Chapter 297 Thunder in the Night Sky
As hundreds of rockets were fired, the Northern Ming soldiers on the city walls soon became alert.
"Oh no! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Liu Yongfang, who was on night duty, heard the shouting from the top of the city wall and rushed out of the sentry post.
He drew the sword from his waist and led a team to rush behind the battlements.
"Light up all the torches for me, and find those minions from the north!"
Soon, torches lit up on the top of the city.
Under the light of the torch, Liu Yongfang did not notice any signs .
Looking at the fire lit up on the top of the city, Huo Xiang smiled slightly and said to the soldiers around him.
"Quick, keep firing rockets at General Ben!"
"Yes, General."
Under the order of Prime Minister Huo, the soldiers drew their bows and shot arrows.
Round after round of arrows rained down on the top of the city!
Just like that, after experiencing five waves of arrow rain, Liu Yongfang threw away the shield with several arrows in his hand in a miserable state.
"Damn it, these damn Xia people!"
"Come here, shoot arrows for me, and kill these sons of bitches!"
Liu Yongfang shouted loudly while taking the bow and arrow from the deputy general next to him.
So, under the command of the furious Liu Yongfang, rockets attacked Huo Xiang and his men.
However, Huo Xiang and others had already run out of the range of the bows and arrows, so they didn't need to dodge at all.
Seeing Huo Xiang and others who were unharmed, Liu Yongfang was so angry that his teeth were itching.
"A bunch of idiots, go ahead and shoot them hard with my crossbow!"
The deputy general at the side heard what Liu Yongfang said and asked hesitantly.
"General, if you want to use the crossbow, you need the commander's order."
"I'm afraid we will be held accountable afterwards!"
However, Liu Yongfang, who was already furious at this time, would not listen to the deputy general's persuasion.
"Get lost. I will not keep these Xia people here today."
"I was not raised by my parents!"
Under Liu Yongfang's stubbornness, several Northern Ming soldiers had no choice but to use their crossbows to hit the arrows.
This percussion crossbow is an extremely powerful city defense weapon, and its style is equivalent to an enlarged version of a hand crossbow!
The crossbow arrows used are naturally large arrows made from special iron ore!
Looking at the Northern Ming soldiers on the top of the city firing their crossbows, Prime Minister Huo smiled slightly.
"Finally I'm willing to use the big one. I thought I would have to wait a long time."
"It's time to give them some fireworks, Ben will keep shooting rockets!"
"But this time, shoot at the place where we buried the explosives."
As he spoke, Huo Xiang took his longbow from his horse's back.
Together with hundreds of soldiers behind him, they drew their bows and shot rockets towards the city gate.
Looking at the place where the rocket landed , Liu Yongfang suddenly felt a little puzzled.
But he didn't think much about it at this time, he just urged his men to shoot the crossbow quickly.
But just as several soldiers aimed at Huo Xiang and others and pulled the trigger.
There was a violent tremor, and along with it there was flames all over the sky.
And that deafening explosion!
“Boom boom—”
Under the power of the explosive pack, more than half of the city gate of Xianghong County collapsed instantly.
The defenders who were originally standing on the top of the city were also buried under the ruins of the city wall.
For a moment, the entire ruins of the city gate were filled with wailing.
Liu Yongfang struggled to crawl out of the ruins, but he had lost his right arm.
His entire body was covered with dozens of wounds.
Looking at the ruins around him, Liu Yongfang knelt on the ground weakly.
"Damn Xia people, I...don't accept it!"
After using up the last of his strength to roar at the night sky, Liu Yongfang fell on the ruins!
Outside the camp of the Northern Army outside the city , tens of thousands of Northern Army soldiers had already formed their battle formations.
As the sound of explosion and flames were heard, Jiang Chen, who was wearing a black gown, opened his eyes.
"It seems that Xiang Huo has succeeded. Pass on my orders."
"All troops will attack and take down Xianghong County!"
Following Jiang Chen's order, 100,000 Northern Border infantrymen came like a tide.
Following Jiang Chen, Han Zhong and Du Mingyu, they rushed towards Xianghong County City.
At the same time, Wang Guoan, who was awakened by the explosion, also realized that the city gate had been broken.
Without thinking too much, Wang Guoan immediately rushed out of the temporary residence with his spear.
Behind him, more than 20,000 Northern Ming soldiers, wearing armor and carrying weapons, rushed towards the collapsed city wall .
Seeing Wang Guoan's army responding quickly, Jiang Chen, who was on horseback, couldn't help but have a hint of approval in his eyes.
Compared with the defenders of the capital of Xu Song, the Northern Ming army led by Wang Guoan.
He didn't seem to be panic at all, and could even be said to be well-trained!
But think about it, after the city was besieged by Jiang Chen's army.
Wang Guoan set an example by living as close to the city gate as possible.
In order to enable the soldiers under his command to quickly rush to the support of various city gates.
Wang Guoan even demolished several houses and cleared a road!
While Wang Guoan led his troops to the broken city gate to resist Jiang Chen's army.
The young man in white shirt who lived in the county magistrate's mansion was also awakened by the explosion.
Listening to the shouts and screams coming from all over the city, the young man in white shirt shook his head helplessly.
He sighed and said, "I took all possible precautions, but I still couldn't prevent it!"
"Could it be that Jiang Chen really has the help of gods?!"
Just as the young man in white was sighing, a team of soldiers in white robes and armor rushed in.
"Mr. Bai, I'm afraid Xianghong County can no longer be defended."
"Hurry up, we'll escort you out of the city!"
The leading general said anxiously that the identity of the young man in white shirt was very important.
If the young man in white falls into Jiang Chen's hands, the entire Beiming will be finished!
Faced with the general's urging, the young man in white nodded.
"I see. Let's go. I hope it's not too late."
After the young man in white shirt finished speaking, he followed a group of white robed soldiers out of the county magistrate's mansion.
At this time, on the ruins of the collapsed city wall, Wang Guoan was fighting with more than 20,000 soldiers.
With their desperate resistance, they actually resisted the attack of Jiang Chen's army!
Jiang Chen's army launched four consecutive charges but failed to break through Wang Guoan's defense line.
Looking at Wang Guoan's fearless troops, Jiang Chen couldn't help but speak with admiration.
"This Wang Guoan is a talented person. He can actually withstand our attack."
Du Mingyu, who was standing by, heard this and immediately started to feel hot inside.
"My lord, if Wang Guoan can do it, I can do it too!"
"My lord, wait a minute. I will lead my 50,000 soldiers to charge forward!"
As Du Mingyu said this, he was about to ride his horse out.
But before he could react, Jiang Chen stopped him.
"Old Du, can't you change your impatience?"
"Yuan Hao, let Han Zhong retreat, and you lead the musketeers up!"
Hearing Jiang Chen's order, Yuan Hao on the side bowed and accepted the order.
"I obey your orders!"
