Yang Simiao's voice was cold and faint, as if he came from the Nine Hidden Underworld, as determined as if the king of Yama had pronounced a death sentence, but it caused the generals of the Arab Empire to laugh at him.

"Haha! I'm laughing to death! I'm laughing to death! ”

"Talus is unusually strong, everyone knows that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, he actually said that he would go down in one go, he is arrogant!"

"That's right! It's hubris! I have never seen such arrogance! ”

"The Chinese have always been arrogant, and we have seen it."

"If he can take Talas in one fell swoop, I will jump from the city."

The generals shouted in unison, as if it were the funniest joke they had ever heard in their lives.

Gu Taibai also thought it was funny, and then thought about it, something was not right. Who is Yang Siqiao? That's a ruthless man, a ruthless man who is smart and wise. Although he is ruthless, he is ruthless and wise, and he will not say such things for no reason. If he said so, it means that he must have a plan.

"Just, what is he going to do?" Gu Taibai's thoughts couldn't help but turn, but he couldn't understand what Yang Siqiao relied on.

The ridicule of the generals is not unreasonable, but very reasonable. You must know that Talas is already strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if the Tang army wants to capture Talas, it must be time-consuming and laborious, and it will have to pay a lot of price. Yang Siqiao actually said that he would attack it in one go, which is like a fantasy.

However, with Yang Sixuan's shrewdness, if he hadn't succeeded, he wouldn't have said so.

This question is a bit inconsistent, and Gu Taibai naturally can't figure it out. Soon, he knew the answer.

Yang Siqiao finished speaking. He also ignored the ridicule of the generals of the Arab Empire. A pull of the horse's head. Returning to the main camp, he ordered loudly: "Trebuchet, prepare." ”

Tang Jun started to assemble the trebuchet. Trebuchets like ancient beasts were assembled and stood in the area, like beasts that wanted to choose people to devour.

"Trebuchet? Ha ha! Laughed at me. The Chinese want to capture Talas with a stone? Don't! ”

"If it is a strong crossbow, the Chinese have an advantage, but it can be said that trebuchet. The Chinese have to learn from us, let us teach them how to make trebuchets. ”

"Trebuchets are made by throwing stones and smashing down walls. After we strengthened the walls, we tried it with our most powerful trebuchet, but nothing happened. How can the Chinese trebuchets still get our trebuchets? ”

The generals of the Arab Empire looked at the trebuchet of the Tang army and almost laughed.

Speaking of trebuchets, the trebuchets of the Arab Empire can be called the best in the world, and if the Arab Empire recognizes the second, no one dares to recognize the first. In this regard. The generals have absolute confidence.

The Arab Empire had a lot of experience with the use of trebuchets. They all thought that it was impossible to smash the walls of Talas with trebuchets, so Talas would be as stable as Mount Tai.

"Okay, you Yang Siqiao, you actually scared me a lot." Gu Taibai saw it in his eyes, took a long breath, and finally let go of his hanging heart.

With his understanding of Yang Sixuan, he was a smart and ruthless man, and he would not say that he wanted to capture Talas in one fell swoop for no reason. Gu Taibai always thought that Yang Siqiao had some wonderful ideas, but he didn't expect that he would use a trebuchet. At this moment, Gu Taibai was completely relieved.

However, it didn't take long for his heart to hang again.

The Tang army invested a lot of trebuchets, and there were no less than 1,000 of them. Moreover, the trebuchets of the Don army were not deployed in one direction, but in all directions.

"Haha! The Chinese really laughed at me! They won't even use trebuchets! ”

"Chinese, listen well: I tell you that trebuchets are not used in this way, they have to be used intensively. Concentrate, will you? You scatter the stones in all directions, it's useless. ”

"The Chinese are so stupid, I have never seen such a stupid using trebuchets like this!"

The generals of the Arab Empire saw it in their eyes, mocked it, and said all sorts of ugly things.

Although trebuchets are not weak, they have their Achilles' heel, that is, they are too bulky and difficult to transport. Moreover, its "firepower" is not dense enough, and each projectile, it can only shoot a limited number of stones, and sometimes only one stone.

If it is used in such a dispersed manner, the "firepower" will be even weaker, and the power will be greatly reduced.

"Yang Siqiao, smart people sometimes do stupid things." Gu Taibai shook his head, a smile on his face.

He could finally be sure that Yang Siqiao, a smart man, had done something stupid.

Everyone knows that trebuchets should be used in a centralized manner, and if Yang Siqiao uses so many trebuchets in a centralized manner, it may really cause trouble for Gu Taibai. Because if enough stones are smashed, the city wall will definitely be damaged, and it may not be smashed down, and it is inevitable to cause enough damage.

"Fierce fire oil, against the city, boom!" Yang Siqiao's eyes sparkled, and his right hand waved down heavily.

"Boom!" In the earth-shattering roar, I saw that the trebuchet began to wield its might.

A jar of fierce oil, that is, oil, was put on the hopper, and after it was ignited, it was thrown into the city.

The Tang Army's trebuchet was built through the mechanical knowledge of Li Longji, which not only had a longer range, greater power, but also higher accuracy. Wherever the fire oil flowed and burned, in a short time, the city was covered with a sea of fire.

"Fierce fire oil?" The generals of the Arab Empire looked suspicious: "How can the Chinese use fierce fire oil?" ”

Fire oil, or oil, has been used to siege cities since ancient times. However, the amount of use is small, and it will not be so much. Not to mention that like the Tang Army, thousands of trebuchets all threw fierce fire oil.

"He doesn't want to fire it, does he?" Gu Taibai is different, he is worthy of being a good general, and he quickly thought of something, and was a little surprised.

What happened next confirmed his suspicions.

I saw that the trebuchets of the Tang army continued to exert their might, and the fierce fire oil was constantly thrown on the city, and the entire city was swallowed by the flames, and it was no longer possible to stand on people, and the Arab imperial army had to retreat.

"What kind of madness are the Chinese?"

"How could they be so endless, still throwing fire oil?"

The generals of the Arab Empire looked at it and asked puzzledly.

For this question. Where can they answer. All confused.

"Not good! Prepare the dirt quickly. "Gu Taibai can be sure. His guess was correct, the Tang army was going to attack with fire.

However, if you attack it with fire, it will really hit the key point of Talas. As long as the Tang army had enough fierce fire oil, they could ignite the buildings in the city and then turn Talas into a sea of fire.

At that time, Talas will be reduced to ruins, and not only the 100,000 Arab imperial troops stationed here will die, but also the people of the city. One word. will respond to Yang Siqiao's words of "leaving no one alive".

In order not to let the fire succeed, the only way to do it is to extinguish it. To extinguish a fire, soil is the best.

"Dirt?" The generals looked confused.

"The Chinese are so vicious, they are going to attack with fire." Gu Taibai's face changed drastically, and he explained to the generals, "As long as the Chinese have enough fierce fire oil, they can turn Talas into ruins." I have calculated everything, but I have not calculated that the Chinese will attack with fire. ”

"Ahh The faces of the generals changed greatly, and they exclaimed in unison, and the ridicule of the right talent was gone.

Fittest. They were still ridiculing the Tang Army for not being able to use trebuchets, but now they understand. That's how stupid they are.

"The city is already on fire, and our men can't go up, and trebuchets are useless." Gu Taibai regretted it very much, if he had understood it earlier, he could have used the trebuchet of the Tang army to suppress the Tang army's trebuchet.

It's just that he doesn't know that the trebuchets of the Tang army have a longer range than those of the Arab Empire, and even if he wants to suppress them, it is useless.

"Now, the only way to put out the fire is to take more dirt." Gu Taibai shouted: "Quick, start taking the soil." ”

"My lord, where are we going to fetch soil at this time?" A general complained with a bitter face: "This is in the city, the ground is compact, very hard, and it takes time to break through the ground to get soil." ”

This is in the city, not outside the city, and it is not convenient to get soil.

Because the ground in the city is rammed and very hard, it takes time to get the ground open. And in this situation, Tang Jun will not give them more time.

"Whew!" Gu Taibai couldn't wait to slap this mouthy general, but he had to admit that he had a point, so he had to take a long breath, force himself to calm down, and said: "Get those dirt bags that block the city gate, first surround the city, and make sure that the fierce fire oil does not flow out." ”

The oil will burn wherever it goes, and if it flows to the building, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"It's still a wise man! I prepared a dirt bag first. "Some generals were overjoyed and hurriedly praised them.

"After all, there are not many dirt bags, and if you want to enclose the city wall, this is not enough." There are generals who are very sober.

"It's okay to soak your clothes with water." Gu Taibai immediately thought of a solution.

"My lord, why don't we put dirt on it?" Some generals thought of a self-righteous solution.

As we all know, water is useless when it comes to oil, because oil floats on the water. Therefore, pouring soil is a way to bury the oil underneath.

"You don't want to think about it, if the Chinese want to turn Talas into a ruin, will they prepare less fierce fire oil? You put a layer of dirt on you and put out the fire, but it's only temporary, and eventually it comes back and starts a fire. Gu Taibai couldn't wait to slap this general twice, and he could think of such a stupid solution.

That's true, the generals don't dare to mess with ideas anymore, and are busy dealing with it.

It wasn't long before the dirt bags were brought in and a "" began to be built around the perimeter of the walls. The soil was not enough, so they used their wet clothes to finally build a long "embankment".

"Whew." Gu Taibai let out a long breath, and a hanging heart was put down.

As long as he can temporarily block the fierce fire oil, he will have a way to get the soil and strengthen the "embankment" so that the fierce fire flow cannot flow out.

However, before he could let go of his breath, he saw countless stones smashed open, smashing the "embankment", and the fire oil flowed out, like a fire dragon, rushing towards the building.

"Oh no! Oh no! ”

"Thousands of fireheads, how is this going to be good?"

Wherever the fire oil flowed and burned, it didn't take long for thousands of fires to appear in the city of Talas. (To be continued......)