After a pause, Anda finally said: "Okay! I can obey your order, King Ju Wentai! But if we are asked to die on a mission, I will not send my soldiers there."
"Don't worry, I won't send you to die. We are together now." Ju Wentai secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Gaochang also has cavalry, but the total number is only 1,000. And how can I say it? They can only be said to be soldiers who can ride horses. A long way from a true cavalry.
After all, Gaochang is not a big country, and the number of war horses is not large, let alone trained professional cavalry, which is naturally incomparable with the Turks.
The Turks are naturally better at detecting intelligence and other aspects, especially the work of scouting.
Ju Wentai already wanted to run away, but it was impossible to leave all his soldiers behind when running away. If he didn't release the scouts, they might be surrounded by the Tang army, so Ju Wentai must take Anda To stay.
Now that he has achieved his goal, he must be steady.
"General Anda, I tell the truth, I am not planning to attack Yiwu City. Although we are trying to contain the energy of the Tang Dynasty for your Khan, you should be very clear about the current situation. If we have 20,000 troops in our hands, we will We could attack the city, but we didn’t!”
"If we fail here, not only will Datang's military strength not be involved, it may even allow Datang to march in. Of course, I admit that I have selfish motives in this." Ju Wentai spoke directly. He had already put himself Brought in.
Anyway, now no matter what, he is attacking Datang because of Yi Bi Duo Lu's efforts to draw down Datang's energy. There is no other reason than this!
But now if you want to retreat, you need to find a reasonable excuse.
"King Ju Wentai, please speak directly." Anda was silent for a moment before speaking.
"Because we will die if we fight. You have seen the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty army today, and you have also seen all the soldiers on the city wall and the people on the mountains on both sides. They are all fully armed and armored soldiers. Let's not talk about those Can we take this city under the attack of crossbows?"
"Let's just say that if we attack the city wall, we won't be able to defeat the enemy. Under such circumstances, the enemy's war horses don't even need to be many, there are only five or six hundred, and I'm afraid you won't be able to escape. So if we attack with force, there will be only one outcome. , the so-called person who knows the current affairs is a hero!"
"I know General Anda that you are very loyal and willing to sacrifice your life for your Khan, but our sacrificing our lives is meaningless, so we have to retreat." Ju Wentai gave Anda a high hat.
Of course, he could also see that Anda was actually frightened by the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, but at this time, of course he could not say anything to slap the opponent in the face, make trouble for the opponent, and then put forward a reasonable reason for retreating. It will follow naturally.
Sure enough, although Anda was a bit reckless and he was not a famous general in Turks, he could still hear some good words.
"King Ju Wentai's words are reasonable, then shall we retreat directly?" Anda asked.
"No, if we retreat directly, it is very likely that the enemy will pursue us. At this time, we should directly cut down the surrounding trees and make the appearance of making trebuchets and other siege equipment, and then take advantage of tonight to directly attack Retreat." Ju Wentai made his choice without saying a word.
Since you want to run, don't delay, just run. If the Tang army sees it, then I'm afraid they won't be able to run.
"I listen to you, king, what do you say?" Anda said immediately.
Ju Wentai immediately made arrangements. In fact, there was nothing to arrange. The only way was to cut down the surrounding trees, and then make it look like I was building siege equipment to the Tang Dynasty, and then prepare to attack and run away at night.
Anyway, it’s just a half-day performance.
Soon, following Ju Wentai's order, Gaochang's army began to take action.
There were many trees on the mountains on both sides of Yiwu City, and many Gaochang troops rushed directly to the woods and started cutting down the trees.
On the city wall, An Xinggui and Li Daozong frowned as they watched this scene with telescopes.
"They still want to attack the city?"
An Xinggui didn't reply, but kept looking around. After a long time, he shook his head and said, "I think... he wants to escape."
"Oh? Why do you say that?" Li Daozong looked into the distance, "Aren't they building siege equipment? They should be building catapults."
"No, no, no, General Li, you don't understand Ju Wentai. Although he is arrogant, he is also timid. We have already given him enough shock with the previous attack. He definitely does not have the strength to continue the attack. The most important thing is that if he is really preparing to attack the city, at the very least, he should besiege the city first." An Xinggui pointed to the surroundings.
Li Daozong looked around... Indeed, all of An Xinggui's troops were concentrated on the front, and only some scouts were there on the mountains on both sides. In other words, have you ever seen anyone who attacked a city without laying siege to it? If the city is not besieged, do you know what the enemy will add from the rear of the city?
"So... this guy wants to escape, so he gave us an illusion?" Li Daozong was amused.
"If he wants to attack, there is no need for us to see him building siege equipment. He can build siege equipment at the rear instead of starting directly from here." An Xinggui nodded.
"Whether he wants to escape or not, since he is not ready to leave, let's try a new tactic. What is that multi-stage shooting method?" Li Daozong said.
"Okay! Let's just treat it as a drill." An Xinggui nodded. This shooting method can be regarded as one of the tactics His Highness gave them. Anyway, there are many different tactics, let them experiment on their own.
Whether it can be used or not, there is a best experimental subject in front of us.
"Emergency gathering! Order all the soldiers of the first regiment to hold a large push shield! The second and third regiments will hold single-person crossbows, each with twenty crossbow arrows." Li Daozong gave the order directly.
The messenger next to him blew the whistle directly from his mouth, and the unique whistle instantly resounded throughout Yiwu City.
The three thousand soldiers hidden in various houses in the city quickly rushed out of their hidden rooms and rushed directly to the armory not far from the city gate.
At the same time, after the first batch of soldiers received the large shields, the gate of Yiwu City slowly opened.
The Tang army, which had undergone strict formation training and completed a new formation, demonstrated the benefits of this training for the first time.
When all soldiers execute orders, they almost do it reflexively. They don't have time to use their own brains to think. Their bodies have already responded on behalf of their brains.
At the same time, the horns of the Turks who discovered the enemy's situation also sounded outside the city.
