Artillery is a sharp weapon for Datang to deter barbarians from all directions, and it can also be said to be an important weapon of the country.

Explosives and shells are used as consumables for artillery, and naturally Datang needs to tightly seal the technology, and it is absolutely impossible for foreigners to master this technology, otherwise, it will create great trouble for Datang.

Although the formula of gunpowder is very simple, as long as Li An doesn't say it, it is really difficult for others to figure it out, and the technology of cannonballs is more complicated, and it is more important to the Tang Empire, so it can't be leaked out.

After seeing the powerful power of artillery, Altic has become obsessed with this weapon, and he very much hopes that he can also have this kind of weapon, but unfortunately Datang is unwilling to provide it, which makes him very regretful, but there is no way.

Since the stock of ammunition is running out, it is necessary to save some use, in case Ziyad is close to the city wall, it can also play a role in sniping, in addition, although the pressure is very great now, it has not yet reached the most critical moment, so it is better to save it first,

"Cannonballs can't be made, it's impossible to leave the city to get them, and if they run out, they won't be gone, hey!"

Artik said helplessly.

The young general of the Tang Dynasty thought for a moment and said: "It is impossible to destroy all the equipment outside the city with artillery, there are too many of them, especially catapults, the distance is so far, it is difficult to hit, the best way is to organize a commando team to attack the enemy's equipment, and destroy all the enemy's equipment." ”

A general said helplessly: "This is not easy, the enemy cavalry is pressing behind the equipment, as long as our soldiers and horses rush out, they will immediately go into battle, how can our infantry beat the battle-hardened Khorasan cavalry, this is no different from sending to death." ”

"If the battle hasn't been fought yet, it will be said that it will not be beaten, and if you have no confidence in yourself, even if you have no chance of winning, you should work hard."

The Tang junior general said.

Several generals shook their heads again and again, very much disapproving of the words of the Tang general, thinking that the Tang general was crazy, thinking about unrealistic things, they knew their subordinates very well, and understood that these guys couldn't beat the Khorasan cavalry outside, and to go out of the city to fight was to die.

Artik also shook his head and said: "Most of our soldiers are new soldiers, and even most of the most elite soldiers and horses are new soldiers, and they can't beat the Khorasan cavalry when they go out of the city, which is no joke." ”

The Tang junior general said: "If you can't fight, it's much stronger than not daring to fight, if your soldiers don't even have this bit of courage, then what kind of battle are they fighting, and besides, it doesn't matter if they are defeated, just withdraw directly." ”

"What are you kidding, as soon as the drawbridge falls, it will be difficult to rise again, and after our soldiers are defeated, the enemy's cavalry will follow and take the opportunity to rush into the city lord, so won't the city fall?"

One of the generals spoke.

The young general of the Tang Dynasty said: "What are you afraid of, isn't there still an urn city, isn't it good to introduce the enemy cavalry into the urn city and let it be annihilated in the urn city later!" ”

Artik suddenly thought that last time, he annihilated the enemy's elite soldiers and horses in the urn city, and this time he could completely follow the gourd and wipe out the enemy cavalry in the urn city, so as to eliminate the living force of the siege soldiers and horses.

There is no ladder leading to the city wall inside the urn city, and the only passage is only the front and rear city gates, and a screen is built in the middle, so that the two city gates are not opposite, and can block the cavalry from quickly attacking the main city gate, which plays a good defensive role.

"You mean to send soldiers and horses out of the city to sneak attack, and then defeat the enemy cavalry into the city of urn, but the speed of the enemy cavalry is very fast, if our soldiers go slowly, won't they suffer heavy losses, moreover, there is no ladder in the city of urn, if our soldiers want to withdraw to a safe place, they must withdraw from the main city gate, but if the enemy cavalry rushes in, the city gate will really be broken, unless...... Unless we close the gates of the main city, abandon the soldiers who went out of the city to fight, and watch them all die. ”

Said one of the generals.

The Tang Dynasty general said: "It is inevitable that there will be casualties in the war, if no one is willing to take the initiative to sacrifice, then, this battle is not very easy to fight, send a death squad out of the city to sneak attack, the enemy army must not think, in one fell swoop can cause greater damage to the enemy's siege equipment, after encountering the cavalry, retreat into the city, but also can lure part of the enemy cavalry into the urn city, and finally eliminate these enemy cavalry into the city, severely demoralize the enemy, slow down the enemy's siege progress." ”

"Forming a death squad is also a way, but some of them are too cruel, these daredevils are destined to all die, and there will not even be a single one who can live."

Artik felt a little cruel.

"Since there is no possibility of survival, the number of death squads must not be too much, otherwise, even if the enemy is annihilated, our losses will be very large, and a few hundred people should be enough."

Said one of the generals.

The Datang junior general said: "Three hundred!" The death squad with 300 people will definitely be able to complete this task well. ”

Artik looked at one of his subordinates and said, "You will be in charge of the formation of the three hundred death squads." ”

When the general heard this, he looked at Artik and said: "City Lord, my subordinates are all recruits, it is estimated that they do not have the courage to go out of the city to fight, these three hundred death squads should be selected from the most elite troops in the city!" Only they had the courage to go out of the city and fight. ”

Artik was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he was a little reluctant to let his elite go out of the city to die, thought for a while, and said: "It is enough to select a hundred elite soldiers and horses, let them rush to the front, and then draw two hundred people from the recruits to follow, so that it is enough." ”

"Yes, City Lord."

The subordinates couldn't give a reason for objecting, so they quickly nodded in agreement.

Soon, one hundred soldiers were selected from among the best soldiers and horses in the city, and two hundred were drawn from among the recruits, who assembled in the direction of the north gate to accept the glorious mission of fighting out of the city.

Of course, in order to prevent them from fearing, the general did not tell them the serious consequences of going out of the city to fight, nor did he say that they would inevitably die in battle, but only asked them to complete this arduous task, go out of the city to destroy some of the enemy's siege equipment, and then quickly withdraw to the city, there will be soldiers and horses to cover them, so that these warriors who go out of the city to fight will feel that they still have the possibility of survival, so as not to have a desperate heart, and then refuse to go out of the city to fight, or simply run out and surrender.

Deception can exist everywhere, and in the army is no exception, sometimes in order to win, it is inevitable to do deceptive things, such as when the water source is cut off, in order to encourage the soldiers to act, and tell the soldiers that there is a water source not far ahead, and everyone can drink water as soon as they rush over.

Sometimes, in order to be able to get rid of the enemy, a small number of people are left to be contained and the main force is withdrawn to a safe place through deception.

An army is often full of deception, especially in ancient times, which had to deceive not only its enemies, but also its own subordinates, and of course, some of them were well-intentioned deceptions.

For example, when the army is about to run out of food and grass, tell the soldiers that the food and grass are still sufficient, so as not to affect the morale of the army because of the shortage of food and grass.

This time, the death squad was sent out of the city to fight, in order to consume the enemy's equipment, and at the same time, it was to lure the enemy cavalry into the city, annihilate the enemy cavalry, and boost the morale of the army, but for absolute safety, after the army left the city, the main city would be closed, thus deciding the fate of the death squad.

"These sons are good, and Allah will remember them."

Artik closed his eyes and prayed.

All the soldiers who went out of the city to fight were equipped with the most basic weapons, but the 100 elite soldiers who rushed to the front were equipped with shields and scimitars, while the 200 recruits behind were only one scimitar, and at the same time, they also needed to hold a mass of fire-starting objects and be responsible for burning the equipment outside the city.

That is to say, the first hundred elites in front are responsible for opening the way, and the two hundred recruits in the back are responsible for burning the siege equipment, division of labor and cooperation to complete the work, as long as they move fast enough to solve the problem before the enemy can react, then, they are fully capable of withdrawing into the city, but what they don't know is that after they leave the city gate, the gate of the main city will be closed immediately, and it will not be opened because of their return, they are doomed to not return.

"Click......"

The gate of the main city was opened first, and three hundred soldiers entered the urn city with weapons and fire-starting things, and then the gate of the urn city was also opened, and the three hundred death squads went out of the city from the gate of the urn city, and at this moment, the gate of the main city was closed, and because of the existence of a screen, the soldiers who went out of the city could not see the gate of the main city that was closed even if they looked back.

After most of the soldiers walked out of the city gate, the drawbridge not far from the city gate was also gently lowered, and the moment the drawbridge was lowered, three hundred soldiers rushed up with shouts and carried out a surprise attack on the unprepared enemy troops in the city.

The siege soldiers and horses outside the city are already very close to the moat, that is to say, as long as these death squad soldiers rush through the moat, they can attack the soldiers and horses outside the city, and the main forces with combat effectiveness outside the city are concentrated in the back, in front of which are arrow blocking vehicles and a small number of crossbowmen, as well as the soldiers who are responsible for filling the ditch and the people who plundered them, their combat effectiveness is relatively weak, and they can't stop the soldiers and horses that suddenly rush out of the city in an emergency.

Several crossbowmen who were hiding behind the arrow blocking carts were quickly hacked to death, and some soldiers jumped into the trenches and frantically slashed the Khorasan crossbowmen hiding inside, while more soldiers quickly rushed forward, because the equipment such as ladder trucks, which were the most threatening enemy troops, were still behind, and their task was to destroy these most threatening enemy siege equipment to protect the safety of the city of Maia.

In order to be able to kill and injure the defenders of the city, the nearest catapult was only one or two hundred paces away from the city wall, which was a very short distance, so these soldiers and horses rushed to these weapons with a single impact, and quickly set fire.

The soldiers in charge of operating the catapult are not equipped with weapons, after all, the catapult is their weapon, but the death squad has already killed them, they don't have the ability to equip the catapult with bayonets, so except for the killed, the rest have fled to the back, they don't want to use their fists to fight, and there are many people who have been plundered, when they see the death squad killing, they run back lifelessly.

Ziyad watched the battle from a long distance behind, and in order to avoid being attacked by the city's artillery, he had to stay farther away, and the command task of approaching the city walls could only be entrusted to his subordinates.

The general in charge of the command, after discovering that the soldiers and horses in the city suddenly killed, was stunned for a moment, which was greatly beyond his expectations after all.

Then he immediately commanded the cavalry to attack to annihilate these death squads, but the retreating soldiers and the plundered civilians blocked the passage, which made the cavalry attack lose a certain suddenness, and the speed of the cavalry attack was greatly delayed, thus providing sufficient time for the death squads to burn the siege equipment in front.

But the enemy's cavalry was not very far away after all, and when the fire was ignited, the Khorasan cavalry was already close to slaughter.

These death squad soldiers, seeing the enemy cavalry rushing over in the dark, knew that if they didn't retreat, they would only be dead, so they immediately retreated in the direction of the city, especially the most elite soldiers and horses, they retreated faster.

But the two legs of the men could not outrun the horses, and they were just about to flee when they were caught up, and the soldiers who ran at the back became the targets of the Khorasan cavalry to practice chopping, and for a time it can be said that they suffered heavy losses.

But because the distance was only one or two hundred paces, the fastest soldiers still rushed to the front of the drawbridge, and quickly entered the urn city through the drawbridge, and at the same time, the crossbowmen on the city wall also kept firing arrows to cover the death squads returning to the city, they did not know that Artik had given up on these soldiers, and such a confidential matter would not let them know.

The continuous attack of the bow and crossbow caused many Khorasan cavalry to fall off their horses, and some fell into the moat, but more Khorasan cavalry rushed into the urn city, pursued the death squads that fled into the urn city, and prepared to rush into the city in one go and occupy the city.

Almost all the members of the death squad who ran to the back were hacked to death by the Khorasan cavalry, and only less than 50 people managed to escape back to the urn city, while the Khorasan cavalry that followed them into the urn city was as high as more than 300, and there were more cavalry desperately rushing inside.

Ziade, who was watching the battle from a distance, also saw his cavalry rushing into the city from the city gate, however, he was not happy, on the contrary, he was very nervous, because all this came too suddenly, some too smoothly, if he could break through the city so easily, his previous efforts would not be in vain, he felt that this was very likely to be a conspiracy, a big conspiracy, and the cavalry under his command who rushed into the city was very likely to be a plan.