The Tang Dynasty general proposed to let the surrounding cities send soldiers and horses to reinforce Maia City, it is to see that the defense of Maia City has reached the most critical time, the guards in the city have suffered heavy losses, if you do not send soldiers and horses to rescue, Maia City is indeed very dangerous, so you should send soldiers and horses from the surrounding areas to Maiya City, besides, there is no war in the three surrounding cities, those soldiers and horses are very idle, and they have not been attacked in any way.

At the beginning, because the army of Qi Yad was in full swing, these soldiers and horses could only hold the city, but now, most of the cavalry troops under Qi Yad are attacking the city, and the power used for field combat is greatly reduced, and the surrounding cities have gradually become paralyzed.

"Let the surrounding cities reinforce, but they are all infantry, even if Ziyad's cavalry is tired, it is still cavalry, the strength is very different, can it really be effective? Besides, we can't get out, so how can we give orders for reinforcements? ”

Artik spoke.

Obviously, this idea Altic has thought about it a long time ago, but unfortunately, he has been completely unable to get in touch with the outside city, Ziyad's army has surrounded the city, and the last few cavalry broke through the defense line of Ziyad's army and entered Maia City by pure luck, after that, there are no more soldiers and horses can enter Maia City, and Artik has completely lost contact with the troops outside, since they have lost contact, how to command the troops outside, and the soldiers and horses outside have not been instructed, They will not risk reinforcing the city of Maia, they will stick to their respective cities according to the original strategy.

The Tang junior smiled and said, "Who said that we have lost contact with the outside, my contact with Li Shilang has never stopped, and Li Shilang is also very clear about the current situation of Maia City." ”

"What, you have always been in contact, how is this possible, the city is surrounded by water, how can you still get in touch, is it possible that the Tang Dynasty soldiers can still fly out."

Artik asked, confused.

"That's right, it flew out, but it wasn't people who flew out, it was a pigeon, the flying pigeon book was a tool that we Datang used to deliver news, it was a long time, why, you don't need Fei Ge to deliver the news."

The young general of Datang said.

Artik said: "The flying pigeon transmits the news, we naturally know this, but the pigeon is a bird after all, not very reliable, in case it gets lost halfway, or is shot by the enemy, then it will be over, this risk is a little too great." ”

Obviously, Artik is a little distrustful of the flying pigeon, always feel that it is a bit of child's play to let the birds pass on the news, if it is used by ordinary people to write family letters, it doesn't matter, even if the flying pigeon has an accident on the way, it doesn't matter, but if the flying pigeon is used to transmit extremely important military information, then the slightest accident is not allowed, once the flying pigeon is shot by the enemy, let the enemy know the military situation, the consequences will be extremely serious.

Therefore, Artik did not dare to use pigeons to deliver news, for fear that important military information would be obtained by the enemy, while the young general of the Tang Dynasty was not worried about this problem at all.

As long as the pigeon is well trained, it can complete the task well, and there is no need to worry about safety at all, as for the problem of leaking secrets in the event of an accident, Li An has long been prepared, all messages are written with a special liquid, after the handwriting is dry, nothing will be left on the paper, only the use of a special liquid smear can make the handwriting visible, and this material was invented by Li An himself, others can't grasp it at all, and naturally it can't be cracked, even if the pigeon is shot by the enemy, All the enemy can get is a blank slate, and no useful information can be obtained.

The Datang junior general will not tell Artik these details, he only tells Altic that Datang's military pigeons are extremely reliable, and there is no need to worry about safety at all, as long as he is willing to give orders, Datang junior generals can help convey them, as long as they are orders written by him personally, his subordinates can naturally understand them.

Artik was quickly persuaded by the Tang general, he agreed to write a letter to the generals of Zhucheng, and immediately used the liquid provided by the Tang generals to write three orders, and handed them over to the Tang generals together, and the Tang generals also wrote a piece of information and described the origin of the matter in detail.

Because the size of the military pigeon is too small, the ability to carry letters is limited, so the four letters were placed on the two military pigeons, and released as quickly as possible, because it is a pigeon in the middle of the city, when the pigeon flies to the city gate battlefield, the height is already very high, and the size and target are very small, so it is difficult to be noticed, even if it is noticed, it is difficult to attack, besides, it is just a pigeon, who would have thought that it was to transmit information?

The news was delivered, but Artik was not at all easy, the fierce siege of Ziyad's army continued, and the casualty figures reported from various directions shocked him.

The city's reception center for wounded soldiers was already overcrowded, and a large number of wounded and sick people gathered together, making the medical officer in charge of the rescue sweat profusely, and some seriously wounded soldiers had to choose to give up.

Many wounded soldiers who had not yet died were carried aside, and no one bothered at all, because the resources were so limited, they could only help the lightly wounded who were easy to help, and the seriously injured could only give up, and there was no better way.

Unless the seriously wounded man is an important general, in this way, in order to get the best care, it is an ordinary soldier can only wait for death, this is the case in any era, there is no good way, after all, the resources of any era are limited, in the case of short resources, you can only consider important people first.

If there is any place where the largest army in the city of Maia is, it must be in the Wounded Hospital, the number of wounded soldiers here has exceeded the 10,000 mark, and it has become the largest reserve base in Artik, as long as these wounded soldiers can almost recover, they can return to the battle and join the battle to defend the city.

Many of the soldiers with minor injuries, who were not very seriously wounded, had already returned to their original units, so that the lack of personnel in the direction of the city gates could be compensated.

After dark, a new battle damage report came up, which was simply jaw-dropping, and the casualties were as high as 6,000 in a day's work, and the wounded soldiers once again crowded the hospital in the center of the city.

In order to prevent too many wounded soldiers from gathering together and causing greater pessimism, Artik divided the wounded soldiers into five parts, so that the wounded soldiers in each place were less than 3,000, and it was easier to manage.

In addition, due to the lack of troops, the corresponding standard of wounded soldiers has also been raised a little, some soldiers who were originally slightly injured were given minor injuries, and some wounded soldiers who still needed to recuperate for a day or two were also retransferred back to the army and joined the battle to defend the city.

The fierce battle to defend the city consumes not only a large number of soldiers, but also a large number of garrison materials, which need to be transported from the city after they are used.

Therefore, in order to allow the soldiers to better cultivate, the task of transporting materials from the city was handed over to the people in the city, including the elderly and children, and women.

With the help of these people, the soldiers defending the city can save a lot of physical strength, so that they can have more physical strength to defend the city, which is greatly beneficial to the defense of the city.

Because the siege soldiers outside the city fought too fiercely, the original three shifts of the defending soldiers had to be adjusted to two shifts to increase more troops to defend the city, and in this way, the pressure on all the soldiers was greater, and the defense of the city became more difficult.

Of course, the siege soldiers outside the city were also very uncomfortable, and while their fierce attacks caused a large number of casualties to the defenders, their own casualties were also very large, and there were a large number of wounded soldiers in the rear of the siege army.

Because these wounded soldiers could not fight, they were all sent back to the camp farther away, and at this moment, the wounded soldiers in the camp of Qiyad were as high as 20,000.

This does not include those who were slightly wounded, because the lightly wounded soldiers remained in the rear of the besieging army, ready to fight at any time, and the injuries were not very serious anyway, and they could continue to fight.

Seriously injured soldiers, as long as it is too difficult to rescue, all of them are directly abandoned, not even transported back, and directly thrown their bodies into the moat, so that the moat can be filled faster, although it seems a little cruel, but for the victory of the battle, it is inevitable to be cruel, anyway, even if it is transported back, it is a pair of corpses, and if it is burned, it is still a waste of wood, or it is still more cost-effective in the moat.

The soldiers in the front were storming the city wall with improvised ladders, while the soldiers in the back were in charge of attacking and covering, while others were busy filling in the moat.

The covering soldiers and horses can cause huge losses to the defending army, covering the soldiers to attack the city wall, and the soldiers who fill the river are also very important, only when the moat is filled, more powerful siege weapons can be pushed under the city wall, if these heavy ladder weapons are pushed under the city wall, the soldiers and horses defending the city are very bad, because these heavy weapons are too powerful.

First of all, the heavy ladder is difficult to destroy, the difficulty of the soldiers to climb is much smaller, and the more powerful siege heavy weapons such as the Lu Gong car are even more terrifying, the soldiers can climb directly and safely from the internal ladder to the terrace higher than the city wall, and then, directly jump into the city wall, a large number of soldiers keep jumping into the city wall, which will inevitably cause huge pressure on the soldiers defending the city, and the city is likely to be unable to hold.

However, the moat is not easy to fill, and the defenders have been attacking the troops who have filled the river, creating great difficulties for the soldiers and horses who are filling the river, making it difficult for them to quickly fill the moat and thus protect the city from being breached.

By night, Ziyad's anger had dissipated a lot, and he began to calmly analyze his orders, feeling that he was too uncalm to order the accelerated attack, and caused huge losses to the army. If he was to be convicted of passively avoiding battle, it would be enough for him to drink a pot, and launching a strong attack would at least prove his obedience and obedience to Mansour's order to attack.

"What about the casualties of the army? How's the attack progressing? ”

Ziyad asked as he inspected the wounded soldiers.

"General, in today's battle, our army suffered particularly heavy casualties, nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded in one day, and more than four or five thousand were killed, not counting the 1,000 cavalry who entered the urn city, and the attack progress was not ideal, every time a soldier boarded the city wall, he would always be driven down by the superior soldiers and horses on the city wall, and our soldiers were never able to gain a firm foothold on the city wall, according to this way of playing, the losses of our army were too great."

The subordinate said very pertinently.

Qi Yade sighed deeply and said: "It's all my fault for letting the army suffer such heavy losses, but I can't help it, the grain and grass of the army were burned by the enemy, and our army is facing the risk of running out of food, if we don't break through the city as soon as possible, our army's situation is worrying!" ”

"General, it's really not good, let's withdraw our troops and return to Khorasan! In this way, even if the city is breached, the losses of our army will be extremely heavy, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

The subordinate spoke.

Ziyad frowned and said: "I want to go back, but the order sent to me by the caliph is to capture the city of Maya and capture Ibrahim and Artik alive. ”

For his master Mansur, Ziyad knows very well, this ruthless guy will not forgive incompetent subordinates, for his own prestige, it is very likely to put all the responsibility for the loss of troops to Qiyad, and even put Qiyad to death, in order to maintain his own tall and wise image, as everyone knows, this strategic order was issued by him, even if the army is lost, there is most of Mansur's responsibility, even, all the responsibility is Mansur's, who let him give such an unrealistic order.

"There is no turning back from the bow, the order is given, all the armies will attack the city with all their might, even if they lose all their old capital, they must gnaw Maia City, this is the task I must complete."

Ziyad finally gave this crazy order.

The Qiyad army, which had been attacking for a whole day, did not stop the siege after dark, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life continued to attack, and did not give the soldiers defending the city a little respite, of course, they themselves were also very tired, many soldiers were forced, and even soldiers self-harmed to avoid participating in the battle, which was also one of the reasons for the heavy losses of the siege soldiers and horses.

The continuous siege and defense of the city caused extremely heavy losses to both warring sides, and the casualties on both sides were unbearable, and even the phenomenon of self-harm and desertion appeared, which shows the cruelty of the battle and the collapse of the soldiers' hearts.