"Woooooooo!" A desolate horn sounded at the top of Shule City. Since the news of Pianzhou City was lost five days ago, Ittihad has completely closed all the city gates.
However, only the north gate is blocked by huge rocks. The city cannot be defended to death. The terrifying atmosphere of being isolated and helpless will often greatly destroy morale.
Therefore, in this era, the city defenders often need to send troops to fight within the city. Even if the situation fails, they have to go out of the city to sneak attack or harass.
far away! Countless big flags seemed to appear from the sky, and the dense crowd instantly covered the sight of Shule City soldiers. Between these flags and Shule City, a group of more than thirty cavalrymen were fighting.
To be precise, one party is running and the other is chasing, but the chasing person is careful, and the running person turns back and shoots an arrow from time to time.
A green horse suddenly slowed down, and the knight on the horse immediately seized the opportunity to take aim with his bow.
"Boom!" The tail feathers of the galloping arrows were like flexibly swinging fish tails, pushing the iron arrows to fly towards the target!
'Jingle bell! With a crisp sound, the arrow hung on the target's armor but failed to break through it. As the horse jolted, it quickly fell to the ground.
The cavalryman who shot the arrow couldn't help but sigh. Cavalry shooting sounds like a very common word, but in fact it is a skill that requires strength and experience.
Even a veteran like this knight needs to slow down at the right time to aim at the target, and even so, the hit rate will not exceed 30%.
But it was such a good opportunity that the arrow he shot hit the target, but it failed to break the armor.
"Damn it, you must be wearing a treasured armor. When I kill you, it will be mine!"
Of course it is Baojia. Bai Congxin smiled proudly. This is the iron ring-lined armor made under Zhang Erlangjun's personal instruction.
This kind of armor gives up the protection of the limbs and is specially used to protect the core area. It is an open-robed and dark armor. It can't be seen on the surface, but the defense on the inside is very good.
Hey! Hey! The horse jumped forward with all its strength. Bai Congxin used this momentum to quickly pull out an arrow from the side. This was an armor-piercing arrow specially used to break armor. It was smaller than an ordinary arrow. Shaped arrows are longer and sharper.
"Boom! Boom!" Bai Congxin shot two arrows in succession, and the first arrow flew past the head of Karakhan's cavalry in the distance.
The knight who had just shot Bai Congxin was stunned and smiled proudly. If the arrow had been just a little lower, the leather helmet on his head would not have been able to block the arrow.
However, before the smile on his face disappeared, there was another whistling sound, and then there was a cold feeling on his back. He had been hit by an arrow!
But fortunately, he also wore a piece of armor on his upper body, and the strength of the horse bow could not be broken... Poof!
Knight Karakhan was about to say that he couldn't break the armor, but a sharp pain came from his back, and then quickly spread all over his body. Under the severe pain, a cold feeling also hit his limbs, and he spurted out from his mouth. There was a stream of blood foam.
What a sharp arrow!
What a stiff bow!
With a final sigh, the knight fell off his horse.
Just after Bai Congxin shot and killed the Karakhan Ranger Captain, almost all the rest of the Youyi Army's light cavalry had gained. Their horses were the best, and their armor was also the best and lightest in protection.
Zhang Zhao collected this from Li Shengtian's inventory, and also made it himself with You Yijun in Yaotougang these days. Although his Youyi Army only has twenty-two riders, its equipment is definitely the most jealous of everyone.
At the top of Shule City, a look of confusion flashed across Ittihad's face.
He saw just now that it was not that the rangers on his side could not defeat the rangers on the opposite side, but that the bows in their hands, the armor on their bodies, and the horses under their crotches were incomparable to those on the opposite side.
Those who can be equipped with the best armor, weapons and horses must be the elites of the Khotan Kingdom. They have few cavalry, which makes them even more valuable.
But..., is that evil pagan king Li Shengtian crazy? Instead of uprooting Esquesaburg first, you went directly to attack Shule?
This doesn't follow the rules!
Ittihad looked to the northeast corner. He could have released all the 1,500 light and heavy cavalry in his hands. If Li Shengtian dared not to attack Esquesa Castle, it would be equivalent to having a bullet in his heart. Nail!
Then these fifteen hundred cavalry are likely to have a miraculous effect.
"Hey Ho! Hey Ho!" A majestic trumpet sounded, and the overwhelming army in the distance was getting closer and closer. Ittihad could even see the pictures on their flags clearly.
Unsurprisingly, most of them are swastika flags representing Buddhists, red, white, black and brown order flags used to mobilize troops, and recognition flags with the surnames of generals written on them.
The Karakhan Rangers who fled to the city in a hurry were running around the city wall, because Ittihad had blocked the north gate and there was a deep moat to the east, so these Rangers could not enter the city at all.
Ittihad was just about to ask someone to open a few small doors to respond. A clear copper whistle sounded, and about twenty crossbowmen suddenly walked out of the Khotan army. In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired. Those on the city wall The Karakhan Rangers scurrying about fell down a large area in an instant.
There was another brass whistle, and another hail of arrows flew in. There was no need to respond. Almost seven or eight rangers were all shot to death within thirty or forty breaths.
"What they are holding is not a bow. It should be a peach stone crossbow. Otherwise, no matter how hard the long-tip bow is, it will not be able to shoot the target at this distance."
A military general said loudly to Ittihad. This was another confidant promoted by Ittihad after Hassan left his body alive and dead.
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"Adumu, do you think General Hassan and the warriors who died outside Jiashi City were killed by these crossbow arrows? Could it be that the Gaochang Uighurs have chosen to side with the Khotanese!"
Ittihad asked hesitantly. Now he felt more and more that there was something wrong with the so-called servant Gu Fengen of the Gaochang royal family. But before Adumu could answer, there was a sudden noise not far away.
It turned out that on the side facing Ittihad, countless people wearing thick clothes, who looked like farmers at first glance, began to carry soil from everywhere, apparently in preparation for filling in the moat.
There are some people building walls in the distance, and there are people carrying wood to make engineering equipment, and they have no intention of stopping at all.
The people protecting these farmers turned out to be only a group of about seventy or eighty soldiers. They set up seven or eight noodle-shaped shields, carried several long guns, and could vaguely see some crossbows.
"Your Majesty the Emir! Let me lead an army to attack! These Khotanese are so arrogant. Seventy or eighty of them dare to form an array in the city!"
Adum came from the Samanid dynasty of Persia, so according to the custom of Dashi, he called Ittihad, who was of Samanid ancestry, emir.
"It's okay to fight for a while! But don't be too vindictive. Our most important task is to defend Shule and wait for the return of the Great Khan."
Ittihad looked at the endless crowd opposite and ordered softly. He also felt that he should go out and try it out.
Because although the Khotanese people seemed to be coming in an endless stream, they still had to figure it out if the main force of the army was not present.
