The bright sun hangs high in the sky, and the white snow reflects the sunlight extremely dazzlingly.
Zhang Liang let go of his hand, and the saw-like horizontal knife fell to the ground with a clang.
Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year.
According to the etiquette of the Central Plains, today should be the day when the daughter returns home.
Zhang Liang did not welcome his son-in-law, but the fierce Persian army.
A fierce battle on New Year's Eve caught the Tang army by surprise.
Damn the cannibals, they actually have gunpowder.
After a whole cartload of gunpowder exploded, the city gate flew away like pieces of paper.
The Persian army surged in under the cover of heavy snow.
All the Tang troops were blinded by the heavy snow.
No one believed that in the severe cold of the Western Region, someone would actually cross the wasteland to attack Almaty.
Even Zhang Liang felt that such weather was not suitable for marching.
The Persians chose a day when Almaty's defense was at its weakest.
The captains failed to organize their troops, and fierce fighting broke out.
Even more than half of the Tang army entered the battlefield before they had time to put on their armor.
Zhang Liang regretted it and issued an order to let the soldiers have fun.
But now it's too late to regret it.
I regret that there is nowhere to buy the medicine.
The soldiers near the city gate were all killed in the dining hall, and all they had in their hands were chopsticks.
You don’t need a hand-relieving knife to eat dumplings The Persian's scimitar slashed at their bodies, and their bodies without armor protection were cut open at once.
The bright red blood fell into the snow and turned a strange purple color.
This windy and snowy night belonged to the Persians.
They held scimitars and chopped down all the creatures they saw like madmen.
Anything that can breathe will inevitably be stabbed.
This time it was a surprise attack, which determined that they would never show mercy.
Yusuf wanted to annihilate as many of the opponent's effective forces as possible as soon as possible.
When the Tang army reacted and organized a resistance, it would be a lot more troublesome.
Zhang Liang was somewhat grateful for Yusuf's military order, because the Persians' brutal killing resulted in the Alma-Ata people's resistance.
Originally, those servants were ready to surrender, but the Persians would kill anyone on sight.
Even the servants who were kneeling on the street, begging for their lives, were not spared.
Many Persians rushed into residents' homes, killing them and setting fires.
In fact, the people of Almaty don't have much objection to killing Tang people.
It's just that Alma-Ata has changed its master.
Everyone still has to pay taxes and serve the new master.
As the hub of the East-West Silk Road, this is not the first time that Almaty has changed its owner.
But when the Persians kill like this, everyone has a problem.
In the final analysis, everyone surrenders just to survive.
If you surrender now, you will die if you don't surrender.
Moreover, his home is in Almaty, and these hateful Persians will not even spare the old, weak, women and children.
Seeing their relatives die tragically under the sword, the people of Almaty became red-eyed.
Although they are cowards and philistines, everyone has a strong desire to live.
The servant army in Almaty is no more than Yuan Day, this is not their holiday.
Many servant army camps are still on alert.
Compared with the Tang army where the soldiers could not find the generals and the generals could not find the soldiers, the situation of the servant army was much better.
At least they were out in the streets wearing armor and holding weapons.
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This is a real life-and-death battle, and Tang Ren, who usually plays the leading role in battles, is absent this time.
But under the threat of life, the servant army resolutely burst out with the greatest courage.
They resisted frantically and launched a frantic counterattack against the exhausted Persian army.
The two sides actually formed a tug of war in the street market, and broken bodies were everywhere.
So at dawn, Yusuf found that he only controlled a piece of land inside the city wall of Almaty.
The rest of the place is completely in the hands of the Tang people and their servants.
At dawn, the Persians chose to stand firm.
Three days of running around had almost drained their energy, and one night of fierce fighting had completely drained them of their energy.
Many people sat in the cold snow and fell asleep leaning against the city wall.
It was hard to tell whether those lying under the city wall were asleep or dead.
The soldiers were too tired, and Yusuf felt sorry for the soldiers.
But now that the Tang army was organizing a counterattack, he could only harden his heart and let the officers pull the soldiers up and continue to participate in the battle.
The collision of cold weapons quickly turned into a competition of hot weapons.
Both sides have kerosene and kerosene.
Fires kept flashing in the city, and explosions came one after another.
Both sides are relying on buildings to engage in long-distance competition.
The dividing line between the two armies is a line of collapsed civilian houses.
Inside the houses, both furniture and people were turned into powder by the power of the explosives.
There was even a human thigh hanging on a tree branch not far away, with its butt half attached.
Crossbows became the main hunting weapon, and Zhang Liang was surprised to find that the Persians even had eight oxen crossbows.
And after improvement, it can be operated by three people.
If it weren't for those people with curly beards and talking incomprehensible words.
Zhang Liang almost thought they were Tang soldiers
Because their equipment is almost the same as the Tang Army's standard equipment.
Zhang Liang felt extremely surprised.
The weapons and equipment of the Tang army had always been the absolute secret of the Tang Dynasty.
Why do these bearded Persians actually have such weapons?
Those Persians even had gunpowder and kerosene, how could this be possible.
Even he, the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, didn't know the formula of gunpowder.
But the rumbling explosions came one after another, Zhang Liang heard it in his ears and his heart trembled.
This news must be passed to Chang'an, it must be like this.
Otherwise, Datang will suffer huge losses.
God knows what ambitions the Persians had towards Datang.
But the airship landing site has been occupied by the Persians.
Fortunately, the Persians are fighting with all their strength.
They don't have the energy to defeat those monsters they can't understand.
"We need to take back the airship."
Zhang Liang put down his telescope and immediately ordered the airship landing site to be taken back.
"If it fails, the two sides are now in a stalemate, and the fight on the landing ground is even more inextricable.
They have eight oxen crossbows and gunpowder in their hands, and they can't get through no matter what."
Han Dewang said sadly.
As the defender of Almaty, he stayed here in the Western Regions for eight years but stayed here for five years.
Alma-Ata was a place into which he poured his affection and his heart.
Now that it was ruined like this by the war, what made him even more angry.
He actually lost more than half of his people overnight, and those were all veterans who had followed him for many years.
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"If you can't rush out, you have to rush out.
You must tell Chang'an about the situation here.
Otherwise, the entire Western Region is in danger of falling."
How could Zhang Liang, who had been fighting for a lifetime, not know what price it would cost to seize the airship landing site now.
The soldiers Zhang Liang brought to Almaty were all cavalry, and only cavalry could maneuver quickly in the Western Region.
But now, the contiguous ruins have become a nightmare for the cavalry.
Zhang Liang's cavalry could only transform into infantry to fight.
The loss of combat power was more than half.
But the situation here must be reported to Li Er, and Zhang Liang knew that he was finished.
But the Zhang family still wanted to continue living in Chang'an, and Zhang Liang decided to risk his life for the sake of future generations.
"The commander-in-chief will escort you to the airship and take it to Tingzhou."
Han Dewang suddenly said.
"Pah!"
Zhang Liang gave Han Dewang a slap in the face with his backhand.
"If someone else were here, your Liuyang leader would have moved away long ago.
If you are not allowed to say anything that could shake the morale of the army, I will never leave Alma-Ata and leave my brothers behind."
Zhang Liang glared fiercely at the beaten man.
Han Dewang.
Han Dewang was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and he didn't even cover his burning face with his hands.
It is a disgrace for an official to flatter the horse's hooves.
"My subordinates are willing to lead a team to recapture the landing site."
Han Dewang shouted loudly.
"Don't remember that you are the commander here.
Your position is to command Zhang Juzhi here.
You take my soldiers to seize the landing site.
Then you fly the airship into the sky and report the situation here to His Majesty. ” Zhang Liang still had a little selfishness and he couldn't leave.
Even if he escaped from Alma-Ata, he could be wiped out cleanly by being accused of fleeing from the battlefield.
It would be better to die than that.
What Li Er, who was born as a commander, hated most was running away from battle.
It is not a pity to die, and the descendants of the Zhang family will still enjoy wealth.
Moreover, Zhang Liang was afraid that the bastard Han Dewang would run away, just in case he did.
Almaty's military morale will collapse almost immediately.
He didn't want to die so soon.
Even if he had to hold on to the inner city, Zhang Liang was ready to give it a try.
"Promise" Zhang Juzhi looked at me and said "Promise".
He rushed out with his soldiers.
As soon as the soldiers in helmets and armor rushed out of the bunker, they were attacked by a heavy rain of arrows.
The arrow hit the shield and made a "ding-dong-dang" sound.
Zhang Juzhi felt his arms tingling for a while, but he didn't expect the Persian arrows to be so powerful.
It seemed that the armor he was wearing was not reliable.
"Everyone, be careful and protect your body with your shield.
Their crossbow arrows can penetrate their armor."
When Zhang Juzhi shouted, some soldiers were already accidentally hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
The soldiers with no shield behind them were immediately shot like hedgehogs.
Sure enough, the Tang army's armor could not withstand the powerful crossbow arrows.
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This is also related to the distance between the two sides.
The distance of a hundred steps is the time when the power of the crossbow is maximized.
Zhang Juzhi had no time to be afraid and continued to move forward with the people in the front row holding large shields.
Those shield bearers who were shot to death were immediately replaced by others.
He raised his shield again to cover the robe behind him.
"Buzz!"
Zhang Juzhi heard a scalp-numbing sound.
Before he could finish shouting "Eight Ox Crossbow," a soldier beside him had already been shot through by a huge crossbow gun, including his shield.
The powerful crossbow arrows penetrated the bodies of the three people.
The three people were strung together like candied haws, falling to the ground and howling uncontrollably.
The powerful crossbow arrows struck again, and several more soldiers were shot into hedgehogs.
Zhang Juzhi's heart was about to burst out of his chest.
Fortunately, this was not a gunpowder crossbow.
Otherwise, I would have been blown up by now.
Once again, the Eight Bull Crossbow shot over, and several soldiers fell into a pool of blood.
Zhang Juzhi frantically took ten steps forward and found that the other party did not continue firing.
My heart immediately burst into joy: "Brothers, they only have two eight-niu crossbows.
And there are no gunpowder crossbows.
If you charge through these hundred and ten steps, you can become famous.
Charge."
The soldiers began to charge like a tide, and they advanced only twenty or thirty steps.
Suddenly, the Persians on the opposite side threw black objects.
Almost at the same time, the Tang Army's camp also threw out smoking objects.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" Violent explosions rang out one after another, and many people on both sides were blown up by the air waves.
When they reached the throwing distance of the grenade, both sides threw it without hesitation.
"Chong ah" grenades killed many Tang soldiers, but also killed many Persians.
There were still more than ten steps away, and Zhang Juzhi threw away the shield in his hand like crazy.
Waving a horizontal sword in his hand, he howled like a wild beast and charged at the Persians.
From the Persian camp, some guys wearing black armor also rushed out.
The Tang army in black and black armor collided fiercely with the Persians in black armor.
The sounds of weapons clashing, people's screams, vicious curses, and the "pop" and "pop" sounds of the steel knife cutting into flesh all mixed into one.
Zhang Juzhi struck the opponent's armor with a knife, but the sharp horizontal knife did not cut open the opponent's armor.
This surprised Zhang Juzhi.
The horizontal sword in his hand was not the standard horizontal sword of the Tang Army.
It was the Hundred Refined Hengdao, which was much better than the standard Hengdao.
This was a birthday gift from his father on his fifteenth birthday.
Half of his reputation in the capital was achieved with this horizontal sword.
Unexpectedly, it could not penetrate the Persian armor.
It is conceivable that the standard horizontal sword of the ordinary Tang army would definitely not be able to cut through their armor.
"Dang" he was also hit on the shoulder, but the opponent's scimitar did not cut through Zhang Juzhi's armor.
Zhang Juzhi felt a little relieved.
It seemed that Datang's armor was no worse than theirs.
Taking advantage of the opponent's slight daze, the horizontal knife in Zhang Juzhi's hand stabbed the opponent's neck like lightning.
The horizontal knife penetrated through the gap between the armor and helmet, and the tall soldier on the other side immediately fell to the ground without any strength.
Blood continued to flow outward along the armor.
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There was no time for them to beat each other like iron, so the horizontal knife in Zhang Juzhi's hand turned into a sharp sword.
Specially select those tough soldiers for assassination.
In this kind of fighting situation, the horizontal sword has more advantages than the scimitar.
Because the horizontal blade is straight, the puncture function is very good.
The scimitar in the hands of the Persians was difficult to achieve the puncture effect.
The Persians began to be driven back, and the Persian crossbowmen only had light leather armor.
There was no match for the heavily armored warriors of the Tang Army.
Zhang Juzhi's armor was already covered with white marks.
Suddenly, a thick smoke appeared in front of him.
"I fuck your grandma":