Earth dragon turns over?
Chikel was confused and stopped on the steps of the city wall. After a while, the tremors not only did not weaken, but became more and more intense.
Suddenly, Chikel turned around suddenly, took three steps at a time and came to the arrow stack. He held the arrow stack with his hand and looked towards the south, and his heart suddenly lifted!
I saw silhouettes in the wind and snow in the south, like ghosts emerging from the ground seeking life. , and countless Tang troops wearing red and black shirts, attacking overwhelmingly from the end of the earth!
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
"The Tang army is coming to kill!"
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Suddenly, golden drums sounded on the city wall, and the sound of trumpets broke through the clouds and wind, resounding throughout the city.
The well-trained garrison immediately warned, and the soldiers stationed under the city came to the city wall one by one. They completed the deployment in a very short time and were waiting for battle.
Chikel on the top of the city looked at the Tang army getting closer and closer. The red tassels on the cavalry helmets were like flames beating in the wind and snow, which made his whole heart seem to sink to the bottom.
Such a large-scale Tang Army cavalry can appear overwhelmingly in Wuchuan Town, and the fate of Dadu Shi is self-evident.
This was not only a defeat, not even a single scout who delivered the message could escape back to Wuchuan. The Tang army must have blocked the Baidaokou, cutting off the way to retreat. Monan was the territory of the Tang army and the Turks, so retreating There is no road, and the flat and vast Chile River is the burial place of Da Da Zai. The only thing waiting for him is the annihilation of his entire army.
Tens of thousands of elite cavalry!
Just buried in Monan?
Chikler couldn't believe it.
However, Tang Jun, who appeared in front of him and was charging fiercely, cruelly confirmed this fact to him.
Taking a deep breath, Chikel raised his hand and shouted to the soldiers who gathered around him: "Get ready to fight! The second prince has been defeated. Wuchuan is the gateway to Mobei. If it falls, the Tang army breaks into Mobei, and the Wanli Plain will be destroyed." Let the Tang army wreak havoc! Think about your clan members and their families, will they still be alive when the Tang army wreaks havoc? For the sake of the Khanate, for the Great Khan, and for the sake of the clan members and their families, we will defend Wuchuan to the death!"
"Defend Wuchuan!"
"Defend Wuchuan!"
Xue Yantuo's soldiers on the city wall were high in fighting spirit and shouted in unison, shaking the whole country!
Chicole nodded with satisfaction.
He has full confidence in Wuchuan's defense.
All the 20,000 defenders in the city were trained by Han generals. They practiced the most advanced city defense tactics of the Han people. Although they lacked some bows and crossbows, Xue Yantuo's soldiers were more brave and fearless of death. The entire Wuchuan town was impregnable. Foolproof!
In his opinion, if he wanted to capture Wuchuan, it would be in vain unless the Tang army was several times stronger than his own and carried a large number of engineering weapons such as ladders and rams.
What's more, looking at the charging Tang army, they are all cavalry. On the plains, the Tang cavalry is not inferior to Xue Yantuo's cavalry, but using it to attack the city?
Chikele had read a lot of Han military books, but he had never seen a battle in which cavalry could break a city...
Do you really think we are still the barbarians who only know how to ride and shoot but don’t know how to defend the city?
A disdainful sneer appeared at the corner of Chikel's bearded mouth, and he ordered his soldiers and subordinates to be in various key positions to resist the Tang army's attack.
Xue Yantuo was not good at smelting iron, and the manufacture of crossbows lagged far behind the Tang Dynasty. Although the short bows equipped among the cavalry were light, they had limited lethality and were not a weapon for defending the city. Therefore, there were not many crossbowmen at the head of Wuchuan City. Instead, many rolling logs and stones were prepared. Large pots were set up at the foot of the city, firewood was set up, the snow water was boiled, and then the gold juice was poured in and stirred. Suddenly, the stench rose to the sky, and the smoke was suffocating. People want to vomit.
The so-called "golden juice" is the feces of humans and animals...
This substance was boiled in boiling water and poured on the enemy soldiers attacking the city to cause burns. The venom would immediately enter the lungs and there was no cure.
Chikel looked coldly at Tang Jun who was getting closer and closer.
Cavalry siege?
Haha, it’s so whimsical...
However, the Tang army's charge was just a powerful one, which still made Chicole feel nervous.
The overwhelming cavalry of the Tang Army braved the wind and snow and crossed the frozen Tabu River under Wuchuan City. The iron tower shattered the ice and snow and charged towards Wuchuan with great momentum. The red tassel on the cavalry helmets was like a leaping flame, eye-catching. !
This is the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty that caused the Turkic Khanate, the former overlord of the grasslands, to fall apart!
Even though there are no world-famous generals such as Wei Gong Li Jing, British Duke Li Ji, Hejian County Prince Li Xiaogong, nor Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Li Daliang, Hou Junji, etc. who are brave enough to win the three armies, the Han Dynasty still maintains its Jiaerlang’s bloody spirit in his bones!
The masters on the grassland have changed from generation to generation, including Quanrong, Qiang people, Turks, Xueyantuo... The rise of a tribe means the demise of a tribe.
However, among the beautiful mountains and rivers in the south, even though the dynasties of the Han people also rose and fell, the Han people still stood there. One dynasty after another declined, and then one dynasty after another rose up, always maintaining the suppression of the grassland peoples.
Those amazingly talented and world-famous generals will never stop generation after generation.
Li Mu, Meng Tian, Li Guang, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Zhao Chongguo, Ban Chao, Gan Ying, Dou Xian, Cao Zhang, Ran Min, Zu Ti, Huan Wen, Xie Xuan, Liu Yu, Tan Daoji, Li Jing, Li Ji...
These famous generals who have made great achievements and been praised by the people of the Han family for generations, stepped on the corpses of the barbarians in the grassland, achieved eternal fame, and shined in the history of the Han family!
This is the horror of the Han people.
No matter how powerful the Hu people are, they can only have a temporary advantage. Whenever the Han people's lives are at stake, someone will always stand up to turn the tide.
How can such a nation be conquered?
Therefore, Xue Yantuo always adopts a conciliatory strategy towards the Tang Dynasty. He has never had the ambition to drink from the Yellow River or whip the Yangtze River. As long as he can plunder and take advantage from time to time, that's all...
The roaring sound of horse hooves shattered Chikel's thoughts. He came back to his senses and saw that the Tang army had already charged a stone's throw away from the city wall. They all reined in their horses and stopped their charge.
Chicole was puzzled.
Although he is a barbarian, he has read a lot of Han military books, and he knows the principle of "one vigorous effort and then weakening three times to exhaust it." When attacking a city, the most important thing is momentum. To rein in the enemy's strength in this way, in addition to using up the accumulated strength through the charge. Apart from letting out his momentum, what other tactics can he use?
He did not believe that the commander-in-chief of the Tang army would be so stupid, so he sent his scouts immediately back to Governor Yu's Shanya tent to report the situation while waiting nervously to see what other strategies the Tang army had to attack the city.
Sure enough, after the Tang army rested under the city for about an hour, about half of the cavalry dismounted and slowly formed a formation. Three strange chariots were pushed out from the rear army, and several soldiers got into the thick ground. Under the thick wooden cover, it was slowly pushed towards the city wall.
Chikel estimated the distance between the two sides to ensure that the cold arrows of the Tang army could not hurt him. Then he stretched his neck, lay on the arrow stack and looked down at the city.
The chariot has a strange shape, like a huge turtle, covered with thick wooden boards. It is not afraid of the rolling stones and wood on the top of the city, and the golden juice cannot hurt the Tang army under the cover. The defense is very tight.
But no matter how flawless the defense is, you still have to come out and attack the city, right?
Is it possible that this bastard can be pushed directly to the top of the city?
Not only was Chikel at a loss, but the Xue Yantuo defenders on the city were also at a loss...
Qikele felt something was wrong in his heart. How could the Tang army be allowed to break into the city so easily? There must be some attitude to let the Tang army know that Wuchuan Town is impregnable and cannot be attacked by force.
Dang even waved his hand.
The guards on the city pushed down the rolling logs and stones, poured the boiling golden juice towards the "bastard lid", and even shot a few arrows, making it a real fun.
However, the "bastard cover" was thick-skinned and suffered a round of blows, but was actually unscathed...
Chikel was as panicked as grass growing in his heart. The more he couldn't figure out Tang Jun's intentions, the more unsure he became.
When a large army approaches the city, shouldn't they attack one by force and hold on to the other, until the sky is dark and the earth is covered with sand and rocks?
What the hell do you want to do with two "bastard covers"?
Just when he was panicking and feeling more and more uneasy, he suddenly saw those "bastards" slowly retreating.
Chicole rubbed his eyes and confirmed.
Yes, it is indeed a retreat.
Damn it!
Not only did the Tang army not attack, they also retreated...
What's going on?
"Qu Shuai, something is wrong..." A close confidant beside him muttered.
Chikler said angrily: "Fart! Of course I know something is wrong, something is terribly wrong!"
"No..." The confidant was startled and said hurriedly: "The younger one said something was wrong with the smoking thing..."
"What's the smoke...huh?"
Only then did Chikler see that, as his confidant said, there was a faint smoke coming out of the city wall where the "bastard" was squatting just now. There was no wind under the city, so he could see it quite clearly.
What the hell is this?
