Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 113 Under Shule City ([-])

Zhang Zhao finally knew another reason why Li Shengtian insisted on dumping these people to him. He also had a headache looking at the tall, short, fat, thin, and different shapes in front of him.

The so-called Buddhist lurkers from Ya'erkan (Shache) to Pianzhou City (Yingjisha) turned out to be poor people who desperately wanted to escape to Khotan to live a stable life.

They were indeed natives living in these places, but they were oppressed by the Kara Khanate because they refused to convert to Tianfang religion. Originally, they thought that they could escape to Khotan, but Li Shengtian refused to accept them. .

Because if they left, Ya'er would definitely be occupied by the converted Ge Luolu and the Uighurs recruited by Kara Khan when he saw the distance from Pianzhou City.

If this happens, the pressure on Khotan will be great. I am afraid this time it will not be the battle of Shule, but the battle of crows and defense.

And these people are not fools, Li Shengtian repeatedly refused them to enter Khotan, only made the leader a small official, and gave some salt, food and cloth, why?They sure do.

Do you think they have no resentment in their hearts?Can there be no one who secretly converts, but does not speak of it?
If they mixed into the Khotan army, it was possible to complain or even leak information, so Li Shengtian simply threw them to Zhang Zhao and let him take care of them.

So as soon as Zhang Zhao learned about this situation, he decisively changed his strategy. With such a mix of personnel, it would not take long to pretend to be an elite. He simply set up camp three miles away from Shule City, and came to a stronghold to stay in a daze. battle.

He wants to turn himself into a nail in the city of Shule. Doesn’t Ittihad want to become horns with Fort Yusuf and Fort Esksa? Then Zhang Zhao is stuck outside the south of Shule City. Pull out his nail, Shule City and these two fortresses will not be able to become horns.

What's more, he only needs to persist for a few days. It should be possible to repair a simple fortification, even scaring and beating.

Therefore, what Ittihad saw at the top of the city was carrying soil, logging, and transporting wood. In fact, it was not to fill up trenches and build siege equipment, but to build a stronghold.

The sharp copper whistle sounded, and the flag bearer quickly shook a flag of Zhang Zi from left to right.

The small phalanxes on both sides of the acknowledgment flag chanted slogans to each other after seeing the acknowledgment flag swaying from side to side. The three scattered small phalanxes merged into a large phalanx.

'Boom boom boom! The drums at the top of Shule City also rang, and a very inconspicuous small door creaked open, and a cavalry team of about 500 people galloped out of the door one after another.

Don't even think about grabbing the city gates. This kind of city gates are usually located in very remote places, with exposed enemy towers on both sides, and turrets at the corners, full of archers.

Even if you snatch it, most of them still have urns or very narrow and complicated passages, and there is a high probability that you will die if you go in.

This is different from the siege battle that Zhang Zhao imagined before crossing the city. The imagined siege battle must be the attacking side and the ants attacking the city.

But in fact, this kind of siege is rare, and most of it will break out when it is a critical moment of life or death, or when the siege party has a great advantage.

Most of the time, as it is today, the besiegers first wiped out the enemies outside the city, and then went to a certain place to set up a stronghold.

The defenders will send troops to harass at this time. After the harassment fails, they will use the strong bows and crossbows at the top of the city and a small group of cavalry who can go out to fight with the attackers. The satellite fortresses standing outside the city will also cooperate with the city. fight.

As for the four gates being closed and the whole city sticking to it, that's just a last resort. The passive feeling of being alone and threatened at any time is a test of morale.

Many cities in history have reached this point, and they can't go on fighting. That's why those isolated cities that stick to it for a few months will be famous in history, because it is really not easy.

Five or six hundred cavalry ran with great momentum, the ground was trembling, and the dust was flying. What you saw were not horses and knights charging forward, but ghosts looming in the dust.

'Boom! 'Yan Jin shot a long arrow with bright tail feathers, and the arrow could make a sharp whistling sound, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Forty paces!" He shouted, this is used to mark the distance, when the enemy's cavalry arrived here, the phalanx was about to shoot ten thousand arrows.

Adumu also looked at the opponent's mark, but he didn't take it seriously.

At this time, crossbows have not spread to the West on a large scale. They know that Peach Blossom Stone has a powerful crossbow, but they don't feel how big it is.

"The armored ones are in front, charge with their spears between them, the unarmored ones take out their bows, and follow my orders to shoot together. The 50 people behind get off their horses and change to step bows and heavy arrows. If we can't charge, we will use heavy arrows to kill them. !"

Adumu's arrangement is no problem, five or six hundred cavalry charge with great momentum, if it is an ordinary team, dozens of infantry fight hundreds of cavalry, it is very likely that there is no need to fight, the charging posture alone can kill The infantry was frightened, and when the time came, the armored cavalry in front rushed while rushing with spears, and the formation would break.

When the armored cavalry is charging, the light cavalry behind will run around the infantry phalanx in a semicircle, constantly shooting arrows to harass and lower the morale of the opponent. kill.

Generally, after hitting here, the isolated infantry phalanx is likely to collapse, and if it has not collapsed, there will be 50 people left with infantry bows and heavy arrows, and it is time to play a role.

These heavy arrows do not rely on armor-piercing to kill people, but rely on their weight to hit people. Iron bumps that are smaller than a baby's fist fall from the sky, causing swollen hands and broken heads.

However, all of this is based on Adum's beautiful vision. The template he simulated is also the Persian Samanid infantry that has begun to decline.

This Persian in his thirties had never seen Datang's heavy infantry before!
'Buzz! ’ sounded, just as Adumu and his cavalry crossed the marked arrow, the sound sounded like a swarm of bees leaving their nest.

The few armored cavalry who rushed in front fell to the ground directly, and Adumu even saw the bloody arrow shooting from the chest of the armored cavalry in front.

Peach Blossom Stone's crossbow actually has such great power?This is not armor piercing, but it is about to come out through the body!
In panic, there was another buzzing sound, and the second wave of crossbow arrows arrived again!

This time, following the fall of the four or five armored cavalry in front, there was some confusion in the charging cavalry formation, and many Qing cavalry that were supposed to be behind were also exposed, and they were shot on their backs immediately.

The wounded horses screamed and scurried all over the ground, and the cavalrymen who were hit by the arrows were also moaning and screaming loudly. Some people and horses lying on the ground blocked the further charge from behind, and the formation was completely chaotic.

Taking advantage of this confusion, Ma Yaozi let out a loud cry, leading the fifteen archers behind him to fire their first volley.

The ones who shot just now were 60 people's god-armed archers. They used the two-stage shooting method and 30 people shot in one round. Due to the gap in the middle of the loading problem, the archers were needed to make up for it.

"Quickly spread out, spread out on both sides, get close and shoot at them!" Seeing that this round of bows and arrows on the opposite side shot and killed more than a dozen people on his side, Adumu yelled loudly.

There weren't many armored cavalry in front of him, but now almost all of them were shot down by the crossbow arrows from the opposite side. It was impossible to charge forward, and the only way to rely on the large number of arrows was to overwhelm the opponent with the number of arrows.

Moreover, due to the lack of strength of the horse bow, it can only be shot close to each other. If it is shot from a distance, it is almost tantamount to suicide.

To say that the Kara Khanate is indeed an empire on the rise, no wonder they were able to occupy all three treasure lands in the Anxi River in the future.

Although the current chaos has become like this, they lost 40 people without firing an arrow, but the rest of the people still obeyed Adumu's orders calmly.

The light cavalry began to disperse to both sides, bypassing the middle road that was already blocked by the corpses of the soldiers and horses, they formed a ()-shaped charge route, and surrounded the infantry phalanx on the opposite side.

And the 50 people at the rear, holding hard bows and heavy arrows, were also ready to dismount under the call of the officer.

(End of this chapter)