It is said that the Qarakhanid people had learned to make incendiary bombs out of oil and throw them with trebuchets to kill and injure the enemy during their campaigns in the middle of the river, but it seems that they had not yet seen it in Kashgar City, and when they saw the Khotanese army's trebuchets starting to launch, they also used their trebuchets to launch counterattacks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But due to the influence of the sun, their shooting hit rate dropped very much, most of the stone bullets fell on the open ground, but the stone bullets of the Khotanese army hit the city wall of Kashgar again and again, the stone bullets smashed on the city wall, and at the same time smashed out one big hole after another, a few stone bullets flying up to the city brought greater results, either the battlements were smashed, or the soldiers who had no time to dodge were smashed into flesh.

Seeing the opportunity, the sprinting foot soldiers below quickly set up the ladder on the gap smashed by the trebuchet, and began to climb quickly before the Qarakhanid soldiers could replenish it, and the commander Sinhala issued a loud order in the rear, promising a rich reward to the soldiers who were the first to attack the city.

Unfortunately, no matter how fast these soldiers climbed, they could not match the speed of the Qarakhanid soldiers, and soon a large number of soldiers surrounded them to block the gap, and threw the stones and huge trees down the ladder, and the Khotanese soldiers who were hit by the stones let out a terrible wail and fell into the dust, and lost their lives.

Before the soldiers of the city could shout for joy, they were shot into hedgehogs by the arrows of revenge from the city, and the archers of Khotanese avenged their comrades in this way, and then immediately met the revenge of the Qarakhanid archers, and they quickly hid sideways behind the shield bearers and continued to look for their targets through the gaps in their shields.

"Trebuchet come forward!" Of course, Li You couldn't let the Weichi Sinhala Rama fight alone, even if he couldn't send troops to attack the city with them, it was still possible to give some other support, and the Guiyi army also carried trebuchets and other siege equipment, and under Li You's command, they also joined the team attacking the city wall of Kashgar.

In addition, the craftsmen in the Guiyi army were also searching for suitable wood under the protection of the soldiers, which was used to make large equipment such as arrow towers and nest carts, and Bile Ge and Lu Sheng also ordered their soldiers to participate, and for a time the pressure on the defenders at the head of the city increased sharply, and the morale of the Khotanese army under the city increased even more and more.

It's a pity that the time this time is too hasty, and there are not enough materials to make gunpowder so far, otherwise how can the thunderbolt be used to attack the city so hard, Li You will inevitably have some regrets in his heart. Now we have to see how the siege progresses, and if we really have to, we have to see if we can dig tunnels and collapse the walls.

The archers of the Guiyi army, the Uighurs of Ganzhou, and the Uighurs of Gaochang also came to the city and began to shoot at the city, although the city suffered a slight loss in range, but the number of archers was much more than that of the city, and the momentum of the defenders of the city was immediately suppressed, and no less than the Khotanese army took this opportunity to rush to the city.

"Drive these Khotanese out of the city!" Risking being shot, Arslan leaned out from behind his shield to direct the Qarakhanid soldiers in a counterattack, and a group of heavily armored infantry quickly rushed towards the Khotanese troops, and after a fierce battle, they were finally driven out of the city and kept the city safe.

"It's a pity, it's just a little bit close!" In frustration, Sinhala Rama slammed his fist into the saddle, for if these men had held out a little longer, more Khotanese soldiers would have taken the city, and then there would have been a good chance of taking it.

The tense battlefield situation did not allow him to be more annoyed, and immediately two more groups of soldiers rushed forward, one group climbed the ladder in blocks to attack the city again, and the other group took this opportunity to recover the wounded and corpses of friendly soldiers.

In addition to keeping the friendly corpses out of the wilderness, they also did this to avoid trouble in the next siege process, and now that the weather is gradually getting warmer, if these corpses are allowed to be piled up here, I am afraid that it will not be long before this place will become hell.

The exhausting siege lasted from morning to noon, with thousands of Khotanese troops wounded, and hundreds of Qarakhanid soldiers killed by stone projectiles thrown by trebuchets, arrows fired by archers, and swords and guns of Khotanese soldiers who attacked the city. Many Khotanese armies had already occupied a large amount of territory in the city, but they were all pushed down by the desperate rush of the Qarakhanid soldiers.

Like a candle flickering in the wind, the city of Kashgar looks like it is in danger of extinguishing at any moment, but it still persists tenaciously. Arslan's command and the bravery of the Qarakhanid soldiers brought to naught the efforts of Lieutenant Chi Sinhala.

After this period of observation, Li You also has a general understanding of the strength of the defenders, and he knows very well that he will not be able to take this city today no matter what, and the Khotanese army has been tired, so he issued an order for Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

"The king of Khotan has greatly boosted the morale of my coalition army today, and I see that Arslan has been frightened and white in the city several times." When Wei Chi Sinhala Rama came back, Li You hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, laughing and praised, "This Kashgar city is really dangerous, if I think about it carefully, if I take the Guiyi army up, I am afraid that it will not be as good as the king of Khotan, the king of Khotan is really worthy of being a general who has been fighting with the Qarakhanid for many years, and every time he shoots, he will directly point to the enemy's vital point, and he will rely on the king of Khotan for more guidance in the future." ”

Li You's words were also said under the mention of Ban Chao, you must know that in the previous three small battles, the coalition won without suspense, but today Wei Chi Sinhala Rama failed to capture the city, he inevitably felt aggrieved in his heart, and Biler and Lu Sheng may have a contemptuous heart, which is absolutely unacceptable.

If he did not adjust his mentality, he would only be more impatient in the next siege, and it would inevitably cause more damage due to flaws, and a rift would gradually develop between the Uighurs of Gaochang, Ganzhou, and Khotan.

Li You's words made Yu Chi Sinhala Rama very grateful, and felt that although he did not immediately capture Kashgar City, the efforts and sacrifices just now were not in vain, Bi Lege and Lu Sheng recalled the tragic battle just now and nodded again and again, Fang Cai's battle was indeed far more tragic than the previous battles, if they were allowed to fight, it would only be more miserable than Yu Chi Sinhala Rama.

So a potential twist and turn was invisibly eliminated by Li You's words, and then he took Ban Chao, Bilge and Lu Sheng to visit the wounded soldiers of the Khotanese army.