"Military advisor, is this method really effective?" Li Shimin asked
"It must be useful."
A glimmer of light flashed in Li Ru's eyes, and he said with great certainty: "Although the structure of the city gate of Hangu Pass is complex, it can only be opened from the inside and cannot be opened from the outside. There is no doubt about this."
Du Ruhui nodded in agreement and said: "This arrangement allows the city gate to withstand greater impact, so it is almost impossible to hit the city gate of Hangu Pass with a city impact vehicle from the outside."
But again, such an arrangement can only protect against the outside but not the inside, and cannot prevent impacts from the inside out.
Therefore, if the Fourth Young Master and General Yang Jian can enter the city, destroy the city gate valves, and attack the city gate with all their strength from the inside and outside at the same time, they will definitely be able to remove the entire Hangu Pass City Gate.
As for Hangu Pass, which has lost its city gate, it will only be a matter of time before it is breached."
Hearing this, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to himself: "I hope it can go smoothly."
At this time, Li Shimin no longer expected to get rid of Li Cunxiao, because it was almost impossible, so he could only retreat to the next best thing and seek to capture Hangu Pass.
In Hangu Pass, after Li Yuanba and Yang Jian closed the city gate, they immediately waved their weapons and began to destroy the mechanical valves that fixed the city gate. Then each of them used a sledgehammer and began to smash the city gate with all their strength from the inside out.
Boom...boom...boom...
Although Li Yuanba and Yang Jian's attacks could not damage the steel city gate, they shook the city gate every time.
The city gate without mechanical valves was obviously unstable. After the two of them smashed it with all their strength, the city gate began to break away from the wall.
Gongsun Yan discovered the two men's intentions at a glance, and immediately reminded Li Cunxiao to stop them, and Li Cunxiao also reacted while riding his horse.
Li Cunxiao's movement was not slow, but in the end it was still a step too late. When he arrived at the city gate again, the city gate of Hangu Pass had collapsed from the inside out.
boom……
The heavy iron door, which weighed more than several thousand kilograms, fell directly and hit the ground. The corpses on the ground were directly smashed into meat paste, and a large amount of smoke and dust was raised.
After seeing this scene, Li Cunxiao was completely stunned. What exactly did he see? The city gate of Hangu Pass was completely removed.
How can you still play like this? It’s like refreshing three levels!
After a brief shock, Li Cunxiao's eyes were filled with anger.
The entire city gate of Hangu Pass was removed. The Tang army advanced and left whenever they wanted. Hangu Pass was destined to be undefendable, and the person who caused this was Li Cunxiao.
If he hadn't been arrogant and went out of the city to fight without authorization, Li Yuanba and Yang Jian would not have come in, and the city gate of Hangu Pass would not have collapsed, so he was the culprit of the city gate collapse.
Li Cunxiao would rather die in battle than fall at Hangu Pass. Once Hangu Pass fell, the entire Sizhou would face the threat of the Tang Dynasty.
When Li Cunxiao thought that such a big mistake was caused by himself, Li Cunxiao almost collapsed. He roared with red eyes: "What on earth did you do?"
Li Yuanba took the other golden hammer Yang Jian gave him, chuckled and said, "Tear down the door."
"You...I will kill you."
Li Cunxiao picked up Yu Wangshu and prepared to fight Li Yuanba and Yang Jian. At this moment, he hated these two people to death, and even had the intention of dying with them.
Li Yuanba still wanted to continue fighting, but Yang Jian didn't want to continue fighting. He was injured and needed time to tease him, otherwise he would easily suffer from hidden diseases.
"The city gate has been destroyed and the mission has been completed. If we continue to fight, we will not be able to defeat Li Cunxiao. It is meaningless at all. We should go back first."
"That's...okay."
Previously, Yang Jian and Li Yuanba chased and beat Li Cunxiao, but now Li Cunxiao took the initiative to come to the door, and Yang Jian and Li Yuanba ran away instead.
After Li Cunxiao chased to the city gate, he stopped chasing. He could not leave Hangu Pass. Once he left, the commander of Hangu Pass would fall faster.
Looking at the city gate that fell to the ground, Li Cunxiao wanted to cry but had no tears.
It's not that Li Cunxiao couldn't lift the large iron gate weighing over a thousand kilograms, but the valve that fixed the gate had been damaged. Even if he lifted it up, it would still fall.
"So what if the city gate falls down? I, Li Cunxiao, am the city gate of Hangu Pass."
After Li Cunxiao roared loudly, he stood at the gate of Hangu Pass with his sword in hand, looking at the endless army outside the city. He was actually prepared to guard the gate of the city with one person and use his flesh and blood to serve as the gate of Hangu Pass.
When Li Shimin saw Li Cunxiao's posture, he couldn't help but sigh: "Such a loyal and brave general, I wish I could own him."
"My lord, give up the idea of subduing Li Cunxiao, there is absolutely no way he will seek refuge in our country of Tang." Du Ruhui said.
"I know, I'm just feeling sorry for you."
After saying that, Li Shimin decisively gave the order: "Send the order, the catapults and crossbows will attack. I want to see if Li Cunxiao's copper skin and iron bones can withstand the catapults."
"promise."
Li Cunxiao was originally prepared for a fight to the death, but when he saw so many flying rocks as big as a plate being thrown at him, and crossbow arrows as thick as a gun barrel trying to shoot at him, his expression suddenly changed.
Li Cunxiao's external skills had been practiced to the point where he could not be hurt by any iron. Even the flying stones thrown by the catapult were not incapable of being physically resisted.
But can he withstand one or two shots, or can he withstand hundreds of shots?
Although the Grand Master is strong, he is not invincible and still has his own limits.
Yuan Shoucheng is the best example. After burning his inner strength, he still died in Su Dingfang's crossbow stone formation. It shows that human power cannot resist the collective after all.
Li Cunxiao also had his own limits. Facing the flying rocks and javelins all over the sky, even he couldn't resist for long.
Li Cunxiao was not stupid, and of course he would not stay where he was and serve as a target to practice the accuracy of Li Tang's catapult soldiers.
Li Cunxiao had just returned to the city when Gongsun Yan came up to meet him and said anxiously: "You are back. The city gate has been destroyed. It will not be repaired in a short time. Hangu Pass is no longer able to defend, so we should retreat to Yewang City.
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"No, Hangu Pass is still there."
Li Cunxiao's eyes were full of determination and he roared: "As long as I am still alive, Hangu Pass will not be lost."
Gongsun Yan was very anxious and quickly advised: "General, you must not act on your own initiative. Even if Hangu Pass is lost, our army still has two fortified cities of Yewang and Yiyang. We can still rely on the cities to fight against Li and Tang's army."
"No, the defense capabilities of Yewang and Yiyang cannot be compared with Hangu Pass."
Li Cunxiao decisively refused, then grabbed Gongsun Yan's shoulders and said with a pleading look on his face: "Quickly, find a way to block the city gate. As long as the city gate can be blocked, the Tang army will not be able to enter."
Gongsun Yan originally wanted to persuade him, but when he saw the strong-willed Li Cunxiao, who showed the same low posture of pleading, the words came to his lips but he could not say them.
"This... then let's try it." Gongsun Yan said with a wry smile.