Chapter 377: I'm Back!

Ningyuan City finally ushered in her first offensive and defensive battle after it was built. The black-pressed Qianghu coalition army appeared at the 'gate' of the eastern city of Ningyuan City like a dark cloud. The curtain before the offensive was opened by an arrogant knight.

"Soldiers of Ningyuan City, I am Alit, the orthodox monarch of Bahanna, I am back! Bring hope to you. Don't believe Li Huaitang, he is the embodiment of all evil horse bandits, the embodiment of the devil, come, all return to my command, for the sake of the great Bahanna, kill the horse bandits, and open the city 'gate' to welcome your king!" ”

Li Huaitang stood in the city tower, watching with interest the performance of a mad knight under the city, this distance, only one arm of the crossbow can make him shut up from now on.

"Ahti?" Li Huaitang wanted to laugh, this person was just a clown jumping off the beam, and he didn't know whether he had defected to the arms of the big cannibals or the Tubo people after he was occupied by his magpie's nest dove, if he was allowed to shout two words out of thin air to rebel against his soldiers, then wouldn't the large amount of silver he had sprinkled down not even be as good as stones?

"General, I'm going to get rid of this pesky fly." Gongsun Wenyuan asked for help, and the strong crossbow in his hand jumped to 'desire' to try.

Li Huaitang shook his head and said, "Wait, let him have some fun for the soldiers first." ”

The unexpected silence at the head of the city made Ajeti ecstatic, and he sensed an opportunity, and most of the defenders at the head of the city were shocked by his identity! He believed that the original number of horse bandits, most of them were his old subordinates, or citizens from the country of Bakhana, and when they heard that he was the true heir to the monarch, their loyalty to serve the horse bandits had been shaken, and as long as they shouted two more words, most of the soldiers in the city would naturally fall to him, open the 'gates' for him, welcome him into the city, and help him to the throne of the king.

Ati was so excited that he couldn't help but drive his horse two steps closer to the wall, so that the soldiers at the head of the city could hear and see more clearly.

"Whoever kills Li Huaitang will be rewarded with a thousand heads of cattle and given the post of commander of a thousand commanders. Those who abandon the darkness and turn to the light will not be held accountable for what they have done before, and they will be rewarded. Take action, and open the gates of the city for your king, and for me, the only heir of Bakhana! ”

It seems that someone on the top of the city fired arrows, but was stopped. Ati's ecstasy was a little more, and the distance from the city wall was a little more, and he had no doubt that his shouting was already working, and it was fermenting, and he had to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results.

"My soldiers, fear not, I am with you, you see, behind me, I have brought countless reinforcements of allies, who will support you with practical actions! Open the door! "Ajeti lost his alertness for fear and gradually entered the range of the strong bow's 'shooting'.

"The performance is really good, he should have been given a reward, but unfortunately he voted for the wrong camp." Li Huaitang sneered and stretched his bow and arrows, and Sen Han's arrows pointed at Aliti under the city.

"Whoosh!" Cold arrows were sent out from the castle tower without warning, instantly piercing Ati's chest.

"The Admiral is mighty!" A loud sound sounded from the silent city just now, and three consecutive cheers rushed towards the Qianghu coalition army that was preparing to launch an offensive several miles away.

Li Huaitang coldly put away his longbow, with a look of disdain, as if he was saying to the dead Ayuti: "There is a road in heaven that you don't take, but hell has no 'gate' but you go away." ”

Alitti's death completely 'provoked' the Qianghu coalition army, several low horns sounded, and the coalition army that led the 'wave' offensive screamed and rushed towards the tall city wall of Ningyuan City, perhaps it should be more accurate to say that they rushed towards the death trap.

Looking down from the tall and thick city wall, the attacking enemy was dense like ants, carrying shoddy ladders approaching the city wall, and did not forget to shout to give themselves courage as they advanced.

Li Huaitang stood at the highest point of the city, in the arrow tower, staring at the 'chaotic' and chaotic offensive of the miscellaneous beards with a blank face. The tongue caught by the wolf's tooth confirmed the information that Jiamu had revealed, and the so-called Qianghu coalition army was more like a hodgepodge, as long as they were given a heavy blow, their morale would definitely plummet, and once the desire to return was generated, it would be unstoppable, and defeat was inevitable.

There were also three Tang envoys who watched the battle with Li Huaitang, they were invited to the city tower again, Li Huaitang wanted to let the arrogance of the strong Hu fall into their eyes, and pass into the Tang Dynasty through their mouths, strengthen the Tang Emperor's determination to support Ning Yuancheng against the Western Regions Zhuhu, improve the confidence of the Tang Dynasty in Ning Yuan City, and attract those depressed talented businessmen to join.

Seeing that Hu Ren was powerful, Wu Xin and Qi Jishan were very flustered, and asked Li Huaitang in unison: "Why didn't the general give the order to release the arrows?" ”

The arrows will definitely be released, but they can't scare the target away. Li Huaitang's goal was to inflict heavy damage on the enemy, and of course he had to put them within the most favorable distance for the bow and arrow to kill before making a move.

Wu Xin and Qi Jishan didn't wait for an answer, they watched the tens of thousands of Hu people getting closer and closer, and when their nervous nerves were stretched to the limit, they suddenly heard the sound of 'excited' and 'swinging' horns sounding at the head of the city, and arrows poured down like rain, one after another, enveloping the Qianghu coalition army who didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

"Huh?" The three Tang envoys opened their mouths and were speechless, they had never seen such a dense rain of arrows, and the true strength of Ning Yuan City began to show in front of their eyes, including the serious and unchallengeable military orders, before the horn sounded, they couldn't hear any of the defenders have a noisy sound, and they couldn't see any of the defenders acting recklessly.

"Sure enough, it's a mighty army!" The nervousness on Qi Jishan's face was swept away, and the previous worries were completely superfluous, and the strength of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry was between the 'elite' of the Tang army.

The shock was also played out on the faces of the leaders of the strong beard, and Sulu Khan even thought that he had mistaken it, when did the horse bandits in Qishi City become so powerful? The other party has grasped the initiative from beginning to end, the timing of the counterattack is timely, the strike force is strong and ruthless, the defenders are calm and resolute in the execution of orders, as if they are facing the 'elite' from the Tang Dynasty, and they are reminded of the news that the day before yesterday Jiamu came back from the camp: there may be Tang troops in the city.

Right! It must be the Tang Army! The horse bandits from Qishi City could not be so powerful, they must have received the support of the Tang Army's 'elite'. This idea was not the preserve of Sulu Khan, the Great Cannibal Abbasid, Zahid and Sukhail all thought so. Only the Tibetan commander, the young Dazaru Gong, was smiling bitterly, and the enemy's strength had increased again!

The first attack of the Qianghu coalition army 'Bo' was composed of 2,000 Great Food Soldiers and soldiers from the Bone Nation and the Five Consciousness Hidden Country, totaling 10,000 people, and before they reached the city wall, the number of dead and wounded was more than one-third.

The offensive did not stop, dozens of simple wooden ladders were erected to the head of the city, at this time, the Hu generals sadly found that Ningyuan City was too high, and their ladders were still half a person high to reach the notch of the 'female' wall. The offensive became a sandwich meal, and the soldiers were forced to climb up, but fortunately, the rain of arrows from the city was much thinner, and the arm strength of the longbowmen was only ten rounds, and the intensity of the arrow rain naturally decayed.

"Kill!" A soldier from Khorasan, who bravely climbed up with his shield and sword, determined to fight for the Abbasids, the messenger of God, even if he died. He was originally a pariah, but it was the great Abbasid who called him into the army, and the Abbasids gave him infinite motivation, both spiritually and physically. He remembered the Abbasids' 'stirring' slogan all the time: Fight by the side of the theocracy, fight for the theocracy! Not only that, but every soldier who was drafted received a large settling-in allowance. For a time, in order to save the princess of the Great Food, in order to restore the dignity of the Great Food, and for the supreme divine power, the crazy Khorasan people gathered at the side of the Abbasids and formed a huge army.

Ah Wa was extremely brave, the small horse shield in his hand blocked two stones that smashed at him in a row, and even a sharp arrow could not pass through the protection of the horse shield in his hand, he was the first soldier among the attackers to appear at the highest point, but unfortunately, the wooden ladder could not give him more strength, he had to throw away the horse shield so that he could free up his hands to climb to the city that was close at hand. Ah Wa did not hesitate, he held the 'female' wall with both hands to prop up his upper body, and was about to 'raise' his 'legs' to climb up to the city, when a spear came quickly, ruthlessly passed through his neck, and the rotating spear broke his neck......

The Hu people who climbed to the top of the city were not ordinary depressed, and they cursed the people who built the ladder, but they were only a little bit away, and it was this little distance that became an insurmountable chasm for them, the boundary between life and death.

The battle situation was unfavorable, and the leaders of Qianghu had a 'fierce' quarrel. The Great Cannibals were inclined to end the offensive, and the Abbasids were anxious to see their soldiers slaughtered. However, the Tibetan general Dazarugon did not think so, he said to Sulu Khan: "Great Han, the defenders are dense with arrows, we should take advantage of the fatigue of the defenders' archers and their own time to send reinforcements and take Ningyuan City in one go, otherwise the morale will be hit, and it will be more difficult to attack again next time." ”

"To put it lightly, if you don't cut your 'meat' with a knife, of course you don't hurt. Don't you see that our ladder can't reach the top of the city, and if we don't withdraw it, the soldiers will be doomed. The Great Cannibal Sukhail sneered sarcastically.

The strong beards did not understand the language, and several lame interpreters even spoke and compared, but the result made the main generals crazy, and many of them relied on guessing to comprehend.

Dazarughan was not angry at Sukhail's rudeness, he continued: "Our advantage is that we have more troops than the defenders, and the key to this battle depends on whether we can give full play to our advantages, as long as we continue to attack the defenders by surprise, the certainty of breaking the city is at least fifty percent." The ladder is not a big problem, and the ladder can be lifted by human power. ”

At this point, Dazarughan turned to Sulu Khan again: "Ask the Great Khan to send reinforcements to put pressure on the enemy, and at the same time send divine 'archers' to suppress the archers at the head of the city." ”

Abbasid had just finished his conversation with Zahid, and he glanced at the young Dazarukon, but said to Sulu Khan: "Great Khan, this is just a test offensive, and there is no need to take it seriously. Now that we've discovered that something is wrong, why don't we withdraw and wait until we have perfected our shortcomings before attacking. Dazarugon is right, our advantage is in the strength of the army, so I would like to ask the Great Khan to gather the soldiers in the direction of the city of Xijian, let them come and join us, then our troops will be more sufficient, and we can attack from all sides to let the defenders ignore the tail, so that we have a greater chance of breaking the city. ”

Sulu Khan also hesitated, and rode around the city to 'shoot' him, but now it is not the same as in the past, he does not have many arrows, and the only remaining arrows can only be used on the blade, he is not optimistic about the 'wave' and 'chaotic' offensive in front of him, and the 'elite' Shiguo infantry is his ideal main force to break the city. Abbasid's words are very reasonable, as long as Ningyuan City is captured, Xijian City will surrender without a fight.

"Blow the trumpet, withdraw the troops!" Sulu Khan made up his mind.

"Great Khan!" Dazaru Gong was unwilling.

"Don't say too much, I've made up my mind." Sulu Khan waved his hand to stop Dazaru Gong from speaking.

The horn sounded, and the soldiers in the attack reacted differently to the military order, some continued to climb the wooden ladder, some looked back, and some looked at their leader, only the big cannibal understood the meaning of the horn, spread his feet and ran back desperately. The escape of the Great Cannibal was like a raging torrent under a broken embankment, pouring for thousands of miles, and the first offensive of the Qianghu coalition army ended in a hurry, leaving thousands of corpses under the city and finding nothing.

There was a cheer on the city, and Qi Jishan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"What a blockbuster! No wonder Li Langzi is so determined, the original strength is so strong, and today's view of Fang Jue is rumored to be worthy of the name. Qi Jishan couldn't help but admire, the figure of the strong beards had not even appeared in the city, and the offensive was hastily broken, such a victory was undoubtedly a great encouragement to the morale of the army.

Li Huaitang didn't say anything, this is just the beginning, the greater glory is still to come, and at the same time, he also knows that this is just a tentative offensive by the Hu people, and the more tragic battle is still to come, as long as the Shiguo infantry in the direction of Xijian City is transferred, the situation in Ningyuan City will be very grim.

In the direction of Xijian City, which was missed by both the attacking and defending sides, the Turkish cavalry coalition army was defeated. Smoke billowed from the city of Xijian City, and corpses were littered everywhere.

At this time, Que Yi was so eager to slash his body, he didn't wait for the sky-high fire in the city, but waited for the hellfire that fell on the head of the coalition army.

Since being slapped hard by Li Huaitang, the morale of the Tuqi Shi coalition army has been dealt a heavy blow. In order to eliminate the influence and divert the attention of the soldiers, Que Yinanru suggested that he immediately launch an offensive against Xijian City, allowing those who entered the city first to sack for three days as a "lure" and "confusion", and instigated tens of thousands of people in Yi Jian to rush to the city one after another. The strong attack for two consecutive days was almost successful, and there were many stone warriors climbing up on the top of the city, and the city 'gate' was almost shaky under the impact of the dead and wounded, and at the critical moment, the defenders released the hellfire to the coalition army, and the terrifying hellfire destroyed the confidence and morale of the coalition army. The detailed work in the city failed, and the hellfire became the opponent's trophy, which in turn acted on him, and in this way, most of his nephews had failed, and the plan to burn Ningyuan City must have died.

The morale can not be discharged, and the 'chicken' blood that was beaten to the soldiers of Shiguo was 'gone' after a fire. Seeing that nothing could be done, Suo and Que Yi had a hard time discussing it, and decided to wave their troops east to join Sulu Khan. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon