Chapter 171: One Hundred and Seventy-Two. The Mighty Tang Army, Bombarding

Huang Chao had already noticed Li Ye's massive army approaching the city, and had quickly arranged for manpower to make preparations for the war. The stench emitted by the boiling stinking gold juice was unbearable, so Huang Chao and Zhou Zheng did not stay at the edge of the city wall, but stood on an arrow tower at the back, looking at the mighty army coming towards Li Ye.

Although there is a half-mile wide barrier in front of the earthen city, Li Ye may not be able to lead the army to the bottom of the earthen city to start attacking the city, but it is still very necessary to prepare things like gold juice and hot oil in case of any accidents.

Looking at Li Ye's army in front of Tucheng with an aura and oppressive feeling like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, coupled with the dark clouds in the sky, creating a depressing environment as if it was going to rain but didn't, even standing on the arrow tower at the back, Huang Chao and the others felt a tightness in their chests, and the atmosphere around them seemed particularly depressing.

Huang Chao squinted his eyes and used the help of a telescope to see the tall figure reflecting golden light on the ladder truck in the center of the enemy's formation, with a gloomy and solemn expression.

Regardless of whether he was supervising the battle or not, Huang Chao felt very depressed just by the name of Li Ye. However, Li Ye's inability to take action was indeed a good thing for the defending side.

"With such momentum, we can only say that his ability to command troops is real... If Li Ye doesn't take action in this battle, we will all be in trouble..."

Huang Chao said helplessly, and then his eyes were attracted by the carriage-like things that were surrounded by Li Ye's mighty infantrymen in the army formation. Although he didn't know what those things were, he had a bad feeling...

When Huang Chao estimated that Li Ye's army was still half a mile away from the frontier fortifications of Tucheng, he still had no idea what those carriages were used for. So he raised high the bright red flag in his hand. The wooden handle was already wet with sweat from his nervousness.

As he moved, in an instant, a fairly orderly sound of bowstrings being pulled was heard in Tucheng.

Huang Chao stared at the golden-armored general sitting on the ladder in front of him, gritted his teeth, and his eyes were exceptionally calm. Then he put down the flag in his hand and shouted:
"Fire arrows!"

As his words fell, in an instant, countless arrows suddenly made a "whoosh" sound, cutting through the sky and shooting towards Li Ye's army that was about to approach Tucheng!

From Li Ye's perspective, the arrows in the sky suddenly blocked the light in the air, and shot towards him like raindrops!
"All troops, raise your shields."

However, despite the shocking scene of thousands of arrows being fired at the same time, Li Ye did not show any panic. He held his cheek, looked at the sky full of arrows, and ordered loudly and calmly,
"Thunder Chariots, smash those arrow towers. Heavy Crossbow Armored Chariots, wait until this round of arrow rain is over. The front row, shoot crossbows at the top of the earthen city. Light up the colorless fireworks. The back row, shoot at the antler trench in front!"

The Tang Dynasty has always been famous for its strict military discipline. This style has also influenced Li Ye, who is now sitting on the ladder, and the effect is most vividly reflected in the war at this moment.

When Li Ye's order was issued, the 10,000 elite heavy-armored infantrymen under the ladders quickly and neatly raised their shields, like an indestructible wall, to face the rain of arrows coming from Ao Luo Tu City. At this moment, the entire battlefield seemed to be frozen under the raised shields of the 10,000 elite heavy-armored infantrymen.

After they raised their shields, the Thunder Chariot placed behind them also began to move at the same time after Li Ye gave the order!

During this month, a group of soldiers who were proficient in using the Thunder Chariot were selected from the tens of thousands of troops. They stayed under the Thunder Chariot and skillfully aimed the throwing device with boulders placed long ago at the arrow tower on the other side of the earthen city.

Their eyes were extremely focused and calm, as if they didn't care at all about the rain of arrows shot at them. The heavily-armored elite infantrymen around them had already raised their shields to protect them. All they had to do was to operate the Thunder Chariot to hit the target accurately and gain greater advantage for themselves!

With a dull thud:

boom----!
The thunder chariots at the back of the army formation made a loud noise like thunder before the rain of arrows fell, and fired powerful boulders towards Heze Tucheng.

These boulders even smashed some of the arrow rain into pieces in the air, disrupting part of the arrow formation, and drew an arc, and in Huang Chao's wide-eyed eyes, they accurately hit the arrow tower on the other side of the earth city! There were subsequent loud noises!
boom--……

The boulders thrown by the Thunder Chariot drew an almost perfect arc in the air and hit the arrow towers, which were instantly destroyed. The soldiers who were drawing their bows and drawing arrows on them screamed before they could even react, and fell down with the collapse of the arrow towers. Some of the unlucky ones even came into close contact with the boulders, and blood splattered on the spot!
The enemy troops on the city wall were also caught off guard by this sudden attack.

At this moment, the entire battlefield was shocked.

Whether it was the unparalleled execution and unity demonstrated by the Tang Dynasty's army, or these unheard-of siege equipment, the attacks they launched were like thunder and lightning, making it impossible for the enemy to resist and caught them off guard!

After just one round of fighting, they proved with their actions that they were a truly elite force in every aspect, an army that could exert maximum combat effectiveness at any time!
Huang Chao, who was originally on an arrow tower, was caught off guard by this sudden ghost thing. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and the round stone that hit the arrow tower where they were only hit the support below, so Zhou Zheng and Huang Chao jumped out in time and landed on the city wall. They stared in amazement at Li Ye's army, which was just covered by the rain of arrows and had already raised their shields...

"Is this a catapult?"

"It seems so, but the catapult is so large and difficult to operate. How come it can not only move with the Tang army, but also fire so accurately?"

(End of this chapter)