Chapter 62: Fiction and Reality Strike West
Adian hurriedly climbed to the third floor, and with wide eyes, he saw that a large number of wooden platoons of the Tang army on the opposite side had reached the middle of the river.
The Tahe River is about two miles wide, and the deepest part is only more than zhang, and most of the sections are only up to people's shoulders.
Separated by two miles, the Tang army looked at the height of only the lambs, but they were lined up in a group, connected into a piece, each regiment was three or four zhang long, and two catapults were actually placed on them, and Adian was shocked to see it.
Another centurion who was still resting at the bottom also rushed over when he heard the news, and the two of them took a few glances and understood that this was the Tang army preparing to attack.
"Ready, bring the ballista over, hurry," Dian hurriedly shouted to his subordinates, "Hurry, all four of them are coming"
After a while, Adian's team of 100 people was nervously in place, the ballista had five feet of iron arrows on it, and the strong archers also raised their bows outward, holding arrows and preparing to pull the strings.
Seeing that the wooden platoon of the Tang Army was about to reach the shore, Adian's nervous palms were sweating, but he found that the wooden platoon did not dock and stopped two feet away from the shore.
"What are they doing?" Adian muttered to himself.
"Do you want to build a pontoon bridge?" The two centurions of Fort Two looked at each other and shouted in unison.
"Is there enough distance?" Adian asked the crossbow rider next to him.
"It's not enough, it's just a foot or two"
"His grandmother's, the Tang people are really cunning," the two centurions scolded in unison.
The Turkic soldiers in Gangbao had to watch as the Tang army unhurriedly stood up the first row of wooden rows, inserted thick pointed wooden stakes into the water, and began to unhurriedly link the follow-up wooden rows.
In half an hour, the Tang Army's three-foot-wide pontoon bridge was stabilized, and the reinforcements who received the alarm in Tahe City arrived, and there was actually a 10,000-strong commander who came to Fort No. 2.
The Tahe Turkic Department is led by Ashina Jishe, and there are two big catties under it, one is the terrifying Lord Korkut, the other is the Lord Gu Si who leads the Tujie soldiers, and there are five ten thousand commanders Iron Dou, this time it is the Lord Qi Jin Gu Si of the 10,000 people in the 10,000-person team where Adian is located, and the neighbor of the Moon Department is the Tuqi Shi people.
The Tang army was still not in a hurry to go ashore and continued to strengthen the pontoon bridge, and the follow-up ships were also endless, almost covering the surface of the Tahe River for three or four miles.
"I guess there are 10,000 people, right? Why didn't they attack yet? Adian muttered strangely to the two centurions who came to help.
"The next step is to remove the stake," replied the bone, without replying.
Sure enough, several small boats came out of the ranks, penetrated several Tang troops and began to march towards the shore with a huge shield as tall as a person.
"Try with two arrows," Captain Bone Sip ordered.
There was a squeaky sound, only two pops were heard, and two five-foot siege crossbow arrows went straight to the Tang army's formation.
One hit one of the small boats, but was blocked by a large shield, and the small boat was violently rushed back a few feet by the crossbow arrows. The other one missed, and fell into the water with all his strength.
Adian angrily gave the crossbowman who missed the shot two feet.
Two teams of Tang soldiers went ashore, one team covered with a large shield, and the other team began to clear the wooden stakes.
"Hurry up and release the arrow," Adian shouted.
"Don't panic, I'll wait" Bone Sip stopped.
With a cup of tea, the Tang army cleared out a large open space, and several teams of Tang troops went ashore, and the Tang army on the shore already had a battalion of nearly 500 people.
"Release the arrows," at this time the bone slurred ordered.
So the four siege crossbows began to wield, and the Turkic soldiers with strong arms also began to shoot arrows.
The sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air remembered that the Tang army was only a mile away from the fort and was already within range.
The powder of the high wooden shield was hit, and the soldiers of the Tang Army were stumbled by the impact behind the shield, and a few arrows that bypassed the giant shield brought up a blood flower, and a few arrows strung through several people, and they were killed instantly.
Gangbao's Adian clenched his fists, and all the soldiers let out a wolf howl, and the iron pocket slurped slightly, and his face covered with thick beard was even more hideous.
The Tang army on the tidal flats did not panic, and there were constantly people raising shields to fill the position, but they still could not block the impact of the siege crossbows, and suffered heavy casualties.
After supporting for half an hour, the Tang army suffered nearly 100 casualties and had to retreat to the pontoon bridge.
Then the Tang army pushed out the catapult from the wooden platoon, and with a few sounds, the tall rough wood was used as a stone to fly to the fort, some deviated, some fell in the open space in front of the fort, and the scattered hits on the fort only scratched a little stone skin, and the shake was not even felt in the fort.
Seeing that there was something wrong, the Tang army stopped attacking, and after a while, they brought in a large number of dry grass and dead branches, and projected them onto the shore with catapults.
Gu Si frowned, and could only watch the Tang Army burn the diagonally inserted wooden stakes.
Four or five miles of tidal flats on the west bank of the Tahe River were raging with fire.
In this way, the Tahe Turks and the Tang army of Zhengmohe guarded each other through fire, and there was no other action except for the Tang army projecting some hay and dry branches from time to time.
Soon two or three hours passed, and the Tang soldiers on the three-way pontoon bridge and the small boats covered with the river were not in a hurry, and even sent lunch on the other side, and the Tang soldiers began to eat on the water.
By the time of Shen, the fire had gradually been extinguished, and the tidal flats were completely black, except for a few isolated black piles, and the spike obstacles that the Turks had painstakingly arranged had been burned away.
The Tang army regrouped under the shouts of the generals, and the Turkic soldiers on the fort regained their tension, and the next wave of attacks was coming.
Still a huge wooden shield opened the way, stepping on the scorching land, more than 2,000 Tang soldiers flocked towards Fort No. 2 and No. 3.
After a while, the Tang army again paid hundreds of sacrifices, but several catapults and siege crossbows also stabilized their positions on the tidal flats.
Adian showed a panicked look, but kept shouting and shouting for the wrong arrows.
The arrows of the longbowmen were already capable of inflicting casualties on the Tang army, not to mention the siege crossbow arrows that could bring up blood mist with each arrow.
But the Tang army obviously had a countermeasure, a regiment of more than 2,000 Tang soldiers divided into a three- or four-mile long skirmish line, huge shields were piled up in front, Tang army crossbowmen hid behind and began to scatter, and the whole slowly moved towards the fort.
The Turkic soldiers of Gangbao began to suffer casualties, several stones the size of a horse's head smashed into Gangbao from the sentry point, and even Adian was hit by a few arrows.
An hour passed, and the Tang army had attacked five zhang away from the fort.
"Almost," Bone whispered.
I only heard the sound of a bull's horn, and a large number of Turkic soldiers and horses came out of the criss-crossing trenches behind the fort, and the Tang army on the wooden platoon was shocked, and hurriedly signaled to collect the troops.
The Tang soldiers on the shore threw down the giant shields and catapults, the wolves rushed to retreat towards the wooden platoon, and the fort took the opportunity to start a frenzied hunt.
Adian saw the crossbow bolts anchored the Tang soldiers one by one, and the Tang soldiers on the ground struggled desperately upwards with their hands and feet, and returned to silence after several convulsions.
Until the Turkic soldiers and horses who came to aid Tahe rushed to the beach, the Tang army had all retreated to the wooden platoon, and about three thousand people came to aid the Turks, carrying several catapults, and smashed the wooden platoon, and the three pontoon bridges were suddenly torn apart, and the Tang army retreated to the east bank like a lost dog, and the Turkic longbowmen also began to launch rockets, and a sea of fire also ignited on the surface of the Tahe River.
On June 29, the Tang soldiers lost the battle of uprooting Tahegang Fort, with 500 Turkic leaders and only 36 losses.
It was also dark, and there were still sparks scattered everywhere on the Tahe River, and the centurion of Fort No. 2 Adian relieved his mind, arranged the lookout sentry, and enjoyed the Kakqi naan with mutton fat sent by Tahe City.
After a routine inspection, Adian went to the bottom of the fort and fell asleep.
After sleeping for three or four hours, Adian got up and peed and prepared to continue sleepy, but he was faintly uneasy in his heart, and climbed to the whistle to take a look, the outside of the fort was unusually quiet, there was no moon at the end of the month, it was dark on the Tahe River, and there were some torches dotted in several guards, and Dian was sleepy again, and he snored like thunder again.
As everyone knows, there have been uninvited guests outside the fort.
There are two special teams in the Temple Street Wolf Regiment, a jumping squad with 50 people and 100 people, with Dugu Wuming as the captain, in addition to the soldiers of the Temple Street Folding Chong Mansion who do not forgive the death penalty, can apply to this team, and every time the lieutenant is promoted, he must go to this squad for one month, and the death row will not die for one year, and the death row will not die for one year.
There is also a team called the Grim Reaper, which is not organized in the Zhichong Mansion, and the captain is the Dugu God who is called the Grim Reaper, and the members are the dead soldiers who have not died three years ago when Hailan Pao repeatedly attacked, and it has been maintained at about one hundred and eight for three years.
In the afternoon, the two teams of men and horses have taken advantage of the chaos to ambush in the Tahe River, with reed pipes in their mouths, silent and silent, and the two teams of men and horses have touched the front of the second and third sentry forts at the time of the third watch.
Dugu God followed the demon wolf Tianxing and disappeared, led by two vice captains, and the wolf group was called skeleton and impermanence without saying their names.
It was dark and dark, less than half an hour before the sky was brightened, and this was the time when people were most sleepy.
Impermanence and skeletons in black clothes and black pants, although still soaking wet, no longer dripping, like two swimming snakes moving towards the fort, each layer is gently hung with a rope hook lock, and immediately a team member goes up the rope, until the third layer does not alarm the Turkic defenders at all.
The four Turkic sentinels were drowsy with their weapons against the wall, respectively on the second and third floors, such as the impermanence and skeletons of the night cat entering the house, all of which were eight levels of strength, and the four ordinary sentinels were like chopping melons and vegetables, and after a while, the Grim Reaper team entered the fort in turn, and there was a team of people in each layer of the fort, all of whom were summoned by the Grim Reaper in their sleep, and the remaining hundred people who slept on the bottom of Adian were still in their dreams.
Adian was dreaming of the shepherd girl in her hometown, suddenly heard a few pops, very reluctant to open her hazy eyes, under the dim torch reflection, the castle was actually full of people, just about to open her mouth to shout, a big hand covered his mouth.
Adian's hair exploded all over his body, and he turned over suddenly, but found a sharp pain in his throat, and he even heard the sound of his own blood spraying, and was violently pressed on the bed, kicked his feet a few times, and returned to the arms of the golden wolf god.
At night, you shouldn't hide half of the Kakqi naan with mutton fat, so that you miss the shepherd girl at the foot of the golden mountain and the meat-filled Ahab naan, Adian is annoyed and thinks about losing his mind.
The same thing was staged in Fort No. 3, Dugu Wuming picked up a torch and drew an arc in the air several times, dense human heads appeared on the Ta River, and the Tang Army Brigade began to cross the Ta River at night.
Dugu Wuming and Skeleton Impermanence left a group of men and horses to respond, and continued to lead the team to the No. 1 and No. 1 Gangbao while taking advantage of the night.
The first to cross the river was the infantry battalion of the Left Regiment of Zhichong Prefecture on Temple Street, known as the Golden Wolf Regiment, and they did not enter the fort and went straight to the trench behind.
As soon as the hour passed, the sky was bright, and the Yantang expeditionary army had smuggled nearly 3,000 men and horses across the river.
Only then did the Turks realize that something was wrong, and the alarm was blazing.
The Tang soldiers on the east bank also lit torches, winding for four or five miles like fiery snakes.
"Why are the eyes of your Temple Street people so good?" Xue Jian stood on the east bank, watching the men and horses of the right army busily pushing wooden platoons and boats down the river, and couldn't help but be surprised.
People can't see at night without fire, which is common sense among the Chinese people.
"That's night blindness, give, sheep liver pills, you can solve it by eating some beef and sheep offal all year round" Yeluzhao was busy, and Li Xiancheng, the commander of the right army who came to command in person, took out a thing and handed it over like a treasure.
"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Xue Jian was indignant.
"It's not effective for half a year," Li Dudu sighed indifferently.
The sun has risen, the Tahe River more than three miles wide has been paved with a four-way pontoon bridge, Xue Jian crossed the river with the former soldiers and horses in turn, the Temple Street Golden Wolf Regiment has been replaced after destroying a dark fort, Lu Longjun put up a defensive position between the second and third forts, and the right regiment of the Temple Street Wolf Warrior Brigade is also mixed in, the militants and the young son of the Xue family hit it off, and the blood boiled when they heard the horn.
A thousand-strong team of people who came in a hurry in Tahe City had been repulsed, leaving three or four hundred corpses behind and leaving in a hurry, just like yesterday's Tang army.
Fort One and Fort One had been taken by the Jumping Squad and the Reaper Squad, and Jin Yifeng and his Golden Wolf Regiment were arrayed in front of Fort B.
There are four Ming Forts and one Hidden Fort along the west bank of the Ta River, and there are also four Ming Fort and two Hidden Fort on the north bank of Huma.
The three floors of Ming Fort protrude from the ground, but the Dark Fort is a trench hiding point.
Although the Turkic soldiers in the fort panicked but did not lose their attention, under the angry shout of a thousand-commander, they released several siege crossbows from time to time, but they only landed in front of the golden wolf regiment, and the soldiers of the golden wolf regiment lined up with shields, and there was no confusion at all.
Jin Yifeng looked coldly at the Yizi Wu Gangbao, waiting for the catapult of Dugu Qiuqiu to be fully equipped.
The Turkic soldiers and horses were also gathering behind Wuhaobao, one was to prepare to fight against the Tang army crossing the river, and the other was to guard against the river crossing action of the Yan and Tang troops on the other side of the Huma River.
The temple street catapults and siege crossbows were in turn, although the threat to the Turkic soldiers of Gangbao was limited, but they disrupted the rhythm of the defenders.
The Tang army began to move forward, and the Turkic soldiers nervously began to release arrows, but even if the siege crossbow was powerful, it could only knock down a few huge shields, and could not cause casualties to the Tang army.
The Turkic soldiers in the fort could not imagine that two catapults would throw two people.
The Turkic soldiers assembled outside the fort watched in amazement as the two humanoid objects thrown by the catapult churned in the air, until they began to fall in midair, and the two suddenly opened their wings, and the falling speed suddenly slowed down, sliding to the top of the fort.