The female prisoner was fierce

"Lord Yelü, how should we attack?"

Qian Youde dared not issue orders on his own, and in order to show his loyalty, he deliberately inquired.

Yelü Chi snorted coldly:

"Just start firing!"

"If they try to escape, absolutely do not leave the city to pursue them. Anyone who dares to leave the city to chase them will be chopped into pieces!"

Qian Youde blurted out subconsciously:

"But there are only so few people on the other side. Once we get out of the city..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly realized what was happening and nodded repeatedly.

"Lord Yelü is truly remarkable; your foresight is unparalleled, I admire you greatly."

He then decisively turned his head, looked outside the city, and shouted hoarsely:

"Release the arrows!!"

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

shhhhh~~~

The county soldiers on the city wall immediately drew their bows and arrows, and nearly eighty men together fired a large number of arrows at the Xiao family army in front.

Due to the limited range and darkness, coupled with the presence of shields, leather armor, and the fact that the weapons were captured through various means, the casualties were not high.

"Lord Qian, should we ask Lord Beidi to make a move?"

At this moment, Commandant Zhou, who was beside him, cautiously leaned in to listen.

Qian Youde shook his head:

"Need not."

"If we can't even hold out against a mere hundred or so men, what standing will we have in front of Lord Beidi in the future?"

"Listen to my command, just keep firing arrows. The enemy doesn't even seem to have any ladders; it's definitely a feint attack, they won't be able to break through."

Commandant Zhou nodded repeatedly:

"The magistrate is wise."

Then he returned to command.

Release arrows and prepare rolling logs and thunderstones.

But if someone wants to launch a strong attack using ladders, they can defend freely!

shhhhh~~~

Four or five rounds of fire went in tandem.

At this moment, Xiao Jianyang had already led his team to the foot of the city gate.

Following the pre-rehearsed military formation, male soldiers holding shields formed a shield circle around the perimeter, carefully protecting the person carrying the explosive charge in the center.

This left Yelü Chi and the county magistrate Qian Youde, among others, on the city wall completely baffled.

"What are they doing at the city gate? Trying to break down the gate and come in?"

"No, the city gates of Dongshuang County are so sturdy that they cannot be broken open without a giant sledgehammer."

"What exactly are they trying to do?"

You'll find out soon!

Because, at this time, Xiao Jianyang had already led his men to install all the explosive charges.

All the large explosive packs, each weighing 10 jin (5 catties), were installed.

To increase its power, the concave blasting method was used.

These are the professional demolition techniques we learned during our special forces training!

The top was sealed tightly with soil dug from in front of the city gate, leaving only a small air inlet and fuse, which amplified the power three or four times.

He pulled a tinderbox from his pocket and decisively lit the fuse.

Sizzle~~

The fuse hissed loudly and quickly burst into flames.

"Step back two hundred paces and lie down!!"

Xiao Jianyang let out a loud shout.

Then, he led the Xiao family army in a shield formation and retreated rapidly, like the receding tide.

This scene left Qian Youde, who was on the city wall, even more bewildered:

"What's going on? You're not going to fight anymore? This is like children playing house."

Yelü Chi, however, sneered repeatedly in his eyes:

"As expected, it's the same old trick. If I'm not mistaken, the next thing they'll do is send someone over to hurl insults."

"As long as I stay within the city, you can't do anything even if you have a thousand tricks up your sleeve!"

However, just as he was sneering, Xiao Jianyang had already led his men to retreat two hundred paces away.

At the city gate.

The long fuse had burned out by now.

With a violent chemical reaction, followed by a fierce, terrifying explosion, comparable to an earthquake, a deafening roar!

Rumble~~~

Rumble~~~

That sound was so intense!

Centered on the concave surface, the enormous explosive energy spread rapidly in all directions, and under the specially excavated terrain, most of it rushed towards the city gate.

The city gate of Dongshuang County was a wooden gate, not the kind of extremely thick gate like that of Youzhou City, after all, it was just a county town.

Hundreds of kilograms of high explosives, like a giant fist, slammed hard onto the entire city gate.

In less than a second, the entire city gate was blown to pieces, with debris flying everywhere, and even the entire south city wall shook.

More than that!

Even the door frames on both sides were blown away!

Wood chips and iron scraps flew everywhere, and several county soldiers guarding the city gate were even blown away.

Senseless!

The defenders were completely dumbfounded!

They stood frozen in place, like ice sculptures!

Qian Youde was so shocked that he sat down on the ground with a thud, his ears ringing and he couldn't hear anything.

Commander Zhou leaned against the arrow sack, his face ashen.

Even Yelü Chi's face turned deathly pale instantly.

He had fought in wars for half his life and had never seen anything like it before!

That loud bang just now was simply inhuman!

Like a thunderbolt from the heavens! The Thunder God is enraged!!

Staring wide-eyed at the still-smoking city gate below, his mouth agape, he couldn't utter a single word.

If even they were like this, the county soldiers on the city wall were even more so, all turned into ice sculptures!

Only one sentence is in my mind.

The city gate is gone?

It's gone just like that?

Not only them, but also Defang, Lin Qingxue, Li Tiezhu and all the male and female soldiers of the Xiao family army were stunned at this moment!

I had imagined it would be very destructive, but what I saw with my own eyes was different from what I had imagined!

Xiao Jianyang remained calm throughout. Upon seeing the city gate destroyed, he immediately drew his official sword and roared:

"kill!!"

Upon hearing the order, hundreds of Xiao family soldiers reacted immediately, roaring:

"kill!"

"kill!"

Amidst shouts of battle, they charged madly toward the city gate!

"Prepare for divine punishment!!"

As they ran, Xiao Jianyang gave the order again.

Immediately afterwards, the hastily assembled ancient grenadiers took out small ceramic tubes containing a pound of gunpowder and gravel.

As we approached the city wall.

With a command from Xiao Jianyang:

"ignition!"

All the grenadiers immediately picked up their flintlock pistols and lit the fuses sealing the ceramic tubes.

"Throw it up there!!"

Splash splash~~~

He swung his arms and threw it up at the city wall with all his might.

The city wall of the county town was only five or six meters high, and the pottery jar weighed only one or two kilograms. A strong man could easily throw it up there.

Splash splash~~~

More than a dozen makeshift grenadiers swung their arms and threw more than a dozen clay pot explosive packages toward the city wall. The packages flew in graceful arcs and landed near the county soldiers on the city wall.

"What is that??"

All the county soldiers were instinctively puzzled.

But before they could react...

boom!!

More than ten loud bangs suddenly echoed across the city wall.

More than a dozen violently exploding fireballs, like more than a dozen bolts of lightning, crashed down.

Amid the violent explosion, fragments of iron nails, pottery jars, and mixed with sand scattered in a circular pattern, like raindrops, from the blast point outwards within a radius of five to six meters.

Immediately, more than twenty unlucky county soldiers were affected, their bodies riddled with horrifying bloody holes from shrapnel and gravel.

Those who were unlucky were almost turned into a pile of mangled flesh, blown more than a meter into the air.

On the city wall, screams of agony rose and fell.

"My legs, my legs!!"

"My hand! Help me, my hand!!"

However, what was even more terrifying was a bone-chilling fear:

"What is this thing! What is this thing?!"

"This is heavenly lightning! This is heavenly lightning sent down in the wrath of the heavens!!"

"God is angry! We've angered God by turning against our own people!!"

The county soldiers collapsed and shouted in despair. Their morale was rising faster than an avalanche. They threw down their bows and arrows and ran down the city walls.

What the hell?

The other side has divine intervention; there's no way to win!

One person runs, and immediately more people follow suit.

The defensive line on the city wall collapsed instantly!

Of the ten, at least seven or eight fled. Only one or two managed to hold on, but even they trembled with fear, clinging to the city wall, too terrified to show their faces.