"Go quickly, go quickly and don't dawdle."
A Tuqishi cavalryman held a spear and whipped a few shepherds who were walking slowly.
One of the old herdsmen begged regardless of the pain on his body: "I only have one son.
Sir, please let him go.
If you want to die, let me die with my old bones."
The herdsmen outside the city were not stupid.
After they were arrested by Modo, they quickly understood that the Tuqishi army wanted them to carry soil on their backs to fill the moat.
Yesterday, the Tuqishi army was shot to death five times when they went to fill the moat.
There was no way the news could be hidden from six hundred people.
How could anyone be willing to do something like this, knowing that it was a matter of death?
The captured herdsmen were very resistant.
On the way to the camp, they all walked slowly, because they just didn't want to do something that would lead to death.
But forced by spears, spears, bows and arrows, they still had to move towards the camp step by step.
When the other shepherds heard what the old man said, they all began to talk in various ways.
Some said that they were the only son in the family, and some said that they had a one-year-old son and an eighty-year-old mother at home.
In short, it’s as miserable as you can say.
The commander who was responsible for escorting these thousands of herdsmen knew that this situation was not good.
If these herdsmen were allowed to continue to cause trouble, it would increase their resistance.
The commander immediately picked up his bow and arrow and shot two consecutive shots.
Arrow, the old herdsman and his son were both shot to death.
Seeing that the two people who were still alive just now were shot to death in the blink of an eye, the other herdsmen were frightened.
Seeing the surrounding Tuqishi knights aiming their bows and arrows at them, they were so frightened that they retreated and gathered together.
The captain saw that the two arrows he shot were quite shocking, and he was a little proud, and shouted: "I saw it, if you wait any longer, this is what will happen.
Let me tell you, you can still hope to live if you carry mud to fill up the moat." , if you don’t want to go, then I will kill you all here.
You can choose for yourself whether to go or not.”
Under the threat of bows and arrows, the herdsmen walked towards the camp in silence regardless of their natural choice.
On the morning of August 10th, Modo once again ordered the moat to be filled in.
Thousands of captured local herdsmen and city residents who had been driven out by Zhao Ziliang were all captured and ran toward the moat carrying dirt on their backs.
Zhao Ziliang was wearing armor and a helmet, with a blood-red cloak behind him.
He held the handle of the knife in his left hand and the golden nail Zaoyang in his right hand.
Standing on the tower, Wei Meng, Chu Ge, Li Siye, Liang Qi, Huo Kan, Zheng San and others All wore helmets and armor.
Seeing thousands of herdsmen wearing various furs rushing towards the moat with mud in baskets, driven by the cavalry, Wei Meng couldn't help but said while others were very nervous but did not make a sound; "General , order the arrows to be fired, let so many people fill in the moat, each person only needs to run back and forth two or three times, I'm afraid the moat will be filled in."
Zhao Ziliang was silent until the herdsmen at the front ran to the moat with dirt on their backs and said: "No one is allowed to shoot arrows, let them fill them."
Wei Meng was very anxious: "General, you must not be kind to women at this time."
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "This general is not kind to women.
Don't you understand Modo's intention?
On the one hand, he used these herdsmen to replace soldiers to fill the soil to preserve his own strength.
On the other hand, it has nothing to do with him.
Important people come to consume our arrows Even if all these herdsmen are shot dead by us, Modo will not feel sorry at all.
He will still publicize that we have killed a large number of herdsmen, and we will be charged with killing innocent people indiscriminately.
The tribal herders will hate us."
After Wei Meng heard what Zhao Ziliang said, he understood immediately and quickly said: "My subordinate is dull, but the general is smart and saw through Modo's plot."
"It doesn't matter how smart I am, you should use more brains when marching and fighting in the future.
No matter how brave a person is, he can't fight against thousands of troops alone.
The brave but the fool can only charge into battle, while the wise can strategize. , the victory is thousands of miles away, so you must be literate and read, read more books, and study more to become smart."
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All the generals bowed and handed over their hands: "I will bear this in mind, my subordinates."
In front of the Tuqi Shi army formation, Modo, who was in his forties, wore a leather helmet with a wolf tail tied to his head, thick cowhide armor, and a wolf skin cloak behind him.
Modo saw that the Tang army on the tower was indifferent to the herdsmen who rushed to fill the soil.
He knew that his strategy was ineffective, and he was suddenly discouraged.
If the Tang army shot those herdsmen, they would definitely consume a lot of arrows, but the other side did not Shooting an arrow made his plan fail.
He thought to himself, it seems that the Tang Army general is not easy to deal with.
A captain next to him said happily: "Master Wanfu, if the Tang army doesn't kill those herdsmen, the moat will be filled in soon.
Now our siege ladders and rams have been built.
We only need to wait for the moat to be filled."
Attacking the city” Modo glanced at the commander of his men and shook his head secretly.
These men were all reckless men who only knew how to act recklessly.
It seemed impossible to expect them to come up with any way to break the city, but if they wanted to break the city of General Pei, But their courage is indispensable Modo saw the herdsmen running back and forth three times.
Looking from here, he could already see that the soil in the moat was almost level with the ground on both sides of the moat.
He knew that the moat was about to be filled.
He said to his several thousand captains: "Pass this military order from the Commander-in-Chief of Ten Thousands to prepare the infantry, prepare the siege ladders and chariots, and have the cavalry raid the formation."
"Yes, Mr.
Wan Fu" When fighting, the army must be more powerful, because this is their duty, and when working, the herdsmen must be faster.
Asking the soldiers of the army to do this kind of work is definitely not as efficient as letting the common people do this kind of work.
The moat was finally filled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Modo gave the order: "Attack the city."
The four thousand assault cavalry infantry were divided into four groups.
The first group, led by a thousand captain, began to rush towards the west wall of General Pei.
More than a dozen siege ladders were carried out, and each siege ladder was carried by ten people.
A few strong men carried them towards the city wall.
These four thousand steps Only a small number of soldiers are Tuqishi, and these few Tuqishi serve as captains of ten and centurions.
Most of the other infantry are not Tuqishi, but are slaves of other tribes. , and even white and black slaves in the West.
The soldiers of the Tang Army on the city wall were all staring at the Tuqishi slave infantry who were running over quickly.
Wei Meng was very anxious when he saw this, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, give the order to fire arrows quickly, these wolf cubs have rushed across the moat. " Zhao Ziliang turned his head and glared at Wei Meng: "Why are you worried?
The arrows are limited.
If we finish shooting now, Modo will use archers to suppress us later, and then use infantry to attack the city with all their strength.
What will we do?"
Wei Meng opened his mouth: "This" Zhao Ziliang did not care about Wei Meng.
He looked at the densely packed Tuqishi slave infantry under the city wall and waved his hand to order: "The archers retreat, the infantry steps forward and spreads lime and rocks, and gives the general a hard hit."
"promise" The messenger immediately conveyed the military order: "The general has an order: the archers retreat, and the infantry steps forward to spread lime and smash stones."
After the order was conveyed, the archers retreated neatly and continuously until they retreated to the other side of the city wall.
The infantry stepped forward and put down their shields, spears and swords.
They first grabbed two handfuls of lime from the wooden barrel containing lime and rushed down the city to charge the infantry.
Sprinkle it over your head.
I saw a cloud of white dust falling in front of the broken west city wall, and heard countless voices coming from below the city: "Oh my eyes, my eyes ah cough cough cough cough" When the soldiers of the Tang Army saw that the effect was surprisingly good, they became more powerful.
One by one, they lifted the stones under their feet and threw them at the Tuqishi slave infantry who were in a mess below the city.
"Bump" one by one, the Tuqishi slave infantry were hit so hard that they fell to the ground and died.
The number of people under the city was too dense, and anyone could be hit casually.
The siege ladders that had just been set up were pushed down one by one by the soldiers of the Tang army, and a large area was knocked down.
Zhao Ziliang held on to the wall and kept observing the situation of the Tuqishi infantrymen below who had suffered heavy casualties.
He saw that although the Tuqishi slave infantrymen suffered heavy casualties, they were still very dense.
At this time, they were killing a large number of enemies.
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It was a good time, so he shouted: "Smash it quickly, smash it hard, don't be afraid of running out of stones, move it after you finish smashing it."
Hearing Zhao Ziliang's figure, the soldiers of the Tang Army struck faster and harder.
Desolate shouts and inspiring drums came from the city.
The soldiers of the Tang Army shouted loudly while hitting the enemy with stones, and there was a steady stream of people under the city.
There were shouts of killing and screams.
A quarter of an hour later, the ladders that were pushed down were once again carried up by the Tuqishi infantry and set up on the city wall.
This time, the Tuqishi infantry learned a lesson.
They no longer raised the top of the ladder above the wall buttress.
It is to place the top of the ladder on the outer wall of the city wall below the wall stack, at a distance from the wall.
The crenel is only one foot long, so it is not easy for the soldiers of the Tang Army to push the ladder down.
Even if they want to push it, they have to bend down and stretch their upper body outside the city wall.
This posture does not use strength, and it is also difficult to ride suddenly.
After the Shi infantry climbed to the top of the ladder, they could easily jump onto the city wall.
When Zhao Ziliang saw the enemy's ladder being put up again, he immediately shouted: "Push the ladder down quickly!"
The soldiers leaned over to push the ladder, but found that they couldn't use the strength.
The enemy below had climbed up the ladder and was climbing up.
Zhao Ziliang leaned forward and took a look.
He picked up the golden nail Zaoyang in his hand and inserted it into the gap between the ladder and the city wall.
Then he pried hard and the ladder was lifted.
Then he pushed hard and the ladder was pushed down. , the enemy soldiers on the ladder also fell down and were almost dead, but were trampled to death by the enemy soldiers later.
"If you see it, just do what I do.
We can't let the enemy climb the ladder with peace of mind.
We must do everything possible to prevent them from climbing the city wall," Zhao Ziliang yelled.
"Nuo" all the soldiers agreed to push the ladder according to the method taught by Zhao Ziliang, and it was indeed very effective
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