"Boom! Boom! Boom! The dull sound of drums echoed in the open field, and the black-pressed Great Eclipse Army began to appear three miles west of Tuozhi City, and a column of Great Eclipse infantry marched quickly, they were dressed in dark green tight-fitting leather armor, wearing iron helmets, holding a round shield in their left hand, holding a spear in their right hand, and equipped with a sharp Damascus scimitar at their waists.

After the infantry, the cavalry began to appear, all the tall horses, slender limbs, strong legs, and thick leather armor, this is the world-famous Arabian horse, the knights on the horses are also wearing heavy armor, and the infantry hold spears and shields, they are the most elite Abbasid guards, composed of 3,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, experienced in a hundred battles, they alone are enough to sweep the stone country.

Budu had taken off his bag-like robe, changed into a military uniform, tore off his hypocritical smile, and revealed his demonic nature, his long knife pointed directly at the city wall, and howled hysterically: "Kill into the city, no chickens and dogs will be left!" ”

The order to attack was given, and the Great Eclipse infantry suddenly accelerated, shouting and rushing towards Tuozhi City.

On the city wall, there were more than 16,000 defenders of Shiguo, including 10,000 regular troops and 6,000 slave troops, including the Chebi Shi army who had just surrendered to Mohedu, which was three times the size of the Great Food Army, but in the face of the murderous Great Food Army, almost all the defenders showed fear, and the newly recruited slave army was even more panicked, and the queue that had just been lined up was chaotic again.

Li Qing stood at the highest point of the city wall, his brows furrowed at the moment, and his face was worried. Although he knew that the Great Food Army was sharp, he didn't expect it to be so powerful, the momentum of five thousand people even exceeded fifty thousand people, if it was a field battle on the plains, the Shiguo Army would definitely be defeated in a battle, he couldn't help but think of the equally powerful Anxi Army, only the Anxi Army could compete with the Great Food Army, Li Qing's plan to unite the countries of the Western Regions against the Great Food began to waver in the face of cruel facts, and if you want to win the battle of Talas, it seems that you can only rely on the Tang Army in the end.

The grim situation does not allow Li Qing to think about it again. If the Great Eclipse Army invades the city, no one will be spared. The only thing he could rely on now was the tall, sturdy walls, at this time. The Great Food Army has rushed like a frenzy, and the temporary trench more than a foot wide has jumped over,

Countless high ladders were set up on the battlements, and the teams of soldiers who ate the big food were like war machines, without any hesitation, they jumped up on the ladders and rushed upward, no longer needing a password. The icy tip of the spear was pointed straight at the city walls.

I don't know who released the first arrow, and the defenders of the city woke up like a dream, and the arrows were fired downward like rain, and there was no discipline at all, and in the face of cowering and timidity, it seemed that only desperately releasing arrows could maintain the only remaining glimmer of hope.

But most of the untargeted work has become useless. Especially in the southern section defended by the slave army, the big cannibal found that this side was a weak link, and turned around and ascended the city from the southern section.

Dozens of spears roared from below. In an instant, a gap was opened, and dozens of soldiers jumped up and rushed up to the city tower, and they picked and slashed together, and immediately the corpses were scattered, and the slave army was suddenly in chaos, and some people even began to flee to the city.

A slave leader stumbled towards Li Qing, stretched his arms, and hissed wildly: "General, we can't resist it, the big cannibal has already been killed." ”

As soon as the words fell, a spear 'swooped, flew to the ground, pierced into the body, the slave leader screamed, was nailed to the ground alive, a big food army laughed wildly, he drew a spear, aimed at Li Qing, at this moment, Wu Xingsu's two crossbow arrows shot out at the same time, with a vengeful rage, the tip of the arrow shot into the eyes of the big food army, the strength was not gone, and he actually went down the city.

"Don soldiers, plug the gap for me!"

Li Qing saw that the situation was extremely urgent, and hurriedly ordered his own guards to make up for it, two hundred Tang troops held horizontal swords and strong shields, and pounced on the Great Food Army, behind them, a hundred crossbowmen gathered on both sides of the flanks, several rows of crossbows shot towards the enemy like lightning, although the number was not much, but the arrows were deadly, and most of the Great Food Army that had just rushed up was shot to death, at this time the two hundred Tang Army had rushed up, and the remaining dozens of Great Food Army were split down the city in one go, and finally blocked the gap that was rushed away.

The Tang army then led the slave army to smash more than a dozen ladders with rolling logs and boulders, and more than a hundred big food soldiers screamed and fell down the city wall, killing the enemy had an effect, and the slave army was suddenly like a rainbow, and then fearless like a tiger, arrows were like rain, and stones were like hail to hit head-on,

The situation of the southern section of the city wall was suddenly reversed, and under the command of the three hundred Tang troops, the defense of the slave army also became orderly, some were responsible for moving stones and trees from under the city, some raised huge shields to block the flying spear spikes, and the strong ones moved over the rolling stone logs and smashed them at the ladder.

At this time, the rumbling drums sounded in the distance, and the Great Food Army immediately retreated like a tide, and the first tentative attack came to an end, and in the fierce battle of nearly two hours, the Great Food Army suffered more than 400 casualties, while the defenders of the city lost nearly 500 people, most of whom were assassinated by flying spears.

As the enemy retreated, the people of Shiguo got a short rest, and the mobilized people began to treat the wounded and transport stones to the city, and most of the buildings in the city were built with ashlars, which provided great convenience for the defense of the city, only demolished dozens of houses near the city, and obtained tens of thousands of ashlars, which were quickly transported to the city with the joint efforts of the soldiers and the people, and piled up into several hills.

Li Qing took Wu Xingsu and two personal soldiers through the slave army, taking advantage of the short period of the truce, Li Qing's personal guards were reorganizing this new army, the biggest problem shown by the slave army in the first battle just now was the lack of discipline, there were people who escaped from the battle, almost causing a catastrophe, although there was no need to kill, but severe punishment was indispensable, the gendarmerie composed of 20 Tang troops was overturning more than a dozen people who had escaped from the battle, and they were punished with 50 sticks in public.

The other guards organized the 6,000 new troops into 60 teams, and the guards served as the head of the team, and each selected a brave person to be the deputy of the team, so that they could simply form a regular fighting collective.

"Dudu, I think this new army of the Tang Dynasty is okay, although it was chaotic at the beginning. But he quickly got used to it, and he actually fought quite well, and if it went on like this, the big cannibals couldn't break through the city. Wu Xingsu admired and looked at the defenders of the Stone Kingdom with contempt, the situation of the southern section of the city wall was so critical just now, and none of them came to help, just because this was a slave army?

"Xingsu, the new army lost more than 200 people in battle just now, and you went to comfort their families for me. It is necessary to give generous pensions and ensure that they have no worries about life for the rest of their lives. I also want to bring the ashes of the dead back to their hometowns for burial, do you understand what I mean? ”

Wu Xingsu felt Li Qing's fierce gaze. He suddenly realized that the lord did this for the living, although the matter was small, but the significance was significant, he immediately gave a military salute and responded: "Please rest assured, the lord will definitely handle this matter properly." ”

He just finished speaking. Far away' knock! Boom! , The drum sounded again, the second attack of the big cannibal began, Li Qing immediately became vigilant, the first attack of the big cannibal was obviously tentative, they did not take any advantage, but carried out the second attack in a short time. Did they think of something?

He turned and walked up to the top of the city wall, and looked into the distance, only to see the Great Food Army advancing in waves like a huge green wheat field. The heavy cavalry also sorted, and the rhythmic footsteps were heard from afar, and the momentum was shocking.

He suddenly saw that in the center of the Great Food Army, there were three huge black objects moving slowly, being dragged forward by dozens of war horses, "It's a battering ram!" ”

Li Qing saw clearly, they were three huge battering rams, but they were very simple, they were made of hundred-year-old trees temporarily, there were no shelves, only the trees were sharpened, loaded with iron heads, and then fixed on two flatbed trucks transporting grain and grass.

"I have been in business for a hundred years, the walls are hard and thick, and the city gates are blocked by boulders, how can I easily break the ground?" I don't know when, Mo Hedu appeared beside Li Qing, there was a hint of pride in his eyes, the battle just now made him see hope, as long as the Tang army is willing to send troops, plus the support of the Bathana country, the iron hooves of the Abbasids may not be able to conquer the stone country.

The most worrying moment had passed, Mo Hedu pointed to the three rudimentary battering rams, and smiled at Li Qing with a high spirit: "Unless Budu brings the giant that the Abbasids captured Damascus, these three logs can only scratch the itch of my Tuozhi City." ”

Although Budu lacked the skills to attack the city in front of him, Li Qing couldn't laugh, this was just that Budu didn't expect a sudden coup d'état in the Shi Kingdom, so he didn't have any preparations, if tens of thousands of troops came to attack the city, without any attack, just besieging and cutting off the water was enough to make Tuozhi City collapse within a month, not to mention that he saw the strength of this big food army with his own eyes, he couldn't help but worry a little for Nan Jiyun, if the ambush was discovered, would his own three thousand Doulu army be able to defeat these five thousand elites.

Suddenly, a few horses galloped from afar, looking very hurried, and rushed into the cavalry team, it seemed that they were going to report something to Budu, Li Qing's heart suddenly mentioned his throat, from the time point of view, this must be the success of the Doulu army's sneak attack, sure enough, only a moment later, the originally neat Dashi army was in chaos, Budu's pro-army team took the lead in turning around and running westward, and then the infantry rushed into the cavalry, the cavalry dropped the battering ram, and the whole army no longer had any queues, messily twisted into a mess, crowded with each other and fled backwards, The shouting and shouting continued to reach the city walls, leaving all the defenders stunned.

"It must be the Tang Army of the squire who has succeeded!" Mo He was overjoyed, he punched his fists with both hands, and said excitedly: "Now that the enemy army has no will to fight, if you don't fight at this time, when will you wait?" Give my orders, move the stones, and the army will be killed! ”

Receiving the king's order, Shiguo's army began to run towards the city.

"Wait!"

Li Qing suddenly roared, he grabbed Mo Hedu, jumped up to the height, pulled out his sword and shouted loudly: "Everyone is not allowed to move in place, otherwise there will be no mercy!" ”

The soldiers were stunned, and the soldiers, who did not understand Chinese, were also intimidated by his momentum, and they all stopped and looked at him blankly.

"Squire, what are you doing here?"

Mo Hedu's face was gloomy, he was the king of Shi Country, and he was swept away by Li Qing in front of everyone, and a trace of anger arose in his heart.

Li Qing's eyes narrowed into a line, he stared at the unusual retreat of the Great Food Army, and suddenly turned around and said coldly: "If you kill it at this time, Tuozhi City will be finished!" ”

Mo He was stunned for a moment, he suddenly came to his senses, couldn't help but gasp, and stammered: "You mean, this, this is fake?" ”

"No!" Li Qing shook his head gently, "The Tang Army's sneak attack was successful, this is true, but the hasty retreat of the Great Food Army is fake, how could such a well-trained elite soldier, a Persian governor who has experienced a hundred battles, panic like this for a sneak attack on the rear, Your Highness, don't you think it's strange?" ”

"Everything is under the orders of the squire!"

Mo Hedu finally understood, he waved his hand weakly, and a touch of shame flashed in his eyes, if it weren't for Li Qing today, Tuozhi City would really be over.

Li Qing looked back at the Great Food Army, and couldn't help but secretly admire Budu, the old fox, whose methods were quite similar to his own coup d'état, and he could quickly turn disadvantages into opportunities, if it wasn't for the Great Food Army's overperformance, maybe he would have really killed it.

Sure enough, after a while, the big food army saw that there was no movement in the city, and the Budu pro-army team, which had just taken the lead in escaping, turned back and waved a black flag, and the messy big food army seemed to perform a large group exercise, and immediately returned to its original state, the cavalry was in front, the infantry was in the back, the team was square and neat, and they were driving west step by step.

"Still, I'm going to kill it." Li Qing's eyes were full of worry, he looked at Mo Hedu, and said pleadingly: "Please borrow me 5,000 troops, victory or defeat in this game!" ”.——————-