Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 520 Su Chen: I don’t want to play anymore!

The attack by a thousand soldiers did not put much pressure on the defenders.

This was not only due to the high walls of Shunzhou City, but also because of Liu Zaisheng's thorough preparation.

However, a thousand soldiers attacking the city was just an appetizer after all.

Following Qi Hu's order, the remaining two thousand vanguard troops joined the siege team.

The pressure on the defenders on the city wall suddenly increased several times.

This is not the arithmetic of one plus one equals two, but the doubling of two squared.

Once a soldier successfully climbed onto the city wall, he would lead the soldiers behind him to continue climbing up, while at the same time launching devastating attacks on the archers on the city wall.

Although Liu Zaisheng repeatedly ordered the defenders on the city wall to stop these soldiers, there would always be some who slipped through the net among the more than 2,000 vanguard troops.

As more and more enemy troops appeared on the city wall, Quan Zhisheng's face became increasingly ugly.

The other side only sent out 3,000 vanguard troops, but some soldiers actually climbed onto the city wall. If the other side had more people, wouldn't the entire city wall be lost and occupied by the other side?

"Drive them out!"

Quan Zhisheng shouted loudly.

Liu Zaisheng also continued to mobilize troops to prevent the other side from climbing the city.

Three thousand vanguard troops were ultimately too few in number. Although this added some pressure to the defenders on the city wall, that was all.

After all, there are more than 30,000 defenders in Shunzhou City. How could the other side easily allow these 3,000 vanguard troops to successfully capture the city gate?

Seeing the soldiers being beaten back again, Gao Zhensheng's face became serious.

If his vanguard army fails to successfully capture the city gate, Su Chen will definitely not give him a second chance.

"Zhou Yuan!"

"General!"

"Take your people and cooperate with Qi Hu to attack the city!"

Gao Zhensheng's face was serious, "Climb up the city wall as much as possible and seize the city gate!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Yuan nodded heavily and immediately joined the siege team with his troops.

With the addition of Zhou Yuan's troops, the soldiers attacking the city once again launched a fierce attack on the defenders on the city wall.

"Your Majesty, the situation is not optimistic."

Cheng Chumo frowned and stared at the situation on the city wall, and whispered: "According to the current situation, it will be difficult for Gao Zhensheng's troops to successfully capture the city gate."

Yuchi Baolin nodded in agreement.

Although the soldiers under Gao Zhensheng's command were all extremely brave, it was ultimately a siege war, and they were the disadvantaged party.

If you want to successfully capture the city gate without any other means but only by brute force, you will need not only elite soldiers but also an unrivaled and brave first-class general.

Only in this way will there be a chance to successfully climb the city wall and seize the gate.

"No rush, just wait."

Su Chen smiled and waved his hand, "General Gao's siege time has not yet arrived."

Only an hour had passed since the siege began, and the real killing had not yet begun.

and.

"Qi Hu led his troops to attack the city."

At this moment, Qi Hu, who had been silent, picked up his shield and led hundreds of elite soldiers to directly participate in the siege.

Every general of an army naturally has his or her strengths.

Qi Hu's bravery was revealed when he rushed towards the city wall.

Facing the incoming arrows, Qi Hu either used the shield in his hand to easily block them, or cut them off with the sharp blade in his hand.

Along the way, he rushed forward like a tiger.

"He's quite a warrior."

Su Chen smiled and nodded.

Such a brave general, if placed on the plains and engaged in a frontal battle, would definitely be an expert at breaking through the enemy's formation.

But as for siege, that’s hard to say.

Because when attacking a city, if you are not careful, you will fall off the city wall.

With the height of Shunzhou city wall, even if Qi Hu had martial arts skills, he would not be able to escape the fate of disability.

Surprisingly, Qi Hu's strength is not just that.

After approaching the city wall, Qi Hu grabbed the ladder with one hand and climbed up at an astonishing speed without any obstruction.

Even the various attacks from the defenders on the city wall were easy for him. It was just that the ladder under him shook a few times, but it did not affect his climbing speed.

"All soldiers, follow me to the city walls and kill the enemy!"

"kill!"

With Qi Hu's joining, the unstoppable momentum immediately gathered the flames in everyone's hearts.

They followed closely behind him and climbed onto the city wall one after another.

and.

After climbing up the city wall, these people all followed Qi Hu and did not scatter and fight like before.

It turns out that a group of people are more difficult to deal with than those who are scattered.

The defenders can take advantage of their numbers to surround and annihilate the scattered troops and kill them bit by bit.

However, these soldiers followed behind Qi Hu, and with Qi Hu as the center, they crushed the defenders little by little.

Ordinary defenders were no match for Qi Hu.

Even several captains died one after another at the hands of Qi Hu.

Seeing Qi Hu on the city wall, unstoppable, Quan Zhisheng and others' faces suddenly changed.

If such a fierce general were to take control of the city wall, more enemy troops would climb up the wall, which would be very disadvantageous to them.

"Stop them!"

"Up, up, up!"

For a while.

One by one, the defenders came forward and surrounded Qi Hu and others.

"My Lord, Qi Hu has stopped!"

Zhou Jinlan's face was filled with a hint of joy. "Should we take advantage of the situation and attack?"

Su Chen pondered and looked at Gao Zhensheng. Gao Zhensheng's attention was completely focused on the city wall and his expression was somewhat excited.

Apparently, because Qi Hu successfully climbed the city wall, he sensed an opportunity to seize the city gate.

and.

Gao Zhensheng still has five thousand elite soldiers under his command.

Judging from the current situation, Gao Zhensheng may have a chance to seize the city gate.

but.

Su Chen tilted his head and said, "Let's make arrangements first, and let our people get ready to take over the siege at any time."

Zhou Jinlan frowned: "Your Highness, do you mean that General Gao might be defeated?"

Su Chen shook his head: "There are more than 30,000 defenders in Shunzhou City. At present, although Qi Hu has led his troops to climb the city wall, who can predict what will happen next?"

"If Quan Zhisheng dispatches a large army to attack them madly, can Qi Hu and his men really resist?"

“So, we must be prepared!”

"Once Qi Hu and the others show signs of defeat, order them to aim the bombs at the city gate and blow it open!"

"Understood!"

Zhou Jinlan nodded.

Obviously, Su Chen also held a glimmer of expectation.

He was looking forward to Qi Hu leading the vanguard army to successfully capture the city gate!
But if Qi Hu and others are completely exhausted and unable to capture the city gate after being attacked by Quan Zhisheng's army, then it will be time for them to take over.

With the help of Qi Hu and others on the city wall, they attracted the enemy's attention and suddenly bombarded the city gate with cannons, blowing it open before the enemy could react.

Once the city gate is blown open, the defenders in Shunzhou City will completely lose their advantage!

With the soldiers they brought, they were able to completely defeat the defenders in Shunzhou City.

Zhou Jinlan made arrangements immediately and then looked towards the city wall.

Now it depends on whether Qi Hu can lead his troops to successfully capture the city gate.

If not...

They are about to take over.

however.

At this time, Gao Zhensheng came down again and ordered Zhou Yuan to bring all his men to join the battlefield.

Gao Zhensheng also led his troops forward. Of the 5,000 elite soldiers behind him, two thousand were divided into two groups and, under the leadership of two captains, they headed towards Shunzhou City.

Judging from Gao Zhensheng's appearance, it seems that he wants to take this opportunity to seize the city gate in one fell swoop!
Da da da.

The sound of horse hooves came from afar.

The sudden sound of horse hooves made everyone's face change instantly, especially Gao Zhensheng.

He knew that it was Quan Zhisheng who made the effort.

Although the number of the enemy's cavalry was not large, only three thousand, the lethality of three thousand cavalry on the plains was really terrifying.

With just one charge, he killed one third of his two thousand soldiers who rushed towards the city wall!
After a round of charge, the enemy turned their horses around and prepared to charge again!
See this.

Gao Zhensheng hurried to Su Chen's side and asked for help: "My Lord, please stop these cavalrymen."

Su Chen nodded.

Quan Zhisheng's idea was good, but these cavalrymen posed little threat to them.

"My Lord, I will go."

"Going to what?"

Su Chen rolled his eyes and said, "Send out the musketeers and let them test the power of our muskets."

It is unwise to fight against the enemy with swords when you have the advantage in weapons.

Moreover.

The enemy's cavalry have all rushed out on their own initiative, so why not just treat them as targets?

"You and Baolin stand guard at the side. If any cavalry manages to rush in front of the musketeers, stop them. Do not let them rush into the musketeers' formation."

"understand!"

Cheng Chumo and the other man grinned.

"But my lord, my soldiers..."

"It doesn't matter."

Su Chen looked at Gao Zhensheng calmly and said, "In a war, how can there be no deaths?"

This……

Gao Zhensheng clenched his fists and remained silent.

He understood what Su Chen meant.

If he could use the two thousand elite soldiers under his command to eliminate the three thousand cavalrymen who left the city this time, it would be a victory.

But those soldiers were all carefully selected by him!

soon.

Two thousand musketeers walked out with muskets in hand, raised their muskets one by one, and aimed at the charging cavalry.

Although the opponent was galloping on horseback at a very fast speed, they had a fatal flaw, which was that they were in a group.

The cavalry relies on the power of their war horses, especially when a group of them charges, they are unstoppable.

But when they charged as a group, they inevitably gathered into a team, which gave the musketeers the opportunity to shoot.

You don't have to aim at individual enemy soldiers, just their advancing steps.

There are always unlucky people who get hit by bullets.

Bang bang bang!
The moment the gunshots rang out, one cavalryman after another fell off his horse.

"Firegun!"

"It's the Tang Dynasty's firearms!"

Quan Zhisheng and others had cold eyes as they stared coldly at the formation of musketeers.

These people shot so quickly that the time intervals were almost invisible.

The most important thing is that these musketeers did not hesitate at all when shooting, and did not need to worry about shooting their own people.

This made Quan Zhisheng and others shocked and angry.

He was shocked by the opponent's accuracy, and angry that he and his men did not have these weapons in their hands.

The cavalry's advantage of charging out and killing the enemy troops just now turned into a disadvantage, providing the musketeers with a great opportunity to shoot.

If the cavalry had shown some restraint when charging just now, the enemy would not have dared to shoot so casually.

"Hurry up and ask them to withdraw!"

Compared with Gao Zhensheng, Quan Zhisheng was even more heartbroken.

If one infantryman dies, he can recruit a dozen or twenty more, but training a cavalryman is enough to raise dozens or even hundreds of infantrymen!
"late……"

Liu Zaisheng sighed, "Sir, they seem to be heading for Su Chen's musketeers."

Quan Zhisheng: "Stop them!"

The shooting just now had already made Quan Zhisheng understand the power of the musket.

now.

More than two thousand cavalrymen rushed towards the enemy's musketeer formation. Isn't that asking for a fight?
Duang!

Duang!

The sound of withdrawing troops spread from the city wall, but the cavalry did not stop at all and still headed towards the musketeers.

Damn!

what are they doing?!

Seeing the cavalrymen falling off their horses one after another, Quan Zhisheng's eyes were bloodshot.

however.

What he didn't expect was that after getting within the range of the musketeers, these cavalrymen actually turned their horses' heads in unison and drew their bows and arrows.

Whoosh whoosh.

Arrows shot straight towards the formation of musketeers.

Pfft!

One by one, the unlucky musketeers were hit by arrows.

Some people relied on the leather armor on their bodies and were not shot to death on the spot, while some unlucky guys had arrows piercing their heads!

Afterwards, the cavalrymen did not fire a second shot and simply rode away from the battlefield.

"You want to leave even though you hurt my soldiers?"

"Cheng Chumo!"

"Yuchi Baolin!"

"Leave them here!"

After just a glance at the injured musketeer, Su Chen snorted coldly and gave orders to Cheng Chumo and the other two.

Now that they are here, how can we let them leave so easily!

Gao Zhensheng: “……?”

"Hahaha!"

"Good kill!"

"Good cum!"

On the city wall, Quan Zhisheng and others were overjoyed.

They had never expected that these cavalrymen would bring them such a big surprise.

But after the surprise, there was more worry.

Because they saw that two cavalry units were chasing after their own cavalry.

Looking back at Qi Hu and others who were struggling, Quan Zhisheng sneered, at least kill them here first!
"Stop playing!"

Su Chen said coldly, "Zhou Jinlan, bomb the city gate!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Jinlan took a look at Qi Hu and others who had extremely compressed living space on the city wall and called the bomb shooters.

The bombs were loaded one by one.

Following Zhou Jinlan's order, bombs were fired in an orderly manner towards the city gate.

boom!
Boom boom boom!
Bombs fell at the city gate and exploded one after another.

The sudden earthquake made Quan Zhisheng and others turn pale, as shocking as if a dragon had turned over.

"bomb!"

"It's a bomb!"

"The Tang army still has bombs in their hands!"

(End of this chapter)