Chapter 585: The Battle of Broken Leaves (Part II)
Ten thousand arrows were fired at the head of the city, and the dense arrows were like raging locusts, and they were densely shot at the army running under the city, and the arrows were 'whoosh!' Sou! Piercing through the shield and leather armor, the soldiers fell to the ground screaming.
But the arrows could not stop the footsteps of running, and the Qarluq soldiers were like a rushing tide, drowning the fallen soldiers, surging to the bottom of the city, and one after another siege ladders were set up at the head of the city, and the soldiers began to climb up frantically, and the rolling wood and stones on the top of the city fell like hail, and the tragic siege battle began.
There is a special army at the head of the city, they are firearms battalion soldiers, each of them has a small iron fire thunder in their arms, the iron fire thunder weighs more than 20 catties, and the explosion power far exceeds the porcelain fire thunder, but it will not damage the city wall, and it is generally used in cavalry combat and defending the city.
When the Qarluq soldiers began to climb the city frantically, the soldiers of the firearms battalion lit the iron fire thunder in their hands one after another, and when the fire rope burned to the line of fire, the iron fire thunder was thrown down the siege ladder.
Iron fire and thunder exploded in the crowd under the city, and immediately exploded flesh and blood, and the siege ladder was also blown into several sections, and the city was full of stumps and broken arms, internal organs rolled out, crying and screaming, and a hundred siege ladders were destroyed.
The explosion of the iron fire thunder is the firing order, the firearms soldiers waiting in front of the heavy trebuchets immediately lit the fire rope, and when the fire burned to the firing point, the firearms soldiers immediately ordered the launch, thirty heavy trebuchets were fired one after another, and there was a bang firing sound, and thirty large iron fire mines rose into the air, swept over the city wall and shot out of the city......
All the soldiers of the Don Army were repeatedly instructed to cover their ears and squat down as soon as the trebuchet was launched, otherwise they would be deaf.
Thirty iron fire thunders just swept over the city, and 20,000 Tang soldiers covered their ears and squatted down, even Guo Song covered his ears, hiding behind the battlements, watching the explosion of iron fire and thunder.
"Boom!" The first iron fire thunder exploded in the crowd, with an earth-shattering explosion, the fire burst out, and the strong shock wave knocked down all the soldiers within a dozen zhang around, and more than a dozen soldiers were blown up several zhang high, but what really killed and injured the enemy was the broken iron pieces and a large number of quenched iron nails inside, hundreds of iron pieces burst out and thousands of quenched iron nails shot quickly, and hundreds of soldiers within a radius of dozens of zhang were shot.
Thirty large iron fire thunderbolts exploded one after another in the crowd, the earth was shaking, the devil was roaring, each explosion was a large number of enemy soldiers fell, more than 6,000 people were killed or injured in one explosion, and the huge explosion made countless soldiers kneel on the ground and scream.
The weight of the large iron fire thunder is only five times that of the small iron fire thunder, but the power is more than ten times, and even more than twenty times, and the shock and deterrence are also worlds apart.
Even the Tang soldiers at the head of the city were in extreme shock, they had never seen such a powerful weapon, even Guo Song was so shocked that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, he himself didn't expect that the power of the large iron fire thunder would be so powerful.
In the distance, the horses neighed, and tens of thousands of Qarluq soldiers covered their ears, their faces showing shock and pain, they were shocked by the sound waves, many people could not hear for a while, and Khan Amit was stunned.
The Qarluq soldiers on the battlefield had not yet reacted from the extreme shock, and at this time, the blow of the second iron fire thunder came again.
'Boom! ’
Thirty more large iron fire mines exploded in the crowd again, and this time, the Qarlu soldiers within two hundred paces were basically blown over, and the casualties of the Qarluq soldiers exceeded 10,000.
Countless Qarluq soldiers finally reacted and stumbled back to flee, tens of thousands of enemy troops retreated like a tide, but the third round of iron fire and thunder came again, exploding in the crowd.......
The strong explosion sound could be heard dozens of miles away, which had an unprecedented psychological shock to the Qarlu army, and many herdsmen and soldiers thought that the Tang army had released the devil, and they were so frightened that their souls were scattered, shouting and turning around and fleeing, and even the Qarlu Khan was so shocked that his liver and gall were broken, and he turned around and fled, and the Qarlu was defeated on all fronts.
Guo Song ordered sharply: "Attack!" ”
'Woo-'
The horn of the attack sounded, the north gate and the west gate opened, two Tang cavalry of 3,000 people were killed, and the tail pursued and killed the Qarlu army, the Qarlu army was defeated, and countless people were killed by the Tang cavalry, and the corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.
Guo Song also led 5,000 cavalry to kill the scattered and fleeing Qarluq soldiers.
In this battle, the Tang army's iron fire and thunder established a great feat, the Tang army killed more than 50,000 enemy soldiers, captured a large number of materials, and achieved a brilliant victory in the first battle.
........
Qarlu Khan escaped more than forty miles in one go, and the deputy marshal plotted to assassinate Mozuo and pulled the reins of Amit's warhorse, "Khan, don't run away again!" ”
Amit was shocked, and asked repeatedly: "Mo Zuo, you also saw it, what kind of terrible thing is that, is it Tang Jun using witchcraft?" ”
Mo Zuo shook his head and said: "It's not witchcraft, it's a new weapon of the Tang Army, and it should be a firearm, a weapon made of fire oil." ”
Amit felt a buzzing in his ears, he couldn't hear a word of what Mo Zuo was saying, and the powerful sound wave impact made his ears temporarily deaf.
But at this time, he also calmed down from his extreme fear, and sighed: "I can't hear what you're saying, don't care what it is for now, you hurry up and pack up the army and see how many soldiers there are left?" ”
"Obey!"
The assassin Mo Zuo agreed, and immediately led his men to collect the remnants of the defeated generals.
By dusk, the assassination of Mo Zuo finally only collected more than 20,000 people, everyone is a little strange, the 130,000 army was wiped out by the Tang army 50,000 people, then there should be 80,000 troops left, why only collected more than 20,000 defeated soldiers, what about other soldiers?
The answer is very simple, they all fled home, the Tang army invited the devil to help in the war, completely destroyed the confidence of most of the Qarluq herdsmen, they came to serve the khan, but by no means came to send them to death, each of them was old, and there was a young, once they found that the siege was going to be devoured by the devil, these herdsmen did not hesitate to withdraw from the war, and fled home.
The tent was gone, and there was not a single cow or sheep left, and more than 20,000 soldiers found a small tribe nearby, forcibly recruited thousands of sheep, they lit a bonfire, began to kill sheep and barbecue, and drank milk wine, using wine to anesthetize themselves, to give themselves courage, to forget their inner fears.
In a herdsman's dome, Amit was drinking alone, he hated and regretted in his heart, hated that the Tang army had destroyed the Qarlu assassination tribe and killed countless of their clansmen, regretting that he should not have left Broken Leaf to attack Jinman County, but left an empty nest to the Tang army.
The strong sense of revenge made Amit unwilling to admit defeat, but when he thought of the Tang Army's strong firearms, he had a deep despair.
Amit drank the milk wine in the bowl, only to find that Mozuo was standing at the door of the big tent, Amit sighed, "Sit down!" ”
Although Mozuo is Amit's subordinate, he is also his cousin, and the two are about the same age, growing up together and having a very close relationship.
"Are the outlying sentinels arranged?" Amit asked.
Mojo Mozuo nodded, "It's already arranged!" ”
"Mo Zuo, what do you think I should do next?"
"I'm here for this matter, I've thought about it for a long time, with the state of our army, it is definitely not the opponent of the Tang army, and it is estimated that no one will be willing to die when the tribal armies are gathered, I suggest ......"
"What do you recommend?" Amit was not happy to interrupt him.
The assassin Mo Zuo was silent for a moment and said, "I suggest suing Tang Jun for peace!" ”
"Get out!"
Amit poured the milk wine in the bowl on Mozuo's face, and said viciously: "Hurry up and get out of here, go as far as you want!" ”
Mo Zuo wiped the milk wine off his face with his hands, nodded, and got up to leave.
Amit was so depressed that he drank three bowls of milk wine in a row, but he couldn't hold the wine, and the bowl in his hand fell to the ground, and he fell asleep down......
As the night wore on, the bonfires were about to burn, and the drunken soldiers lay crooked around the campfires, snoring and sleeping.
A Tang army silently appeared ten miles away from the camp, and Guo Song personally led 15,000 cavalry to steal the camp.
Generally speaking, after the defeat of the army, the enemy will not be attacked by the enemy again, and the enemy army will also collect troops to count the spoils, reward meritorious soldiers, and be busy for several days before continuing the next battle.
It's a pity that Amit met Guo Song, who was good at winning by surprise, and the more he felt that it was impossible, the more he had to attack.
The enemy army was killed and the morale of the army was lost, in this case, the Qarlu Khan should have led the army to flee first, but he did not flee far, he camped fifty miles away from the broken leaves, such a good opportunity, how could Guo Song let it go.
Under the bright moonlight, Guo Song saw the enemy camp several miles away, and he whispered to Zhang Yun: "First kill the enemy's peripheral sentinels!" ”
Zhang Yun nodded, beckoned, and led three hundred of his men to run away.