As soon as the food army rushed to the city wall, the stone troops outside the city had already rushed to the foot of the city wall.
Many stone troops were setting up siege ladders on the city wall.
Some of the stone troops already had waist knives in their mouths and raised their hands.
The feet are climbing up the siege ladder.
Seeing this situation, the generals and officers of the Dashi Army quickly gave orders: "Quick, shoot them, shoot them to death."
The food army at the edge of the wall took out their bows and arrows and shot arrows at the stone army soldiers on the siege ladder.
The stone army soldiers who had climbed halfway up were either shot and fell down, or they accidentally fell down because of fear. , and Shi Jun under the city wall had to continue climbing up the ladder.
Seeing the large food army appearing on the top of the city and firing arrows at the attacking stone army, the bed crossbowmen and Fuyuan crossbowmen in front of the Tang army's formation quickly fired crossbow arrows at the top of the city under the command of the generals.
The crossbow arrows penetrated the space and shot towards the city head with a terrifying sound.
Some crossbow arrows shot the wall stacks with huge force, sending gravel and soil flying everywhere, and then shot into the city.
Some crossbow arrows hit the soldiers of the Food Army defending the city, knocking their bodies away.
Fall into the city.
These powerful bed crossbows and Fuyuan crossbows chilled the minds of the Great Food Army.
Zhao Ziliang originally planned to use powerful crossbows such as the bed crossbow and Fuyuan crossbow to deal with the heavy armored cavalry of the Great Food Army, but considering these weapons The destructive power was too powerful.
After winning the battle, I was afraid that I would not be able to capture many of the heavy cavalry and horses of the Great Food Army.
Therefore, I adopted the method of first exhausting the physical strength of the heavy cavalry of the Great Food Army and then encircling and annihilating them to capture them.
The Tang army's long-range strike capabilities were too powerful.
The soldiers of the Dashi Army defending the city suffered heavy losses at the beginning.
Fortunately, the stone army currently attacking the city was not very good at siege.
They were attacking the city one by one.
People on the ladder were clumsy and timid, and many people were afraid of heights.
They fell down out of fear before they even got halfway up the ladder.
This also gave the defending army time to adjust.
Said saw the soldiers constantly hiding behind the walls and shooting arrows at the enemy troops below.
However, they did not have many arrows to begin with.
If they continued shooting like this, they would soon run out of arrows, so he had no choice but to Instead of organizing some people to move stones and wood into the city, he ordered even the stone bullets fired into the city by the Tang army's trebuchets to be moved onto the city wall for defense.
Chaotic shouts of death, screams, shouts and the whistling of arrows intertwined under the city wall.
Blood, broken limbs, and death occurred everywhere.
One side did not know how to attack the city and beat them indiscriminately; the other side did not know how to defend the city. , haphazard commanding, haphazard deployment, both sides were incompetent, no one could do anything to the other, but both sides suffered heavy losses.
This battle lasted all morning.
The stone army in charge of the siege finally reached the top of the city at dusk in the afternoon.
However, in less than a cup of tea, they were driven out of the city by the fearless Japanese army.
The stone army's morale dropped and could not be lifted up again.
After another attack organized by the generals, they still failed to attack the city.
Zhao Ziliang saw that it was getting late, so he ordered the troops to retreat.
As a gong sounded, the attacking stone army quickly ran back under the leadership of the generals and officers.
After an afternoon of siege fighting, the casualties were too great.
They I really can’t hold it any longer.
Zhao Ziliang watched those stone soldiers turn around and run away regardless of the bodies of their comrades who died in the battle after hearing the sound of gold.
He couldn't help but frowned.
He turned to Mo Hechu and said: "King Shunyi, it's very hot today.
It's too hot to die in battle."
The corpses of soldiers should not be exposed to the sun for a long time, otherwise diseases will easily breed over time.
You send people over with white flags to take back the corpses of the soldiers and bury them."
Mo Hechu Tutun stood up and said: "General, will the cannibals allow us to get close to the city wall to collect the corpses?
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What if we are attacked by them while collecting the corpses?"
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Probably not.
Let the people sent tell them that you are going to collect the corpses.
They should not attack.
Even if both parties are enemies, they should allow the other party to collect the remains of their soldiers.
This is the rule of the battlefield and is right.
The enemy's respect is also respect for oneself, otherwise it will not be an army of a civilized country, but barbarians.
We don't have to talk to them about morality when we treat barbarians.
After we attack the city, we will kill them with chickens and dogs.
Just stay” Mohechu Tutun felt relieved and saluted, "Follow the order."
The siege continued.
After Zhao Ziliang and others returned to the military tent, they immediately summarized and discussed today's siege.
Shortly after dark, all the corpses of Shi Jun who died in the battle were dragged back.
Zhao Ziliang asked Mo Hechu Tutun: "King Shunyi, how are the casualties?"
Mo Hechu Tutun said: "General, our army killed 622 people and injured 536 people."
Zhao Ziliang frowned and said: "More than a thousand people were killed or injured in one afternoon.
This casualty is indeed too high, but don't be too sad.
The situation of the Dashi Army should not be much better than that of your Shi Army."
Even if there are not thousands of casualties, as long as there are more than 800 casualties, let's do it this way.
Tomorrow your stone army will rest and regroup, and the Geshuque tribe and the Axijie Nishu tribe will take over the attack tomorrow morning.
The leader of Geshushan and Axijielin will take over the attack.
Chief, do you have any questions?"
Ge Shushan and A Xijielin stood up and said: "General, we are ready and can attack the city at any time."
"Okay, in that case, after everyone has eaten and drank enough, go back and rest, so that the soldiers can recharge their batteries and prepare food at midnight tomorrow morning and launch an attack at midnight."
"Follow orders" After sending away the leaders, the retinue brought food.
Zhao Ziliang was about to eat.
At this time, Wang Can walked in and said, "General, I have a military report."
"Come in," Zhao Ziliang raised his head, waved and shouted, and then said, "You haven't eaten yet.
While you were eating, you said, "Come here, go get some more food."
Wang Can smiled and said: "Then you're welcome, General"
The food was delivered quickly, including big cakes and barbecued meats.
Zhao Ziliang gnawed on the big cakes and asked, "What's the military situation?
Is there any news from Baishui City?"
Wang Can quickly turned over the big cake and said: "General, this is the news from Baishui City.
The people sent by Chu Ge have arrived.
However, due to the long-distance raids and battles in the past few days, plus the rush to report the news, the body cannot bear it, and the people have arrived.
As soon as he finished reporting, he passed out.
The general has sent people to take care of him.
It should be fine.
The messenger reported that Chu Ge launched a surprise attack on the food army in Baishui City in the early morning of the day before yesterday and successfully defeated them, killing most of them.
Only a few escaped.
They are currently resting in Baishui. , and ran out of the reconnaissance cavalry to patrol All around, and before the messenger came, Chu Ge had already led a thousand men and horses to the west, and then headed northwest along the Yaosha Shui, so Baishui City was now very empty.
Nearly two hundred people were killed during the raid on the Dashi Army. , so Baishui City now only has 18 million people.
The land of the Nine Surnames of Zhaowu and the food army garrison in Tochara went north to reinforce.
With the 1,800 people, they may not be able to stop them.
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Moreover, the food army in Hengluosi City may have already known the news at this time.
Wouldn't it be bad if they retreated towards Baishui City after breaking through?"
Zhao Ziliang was chewing food in his mouth, but his mind was running at high speed.
He thought for a moment and then said: "Come here, bring General Cheng Qianli and General Wei Meng."
"Nuo" There was a follower outside the tent who agreed, and then the sound of leaving footsteps was heard.
Wang Can was chewing mutton when he heard that Zhao Ziliang wanted to call Wei Meng over.
When the guards outside the tent went to call for people, he asked: "General, you want Wei Meng to lead 3,000 cavalry to reinforce."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Not bad."
Wang Can was worried when he heard this and said: "General, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to send Wei Meng to lead my three thousand cavalry.
If Wei Meng leaves with three thousand cavalry, we will only have a thousand infantry and a thousand Mo Dao left here."
I am afraid that these two thousand men and horses alone will not be able to subdue this army of nearly 30,000 barbarians."
Zhao Ziliang took a sip of wild vegetable soup and said: "I have also considered your concerns, but don't worry, even if there are not these two thousand infantry, I forgive them that they would not dare to be presumptuous in front of me, with me here to take charge." , no one dares to dissent, hum."
When Wang Can heard what Zhao Ziliang said, his unparalleled force suddenly sounded.
If he really wanted to kill someone, he might not be able to save his own life even if he had thousands of troops to protect him.
Thinking of this, he immediately felt relieved.
Soon, Cheng Qianli and Wei Meng rushed over one after another.
Cheng Qianli was very dissatisfied that Zhao Ziliang sent someone to call him over.
As soon as he entered the tent, he shouted: "Zhao Ziliang, have you still treated me as the deputy governor of Beiting?"
In the eyes of the general, if you have any matters to be discussed among superiors and inferiors, it is for you to go to my general’s tent to discuss matters, rather than for me to be summoned here by someone you sent.”
Zhao Ziliang said sternly: "General Cheng, Zhao wants to remind you that now I, Zhao Ziliang, am the leader of this army, and I am the commander of this battle.
You are just supervising the army.
In the general's big tent, the discussion of military situation and combat deployment should also be conducted in the general's big tent instead of going to your big tent that oversees the army, do you understand?"
Cheng Qianli was speechless for a while, his momentum dropped, and he had to give in: "Okay, okay, I, Cheng Qianli, won't argue with you.
Tell me, why did you send someone to find this general?"
Zhao Ziliang glanced at him, looked at Wei Meng, and said to them: "Please sit down, please."
After the two sat down, the retinue hung up the map.
Zhao Ziliang said: "I have brought you two here to tell you something.
When our army was still in Julan City, my general had already sent Chu Ge to lead two thousand soldiers.
The cavalry and a thousand infantrymen marched long distances to Baishui City. , preparing to cut off the retreat of the large food army in Hengluosi City.
Just now Chu Ge sent someone to report that they had successfully raided the three thousand large food army in Baishui City, and he left 1,800 people behind and led a thousand people along the way.
Yao Sha Shui is heading northwest, my general Let them advance 500 miles northwest along Yaoshashui and set up an ambush there.
I concluded that the food army in the city must not have the courage to fight to the death with our army.
At some point, they will not be able to hold on and will definitely head towards the desert to the west. retreat, but we also We have to be prepared for the food army from the south to come north to reinforce.
Therefore, Wei Meng, I will send you to lead three thousand cavalry under your command to reinforce Baishui City to prevent the food army from coming from the direction of Baishui City for reinforcements.
At the same time, we will also attack the nine surnames of Zhaowu and The large food army of the Tocharian Kingdom acts as a deterrent.”
Cheng Qianli stabbed him on the spot and objected: "Zhao Ziliang, are you crazy?
If these three thousand cavalry are transferred, we will only have two thousand infantry.
Will those unruly barbarians obey our orders and attack the city?"
Look you are crazy , you have gone crazy, no, no, I can't let you do this stupid trick, I want to remove you from your official position as the commander-in-chief.
Now, as the deputy envoy of Beiting Camp Jiedu, I will remove you from your official position as the commander-in-chief of the battle, the army.
Now I'm in charge" Zhao Ziliang stood up and smiled and said: "General Cheng, are you sure you want to do this?
I think you have lost your mind.
These Tang troops were all trained by me, Zhao Ziliang, and the generals and officers were all promoted by me, Zhao Ziliang.
Without me, Zhao Ziliang nodded, Are you sure you can instigate those rebellious tribal leaders with ten surnames?
Which one of them sent troops because they didn’t look at my Zhao Ziliang’s face?
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Without me, Zhao Ziliang, here, do you think they will look at your face?”
Cheng Qianli's face suddenly turned pale, and he took a few steps back, pointing at Zhao Ziliang with a trembling finger: "Hello, okay, I'll let you do it.
If those barbarian soldiers really rebel and make trouble, I'll see how you end it.
How do you explain it to the court?"
After saying that, he flicked his cloak and walked out.
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and didn't care, and said to Wei Meng: "You don't have to worry about him.
Even if something happens, I will be responsible for it alone.
You just follow my orders.
Remember to bring enough food and grass and set off tonight."
After Baishui City arrives there, the 1,800 cavalry there will also be under your command.
If the food army from the south really goes north for reinforcements, you must find a way to drag them out.
It is best not to confront them head-on."
Wei Meng cupped his fists and saluted and said: "General, don't worry, the general will know."