Compared with everything going well at Yumen Pass, Dingxiang City was not so lucky.
The Western Turks' army is no smaller than that of the Tibetans. The reason why the situation on the two sides is different is because Dingxiang City is besieged on three sides. Unlike Yumen Pass, which only needs to be defended on one side, ten artillery can be gathered together and fired at the same time!
Unlike Dingxiang City, although there are ten artillery pieces, they are scattered on three city walls. As a result, the power is not as powerful as Yumen Pass.
Of course, Li Jing has not used artillery yet, this is his last trump card.
The wooden lumps were thrown at the foreigners in the Western Turks for free, killing countless foreigners.
But similarly, the officers and soldiers defending the city also had to withstand the rain of arrows from the Western Turks, and the casualties were also high!
"Fire the artillery, shoot hard at the crossbow position behind the Western Turks, kill all their crossbowmen!!!" Li Jing slapped the railings of the city tower and said angrily.
This order had to be given. The battle only lasted for an hour, but the data reported below was that 10,000 horses were killed or injured!
Nowadays, there are more than 80,000 people in Dingxiang City, which is 10,000 less, which means there are only more than 70,000 people.
It will take at least five days for reinforcements to arrive. With just a few people, how can we resist until reinforcements arrive?
I'm afraid he will have to order an evacuation in two days!
Under Li Jing's order, the artillery was loaded with shells immediately. The gunner who controlled the artillery braved the rain of arrows, adjusted the angle, and pointed the muzzle slightly upward, so that it could shoot farther.
All of this was taught by Luo Zhang. Although I don’t know why it is like this, as long as I can hit it, it doesn’t matter if I don’t know the reason.
Luo Zhang was too lazy to explain this kind of thing. These people wouldn't understand it even if he talked about parabola, so they just had to follow what he said.
As the Duwei's order was issued, deafening loud noises sounded on the walls of Dingxiang City.
The ground shook for a moment, and the soldiers around the cannon covered their ears. It was so loud that they thought they would definitely become deaf if they didn't cover their ears!
The Western Turks also heard the loud noise, and looked around and saw nothing wrong.
Just when the Western Turks came to their senses, an even louder sound erupted from the crossbow array in the rear.
"Boom boom boom!!!":
Bursts of loud noises exploded in the crossbow position, and the fire suddenly engulfed the crossbowmen in the crossbow position.
Just like Yumen Pass, screams were heard one after another. Many of the arms that originally held crossbows were missing. Broken limbs and broken arms could be seen everywhere, and there were also many dead bodies.
The explosion was not just on one city wall, but happened on three walls.
This sudden scene almost caused King Zuo Xian to roll off his huge carriage bed.
"What's going on? What's going on? What happened?" King Zuo Xian stabilized his sitting posture and shouted anxiously outside.
A general also ran in anxiously and reported to King Zuo Xian: "Your Majesty, I don't know what magic was used in Dingxiang City. Our crossbowmen suffered heavy casualties!"
"What do you mean? What kind of magic?" King Zuo Xian glared at the visitor fiercely.
"The earth was shaking just now, and then the fire burst into the sky, and our crossbowmen were killed and injured. Your Majesty, this is a magic method, it is definitely a magic method!!!" the general said in horror.
"Get out of here, you demon? Why didn't you say it was a god coming!!!" King Zuo Xian cursed angrily.
You know, he just used Chang Sun Chong's method to capture Dingxiang City in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect such a problem to arise.
The crossbowmen suffered heavy casualties. How could he suppress Lingxiang City?
How to continue to attack Dingxiang City? Use the life of a foreign race to fill it?
Consuming Dingxiang City’s supplies? Wait until its supplies are exhausted before attacking?
In that case, the time will be very long, and seeing that winter is coming, this will be very disadvantageous for him.
If they cannot capture Dingxiang City, when their army leaves and reinforcements from Dingxiang City arrive, this Eastern Turkic territory will not be able to be defended at all.
He didn't want to waste time and effort in sending troops and end up in vain. Even the Western Turkic Khan would not be able to protect him!
Just when King Zuo Xian was furious, Chang Sun Chong rushed to King Zuo Xian's tent. Seeing the furious King Zuo Xian, Chang Sun Chong smiled slightly and said: "King Zuo Xian is beyond your reach, I know what this thing is! "
