The vibration under the feet came instantly, and many people showed horror on their faces. They had never seen such a powerful thing, just like the catapult in the past, but how big a catapult would have to have such an effect?
"Lord City Lord, please look."
The men pointed to the left and said that a huge fireball appeared there. After the smoke from the fireball dissipated, they found a large round hole in the city wall. Although the wall had not been blown down yet, if there were too many things like this, the wall would not be able to hold on. The wall was made entirely of earth and mud. It was built purely to save trouble at the time, but now it has become like this.
The people of the Arab Empire focused on offense and did not pay attention to defense at all. They believed that spending so much money on defense was a waste of money. As long as your offensive capability was strong, all enemies in the world would not be a problem.
Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with this statement, but if you encounter an enemy of the same level, this statement may trap you. Facing enemies from small countries, a charge of 20,000 Arab cavalry may be able to defeat the country.
But facing the Tang army, I'm afraid they wouldn't have such a capability. If the Tang army were to fight the Arab Empire, what would happen if your 200,000 cavalry charged? Even if your 200,000 cavalry charged? Could they defeat the Tang army? It's impossible. After your three axe attacks, it would be the Tang army's turn to strike back. If your defenses aren't strong, you won't be able to withstand it.
"fire."
The people on the city wall were in chaos, but Zhang Buli, who was standing below the wall, ordered his men to fire.
His five thousand men had a total of twelve cannons, all of which were newly produced. The artillerymen had also practiced many times on the road. Although they could not be said to be strong in men and horses, they were better than the average army. After hearing his order, twelve artillery shells flew out directly. Two of them flew behind the city wall and blew up the houses near the wall.
Nine shells hit the city wall directly, and one shell missed the target and flew five meters away from the wall, without causing much damage to it.
But the nine shells were already quite serious. Many people up there felt like it was an earthquake. They suspected without hesitation that if they continued to fight, the city wall would definitely collapse.
Some people turned around and looked at the destroyed house inside the city wall. The people inside had been blown into several pieces. Fortunately, the shells did not fall on our heads. If they had fallen on our heads, we would definitely be the same as those people. This would be a fatal thing. No wonder the Tang army was able to break into our hinterland. They really have the ability.
"Lord City Lord, what should we do?"
The men understood that we cannot just stand there stupidly. Just as he was speaking, the second round of artillery shells came. Fortunately, no shell hit hard. If it had hit hard, I am afraid the city wall would not have been able to hold on. Although the shells were powerful, if they hit the new city wall, although they would make a hole, they would not cause much damage.
But after estimation, my men understood that according to the current intensity of the attack, our city walls would not be able to hold out in less than half an hour. Although we still have a large number of cavalry in the city, since they dare to blow up our city walls, they must have ways to deal with the cavalry. When our city walls are gone, we will be lambs to be slaughtered.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Leave the city from the east and west gates, and send a cavalry of 5,000 each. Charge forward immediately. No matter how great the losses, these things must be destroyed. If they can't be destroyed, they will be beheaded. Now is the time to use them. No matter how loud the whistles are, this city lord will not bother with them. Now is the time to make them fight to the death. Anyone who dares to retreat will have their entire family executed."
According to the city lord's original idea, no matter how the Tang army argued, he and his men would not go out, because the city wall was a guarantee. As long as we were inside the city wall, our casualties would definitely not be too large. If we went out, we could not guarantee the number of casualties.
So in this situation, this guy thought very clearly that they must not leave the city wall, but now the situation is different. If you stay here without taking any action, the Tang Dynasty army will directly blow down the city wall, so now you can only go out from the other two city gates, and then quickly encircle the army in front of you. As for how capable you are, it depends on you.
After the city lord gave the order, the city gates on the east and west sides were immediately opened, and five thousand cavalrymen rushed out in an instant. There were many confident people among them, because they had never fought with the Tang army, so they thought they were still very powerful. At least the rebels around them were not their opponents. As long as we run fast enough, all the enemies can be burned to death by our scimitars.
Some civilians in the city were also cheering them on. When the Arab cavalry raised their scimitars, many people thought they were invincible. No matter how powerful the enemy was, as long as the Arab cavalry got serious, they could crush the enemy.
Of course, there were also some people who packed up their gold and silver jewelry at home and wanted to take this opportunity to go out with the cavalry. Unfortunately, the people guarding the city had already received orders that no one could leave the city. If you wanted to get out, the scimitars would only drink some blood from you first.
Lord Mahamil is already prepared. All the people in the city are laborers. As long as the Tang army wants to attack our city, we will fight them to the death and will never let the Tang army gain any advantage over us.
When the city gates on both sides were opened, the space balloon in the sky discovered it and immediately sent a signal to Li Xiang, asking them to pay attention to the cavalry on both sides.
Li Chengyi waved his hands left and right, and then the two musketeers set off. The musketeers versus the cavalry, this is simply strangulation...
