After taking General Pei's city, Zhao Ziliang had no time to rest at all, nor did he let his soldiers rest.
He first ordered all remaining Tuqishi people in the city to be driven out of the west gate, leaving them to fend for themselves outside the city.
In order to He must do this to ensure absolute safety in the city.
Secondly, he organized the soldiers to move all the supplies and materials in the city that could be used for city defense to the city wall overnight.
The large crossbows, catapults, and crossbow arrows in the treasury were all moved away.
He was not sure whether the fire-breathing Immortal Khan in Broken Leaf City would send troops to recapture General Pei's city after learning that it had been captured, but he was prepared to be prepared to face the enemy in advance.
It was not until Yinshi that everything that needed to be prepared was prepared, and Zhao Ziliang ordered two-thirds of the soldiers to rest, leaving one-third to garrison on the city wall, while he slept in the city lord's mansion.
Just after dawn, Zhao Ziliang was awakened by the sound of a gong.
It was an early warning sound.
He immediately stood up, opened the door and shouted: "What happened outside?"
At this time, Chu Ge and Wang Can walked quickly from outside.
The blood stains on their armors had long dried up and were covered with a thick layer.
Zhao Ziliang had even more dried blood stains on his own armor.
He didn’t wash up before going to bed last night. , full of bloody smell.
"General, 10,000 troops have come out of Suiye City and are heading here.
The leader is Modo, the number one general under the fire-breathing fairy Khan."
Wang Can saw Zhao Ziliang walking over and said as he walked before he could stand still.
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang asked: "How many cavalry and infantry are there among ten thousand people?
Are there any siege equipment?"
Wang Can said: "Six thousand cavalry and four thousand infantry did not see siege equipment, but they must have craftsmen, although it is impossible to build complex siege equipment such as manholes, siege vehicles, and catapults in a short time." , but it should be no problem to build siege ladders and chariots.”
Zhao Ziliang said again: "How long will it take for them to reach the city?"
"It should be quick, no more than a moment."
Several people were talking and had already arrived at the gate of the city lord's palace.
Zhao Ziliang got on his horse and ran towards the west gate.
Wang Can and Chu Ge followed closely with their followers.
Zhao Ziliang asked while riding his horse: "Have all the soldiers had breakfast?"
Chu Ge said: "The first group of people stationed on the city wall have already eaten, and the second and third groups of people who are still resting in the city have not eaten yet."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and then ordered: "The second and third batches have been resting for more than an hour.
Let them all go up to the city wall, let the cooks bring all the food to the city wall, and let the first batch come down to rest and sleep."
Chu Ge said: "General, the Tuqishi people are coming soon.
Isn't it too early to let the first batch of people withdraw now?"
Zhao Ziliang shook his head: "No, we don't need so many people on the city wall, and we leave some troops as reserves.
Once the enemy forces attack somewhere on the city wall, we also have reserves to reinforce.
If we don't leave reserves, once they appear, The problem is, we don’t even have the reinforcements.
The first group of troops haven’t rested since yesterday, so their stay on the city wall won’t be of much use.”
"I understand, my subordinates will make arrangements immediately."
If there was no other way, Zhao Ziliang would never bring all his troops into the city.
Most of his troops were cavalry.
It would be a shameful waste to let the cavalry defend the city.
Zhao Ziliang had already observed that the terrain outside the west city gate was too narrow, and the cavalry did not have enough space to use maneuverable and roundabout combat tactics.
The chance of winning against the fire-spitting fairy's general Modo outside the city was not high.
The only way now was to send The people sent people as quickly as possible to ask for help from Fumeng Lingcha, and then tried to delay as much time as possible and tried their best to resist Modo's siege until the main force of the Southern Route Army arrived.
After the messenger for help was sent out, Zhao Ziliang climbed onto the city wall.
The first group of soldiers who had been guarding the city wall last night began to pull down the city wall.
The second and third groups of soldiers began to climb up the city wall.
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The cooks carried burdens and framed the city wall.
Steamed buns, steamed buns and buckets of broth were carried up the city wall.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat.
Everyone who comes up will get two steamed buns, a steamed bun, and a bowl of broth," the chief cook shouted while standing by the wall.
The soldiers who were climbing the city wall lined up to receive their food one by one.
Under the leadership of the commander, they rushed to their positions and ate while waiting for the enemy to arrive.
As soon as the soldiers finished eating, they saw smoke and dust rising in the sky a few miles away.
Everyone knew that Tuqishi's army was coming, and there were many of them.
The cavalry arrived first, and although the noise was loud, none of the Tang troops on the city wall felt scared.
After all, the cavalry could not attack the city.
Even if they broke holes in the ground below the city, they would not be a threat to them on the city wall.
Thousands of cavalrymen stopped in front of the city wall, then ran back and forth, and finally ran back, causing dust and smoke in the air.
Zhao Ziliang observed for a while with a monocular telescope and said to Chu Ge: "Send the order to let the third group of troops go down to the city to rest.
The enemy did not even bring ladders.
If they want to attack the city, they will have to wait until at least tomorrow morning."
"promise" Siege is a nightmare for the nomadic army.
The nomads lack skilled craftsmen and cannot build exquisite and powerful siege equipment.
Therefore, the farming people generally build high walls to resist the attack and harassment of the nomads.
This is true whether in This is true both in the East and in the West.
The third group of troops had just descended from the city when a retinue came over to report: "General, Captain Wei Meng has arrived with his troops.
They are outside the east city gate.
The captain on duty did not dare to let people in without your order.
Send someone to I went to the city guard’s office to report, but you were not at the city guard’s office, so the villain rushed over to report to you.”
Zhao Ziliang turned around and said in surprise: "Oh, Wei Meng is here.
You go and pass this general's order and ask the captain on duty at the East City Gate to let Wei Meng and his subordinates enter the city.
They must enter the city quickly.
Don't delay, otherwise they will be discovered by the Tuqi Shi people."
There will be trouble” Late last night, I sent someone to Yezhi City to give Wei Meng an order to lead his troops.
I didn't expect that Wei Meng would come so quickly.
The servant agreed: "Promise" This time, General Modo, who was on a sudden attack, may not have considered that the west gate of General Pei's city was not very wide, and it was impossible to accommodate more than 10,000 people.
Camping for more than 10,000 people became a problem.
In order to set up camp, and to prevent Zhao Ziliang from leading his troops to fight out of the city, Modo ordered 10,000 troops to camp in the mountains and forests on both sides of the city, vacating the open space outside the city for attack.
It took a whole morning to set up camp, with At the same time, Tuqishi craftsmen began to cut down trees to build ladders and rolling carts.
In the afternoon, just after the hottest time, Tuqi Shi's army took action.
Thousands of cavalry lined up in rows of loose but tight formations and approached the city wall, stopping at a stone's throw.
The generals on the city wall were puzzled.
Wei Meng was stubborn and asked: "General, what do Tuqi Shiren want to do?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "It's nothing, they just want to fill up the moat.
Chu Ge, please pass on this general's order for everyone to go up the city wall. 70% of the troops are concentrated on this section of the city wall.
They must carry bows and arrows."
"promise" At this time, the soldiers had rested, had a full lunch, and were all in high spirits.
After the military order was issued, the soldiers climbed onto the city wall under the leadership of the commander, team leader, and team leader.
As Zhao Ziliang said, a large number of soldiers carried soil excavated from the mountains and forests in baskets and ran through the gaps between the cavalry into the moat.
"I'm afraid there are only three to four thousand people.
They are looking for death."
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The generals and commanders on the city wall couldn't help being shocked when they saw the densely packed Tuqishi people running toward the moat carrying dirt on their backs.
In addition to leather armor, approaching the moat without any other protection on the body is not seeking death.
Only people like the Tuqishi who don't know how to attack cities would have no scruples in letting a large number of people carry dirt on their backs to fill the moat.
Zhao Ziliang originally thought that Modo would send people to capture the Tuqishi who were driven out of the city by his order and let these ordinary people fill in the moat, but he did not expect that Modo would directly use his own soldiers to fill in the moat.
What does it mean?
It can only mean that Modo doesn't understand siege at all.
This is just taking the lives of his soldiers as a child's play.
Zhao Ziliang immediately said loudly: "This is the general's order.
All bows and arrows, city guard bed crossbows, Fuyuan crossbows, arm-shaped crossbows, and catapults are all started.
They are not allowed to stop without orders."
"promise" The trumpet was blown, and the pennant of the order was waved.
The soldiers on the city wall took out their bows and arrows and aimed them at the Tuqishi soldiers below who were running with the dirt on their backs.
Sharp steel arrows were fired one after another, and one sharp steel arrow penetrated the bodies of several Tuqishi soldiers.
There is a bed crossbow every twenty meters or so on the city wall.
Crossbow arrows with thick arms and one foot long are installed on the bed crossbow.
The noose was wound up with the loud shouts of the soldiers for more than ten seconds.
A soldier swung his arm and Shout: "Let go" With a "buzz" sound, thick and long crossbow arrows were fired, piercing the bodies of five or six Tuqi Shi soldiers who were carrying earth, and some crossbow arrows penetrated several Tuqi Shi cavalrymen behind them.
"shoot arrows" "Swish swish"
The Tuqishi soldiers who were running under the city kept falling down and could not get up again.
The number of corpses quickly increased, the number of running people gradually decreased, and the ground was full of mud.
Now is the time to shoot the enemy troops with force.
Zhao Ziliang shouted: "Fire the arrows, don't stop without orders, aim again and shoot, don't waste the arrows."
After the filling was completed, more than 600 corpses fell on the moat under the city.
Many people who fled back were shot, but their vital points were not hit.
"Stop shooting arrows," Zhao Ziliang ordered, and everyone listened, including the catapults that stopped throwing stones.
In the army's sudden cavalry formation outside the city, a commander of a thousand men urged Modo: "Sir, you can't do this again.
If you do this again, I'm afraid we will all die before we can even fill the moat.
We just died once."
More than 600 people have attended these classes.
These lessons are all done by me, Tu Qishi.
Your Excellency, you should think of other ways."
Modo looked sad when he heard this, waved his hand and said: "Forget it, order to capture all the herdsmen who were driven out and let them fill the moat.
If they don't obey, they will be killed."
The captain breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed: "Yes, I will send someone right away":