In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

At the same time, dozens of catapults were also activated by a large number of rebels.

Whoohoo! !

The noise continued, and huge rocks tore through the sky, creating a large, dense shadow.

Meteorites rained down from the sky, swarming the ground in dense, overwhelming masses—a scene reminiscent of apocalyptic warfare. This was primitive warfare, yet its visual impact was immense!

Li Yuanchang's blood instantly reversed direction.

"Fire the arrows!!" He looked at the sky, calculating the time it would take for the stones to fall, and shouted angrily.

Whoosh! !

A large number of archers and all the repeating crossbows were used.

In an instant, the sound of thousands of arrows piercing the air converged, forming a piercing sonic boom.

The sky seemed to be raining down, obscuring the sun and covering everything.

Before the arrows even hit the ground, Li Yuanchang roared again, "Crouch down! Crouch down now!!"

He roared desperately, almost straining his voice until it was hoarse. There was no other way; it was too noisy. Once the roar of war started, the sun and moon were obscured.

boom!

Bang bang bang!

Boom!

Click...

Fuai City was struck by dozens of boulders, dust and sand billowed into the sky, Li Yuanchang's ears were ringing, and he could feel the entire city trembling even when he was squatting on the ground.

Some people were unfortunately hit and turned into a bloody mist on the spot.

One of the city gate's pillars was hit, and the entire city gate creaked and cracked, unable to withstand the weight, and crashed down.

"Get out of the way!!"

Li Yuanchang roared and pulled Murong Khan to the side.

boom!

The city gate collapsed, covering more than ten meters, and dust and sand billowed into the sky, almost obscuring the view.

"Cough cough cough!"

Li Yuanchang coughed, but dared not breathe too hard.

"Khan, hurry back to oversee logistics! I'll take care of things here!"

He finished speaking in a great hurry, and without daring to delay, he got up and continued to direct the battle.

Large siege engines like catapults cannot be fired in rapid succession; each bombardment requires a significant amount of time to reload. This gap is the window of opportunity for the defenders to counterattack.

"kill!!"

Meanwhile, a large number of rebel troops had already reached the city walls, and numerous ladders had been erected.

"Smash it! Smash it for me!!" Li Yuanchang roared.

The city walls were covered with countless boulders and logs, which were being thrown down with all their might.

boom!

boom!

"puff!!"

The sounds of roaring and vomiting blood continued, and the once clean city wall was instantly stained red with blood.

The brutal siege warfare was never about swordsmanship or horsemanship, but about who was braver!

"Release the arrows!"

"Release the arrows!"

"Where's the frying pan? Where's the frying pan?"

"The boulder is coming! Crouch down, crouch down!"

Li Yuanchang's shouts never ceased, and he had hundreds of messengers running around the city walls.

Shouts of killing, wails, screams, roars, and all sorts of booms and collisions converged, as if the apocalypse had enveloped the entire city of Fuai!

The battle between offense and defense went straight into a fierce struggle from the very beginning.

The rebels went berserk, determined to storm the city and massacre the Tang envoys.

The soldiers defending the city were also fighting for their lives. In the world of nomadic peoples, breaching a city was not just about breaching the city; it was accompanied by burning, killing, and looting.

All the women in the city will become playthings, and they will all die.

That's why the game was extremely close!

Archers relentlessly reaped the kill below, while enemy catapults hurled swathes of enemies, turning large numbers of defenders into mincemeat.

That's terrible, so terrible!

People die like flowing water, and Li Yuanchang has become numb to it all.

The rebels' attack made no progress from morning to noon. In the afternoon, they directly dispatched 5,000 men to open a second front from the east.

In an instant, the already dire situation became even more difficult, and Fuai City's troop disadvantage was further amplified.

In order to defend the city, Li Yuanchang had no choice but to send his trusted confidants, including Guo Chao, to personally command the defense, and also dispatched 500 archers.

Starting in the afternoon, the pressure on Fuaicheng increased dramatically, like a huge machine entering a high-load operating mode, which could stop at any time.

The North Gate, where Li Yuanchang was located, was enduring wave after wave of attacks.

"Don't back down!"

"No backing up!!"

"Those who retreat will die!"

"The chieftain has ordered that after entering the city, we must kill for three days and loot for three days!"

"Kill a Han Chinese, and you'll get a cartload of gold!"

"Whoever kills the King of Han will be appointed Grand General!"

Those were the rebel's supervisory team, issuing bounties while executing some retreating soldiers.

Without them, the first wave of attacks would have been repelled long ago.

Li Yuanchang was helpless in the face of this.

As the saying goes, even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice; the rebels' fighting strength was clearly superior to that of the royal army.

Their combat effectiveness is what it is, their numbers and weapons are what they are, their army wasn't trained by Li Yuanchang, and there are even various problems such as language barriers.

These are facts that he cannot change.

He could only defend the city by constantly giving sound commands and boosting morale.

Several times the rebels climbed the city walls, but were eventually pushed off.

The most dangerous incident occurred when a royal general and his men were wiped out by a flying boulder, creating a breach in the city's defenses.

Then, a steady stream of elite rebels climbed up using ladders and wreaked havoc, displaying extreme bravery.

The situation was like a virus entering the bloodstream and spreading throughout the body; the city walls would collapse in no time, and once the walls were lost, the fall of the city was only a matter of time.

At the critical moment, Li Yuanchang personally led his elite troops from the Prince of Han's mansion to charge forward and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with dozens of elite rebel soldiers who had stormed the front lines.

In the end, this elite vanguard force, whose members were all 1.8 meters tall and of imposing stature, was completely slaughtered on the city wall.

The corpses were all hung on the city wall as a form of protest.

In ancient warfare with cold weapons, there was a clear distinction between elite soldiers and ordinary soldiers. Ordinary soldiers were cannon fodder, while elite soldiers were given the opportunity to serve.

These elite soldiers were often the leader's confidants. They ate and slept well in the army and did not need to carry heavy loads. They were the army's treasures.

When their bodies were hung up, the rebel leaders were enraged and reinforced their troops, launching a fierce attack in an attempt to take over Fu'ai City within six hours!

The terrifying battle did not subside with the arrival of dusk; instead, it erupted into a commotion as loud as a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing down.

Li Yuanchang commanded with great courage and determination, never leaving the front lines, and fought fiercely against the rebels.

The battle of attack and defense eventually dragged into the night!

As night fell, even with torches illuminating Fuai City, visibility was still greatly reduced.

"Waaaaah!!"

At the end of the darkness, a horn suddenly sounded.

Like a zombie apocalypse, the rebel army gradually dispersed like the tide.

"Your Highness, they've retreated!"

"We held on!"

Exhausted, Li Yuanchang leaned against the city wall and looked down, his black hair dripping blood.

It's been refunded, it really has been refunded.

Instead of resting and regrouping, they launched a second attack.

"call!"

He exhaled a large breath of stale air, then glanced at the ruins, the city walls covered in blood and corpses, and felt nauseous.

"Immediately clean up the battlefield, rescue the wounded, and rotate personnel upstairs to guard against nighttime attacks."

"yes!"

After the enemy retreated, Li Yuanchang stayed on the city wall for another half an hour before leaving.

As he descended from the city wall, his face showed no sign of relief; in fact, it was even more grave, even after repelling the rebels.