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In the history of mankind, there have been countless kinds of musical instruments, such as the piano and the flute, the urging and singing, almost every nation has its own unique musical instrument, full of tricks, but if that kind of musical instrument is the greatest instrument, the king of musical instruments, but it is the drum.

Because it can urge the sound of gold and iron, let the soldiers fight for their lives, let countless people bleed, regardless of the East, the West, and even the primitive Africa, the figure of the drum is active on the battlefield, and every time the drum rumbles, the blood of countless heroes and heroes is always sprinkled.

This time was no exception.

Sixteen cowhide snare drums more than one person high stood under the scorching sun, on both sides, thirty-two strong men with strong and advantageous upper bodies, both hands wheeled the drum hammer the thickness of the baby's forearm, and the whole body strength was released to the thick and loud snare drum in front of them, the heat of the sun, the vigorous exercise, sweat from their strong muscles did not flow indiscriminately, and a small pile had gathered at the feet.

The thick and low drum beat was very penetrating, and it could be heard for miles, and in the rhythmic drum beat of the heart, as many as thousands of soldiers also lined up in front of the city, among these people there were Sogdians, Tang, Turks, and Alans, covered with red and black hair, the blood vessels in each forehead were bulging, the teeth were clucking, and the gloomy eyes were fixed on the city standing in front of the hill in front of them.

Finally, Da Xuan slammed forward, or the commander of the Tang army, or the Sogdian warriors and nobles, almost at the same time, the suppressed roar in his heart jumped out, stepped on the drum, and in an instant the army of the Protector of the River was ready to rush forward like a tide, carrying the ladder and the rod, and charging over with a roar.

In the face of this black iron stream, the defenders of the city were not vegetarians, and in the roar of the noble officers in the city, one by one the Cao people were also wearing simple leather armor, holding a compound bow unique to the East and rushing to the end of the city wall.

The Central Asian tribes that rushed to the small hillside below the city were killed and wounded for a while, and in the rain of arrows that fell one after another, they saw that the sergeants fell to the ground one after another as if they were cutting wheat.

The fierce war drums suddenly changed, and the drum beat soothed a little, and the soldiers who charged the siege behind immediately stopped, and the heavy shield oars were immediately pushed to the front, and the various departments of the siege also raised their bows and crossbows behind the oars, aiming at the back of the city stomping.

The battle lasted for more than half an hour, but the flying bows and crossbows had already stomped the city like a hedgehog, and the Cao soldiers who fell from the arrows from the chopping mouth also piled a layer at the base of the city wall, and some of the dead were still moaning in pain in the pile of corpses.

In the end, he was born in the emperor's family, and he lived in Fujian, where ice and fire wars were frequent when he was a child, and he had seen the big arena that was criticized by Confucianism, such a cruel scene, Li Rang's face did not even change, and seeing that the opportunity was almost over, Li Rang waved the order flag in his hand to the left again.

Drumming for half an hour, the vigorous movement is no less than the battlefield fighting, two batches of drummers have been changed in a row, looking at the flag on the platform, the already very rapid drum suddenly became more intensive, the soldiers of the front battalion are also in spirit, the bow and arrow in their hands regardless of the city of Gatti shot over, for a time the Cao rebels did not even dare to show their heads.

Missed this opportunity for only a few quarters of an hour, the form of the battlefield immediately changed greatly, the iron army in the river under the city suddenly staggered, and the black tiger squat cannon tubes were exposed in the cracks, and the red-hot iron bars stabbed into the ignition hole at the end of the gun, and the tiger squat cannon immediately let out a thunderous roar, and more than a hundred black pills were shot into the sky.

Because it is rushing into the river, the heavy five or six hundred catties or even a thousand catties of general artillery naturally can not be carried, the Fujian army brought all the same color is to imitate the late Ming Dynasty this kind of China's unique light firearms, the tiger squat cannon is light, the projectile fired is ruthless, hundreds of cannons down, even if the solid brick-clad rammed earth wall will fall apart, the only drawback, the range is too short.

Moreover, the city of Cardizhen is still on the slope of the mountain, and the height of the iron claw of the tiger squat cannon cannot reach the height of the city, and a stable position is needed.

Moreover, the projectile fired by the tiger squat cannon is also different, the lead skin is wrapped in gunpowder and iron sand, and a fuse is inserted in a hole in the outflow, and the fuse is lit before it is stuffed into the cannon, and a layer of log is padded, and after being launched more than 100 meters high, it then falls violently towards the city.

Listening to the roar, the general of the Cao State at the head of the city raised his head in shock, watching the rain of black iron pills on his head fall one after another, and the last trace of fuse smoked into the fist-sized cannonball, and then ......

The screeching sound of the splattering of lead skin and iron beads itched people's eardrums, and the small projectile did not kill much, but it was enough to break the will of any warrior, and a small flowering projectile that hit far even fell into the large courtyard commanded by Grusse behind the city wall.

Seeing that the iron beads that collapsed shattered his beloved Datang porcelain vase, and the delicate slave girl who was still standing in front of him just now fell to the ground covered in blood, the old fox couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and when he got out of the door, he rode on a horse and galloped more than 100 meters into the city, until there was no more painful screams behind him, and he jumped off the horse out of breath.

Just a few people who were also wearing nomadic robes also hurriedly escaped from the large courtyard, with cold sweat on their heads, Grussey grabbed the collar of the old Turkic man in front with a sparse beard on his face and like a hairless goat, and shouted angrily: "When will the reinforcements promised by the Fire-Spitting Immortal Khan come?" ”

"Is it that the Min people have dismantled the original appearance, so that you can come and collect the body of the original appearance?"

In fact, this is only the third day of the siege of the Hezhong Protectorate, two days ago, this old guy was complacent and asked the Tuqi Shi army to slow down, so that he could make the Hezhong army tired.

However, now that the Tuqi Shi and the rest of the country are both protecting and asking for Cao Guo, the Tuqi Shi official Mei Lu Eguna who was grabbed by the collar did not dare to stiffen with the angry Cao Guo Xiangguo, and hurriedly said with an ugly smile: "Lord Xiangguo can wait for a few days, when the next official set off, the Khan has already sent a big hindrance to lead hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry from the Tianshan Mountains to move, as long as it is delayed for a few more days, a few days!" ”

"Humph! Send someone to urge it immediately! ”

With this reply, Grusser's heart finally relaxed, and he still did not have a good face at the hairless goat, grabbed him by the collar and threw it to the side, and roared viciously.

When the generals of our Great Khan arrive, it will be nice to have you!

Thinking viciously in his heart, he stared at Grousse's calfskin boots a few times with resentment, and Melu staggered towards the back of the city in embarrassment.

On this day, the Hezhong Protectorate fired a round of cannons, followed by a rain of arrows and a tentative attack, but it was not able to overcome it under the resistance of the nobles of Cao, and finally retreated back to the camp in the evening.

The moon climbed up and shone on the strong Sogdian walls on the hillside, and in the moonlit shadow, no one noticed, a rope was thrown down along the high cliff behind the mountain.

Like a groundhog, he slid the rope down from a height of almost twenty meters, and turned over a few times in a row, only then did he stabilize his body, and there was no one on the left and right sides of the head of the rat's head and rat's brain, so he crawled to the north in embarrassment.

It is really as Guo Beifeng expected, rebelling alone, Grusse has neither the courage nor the strength, Cao Geliechun did not lose the hearts of the people in Cao after all, he usurped the throne, and attacked and killed the lord of the country After all, his name is not right, even if other cities in Cao State will not respond to him, the only one who gives him this courage is Tuqi Shi.

For a long time, the Turgish who were beaten out of the Western Regions by the Tang Dynasty were all dealing with the Zhaowu countries in the name of belonging to the Tang Dynasty and the spokesperson of the Tang Dynasty in Central Asia.

In fact, for the rebellion of Cao State, the Turgish people and the Anxi Protectorate are also very concerned, the Turgish Khanate is once a part of the Western Turks, so that the 300,000 Tang troops have fought out of the Western Regions, the Beiting Protectorate District, and the Turgish people know too well the power of the Tang people.

Now, another Tang force appeared around him, and the two Tang people surrounded themselves like pies in the center, and the Fire Spitting Immortal Khan couldn't even sleep.

Similarly, Anxi Daduhu, Cheng Mingzhen, who is over sixty years old, is also unstable, in the past, the prestige of Fujian was in the south of the Yangtze River, in the extreme south, Cheng Mingzhen couldn't dream of a hundred dreams of Fujian now with his own jurisdiction.

Although there is still an unstable peace on the surface, but the discerning people know that Jingshi and Chang'an are actually on the same footing, through Tubo, Fujian raided Chang'an, almost changed the dynasty, also through Tubo, Chang'an raided Jingshi, if it wasn't for Li Jie's timely return, maybe Fujian would also face a split and civil strife.

What's more, Cheng Mingzhen still has a big enmity with Fujian, and the military attache who commanded the raid on the 5,000 Chang'an forbidden army in Beijing is his eldest son Cheng Wuting.

Cheng Wuting has followed Cheng Mingzhen to fight since he was a child, and he was a hero who was killed from the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, instigating the civil strife in the Hezhong Metropolitan Protectorate, 20,000 turquoise cavalry Shihu Divisions and 500 Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate Iron Army rushed to the edge of the Tianshan Mountains early.

In an unknown valley, herds of cattle, sheep and horses are scattered on the hillside grazing on the newly grown shoots, regular nomadic tents are set up in the center of the valley, and there are grim-faced Turks riding horses and holding bows, vigilantly patrolling around.

After running for more than a day, Meilu Eguna ran to this valley, looking at the faint smoke and the smell of milk tea in the valley, the hairless goat finally breathed a sigh of relief, and ran over with a shout in front of the patrolling Turkic tiger riders......