Chapter 39: The Head of the Bloody City (2)
Shi Guoren never paid attention to the construction of city defense, and the big cannibals were happy to maintain the status quo, first, even if Shi Guoren rebelled, it was easy to suppress, and second, there were not so many funds and financial resources to waste, after all, the important strongholds of the big cannibals were in Samarkand and Bukhara.
After years of sand and gravel deposition, the abandoned moat is almost silted, and the protective function is better than nothing.
Thousands of turquoise cavalry jumped excitedly off their horses, one foot deep and one shallow foot through the moat of shallow water and silt, and the swift warriors were already biting their scimitars and juggling two ladders at the foot of the city walls.
Mohe Dagan led the rest of the thousand horsemen to wait in front of the city gate, and once the soldiers who climbed over the wall succeeded, they lowered the drawbridge and opened the city gate, and the overall situation was decided.
At the head of the city, a rapid horn sounded, and thousands of people suddenly appeared at the head of the city, each holding a longbow in his hand, the bow was like a full moon, and the arrow was cold.
The stunned Trolls heard a short trumpet sound again, and the effect was very shocking.
The arrows that were ready to fire instantly broke away from the taut bowstring, and with strong kinetic energy, they came through the air condescendingly. The Thirshi, who were stuck in the silt of the moat, secretly screamed that it was not good, and instinctively made them dodge, but it seemed redundant.
Nearly a thousand feathered arrows densely covered the moat in front of the city wall, and the first wave of arrows brought down dozens of Turgish knights. The defenders' longbowmen did not give the Turgish any time to breathe, and a second rain of arrows followed. This time, the longbowmen at the head of the city took aim before shooting, and the arrows in their hands were calmly fired, and the hit rate was at least twice as high as the first time.
The Turgish, trapped in the mud, felt that time was passing too slowly, and moved forward anxiously and slowly under the entanglement of the silt. Beside him, arrows from the robe continued to fall, and the blood quickly stained the shallow moat water. The Turgish people behind were enraged by the blood, and with red eyes, they didn't care about everything, and stepped on the fallen but not dead robe with one foot, and rushed forward with their strength.
The rain of arrows was merciless, and the person who was still stepping on people just now became a corpse in the moat in the blink of an eye, and became a pedal for the warriors who went forward and succeeded.
After three rounds of intense shooting, nearly two hundred warriors had fallen, and hundreds of Turgish were crowded under the heels of the city wall, unable to erect the human wall in a chaotic manner. The rest of the Turgish, who had not yet crossed the river, ran to the horses behind them and joined up with the cavalry of Mohedagan.
Mohedagan, whose eyes were red, roared and drove his horse close to the city wall, took out his short bow, and shot a covering arrow at the city's head.
The longbowman is another death trap set by Li Huaitang for the Tuqi Shi people.
The very wounded Turgish can only sacrifice the killer weapon of mounted archery. However, Li Huaitang, who was preoccupied, immediately discovered the enemy's attempt, and the horn sounded again.
Before the rain of arrows from the cavalry flew to the city, most of the longbowmen crouched down and hid behind the walls. Only a dozen or so longbowmen who were in a state of excitement, because they carried away and continued to hunt the Turgish people under the city, were killed by Mohedagan's cavalry. The riding and archery skills of the Turgish people are indeed powerful, and those who are hit by the arrow, without exception, are accurately shot at the front door, and none of them survive.
The attackers and defenders are trading with the god of war with life and blood, buying different experiences.
The longbowman who crouched, threw away the longbow, and with the memory just now, threw the few stones on the city head down the city wall, even if he couldn't hit it, he could disturb the Tuqi Shi people under the city wall, and they couldn't let them build a human ladder calmly.
The Turgishes in the corner of the wall were in the dead end of their bow and arrows, and when they thought that the longbowmen at the head of the city had been completely suppressed, they were trying to climb the wall, but the rain of stones broke out without warning.
A few unlucky men took a few steps away from the corner, ready to take advantage of the forward momentum to step onto the shoulders of the robe, but they fell victim to the rain of stones, and the stones were large enough to smash any head.
The Turgish in the corner of the wall had no choice but to cling to the wall in frustration, dodging the stones falling from the sky. The battle situation once again made Moheda anxious.
The defenders at the head of the city threw stones with great pleasure, but the price was that they were consumed too quickly, and the stock of stones was exhausted in the blink of an eye.
The Turgish people had to thank Kubaida for the king's quest for treasure far more than for the fortifications of the city.
The Turgish people in the corner of the wall found that the rain of stones overhead was nothing more than a rain of clouds, which came and went quickly. Those who were bold began to make a move, and tried to build a human ladder again, and gradually everyone followed suit.
The longbowmen at the head of the city were very anxious, and the absence of stones meant that they would soon enter the stage of hand-to-hand combat, and fighting knives was not their forte.
The expected defensive materials have not yet arrived, although his face does not show it, but Li Huaitang's heart is also anxious, and he can't turn back, he must be calm and stabilize the army's heart.
Something must be done, even if it is death, otherwise the city defense is in danger.
Li Huaitang dodged the longbow of a soldier beside him, gritted his teeth, stood up, and shot the bow at the figure under the city, the movement was extremely fast, and just squatted, several feather arrows just swept overhead.
There were brave defenders, inspired to ignore the danger completely, and they followed the example of their generals, and shot at the city, but unfortunately, they did not have the skill of Li Huaitang, and as a result, before he could shrink down, the sharp arrows fired by the Tuqi Shi people accurately knocked him down.
The two sides exchanged lives like this......
Thank you to the sun, thank you to the true God, thank you to the big chestnuts! At the critical moment, the staircase of the upper part of the inner wall finally came from the anxious urging sound of the big chestnut......
The first ladder that the Turgishmen had just prepared spread out again, and they watched with dismay, as the stones fell from the top of the wall, some of which slammed into the wall, and the shattered stone chips shot at the skin on their faces and hands, hurting and hurting. There are also a few people who are unlucky, they were directly hit, their heads were smashed crooked, and ** flowed out, which was miserable.
Mohedagan looked at the city head irritably, the stones that kept falling from above slowly consumed the lives of his elite cavalry, and the anxious Mohedagan even had the urge to fly off the wall, and the war horse under his crotch seemed to be infected with the master's emotions, restless and restless.
Li Huaitang noticed the more than 1,000 cavalry of Mohe Dagan, who were constantly riding their horses in front of the moat, tossing back and forth. In a short period of time, shooting ten feathered arrows will make the arm sore, and even if you can open the bow, the accuracy will be far worse. Li Huaitang told the trumpeter to organize the longbowmen to throw and give some blood to the turks who rode slowly.
Mohe Dagan was angry, the defenders' bow and arrow attack was a provocation to him, although there were not many cavalry in the arrow, only more than a dozen people, but this evil breath was really difficult to swallow, and the killer weapon of the Trangi Shi people walking alone in the grassland could not be so humiliated. The Turgish people used horseback to shoot-for-tat, but the effect was not satisfactory, and the defenders who took advantage of it did not give the Turgish people a chance, and they had long been hiding behind the female wall. Seeing that he could not take advantage, Mohe Dagan reluctantly ordered a retreat.
The depressed Mohe Dagan had to watch as the subordinates in the corner crossed the moat again with the speed of racing against death, desperately escaping from the range of bows and arrows, fortunately, there were many corpses covered in the moat before, and the retreat could quickly leave with these corpses.
The defenders, of course, would not miss the opportunity to beat the water dogs. Under the command of the trumpeter, the longbowmen on the city wall threw two more shots, and the accuracy was a little lacking, but the net of such a large feathered arrow always caught a few fish.
Moheda retreated in a dry and gray manner, and withdrew to the front of the north gate, where he joined the Gu Lu. Gu Lulu was surprised to find that after Mohedagan's brigade of cavalry ran around the city, the weight loss effect seemed to be good, and there were hundreds of fewer people. This time, he didn't have the heart to make fun of Mohedagan anymore. The strength of Qishi City greatly exceeded his imagination.
Li Huaitang stared at the bloody battlefield under the city, and the wounded soldiers who were not completely dead, nailed to the ground by feather arrows, unable to move, and let out a terrible wail, the moat had become a river of blood, and the thick smell of blood permeated the entire city.
Although he won another victory, Li Huaitang did not dare to relax. A siege can fail ten times, however, a defense of a city is never allowed to fail once.
It's too early to cheer, the consumption of arrows is too great, there are only more than 10,000 arrows, and the two big battles have almost used up the stocks. Although it is possible to send people out of the city to recover some of it, it is only a drop in the bucket for the next big battle, and the hit rate of bows and arrows needs to be improved urgently.
However, the Turgis are just a small test, and the situation is not optimistic.
The defenders of the north gate came to report, and the Turks retreated, and retreated ten miles to camp and confront each other. Obviously, the Turgish were not willing to accept defeat and would come back after licking their wounds.
The bloody battle must continue tomorrow!
The sun has fallen, and night has fallen.