Chapter 47 On the War Proposal
Sha Bo looked at the 100,000 army behind him, full of ambitions. Although the sneak attack failed, he didn't care. Although the city in front of him was tall, it could not stop the scimitar of the 100,000 sons. The Xianbei people who used to dominate the grassland had already fallen after entering the Central Plains. They also became like Han people and became cowards who rely on the city walls.
Once there is no city wall, whether it is the Han people or the Xianbei people, they will only beg for their lives. The Yongfeng, Wuhai and other military towns in front have verified this view, and the bloodiness of the Turkic soldiers has been aroused.
Sha Boluo was the eldest son of the current Turkic Khan. Zhou, Qi and Chen were both in the same state. In order to use the Turkic troops to overwhelm the other side, the Zhou and Qi families did not dare to offend the Turkic ones, but instead tried to please them in every way, sending more than 100,000 tributes of Jingsai to the Turkic Khan every year, and even the Turkic Khan said: "I have two children in the south respected me, how can I suffer from poverty?"
At first, Qi was strong and Zhou was weak. In order to balance, the Turkic Khan often helped Zhou attack Qi. On the largest scale, the 100,000 Turkic army and Zhou army attacked Qi together. However, due to the disagreement between the two families, when Qi was about to win, the Turkic people suddenly retreated, resulting in the Zhou army being defeated.
After Emperor Wu of Zhou took power, although he still showed favors to the Turks and sought to take the daughter of the Turk Khan as his queen, Emperor Wu distrusts the Turks very much. When he destroyed Qi, he did not rely on the power of the Turks. When the Great Zhou attacked Qi, the Turks were happy to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, but he did not expect that the Zhou Dynasty would have the ability to easily destroy Qi. He caught him off guard and had to watch the Great Zhou unify the north. Qi was destroyed, and the Turks could no longer make any profit. After all, Zhou and the Turks were in-laws. In addition, after Emperor Wu destroyed Qi, he was quite obedient to the Turks. Although he regretted it, he could do nothing.
After Emperor Wu destroyed Qi, after a year of rest and rest, he immediately stopped tribute to the Turks and prepared to advance to the Turks. Unfortunately, Emperor Wu of Zhou was seriously ill while preparing to conquer the Turks, so he had to stop the military operation. This operation was discovered by the Turks, and the Turks were furious and prepared to gather a large army to teach the Zhou people a lesson.
But the Turks also had their own problems. Tubo Khan, who is currently the Turkic Khan, is old and sick. Tubo Khan's throne was inherited from his brother Ashinamugan. At that time, Mugan Khan's son was still young when he died. He was afraid that his son would not be able to convince the public, so he had to pass the throne to his brother Ashinatubo and asked Ashinatubo to pass the throne to his son in the future. Tubo Khan swore to agree to his brother's request before he ascended the throne.
Now Ashinamugan's son has grown up. According to the oath he made when he succeeded the throne, Tuobo Khan should make his nephew the heir. However, both Tuobo Khan and Tuobo Khan's son were unwilling to accept it. In order to have a vague split in order to achieve the successor Turks, he could not send troops at all, and the matter of sending troops had to be delayed.
At the Grand Ceremony, Emperor Tianyuan insulted the Turkic prisoners too much and spread to the grassland. The Turkic people were extremely angry. The Turkic nobles could no longer tolerate the provocation of the Great Zhou against the Turkic. Moreover, after the Zhou Dynasty stopped paying tribute, the Turkic people not only could not obtain exquisite porcelain, gorgeous silk, but also became nervous. The Turkic people were resentful to the Great Zhou. In this case, war was necessary.
Tuobo Khan was no longer able to lead the war against the Great Zhou, and he only divided the power. His son Shaboluo and his nephew Datou were each a little khan. His son Shaboluo Xiaohan led his troops to question the Great Zhou. If it was victorious, Shaboluo could naturally take advantage of this and take over the position of his father's Khan.
Looking at the city in front of him, Sha Boliu raised the scimitar in his hand: "Children, there are countless silks, women, food and grass in it. If you capture this city, those things will belong to you."
"Huho, Huho." The Turks shouted, and several teams were divided from behind Sha Boluo, and they were divided into left and right to approach the city. The Zhou army had a long ally relationship with the Turks before, so they naturally knew the Turkish tactics. All the officers shouted: "Hold the shield, firm the shield."
"Boom, boom" The shield walls of countless people were strengthened on the city wall, and all the Zhou army hid under the shield.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!" As soon as the shield wall was erected, the Turks had already pulled the horn bow in their hands. The whole sky seemed to be covered by a huge dark cloud. Countless arrows fell into the city, and the sound of bows and arrows falling to the ground were heard everywhere. Occasionally, the screams of soldiers or civilians were mixed with the Turks' screams fell four or five thousand long arrows in one cover.
The Turkic people's arrow feathers flew over their heads again and again, suppressing the Zhou army so hard that they could not raise their heads. The number of people was really different. Pule County is a big city on the border with tens of thousands of people in the city, but there were only 2,000 regular troops. They could screen out the young and middle-aged people in the city and might get tens of thousands of people by then. Although they were still incomparable to the other party's 100,000 troops, they would be much better.
It takes time to requisition civilians. At present, these 2,000 regular troops have to be blocked for at least one day and one night. The only thing that is gratifying is that the residents in the city, whether Han or Xianbei, have much stronger military qualities than those in the mainland, and many people can bend their bows and horses. The guards of the merchants who travel to and from the grassland are even more skilled in martial arts. Apart from not having systematic military training, they may kill more people than ordinary soldiers.
One round, two rounds... I don’t know how many rounds I have experienced, and at least tens of thousands of feathered arrows were poured into the city, so the rain of arrows from the Turks was sparse.
"Removing the shield, the archer prepares."
"Crash," the sound of the shield falling to the ground came, revealing the five hundred archers hidden in the city. These people were already full of breath when hiding under the shield, and the strings on the bow were stretched very tightly.
"shoot!"
"Buzz, buzz." The bowstring sounded, and five hundred long arrows shot fiercely at the Turkic people who were retreating.
Although the scale of the Zhou army's arrow rain was much smaller than that of the Turks, the results achieved were amazing. The feathered arrows fell fiercely from a high altitude and pierced into the Turkic knights with leather armor. The arrows often penetrated the entire person. The Turkic people who were caught in the arrow often fell into the horse without even making a scream, and they fell into the horse and turned into mud.
The news that the 100,000 Turkic army invaded the border came into the capital like a whirlwind. The people of Chang'an were suddenly panicked. It was not that Chang'an had suffered military disasters, but everyone was looking at what the emperor did now. Yuwen Xian, Yuwen Shenju, Yuwen Liang... A large number of brave and warlike generals were killed by the emperor. Most of the elite soldiers of the Great Zhou were dragged along the Yangtze River to fight against the Southern Dynasty. Who could still block the 100,000 Turkic army? Where did the troops come from and where would they come from?
Chapter completed!