With a million soldiers, the empress begged me not to rebel

On the city wall, Chisha looked at the Zhang family cavalry wandering outside the city and sneered in his heart:

Want to break down my city gate? It won't be that easy!

He turned to Sharifei and said:

"Sha Lifei, take your men and closely monitor the movements outside the city. If you discover any unusual movements by the Zhang family army, report it immediately!"

Sharifei took the order and left, patrolling the city wall with a team of soldiers.

As night fell, a blazing bonfire was lit outside the city.

The soldiers of Zhang's army sat around the campfire, eating dry food and talking in low voices.

Zhang Xinwang sat in the main tent, brows furrowed, thinking hard about how to attack the city.

The city walls of Liangzhou Prefecture are tall and strong, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Without siege equipment, it would be very difficult to break through the city gate.

Zhang Xinwang angrily threw the tiger talisman in his hand onto the table, making a crisp sound.

The firelight reflected on his face, flickering, adding a bit of sinisterness.

He paced back and forth. The tent was silent except for his heavy breathing and the rustling of armor.

"Report—Sir, a large number of spent rockets abandoned by the Red Sand Army were found outside the city!"

The silence inside the tent was broken by the soldiers' reports coming from outside the tent.

Zhang Xinwang stopped suddenly.

"Rockets? How many?"

"My Lord, they are piled up like mountains, countless!"

Zhang Xinwang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a sneer.

He picked up the tiger talisman on the table and carefully observed the patterns on it.

He slowly stroked his fingers along the lines, thinking about something.

Suddenly, an idea came to my mind.

"Pass the order down, gather all the rockets captured by the Red Sand Army outside the city!"

Zhang Xinwang's voice was sonorous and powerful, with authority.

"Sir, what are you..."

The deputy general on the side was a little puzzled and asked doubtfully.

"Siege!"

Zhang Xinwang said this in a decisive tone, his eyes flashing with excitement.

The deputy general suddenly realized and quickly took the order and left.

The soldiers of the Zhang family army acted quickly and carried bundles of rockets captured from the Chisha army outside the city to the city gate.

They bundled the rockets together to make simple battering rams.

It was heavy and smelled strongly of gunpowder.

In the darkness of night, the soldiers were busy carrying these "siege bags".

Against the backdrop of the firelight, it created a strange scene.

The Chisha Army soldiers on the city wall also discovered the movement below the city with the help of the firelight.

They all leaned out to watch and talk about it.

"What are they going to do?"

"I don't know. Are they planning to attack the city with rockets?"

"How can this be?"

Sharifei also noticed the movement outside the city and felt a little uneasy.

He quickly ran to Chisha, pointed at the city and said, "General, look..."

Chisha looked in the direction of Sarifei's finger, and his expression became solemn.

Although he didn't know what Zhang Jiajun was going to do.

But he instinctively felt that a dangerous aura was approaching.

"Ready to fight!"

Chisha gave the order in a deep voice, with a hint of fierceness in his eyes.

The Chisha Army soldiers on the city wall immediately took action, strung their bows and arrows, prepared rolling logs and stones, and were ready for battle.

Under the city, Zhang's army soldiers had already prepared a simple battering ram.

"Charge!" Following Zhang Xinwang's order, the soldiers shouted in unison.

Using all his strength, he slammed the battering ram against the city gate.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the city gate shook violently, making a teeth-grinding creaking sound.

Dust fell from the city wall.

"Come again!"

Zhang Xinwang gave the order again.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The violent crash echoed in the night sky, one after another, as deafening as the beating of drums.

The city gate was crumbling and looked like it would collapse at any moment.

The huge vibration caused by the collision made the Chisha Army soldiers on the city wall unstable and staggered.

Although the city wall of Liangzhou Prefecture is high, it is not built with large stones or blue bricks, but with rammed earth.

After all, building a city wall is very expensive.

Not every city has walls, and not all of them are made of bricks and stones.

Only Lu Yan's Shannan Prefecture was like an iron wall, and ordinary siege equipment had no effect on it.

Upon seeing this, General Chisha in the city immediately organized his soldiers to fight back with rolling logs, rocks and rockets.

A huge log rolled down from the city wall and hit the battering ram, making a dull sound.

Rockets streaked across the night sky, whistling sharply, and shot towards the Zhang family army soldiers under the city.

Soldiers from both sides engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle under the city wall, with shouts of killing shaking the sky.

Arrows rained down, flames shot up into the sky, and the scene was in chaos.

The soldiers of the Zhang family army braved the rain of arrows and falling rocks, and fought hard to ram the city gate without retreating.

The soldiers of the Chisha Army also fought desperately and used various means to prevent the Zhang family army from attacking the city.

After several rounds of collision, there was a deafening roar.

The city gate collapsed with a loud bang, wood chips flew everywhere, and dust filled the air.

"kill!"

Zhang Tianba took the lead, holding up his war hammer, and jumped in through the gap in the broken city gate.

He was like a tiger descending from the mountain, unstoppable.

The Chisha Army soldiers in the city were caught off guard and were immediately thrown to the ground.

Blood splattered, staining Zhang Tianba's hammer red.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang's army soldiers poured into the city like a tide and engaged in fierce street fighting with the Chisha army.

In the narrow streets, soldiers from both armies fought hand-to-hand, and the shouts of killing shook the earth.

Swords flashed and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

Broken limbs and arms were scattered all over the ground.

The soldiers of the Zhang family army were brave and fearless, and fought bravely against the enemy.

The spears, swords and axes in their hands reaped the lives of the Red Sand Army.

Although the soldiers of the Chisha Army were defeated, they still put up a stubborn resistance.

They used houses, streets and other terrain to fight a desperate battle with Zhang's army soldiers.

General Chisha led the remaining troops in a fighting and retreating battle, and finally retreated to the city lord's mansion.

Zhang Xinwang led a large army to surround the government office, preparing to launch the final general attack.

He stood in front of the City Lord's Mansion, looking at the closed door, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

"Tianba!" Zhang Xinwang shouted loudly.

"Brother!" Zhang Tianba responded in a muffled voice while carrying a sledgehammer.

"Smash it for me!"

Zhang Xinwang pointed at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion and gave a stern order.

"okay!"

Zhang Tianba grinned, swung his sledgehammer, and strode towards the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

The muscles in his arms bulged as he raised the huge hammer high in his hands.

The hammer head gleamed coldly in the firelight.

He shouted loudly, and the huge hammer smashed against the door with a sound of wind.

"Boom!"

The door remained motionless, leaving only a shallow dent.

Zhang Tianba frowned and spat.

"This door is pretty solid!"

He took a few steps back, swung the sledgehammer again, and smashed it down with all his strength.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" After three consecutive hammers, a crack finally appeared in the door.

Wood chips and dust flew and filled the air.

The torches in the mansion made Zhang Xinwang's face flicker.

He watched Zhang Tianba's actions, his brows furrowed, and his right hand unconsciously tightened the hilt of the knife.

"General, this gate is so strong, why don't we find another way?"

Zhang Xinwang turned his head and glanced at the deputy general, and said in a deep voice:

"No need! I've made up my mind! I must win today!"

Seeing that Zhang Xinwang had made up his mind, the deputy general said no more and just stood aside silently.