Chapter 89: The Price of Blood (Part 2)
How capable are you in night battle? Yuchi Baolin smacked his lips: "I don't know, I haven't had a fight at night anyway."
"The night battle is still going on. We can't see it, and they can't see it either. Just cut it blindly." Wu Chen interrupted, "According to the experience of the martial arts world, the moon is dark and the night is high and the wind is setting fire. Today, it looks like the wind is not small, so...hehe!"
"Do you set fire?" Wang Xuance frowned and quickly turned his eyes to Yu Ning: "How is it? Can it be done?"
"Try it. The buildings here are different from those in the Tang Dynasty. It is difficult to burn the fire." Depressed, he said with some uncertainty.
Most of the houses in the Western Regions are stone, which is very different from the wooden houses in the Central Plains. So although gunpowder is easy to burn, it is still very difficult to put Kucha City in order.
"What I mean is to ask brothers to prepare more fire-driven things. As long as the Rockets break the city gate, the brothers enter the city and set fire. When the city is in chaos, we can take the opportunity to enter the palace." Seeing that Wang Xuance and Yu Ning misunderstood their meaning, Wu Chen explained his thoughts.
"Go into the city to set fire, and then go straight to the palace? You will definitely be able to defeat the palace? What if you are blocked in the city? Who can I ask for reason at that time?" Wang Xuance rolled his eyes and sneered at Wu Chen's unreliable idea.
"What's wrong? There are about 80,000 defenders in the city now. How can we kill them all with just one thousand of us?" Wu Chen also knew that Wang Xuance was right, but considering the comparison of troops between the two sides, he was a little annoyed.
Yuchi Baolin was a little impatient when he heard Wang Xuance and others' arguments, staring at his copper bell-like eyes and said, "I said, why do you want so much? Didn't Gao Ming say that it's better to change than to plan. At least we'll blow up the city gate first, and then talk about other things."
Hum? Is this still human words? As the commander of the First Army, he has no plans at all. Let's talk about everything at that time? Why are there all unreliable guys in the Western Regions Legion?
"I think we can go to the small countries around to catch the strong men. When the city gate opens, we will bring them in first. After the city is completely in chaos, we will cover up the enemy." Gao Zhan saw the excitement here and took the initiative to come over.
"Okay, then the task of catching the strong men is left to you. You can catch 100,000 or 80,000 people." Wang Xuance glared at Gao Zhan with anger, and then continued to say: "If you really fight to the death, how sure do you think you are? I mean, if the entire army enters the city and cannot take the palace for a short time, how sure do you think you can withdraw safely."
"Things cannot be considered like this. If you really want to build morale, the morale of the army is very important." As an old corps, Wu Deng, who has been silent, finally spoke: "Although our army suffered a lot of losses in the border battle, the morale of the army is still there. However, Kucha is now in panic all day long. In this case, as long as the city gate is broken, even if Kucha has a hundred thousand troops, even if it is 200,000, it will be of no use."
"Besides, although there are many soldiers in the city now, they are divided into two groups, Kucha and Khotan. Will these two groups really be in the same mind after breaking the city? Do you think Li Yuanchang will take advantage of the situation to rob? If the Khotan army causes chaos in the city, we will have tens of thousands of additional servants, while Kucha will have tens of thousands of less friendly troops. With one increase or decrease, the troops will be almost equal."
When Yuchi Baolin heard this, he jumped up impatiently: "Yes, yes, Wenxuan is right, this is what I just wanted to say. As long as the Kucha army is in chaos, our army will cover up and kill, and ensure that there will be no more survivors in the city."
Are you massacring the city? Wang Xuance's brows frowned without a trace, but it quickly stretched out. When the army alone went deep into the Western Regions and was surrounded by enemies, if he had to consider what would harm the world, it seemed a bit too nitpicking.
After making a decision, Wang Xuance clenched his fists hard: "After saying this, it's up to you. Lao Yu will be responsible for breaking the city gate. Junmai and Wenxuan will bring their own subordinates into the city as the first echelon. Although the remaining first and second cavalry brigades were behind closed doors, Gao Zhan, Jiansen and the third cavalry brigade stayed outside. If things are unfavorable, be sure to welcome the troops that entered the city in advance."
"Here!" The generals took the order in unison and went back to prepare.
An hour later, in the dark wilderness outside Kucha, countless figures gathered together, mainly the Rockets, and the vanguard troops, whose "fangs" were responsible for covering, quietly moved to the attack position.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and a sharp roar rushed into the sky with green smoke, exploding dazzling fireworks in the air.
Two "bang" sounds, two rockets as test shots were fired towards the high city, and fell on the city gate tower in the puzzled eyes of the Kucha defenders.
"What?"
"It's so pretty, the people of the Tang Dynasty are really good at playing."
"What happened?"
The Kucha defenders on the brightly lit city gate tower were alarmed by the sounds and fireworks, and they made shocking and suspicious sounds.
Then, two loud "boom" sounds like thunder exploded among a group of onlookers. The shrill screams accompanied by the flying human bodies, and the horn of the attack of the Western Regions Legion on the Kucha defenders.
"Enemy attack! The Western Regions Legion is here..." The Kucha people who had never seen such a terrible weapon ran around the city like crazy, looking for places to hide everywhere. As for where the Tang army under the city was reached, no one cared about it.
"The target has been calibrated and can be launched at any time!" After observing the test launch results, the Rocket Force outside the city reported the results to Yu Ning.
"Start, smash all the rockets out." Yu Ning waved his hand to the transport team that was ready to attack and issued a battle order.
"Let go, let go, let go..." The Rocket Army, which had already adjusted the shooting angle, answered Yu Ning's order with practical actions.
"Bangbangbang..." The sound of rocket launches that countless times sounded, and countless black iron balls flew towards the city with a grim smile on the grim smile of death, landing on the high city wall.
"Boom..." The black and red fire shone on the top of the city, the sickle of the God of Death was waving wildly, and life became worthless at this moment. There was no place to hide on the bare city, and people running around were hit by iron balls from time to time, and then they sacrificed their soul and body to the God of Death in a violent explosion.
"The Tang army is here... The city gate is broken... Run!" The Kucha people, who were attacked by thermal weapons for the first time, shouted like crazy, and ran down from the top of the city.
As for how many people came to the Tang army, what was the "boom" sound, no one cared about.
"Boom..." Just as countless people were running away in panic, the earth was shaking like the end of the world, and the loud noise of the entire Kucha royal city shook violently. As the smoke filled the gunpowder, the solid city gate disappeared without a trace...
Chapter completed!