Under the city of Talas, the sound of killing shook the sky.

Four thousand Ansi crossbowmen appeared in the north, west, and south directions of Talas at the same time, pushing hundreds of carts towards the moat under Talas.

The city of Talas was built next to the Talas River, and when the city was built, a moat was dug around the Talas city wall thirty paces away, and the water of the Talas River was encircled, which is also unique among the rivers.

Because of Xiao Qu's illness, the attack was postponed for half a day, so the Anxi army also made some more lugs. At this time, the whole army already knew the news that Xiao Qubing broke through and was seriously injured. For this righteous brother of high school, there is no one in the Quan'an Xijun who does not know, even if someone has not seen him, they have heard the story of Journey to the West and Yue Fei told by him.

In the process of marching all the way, every time he went to camp, Xiao Qubing would tell everyone stories. There is little entertainment in the army, and the march is boring and hard, and when camping, it is the greatest pleasure and expectation of these soldiers to listen to the whimsical, funny, or blood-boiling and sighing stories told by Xiao Quai.

During this period of time, Xiao Qubing was not with them, and when he didn't go to camp, he felt a lot less fun, but no one didn't miss him, and they all hoped that he could bring the army over to join him as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, it was only a dozen days apart, and when there was news of Xiao Qu's illness, he was seriously injured and unconscious, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

The story is not finished yet, if General Xiao dies, he will not have to listen to it, which makes these Anxi soldiers not hold back their anger in their hearts! Coupled with the resoluteness shown by Gao Xianzhi when he gave the order, the entire Anxi army faintly had such a tendency to mourn the soldiers, and the morale was extremely high.

Behind the cart, followed by a similar number of people and mercenaries from Ning Yuanguo. or carrying a burden, or carrying the soil with a cloth bag. Their task was to fill the moat under the cover of the front row of carts.

Behind these land-bearing men and mercenaries were a small number of eight-oxen crossbows and a dozen improvised catapults brought all the way from Anxi.

The prince of Shi, Na Juche Bishi, and the leading general of the Huang Tucai Shi, He Bi, carefully poked their heads out of the battlements of the women's wall, and heard a sound of breaking wind, and several eight-bull crossbows were fired at the same time, several crossbow spears like spears almost grazed their scalps and flew over, and the others had to be shot at the city saucer and smashed into the rubble.

Several unfortunate archers were shot by crossbow guns, pierced through the chest, and were instantly killed, falling to the head of the city with a miserable cry. The two quickly retracted their heads. Their archers could not attack the crossbows and catapults in the rear of the Anxi army, and the walls of Talas were too narrow to fit the catapults. After waiting for two or three seconds, the two estimated that the cart below had almost reached the range, and they didn't dare to poke their heads out again, so they directly ordered the arrows to be released.

Thousands of Shi Guo and Huang Tuqi Shi archers hurriedly dodged out, pulled out their bows and shot arrows, and they heard a non-stop jumping sound, hundreds of oars were immediately covered by the rain of arrows, and thousands of feathered arrows were inserted into the roams and the surrounding ground in a blink of an eye, like a bunch of weeds growing.

The Anxi crossbowmen more than a hundred paces away immediately shot and suppressed them in the distance, and the screams of soldiers with arrows were constantly heard from the head of the city. Although the Anxi army's crossbow arrows shot far enough, the disadvantage was that they were slow to wind. After this round of blows, the Turkic archers at the head of the city did not dodge, and waited for the Anxi archers behind the cart to show their heads.

Within a few seconds, the carriages were in firing range, and in three directions, three bugles sounded almost simultaneously. From behind the carts, a dense group of Anxi crossbowmen flashed out, braving the rain of arrows from the city's head to shoot at the city's head. All the eight-bull crossbows, catapults, and crossbow machines that have not yet been fired are also fired at this time.

Feathered arrows and stones covered the entire city in an instant, and Shi Guo and the archers surnamed Huang Tuqi Shi suffered heavy losses. Those who did not die immediately hid behind the city saucer.

The men and mercenaries in charge of filling the trenches shouted and scrambled to pour earth and stones into the moat......

What Said Ben Humed didn't expect was that this Anxi army was not only strong in the field, but also in siege operations. Catapults, eight-bull crossbows, all kinds of crossbow machines, archers, and long-range firepower of various ranges are extremely powerful, and they can suppress the archers of Shiguo and Turgish to death at once. Filling the moat is also very efficient, and it didn't take long for the moat to be filled in a few sections, and if you want to force the siege at this time, you can do it.

But the Anxi army threw it in an orderly manner, step by step, and under the suppression of offensive fire, little by little wanted to fill in all three sides of the moat. And their archers, who were not at all afraid of the feathered arrows shot at the head of the city, stood at the bottom of the city and shot them on their backs, and although they were supported by crossbows and crossbows and catapults from behind, they were within range of the archers at the head of the city. But they were not afraid at all, and put on a desperate formation, crushing Shi Guo and the archers surnamed Huang Tuqi Shi to death in terms of momentum.

I didn't expect the Anxi army to fight fiercely at the beginning, so desperate, I really don't know if I can hold on until the arrival of Qiyad reinforcements.

Anxi crossbowmen fought desperately under the city, and Mo swordmen and jumping soldiers were on standby in the back. The cavalry of Anxi, Gelulu, and Ningyuan were not idle. Some of them constantly patrolled the battlefield, guarding the crossbowmen and swordsmen in the rear, and kept an eye out for the cavalry in Talas. The other part was to lay down a cordon spread out for more than ten miles in the northeast and southwest of Talas, ready to meet the vanguard of enemy reinforcements.

The only idle people in the entire Anxi camp are Xiao Quzhi and Wang Chengen.

Xiao Qu hadn't woken up yet, he was lying on the bed, his mind was in a daze, and he felt that he had returned to his childhood, lying on a hospital bed with hanging needles, surrounded by the familiar smell of disinfectant and potion.

A kind old man sat at the head of his bed.

ps: First send, then make up