Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 324 Lu Zhihai's Powerlessness
After boosting morale, Lin Shiyue didn't continue to spread the word on the city wall, and Yuan Kui and other generals brought her twelve female swords down the city wall.

Seeing that Lin Shiyue finally left, Zhang said that Yuan Kui and other generals were relieved. They were really afraid that if this aunt got injured, they would explain to Li Fei when he came back.

Without being distracted from worrying about Lin Shiyue's safety, Zhang Shuo and Yuan Kui focused on leading the soldiers in a bloody battle against the anti-army attacking the city.

At this time, the catapults of the rebels had already been destroyed by twelve cannons and giant arrows tied with explosives. The only thing the rebels could rely on to attack the city was the ladder, the ramming car, and the siege tower. .

The crashing car is already crashing into the city gate.

However, the city gate of Liaoyang City has already been sealed with stones, and it is impossible for the ramming car to break through the city gate.But the ramming car can not only be used to ram into the city gate, but can also be used directly to ram into the city wall, ramming into the city wall over time, and even slowly collapsing a section of the city wall.

However, the so-called collapsing city wall refers more to the city wall with limited height and thickness like ordinary county towns.

The city wall of Liaoyang City has been rebuilt, not only is it as thick as any strong city, but also has a layer of iron bar concrete, which is as solid as gold, and it can't be collapsed by a mere collision car.

It can be said that the rebels have no other way but to climb the city wall and enter the city alive from the city wall.

A full two to three hundred ladders are densely lined up on the city wall, and a large number of rebel soldiers climb up the city wall through the ladders.

Liaoyang defenders smashed bricks, rocks, logs, etc. Every moment, anti-army soldiers were hit and fell from the ladder.

The siege tower was built as high as the city wall. It can be called a huge monster, but it moves very slowly. It moved slowly from a distance of more than 200 meters. Go up the city wall.

"Use cannons to smash those siege towers!" Seeing the anti-army siege towers approaching, Zhang said calmly and asked the soldiers to move the muzzles of the cannons to aim at the slow-moving siege towers.

This seemingly huge, but slow-moving siege tower is simply the target of cannons.

"Boom! Boom!" A shot passed.

The solid cannonball was indestructible, and it directly hit the siege tower with broken wood, and nearly half of it collapsed.

Just one hit made the anti army's seemingly huge siege tower useless.

The rebel army only made dozens of siege towers, and soon, like those catapults, they were all destroyed by the cannons of the Liaoyang defenders and the giant arrows tied with explosives.

The anti-army's engineering methods are only ladders and crash vehicles.

Zhang said that he looked at the large number of rebel soldiers who were climbing up the ladder like ants with disdain.

In fact, there is another sharp weapon 'Thunderbolt' in Liaoyang City.

With the power of a thunderbolt, as long as one is thrown down, all the anti-army ladders in custody and the anti-army soldiers gathered under the ladder will be blown up, and the anti-army ladders will also be abolished.

It's a pity that in that case, the rebel army would have no means of attacking the city, and seeing that the attack was hopeless, they might retreat back to Pinglu Road directly.

In that case, Li Fei's strategy will be disturbed, and it will be impossible to wipe out the rebels in Anding territory.

Therefore, it is necessary to leave some means of attacking the city for the rebels, leaving a glimmer of hope for the rebels to break through Liaoyang City.Not only were thunderbolt bombs not used, but the dozens of bed crossbows used to fire huge arrows with explosives were also put away, leaving only twelve cannons to continue bombarding the rebels.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" After the twelve cannons destroyed all the catapults and siege towers of the rebels, they fired at the densely packed rebels within 800 meters of the city wall.

Every shell is rampant, 'crash' to open a bloody path.

No matter how strong your martial arts are, no matter how brave you are, anyone hit by shells will either die or be disabled.

Although each cannonball can only kill or injure six or seven rebel soldiers, the total number of rebel soldiers killed by each round of twelve cannons is actually only thirty or forty rebel soldiers. Compared with the remaining 6000 rebels, it is not worth mentioning.

However, the number of casualties is limited, but the psychological shock to the rebel soldiers is huge. Every time the rumbling sound of the artillery fire can make the rebel soldiers tremble in their hearts.

In such a situation, the soldiers of the anti-army soldiers can imagine.

"We can't let the rebels get too desperate. It's time to let some rebel soldiers climb up the city wall." Yuan Kui walked up to Zhang Shuo and said to Zhang Shuo.

Zhang nodded in agreement.

Immediately, under the control of Zhang Shuo and Yuan Kui, about three anti-army soldiers on ladders climbed onto the city wall of Liaoyang 'smoothly' and started fighting with the defenders on the city wall.

Just now Lu Zhihai was full of fear because the catapult and the siege tower were all destroyed by the artillery of the Liaoyang defenders. He was immediately excited when he saw that some soldiers 'smoothly' climbed up the city wall and fought fiercely with the Liaoyang defenders on the city wall. stand up.Lu Zhihai firmly believed that even without the assistance of catapults and siege towers, his army could still break through Liaoyang City.

Lu Zhihai looked forward to the "smooth" rebel soldiers who climbed up the city wall to kill a bloody path, and escorted more rebel soldiers who successfully climbed up the city wall, and then directly occupied the city wall, rushed into the city from the city wall, and broke through Liaoyang City.

However, anticipation is just anticipation after all. In less than half a stick of incense, as the body of a rebel soldier fell off the city wall, the rebel soldiers who 'smoothly' climbed the city wall were all killed by the Liaoyang defenders. .

Lu Zhihai's face was livid, feeling extremely regretful.But he didn't lose hope because of this. Since he could successfully kill the city wall once, then after the first time, there must be a second and third time. Lu Zhihai waited for the rebel soldiers under his command to successfully kill the city wall of Liaoyang for the second time. Next time, Liaoyang City will definitely be broken directly.

Then, during the siege for six full days, the anti-army soldiers "successfully" killed two or three times a day on the city wall and fought fiercely with the Liaoyang defenders on the city wall.

However, every time he failed to survive half a stick of incense, he would be killed by the Liaoyang defenders.

Lu Zhihai looked forward to it again and again, but was disappointed again and again.

Obviously the soldiers managed to kill the city wall several times a day, but why they failed to capture the city wall and enter the city every time.

Lu Zhihai couldn't figure it out. In such a situation, he had followed An Lushan to capture a lot of land for so many years, but this was the first time he encountered such a situation.

It should be said that the Liaoyang defenders are brave and elite, and they are not afraid of death, but why do the soldiers under his command manage to kill the city wall smoothly from time to time.It can be said that the Liaoyang defenders are just mobs, but why can he drive the soldiers he successfully killed on the city wall every time and then drive them off the city wall.

After Lu Zhihai thought about it, it seemed that there was only one possibility left.

Did the Liaoyang garrison do it on purpose?

Thinking of this, Lu Zhihai's face immediately changed, becoming extremely ugly, full of shame.Similarly, Lu Zhihai was powerless again, he could see the hope of breaking through Liaoyang City several times a day, but every time he was just disappointed, he no longer knew whether he could break through Liaoyang City.

If you want to withdraw your troops back to Pinglu Road, not only His Majesty will definitely not allow it, but he himself will not be reconciled. After all, the soldiers under his command have several "chances" every day to successfully kill the city wall. City's hope?

Lu Zhihai was full of entanglement and unwillingness, so he continued to attack the city like this.
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(End of this chapter)