It's too light on the enemy, it's too light on the enemy, hehe, the theory of this thing has not been tested in actual combat, and it is really unreliable! Seeing the chaos on the battlefield, Li Zhen's face was still calm, but there was something wrong in his heart - although the siege method of gathering sand and filling the city appeared for the first time in history, it was not Li Zhen who came up with it himself, but the tactics of attacking Liangcheng, the capital of the Dajin Kingdom, which were plagiarized from the Mengyuan army, and this method was especially effective for attacking cities with not too high walls, but Li Zhen didn't expect that Fu Yanxiong, the old fox, would dare to risk being taken advantage of by the Tang army to rush into the city and forcibly open the city gate to attack. This has led to the current failure.

"Pass the order, there is no need to pursue the enemy army, and make every effort to collect the escaped prisoners of war." Li Zhen only glanced at the situation of the battlefield, and knew that Chen Wu's department was no longer able to catch up with Fu Jiayong and his party, and at the same time was worried that Fu Jiaxiong also had another ambush, so he immediately ordered to blow the call to collect the troops, and when the horn sounded, although Chen Wu and Ying Wuer were unwilling, they did not dare to disobey the order, so they had to stop the pursuit, and the battlefield was busy collecting the overly frightened prisoners of war. Originally, there were nearly 10,000 prisoners of war who were suffering from each other, and there were only about 6,000 who could still have a hoard, and the rest were either dead or fled to the depths of the desert, and after deducting more than 2,000 who were seriously injured, there were less than 4,000 prisoners of war who could still jump.

After finishing the number of prisoners of war, Ying Wu, who was responsible for supervising the war, was dumbfounded, and after being stunned for a while, he rushed to the Chinese army, and when he saw Li Zhen, he immediately turned over and dismounted, and told the truth, and finally said with a guilty face: "Your Highness, the last general is derelict in his duties, please punish Your Highness." ”

Ying Wu confessed his guilt and recognized it refreshingly, but he never mentioned anything about making meritorious service or asking for orders to let the prisoner of war brigade attack again, although he didn't dare to say it clearly in front of Li Zhen, but that was the meaning in and out of the words, not only Li Zhen heard this, but Lin Chenghe, Dong Qianli and other generals also knew it, although the generals did not dare to say anything to echo it, but their faces were all in agreement with Ying Wu.

"That's it, it's the king's negligence, it has nothing to do with you, you led your troops to take those prisoners of war down, and instructed the medical officer to take care of the wounded." Li Zhen pondered silently for a while, waved his hand, and said a word in a kind manner, but he couldn't help but be a little sneering in his heart, but he didn't want to go against the wishes of the generals, after all, this kind of forced prisoners of war to fill the city was really too cruel, and it was no wonder that the generals were compassionate.

Seeing that Li Zhen agreed not to force prisoners of war to fill the city, all the generals secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Chenghe took the lead in standing up and asking for orders: "Your Highness, the last general requests to lead his troops to attack immediately!" ”

In the previous battles, it has always been the Tang army that has the absolute initiative, whether it is the long-range shooting of ballistas and trebuchets, or the suppression of the archers at the head of the city by the cavalry, all of them are scenes in which the Tang army occupies an absolute advantage, and the city reclamation operation itself has brought huge psychological pressure to the defenders, and the blow to the morale of the Three Kingdoms Alliance is not small. Once the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army is relieved, the Tang Army's next siege battle is afraid that it will not be fun, if there is a mistake, it is not impossible to be put on a defensive counterattack by the defenders, this Li Zhen knows this in his heart, therefore, when Lin Chenghe came forward to ask for battle, Li Zhen did not agree immediately, but thought silently for a while, and then said: "Okay, Zifeng is willing to go, this king is very relieved." ”

Lin Chenghe knew what Li Zhen was worried about, and also understood that the current situation in order to achieve the predetermined strategic goals, only by relying on the bravery of the Tang army infantry to achieve, at this time, seeing that Li Zhen agreed to his request to go to battle, Lin Chenghe did not dare to have the slightest slackness, and after respectfully saluting, he rushed to the infantry array that had already been lined up in front, glanced at the direction of the city, and ordered calmly: "Turtle car attack!" ”

The head of the city of Hetian, who had already led his troops around the city and returned to the city, appeared on the head of the city, and the officers and soldiers who had already raised their morale immediately cheered to welcome the triumphant general, even if he was the king of Fu Jiaxiong, he was also happy, and the cheers of the three armies were thunderous, as if he had really won a big victory, and in the midst of the noise, someone suddenly shouted: "Monster, the Tang Army has dispatched monsters!" ”

"What is this?" Hearing the sound in front of him, Fu Jiaxiong hurriedly pushed away everyone, ran to the city saucer to take a look, immediately dumbfounded, and involuntarily asked, but the question was also in vain, not to mention that he Fu Jiaxiong couldn't understand, the defenders at the head of the city also didn't know anything, even the vast majority of the officers and soldiers in the Tang army array couldn't figure out that the three black big guys who were slowly marching in the direction of Hotan City were very useful, but they knew that their name was Turtle Che, which was generally because there were dents on their flat backs about three zhang square and six zhang long, It is no more than five feet high, it is flat, and the speed is surprisingly slow, it is like a turtle crawling, so it is called a turtle car.

The turtle car, a kind of siege equipment developed by the "Rising Sun" secret research institute, its structure is simple, easy to assemble, suitable for the use of rushing the city, it is one of the secret weapons of the Tang army, at this time the sacrifice will come out, it does have a surprise effect - but seeing that the turtle car has slowly climbed over the original moat, and the defenders who were baffled by the trouble are still patronizing and discussing, but they completely forget to attack.

Fu Yanxiong frowned and looked at the turtle cart that was gradually approaching under the city, and thoughtfully glanced at the pile of sand and stones under the city wall that had been piled up to the height of the city, and suddenly his heart moved, and he shouted as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Release the arrows, release the arrows quickly!" At this order, the defenders of the city who were talking about it hurriedly bent their bows and arrows, and a rain of arrows shot down fiercely, but unfortunately it had no effect, but seeing that the turtle cart with feather arrows on its back still slowly crawled towards the city as if nothing happened.

"Rocket, change rocket, quick!" Fu Jiaxiong immediately realized where his mistake was, and when he saw that the three turtle carts had climbed to the edge of the sand, he immediately screamed in a hurry.

Naturally, the rockets at this time were not the Katyusha and the like in later generations, but they were just wrapped in a layer of tarpaulin around the arrow, and after they were ignited, they were shot out again, and they were rockets, often used to ignite the wooden utensils of the besieging side. For example, ladders, rushing cars, etc., although the effect of a single rocket is not much, but if it is a salvo, it is quite practical, plus the operation is simple and easy, it is one of the necessary weapons for the defenders of the city, this time the Tang army has besieged the city for a long time, the existence of extraordinary rockets on the head of the city, and the officers and soldiers who were in a hurry to replace the rockets with a rush to defend the city, and a rain of arrows sprinkled past, there is no doubt that at such a close distance, this rocket almost all hit the target, and the arrows in the "poof" The sound came, and the defenders of the city were greatly invigorated, especially when they saw the dotted fire spots behind the turtle cart, which made the sergeants smile, thinking that the big event was decided, but unfortunately they were happy too early - the three turtle carts with fire all over their bodies were still moving forward unhurriedly, slowly climbing up the sand, and then in a burst of machine spring sound, the originally flat back began to rise obliquely at a slow speed, as for the fire, but gradually extinguished, without him, This turtle cart is actually an empty shell with four huge wheels, and its back is made of a thick wooden board covered with a layer of steel plates, and several layers of raw cowhide are attached to the outside, as for the inside, except for a device like a screw jack and four huge retractable steel columns, there is nothing else, the whole car is driven by twenty-two sergeants walking under the car, pushing wheels and rudders, once they reach the city, immediately rotate the screw jack, and lift the back diagonally to form a slope, of course, The front end of each car has a huge hook that can be used to hook the head of the city or to link with each other to form a complete slope.

The principle of the turtle car is very simple, and it seems to be very practical, but in fact, it has many restrictions on its use - although the car is fireproof, it can not withstand the continuous blows of heavy objects, whether it is the continuous collision of the rolling stone and the wood or the attack of the city crossbow, it is enough to destroy its back, resulting in the destruction of the whole car. It's just a huge meat target, what's more troublesome is that this car is too heavy, although more than 20 sturdy soldiers were used to push the cart, its speed was pitifully slow, and it couldn't dodge the enemy's blow at all, it was just a coffin, but well, since it was rectified, it might as well be used, and it would always be possible to gain something from playing it unexpectedly on the battlefield, that is, for this consideration, Li Zhen received three sample cars and trained a group of riders, but that's all, and did not agree to promote this car on a large scale, At this time, it was coldly used under the city of Hotan, and it really had an unexpected effect - just when the archers at the head of the city were busy competing with the three turtle carts, the Tang cavalry had already covered the infantry queue and began to press forward quietly, and when the turtle cart slowly rose, the cavalry had rushed to a distance of more than one hundred and thirty steps under the city, and while the archers at the head of the city were busy attacking the turtle carts, a dense rain of arrows was about to pass, shooting down a large number of the officers and soldiers defending the city at the head of the city, and then, In the Tang Army's infantry queue, the new infantry battalion captain Ying Si had already led his troops to launch a fierce attack on the city, and all the people at the front of the queue were tall and powerful Baidaomen, and the defenders of the city, who were already panicked, were even more chaotic.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows! Leave the monsters alone, the knife shooter! Shield knife hand on the city, quick! Seeing that his archers were in a mess, Fu Yanxiong already knew that he could not stop the Tang army's rushing troops from killing the city, and he couldn't think about how to deal with the three turtle carts lying on the sand and gradually rising to the level of the city, and hurriedly issued a series of orders.

Seeing that the Tang Army's troops rushing to the city were fierce, not only did they not retreat, but they broke out with desperate courage, ignoring the climbing turtle cart, and ignoring the dense arrow rain suppression of the Tang cavalry, desperately firing arrows at the Tang Army infantry, even if the comrades around them were hit by arrows and fell to the city, they could not deter the desperate and desperate officers and soldiers defending the city, so that the archers defending the city suffered heavy losses under the blow of the Tang cavalryNearly 100 officers and soldiers fell on the road of the impact, but fortunately, the Bai Daomen who rushed to the forefront were all wearing heavy armor, and they were generally slightly injured and few were killed.

It was too late, it was fast, and it was only a moment to rush up at a distance of more than 300 steps, just when the turtle car climbed to the top of the city, the Tang officers and soldiers had already rushed to the bottom of the city, shouted, rushed up along the sand pile, and divided into three roads, and forcibly killed the city head along the ramp formed by the turtle car, and at this time, the Khotanese heavy armored infantry that had already been arrayed at the head of the city did not give an inch to meet the front, and the two sides launched a bloody battle on such a narrow territory at the head of the city.

Heroic? No! It's tragic! The Tang army's Bai knife hand is of course an invincible warrior, often a knife down the ability to cut several Khotanese heavy armor soldiers, whether those soldiers are using a shield to block or use a knife to fight, for Mount Tai's top of the Bai knife force to chop is an end, that is, the knife and shield break people, there is no exception, but after wielding the knife, the Tang army Bai knife hand often can't avoid the rest of the Khotanese heavy armor soldiers' sneak attack, either died tragically under the knife, or was retreated to the archers on both sides of the city wall shot down the city, such a life-fighting style of play, For both sides, it is a physical torture, the contest is the will, whoever can't hold on first will suffer the pain of total defeat.

Soon, the first wave of more than 40 Tang army swordsmen rushed to the head of the city after killing hundreds of Khotanese heavy armor soldiers, all of them died gloriously, but the remaining Tang army shield swordsmen still refused to give up, and the Khotanese defenders crowded in the city continued to fight for life, blood is burning, madness is continuing, around the three breakthroughs, the attack and defense sides are fighting selflessly, the sound of the impact of weapons, the sound of knives, the screams, the screams of the wounded, the wails of the dying are intertwined, and the casualties on both sides are rising sharply, But both sides refused to retreat, gradually, the Tang army in the state of attacking on the back because of the absolute inferiority in numbers, there were signs of exhaustion, squeezed by the defenders from the city head to the slope, and it was about to be bombarded off the city, holding a big shield in his hand, risking the attack of arrows not far from the city to command the siege of the Eagle Si was so anxious that his eyes were red, regardless of the rule of "the captain must not personally rush the city" in the army, he threw the big shield in his hand to the ground, grabbed it from the hands of the guards, and dragged the knife, pointed to the head of the city, and shouted: " The second team, with Ben General, will go into the city! ”

"Kill, kill, kill!" The second group of Tang troops rushing to the city, who were on standby under the city, broke out with a high shout, rushed up the slope along the sand pile, and rushed to the city again with the blood of their comrades.

Eagle four is a martial arts master, very brave, but because of the talent in the eagle group, there is no outstanding performance on weekdays, but he is good at fighting and dare to fight, in the Yue Wangfu among the many martial arts masters are rare to know how to lead the way of the army, in terms of its tactical literacy, among the many masters of the eagle group, only a little worse than the eagle three who have died in Niutouling, the large expansion of the army can stand out among many competitors, and replace the captain of the infantry battalion vacated by the death of the eagle three, and it is not entirely dependent on Li Zhen's support, Instead, he defeated many competitors in the exercise, and this time, as the commander of the first attack on Hotan, Eagle Si never wanted to lose the first battle in his life, so he was going to play with his life - but seeing Eagle Si jumping up on the sand like a flying eagle, an undulation in the air, and then a borrowing force on the shoulders of a remnant officer and soldier of the first team, the person had risen to the sky, rushed to the head of the city, and his toes were a little on the city plate, and the people were like a sword out of the sheath, from top to bottom, and flew towards the crowded Khotanese defenders, Before those Khotanese defenders understood what was going on, they saw the thick/long Bai knife in the hands of Eagle Si slammed into a circle, slashed obliquely, and cut the three defenders into two in an instant, and then one turned sideways, and at the same time when landing, the Bai knife was slashed half a circle, where it passed, a knife was cut in two, and more than a dozen Khotanese defenders who were preparing to launch an attack were cut into two by the waist, the crowded city was unexpectedly vacant because of this, a huge piece of land was vacant.

"Kill the thief! Kill the thief! Seeing that their own master was so brave, the Tang officers and soldiers who rushed to the city immediately boosted their morale, and took advantage of the retreat of the defenders, frantically rushed to the head of the city, completely seized a section of the city wall, and constantly attacked at both ends, trying to connect the three breakthroughs into a line, so far, the balance of victory seems to be quietly tilted to the side of the Tang army - the key to siege is to occupy the city, once the city is broken, the defending side is bound to be in an extremely passive situation, if the Tang army team kills the city, the city can no longer be defended, The rest can only be street fighting, obviously, the defenders have no cover of the city wall, their morale must be extremely low, once they plan to prepare for street fighting, in fact, it is just a matter of survival, and it is a matter of time before it falls, this is the iron law of offensive and defensive warfare in the era of cold weapons, as long as it is for the generals to know in their hearts, seeing that their shield and knife hands at the head of the city were pressed by the Tang army to retreat, and the rest of the reserves could not be put into battle due to the limited area of the city, Fu Yanxiong was so anxious that the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and shouted, He pulled out the treasure island on his waist and shouted violently: "The whole army kills thieves, and those who kill a soldier of the Tang Army will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, and those who kill officers will be rewarded with their official positions, kill!" As soon as the words fell, regardless of whether he was the king's honor, he personally led his personal guards to rush to the city.

Perhaps because they were shocked by Fu Yanxiong's courage or moved by the heavy reward, the defenders who were already at a disadvantage at the head of the city immediately stopped retreating and frantically threw themselves into the counterattack, and the bloody battle on the city became more and more intense......

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