Chapter 450: Broken Leaf Fengyun (15)

Late at night, a deep black mist enveloped Chang'an City. The north wind blew strongly, the trees withered, and there were few pedestrians on the street, and there were darkness everywhere. Only the lights in the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace were brightly lit, and orders were issued from here. At any time, the command guards could be seen running out of the hall. The entire hall was filled with a tense atmosphere before the war.

Zhang Huan stood in front of the huge sand table with a serious expression. He received two news yesterday and today. The Gas people sent 30,000 troops to attack Hanerduobali, and the Uighurs retreated from the Beiting border in a hurry. Today he received another battle report from veteran Ma Lin from Gongyue City. Sixty thousand Tang troops have arrived at Gongyue City and can launch an attack on the Yili River Basin at any time.

The time for the decisive battle is ripe, and the initiative of the war has gradually moved closer to the Tang army. Zhang Huan stared at the location of Gongyue City, four hundred miles away from Yili City and five hundred miles away from Yaolong City. If the Tang army sends troops in time, it can completely wipe out the 20,000 Great Food Army in the Yili River Basin. At this moment, Zhang Huan is also excited. Years of expectation will be a foregone conclusion in this battle. Sixty thousand Tang troops leave Beiting, fifty thousand Tang troops come out of Shule, and there is also a city that has been held for two months without falling. In terms of morale and will, the Tang Dynasty has won.

"Your Majesty, I also think the time is ripe." Li Mi took the long pole and pointed at Tocharo and said, "There are 60,000 Dashi garrisons here, and now they are the only troops they can support Saiye. But Tocharo is equally important to the Saiye. As long as we plan to disguise ten thousand troops as void soldiers, we will go out to the Pamirs to capture them, and the Tubo army will put pressure on Dabolu, so we will not dare to act rashly. In this way, Shule can send at least 40,000 troops and cooperate with the Beiting 60,000 troops. As long as there is no major mistake, our situation in the Saiye War is settled, and we have surprise troops in our hands."

‘Shock!’ Zhang Huan pointed his wooden pole at Ashi and didn’t come to the city, “Sir, can you point here?”

"That's right!" Li Mi stroked his beard and smiled: "Since Dashi gave up Ashi and refused to come to the city to attract the Uighurs to fight, it's time for us to make good use of it. Even if we don't make any achievements, at least the morale of the Dashi Army will be affected."

Zhang Huan stopped talking. He repeatedly deduced in his mind that everything would happen. There were no major omissions. The following details should be completed by each general.

"Transfer my orders, the snowstorm plan can be executed!"

In November of the fifth year of Dazhi, Beiting had been prepared for a long time and received the order from the Emperor of Tang to send troops. Under the leadership of the veteran general Ma Lin, he left Gongyue City and divided his troops to attack the Yili River Basin in two directions. The Western Army 30,000 people detoured the Yaolong City, where he wiped out the five thousand Dashi Army. Then he turned around and met the Eastern Army in Yili City, surrounding the 15,000 Dashi Army on the way to retreat south. After three days of fierce fighting, the Dashi Army collapsed due to the huge gap in strength. The Tang army beheaded more than 9,000 people and captured 5,000 enemies, and won the Yili River Victory. The Beiting Army then turned around and advanced towards Shuye.

Just as the Tang army in Beiting sent troops, Shule's Tang army also received the order from Zhang Huan to send troops. Cao Hanchen personally led 40,000 troops to the Jinlong Road, out of Tuyun Mountain Pass, and advanced to the north. At the same time, he sent 10,000 troops to pretend to be 50,000 troops across the Pamir Mountains and marched towards Tocharo. The 20,000 Tubo troops also cooperated with the Tang army to send troops to Dabolu again and suppress Jiantuolu.

Sake Ye, the cruel war broke out again, and the 200,000 food army gathered in Sake Ye began to attack Sake Ye City in large numbers. They also received the order from Baghdad to take Sake Ye City in 12 months.

Three hundred catapults were launched at the same time, and the overwhelming fireballs shot towards the city. In an instant, the city had become a sea of ​​fire. This time, not only the East City, but also the North City and the South City also launched an attack at the same time. Among them, the North City's attack was the most fierce, and it flashed from the enemy's positions. Then the fireballs set up a fire net above the city's head, and the flames spewed out, swallowing every inch of land on the city head. The red flames illuminated the entire night sky.

The defense of the Northern City was undertaken by the Third Army of Thunder Ye, with a total of 12,000 people, divided into two squads, which could fight against the enemy day and night. The city was engulfed by the fierce Greek fire. The 6,000 Tang soldiers guarding the city were wearing fireproof suits, hiding behind the fireproof board, enduring the scorching heat. This was the fire protection path designed by the Tang army to deal with the Greek fire. It was made of bricks and stones close to the city. In front was a thick fireproof board, about five feet wide, and the dense Tang army was squeezed in the middle.

The fire was burning wildly above and behind the fire roads. The passage was so hot that it almost made people breathless. Suddenly, a section of the passage on the far right was hit by a fire bomb and collapsed. The fire rushed in like an angry demon with a grin. More than 200 Tang soldiers were burned by the fire, screaming everywhere. Dozens of Tang soldiers lost their minds and rushed into the sea of ​​fire.

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"Don't worry about them, retreat quickly!" Seeing the critical situation, the Central Army General Han Yue shouted in anger. The Tang army, who was about to fight, stumbled back and crawled back. With a loud bang, the thirty-foot-long passage collapsed. More than 400 Tang soldiers were unable to escape and died in the fire. The burnt smell in the air made people breathless.

But the Tang army had no chance of sadness. As the enemy's fireballs became more and more dense, the rumbling sound of attack drums finally rang. Under the cover of Greek fire, the densely packed Dashi Army began to attack Saiye. In two months, they made hundreds of ladders and installed them on the city mount cars. The towering city mount cars began to slowly advance towards the city wall, followed by nearly a thousand people behind each siege car.

The 30,000 Egyptian Legion attacked the North City. They followed the sixty carriages and marched towards the city wall. Seven hundred steps, they had entered the attack range of the Tang army's stone cannon, but the Tang army did not attack. The Tang army watched the enemy troops as dense as an ant colony approaching from the shooting holes. It had already been 500 steps. The Central Army General Han Yue punched the wall with a fierce punch and cursed: "Damn it, are they all dead? Why aren't they shooting yet!"

As soon as his scolding fell, the fire-proof board on the cover fortifications on the city was suddenly lifted, and the Tang Dynasty thunder bomb was thrown into the city like a heavy rain, and it exploded violently in the dense Egyptian legion. The army had just arrived at Shuye more than a month ago and had no chance to taste the sharpest weapon of the Tang Dynasty. In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and its broken limbs were lifted up more than ten feet high. Large areas of Egyptians fell down.

The explosion shattered the eardrums of countless people. Several carriages in the city were hit and collapsed. More than fifty people fell from the carriage and killed a large number of soldiers. There were gaps in the middle of the attacking crowd. After the black smoke dissipated, the Egyptian army seemed to suddenly wake up and retreated frantically. This unheard weapon made them tremble. After the army retreated, only dozens of carriages in the city were left on the battlefield.

But the Khorasans who were supervising the war later had long expected such a result. They cursed loudly, stabbed and poked with swords and spears, and drove the Egyptians back to the battlefield again. The retreating tide surged again. After experiencing the first terrifying explosion, the Egyptians' terror gradually faded. They began to realize that this weapon was no different from the fire burning on the city wall, and they could only escape death by running.

So, in the sound of explosions, on the battlefield where the heads and limbs flew across, and in the attack without retreat, the 30,000 troops suffered heavy losses, but finally approached the city wall. As the attacking army approached the city wall, the fireball shooting gradually stopped, and the North City began to turn to a real siege battle.

More than thirty cars climbed up the city, quickly crossed the ice surface of the moat, and stopped under the city wall. The remaining nearly 20,000 Egyptian troops rushed up like a craze. The cars climbed up about four meters high, and there was a staircase behind them for five people to climb up at the same time. There was a huge baffle in front. If the city was not high, the baffle could be placed directly on the city wall. If the city was tall, you could pull out the stairs from the car to continue climbing. This was the case when attacking Sai Yecheng today. The city wall was at least seven or eight meters high. Without stairs, it would be impossible for the Dashi Army to climb to the top of the city.

Three ladders were placed on the top of the city at the same time, and huge iron hooks hooked the city wall to prevent it from sliding down. Egypt jumped up and climbed towards the top of the city. At this moment, the fire on the top of the city gradually went out. More than 6,000 Tang troops lifted the fire plates and held crossbow arrows in their hands to shoot down. For a moment, the arrows were like rain and as dense as steel needles, splashing from the heads of the Egyptians.

The attacking Egyptian army raised shields to defend, but the Tang army's arrows were strong, and the Egyptian army's wooden shield was difficult to resist. After a few arrows, they were shot through and cracked. A large number of soldiers were shot into arrows and fell to the ground. The enemy troops on the ladder were also shot into arrows and fell into the ground, making long screams.

Alan has been in the North City, and both the East City and the South City were blocked from attacking. Only the North City had a turnaround. This was Alan's illusory strategy. He began to attack at the same time on three sides. In fact, the north was the real offensive point, and the number of catapults was twice as high as the other two cities. Not only did he invest 30,000 Egyptian troops, but he also had 20,000 Khorasan's army as support.

Seeing that the attack had taken effect, Alan immediately ordered: "Put another fifty city-mounted vehicles to the North City to reinforce 10,000 Khurasan troops."

The rumbling sound of the attack drums sounded again, and ten thousand Khulushan troops rushed up, and the thunder bullets on the city rushed towards them, but the Khulushan troops were obviously prepared. They rode in and suddenly accelerated when entering the range of the Tang army. While holding up their shields, they only went through one round of bombing. They rushed through the minefield like lightning, losing only a thousand people.

The northern city was already tight. The sudden insertion of the 10,000 Khurasan army brought large-scale spears. They used horse speed sprinting as explosive force, and a single arm could throw short spears weighing five or six pounds fifty steps away. Moreover, they were very organized. One thousand cavalrymen rushed to throw spears two hundred steps away, and immediately retreated and replaced another group of thousands of people to shoot. In this way, the sharp short spears shot towards the city like rainstorms. Under the dense counterattack, screams continued on the city, and the Tang army also suffered a large number of casualties. The rain of arrows was not as dense as before. Dozens of Egyptians had already killed the city wall on the two stairs to the west.

The North City Lord General Han Yue's khan had already come down. There were only 6,000 soldiers, and now there were less than 4,000 left. Even he himself was hit by a short spear and broke his left arm. Seeing nearly fifty enemy cars coming here again, and the dark enemy troops in the distance were out of sight, he began to feel at a loss.

At this moment, the commander Wang Siyu led two or three thousand crossbowmen to Beicheng. Although the enemy attacked the city from three sides, Wang Siyu found an abnormality. It seemed that the fire in Beicheng was even more fierce, and the number of enemy troops attacked was large. He immediately ordered the reserve troops to support Beicheng, and he himself led three thousand crossbowmen to come.

Wang Siyu saw the corpses on the north city and the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, and his heart sank, "General Han, how about the north city?"

When Han Yue saw the commander coming, he calmed down and immediately replied: "General, the North City is in a tight position, and the enemy's main force Khurashan seems to have also been involved in the attack."

Seeing that his left arm was broken, Wang Siyu immediately ordered: "You go down and transfer three hundred small stone cannons, I'll guard here."

After saying that, he roared, and rushed into hundreds of Egyptian troops who had climbed the city with a long spear. His spear was like a storm, with accurate marksmanship. Several people would die for each shot. In just a moment, dozens of people died. Under his gun, the Tang soldiers saw the commander who came here in person, and the morale was greatly boosted. They rushed more than a thousand Egyptian troops down the city stairs. Wang Siyu then shook the tip of the gun and took three city stairs down the city wall in one breath. The city stairs were crooked, and a string of enemy troops on it followed the thunder and fell down the city. However, as soon as the city stairs were down, there were stairs on the carriage to climb the city, and the enemy's short spears roared like locusts, and they could not get close within three meters.

Wang Siyu's thoughts changed and immediately ordered: "Come on two thousand Mo Dao's hands quickly!"

Because the number of stone cannons in the north wall is relatively small and they are all built in protective fortifications and cannot be projected at short distances, in this case, only the Modao Army wearing heavy armor is not afraid of the enemy's sharp spears.

The thirty chariots of the Dashi Army had all leaned on the city wall, and another ten thousand Khurasan cavalry came to support. The Dashi Commander had invested 40,000 troops in the Beicheng, including their most elite main force. The Khurasans had replaced the Egyptians. The 10,000 Khurasan troops rushed up like a tide. They were all fearless, wearing black helmets and armor, and had very strong combat power. Most of the North City were crossbow troops, with a little short-distance fighting. Countless Khurasan troops climbed to the city. The Tang soldiers struggled to support them, and the situation in the Beicheng once again showed a crisis.

At this moment, two thousand Modao soldiers rushed from the city, and Modao soldiers joined, causing the situation at the city to reverse immediately. They stood at the city like a wall. Modao swung, cold light flashed, flesh and blood flew across, and the ladders were all broken, and the enemy's offensive was once again disintegrated.

With the rumbling sound, three hundred small stone cannons were pushed up. This winch-type stone cannon was small and exquisite, only more than one person high, controlled by four people, and has a range of only eighty steps at the farthest, but it is very flexible and maneuverable, and is a treasure for short-range defense.

Two winchers squeaked tightening the winch, and the gunner quickly loaded the bullet. Another Tang Jun lit the fuse with a torch. When the fuse burned to the throwing point, the gunner shouted, "Let it go!" The throwing rod shot out, and a black sky thunder bomb rose into the air. Beside it, hundreds of sky thunder bombs that were like it also flew into the air, drew arcs and flew down the city.

Hundreds of thunder bombs fell into the dense enemy army and exploded violently. The explosions were shocking, war horses neighed, and red flames soared into the sky. A hysterical scream and wailing sound came from the city. Hundreds of black smoke rose into the air. Not only people, but dozens of carriages climbed into the city were also blown up to pieces. At this moment, the sound of sharp trumpets came from the Dashi Army. This was the order to withdraw troops. The Dashi Army under the city immediately retreated like a tide.

"Quickly remove the stone cannon!" Wang Siyu ordered almost without thinking, and according to the rules, the overwhelming fireballs were hit below.

But the situation he imagined did not happen. The food army opposite suddenly became quiet, and more than 100 heavy catapults began to retreat slowly. The same situation occurred not only in the North City, but also in the East City and the South City.

The Tang army seemed to realize something, and looked up to the distance. In the distance, several dark behemoths suddenly moved. A shocking moment was about to come. The ground began to vibrate slightly, and the dull sound of rumbling sounds once again ran through the sky. This time it was not just a siege ram, but three "war beasts" were moving together, slowly approaching towards the east, north and south of Saiye City. The Dashi Army under the city was lonely and silent. The Tang army on the city all looked pale, looking at the approaching of the three giants helplessly. This was the last killer weapon of the Dashi Army.

"Pick up the hammer breaker." Wang Siyu issued an order with a serious expression on his face. I wonder if the hammer breaker invented by Tang Jun could deal with such a huge siege hammer as a cannibal.

Under the city, Alan watched coldly as the attacking ram leaned against the city wall. Two months ago, it was the first time that it failed because of the moat. Now the moat has been frozen firmly and there are no obstacles. Let's see how long can Saiye City last this time?

"Occurrence!" Alan issued the first order.

Four hundred camels had been disbanded, and three thousand soldiers each pushed three siege rams and slowly advanced. A quarter of an hour later, it was less than four hundred steps away from the city wall.

"General Mercedes-Mercein, I feel a little bit bad." Deputy General Meyerli stared at the city tightly, "It's too quiet, the Tang army will not sit and wait for death, it's strange!"

Alan was reminded that the city was silent, so quiet that it was strange. It was really not like this. Could it be that the Tang army wanted to go out of the city to attack? He frowned and then ordered: "Order ten thousand Khurasan cavalry to attack the city rails to protect it. If the Tang army goes out of the city to attack, immediately seize the city gate."

After the order was given, ten thousand Khurasan cavalry immediately divided into three teams and rushed towards the three siege rams, guarding them on both sides, and the siege rams continued to advance forward, two hundred steps. One hundred steps, almost everyone's heart was raised to his throat, fifty steps. After thirty steps, the siege ram began to accelerate, and it was about to start its first shocking attack.

At this moment, hundreds of ropes were suddenly thrown from the top of the city, each rope as thick as an arm, about a hundred feet long, and a huge iron hook was installed at the front. After a sound of metal impact, at least one hundred iron hooks of ropes hooked the iron chains of the siege hammers.

The rope suddenly tensed, and more than a hundred people were pulling each rope on the top of the city. Under the huge force of hundreds of ropes, the hammer head began to swing far left and right. Soon, the entire siege hammer also swayed violently. The Dashi Army under the siege hammer panicked and fled in all directions. Suddenly, the entire siege hammer lost its center of gravity and fell to the right. With a loud bang, the siege hammer broke apart, stirring up a piece of dust.

"Success!" The Tang army on the city cheered and excitedly shouted across the sky. This situation also happened in the south and east cities at the same time. The three hill-like "warfare" were destroyed almost at the same time, and the entire city wall was filled with joy.

Alan's face turned pale with anger. He yelled, "Drunk a tinder bomb for me. In the sea of ​​fire, I see who can destroy it again!"

"General, the attacking ram is too close to the city wall, and the sulphur bomb will probably burn it." Moyali quickly persuaded him, "Besides, we only have one attacking ram left, so we can't make any mistakes. It's better to use another method instead."

"What else do you have?" Alan turned around and stared at him.

"I heard that His Majesty the Caliph brought us five hundred heavy trenchers, and they are still sweating. If they are transported, plus our current 300, we will have eight hundred trenchers. We will use huge rocks to gather a certain section of the city wall to smash it in turn. I think the city wall will definitely collapse."
Chapter completed!