Chapter 44: Defending the City
"It's a pity, it's a pity, the number of these cattle and sheep adds up to more than five or six thousand, it's a pity to shoot them all like this!" Wang Can muttered to himself on the side.
Zhao Ziliang shook his head helplessly: "No way, with these cattle and sheep can't run fast or go far, I estimate that at this time, the Turgish army under the city of Tuoyunbao has found that their camp has been attacked, and they will soon withdraw their troops and rush back, once they catch up, the consequences do not need me to say that you should also know, only by shooting all these cattle and sheep can they be short of food, and they may also be annoyed and angry, and the next attack on Tuoyun Fort will be even more ferocious!" However, this is all for the future, and after solving this crisis, let's find another way! ”
"That's all there is to it!"
The soldiers kept releasing arrows, when all the arrows were shot, they quickly rushed over with weapons to slash and kill the sheep, and drove away all the cattle that had not been shot, there was no other way, the number of people was limited, the arrows were limited, and the time was limited, after killing all the sheep and driving away all the cattle, Zhao Ziliang took the soldiers to evacuate quickly.
At this time, there was an extremely tragic battle taking place in Toyun Fort.
In the fort, more than a dozen musicians dragged a long horn, the huge horn of the horn was placed on the ground, they were responsible for the tail end of the blow vigorously, one by one the horn made a blood-boiling sound, compared with the drum on the city tower, formed the most beautiful music on the battlefield.
"Kill—"
"Kill—"
A large number of Turgist soldiers carried more than a dozen siege ladders and rushed to Tuoyun Fort, and the Tang troops on the city wall all held their weapons and looked nervously at the Turgish army that was rushing over.
Xi Yunqing saw that many people looked panicked, after all, the difference in strength was too great, and even he himself did not have the confidence to be able to block the attack of the Tuqi Shi people this time.
He drew his sword and shouted, "Don't panic, don't panic!" Shieldmen and spearmen retreat, archers step forward! ”
"Kill-" The army of Turquoise Cavalry under the city rushed over, kicking up smoke and dust in the sky, and countless shouts of killing were deafening.
Xi Yunqing saw the Tuqi army approaching, and shouted: "Two hundred paces・・・・・・ archers shoot on their backs, release arrows-".
"Whoosh ・・・・・・"
"Whoosh ・・・・・・"
Hit by a rain of arrows, the rushing Turgish soldiers were shot one by one and fell. But the others didn't feel anything, and still howled and rushed towards the city wall, these turks wore animal skins and hats, and looked extremely fierce, but the animal skins and leather armor on their bodies could not resist the blows of the Tang army's arrows.
"One hundred and fifty paces, the archers shoot on their backs, and release their arrows—"
"Whoosh ・・・・・・"
The rushing Turgish fell again, and the mass death of their companions made the other Turgish even more vicious, and their ferocity was fully stimulated, and they rushed faster and fiercer.
Xi Yunqing shouted again: "One hundred steps, archers, shoot freely!" ”
Hearing this order, the archers began to shoot arrows freely, and there was no need to follow the uniform order to release arrows, and there were constantly arrows shooting down from the city walls, taking away one life after another.
In the army formation of the Turgish, Luo Si saw that the arrows shot down from the city tower had caused huge casualties to his sons, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The bows and arrows of the Tang army are really powerful, not only can they shoot farther than our bows and arrows, but they are also much sharper!" ”
Geshu Chang, the leader of the Geshu tribe, said: "Yes, before rushing to the city, there were two percent casualties, if you can't capture Tuoyun Fort at one time, and attack again next time, you will have to die another two percent, this loss is really too great!" ”
Halfway Luo Si gritted his teeth and said: "Today, I will take Tuoyun Fort in one fell swoop, even if the casualties are large, it will be worth it!" The order goes down, whoever ascends the city tower first will be promoted to one level, rewarded with 100 cattle and sheep, and 10 horses of silk! ”
"No!"
The herald quickly conveyed the order, and the so-called heavy reward must be a brave man, and when they heard such a heavy reward, the Turgish soldiers who were besieging the city shouted one by one and rushed even more fiercely.
"The archers step back, the sword and shield hands step forward, and the spearmen come back!"
Behind each battlement stood a shield-bearer, and another spearman was behind a shield-bearer, and when the Turgishmen were setting up the siege ladder on the wall, the shield-bearer and spearman immediately worked together to knock the ladder down.
Almost all of these nomadic people are cavalry, not good at attacking the city, so the siege ladder built is also unqualified, the top of the ladder is not hooked, can not be hung on the city wall, when the Turks put the ladder on the city wall, the Tang soldiers easily overturned the ladder, and some of the Turkey soldiers who just climbed the ladder were smashed by the ladder and pressed to the ground.
The Siege Ladder had to be put back on the city wall again, this time the Turk Warriors learned wisely, they lowered the ladder a little, so that the Tang soldiers on the city wall could not reach, the siege ladder finally leaned against the city wall, and the Turk soldiers immediately climbed the ladder with their weapons.
Xi Yunqing saw it clearly, and immediately shouted: "Stone thrower, smash me with a stone!" ”
The soldiers lifted stones and threw them at the Turgish soldiers who were climbing the ladder, and one by one the stones fell from the city wall, and the Turgish soldiers were smashed to the point that their heads were bleeding and their bodies fell.
In just a quarter of an hour, a layer of corpses of the Turgish was already covered under the city wall, but the Turgish soldiers behind did not have the slightest timidity and continued to climb the siege ladder.
Looking at the siege situation in the rear, Mu Kunbu frowned and said: "The casualties are too great, I heard that the Tang army will build a siege arrow tower called Jinglan, and arrange a large number of soldiers with bows and arrows and weapons to be placed on the well railing, and the soldiers below will push the well fence closer to the side of the city wall, the well fence is higher than the city wall, and the soldiers on it can condescend to shoot arrows at the soldiers on the city wall, and the soldiers with weapons can jump on the city wall to fight the defenders, and it will become much easier to capture the city, but unfortunately our craftsmen will not build this kind of engineering weapon!" ”
The wrinkles on Luo Si's orange-peel-like face deepened, he thought about it, and immediately ordered: "Pass my military order, send five hundred cavalry to rush to a stone's throw away from the city wall to launch cavalry shooting against the Tang army on the city wall, suppress the defenders at the head of the city, and provide cover for our sons and daughters who are attacking the city!"
The other leaders and generals were overjoyed when they heard this, "Half of Luo Si, this trick is good, and it will definitely be able to suppress the Tang army at the head of the city!" ”
Five hundred cavalry quickly galloped to the bottom of the city wall and fired arrows at the top of the city, but the effect was not ideal, there were arrows on the wall to block it, and due to the angle, the arrows shot from below all fell in the fort, and only a few unlucky ghosts were hit by direct fire.
"Hey, it still doesn't work!" Seeing that the suppression effect with bows and arrows under the city was not ideal, the leaders and generals of the various tribes of the Turgish sighed one by one.
Half of Luo observed for a while, and said to the herald: "Go and pass on my military order, and immediately let them take twenty steps back and use the method of projectile!" ”
"No!"
The herald immediately ran over and gave the order: "The leader has an order, take twenty steps back, and use the method of projectile!" ”
At this time, the Tang army on the city wall was concentrating on dealing with the turkey soldiers besieging the city, and no one noticed that a group of cavalry not far from the city wall had changed their tactics.
"Whoosh・・・・・・ A wave of arrows came and fell from the sky.
This kind of projectile really has an obvious effect, the Tang army on the city wall suddenly hit the arrow is not a few, the Tang army itself has a small number of troops, suffered such a blow, the defensive force is even weaker, after the defensive force is weakened, the Tuqi Shi people seized the opportunity, rushed to the city wall in one fell swoop, one by one the Tuqi Shi soldiers rushed to the city wall and started a bloody battle with the Tang army.
"Kill-" Xi Yunqing kept waving his sword and slashing at the turks who rushed up.