Arrows kept coming down from the city walls, but the people below were fearless. They understood the current situation very well. If they could set the city gates on fire from both inside and outside, then the chances of getting in would be much greater.
What's more, even ordinary soldiers know that they have very little food left. Although you have obtained the support of the Tang army in the north, if you don't achieve any results, the support of the Tang army will be cut off immediately, and you guys can only wait to starve.
Now you are not ordinary people. In the past, ordinary people would just run away as deserters, but now you are all traitors. No matter where you run to, as long as someone reports you, the Pyu Kingdom court will hunt you down to the end.
So in this situation, they had no other way to retreat and could only follow General Mibol and kill as hard as they could, hoping to overthrow the court. Then they would transform themselves from traitors to meritorious officials.
Several barrels of lamp oil were thrown up, and then the city gate was set on fire from the outside.
Although the weather was relatively humid and it rained frequently during this period, the fire got out of control because of the lamp oil and burned directly from the bottom to the top.
"Hurry up and find a way to put out the fire."
The defenders on the city wall were also very anxious. If the city gate was opened, they would be sentenced to death. In addition, their resistance was very fierce. Once the general rushed in, none of them would be able to escape, including their family members, who might be killed by the general.
Others don't know why General Mipeng wanted to rebel, after all, his family members were executed in secret, but the generals on the city wall knew very well that General Mipeng's entire family had been executed by the court. If this general were allowed to rush in, all those related to the court would be in trouble. He would definitely kill these people and pay tribute to his family members.
Although the people inside poured water pot after pot and put out the fire inside the city gate, it was impossible to put out the fire outside. Unless the people outside put out the fire by pouring water down from the city wall, the water would not reach the gate at all.
"Cavalry, get ready. The gate will become extremely fragile shortly. Just use your horses' charge to knock it down."
General Mipeng said happily that he knew very well how heavy the gate was, because it originally belonged to the general in the city.
Now they have less than 500 cavalrymen, which are all the war horses they can collect. A large number of cavalrymen were killed on the battlefield. For their small country, finding another cavalryman is almost harder than climbing to the sky.
After burning for about half a pack of cigarettes, the cavalry here were ready. At the command of the general, 500 cavalrymen rushed out directly. According to their imagination, when these people rushed to the gate, they should be able to knock down the gate directly with the impact force of the war horses. After all, the inside and outside had been burning for a while, and the wood inside should be almost turned to dust.
Something depressing happened to them. After a large number of war horses rushed over, they all crashed into the gate, but the gate remained motionless. Instead, dozens of cavalrymen were shot to death. The soldiers on the city wall were not idle either. When they saw you guys riding over on horses, they knew they were mad if they didn't shoot you in time.
"How is this possible? This door has been repaired for so many years, it's already been eaten by insects and rotten. How can it not be broken after being burned by fire on both sides?"
The general was not the only one who felt strange. U Thein Sein beside him was also puzzled. Could it be that this gate had been reinforced again? It was impossible. When they went to war, they passed through this gate. When many people saw this gate, they thought that the court should allocate funds to repair it. Otherwise, when others attacked, how many enemies could this gate withstand?
"Keep going for me."
General Mibong could no longer care about so many things. Now he was standing on the edge of the cliff. Apart from this method, he could not think of any other way. Although doing so would cause many soldiers to lose their lives, there would always be casualties in war. As long as they won the final victory, who would remember to issue such an order today?
Although the cavalry behind were unwilling, they saw that the archers had aimed their arrows at them intentionally or unintentionally, so they had no choice but to jump on their horses and continue to attack the city gate relying on the impact of their horses.
About a few miles away from the general, Chang Sun Ze was also watching all this with his men.
"Let's get our people ready. We should give them a helping hand. They're in such a state now, they seem to be at the end of their rope. If we can't break in tonight, this army will probably be gone by dawn tomorrow."
After Chang Sun Ze gave the order, his men immediately found two crossbows. In fact, they had already arrived around the capital city, but their number was not large, only three or four hundred people.
At the beginning, Li Xiang didn't trust General Mipeng and his men. After all, they were all defeated generals, and the assembled troops were not elite enough. They might be able to find a way to attack the city, but if he really wanted to break in, there was no hope relying on them.
So Li Xiang ordered Chang Sun Ze to take an elite team. If these people really had the possibility of breaking in, then he would find a way to help them. If they did not do things properly, Chang Sun Ze and his men would hide themselves. There was no need to expose themselves. They could just wait here for the Tang Dynasty army to arrive.
Now Chang Sun Ze could see very clearly that the general's men were also capable of fighting. From the time they climbed up the city wall and started killing until now, if they did not have some ability, they would have been wiped out long ago. Now, as long as the city gates were opened for them, at least the entire royal city would be in chaos. As for what would happen in the future, there was no point in thinking too much about it. He should just do the things in front of him first.
"Everyone get out of the way...Everyone get out of the way."
Chang Sun Ze rode his famous Turkic horse and waved the Tang Dynasty military flag in his hand.
"Get out of the way."
There is no need for explanation at this time. Although no one knows where this Tang Dynasty army came from, the general knows this person. The person standing next to Li Xiang that day must be a famous general of the Tang Dynasty.
When he saw the two crossbows behind him, General Mipeng finally understood what they were for. They were going to help us blow open the city gate...
