Chapter 32: Hellfire
The Turgish tribe is vaguely divided into two major forces, which are actually the opposition between the black race and the yellow race. The black race represented by Sulu Khan, with black hair and black eyes. The yellow race represented by Mohe Dagan has yellow hair and color eyes. Originally, the grassland peoples didn't mind this distinction very much, but even if it was a subtle difference, ambitious people would naturally not let it go, so rifts were inevitable.
Thinking of the fierceness of those green-eyed and yellow-haired subordinates, Sulu Khan's heart felt a little uneasy. I'm afraid that even he didn't feel it, this is the result of Que Yinan's subtle effect in front of him as usual.
Under the volley of the fierce camel cavalry, the big cannibal left hundreds of corpses behind, fled in panic, and easily escaped from the battlefield with the speed of his first-class horse.
The Turquoise rangers also suffered heavy losses, and the great cannibal assault brought them more than 200 dead and wounded. The retreat of the Turgish rangers led directly to the collapse of the coalition offensive. The Lite coalition army that was besieging the city noticed something strange behind them, and fear immediately enveloped every soldier, like a frightened flock of sheep spreading their feet and racing to escape as fast as possible.
Discord's escape was a disaster. The coalition soldiers scrambled to cross the wooden bridge made of short ladders, which could not bear the weight of the large number of men and horses, and as a result, they broke one after another, and countless people fell into the water. There are people who struggle to swim across the river, but they are held tightly by an unknown number of hands, unable to move forward, and their hands just paddle in vain, and after choking a few mouthfuls of water, they sink to the bottom of the water, are swept away by the flowing water, and die with the other people who have fallen into the water.
The terrible moat swallowed the lives of more than a thousand coalition troops.
On the city walls, the cheers of the victors resounded, not only to demonstrate to the Turgish, but also to pay tribute to the heroism of General Zahid and the warriors.
Sulu Khan also led the coalition forces in time to send out a loud cheer, and they wanted to greet the invincible blood bear black horsemen to hide the low morale.
Under the city of Samarkand, the two sides fought for their lives and blood.
It was just a small test of the edge, and the main meal had just begun, and the Turgish, who were unwilling to fail, launched a fierce offensive again.
A full 10,000 Shi Guo infantry carried more than a dozen siege ladders and pushed a heavy door-slamming hammer, slowly advancing towards the city wall that had just been fiercely fought. The thousands of warriors of the Mukun tribe also screamed strangely and drove their horses around the foot of the city wall, and began to stage the scene of the cavalry and rangers just now. Before the infantry approached, they dispersed.
Finally, the stone infantry approached the walls and gates.
A tragic siege battle was staged. Although the stone infantry who climbed up the long ladder were smashed down by the defenders one by one, the rest of the stone infantry still went forward without fear.
Under the city gate, hundreds of soldiers pushed heavy ramsticks, stubbornly hitting the blocked city gate.
In response, at the head of the city, the defenders threw down more than a dozen ropes with hooks, and several hooks hooked the frame of the ramper. The defenders at the head of the city pulled the hammer together, put it down, pulled it up again, and put it down again. After a few passes, the heavy frame fell apart, and the hammer rolled to the ground, overwhelming several soldiers. The operation failed in this way, and the coalition forces did not have many siege equipment, and the only ramshell was scrapped.
Behind the siege infantry, the knights of the Wood Kun tribe divided into several cavalry teams and galloped back and forth, supporting the Allied forces with the feathered arrows in their hands. The casualties of the defenders began to increase, and the locust arrows caused the defenders to shrink back and fear. The attacking side began to seize the initiative, and the Shiguo infantry was about to appear at the head of the city......
Zahid felt bad, so he shouted: "Catapults, Greek fire strikes back!" ”
Samarkand has become a fortified city under the management of the Great Cannibals for many years, and there are countless food reserves and equipment to defend the city. Greek fire was a weapon of destruction that the Umayyad dynasty spent several years and a lot of human and financial resources secretly obtained from Byzantium.
More than ten years ago, in the war with Byzantium for Constantinople, the Great Cannibal was powerless in the face of the opponent's Greek fire, and the naval and land coalition returned defeated, and only more than 30,000 of the 200,000 army returned alive, while the navy was almost completely wiped out. From then on, the forces of the offensive and defensive sides reversed, and the big cannibals were pressed and beaten by Byzantium. After learning the hard way, the big cannibal stole the formula of Greek fire at any cost, drew a scoop according to the gourd, and made a copycat version of Greek fire, which was also quite powerful.
In the city, hundreds of cannibals led thousands of soldiers and operated hundreds of catapults. Each winch was guarded by hundreds of men, and as the winch tightened the rope, the catapult creaked......
The coalition forces outside the city were surprised to find that dozens of black dots flew up from behind the city wall, crossed the blue sky, and smashed down towards the position where the Mukunbu cavalry was galloping back and forth. The Turks were surprised that it was a leather bag that had been smashed down, and the leather bag seemed to contain some black liquid. Except for a few people who were stained by the black liquid and their skin was uncomfortable, there didn't seem to be any threat, of course, it would be a matter of course if they were hit directly.
The Big Cannibal Trebuchet has a very bad hit rate, and almost all of them miss their targets. But strangely, the big cannibal didn't seem to care, and continued to waste the leash, as if he wanted to use the black liquid to hinder the running of the war horse. The Trolls responded with ridicule, and some of them even fired their bows and arrows at their flying targets.
At the head of the city, the brave Shi Guo infantry and the defenders started hand-to-hand combat, and more and more Shi Guo infantry climbed to the top of the city.
Everything is going in favor of the coalition forces.
Suddenly, dozens of bright spots rose in the air, this time no longer leather bags, but bright fireballs, with light smoke in a beautiful arc in the air, smashing into the grass splashed with black liquid.
In an instant, the grass was ablaze with a raging fire, spreading rapidly with the flow of black liquid on the ground, mercilessly devouring everything it encountered.
The cavalry of the Wood Kun tribe was horrified to find that the flames seemed to have escaped from hell and burned strangely, drowning them and their horses in an instant. To their horror, the horses caught fire, and then their bodies and clothes caught fire, and all of a sudden, the wails were earth-shattering.....
"So, what's going on? Hellfire? ”
Sulu Khan was dumbfounded.
What is happening in front of them is beyond the comprehension of all the people in the coalition forces. All this is beyond the scope of their cognition, and they can no longer accept any other explanation except for the ghosts and gods.
The cavalry of the Mukun tribe quickly dispersed, leaving hundreds of robes in the flames, leaving them to wail in pain and roll on the ground......
The soldiers of the Shi Kingdom under the city wall also retreated helplessly. However, after all, the soldiers of Shiguo were well-trained, and they had learned from the past, and under the command of the generals, they maintained a certain order, and the disaster just now did not happen again.
But the soldiers, who had already climbed to the end of the ladder, were not so lucky. Suddenly they found that the robes had abandoned them and retreated, and their courage disappeared at once, and then, full of grief and indignation, they were stabbed by spears at the head of the city.
After two defeats, the morale of the coalition forces fell to freezing point. Sulu Khan had no choice but to follow the advice of Que Yi Nanru and ordered to return to the camp to consider the long term.