readx; Haman looked coldly at the towering city walls, is this the city of Khiva, known as the gate of the Aral Sea? It's useless, the city of Damascus, which was defended by a hundred thousand troops, was also broken by him, and the capital of a small country could also hold back the imperial army?

Haman was dismissive of Khiva, but he wanted to see what the Caliph called the Arabs' worst enemy looked like, and if he was said to be his own age, would he be his opponent.

Haman raised his head proudly, in his opinion, this Li Qing'an was not as powerful as he imagined, just with a strong city, did he think that 30,000 Tang troops could resist 100,000 troops? He snorted coldly, turned back to Shaikh, who was silent, and said, "Is this Li Qing'an, who you are afraid of?" I think I'm just a fool who doesn't know the art of war. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Shaikh stiffened his neck and said, "You will know it when you fight." ”

"Humph! I will, and you will soon see how the Iraqi soldiers took the city. Haman turned his horse and headed toward the camp.

From the afternoon until late at night, the soldiers in the Dashi barracks were busy assembling all kinds of siege weapons, one after another trebuchets began to take shape, huge climbing vehicles stood tall in the middle of the barracks, thousands of soldiers shouted trumpets, and slowly hoisted a battering ram ten zhang long with iron chains and installed it on a wooden frame.

Thousands of camels arrived at the center of the barracks with huge incendiary bombs, which were Abu. Invented when the Muslims ruled Khorasan, in order to counter the fire and thunder of the Tang Dynasty, the incendiary bomb was a round wooden shell of the oil container, the fire oil in it was invented by the big cannibals in the study of cracking the Greek fire, in fact, it is a kind of refined oil, the burning power is very strong, it is contained in a wooden ball container, and then wrapped in a thick cotton cloth soaked in fire oil on the outside of the wooden ball, which is also a very powerful weapon, the flame can burn everything, Haman is a weaponist, he has never looked down on Abu. Muslims, but this weapon alone made him praise the Muslims, which he called the Heavenly Fire to fight against the Heavenly Thunder of the Tang Army.

In the night, Haman stared at the dark city, his handsome face showed a hideous smile in the darkness, and muttered: "Li Qing'an, if I defeat you, I can surpass Abu. Muslims, let's have a contest! I've been waiting for this day for a long time. ”

At the head of the city, the Tang army was also busy nervously, they moved the heavy trebuchet to the north city, and there were three strong stone forts in the east city, five hundred earth-shaking thunders were stored in it, in order to facilitate transportation, the Tang army also pulled up a steel cable between the east city and the north city, the east is high and the north is low, and the transport basket loaded with the earth-shaking thunder can be sent to the north city at the fastest speed, five have been placed next to each heavy trebuchet, according to the principle of prevention, there will also be a half-person high wooden barrel next to the trebuchet, which contains water, It is used to deal with the seismic lightning in the event of a throwing failure to prevent self-detonation damage.

In addition to the earth-shattering thunder, 10,000 bed crossbows and arrows with gunpowder assistance are also ready, placed in a large iron box, a hundred bed crossbows have also been arranged, nearly 10,000 Tang Army soldiers are seizing the time to sleep, tomorrow will start a fierce battle of life and death, in the northeast corner of the north city wall, Li Qingan stood in front of the battlements and stared at the brightly lit Dashi Army barracks, he could faintly see countless figures shaking in the barracks, and there were also swarthy huge shadows standing above the barracks, just like a monster looking at the city in the dark, The Great Food Army concentrated 100,000 troops in the North City, and gave up the attack on the other city gates, obviously in order to concentrate on the siege of the city, this is the commander of the Big Food Army who will launch a thunderous attack as soon as the war starts, and this person is very smart, knowing that the Tang Army has attacked the North City, and the defense of the North City must not be as strong as other city walls, at the same time, he does not besiege the South City, which also has a city gate, and gives the Tang Army a way to retreat, which is to eliminate the Tang Army's determination to resolutely resist, as long as the Tang Army withdraws, then in the desert, In the unfavorable situation that the strength is far inferior to the other party, the Tang army will face the end of the pursuit and defeat, this is also a commander of the Great Food Army who knows the art of war, Li Qingan scrupulously scrutinized the opponent little by little, he has already felt the impatience of the other party, a person who is a good rejoicer, a commander who does not know strategy, this person does not know what kind of consequences his failure will bring to the Great Food, just knowing that he Li Qingan is in the city, he is so impatient to attack, gradually, the corners of Li Qing'an's mouth showed a disdainful smile, Since the other party is so eager, you might as well use the necessary weakness to push up his heat and let him be burned by victory!

Thinking of this, Li Qingan turned around and said in a deep voice: "Pass my order, withdraw the earth-shaking thunder, remove half of the heavy trebuchets and bed crossbows, and only keep the minimum defense at the head of the city." ”

．．．．．．．．． At the time of the fifth watch, the east sky was covered with fish belly white, the sky was already bright, at this moment, the Tang army lookout soldiers found the enemy's situation, the big food military camp moved, nearly a hundred heavy trebuchets began to slowly leave the military camp, closer to the city wall, at the same time, the drum of the big food army attack sounded, rumbling, like a thunder across the early morning, this is the siege routine of the big cannibal, with heavy trebuchets to open the way, to the defending army to destroy the surname of the strike, and then a large-scale siege, during which there will be heavy battering rams to hit the door, These nearly 100 heavy trebuchets are the first step of the Great Food Army, they slowly, along the open space between the desert to Shiva City, each trebuchet is as high as three zhang, and the Tang Army's heavy trebuchet is on the same level, the boulder thrown can reach 800 steps, it takes 200 people to pull, 100 trebuchets move slowly, Haman is in the middle of the team, looking at the city proudly, he wants to use a huge incendiary bomb to burn the city into white ground.

At this moment, there was a strange sound in the city, and then black dots appeared in the air, and the sharp sound was getting closer and closer, hundreds of iron arrows roared in, some swept over people's heads, some hit trebuchets, and the trebuchet that walked in front was hit by iron arrows, the belt broke, and fell apart, Haman was also almost hit by a big arrow, an iron arrow whistled past his scalp, the war horse was frightened, the front hooves were raised high, and there was a long cry of fright, and more than a dozen guards were so frightened that they hurriedly helped him off the horse, "Your Highness Amir, go back to the camp quickly!" ”

"No!"

Haman shook off his own soldiers, he stared at the more than a dozen black spots that appeared in the sky, which were boulders thrown by the Tang army, and with a bang, the boulders smashed to the ground, stirring up more than ten zhang high sand and dust, and there was a loud noise, and there was a scream, and several trebuchets were smashed by the Tang army's boulders, killing and injuring hundreds of people.

"There aren't many of them, so don't be afraid!" Haman yelled, "Shoot the Skyfire!" ”

Dozens of big food soldiers with torches ran forward and lit the cotton wrapped in the wooden balls, the cotton was soaked in fire oil, and it burst into flames, burning into a huge fireball, the soldiers shouted, the trebuchet shot out suddenly, dozens of huge fireballs rose into the air, smoked in the air, and flew towards the city wall, 'Bang! There was a bang on the ground, a fireball hit the head of the city, the Tang army shouted, fell to the ground, several Tang soldiers could not hide, were hit by the fireball, and were immediately burned into a burning man, the wooden shell was shattered, a large amount of fire oil overflowed, ignited by the burning cotton wool, the flames followed the flowing fire oil spread around, and the surrounding more than ten zhang suddenly became a sea of fire, more than a dozen Tang troops were ignited by the fire, screaming and scattering in all directions, some fell down the city wall, with a large number of fireballs hitting the city wall, the north city of Shiva City suddenly fell into a sea of fire, More than a dozen heavy trebuchets and bed crossbows were engulfed in the fire, and the most tragic were more than 2,000 Tang troops, who scattered and fled, some were engulfed in fire and burned to charcoal, and most of the Tang troops' hair and armor were set on fire, wailing and rolling on the ground.

At this time, the east side of the north city wall had not yet been affected by the fire, and several heavy trebuchets were throwing boulders, Bai Xiaode was so anxious that his eyes were red, and he stomped his feet and shouted to Li Qingan: "General, the stones have no effect, quickly use the earth-shaking thunder instead!" ”

Li Qingan looked at the Tang army who was wailing and fleeing in the fire, no matter what, now is not the time to use the earth-shaking thunder, his lips were almost biting blood, and he shook his head resolutely, "It is not allowed to use the earth-shaking thunder, and the Tang army is ordered to withdraw from the northern city." ”

In a moment, the east side of the northern city wall was also hit by more than a dozen incendiary bombs, and the entire northern city was plunged into a sea of fire.

．．．．．．． Haman looked at the monstrous fire on the city wall, and saw the Tang army wailing in the fire, wrapped in flames and constantly falling off the city, he couldn't help laughing proudly, and immediately ordered: "Order the first, second, third, and fourth corps to launch an offensive and be sure to take the city of Khiva before noon." ”

"His Royal Highness Amir, we can't invest so many troops, the Tang Army's heavenly thunder bombs haven't been fired yet, and we will suffer heavy losses."

Shayih rushed up and pleaded: "Your Highness Amir, we can only invest one legion to test the strength of the Tang Army first. ”

"General Shaikh, you are already old, and the battle of Talas has turned your guts into rats, don't you see? The trebuchets of the Don army have been burned to ashes. ”

He laughed proudly again, what was Tang Jun afraid of? Let's see how he captures Li Qing'an alive at noon!

One by one, the fireballs crossed the sky, flew over the head of the Great Food Army to the head of the city, the fire on the head of the city was surging, with the fierce offensive of the Great Food Army, the 40,000 Great Food Army launched an attack, the endless sand plains under the city were covered with dense troops, they were arranged into four large phalanxes, like four black pressed carpets, neatly shouting slogans, rolling up the murderous aura in the sky, approaching the city of Khiva step by step, spears like dense forests, and the city cars were advancing in the ranks like hills.

Different from the ladder of the Tang Army, the big cannibal uses the climbing car, just like the nest car used by the Tang Army, which is generally five to six zhang high and is built with large wood, but in order to attack the Shiva City as high as ten zhang, the big cannibal climbing car widened and heightened again, and became a behemoth monster, the base is five zhang wide, tightly wrapped with raw cowhide, and a wooden wheel is added to the base, and three hundred camels are slowly dragged forward, and there are more than 100 people on the top of the climbing car, pulling up a huge wooden board covered with leather as a cover to resist the enemy's bow and arrow, and at the same time opening a shooting hole in the wooden board, Shoot arrows intensively at the head of the city, when the boarding car is close to the head of the city, the huge wooden plank will be lowered, becoming a wide wooden bridge, the big food soldiers can rush to the head of the city, the climbing car in the siege effect is obvious, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it is easy to become a huge live target, the trebuchet can destroy it a few times.

When the Great Food Army gradually approached the city wall, the fireball stopped firing, which was necessary, otherwise not only would it hurt its own army, but also could not climb the city, as the fire source was cut off, the flames began to gradually extinguish, at this time, a large number of people poured into the city, they used the ice water that had been prepared to cool the city, transported the charred remains of the Tang army, and extinguished the open fire that was still burning with fine sand, at the same time, 10,000 Tang troops immediately entered the North City position from the east and west city walls, and hundreds of more flexible small trebuchets were also installed in place, The action was extremely fast, and the Tang army grabbed this short period of about a quarter of an hour, and if this golden time was missed, not only would Li Qingan's counterattack plan fail, but Khiva would also face the danger of being breached, which required the Tang army to have extremely high quality and be able to enter the combat state with the fastest speed and in the shortest time.

There was silence at the head of the city, 8,000 Tang troops stretched their bows and arrows, and the first round of 100 earth-shattering thunderbolts were also placed in the trebuchet, waiting for the final shooting order, and the counterattack was about to begin.

Li Qing'an stared grimly at the 40,000 Great Food Army under the city, at least 20,000 Great Food Army had already entered the range of bows and arrows, and the nearest twenty boarding cars were less than ten zhang away from the city wall, and he could even see the murderous faces on the boarding cars, the time was ripe for a counterattack, Li Qingan gritted his teeth and ordered: "Counterattack!" ”

The drums were loud, the city suddenly ten thousand arrows were fired, dense as a torrential rain, thousands of food soldiers who rushed to the front were caught off guard, they were shot down, a group of people turned over on their backs, the counterattack of the Tang army made the big food army more excited, they hissed and shouted, and joined the ranks of pushing the city car, the city car rumbled forward, the city food soldiers were violent, the offensive was like a tide, at this moment, a black spot suddenly appeared in the sky, this is the Tang army's earth-shattering thunder, in the range of five miles wide and two hundred steps deep, A hundred sky-shaking thunders emitting white smoke fell from the sky, all the big food army was the first time to see this kind of flat black sphere, they all looked up, staring at these spheres blankly, suddenly, a sky-shaking thunder in the middle of the big food army head first exploded, only to see a bright yellow light flash in the air, followed by an earth-shattering explosion, a cloud of black smoke rose up, dozens of big food soldiers directly below were blown to pieces, hundreds of big food soldiers were overturned by a huge wave of air, countless dead and wounded, the iron shell was blown to pieces, Fragments mixed with hundreds of small iron nails quenched with poison burst out in all directions, and the screams rang out in all directions.

Immediately after that, ninety-nine earth-shattering thunderbolts exploded one after another in the crowd, deafening, the explosion resounded through the sandplain, the earth was shaken, the tragedy of the explosion was unbearable, extreme fear made the Great Food Army crazy, they threw down their weapons and screamed and fled, people trampled on people, people pressed people, war horses trampled on the human body and ran wildly, but they had nowhere to go, explosions and death were everywhere, the battlefield seemed to have become a hellish slaughterhouse, everywhere were large exploding corpses, flesh and blood were blurred, and blood flowed like rivers, Within two hundred paces, the Great Eaters were devastated, like wheat fields ravaged by a raging storm, falling in patches, barely able to see the people standing, only the undead wriggling and groaning in pools of blood, twelve of the twenty boarding cars were blown up, their huge bodies collapsing or falling sideways, and the dead bodies were pillowed and bleeding all around.

The first attack of the Tang army almost wiped out the two legions, nearly 20,000 dead and wounded, the Great Food Army has never seen such a violent weapon, such a tragic battlefield, the army behind after standing for a moment, then frantically ran backwards, even some soldiers with heavy trebuchets were terrified, and fled together, for a while, the defeat was like a mountain.

At the moment of the explosion, Haman's heart was about to stop beating, he couldn't believe what he had heard and seen, there were such fierce weapons in the world, he couldn't think of a suitable word to describe his feelings, this weapon-only young marshal only felt a chill on his back, and he even had a sense of despair, Arabia should not be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty.

But this thought only flashed through his mind, and his arrogant surname made him unable to accept such a defeat, no! He hasn't failed yet.

Haman drew his sword and shouted hoarsely, "No escape!" Launch the heavenly fire bombs, burn all the Tang troops, and order all the armies to press, and those who retreat are beheaded! ”

"Your Highness Amir, you can't be so confused, you're going to ruin our empire."

Shayih shouted desperately behind him, he had already seen Li Qing'an's strategy, using the abandonment of long-range weapons to lure the Arab army to press on the ground, and then using the thunder to kill a large number of living forces, but this Haman did not see it at all, which made him anxious.

"Your Highness Amir, if you can't press down on the army, we will all die."

As if he had gone mad, Haman turned his head and pointed his sword at Shaykh and yelled: "Shut up, you filthy old dog! ”

Shaykh seemed to have been hit hard, tears blurred his eyes, it was over, the Abbasid Empire would be destroyed in the hands of this idiot, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Your Majesty the Caliph, you are famous, but in the end you were defeated by the mistake of employing people. ”

Under Haman's strong order, the drums of the Great Food Army's attack rumbled, and nearly a hundred flaming fire bombs whistled towards the Tang army's cityhead, this time, the Tang army quickly withdrew, and the entire northern city head once again fell into a monstrous sea of fire.

Inspired by the sound of drums, the army of 70,000 people marched towards the city of Khiva again, and dozens of climbing carts slowly moved forward, at which time a huge battering ram appeared in the procession, and under the pull of five hundred camels, it approached the city gate step by step.

(To be continued)