Doomsday Wonderland

Today's battle to defend the city was countless times more difficult than the last time Gao Chang's army invaded. 【】

Thousands of people attacking a city and tens of thousands of people attacking a city are completely different concepts. When tens of thousands of people shout for death in unison, pouring from outside the city to the root of the city wall like a tide, just that kind of picture can make people psychologically Completely losing the fighting spirit, let alone relying on the strength of thousands of people to repel these tens of thousands of people one by one. Imagine that even if tens of thousands of ants are stepped on, it cannot be crushed to death with one or two feet. What's more, it's a human being, a living person who knows how to resist and fight.

From the moment he attacked the city, Li Su clearly felt that the will of the garrison soldiers at the head of the city was breaking down. Even he felt a little desperate. In his eyes, there was absolutely nothing in this city. I hope to keep it, maybe everyone knows this in their hearts, and they are just waiting for the final blow to come in the fight, and it will be over.

The last round of arrows was fired out, but the effect was very weak, because the enemy troops had climbed to the base of the city wall, and siege ladders were set up on the top of the city. Countless people had scimitars in their mouths, looking ferocious. The ground climbed upwards, and the rolling logs and stones from the top of the city were thrown down one after another. There were screams and wailings, but the enemies continued to move forward, endlessly.

"One hundred people came up, each three feet apart, lit thunderbolts, and threw them together under the city wall!" Li Su roared.

↓There were chirping sounds one after another, and a burst of white smoke suddenly appeared from the top of the city. Then, small black smoking cans were thrown down the city wall one after another. After a few breaths, a loud noise suddenly came from the city wall. The earth is shaking and trembling.

The power of the thunder is huge. The thermal weapons of later generations played an important role in the cold weapon era. The armies of the Western Regions have already seen its power. A small black clay pot directly exploded one of their forward generals. It is crispy on the outside and tender and fragrant on the inside. It seems that personal force has no effect in front of it. How to die, how to die.

Yesterday it was just a small clay pot, but today what was thrown down from the city top was a hundred small clay pots, which exploded under the city wall at the same time. Under the entire row of city walls in the west of Xizhou, the explosion was earth-shattering. Countless people were blown to pieces on the spot. Under the wall, only pieces of enemy troops fell to the ground and howled. The luck behind them who were still far away was not much better. Although they were outside the diameter of the explosion, they could take advantage of their shock. While he was stunned, rounds of arrows were shot down from the top of the city, and enemy troops fell to the ground one after another. The rest saw that the opportunity was not good and turned around and ran away. After running out of the range of the bow and arrow, he stared in horror at the tragic scene under the city wall that was almost a human Shura field.

Not surprisingly, the siege failed again.

Tens of thousands of people were full of enthusiasm and rushed to the city wall, determined to win Xizhou in one go. However, the outcome was the same as yesterday. A hundred small clay pots broke and the earth shook and the sound of the explosion destroyed their morale. It has to drop to freezing point instantly.

People are full of fear of unknown things. This kind of fear can lead to two behaviors. One is to completely destroy the thing that scares them. The second is to run away as far away as possible, the further away the better.

Regarding firearms, the attitude of the Western Region Allied Forces is obviously the second one. With the loud noises like punishment from the gods, and the pieces of robes falling to the ground rolling and screaming, many timid and believing enemy soldiers suddenly Then he threw away his sword. He knelt down facing the city wall from a distance and devoutly confessed his crimes. In less than an hour of siege, morale plummeted and came like a tide. And receded like the tide.

Next, there was another truce.

It was not until today that the small clay pots at the top of Xizhou City finally attracted the attention of the enemy general.

The general's name is Amuldun, who is from the Western Turks. Yes, this time the countries in the Western Regions are united to seize Xizhou. The initiative is Gaochang State, but the leader is the Western Turks. The real big boss behind the scenes. There is a chance that he will be killed. The kind that explodes with purple equipment.

Amuldon didn't understand why a small thing could be so powerful and make such an earth-shattering noise. If it weren't for his strong will, even he might not be able to help but think of miracles such as ghosts and gods. Looking at the depressed and frightened soldiers under his command in the camp, Amuldun was in an extremely bad mood.

It was originally thought that capturing Xizhou would be as simple as searching a bag to retrieve something. However, with the appearance of that small clay pot, the war changed and became more complicated and difficult. This was something Amuldun had not expected.

A general who leads the army, tens of thousands of soldiers with high morale, a vulnerable city, and thousands of defenders with no fighting spirit. Such a disparity in power balance, because of the addition of a small clay pot, that fragile city Unable to capture it, Amuldun fell into great anxiety and rage.

He is afraid of the mysterious little clay pot, but he is not afraid of the soldiers under his command.

"Come here, call for military law!" Amuldon shouted outside the tent.

"When we attack the city today, whoever is the first to escape from the battle, no matter which soldier, will be beheaded and displayed in the camp as an example. When we attack the city tomorrow, whoever dares to take a step back will have their chariots torn apart!"

As hundreds of heads fell to the ground, Amuldun's military law was also spread to the tens of thousands of coalition troops in the camp.

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There were mountains of corpses piled up under the city, as well as on top of the city.

In less than an hour of offensive and defensive battle, more than 200 defenders on the city had fallen. Their corpses were piled side by side on the horse path of the city tower. The bloodstains on the ground and pairs of eyes that were still staring at death told the world that this battle had happened. The war is so cruel.

Li Su leaned behind the arrow stack on the city wall and watched quietly as the soldiers carried the corpses of Paoze who died in the battle down the city wall one by one. A huge wooden platform was set up under the city, and the corpses were gathered together on the wooden platform. After the soldiers respectfully saluted Paoze's corpse, they threw several torches onto the wooden platform. Soon, the wooden platform burst into flames and turned into ashes along with the corpse on the wooden platform. Thick black smoke columns rose, UU Readingｗｗw ． uukanshu.net Like a black dragon soaring into the sky.

People should be buried in peace after death, but Xizhou does not have such conditions at the moment. The city is heavily besieged, and the city is located in a desert with a hot climate. If the corpses are not disposed of as soon as possible, the plague will soon spread in the city, and then the city will It was a real disaster for the entire city, and the so-called "disposal of corpses" was to burn them directly. War is not only cruel to the living, but also to the dead.

The flames flickered and the smoke billowed, then dimmed, gradually became curling, and finally turned into ashes.

Li Su quietly looked at the black ash, which flew away in all directions when the breeze blew.

"Ashes return to ashes, dust returns to dust, this is good." Li Su sighed and said.

Wang Zhuang stood aside with a look of sadness on his face. Li Su turned to look at him and suddenly smiled: "Don't be sad, maybe you and I will be like them in a short time, it's just sooner or later."

ps: I just finished talking about coding in the middle of the night and fell asleep at night. It was really a slap in the face. . . In order to atone for my sins, I decided to code two more chapters before midnight. . (To be continued.)

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