Chapter 173 Withdraw 1

Lucheng was broken. It means something that no one has thought of. No one in the Xuanming Empire will think that Lucheng will be the first city to be broken. But that's how it happened. Lucheng was defeated by the enemy in the incredible eyes of everyone.

No one knows what happened that night. It was the second day after Ye Feng left Lucheng and set foot on Yicheng. It was a starry night. Normally, this kind of sunny night is not suitable for night fighting by siege troops. Although the guards of Lucheng have not been replaced because of this. However, many people still relax their vigilance a little. There must be nothing going on tonight. This is the inner thought of many soldiers guarding the city. Even Ling Gaofeng is a little relaxed. During the dinner, I also had a few drinks. With a little drunkenness. Ling Gaofeng went back to the room and lay down. Such a long time. He hasn't had many relaxing nights like today. Now that God has given him this opportunity. If you don't grasp it well. Isn't it too bad? Ling Gaofeng fell asleep, and many soldiers also fell asleep. They all seized this rare break. Relax the exhausted body and mind that have been tortured by this war.

In this slightly relaxed atmosphere, the bright moon moved from the position of the mountain to the middle sky above the moon. The cold moonlight spread all over the continent, and there is no stingy Lucheng. The whole city is bathed in this water-like moonlight, which looks so magnificent. This grandeur is different from the momentum in the sun during the day. Instead, it looks a little mysterious under the moonlight. However, this is not destined to be a peaceful night. In the middle of the moon, except that the light is dim than the day, it is almost no different from the day. People with good eyesight can rarely see 100 meters away from the wall. It was without much restriction of vision that a dark shadow quietly came under the gate of Lucheng and saw his hand gently put on the huge gate of Lucheng. Then, he swept back and forth a few times on the gate of Lucheng like a touch. Then he left quietly as he came. No one noticed him. Even the most alert personality will not notice this shadow. Shortly after the shadow left, the Tianma Empire launched an attack.

The attack came too suddenly. However, the soldiers defending the city did not panic. They have already practiced extremely fast reaction speed. The commander on the wall was even more unsurprised. Orders were issued from his mouth in an orderly manner. Under his order, the combatants were immediately arranged on the wall. Quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

The general didn't even ask people to inform Ling Gaofeng. This is not the first time they have faced this situation. Every time the enemy launched an attack, but each time except for leaving countless corpses. The enemy doesn't get any benefits. Moreover, the defensive power of Lucheng is not comparable to that of other cities. Because this is the headquarters of the front line. The power here can be said to be the strongest on the front line. The price of trying to break through here is extraordinary. Therefore, the general just sneered at the approaching enemy. He gave the order of free attack. At this time, in the face of these enemies, he no longer has to tell the soldiers what to do.

The enemy's marched faster than the general expected. When the general saw that the enemy's front troops were actually a large number of cavalry, he couldn't even believe his eyes. After rubbing his eyes and holding a torch for a closer look and making sure that the enemy's forward troops were really cavalry, he laughed. Is the enemy's commander stupid? How dare you send cavalry to die? The general was a little stunned. Anyone who knew a little military knowledge knew that cavalry was basically useless in the siege. If the enemy sends cavalry to participate in the siege, unless the gate has been broken and the street battle is to be carried out. However, at this time, the enemy launched an attack and let the cavalry go. This... The general thinks that the enemy's commander is out of his mind. However, even the enemy commander's brain is broken. But the guards of Lucheng are still awake. Seeing the enemy sending cavalry to charge, he immediately issued the order to attack. The speed of the cavalry is very fast. If the cavalry approaches, it will not be so easy to attack them. With an order, feathers and arrows covered the area of the cavalry charge like a swarm of locusts. However, the enemy's cavalry is fully armed. The penetration of feather arrows can't penetrate the armor of the cavalry at all. Only a few unlucky cavalry were shot in an area that could not be covered by armor by feather arrows. The horse fell off. Then he was run over by later cavalry. Obviously, it can't be done. And these unlucky people are quite small, and there is no damage to the whole cavalry. Cavalry rushed towards Lucheng like a torrent. As they approached Lucheng, the whole cavalry changed their formation as they marched. From a phalanx to a triangular formation. The target is directly pointing to the gate of Lucheng City.

"What are they going to do?" When the general saw the formation of the enemy cavalry, he really didn't know what the enemy had paid attention to. It is very unreasonable to charge with cavalry first. And now he is still ready to use cavalry to attack the city gate. Isn't this suicide? If the gate of the city could be washed open by the cavalry, how could the siege equipment be invented? Regardless of the size of the city, the gate serves as the gateway to the city. It is the first line of defense in the city. Not only is the construction material of the city gate made of iron wood with a weight comparable to fine iron, but also wrapped a layer of iron sheet on this basis. In the city, there are three horizontal bars weighing 100 catties as the gate bolts. All of these ensure that the defense force of the city gate cannot be broken by manpower. However, now that the enemy does this, it is definitely not that the enemy's commander's brain is broken. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and the general feels that something is wrong.

"You guys. Come with me. The rest of the people continued to attack. For the sake of safety. The general still decided to take someone to the gate to check it. Although, there will be a 100-person team guard at the gate every day. I don't think there will be any problems. Even if the enemy's spies sneak in and want to open the gate, they can't do it. Because except for the opening device of 50 people guarding the gate. There are still 50 people guarding under the gate. Once there is a battle below. The defenders above will leave the opening mechanism that destroys the gate, so that the enemy can't open the gate. The general first took the people to the place of the guard. Seeing that the organ was intact, the number of guards was also quite large. The uneasiness in my heart also weakened a little. Then he continued to take people to the gate. He did it just to make sure. If you don't need a mechanism. Even if the enemy killed all the guards under the city. It can't open the city gate at all. Maybe I have too much heart." The general shook his head. I don't know why, but the uneasy feeling in my heart has never disappeared. But as it gets closer and closer to the gate. Instead, it became heavier.

"Hmm? This is... not good." It is still a hundred steps away from the gate, but there is a faint smell of blood in the air. If this is a battlefield, it is normal to have a smell of blood, but the general obviously smelled some different smells from this smell of blood. This is the smell of people who will die for no more than two hours. However, it has been at least half a day since the last battle. And now the enemy has just attacked. The smell of blood is far from spreading here. After smelling this bloody smell, the general thought of a terrible consequence. It doesn't matter the soldiers behind him. One man rushed to the gate.

"This is..." When he saw the scene at the gate, the general was stunned. The fifty soldiers assigned to be on duty at the gate are lying on the ground at this moment, and blood has flowed from each of their seven orifices. Obviously, he has already died. However, the general turned over several people's bodies and did not return even a trace of the wound. How on earth did these people die? However, now is not the time to guess these, and the most important thing is the gate. As long as there is no problem with the gate, the enemy will have no effect even if they kill these soldiers. But the moment when the general raised his head. His whole body was suddenly fixed there.

What did he see? He saw that the three door bolts that were originally above the gate had been broken from the middle at this time, but the two ends of the break did not fall off the gate, but hung obliquely on the gate, like three arrows. The direction pointed by the arrow is above the gate. The general was stunned. It's not that he didn't have enough imagination, but even if he wanted to break his head, he wouldn't expect that someone could break the bolt from the middle. This is not an ordinary wooden stick. As long as there is enough strength, it can be broken. Especially if it is not taken down. What the hell is going on with him?

"Quick. Go and report it to the general. It is said that the enemy has entered the city. Also, hurry up and pull out the horses on both sides of the gate. Pull it out quickly. Otherwise..." The general is not a fool. He saw that the bolt of the gate was broken, and then thought that the enemy had sent cavalry to attack. I immediately expected something bad. He shouted loudly with his men who rushed behind him. It is impossible to block the city gate now. The best way is to say that the horses on both sides of the gate are blocked to stop the enemy's cavalry attack. Then slowly destroy the enemies who enter the city. The general's response was timely. The decision was also made correctly. However, there is not enough time. He hasn't finished his words yet. There was a loud noise from the gate behind him. The two gates opened suddenly, and the last sight of the guard saw the world was a huge log, which was held tightly by the enemy's cavalry. Only one front end of the log is exposed. The rest are hidden among the cavalry.

"It's over..." This is the last thought of the general. Then, he was submerged by the surging cavalry. And those men behind him were also not spared.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night. After the cavalry rushed into Lucheng, the whole Lucheng became a slaughter city. Although most of the defenders in Lucheng did not take off their armor to sleep. However, the enemy's attack was so sudden that no one thought that the enemy would attack and rushed into the city. When many soldiers rubbed their sleepy eyes and walked out of the camp, it was the long knife raised high by the enemy that greeted them. This night, the shouting and screaming became the main theme of Lucheng. After the enemy's cavalry garrisoned, the infantry immediately followed and strangled the missing soldiers after the attack. It was not until a wisp of white fish belly appeared in the east that the screams in Lucheng stopped. However, it can be seen from the sporadic screams. The killing is not over.

Lucheng was destroyed, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties. The defenders of the whole city were able to escape in the end, less than 10,000 people. Moreover, in this battle. Ling Gaofeng died in battle. This is the highest general who died in the Xuanming Empire since the beginning of the war. And with the destruction of Lucheng. The whole war has completely fallen to the Tianma Empire. Because the direct access to the imperial capital behind Lucheng is a smooth road. There is no city at the same level as Lucheng to defend. Even if there is, the enemy can bypass it. That is to say, from now on, the imperial capital of the Xuanming Empire is about to usher in the enemy's iron hooves.