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Chapter 2609 Desperate Attack

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    The fierce flames in Li Shimin's eyes had gradually subsided. The scoldings or cries of the soldiers on the front line fell on deaf ears. He frowned tightly and looked at the city wall in the distance.  , fell into deep thought.  Luo Shixin said bitterly: "Commander, there is still a fire under the city. We can't get close to the city wall for the time being. What should we do now? Seeing that the city wall has been cracked in many places, but there is no way to attack. It's really annoying. Big  Shuai, please give me the order. I will lead the troops who are not afraid of death and charge again. You don¡¯t care about our life or death. Let the bows and arrows and catapults hit the city head hard and cover us to continue smashing the wall!" Li Shimin shook his head: "Luo  General, you must not attack out of anger. Not only will it not help, but you will also lose more brothers. This is exactly what Wang Laoxie wants." He said with a finger.  Those swallow-tailed torches scattered all over the ground said in a deep voice: "These torches are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. They are top-heavy and can be thrown down from the top of the city with no effort at all. I think Wang Laoxie has prepared many of these things a long time ago.  In order to deal with our siege weapons, and since he is prepared, he will definitely deal with our attack on the city wall, so now, we can no longer act recklessly according to the original plan, we have to find another way. " Luo Shixin bites.  Gritting his teeth: "Then are we going to waste today's attack results like this? What a pity!" Li Shimin's eyes flashed coldly: "Of course not, the chariot cannot be used, but the city wall must be attacked. Send my order,  All catapults adjust their angles. Stop attacking the enemy catapults behind the city wall. Let me smash the city wall. I don¡¯t believe it. If hundreds of catapults hit it at the same time, the city wall will not be able to be broken open in a quarter of an hour.  , Wang Shichong looked calm as he sat at the head of Nancheng City. Hail-like stones kept crossing the sky, with a long trajectory, and hit the Luoyang City wall under his feet heavily. Every blow,  This will cause the city wall to sway slightly, causing bursts of earth and stone debris to fall, and the cracks on the city wall will gradually increase as the stones hit.  Wei Zheng's brows furrowed: "Lord, are you going to let them smash the city wall like this? Although they have no one coming up to smash the city wall this time, if they use catapults to blast like this for several days, I'm afraid the city wall will be difficult to defend." Wang Shichong slightly  He smiled and said, "Don't worry. When the fire under the city goes out, there will naturally be ways to prevent these flying rocks." Wei Zheng's eyes lit up: "My lord, you mean to continue to use curtains to defend against the enemy's flying rocks."  "Is it the power of stone?" Wang Shichong nodded: "Exactly, but the fire under the city has not been completely extinguished yet. If the curtain is lowered, it will burn. Therefore, before hanging the curtain this time, the outer cloth must be soaked in water.  , to prevent the fire, understand?" Wei Zheng said excitedly: "Yes, my subordinates will make arrangements now." Wang Shichong looked back at the city, where thousands of civilians were struggling to cook pots of rice soup.  Take out the rice, pour the sticky white rice soup into the sand, and stir it vigorously. Soon, it is turned into piles of sticky mortar, while more than a thousand people carry burdens and hang two buckets.  The civilians carried the mortar to the top of the city and kept it ready for use.  Wang Shichong smiled and said: "It doesn't matter even if there are some cracks. With this kind of mortar mixed with glutinous rice juice, you only need to pour it from the top of the city to stick the cracks. With the current weather, it can re-solidify in half a day. Tang Jun will take a look tomorrow  , they will only find that today's victory has been wasted, which will be a huge blow to their morale. Okay, now that the fire under the city has been extinguished, Xuancheng will do what he just said and lower the wet curtain to remove the enemy.  The power of flying stones protects the city wall. " Wei Zheng nodded and hurried away. Wang Ren stood beside Wang Shichong with a broadsword in his hand, curling his lips and saying, "Uncle, this time I didn't fight hard enough. I just started killing.  , Tang Jun has no further follow-up." Wang Shichong looked at Wang Renze and raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you say at the beginning that you couldn't stand it anymore, it was dangerous, and you wanted me to evacuate quickly? Why did you say that the fight was not pleasant now?  "Wang Renze's face turned slightly red: "Nephew, my nephew didn't know that my uncle had a plan, and he made a mistake in judgment." Wang Shichong nodded: "Okay, Uncle Wei has gone down, so don't wait.  Now, reorganize the eight crossbows at the top of the city. If the enemy¡¯s archers come forward, hit me hard.¡± Wang Renze¡¯s eyes widened: ¡°Why would the enemy¡¯s archers come forward?¡±  "They are using catapults to smash the wall now, so they don't need archers." Wang Shichong sneered: "Li Shimin is not a fool. If we use curtains to block the flying stones, he will definitely let the archers shoot rockets to burn them."  We have curtains, so we must use the long-range weapons at the top of the city this time. Give me all the eight bows and crossbows, and bring up two thousand more archers from the bottom of the city, ready to greet our guests!"   Half an hour later, Li Shimin's face was gloomy. He looked at the city wall two miles away. A large number of archers on his side fell into a pool of blood under the attack of arrows like locusts on the city.  These archers from Guanzhong gritted their teeth and fired rockets at the wet cloth curtain covering the entire city wall.  But once the raindrop arrows hit these curtains, they were quickly extinguished. Occasionally, some of the dried curtains finally caught fire, but they were used to hoist large amounts of water mixed with sand from the top of the city with bamboo poles.  An arrow shot out of the water bag, and the water bag burst by itself. The pouring water fell on the place where the fire had just started. The beating flames immediately disappeared without a trace. After fighting for half an hour, not a single part of the curtain was ignited.  These wet cloth walls perfectly protected the city wall. There were flying rocks all over the sky, but no one could directly attack the city wall.  However, the archers of the Tang Army outside the city suffered heavy casualties under the attack of arrows from the city. Fifty to a hundred steps away from the city, corpses lay everywhere, blood flowed into rivers, and almost every ankle of the Tang Army was injured.  , were all drowned in blood, and the casualties were still increasing.  Li Shimin's eyes flashed coldly, and he said in a deep voice: "Since we can't attack the city wall, then attack the city directly, send the order, the infantry is dispatched, and the catapults are used to smash the city head, suppressing the enemy's bows and arrows and ballistae, and charge at all costs."  Go to the city!" At this point, he turned to look at Luo Shixin and said seriously: "General Luo, I'll leave it to you this time!" Luo Shixin laughed, jumped off his horse, picked up the giant pestle, and shouted: "  If you are not afraid of death, follow me!" The Tang army began to rush towards the city wall like a tidal wave. Hundreds of war drums beat loudly, and accompanied by the loud killing sounds, Qin Qiong's face was solemn and he whispered: "Commander  , can we really capture the city with such a desperate attack?" Li Shimin's eyes fell on the slightly floating ground along the line of the city wall, and he murmured: "Our sacrifice will eventually be rewarded." "Wang Shichong's at the top of the city.  His eyes were also fixed on the slightly moving ground below the city, and he murmured: "It's finally here!"
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