When they came to the top of the city wall, they had never seen such a situation. They had fought wars before, and it was common to fight with the enemy at night, but most of them would not attack the city, because relying on such a strong city wall, the attacking party would definitely suffer a loss. But now the Tang army didn't care about this at all. Looking north from the city wall, all they saw were torches.
The most important thing is that the Tang army will not fill it with their lives. Although there are many people coming, most of them are standing on the periphery. Wu Yuanhao also understands why these people are standing on the periphery. They are waiting for a city wall to collapse, and then these special forces will rush in. At that time, it will be the end of Luocheng.
"General, look over there, it looks like they have newly arrived artillery."
A young general pointed to a belt of torches on the left and said that the distance over there was closer and they could see clearly what was being transported. They were currently transporting it to a hillside on the left side of the city wall. If they fired from there, they could directly hit the city wall, which was the position occupied by Wu Yuanhao.
Wu Yuanhao suddenly realized at this time that in fact, the Tang army had many ways to deal with him, but they wanted to lure the enemy deep into the territory during the day, so they did not fight with him or use these methods. Now he no longer has so many concerns, so he throws out all the cards in his hand to see if he can take the city.
Just as Wu Yuanhao was thinking, the artillery on the hillside on the left had already fired. The first shell missed the target and landed inside the city wall, and a catapult below was instantly blown into pieces.
Many of the soldiers below had never seen the power of artillery, so now it was their chance to see it. During the day, he was still cursing the soldiers who went out of the city to fight for being useless. Tens of thousands of people were defeated by others, and the general ran back with nothing. How did you guys fight?
Now these guys have shut their mouths. They finally realized that the enemy they encountered this time was different from before. Looking at the catapult that had been blown up next to them, they knew it. In previous battles, this thing was always at the back and had never been burned. At most, it was destroyed when we were defeated. Now, we haven't even seen the enemy, but a catapult has already started burning.
Wu Yuanjia knew that the artillery on the hillside were correcting their direction. The first shell missed the target and landed inside the city. The second shell was likely to fall on the city wall. They were extremely anxious and wanted to do something, but unfortunately they did not have weapons that could attack from such a long distance.
"Immediately take your three thousand men and charge out from the west gate. Then, go up the mountain and destroy their artillery. If you can bring those things back, that would be great. If not, burn them all. You must remember that the entire fate is in your hands. You saw what happened just now. If we let them burn us hard, I'm afraid we won't last until tomorrow morning."
Wu Yuanhao immediately pulled over his chief subordinate, Fan Mingzheng.
The 3,000 men under his command were also the most elite. Originally, Wu Yuanhao wanted to sneak into the jungle with these 3,000 men, but now the most important thing was to take out the artillery on the left first. If this artillery was not taken out, let alone sneaking into the jungle, in the dark of night, the entire city would be reduced to ruins by them. By then, even if they retreated into the mountains, I'm afraid those people's fighting spirit would have been wiped out.
"I'll be there right away."
Pham Minh Zheng is a young general and is quite prestigious in Vietnam. However, he has not fought much in actual combat, but his men are well trained. After receiving Wu Yuanhao's order, he finally had the opportunity to go to the battlefield. He had been guarding the city before, and now he also wanted to make a small contribution.
It was exactly as Wu Yuanhao said. Less than a few minutes after Fan Mingzheng left, the shells from the hillside were thrown onto the city wall with a crackling sound. The place where they had just stood was no longer suitable for standing. If you were still standing there, you would be a sitting duck on the hillside.
"Put out all the braziers and torches..."
Wu Yuanhao still had some ability. This guy also realized that the reason why the people on the mountain could see the target of attack was because they were holding torches and braziers in the dark. If all these things were destroyed, there would be no other targets at the foot of the mountain.
It was exactly as he said. When the people on the city wall extinguished the torches and braziers, the frequency of artillery attacks on the hillside obviously slowed down a lot. Without the torches to illuminate their attack route, they did not want to waste artillery shells everywhere.
"General, we should leave the city wall as soon as possible. The people on the left side of the city gate can no longer hold on."
The situation on the city wall had just been contained when another piece of bad news came. Although the artillery on the hillside could not attack them, the artillery on the north side of the city wall had not been idle. They concentrated their forces to attack both sides of the city gate. A large number of artillery shells exploded in this area. Now it was not just a problem of cracks. A section of the city wall had begun to collapse, revealing the earth inside.
The inside of the Vietnamese city wall is made entirely of adobe, and the outside is built with bricks. Now the bricks on the outside have been blown up, and the adobe inside will not last long. According to the current attack intensity of the Tang army, it will take at most one or two hours. By then, these adobes will collapse and the Tang cavalry will rush in.
It's really true that plans cannot keep up with the changes. Wu Yuanhao just sent his most elite troops over, and he wanted to call them back immediately. If Fan Mingzheng's men were with him, he would have retreated into the mountains and forests with them now. He was too greedy. He should have waited for them to retreat into the mountains and forests from the beginning.
At least we could still bring in some people at that time. But now look at the chaos, I really don’t know how many people can be gathered.
"Ride fast to catch up with Fan Mingzheng and have him retreat to the southwest forest. Take as many of your men as you can. We can't hold out here anymore. Retreat into the forest and burn the city..."
Wu Yuanhao could only continue to change his orders...
