More than 20,000 Tang troops surrounded the entire Xinye City. Zhang Xun looked at the densely packed Tang troops outside the city and smiled helplessly, "It seems that I underestimated Li Jiancheng. The Prince of the Tang Dynasty still has some eyesight!"
Lei Wanchun on the side waved the bronze hammer in his hand with great fighting spirit, "What are you afraid of? It just happens to let these Guanzhong native dogs see a certain family's double hammer."
Boom, boom, boom! ! !
Before Lei Wanchun finished speaking, drums were beating loudly in the Tang Army formation. Five thousand soldiers of the Tang Army, wearing heavy armor and holding giant shields high, came out of the formation with shouts and marched toward Xinye County.
Li Jiancheng looked at the Tang army's infantry advancing slowly from behind the formation, and sighed, "It's a pity that the Shangyong Mountain Road is too narrow and dangerous, and siege weapons such as trebuchets, crossbows, and trampolines cannot be transported, otherwise How can the small town of Xinye resist our great army of the Tang Dynasty?"
General Wei Ting laughed and said: "Your Highness, the general believes that even without these siege weapons, the mere three thousand county soldiers in the city can only resist our Tang Dynasty army for an hour at most!"
Li Jiancheng shook his head and said seriously: "General Wei, it's better not to be too confident in everything!"
"ah!"
"It hurts me to death!"
"What a sinister Sui army!"
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Wei Ting wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by a burst of screams. Wei Ting turned around and saw that the attacking Tang army, which was originally in an orderly manner, was now in a chaotic formation, and many people had fallen to the ground. In the pool of blood, the Sui army on top of the city did not fire an arrow.
Wei Ting opened his mouth wide and asked: "Your Majesty... Your Highness, what is going on?"
Li Jiancheng shook his head helplessly, "Mr. Wei, didn't you see the spear thrust out from the ground? This patrol is really cunning, he could come up with such a treacherous plan!"
After Wei Ting listened to Li Jiancheng's reminder, he finally understood the situation in front of him. He saw that on the land where the attacking Tang army was located, a spear would stick out from time to time and stab the soldiers walking on it to death. crucify.
Although the Tang army was also well-trained, they were still confused by this insidious attack method. They yelled in panic and desperately picked up the long swords and swords in their hands and stabbed them underground, but they went underground. After poking for a long time, they only heard an "empty" sound, and a spear suddenly appeared from behind them and suddenly stabbed them to the ground.
Li Jiancheng looked at the attacking Tang army that was already in chaos, and sighed, "Send the order, the attacking troops will withdraw first, and then send two thousand soldiers forward to explore the caves, and use smoke to kill these underground rats for us." They all suffocated to death underground!"
"yes!"
Zhang Xun on the top of the city saw that the first wave of attacks by the Tang army had been repelled, and immediately ordered: "Quickly order the brothers in the tunnel to withdraw to the city. After all the withdrawals, the tunnels will be sealed immediately to prevent the Tang army from directly entering the tunnels." Come back and fight!"
Lei Wanchun on the side laughed and said: "My lord, you are so powerful. You defeated the Tang army without losing a single soldier. Lei Mou is so impressed that he fell to the ground!"
Zhang Xun said solemnly: "This authentic method only gave the Tang army a disincentive, but it can only be used once. The strength of the Tang army is still several times that of our army. I am afraid that the most difficult time will come next! General Lei, guard The city still depends on you!"
Lei Wanchun laughed and said: "Don't worry, sir, I will kill one of the Tang troops, and I will kill two of them. I will never let a Tang army enter Xinye City!"
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About a quarter of an hour later, after careful exploration by two thousand soldiers, all the secret passages were discovered, but the Sui army originally ambushed inside had fled. Li Jiancheng had no choice but to order his soldiers to seal the entrance of the cave, and immediately ordered His Tang army launched a second attack.
Zhang Xun pressed his sword and ordered in a deep voice: "Fire the arrow!"
The Sui troops on the top of the city unfurled their bows and nocked arrows and shot at the Tang troops below the city. Although the swordsmen and shieldmen at the forefront of the Tang troops raised their shields to meet them, many arrows still passed through the gaps and hit the Tang soldiers behind them. .
However, this kind of damage was just a drop in the bucket for the Tang army, and it would not play a big role at all. Soon the Tang soldiers had crossed the moat and attacked the city wall. Dozens of ladders were then erected high and placed on top of the city wall. Under the city wall.
"Kill him. The first one to attack the city will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold and the county magistrate!"
Stimulated by the money and title, hundreds of the first to die screamed like crazy and stepped on the ladder, holding a shield in one hand and wielding a steel knife in the other, climbing up without fear of death.
Zhang Xun stood on the city wall without changing his expression and shouted loudly: "Pour out the oil pan!"
Dozens of cauldrons had been set up along the city line. Following Zhang Xun's order, dozens of strong soldiers immediately set up cauldrons and poured them on the Tang army below the city.
"Wow...it's burning me to death!"
The scalding hot oil poured down like a torrential rain, and the deafening screams immediately started to rise one after another. There was also a smell of burnt flesh in the air. Many Tang soldiers who were climbing with their heads up had their skin torn apart by the boiling hot oil. They were burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. They were in agony. How could they have the strength to climb the city wall again?
Amidst the endless screams, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fell into the city like kites with broken strings. The lucky ones could save their lives, but the lucky ones fell into a ball of flesh on the spot!
However, Zhang Xun's counterattack did not end so quickly. Soon hundreds of rockets were fired from the top of the city, and the foot of the city wall instantly turned into a sea of fire. The fire swallowed the lives of hundreds of Tang soldiers in an instant.
"Brothers, run!"
Fire and water are merciless. In front of the raging fire, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty did not have any courage to fight. They jumped out of the sea of fire and fled in a hurry. Hundreds of Tang soldiers who were unfortunately injured and unable to move were trapped in the sea of fire. They were either devoured by the increasingly fierce fire or suffocated to death. It was too tragic to see!
Li Jiancheng looked at the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were escaping in the sea of fire in a hurry, and ordered with a gloomy expression: "Send the order to the lonely army, and withdraw the troops with gold!"
Dang, Dang, Dang! ! !
The long sound of ringing gold sounded, and the siege soldiers of the Tang Army who were still a little unwilling looked at Xinye City with their resentful eyes, and followed the Tang Army's soldiers and horses to slowly evacuate.
Zhang Xun, who was on the top of the city, heard the sound of the Tang army ringing gold. He breathed a long sigh of relief and ordered in a deep voice: "Count the casualties, quickly rescue the sick and wounded soldiers, collect the swords and weapons of the Tang army's fallen soldiers, and reserve troops to patrol the city. Be careful and beware of night attacks by the Tang army!"
