Even Qian Ping and the other two were silent. From the beginning of the war to now, today's siege should be the most intense. It might be because the reinforcements from other places had arrived, so the King of Zhennan brought out his most elite troops today.
This group of troops really made the King of Zhennan proud. When they reached the top of the city wall, His Majesty the King's army could not resist at all. Those who could climb up the city wall had much stronger physical fitness than others, and their combat skills were also better. Although only a few hundred people went up, they killed the king's troops on the city wall and made them howl in pain.
His Majesty the King immediately mobilized his troops, hoping to drive back the rebels on the city wall. Just as his troops were moving forward, a huge crashing noise was heard from under the city wall. It turned out that the army of the King of Zhennan had begun to attack the city gate again. They had hoped to use stones to knock down the city wall, but they did not expect this to be too difficult.
Whenever a gap appeared in the city wall, the people on top would use the surrounding objects to block it, so the King of Zhennan changed his tactics. He decided to let his men directly break down the city gate as they did in the previous few days. The cavalry behind were ready. As long as the city gate was broken open, the cavalry would rush in as quickly as possible. After entering, no matter what, anyone who obeyed the king's orders would be killed.
Behind them were five thousand carefully selected soldiers. These people were also the elite in the hands of the King of Zhennan, and were similar to those who attacked the city wall. As long as the cavalry and these five thousand soldiers entered the royal city, the overall situation would basically be decided.
"Send some men to hold up the city gate, and quickly send some lamp oil over there. We can't let them keep pounding on it. The city gate won't hold up."
A general said loudly that although his soldiers agreed, there was no lamp oil around. The frequency of attacks on the city in recent days was too high, and they had poured out a large amount of lamp oil. Although there was still some stored in the city, due to the lack of transportation tools and personnel, the lamp oil had not yet been transported up. To put it bluntly, consumption could not keep up with supply, so there was very little lamp oil available on the city wall.
If there were no army of the King of Zhennan on the city wall, their soldiers would be able to pull the lamp oil from a distance, but now hundreds of the King of Zhennan's soldiers appeared on the city wall, and other soldiers were climbing up the ladders. Soon they would be unable to resist. Once it came to that, who would care about the gains and losses of the city gate below?
A bucket of lamp oil was still poured from this side, but the soldiers below already had experience. They closed their shields and poured the boiling hot lamp oil directly on the shields. Although some people screamed in pain from the burns, not much lamp oil stuck to the wood. Even if other archers shot arrows, the damage to those below was extremely limited.
The King of Zhennan had specifically discussed this tactic with his men. When the lamp oil began to pour, dozens of soldiers nearby used their shields to form a house-shaped object, and then let the lamp oil flow along the shields to the ground, far away from the large wood in the middle. Even if all the lamp oil was ignited, our siege wood would not suffer much damage.
"Archers, prepare! The city gates can't hold."
After repeated collisions, the general on the city wall realized that the gate of the royal city would not be able to withstand three more collisions at most, so the archers in the city below had to be prepared. When the gate was knocked open, the archers' volley might kill a large number of soldiers outside the city.
This is also the last chance for the army in the city. When a large number of soldiers outside the city die, if they can seize this opportunity and close the city gate again, then they can still maintain the status quo. But if they cannot close it, then the archers will have to retreat quickly, and the cavalry outside will rush in quickly. The archers will have no advantage when facing the cavalry, but will let these cavalrymen take it as a merit of the cavalry.
The city gate was finally knocked open, and the blocking wood inside had been broken. Hundreds of soldiers were still at the gates, trying to block them with their flesh and blood. Unfortunately, their flesh and blood did not have that much strength. After the army outside the city pushed open the gates, these people did not retreat, but continued to push the huge wood in.
The archers in the city began to shoot arrows in unison. The soldiers outside knew that the chances of survival were slim, but that was their job. There were also archers of the King of Zhennan waiting behind them. If they retreated now, they would die at the hands of their own people. If they rushed forward, there was still a certain chance of survival. Even if they had to risk their chances now, they had to rush forward.
When the huge piece of wood entered the range of the city gate, the army in the city had been defeated. They did not think about closing the city gate because it was impossible to close the city gate again with such a long piece of wood there. So except for the archers present, the people who were originally arranged to retake the city gate here also began to retreat.
This is how war is. If everyone is attacking intensively, they can hold out for a long time. But if some people are ready to retreat, it may be like a contagion. One after another, they will want to run back, for fear that they will run too slowly and become someone else's victim.
The King of Nanzhao had disappeared on the city wall. When attacking the city gate just now, this guy had already realized that it was no point to stay on the city wall, so he rode a fast horse back to the palace. At this time, while there was no chaos in the city, he could still gallop on his horse. If he waited for the rebels outside the city to come in, I am afraid the whole royal city would be in chaos.
The soldiers on the city wall were still fighting, and they didn't know that the city gate had been breached, but the young and middle-aged men under the city wall had finally escaped. They didn't want to wait for the soldiers outside the city to kill them all, so when they saw the city gate was breached, they followed His Majesty the King and began to run inside. But His Majesty the King was able to run back to the palace, but they could only run back to their homes.
However, they were also a little scared when they ran back to their homes, because His Majesty the King should have failed now. If the King of Zhennan became king, they would never be let go because they had helped the former king. He would definitely drag all of them out and behead them.
