Late at night, the heavy black fog shrouded Chang'an City, the north wind blew strongly, the trees withered, there were few pedestrians on the street, and it was dark and dreary everywhere, only the lights in the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace were bright, and orders were issued from here, and the herald guards could be seen at any time running towards the outside of the hall, and the whole hall was filled with a tense atmosphere before the war.

Zhang Huan stood in front of the huge sand table with a serious expression, he got two news yesterday and today, the Gasians sent 30,000 troops to attack Han'er Bali, and the Hui people hastily withdrew their troops from the border of Beiting, and today he got the battle report from the veteran Ma from Gongyue City, 60,000 Tang troops have arrived in Gongyue City, and they can launch an attack on the Yili River Valley at any time.

The time for the decisive battle is ripe, the initiative of the war has gradually moved closer to the Tang army, Zhang Huan looked at the location of Gongyue City, four hundred miles away from Yili City, five hundred miles away from Demon Dragon City, if the Tang Army sent troops in time, it was completely possible to annihilate the 20,000 Great Food Army in the Yili River Valley, at this moment, Zhang Huan was also enthusiastic, and the expectations of several years will be a foregone conclusion in this battle, 60,000 Tang troops out of Beiting, 50,000 Tang troops out of Shule, and a city that held on for two months and did not fall, in terms of morale and will, the Tang Dynasty has won.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that the time is ripe." Li Mi took the long pole and pointed at Tocharo and said: "There are 60,000 Great Food garrisons here, and now they are the only troops that can support Broken Leaf, but Tocharian is equally important to the Great Cannibal, as long as we send 10,000 troops to pretend to be false soldiers to guard and capture the Green Ridge according to the plan, and the Tubo army is under pressure in Da Bolu, forgive them and dare not act rashly, so that Shule can send at least 40,000 troops and cooperate with the 60,000 troops of Beiting, as long as there are no major mistakes, we have decided the battle of Broken Leaves, and we still have strange soldiers in our hands." ”

Wonder! Zhang Huan's wooden pole pointed to Ashi Bulai City, "Sir, can you refer to here?" ”

"That's right!" Li Mi said with a smile: "Since the Great Food gave up the city of Ashi Bulai in order to lure it back to the war, it is time for us to make good use of it, even if it is not achieved, at least the morale of the Great Food Army will be affected." ”

Zhang Huan stopped talking, and he repeatedly deduced in his mind that everything could happen. There are no major omissions, and the following details should be completed by the generals themselves.

"Pass my orders, and the blizzard plan can be executed!"

In November of the fifth year of Dazhi, the long-prepared army of 60,000 people in Beiting received an order from the Tang Emperor to send troops, and under the leadership of the veteran general Ma, they went out of Gongyue City. Divide the troops into two roads and go straight to the Yili River Valley, the 30,000 people of the West Route Army detoured to the Demon Dragon City, where they annihilated the 5,000 Great Food Army, then turned around to the east, and met with the East Route Army in Yili City, surrounded the 15,000 Great Food Army on the way to the south, after three days of fierce fighting, the Great Food Army collapsed due to the disparity in strength, and the Tang Army beheaded more than 9,000 people. After capturing 5,000 enemies and winning a great victory at the Erie River, the Beiting army immediately turned around and headed south. Advance towards the broken leaves.

At the same time that the Tang army in Beiting sent troops, the Tang army in Shule also received an order from Zhang Huan to send troops, Cao Hanchen personally led an army of 40,000 to take the Golden Dragon Road, out of the Tuoyun Pass, and advance to the north, at the same time, he sent 10,000 troops pretending to be 50,000 troops to cross the green ridge and march towards Tocharo, and the 20,000 troops of Tubo also cooperated with the Tang army to send troops to Da Bolu again. Soldiers overwhelm Jian Daoluo.

Broken Leaves, the brutal war broke out again, and the 200,000 food troops gathered in Broken Leaves began to attack Broken Leaf City in a big way, and they also received orders from Baghdad to take Broken Leaf City by December.

Three hundred trebuchets were launched at the same time. Fireballs shot into the city. In an instant. The head of the city was a sea of fire. This time it's not just Dongcheng. The North and South Cities also attacked at the same time. Among them, the attack on the northern city was the most intense. Flashes from enemy positions. Immediately, the fireball spread a net of fire over the city. Tongues of fire spew. Devour every inch of the city. The blazing light of the red flame lit up the entire night sky.

The defense of the northern city was undertaken by the Third Army of Broken Leaves. 12,000 in all. Divided into two shifts. Can fight enemy forces around the clock. The city was engulfed in swift Greek fire. Six thousand Tang troops defending the city were dressed in fireproof clothing. Hide behind a firestop. I endure the high temperature. This is a fire escape designed by the Don Army to deal with Greek fire. It is made of bricks and stones close to the head of the city. The front is a thick laminate board. It is about five feet wide. The Tang army was densely packed in the middle.

The fire was raging on and before and after the fire escape. The inside of the tunnel was hot. It's almost breathless. Suddenly, a section of passage on the far right was hit by a fire bomb. Collapsed. The fire swooped in like a furious demon with a grin. More than 200 Tang troops were burned. Screams rang out. Dozens of Don soldiers lost their minds. rushed headlong into the sea of fire

"Leave them alone. Evacuate! "Zhonglang General Han Yue saw that the situation was critical. He was so anxious that he screamed loudly. Just as he was about to go to the rescue, Tang Jun stumbled and crawled back to his knees. Rumble! There was a loud bang on the ground. The thirty-zhang passage collapsed. More than 400 Tang troops did not have time to escape. Died tragically in the fire. The scorching smell permeated the air.

But the Tang Army had no chance to be sad. As the enemy fireball becomes denser and denser. The rumbling offensive drums finally sounded. Under the cover of the Greek fireland. The dense Great Food Army began to attack Broken Leaves. In two months. They made hundreds of ladders. Mounted on a boarding vehicle. Towering caravans began to slowly advance towards the city walls. Behind each siege vehicle was nearly a thousand people.

The attack on the northern part of the city was 30,000 Egyptian legions. They followed behind the sixty caravans. Mighty march towards the city walls. Seven hundred steps. They had already entered the range of the Tang Army's stone attack. But the Don army did not attack. The Tang army watched from one shooting hole after another as the dense colony of enemy troops approached. It's already five hundred steps. Zhonglang slammed Han Yue into the wall. He scolded: "it." Are they all dead? How is it not shooting yet! ”

As soon as his scolding fell, the fire plate on the cover fortifications on the city head was suddenly opened, and the dense Tang Dynasty thunderbolts were thrown into the city like a torrential rain, and exploded violently in the dense Egyptian legions, this army had just arrived in Broken Leaf more than a month ago, and had not had the opportunity to taste the sharpest weapons of the Tang Dynasty, and in an instant, the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the broken limbs were lifted more than a foot high, and a large number of Egyptians fell, and the violent explosion broke the eardrums of countless people, and several boarding cars were hit and collapsed, and more than 50 people fell from the car, A large number of soldiers were stoned to death. There were gaps in the middle of the entire attacking crowd, and after the black smoke cleared, the Egyptian army seemed to suddenly wake up, and frantically retreated, this unheard-of weapon made them shudder, and the tide of the army retreated. Only a few dozen lone vehicles were left on the battlefield.

But the Khorasansians, who were supervising the war, had expected this to happen, and they cursed loudly, stabbed with their swords and spears, and drove the Egyptians back into battle again, and the tide of receding rose again, and after the first horrific explosions, the Egyptians' panic gradually faded, and they began to realize that this weapon was no different from the fire burning in the city. Only by running can you escape death.

So, in round after round of explosions, on the battlefield where the heads and limbs flew sideways. In the attack with no way out, the 30,000-strong army suffered heavy losses, but finally approached the city walls, and as the attacking army approached the walls, the fireball shooting gradually stopped, and the northern city began to turn to real siege battles.

More than thirty caravans swarmed up, quickly crossed the ice of the moat, and stopped under the city walls, and the remaining nearly 20,000 Egyptian troops poured up like a frenzy. The car is about four zhang high, there are stairs behind for five people to climb at the same time, and there is a huge baffle in front, if the city is not high, the baffle can be put down and directly put on the city wall, if the city is high, you can pull out the stairs from the car to continue climbing, and today's attack on the broken leaf city is like this, the city wall is at least seven or eight zhang or more. Without stairs, it would be difficult for the Great Food Army to climb to the top of the city.

Three ladders were set up at the head of the city at the same time, and the huge iron hook hooked the city wall to prevent it from slipping, Egypt jumped up and climbed quickly towards the head of the city, and the fire on the head of the city gradually went out, and more than 6,000 Tang troops opened the fire board, holding crossbow arrows and lowering the arrows. Arrows rained down for a while. Dense as steel needles, splashed down from the top of the Egyptians' land.

The attacking Egyptian army raised its shield for defense. However, the Tang army's arrows were strong, and the wooden shields of the Egyptian army were difficult to resist, and after a few arrows, they were shot through and cracked, and a large number of soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and the enemy soldiers on the ladder also fell from the arrows one after another, making a long scream.

Alan has always been in the northern city, the eastern and southern cities were blocked, only the northern city has a turnaround, this is a delusional strategy of Alain, began to attack on three sides at the same time, in fact, the north is the real point of attack, the number of trebuchets is twice as many as the other two cities, not only invested 30,000 Egyptian troops, but also 20,000 Khorasan Benzong troops as backup.

Seeing that the attack had been effective, Alan immediately ordered: "Throw another fifty boarding vehicles into the northern city, and reinforce 10,000 Khorasan."

The rumbling drums of the attack sounded intensively again, and 10,000 Khorasan troops rushed forward, and the thunderbolts on the city roared towards them, but this Khorasan army was obviously prepared, they rushed in on horseback, and accelerated sharply in the range area that entered the Tang army, while raising their shields, after only one round of bombardment, they rushed through the minefield in one fell swoop, losing only a thousand men.

Beicheng has begun to tighten, 10,000 Khorasan troops suddenly inserted, brought a large-scale spear throwing, they use horse speed sprint as an explosive force, one arm can throw five or six pounds of short spears fifty steps away, and they are very disciplined, two hundred steps away a thousand cavalry sprint to throw spears, immediately retreated, replaced by another batch of thousands of people to sprint and project, just round after round, sharp short spears like a torrential rain to the city, under the intensive counterattack, the city screams continued, the Tang army also had a large number of casualties, the arrow rain was not as dense as just now, Dozens of Egyptians had already been killed on the two westernmost staircases.

Han Yue, the lord of the northern city, has come down, six thousand soldiers, and now there are less than four thousand people left, even he himself was broken by a short spear and his left arm, seeing that the enemy's nearly fifty boarding vehicles are coming this way again, and the enemy army in the distance is out of sight, he is beginning to be a little at a loss.

At this moment, the commander Wang Siyu led two or three thousand crossbowmen to the north city, although the enemy army attacked the city on three sides, but Wang Siyu found that the abnormality, it seemed that the fire in the north city was more violent, and the attacking enemy army was also numerous, he immediately ordered the reserve army to support the north city, and he himself led three thousand crossbowmen to kill.

Wang Siyu saw that the corpses in Beicheng were all over the ground, and the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, and his heart couldn't help sinking, "General Han, how is Beicheng?" ”

When Han Yue saw the arrival of the commander, his heart was a little settled, and he immediately replied: "General, the northern city is tight, and the main force of the enemy army Khorasan seems to have also been put into the attack. ”

Wang Siyu saw that his left arm was broken, and immediately ordered: "You go down and transfer 300 small stones, and I will guard it here." ”

With that, he roared, and with a swing of his spear rushed into the hundreds of Egyptian troops who had ascended the city, his spear was like a storm, and his marksmanship was so accurate that several people were killed with each shot. In just an instant, dozens of people died under his gun, and the Tang soldiers saw that the commander had personally killed him, and they couldn't help but boost their morale, and drove more than 1,000 Egyptian soldiers down the city ladder in one go. Wang Siyu immediately shook the tip of his spear and lifted the three city ladders off the city wall in one go. The staircase was crooked, and a string of enemy troops fell down the city with a miserable cry, but as soon as the staircase came down, there were stairs on the boarding car, and the enemy's short spears whistled like locusts, and they could not get close within three feet.

Wang Siyu thought about it, and immediately ordered: "Quickly adjust two thousand Mo knife hands!" ”

Due to the small number of stones on the north wall, and the fact that all of them were built in protective fortifications, it was not possible to project them over short distances. In this case, only the heavily armored Modao army was not afraid of the enemy's spears.

The thirty caravans of the Great Food Army had all reached the city wall, and another 10,000 Khorasan cavalry had come to support them. The Great Food Commander has invested 40,000 troops in the northern city, including their most elite main force, the Khorasan people have replaced the Egyptians, and the 10,000 Khorasan army rushed up wave after wave like a tide, they are all fearless of death, wearing black helmets and armor, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, while most of the crossbow troops in the northern city are a little bit better in short-distance combat. Countless Khorasan troops climbed to the top of the city, and the soldiers of the Tang army struggled to support it, and the situation in the northern city was once again in crisis.

At this moment, two thousand Mo Dao troops rushed from under the city, and the Mo Dao army joined, so that the situation at the head of the city was immediately reversed, they stood at the head of the city like a wall, Mo Dao waved, and the cold light flashed. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, the ladder was shattered, and the enemy's ground offensive was once again disintegrated.

With a rumbling sound, three hundred small stones were pushed up, this winch stone was small and exquisite, only more than one person high, controlled by four people, and the range was only eighty paces at the farthest, but it was very agile and maneuverable. It is a short-range defensive ground treasure.

Two winch hands squeaked and tightened the winch. The operator quickly reloaded, and another Don military torch lit the fuse. When the fuse burned to the throwing point, the operator shouted, "Put!" Throwing the rod out, a black heavenly thunder bomb soared into the air, and beside it, hundreds of heavenly thunder bullets like it also soared into the air, drawing arcs and flying towards the city.

Hundreds of heavenly thunder bombs fell into the dense enemy army, and the violent explosion exploded, the explosion was earth-shattering, the war horses neighed, the red flames soared into the sky, and there was a hysterical scream and wail under the city, hundreds of black smoke rose into the air, not only people, but dozens of boarding cars were also blown to pieces, at this moment, the sharp horn sound came from the big food army, this was the order to withdraw the troops, and the big food army under the city suddenly retreated back like a tide.

"Quickly remove the stone!" Wang Siyu gave the order almost without thinking, and according to the law, the overwhelming fireball hit the sky below.

But the situation he imagined did not happen, the Great Food Army on the opposite side suddenly quieted down, and more than a hundred heavy trebuchets began to slowly retreat, not only in the north, east and south cities.

The Tang army seemed to realize something, and looked up into the distance together, in the distance, several swarthy behemoths suddenly moved, and the shocking moment was coming, the ground began to shake slightly, and the dull sound of the boom resounded in the sky again, this time it was not just a battering ram, but three demonic beasts were dispatched together, slowly approaching the east, north, and south directions of Broken Leaf City, and the Great Food Army under the city was silent, and the Tang troops in the city were all pale, looking at the approach of the three giants in a blank and helpless manner, This is the last killer weapon of the Great Food Army.

"Bring up the mallet breaker." Wang Siyu gave an order with a solemn face, not knowing if the mallet breaker invented by the Tang Army could deal with such a huge battering ram as the Great Cannibal.

Under the city, Alan coldly watched the battering ram leaning towards the city wall, two months ago it failed for the first time because of the moat, and now the moat has frozen solidly, and there is no more obstacles, see how long can Broken Leaf City hold out this time?

"Attack!" Alain gave the first order.

Four hundred camels had been disbanded, and each of them was slowly advanced by three thousand soldiers with three battering rams, and a quarter of an hour later it was less than four hundred paces from the city walls.

"General Mercedes, I'm feeling a little bad." Adjutant General Nyali stared at the city tightly, "It's too quiet, the Tang Army won't sit still, it's strange!" ”

Alan was reminded, there was silence in the city, it was so quiet that it felt weird, it really shouldn't be like this, could it be that the Tang army wanted to go out of the city and attack, he frowned, and then ordered: "Order 10,000 Khorasan cavalry to protect the siege ram, if the Tang army goes out of the city to attack, immediately seize the city gate." ”

As soon as the order was given, the 10,000 Khorasan cavalry immediately divided into three teams and rushed to the three battering rams, guarding them on both sides, and the battering rams continued to advance, two hundred and one hundred paces, and almost everyone's hearts were on their throats, fifty and thirty paces, and the battering ram began to accelerate, and it was about to begin the earth-shattering first blow.

At this moment, hundreds of ropes, each as thick as an arm, about a hundred zhang long, were suddenly thrown from the city, and a huge subway hook was installed at the front end, and after a sound of metal striking, at least a hundred rope hooks hooked the chains of the battering ram.

The rope was suddenly tightened, and there were more than 100 people pulling each rope on the head of the city, and under the huge force of hundreds of ropes, the head of the mallet began to swing sharply from side to side, and soon, the entire battering ram also shook violently, and the big food army under the battering ram panicked and fled in all directions, and suddenly, the entire battering ram lost its center of gravity and fell to the right, boom! There was a loud bang on the ground, and the battering rams fell apart, stirring up a cloud of dust.

"It worked!" The Tang army in the city cheered, and the excited shouts resounded in the sky, and this situation also happened in the south city and the east city at the same time, the three small mountain-like demonic beasts were destroyed almost at the same time, and the entire city wall was full of jubilation.

Alain's face turned blue with anger, and he roared, "Throw fire bombs at me, in the sea of fire, I will see who can destroy again!" ”

"General, the battering ram is too close to the city wall, and I'm afraid that the fire oil bomb will burn it." Myari hurriedly persuaded him, "Moreover, we only have one battering ram left, so we can't afford to miss any more, so it's better to use another method." ”

"What else can you do?" Alain said as he stared back at him.

"I have heard that His Majesty the Caliph has sent us five hundred heavy trebuchets, and they are still in Bahanna, and if they are brought in, plus our three hundred now, so that we will have eight hundred trebuchets, and we will use huge stones to concentrate on a certain section of the city wall and smash it in turn, I think the city wall will definitely collapse."

Alain pondered for a long time, there was only one battering ram left, and he was really not sure, finally, he nodded, "Okay! On my orders, the army of Bathanna was ordered to deliver the trebuchets at once, and within five days, they must be rushed to the broken leaves. "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! )