The city of Samadhi was completely surrounded by the Tang army.
There were densely packed Tang army camps outside the four city walls.
Flags were flying in the sky over the camps.
The camp was densely covered with soldiers.
Directly opposite the four city gates, Zhao Ziliang deployed elite cavalry.
Prevent the Great Eaters from rushing out of the city to launch a surprise attack.
Once the Great Eaters really dare to leave the city for a surprise attack, these elite cavalry deployed can immediately fight.
As long as these raiding Great Eaters' cavalry are entangled, they were originally deployed on both sides to siege the city. of The infantry can flank the Dashi Army from both sides.
If the Dashi Army retreats, the Tang Army cavalry can follow them into the city.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, any city will not dare to send troops out of the city easily when it is attacked by the enemy. , because the troops leaving the city will most likely have no chance of survival, which is tantamount to death.
Unless the siege equipment of the siege party poses a large enough threat to the city defense, the defender will have no choice but to send cavalry out of the city to destroy the attacker's siege force. instrument.
After five days of preparation, the Tang Army was ready.
This morning, the Tang Army was preparing to launch its first siege after the siege.
Outside the north gate, the Tang army marched.
The heads of the Sogdian kingdoms walked into the big tent together.
Under the watchful eyes of all the Tang army generals and officials, they walked to the middle of the big tent to salute Zhao Ziliang who was sitting on the main seat.
"I've seen the general" "Excuse me."
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said: "Masters of the country, according to our investigation, there are 20,000 main soldiers of the Great Food Army in the city of Samad, and another 10,000 troops from various parts of Sogdia, for a total of 30,000 troops.
But they forced all the men in the city to go up the city wall to help spread the Defense, but the combat effectiveness of the strong men is negligible.
Our army has been besieging the city for five days, and all preparations for the project have been completed.
The general decided to officially launch the siege this morning, including attacking the east, west, and south gates from above, and the main attack was the north gate. , Lord Kang, this is In the capital of Kang State, your Kang army will take the lead in attacking the north gate.
Before the official siege, our army's siege equipment will carry out long-range attacks on the city wall.
Your army will wait for the military order.
Once the military order to attack is issued, your army will just fill in the ground first.
The moat, wait for your army to fill the moat After rushing to the city, our army's long-range siege equipment will stop attacking.
You can take the opportunity to use ladders, jinglan, rams, etc. to siege the city.
The general will send a supervising team to supervise the battle behind.
If you do not have an order to retreat, you will retreat without permission. , whoever retreats will be immediately beheaded without mercy.”
At this moment, Lord Kang knew that he could only fight to the death with the Dashi Army.
No matter from any aspect, he could not retreat, let alone fight timidly, otherwise the troops under his command would no longer support him until Zhao Ziliang killed him.
He is the king.
Lord Kang immediately agreed: "Don't worry, general.
The big cannibals have occupied my land, killed my people, and raped my wife and daughter.
The little king and the big cannibals are inseparable and will fight to the death.
This time the little king will personally supervise the battle.
If there are any who retreat without authorization, they will be killed."
Before the supervising team takes action, Xiao Wang will order the guards to kill them first."
"Very good."
Zhao Ziliang stood up and said, "Okay, the siege is about to begin.
Everyone, come with me to the north gate."
Despite the hot weather, there was a chilling atmosphere inside and outside the city where Samad built the city.
The temperature seemed to have dropped a lot under this chilling atmosphere.
The siege troops had already lined up neatly in formations around the city.
Zhao Ziliang and the generals came to the commander's platform to observe the enemy's defense situation on the northern city wall.
Obviously, Da Shiren did not know which side of the city wall the Tang army planned to attack from, but the troops on the city wall had been strengthened.
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In addition to Da Shi's army, there were also There are Sogdian troops and strong men.
Zhao Ziliang and others observed for a while, and King Kang sent someone to report: "General, my king sent a villain to report that our army is ready to fill in the moat."
Zhao Ziliang immediately said to the marching commander Chen Qing: "This general does not believe how strong the city wall built by Bingbo Xilin in less than a month can be.
He ordered the catapult convoy to start long-range attacks, such as infantry crossbows, Fuyuan crossbows and other long-range attacks."
Bows and arrows were also shot.”
"Promise" Chen Qing agreed and immediately ordered the commander to convey the military order.
Zhao Chongxun, who was in charge of commanding the long-range siege equipment, heard the sound of drums ringing several times and saw the command flag shaking on the commander's platform.
He immediately pulled out his horizontal sword and shouted: "The Bu Crossbow, Fu Yuan Crossbow, and Tou Shi Cheng are ready for test firing."
The commanders of the crossbows, fuyuan crossbows and catapults immediately issued orders.
The test firing of bows and arrows and catapults was all to measure the shooting parameters.
Most of them were to measure the shooting angle of the bow and arrow, and at what angle the bow should be fully drawn to accurately shoot. on the city wall This can be measured, although it is not very accurate.
The bow string tension of each pair of bows is different, and the range is also slightly different.
However, this difference is allowed because the bows and arrows of the Tang Army are all made with a unified process.
Made into standard equipment.
There are soldiers who specialize in test shooting.
After several rounds of test shooting, the best angle for bow and arrow shooting is measured.
The same is true for the trebuchet.
The cobblestones used in the trebuchet are carefully polished and have almost the same weight.
There is no difference.
Large, you only need to adjust the torque during test firing.
After calculating the shooting parameters, the Tang army began to carry out large-scale bow and arrow and trebuchet attacks.
First, dense rows of arrows flew into the sky to form a straight black ribbon, and then this black ribbon instantly spread out from the air and formed.
Fall on the city head and defend on the city wall The defending Dashi army, Sogdian servant army and strong men did not expect that the Tang army's bows and arrows could shoot so accurately.
Almost more than 80% of these arrows landed on the city wall.
The food army, servant army and strong men suddenly suffered heavy losses.
Ziad's face turned blue.
He pushed away the shield that was covering his head by the soldiers around him.
He stood up and saw that 30% of the defenders on the city wall were shot by bows and arrows, 20% died, and the other 10% also lost their combat effectiveness.
Overall, One bow and arrow strike and he's gone The defenders on the city wall lost 30% of their strength.
This kind of accurate bow and arrow strikes had never been encountered in the battles between the Great Food Army and the armies of various countries.
If the Tang army had attacked with several more bows and arrows, the defenders on the city wall would have lost their strength.
The army will be finished soon.
Ziad began to realize that he had underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army.
The Eastern armies had been famous for the lethality and range of their bows and arrows since ancient times.
As expected, the city was well-deserved.
I was afraid that the city would not be able to defend it for long.
He had to tell them as soon as possible.
Bo Xilin, let him make plans in advance.
But then I thought about it, the Tang Army came from afar, and the arrows and other military supplies mentioned were probably not very many.
It is impossible to always use such dense bows and arrows for long-range strikes.
As long as they take good protection and slowly consume the Tang Army’s arrows, the Tang Army It is not so easy to replenish arrows.
Ziad thought of this, and he immediately shouted to the people around him: "Hide quickly, everyone without shields, hide behind the walls, and those with shields use shields to protect themselves and others."
The city wall had just experienced a bow and arrow attack.
There were heavy casualties and howls and cries were everywhere.
It was a mess.
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Ziad's voice could not be heard.
Only a few people around him heard it.
Others in other positions heard it.
The food army, servant army and strong men could not hear it at all, the order was not conveyed in time, and the second wave of arrows from the Tang army came quickly, and the city wall was once again bloodbathed.
Ziyad no longer cared about his own danger.
He immediately picked up a shield and put it on his head, ran towards the side of the city wall, shouting: "Hide quickly, everyone hide".
After finally running a long section of the city wall to pass on the order, most of the remaining food troops, servants and strong men on the city wall hid, but then someone suddenly shouted: "Oh, God, run quickly, run quickly Run" Ziad couldn't help but turn his head and look outside the city.
He saw countless kerosene bombs flying in the sky.
Looking at the trajectory of these kerosene bombs, only six out of ten would fall on the city wall, and even if the others would not fall, On the city walls it will also fall within the city.
"Bang, bang, bang", the kerosene fell on the city wall one by one, and then, the kerosene splashed on the ground of the city wall burned with a "boom, boom, boom".
Countless food soldiers, servants and strong men were splashed with fire oil and soon their whole bodies were on fire.
They were all burning and screaming.
Some people immediately rolled on the ground trying to extinguish the flames.
Some people were so burned that they lost their consciousness and jumped off the city wall to their death. , many soldiers who were not burned kept running away from the flames in fear.
The strong men were so frightened that they fled down the city wall.
The food army killed many people in succession but could not stop the strong men from fleeing down the city wall.
The Dashi defenders originally prepared a lot of defensive materials and equipment on the city wall, such as arrows, rolling logs, kerosene and boiling water.
After the Tang army's kerosene bomb attack, the arrows, rolling logs and kerosene piled on the city wall were almost All were destroyed, and after the kerosene was ignited, the fire burning on the city wall became even more intense.
After several consecutive long-range strikes with bows and arrows and trebuchets, Zhao Ziliang observed through the telescope that there were only a few large food troops on the city wall, which was no longer enough to cause heavy casualties to the siege troops below the city.
Taking advantage of the kerosene on the city wall that had just started to burn, , now is the time to fill in the moat.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered: "Send an order to Lord Kang to immediately dispatch the Kang army to fill the moat."
The soldier sent by Lord Kang to report the news immediately agreed: "Yes, Your Excellency, General" After receiving the military order, the leader of Kang State immediately gave the order.
The Kang State soldiers carried the baskets already filled with soil on their shoulders and rushed towards the moat.
The entire north gate ground was filled with densely packed Kang State soldiers.
These people were like ants moving.
Usually, a long pile of dirt that they originally piled outside the city to prevent sneak attacks by the cannibals in the city was moved to the moat.
The fire on the city wall began to extinguish after burning for a whole morning.
This was when the Dashi Army began to set up defenses on the city wall again under the orders of the generals.
But then the Tang army used trebuchets to fire a large number of stone bullets, smashing the city wall.
There were so many potholes that the soldiers of the Food Army did not dare to go up the city wall and could only watch.
Watching the Kang soldiers continue to pour soil into the moat, and waiting for the Tang army's catapult firing to become sparse, the food army dared to continue climbing the city wall, using bows and arrows to kill some Kang soldiers who were carrying soil, but this time This level of loss is almost negligible for the densely packed Kang.
At dusk, with the efforts of 5,000 Kang and more than 10,000 Kang people brought from nearby villages, the moat was finally filled
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