"Are you saying you want to go with this caravan to Bakhana and continue your mission?" Wang Siyu looked at the young official with some incredulity, shocked by the idea in his heart, which he didn't know whether it was absurd or bold, "Aren't you afraid that they will betray you to the big cannibals?" ”

"I thought about it." Cui Yao's expression was very serious, "They are businessmen, if they help me to Bahanna, they will have a rich return in Datang, but if they sell me to Da Shi, they will not get any benefits, and besides, Uncle Muta's two sons died under the big cannibal knife, so it is reasonable that he will not betray me."

Wang Siyu didn't speak, he slowly walked to the sand table, staring at the position of Bahanna, after the outbreak of the war, Bahanna will become the logistics base of the big cannibals, if the royal family of Bahanna is willing to support the Tang Dynasty, maybe in the later stage of the war, they will be able to play a key role, it is indeed necessary for someone to contact the king of Bahanna, he glanced at Cui Yao, and the idea that he originally thought was ridiculous has now become reasonable again.

And Guo Mu next to him learned that Cui Yao's real purpose was to go to Bahanna with the businessman, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, how could this be! If Cui Yao made any mistakes, if they explained to the Cui family, he saw that the big man had a faint intention to agree, so he hurriedly stopped him and said: "Big handsome, Cui Yao's identity is special, you can't let him take this risk." ”

Cui Yao was afraid that they would make a fuss about their identity, and when he saw Guo Mu bring up this matter, without waiting for Wang Siyu to answer, he immediately retorted: "Isn't Shi Yang's identity more special?" But why could he still go to the battlefield to fight the Great Food Army head-on? Although I am a literati, I am also a Tang Dynasty man, it is my responsibility to serve the country, please Guo join the army and don't use the Cui family to talk about things, I am just an ordinary Tang Dynasty official now, and it was my duty to send an envoy to Bahan. ”

Speaking of this, he bowed deeply to Wang Siyu, "Please be gracious!" ”

Wang Siyu was moved by his sincerity, he seemed to see from Cui Yao his courage to brave the Yellow River Nine Songs, how similar this indomitable spirit was to his youth. He nodded solemnly and agreed to Cui Yao's request, "Okay! I will go to discuss this matter with Meng Jiao, and I will explain your specific mission to you later, as well as the Kangguo businessman, you bring him here. I'm going to talk to him first. ”

Early the next morning, Cui Yao changed into a Hu suit, pretended to be a Hu merchant, and took a few camels and two Tuqi Shi people to follow, and Kangguo's caravan went out of the city to march to Bahanna, Guo Mu stood on the city wall, looking at his distant back, his heart was full of worries for him, Bahanna was already a large army. Will he be able to make it back unharmed?

The time slowly came to September, and the 20,000 food army in the north occupied the Demon Dragon City, but it stagnated. And the atmosphere of war in Broken Leaf is getting stronger and stronger, and even the scouts of the Great Food are difficult to see, as if there is calm before the storm, and everyone feels an invisible pressure. Late that night, the five hundred Tang troops of Yezhicheng fell asleep as usual, only about 20 sentries patrolled back and forth on the city wall, and the Yezhihe River went around the city from the south and flowed into the Daqing Pond three miles away, and the night was dark. The dark surface of the river shimmered slightly, and the night breeze blew across the river, rippling and gently hitting the embankment, whoop - whoa! It was supposed to be a quiet night, but the night insects on both sides of the river had stopped chirping, as if something was going to happen, and the air was filled with an eerie unusualness.

Four watches. Hundreds of small boats suddenly appeared on the river, the small boats were full of black pressed soldiers, they were dressed in iron armor, holding scimitars, their eyes were cold and sparkling, and at the bow of each ship there was a hundred captains directing the small boats forward, and Yezhicheng was less than two miles away from them.

At the same time, a large cavalry team also appeared on the grassland south of Yezhi City, with more than 20,000 people. This cavalry was the second largest army of the Great Food Army, second only to the Caliph's Guard, the army of Khorasan Benzong. In that year, there was also a Khorasan Benzong army that participated in the Battle of Anxi, and finally the entire army was destroyed in Shule. Today, another 40,000 elite Khorasan troops have been thrown into the Battle of Broken Leaves.

And their supreme commander, Alain Messein, became the full commander of the Broken Leaf Campaign. He was about forty years old. He has a pair of eagle-like sharp eyes. Tall and thin stature. The gestures show a kind of decisiveness and composure that are unique to soldiers. He wears a set of black and silver chain mail. Dressed in a black cloak. Wearing a silver helmet. In the center of the Silver Helmet is a sparkling blue gem. It was given by the Caliph of Ja'far. Therefore, Alain has the reputation of being a general of the Blue Star in the Great Eclipse.

He was followed by his lieutenant. A burly man with a melancholy gaze. The melancholy look is because he had fought with the Tang Army. He was the general of the captured land in Shule, Mayali. After spending two years as a miner in the Tang Army's Broken Leaf Silver Mine. It was redeemed by Rashid for 100,000 gold coins. This time the attack on Broken Leaves. Rashid specially appointed him as the left lieutenant of Alandy.

"General Mercedes. This Yezhi City is not a fortress of Broken Leaf Land. You can leave it alone. Cross the river directly and march towards Broken Leaves. Myari cautiously offered his opinion to Alain. alarmed Ye Zhicheng. It is very likely that Broken Leaf will get the news that the Great Food Army has arrived.

"Why let it go!" Alain said with a blank face: "I will never let go of any enemy in battle. Even if it's a one-man watchtower. I'll crush it to smithereens, too.

He snapped his horse. Leng Leng ordered: "Take Ye Zhicheng before dawn." Can't take it. The former army is all beheaded! ”

The fleet of the former army of the Great Food Army was only three hundred steps away from the Yezhi city wall. Their goal was to point directly at a water gate in Yezhi City. The water gate is equipped with a thumb-thick subway fence. But over time. The iron fence was rusty.

"Who! Hold it. A Tang soldier on the sentry tower found the approaching fleet, he rang the alarm bell suddenly, the piercing alarm bell echoed over Yezhi City, a burly cannibal stood up, raised his hand and shot a flying spear, the flying spear was as fast as lightning, cutting through the black, piercing the chest of the Tang soldier who was ringing the bell, and the soldier let out a long scream and fell from the sentry tower.

The sound of bells and screams shattered the sweet dreams of the Tang army, and they all got up, picked up bows and arrows and rushed to the city, and soon the Tang army discovered the attempt to eat people. They were divided into two miles, one of which threw stones down the top of the city, and the other was hidden around the water gate, and fired arrows at the big cannibal boat, and for a moment the arrows were like flying locusts, and the big stones at the head of the city kept falling. More than a dozen large food boats capsized, and the soldiers of the Great Food Eater who were hit by the arrows sank to the bottom of the river with a wail.

The Great Food Army immediately changed its tactics, dozens of small boats lined up, overwhelmingly flying spears to the head of the city, holding down the Tang army at the head of the city, some soldiers of the three ships in front of them held large shields to block the rain of arrows of the Tang army, while the other part of the soldiers carried a crashing wood, taking advantage of the impact of the small boat. Slamming into the rusty iron fence.

Rumble! There was a loud bang on the ground, and the striking wood knocked a large hole in the iron fence a foot wide, and two small boats broke into the city gate with the momentum. The big food army jumped ashore with shields and pounced on the Tang army, the two armies were short of each other, fighting together, shouting and killing shook the sky, flesh and blood flew sideways, corpses were all over the ground, as more and more small boats entered the city cave, a boat bridge was soon formed. Like an ant colony, the cannibals swarmed ashore in batches, waving the cold and shining scimitars in their hands, and rushed into Yezhi City with a roar

The Tang army guards of Yezhicheng saw that the general situation had gone, so they ordered to abandon Yezhicheng and retreat to Broken Leaf, more than 300 Tang troops rode wild on horseback, they brought a major information to Broken Leaf, and the big cannibal finally came.

The gates of the city were closed, the huge drawbridge was pulled high, and the wartime system in the city began to be officially enforced. All the food in the city is uniformly distributed according to the population, and the men are all organized into the barracks for the militia army, they are dressed in leather armor, carry a long bow and quiver on their shoulders, and carry a horizontal knife at their waists, the difference between them and the regular Tang army is that the regular Tang army is dressed in bright light armor, and the women are also organized into a logistics battalion, and the entire Broken Leaf City has become a huge military camp. A group of soldiers led by Yu Hou (i.e., the gendarmerie) patrolled the streets. Any offending soldiers or militia members will be arrested immediately.

Two days later, in the middle of the night, the Tang army on the ground above the city was suddenly alarmed by a faint rumbling sound. They flocked to the wall, watching the movement in the south, the dark clouds in the distance were low, the black mist was filled, and the plains of Broken Leaf were covered with sporadic firelight, which formed a stream of red fire that zigzagged in the darkness and rushed towards Broken Leaf City.

Among the countless stars, a huge black shadow could be faintly seen crossing the Broken Leaf River, and those black shadows seemed to be the trolls of the Demon Dragon Mountain, moving slowly on the Broken Leaf Plain, making a rumbling strange roar.

Throughout the night, in the distance of Shattered Leaf City, boundless fires were seen rolling in from the south, and they were like countless tiny tributaries, merging into a sea of red on the Shattered Leaf Plains from all directions.

Suddenly, this boundless and endless fire color disappeared in pieces, leaving only scattered stars, and finally it was extinguished all at once, like a spark in a strong wind blowing away, the dark earth was silent, and Tang Jun's heart also sank.

When the morning dawn quietly descended on the Broken Leaf Plain, a spectacular picture appeared in front of the Tang Army, the field was full of big cannibals and black oppressive marching troops, the entire Broken Leaf had been surrounded, as far as the eye could see, there were black or dark red tents everywhere, like mushroom groups growing after a night of spring rain.

In the middle of these innumerable mushroom groups stand five battering rams like hills, the frame of the battering rams is as high as 20 zhang, nearly 30 zhang long, these five battering rams are made of the thousand-year-old ironwood of the Bosi Mountain, the total length is fifteen zhang, the terrifying rambling and iron chains are made by 500 blacksmiths in Samarkand with Damascus steel in a year, each ramshell is controlled by 2,000 food troops, 400 camels pull, it took three months from Samarkand to transport the broken leaves, and they are packed in a special military camp two hundred miles away, This battering ram played a great role in the attack on Damascus, and had the power to destroy everything.

The Great Food Army has all arrived, 40,000 Khorasan Benzong Army, 30,000 Turkic slave army, and more than 100,000 Zhaowu troops from the countries east of the Amu Darya River, more than 200,000 troops will be surrounded by broken leaves like iron buckets, in addition Rashid has transferred 80,000 troops from Egypt, and is on the way to the East, in order to deal with this campaign, the Great Cannibal drove nearly a million people to provide logistics and transportation, the warehouses in Baghdad and Damascus are almost exhausted, and the logistics and material guarantee of the entire war will be under the unified command of Agush, the governor of Samarkand.

The regular army of the Tang army in the city of broken leaves is only 50,000 people, and there are 80,000 militia troops, which are inferior to the cannibals in terms of strength, but the Tang army has a strong city and sufficient materials, and similarly, the Tang Dynasty has also mobilized 500,000 people from Qiuzi, Gaochang, Shule and other Anxi countries to transport materials, whether it is Cangyu in Yangzhou or Taicang in Chang'an, Caoyun is endless, and the official road to the west is full of carriages. The Tang Dynasty also poured all its strength into this battle, which will be a protracted battle, a contest between the will of the army and national strength, and a contest between the Tang Emperor and the Great Food Caliphate. The victor will eventually rule the vast expanse of land west of the Green Ridge and east of the Amu Darya River.

Surrounded by hundreds of Great Eclipse officers, Alan rode close to Broken Leaf City three miles away, and he stared coldly at the city built by the Orientals. Wide moats and towering drawbridges, which were not found in Western cities, would add trouble to the attack, but it would only be trouble, and the Great Food Army would not only have sharp siege weapons, but would also use another, more effective weapon: hunger, fear, and low morale.

But before the big battle, he needed to test the reality of the Tang army, and Alan immediately turned around and asked, "Have the trebuchets and the climbing vehicle been installed?" ”

"Report to the General. It has been installed overnight and is in the barracks three miles away. ”

"Good!" Alan immediately ordered: "Transfer 10,000 Kang to build a bridge over the moat, and then transfer 200 climbing vehicles and 500 heavy trebuchets." Ordered the Turks to prepare for the first attack. ”

Woo--The low sound of the horn suddenly sounded in the air, and then the dull drum rumbled, the drum beat unpleasantly, one after the other, each of which was shocking, and under the urging of the sound of drums and horns, two 5,000-strong Dikang Nation Corps began to assemble in the south of the city.

At the head of the city, Wang Siyu galloped up to the head of the city, and he looked at the overwhelming food army with a serious face. Beneath the towering city, they were like small colonies of ants, and he saw the five mountains of behemoths, and due south he had built a tower as high as the city, on which twenty large drums and a long trumpet were installed, from which the sound of the trumpets and drums came.

In the enemy's camp, two black-pressed armies were holding hundreds of huge planks and walking towards the camp gate, and Wang Siyu saw the first attempt of the Great Food Army. He immediately ordered: "Quickly transfer 5,000 crossbow troops to hold the southern city, and the stone and bed crossbows are ready to be fired."

Under the commander's order, a group of Tang crossbowmen quickly assembled in the south of the city, and the 120 stone and 300 bed crossbows installed on the ground in the south of the city were also ready for launch.

At the same time, the camp gate of the Great Food Army was wide open, and 10,000 Kangguo soldiers rushed to the south of the city carrying 500 pontoon slabs, which was a kind of fireproof pontoon bridge invented by the craftsmen of the Great Food Army in order to deal with the Greek fire of Byzantium, about five zhang long and three zhang wide, made of hard olive wood. Three layers of raw cowhide are tightly wrapped against the wood. The outermost is tied with oriental fire cloth, which has been proved by countless tests. This kind of pontoon bridge is completely unafraid of fire attacks, and even a hundred-pound stone bullet is difficult to break it.

As they advanced, the Tang army stone on the head of the city finally began to start, batches of grinding round stone bullets smashed all over the world, like hail in early summer, dense and nowhere to escape, in an instant, countless Kang soldiers broke bones and broken heads, and the pontoon plate became a ready-made shield, and the Kang soldiers intensively squeezed into the pontoon board to dodge, and the soldiers who could not hide turned around and fled, running out of the range of the stone bullets, but were forced back to the position by the supervision team behind with knives.

Planks are smashed to the ground! Boom! With a straight sound, the stone bullet was bounced high, and smashed into the group of soldiers who followed far behind, and instantly smashed over seven or eight people.

Under the impact of the Tang Army's dense stone bullets, some ground pontoon decks could not resist and snapped, and some ground pontoon slabs themselves resisted the impact of stone bullets, but the ground stone bullets rolled around on the ground became stumbling blocks, many soldiers were tripped up, and then brought down a piece, the pontoon plate overturned crookedly, and the exposed large group of soldiers were immediately swallowed by the stone bullets of the Tang Army.

In spite of this, there are still more than 300 pontoon slabs and more than 6,000 Kang rushed through the stone bullet array of the Tang army, rushed to the front of the moat, and began to lay the pontoon bridge nervously, the moat is about five zhang wide, and the pontoon board carried by the big cannibal has just been able to be erected, at this moment, thousands of arrows are fired at the top of the city, the arrows are as dense as raindrops, and the Kang soldiers who have no pontoon board to dodge suddenly became a target, under the dense arrow rain of the Tang army, the Kang soldiers were hit by a large number of arrows, wailing and falling into the moat, the blood stained the river red, and the moat was full of corpses and weapons, In less than a quarter of an hour, more than half of the 6,000 Kangguo soldiers had been lost, only the soldiers who were lucky enough to bring shields were spared, they were divided into two teams, one team raised their shields to cover, and the other team was struggling to place the pontoon slabs, the method of putting the slabs was very simple, the slabs were erected high against the side of the moat, and then they fell down to the opposite bank, and after the slabs were erected, the distance was fine-tuned and the bridges were fixed, and there were special round holes at one end of the bridges, and the soldiers used hammers to drive huge spikes into the soil, so as to complete the laying of a slab.

But the laying process is not leisurely, the dense rain of arrows in the Tang Army's boulders continue to fall, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, countless bridge boards fell into the river, and the corpses of the soldiers who fell in the river were even piled up into a meat dam, despite this, none of the soldiers dared to turn around and flee back, the horror of the stone bullet array and the severity of the big cannibal military law made them have no way out, only desperately paved the bridge, in order to win a glimmer of life.

In the end, less than 50 of the more than 300 pontoon slabs were paved, forming two simple wooden bridges under the southern city, but less than 2,000 of the 10,000 Kangguo soldiers who paved the bridge fled back, and more than 7,000 soldiers died tragically on this road of death.

Alan Ran, the commander of the Great Food Army, was fighting outside the Sanli Land, he watched the death of a large number of Kangguo soldiers indifferently, and was indifferent, he could have paved the bridge at night to reduce casualties, but he could not test the reality of the Tang Army's defense capability when he paved the bridge at night.

What's more, in his eyes, the soldiers of these small eastern countries are worthless, they are originally meat shields for the big food army to drive away, test the defense of the Tang army, and consume the weapons of the Tang army at the same time.

When he saw that the two pontoon bridges had finally been laid, he waved his hand coldly and ordered: "The boarding car will start to cover the siege with fire oil bombs." ”

With a low horn blowing, the earth began to tremble slightly, hundreds of heavy trebuchets appeared, thirty camels pulled huge wheels and slowly rolled forward, thousands of soldiers followed, this trebuchet is the largest of the Great Food arsenal, five zhang high, the long throwing rod is dozens of zhang long, there are three hundred cables, each trebuchet needs nearly a thousand people to launch,

Thousands of people can shoot 400 catties of projectiles out of 2,000 steps, each trebuchet is worth 100,000 dinars, it is the giant shark in the Great Food siege weapon, second only to the giant battering ram, what is even more terrifying is that the Great Cannibal will launch fire oil bombs, which is the famous Greek fire in history, and the first test faced by Broken Leaf City is coming. To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to p8com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading! )