Chapter 1211: Mysterious Rhythm
In the midst of his deep sorrow, a centurion stumbled in. Seeing this, Abbas was furious and rebuked:
"When did the Doge's Mansion become as casual as a square market?"
The commander did not care about being reprimanded, and said loudly:
"The earth, there was an earthquake, and the walls of the northern city collapsed!"
"What did you say? The walls are collapsing?"
Hearing this, Abbas stiffened all over, like a lightning strike, he didn't believe that such a coincidental earthquake occurred, someone must be playing ghosts, but even if he made ghosts again and collapsed a large part of the city wall, is this still within the reach of manpower?
A thought crossed Abbas's mind.
Could it be that the Persians outside the city brought the power of the devil from hell?
Allah willing!
Abbas silently read a sentence, the whole person was a little dazed, and he didn't know what to do, but he didn't show it, only said in a deep voice:
"Let's go, let's see what the walls have collapsed!"
Said was also very curious, he also felt that the collapse of the city wall in the middle of the night was related to the Tang people, but he didn't know what kind of power the other party used to make a large part of the city wall collapse.
When he left the governor's palace, he saw a large group of people rushing over in a hurry, and when he saw the governor's attendants, he knew that there was the governor's team in front of him, and several people shouted:
"The Persian rebels have stormed the city!"
Abbas listened to the huge earthquake in his body, what it meant that the city wall collapsed, he didn't think through it in a hurry, until the battle report came at this time, he suddenly woke up, and after the city wall collapsed, the Persian rebels were naturally about to attack the city.
But is there anything he can do about it?
Saeed followed the light of the torches and looked at the Governor, who had a hunched back on his back.
"How many rebels have entered the city, and how many soldiers have been sent to meet the enemy......
Abbas asked a series of questions, apparently not panicking, and still confident that he would hold on to Mulu City and drive the rebels out.
The leader of the way back was a captain of ten thousand soldiers, whom Saeed recognized, and this person was none other than Mutasim, the chief general in charge of the promotion of the Great Food Army left behind.
It was only when Hashim got closer that Saeed could see clearly, and it was strange that the man was disgraced and his eyes were full of panic.
Mutasim fought bravely, and as an old general of Abbas, he has always been highly used, how can he panic to such a point today, and even abandon the city wall.
Abbas also noticed Mutasim's abnormality, but instead of scolding the commander, he asked him kindly.
After a brief understanding of the situation of the city walls, Abbas's face flickered in the firelight.
“…… Due to the sudden collapse of the city wall, many warriors were buried directly under the rubble, and those who survived also scattered and fled, and the villain was fortunate to have just come down to the city, or he would have to be buried in the ......"
As he spoke, Mutasim's voice was visibly trembling.
"Don't panic, lead the way, and drive out the rebels who take the opportunity to enter the city!"
Abbas had been in the Great Food Army for many years, and his composure quickly quelled the panic of the Great Food General.
Along the way, hundreds of defeated troops were collected, and the governor's guard numbered as many as 1,000 people, and hurried to the northern city wall.
Some distance from the northern wall, the air was clearly filled with sand and dust, and Said shrugged his nose, and a unique stench of burning sulfur inhaled into his nostrils.
He had also smelled this smell on the battlefield of Yusuf's fiasco, and in the earth-shattering battle of the Tang soldiers, the thick white smoke filled the sky over the battlefield and did not disperse for a whole day.
At this point, Said is basically certain that the collapse of the northern wall of Mulu City must have something to do with the Tang people, otherwise what can those timid and cunning Persians be able to do?
Although the Persians also defected to the Tang Dynasty, Said did not have a good impression of the Persians, and still repaid the pride of the great cannibal instinct and sneered at them.
In fact, it is true that these Persians have become incorrigibly corrupt, their empire that has lasted for thousands of years has been destroyed by the cannibals, and in addition to Allah forbid, the Persians themselves have become incorrigibly rotten.
"Light more torches, the archers are ready, but shoot them all when you see the rebels!"
The crumbling walls were piled up like a hill in their original place. A large number of archers lined up behind the high earth mountain, ready for battle.
The scale of Mulu City is very large, and even if the rammed earth wall collapses, it is not as easy to climb as the flat ground, and it is necessary to climb the waste mound like this hill.
Said secretly said that if there were Persians at this time, he would have suffered heavy losses.
There were no Persian rebels on the high mounds, but the scattered Great Food Army gathered after learning that the governor was in charge.
After a brief count, at least 100 soldiers and generals were buried and crushed to death by the collapsed walls, not counting the Persian militia who had been brought in to assist in defending the city.
The Persian rebels did not take advantage of the chaos to attack the city, and there was no movement until dawn, but the big cannibals in the city were nervous for a moment, for fear that the rebels would suddenly attack again.
As the sun rose, the ruined walls had become a long mound of wasteland, deprived of their basic defensive function.
Unable to get tired, Abbas began to organize the militia to climb the mounds of wasteland to clean them up, or at least simply restore some of the walls to their proper function.
However, the reports of the craftsmen made his face even more gloomy, the mounds of waste were not stable and could collapse again at any time, and the Persian militia were not easy to use, and the clean-up work was extremely slow.
In addition to this, the Great Food Army occupied the vantage point of the ruins of the city wall to prevent a surprise attack by the Persian rebels that could appear at any time.
Strangely, after the collapse of the city wall, the Persian rebels did not even show a single figure, and only allowed the cannibals to regain their calm in the panic and let them begin to clean up the collapsed walls.
Fearing that the rebels would attack during the day, Abbas placed heavy troops at the site of the collapse of the walls, including almost all of the Persian militia, except for a few Da*rui.
At this time, he no longer had the heart to care about the reason for the collapse of the city wall, all he thought about was how to block the rebels' troops.
In addition, Mutassim was afraid of the enemy and lied about the military situation, and was also dealt with by Abbas. It's just that when employing people, let him make meritorious contributions.
After the city wall was destroyed, Mulu City was like a shelled egg, attractive and fragile.
In the midst of apprehension, the cannibal survived until dark, and many people, including Abbas, were finally relieved.
The night was not conducive to marching battles, especially when the defenders were prepared, and the Persian rebels dared to launch a surprise attack, only to suffer losses several times as many times as if they had attacked during the day.
The work of renovating the damaged walls did not stop, and Abbas adopted a strategy of not stopping the work, and he had to do everything possible to restore the walls to their defensive functions as quickly as possible.
Only Said was faintly disappointed, but at the same time feeling happy. If the Persian rebels broke through Mulu City so easily, how would his role be reflected?
The Doge's Palace was lit up all night, and Saeed, as a key member of Abbas's staff, was asked to remain in the Doge's palace and be ready for consultation.
Suddenly, a familiar sensation came over him, and Said felt his body shake with the ground.