On the lookout tower, the soldier Geng Erdan walked back and forth with a spear, but his eyes kept shooting around, after being attacked by the Great Food Army the night before, the soldiers who were in charge of garrisoning and observing the vigilance on the city wall no longer dared to slack off and be careless, even if the big men above did not patrol the city defense every hour, their small soldiers on duty also had to cheer up twelve points, in case something happened, they were the first to be unlucky. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Geng Erdan just turned his head to look at the north, the afterglow of his eyes seemed to see a stream of smoke and dust rising into the sky, he involuntarily stopped, turned his head to look at the west again, and sure enough, he saw a smoke and dust rushing into the sky, his face changed, and he immediately put his hand on the pergola to look carefully, after a while, a soldier and horse appeared in the sight, but the distance was too far to see clearly, he could only conclude that it was a military horse, he immediately picked up the hammer and slammed the small bell next to him three times, and shouted: "There is a soldier and horse coming from the west!" ”

Wan Chongshan, the general who stayed in Zaheidan City, was patrolling the city wall, and when he heard it, his face changed, and he immediately issued a military order: "All the soldiers enter the defensive position, divide the strong men in the city into three groups, and take turns to go up the city wall to assist in the defense!" ”

With the sound of a fierce gong, everyone in the city moved, the old and weak women and children hid back in the houses, and the young men rushed to the surrounding city walls with weapons.

Wan Chongshan methodically commanded and arranged the city defense and arranged the guard troops, he only hoped that Wang Guangyao returned with the men and horses, even if he arranged the troops for vigilance just now, it was only a little troublesome, no big deal, but if the soldiers and horses who came were the big food army, then there would be really big trouble.

The heat wave rising on the horizon made the figure of the soldiers and horses who came keep shaking, and when they got closer, Geng Erdan on the watchtower finally saw the banner of the soldiers and horses, which was the black big food flag! Geng Erdan immediately leaned over and shouted to the city wall: "General, it's the banner of black-clothed food!" ”

Wan Chongshan's face instantly turned pale, he knew that the appearance of the Great Food Army meant that Wang Guangyao's men and horses were either led away, or had already encountered an accident, no matter which one it was, it was a huge disaster for the already extremely empty Zaheidan City, there were only more than 300 troops in the city, and they had to guard the four city walls, and they were evenly distributed, and the defenders on each wall were less than a hundred, and those young and strong they could help in the battle, but Wan Chongshan did not dare to use them as a real army.

Wan Chongshan still has the hope that Wang Guangyao's army is led away by the Great Food Army, as long as he leads the soldiers and civilians in the city to hold on, Wang Guangyao's army will always have a time to come back, even if the strength of Wang Guangyao's army is insufficient, but as long as they realize that they have been deceived, they will send people to Jiling City to move rescue troops.

Wan Chongshan cleaned up his mood, calmly issued an order: "Order, everyone is ready to resist the enemy, let the first wave of young people carry weapons and bows and arrows on the city wall to assist the enemy!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Wan Chongshan immediately summoned two soldiers and ordered: "The two of you rode two horses to Jiling City and Shulgaz City respectively to report to General Huo Kan and the Great King, saying that General Wang may encounter an accident, and now that the Great Food Army is coming, Zaheidan City may not be protected, so let them prepare early." Remember, no matter what happens, you must never turn back, run to your destination in one go, and report what happened here to General Hokan and the Great King! ”

"Yes, General!"

Soon after the cavalry sent out of the city, the Great Food Army arrived, a large number of cavalry galloped in front, and soon came to the city of Zahedan, compared to the cavalry of the Western Qin Army, the Great Food Army did not have such strong and light armor, nor did it have such a strict formation queue, nor did it have that kind of huge momentum, but they also had their own style, and the scattered formation made them appear in the entire open space outside the city, with horses' hooves stepping over, and the wind and sand were flying.

Of the 20,000 men and horses brought by Ziyad, only 13,000 remained, with a loss of 7,000, all of whom were the guards of Caliph al-Mansur, most of whom were Persians from Khorasan, and a small number of Assyrians and Turks. The most regular military force of the Guards Military Great Food Country, equivalent to the standing army of the Western Qin Army, but only 125,000 men. The other armies of the Great Food Kingdom are controlled by local tribal leaders, mostly young and middle-aged tribes, who are engaged in agriculture and herding in peacetime, and carry swords, bows and horses as soldiers in wartime, and in foreign wars, the caliph also issued a decree as a sect leader, calling on believers to participate in war, which is called holy war. However, whether it is the Guards, or the tribal army, or the holy war army composed of believers, the combat effectiveness is not as good as before, so the caliph will pay a lot of money to recruit mercenaries before the big war, and the composition of the mercenaries is complex, there are everyone, these people only fight for money.

Before the arrival of the infantry, Ziyad decided to do everything that needed to be done, so he instructed his generals: "Send someone to the city to shout, and let the general who is now in charge come out to answer!" ”

"Yes!"

A big cannibal soldier was ordered to step forward and shout to the city wall: "Listen to the Western Qin army on the city wall, our general Ziad is here, let your city guard general come out to answer!" ”

Wan Chongshan said loudly: "I am the guard general Wan Chongshan, I have heard the name of General Ziad for a long time, I don't know what the general wants to say to me?" ”

Ziad immediately stepped forward and said: "General Wan, I know that there are not many troops in your city now, no more than five hundred, and my army has fifteen thousand people, which is thirty times that of yours, if I order a siege on all sides, you will not be able to stop it for even an hour, and my soldiers will attack the city wall, I heard that there is a saying in your east that those who know the times are Junjie!" Now you are obviously unable to resist the attack of my army, blind stubborn resistance can only make more people die, and your stubborn resistance will also bring disaster to everyone in the city, General Wan, I will give you an hour to think about it, I hope you think about it clearly! If you insist after an hour, then I can only order the siege of the city, and then the city will be destroyed, and if you lead the soldiers and civilians in the city to surrender, I can promise you a pardon and not harm anyone in the city! ”

Wan Chongshan resolutely said: "Don't think about it! General Ziad, I don't believe you to be honest, you led your army to invade this land many years ago, but you will slaughter and plunder all the cities that you have breached! You have no faith at all, if I order surrender one moment, you will break your word and order to slaughter us the next moment, and we will fight you to the death, and we will never steal our lives! Also, as a soldier, our honor, mission and duty do not allow us to surrender, it will be a lifetime of shame, and we would rather die standing than live on our knees! ”

Ziad was in awe, bowed his head and saluted, and then said: "General Wan, I admire your courage and faith, I apologize for my previous insult to you and your subordinates, I will fulfill you, in an hour I will order the siege of the city, we will each do our best!" ”

Wan Chongshan took a step back, turned around and shouted to all the soldiers and young men of the Western Qin Army on the city wall: "Prepare for war!" ”

"Roar-" The soldiers replied loudly, slammed on the ground with their weapons, and then each entered their own defensive position, while the young men began to carry a steady stream of equipment and materials to the city wall, one by one iron pots were propped up, water and oil were poured into different pots, the firewood under the pot quickly burned, bundles of arrows, stones and stones, and rolling logs were moved up the city wall, and the large bed crossbow of the city wall was pulled away with a noose under the operation of many soldiers. Attach large crossbow arrows the thickness of spears.

After a while, hot air and green smoke began to rise from different iron pots, water and oil were boiled, and after the first batch of equipment and supplies to defend the city were carried onto the city wall, the young men also began to join the defensive team, and they assisted behind the Western Qin army.

Wanzhong Shanshou pressed the hilt of his sword and kept shouting to the soldiers along the city wall: "Pay attention, when the Great Food Army attacks the city, don't panic, this general asks you to shoot arrows, you shoot arrows, let you smash stones, you smash stones, let you put sassers, you put sassers, you put sassers, the movements should be fast, steady, and ruthless, the generals are opposed, either you die or I live, there is no reason to talk about it, you talk to them about benevolence and righteousness, they will not tell you about benevolence and righteousness!" ”

Under the city, Daoud reported to Ziad: "General, the deployment of troops for the simultaneous siege of the four city walls has been completed, and the city can be attacked at any time, but because of the rush of time, we have no other large-scale siege weapons, only siege ladders, and the casualties may be much greater!" ”

Ziad said categorically: "Time is pressing, we don't have much time to waste, we must capture Zaheedan City as soon as possible, even if the casualties are great!" Pass my orders and order the siege of the city on all four walls at once! ”

"Yes, General!"

The siege battle of the Great Food Army finally began, some of them rushed to the city wall with siege lifts, others shouted and followed behind with scimitars, and the figure of the Great Food Army was everywhere under the city, densely packed like ants.

The weakness of the force brought great trouble to Wanzhongshan, more than 300 people were evenly distributed on the four city walls, there were only seventy or eighty people on each wall, and the rest were young and strong, the defensive force on the city wall was too thin, in order to increase the killing effect, Wanzhongshan had to carry out a planned defense against the enemy.

When the Great Food Army was still rushing towards the city wall, Wan Chongshan ordered the soldiers to let the soldiers freely release arrows rhythmically, in the case of insufficient troops, only let the soldiers play the ability of individual soldiers, although these volunteer soldiers are not as good as the standing army in terms of combat effectiveness, but their bow and arrow shooting skills are still good, although the hit rate is not as good as a hundred shots, but half of the hit rate is still there.

From time to time, the soldiers of the Great Food Army who rushed to the city wall were hit by arrows and fell to the ground and never got up, but this casualty was almost negligible for the large number of Great Food Army.