The eastern sky had just turned white, and the Turkic camp began to become noisy.
Twenty thousand Golden Wolf troops lined up and marched out of the camp gate, holding scimitars and shields high in their hands. They formed four skirmishing lines and slowly advanced towards Zijin Pass.
Behind them were eighty huge trebuchets and hundreds of bullock carts pulling stone bullets.
At the same time, a total of 8,000 Sacred Eagle shooters from four teams were divided into left and right wings and marched side by side with the Golden Wolf Army.
The entire army stopped about a hundred steps away from the trench. The operator of the trebuchet moved quickly to fix the stakes, aim the distance scale, and place a large stone weighing more than 20 kilograms on the trebuchet's shell. Douli.
Looking at the defenders rushing back and forth on the city in the distance, preparing to fight, Tanli raised his sword eyebrows, waved his hand and ordered: "Launch!"
In the blink of an eye, eighty stone bullets shot up in response, flying straight towards Zijin Pass with a sharp whistling sound.
Bang! Bang bang!
Most of the stones lacked accuracy and either fell to the ground before reaching the city wall, or flew farther over the city wall. Only a dozen of them hit the target. However, despite this, Zijin Pass also screamed again and again. It was visible to the naked eye that many people were knocked down by stone bullets, and there were also several damages to the city wall stacks.
Tanley grunted dissatisfiedly, ordered his men to recalibrate the ruler, and then reloaded and fired.
This time, about half of the stones hit the Zijin Pass city head, causing greater damage than the previous time.
Upon seeing this, the Golden Wolf Army under the city raised their swords and cheered.
However, they were all too happy and completely forgot who they learned this trebuchet from.
Before the Turks could launch the third wave of stone bomb attacks, a burst of earth-shaking shouts suddenly came from the direction of Zijin Pass. Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred kerosene bombs trailing smoke tails drew beautiful and gorgeous arcs in the air. The line suddenly smashed into the Golden Wolf formation.
boom! boom! boom!
The fire ball exploded and there was a scream!
One hundred and twenty fireballs, almost none of them missed, all landed on the 11th Legion. The Golden Wolf Army, which was cheering for joy one moment, was howling and dodging in all directions the next moment.
Tanli was startled by this scene and quickly urged his men to fight back. The Turks' trebuchets immediately poured stones at Zijin Pass like crazy.
Not to be outdone, the Zhenjiang Army fired more kerosene bombs than the Turks and smashed into the Golden Wolf Army!
Not only that, due to the blocked line of sight, Tanli and the others could not see the location of the trebuchets of the Zhenjiang Army, so they could only bombard the city wall. However, the Zhenjiang Army was condescending and could accurately observe and calibrate the distance and direction of the Turkic trebuchets. Therefore, the kerosene bombs not only attacked Soldiers, as well as many long-range equipment specifically responsible for suppressing the enemy. After four or five rounds of strikes, sixteen Turkic trebuchets were already engulfed in raging fire.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Tanli hurriedly ordered to stop the attack, and all the equipment quickly retreated to a safe area.
But he never expected that the Zhenjiang Army's trebuchets had a much farther range than them. On the way to their hasty retreat, the Turkic trebuchet troops once again suffered two rounds of ruthless attacks, and three more instruments were scrapped on the spot.
At the same time, the condor shooters on both wings were also completely beaten by the defenders.
Although their strong bows could shoot farther and more accurately than other Turkic troops, the Zhenjiang Army had a geographical advantage and seemed to have more bows and arrows than they could use up. The two sides fired at each other for less than half an hour, and the eight thousand archers Nearly a quarter has been lost, and there is a danger of collapse at any time if it continues to be used up.
Seeing the Golden Wolf Army smearing their soles with oil and retreating one after another, Kunzhe did not hesitate and ordered his subordinates to imitate his example and cover their retreat from the range of the Zhenjiang Army step by step.
The long-range war of attrition launched at dawn ended hastily before lunch could be done.
This time, it was Ge Shu Beichuan who was leaning against the camp gate post, smiling and waving to Tanli. Tanli was so angry that he wished he could order the trebuchet on the spot to kill the opponent with one shot.
Entering the coach's tent, Tanley complained directly: "Prince, it's all my fault today, brother Shu Beichuan, he is the culprit!"
Brother Shu Beichuan, who was following behind, looked confused: "Damn it, is it none of my business that you were beaten by the other side?"
Temple Prince Ronya was also a little confused: "Second Prince, I didn't understand what you said. Why do you blame General Geshu?"
"Because their Ghost Dou Army is too cowardly!" Tanli said angrily: "Brother Shu Beichuan did not attack the city desperately yesterday, so the Zhenjiang Army had no pressure and did not expose the trebuchet position at all!"
Brother Shu Beichuan jumped up on the spot: "Are you too good at blaming me?! I lost more than a thousand soldiers yesterday, how can I still fight so hard?"
"More than a thousand is nothing!" Tanli said angrily: "Get out and count, I lost more than two thousand people! Plus nineteen trebuchets!"
"That's not my fault," Brother Shu Beichuan said angrily: "Who knew Tang Manzi had such a powerful weapon? It feels more powerful than the battlefield in the imperial capital."
Tanli continued to get angry and curse, but Ronya quickly stopped him: "That's enough, stop talking! What's the use of complaining about each other here? It's a waste of morale."
He paused briefly and said gently to Tanli: "Second Prince, please calm down first. I saw the situation just now clearly, and I don't blame you. If you can understand the strength of the opponent, even some losses are worth it. Come on. Come on, thank you for your hard work. Sit down and talk."
Tanli dreamed of becoming a Turkic Khan in the future, so naturally he did not dare to offend this important Prince of the Temple, so he had to suppress his anger and sat down as he was told: "Uncle Prince, it's not that I lost my temper. Today's loss is completely okay. Avoided……"
Ronya raised her hand to stop him. She first motioned for the other generals, including Geshu Beichuan, to sit down, and then smiled: "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and nothing can be completely avoided or completely unavoidable. If there is a loss, as long as If you can make good use of it, you can also turn bad things into good things.”
He looked at Tanli, who still had an angry look on his face: "Just when you were attacking Zijin Pass, I received a letter from the Great Khan. He had asked Shengtang craftsmen to dismantle all the eight-armed crossbows at the top of the imperial capital. It's down here and it's on its way here. It will probably arrive in another ten days."
Tanli's eyes lit up: "Ha, Father Khan is so wise. The eight-armed crossbow is a sharp weapon of the Shengtang army. It has a range of up to a thousand steps. It was originally used to defend the city, but if it is placed on the battlefield, it can also be used. Cause a huge blow to fixed targets, such as the defenders of Zijin Pass."
"That's true," Ronya laughed loudly: "When the time comes, let Tang Manzi also have a taste of their own magical crossbow. How about it, won't you feel depressed this time?"
Tanli glared at his brother Shu Beichuan and hummed: "Finally there is good news, otherwise I will be angry to death by the Ghost Dou Clan."
Ronya said quickly: "Don't say that. There is another good news, it is related to their Ghost Dou clan. Didn't Ge Shuxuan's poisonous soldiers cause a lot of trouble to Li Bing? This time he followed Ba Along with the arm god machine crossbow, there are five hundred poison soldiers."
Yun Qianxue was slightly startled: "Your Highness, this..."
"I know what you want to say." Ronya stopped him: "Although the poisonous soldiers are too ruthless, I have always disapproved of this, but when the two armies are fighting, they will do whatever they can to win. It's only natural. What's more, the enemy has cut off our retreat. If we don't reverse this unfavorable situation, the entire Turkic Empire will face the possibility of destruction, and the Great Khan and Princess Yingyang will also be in extreme danger. Yun Qianxue, at this time Do you still want to abide by any martial ethics?"
Seeing the pained expression on his friend's face, Tanli quickly smiled and said: "Uncle Prince, don't blame Yun Jun. He is just a stubborn man. He will be fine after a while. But I still have a question, Brother Shuxuan That kid's tactics were sloppy, and the poisonous soldiers he created were monsters that had completely lost their will. Even he himself couldn't control them. What if they were sent here and bit our soldiers?"
Ronya waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about that. The five hundred poison soldiers this time are all the first successful products he refined. They can understand all kinds of instructions and can be used on the battlefield."
"Oh? So powerful?" Tanli chuckled and said, "I really want to see how the Zhenjiang Army will be frightened by the poison soldiers. It's a pity that the number is too small, only five hundred people."
Ronya looked at him thoughtfully: "So, these poison soldiers must be used in the most suitable place to achieve miraculous effects!"
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Li Jiangyao was walking on the city road of Zijin Pass, his eyebrows furrowed and his expression serious. Xu Youchang reached out and patted the gap in the city wall, couldn't help but cursed, and then said: "I didn't expect that the Turkic ghosts would use our skills now."
"War is inherently a process of rapid learning and rapid growth." Li Jiangyao's tone seemed very calm: "Aren't we always imitating their cavalry tactics? It's not surprising that the Turks began to use large siege equipment."
Xu Youchang said with emotion: "Fortunately, we were well prepared, and our strength and experience are much higher than those of our opponents, otherwise we would have been beaten in vain today. When the Turks' first stone bullet hit the city wall, I was really frightened. A jump."
"Are there many casualties?" Li Jiangyao asked.
"Four hundred and twenty-one people were killed and one thousand, three hundred and fifty-one were injured." Xu Youchang's answer was very accurate: "The wounded soldiers have been moved to the rear for treatment. Jiang Yao, the battlefield medical center you designed was indeed very effective. Meaning, if soldiers know that they can receive timely treatment after being injured, they will feel more at ease on the battlefield and their morale can be maintained longer."
Li Jiangyao smiled: "Good ideas are important, but they must be implemented by someone. In this aspect, Situ Wushou and Ma Mu are indispensable, and oh yes, there is also Miss Xia Lian who knows herbal medicine."
Xu Youchang nodded: "Speaking of that girl Xia Lian, she stayed in Metasequoia after you rescued her from the bandits' den. We can all see that she is interested in you. What about you? Have you considered it? Take her in too?"
"I already have Ninghan." Li Jiangyao replied calmly.
"So what? It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines." Xu Youchang punched Li Jiangyao: "Besides, isn't Lian Ji clinging to you every day? Oh, if you can accept that female assassin, you can't accept Miss Xia Lian ?”
Li Jiangyao also slapped Xu Youchang with his backhand and scolded with a smile: "You bastard, what are you talking nonsense about? These are completely different things. I couldn't bear to drive Lian Ji away because of her pitiful background."
Xu Youchang smiled maliciously and suddenly remembered something: "Oh, I forgot to tell you. My subordinate reported the day before yesterday that your female assassin was inquiring about the situation in the enemy camp. I think it is necessary. Let me remind you, is she planning to do something secretly?"
