Chapter 679: Rush to be the first (550 monthly pass plus change)
After annihilating this Qarakhanid cavalry, Li You did not immediately start the siege, after a long march, the soldiers of the Quartet Coalition Army were a little tired, and now Ali-Arslan They are ready to defend, and the hasty promotion palace is just a useless consumption of their own soldiers, it is better to set up camp for the time being, rest for a night and wait for the energy to recover before looking for the enemy's flaws. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
So after distributing the loot, Li You returned to the barracks with the army, arranged the defense, and left a few flaws when arranging the defense system, wanting to attract Ali Arslan to lead the troops out of the city to attack, after all, it is not easy to attack the city, if you can destroy those enemies outside the city, it would be better.
In order to compete for the task of ambush, Bilge and Lu Sheng quarreled again, and finally Li You gave the opportunity to Lu Sheng, on the grounds that Biler had already fought a battle in front, and he should leave the opportunity to others, and this was just a preparation, Ali Arslan would not necessarily be fooled, so he would appease Bilgo, Yuchi Sinhala Rama was not in a hurry, he knew that Arslan, the old fox, was not so easy to be fooled, and it would be a tough battle to attack Kashgar City in the future, No one wants to compete with him in this first wave of attacks.
As the sky darkened, the soldiers of the coalition army entered their tents to rest after dinner, and the camp seemed to fall into silence, until the middle of the moon, when the gates of Kashgar City were silently opened, and as Li You had expected, a group of Qarakhanid cavalry rushed towards the flaw he had reserved.
Lu Sheng, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, was overjoyed when he saw these people appear, and felt that his hard work had not been in vain, so he hurriedly whispered to the heralds to pass the news to the ears of every soldier in ambush, and these soldiers also cheered up, secretly calculating how much loot they could get from these Qarakhanid cavalry.
Until he approached the camp of the coalition forces, and did not see any defense of the other side, the general of Qarakhanid was overjoyed, and felt that the credit for the first victory had been firmly grasped in his hands, and he straightened up from his horse, and was about to beckon his soldiers to speed up the sprint and kill the two armies, but unexpectedly, a golden drum suddenly sounded in the camp.
The pitch-black camp suddenly became brightly lit, and countless torches were lit at the same time, surrounding this group of unlucky Qarakhanid cavalry, and countless feathered arrows were overwhelmingly attacking them, and for a while people continued to wail and land.
Oops, it was surrounded, the general hurriedly beckoned the soldiers to turn around and break through, but since Li You had already laid an ambush, how could he leave them such an opportunity, Lu Sheng led a team of elite cavalry to kill, cut off the retreat of the Qarakhanids, and unhurriedly commanded the soldiers under his command to harvest the enemy's lives.
Not far away, Captain Chi Sinhala Rama and Bilago stood beside Li You, behind them were tens of thousands of soldiers in full gear hidden in the darkness, if Ali Arslan was reluctant to give up these soldiers and wanted to send people out of the city to rescue, then these people would suddenly rush out and take the opportunity to attack the city.
That's why Lu Sheng's attack was so soothing, just surrounding these Qarakhanids from afar, constantly harvesting their lives with arrows, and refusing to lead the army to rush into the enemy formation, which of course had the factor of fear of accidentally injuring his own soldiers in the night melee, but more importantly, he wanted to make Arslan mistakenly think that these people still had a chance, so he sent troops out to rescue.
It's a pity that Arslan, who has been fighting in the Western Regions for many years, has already tempered his heart and liver like iron and stone, and since he saw them fall into the siege, he has regarded these people as dead people, so he will not give Li You a chance to steal the city.
The battle continued until the sky in the east gradually turned white, and seeing that Arslan had no intention of going out of the city to rescue, Li Youcai sent an order to Lu Sheng, asking him to completely finish off these unlucky Qarakhanid cavalry. Lu Sheng, who had been holding back all night, immediately rushed forward with his troops in person, and quickly killed these exhausted soldiers.
"So many soldiers have given up when they say they will give up, it seems that this Ali Arslan is indeed not to be underestimated." Li You looked at the unmoving Qarakhanid soldiers at the head of the city and said, I am afraid that the next siege battle will be fought.
For example, today the color has gradually brightened, after a night's rest, except for those who participated in the battle last night, the rest of the soldiers have recovered their energy, and it seems that they can officially start the siege of the city, this time Wei Chi Sinhala Rama will not let go of this opportunity, he did not hesitate to step forward, "King of Dunhuang, this battle will be handed over to me in Khotan." ”
Lu Sheng had just fought a battle, and his soldiers still had to be repaired, and the Guiyi army and the Gaochang Uighurs had also made meritorious contributions before, so after a little scramble, they gave up, and Yuchi Sinhala won the opportunity to take the lead in attacking the city.
Seeing the battle between the two armies, Li You was overjoyed, this is what it looks like to win the battle.
The generals then followed Yuchi Sinhala Rama to the eastern wall of the city of Kashgar, which he chose as the target for the first wave of attacks. There is also a reason for this, it is now morning, and the sun is shining obliquely from the east to the head of the city, which has no effect on the Khotanese army who are attacking the city to the west with the sun on their backs, but it is very different for the Qarakhanid army at the head of the city.
In fact, this is the same as the side that wins the coin guess in a football game always likes to choose the side of the sun, as long as the archers at the head of the city look up, they will be affected by the direct sunlight, so that they can not aim and shoot, although this is not a fatal injury, but it is always a disadvantage, and the victory on the battlefield is the accumulation of this kind of small advantages and disadvantages.
"Today, it's up to the king of Khotan's strong army, and I will wait in the rear to cheer for the king of Khotan." Li You, Bi Lege, and Lu Sheng ordered their soldiers to beat the war drums, and watched Yu Chi Sinhala Rama command the Khotanese army to slowly press towards the city wall of Kashgar surrounded by various siege equipment.
"The enemy is about to storm the city!" The defenders at the head of the city put their palms above their eyebrows to carefully observe the movements of the Khotanese army, and it was extremely uncomfortable for them to be attacked by the enemy from this wall at this time.
The first to stop in the Khotanese army were the soldiers transporting the trebuchets, who quickly picked a place and began to erect the trebuchets, bringing in one stone bullet after another from the rear, and it was not long before the trebuchets were ready for launch.
As the first stone projectile flew into the sky and screeched towards the city, the vanguard of the Khotanese army also increased its speed, and a fierce siege battle began.