Chapter 452

How can human power trigger heavenly thunder?! Could it be that the other party really has the help of gods and ghosts?!

"Hold on! Don't be chaotic! That's sorcery! It's a blindfold!"

Murong Ke roared hoarsely, trying to stabilize the army's heart.

But even his own voice was trembling; he knew this was definitely not a blindfold!

That terrifying power and the scene of destroying the world completely subverted his cognition of war!

"General! The city gate tower! They... they are aiming at the city gate tower!" The Vice General was covered in blood, pointing forward and shouting in horror.

Murong Ke turned his head abruptly, only to see the second wave of black dots had already whistled! The target was the city gate tower of Tongguan!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

More violent explosions exploded near the city gate tower!

The sturdy brick and stone structure was like paper in the face of the terrifying explosion, and a corner of the huge city tower collapsed abruptly!

Bricks, stones, and wooden beams mixed with the corpses of the defenders were all blown into the air and smashed heavily in front of the closed city gate!

"City gate! Quick! Block the gap!"

Murong Ke struggled to climb up; the city gate tower had collapsed, and the city gate hole was exposed!

And once the city gate is broken...

Just at this moment, the third wave of attacks followed!

This time, Han Xiao's target was more precise, and it was the exposed city gate hole area!

"Load! Quick! Aim at the city gate! Bomb it open for me!"

Han Xiao's voice carried uncontrollable excitement; this kind of battle was too easy to fight, simply a one-sided crushing.

This thing was what Jiang Jinshi said was something from the Yongle Encyclopedia, but the progress of current production was not fast, so the reserve was not much, basically all transported to Han Xiao, the purpose was to completely take Tongguan.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

This explosion made the Western Liang army even more desperate; in their eyes, the sturdy city gate broke and twisted in the fire!

The foundation of the city wall near the city gate was blown with gravel flying, and cracks appeared!

"Hold on! Hold on for me!"

Murong Ke still did not give up, trying to organize an effective defense; he was a general, and if even he gave up, the soldiers would have no way to live.

But the city wall was already in chaos; the soldiers were completely scared by the "heavenly thunder" they had never seen before, some kneeling and kowtowing to pray for the gods' forgiveness, some throwing away their weapons and holding their heads and fleeing.

Only a few of the fiercest personal guards were still shooting arrows and throwing rolling logs and stones downward under the scolding of the officers.

Han Xiao looked at the collapse of the Western Liang army on the city wall, without a shred of pity in his eyes.

Murong Ke knew that if this continued, Tongguan would definitely be finished!

He had to find a way to reorganize morale, at least to temporarily block the Ming Army.

The Vice General came forward at the right time to wail: "General, let's retreat!! The brothers can't hold on!"

In Murong Ke's view, it was not that the Beijiang Ming Army was brave, but that the weapon used by the other party was too terrifying.

But he found a detail, that is, the Ming Army did not have a fourth wave of such attacks, but instead, the infantry began to launch an attack on the broken city gate.

If there was a huge storage of such weapons, the Ming Army would not have been deadlocked with them for so long at the beginning, plus now those catapults had stopped working, all of which were enough to explain one thing.

The Ming Army did not have many such weapons in their hands, and even... they had used them up to blow open the city gate of Tongguan.

This news was a glimmer of hope in despair for Murong Ke; as long as the other party did not have such weapons, then the subsequent hand-to-hand combat would still have the strength to fight.

Although the geographical advantage of the city wall was gone, if they fought head-on... who was afraid of whom??

Thinking of this, Murong Ke immediately said to the Vice General: "Quick! Organize the sons to meet the enemy, they don't have that iron lump anymore!"

The Vice General's horror had not yet faded, and hearing this, he hesitated and said: "Murong General... the city gate... has already been broken..."

Seeing that the Vice General had been completely scared by the Ming Army, Murong Ke knew that if even the Vice General was like this, where would the ordinary soldiers have any morale?

But the situation was very critical, and Murong Ke had no time to say too much, directly bypassing the Vice General and standing at the highest point of the city wall.

"Sons of Western Liang!! The Ming Army no longer has the weapon just now, everyone stand up... pick up the weapons in your hands... meet the enemy!!"

Many people on the city wall heard this from Murong Ke, but no one believed what he said, it was still a mess, and some soldiers even threw away their weapons and fled the city wall.

Seeing this, Murong Ke gritted his teeth, grabbed a deserter who wanted to leave, raised the big knife in his hand, and slashed down without mercy.

"The enemy is in front, anyone who retreats or avoids battle! Kill without mercy!"

On the city wall, the short chaos and collapse of the Western Liang defenders were forcibly suppressed by Murong Ke with iron-blooded means.

He slashed two soldiers who were screaming and fleeing backward with his own hands, and then immediately began to deploy: "Block the gap! Use corpses to block it for me! Anyone who retreats, cut! Families will be implicated!"

His personal guard team took the lead, using the back of their blades and long spears to drive the soul-lost soldiers toward the fatal gap.

Bricks, sandbags, and even the remains of fallen comrades were piled up in a mess, trying to build a new barrier before Han Xiao's army rushed in.

Murong Ke stood not far behind the gap, his armor covered in dust and blood.

He looked at the twisted city gate, his heart cold.

Tongguan was lost, and the gateway to Western Liang was wide open.

Luoyang? How long can Luoyang hold?

Prince... He remembered Wei Wenlie's angry and suspicious eyes, and Si Wushuang's deep anxiety.

Tongguan was lost in his hands; even if he could return alive, what would be waiting for him and the Murong family? Stripped of titles? Imprisoned? Or... extermination of the whole family?

So... even if he died, he couldn't retreat! Dying here, at least the loyal name of the Murong family would still be there!

At least... the family might be preserved!

He gripped the weapon in his hand tightly, and only one kind of belief remained in his eyes, life from death.

"Han Xiao!"

Murong Ke's voice carried ruthlessness. "If you have the ability, step over my corpse!"

Outside the pass, Han Xiao looked at the short chaos of the Western Liang army on the city wall, and then, under Murong Ke's suppression, they miraculously stabilized their position and began to frantically block the city gate gap, his brow furrowed.

Murong Ke was indeed not wrong; the number of "Heavenly Thunder" brought by Han Xiao was limited, and the pouring just now had almost exhausted the inventory.

This thing was powerful, but it was not easy to manufacture, and transportation was difficult; Jiang Jinshi and Wang Hou spent a lot of effort to gather these family assets and send them to him to break the pass.

Now the things were gone, but the good news was that the gate of Tongguan had been blown open.

"General, Heavenly Thunder... is gone." The centurion in charge of the equipment reported.

Han Xiao nodded expressionlessly, his eyes staring fixedly at the city gate gap that was being frantically blocked by Western Liang soldiers.

Time waits for no one! Once Murong Ke completely blocks the gap, or waits for reinforcements from the Luoyang direction, this Tongguan will really become a hard bone that cannot be gnawed, and the huge sacrifice paid before will be in vain!