The early morning wind blew away the thick smoke from the battlefield. Several large trebuchets were aimed at a not-too-high fortress, throwing huge polished boulders. With each bombardment, the wall of the opposite castle seemed to be shaking.
'boom! 'A loud noise came, and under the constant bombardment of the trebuchets, a corner of the castle wall finally collapsed.
Excited howls sounded, and countless figures in the Khotan army cheered and jumped. They also picked up the weapons in their hands and kept shaking them.
Some impatient soldiers wanted to rush over, but they were restrained by officers holding wooden sticks around them.
The officers had an arrow with colorful tail feathers inserted into their sides. Anyone who dared to get close to this arrow would be beaten mercilessly by the officers.
Crunch! Crunch! The trebuchet crews began to check various components and prepare for the next bombardment. The gap made this time was a bit small? , there is little point in rushing over.
But at this moment, there was a cry of horses neighing from the fortress, and dozens of cavalry jumped out of the gap and fled along the river to Kesai City.
Seeing this, the drums of the army surrounding the castle sounded, a white flag with a large horse character on it waved, and hundreds of cavalry wearing black leather armor came out of the formation.
Each of them was holding a long bow, shouting and shooting arrows, and soon they entangled the cavalry who ran out of the gap in the castle.
'Boom! Boom! 'The sound of drums sounded even louder, and the officers in front of the military formation quickly pulled out the colorful tail-feather arrows stuck on the ground, then drew out the sword from his waist and pointed in the direction of the fortress.
Suddenly! Endless tribesmen holding daggers and wearing leather robes howled and rushed towards the direction pointed by the officer.
They seemed like wild horses that had escaped the reins, or like vicious dogs that had seen bones. They had no formation and no rules. Even the united soldiers in the countryside of the Central Plains were more disciplined in fighting each other than they were.
"Made, you useless bastard!" Shanzhuer cursed bitterly.
Most of these dogs are tribesmen from various places who have recently come to seek refuge. They have been training for more than a month on Sanri Yicao, but they are still like a mob, and they always swarm them regardless of what they do.
However, being cannon fodder was enough. After thinking about it, Shanzhuer suddenly looked away.
When the Khotanese army surrounded Kadir Fort and attacked, two armies of thousands of people were testing each other near the city of Kesai.
One party was wearing a uniform style of black robe, but some of them had bulges under the black robe, which looked like they were wearing armor underneath, while most of them were basically wearing a black robe.
On the other side, the soldiers wore neater cyan armor, probably to distinguish them from the opposite side. Their helmets were of a rather strange style, with red tassels on the domes, which looked like they had two layers.
But compared to their helmets, their armor is more peculiar. Perhaps it shouldn’t be called armor, because except for some round-bottomed copper nails, there are almost no iron armor leaves visible on the surface. It doesn’t seem to have much protective power!
Both armies were armed with bows and approached slowly under the command of the sound of drums and horns. This showed that both armies were elite, because almost all those who dared to get the bows and arrows first on the battlefield had two brushes.
As the two armies approached each other, shouts and screams could be heard from all around.
These are two light cavalry covering the approach of the infantry. They have already surrendered in advance, three hundred versus three hundred, and they are pulling back and forth.
The cavalry on both sides were unarmored. Therefore, they appeared to be extremely flexible, and they did not really get close to melee combat. Instead, they were thirty or forty steps away from each other, constantly adjusting their formations and firing waves of arrows towards each other. The fight was very lively, but the casualties were not high. Time cannot tell the difference between victory and defeat.
Sixty steps later, there was a drum bang, and the infantry on both sides began to yell like apes almost at the same time. While yelling, they skillfully took out the arrows in Hu Luli beside them.
Almost at the same time, a rain of arrows flew across the sky. The sound of the bowstring vibrating and the sound of arrows breaking through the air made people's scalp numb. Then, the sound of squeaking into flesh was even more heart-wrenching. Shiver.
The four hundred Hanshandu soldiers faced off against the eleven hundred elite heavy infantry of Kesai City. The strength and weakness were determined almost instantly.
Although the arrows fired by the two sides were twice as different, only a few people on the Shandu side were thrown down sparsely. Although the others were covered with arrow shafts, they were not hurt at all.
It was miserable on the other side of Kesei City. Almost thirty or forty people fell to the ground. The screams and the blood flowing all over the ground immediately destroyed the morale of the infantry in Kesei City.
Amidst the screams, the second round of bow and arrow shooting began again. The result was no surprise. Hanshandu was still almost unscathed, but dozens more people fell down on the side of Kesai City.
"Go forward! Go forward! The arrows can't penetrate the armor. There are many of us. If you get close, use your spears to stab us!" A thirsty city officer wearing armor howled loudly.
Under his order, the infantry of Kesai City, which had lost almost sixty or seventy people, put away their bows, drew their spears and quickly formed a dense formation, charging towards the soldiers of Hanshandu.
"Change the Mo Dao!" Yan Jin shouted, and almost without any order, the soldiers of Xianshandu automatically began to gather and formed a quite neat square formation.
Now all the soldiers in Hanshandu are equipped with Mo Dao. For these elites, Mo Dao is easier to use than the spear, because the Mo Dao's slashing can scare the enemy faster, much faster than the spear.
'Ugh! 'Almost at the same time, the three hundred Mo Dao in the front row stood up, and they were all being operated by the same person.
At this time, there were still more than five meters away from the contact between the two sides, but almost all the infantrymen in Thirst City were trembling in their hearts!
It's impossible to beat them. Two thoughts came to their minds instantly.
Sure enough, as soon as they entered the three-meter range, before the infantry of Kesai City aligned their scattered formations and their spears were just raised to stab, three hundred Mo Dao almost fell from the sky.
The Mo Dao was made of high-quality pig iron in Zhongzhenku, and even the Mo Dao was directly produced. With the long-term training of the Shanghanshandu warriors, the three hundred Mo Dao exerted great power.
Not to mention that both the man and the horse will be smashed to pieces, but it can still be done if it cuts off an arm if it is cut on the shoulder, and if it is cut on the head it will kill both the person and the bag.
Suddenly, the front row of the thirsty city infantry was in chaos. At least sixty or seventy of them fell in this moment.
The casualties caused by the two rounds of arrow rain were even greater, and even the officer who ordered them to come forward was seriously injured.
The sophisticated armor could not block the thunderous blow. Almost all the armor leaves on the chest were chopped to pieces, and black blood gushes out along the huge damage channel left by Mo Dao.
This is Yan Jin's masterpiece. He is not only the captain of Hanshandu, but also the Modao instructor of Hanshandu, and he is also one of the best warriors in Hanshandu.
With his full blow, even if it can't break the armor, the force of the blow alone can cut the enemy to pieces.
'Ugh! 'Almost within two breaths after the first round of Mo Dao's chops, the second row of Shandu Mo Daoshou had already slashed out again. Suddenly, the thirsty city infantry in chaos fell down several times. ten people.
This is Shandu's Mo Dao fighting method. The first row will immediately turn sideways after completing the chop, then the second row will pass through the gap and chop with the second knife, and then the first row will chop with the third knife.
During training, they were able to chop for twenty rounds continuously without resting. This was a truly overwhelming attack that no army could withstand.
"Failed! Defeated!"
"Run! Run!"
Before the third round of Mo Dao was cut out, more than a thousand infantrymen in Kesai City collapsed in an instant.
They shouted to each other and scattered instantly. The sound of defeat was heard everywhere, and almost everyone was shouting.
Collapsed, but not completely collapsed, 'defeated!' Lost! 'It's not for nothing. This is a signal from the front row to the back row, telling the front row that they can no longer hold up.
In this way, the back row will not be squeezed forward, greatly reducing the chaos of congestion, so that most people can quickly escape from the battlefield. This is a unique escape skill of veteran Youzi.
But they were lucky, because Shandu had no intention of pursuing them at all, and their target was not the city of Thirst, but the Persians brought from Juzhan.
Thirst filled the city, Yu Supu closed his eyes with a pale face, then turned around and walked towards the city.
"Ma Heimu, arrange for people to block the four gates, strictly control the food and grass, and tell all the officers to prepare to defend to the death!"
Zhang Zhao looked at the group of gorgeously dressed people disappearing from the top of the city and raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"Tell all the ministries to follow the established plan to pull out the fortresses outside the city one by one, speed up the collection and transfer of military supplies, and focus on defending against the Persians coming up from the southern edge."
The noisy day ended and the cold and windy night came, but it was still relatively warm in the Khotanese army's camp.
Because Zhang Zhao had people collect a large amount of firewood and warm clothing in advance, especially the most elite soldiers, almost everyone had a small cotton-padded jacket, and the thermal insulation effect was improved to several levels.
"Your Majesty, our scouts have put the Persians under surveillance, but they can only be placed about fifteen to twenty miles away from them.
Because some Persian cavalry have good combat effectiveness, especially their war horses, which are better than ours. If we rely on the military stronghold only for defensive cover, we will not be able to defeat them. "
Zhang Zhao was not asleep yet, because Bai Congxin and Ashinasili came back from the front line where they were monitoring the Persians.
These days, Zhang Zhao's You Yidu and Basimi cavalry have been fighting with the Persian scouts. Both sides suffered casualties, but the Persians were much larger.
However, recently they have relied on the military stronghold for defensive cover, and the casualties in Youyidu have also increased.
"If it can't penetrate, don't force it. Let the brothers repair it more. Are there still no signs of the Persians moving out?"
Zhang Zhao nodded to express his understanding. His cavalry was seventy or eighty miles away from the main camp to fight, and the enemy could rely on the military base, so they would definitely suffer a lot.
"No action was taken. Adulal, this dog slave, is so calm!
He just stood still for more than a hundred miles away and sent cavalry to explore along the medicine-killing water every day. We went to ambush them and then retreated. I don't think he had any intention of sending troops to rescue them. "
Hearing Zhang Zhao ask this, Yan Jin lost his temper.
Zhang Zhao also fell into deep thought. He now only has 16,000 elite soldiers, and the remaining 30,000 to 40,000 are just a mob.
It would only take a few months to capture the city of Kesai with this strength, and he did not dare to attack the city with all his strength. If he was unable to advance and was unable to defeat, he would be in trouble if he was attacked by the Persians.
This old dog Adulal is really difficult to deal with. Do you want to use gunpowder again? Or, can you use something to stimulate the Persians?
Chapter 202 Fierce temptation
