Gai Jiayun held the bowl and faced the soldiers of the three armies, and recited the sacrificial words in a deep voice: "The sky is above!" The earth is below! On the orders of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Gai Jiayun summoned the armies of the Western Regions, surveyed and quelled the civil strife of the Turks, and put down the rebellion! Heaven willing! I will conquer everything I can with my banners! Invincible! The enemy is looking for the wind!"

Li Siye stood below and complained silently, this sacrificial word is really not very good, and the cultural level of the co-author Gai Zhongcheng is not good, but there is a marching secretary by his side. The clerk's literary brilliance is also very limited, and he does not have the strength of the impassioned and sonorous sound of gold and stone. If it is written by Li Bai, Gao Shi, Cen Shen, Wang Changling and others, it will inevitably be more courageous.

But even so, the officers and men of the three armies still let out a thunderous shout: "Victory!" Win! Victory!"

Li Siye knew in his heart that they had all been brainwashed by this mysterious sacrificial ritual, and it was estimated that in the next period of time, the soldiers would be in this state of beating chicken blood. It turned out that the grand sacrificial activities were of great benefit to the morale of the soldiers.

After reciting the sacrificial words, Gai Jiayun raised the blood bowl in his hand above his head, and slowly tilted it to pour blood on the altar. The other half of the bowl turned around and splashed the tooth flag behind him. Others did the same, offering half of the blood in the bowl to the heavens and half to the banner.

They smashed the bowl to the ground at the same time, Gai Zhongcheng took a step forward, pulled out the steel knife on his waist, and pointed the blade in the direction of Shattered Leaf Town: "Send troops!"

Li Siye stood in the queue, looking at Gai Jiayun's extremely stylish figure from afar, and couldn't help but nod and praise in a low voice: "Although it is feudal superstition, it still looks quite exciting!"

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At the beginning of August, Gai Jiayun swore an oath to the heavens outside the city of Dundo, gathered more than 70,000 people from the Anxi Army and various teams in Central Asia to cross the Pai Chang River and march in the direction of Broken Leaf City.

As an insignificant little lieutenant, Li Siye was in the midst of this vast team, and there was a sense of tension and excitement in his heart. It was the first time he had participated in such a large-scale war, and it was only in such a military operation that the mysteries of ancient warfare could be explored.

With so many troops on the march, the supplies were simply astronomical, although the Tang army carried six to seven days' worth of dry rations each, and Li Siye's eighth regiment carried even more. However, a battle can be as little as a month or more than half a year, and the food, drink, and fodder for the soldiers, and the forage for cattle, sheep and horses are all issues that need to be considered.

Didn't you see what the army left behind on the hilly and grassy slopes when they rose up from the city of Dundo? The whole pasture was gnawed by livestock, the trees on the mountain seemed to have their heads shaved, and the skeletons of cattle and sheep were thrown on the mountain.

The armies of the nomads went out on the march, bringing large numbers of cattle and sheep with them to serve as food for the army. The agrarian civilization set out on the expedition, mobilized tens of millions of oxen and horse-drawn carts, and was firmly protected by the vanguard and the Chinese army. And when these two civilizations mix together and go on a joint expedition, it is much more interesting. When the grain on the yak cart is eaten, the yak pulling the cart will also be eaten, and the flatbed cart made by craftsmen is directly chopped as firewood, and everything can be used to the point that there is no slag left.

No wonder Han Xin said that Liu Bang could only bring 30,000, and he was as much as possible. The greater the number of people, the greater the test for the generals. For ordinary generals, 20,000 to 30,000 people is the limit, at least standing on a high place, they can have a clear view of the soldiers and horses under their command. After all, when the communication technology is backward, the generals rely on the tacit cooperation of the flag and the officers under their command, once out of sight, do you know what will happen? Where is the vanguard? Are the people behind being left behind? Which person is stubborn for his own use, and which person is so cautious that he will cower when delaying the fighter?

Once, Li Siye followed Fumeng Lingcha to stop on a hill, and the Fumeng envoy pointed to the banners all over the mountain, and he could easily recognize the troops and arms to which they belonged, and he could call out the names of the lieutenants and team leaders, accurate to a team of fifty people. Where these people are located, there is a ready-made frame in his chest. Just this skill is enough for Li Siye to study for a long time.

There was hardly any news from the front, and the vanguard of the Mohe division had not yet encountered the enemy. Li Siye was just following the large army, and it seemed that it was too early for the battle to fall on him.

Fifteen days later, the army arrived in the frozen city, and there were a few tribes with black surnames stationed in the city.

The army came to the shore of Lake Atami, also known as Daqingchi or Issyk-Kul, and they continued to march along the edge of the lake, and the vanguard of the Hemo tribe captured the city of Hezhong, but was still met with sporadic resistance, and the news reached the Chinese army in the rear, saying that they had killed hundreds of people, which was not enough to stuff their teeth.

Ye Zhi Castle is different from He Hunt Castle, it is located on the opposite bank of the tributary of Atami, and it is also the outpost of Broken Leaf Town, although the Turks are not good at defensive warfare, the black surname still garrisons more than 2,000 people in the city.

The vanguard of Mohedagan crossed the river overnight, and when the soldiers at the head of the city saw the dense army in front of them the next morning, their scalps were estimated to be numb. What makes them even more frightened is that He Mo Dagan attracted the Anxi Tang Army, this ironclad army is everyone in armor and armed to the teeth, when Sulu was strong in the past, there were 300,000 people under his command, but they were still defeated in the hands of the two armies of Anxi Xiting.

The defenders of Hazhi Castle left the castle and surrendered, and He Mo immediately incorporated them into the ranks and continued along the Shattered Leaf River in the upper reaches of Atami. Two days later, the army arrived at General Peiluo City, which was only twenty miles away from Broken Leaf Town.

Here the coalition met the hardest of the nail households, Nahanda, the most loyal subordinate of Dumozhi, who garrisoned the city with 5,000 men, sealed the four gates, and placed archers and bed crossbows and wooden rolling stones on the walls.

He Mo didn't dare to do it himself, and hurriedly went to Gai Jiayun to discuss tactics, in fact, he hoped that the Tang army could send a bronze shield and iron armor of jumping soldiers to attack the city, and they followed the Tang army to dodge the arrows and form a second wave of attack force.

Gai Jiayun sat cross-legged in the tent, and after He Mo sang, he entered the big tent, bowed down and hugged his chest and saluted: "Nahanda is defending the city, there is no possibility of persuasion to surrender, He Mo came to Zhongcheng to ask for tactics." ”

Gai Zhongcheng raised his chin and said lightly: "What is there to ask for advice in the siege of the city, gather the strongest warriors in your clan, and offer a reward, and those who can climb to the top of the city first will be rewarded with ten taels of gold." ”

What He Mo wanted was not this answer, and he continued to say in a low voice: "I do have a lot of warriors in the He Mo Division, but it is difficult for the leather armor to resist the arrows, so I came to ask Zhongcheng for advice, I don't know if I can ...... it."

"You want to borrow armor from me? I do have five hundred sets of scale armor in my baggage, well, you can borrow them, but you must return them all when you are done with them. Gai Jiayun nodded and said.

Just having armor has a fart, He Mo's chest is a little stuffy, Gai Jiayun came with troops, but he refused to help, what does this mean, is he just giving me strength?

"Zhongcheng, I am good at field warfare, but not good at tackling fortifications, if I can get the assistance of the Anxi Army, I will definitely get half the result."

Gai Jiayun smiled softly: "Didn't you lead the soldiers and horses of the four towns of Anxi to come here to defeat the enemy together with He Mobu, how could you let you fight alone." There are skilled craftsmen in the baggage battalion of my Anxi army, which can be made into siege equipment, you and I will wait under the city for three days, and after three days I will deliver the siege ladder to you. In addition, our army has 40 teams of crossbowmen, equipped with Fuyuan crossbows and Zhang crossbows, and there are thousands of arrows on the baggage carts, which can be used to suppress the enemy troops on the city and help you lead your army to the city successfully. ”

Feelings only provide siege equipment and fire support, He Moda held back his anger, and had to fork his hands and said: "I hope that Zhongcheng will not spare arrows at that time, so that the warriors of our clan will lose their lives in vain." ”

"I'll naturally take care of this, you step down, and attack the city in three days."

He Mo bowed again and bowed to Gagar, and slowly walked backwards out of the tent.