At this time, around 11 o'clock in the morning, Duan Zhixuan commanded his army to begin to attack the city.
However, the soldiers below were procrastinating, and it took a long time to assemble several small catapults.
Then he threw a few stones into the city, but with no results, he rested.
Alim looked at the Tang army below on the city wall, full of doubts in his heart.
Since the Tang army coming here wants to cut off the retreat route of the Arab Empire army, it should be an elite force.
But now it seems that these Datang armies are not as good as their slave armies, let alone their heavy infantry regiments and heavy cavalry regiments.
However, this may also be a disguise by the other party, hoping to make him relax his vigilance and then go out to fight in the city.
So He decided to pay attention, as long as he guarded the city.
In the afternoon, the Tang army began to attack the city again, and still threw a few stones.
Then some soldiers ran towards the city wall on ladders, but were shot back by two rounds of arrows.
Battuta looked at it with disdain and said, "How dare a Tang army like this come to attack our city?"
He asked Alim for orders and said: "General, let me lead three thousand cavalry. When they attack the city, I will rush out suddenly and catch them off guard."
"Absolutely not!" Alim shook his head and said: "The enemy is so weak now. It is probably their trick. You must know that they have an absolute advantage in military strength. Maybe what they want is for us to open the city gate to fight. "
Battuta was helpless and gradually dissatisfied. This Alim was old, but he still occupied the position of general. He was getting more and more military achievements. He must be afraid that he would make great achievements again and throw him away from his position. Squeeze down.
That's why I keep stopping myself like this.
It's just that Alim is the general of the city's defenders. He is just a deputy general. If Alim doesn't nod, there is nothing he can do.
One afternoon, the Tang army attacked Viramala City several more times, but they mostly retreated after encountering counterattacks from the defenders.
Then there was no more siege, and we returned to the camp and started eating.
The next three days were like this. Just like modern civil servants, they started to attack the city around nine o'clock in the morning. After attacking twice, they started to have lunch.
After dinner, we rested for a while and then started to attack the city again in the afternoon.
Wait until about five o'clock in the afternoon, and then call the gold to withdraw the troops on time.
After fighting for three days, the work and rest of the entire Viramala City defenders were greatly regulated by these Tang troops.
Battuta once again asked for a battle, asking to take two thousand cavalry out of the city to test it out, but Alim rejected the offer.
In the past few days, Datang's siege battles were obviously aimed at conserving strength. Basically, when the defenders started to fight back, they retreated.
After so many attacks, there was almost no damage, which was extremely abnormal.
But he didn't know why the Tang soldiers did this. Could they be waiting for reinforcements?
But no matter what the reason was, he planned to defend and made up his mind that if he could not hold on, he would burn all the food and grass in the city and try to find a way to see if he could Can't break out.
After instructing the garrison on the city wall not to take it lightly at night, Alim returned to his tent to rest.
Then the next day, Alim was awakened by the cry of killing.
Looking at the sky, it was almost dawn. This was indeed the best time for a night attack. Battuta arrived just as he left the camp.
"Did the Tang army attack the city?" Alim asked.
Battuta shook his head and said: "No Tang army has ever attacked the city, but looking out from the city, the Tang army camp was in flames. It seemed like it was being attacked by someone."
He asked for battle again and said: "General, now that the Tang Army is in chaos, it is a good time for us to attack. Let me lead my men to fight."
"No!" Alim shook his head and said: "It's still dark now. We can't see the Tang Army's camp clearly here. How do we know that this is not a show by them? Our mission is to guard Viramala City. If there really is our Arab The army is attacking the Tang army’s camp, let’s wait until they finish.”
Battuta secretly clenched his fists after hearing this, but had no choice but to comply, and then led his men to the city wall.
Alim was worried and went up to the city wall. Sure enough, he saw flames shooting into the sky and the sound of killing shaking the ground at the Datang camp.
After more than ten minutes, it started to dawn, and you could see that the Tang army was being attacked by another army, and then gradually retreated towards Viramala City.
At this time, Battuta also saw it clearly. He pointed outside the city and said, "That's
General Fisher's people in Malwa City! "
The various generals of the Arab Empire also had their own flags to distinguish them, plus the costumes of the attacking troops below and their killing cries.
Finally, the defenders of Viramala City confirmed their identities.
"General!" Battuta stood in front of Alim. At this moment, he could already see that the Tang army had been killed and was completely defeated. More than half of the 20,000 troops had fallen to the ground, and there were still some left to protect those who came to shout that day. The general will resist stubbornly.
These are all military achievements. There were only five thousand of Malava's men, but they were able to defeat the Tang army like this. If Alim hadn't stopped them, these military achievements would have been his own.
The general is now close to Viramala City. If he doesn't take action, even this last military achievement will belong to him.
Of course Alim knew what Battuta was thinking. He looked at the Tang troops lying dead everywhere below and the few who were still resisting, and finally nodded: "Take the people out of the city!"
"Yes!" Battuta was overjoyed. He quickly gathered his troops and led his men to rush out of Viramala City. Unfortunately, when he left the city, the Tang general seemed to have been killed. The last point Everyone was surrounded by Fisher's people.
"I am Battuta under General Alim. Which of General Fisher's subordinates is here? I am here to wish you!"
Battuta shouted loudly as he rushed in with his men.
"I am General Fisher's deputy general Harry." A bearded man came to Battuta and laughed: "We, General Fisher, sent us here specifically..."
When he said this, his voice became a little softer, and Battuta moved closer without noticing.
"I came here specifically to get you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp knife pierced Battuta's chest.
At the same time, Alim, who was watching on the city wall, was also shot in the head by Xue Rengui.
Then all the Tang troops who had been "dead" on the ground stood up. Not only that, but the Arab troops who came also wore a red rope on their wrists. At this time, they all used scimitars to chop at the people Battuta brought. .
However, in just ten minutes or so, all the 5,000 defenders led by Battuta were killed by the Tang Army and later the "Arab Army".
The Tang army captured Viramala City.
