Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 93
Li Cunliang was wondering, he hurriedly turned his head to look back, this look frightened him quite a lot.

At the city gate behind him, a raging fire ignited, completely blocking the entire city gate.

He was startled, and then he wondered if the other party was a strategy to lure the enemy, but before he could think about it, he saw countless giant arrows flying from the side.

These arrows are extremely thick, even thicker than ordinary firearms, and they fly extremely fast. Once they hit a man or horse, they will kill the intestines. The power is really amazing.

He hastily shouted loudly that the command department will stop.

"No, there is fraud! Withdraw!"

He shouted loudly, and then he was the first to turn his horse back, wanting to evacuate back.

At this time, the fire at the door was still being extinguished, but he didn't care too much, he just wanted to rush towards the fire, intending to jump past the fire and jump back into the city.

But at this time, he saw the horses rushing in front of him fall one after another, and even the soldiers kept falling to the ground.

These fallen people kept piling up, and they kept tripping the troops behind, and the whole army was in a mess.

Li Cunliang was terrified. He stopped his horse hastily, and then took a closer look. It turned out that there were long rattan chains outside the city gate. If you touch it, you will be stabbed immediately.

Looking along the vine chains, he discovered that there were many enemy soldiers ambushing on both sides of the road at the gate of the city. They were lying in the grass, pulling the vine chains in their hands, and kept pulling The Goguryeo army stumbled.

At this time, Li Cunliang already understood that he had been tricked by others.

"Get out!"

He yelled desperately, but his subordinates were falling down, standing still, and making a mess.

At this time, there were shocking shouts all around again, and he was startled, so he hurriedly looked around.

It turned out that in the dense forest on the high slope at the gate of the city, countless cavalrymen of the Tang army were rushing towards them at this time. They moved swiftly and powerfully, and they were about to kill them.

Li Cunliang's heart sank, looking at the situation, the opponent had at least tens of thousands of soldiers, far more than the thousands he had expected.

He was confused and his vision went completely dark.

At this moment, behind Li Cunliang's Goguryeo army, the young general stopped his horse and watched the Tang cavalry continue to charge and kill the Goguryeo people.

This man has a calm expression and a resolute and solemn face. He is the commander-in-chief of the Shu Army of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Shu, Li Ke.

This time the siege of the city, the biggest difficulty was the [-] defenders. Li Ke knew that the opponent would not surrender easily.

So he ordered the troops to silence the drums and hide first, and then he himself led the troops to call the battle to draw the opponent out.

Once outside the city, the power of his cavalry will be revealed, and he can destroy the opponent without any effort.

Moreover, the outside of the city is already under his control, so he can safely set up traps and chains to harm the enemy.

At the gate of the city, he used a trebuchet to throw a large number of fierce oil bombs. On the one hand, he disrupted the city defenses, and on the other hand, he also blocked the enemy's retreat and disturbed their minds.

Now it is impossible for the 2 enemy troops outside the city to survive, and what he has to face is the remaining [-] troops in the city.

At this moment, a shocking fire ignited at the gate of the city, and the main general in the city was already in danger, and it was extremely difficult to escape.

The soldiers in the city panicked immediately, and they also wanted to go out of the city to rescue, but seeing the large number of Tang troops and their full momentum, they dismissed this idea.

If you rush out at this time, isn't that courting death?
The remaining generals had no choice but to call in a large army to guard the city wall to prevent the Tang army from attacking the city.

Li Ke was not in a hurry. He waited for the enemy army to set up their defenses, and then waved his hand, ordering the infantry to push the large ballista up.

The bow and crossbow fired by this large ballista are powerful and can penetrate the city wall, even if the enemy army has the city wall as their support, they cannot resist it.

He ordered his men to coat the giant bow and arrow with fierce fire oil, then ignite it, and then shoot it at the opponent's tower.

After the thick wooden arrow was ignited, it shot towards the top of the city tower, even if you have the city wall as a guarantee, it cannot be stopped.

At this time, the city gate was completely burned by the fire. The wooden gate had been burned to nothing but an empty frame, and was no longer able to resist foreign enemies.

Li Keyan commanded the ballista to shoot arrows at the city wall non-stop, and watched the Goguryeo army outside the city being wiped out, so he ordered the army to approach the tower and prepare to attack the city.

At this time, the entire city tower was on fire, and the defenders on the tower were dying and fleeing, and it was no longer possible to form an offensive against the city.

Once it is condescending and the arrows against the Shu army are gone, then the city tower will no longer have any advantage.

Li Ke calmly directed his men to hit the city with a hammer, and with one blow, the defenseless gate collapsed.

At this moment, only on the urn city inside the gate, there are still many Goguryeo troops still guarding. They kept shooting arrows at the gate of the city to prevent the Shu army from entering the city.

This urn city is the second line of defense inside the city gate. It is built in a ring shape inside the city gate. Once an enemy army enters the city, the soldiers guarding the urn city can shoot arrows from high to kill the invading enemy army.

At this moment, a big fire was ignited on the wall of the main gate, and because the Wengcheng was shrunk behind the tower, it would not be attacked by ballistas outside the city, so it was relatively well preserved.

All the Goguryeo people stood guard on the Wengcheng, drawing their bows and arrows, waiting for the Shu army to enter the city gate.

After the city gate, there is actually a second city gate. To enter from the gate, you have to walk up to tens of feet, withstand the arrows of the urn guards on both sides of your head, and open the real inner city gate before you can enter the city and fight with the enemy. The defenders of the city fought head-on.

Li Ke quickly dispatched his generals, let the heavy cavalry stand up with the missing horn shield, and attacked the inner city gate.

These heavy cavalry were wearing heavy armor, and those bows and arrows could not do anything to them.

Carrying a siege ram, he entered the urn city and knocked down the inner city gate. A large number of armored infantry followed him.

They rushed to the top of the city tower, fought with the remaining defenders in the Wengcheng, and soon took control of the situation.

It wasn't until dark that the entire Anshi City was completely conquered, and there were many casualties at the city gate.

Whether it was the [-] soldiers and horses at the gate of the city, or the [-] troops staying in the city, all were punished, and only a dozen or so captured senior generals remained, waiting for Li Ke to deal with them.

Li Ke stepped on the blood and corpses of Goguryeo soldiers, and slowly stepped on the messy tower.

He looked at the dozen or so generals who were kneeling on the top of the city tower, and waved his hands lightly.

"Let them go..."

The trembling Goguryeo men were untied and looked at Li Ke with a confused expression.

Li Ke paused for a moment, then looked at the avenue outside the city, which was the direction where the main force of Goguryeo sent troops.

"Go and tell Yuan Gai Suwen that his grain path has been cut off by me, let him come back and fight me to the death!"

(End of this chapter)