Chapter 756: Bloody Battle
The commander of the Turkic army, Qi Ji, summoned the general of the Tang army, Yin Kaishan, and the commander of the Liang State, Liang Luoren, to discuss launching a crazy attack on Dahua, and let the two armies send cavalry to take the lead in charging, and the Turkic iron cavalry cared, and then the infantry attacked.
"Although Dahua has a new mysterious weapon, I don't know the specific name, I only know that it will explode, making a thunderous explosion, and the power is not small, but this thing Dahua can't use it indefinitely, as long as it is suppressed at speed, approached quickly, and after the handover of the short army, it will lose its left and right, and it is impossible to blow up its own people."
Although Liang Luoren and Yin Kaishan sounded reasonable, they understood in their hearts that this was the Turks' refusal to charge by themselves, and let the cavalry of the two armies make sacrifices and act as cannon fodder.
But the two couldn't refute it, because today's Turks have lost 40,000 cavalry, and if they are damaged again, it is estimated that the Turks will withdraw their troops directly, and it is the Liang State and the Tang State that will suffer in the end.
Without the foreign aid of the Turks, it would be even more difficult for the two vassal states to deal with Dahua.
After the three parties reached an agreement, the next day, the army was integrated, Yin Kaishan sent 5,000 cavalry, and Liang sent 10,000 cavalry, and their hearts were dripping blood, but there was no way, the Turks set a hard target.
On the Turkic side, the general Tuoba Gu led 20,000 cavalry to participate, so that together, it was 35,000 cavalry, and if they wanted to charge in waves, I believe they would definitely be able to rush through the explosion zone.
The rear made 20,000 armor soldiers of the Liang State and 10,000 armor soldiers of the Tang State to form an infantry phalanx, and then they were to attack the city pass.
Dahua had already retreated more than 20 miles, and was on his own makeshift defensive earthen fort wall to meet the attack of the tripartite coalition army.
Luo Zhaoyun also knew in his heart that the enemy army was menacing, and he would not completely defeat them because of an explosion, so that they would withdraw in fear, it was unrealistic, people's fears would always be dispelled by interests, and there must be brave men under the so-called heavy reward.
"Boom—"
In the shaking of the ground and the mountains, countless cavalry horses galloped at the same time, and the dust and smoke raised shrouded the wilderness in an instant, and the cavalry teams of the Tang Army, the Liang Army, and the Turks seemed to be rolling mud and sand, surging and roaring.
In the face of such a scene, on the city wall built of earth and stone, the Dahua generals and soldiers all held their heads high, clenched the blades in their hands, and their blood was boiling, facing the enemy army several times their own, no one was afraid, their eyes were full of excitement to kill the enemy, loyal to the country, and then died.
Luo Zhaoyun stood on a high wooden platform behind the city wall, condescendingly, looking at the three armies, the heads of the people were reckless, as if they were innumerable, at least 100,000 troops were invested, close to 50,000 cavalry, and a steady stream of foot armor soldiers were constantly increasing, charging behind the cavalry in the phalanx.
However, Luo Zhaoyun did not waver in confidence, because fighting a war is not only about the quality of the army, the excellent weapons, the heavy money and food, and the number of generals, but also the psychology and humanity, and the words and deeds of the commander of the army are seen by his subordinates, so the more he is in the face of the big war, the more he must be calm and calm. The person who is the commander must have the psychological quality of not changing the color of Mount Tai when he collapses in front of him, arouse the spirit of the soldiers to regard death as home, and no matter how many enemy troops there are, they will not be frightened.
Luo Zhaoyun, as the king, personally sat in the city, as if he was fixing the needle of the sea, sitting here, there were seventy or eighty thousand people in the city, including many new troops, all of them were much more stable, and the army's heart was not chaotic.
"Pass the order, prepare for the battle, wait for the opportunity to meet the enemy, persistence is victory!"
"No!" In accordance with the task plan of each army formulated in advance, the generals went to count the men and horses, and personally commanded the troops of their headquarters to prepare to defend the defense line of the city pass, and a big battle full of blood and rain was coming.
Although it is not a formal city wall, it is a heavy wall made of mud and stone, simple and practical, with a lot of wooden planks built inside to stand soldiers, with the stone wall as a battlement, condescending to defend, there are also moats outside the wall, and the ditch is barbed and sharp wood, and it is a dead end if you fall down.
"Emperor Dahua is in the barracks behind this defensive barrier, as long as we tear through the defense line, we can capture the emperor of Dahua alive!" Tuoba laughed wildly in an attempt to boost morale and raise the wildness and fighting spirit of the soldiers.
Yin Kaishan and Liang Luoren both sneered in their hearts, it is not easy to tear through the Dahua defense line, behind the defensive barrier, but there are sixty or seventy thousand Dahua soldiers, fighting, without a few days of fierce battles, how can they win lightly?
However, the minds of the generals of the two countries are similar, that is, the tripartite joint efforts, even if there are casualties, they will not hesitate to fight with Dahua, after all, Dahua has not fought alone, they are a tripartite coalition army, and the army can be remobilized later, but Dahua will have difficulties in recruiting troops again.
Tuoba gave the order to attack: "The cavalry will attack in full force and attack the Dahua defense line"
"Kill—" The first wave of seven or eight thousand troops moved, and suddenly the sound of horses' hooves shook the earth. The Tang army was two thousand, the Liang army was five thousand, and the cavalry charged together.
Soon, approaching the Tucheng fortress, a powerful crossbow roared out of the city.
The rain of arrows rushed like flying locusts, covering the sky, and for a moment people shouted that the horses neighed, and the seven thousand cavalry were like stumbling horses under their feet, and they fell down in one fell in one fell in an instant.
"Don't be intimidated by Dahua's crossbows, rush forward—" Some lieutenants and generals commanded the first wave of the offensive.
Ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and after a round of arrow rain, at least more than a thousand cavalry knights fell to the ground, and when the second round of arrow rain passed, the mixed cavalry rushed into the land of one arrow.
At this time, the crossbow machine tied to the explosive bag shot out, exploded in the herd of horses, fragments flying, shooting in all directions, many cavalry were affected, holding eyes, faces, bodies and other wailing, although most of the wounded were not fatal, but also made the enemy lose their combat effectiveness, all disabled or sick.
"Boom, boom!"
The explosion sounded, and the Tang army and the Liang army themselves realized the doomsday gratitude of the Turkic cavalry yesterday, and were frightened by the thunder so that the six gods had no master, fled in a hurry, and collapsed.
"Woooooooo
The horn of the charge sounded again in the rear, and the second wave of cavalry attacked again, with three thousand Tang troops and five thousand Liang troops, pressing up closely.
"Rush again!"
The Turkic 10,000 cavalry, dozens of steps away from the Tang Liang Second Army in front, also launched a charge, like a superposition of waves, one wave pressing one wave.
"Gunpowder urn, shoot with a trebuchet!" Luo Zhaoyun saw that the number of soldiers and horses in the rear was increasing, and the situation was becoming more and more dangerous, and he began to shake all his hole cards.
Many pottery urns, which contain black powder bags, there are many iron balls and steel needles in the pottery urns, this thing explodes, the power is greater, and the ceramic pieces and iron beads fly around, the rainstorm pear blossom is general, and the lethality is greater.
They were placed in the trebuchet's basket, and with Yuwenwen's order, the trebuchet threw out the ignited urn explosives.
This throw was at least a hundred paces away, and when dozens of pottery urns and explosives fell into the dense crowd of enemy troops outside the city, they exploded with a bang.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Whoosh whoosh ......"
After the explosion, what was terrifying was that when the sharp air burst faintly from all directions, who would have thought that the 'rain of flowers' would hit so wide and powerful.
From the explosion point, a wave of heat spread to all around, and then many knights were wiped out in the explosion, and every black powder pottery urn exploded and collapsed, and the porcelain steel needle iron ball flew out, at least dozens of casualties, dozens of pottery urns were thrown, and nearly a thousand enemies were injured.
The smoke of gunpowder was billowing out, the war horses were frightened, and the Tang army and the Liang soldiers were terrified, and the offensive slowed down for a while.