The Warden has a grudge against the Talas! At the moment when Zhou Jianliang bowed down to receive his order, many people present were in their hearts. Looking at the "array diagram" placed on the handsome case, the chill instantly filled his back.

However, everyone consciously remained silent. Including Wei Dao, who has a good relationship with Zhang Qian, did not open his mouth to inquire indiscriminately, what old grievances did the two sides have, and even let Zhang Qian, who has always been generous, want to wipe out Talas in one fell swoop? !

You must know that in a place like the Western Regions, there is not a single person in a hundred who can read and write. The history of the city is taught by the elders. And the cohesion of an ethnic group depends on the upper nobility of the clan.

If a city, or a clan's top nobles, is killed, the city or tribe becomes a tree without roots. Soon, the city will fall into ruins, a relic, and the tribe will become a dependency of others until it is completely annexed by other tribes.

Far from the example, and Gaochang. At the beginning, the power of Gaochang was so huge, after Hou Junji killed all the royal families in a fit of anger, the ancient city of Gaochang has now become a ruin. Near, there is Tiele, in the era of Gaozong, Tiele Jingqi, also famous in the Western Regions. Unfortunately, he met Xue Rengui, and after a series of suppressions, Tiele became Ge Lulu. (Note: Qarluch was once a branch of Tieler, and later replaced Tieler.) ）

Now, the Sogdians of Talas have met Zhang Qian again. No matter how important the city's position in the Western Regions was, it is foreseeable that after this battle, there will be no more Talas in the Western Regions!

With four points of apprehension and six points of confusion, all the generals and civilians went separately to prepare. On the second and third days, according to Zhang Qian's arrangement, the Broken Leaf Army launched several attacks on Talas City from the two directions of due east and due north respectively. However, every time he attacked, because the defenders resisted fiercely and sacrificed the "meat shield Dafa", they returned in vain.

The casualties on both sides were also very low. Except for the bed crossbow, which can occasionally bring some damage to the Broken Leaf Army, other weapons are difficult to shoot through the shield of the fire dragon car because they are too far apart. The gunpowder bullets that the Leaf Breakers smashed into the city, because they were not fast enough, also gave the Sogdian warriors plenty of time to dodge, and the killing effect became worse and worse.

By the afternoon of the third day, the Sogdian warriors defending the city had also gained experience. Seeing that the catapult of the Broken Leaf Army was loaded, he either faced the direction of the front of the car and drove the "Tang people" to the city as a meat shield. Either run away and leave the empty walls for gunpowder bullets. When the explosion of a round of gunpowder shells was over, they quickly ran back to fill their positions, and fired indiscriminately at the city with their bows and crossbows, resolutely not giving the attackers a chance to set up ladders close to the city walls.

The officers and men of the Broken Leaf Army had already received Zhang Qian's order to deliberately paralyze the Shi Army. Therefore, for two days in a row, before sunset, the troops were hastily withdrawn. When the Shi army found that the attacker's means were so simple, and the offensive was becoming more and more weak, his morale suddenly skyrocketed.

Some bold warriors of the Stone Kingdom even urinated on the city. After the Broken Leaf soldiers saw it, in addition to scolding a few words, they seemed to have nothing to do with these people.

There are also some experienced generals of the Shi Kingdom, who vaguely feel that something is wrong. Take the initiative to find Yihu and remind him to be careful that the Broken Leaf Army has other plans. And that Yihu has been fooled by the Great Food Wise Man so that he can't find the north, and firmly believes that as long as he can't defend it, he will be more than seventy percent sure, and he will persist until the day when the Great Food reinforcements arrive, ignoring all the reminders.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, the southeast wind blew refreshingly. After the morning eclipse, more than 5,000 Broken Leaf troops, and more than 2,000 Turk servants who had come from all over Broken Leaf Town to help in the battle, gathered directly east of Talas City one after another. Half an hour later, the drums of war sounded, and the whole procession, to the beat of the drums, slowly pressed towards the city of Talas.

The general of the Stone Kingdom on duty, Little Berksuled, was an expert in a hundred battles, and when he saw that almost all of the Broken Leaf Army was dispatched, he immediately realized that the decisive moment had come. Hurriedly sent someone to report to Yihu, and at the same time drove all the soldiers under his command to the head of the city and waited for the battle.

However, he was so busy sweating that he didn't hear the familiar explosion for a long time. Hurriedly returning to the city along the horse road, he looked out carefully, only to see that after the Broken Leaf Tang Army advanced to a distance of three hundred steps from the east gate of Talas, they all stopped. Thousands of wheelbarrows loaded with different utensils were carefully selected by the Broken Leaf soldiers and pushed to the front of the military formation, rearranged and clearly layered.

"Dagan, come and see, what is Tang Jun doing? That carload of green stuff that looks so familiar? Even though he was two hundred and seventy or eighty paces away, Sured still vaguely recognized that the two or three hundred wheelbarrows at the front of the line might be loaded with weeds, turned around, pulled Dagan Shetuo up from the road, and asked in a loud voice.

"Weeds? How can it be? Dagan Shetuo was taken aback, bent his waist, and looked out with his hands on the battlements. After a while, he nodded hesitantly, "It seems that it is indeed a weed, it is still not dried, and it is still green." What kind of demon method does Tang Jun want to use? ”

Speaking of the word "demon law", he shivered again. Quickly twisting his head towards little Berksouled, he suggested in a loud voice, "Whatever the cart is on, don't let it get near Talus." The surname Zhang is a demon, and anything in his hands may become a murder weapon, just like Tie Lei. ”

As soon as the words fell, an agitated painting horn sounded in the ranks of the Tang army outside the city, "Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo-" like the north wind blowing through the desert during the cold winter wax moon, in an instant, it was chilling to the bone.

Immediately after, all the wheelbarrows began to move slowly forward. Row after row, like waves crashing onto the beach.

"Iron-finned cars, iron-winged cars that breathe fire! The fire-breathing iron-finned cart is also out of action, following behind the green unicycle! ”

"Catapults, the catapults of the Tang army are here again, hurry up and bet the "Tang people" on the face of the horses to stop them from throwing iron thunder! ”

"What kind of car is that, and why are there so many wooden boxes on it?"

"Boxes, moving, so many boxes are pushed by wheelbarrows?"

"Why are there bamboo poles on the box, do they want to build a ladder?"

……

Chaotic exclamations also sounded one after another in the city. The soldiers of the Shi army could distinguish the difference between the contents of the wheelbarrows, but they did not understand the function of the items loaded on most of the wheelbarrows, and shouted loudly one by one.

"Intercept with a bed crossbow, intercept with a bed crossbow, no matter what kind of car is pushed!" Suddenly, like madness, Dagan Shetuo grabbed little Berksured's armor and shouted, his old face full of horror. "Hurry up, the surname Zhang must not be well-intentioned, and when you understand it, it will be too late."

"Bed crossbow ready, shoot at the Don Army." Sured was so noisy by him that he didn't care about carefully figuring out Tang Jun's intentions, he opened his throat and ordered in a loud voice, "Grass cart, no, aim at the catapult behind the grass cart and the iron-fed cart, shoot me!" ”

"Bed crossbow, Burke ordered the bed crossbow to shoot. Aim at the catapult behind! The herald opened his throat and quickly spread the order throughout the eastern wall.

"Yes!" On the horse's face on the left side of the city gate, several stone soldiers shouted in agreement, and then raised their wooden mallets and slammed them on the firing mechanism of the bed crossbow.

"Whew!" Three crossbow arrows one and a half feet long flew out of the faces of the horses on the left and right sides with the sound of the wind, whistling towards the center of the Tang army's traffic, as fast as lightning.

"Hu————" The east wind is very urgent, blowing the flag fluttering at the head of the city. The water vapor evaporated by the sunlight is formless and colorless, but it is everywhere. Under the influence of wind, water vapor and gravity, the wooden crossbow rod quickly deviated from the established track, floating, sinking, swaying from side to side, like a poisonous snake swimming in mid-air.

The two "poisonous snakes" did not wait for the traffic of the Tang army to get close to the traffic of the Tang army, and they turned around and plunged into the dirt and picked up large balls of mud. Another "poisonous snake" was blown crooked by the wind and landed on the edge of the traffic, leaving a deep mud ditch.

"Huh-" "Whew-" "Whew-" The sound of breaking through the air rose again, and three other giant crossbows shot down from the horse's face on the right side of the city gate, and once again pounced on the traffic of the Tang army.

Two giant crossbows shot into the air, and the last "viper" finally lived up to expectations and slammed into a moving catapult. The sharp crossbow blade chiseled a large hole in the bamboo frame of the catapult in an instant.

Immediately, the crossbow rod collided with the support rod on the frame several times, making a series of noisy noises, until the charge was completely exhausted, and it still did not break through the barrier of the frame, and was stuck in swinging back and forth between several support rods.

The brother who was holding the shield to protect the rider was disgusted by the annoying sound of the crossbow rod colliding with the frame, raised his hand, ripped the crossbow off, and threw it on the ground. The catapult was pushed by the other four brothers and continued to move forward slowly, without pausing the slightest.

"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo-" The Chinese army of the Tang army once again sounded a series of high-pitched horn sounds, blowing people's scalps tingling.

"Oh, oh, oh—" Two groups of turphoria servants and warriors suddenly launched, bypassing the flanks of the traffic and quickly swooping down on the distant wall. The warriors on horseback shouted loudly as they mounted their feathered arrows on their bows.

The stone army on the city wall struck first, shooting down the feather arrows like hailstones. The Turgish warriors suddenly turned around again and fled quickly.

The range of the feathered arrows flying against the wind was greatly reduced, and they landed one after another before they could catch up with the figure of the Thirai Shiren. The Turgish warriors shouted and retreated, their voices filled with mockery of the enemy.

"Don't be fooled, keep your strength up. No matter how powerful the cavalry is, it can't attack the city! "Little Berksuled was furious, and rushed to the junction of the wall and the horse's face, and struck a wound in the neck at a soldier who was firing his bow and arrows." Stop, don't waste your energy. When the Tang people get closer, if you don't have the strength to open the bow, Lao Tzu will push you to block the iron thunder! ”

"Burke forgive, Burke forgive!" The beaten soldier put away his horn bow with a red face, bent down to apologize, and did not dare to utter a word of complaint in his mouth.

Souled was right, and he was right. No matter how powerful the cavalry was, it was impossible to fly over the walls. And with the strength of the riding bow, even if it is thrown at the speed of the war horse, it will not pose much threat to the defenders on the city wall.

In war, even for those with excellent physical strength, in a battle, the physical strength of twenty arrows will be consumed to the limit. If the defenders waste all their strength and arrows on the Turgish, what will they do to deal with the Tang army's attack later? (Note: The bow used immediately has a short bow and a feathered arrow shot at a distance of about 40 meters.) ）

"Everyone, listen well, save your strength to deal with the Tang army, and you are not allowed to shoot at the cavalry!" Knowing that there were too many brothers under his command who lacked combat experience, Berksouled Jr. let go of the unlucky man in front of him, tore his throat, and shouted instructions to the others.

Before the words fell, the warriors had already turned their mounts again and turned back. Although the number of people is only more than 2,000, the momentum is like the tide of the sea. Obviously, it was a deliberate attempt to waste the defenders' physical strength and arrows to create an opportunity for the Tang army's next attack.

"Leave them alone, save your strength to deal with the Tang Army, save your strength to deal with the Tang Army!" In a hurry, Souled tore his throat and continued to shout at all the Sogdian soldiers on the walls and on the horse's face.

"Leave them alone, save your strength to deal with the Tang Army, save your strength to deal with the Tang Army!"

"Leave them alone, save your strength to deal with the Tang Army, save your strength to deal with the Tang Army!"

……

The cronies behind him also tore their throats and repeated his orders over and over again.

On the city wall, the relatively experienced Sogdian veterans heard the shouting, put away their horned bows, shrunk their bodies behind the battlements, and let the Turgish warriors continue to show off their might. The recruits, who made up the vast majority of the defenders, were once again frightened by the menacing Turgish warriors, raised their horned bows, and shot their feathered arrows down the city like no money.

Before the feathered arrow could fly near, the Thiri warrior turned his horse again and went away like a low tide. From beginning to end, not a single arrow was fired at the head of the city.

"Leave them alone, save your strength to deal with the Tang Army, save your strength to deal with the Tang Army!" Little Berksuled's face turned blue with anger, and he led a dozen high-voiced personal soldiers, shouting and making a quick round. When he saw a soldier who did not obey the order, he immediately whipped the opponent on the back with a leather whip.

Under the double warning of shouts and whips, most of the Sogdian soldiers who defended the city finally regained their composure. For the third time, the Turkish servants swooped down from afar on their horses, shouting higher and higher, but only a few Sogdian recruits were fooled at the head of the city. Most of the Sogdian soldiers tried to restrain their desire to open their bows and allowed the enemy cavalry to come and go freely.

"Oh, oh, oh—" The Trolls saw that their trick had failed, and retreated like a tide again. Immediately, the two teams merged into one, moved from the east of the city to the north of the city, and changed positions to repeat the old tricks.

"You go to the north gate to warn Woody Burke that the Turgish are cheating!" Sudler immediately breathed a sigh of relief, pulled his cronie Tuge over, and commanded in a loud voice. Immediately, he once again pulled his legs and ran to the horse's face on the north side of the East City Gate, "Is the giant crossbow loaded?" Hurry up and release it, the Tang army is almost within a hundred steps! ”

"Release, release ......" The little arrows in charge of controlling the bed crossbow quickly realized that their duty was to prevent the Tang army's convoy from continuing to approach the city wall, not to deal with the attack of the Tirish warriors, and shouted and raised the wooden hammer and smashed it on the mechanism of the ballista.

"Whoosh-" "Whoosh-" "Whoosh-" Three giant crossbows soared into the air and swooped down on the convoy one hundred and twenty paces away. The first team was affected by easterly winds and water vapor and completely deviated from the target. The second hit a grass cart and splashed a turquoise "wave." The third one shot at the guard plate of the fire dragon car, and with a "bang", a hole was carved out of the iron guard plate, and the entire fire dragon car was also overturned to the ground.

The convoy of the Tang army stalled slightly, followed closely behind, and advanced at a faster pace. The wounded soldier was lifted up from the ground by his companions and quickly turned to his own position. The broken grass cart and the fire dragon cart were also pushed out of the team, so as not to block the robe's footsteps.

"Whoosh-" "Whoosh-" "Whoosh-" Three more giant crossbows whistled towards the traffic, two missed, and one hit the improvised catapult. The impact was so great that it knocked the catapult to the ground.

The nearby Tang soldiers were smashed and wounded several times, but the impact on the entire team was minimal. The other well-trained Tang soldiers around them quickly rushed up, transferred the wounded, lifted the catapult back up, and then continued with the brigade.

"The bed crossbow continued to be reloaded, looking for catapults to shoot. Pull the crossbow, aim at the Tang people behind the grass cart, and put it. "Disgusted that the attack efficiency of the bed crossbow is too poor, little Berksulad decisively changed his tactics and sacrificed a killing move that he would not easily use.

"Whoosh whoosh—" Dozens of crossbow arrows whizzed down the walls and headed straight for the grass cart. The emerald green artemisia grass was shot into a ball and flew up like a wave of water.

Five or six Tang sergeants with carts were hit by crossbow arrows and staggered to the ground. The robe next to him quickly filled the position, held the handrail of the wheelbarrow, and pushed forward steadily, and the speed did not slow down at all compared to before.

"Grandma's, I'm scared to death!" One of the Broken Leaf Battalion Commanders drew his horizontal knife and quickly slashed down against the surface of his iron vest. "Click!" The crossbow rod pierced in his chest was cut in two, and he didn't bother to look at the crossbow cluster stuck in the iron vest, he put away his horizontal knife and chased after his straw cart, resolutely refusing to drag the back legs of the robe.

"It's fine!" "Safe and sound!" "Buddha bless!" "Grandma's, it hurts so much!" Cheers erupted in the convoy. The soldiers of the Tang Army, who had been hit by the unfortunate crossbow arrows, stood up one after another, either wielding knives or bare hands, and got rid of the crossbow rods on the iron vests.

Because of the distance, most of the crossbow rods failed to shoot through the iron vest. The few who had one or two sufficient strength, the iron vests that were lucky enough to penetrate, only pierced a layer of flesh on the chest of the owner of the iron vest, and they could not continue to go inward. And the Tang soldiers who were hit by the arrow found that they were not dead in the catastrophe, and their morale suddenly rose. Laughing and stepping away, he caught up with his own grass cart, and at the same time spread the good news to the ears of the surrounding robes.

I didn't expect the ugly iron vest to be able to prevent even a strong crossbow. The rest of the Tang Army officers and soldiers who pushed the cart and protected the grass cart were also greatly encouraged. Quickening his pace, he pushed the straw cart within eighty paces of the east gate of Talas, with the crossbow arrows that had been fired one after another.

"Huh-" "Huh-" "Huh-" The bed crossbow on the horse's face was finally loaded, and it whistled again and shot at the catapult of the Tang army. Most of them missed their target, futile pulling up clumps of wet mud on the ground. Occasionally, one of them hit, but it was also blocked by the tall body of the catapult, and it was difficult to damage the Tang sergeants on the cart.

"Shuofang battalion, all of them, stop, catapults unfold on the spot!" Raise your hand and tear off a giant crossbow from a nearby catapult. Zhou Qu tore his throat violently and commanded loudly.

"Stop, start the catapult!" Holding a shield in one hand and a flag in the other, the eight heralds ran from side to side, and in the blink of an eye, the orders of their own captains spread to the ears of all the Shuofang brothers.

The brothers of the Shuofang Army, who had long been annoyed by the harassment of the giant crossbow, immediately pulled more than forty catapults along the position of ninety steps away from the city gate and city wall on the east side of Talas City. In the blink of an eye, they were lined up in an almost straight horizontal formation.

"Fix the bottom support, prepare the counterweight, sixty catties, aim at the city wall, knock the mountain and shock the tiger!" Zhou Quji glanced at Talas with his eyes and continued to give orders.

"Yes!" The brothers agreed in unison, took out the wedges and mallets, and fixed the four supporting feet of the catapult in place. The counterweight basket drooped rapidly, and countless shovels were waved at the same time, taking local materials, weighing the wet soil and filling it one after another.

A row of powerful crossbows and feathered arrows flew from the city at the same time, like flying locusts. However, most of them were blown crooked by the wind, and a small number of lucky hits the target were also blocked by helmets and iron vests, in vain.

There were only two or three sporadic ones, which shot into the thighs of a few unlucky Tang Jun, provoking a series of screams. However, the screams were quickly choked back into the throats of the wounded themselves, and the nearby robe Ze swung his knife to cut off the shaft of the arrow or arrow, dragging the wounded back quickly. The rest of the companions continued to load the counterweights in a step-by-step manner, turning the rocker arm and slowly pulling the throwing basket to the launch position with ropes.

The Sogdian soldiers at the head of the city did not receive any attack, but one by one their hearts began to weaken, and the feathered arrows and powerful crossbows they shot quickly became sparse.

According to the combat experience summed up in the previous days, they had to evacuate the city wall before the catapults of the Don army were ready to be in place. Otherwise, what awaits them is iron thunder falling from the sky. Anyone who gets caught one will definitely end up in pieces!

"Don't panic, don't panic, there are Tang people on the city wall, and there are also horses on their faces!" Sudler himself began to beat a small drum in his heart, but he still pulled his throat to boost morale. "Aim at the Tang army behind the catapult, the Tang army behind the grass cart and the iron-winged car, and hand it over to the bed crossbow!"

The weeds on the grass cart are so thick that the effect of crossbow arrows and feather arrows is minimal. After the catapult was deployed, it did not provide much cover for the surrounding Tang army, and it was most suitable as a target for feather arrows and crossbow arrows.

When the Sogdian soldiers at the head of the city heard this, they had no choice but to continue to release crossbow arrows and feather arrows. However, the results have been lackluster.

The officers and men of the Shuofang Army, who were operating the catapult, were too experienced in combat, and most of the time, they hid their bodies behind the shields of their teammates. Even if he has to show his body, he always exposes the parts that are protected by iron armor and helmets, refusing to give his opponent any chance to take advantage of it.

"Whew-" "Whew-" "Whew-" The bed crossbow placed on the horse's face was fired again. Six huge crossbow bolts flew up on both sides of the gate, heading straight for the catapult ninety paces away.

Four of them deviated from the target on the way, and one of them landed early, "plowing" a deep trench on the ground. The last one was lucky enough to hit the arm of a catapult with a loud "bang" that scared the scalp into bursts, but other than that, it didn't cause any consequences.

The well-trained brothers of the Shuofang Army, ignoring the giant crossbows that were close at hand, continued to check the organs in an orderly manner under the command of each group commander, loaded the gunpowder shells, lit the moxa wool for ignition and grasped it in their hands, and then stood by solemnly. The whole set of actions is like flowing water.

"All of the 1st Brigade is there, launch!" Zhou Qujian resolutely refused to just be beaten and did not fight back, and suddenly waved the command flag.

The fuse of the gunpowder bullet immediately ignited, and at the same time, someone kicked the trap open. The catapult's counterweight basket sank rapidly, pushing the throwing arm high on the other side. Sixteen four-pound gunpowder bullets broke out of the basket and headed straight for the city wall ninety paces away.

Because the counterweight was deliberately lightened, not a single piece of gunpowder ejected into the city. Bullet casings cast from pig iron smashed into the surface of the rammed earth city wall with a dull sound. Immediately after, an explosion burst into the sky, "Boom! "Boom!" "Boom!" The smoke was filled, and the walls shook like an earthquake.

Large clumps of wet earth, falling off the surface of the city walls. Although it did not threaten the safety of the Sogdian soldiers in the city, it frightened them. Some people turned decisively and went straight to the horse road, while others stood unsteadily, squatting behind the battlements, covering their ears with their hands, and shivering.

"Stop, don't retreat. There are Tang people in the city, and they are reluctant to blow up their own people! Enraged, little Berksould wielded his scimitar and slashed down the two leading escapees, and then together with his hardcore cronies, blocked the road leading to the city.

In front of the bloody corpses and the bright steel knives, the Sogdian soldiers who tried to flee for their lives stopped one after another. However, few people still had the courage to draw their horned bows, open their crossbows, and launch a counterattack outside the city.

"Bang!" "Bang!" “！” ..., and sixteen more gunpowder bullets, which smashed on the city walls. Immediately, the explosion rolled like muffled thunder. "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom ......"

The earth splashed, the walls trembled, and in the blink of an eye, the eastern walls of Talas City were all enveloped. In the miserable white smoke of gunpowder, the Sogdian soldiers crouched down one after another, covering their ears with their hands, and resolutely refused to face the outside of the city, no matter how much they threatened and lured Berksould.

"Pull more Tang people up, less doesn't work! Pull up all the Tang people in reserve under the city and let them shout outside the city! Sured had no choice but to resort to a trick. Tearing his throat open, he gave orders to the road.

"Pull the Tang people up, pull up all the people in the Tang clothes!" Under the road, Sogdian soldiers repeated loudly. Immediately, cries rose to the sky, and a large group of local people who looked a little like the Tang people, or whose ancestors had Han Chinese ancestry, were driven by the soldiers with whips and swords, and walked up the road and walked step by step towards the city.

"Boom!" "Boom!" The third wave ......of gunpowder bombs exploded again, and still not a single one fell on the city.

Souled knew what was causing the powder bullet to lose its aim. He sneered silently in his heart, and at the same time, he swung the scimitar in his hand more urgently, "Hurry up, hurry up, escort the Tang people up, and go to the city first." Then divide half of it to the left and right sides of the horse's face, and tie it to the Tang people who were originally on the horse's face to prevent the Tang army outside the city from firing iron thunder to blow up the bed crossbow. ”

"Spare your life!" Forced to wear Tang clothes, the local people cried and prayed, while the surrounding Sogdian soldiers turned a deaf ear.

"Spare your life!" There was a woman with a child on her knees, but in exchange for a leather whip and the back of a knife.

It is definitely better to let the Tang people die than to die themselves, and most of the Sogdian soldiers are extremely shrewd. Although, among the so-called "Tang people", many of them are their neighbors. And among them, there are many people who were prisoners of the Tang Army a few days ago and have been forgiven by the Tang people.

"Don't toss, hurry, hurry up and let your people shoot arrows down the city! The grass carts of the Tang army are almost reaching the city wall! Daganshetuo didn't know when he came out of the smoke again, rushed to Sured's side, waved his arms and shouted, "Quick, quick, while the catapult outside the city is loading." Zhang Qian made hundreds of truckloads of grass for no reason, and he must not have a good heart! ”

"Grass cart?" Su Lede was flustered, and then remembered that there were a large number of grass carts and iron-winged carts walking in front of the Tang Army's catapults. So far, he hasn't figured out what these two wheelbarrows are for. However, an ominous premonition directly enveloped his whole body in the next moment.

"Everyone, return to the walls, shoot arrows, shoot arrows, stop the grass carts from approaching!" Raising the scimitar violently, he shouted with all his strength. Immediately, he took the lead and pounced on the nearest battlement.

"Everyone, return to the walls, shoot arrows, shoot arrows, stop the grass carts from approaching!" Souled's cronies repeated loudly, and then they drove the surrounding Sogdian soldiers into place with their weapons.

Most of the surrounding Sogdian soldiers chose to dodge sideways. However, there are still a small number of people who have no choice but to return to the battlement.

Under the city walls, the smoke had not completely dissipated, and their vision was very blurred. However, there were still people who saw hundreds of carts of green semi-dry weeds, which were clinging to the eastern wall of Talas by the Tang army, along with the wheelbarrow carts.

"Smash it with rolling stones!" Souled shouted again, leaned over and picked up a piece of wood and threw it out of the city. "Bang!" Heavy sassalwood knocked over a straw cart on the spot, and yellow-brown horse manure splashed from under the weeds, and in an instant, the stench was permeated.

"Bang!" "Bang" "Bang! "Bang!" More rolling stones and skulls were thrown into the city by the Sogdian soldiers, and the grass carts that the Tang army had managed to push over one by one were smashed one by one. The Tang army outside the city retreated quickly, turning a blind eye to the reaction of the city.

"What is the Tang army going to do, can you smoke the city gate with horse manure, or what kind of demon method is used?" The more little Berksured smashed it, the more nervous he felt in his heart, turned his head, and shouted at Dagan Shetuo for advice.

"No, it's not clear. Definitely not well-intentioned! As a wise man among the Sogdians, Dagan Shetuo couldn't figure out what tricks Zhang Qian was going to play, and responded loudly with a dense bead of sweat.

In the next instant, the confusion between him and Sured disappeared. The number of iron-finned carts quickly approached the city wall, and fifteen or sixteen paces away, suddenly spewed out several black and yellow water columns.

The water column seemed to have a little flame in front of it, and it looked very strange. What's even more strange is that when the flames fall on the grass cart, in an instant, a large ball of flame rises from the ground.

The hundreds of grass carts attached to the base of the city wall by the "Hulala......" were burning, whether they had been smashed to the ground or not. Yellow flames, mixed with billowing smoke, rose rapidly. Immediately after, a foul and sweet smell was sent to the city by the east wind, and directly penetrated into Sured's nostrils.

"Vomit-" Rao is experienced in a hundred battles, and Sured was also smoked to the stomach and intestines tumbling. Turning his head, he vomited all the supper he had done yesterday.

Look at the cronies around him, one by one, they covered their nostrils with their hands, staggered back, snot, tears, and saliva flowed out uncontrollably.

The other Sogdian soldiers who were smashing the stone sassage downwards were also dizzy from the smoke. One by one, they stood up and fled for their lives. The Tang army outside the city pushed more grass carts to the city gates and city walls, and then sprayed the black and yellow liquid with iron-winged carts (fire dragon carts) and lit them into clusters of torches.

"Whew—" The east wind blew smoke over the city and the faces of the horses. The strong smell of burning wet horse manure and poisonous weeds penetrated the nostrils of all the people in the city and on the horses' faces, and smoked them to the point of salivating or spitting.

Little Berksured and Dagan Shetuo, unable to restrain their brothers any longer, took the lead in staggering back to the road. Soon, the road was also covered in poisonous smoke, and the two could not breathe, so they could only continue to stagger backwards, all the way back to the city.

The Sogdian soldiers on the city walls were already demoralized. After losing the threat of his boss, he had no intention of sticking to the spot and being poisoned and smoked, and rushed to the horse road in groups and rushed back to the city.

The people, who had been forced to remain on the walls and the road to serve as shields, and who had just been escorted to the city to serve as shields, were overjoyed, covered their noses and mouths with their sleeves, and fled from the roads after the Sogdian soldiers, into the houses and alleys near the eastern gate of Talas.

"Burn, keep burning. Heap all the poisonous weeds and horse manure at the base of the city wall, and don't waste a cart! Outside the city of Talas, Luo Huaizu, who saw the enemy forced back by the poisonous smoke, was overjoyed. Lift the measuring scale and use your front finger firmly.

I learned another trick and followed the nephew of Master Zhao, which is the benefit. Anytime, anywhere, you can learn new killer moves! In the future, he gathered a group of like-minded Jianghu brothers and went to Tianzhu with these killing moves and sharp weapons, and the Mo family will prosper in the world, and it will be just around the corner.

"Push the poisonous weeds and horse manure over! Hurry up! ”

"There's not enough here, here, there's not enough here!"

"Over there, there's not enough smoke over there."

"Cover your nose with a damp cloth and don't smoke yourself to death!"

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Zhang Si'an, Lu Dechuan and other brothers in the teaching group covered their mouths and noses with damp cloths, and reminded them in an arc to push more poison carts into the fire. Not a single car is wasted.

Horse manure is collected by everyone's own hands, and poisonous weeds are also collected by everyone's own hands. In order to concoct the poisonous smoke, many brothers had been smoked so that they could not eat for two days. Today, everyone has finally sent poisonous smoke into Talas City, how can it be easy to cut off the supply of raw materials?

"Catapult preparation, the 1st Brigade, responsible for the left and right horse faces, the 2nd Brigade, responsible for the position above the city gate and the wreckage of the enemy tower. The third brigade, in charge of the city walls, had a counterweight of sixty-two and a half pounds in the first round! Then the brigade rates adjusted themselves. Boom me! Zhou Qujian was not interested in watching the excitement, waved the order flag, and gave the order as fast as possible.

"Order!" The Tang athletes from the Shuofang Army responded violently. Immediately, quickly adjust the counterweight, reload the gunpowder bullet, ignite the fuse, and push the trap away.

"Whoosh whoosh-" More than forty gunpowder bullets, dragging blue-gray tail marks, swept towards the city. Above the city gates, above the city walls, above the horses' faces, they exploded one after another. Shrapnel flew everywhere, smoke billowed from the gunpowder, and the Sogdians' defenses left at the head of the city and all over the horse's face were blown to pieces.

In Talas City, Sured and Shetuo were so angry that they jumped to their feet, but there was nothing they could do. If they want to force the "Tang people" to act as meat shields, they have to send soldiers to escort them. And if they wanted the soldiers to risk being poisoned and escorted to the "Tang People" and other cities, they themselves had to follow the soldiers to supervise the battle.

If they can't stand the poisonous smoke, they can't supervise the war. They can't war, and no soldier is willing to take the risk. Without soldiers willing to take risks, it is impossible to drive away the "Tang people......

Completely different from the anxious Sulred, outside the city of Talas, the reaction of the Tang army was calm.

Look at the defenses on the head of the city, which have been cleaned by Shuo Fang with gunpowder eggs. Captain Ren Wu, who had been waiting for a long time with his brothers, suddenly raised a red order flag and shouted loudly. "Fire dragon carts and fire cabinet carts, concentrate near the city gate."

More than 100 dragon cars with iron plates quickly gathered around him.

Immediately afterwards, there were more than 100 fire cabinet trucks that were larger than the fire dragon car but did not have any protective facilities. Long bamboo tubes are cocked in front of the fire cabinet, like elegant swans.

"The whole team, ten cars in a row, aim at the city gate!" Ren Wu's gaze quickly swept over the faces of the brothers, and then he jumped onto a fire dragon car and waved the red flag at his own Chinese army.

"Woo woo woo ————" in the military department, there was a sound of painted horns to respond quickly, like a tiger roaring and a dragon roaring.

Ren Wu took a deep breath, and then pointed the red flag to the east gate of Talas, "All of them, line up, ten cars in a row, aim at the east gate of Talas and the city walls on both sides of the east gate, and take turns to breathe fire, spraying until the fire oil is exhausted!" ”

"No!" The brothers standing in the first row agreed, pushing the dragon cart and rushing to the city gate. Fifteen paces apart, ten yellow-black columns of liquid erupted.

The column fell on the fire, and the flames on the fire rose into the air.

The liquid pillar fell on the rubble and tiles that blocked the city gate, and the rubble and tiles instantly turned into dry firewood, and a cloud of flames rose on the surface.

The pillar of liquid fell on the city wall, and the city wall was instantly ignited, and the flames swayed against the surface of the wall.

Before the first row of fire dragon cars could spray out the liquid in the carriages, the entire east gate, along with the walls within five feet on both sides of the east gate, had already turned into a huge fireball.

The first row of dragon cars sprayed out the liquid in the carriage and quickly retreated. The second row of dragon carts went up to fill in and continued to spray.

The second row of fire dragon cars finished spraying, gave up their position, and the third row of fire dragon cars stepped forward to relay.

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The wreckage of the enemy tower at the top of the gate was also quickly swept into the flames, and the broken staircases, beams, rafters, and other objects, along with the sandalwood and nails placed in the wide places, were all turned into dry wood to support the combustion.

And that Ren Wu refused to give up. As if he had a grudge against the gates of Talas, he commanded the fire dragon carts, one team after another, spraying the "fireball" with the simple refining and adding of fierce fire oil, making the fireball bigger and bigger, and the flames surging higher and higher.

Round after round.

After all the fire dragon cars were sprayed, there were also fire cabinet cars that stepped forward and continued to fill in the positions.

……

There is no need for catapults to throw powder bombs for protection, and there is no need for smoke. Ren Wu commanded the fire cabinet car, drunk and infatuated. Pillars of fierce fire and oil rose and fell, and red flame spirits danced at the head of the city.

In the south city wall, the north city wall, and the city of Talas, countless defenders screamed and tried to rush to the city wall and horse face near the city gate on the east side, preventing the Tang army from continuing to spray "magic water". However, before they could reach their destination, they were scorched by the flames and had to stagger back.

On the east side of the city of Talas, the walls of the city, which were fifty paces long, were burned red by the flames. The closer you get to the city gate, the brighter the red becomes.

And the entire city gate has long been turned into a huge furnace, and from outside the island, red light shines. Near the city gate, the city wall, which was obviously made of rammed earth, actually began to melt, and from top to bottom, red liquid kept falling, and wherever it fell, sparks splashed everywhere.

Outside the city gates, there are more and more Mars.

Countless red sparks, along the east wind, staggered and splashed into the city, falling on the defenders, burning the defenders' heads and rats. Falling on the back of the war horse, the war horse was burned so loudly that it hid in Tibet. Falling on the nearby roof, the thatched grass was burned with thick smoke, and in a short time, bright flames danced again!

The city gate was on fire, but it was not the fish in the pond that were affected. Rather, half a city!