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Chapter 2608 Swallow Tail Burns the Tang Dynasty

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    A smile appeared on Li Shimin's face. Looking at the city wall two miles away, cracks had begun to appear in many places, and even some hollow places between the walls were revealed. More and more Tang soldiers were  Climbing to the top of the city, most of the Huaqiang Army's crossbowmen had already thrown away their bows and arrows, picked up their melee weapons, and fought with the Tang Army's soldiers on the city. Up and down the city, it seemed that the Tang soldiers were  The progress has been quite smooth.  Luo Shixin said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief still has a way. If we go up and down like this, the thieves will focus on one thing and not the other. Although we don't know who is directing the defense in Nancheng, but even if Wang Laoxie comes in person, we have nothing to worry about. Now  Do you want to work harder and charge up to 5,000 more people to capture Nancheng in one go? " Li Shimin shook his head: "It's not necessary, just keep increasing the number of troops at this rate. Two thousand people will go up every quarter of an hour.  This speed of increasing troops will not cause a large number of casualties to the ballistas at the top of the city, but also ensure sufficient attack intensity. However, smashing the wall below the city is the key. Send three thousand auxiliary troops up to help me destroy the wall of the south city.  It penetrated all at once!" While the two were talking, suddenly, a gust of fire blew in their faces, and the strong north wind blew the pungent and choking smell of kerosene directly from the top of the city to Li Shimin's face.  In the nose, even though he was as calm as he was, his face changed, and he shouted out loud: "What the hell!" Li Shimin's pupils were already burning with blazing flames, and that was exactly what he could see.  From the top of Luoyang South City, like firebirds flying in bursts, thousands of phoenixes flew directly out of the city wall and slammed into the troops below the city.  Luo Shixin opened his eyes wide: "Why, how could this happen? On the top of the city, where did there come from so many torches?" Li Shimin's forehead began to sweat, and he forced a smile and said, "It's okay, just the torches won't ignite the fire.  Tell the soldiers to pay attention, our chariot is covered with rawhide, and it is impossible for the torch to continue to burn. Get these fire starters away from the chariot as soon as possible, and don't keep piling them on the chariot!" "But!  Before he finished speaking, there were screams from the front. More than 30 churro vehicles had begun to burn. Thick smoke was everywhere, choking the soldiers who were smashing the wall under the vehicles. They couldn't stay still.  , fled one after another. As soon as some people got out of the car, they hit the bloody big stone fairway. Screams came one after another. Many people were crushed to death by the newly rolled stone balls and became a group of people.  There were piles of broken corpses, even their shapes could not be identified.  Luo Shixin yelled: "Asshole, why are you running to put out the fire? How can you let those things burn on the car? If you have the time to run, wouldn't you throw away these fire-starting things?" Li Shimin closed his eyes and muttered  He murmured: "Pheasant Tail Torch, I know what this is." At the top of the city in Luoyang Nancheng, Wang Shichong smiled and played with a swallow-tail torch in his hand. Wei Zheng beside him smiled happily: "My lord, it's really amazing.  As soon as these thousands of swallow-tailed torches were thrown down the city, there was a huge fire outside. However, my subordinates were still very surprised as to why this thing only burned the carriages. Wasn't that thing covered with wet rawhide?  ? Ordinarily it wouldn't catch fire so easily." Wang Shichong smiled and picked up the swallow-tailed torch in his hand and pointed it to Wei Zheng's head. He saw that it had a sharp three-finger tip with two barbs.  It is top-heavy, with 70% of the weight concentrated on the head, while the tail is made up of two feathers soaked in tung oil, just like a feather key.  Wang Shichong pointed at the swallow-tailed torch and said: "Xuancheng, have you seen it? This thing is top-heavy, the tail is on fire, and the pointed end is downward. As long as it hits the wooden siege equipment, it will definitely nail these siege equipment."  On the city equipment, it is almost impossible to pull it out because the tail is on fire and the entire iron torch is extremely hot to the touch. This object was most used in water battles. The first one was Du Huidu, the governor of Jiaozhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who fought against Lu Xun's Tianshi Dao navy.  At that time, this thing was used in large quantities. Almost all of Lu Xunjun's huge warships were burned by this thing. This shows how powerful it is. Even on the water, it can burn your giant ship alive. " At this point, Wang Shichong's eyes lit up.  Shen: "So, whether it's a siege tower, a ladder, or a chariot, including this chrysanthemum, they are nothing but clouds in front of our swallow-tailed torch. Send the order, and a thousand men armed with swords and axes will go up to the city."  , take advantage of the Tang army being attacked by fire and in chaos, clean up the city wall for me, and ask the people under the city to prepare the boiling oil and iron juice, and prepare to burn people later!" The screams came one after another under the city, and many people had no time to escape.  The auxiliary soldiers who came out of the chariot to smash the city began to catch fire and were rolling on the ground in pain. The Tang troops at the head of the city also started to catch fire because of the ladders, cutting off the follow-up troops and falling into a desperate situation.  Although the more than two hundred warriors are brave, they are helpless and unable to defeat the four hands. Often one person is besieged by more than a dozen Huaqiang troops, especially when more than a thousand people rush up to the city.?Heavy armored warriors holding Mo Dao and big axes, all of them extremely powerful, were specially prepared to deal with this kind of Tang army coming to the city.  In less than a quarter of an hour, these Tang Army warriors were hacked by spears, bayonets, and axes, and almost all of them died. The few who survived were forced to turn around and jump off the tall city wall, like a meteor shower.  As the last Tang Army Military Academy brandished his sword, he hacked to death the two Huaqiang Army soldiers who were close to him. Then, his arms, legs and feet were hooked by more than a dozen sticks, and he was pulled to the ground with a scream.  More than a dozen heavy infantrymen holding broadswords came forward and slashed with swords and axes. The Tang warrior was immediately chopped into bloody mud. Waves of cheers erupted from the city wall. No one from the Tang army returned.  Stand at the top of the city.  The Tang Army's cavalry under the city had turned into more than a hundred burning fireballs, with black smoke rising everywhere. There was no Tang Army soldier under the car who was still smashing the wall. Everyone retreated a hundred steps away, behind the archers.  , gritted his teeth and looked at the city wall that was riddled with holes. Many people who had lost relatives and friends were kneeling on the ground crying, or yelling at the top of Luoyang City.  The black smoke stained these people's faces until almost only the whites of their lower two eyes could be seen. The whites of these two eyes were also densely covered with red threads and filled with tears.  The cheers of the Huaqiang army at the top of the city were heard ten miles away, but the Tang army's formation opposite, which was singing and beating drums, was silent. The contrast was so great that it was unbelievable.  Wang Shichong's eyes flashed with green light: "Okay, don't be too complacent, prepare for the next wave of enemy attacks. This time, it's a decisive battle!"
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