The "embankment" built is very long, surrounding the city, and the trebuchets of the Tang army are powerful, and only one round of stone bombardment is enough to smash many places. Wherever the fierce fire oil flows, it burns to it, or it can't be burned too much.

As soon as a thousand fires appeared, they quickly turned into a fire, and the flames on the periphery of the city rose into the air, and the flames were blazing, reflecting half of the sky red.

"Oh no, it's on fire, run for your life."

"Dad, mother, run for your life."

"Son, where are you? Run. ”

The people and residents here were panicked and fled like frightened rabbits.

"My lord, how is this good?" The generals of the Arab Empire looked at the raging fire, panicked, their faces changed drastically, and they no longer had the pride to ridicule Yang Siqiao.

Looking at the fire in front of him, Gu Taibai couldn't wait to jump off the city. He made a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that the Tang army would attack with fire, which caught him off guard.

If the Tang army bombarded it with a trebuchet, he didn't care at all. I believe that with the strong castle, it will be fine. But the Tang army had another trick and attacked with fire.

"Quick, tear down the house in the back." After all, Gu Taibai is a good general who has been in battle for a long time, and as soon as his mind turned, he immediately thought of a way.

"My lord, are you confused? It's obvious that this place is on fire, if you don't save here, it's useless to tear down the houses behind you. "Some generals are really anxious and don't choose what to say.

"yes." These words were agreed by many generals and echoed in unison.

If they talked like this in normal times, Gu Taibai would definitely reprimand them. But there's no time right now. I had to explain it to them. "Tear down the house in the back." There's nothing to burn, and then the house behind it can be saved? ”

Gu Taibai wanted to demolish the house behind him in order to build a separation belt. As long as the isolation zone is one, the house behind it can be saved, and the fire can be controlled.

"Good idea." The crowd will be stunned.

At the sound of an order, the army and the people started to demolish the houses together. The action is fast, and a point of strength is regarded as a percentile.

If the fire could not be controlled, the entire city would become a sea of fire, and at that time, it would not be beneficial to anyone, and they would have to work together.

It didn't take long for a barrier to take shape.

Looking at the formed isolation belt, Gu Taibai's hanging heart finally let go.

Outside the city, Yang Siqiao rode a horse and looked at the fire in the city. He raised his eyebrows and let out a shrill laugh like a night owl.

"Haha!" The generals laughed.

"The general's plan is wonderful. Hit the vital point of Talas. ”

"Yes. Talas is a mighty city, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if we don't attack it with fire, we will be really difficult to deal with. ”

"Now, we can go down to Talas in one go, and that's a miracle."

The rise of a city like Talas with one drum is indeed a miracle in the history of warfare.

"You're wrong." Yang Siqiao shook his head and said, "It is not my idea to attack Talus with fire, but His Majesty's idea. ”

Attacking Talas with fire, this is Li Longji's idea, not Yang Siqiao's idea. Because Li Longji knows how difficult it is to fight Talas, if it is easy to fight, will Gao Xianzhi fail back then?

If you want to take down Talas quickly, you have to think of another way. Li Longji knew a lot of methods, such as making gunpowder. However, even if the gunpowder was manufactured, the overall scientific and technological level of the Tang Dynasty could not keep up, and it was impossible to put the gunpowder into the battlefield. You must know that hundreds of years have passed since the appearance of gunpowder in the Tang Dynasty until gunpowder was used in war.

Attack with fire, and it's much easier. As long as there is enough fierce fire oil. For this reason, Li Longkit's order was to exploit oil on a large scale in the area of what is now Yan'an, and it took several years to store enough fierce fire oil.

"Your Majesty is really wise!" The generals will be convinced.

"You think this is the end of the war?" Yang Siqiao's eyes sparkled, staring at the generals and asked.

"General, what else can you do if it's not over?" The generals were amazed.

The city is already a sea of fire, and the destruction of Talas is inevitable, so why isn't it the end?

"Of course it's not over." Yang Siqiao sneered: "If I am not mistaken, Gu Taibai wanted to build a 'dike' at the beginning to temporarily stop the fierce fire oil, so I gave you a meal of stones." Now, he must have demolished the house behind him to stop the fire. ”

"The general is so powerful, he guessed so accurately." The generals will be convinced.

"Nope! It's not that I'm powerful, it's Majesty Xià who is powerful. Yang Siqiao was impressed and said: "In order to attack Talas with fire, His Majesty summoned all the generals, as well as Lord Yao, and discussed them for several days, and thought about all possible situations. His Majesty's idea was surprising and had to be convinced. ”

The Battle of Talas was extremely important, and if the Tang army could not take it quickly, it would be under the fortified city, which would be a heavy blow to the morale of the army. If it can be taken quickly, the Tang Army can quickly advance into Samarkand and establish an extremely important strategic base for advancement, which will have immeasurable benefits for the next major war.

It is precisely because of this that Li Longji specially convened the senior generals and important ministers of the DPRK and China to discuss how to attack Talas with fire, and thought of all possible situations.

"Hehe, I'll let Gu Taibai's hard work go to waste." Yang Siqiao let out a wicked laugh, waved his right hand, and ordered loudly, "Trebuchet, move forward three miles." ”

The previous attack was the initial attack, and the Don army's trebuchet was at the maximum range, at a relatively long distance from Talas. This was to prevent being countered by the trebuchets of the Arab Empire.

Now, there is a sea of fire at the head of the city, and the trebuchets of the Arab Empire are no longer useful, Yang Siqiao no longer has any worries, and the trebuchets of the Tang army can be thrown at close range.

Through the efforts of the soldiers, the trebuchet was quickly moved forward three miles, loaded with fierce fire oil, and thrown towards the city.

"Whew! Call! Call! "Balls of fire appeared in the air and swooped down on the city of Talas.

Gu Taibai took a long breath and was about to rejoice for a while, but suddenly heard the strong wind in the air, and when he looked up, he saw countless fireballs appearing in the air and smashing towards the city.

Gu Taibai estimated the landing point, his face changed greatly, and he screamed in a lost voice: "No! ”

His estimate of the landing point far exceeded the houses he ordered to be demolished. In other words, the barrier he made was useless.

Once the oil hits the buildings inside, it will inevitably cause a fire, and all the efforts made so far have been in vain.

More likely, this will cause a citywide fire that will completely destroy Talas.

This kind of consequence is too terrible, even with Gu Taibai's tenacious heart, he is afraid.

Sure enough, the fireball landed on the buildings further inside, burning violently, and many buildings were set on fire. After a while, the flames were soaring into the sky, and the sky was red for half of the day.

"This ......" The soldiers and people who were still celebrating just now were stunned when they looked at the skyrocketing fire.

As long as the isolation belt is useful, although there is a loss, it can still be bearable. Now it seems that this is nothing more than delusion.

"My lord, give the order, and we will demolish the house again." A general came to his senses and hurriedly urged.

"Yes, sir." The generals echoed in unison.

Gu Taibai's face was ugly, and he said: "I understand, Yang Siqiao is approaching step by step, and he wants to burn down our house layer by layer." ”

Gu Taibai deserved to be a good general, and soon understood Yang Siqiao's plan. Indeed, Yang Siqiao also thinks so.

One of the advantages of advancing layer by layer is that it is very safe, and you can put more fire and speed up the destruction of Talas.

"Yang Siqiao, you have a vicious mind, and you are really a ruthless person." Immediately afterwards, Gu Taibai said angrily: "Do you think you can destroy Talus like this? Don't! ”

With a sneer, he said, "How far can a trebuchet shoot?" Three or five miles at most. Talas covers an area of tens of miles, and is so vast that if I demolish a number of houses at the end of your trebuchet, my efforts will be in vain. ”

Gu Taibai was very familiar with trebuchets, and the maximum range was only about five miles, and he only needed to make an isolation zone six or seven miles away, which was enough to make Yang Siqiao's efforts useless.

Do so, albeit with great losses. But what is it compared to destroying it all?

As soon as the idea was decided, Gu Taibai gave an order, and the soldiers and civilians in the city began to move and began to demolish the houses six miles away from the city wall. After their efforts, they quickly made a barrier.

While they were demolishing their houses, the offensive of the Don army continued, and the fierce fire oil was getting closer and closer, and soon it was near their separation zone.

"Chinese, stop here." Gu Taibai was full of confidence.

"The good fortune of the Chinese has come to an end. We must let the Chinese repay this blood debt. The generals were in great agreement with this.

However, their self-confidence soon eroded.

I saw countless fireballs pass over their heads and fall into the face. As soon as the fireball fell, it turned into a skyrocket, and countless houses burst into flames.

"How can the Chinese trebuchets shoot so far?" Gu Taibai looked incredulous.

"Am I right? That's seven or eight miles. The generals were also shocked.

Trebuchets with a range of seven or eight miles, they had never heard of, let alone seen them.

Now, the facts are in front of them, and they have to believe it. It's just that they are extremely uncomfortable.

"It's over! Finished! Gu Taibai looked at the sky-high fire burning inside, his face was pale, he was weak, he fell to the ground weakly, and muttered to himself.

The Tang Army's trebuchet had a range of seven or eight miles, and it was completely capable of turning Talas into ruins, and no matter how hard he tried, it was impossible to change anything.

The range is seven or eight miles, and if you count it into diameter, it is fifteen or sixteen miles. The diameter of the entire Talas is only seventeen or eighteen miles, and the trebuchets of the Tang army cover almost the entire city.

In other words, the Tang army did not need anything else at all, only a trebuchet, which was enough to destroy Talas.

Previously, the Tang army did not directly burn the central area, firstly, because tactically it was not allowed, and it had to come step by step. The second reason is that if the Tang army wants to speed up the destruction of Talas, it will have to set more fires.

Soon, the whole of Talus was consumed by the flames. (To be continued......)