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"Ho~~"
"Kill them all!!"
"Kill all these Han dogs! Revenge Wang Zihui!"
When they learned that there was a Han army stationed in Talas City, the food soldiers went completely crazy. They clamored to annihilate this pagan army that had defiled the holy land.
Under the deliberate propaganda of the Abbasids, people in Dashi were generally disgusted and hostile towards the Han Dynasty. Even children of a few years old would hold up a wooden sword and shout: "Brave Abbasid warriors, charge, charge, charge." , scare the hell out of the Han people!"
It can be said that Abbasid's mobilization work has been quite good. He has successfully shifted domestic attention to the land in the east and successfully raised a large amount of supplies for the jihad.
Facing the high-morale Dashi army, Abbas raised his arms and shouted: "My dearest family members, it's time to let the Han people know how powerful our Dashi is. The Lord will bless you. Go ahead!"
"Come on~~"
After giving the order, Sulman raised his command knife and swung forward.
In an instant, tens of thousands of Dashi troops, wrapped in black clothes, rushed towards the fortress where the Han army was located.
The yellow sand is rolling, the air waves are roaring into the sky, and a war is inevitable.
Geng Gong stood at the top of the city, watching the enemy's movements with a looking glass.
After seeing his opponent launching an offensive against him, he immediately frowned and said, "Get ready to defend against the enemy!"
Soon, pitch-black flintlock muskets poked out from the incomplete crenellations at the top of the city.
Three hundred gunmen are already in position.
Inside the fortress, Hu Qing's baggage team had loaded ammunition for the Fengxing Cannon, and the soldiers had fixed all the parts of the percussion gun, waiting for the enemy to approach and fiercely fight back.
In the galloping army of Taishi, the archers, under the cover of shield soldiers, began to gather arrowheads on their backs a hundred steps away from the fortress.
The projectiles while running had no hits, but they could not withstand the volleys of thousands of archers.
Their purpose was not to hit the target, but to accelerate the destruction of the already weathered city wall.
"hidden!"
A hail of arrows swept across the area, and Geng Gong immediately ordered his soldiers to lower their heads to avoid the bows and arrows.
Their armors and helmets are enough to cope with such a level of long-range strikes. It can be said that what the Han army is least afraid of is the enemy's bows and arrows.
The dense rain fell like a god, covering the sky and the sun, falling inside and outside the Talas city wall.
As yellow sand smoke rose from half of the city wall, the sound of metal clashing came from the soldiers, and the battle officially began.
One wave of arrow rain stopped, and then the second wave of arrow rain came, followed by the third wave, the fourth wave...
After five consecutive waves of arrows, the leading troops of Dashi were only less than twenty steps away from the city wall.
At this moment, the sharp swan whistle sounded in time within the Han army's defense line.
"put!"
Bang bang bang bang bang bang——
A burst of fire burst out from behind the bunker, and smoke filled the air. Fiery projectiles roared towards the enemy.
The leader of the Dashi generals had not recovered from the deafening sound of the gun. He only felt that his chest was hit by a heavy object, and then a strong sense of suffocation rushed into his mind. The next moment, he couldn't help but vomit a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground on his back. .
Fortunately, he was not the only one who fell. A dozen soldiers on his left and right also fell in a pool of blood in the hail of bullets. General Dashi was not alone in his death.
But such casualties obviously could not dampen the morale of the Dashi army. Each of them regarded death as home and kept flocking to the seemingly crumbling Talas city wall.
Bang bang bang bang——
There was another rhythmic volley of muskets, and dozens of food soldiers fell to the ground in an instant.
Geng Gong had been watching the Dashi army from behind the bunker and couldn't help but frown.
"No, there are too many people. If this continues, the first line of defense will be breached."
Thinking of this, Geng Gong immediately ordered: "Send the order! Increase the frequency of fire cannon shooting. The original six-line shooting will be changed to three lines, and one hundred cannons will be fired once. No matter what, we must push back this group of miscellaneous people!"
As the tactics were adjusted, the fire on the city became more intensive, and the casualties of the Dashi vanguard army also increased visibly. Finally, ten steps away, the enemy army could no longer move forward half a step.
Surman, who was watching the battle from behind, was shocked. He thought that this battle was a sure win, but the result was completely beyond his expectation.
It seemed that the Dashi army was blocked by something, unable to get close to the Talas city wall.
"What are they doing? We don't have time to hang around here. Send the order. Before dark, I want to see the Dali flag flying over Talas!"
After receiving the order, the Dashi Pioneer Army launched an offensive against the Han army's garrison even more vigorously.
However, the Han army's firearms were too sharp, especially at such a close range. If you were hit, no matter how many layers of armor you wore, you were destined to be disemboweled.
boom--
"Ah~~"
There was a gunshot, and the shield in the hand of a big knife-shielder was penetrated by a high-speed rotating projectile, directly drilling into his wrist.
In an instant, a pool of blood burst out from his wrist, becoming a bloody mess.
The severe pain made him miserable, and when he saw the disabled palm again, he suddenly screamed heartbreakingly.
There was also a big food soldier. The projectile passed through his chest and armor and penetrated into his body hard, causing him to vomit a mouthful of blood. Then he collapsed to the ground helplessly. He was surprised to find that he could only feel bright red blood flowing out of his lower abdomen.
"No~"
After he opened his bloody mouth and screamed in surprise, fear spread throughout his body, taking away the last trace of bloody courage in his body.
Looking at the Dashi army falling like waves of wheat and smelling the special smell of blood mixed with gunpowder smoke floating in the air, all the Han soldiers had only an expression called "indifference" on their faces.
The Han army never showed any feelings towards their enemies, nor did they care about military discipline.
Cruelty to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. If the ignorant guys at the back of the group are not defeated, it will only be the relatives behind them who will be in trouble in the future.
The firecrackers sounded one after another, and the corpses of the Dashi army gradually piled up into a hill in front of Talas City, making the army behind them advance even more slowly.
At this time, the Han soldiers on the top of the city had fired more than seven times on average. When they were ready to take aim for the eighth time, the second wave of reserves were also ready to take over their companions' positions.
"Ding ding ding——"
At this moment, the retreat bell rang in the Dashi Army.
The Dashi Army, which was originally attacking, immediately withdrew from the front in an orderly manner after hearing the sound of the bell.
Dashi's first attack was temporarily over. At the cost of more than 500 casualties, we had a rough idea of the combat effectiveness of this Han army.
The casualties of more than 500 people did not cause any morale blow to the Dashi army. This is an army dominated by religious beliefs and can withstand casualties far exceeding the proportion of militiamen.
But the key point is that more than 400 casualties were suffered, but not a single enemy was killed. The attack of tens of thousands of people was declared a failure, which really shocked Sullman at the true strength of this Han army.
He immediately informed the news to Abbas, who was stationed in the rear area, and said that there was a magical fire-breathing firearm among the Han army...
