Chapter 305 Small-scale Battle

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The dull drum sound echoed in the open field. The black Dashi Army began to appear three miles west of Tuozhe City. The Dashi Infantry Army was moving in a row. They were wearing dark green tight leather armor, iron helmets, holding a round shield in their left hand, and spear in their right hand. They were equipped with sharp Damascus scimitar around their waists. The steps were adjusted in a uniform manner. The heavy boots stepped on the lush green grass into grass mud. Their eyes were cold and murderous intent, as if a group of demon troops coming to hell.

After the infantry, the cavalry began to appear. All of them had high-headed horses, slender limbs, strong legs, and thick leather armor. They were all world-famous Arabian horses. The knights on the horse were also wearing heavy armor, holding spears and round shields like infantry. They were the most elite Abbasid guards, composed of three thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry. They were through many battles, and they were enough to sweep across the stone kingdom.

Budu had taken off his long robe like a cloth bag, changed into military uniform, tore off his hypocritical smile, revealing the hideous nature of the demon. He pointed his sword straight at the city wall, and screamed hysterically: "When you enter the city, you will not leave any chickens and dogs!"

The order for the attack was issued, and the Dashi infantry suddenly accelerated and shouted and rushed towards Tuozhe City.

On the city wall, the Shi Kingdom defenders had a total of more than 16,000 people, including the Chebishi Army, who had just surrendered to Mohedu, which was three times the Dashi Army. However, facing the murderous Dashi Army, almost all the defenders showed fear. The newly recruited slave soldiers became even more panicked, and the queues had just been lined up were in chaos.

Li Qing stood at the highest point of the city wall. At this moment, he frowned and looked worried. Although he knew that the Dashi Army was sharp, he did not expect that it would be so powerful. The momentum of 5,000 people was even more than 50,000. If it were a plain, the Shi Kingdom's army would definitely be defeated in one battle. He couldn't help but think of the same powerful Anxi Army. Only the Anxi Army could compete with the Dashi Army. Li Qing's plan to join forces with the Western Regions to fight the Dashi Army began to shake in the face of cruel facts. If he wanted to win the Battle of Talas, it seemed that he could only rely on the Tang army in the end.

The severe situation cannot allow Li Qing to think about it carefully. If the Dashi Army attacked the city, no one would be spared. His only reliance now was this tall and strong city wall. At this time, the Dashi Army had already arrived like a craze, and a temporary trench more than one meter wide jumped past.

Countless high ladders were lying towards the battlements, and teams of big-food soldiers were like war machines. Without any hesitation, they jumped onto the ladder and rushed upwards. There was no need for a command, and the cold spear pointed directly at the city wall.

I don’t know who fired the first arrow. The defenders on the city woke up like a dream, and the arrows were chaotic and raining downwards. There was no structure at all. In the face of shrinking and fear, it seemed that only desperately shooting arrows could maintain the only glimmer of hope.

But aimlessness has mostly become useless, especially in the southern section of the slave army defended. The cannibals found that this was a weak link, so they turned around and climbed the city from the southern section.

Dozens of spears roared from the downward trend and instantly broke out a gap. Dozens of big-food soldiers jumped up and rushed to the city tower. They picked and chopped, and immediately corpses spread. The slave army was in chaos, and some even began to escape to the city.

A slave leader stumbled towards Li Qing, opened his arms and shouted wildly: "General, we can't resist it anymore, the big cannibal has come to kill him."

As soon as he finished speaking, a spear flew over and penetrated his body. The slave leader screamed and was nailed to the ground alive. A big food army burst into laughter. He thrust another spear and aimed it at Li Qing. At this moment, Wu Xingsu's two crossbow arrows shot out at the same time. With the rage of revenge, the tip of the arrow shot into the big food army's eyes. Before he could extinguish his strength, he pushed him down to the city.

"Soldiers of Tang Army come on, block the gap for me!"

Seeing that the situation was extremely urgent, Li Qing urgently ordered his personal guards to make up. Two hundred Tang troops held a horizontal sword and a strong shield in their hands and rushed towards the Dashi Army. Behind them, hundreds of crossbowmen gathered on both sides of the flanks, and several rows of powerful crossbows shot at the enemy like lightning. Although the number was not large, the arrows were fatal, and most of the Dashi Army that had just rushed up were shot. At this time, two hundred Tang troops had already rushed forward and chopped the remaining dozens of Dashi Army down the city, finally blocking the gap that was washed away.

The Tang army then led the slave army to smash more than a dozen cloud ladders with rolling wood and huge stones. More than a hundred big food soldiers screamed and fell down the city wall. The killing of the enemy had an effect. The slave army was immediately as powerful as a rainbow, no longer afraid of it, like a tiger, arrows like rain, and stones like hail,

The situation in the southern section of the city wall suddenly reversed. Under the command of the three hundred Tang troops, the defense of the slave army became more organized. Some were responsible for moving stones and wood from the city, while others raised huge shields to block the sharp spears flying in, while those with strong bodies moved the rolling stone logs and aimed at the cloud ladder and smashed them hard.

At this time, the rumbling drums sounded in the distance, and the Dashi Army immediately retreated like a tide. The first tentative attack ended. In the past two hours, the Dashi Army suffered more than 400 casualties, while the defenders on the city lost nearly 500, most of them were assassinated by flying spears.

As the enemy retreated, the people of Shi Kingdom got a short rest time. The mobilized people began to treat the wounded and transported stones to the city. Most of the buildings in Tuozhe City were built with square stones, which provided great convenience for defending the city. Only dozens of houses near the city were demolished, and tens of thousands of square stones were obtained. With the joint efforts of the soldiers and the people, they quickly transported them to the city and piled them into several hills.

Li Qing led Wu Xingsu and two personal soldiers to travel through the slave army. Taking advantage of the short period of the truce, Li Qing's personal guards were reorganizing this new army. The biggest problem that the slave army showed in the battle was the disarray. Some people escaped at the last moment, which almost caused a disaster. Although there was no need to be killed, severe punishment was indispensable. Twenty Tang troops were carrying over more than a dozen people who escaped at the last moment and slaughtered fifty sticks in public.

The other personal guards organized 6,000 new troops into 60 teams, and the personal guards served as team chiefs, and each selected a brave man to be the team deputy, so they simply formed a regular combat group.

"Governor, I think this new army of Tang Dynasty is OK. Although it was chaotic at the beginning, it quickly adapted and was still fighting in a very orderly manner. If this continues, the great cannibals will not break the city." Wu Xingsu admired and looked at the Shiguo defenders with contempt. The situation in the southern section of the city wall was so critical just now, and none of them came to help, just because this was a slave army?

"Xingsu, the new army just now had more than 200 people killed. You should comfort their families for me, and give them extra pensions. You must ensure that they have a worry-free life for the rest of their lives. You must also bring the ashes of the dead back to their hometown for burial. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wu Xingsu felt Li Qing's sharp gaze. He suddenly realized that the lord did this to show the living. Although the matter was small, it was of great significance. He immediately saluted and responded: "Please don't worry, lord, I will definitely handle this matter properly."

As soon as he finished speaking, the drum sound of "dong!dong!' from afar sounded again, and the second attack of the cannibal began. Li Qing immediately became alert. The first attack of the cannibal was obviously tentative. They did not take any advantage, but they launched the second attack in a short period of time. Did they think of any way?

He turned around and walked up to the highest point of the city wall, looked into the distance with the thug curtain, and saw the Great Food Army moving forward like a huge green wheat field, and the heavy cavalry also moved out. The rhythmic footsteps came from afar, which was shocking.

He suddenly saw that in the center of the Great Food Army, three huge black things were moving slowly, and were pulled forward by dozens of war horses, "It's the attacking ram!"

Li Qing saw clearly that they were three huge siege rams, but they were very simple. They were made of a century-old tree with no shelves. They only sharpened the trees, installed them on iron heads, and then fixed them on two flatbed trucks that transported food and grass.

"I have been operating Tuozhe City for a hundred years. The walls are hard and thick, and the city gates are blocked by huge stones. How can I easily be broken?" At some point, Mo He appeared beside Li Qing, with a hint of pride in his eyes. The battle just now gave him hope. As long as the Tang army was willing to send troops and the support of the country of Bahan, Abbas's iron hooves may not be able to conquer the stone country.

The most worrying moment has passed, Mo He pointed to three simple attacking rams and smiled at Li Qing with great enthusiasm: "Unless Budu brings the giant that Abbas captured Damascus, these three pieces of wood can only scratch the itch for me."

Although Budu had no skills in siege in front of him, Li Qing couldn't laugh. It was just that Budu did not expect a sudden coup in Shiguohui, so he was not prepared. If tens of thousands of troops came to attack the city without any attack, just siege Duanshui would be enough to collapse Tuozhe City within a month. What's more, he saw the strength of this big food army with his own eyes. He couldn't help but worry about Nan Jiyun. If the ambush was seen through, could his three thousand beans Lu army be able to defeat these five thousand elites?

Suddenly, several horses galloped from a distance, seemingly very rapid, and rushed into the cavalry team. It seemed that they were going to report something to Budu. Li Qing's heart suddenly rose to his throat. In terms of time, this must have been the Doulu army's sneak attack. Sure enough, just a moment later, the Dashi Army, which was originally neatly in a mess, became in chaos. Budu's personal troops turned around and ran westward. Then the infantry rushed into the cavalry team. The cavalry left the attack ram. The entire army had no more queues, and they were twisted into a mess, crowded with each other and fled backwards. The shouts of loud shouts continued to spread to the city wall, which shocked all the defenders.

"It must be the Minister of the Tang Army who succeeded!" Mo He was overjoyed. He punched his hands and said excitedly: "Now the enemy has no intention of fighting anymore. If you don't fight at this time, when will you wait? Pass my order, move the stones away, and fight out!"

After receiving the king's order, the Shi Kingdom's army began to run down the city.

"Wait a minute!"

Li Qing suddenly roared, and he grabbed Mo Hedu, jumped up to the heights, drew out his sword and shouted loudly: "Everyone is not allowed to move in place, otherwise he will be killed without mercy!"

The soldiers were all shocked, and the soldiers who did not understand Chinese were also intimidated by his momentum, and they all stopped and looked at him blankly.

"Mr., what are you doing?"

Mo Hedu's face became gloomy. He was the king of the Shi Kingdom. In public, Li Qing swept his face in public, and a hint of anger arose in his heart.

Li Qing's eyes narrowed into a line. He stared at the unusual retreat of the Great Food Army, and suddenly turned around and said coldly: "If you fight out at this time, Tuozhe City will be over!"

Mo He was stunned. He suddenly woke up and couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning, and stammered: "You mean, this is fake?"

"No!" Li Qing shook his head gently, "It is true that the Tang army successfully attacked, but it is false that the Dashi Army retreated in a hurry. How could such a well-trained elite soldier and a battle-prone Persian Governor be so panicked about a sneak attack in the rear? Your Highness, don't you find it strange?"

"As the orders of the minister!"

Mo He finally understood, he waved his hand powerlessly, and a hint of shame flashed in his eyes. If it weren't for Li Qing, Tuozhe City would have been finished today.

Li Qing turned around and stared at the Dashi Army, and couldn't help but secretly admire the old fox Budu, whose methods were quite similar to his coup, and he could quickly turn his disadvantages into opportunities. If the Dashi Army hadn't acted too much, he might have really fought out.

Sure enough, after a while, the Dashi Army saw that there was no movement in the city, and the Budu personal soldiers who had just escaped returned, waved a black flag. The messy Dashi Army seemed to be performing large-scale group gymnastics, and immediately returned to its original state. The cavalry was in front and infantry was behind, and the team was neat and neat, heading west step by step. There was no trace of the panic as before. The soldiers of the Shi Kingdom on the city looked at each other, secretly smuggling.
Chapter completed!