Thick clouds obscured the sky. The dark clouds in the latest chapter of the Holy Church, with the moon behind them, illuminated the edge of the clouds. It was like a strange blue flame.
Under the night sky, tens of thousands of torches flicker like stars.
In the wilderness, the tidal army, shouting and killing, kept attacking Taiyuan City, which was like an island in the sea. On the city wall, there were broken branches and arms, and blood flowed across the walls.
"Military advisor, is it almost done now?" Although it was the severe winter and the temperature dropped at night, there were still slight beads of sweat on Duan Peng's forehead. Duan Peng took back the telescope, turned around, and asked Lu Hengdao.
Lu Heng looked carefully for a long time with the telescope and found that although there were heavy casualties on the city wall, the defending side was still in good order.
He slowly put down the telescope, pondered for a moment, and said calmly: "Let Ma San lead the attack once!"
"Isn't it a feint?" Duan Peng asked after hearing this, with a look of surprise in his tone.
"No!" Lu Heng shook his head, raised his telescope and took a look, and said, "It's serious!"
After putting down the telescope, Lu Heng turned his head, pointed at the solid city wall, and said in a deep voice: "Send the order for the artillery to cover the Ma San Division's attack on the city!"
"Yes!" Duan Peng heard the words and immediately accepted the order without saying a word. He turned around and gave a few instructions to the ordering soldier holding a torch beside him. He saw the ordering soldier holding up the torch with both hands in the air.
The semaphore was raised.
"General, the Chinese army has ordered us to attack by force!" After seeing the order from the Chinese army, the messenger next to Ma San said hurriedly.
"Yeah!" Ma San raised his hand, wiped the traces of smoke on his face, gritted his teeth, pulled out the knife, tore off a piece of cloth, and tied the handle of the knife firmly to his hand.
"Brothers, charge!" Ma San took a deep breath, roared in a hoarse voice, and took the lead in grabbing a shield and rushed out.
"Kill!"
Behind them, thousands of soldiers carrying shields and ladders rushed out of the army camp like a tide, following General Ma San, and rushed towards the torch-lit city wall in front. The latest chapter of the Holy Church
Under the cover of night, thousands of torches surged like a gleaming tide, striking the crumbling island in the night.
After Ma San led his men to rush out, the artillery behind the army, under the command of Commander Fatty, roared with hundreds of cannons, and as the flames puffed out, the smoke from the cannons instantly filled the position, covering the
In the sky, in the lightning-like fire, cannonballs roared out one after another.
The cannonballs trailing long tails of fire were like a beautiful meteor shower in the night, crossing the night sky and falling towards the distant Taiyuan City.
Boom boom...
Hundreds of cannonballs accurately landed on the city wall. Flames shot into the sky, and the blasted rubble, carrying the remains of the dead and broken arms, scattered in all directions in the smoke-filled explosion.
"Get down, get down!" Amidst the deafening explosions, the various captains guarding the city covered their heads with iron helmets and ran around, beckoning the soldiers to defend.
Several school captains covered in blood shouted loudly and walked back and forth among the splashing rubble. The sky-high firelight illuminated their blood-stained faces, and their eyes looked extremely strong.
However, before they could take a few steps, they were blown to pieces by a bomb that fell at their feet.
"Boss!" When the soldiers saw this, their eyes suddenly closed and tears fell down instantly. They yelled, got up and rushed over. However, before they could take two steps, they were blown up by flying bombs.
The body was dismembered. Blood and flesh were everywhere.
"Boss!" When the other soldiers hiding behind the battlements saw this, they were shocked and rushed over.
"Hide away for me, do you want to die?" A captain wiped the tears from his eyes, glanced at the place where gravel was scattered and no bones were left, and he held down the extremely excited soldiers and roared ferociously.
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"Boss!" The soldiers looked at their comrades, who were killed one by one, whimpering, and their hearts were twisted. ""
"Why are you crying!" The captain raised his hand to wipe his tears and choked: "His Royal Highness is not kind to us on weekdays. The brothers repay their kindness and I feel honored for them!"
Below the city, the killing cries were getting closer and closer. It was deafening.
The captain, who was covering his iron helmet and hiding behind the battlements, sniffed and pressed the crossbow arrows into the crossbow machine one by one. He took a deep breath, stood up suddenly, and fired his arrows at the soldiers rushing towards the city.
The trigger was pulled.
jump jump jump……
A volley of crossbow arrows was fired, and except for the big man at the head who blocked the arrows with an axe, the rest of the unknown soldiers were all killed by the arrows.
"Hahaha!" The captain who was guarding the city looked up to the sky and laughed loudly. He took out another crossbow arrow from behind and was about to press it in. The big man who rushed to the city saw the soldiers beside him falling down one after another.
, roared in grief, and suddenly threw up the ax in his hand. The extremely sharp ax cut through the air, and struck the head of the captain who was looking up to the sky laughing like lightning.
There is a click...
The sharp ax struck into the captain's head, causing blood to fly everywhere. The captain's laughter stopped abruptly, and the whole person was thrown upside down by the power of the giant ax.
With a bang, the body of the captain with the ax on his head flew a certain distance and fell to the ground.
The soldiers of the Jin army behind the battlements, when they saw the captain who had just encouraged them to live, died in the blink of an eye. Their hearts ached. They roared crazily, rushed out of the battlements, raised their bows and shot arrows, towards
Shoot down the city.
The black feathered arrows, like swarming locusts, were densely shot towards the tidal wave of imperial troops below the city.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people fell into a pool of blood one after another like waves of cut wheat. There were a few soldiers whose bodies were covered with arrows, but they still struggled and charged forward.
Weng...
There was another round of volleys. Those brave soldiers who were not afraid of death stopped their steps due to the power of the arrows stuck in their bodies. They could no longer hold on. They fell down unwillingly and became the pile of mountains.
one of the corpses.
The blood formed a stream and flowed into the frozen moat, dyeing the white ice floes bright red.
The rich blood energy permeated the city. It was so strong that it seemed that even the inky night had turned bright red.
"A worthy opponent!" Lu Heng put away his telescope and said in a deep voice with a solemn expression.
The night wind blew bitingly, bringing with it the bone-chilling cold of the North.
The whistling wind swept by, and the black hair was flying wildly in the wind.
The cotton gown on my body could not withstand the raging cold wind. It was shaking with a whirring sound.
The cold wind brought a strong smell of blood, which made people sick. However, Lu Heng, Duan Peng beside him, and the soldiers preparing to attack the city all had solemn expressions on their faces, as silent as water, standing where they were.
The ground was motionless.
"Commander, send the signal!"
Duan Peng looked through the telescope and saw Ma San's body shaking uncontrollably after the arrow was hit. He was so anxious that he cried to Lu Heng.
"Send the order, the second echelon goes up!" Lu Heng seemed to have not heard Duan Peng's cry. His cold voice made people feel chilled. He turned around and said to the orderer with calm eyes: "Send the order, artillery, increase the speed.
Fire coverage!”
"Yes!" The messenger stood at attention with his head raised and shook the torch in his hand again. He conveyed the order of the Chinese Army to all participating units.
Lu Heng glanced at the second echelon on the left side of the front formation and began to charge forward. He took a deep breath, thought to himself, and secretly prayed: This time, it should be almost done!
Lu Heng did not expect today's fierce battle.
He originally thought that after the army began to charge, the defenders on the city wall would soon be unable to hold on, and the King of Jin who was stationed in the city would definitely distribute the elite soldiers in the city to various city gates to strengthen defense.
However, the fighting will and combat effectiveness of these Taiyuan defenders greatly exceeded Lu Heng's expectations. After several rounds of shelling, these soldiers who were buried in the gravel and ashes showed no sign of retreat. On the contrary, they remained
He gritted his teeth and resisted stubbornly, never taking a step back.
Judging from the fighting will of these Taiyuan defenders who are not afraid of death, these 20,000 soldiers should be the direct line troops carefully cultivated by King Jin. They have absolute loyalty to King Jin.
Several rounds of feigned attacks had been carried out, but the general guarding the city was obviously a ruthless man with an iron heart. Even when he saw his soldiers being blown to pieces by artillery fire, he was still determined not to let the crossbowmen hiding in the dark be exposed.
When the real attack began, the general also organized a counterattack in a controlled manner. Moreover, under his leadership, the soldiers defending the city were still in an orderly manner.
"Prepare, release!"
Through the telescope, the fat commander of the artillery saw the heavy casualties of the Masan Division. Feeling heartbroken, he turned around and loudly issued another order to the soldiers who had already loaded their ammunition.
Boom boom boom...
The tongues of fire flickered, illuminating the position. Amidst the loud noise of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, the smoke filled the air. The artillery shells, like meteors, roared out again.
Crossing the sky, leaving behind clearly visible red afterimages.
Cannonballs fell into the city wall like raindrops again.
Amid the violent explosions, flames shot into the sky again.
Amidst the flying rubble and the filled smoke, the sturdy city wall of Taiyuan Prefecture could no longer withstand this violent blow. A corner of the city wall suddenly collapsed.
In the diffuse smoke and dust, the collapsed corner was tantamount to a heavy blow to the Jin army that was defending Taiyuan City.
Ma San, who was suppressed and unable to move under the city, looked happy after seeing the collapsed corner. He picked up his axe, turned around and roared at the less than 500 soldiers left behind him: "Brothers, charge!
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Through the telescope, he saw the defenders on the city wall, and chaos finally began to appear. Lu Heng, who was standing at the center of the army, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As a result, the city's defenses were torn apart. Under such circumstances, the King of Jin had to take measures. The only way was to mobilize the 10,000 elite soldiers who guarded various important places in the city to the city gate.
Looking at the Ma San Division troops filing in, Lu Heng smiled coldly, turned around, and said to Duan Peng beside him: "Duan Peng, get ready to send the signal!"