The news that the retreat route in Baishui City was cut off by the Tang Army made Said confused for a while.
The news soon leaked out.
The food army in the city began to be fearful and unmotivated, and their morale dropped seriously.
Said saw this. , anxious, seeing that the Tang army was only besieging the city, and there was no sign of attacking the city for the time being, so he had to take this opportunity to summon the generals of the army to discuss whether to retreat or defend.
The generals and officers who came to participate in the discussion crowded the lobby of the city lord's palace.
Said walked to the main seat and sat down, looking at the room full of generals and officers and sighed: "I, the governor, underestimated the general of the Tang army.
I wanted to Go out of the city to welcome The Tang army suffered heavy losses in the battle, but the generals of the Tang army were experienced, calm, and well-prepared.
As a result, our army was defeated.
Six thousand troops went out and less than a thousand came back.
This is all my fault, Said. ah" A bearded general defended Said and said: "Mr.
Governor, we lost this battle, but the losses of the Tang army will not be smaller than ours.
I estimate that their casualties were at least more than 5,000 people, especially our 3,000 heavy soldiers."
The cavalry was almost unstoppable in their formation, charging them so hard that they finally reached the foot of the mountain where their general was."
"Although that is said, we were defeated after all, and the loss of so many troops made our already insufficient troops even weaker.
Now the enemy is besieging the city, and the retreat route to Baishui City has been cut off by a partial division sent by the Tang Army. , our army's 3,000 troops stationed in Baishui City were defeated, resulting in numerous casualties yesterday.
Before leaving the city to fight, I had sent people to Sogdia and ordered our garrisons stationed in Sogdia and Tocharia to rush in for reinforcements.
We now have two choices: First, defend Hengluosi City and wait for reinforcements to break through Baishui City.
The Tang army came to rescue us, but we had to face the possibility that the city had been destroyed.
There is still no risk of reinforcements arriving, because it is possible that the messengers will be killed by Tang army scouts before they reach the Sogdian territory, and it is also possible that reinforcements cannot break through the Tang army's obstruction in Baishui City; secondly, break through from the south gate and north gate.
Choose a city gate among the west gate and the west gate to break through the siege of the Tang army.
Then go west and enter the desert to escape the pursuit of the Tang army.
However, we have to face many dangers in the desert.
With luck, most of us can reach the Yaosha River.
If we are not lucky, we may be wiped out in the desert. .
Now let’s discuss how we choose.”
As the governor and leading general, Said could have made a decision with one word.
However, after he returned from the field battle with the Tang army and was defeated in the city, his prestige dropped a lot.
In addition, the retreat route in Baishui City was cut off, which made him Many soldiers, officers and generals in the field were in panic, and many soldiers and officers privately blamed themselves.
He was blamed for everything, so it was a last resort to call these generals and officers together for discussion.
Everyone would come up with a plan that everyone agreed with, and everyone would have no objections.
Otherwise, under his forced order, many people would be in conflict.
It will be very detrimental to the next operation of smuggling or staying.
After Said finished speaking, someone immediately stood up and suggested finding an opportunity to break out.
Staying here is tantamount to handing over your life to others.
Now that the retreat from Baishui City has been cut off, is the messenger who went to Sogdia for help alive?
Even if the messenger arrived in Sogdia, he didn’t say anything about it. , it is not certain whether the garrison there can arrive in time.
All in all, there are too many uncertain factors.
It is better to break out and retreat to the desert to the west.
Although there are many crises in the desert, it is better to decide your own life and death after all. place hope on others However, some other generals and officers believed that Hengluos City should be defended for good reasons.
There were many people who had this idea.
One of them said: "Your Majesty Governor, it is not easy for us to fight here from Khorasan Province.
We have suffered more than 10,000 casualties so far.
If we give up easily, we will lose our lives in the previous battle."
Did the warriors die in vain?
And are we bound to fail?
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I don’t think so.
First of all, this Hengluosi City is very strong and tall, not inferior to our royal city; secondly, almost all the Tang troops this time It's riding Soldiers, we all know that cavalry is not good at siege, and the Tang army came so quickly, they must not have prepared enough siege equipment.
We can definitely support it for a long time with our strong city walls; again, none of our warriors are afraid Damn it, we firmly believe that God will bless us and achieve final victory.
Finally, we have to believe that our brothers, the Governor-General are trapped here, and they will definitely do everything possible to come to the rescue."
There are many supporters of both options, and they are equally divided.
Both sides have their own reasons, which cannot be ignored.
This gives Said a headache, not knowing which side to support.
Finally, someone proposed a compromise, which was to defend for a period of time and see the situation before making a decision.
If the Tang army attacked fiercely and the city wall defense was in jeopardy, but there was no news of reinforcements, then look for an opportunity to break out; if the Tang army attacked the city, If the force is not strong, there are not many casualties in the defending army, and there is news that reinforcements are coming, then continue to defend.
Once it cannot be sustained, decisively give up the defense and then carry out a breakout.
This idea was supported by most people, so Said adopted this compromise suggestion.
The generals and officers returned to their posts to appease the soldiers.
The morale of the food army in Hengluos City quickly stabilized.
It doesn't get any worse.
The Great Food Country in White Clothes is a country that implements a tribal military system in which all people are soldiers.
Every soldier has faith, so they are not afraid of death.
The soldiers in each combat unit are from the same village or tribe.
The people are very familiar with each other, so they take care of each other no matter in life or during marching and fighting.
They have deep feelings and tacit cooperation.
This is also the reason why the army of the Great Food Country is strong.
Zhao Ziliang looked down upon the armies of all countries in this era, with the exception of the army of the Great Food Country.
He never dared to underestimate the Great Food Army because he knew that soldiers controlled by religious beliefs would not be able to fight a war.
They are all life-threatening lunatics.
Although the equipment and training of the Food Army are not the most advanced in this era, it does not matter.
This hinders them from becoming one of the most powerful armies in this era, because in the era of cold weapons, the gap in equipment has never been the main factor in determining combat effectiveness.
Not being afraid of death is the guarantee of combat effectiveness.
In the era of hot weapons in later generations, no matter how strong they are, No matter how strong your courage is, no matter how firm your faith is, it can't stop a small bullet.
Equipment first is the way to go.
The shortcomings of the Tang army had long been seen by Zhao Ziliang, which is why he had to rest for three days twenty miles outside the city after leading his army.
On the one hand, these three days were for the army to rest and restore combat strength.
The time, on the other hand, is the reason for craftsmen to build siege equipment.
In this era, if there is any country that is at the world's leading level in ordnance and equipment manufacturing, Zhao Ziliang can say without hesitation that the Tang Dynasty is doing its part and is qualified enough to win this honor.
The Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire, has gradually declined in power over the past hundred years.
It has been suppressed and beaten by the Great Food Kingdom for more than a hundred years.
The capital Constantinople has been surrounded and beaten several times by the Great Food Kingdom.
Relying on the "Greek Fire", a weapon of naval warfare, it repeatedly defeated the navy of the Great Eating Nation, and finally managed to maintain its rule.
However, wars occurred on its land all year round, and it was scarred by passive beatings, and its economy and technology suffered a lot.
The Umayyad dynasty, a great food country in white clothes, rose up more than a hundred years ago, defeated the Persian Empire, and annexed all the territories of the Persian Empire.
Its territory spanned Asia, Africa and Europe, and then took the step of expanding to the east and west at the same time. , but its weapons and equipment manufacturing technology has not improved at all except for the achievements of the original Persian Empire.
The Tang Dynasty was completely different.
After the Central Plains entered the Sui and Tang Dynasties, smelting technology improved rapidly.
Not only did the sharpness of weapons greatly increase, but even the defensive capabilities of armor and armor also greatly improved.
At the same time, the production level of various engineering equipment and The level of sophistication far exceeds that of previous generations.
The second day after the Tang army besieged Hengluosi City, that is, August 19, this morning, the Tang army prepared to attack the city.
Outside the east city gate, war drums roared outside the city, and the desolate horns sounded endlessly.
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The siege troops formed a square formation and advanced towards the city wall, with large siege equipment behind them, and cavalry on both sides to support the formation.
The siege troops were all soldiers from the Ten Surnames tribes.
These soldiers were originally cavalry, but now the Tang army could only use cavalry to attack the city.
Zhao Ziliang and Cheng Qianli were sitting on the commander's platform of the Tang Dynasty.
The commander's platform was pulled by more than a dozen horses and moved slowly forward.
Zhao Ziliang used a telescope to observe the city defense situation on the opposite city wall.
It could be seen that the cannibal was also They are not very good at defending the city, and there is a serious lack of equipment to defend the city.
Cheng Qianli, who was standing nearby, saw Zhao Ziliang holding two barrel-like objects in front of his eyes.
He was very curious and asked: "General Zhao, can you show me what these are?"
Zhao Ziliang didn't move, didn't give any face, so he refused mercilessly: "No" Cheng Qianli turned away angrily: "Huh, stingy."
Zhao Ziliang ignored him and loudly ordered: "Instruct all the catapults to be pushed to the throwing distance and stop to prepare for the attack."
"Follow orders" Sixteen trebuchets were driven by soldiers and horses to the throwing site and stopped.
The soldiers began to assemble the parts.
Soon each trebuchet was assembled and fixed on the ground.
If they wanted to retreat, they could quickly return to the ground.
Disassemble and drive away.
All the trebuchets were ready for fire.
The general in charge of the trebuchets sent someone to report to Zhao Ziliang: "General, all the trebuchets are ready and can be launched at any time."
While observing the defense situation of the city wall with a telescope, Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Send the order, all trebuchets are fired at the city head and the city wall, every other trebuchet fires kerosene bombs, and the others fire stone bombs."
"Follow orders":