Luo Tian gathered the soldiers guarding the city gate together and said to them, "There are many enemy troops outside now. It is difficult to win by fighting hard. I have a plan to eliminate the enemy troops outside. You must listen to my command. Those who disobey my order will be executed!"
The soldiers replied: "Yes, sir."
Luo Tian then revealed his plan and called it a plan of catching a turtle in a jar. After receiving the order, the defenders all lay in ambush.
The soldiers guarding the gate found the right opportunity and suddenly opened the gate at the moment when the broken wood hit the city gate. The enemy troops attacking the gate rushed in directly, and soon a team of defenders captured them.
Unlike the last time, after the city gate was opened, it was not closed immediately, but remained open. The enemy thought the city gate had been breached and quickly sent a train team to rush towards the city gate.
Trains rushed into the city. Before the enemy had time to launch a fire attack, the defenders lying in ambush on all sides jumped onto the trains and killed the enemy soldiers on the trains by surprise. Soon the trains fell into the hands of the defenders.
Seeing that the train team had successfully entered the city, the cavalry team also galloped into the city gate. At this time, the archers around the city gate opened their bows and shot arrows. The cavalry who entered the city were quickly shot off their horses and were surrounded by the defenders.
The infantry team following behind the cavalry was a large force in the enemy army. When they saw that the train team and cavalry team in front had already entered the city, they relaxed their vigilance and rushed into the city.
At this time, the defenders who controlled the trains were dispatched. They drove the trains towards the enemy troops entering the city. The enemy troops thought it was their own train fleet and were completely unprepared. As a result, streams of fire sprayed out from the trains and quickly engulfed them.
The infantry teams were very close together, and when one of them caught fire, he would desperately try to put out the fire, and would naturally ask for help from his teammates. Luo Tian guessed this and arranged a team of defenders to pour oil on the enemy soldiers entering the city. After the soldiers who were not on fire were poured with oil, they were touched by the teammates who were on fire and soon caught fire.
As a result, the enemy troops who entered the city quickly became people on fire, and the entire team was on fire. The soldiers howled in pain and ran around like pigs avoiding slaughter, but they could not find water to put out the fire, so they could only be burned to death.
The enemy troops who had not yet entered the city had heard the terrible screams of their teammates, and thought they were ambushed and killed, so they turned around and ran outside in fear. Soon the entire enemy army was in chaos, and they ran around like wild horses, no longer caring about the commander's orders, and only hoped to quickly escape from this hell in front of them.
Seeing the opportunity, Luo Tian shouted loudly: "Let's rush out and kill them all."
The defenders followed Luo Tian out of the city gate and charged at the fleeing enemy. The enemy archers, seeing that the situation was hopeless, stopped shooting and just fled in all directions.
Dugu Yun saw that the rain of arrows had disappeared, so he commanded the archers on the city wall to switch from defense to offense and shoot fiercely at the enemy. This time it was the turn of the rain of arrows to cover the enemy.
Under the charge of Luo Tian and the defenders, corpses were everywhere outside the city gate. Many enemy soldiers were also shot and lay on the ground. The situation was quickly reversed, and the defense of the South Gate was a great victory.
Luo Tian returned to the city and ordered the guards to close the city gates. He said to Dugu Yun, "Master, although the South Gate and East Gate have been defended, in case of enemy counterattack, you lead the guards to continue guarding, and I will lead some of the guards to the North Gate and West Gate to support Rubin and Sharp."
Dugu Yun nodded and said, "No problem, let's go quickly. Once the West Gate and North Gate are cleared, Roger's troops will be almost wiped out by us."
Luo Tian led part of the defenders to advance towards the west gate first. Now half of Roger's men had been killed. Judging from the comparison of military strength, the two sides were evenly matched. Even if they had to fight a protracted war with the other side, they would definitely not be afraid.
Rubin had been in charge of leading the troops, and although he had not encountered war in recent years, he often conducted mock exercises, so he was able to deal with Roger's army with ease. Under the tight defense organized by him, the enemy troops at the west gate were unable to do anything, and many of them were annihilated by Rubin.
After Luo Tian arrived at the west gate, he went directly to the gate tower to find Rubin and asked about the battle situation.
"I have repelled five rounds of their attacks. The enemy suffered heavy losses in each round. If they continue like this, I don't think they can hold on for much longer." Rubin said, pointing at the enemy troops outside the city.
"Father chose you to lead the army. Looking across the Heavenly King District, there is really no one more suitable than you." Luo Tian praised.
"Prince, you are too kind. I am only doing my duty. I never thought Roger would openly rebel. Now he has lost the East Gate and the South Gate, and there is no chance of winning the West Gate. I am afraid the only breakthrough point is the North Gate. I am worried that he will get desperate and concentrate all his forces to attack the North Gate. Then Sharp will be in danger." Rubin guessed.
"Master Rubin, the enemy has retreated." An officer reported to Rubin.
"Just as I expected, they went north." Rubin said, pointing in the direction the enemy was marching.
"Uncle Rubin, you stay here and guard the west gate to prevent them from counterattacking. I will take a part of the garrison to the north gate to support Sharp and try to wipe out Roger's military forces in one fell swoop." Luo Tian said.
"Then you must be careful. As the saying goes, they are at the end of the road. They may block all their strength at the north gate and fight hard." Rubin reminded.
Luo Tian led the defenders to run towards the north gate. At this time, Sharp was struggling to resist the enemy's attack. It was obvious that the enemy troops were getting more and more. He had used all kinds of equipment. Although he repelled the enemy's attacks four times, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Now was the time to test their willpower.
After Luo Tian rushed to the north gate, he met up with Sharp.
"The enemy troops are growing in number, and my men can't hold on any longer!" Sharp said worriedly.
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