Although they relied on the power of gunpowder to frighten a group of enemy troops, as Yimu Ben used both soft and hard tactics to suppress the soldiers who wanted to retreat with iron blood, the border city defenders once again faced tremendous pressure.
The explosion just now not only killed a number of enemy soldiers, but also destroyed a siege vehicle and two ladders.
But Yimu Ben didn't know where he mobilized seven or eight ladders and a dozen siege vehicles this time.
Coupled with the large number of enemy troops, although the Tang army in the border town temporarily took advantage of the city walls, as the war continued to advance, enemy troops began to appear on the east and west walls of the border city.
"Blow up those two ladders for me!" Cheng Yaojin ordered immediately when he saw two ladders appearing on the west wall.
Once these two ladders are connected to the city wall and open the way for the enemy to climb the city, it will be even more difficult for the Tang army to defend the city wall.
Four soldiers with detonators lit the fuses and threw them towards the ladder.
The enemy army learned the lesson from the last failure and immediately ran away when they saw this kind of thing this time. Some archers wanted to use arrows to block the arrival of the detonator.
In the end, only two of the four detonators fell on the tower. One fell in the enemy crowd, and the other was shot by an archer and exploded halfway.
With three loud noises, one of the two ladders on the west side was successfully destroyed, but there was still one ladder safe and sound.
So several soldiers responsible for dropping bombs began to continue the attack, trying to destroy the enemy's ladder, but they were tightly restrained by the enemy archers and were unable to succeed for a while.
Once this war started, both sides seemed to be desperate for their lives, and there were not many tactics. The enemy used various ladders, ladders, siege engines, and catapults.
Due to the disparity in strength, the Tang army was gradually dwarfed by the enemy's crazy attacks, and the city walls on the east and west lines were once again in crisis.
"Son of a bitch, I'll fight for you..." A Tang Army soldier with his mouth full of blood roared and wanted to die with the enemy in front of him. Unfortunately, as soon as he raised his knife, he was stabbed to death by several spears from the opponent.
The soldier grasped the gun body that he had not had time to pull out with one hand, his eyes widened, and he slowly fell down.
"Fourth!" A Tang soldier roared angrily when he saw his brother died tragically at the hands of the enemy.
"You guys will die for me!" After saying that, he raised his weapon and charged forward.
"You don't overestimate your capabilities!" An enemy archer sneered and shot three arrows in succession, killing the soldier who was trying to charge forward in the middle of the charge.
On the east city wall, a group of Tang army soldiers adhered to the death philosophy of killing one to make a profit, killing a pair to earn one, and drove out the attacking enemy troops life and death.
With a bang, a soldier on the west wall lit the fuse. Unfortunately, before he could throw it out, he was killed by an enemy arrow and the detonator exploded in his hand.
The surrounding enemy troops and Tang army soldiers were also killed.
Cheng Yaojin was also hacking and killing on the city wall. At this time, Cheng Chumo was on the side of Lao Cheng, and there were three personal guards following Cheng Yaojin. The formation was a bit like Zhang San's little mandarin duck formation.
The five people were like bulldozers, killing all the invading enemies around them.
Unfortunately, as the enemy troops on the west wall built the ladder again, the Tang army's detonators were exhausted, and the west wall of the border city fell.
The soldiers who defended the city kept moving closer to Cheng Yaojin, and the enemy troops gradually chipped away at the outer defense line.
Cheng Yaojin was covered in blood, and his silver armor was stained with blood. Cheng Chumo's right leg was slashed by the enemy, and he was gradually in a dangerous situation.
"Fight to the death!"
"For the glory of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Kill!"
Cheng Yaojin roared several times, wondering whether Zhang San could create miracles for the border town again!
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Outside the border city, in a dense forest behind Yimu Ben's army, a cry like a magpie sounded, followed by responses from several directions.
At the other end of this dense forest is the station where Yimu Ben's army supplies food and grass supplies, guarded by a thousand soldiers.
There are two towers at one end of the material camp. Once an abnormality is discovered or attacked, a warning will be issued immediately. It only takes half an hour for Yimu Ben's cavalry to rush back for rescue.
The surrounding terrain is flat, which is very suitable for cavalry to charge.
At this time, if you look carefully, you will find that there are several places around this camp that are slightly different from the surrounding grass.
It also moved slowly forward from time to time, basically maintaining the frequency of moving forward a little bit every ten seconds.
As the distance gets closer, the speed and frequency of movement become slower and slower.
"Do you think there is something there? Why do I feel that the grass keeps moving?" On the tower, a sentry wiped his eyes and asked in confusion.
"I asked you whether you drank too much last night. Something moved. Are you dazzled?" Another sentry looked at it and found nothing unusual.
"Maybe I was too nervous and lost my sight!"
"I said Hu Chi, why are you nervous? The commander-in-chief can capture the border city today, and then we can rush to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty and plunder as much as we want. You don't know that the women of the Tang Dynasty are the most delicate. Then taste……"
The sentry had a lustful look on his face. Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, he saw a humanoid creature standing up from the place where Huchi had just spoken. Without saying a word, he shot a glowing arrow.
"not good……"
As soon as he finished speaking, the arrow came to the front in an instant, followed by a violent explosion.
Just as the two sentries on the tower wanted to warn, they were blown apart by detonators.
At the same time, violent explosions also broke out in three other locations.
"Enemy attack!" An angry shout came out in the camp, and then a group of cavalry rushed into the camp.
However, at the moment when the explosion went off, everyone's attention was attracted by the explosion, and no one noticed a green figure running into the camp.
"Zhahu!" A loud voice sounded, and four people were seen outside the camp heading into the dense forest from four directions.
"There, the troops are divided into four groups. Chase quickly!"
After the cavalry leader finished speaking, he took the lead and chased the figure facing him.
The three cavalry squads that separated from it also went in the other three directions.
However, just when the cavalry was about to catch up with the figure in front, a loud bang came from behind.
"No, I fell into a trap, go back quickly!"
When the cavalry leader saw the flames blazing into the sky where the ordnance and supplies were stored, he was frightened and quickly turned his horse around and rushed towards the camp.
At this time, the camp was in chaos. The frightened horses in the stables rushed out and trampled many soldiers to death and injury.
Everyone wanted to find out who dared to eat the heart of a bear and have the guts to go to the camp and blow up supplies.
But no one noticed that two people also joined the search for "infiltrators". With their sheep smell and messy hair, they were no different from the Xueyantuo people. Of course, the prerequisite was that they could not speak.