He Roller took the remaining more than 300 soldiers of the Western Qin Army to resist stubbornly on the west gate tower and at the gate of the city beyond Ziade's imagination, plus there was no light, the attack of the Great Food Army became extremely difficult, only these 300 people contained more than 2,000 troops of him, and the fifty siege ladders had to transport nearly 10,000 Great Food Infantry into the city, wasting a lot of time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Ziad looked at He Roller and the other soldiers of the Western Qin army who were in the center of the siege with a tense face, he was extremely irritable, the original sneak attack turned into a strong attack because a soldier accidentally stepped on the air, which made him pay an extremely heavy price, until now, he has lost nearly a thousand people, these Western Qin troops are guarding the city gate and the city tower, forming a tight military formation, it is very difficult to kill them.

"How many people outside the city haven't come up?" Ziad turned his head and asked the generals beside him.

The general said: "There are still 6,000 infantry, if you don't open the city gate, it may take at least two hours!" ”

Ziade's heart is very anxious, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it is for him, the Western Qin army is obviously not an ordinary army, they have strict discipline, and they are by no means the kind of miscellaneous army that scatters at a rush, if the Western Qin army in the city rushes to reinforce, even if he can capture Zaheedan City, he will pay an extremely heavy price.

Ziad thought about it and immediately ordered: "Let the people outside the city speed up the speed of entering the city, and order the brothers at the city gate to attack with great intensity, to seize the city gate as soon as possible, open the city gate and let the army outside the city rush in!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Ziad ordered again: "Send three hundred archers!" ”

The archers were still outside the city, and nearly half an hour had passed since the three hundred archers had been transferred. The commander of the archers reported to Ziade: "General, three hundred archers are ready".

Ziad turned his head to look, and saw a large number of archers distributed on both sides of the city gate, and the bows and arrows in their hands were aimed at the soldiers of the Western Qin Army who were guarding the city gate.

"Shoot them!" Ziad ordered loudly.

All the Great Food Archers shot their arrows, "Whoosh・・・・・・"

"Raise your shield!" He Roller roared, and the soldiers of the Western Qin Army raised their shields one after another to resist, and the arrows set on the shields made a clanging sound.

"Rush up, kill!" Ziad immediately ordered, and the Great Eater soldiers immediately rushed over to slash and kill while the Western Qin army raised its shield to resist the arrows.

The shield array was broken, and the soldiers of the Great Food Army rushed into the formation of the Western Qin Army, and the two sides were completely mixed together, and the soldiers of the Western Qin Army could only fight on their own.

It wasn't until half an hour later that all He Roll and the more than 300 soldiers of the Western Qin Army under his command were all killed in the city tower and the city gate cave, while the Great Food Army paid the price of nearly 600 people, when Ziad saw this scene, his heart was cold, because he knew that this was only the local army of the Western Qin Army, and the combat strength of the standing army was far from it.

The gates opened, and a large number of infantry of the Great Food Army poured in, and behind the infantry there was a large number of cavalry. Soon, lights were lit up and down the walls, and the soldiers of the Great Food Army began to light torches and follow the corresponding combat units along the streets towards the city.

At this time, all the weapons, armor, bows, crossbows, arrows and food and other materials in the armory in the city were distributed to all the soldiers and civilians in the city, and the city lord's mansion and treasury were empty, while Wang Guangyao was stationed in the military camp in the city with hundreds of soldiers, and the other soldiers were hidden near various traffic intersections and in the fortified buildings in the city.

The silence of the streets was broken by the sound of footsteps, the grinding of weapons and armor, and the neighing of horses, which was particularly piercing to Ziad's ears.

As the army went deeper into the city, there were more and more doubts in my heart, not a single living creature was found on the streets along the way, nor a trace of light was found, and the entire Zaheidan city was pitch black, and no sound could be heard, like a dead city.

Qi Yade thought that the Western Qin army might have retreated outside the city, after all, he did not order the army to besiege the city, and the Western Qin army could retreat from the other three city gates to break through, thinking of this, he immediately shouted loudly: "Give orders to each thousand regiments, speed up and control the whole city, and the first, second, and third cavalry thousand regiments will follow me to pursue the Western Qin army!" ”

"Yes, General!"

During the period of the four major caliphates and the early Umayyad dynasty in the Arab Empire, the military system was mainly a military system of all people and tribal clans. During the period of the four caliphs, all the people were soldiers, and by the time of the Umayyad Dynasty, the military system became a tribal clan military system, and the army was mainly in the hands of the leaders of each tribe, serving the people in peacetime and soldiers in wartime.

Traditionally, all adult men are obliged to go to war. In normal times, they were organized according to clan relations, lived in military camps with their families, and lived on plunder and spoils. The army composed of these soldiers has the characteristics of being brave and good at fighting, not afraid of hardships, acting quickly, and being easily supplied, but it also has the weakness of poor military discipline, plundering everywhere if victorious, and scattering and fleeing if defeated, and no longer able to fight. By the middle and late stages of the Arab Empire, the Arab aristocracy was becoming more and more corrupt, unwilling to undertake arduous combat missions, and relied more on Persian or Turkic mercenaries to form a standing army, and the government paid the mercenaries monthly salaries, and carried out centralized training and command, which was the guard of the Arab Empire. In some cases, the governments of the Arab empire also recruited temporary troops from among the Bedouins, urban civilians, and peasants, paid them for the duration of their service, and dismissed them immediately after the end of the war.

Until al-Mansur became the caliph of the Great Food Nation, the army of the Great Food Country was also composed of two parts, namely the Guards and the Clan Tribal Army. The caliphate's guards were the standing army of the entire country, they were professional soldiers, with complete training, military equipment and logistical supplies, and the number of troops was maintained at about 125,000 all year round, consisting of cavalry, infantry and archers, half of which were cavalry, which gave them the ability to quickly rush to various places to quell rebellions and suppress popular uprisings. The establishment of the Guards continued the military establishment of the Persian Empire, and the army was divided into four levels: 10,000 people, 1,000 people, 100 people, and 10 people, and its commanders were 10,000 people, 1,000 people, centurions, and squad leaders.

The Great Food Army that entered the city quickly moved into action, and after receiving the task, they rushed to the area they needed to control, but there was not a single resident or figure in the entire Zaheidan City, and all the houses were pitch black.

When Ziad arrived at the north gate with three thousand cavalry, he found that the city gate was closed, "If the Western Qin army in the city wants to retreat, the biggest possibility is to retreat to the north of the city of Jiling, where there are heavy garrisons, but this city gate is closed, are they retreating to the south, preparing to go to Shuergaz City to join the Western Qin king?" This seems to be a bit unreasonable, the city of Zaheidan was captured, and the army of the King of Western Qin became a lone army, and they had no reason to go to the road of death! ”

A subordinate general next to him said to Ziade: "General, this city is so quiet, don't you think it's too strange?" ”

Ziad looked back into the city, "We have breached this city, and the inhabitants here are afraid of us, so they have turned off the lights and closed the doors, which is normal. Why do you think it's strange? ”

The general said, "General, even if the residents are afraid of us, the livestock won't know that they are afraid, right?" I haven't heard a single dog bark or a single animal bark since I entered the city, and if you look at the houses in the city, they are all shaped like fortresses! ”

Ziad frowned, "What do you mean?" ”

"I think they're all hiding, not only the residents are hiding, but the Western Qin army is also hiding, maybe we'll be in big trouble!"

"Ahh

Ziad's heart jumped: "Where is the voice?" ”

A soldier next to him said, "General, it seems to be coming from the southeast, and it should not be far from here!" ”

"Go check it out!"

A quarter of an hour had passed, and the soldiers who had been sent had not come back to report, and Ziad sensed that something was wrong, and he immediately ordered: "All pay attention, and search in small teams and from house to house, not a single house!" ”

"Yes, General!"

The 3,000 men who followed quickly dispersed and searched from house to house along the streets of the city, but all the houses were closed, and if they wanted to break into each house, they would have to bang on the doors, but it was not an easy task.

None of the soldiers of the Great Food Army knew that what was waiting for them were traps, poisoned arrows, spears and swords pierced in the dark, and all the soldiers of the Great Food Army who broke into the door had never come out since they entered the house they had broken into, and the soldiers of the Great Food Army who were waiting and guarding outside could not wait for their companions to come out, so they naturally became suspicious, and they all carefully walked into the houses with their weapons to search.

Ziad, who was waiting at the North Gate, suddenly had a very bad feeling. Soon, the general in charge of leading the search ran back with some soldiers in great embarrassment.

Ziad immediately asked, "What's going on?" Didn't you take them and search the houses in the city? How did you get so embarrassed? What about the others? ”

The light of the torch shone on the face of the general, and the general looked miserable: "General, our men and horses scattered in the city have been attacked, not only the infantry of the advanced city is being attacked, but even the two thousand cavalry I brought have also been attacked by the destruction line!" ”

Ziad was shocked, and immediately grabbed the general's shoulder and asked, "What the hell is going on?" Hurry up! ”

The general took a breath and said: "The Western Qin army did not escape, they all hid in various houses in the city, and the residents of the city hid in the rooms with them and shot our people on the street with bows and arrows, if our people broke into the houses to search, they would secretly attack, so far we have suffered heavy casualties, I don't know about other areas, as far as the two thousand cavalry I brought with me are estimated to be only one thousand people left!" If you're on the street or in an alley, you don't know where an arrow will come from the next moment! ”

After listening to the general's description, Ziyad immediately thought of something, his face changed drastically, and he immediately shouted: "Quickly order the cavalry outside the West City Gate not to enter the city, stay outside the city for the time being, all the other horses who have entered the city have all retreated to the vicinity of the West City Gate, and everyone else has retreated with me to the West City Gate, quick!" ”