Chapter 460: Sweeping Out the City
The lightning tactics of the Tang army frightened the Khitans. The Khitans learned that the Tang army had only taken ten days to reach the city of Youzhou, and they were shocked. At this time, all the reinforcements had not arrived. Yelu Abaoji could not wait for the reinforcements to assemble, and the men who had arrived first rushed to Youzhou immediately.
The commander of Youzhou was Yelu Feng. Seeing that the Tang army was in a desperate situation, Yelu Feng did not dare to fight and relied on the city to defend and wait for assistance. There were nearly 20,000 elite Han troops such as the Imperial Army, Shenwu Army, and the Control He Army, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers of various tribes such as Khitan and Xi Bohai. The food and grass in the city were sufficient to support for several years. As long as the city was not compromised, he was still confident that he could defend the reinforcements to arrive.
The garrisons around the Khitan Kingdom Shangjing Linhuang Prefecture, Zhongjing Dading Prefecture, and Tokyo Liaoyang Prefecture rushed to Nanjing Youzhou. A real battle began under Youzhou City... At this time, Duan Mingyu was attacking Youzhou City. When the offensive was the most fierce, he had more than one million arrows in one hour. You can imagine what a spectacular scene it was. The arrows were like rain. After the war that day, the Khitans in the city only recruited women, children, elderly and weak to pick them up. In a moment, the arrows picked up were as tall as firewood, but Youzhou City was still unmoved. To capture it, it was not enough to attack it from a distance. The Tang army must be stepped onto its city, and it was not easy to do this.
The 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Youzhou were enough to defend the entire Youzhou City into a wall. The 200,000 Tang army trapped Youzhou so much that it was impossible to place all 200,000 troops on the battlefield, so each unit took turns to attack the city, trying its best to consume the troops in the city.
Three trenches and two barrier camps were set up, and the passages for advance and retreat were all in order. Moreover, all this was carried out in silence. Often, whenever the order was carried out, no one was roaring, nor did the generals and the generals and schools ordered them to order, a team of soldiers immediately rushed forward and immediately put the command of the commander's order into effect. On the other hand, every time Yang Fugong's camp at the north gate gave a military order, the generals would shout loudly. The soldiers came and went in a hurry and ran faster than anyone else, but it was difficult to get in position for a long time. The quality of the soldiers was really a world of difference.
Suddenly, Duan Mingyu felt a bright light in front of her eyes, just like the sun squirting out of the sea level, and countless rays of light were sprinkled on the earth. But it was not the sun but countless flaming lights. Each flaming light was weak, but when they lit at the same time, it shocked the heaven and earth.
Countless rockets pounced on the sky and leaned towards the city. Then the sound of killing sounds shook the sky. Under the continuous suppression of poisonous gas bombs, the soldiers pushed the siege equipment such as the siege tower, cloud ladder, and siege bridge, and rushed forward...
At the same time, there were tsunami-like fighting sounds from all directions. When Duan Ming and Yuhao stood in the central army, he saw Youzhou City as if it was in a city where countless fireworks were blooming, and it was shining brightly. Rockets flew into Youzhou City like the Milky Way, and the figures of soldiers who were mobilized on the top of the city seemed to be clearly visible.
Then Duan Mingyu saw huge stones flying from the top of the city, two of which hit a nest car. Although the nest car was extremely strong, the wood was flying across the wood under the impact of such huge rocks. The tall brackets tended to collapse. Then countless rockets shot into the nest car that had not yet fallen. The sparks quickly spread and the defenders in the city began to fight back.
When the brilliance of fireworks passed away, it burned out only a piece of gunpowder. But the magnificent galaxy on the top of Shouchun City was like a human life. How many lives will burn out this life this night? Shouchun City once again endured the strong attack pressure, broken corpses, broken weapons, and corpses everywhere on the city. An extremely strong smell of blood filled the entire battlefield, and the city was filled with miserable scenes. In this area, the fires soared into the sky and piled up shrubs and firewood roasted the entire ground, and the city was hot and rolled down and the soldiers were avoiding it from afar.
On that side, the city was constantly shooting at the city. Arrows, poisonous smoke balls, and thunder arrows all showed their magical powers. On the battlefield where the shooting was like rain, a large siege fortress had begun to take shape. Countless Shenjian soldiers were traveling like ants. Stones and earth were transported forward. The wooden frames and cowhide curtains on both sides were still intact, but the cowhide curtains on the giant wooden support above the head were already full of holes, and people were constantly being caught in arrows, but the wide and heavy siege fortress was constantly widening, elevating, and strengthening. Some of the Shenjian Army was handed down.
It can be foreseen that when it is level with the city, countless pedals will be placed on the top of the city at the same time, and the unattainable Shouchun City will become a flat ground for them. At that time, the Shen Ce Army, who suffered all the hardships, will be angry and fierce hatred on Youzhou City.
The city of Youzhou was repaired and a very tight blockade was established. However, these blockade points were mainly based on the right location and were defensive fortresses and beacons, and they could not arrange too many people. Once they were invaded, their dangers would no longer be dangerous. The dangers of Youzhou were terrain. If there was internal response, they would lose all their advantages. On the contrary, because of the tall city, they could not quickly gather their troops.
The soldiers on both sides fought for a while, but in this way, no one would climb up the fortress wall to resist the foreign enemies. They threw hooks onto the city wall, and the agile soldiers as fast as apes climbed up quickly with steel knives on their mouths.
All kinds of weapons rushed forward, and in a flash, they poked and cut down the Khitan soldiers at the gate of the city. The bodies fell on the fire, and sparks flew everywhere. The people around them had not reacted after all the Khitan soldiers guarding the bridge were cut over. Until a tall man waved a long blood-stained sword and rushed to the suspension bridge, this man was Xu Jing, the general under Duan Mingyu. Behind him, the roars of the elite selected from the hundreds of Shen Ce Army exploded under the city of Youzhou: "Those who offer the city will not die!"
Chapter completed!