The rain of arrows covered the sky, and on the ground, Tianzhu soldiers rushed towards the city like a tide. Aerial ladders were put up on the city wall, and the Tianzhu soldiers were like ants swarming towards the city top; rolling stones and trees poured down from the city top, making a loud rumble, as if a flash flood had broken out, and the Tianzhu people were bloody and bloody. , amidst the screams, human bodies and rolling stones were seen falling from mid-air. The scene was really spectacular.
Suddenly, the Tianzhu army gathered under a city wall on the left, and the tall city climbing ladder truck rumbled straight to the bottom of the city wall, and then the Tianzhu soldiers rushed towards the top of the city along the ladder. At this time, there were almost no soldiers on this city wall, and everyone went to fight in urgent places.
A group of Tianzhu soldiers rushed to the top of the city. At this moment, hundreds of Ming soldiers suddenly appeared on both sides. They were seen holding repeating crossbows and shooting continuously, and their arrows were flying on the top of the city like locusts. Tianzhu soldiers fell to the ground one after another with arrows, and screams could be heard. The soldiers of Tianzhu were so frightened that they turned around and ran away in panic. Some of the panicked soldiers jumped directly from the top of the city, resulting in bloody injuries.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty rushed to the ladder, quickly poured down the buckets of kerosene, and then threw down the torch. When the kerosene met the open flame, it burned fiercely, instantly igniting the ladder. In an instant, several huge ladder trucks were completely enveloped in flames, and the flying flames soared five to six feet high.
The Tianzhu army attacked for a whole day without making any progress.
Seeing that it was getting late, the Tianzhu army retreated. The originally noisy battlefield suddenly became silent, the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the cries of crows came from the distant woods. After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Ming army was very exhausted. They collapsed on the city wall and fell asleep with their swords and guns on their heads. There was also silence in the city, but there was an atmosphere of uneasiness in the silence. The people were sitting in the darkness of their homes unable to sleep, and their hearts were filled with fear; and the nobles were also unable to sleep, but not because of fear, but because of fear. Because of excitement.
Outside the city, a group of soldiers and horses were quietly approaching the east gate. It turned out to be an elite group of Tianzhu. There are three to four thousand Tianzhu elites. Everyone is tall and looks very tough. They only wear light clothes and carry side weapons and lock hooks. The leader of the team is a middle-aged general with a medium build and very strong muscles. man.
This Tianzhu elite came to the outside of the moat in front of the East City Gate. General Zhu looked at the top of the city that day and saw that there were only a few scattered sentries and a few patrols on the top of the city. This was in sharp contrast to the heavily guarded north and south walls of three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. .
General Zhu was secretly happy that day and immediately made a gesture behind him. Dozens of Tianzhu soldiers immediately stepped forward past the Tianzhu generals and entered the moat slowly and quietly. The dozens of soldiers gently crossed the moat and came to the inside of the moat, hiding under the city wall and waiting. When the patrols on the city wall walked away, they struggled to throw the hook up. There were a few soft clicks, but it did not attract the attention of the sentries on the city wall.
General Zhu was very excited that day when he saw that everything was going well. He immediately made a gesture behind him, then led his soldiers, slowly crossed the moat, and then led dozens of soldiers to climb up the city wall along the hook. The following troops continued to climb, while he and the dozens of soldiers who first climbed to the top of the city dispersed, secretly wiping out the unaware sentries one by one. A Tianzhu soldier hunched over, holding a dagger in his right hand, and tiptoed towards a sentry standing near the wall ladder. The sentry had his back turned to him, apparently unaware of the approaching danger behind him.
The Zhu soldier walked gently behind the sentry that day, suddenly jumped up like a cheetah, and almost at the same time, he reached over with his left hand and covered the sentry's mouth and nose. The sentry was shocked and resisted subconsciously. At this moment, he felt a coldness in his vest and chest at the same time. The sentry tried his best to break free from the opponent's grasp, pulled out his sword, and without looking at who was behind him, he turned around and struck with the sword! The soldier from Zhu that day had no idea that the opponent would be able to fight back under such circumstances. He couldn't dodge, and his chest was cut open by a knife, and he let out a shrill scream! They both fell to the ground at the same time!
In the quiet night, the screams of the Zhu soldiers were particularly clear! The Yan Yun soldiers at the city gate were all shocked. The lieutenant immediately led the troops around him and rushed towards the place where the screams came from. Rushing to the city wall ladder, I was shocked to see countless black shadows surging on the wall. The school lieutenant was shocked and shouted: "Enemy! Send the alarm quickly!" Then he led dozens of sergeants under his command and rushed forward. In an instant, the two sides started fighting, with flashes of cold light and roars and screams.
Dang, dang, dang... the gong representing emergency sounded loudly, and at the same time, a red signal rocket flew into the sky. At this time, the captain had fallen into a pool of blood amid the enemy's siege. The Ming army is indeed strong and brave, but as the saying goes, a tiger cannot withstand a pack of wolves. No matter how brave the Ming army is, it cannot withstand the boundless enemy army!
Si Xingfang, who was looking at a map in the camp hall, suddenly heard the sound of an alarm gong. He was startled and hurried out of the hall. Looking in the direction from which the siren sounded, I saw the glow of the red signal rocket gradually fading in the night sky. The traveler was shocked, because the sound of gongs and red signal rockets meant that the enemy had entered the city, and the situation could be said to be extremely critical! At this time, several officers rushed to Si Xingfang.
Xingfang didn't think about it carefully and said in a hurry: "Immediately gather all the soldiers and follow me to the east city gate! At the same time, he ordered two thousand soldiers and horses from the north and south gates to rescue the east city gate. They also ordered them to stand in formation and be on guard to prevent the enemy. Take the opportunity to raid the north and south city gates!" The officers kept their promise and ran down.
All of a sudden, the drums and gongs used by the Ming army to convey news rang loudly, and signal rockets of different colors rose from time to time in the night sky. When outsiders hear such rapid and chaotic drums and gongs, and see such colorful signal rockets, they will feel inexplicably dazzled, but the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army can understand the meaning contained in it.
Xingfang led hundreds of soldiers and rushed towards the east city gate. Xingfang was extremely anxious. He was only worried that he would not be able to get there before everything was irreversible! I just hope that the soldiers guarding the east city gate can fight to the death to hold off the enemy!
We were already approaching the East City Gate, and we could see people looking up and down at the East City Gate. Fierce sounds of fighting came to us, but the city gate was still closed as before. Xingfang breathed a sigh of relief, but then became nervous again, because he found that his soldiers were in a very unfavorable situation. There seemed to be only a dozen or twenty soldiers left at the city gate, and hundreds of Tianzhu people were howling. With a fierce attack, our own soldiers fought to the death and died one by one in bloody battles. The roar was really like the roar of a tiger! Si Xingfang was very anxious and tried his best to urge the horses. Hundreds of soldiers had also pushed the horses to the extreme. Hundreds of horses galloped with hooves, and a loud rumble echoed in the streets!
When General Tianzhu discovered the Ming army rushing towards them, he was very anxious and shouted at his men: "Quick! Quick!" Hundreds of Tianzhu elites tried their best to attack, but although the opponent only had a few soldiers left, However, I still feel that the resistance is very strong, and every step forward requires great effort and cost.
Finally, there was only one Ming soldier left at the city gate. Seeing that victory was in sight, the Tianzhu soldiers rushed forward to attack like crazy. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were red-blooded and did not care about the weapons handed to them by their opponents. They just tried their best to kill the enemies. Their own blood and the blood of the enemies were flying all over the sky, and the Tianzhu soldiers fell at his feet one by one. Suddenly, a spear stabbed diagonally. Yanyun soldiers noticed it, but they couldn't avoid it. The spear pierced their abdomen, and they immediately groaned. At this moment, a Tianzhu soldier in front of him seriously injured him. He stepped forward and raised his scimitar and slashed hard on his left shoulder with a click! The Ming soldier was protected by armor, and the scimitar failed to cut off his right arm. However, the blade penetrated deeply into the flesh and bone, and that half of his body must have been crippled!
The eyes of the soldiers from the Ming Dynasty showed a look of madness and bravery. With a roar, he raised his right foot and kicked hard, sending the Zhu soldiers flying away. When all the Tianzhu soldiers saw how brave he was, they were all stunned. Then they howled in unison and stepped forward, with swords and guns coming down. The Ming soldiers could no longer resist, and blood and flesh flew everywhere. The Ming soldiers were about to die, but with their last breath, they threw themselves on the door bolt and held on to it tightly. All the Tianzhu soldiers were angry and shocked at the same time. They slashed and poked at him, and the Ming soldier finally fell down.
"Hurry! Open the city gate quickly!" General Zhu shouted anxiously that day. The Tianzhu soldiers quickly pulled away the Yanyun soldier's body, hurriedly lifted the latch and wrote on the case, and opened the city gate. Footsteps roared outside the city, and the Tianzhu army waiting outside the city saw the city gate open and began to take action!
At this moment, Xingfang arrived with hundreds of soldiers and rushed to kill the Tianzhu people under the city gate. They saw horse hooves rushing and swords shining like snow. The Tianzhu people were knocked around by the war horses, and their flesh and blood were scattered everywhere by the swords. In an instant, the Tianzhu people at the city gate were about to be overwhelmed!
When General Zhu saw that victory was right in front of him that day, how could he be willing to fail like this? He roared and urged his soldiers to fight to the death to stop him. These Tianzhu elites rushed forward to fight desperately. For a moment, the two sides fell into a fierce melee, and the fight was inextricable. Here a Ming soldier chopped off the head of a Tianzhu man, and over there a Tianzhu man flew up and threw a Ming soldier off his horse! There were roars and screams, and the flying sword light reflected the blood!
The traveler saw that the large enemy army outside the city gate was rapidly approaching, and he couldn't help but become very anxious. At this time, the shout of the Tianzhu general reached his ears. The party immediately looked towards General Tianzhu, urged their horses, and charged forward.
Xingfang leaped on his horse to break through the enemy's obstruction, and rushed straight towards the enemy general. When General Zhu saw this, he shouted and ran towards him.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides met. General Tianzhu suddenly dwarfed, and Xingfang was surprised as he did not expect him to reach out so vigorously. At this moment, a pitiful cry was heard from the war horse under his crotch, and at the same time, the war horse fell forward. Si Xingfang flew out and fell heavily to the ground!
Before Xingfang had time to get up, he saw the enemy general running up. Then with a flash of cold light, the opponent's scimitar had already slashed towards his neck! At the critical moment, Si Xingfang rolled to the side with all his strength, and heard a loud snap as the opponent's scimitar struck the place where he was lying just now! General Tianzhu didn't wait for Si Xingfang to get up and pursued him with his sword. Xingfang had no time to get up and could only roll to the ground to dodge! After dodging several moves, his back suddenly hit the wall of the city gate, and he couldn't help but feel shocked. I saw the opponent's scimitar striking with cold light again! Si Xingfang tilted his head subconsciously! Snapped! The opponent's machete hit the stone wall next to his head hard, sparks and gravel flew everywhere, and the gravel hit his face with a stinging pain!
Xingfang took this opportunity and punched out hard with his left fist, hitting the opponent's cheek. With a bang, General Zhu's face was immediately dyed, and he screamed in pain, staggering back quickly.
Xingfang jumped up and slashed with his sword! Seeing the fierceness of the opponent's sword, General Tianzhu was frightened and hurriedly raised his scimitar. There was a loud snap, and the two weapons collided heavily! General Tianzhu felt an irresistible force coming towards him, and couldn't help but take a step back!
Xingfang reversed the trend with one move, and immediately gained the upper hand without mercy. He roared and rushed forward, opening and closing the sword in his hand, either horizontally or directly, as if every move had the potential to crack mountains and crack rocks! General Zhu was parrying and retreating that day, as if he could only parry but had no power to fight back! However, Si Xingfang was surprised. He did not expect that this Tianzhu general was not weak and could withstand his own fierce attack like a landslide and a violent wind!
At this time, there was a loud rumbling sound in my ears. While Xingfang continued to attack the enemy, he glanced outside the city gate from the corner of his eye and saw that the Tianzhu army outside the city was not far from the city gate! Xingfang was so anxious that he attacked with all his strength. Unexpectedly, the more anxious he became, the harder it was to defeat the opponent. Si Xingfang felt like he was going crazy! At the same time, Si Xingfang's soldiers were also killing the Tianzhu people. Although they had the upper hand, it was obviously impossible to defeat these Tianzhu people in a short time! The situation is obviously becoming more and more unfavorable for the Ming army! If the Tianzhu army rushes into the city gate, the result of this battle will be revealed!
When Si Xingfang saw that the reinforcements from the north and south city walls had rushed to the city gate tower and defeated the enemy troops on the city gate tower, Si Xingfang immediately shouted: "Pour out the kerosene immediately!"
Several Yanyun officers on the city gate were stunned when they heard this. One of them shouted: "General, you are all down there, how could you..." Si Xingfang killed the Tianzhu general in front of him and shouted: " Stop being so fucking verbose! Are you going to disobey military orders?" Several officers were frightened and immediately ordered their subordinates to dump barrels of kerosene stored on the city gate tower! The soldiers on both sides inside the city gate and near the city gate were immediately drenched with kerosene. Si Xingfang shouted again: "Throw the torch!"
Several officers looked at each other in shock. Seeing that the enemy army had arrived at the moat, they couldn't tolerate any hesitation and immediately threw down a few torches.
When all the Tianzhu soldiers saw the torch flying down, they were all frightened to death. Before the torch fell to the ground, they all shouted and turned around and ran towards the city gate. When Xingfang saw this, he immediately led his soldiers and ran away from the kerosene area.
Several torches fell into the muddy ground, whistling a few times, and the flames spread quickly. In an instant, the city gate hole and the area near the city gate were burning. The fire demon was raging, and the flames were soaring into the sky. Tianzhu people and people who had no time to escape The Yanyun soldiers were swallowed by the fire demon and let out heart-piercing screams.
The large Tianzhu troops outside the city were startled when they saw their soldiers fleeing in panic and jumping into the moat, while flames were erupting from the city gate. The flames were flying, and the firelight reflected the stunned and depressed expressions of the Tianzhu soldiers.
In the blink of an eye, the flames spurting from the city gate ignited the suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge burned fiercely. Those Tianzhu elites who had previously attacked the city gate swam across the moat and climbed ashore one after another. Many of them had traces of being burned by the fire, but they were all wet and looked extremely embarrassed.
Seeing that the opportunity had been lost, the Tianzhu army had no choice but to retreat.
After passing through this time, the party did not dare to be careless again, and strengthened vigilance on both sides of the city, and at the same time increased patrol forces in the city. In order to prevent the enemy from digging tunnels for sneak attacks, Si Xingfang also ordered people to bury large tanks around the city, and at the same time sent people to listen to the movements underground through the large tanks. In ancient times, burying large tanks to listen to underground movements was a very common defensive method. It was very effective to prevent the enemy from digging tunnels for sneak attacks. Since the method of digging tunnels for sneak attacks was developed, this kind of buried large tanks has been used Detection method.
Early the next morning, the sound of Tianzhu people's war drums was heard outside the city. Flags were flying, and the army was like a tide. The Tianzhu army launched another wave-like offensive.
In this way, the Tianzhu people attacked continuously for two days. The offensive was magnificent and unstoppable. However, they continued to attack for two days without making any progress.
Just when the Kshatriya felt that there was nothing they could do, the soldiers rushed into the tent and reported: "Generalissimo, Duan Zhichun wants to see you!"
The Kshatriya was already in a bad mood. When he heard this, he immediately said displeasedly: "I asked him to guard the east bank, but he dared to leave his post without permission!" After a pause, he said: "Tell him to come in." He agreed, ran down, and then came in with Duan Zhichun in military uniform. Duan Zhichun saw the Kshatriya and bowed: "Greetings to the Grand Marshal!"
The Kshatriya said angrily: "I told you to stay on the east coast, why did you come here without permission?" There was something in his tone that he was asking for an apology.
Duan Zhichun was angry in his heart, but he did not dare to show it on his face. He bowed and clasped his fists and said, "I saw that the Generalissimo's attack was blocked, so I came here to offer my advice!"
The Kshatriya was worrying about how to break the city. When he heard this, he immediately became energetic and asked hurriedly: "Do you have any clever plan? Tell me quickly!"
Duan Zhichun said: "This Dali City is our capital of Dali. When we built the capital, our ancestors considered the worst case scenario. Therefore, when the palace was built, a secret passage was built in secret, which could lead directly from the palace. Tianlong Temple outside the city.”
When the Kshatriyas and others heard this, they were all delighted. Then the Kshatriya frowned and said, "Don't the Han people know about this secret path?"
Duan Zhichun said: "I can't guarantee that the Han people don't know about it. However, this secret passage is related to the safety of Emperor Dali, so the people who know it are very limited. As far as I know, there are only two people, the deceased Emperor Dali and me. So there is a high possibility that the Han people don’t know about it.”
When the Kshatriya heard what he said, he felt that this secret passage was worth a try. Maybe he could break the city in one fell swoop! With this thought in mind, I made up my mind. He raised his head and asked Duan Zhichun, "You said it was at Tianlong Temple. Where is Tianlong Temple?" Duan Zhichun cupped his fists and said, "Tianlong Temple is a few miles northwest of the city."
Kshatriya stood up and said, "Very good. Tonight, you will lead the way and lead an elite force into the city through this secret passage. I will lead the army and wait outside the city. As soon as I see chaos in the city, I will lead the army." Attack fiercely!" Duan Zhichun promised with clasped fists.
Night falls. It can be said that God helps Tianzhu tonight, there is no light in the quiet night, the stars and moon are missing, and the earth is dark.
In the middle of the night, Kshatriya ordered Akar to lead 10,000 elite soldiers and follow Duan Zhichun to the Tianlong Temple in the northwest of the city, preparing to sneak into the city through the secret escape tunnel of the former Dali royal family. This Akar is the Tianzhu warrior who led an elite sneak attack on the East City Gate and almost succeeded. He is also the sixth-ranked Garuda among the eight gods of Tianzhu.
Akar led the elite and followed Duan Zhichun. Immediately, Kshatriya sent orders to the two armies of the north and the south to quietly leave their bases, approach the city and hide in the darkness. They only waited for chaos to break out in the city before launching a massive attack. The Kshatriya estimated that as long as the Han people had not discovered the secret passage, they would be able to break through the city tonight.
Duan Zhichun led Akar's 10,000 elites to the outside of Tianlong Temple. The famous temple in front of us is said to have been the secluded place for the abdicated kings of Dali in the past dynasties. But now it is deserted and its buildings and walls are in ruins. It is a desolate scene. It is gloomy in the night, like a haunted house or a tomb.
The arrival of everyone broke the silence here. Duan Zhichun led the Tianzhu soldiers and horses to a remote courtyard behind the palace. Duan Zhichun then pointed to the rockery covered by weeds in the middle of the yard and said: "The exit of the secret passage is in the rockery." Akar immediately sent people to search, and after a while, someone reported back: "General, the exit has been found! "Akar immediately went over. Under the guidance of the soldiers, he saw that in the grass at the foot of the mountain, a three-foot-square iron plate had been turned over, revealing a dark hole of unknown depth.
Akar was overjoyed, and immediately turned to Duan Zhichun and said: "General Duan, please take a few people for a walk to see if this secret passage is still feasible!" Duan Zhichun cursed secretly in his heart, clasped his fists in response, and then He led a dozen Tianzhu sergeants and went down carefully with torches. Under the light of the torch, a square tunnel was seen extending forward, as if there was no end. More than a dozen people walked forward, their nerves tense. No one knew whether this secret passage had been discovered by Yan Yunjun. At this moment, a powerful trap was waiting for them in front.
Fortunately, nothing happened along the way, except for some breathing problems, there were no problems. After about two sticks of incense, a dozen people saw the end of the tunnel.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
