Chapter 362: Siege

In the month, the Arabs, who had been dormant for a winter, waved 400,000 troops, and killed people on the border. On the wall of the fortress, which is called red in Hebrew, Murong Ke looked at the continuous Arab military camp in the distance, and said to the Jew with a pale face beside him, "It's only 400,000 people, and I will use their blood to turn this fortress into real red." ”

Alosos's face was a little bloody, and he believed that Murong Ke could beat the Arabs so that he couldn't find the north, "General Murong, everything is up to you." Although Alosus was the defender of the Red Fortress, it was obvious that he didn't think he was the material for war, so since Murong Ke came, he automatically took the Jewish soldiers in the fortress to be Murong Ke's subordinates.

The wind was still a little cold, Chen Baxian and Liu Yu rode on horses, looking at the Arab company camp in the distance, "I didn't expect them to camp with us." Liu Yu frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Over the years, too many of my Daqin's things have been taken out by those 'benevolent people' to do good deeds." Chen Baxian said sarcastically, "Sooner or later, we will die at the hands of those people." ”

"Don't complain, aren't all those Confucian scholars worthy of being sent to the army." Liu Yu patted Chen Baxian on the shoulder, and then said to the Arabs in the distance, "Kill them all, or you will be fine." ”

"That's right." Chen Baxian sneered, his eyes were full of bloodthirsty fierce light, as one of the most cold-blooded generals under Li Ang, Chen Baxian was more ruthless than Murong Ke.

In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army in the battalion of the Arab company. Several generals in the expedition looked at the commander Mobahan sitting in the handsome seat, they were all indignant, they had prepared for the whole winter, but those timid Jews and the Tang ** team didn't even have the courage to fight them, they just cowered in the fortress and dug countless trenches on the plain.

"Give me all the quiet." looked at his subordinates and scolded red-earedly. Mo Bahan finally opened his mouth, his face gloomy, "Attack from tomorrow." ”

"My lord, the trenches?" Seeing that Mehbahan decided to attack, a general asked hesitantly.

"Those trenches don't have to worry about it, just knock those fortresses down." Mohbahan looked at his men and said, "Listen, we don't have a choice. The emperor of the Tang Kingdom, how terrible it is, you must know very well that the longer this war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, and we must destroy him together with the Romans while he is not firmly established, otherwise, our fate will be the same as that of the Persians, and we will become slaves of the Han people. ”

Listening to the words of Mobaham, everyone's heart sank. Their commander was not wrong, the emperor of the Tang Kingdom, that murderous demon king is the most terrible person in the world, if they can't defeat him now, then by his free hands, the Arabs will completely sink.

The hearts of the Arab generals were heavy. They knew that what he was going to fight would be a war that would decide the fate of the whole country, that their enemies were cunning and cruel, and that they would attack the enemy's fortified fortresses from tomorrow and take them with the lives of countless soldiers, and they had no choice.

The next day, the Arabs began their frantic offensive. Their soldiers carried a long ladder and rushed densely towards the fortress where Murong Ke was red. Looking at the Arabs rushing over in a dense formation, Murong Ke shook his head, he had heard the Jews say it. The Arabs were the best soldiers of the peninsula, and they fought with great ferocity, but from what was happening, they were brave, but stupid.

"Archers prepare" On the city wall, the generals of the Tang army shouted, row after row of Hu soldiers pulled their big bows, Li Ang did not equip them with strong crossbows, before destroying the Romans, Li Ang would not let Daqin's technical weapons and equipment be given to the Hu soldiers under his command to prevent leakage.

Although there is no strong crossbow, the big bow held by the Hu soldiers on the city wall is not weak, but it does not have the strong attack power of the strong crossbow, but it shoots much faster. When the Arabs came within sight of them five hundred paces, they released their bowstrings, and began to fire in five rows, with wave after wave of feathered arrows falling on the Arabs' heads.

The Arabs with shields kept falling to the ground, but they still rushed towards the fortress like an ant colony, ignoring the fallen companions beside them, on the city wall, looking at the Arabs who were approaching the city wall a little bit, Murong Ke's brows furrowed, he didn't expect the Arab commander to be so ruthless, and he didn't care about the lives of the soldiers. "Something interesting!" Murong Ke's eyes sharpened, and he suddenly felt that this battle would not be as easy as he thought before.

"My lord, our soldiers have suffered too many casualties." Look at the scattered that rushed to the foot of the city walls

The face of the adjutant beside Mebahan was ugly, their soldiers were waiting for death, the opponent had already prepared, their bows and arrows were endless, and for nearly an hour, their arrow rain had not been broken, and at least nearly 100,000 arrows were shot.

"Keep attacking, whoever dares to retreat will be cut in front of the formation." Mobahan said expressionlessly, the adjutant did not dare to disobey his order, and soon led several heralds straight to the front of the battle.

"If you want to fight, it seems that you want to think too simply!" Seeing that the Arabs continued to pour in despite huge casualties, Murong Ke looked at Helian Bobo beside him, "Let the archers not stop, continue to cover them." ”

Helian Bo nodded, he knew that this battle was a bit difficult to fight, normally, casualties like the Arabs should have made them retreat a long time ago, but they still came like ant colonies, I really don't know if those Arab generals are crazy, but he has to admit that this mad attack of the Arabs made them feel the pressure.

The ground outside the fortress was already full of corpses, but the Arabs still rushed forward and climbed up the siege ladder, and by noon Arab soldiers had already been killed on the walls. At the cost of 30,000 men, Mehbahan finally allowed his troops to storm the walls.

Mobahan's eyes were fixed on the murderous city wall in the distance, his fists clenched, and he suddenly looked at the adjutant beside him, "Listen, if there is no continuous attack regardless of casualties, our soldiers will die in vain, and next, we will be dragged to death in front of this fortress, and the casualties are far more than 30,000 soldiers." The adjutant looked at Mehbahan and nodded heavily, he knew that the commander had done nothing wrong, and hesitation would only make the casualties of the soldiers greater.

On the city wall, Murong Ke looked at more and more Arabs climbing the city wall, and finally understood why Ang asked him to be careful of the Arabs before leaving, these people are all a group of religious madmen, they shouted 'Long live Allah', did not care about their own death, replaced ordinary people, under that huge casualties, morale has long collapsed.

"The people who lead you retreat first." Murong looked at Alosos, who was already a little frightened beside him, and said coldly, the Jews have not experienced war for too long, they don't know how to fight, and staying will only get in the way, after all, the soldiers under his command now are not the Han soldiers of the Great Qin Legion, their spirit is as tenacious as iron, and those Hu soldiers are not invincible soldiers.

Hearing Murong Ke's words, Alosos was pardoned, and after thanking him, he quickly rushed down the city wall and disappeared. Watching the Jews leave, Murong Ke looked at Helian in the distance, who was fighting with the Arabs who had climbed the city wall, and shouted, "Take your cavalry out of the city and let those Arabs know something." ”

"Whoa!" After Helian Bobo, whose face was covered with blood, cut down a close Arab soldier, he replied with a cruel smile, and then led his own soldiers down the city wall, in front of the city gate, five thousand cavalry were already ready, these cavalrymen and horses were all armored, but they were not as well-equipped as Li Ang's Tiger God Army, but compared to the Arabs, they were obviously much stronger.

"The pagans outside are delusional in their desire to defeat us, so let us teach the pagans who believe in false gods now." Helian roared loudly, and the five thousand elite cavalry under his command were all selected from among the most devout Hu Protestants, and they were by no means inferior to the Arabs in terms of religious sentiment.

As the city gate opened, 5,000 heavy cavalry roared out and swept towards both sides of the city gate, and under the unparalleled impact of the heavy cavalry, the Arabs under the city walls were swept to pieces. Seeing this sudden scene, Mobahan's face immediately changed, and he almost shouted, let the cavalry of the Chinese army attack, be sure to stop this heavy cavalry, otherwise, those troops who climbed the city wall will not have follow-up forces, and all the achievements will be wasted.

On the city wall, watching the Arab cavalry attack, Murong Ke nodded, the Arab cavalry is indeed good, but unfortunately the light cavalry is the mainstay, they can't break Helian's five thousand heavy cavalry, today, the Arabs are doomed to nothing.

Half an hour later, Helian Bobo returned to the fortress with the remaining 4,000 heavy cavalry, and the three hundred people after the break were all killed, Mobahan looked at the corpses scattered at the foot of the city wall with a miserable face, and his lips were bitten out of blood, Helian Bobo's strength of this heavy cavalry was beyond his expectations, and he lost very badly in today's battle, 50,000 casualties, and in the end he gained nothing.

"My lord, our army has lost 23,000 men." Under the bloody sunset, the adjutant's voice sounded in the ears of Mobahan, and it seemed so harsh.