Chapter 50: The Battle of Blackwater City (1)
After leaving home, Burhan left Blackwater City with Liu Dingchen and the stock of thistles, and he needed to use these things to delay the speed of Toduo's march and prepare for the next important defensive counterattack of the Hechi Ti Army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoLess than 20 miles away from Blackwater City is the former site of Juyansai, where the terrain is like a mountain stream. It was impossible for the army to pass through the high slopes at both ends, and Burhan decided to cover it with thistles.
After completion, you can't retreat, and you still need to engage the front of Toduo, and it is best to lure them to the urn city to be destroyed. At this time, it can be said that the deduo is in high spirits. The eagle slave next to him kept singing the most gorgeous words to praise his greatness, which made him a little fluttery.
"! You bring 5,000 soldiers and horses to fight the striker, and it's best to be able to beat Blackwater City down for me! Todo called the general and shouted, and after giving some orders, he was allowed to move freely.
After a while, the grizzled man returned with a few guards. This caused dissatisfaction with Toduo, so he asked, "What are you doing?" How did you get it like this? ā
He also said with a look of grievance, "General, the despicable Hechiti people have set me up, and there are thistles everywhere, and the horse will fall immediately if he steps on it." ā
"Damn the Hechiti, damn Burhan. I'm going to kill them! Although he hates iron and steel, he is also the most powerful general under his command, and he can only complain and scold people to vent his evil anger.
"Useless things, come with me." When Duoduo arrived at the scene, he found that it was really difficult to pass, so he had no choice but to send someone to clean it, and pick up the thistles scattered by the Hechi Ti Department one by one. By chance, he spotted a crowd of figures, so he sent people to chase them. Since there were not many soldiers and horses crossing the col, Burhan decided to use these people as bait. After a period of slashing, guide the rest to the urn city. At this time, the army of Toduo also arrived immediately, and when he saw that the city gate was open and someone had already rushed into the city gate, he immediately pulled out his waist knife and waved it back a few times, saying, "Brothers, do you see? That is Blackwater City, and our people have already attacked it, as long as you take this city, you can rob the property and women inside! Kill me! As soon as Toduo finished speaking, the Turghut soldiers on both sides drew their scimitars and went to enjoy the feast. You must know that the Hechi Tibu is notoriously rich, and there are even more women in it, as well as countless cattle, sheep and treasures, can this not make them tempted?
Seeing that he had been tricked, Batu Bagen gave a signal to Burhan under the city, and Burhan immediately understood. He began to organize his soldiers to exterminate the Turgots in the city of Urn. When the Turghat soldiers arrived at the city gate, they suddenly realized that it was a pit, a big pit.
When Blackwater City was being built, Burhan had defense in mind, so every 150 meters there would be a salient in the shape of a fan, so that it was easy to shoot enemies on both sides. Moreover, the city gate is equipped with an iron bar, as long as it is lowered, it will separate the inside and the outside, and the people in the urn city are equivalent to being sentenced to death. When the enemy soldiers arrived, the arrow towers on both sides shot deadly feather arrows, and the Turgots who were still majestic just now were now killed crying father and mother.
Seeing this, Toduo, who was riding on a horse, swung his fist into the air a few times. The great opportunity was missed, and they did not bring siege equipment. Fortunately, there is no shortage of timber in Ejina, and in recent years, the Hechiti Department has managed Ejina well, and Burhan's policy has been seriously implemented, and there are patches of sand date trees and poplar forests planted on both sides of the Heihe River, and there is a tendency to expand towards the desert.
Within two hours, the Turks had already built the engineering equipment. Toduo was very satisfied with this, he had promised his uncle to capture Heishui City for him as the king's tent, and now that the attack was frustrated, he also hoped to find another way, so he remembered the consistent way to deal with the Han people - pretending to persuade him to surrender, and when Kaecheng surrendered, how could he say that it was not them who were in charge?
The Turks have already posed, and it has to be said that it is spectacular, giving people a sense of coercion. The Hechiti were also always ready, and Burhan commanded the troops at the head of the city. They did not wait for Todo's attack, but for a messenger.
Burhan felt a lot of contempt in his heart, and he didn't even dare to come to negotiate, so he was really empty-hearted.
I only heard the envoy under the city say: "The leader of the Hechiti tribe, please reveal your identity!" I'm Amge, the general of the Turghut Division, and I have something important to discuss with the chief! ā
Burhan ascended to the top of the city and said to Amg below, "Hey! I am. What did you say about what you brought with you, you can say it now. ā
Amge looked at it, and it was a small child. Haha laughed. "I haven't heard of a doll leader in the Hechiti Division, don't get it, tell your leader of Alette to come and listen to General Todo's teachings!"
His words completely angered Burhan, and Toduo sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender, and the Mongol army had done such a thing in the past. This guy obviously doesn't know that Alert has died, and now the Hechiti is the head of Burhan, but insulting Alert like this is an unforgivable crime! Burhan threw his bow and arrow into the distance, and the target was the Amg. Probably seeing that Burhan's killing intent was coming, Amge did not rush to flee, but looked at the sky, he wanted to see the path of the arrow before making a judgment. The sky is not satisfactory, and the thin arrow shaft is shooting towards the sky, how can it be so easy to judge? All I could hear was the arrow slicing through the sky, falling rapidly, rubbing against the air, forming a life-threatening sound. Click! The arrow drilled straight into his body from Amge's throat, and the huge energy contained in the arrow shattered his chest, and even the war horse was affected, and the huge momentum made an adult horse fall to the ground, and only when Amg rolled down did he struggle to get up and run towards the main formation. Only the tattered body of Amg was left, lying alone in front of the city gate.
Seeing the clear detachment is simply angry. I thought to myself, "The two countries do not fight each other, don't the Chiti people understand this truth?" I'm so! He pulled out his waist knife and swung it forward, "Kill me!" Kill! ... Kill, kill them all! I'm going to kill Blackwater without a single one left! Don't stay! ā
Toduo's words were orders, and the Turghut soldiers, who had been waiting for them for a long time, began to rush towards Blackwater City with a long ladder. The shouts of the people were endless, and the soldiers rushed towards this side like a flood beast, but they didn't know that Blackwater City was the dam blocking them. The waves could only turn into countless droplets in the face of such a magnificent embankment, and they did not deserve sympathy.
When Burhan saw these Turghuts coming like a tide, he also drew his waist sword and began to command the soldiers to join in this "feast". It's close... 300 meters... It's close again... 150 meters, this is it, he shouted "Put!" ā
The archers, who had already prepared their plans, began to unleash deadly arrows into the crowd, and the people of the Hechi Ti tribe opted for a three-stage shooting method, so that the fire could be more durable and more lethal. The arrows that shot into the air were densely packed and flew towards the Turks, and within three breaths they heard the sound of bows and arrows entering the flesh. Under the interaction force, a person was shot to the ground, some were blown into a hornet's nest, and some were still trying to lie on their stomachs. It's just that his speed is too slow, and there is a dense rain of arrows, and he disappears like his predecessors.
From ancient times to the present, spears and shields, offense and defense have all been mutually reinforcing. People make progress together in continuous improvement, and the Turks are the same, there is already an example in front of them, and if they do not change, it is blindness. Soon, a new one came up, and it seemed to Bulhan that they were obviously smarter, at least they had more round shields in their hands, how could they offset the threat posed by some bows.
This one is obviously different, unlike the previous one, which has died out before even touching the city walls. The archers of the Hechiti tribe soon found that the threat of bows and arrows to them was getting smaller and smaller, and even hairpins did not have much effect, and Burhan made the archers retreat, and conserving physical strength was the key to a long-term struggle at present. Don't think that a small round shield can conquer the world, there are other weapons waiting for you to savor!
Seeing that the ladder was about to reach the city wall, rows of shooting holes suddenly appeared under the battlements, these were made in the wall, and inside was the secret weapon of the Hechi Ti Department - the ballista, a device that could fire both spears and stone projectiles. These big guys require five people to operate, and they have a short range and slow rate of fire, but fortunately, they are powerful. The signal sounded at the head of the city, and the ballistas inside opened fire one after another, and huge arrows were lost through the walls, and some ladder players would be pierced by a spear in an entire row, and the power was still undiminished, and the successors were strung into sugar gourds.
In the distance, the cart slowly drove over, and at this moment the trebuchet on the turret began to be used, and they aimed at the cart and began to throw stone projectiles, which began to whistle and be projected in the direction of the cart. There are too many influencing factors, so trebuchets are not accurate, and they can only rely on large quantities to win. Today, Changshengtian is not all on the side of the Hechi Ti Department, probably dozens of stone projectiles have been thrown, none of them hit the rushing car, and they have entered the projection blind spot of the trebuchet, there is no way, Burhan must solve the rushing car first. Although the Mongol rush was rudimentary, it was very effective, much more effective than the Han Chinese. The head of the giant wood is sharpened, wrapped in iron sheets, and then several racks are made to erect the hammer, connected with ropes, and covered with raw cowhide on all sides. To deal with such a big guy, the Hechiti people still have a way, but when they rushed into the city gate, the hot oil that had already been set up suddenly poured out, and the hot grease suddenly opened the skin and flesh of the soldiers below, and the screams came one after another. That's not all, the cotton brought back by Alimu happened to be made into velvet cloth, which had been soaked in grease and was very flammable, and the soldiers, under the leadership of the generals, threw the velvet cloth in stacks around the rushing car. The Turks did not know what the Hechiti were up to, and the greased velvet cloth was ignited by the rockets, and flames rose all around the car, and it was tantamount to a pipe dream to extinguish it. The flames engulfed everything around them, including the soldiers who didn't have time to escape, burned alive to dried corpses, their black bodies already charred, and the disgusting smell of roasted meat in the air.
Seeing that the rushing cars were all destroyed, this attack was not of much value. Although Toduo had 15,000 troops, he was not allowed to squander it like this, so he could only withdraw his troops. After a big battle, it was already completely dark, and the reservists replaced the front-line soldiers who had been fighting for several hours, and torches were lit on the city walls. Burhan began to look around, and it was only then that he realized that his influence was so great, and the eyes of the soldiers revealed this admiration and gratitude. It is no wonder that since ancient times, the Mongolian tribes who were accustomed to besieging the city with wooden lele carts, as long as they were rushed by the enemy's war horses, those simple fences that could not be simpler would be pierced back and forth, and at that time, it would be killing and being killed. It is a miracle that only such a fortified city like the Hechiti tribe can withstand tens of thousands of troops with only a few thousand men and horses, but there are no casualties on their own side. The soldiers smiled and fell asleep with dried meat in their mouths, and Burhan also found a place to lay out the felt and rest for a while, he did not dare to go home for fear of his mother's worry and fear of taking off his own fate.
Contrary to Burhan's state of mind, he was losing his temper in his big tent. This battle not only lost the general Amge, not to mention, but more importantly, more than 2,000 casualties, but even the city wall did not go up. Now it is already dark, which is not conducive to fighting, and most of the Mongols are blind at night, and he can only wait for tomorrow to fight again.
The next day, it was not yet full light, and the torches on Blackwater had not been extinguished. After a night's rest, the Turks were once again full of energy, and they were ready to sharpen their knives against the cattle and sheep!
Burhan also got up early, and it was amusing to see the well-organized Turks under the city. Obviously there is no military quality, but you have to talk about pomp, isn't this looking for death? If you don't understand the rules at all, you think that you can win the battle with more people? It's so embroidered that the head is embroidered, no wonder a large part of a 60,000 household was beaten by the descendants of Ding Ling and couldn't move forward half a step!
Seeing Burhan at the head of the city, Todo thought to himself, "Could it be that Alet is really dead?" Ha ha! This is really an eye-opener! He finally died. "Although he is happy in his heart, he can't show it too much, otherwise he will be discovered by Bourhan, this little beast is very shrewd!
"Burhan, I'll give you another chance. Surrender the city, I can promise you to give you the whole corpse, and I will not embarrass your people, what do you think? ā
Todo spoke in a consultative tone, but in Burhan's opinion, these were useless. "Toduo, you shameless villain, I can't wait to eat your flesh and drink your blood. I'll give you a word - if you want to fight, then fight! What so much nonsense! ā
Having said that, if you stay any longer, your life will be in danger, so Duoduo immediately patted his horse and returned to his own formation. The next thing is to repeat yesterday's story. However, the Turks learned to be obedient, and they not only took round shields but also sent cavalry to mount and shoot to suppress the threat from the city, and this trick really worked. Casualties began to appear on the side of the Hechiti Division, and then the ladder was used together with the rushing car. The ladder is easy to deal with, and the arrow towers on both sides can be completely suppressed, but it is so easy to rush the car from time to time today. Although hot oil and velvet cloth were used as yesterday, no matter how many velvet cloths were thrown on the city, the Turks covered it with raw hides, so that no amount of hot oil could burn it.
"Boom!" ~..."Boom! ~ The Turks kept banging on the city gates. This invisibly put tremendous pressure on the Hechi Ti Department, and people couldn't help but be a little scrambling. In addition, Toduo is not a fool, although the north gate is the main direction of attack, but the other three city gates he did not give up harassment, and a few times he suddenly changed the direction of the main attack and caught the Chiti Department off guard, and the most direct impact of the sharing of manpower was the weakening of the suppression of the ladder.
Soon the archers felt the pressure multiply, and the slightest lack of time to let go meant that the whole chain collapsed, and they wanted to make up for it unless the Turks retreated. In this way, the soldiers of Turghut climbed the city walls, followed by two... Three and more. This is not to blame the archers for not working hard, the battle has been fought for several hours, the enemy soldiers are coming up one after another, the archers have been changed three times, but they still can't stand the strength of the Turks. There was no choice but to let the soldiers fight with them. On the city walls, the two sides began to engage in hand-to-hand combat. As more and more soldiers came up, the pressure on the city wall increased, and Burhan had no choice but to send General Guo Wei and 300 Han soldiers.
Although the Han Chinese soldiers were not as strong as the Mongol soldiers, they were armed with a spear and moved in a neat manner. "Kill!" The front row of guns, "out" front row pull out the gun side of the back row in this gap out of the gun, just keep going back and forth, no extra action, one hit kills, slowly advance. Stunned, the Turks who were about to occupy the entire city wall were driven down from the city, and some people were even pushed off the city wall, and the sound of bones shattering could be heard.
Even with the new force of General Guo Wei, the Hechi Ti tribe still could not stop the Turks who kept climbing the city, at this time, Batu Bagen found Burhan and said, "Chief, I think the ambush of the second prince can be dispatched." If we delay any longer, I'm afraid we'll not be able to hold on. Thinking that the time had come, Burhan ordered the wolf smoke to be lit, hoping that Monlik would find it in time and come to the rescue. At this moment, the gates of the city were slammed open, and Burhan hurried down to command his soldiers to stop the enemy in the urn city, and if left unchecked, it would only fall faster.
"Kill! Ahh Shouts of killing came and went, Burhan stood at the gate outside the urn city, and the soldiers of the Hechiti tribe were waiting in formation, this was the last barrier to the inner city, and it was also the most suitable place for the Hechiti tribe to block the enemy army.
"Boom!" After crashing into the outer city, the rushing cars that poured into the inner city began to grind the gates of the urn city again. Every time the "boom" hits, you can see some small stones collapsing from the top of the door cavity. "Boom!" Every sound is so breathtaking. Looking at these young soldiers, Burhan felt that the war was really cruel. It is estimated that the gate will not be broken in a long time, so relying only on more than 200 people will only block the city gate, so that the contact surface is minimal and plays the role of a small pass. Suddenly, Bourhan noticed that a large group of people were coming behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Iragon and the others, as well as the healthy women of the entire Blackwater City, who had also come to help.
"You guys?"
"Chief! We know that although we are all slaves, we have enjoyed the life of the nobles of the original tribe in the Hechiti tribe all these years! If the city is broken, will the Turks still treat us like Khchiti? I'm afraid we'll either be killed or re-enslaved, are you still willing to live like this? A slave who had been a slave of the Turghut tribe asked in a loud voice.
"I don't want to! We don't want to! "The slaves behind them are crying out in their hearts! Yes, for a few years they had considered themselves to be members of the Hechiti tribe, and even though some of them had not yet been freed from slavery, that still did not prevent them from being proud of it.
It was only then that Burhan realized how wise his decision was, and he clasped his fists into his fists and said to these lovely people, "Thank you, Burhan is here to thank you, you are all the people of the Hechiti tribe, and you will always be!" Burhan's statement that they were no longer slaves again ignited the atmosphere.
"Boom!" The Turgots interrupted the rejoicing crowd, the threat was still there, and now was not the time to celebrate. "Array, in a conical formation!" "Whew!" After Eragon had said the formation, the soldiers of the Hechiti tribe sounded a neat trumpet. In terms of momentum, it is no worse than the Turks.
"Click!" The bar of the top door was a little split, and Burhan also pulled out his waist knife, and suddenly he found that one of his hands was wrapped in some tenderness, and he was distracted and saw that it was a stumbling block. The handsome little appearance is still so innocent and happy, and it has not been affected by the atmosphere of the big war.
"Why are you here?" The Great War was about to take place, and Burhan didn't understand why Kuran had come along. Now I can't send her away, it will affect the whole array.
She didn't feel the slightest displeasure, but raised the small bow in her hand and said, "I want to prove that I am better than her!" Of course, Burhan knew who "she" was.
It's just that he is holding the little hand tightly, and he needs the little hand that is under his control at all times. "Boom" again, and the latch on the city gate broke at once. The huge kinetic energy of the car caused it to rush forward for a few more meters before it was blocked by the sandbags that Burhan had already arranged, which was also a strategy of Burhan. He needed this cart to slow down the enemy's advance, and when the Turks had passed through the narrow gap, they realized that the Hechiti had already set up a cone formation waiting for them.