Chapter 807: The Reputation of the Tang Dynasty (Part II)
For war maniacs, three days of preparation is an ordeal, and no one can afford to be prepared for this, but have to huddle in a green state for some time. Vertices are updated the fastest
Therefore, on the second day after the battle meeting, all kinds of horses were scattered, and on the third day, all the things such as drinking water were packed in the morning, and then it was time to count the hours.
"Xuan Ce, can't you leave a day earlier? Why does it have to be three days? Yu Chi Baolin hung all over his body, impatiently circling in the big tent.
"The army talks about the prohibition of rescue orders, everything is based on military orders, and the three days are to hone their temperament, so that they don't have things that go against the yang and yin on the battlefield because they are too emotional." Wang Xuance was drinking slowly with a bowl of tea, looking not in a hurry at all.
The water quality here in Luzhou is good, and the tea brewed has a different taste, and I don't know when I will be able to drink it again after this departure.
Time passed little by little, and under the expectant gaze of everyone, a ray of dawn of the fourth day finally appeared on the eastern horizon.
The low and powerful sound of the horn "Woo ......" was connected in the Ruoda military camp, and the 15,000 troops who had been waiting for several days poured out of the camp like a tide with the order of Wei Chi Baolin, and galloped towards the southeast of the green state in three ways.
The purpose of the Western Regions Legion is very simple, to destroy all the enemies in front of them, to kill the gods when they meet the gods, to kill the Buddhas when they meet the Buddhas, anyway, they can't have 'friends' on the side of the Western Regions, instead of smiling and welcoming people and finally being betrayed, it is better to strike first, directly hurt them, and let them think about the consequences before betraying.
The three-way army came out of the green state and appeared in front of everyone again, but unlike in the past, this time the Tang army became extremely strong.
"Let the lord of Pishan come out and answer!" The First Cavalry Brigade led by Tuoba Mumi blocked the outside of the main city of Pishan Kingdom, and a member of the cavalry rode out and shouted loudly under the city.
"The Tang general under the city, the lord of our country has gone to Khotan, please ......" The general of the Pishan State at the head of the city looked at the more than 5,000 elite knights of the Tang Dynasty outside, and his scalp was faintly numb, I don't know why these guys who were supposed to go to Chotan turned to Pishan.
"Then find someone who can call the shots and can speak." Chen Chi (played by the book friend Wuxi) drove a somewhat restless mount, patrolling back and forth under the city, a frame that you don't call people out, Lao Tzu will go in.
"The country, the lord of the country took it, and took the ministers to Khotan, the country, there is really no one who can call the shots in the country." The Pishan guards were about to cry, and they scolded the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the lord of Pishan in their hearts.
This damn guy, after receiving Khotan's secret letter, now he doesn't dare to come out to meet people, so that a general with a thousand people in command of himself comes out to fight against more than 5,000 people in the Tang Dynasty, is this something that people can do?
Knowing this, I wouldn't have taken this errand anyway, and how nice it would have been to stay in the city and enjoy the time here.
"Then open the gates! I'm going to go in and search for it! Chen Chi didn't care what the guards of Pishan thought, for this small country with a city height of no more than two zhang, an army of five thousand could trample it into powder in one day.
"This ......" Shogun Pishan hesitated.
Although the two-zhang city wall is not high, it is somewhat of a psychological comfort, but if you open the city gate and release these wolf-like Tang troops into the city, wouldn't it be a mermaid's meat?
"Within a dozen days, you will not open the city again, and when my army breaks through the city, the whole city will be slaughtered!" After holding back for more than a year, the grassland 'horse thief' who has been a gentleman for more than a year has finally recovered his nature, although he is wearing the armor of the Tang Dynasty, it is difficult to change the 'thief' nature that has been immersed in his bones.
"Don't, don't!" Looking at the several bed crossbows that were dragged up from behind, as well as the 5,000 troops who unloaded their bows and arrows and let their bows string up and were ready to attack at any time, the Pishan guard was a little stunned, and he didn't know how to deal with such a thing at all, so he just waved his hand vigorously.
"Kill ......" Tuoba Mumi is not a fool, the guards alone will delay so much, they know that there must be something strange in it, and they simply don't wait for any 'tens', they directly waved their hands and gave the order to attack.
"Yo...... Yo You ...... "With an order, the army formation of more than 5,000 people immediately scattered like a honeycomb that had been blown up, and the horses galloped around the main city of Pishan Kingdom, shooting towards the city like bows and arrows in their hands without money.
"Don't ...... Yes! The guard general watched the Tang army ride out, and immediately knew that it was not good, but it was too late to make amends, and the three-edged arrows with jet-black arrows had already pierced his chest with the sound of whistling wind.
"Datang...... Wansheng! Kill! An arrow shot the general defending the city, Chen Chi raised the big bow in his hand, let out a meaningless shout in his mouth, and began to circle around the city wall, but when he saw someone coming out, it was an arrow.
"Siege!" Seeing that the defenders had been forced to the city wall, Tuoba Muya gave the order for a general attack.
"Bang bang ......" the sound of the crossbow of the bed was repeated, and the wrist-thick crossbow whistled into the not-so-solid city wall.
"Kill ......, Datang Wansheng!" With a wave of fanaticism, the remaining 3,000 men in the army line charged the walls with wooden shields on their heads.
The low earthen walls had little protection, and in the face of a bed crossbow, it was soon nailed like a hedgehog, and the height of two zhang (six meters) was not too difficult for a well-trained soldier, and it only took a few climbs and jumps to reach the top of the city in two or three breaths.
Death? Wounded? Of course, there will be, but when people are in a frenzy, death and injury are not a problem.
The death of a person will be compensated with ten yuan, and at the same time, the family can get the status of the people of the Tang Dynasty, which is enough to make these herdsmen who are struggling on the verge of life and death forget their lives.
Anyway, even if you don't die under the enemy's sword, you will die in natural disasters in the future**, you can exchange a rotten life for some money, and at the same time give your family a stable living environment, why not.
Of course, according to the military laws of the Tang Dynasty, the punishment of not retreating is also quite serious, and the seventeen laws and fifty-four beheading are like the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the soldiers, as long as they have the slightest intention to retreat, those harsh military laws will immediately remind them how terrible the consequences are.
And the main problem is that they are all dead anyway, and if they retreat and die, not only will they not get compensation, but even their families will not be able to raise their heads, and even those alien races who advocate bravery, if anyone retreats, even if they don't cut off their heads, the shame and contempt of their companions are also very difficult to accept.