Abu *** personally commanded the main force of troops and horses to attack the city of Maia from multiple directions, in an attempt to confuse the defenders in the city and divert the attention of the defenders in the city.

In order to achieve the momentum of the strong attack, Abu *** used half of the siege equipment, all kinds of shields, rushing cars and catapults and other equipment, have been equipped with troops, as long as the attack is launched, at least it can cause great pressure on the soldiers and horses defending the city, if the defense of the defenders in the city is too lax, the feint soldiers and horses are also likely to attack the city.

Qi Yad is specifically responsible for the tunnel offensive, he personally commanded the soldiers and horses divided into two parts, one part from the tunnel into Maia City, the other part of the main force from the tunnel near the city gate position to attack, with the elite soldiers and horses who infiltrated the city to capture the city gate, as long as the city gate is controlled, a large number of main forces outside the city, can enter Maia City, so as to capture the city in one fell swoop.

In Qi Yade's arrangement, there were 3,000 soldiers and horses who entered the city from the tunnel, of course, they entered in three batches, and the troops responsible for receiving them from the front had 20,000 horses, because there was a certain danger in infiltrating the city, so these soldiers and horses who were responsible for infiltrating were the most elite soldiers, and their combat effectiveness and equipment were the best.

In order to capture the city of Maia in one fell swoop, this time, Abu *** and Ziyad can be said to have exhausted their elite and took out all their family resources.

The attacking teams all entered the predetermined attack position, and only needed an order from the commander-in-chief Abu *** to launch the siege battle.

At the same time, the first batch of 1,000 elite soldiers has already gathered at the entrance of the tunnel, and the subsequent 2,000 soldiers and horses have also been fully equipped and can enter Maia City from the tunnel at any time.

"Everything is fine at the entrance to the tunnel!"

Ziyad asked a little nervously.

The subordinate replied: "General rest assured, the tunnel entrance has been well disguised, and in addition, more than a dozen of our soldiers dressed as beggars have completely controlled the entire courtyard, and there will be no problem." ”

Qi Yade nodded and bowed his head, and suddenly felt much more relieved.

"After the attack begins, you enter the tunnel, enter Maia City as quickly as possible, and after gathering half of the men, you don't have to wait for the soldiers behind, and attack directly in the direction of the city gate, and cooperate with us to capture the city gate outside the city, as well as the enemy soldiers on the city gate tower, remember, opening the city gate is the first and most important step, and secondly, it is the soldiers who attack the city gate tower."

Ziyad spoke.

"General rest assured, the city gate and the city gate of the urn city are just two lines of defense, five hundred people suddenly attack, they must not be able to guard against it, our army will definitely win a great victory, you just wait for our good news!"

The subordinate said confidently.

In the eyes of his subordinates, the defenders in the city are just new soldiers, as long as he takes advantage of the cover of the night, even if he only leads 500 people, he can create the momentum of 5,000 people, and there is no pressure to capture the two city gates in one go, in addition, there will be more follow-up soldiers and horses in the tunnels to be their strong backing.

Qi Yade was very satisfied with leading the main army and marching in the direction of the city gate, with the momentum of breaking the city in one fell swoop.

Standing on the city wall to inspect the military situation, Artik, looking at the scene of the torches outside the city, his heart was a little nervous, now it is night, but the sky outside the city has been illuminated by the enemy's torches, it looks like the evening, the weapons and soldiers of the enemy soldiers and horses can be seen clearly, especially those tall siege equipment, you can feel the irresistible momentum from a long distance.

"City Lord, the main force of the enemy army is about to start attacking the city, it is very unsafe here, you better go to the back!"

The subordinate persuaded.

"What are you afraid of, you are not afraid, what am I afraid of, I will fight with all the soldiers."

Artik was very rare and stubborn, and actually stayed on the dangerous city wall.

"City Lord, the city wall is indeed too dangerous here, in case you have a bad day, we will lose our backbone, you better go to a safe place!"

The subordinate continued to persuade.

"Okay, I'll go to the city gate, it's safer than the city walls, and I can see it more clearly."

Artik walked towards the city gate.

The subordinates had no choice but to follow, and, in the era of cold weapons, the city gate building was indeed safer, after all, the city wall was very empty, except for the female wall in front of it, there was nothing to obstruct, and the city gate tower had a roof and windows, and the position was higher, not easy to be attacked by bows and arrows, even if it was attacked by a catapult, it would be blocked by the roof and walls, and it was a relatively safe place for the commander inside.

"City Lord, the enemy army will attack soon, there is a Datang artillery team of dozens of people in the city, do you need to let them also participate in the battle?"

The subordinates suddenly thought that a small army of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses was still in the city, and asked.

Artik opened his mouth and said: "In such a large-scale battle to attack and defend the city, it doesn't make a difference whether there is a small army of Datang or not, let's let them rest!" When they need to go to war, they will naturally be allowed to go to war. ”

Obviously, when it is not critical, Artik does not plan to use Datang's elite artillery units, after all, Datang's artillery unit only has five artillery, which does not play a role in the defensive battle, at the beginning, when Li An transferred such a small force to them, in order to blast open the gates of the cities along the way, it will play a huge role at a critical time, and in the large-scale harvest operation, whether these five guns participate in the battle will not have any impact on the final outcome, after all, there are too many soldiers and horses involved in the siege, Five cannons didn't play a big role, so such an important weapon naturally had to be spared.

"City Lord, the enemy army has begun to move, and they are going to attack the city."

"Fireball, protect the city lord."

"Command the whole army, prepare to meet the enemy."

Soon, the soldiers and horses outside the city launched a siege battle, the first is a dozen catapults, projecting a burning fireball, the attack power of this fireball is very considerable, more lethal than the stone, after all, the buildings of this era are mainly wooden, is not fire-resistant, in addition, in case these fireballs fall into the fire oil pot of the defending city, for example, it can cause huge losses to the soldiers and horses defending the city, so, the soldiers and horses of the siege are generally very fond of using fireballs, and use catapults to throw fireballs onto the city wall, It is a very common practice for siege soldiers.

The gate tower of Maia City is wooden, it is not fire-resistant, and the target is relatively large, so it has naturally become the key target of the siege soldiers, and one by one fireballs fall overwhelmingly on the gate tower, however, because there are soldiers to maintain, these fireballs do not have a chance to ignite the gate tower.

At the risk of their lives, the soldiers and horses defending the city would throw these fireballs under the city to protect the people and supplies on the walls.

The overwhelming fireball really scared Artik, he didn't want to die here, so he consciously retreated back and entered a safe position in the rear.

"The enemy attack is fierce! What are the casualties of our army? ”

Artik asked nervously.

"City Lord, the enemy attack has just begun, these fireballs and stones, it is difficult to cause many casualties to our army, only a few losses."

The subordinate said.

"There will be no problem with the deployment of the enemy's tunnel crossing!"

Artik asked.

"The city lord rest assured, the location of the tunnel entrance has long been determined, it is in an idle courtyard, our soldiers and horses are deployed around, and if we tightly surround this courtyard, we will definitely not let the enemy's conspiracy succeed."

The subordinate said confidently.

"Very well, how is the deployment of the city gate and the urn city?"

Artik continued.

The subordinate pointed to the window behind the city gate tower and said: "City lord, please see, a large number of elite soldiers and horses are deployed on both sides of the urn city, and there are also elite crossbowmen in ambush on both sides of the city gate. ”

Artik looked at the large number of elite soldiers and horses in ambush on both sides of the urn city, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Okay, very good, it's up to you tonight." ”

Qi Yade, who was commanding the siege outside the city, looked at the large number of defending soldiers on the city wall, and ordered: "When the whole army launches an attack, we must attract all the soldiers and horses defending the city to relieve the pressure on the soldiers and horses in the tunnel." ”

Soon, the elite soldiers and horses of the besieging side launched a fierce attack on Maia City, and all kinds of improvised siege equipment played a role, and the mighty momentum was as if it was really going to attack the city.

"The enemy is attacking the city so fiercely, and our army's elite soldiers and horses are deployed near the tunnel entrance and the city gate, will it not be able to hold the city!"

A civilian official said worriedly.

"Definitely not, our army's defense facilities are complete, even if there are no elite soldiers and horses, it will definitely be able to block the enemy's siege operations, besides, we already know that the main purpose of the enemy army is to break through the city gate through the tunnel mouth, so their siege troops outside the city will not do their best to reduce casualties, if the soldiers and horses outside the city go all out to attack the city, our defending soldiers and horses are indeed more dangerous, but the enemy's casualties will be very large, they hope to attack the city through tunnels, so they will definitely not choose to attack with large casualties, It's just for show. ”

Another official said.

"Okay, we have to focus on the city, at the tunnel entrance, which is the key position for tonight's battle, this must be determined."

Artik emphasized.

Whether or not the elite of the Khorasan cavalry can be inflicted heavy losses in one fell swoop is in the midst of tonight's combat operations.

At the exit of the tunnel, the elite Khorasan cavalry appeared one by one from the tunnel entrance, they entered the courtyard to command, under the command of the receiving personnel, assembled in the courtyard, in order to be able to gather enough strength at one time, they used all the space of the courtyard, and soon the courtyard was full, and the follow-up soldiers and horses were still entering the courtyard, greatly exceeding the tolerance limit of the courtyard.

The leading junior general ordered: "After rushing out, everyone will rush directly to the city gate, and the main force will directly attack the city gate, and the two of you will each lead fifty soldiers to rush up the city wall from both sides to solve the enemy soldiers on the city gate tower, and after the main force enters the urn city, half of them will impact the city gate of the urn city, and the main army will enter the city, and the rest will rush up the city wall from both sides, eliminate the enemy soldiers on the city wall, and reduce the losses of the main army." ”

"Yes, understood."

Several of his subordinates answered.

After a little preparation, the assembled five hundred elites rushed out of the gate and killed in the direction of the city gate a few hundred paces away at full speed, intending to capture the city gate in one go, so as to realize the grand dream of attacking the city of Maia.

They marched very smoothly along the way, without being hindered at all, which made their hearts very excited, and they felt that it was the battle of attacking and defending the city that attracted the defenders in the city, so they advanced so smoothly.

When they rushed to the city gate, they were even more excited, because there were only a few defenders at the gate, and there were also only a few soldiers on the stairs on either side.

"Kill the past and open the gates."

The five hundred men were divided into three groups, fifty on each side and four hundred in the middle, and they killed them fiercely, and behind this group of soldiers and horses, there were intermittent soldiers, constantly supporting them.

The defenders of the defense were quickly cut down, the city gate was opened, and the soldiers on both sides were also smoothly attacking the city wall, and the main force of 400 entered the urn city smoothly and quickly launched a fierce attack.

However, after entering the urn city, the four hundred main forces found that there were no stairs on both sides, and the entire urn city could pass through people, only two city gates, and they had to rush to the city gate of the urn city with all their strength, as long as the city gate was opened, the main army outside the city would be able to enter the city, and the city of Maia would be breached.

However, they were really wrong, and when they were halfway through the charge, a large number of crossbowmen suddenly appeared on the walls on both sides, numbering in the thousands, and it was clear that they had been prepared.

"Whoosh ......"

The four hundred soldiers almost didn't have time to scream a few times, they all turned into hedgehogs, and none of the soldiers could rush to the position of the gate of the urn city, and the two teams of fifty people who had previously divided the troops, after finally climbing the city wall, were also immediately attacked by several times the elite defenders, and there were few people after a few rounds of arrow rain.

The elite army of 500 men was wiped out in an instant, and all this happened under Artik's nose, and he was very happy to see that his plan had succeeded.

"These are the elite soldiers of Khorasan, and we wiped out five hundred people in one go, and after Qiyad and Abu *** found out, they would definitely be very angry, haha!"

Artik said with a smile.

"City Lord, what about the back? There are still a lot of scattered enemy soldiers rushing, they can't see the situation in the urn city, and they probably think that the men and horses in front of them have succeeded? Ha ha! ”

One of his subordinates laughed happily.

"We don't know how many enemy soldiers and horses come from the tunnel, but we will destroy as many as they come, until we wipe them all out, haha!"

Another subordinate laughed.

Artik's mood was indescribably happy, a little fluttery.