Chapter 284

"Dog officers and soldiers, try the good things that uncle has prepared for you..."

Wang Xiaowu excitedly took out the fire fold, lit the lead, and then cut the rope. He saw a powder bag tied to the edge of the basket falling down quickly.

The officers and soldiers on this section of the city almost raised their heads and looked at the growing black spots.

"Boom!"

A moment later, the gunpowder bag hit the city head and sent out a shocking explosion. Countless soldiers were blown up, and the rolling black smoke rose into the air.

Then came a dozen loud noises.

On the several mile long wall, at least half of the people were killed and injured, and the others were stunned and lying on the ground.

Wang Xiaowu, lying on the side of the basket, fell into the basket and fainted directly at the moment of the explosion.

And the other nineteen were similar.

Even the hot-air balloons shook, and two broke the rope and floated away.

King Qin was shocked to see that the whole hot-air balloon was wrapped in black smoke. The secret road was hasty. It should be higher or less gunpowder.

"Xiang... Xiang Gong, this... This is too scary!"

The red warbler on one side looked at the explosion effect on the head of the city and couldn't close his mouth. Several counselors such as Li Yan and Niu Jinxing were also stunned.

Obviously, people sitting in hot-air balloons can not be shocked by the example of Kong Mingdeng, but this vertical air attack really subverts their thinking.

"Attack the city!"

Qin Huan didn't care about the life and death of those hot-air balloons. He pulled out his waist knife and roared and ordered to attack the city.

The drumming of war drums suddenly woke up more than 10000 Chinese troops immersed in the explosion just now. They rushed up one after another, pushing the ladder and shouting, and their morale was unprecedentedly high.

Although each hot-air balloon just threw a powder bag down, it almost accurately hit the head of the city.

Thousands of people were killed and injured. After the explosion stopped, all the soldiers rushed down the city like crazy. Obviously, they were frightened by the scene just now.

After Yang Sichang got up from the ground, there was a mess at the head of the city. His ears hummed and stood there foolishly. Chen Hongfan shouted several times before he reacted.

"Department, Department..."

"Yang Butang..."

"Ah, what's up?"

"Department hall, the soldiers are scared to collapse by the means of the thief army. What should we do?"

"What? Hurry up, hurry to maintain order. Those who dare to escape without authorization will be killed without amnesty. We must stop this wave of attack. "

After Yang Sichang recovered, he was startled at the sight of the scene and shouted quickly.

At the moment, he also calmed down. Although the thief army's means are unpredictable, as long as they block the first wave of attack, the soldiers will not be so frightened as this time.

However, even many junior military officers were stunned by the scene just now. At the moment, their heads are still a ball of paste, not to mention ordinary soldiers.

For a time, it was impossible to stop the fleeing soldiers. Even the soldiers who stayed at the head of the city looked at the top of their head and at the soldiers and horses under the city. They all turned pale and their legs trembled.

"Kill!"

The Chinese army quickly pushed the ladder to the root of the wall. A famous Chinese soldier jumped onto the city and began to fight.

More than half of the cauldrons on the top of the city were overturned, resulting in the loss of fire oil and dung to deal with the ladder. In addition, more than half of the people were lost, so that the Chinese Army almost killed the city in one go.

Yang Sichang was also anxious, so he had to constantly mobilize troops to drive the Chinese army down, and Qin Huan also constantly sent troops to reinforce him.

As for the 20 hot-air balloons, those that didn't float away were taken back, five of them were smoked alive, and all the hot-air balloons were blackened by the smoked black paint.

The two sides fought fiercely until the afternoon, with heavy casualties, but the Ming army was unable to drive the Chinese army down the city.

At dusk, the Chinese Army gradually gained the upper hand and began to kill under the wall. More and more Chinese troops followed suit and climbed to the top of the city.

"Don't return, kill me..."

"Department hall, the general situation is gone and can't be stopped. You'd better withdraw quickly!"

"Nonsense, we still have thirty or forty thousand troops. How can we not stop it? Kill them all... "

Watching more and more Ming soldiers being killed escape from the city, Yang Sichang's red eyes, waving a sword and constantly tearing and roaring.

This makes a kind of general around him anxious.

"Department hall, you'd better retreat into the Palace first and stick to the aid, otherwise everything will rest!"

"Yes, Lu Xiangsheng still has 100000 troops and horses, Nanzhang and Baokang also have more than 10000 troops and horses. As long as the palace is guarded, Xiangyang City is still not lost."

Yang Sichang also woke up from his madness, nodded quickly, and then retreated to the palace with his troops and horses.

At this time, the whole Xiangyang City had been in chaos. Although many large gentry had fled the City long ago, there were too many people in the city, resulting in countless people flocking to Nancheng to escape from the city.

The streets were blocked and countless people were trampled to death. There were screams and panic everywhere. Local ruffians, hooligans and routed soldiers took advantage of the fire and made a lot of money before they fled outside the city.

When Yang Sichang retreated to the palace with his troops, King Xiang had packed all his belongings and was preparing to run for his life.

"Yang Sichang, you came just in time. Hurry to escort the king out of the city."

"Your Highness, you must not. The palace walls of the Royal Palace are tall. There are thousands of troops in the hands of the lower officials. With the royal palace guards, you can definitely hold on for a period of time, wait for the reinforcements to arrive and recapture the head of Xiangyang City."

Yang Sichang hurried.

"Nonsense, do you think I didn't see the explosion at the head of the city this morning? If the thief army throws gunpowder with Kong Mingdeng again, how do you deal with it? "

"Don't worry, Lord. I was just caught off guard by the thief army in the afternoon. Now I'm ready. I'll never let the thief Army take advantage of it again."

"Father, what else do you tell him?

Hurry up, or it will be too late. The red lady is the original Hong Luan Ying. Once she catches us, she will never let us go. "

Prince Xiang's son was anxious to jump. Obviously, he was more anxious than anyone. As for the princess on the side, she had long been scared out of color.

Obviously, the name of the Chinese army and the preferences of a king are well known all over the world. They are afraid of being caught by the Xiaohua king, sucking up blood alive or eating it raw.

Although King Xiang was reluctant to give up the magnificent palace and many things left behind, he dared not gamble at all because it was related to the lives of the whole family. Therefore, despite Yang Sichang's obstruction, he simply took the guard out of the palace with carts, carts and countless palace maidens and eunuchs.

This made Yang Sichang jump to his feet, because in his opinion, King Xiang was safer to stay in the palace than to escape from the city.

But they had to send a thousand soldiers to protect them out of the city, and then they kept gathering the defeated soldiers and hiding in the palace, ready to hold on.

Finally, tens of thousands of troops and horses were gathered.

It's no wonder that Yang Sichang has the confidence to stick to the Royal Palace, because the Royal Palace of Xiangyang occupies half of the area, and the palace wall is almost no different from the city wall.

Not to mention the general county and Fucheng, it is not much worse than the city wall of Xiangyang. It is a living inner city.