On the other side of Boling City, six thousand Anxi troops led by Li Siye entered the city as reinforcements. The news that the Tang army had conquered Fan Yang also entered the city.
As the good news of Fan Yang's victory spread, the soldiers and people in the city rushed into the streets and cheered in unison.
After hearing the news, Pugu Huai'en, who commanded the Boling garrison, dragged his tired body and slowly sat down on the tower. A smile appeared on his haggard and dusty face for the first time.
At this time, a sergeant came to report that General Li Siye had come to the bottom of the tower.
After hearing this, Pugu Huaien forced himself to stand up and went to greet Li Siye.
Pugu Huai'en was from Tiele and had been serving in Shuofang's army, while Li Siye was from Gaoling, Jingzhao and had been fighting in Anxi since the early Kaiyuan years.
The two had met several times during court meetings during the Tianbao period, but did not have much contact with each other.
However, under such circumstances, when the two met again, they were both sad for a while.
Li Siye: "The commander-in-chief has captured Fan Yang, and the war in Hebei has been decided. This is great news. If it were not for war, you and I would really be drunk."
Pugu Huai'en nodded and said: "This is an excellent proposal. When these thieves outside the city retreat, I will hold a banquet in the mansion for you and a group of Anxi generals... Having said that, Shi Siming is probably getting it at this time.
With the news of Fan Yang’s fall, I don’t know whether he plans to fight or retreat next.”
Li Siye walked to the parapet of the city tower, looked at the Yan Army camp in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Li came all the way from Anxi to Hebei. After such a journey, in the end he only got a job transporting baggage.
There is no chance for me to go to the battlefield. If you ask me, it would be better for Shi Siming not to leave, so that my trip will not be in vain!"
Hearing this, Pugu Huaien shook his head helplessly.
Li Siye in the Anxi army was brave and warlike, and Pugu Huai'en had long heard of this.
But the current situation is that although Shi Siming's army outside the city has been attacking the city for days and has suffered considerable losses, the main force is still there and cannot be underestimated. In addition, Li Siye has been fighting in Anxi for a long time, and the enemies he encountered were all small countries and tribes in the surrounding areas.
Having never seen the strength of Hebei's soldiers, one would be underestimating the enemy.
Li Siye saw Pugu Huaien's expression and guessed the latter's thoughts, so he got closer and whispered: "To be honest, I came to Hebei from Anxi this time and brought a new weapon that can crack mountains and crack rocks.
It’s time to test its power with Shi Siming’s army.”
Puguhuaien: "New weapons?"
Li Siye whispered a few words to Pugu Huaien. The latter's face was full of surprise, and finally he couldn't help asking: "Do you really have such power?"
Li Siye smiled and nodded.
Three days later, the coalition forces of Shi Siming and Li Guiren formed out of the camp and marched slowly towards Boling City.
On the city tower, Li Siye said to Pugu Huaien on the side: "It seems that Shi Siming has finally decided to fight."
Pugu Huai'en looked at the city for a long time, frowned and said, "The bandit army seems to have taken out the treasure hidden at the bottom of the box."
Li Siye was puzzled.
Pugu Huai'en pointed at the Yan army's front formation and said: "Look at the front formation. The flag is "Li", the men and horses are all wearing armor, and there are gilt rings. They should be the most elite eight in the bandit army.
Qianyi Luohe Iron Cavalry."
When Li Siye heard this, he was not afraid at all. Instead, he rubbed his palms together excitedly: "Elites of the thief army? That's great! In his life, Li loves to fight elites the most!"
Pugu Huai'en: "The Yiluohe cavalry are well-equipped and well-trained. If they are on flat terrain, they can fight with troops several times their own size without being at a disadvantage. However, in a siege battle, the Yiluohe cavalry will not be at a disadvantage.
The Luohe cavalry had to dismount and fight, which was tantamount to giving up their strengths, and I don’t know what Shi Siming was thinking.”
Li Siye: "No matter what he thinks, as long as he dares to come, I guarantee that he will never come back!"
With a long battle cry, most of the Yan army began to slowly attack Boling City.
Pugu Huaien stood on the city tower, looking at the tide of enemy troops outside the city, unmoving.
When the Yan army entered within a stone's throw, Pugu Huaien raised his hand, paused for a moment, and then dropped it heavily.
After hearing the order, the flag officers of the Tang Army raised their flags one after another.
Suddenly, the sound of bowstrings was like the roar of the wind in the mountains and forests, and the arrows on the city top were like locusts. The black mass gathered together and pounced on the approaching Yan army.
Among the densely packed Yan Army soldiers, some fell down one after another amid bursts of arrows, but they were quickly replaced by others.
Finally, after suffering considerable losses, the Yan army's front line approached the city wall.
Siege equipment such as chariots, ladders, wells and so on came closer one after another.
The Yiluohe warriors in the Yan army rushed to the front line. With their sophisticated armor and large shields, they withstood the attacks from the city wall and climbed up the city tower step by step.
Pugu Huaien summoned the adjutant, and a moment later, the flag officer of the Tang Army began to wave the second command flag.
The defenders of Boling City knew that this siege was probably the key to the war. Therefore, they stopped saving wood, rolling stones, hot oil, etc. and pushed them down from the city wall one after another.
The next second, many soldiers on the ladder suffered heavy injuries and fell down one after another.
However, more soldiers of the Yan army were not afraid at all. Instead, they rushed to climb up the ladder.
The two armies engaged in battle, and with just a stick of incense, a Yan army soldier climbed up the city wall.
Following this momentum, several more soldiers climbed up and fought together with the Tang army. Upon seeing this, the Yan army below the city saw their morale boosted and cheered one after another.
After Pugu Huai'en found out, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. The Yan army's attack on the city this time was unprecedentedly fierce.
It can be seen from this that the reputation of Yiluohe among the Yan army is indeed well-deserved.
Pugu Huai'en gave orders to dispatch his reserve team to drive the Yan army soldiers off the city wall; at the same time, he explained to the deputy general that he was ready to implement the plan originally agreed with Li Siye.
While there was a melee on the city wall, the Yan army's chariots also began to hit the city gate.
After several impacts, the Boling City Gate suddenly opened from the center amid a burst of shaking.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Upon seeing this, a soldier named Yan shouted happily: "The city gate has been broken open!"
Li Guiren, who was commanding the troops in the front line, was overjoyed when he saw this. He quickly ordered the Yiluohe cavalry under his command: "Don't miss this opportunity! Everyone listens to the order and mounts! Rush into the city!"
Shi Siming, who was in the Chinese army, heard the news from the lookout that the gate of Boling City had been knocked open. He was happy at first, but then looked suspicious.
Seeing this, his subordinates asked Shi Siming: "The city gate is open and the city is about to be destroyed. Why is the guardian so frowning?"
Shi Siming: "Earlier, our army also sent rams to ram the city gate. Why did they fail after repeated attempts? But today the rams only hit the city gate a few times and the city gate opened?"
The subordinates looked at each other in confusion, and no one could answer.
A general suggested to Shi Siming: "Do you need to remind the King of Peking to avoid falling into the enemy's trap?"
Shi Siming rolled his eyes, shook his head and said, "The King of Peking has experienced hundreds of battles and knows his own sense of proportion."
When the generals of the Yan army heard this, they gave up.
Li Guiren led the Yiluohe cavalry and rushed into the city. He originally thought that the Tang army behind the gate would be in chaos.
Unexpectedly, behind the city tower, a Tang army of several thousand people formed a semicircle and had already been waiting there in formation.
Li Guiren saw that the Tang army had a good time, and intuitively felt that something was wrong. However, the horse power of the heavy cavalry was at its peak. At this time, it was impossible to turn around or stop, so he could only charge forward.
When the Yiluohe cavalry rushed to a distance of only thirty steps from the Tang army, the Tang army's tightly knit shield formation suddenly dispersed in twos.
Dozens of strange-looking iron lumps, each one meter long, were placed at intervals behind the shield array, and white smoke could be faintly seen rising.
When Li Guiren was confused, suddenly there was a burst of dense explosions, like thunder, one after another.
Accompanied by violent fires and thick white smoke, a burst of coarse iron sand, like a downpour, quickly struck from the Tang army's camp, directly covering all space within a few hundred meters.
Each piece of iron sand is only the size of a little finger, but after being detonated by gunpowder, it contains huge kinetic energy.
One squatting tiger cannon is filled with more than a hundred pieces of iron sand, and sixty squatting tiger cannons are filled with nearly 10,000 pieces of iron sand.
They are shot out from shotguns, at such a close distance, with such dense coverage, hitting the armored horses and soldiers. They can pass through the gaps in the armor, the armor joints and the hollow parts of the masks, and directly penetrate into the flesh.
Once this kind of irregular iron sand enters the human body, it will roll and turn, forming a highly destructive cavity effect in the living body, causing great pain to the enemy, causing open wounds that cannot stop bleeding, and leaving the victim in a very difficult situation.
In a short period of time, all mobility can be lost.
One hundred and twenty tiger squatting guns fired in two salvos.
After the smoke, more than a thousand Yiluohe cavalry who rushed into the city gate were either directly knocked off their horses by the shelling, or fell into chaos due to the loud noise, and the Yan army's offensive was completely stalled.
Li Siye wore a suit of Mingguang armor and carried a Mo Dao. He shouted loudly to the Anxi soldiers under his command: "Close the shield array! The spearmen come forward! The crossbowmen suppress it! The artillery team charges!"
Li Guiren took the lead and led his troops into the city. Fortunately, he was far away from the Tiger Crouching Cannon and was not bombarded. Unfortunately, Li Guiren's mount was frightened by the sound of the cannon and stood up.
, and threw him to the ground. When the horse's hoof jumped, by accident, it crushed the calf bone of the King of Peiping.
Li Guiren was in pain and screamed loudly. Seeing this, the soldiers beside him quickly got off their horses and came to rescue him.
Just when the Yiluohe Cavalry Army was in chaos, the Anxi Army led by Li Siye completed the reloading of the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
The shield array began to move forward and began to prepare for a second round of attacks on the soldiers of Yan Army gathered at the city gate.
Li Guiren was unable to move easily, and even with the help of his own soldiers several times, he was unable to mount his horse, which delayed his precious opportunity to escape.
When the Tiger Crouching Artillery fired its second salvo, Li Guiren and a group of soldiers gathered together and became the most conspicuous target. They were baptized by a round of shotguns.
Without even being able to utter a scream, Li Guiren was directly beaten into a sieve by the iron sand that was burned until it turned red. Blood surged out like a spring, covering the ground in a matter of seconds.
The poor commander of the Yiluohe Cavalry, the King of Peiping whom An Lushan trusted most, became the first general of the Yan army to die under the muzzle of the Crouching Tiger.
Li Guiren died in battle, and rumors that the Tang army used "Sky Thunder" caused the Yan army attacking the city to fall into chaos.
Some Yiluohe soldiers rushed to the central army and asked Shi Siming to send reinforcements.
However, Shi Siming refused the request for reinforcements on the grounds that the situation was unfavorable, and ordered the entire army to retreat and withdraw from the battlefield.
At this point, the Battle of Boling ended with a great victory for the Tang army.
After the war, there was a widespread rumor among the Tang army that there was a roaring tiger in the Anxi army, which was capable of swallowing up the heaven and earth, destroying ghosts and ghosts, and causing all enemies to flee when they encountered it.