The soldiers of the Turkic Khanate and the Yantang Empire on the shore of the Black Water are fighting to the death.

The Yantang military horses on the two pontoon bridges on the surface of the black water sped up to cross the river, and now there are nearly 60,000 soldiers on the south bank.

Some of the horses that crossed the river went directly into battle, while others began to place deer barns, and archers were on standby.

The Turkic soldiers saw that there were more and more Tang troops, especially the Chinese army, the three thousand gold-armored and gold-armored cavalry were almost overwhelmed by the Turkic soldiers in brown leather robes, and the two cavalry troops who crossed the river and crossed the river were also thrown into the battlefield.

The general manager calmly took the generals to watch the battle, did not issue an order, and let his subordinates fight on their own.

After several months of edification, especially the fierce battle under Hailan Pao City in April, the three little ladies of Wang Jiangnan have seen the cruelty of the battlefield, and they have been silent about the flesh and blood, although they have relatives, they can still watch the battle calmly.

Shan Da Governor stood on the top of a slope surrounded by all the generals, and at this time, a group of Turkic cavalry bypassed the frontal Yantang camp and rushed straight to the Chinese army.

The deputy chief manager Anton couldn't bear to catch Pei Xuangui, and the commander of a battalion of soldiers and horses met him, and there was a rain of arrows, and the two sides met each other in short arms.

There were not many Turkic cavalry attacking the Chinese army, less than a hundred people, and after a while, they were drowned in the horses of Anton's guards.

The Turkic cavalry on both flanks began to wander away, and did not engage the Tang army, roaring and firing arrows from afar, and the Tang army protected itself with shields, but hurriedly crossed the river, the military resources were not yet ready, and the casualties began to increase.

The middle cavalry battlefield was in full swing, and the reinforced Right Guard cavalry responded to Cheng Pengduwei, who was already blood-red, I don't know if it was his own or the blood of the Turkic soldiers, but Cheng Peng's body was full of arrows, and the military horses beside him were gradually decreasing.

There was a rapid sound of gold in the direction of Huma, and the Turkic cavalry began to retreat slowly, followed by the red-eyed Right Guard cavalry.

"Nonsense" Shan Sijing's face changed, and he urgently ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

The general manager led the team to the place of engagement, and the battalions were cleaning up the mess.

In this battle, Yantang suffered a lot of losses, with thousands of dead soldiers and countless wounded.

"A certain can kill an iron man" Cheng Pengduwei, who was covered in arrows, was asking the guards to clean his armor, he was wearing heavy armor, looking like a hedgehog and scary, but in fact, it was not as good as the underwear, and there was no blood stain on the arrows pulled out.

"That's Captain Wan," everyone congratulated.

Dugu Tianxing pursed his lips, and was bored and ready to go back to his tent to sleep, but was left behind by the general manager of Shan.

"Boss, you see that you haven't slept all night, and you have dark circles under your eyes" Dugu Tianxing was still shouting.

The general manager didn't say a word, and walked to the camp commander tent that had been set up.

The large camp on the south bank of Yantang has begun to take shape, one side is backed by water, three sides are on the plateau wooden wall, there are people with high wooden rows inside, the middle of the two rows is paved with wooden planks, and people can be set up to patrol on it, and the camp tents that stretch for three or four miles have been erected.

When I came to the Chinese army tent, the Chinese army guards handed over tea, and before I drank two sips, a captain came to report, there was a war in the north, and the general manager ordered to explore again.

"It can't be Yang Zhonglang, right?" Deputy Director Bae Hyun-gyu made a statement.

Then a captain broke into the tent with blood stains all over his body, "Report to the general manager, a certain right guard and left wing Fengyang folded the captain of the mansion, Yang Zhonglang encountered the enemy in the north, and hoped that the general manager would quickly reinforce him." ”

The third princess, Yan Junluan, was startled, clasped her hands and saluted, "A certain wish to go to the rescue"

The general manager of Shan Da is accurate, and General Yan is out of the account like the wind.

"What the hell is going on?" The general manager of Shan asked the person who came to report urgently.

"Yesterday evening crossed the river, lurking on the south bank, the fog rose in the middle of the night, the road was unknown, this morning to find a way to meet the army, the road met the Turkic cavalry, the enemy army was strong, a certain part was surrounded"

"It was foggy last night?" The generals looked at each other, isn't this right Wei Wei Fengyang Zhechong Mansion and the big camp not the same area? Last night, I could see that I could reach the middle of the black water, which was more than a mile or two away.

"Go down and heal," said the chief manager, waving his hand to let him go.

"Boss, this Yang Zhonglang is clearly disobeying military orders" Pei Xuangui shouted when he saw that there was no one else in the account.

"I'll find out when he comes back alive," said the general manager, rubbing his eyebrows.

"Do you still need to check? Looking at the direction, now Yang Zhonglang is besieged under the city of Huma, don't think about it, Yang Zhonglang is greedy for merit and wants to take the opportunity to sneak attack Huma, but the result is good, stealing chickens will not make rice" Li Xiancheng deputy director also disdainful.

"It's not a matter for us to sit, let's just go to Huma City and have a look" Dugu Tianxing was bored.

"That's it, Manager Pei stayed and watched, and I went to check on Huma" Manager Shan made a decision immediately.

So Governor Shan and Li Xiancheng both supervised Dugu Tianxing, and ordered 2,000 guards to go out of the camp and go to Huma City.

Soon after leaving the camp, he met Yunlu General Yan Junluan to return to the army, and yesterday Yang Zhonglang's men and horses were no longer alive, and Yang Zhonglang was also unconscious.

"You will go back to the camp for treatment first, and you will go to Huma to check one or two" The general manager of Shan did not say much.

The Huma River and the Heishui River meet to form a narrow Yangtze River Delta river beach, and Huma is close to the end of the Heishui, four or five miles away from the mouth of the intersecting river.

The time has passed, the sun is shining, traces of fighting can be seen all the way, the dead soldiers are endless, most of them are Turkic, and those of Yan Tang are taken away by General Yan Junluan.

After a short time, the chief steward came to the city of Huma.

Huma City is actually a big town, several villages are formed, and the new high earth walls are built around it, saying that the earth wall is actually a mound of soil that is slightly tamped.

There is a moat in front of the city facing the Yan army camp, more than two zhang wide, it should be said that it is a river, which winds from the north and surrounds Huma City in an arc.

"No wonder Lao Ding said yesterday that the water level of the black water has dropped, and it turns out that the Turks have brought water to it," Li Xiancheng remembered what his deputy said yesterday.

Looking at the city wall of Huma again, it is only twenty or thirty steps away from this moat, covered with deer, and sharpened wooden sticks are stuck all over the ground, which is dense and makes people's hearts tense.

On the city wall, there was a huge crossbow every hundred paces, and the huge arrows were pointed at the river.

There were Turkic sentinels in the city of Huma who found people coming, waving flags, and a group of Turks came up to the city wall to watch.

"Let's go back to the camp later" Chief Shan also took a general look and beckoned his subordinates to turn around.

After returning to the camp, Yan Junluan, the general of the Right Weiwei Yunluan, came in with the generals of the Right Weiwei, and his face was ashamed, "The chief manager, the right Weiwei Yang Zhonglang delayed the military plane, please punish the general manager"

"The night fog delays the military aircraft, it is not a crime of war, General Yan and Yang Zhonglang take it as a warning, don't take it to heart," said Shan Daguan Yi Xingshan.

"Yang Zhonglang was seriously injured, please allow him to go back to Hailan to recuperate from his injuries."

"Quasi"

There was no word in the tent for a while.

"Dugu Duwei, what do you think of the current situation?" After a pause, Shan Sijing asked the Demon Wolf Tianxing, who was bored to study the marching tent.

To say that Yan Tang is indeed strong now, the expedition material reserves are abundant, the marching tent is supported by four two-zhang thick wood, a fine wooden dome, the top is covered with cowhide, the silk cloth is hung around, the ground is covered with felt cloth, and the table and chairs are complete.

Dugu Duwei was calculating the money and property of the big account, and when he heard the general manager of Shan inquiring, he hugged his fists and smiled, "The so-called military nobles are fast, and they should do their best, and I would like to listen to the instructions of the chief manager."

"I asked you what good plan you had to take Huma, not let you talk nonsense"

"Well, although Huma City is not high, it stands in response to the situation, and the Turks have been operating for many years, so I'm afraid it's not easy to fight."

"Of course I know that it's not easy to fight, what good plan do you have, although I said it"

"This, the Yan Tang soldiers are strong and strong, and the strength is several times that of them, so they should be besieged and attacked."

"How? How to attack? "The single big manager is pressing step by step.

"Go up the river first, find a terrain, intercept its water, transport soil to fill the river, burn its deer, attack with the trend, and take it down" Dugu Demon Wolf finally gave a suggestion that was not an opinion.

"This takes a lot of time, Dugu Governor ordered a certain and other early July to meet with the middle road Tahe, and now it is in the middle of June, according to your plan, there are no three or two months to take Huma" On the side, Li Xiancheng said the suffering of the army of the east of the Mohe River.

"Although there are only 30,000 Huma defenders, they are well prepared, and they are fighting alone, and the whole army is grouped, so it is not easy to fight" Manager Pei also interjected.

"It doesn't matter if he fights well or not, let's see if he fights," Cheng Peng, the commander of the Right Guard, who had just killed the enemy's commander, shouted with a big grin.

"The chief manager, a certain attack on Huma, one is to be fast, and the other is not to suffer serious losses, and now the army is fighting against the water, and the army is afraid that the army will be unstable when it drags on" The third princess Yan Junluan also expressed her worries.

"Yes, what General Yan said is insightful, attack Huma, be quick and ruthless" General Shi Zhuwu, the commander of the right guard, also helped his own general.

"Now the Turkic army and horses are definitely shrinking and not moving, and today I have a little contact with a certain class, and I can't do anything to withdraw his troops, watch its guards, govern the army decisively, and there is a fierce battle in a certain class" Governor Li Xiancheng is also analyzing the situation.

"You wait to go down first, and there must be no mistake in arming the army" Shan Daguan heard that Huma was not easy to fight, and he didn't have a good idea, so he waved his hand to let the generals return to the camp.

"Dugu Lieutenant stays" Dugu Tianxing also breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to go back to the camp to make up for sleep, but he overheard the chief manager calling him to stay.

"The chief manager stays so-and-so, do you want to invite so-and-so to dinner" Demon Wolf Tianxing turned around with a grin.

"Pour your own tea" The face of the general manager is not good-looking.

Dugu Tianxing had to find a tea cup by himself, and first filled it for the chief manager, and then poured it himself.

"Good tea" Dugu Tianxing took a sip of Meimei.

"You know how to eat and drink," said the general manager, "Let you make an idea, Ai Ai"

"Didn't so-and-so give a plan?" Dugu Tianxing's aggrieved answer.

"I know that what you said is safe, but don't wait for me" The chief manager sighed, "A certain wait has been delayed for a period of time in Hailan, and now the military order is like a mountain, Huma must take it as soon as possible"

"That is, at the end of June, take Huma, take Tahe, take Mohe in August, march to Mohe in August, the Far East will be cold in October, and if you can't take Mohe in September, you can only wait for the next year to fight again."

"You also know that this expedition to Mohe is a fight with the sky, only these few months are suitable for fighting, if it is delayed, I am afraid that the army will not be able to retreat at that time, the old things of three years ago will be repeated, and it will be too late to regret it."

"Okay, don't be so pessimistic, in fact, Huma said that it is not difficult to win," Dugu Tianxing said mysteriously.

"Oh, what's the solution?"

"The Turks divert water to protect the city, which is a good strategy, but water is a double-edged sword, the Turks can bring water, and a certain amount can help their momentum and attract more water."

"You mean flooding Huma?"

"Yet"

"Hmph, the Yantang army is in the wilderness, and the terrain is not as good as Huma City, waiting for the water to attract it, I am afraid that it will be a certain one to flood first."

"Hey, the chief manager knows one and doesn't know the other, Huma has a city wall, and its momentum is considerable, and the ear of the mound, as for a certain large camp is lower than Huma, this is not a problem, isn't there a hill in the north? Where to turn the battalion, and the general manager doesn't know that there is a master of making water on the right guard? ”

"Who?"

"Xuanjie Captain Gu Mengshu is a water magician, and he is also a rough one-two"

"It takes a lot of time to intercept the black water, so I'm afraid it will delay the time."

"Five days, five days for 10,000 people"

"Good, according to your word"

"Siege posture is still needed in order to confuse the enemy"

"Well, you don't need the whole army to intercept the water, you can't let them be idle"

"Then please ask the chief manager to convene the generals to discuss and fill in the gaps"

So the general manager of Shan recalled the generals who had just left, and made a gesture, and the general manager threw out the strategy of flooding Huma, and everyone was in high spirits, and they had a heated discussion, assigned responsibilities, and performed their duties.

The military horses on the north bank continued to cross the river, and some siege objects also arrived on the south bank one after another, and Dugu Tianxing personally went to investigate the water interception area.

Rest for a day, this day is full of meals, Chen Shi Shan general manager personally commanded 30,000 horses in front of Huma City.

Hundreds of pack horses and carts took turns to transport materials, and more than 10,000 sappers assembled shafts and catapults in front of the formation.

The Far East is densely forested, the wood is available anywhere, and the equipment is quickly assembled, the well is divided into three layers, the top layer is two archers, the middle is the siege crossbow, the bottom is the driver, the tall well Yan Tang has prepared twenty planes, and the catapult is more than 100 planes.

The 30,000 Yan and Tang armies lined up in turn, and the first was the sword player, followed by the jumping soldiers, the crossbowmen, the Mo knife team, and the cavalry on both wings.

As soon as the time came, the crossbowmen came out of the formation, scattered, and ten thousand arrows were fired, and then the catapult was dispatched, and heavy objects such as stones and wooden piers rose into the air.

The bed crossbows on Huma City also began to fire back, and both sides suffered casualties.

The attack of the Tang army lasted for two hours, and began to return to the camp for dinner in turns, and continued from time to time, when the whole army returned to the camp, the Tang army lost three wells and several catapults on the same day, and nearly half of the crossbows in Huma City were destroyed.

On the second day, the Tang army continued to attack the city with bows and arrows and catapults, and did not carry out infantry sieges.

On the third day, the Tang army was still attacking the city from a long distance step by step, and this time it was equipped with rockets and other materials, and Huma City was also prepared, although the losses were aggravated, but it was within the range of tolerance, but the Tang army did not withdraw its troops on this night but fought at night.

The Tang army did not withdraw until the second hour, and although some Turkic outposts found that the Tang army did not withdraw to the camp in the east but ran to the northeast mountains, the exhausted defenders still did not care.

On the fourth day, the Tang army was in formation, and the catapults were already activated, and the well was advanced all the way to the moat, and the tired Turkic defenders had to cower in a few battlements on the city wall.

At that time, the Tang army knocked down several damaged well carts on the moat and brought in wooden platoons to try to build bridges and transport troops.

The Khanate, the Khanate, ordered the catapult to drop fireballs, and in a panic, five wells were burned.

In the afternoon, the Tang army appeared in front of the formation of the crossing equipment, ladders, rushing cars and other things, Abesili gritted his teeth, ordered 5,000 cavalry to attack, the Tang army was not well prepared, a bloody battle, the Turkic cavalry paid nearly half of the losses and damaged most of the siege utensils.

On the fifth day, the Tang army's siege weakened significantly, and Abesili was reassured.