When the Tang soldiers and horses on the front were assembling, the Turkic cavalry on the flanks was already ready for work.

Tens of thousands of people from nearby county towns were driven by the sabers of the Turks, carrying bags of earth and making a way through the reeds.

The common people became the best cover for the Turks, and their soldiers mingled among the people to avoid the arrows of the defenders on the opposite side. Of course, there is absolutely no mercy for these Han people with the surname Turks, and any people who flee and hesitate will be immediately beheaded by their swords.

In Persia, in the Western Regions they slaughtered millions of people, and these people are nothing at the moment. Although Li Tang sent people to rescue these people, the Turks ignored them.

Therefore, during the siege of the city, the Turks became even more presumptuous.

The sky was bright, the morning breeze was blowing, the reeds were filled with moisture, and the Turkic soldiers were advancing through the mud with their scimitars.

After two hours, they paved a path in the reeds, and then the Turkic cavalry, dressed in bright armor, abruptly stepped the road, crossed the reeds, and assembled on the flat ground ahead. After waiting for a morning, Zhao soldiers suddenly saw countless Turkic soldiers emerging from the reeds, they plucked off the grass circles on their heads, and emerged from the reeds like ghosts.

At this moment, several generals of the Zhao army who originally advocated attacking and stopping the Turks from paving the way in Luze were all pale, and if they really entered Luze to fight, then the Zhao army would be ambushed.

Wei Chi Gong, the general guarding the right flank, sneered and said: "Your Majesty really expects things to be like a god, and the Turks are really ambushed in the reeds. ”

The Turkic infantry and cavalry stepped across the reeds and attacked.

Li Chongjiu, who was in the Chinese army, looked from afar, and the Turkic army erected a three-sided banner here. Because of condescension. The disposition of the Turkic forces is clear at a glance. There are three generals on behalf of the three-sided Dasu.

The Western Turkic cavalry equipment is similar to that of the Eastern Turkic cavalry, when it differs. The helmets of the Western Turkic cavalry wore a mask, which protected the entire head. He wears a cuirass to protect his neck and upper body, legs and the front of his knees, but he is not covered with armor behind him.

At the same time, they were not equipped with leather shields and gauntlets, which were obviously for the convenience of archery, and at the same time, long weapons such as spears and horse lances were not equipped with long weapons such as the Turks, and their weapons were only scimitars and bows and arrows.

Compared with cavalry, the infantry is a little smaller, but it is also not negligible. Especially the crossbowmen in the army with white hats. There are thousands of people. These foot archers picked up their bows and arrows and carried double-headed spears behind their backs, which were easy to throw.

This special dress attracted Li Chongjiu's attention, and Pei Lian, who knew the Turkic background well, said: "Your Majesty, this is the servant army of the Turks, which is composed of Persian prisoners of war and slaves, but there are not many people. ”

Li Chongjiu nodded to Pei Ju, he knew that the Persian lightly armored archers in this era could be regarded as a battle, and they could be regarded as conscripts, while the Persian spearmen and shield soldiers were all improvised peasant troops. These infantry were a good addition to the single infantry of the Western Turks.

Around the Persian infantry. It was a Turkic infantry with a lot of slings and bows. The heavily armored Turkic cavalry formed the front row, and when the entire army advanced near the Zhao camp, the cavalry withdrew to the flanks, and the Zhao army, which was expected to face the cavalry. But he saw the infantry attacking his position.

Li Chongjiu looked at it for a while and said: "The soldiers and horses of the Western Turks are very well coordinated on horseback, and they should have been honed by long-term battles. "The infantry of the Turks raised heavy shields. Arrived at the Zhao army camp. It can be seen that the Western Turks' foot soldiers were stronger than the Eastern Turks, at least not with leather shields.

The attack lineup of the Turkic army. It's really impressive. The orderly column made the troop arrangement not crowded. Nor is it loose. The first row of spears, the second row of heavy shields, the third, fourth, and fifth rows of infantry phalanx were all archers. Each infantry phalanx, in units of 100 men, slowly advanced, and between each infantry phalanx, mixed with a different number of cavalry, cruising back and forth.

In the distance, the cavalry of the Turkic army, as if an endless ocean, stood in a scene like a forest of steel. Although there are many soldiers and horses, they do not have many people and rush forward, obviously this Tongye Hu Khan is also a good general.

The Turkic infantry did not advance, and the Zhao army was here, and the soldiers were also ready. But seeing that Wei Chi Gong waved his hand, tens of thousands of Zhao sergeants entered the position. Sergeant Zhao stepped briskly on the wooden ladder to climb the upper plank wall, while another wave of soldiers entered the lower plank wall, and all the planks at the entrance of the shooting room were pulled apart.

The soldiers of Zhao opened their arms and crossbows, and the crossbows were wound one after another, aiming at the approaching Turkic army from the mouth of the shooting room, but the soldiers on the city wall were ready with spears, hooks and other equipment to deal with the Turks' landing battles. More than 30 ballistae were cleverly hidden, and there was a row of trebuchets behind the city wall, and all kinds of boulders, fire oil bombs and other equipment in the stone nests were in place, just waiting for the Turks to attack.

After the Turkic infantry arrived, the formation remained unchanged, and then they began, clearing the deer in front.

When the Turkic soldiers approached two hundred paces, Wei Chigong waved his hand and gave the order to shoot.

"Light arrow, shoot!"

Zhao Jun's crossbow arrows covered the entire sky, and the Turkic soldiers who raised their shields all felt that the shield in their hands sank, and a row of arrows were inserted into the shield. Dozens of Turkic soldiers were shot in the hands and feet and fell to the ground, and immediately after them, a number of Turkic soldiers rushed up to take their place.

After a round of shooting, Zhao's crossbow began to load, and taking advantage of this shooting interval, the Turkic soldiers were unusually calm and did not advance.

Seeing that the Turks did not advance, Wei Chigong pressed his hand and ordered the crossbowmen in the second and third rows waiting behind the city wall not to release arrows. The ground was densely packed with arrows, like weeds, and the infantry phalanx of the Turks continued to advance.

"Change to an archer!"

Wei Chigong gave an order, and three thousand foot bows went up the city wall from the bamboo ladder.

"Point rockets, scatter!"

After the rumbling of the small drum, Zhao Junbu archers took out arrows wrapped in cotton cloth, lit the fire, raised the bow forty-five and shot it up to the sky!

With Martian arrows, he jumped out of the wooden wall, shook a dazzling red, and shot towards the Turkic phalanx lined up on the opposite line and waving flags.

The Turks raised their shields and crouched on the ground, but the arrows with fire reached the ground, and many of them jumped on tiptoe to dodge. There was a slight commotion in the Turkic array, but only a moment later, the Turkic soldiers regrouped.

Wei Chigong looked at it and nodded: "The Turks have two hits, keep shooting!" ”

The three thousand archers of the Zhao army continued to shoot arrows, and the crossbowmen of the Zhao army on the lower slab wall, after reloading, fired a second shot.

The casualties of the Turkic army were increasing, but they were within an acceptable range. Their men marched forward with their shields held high and their necks bent, and the sunlight reflected from the armor and swords of the Turkic cavalry behind the array flickered, and it was clear that they were bored in such an offensive battle in which they were engaged. But the whole front remained immovable.

"Shoot!"

Eighty paces closer to the wooden wall, Turkic archers, spearmen, and slingers began to shoot at the Zhao wall.

In the gap between the two armies, the arrows crossed over, and the Zhao army was sheltered by the wooden wall, while the Turkic army was covered by shields, so it was obvious that the Zhao army had the advantage. The Turkic archers fell down one after another in the shooting, and the soldiers on the side saw Pao Ze die beside him, and their spirits were tense, but they were numb and repeated the action of archery, and the screams came and went.

In the villages on the left flank on the other side, after the rumbling of drums, the Don army also began to advance. At this time, the attack of the intended Turks had begun for almost half an hour.

The Tang army attacked the left flank by the general Changsun Wuji, and the Tang army invested 50,000 troops here. And the defense was Wang Mahan's 30,000 Yi guards.

Wang Mahan fortified the village and built a double-layer wall on the periphery, and on the inside, the courtyard of the village was used as a support point, and the fortification was everywhere.

After the Tang sergeant was in the whole team, the foot soldiers picked up the heavy shields, carried the bamboo ladder on their shoulders and advanced towards the Zhao army's board wall, and the bed crossbows and catapults transported from Chang'an behind them also advanced in turn, pressing towards the village. The crossbow of the Tang army is also very advanced, when the first attack on Luoyang City, the Tang Army's catapult bombardment of Luoyang City can shoot 50 catties of boulders, throw 200 steps, and the eight-bow bed crossbow arrows such as car spokes, arrowheads such as giant axes, can shoot 500 steps.

The Tang soldiers pushed the bed crossbows and catapults, and kept approaching the village.

It can be expected that Zhao Jun's wooden board walls, under such bed crossbows and catapults, are somewhat lacking in defense.

However, Wang Mahan did not want to rely on the slab wall to defend the left flank, and he thickened the rammed earth wall in the village as a second line of defense. On the roads in the village, he laid out many barricades, making it like a maze.

The first wave of the Tang army, numbering about 5,000 men, stopped when it approached the village. The Tang sergeant raised his spear and stuck it on the ground, and the long wind blew, and the spear that almost covered the plain swayed, like a wind-stricken forest.

"General, the stone thrower, the bed crossbow is in place!"

The eldest grandson Wuji was expressionless, glanced at the distance lightly and said, "What are you waiting for, let Zhao Jun see how powerful we are!" ”

A sharp whistling sound sounded, and the Tang sergeant watched with bated breath as the stone threw through the sky above his head and smashed into the unknown village, making a soft muffled sound.

The Tang sergeant under the stone throwing machine roared, pulled the stone rope, drew a parabola by throwing the stone, and smashed into the Zhao army's array.

Such a blow of throwing stones did not hurt a few people, but it could hit morale.

After the Tang army fired two rounds of stone throwers, the eldest grandson Wuji pointed the flag forward, and the Tang army's infantry phalanx began to move forward, but the shooting of the stone throwers did not stop.

Li Chongjiu withdrew his gaze from the battle on the left flank, and now the left and right flanks were already starting, but Li Tang's main force of the Chinese army did not move at all.

"Could it be that Li Shimin is planning to break through on both wings?" (To be continued......)