Chapter 47: The Battle Discussion
Sha Bo looked at the 100,000 army behind him, full of pride and ambition, although the sneak attack failed, but he didn't care, although the city in front of him was tall, but it couldn't stop the scimitar of 100,000 Erlang, the Xianbei people who used to dominate the grassland had fallen after entering the Central Plains, and they had also become like the Han people, becoming cowards who relied on the city wall.
Once there is no city wall, whether it is the Han people or the Xianbei people, they will only bow to the ground and beg for their lives, and the military towns such as Yongfeng and Wuhai in front have verified this view, and the bloody nature of the Turkic soldiers has been stimulated.
Sha Bolu is the eldest son of the current Turkic Khan, when the three kingdoms of Zhou, Qi and Chen stood together, in order to overwhelm each other with the help of the Turkic forces, the Zhou and Qi families did not dare to offend the Turks, but did everything possible to curry favor, and sent more than 100,000 horses of satin to the Turks every year, so that the Turkic Khan said: "I have two children in the south to be filial piety, and I am poor and poor?" ”
At the beginning, Qi was strong and Zhou was weak, in order to balance, the Turkic Khan often helped Zhou to attack Qi, the largest one, the Turkic army of 100,000 and the Zhou army attacked Qi together, however, due to the discord between the two families, when Qi was about to win, the Turks suddenly retreated, resulting in the defeat of the Zhou army.
After Emperor Wu of Zhou took power, although he still showed goodwill to the Turks and asked for the daughter of the Turkic Khan as his queen, Emperor Wu was extremely distrustful of the Turks, and did not rely on the power of the Turks when he destroyed Qi. Although I regret it, I can't help it.
After Emperor Wu destroyed Qi, after a year of rest and recuperation, he immediately stopped paying tribute to the Turks and prepared to march to the Turks. It is a pity that Emperor Wu of Zhou was seriously ill when he was preparing to conquer the Turks, and had to stop the military operation. This action was discovered by the Turks, and the Turks were furious from top to bottom, ready to gather a large army and teach the Zhou people a lesson.
It's just that the Turks also have their own problems, the current Turkic Khan's Tubo Khan is old and sick, and the Khan of Tuba Khan inherited from his brother Ashina wooden pole, when the wooden pole Khan died, his son was still young, and he was afraid that his son would not be able to serve the public, so he had to pass the throne to his brother Ashina Tuo Bowl, and asked Ashina Tuo Bowl to pass the throne to his son in the future, and Tuobo Khan swore to agree to his brother's request before succeeding to the throne.
Now that the son of Ashina Muzhu has grown up, Tubo Khan should set up his nephew as the heir according to the oath he made when he succeeded to the throne, but neither Tubo Khan nor the son of Tubo Khan are unwilling, and the Turks have faintly split in order to inherit the Turks, and in this case they cannot send troops at all, and the matter of sending troops has to be delayed.
Emperor Tianyuan insulted the Turkic captives too much, and when it reached the steppe, the Turks were immediately furious, and the Turkic nobles could no longer tolerate the provocation of the Great Zhou to the Turks, not to mention that after the Zhou Dynasty stopped paying tribute, the Turks not only could not get fine porcelain, gorgeous silk, but even iron tools were nervous, and the Turks were resentful of the Great Zhou, and in this case, the war was imperative.
Tu Bo Khan has been unable to lead the war against the Great Zhou, but the power is divided, his son Sha Bo Luo and his nephew Da Tou are each Xiao Khan, and his son Sha Bo Luo Xiao Khan led the troops to ask the Great Zhou for guilt, if it is victorious, Sha Bo Luo can naturally rely on this merit to take over his father's Khan position.
Looking at the fortified city in front of him, Sha Bo raised the scimitar in his hand slightly: "Children, there are countless silks, women, grain and grass in it, and those things are yours to conquer this city." ”
"Ho-ho, ho-ho." The Turks shouted, and several groups of men and horses were divided from behind Sha Boluo, divided into left and right to approach the city, the Zhou army had a long-term alliance with the Turks before, and naturally knew the Turkic tactics, and all the officers shouted: "Vertical shield, strong shield." ”
"Boom, boom" A shield wall with a height of countless people was erected on the city wall, and all the Zhou troops were hiding under the shield.
"Whew! Shout! Shout! "As soon as the shield wall was erected, the Turks had drawn their horned bows in their hands, and the whole sky seemed to be shrouded in a huge dark cloud, and countless arrows fell in the city, and everywhere there was the sound of bows and arrows falling to the ground, and occasionally mixed with the screams of soldiers or civilians who were shot, and the Turks dropped four or five thousand long arrows once they were covered with arrow feathers.
The arrows of the Turks flew on their heads again and again, and the Zhou army could not raise their heads, the difference in numbers was too great, Pule County was a big city on the border, tens of thousands of people in the city, but there were only 2,000 regular troops, and the young and middle-aged people in the city were screened out, and then they might be able to get 10,000 people, although they could not be compared with the other party's 100,000 army, but it would be much better.
It takes time to requisition civilians, and now we have to rely on these 2,000 regular troops for at least a day and a night, the only good thing is that the residents of the city, whether Han or Xianbei, are much stronger than the cities in the interior, and many people can bend their bows and mount horses, and the guards of those merchants who come and go to the grassland are even more skilled in martial arts, in addition to not having systematic military training, they may kill more people than ordinary sergeants.
1st round, 2nd round...... I don't know how many rounds it passed, and at least 100,000 feathered arrows were poured into the city, and the rain of arrows of the Turks thinned out.
"Withdraw the shield, the archers prepare."
"Boom," came the sound of the shield falling to the ground, revealing the five hundred archers hidden in the city, who had been hiding under the shield and were holding their breath, and the strings of the bow were extremely tight.
"Shoot!"
"Buzz, buzz." The bowstring sounded, and five hundred long arrows were fired fiercely at the retreating Turks.
Although the scale of the Zhou army's arrow rain was much smaller than that of the Turks, the results were amazing, the feather arrows fell fiercely from the sky, piercing the Turkic knights wearing only leather armor, the arrows often pierced the whole person, and the Turks who were hit by the arrows often fell under the horses and became a mud before they could even scream.
The news of 100,000 Turkic troops committing crimes on the border came into the capital like a whirlwind, and the people of Chang'an were suddenly panicked...... A large number of brave and warlike generals were killed by the emperor, and most of the elite soldiers of the Great Zhou were dragged to the banks of the Yangtze River to confront the Southern Dynasty.
The officers and soldiers of the Xuanlong Army and the ordinary people reacted differently, hearing the Turkic attack, they asked Yang Tian to fight, hoping that the court could allow the Xuanlong Army to be transferred to the front line to resist the Turks, this army has not fought for too long, they are eager to prove themselves, the Xuanlong Army is still the most elite army in the Great Zhou.