The first wave of rockets was just a test launch, and the results were negligible.
It took several minutes for the second wave of rockets to be launched.
This time, the accuracy was much greater.
After the third wave of rockets was launched, the results were already amazing.
The defender of the Dashi Army soon sensed something was wrong and immediately shouted: "Move the ballistas quickly!"
After hearing the order, the soldiers of the Food Army began to move the ballistae, but they also found it too late.
At this time, the ballistae of the Food Army had been almost destroyed, and the ballistae that had hit was burned by the fire from the rocket.
When the soldiers of the Food Army got up, many people were burned when they were rescuing them.
Such a ballista is useless even if it is moved away.
Zhao Ziliang observed the effects of several waves of rocket launches through the telescope.
He felt that it was pretty good.
At least the remaining ballistae no longer posed much of a threat.
He immediately ordered: "The First Servant Army begins to attack the city."
"siege" Five hundred servants held small wooden shields in their left hands and knives in their right hands as they scrambled up to Shahan Pass.
This section of the road was a hillside road, not wide.
The road was only four or five meters wide, and there were rocks and grass on both sides.
It's only thirty or forty meters wide, and the force of only five hundred people at most can reach the sky.
This kind of siege is the most difficult to fight.
The attacking soldiers spend most of their energy just climbing to the bottom of the city wall, and their combat capabilities are greatly reduced.
The chaotic army of five hundred servants had just climbed halfway when they reached the middle section of the hillside road when they heard what sounded like rolling thunder.
When they looked up, they saw a large number of rolling stones rushing down from above.
"Rolling Stone" someone let out a terrified cry.
"Run!"
Some people turned around and ran away.
When others saw so many rolling stones rushing down, they were frightened and turned around and ran down the mountain.
Although these people ran fast, the rolling stones rolled faster, and they soon caught up with the running slave soldiers.
A large number of soldiers were knocked over by the rolling stones, and then knocked down those in front.
The scene was terrible for a while. , some people were smashed into a puddle of mud by rolling stones on the spot, and some were hit so hard It kept rolling down the mountain.
Not many people were actually killed.
Most of them were injured.
The rolling stone kept rolling down the mountain before stopping.
This wave of attacks had frightened these servants.
How could they still have the courage to continue attacking?
Chengduo ran down the mountain regardless of whether there were rolling stones chasing him.
Chu Ge looked at the large number of servant soldiers running back with a dark face.
He waved his hand: "The king has an order.
Anyone who is too afraid of the enemy to move forward or take a step back will be killed without mercy.
Supervise the team, enter."
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" The war supervisors lined up in a neat and dense formation to press against the rebel soldiers who fled down the mountain.
They marched in neat and firm steps, holding bright and cold swords in their hands, and pushed forward like a wall, full of murderous intent. .
These are a supervising team composed of the Mo Dao team.
Even if they face the charge of the heavy armored cavalry of the Great Food Army, they can carry it.
What are these servants who have fled back in chaos?
"Cut!"
As the general of the supervising team shouted, a flash of swords flashed across the front row, and all the servant soldiers running in the front were cut into two pieces, with blood spilled all over the ground, followed by the second row.
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The Pai Mo sword wielder passed through the gap in the first row to the front and swung the Mo sword again, and another large number of escaping servants were cut down.
"Ah, God."
The servants were completely frightened and stopped running away one after another.
As the Modao team advanced step by step, they were forced to retreat continuously.
Everyone looked miserable and frightened.
"Turn around and attack the city, or die," the general of the supervising team shouted at the deserters of the servant army who were constantly being forced to retreat.
After the third batch of servants were killed, the remaining servants could no longer withstand it.
There was no possibility of survival in front of such a dense forest of sword formations, and they might still be able to turn around and attack the city.
If there was a way to survive, the remaining servant soldiers had to grit their teeth and make the choice to turn around and continue to attack the city.
When Chu Ge saw the servants turning around and going back to attack the city, he waved his hand and told the war team to return to their original positions.
The first wave of 500 servants who attacked the city were all killed before they could withstand the attack for half a day.
No one survived, and the survival rate was zero.
Such heavy casualties made every one of the servant soldiers who were preparing to attack the city in the afternoon tremble with fear. .
After lunch, the siege continued in the afternoon.
The food army guarding the gate controlled the rhythm and intensity of throwing stones and firing arrows this time.
They began to consciously save the use of defensive equipment and materials as much as possible.
Although Shahanguan Pass is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack, the scale of the siege is too small after all.
Zhao Ziliang did not waste time on it.
He stayed in the Chinese army's tent in the afternoon and stood in front of the battle map to study the war and listen to military intelligence.
Report.
"What is the progress of Wei Meng's Fifth Army, Ogus and Khwarizimo Army?"
Marching Sima Chen Qing stood up and clasped his fists and replied: "Back to the king, General Wei Meng has led his army to occupy the entire Khorasan Province.
He sent people to ask the king for the next battle strategy."
Zhao Ziliang walked up and down in front of the map with his fists and arms folded, his eyes never leaving the battle map for a moment.
He thought for a moment and ordered Chen Qing as he walked: "Give Wei Meng an order to leave the necessary troops to stay in Huluo."
Shan, and then led his army to march westward, Attack as quickly as possible, attack as fast as we can, and occupy as much territory as possible.
We must take advantage of the greatest chaos in the country to occupy as much territory as possible.
Once this opportunity passes, we will It won’t be so easy to attack again.”
"Yes" Chen Qing agreed and waved to the scribe next to him to record it immediately.
Zhao Ziliang thought of Wei Gao's army and didn't know how it was going now.
"By the way, where are Wei Gao's men and horses now?"
Chen Qing replied: "There was news two days ago that Wei Gao's army had conquered Shiraz.
Now I think we should be aware of the surrounding resistance forces."
"Yes."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Zhao Lei's plateau army passed through Sistan.
How well the remaining troops cleaned up the resistance forces there and how did they occupy other areas?"
"Your Majesty, the Great Eaters no longer have many troops in the south, and there is almost no effective resistance.
According to the news from various places, so far, most of the southern areas have been controlled by our army, and there is no effective resistance in the remaining areas.
If there is no resistance, as long as our troops move past, we will be able to capture them."
Zhao Ziliang instructed: "No matter whether there is a Dashi army stationed or not, and whether there is resistance or not, our troops must move over and carry out actual occupation.
During this period, the king has thought clearly about the original situation of the Dashi country.
Therefore, the reason for being able to quickly occupy the Persian region is simply that they forced the Persians here to change their beliefs.
We want a more stable unification.
To govern this place, I am afraid that we must learn more about cannibalism.
Although this decision is contrary to our consistent policy of freedom of belief, different regions and different regions require different policies.
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We cannot copy this matter mechanically.
I have decided If anyone objects, reject it altogether and issue an edict immediately.
No one is allowed to violate it.
You must formulate corresponding punishment measures."
"yes" For seven consecutive days, the siege battle was extremely brutal day and night.
The Western Qin servant army and slave servant army killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 5,000 people.
The food army defending the city also had a hard time. , although their casualties were much smaller, because the Western Qin Army adopted fatigue siege tactics day and night, every soldier of the Dashi Army was very tired.
No one was eating well these days, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. big.
November 22, night.
Schneider, the general of the servant army, reported the casualties and losses to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, we have lost a total of more than 9,000 people so far.
According to our estimates, the defenders' losses did not exceed 2,500 people.
Although they only have 5,000 people, they Reinforcements and supplies can also be sent from Yazd.
The current casualty ratio is about four to one.
The casualties are too great and the morale of our subordinate soldiers is declining rapidly."
Zhao Ziliang said nothing after hearing the report.
He walked to the map and looked at it.
After a while, he said: "We will fight for another ten days.
We will still attack Zhao Lei day and night.
This time, your army of slaves and servants will be responsible for the attack.
Pass on the message.
Whoever can be the first to attack the city will be rewarded with a thousand cattle and sheep each, will be promoted to one level, and will be freed.
If he can break through Shahan Pass, the general will be promoted to one level, and will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold.
Others The rewards for soldiers and generals will be tripled according to normal standards."
Zhao Lei's expression changed, he clasped his fists and agreed, "Yes, Father."
Zhao Ziliang's promise of increasing rewards spread quickly.
The soldiers of the Plateau Legion Slave Servant Army who received the order to attack were all eager to try.
They were so excited.
Under such a heavy reward, they had completely forgotten that fighting was about death. human.
As soon as the attack on the city started, the slaves howled and screamed and rushed towards Shahanguan with weapons raised high.
These people were dazzled by the heavy rewards and rushed forward desperately.
They died one after another, but the people behind were still fierce.
They rushed to the city wall without fear of death.
These slaves were different from the servants.
They were slaves and had no freedom.
Their life and death were in the hands of the Western Qin army.
They could get rid of their status as slaves and receive heavy rewards. , even if you work hard, what does it matter?
Next, an even more brutal offensive and defensive battle continued up and down the walls of Shahanguan Pass.
People were dying every moment.
There was blood everywhere on the walls, and stumps and broken arms fell down.
The corpses of slaves had been piled up and down the city wall, from the base of the wall to the stacks of the city wall.
The slaves of the Western Qin Army still held up their knives and stepped on the corpses to rush up to fight with the food army.
The food army defending the city could only Resist mechanically with weapons.
This is already the sixteenth day since the siege began.
More than 26,000 slaves and servants of the Western Qin Army died here.
Since the siege began, the corpses have not been cleaned up.
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The mountains of corpses have been completely destroyed.
Filling up the gap between the siege team and the defender team Gap, the city wall is no longer out of reach for the Western Qin slaves who are attacking the city.
They can rush up the city wall in one breath by stepping on the corpses.
The slaves who were the first to climb up the city not only got everything Zhao Ziliang promised, but now He also became a centurion.
The Great Eaters knew that the Shahan Pass could no longer be defended.
They sent more than 3,000 reinforcements from Yazd, but now they have almost exhausted them all, and there are still more than 200 people left in the pass fighting against the Western Qin Dynasty.
The slaves fought to the death.
The reason why they persisted was to buy time for the soldiers and civilians of Yazd City to retreat
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