Chapter 55: Sniping
Qin Qiong, who was on the martial arts pass, was very proud, in the face of four or five days of Turkic siege, as long as Qin Qiong did not leave the city, the tall city wall became a cemetery for the Turks.
But he didn't take it lightly in the slightest, "Behind General Qin is Chang'an City, and we have no way out." Before leaving, Xiao Zheng said when he handed him these new weapons. This also made Qin Qiong have a small victory, but he did not have the slightest carelessness, and still patrolled day and night to prevent the Turks from sneaking attacks.
There are happy and depressed, and Qin Qiong's happiness is based on the setback. The Wugong Pass, which occupies all the favorable places and people, is like a strong dam, blocking the Turkic flood of Jieli from the outside. The continuous support from the rear of Chang'an City made the Turks, who were not good at attacking the city, suffer.
Since invading the Tang Dynasty, although Jieli is attacking the city and plundering the land as if entering a no-man's land, the things he grabbed are pitiful, just like the robbers who hold the open fire went down the mountain to catch two fat sheep, but they didn't even see a beggar.
There was no harvest, and some of the tribes that followed began to accuse, and Jieli had a little more suspicion in his heart, could it be that the news was leaked? But it is impossible to show it so thoroughly, unless the Tang army has long known all the movements of the Turks, but this possibility is very small.
"When we enter Chang'an City, you will get twice as much as what you want", Jieli had no choice but to comfort his generals.
It was another morning, and as soon as the morning light had dispersed, the low trumpets in the Turkic camp began to sound. Some veterans at the head of the city listened to the rhythm of the horn, and without waiting for orders, they ordered the people next to them to start preparing the ordnance to defend the city.
When the soldiers defending the city were engrossed in observing the movements of the Turks, they listened to the movement behind them, and turned their heads to find Qin Qiong walking up to the city wall with a young general in full armor. When some soldiers saw the young general, they excitedly drew out the Tang knife from their waists, struck the shield in their hands, and shouted: "Hurray! Datang Wansheng! ”。
Li Shimin actually came to the front line! Suddenly, the sound of shouting ten thousand victories on the city wall came and went, and Li Shimin also waved to the soldiers passing by from time to time while walking, and the soldiers were also greatly boosted after seeing the saint today.
"Old Du, pull the brothers," Xiao Zheng said to Du Ruhui.
Wearing a layer of armor of dozens of catties on his body, and an iron helmet, he has never worn this thing, and he is so tired that he can't walk after everyone climbs to the city wall.
"No, I'm too tired, I'm off," Xiao Zheng said with a pant.
"No, Brother Xiao, when you come here, the sage specially ordered us to protect your safety," Gong Ruoyi said to Xiao Zheng eagerly.
"The Turks are still far away, Lao Tzu will not be killed by the Turks, but he will also be exhausted to death by this armor" It took a long time to catch his breath.
Looking down at the battlements at the head of the city, I saw that the dense camps not far away were dotted, and from time to time there were groups of cavalry like ant colonies out of the nest converging outward.
"Don't take the enemy lightly! These people seem to be loose, and if they are faced on the prairie is indeed a nightmare for any opponent, the good thing is that we attack their weaknesses with our own strengths. If we don't have the assistance of those sharp weapons made by you in the battle on the horse, we will not have an advantage over the cavalry with cavalry," Li Shimin gave an objective evaluation when he heard Xiao Zheng's words.
Seeing Xiao Zheng looking out from the battlement, Li Shimin suddenly shouted eagerly: "Come back!" ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw that a person suddenly jumped up in the pile of dead people at the foot of the city wall, pulled out his bow and shot an arrow at Xiao Zheng.
I felt that there was something in front of me coming straight from under the city wall, and before I could ease up, the back of my neck was thrown out again, and I was dizzy, lying on my back on the ground, and Xiao Zheng was like a turtle that had been turned over the cover, and I couldn't get up by shaking my limbs.
"Rengui, can you not throw Lao Tzu like this when you save the fuck, sooner or later Lao Tzu will be killed by you one day", he spat and said after being picked up from the ground.
At the same time that Xue Rengui pulled down Xiao Zheng, he had already grabbed the arrow with his left hand, threw it to the ground, stretched out his hand and pulled out his huge bow from behind, put on the arrow and shot it out at a glance, and saw the Turkic soldier who was swinging from side to side and running back to the ground.
"Good!" There was a burst of cheers on the head of the city, Xue Rengui didn't look back, stared at the pile of dead people under the city wall, drew his bow and shot two arrows, and soon two more Turks jumped out of the pile of dead people in two places far away and ran back quickly.
"There are no eyes on the battlefield, Qing must be careful" Seeing that Xiao Zheng was fine, Li Shimin slapped his chest with a long sigh and said.
"Why don't you shoot them?" Xiao Zheng pointed to the other soldiers guarding the city with some anger and said.
"The place where you are standing is a place where people are staying, and you are still poking out, and there is your armor," Li Shimin said with a smile when he remembered Xiao Zheng's embarrassed appearance just now.
"I said that you wouldn't let me wear the armor I made myself, and now I'm a target," Xiao Zheng pointed to his Guangming Kai with some annoyance.
Qin Qiong picked up the arrow shot at Xiao Zheng and looked at it, and praised Xue Rengui: "Turkic archers, Hou Sheng, your archery skills are really good, and in an instant, the Turks broke three condor shooters, and they lost a lot."
Looking at the Turks who had already lined up in formation, Qin Qiong said to Li Shimin: "Sage, the Turks are about to attack the city again, with your current golden body, it is not suitable to risk arrows with your own arrows, please ask the sage and you to avoid it first."
"I'm waiting for him to attack the city," Li Shimin said without the slightest timidity.
After finishing speaking, he turned his head to Xiao Zheng and asked, "Are your things ready?" ”
Xiao Zheng replied with a smile: "Back to the saint, the gift for him is ready, mainly to see if he is worthy of cooperation."
Li Shimin said with a smile: "No, no, I have to give it a try."
Just as the Turkic brigade was about to attack the city, they suddenly saw an apricot-yellow golden dragon banner rising at the head of the city, and then many soldiers in the walled city shouted "Hurray!" Datang Wansheng".
The Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty suddenly appeared in front of the two armies! If Li Shimin didn't show the flag, he might just come over to see and boost the morale of the army, but the meaning of showing the dragon flag is completely different, and it is clear that telling the Turkic Lao Tzu is the emperor means that the Tang Dynasty will fight with you to the end!
Jieli was also taken aback when he heard the news, knowing that Li Shimin had been on the battlefield for a long time before, but he didn't expect him to dare to appear in front of the battle at this time, this emperor was different from the previous emperor, and he would meet him.
When Jieli and his men and horses also arrived in front of the battle, as soon as the golden wolf-headed military flag was unfurled, the shouts of the Turkic khans also soared into the sky, and for a time the two armies shouted at each other, and the shouts resounded throughout the land.
Hu Zhongchun, the master supervisor, led more than 20 craftsmen to swing the five newly improved Eight Ox Horses to the city, and Qin Qiong immediately understood what was going on.
"I know what these eight ox don't know, these five stone throwers don't look like stone throwers, and the eight ox don't look like the eight ox don't look like what the eight ox don't have" Watching the craftsman take out the bamboo tube with a thigh thickness of more than three feet and a long front end from the tung oil and put it into the slide rail, the thick bowstring has been squeaked and opened, Qin Qiong was very curious.
Jieli saw the apricot yellow flag at the head of the city, turned his head and said contemptuously to the surrounding leaders: "I see that the newly enthroned emperor of the Tang Kingdom is just like a rabbit shrunk in the nest and does not dare to come out, I want to see if he looks like a Han woman", after speaking, he was very arrogant and put his horse forward for a distance.
"Khan, be careful, there are archers among the Tang people, and we have just lost three Condor Marksmen," Jieli's cronies reminded Zhizhi.
"Even if he has an eagle archer, he can shoot 500 steps," Jie said, pointing to the city in the distance with his horsewhip.
"Shieldman, protect the Khan" still faithfully fulfilled his duties.
Above the city, the nine sharpshooters selected by the Tang Dynasty, under the leadership of Xue Renguiren, relied on the ruler on the donkey to repeatedly correct the eight ox and the slide rail containing the bamboo tube, and when the correction was almost done, Xue Rengui nodded to Xiao Zheng.
Xiao Zheng glanced at Xue Rengui and the king of Jieli under the city and nodded, Xue Rengui took a deep breath and looked at Jieli through the ruler on the sword, and suddenly roared: "Release the arrow!" The hammer in his hand smashed into the machine at once.