Datang's army did not attack the city immediately, but the deterrence it caused was more direct than attacking the city directly. Because directly attacking the city, these soldiers did not have time to think and could only respond immediately.
But now...the soldiers near Sun Daiyin have begun to look back frequently at the female wall that was penetrated by crossbow arrows.
"Someone, go take out that crossbow arrow." Sun Daiyin took a deep breath and said.
Since Datang did not attack, and it was just a crossbow arrow, it must be a deterrent, or it might be possible to send a message.
Soon, one of Sun Daiyin's guards took out the crossbow arrow, and they also quickly discovered the paper stuffed in a hole.
The corner of Sun Daiyin's mouth twitched slightly as he looked at this crossbow arrow, which was not much thinner than an adult's wrist. At the front of it was an extremely sharp steel arrow. Sun Daiyin recognized it at a glance. This arrow was not fucking pig iron. Cast, but steel!
But at this moment, the crossbow arrow that had penetrated the parapet wall and a large wooden stake had been severely deformed, and the arrow shaft at the back was cracked a lot, but it still retained its intact appearance.
Such a crossbow arrow does not even need to hit a person's human body if it hits the human body. As long as it hits the human body, he will be dead.
It's no use wearing armor, you can't stop it.
The armor is like paper in front of such crossbow arrows.
After all, the armor cannot be more protective than the female wall.
And there are at least 300 crossbows like this below, which means... bad luck, in one round, 300 of their soldiers will die!
If the opponent attacks the city a few times before attacking, these soldiers will probably be defeated. Who would dare to fight?
The guard had already taken out the note from the arrow shaft, and Sun Daiyin opened it to take a look.
"I now order you to open the city gates and surrender immediately. The Tang Dynasty will not kill the prisoners, and everyone can be saved. If you resist, you will be killed without mercy! Give you one day to think about it!"
There was only one sentence on the note, but Sun Daiyin was completely silent.
It’s heartbreaking to kill someone!
Today's incident, the other side will not attack the city, which also means that the soldiers on the city wall will have a rest today. This incident will completely spread throughout Liaodong City, and the strength of the Tang Dynasty army will also spread throughout Liaodong City.
The main reason is that the large crossbow is so powerful that it will make everyone talk about it.
In one day, the combat effectiveness of both sides will be self-evident. More importantly, the other side also has countless small crossbows, archers, and at least dozens of large trebuchets behind them!
The only thing that made Sun Daiyin feel relieved was that the other party didn't seem to have time to bring enough engineering equipment. At least the ladders, rush cars, etc. didn't seem to be built.
It stands to reason that the climbing equipment such as a ladder is the simplest, but the opponent did not build it.
"Woo..." Suddenly, a melodious horn sound resounded throughout the battlefield. The sudden sound instantly interrupted Sun Daiyin's thoughts, and he looked up directly outside.
I saw that following the sound of the horn, the stone-trebuchets in the distance were the first to take action. The stone-trebuchets pulled by several horses began to move slowly toward the distance.
Then there was a dull sound of "bang". A group of soldiers in front of the trebuchet put down the spears in their hands uniformly, then turned around at the same time like one person, and then slowly walked away in neat steps. Retreat everywhere.
Obviously, as the other party said, the other party is not planning to attack the city today, but wants to give them a day.
Sun Daiyin just watched from the city wall as Datang's troops evacuated the city in an orderly manner, like mechanical cubes. Even when they left, each formation seemed to be the same person.
Datang's army did not evacuate too far, but camped directly on the spot about a thousand meters away.
Although they were about a thousand meters apart, because he was standing on the city wall, Sun Daiyin could see that the Tang Dynasty was sending special horse-drawn carriages with various wooden stakes attached to them from behind. Pull them out, then quickly connect these carriages together, and then a simple protective wall is quickly built.
The entire camp wall was built so fast that it was unheard of. Sun Daiyin had never thought that a simple wall of this camp could be built like this instead of logging on the spot.
Is this kind of carriage very cheap? Don’t you think it’s a waste in Datang? !
But these doubts were destined to be answered by no one, because next he knew that he would face a lot of problems.
Because as the sound of horse hooves sounded outside the city, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty in the distance quickly began to circle to both sides of Liaodong City, which meant that Liaodong City had been completely surrounded by the Tang Dynasty.
As for other cities, Sun Daiyin didn't know, but according to his visual inspection, the Tang army here was at least 50,000, but the maximum would never exceed 100,000.
But according to the report given by the scouts before the front line, Datang sent at least 200,000 troops in all directions!
In other words, at least one hundred thousand Tang troops were missing, and Sun Daiyin also knew that in the hinterland behind them, at least tens of thousands of Tang cavalry had already entered the hinterland.
Because all contact with the rear was cut off, a scout who escaped said that when they tried to deliver messages to Wugu City and other places, they were chased by the Tang cavalry.
Because the opponent was wearing heavy armor and his horse speed was limited, he could not catch up with them, but because it was an ambush, more than a dozen of them were captured, and only two or three came back.
Thinking about what I had received before, a supply team was expected to arrive within a few days, but now more than ten days have passed and the supply team has not arrived. You don't need to think about it. You know that it must have been destroyed by the Tang cavalry. , or they will be stuck in Wugu City and other places and unable to come.
In other words, all the dozen or so cities in their Liaodong line were fighting alone!
Ordering his generals to arrange for soldiers to defend the city wall in shifts, Sun Daiyin quickly walked down the city wall. He wanted to discuss the next defensive strategy with the officials and generals inside the city.
Many generals and officials who received the summons from Sun Daiyin quickly arrived at the military camp.
As for the noble families living in the city, they had already fled to Pyongyang. How could they stay here knowing that this was the front line? They got the news much faster than ordinary people.
But no matter if they leave, as the current military and political leader of Liaodong City, Sun Daiyin knows very well that these people will only do bad things if they stay.
"Everyone, this is the current situation." Sun Daiyin didn't waste any time. He directly showed everyone the note that Datang sent through the crossbow, and then told everyone what happened on the city wall.
Because some of these people are maintaining order in the city and managing logistics, while others are at other city gates and have no idea what is happening at the main gate.
