The horns sounded and the drums rumbled.
After testing each other, both sides began to stand up.
The people of the Central Plains followed the strategy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Strategy and Attack" in fighting wars, although this handsome boy named Sun Wu destroyed the etiquette of fighting before the Warring States Period.
However, the unparalleled art of war written by Sun Tzu was highly praised by military commanders and was regarded as a son.
Surround it with ten, attack it with five, divide it with double.
Apparently King Ashina claimed that he had strong soldiers and horses, or he had never read the art of war. It was a taboo for military strategists to attack the Yingzhou City guarded by 50,000 dragon guards with 30,000 soldiers.
The mighty Turks who stretched for miles gradually became clear in the eyes of the Longwu Guard officers, slowly approaching Yingzhou City.
The infantry's siege equipment was gradually exposed, with nothing more than crude ladders and clumsy chariots.
The Turks considered themselves to be the mighty army on the grassland, always invincible, and they had always looked down upon the dragons who were defending their subjects.
To be fair, the Han people are indeed inferior to the Turks in field warfare. There are too many factors. The Turks grew up eating beef and mutton and drinking mare's milk. Their physiques are more than twice as strong as those of the Han people who grew up eating whole grains.
In addition, the war horses of the Turks are more powerful than the war horses of the Han people, and fighting in the wild is indeed incomparable.
The champion Hou Huo Qubing was able to defeat the Huns and left behind the title of Feng Lang Juxu. This was inevitably related to the Heshuo grassland initially occupied by the Han people. In addition, Zhang Qian went on an envoy to the Western Regions to purchase many Dawan horses.
After several years of recuperation, the Han Dynasty's war horses were no weaker than the Huns. The Han people's weakness was weakened, and the Huns could only flee.
However, the current dragon is not as powerful as it was during the Han Dynasty. The Heshuo Grassland was occupied by the Turks. The Silk Road of the Western Regions was out of control in the Jin Dynasty. The Western Regions Protectorate that controlled the thirty-six prefectures of the Western Regions was already in dilapidated condition. , and the Kingdom of Jin is eyeing the Northeast region.
Being able to block the Turkic Jin Kingdom from going south for hundreds of years despite being weak is already a big victory.
They even bravely marched northward and left an indelible military disaster to the Turkic Jin people.
It was also at that time that the Turks understood that it was not that the soldiers of the Great Dragon Dynasty did not dare to go north to meet the enemy, but that the Holy Emperor had never issued an order to go north.
More than 20 years ago, the 300,000-strong Great Dragon and Six Guards were able to sweep across the sky and reach the north to cross the border. Twenty years later, the 300,000-strong Great Dragon Military Guard could also march 300,000 people north to the border to kill the enemy bravely.
It's not that the Han people lack blood, but that they are waiting for an imperial edict, waiting for an imperial edict to kill decisively.
Just like the same imperial edict twenty years ago, the six guards came out together to avenge their humiliation.
Zhang Kuang looked at the Turkic cavalry who were covering the siege infantry with a stern expression, and gently raised the shogi in his hand: "Fireworks light up."
Hundreds of wall crenels on the Yingzhou City Wall were lit up with hundreds of torches igniting the fixed fireworks.
The sound of the explosion directly overshadowed the rumble of the war drums, and hundreds of fireworks bombs flew towards the Turkic cavalry with bright lights. For the first time, gunpowder was used in military warfare, not with artillery but with fireworks.
For the first time, black gunpowder announced his arrival in Zhang Kuang's hands.
The Turks didn't know why this thunderous sound sounded from above Yingzhou City. When they realized it, they had been thrown high by the war horses.
Although the fireworks were no longer effective under Young Master Liu's control, they were filled with black powder after all. The sound and light of the explosions in their ears were enough to instantly render the horses and cavalry deaf and blind.
Especially the war horse was frightened by the explosion of fireworks and became restless.
The Turks, who had always been good at riding horses, found that the horses they could easily control on weekdays were constantly being used.
Just the first firework bomb caused the Turks to panic. Liu Dashao fired more than a dozen or dozens of fireworks. The continuous roar bloomed into beautiful flowers in the Turkic battle formation.
"Stop talking, are our horses' ears plugged up?"
"What? General, please speak louder? I don't know, General!" Huo Buyan covered his ears with one hand and approached Zhang Kuang. The sound of fireworks made the Turks deaf. Long Wuwei, who was standing on the city wall, also felt his ears. Buzzing, quite uncomfortable.
"Did I say that the ears of our war horses are stuffed with cotton?"
"Don't worry, General. All the horses of the light cavalry and heavy cavalry have their ears plugged."
Finally hearing the general's voice clearly, Huo Buyan began to answer.
The explosion of thousands of fireworks bombed the Turkic cavalry to the point where they were almost defeated. If the Turkic cavalry hadn't pulled the reins tightly, the horses would have gone away long ago.
At the rear of the Turkic army, Dulu King Ashinamo looked a little panicked: "What's going on? What are the people in the south using? It's as bright as lightning and looks like thunder. Is this a punishment from God?"
"Your Majesty, tens of thousands of war horses have become restless. It seems unwise for the general to attack the city today. Why don't we change the time?"
Ashina hugged the horse's belly tightly: "No, if the delay continues any longer, the horse simply won't be able to withstand the weather outside, so we ordered the entire army to attack and attack the city forcefully."
"Follow the order."
The general under his command looked embarrassed and turned his horse's head to face the trumpeter and shouted: "Your Majesty has an order, the whole army will attack."
The trumpet sound outside the city became more majestic and powerful, and the Turks used their superb riding skills to the extreme to avoid the fireworks on the city wall.
However, no matter how superb his riding skills were, he could not avoid the power of black powder. The fireworks fired were too fast and could not cover his ears.
The horses no longer obeyed the command, and many Turks were shot directly in the face by fireworks. The fate can be imagined.
Many Turks covered their faces and started howling on their horses with their eyes already hurting. It can be said that they were beyond recognition.
Hearing the wails of those unfortunates, the Turkic military commander took out the scimitar from his waist and chopped it down. Immediately, the heads flew out and hot blood spurted out on his face.
"If you dare not do the first, you will be killed without mercy."
The leader of the Turks didn't want this either, but the wailing and screaming people would affect the stability of the military's morale.
Huo Buyan, who was on the city wall, had a cold face: "General, these Turks are so cruel, they even kill their own people."
Zhang Kuang also had a serious look on his face: "This is to stabilize the morale of the army. They have made up their minds to die. Today is a tough battle. Zhong Qiang ordered Zhong Qiang to fire the eight-niu crossbow without leaving any arrows behind. Shoot them all. go out."
"It's an order."
The crossbow arrows on the city wall began to shoot through the air towards the Turks. However, the Turks had long been killed and the decisive governor commander became hard-hearted.
He just faced the arrows and began to attack the city.
The Turkic man who was killed by the two-meter-long arrow penetrated his body and died without even letting out a scream.
But the Turks around him still gritted their teeth and rushed toward Yingzhou City with red eyes.
The effect of the arrow rain was not obvious. This time the Turks did not attack and charge as hard as before. Whenever the arrow rain came, they would hold up their shields to cover.
But the arrows on the Yingzhou city wall were shot out as if they were desperate.
Tens of thousands of archers fired tens of thousands of arrows each time. The Turks suffered heavy losses, but they still did not hesitate, and no one retreated.
Reaching an angle that could not be covered by the arrow rain, the Turkic cavalry began to gallop on their horses and began to fight back with the long bows in their hands.
The one-sided situation took a turn for the better. As Zhong Qiang said, everyone among the Turks was a marksman, and casualties began to appear in Yingzhou City.
And there were quite serious casualties. This time there were not only 5,000 Turks, but the rain of arrows shot by 20,000 Turks was definitely a damage that cannot be underestimated.
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