reasons, you should leave first."
Huayue turned her head and looked at Sun Aying. Her expression was invisible on the metal mask, but her amber eyes shone slightly.
Sun Aying bowed and said: "I made a mistake."
As soon as he finished speaking, a shout came from the tower: "The enemy is coming!"
Sun Aying quickly came to the wall and looked into the city. He saw a heavily armed army of food, holding torches and running down the street.
Since it was dark night, the number of Dashi's troops could not be seen clearly on the city top. The enemy's approach could only be roughly seen from the slightly trembling city walls and the densely packed torches.
Huayue looked back at the hazy morning light outside the city, and then said to Sun Aying: "The disguise of the Dashi Cult has bought us precious time. Tell your soldiers, hold on... it won't take long.
Reinforcements will arrive."
Sun Aying nodded, turned around and walked down the city, standing together with the Tang troops.
The Dashi army ran within a stone's throw of the east gate without any intention of slowing down, not even forming a formation.
A group of hungry soldiers, shouting God's blessing, charged directly towards the east gate tower.
Following Sun A's order, the Tang army aimed at the Dashi soldiers and began to fire crossbow arrows.
Due to the condescending position and the dense concentration of enemies, almost every crossbow arrow fired by the Tang army could cause a certain amount of damage.
However, even so, every time a Dashi soldier fell, another one would take his place and continue to charge towards the city gate.
In the short distance of 400 steps, facing the powerful crossbow fire of the Tang army, the big cannibal did not flinch at all. He almost used his life and will to force himself to the corridor below the city gate.
Seeing that the two sides were about to engage in battle soon, Sun Aying, who was wearing iron armor, stood in the front row and formed a defense line with other heavy infantry.
The spearmen of the Tang army stood in separate positions, passed through the gaps between the heavy infantry, and took advantage of the long soldiers to stab the rushing Taishi soldiers to death on the corridor one by one.
In just a few breaths, many Dashi soldiers fell. However, more enemy soldiers stepped on the corpses and climbed up.
In order to prevent the enemy troops from jumping up the shield wall with the help of corpses, Sun Aying led the heavy infantry to fight and retreat, always keeping a few meters away from the forward of the food army, which not only ensured the advantage of the long soldiers, but also prevented them from being defeated by the enemy troops.
Tangled and unable to escape.
And the crossbowmen of the Tang Army were not idle either. They came to the side of the city tower, raised their prepared throwing spears, and threw all the weapons that originally belonged to the Dashi defenders back to them.
The food army below the city tower is as dense as a cloud, and there is often no need to aim. If you throw a spear, you will always get one or even several screams.
In this way, the casualties caused by the Tang army continued, and the endless supply of defensive materials on the city tower became the Tang army's greatest reliance.
However, the disadvantage of the Tang army was also obvious, as the number was too small.
Two hundred Tang troops faced a Dashi army of nearly two thousand men. Even if the killing efficiency was high, the combat space was being compressed.
Moreover, the high-intensity fighting put the heavy infantry of the Tang Army on the front line under increasing pressure on the enemy.
Ten minutes after the battle began, a heavy infantryman on the Tang Army's defense line was unprepared and was hit in the leg by a throwing ax thrown by the food army and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Sun Aying grabbed the wounded soldier on the ground and dragged him to the rear. He also used his shield to knock down a Dashi soldier who was flying toward him down the stairs.
After doing all this, Sun Ah Ying shouted: "Get into formation and retreat! Retreat to the tower!"
The Tang army retreated, and dozens of Dashi soldiers rushed up the stairs. The corridor was immediately occupied by the Dashi troops.
Seeing that the time was right, Sun Aying shouted above his head: "Now is the time! Pour the kerosene!"
Dark brown and thick grease was poured from the watchtower to the corridor.
Many of the food soldiers entrenched on the stairs were caught off guard and had kerosene poured all over their bodies.
Smelling a pungent smell and realizing that something was wrong, the Dashi soldier opened his eyes wide and shouted loudly, asking the people behind him to stop pushing.
However, it was too late.
A torch was thrown into the corridor, and the next second, fire shot into the sky and engulfed the entire staircase in an instant.
Dozens of Dashi soldiers howled miserably in the blazing fire. They tried every means to extinguish the flames on their bodies, but everything was in vain.
The stench of burning hair, skin, and human flesh spread throughout the tower.
Upon seeing this, the Dashi soldiers at the entrance of the corridor stepped back one after another. The courage they had in their hearts suddenly disappeared.
Looking at the fire in front of them and feeling the heat wave hitting their faces, Sun Aying and the other soldiers of the Tang Dynasty took a long breath and felt reassured.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the fire.
Sun Aying thought at first that he was blinded.
The next second, a tall General Dashi, holding a long-handled flail, quickly walked through the fire, raised his weapon, and jumped directly towards the Tang army.
Seeing the General Dashi who was on fire in mid-air, Sun Aying was stunned and was stunned for a moment.
When he came to his senses and tried to block the attack with his shield, he was still a step too late.
The flail with the iron chain went around the top of the shield and hit Sun Aying's shoulder blade firmly.
Along with the sound of bones breaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out from Sun Aying's mouth. He tried his best to hold up his shield, struggling to resist the enemy's attack.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! From the food army below the city tower, there was a thundering cheer.
"Tahir! Tahir!"
The food general named Tahir in front of him missed the vital point with his first blow, and raised his flail again, intending to deliver a fatal blow to Sun Aying.
A Tang soldier wearing light armor saw this scene, shouted and rushed to Sun Aying, hugged Tahir who was covered in fire, and knocked him back a few steps.
Sun Aying saw the appearance of the Tang soldier clearly and shouted anxiously: "Ban Wei Zheng, come back!"
Before Ban Weizheng could stand upright, he was kicked in the chest by Tahir. The former was like a kite with its string broken, and he fell to the corner of the tower. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Tahir, who was on fire, walked forward, raised his flail, and wanted to attack Sun Aying again.
At this time, the Tang army surrounded Tahir and stopped him. Someone else took this opportunity to pull the seriously injured Sun Aying to a safe place.
The pain caused by the burning flames caused Tahir to fall into extreme madness.
Looking at the surrounding Tang army, Tahir did not retreat at all. He let out an angry roar and waved his flail. With just one swing, he knocked down several heavy armored soldiers of the Tang army.
The soldiers at the bottom of the city tower saw Tahir's bravery. As they cheered, a large number of warriors who were not afraid of death jumped into the fire and rushed towards the city tower regardless of the intensity of the fire.
The battle situation that was originally favorable to the Tang army suddenly began to tilt in an unfavorable direction.
At this critical moment, a black figure jumped into the tower along the wooden beam.
Tahir, who was killing everyone, felt his eyes blurred when his leg was suddenly slashed by a sharp blade.
Relying on his fighting instinct, Tahir attacked behind him, but his swing missed and there was another cold feeling on his lower back.
After being stabbed twice in a row, Tahir became furious and shouted with all his strength: "Get out! Dirty rat!"
"The apostates who disobey God's instructions will have their final destination in Hell."
A cold female voice recited scriptures from the Dashi Cult.
Tahir's body froze, and he looked up in the direction of the sound. A steel skull mask fell from the sky, and two sharp daggers were inserted into his neck.
The dagger spun, and Tahir's head left his body and fell to the ground.
Huayue put away her swords, picked up the head from the ground, walked to the wall stacks of the city tower, and raised her trophy to the thousands of food soldiers.
A rising sun slowly rose, and its bright halo reflected behind Hua Yue, making her figure almost the same as the messenger from the underworld recorded in the scriptures.
And at the far end of the horizon, a cavalry army of several thousand people from the Tang Dynasty was rushing towards Talos City.