Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4222 City Breaks and Surrenders
At the head of Xingyang City, the defenders saw that the enemy was approaching rapidly without any sign of stopping, so they knew that a fierce battle was inevitable, so they had to pass on the military order and the whole army met the enemy.

Even if I want to surrender without a fight, but they don't accept it at all, they will go all out to attack, I can't just kill them...

The defenders on the city drew their bows and set up their arrows. The bow was like a full moon, and the arrow clusters slanted upwards. There was a muffled sound of "collapse". As the bowstring trembled, the rainwater attached to it turned into a mist, and the arrows flew out. A parabola was drawn across the rain curtain and fell into the formation of sailor soldiers rushing towards them.

In the blink of an eye, three rounds had already been fired.

"Ding Ding Dang Dang" was a crisp sound more dense than raindrops. Countless arrows fell on the armor worn by the soldiers and were blocked by the iron armor.

There was no passionate charge and screaming, and the sailors who rushed towards the city wall like a tide dismissed the oncoming arrow rain mixed with the rain, and the footsteps of thousands of people were like a huge drum, shaking people's hearts .

"The rolling wood and rocks are ready!"

The rain was too heavy, and the performance of the bowstring was greatly reduced after being wet, and the arrows could not break through the armor of the heavily armored infantry, so they had to abandon the bow and crossbow volley and ordered the bowmen to retreat, and the rest of the soldiers rushed to the log that had been prepared. Push the stones to the front of the arrow stack, and wait for the navy soldiers to push them down together when they attack the city, severely injuring the enemy.

only……

The generals of the defending army looked around from the city, and the enemy army was getting closer and closer, but they never found the ladders, arrow towers, crash cars and other equipment used to attack the city.

Are you trying to scare us into throwing away our armor and surrendering without a fight by virtue of our momentum?
Under the surprised and puzzled eyes of the defenders on the city, the sailors rushed to a place more than a hundred feet away from the city and slowed down. Three small teams of ten people stood out from the formation, and the speed quickly surpassed the big team. A huge wooden shield was held above his head, and he rushed towards the city wall.

The defending general woke up like a dream, his expression changed drastically, and he shouted: "Gunpowder! They want to use gunpowder to blow up the city wall! Stop them!"

The navy often uses gunpowder to blow up the city and quickly break through the defense of the defenders. The tactic has been tried and tested in foreign countries and used a lot, but it is rarely used in China, so the defenders did not realize it for a while, but it is not unheard of. After hesitating for a moment, he finally reacted.

With powerful weapons like gunpowder, any fortified city is like adobe mud. Why do we need engineering equipment like ladders that can kill five hundred enemies and destroy one thousand?

All of a sudden, the defenders on the city changed their faces, and quickly gathered at the top of the city, throwing arrows, rolling logs, and rocks at the enemy troops who were already approaching the city.It's just that because of the huge wooden shield, it can't hurt the pawns under it, and can only watch it rush into the city, and then fiddle with something...

The guard was anxious and shouted: "Hang them down with a rope to stop them! Hurry up!"

Immediately, someone brought ropes and tried to hang the soldiers from the top of the city to prevent the enemy soldiers below the city from planting gunpowder.

However, before the soldiers slid down the city wall along the ropes, they saw three enemy squads retreating quickly with huge wooden shields...

The guard's eyes were tearing apart, and he didn't care whether he would be shot by the enemy's strong bow. He lay on the arrow stack and shouted at the soldiers who had just descended the city wall: "Take out the gunpowder they buried!"

The soldiers under the city didn't know the enemy's tactics at all. Hearing this, he was stunned for a while, and then looked towards the base of the city wall. He saw three holes where the bricks had been pried off less than ten feet away, and was thinking of stepping forward to take a closer look...

boom!boom!boom!
Three muffled sounds sounded almost at the same time. The gunpowder buried at the base of the wall erupted with unparalleled power. The tall and solid city wall seemed to be arched by a giant dragon in the ground. First, cracks appeared, and then bricks and stones splashed. It collapsed in an instant, and countless defenders screamed miserably as the collapsed city wall fell, and was buried in the collapsed bricks in an instant.

In the heavy rain, the tens of feet long city wall collapsed, revealing a huge gap in the solid line of defense.

"Woooo-"

Amidst the wind and rain, the sound of horns resounded far away, and the navy soldiers who had slowed down suddenly exerted their strength and rushed towards the gap in the collapsed city wall at full speed.

Behind him and on both sides, armored cavalry slowly pressed forward to ensure that the charging heavy armored infantry would not be harassed by enemy light cavalry.

The city wall collapsed with a loud bang, and the defenders were already shocked and panicked. The heavy armored infantry gathered into a torrent, rushing into the city from the collapsed gap like a tide.

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Zheng Rentai was sitting on pins and needles in the barracks inside the city wall. He wanted to surrender, but the navy was completely indifferent, and the momentum of attack refused to stop.With nothing to do, he could only hope that the army under his command could stop the onslaught of the navy and buy some time for the eldest son Zheng Xuanguo to ask Liu Rengui to see him.

The walls of Xingyang City are high and thick, and the navy is only a few thousand soldiers. No matter how powerful the battle is, it won't last for three or five days.

However, just as he took a sip of tea from his teacup and was thinking about what the Xingyang Zheng family would do in the future, he felt a sudden tremor on the ground under his feet, and then there was a muffled bang in his ear, which made his heart tremble. Spit out a mouthful of tea...

The noisy roar lingered in my ears, and the soldiers rushed in, their expressions turned pale: "Marshal, something is wrong, the city wall has collapsed!"

Zheng Rentai was a little confused, and subconsciously asked, "The city wall... has collapsed?"

How could the walls collapse?

Immediately, he quickly realized that the navy had used gunpowder...

Sure enough, the soldiers shouted anxiously: "The Navy used commandos to rush under the city wall, pry up the wall bricks, plant gunpowder, and blow up a section of the city wall tens of feet long. Now it has rushed into the city from the collapsed place!"

Zheng Rentai only felt his ears buzzing, and his eyes went dark. If he hadn't been sitting at this moment, he would have fallen headlong to the ground...

How could the fortified city that the Zheng family had run for hundreds of years break down so easily?

The deafening shouts of killing awakened him, he rubbed his face fiercely, got up abruptly, walked a few steps outside the barracks, looked at the soldiers under his command who were fleeing in all directions, drew out his waist knife, and said loudly: "Send the order, The enemy must be blocked at the front line of the city wall, and the enemy will never be allowed to break into the city! Xingyang is the Xingyang of the Zheng family, and your wives, children and family members are all in the city, how can you allow the bandits to abuse you wantonly? My army ordered that those who retreat will be killed without mercy!"

"Here!"

The soldiers on the left and right responded loudly, drawing out their weapons and rushing towards the gap in the city wall. All the retreating soldiers along the way were slashed and killed with their knives. They repeated Zheng Rentai's general order loudly over and over again. Under strong pressure, they finally managed to stabilize the situation. It won't be a thousand miles away.

Zheng Rentai gathered the remnant soldiers, stopped the backup, and rushed towards the city wall continuously, fighting with the heavily armored infantry who had just rushed into the city and the gap in the city wall.

The heavy armored infantry is short of troops, and it is difficult to take advantage of the opportunity to expand the advantage and destroy the entire city wall defense line. However, these soldiers are all elite, and they are all armored and almost invulnerable. , hot blood mixed with rainwater flowed everywhere, and the battle was extremely tragic.

Zheng Rentai had already retreated, commanding the battle from a place safe enough from the city gate, watching his soldiers rushing towards the opening of the city wall one after another, but devouring and crushing them like a flesh and blood mill, he couldn't help being terrified and regretful endlessly.

Since you already have the heart to surrender, why bother to take the initiative?
If it wasn't that he was not willing to be at a disadvantage and let himself be driven, but broke off the city and offered to surrender when the navy showed his intention to attack Xingyang, why is there such a tragedy at this time?
However, the matter has come to this point, but he is beyond his control. If the heavy armored infantry cannot be blocked on the city wall, and when they rush into the city, no one knows whether it will trigger a tragic massacre...

The news of the collapse of the city wall and the entry of the enemy army spread into the city immediately, and the entire Xingyang City was in turmoil. Countless people, merchants, and officials panicked. , Trying to leave the city from the city gate to avoid disaster.

Inside and outside the city, there was chaos.

And as hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in battle under the city wall, Zheng Rentai's will gradually melted away, and he wanted to order to stop the resistance several times, allowing the enemy to enter the city, betting that these navy soldiers would not dare to kill wantonly , to break the foundation of the Zheng family in Xingyang...

Just as he was gritting his teeth and about to give an order, suddenly there was cheers from the front, and countless soldiers raised their arms and shouted: "The enemy has retreated! The enemy has retreated!"

Zheng Rentai was refreshed and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"

Naturally, the soldiers didn't know what was going on in front of them, so they hurried to inquire about it, and after a while they flew back, unable to hide their joy: "Commander, the navy has withdrawn from the formation outside the city! We have won!"

Zheng Rentai let out a long breath, kicked the stupid soldier to the ground, and ordered: "Gather the troops immediately, put down their weapons, and line up inside the city wall, waiting for the navy to enter the city to take over the defense!"

Shit wins!

It must be that Zheng Xuanguo had seen Liu Rengui and expressed the willingness of the Zheng family in Xingyang to surrender, so Liu Rengui ordered the navy to give up its advantage and withdraw from the city.

If you are confused at this time, thinking that the enemy army has been defeated, or even pursue it, you simply don't know how to die...

(End of this chapter)