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Time was very tight, and Li Ye immediately transferred Yu Changyang's thousand-long sword army to the north city wall.

He also separated a thousand regular soldiers guarding the three city walls in the southeast and north, sent them to the south city wall, and scattered them to join the battalions.

Xu Jian was responsible for commanding the South City Wall operations and commanding the Thousand Long Swords Team.

After finding some time, Arolie whispered to Li Ye: "Solan persuaded the king to surrender to Dashi last night. I told my father the story the general told me. My father immediately arrested Solan and locked him up in the palace dungeon. "

Li Ye nodded. No wonder he didn't see Solan. He thought Solan was pretending to be sick again. It turned out that he was arrested by the king.

"General Li, actually I have no confidence, but you are right. My father and I have no way out. The only way to survive is to fight to the death. My father has given you the scepter, so just go ahead and do it! Keep Ba Khanna The country, my father will give you all the wealth in the inner treasury."

Li Ye smiled and said: "Although there must be brave men under the heavy reward, I don't need it. Rewarding wealth to the soldiers of the three armies is the right thing to do!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The drum of attack sounded.

The shouts outside the city were like thunder, like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, and the 12,000 coalition troops began to run.

Li Ye patted Arole's arm, waved to the three hundred soldiers and shouted, "Follow me!"

He led three hundred soldiers and rushed towards the northern section of the city...

Twelve thousand soldiers lined up in the wilderness two miles away, with heavy siege ladders among them. The soldiers beat war drums, "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The soldiers kept making low shouts, which made It's thrilling.

As the distance got closer, Li Ye shouted: "General Anyi, prepare to throw fireballs!"

Anyi is a general of Bukhanna. He is standing by the inner city wall, holding the flag for commanding the trebuchet. The yellow flag is for throwing stones, the black flag is for throwing fireballs, the red flag is for launching, and the white flag is for throwing stones. The flag is to stop firing.

Li Ye issued his first order, but Anyi raised the yellow flag. Li Ye looked at the enemy troops running outside the city, but did not realize that Anyi did not obey his orders.

At this time, Yu Changyang stepped forward and reminded Li Ye in a low voice, "Are you preparing to throw stones?"

Li Ye was startled, and when he turned around, he saw An Yi raising a yellow flag in his hand. He immediately said angrily: "General Anyi, I am ordering you to prepare to throw fireballs!"

Anyi crossed his hands on his chest and said with an arrogant look: "I followed General Li's order, but General Solan believed that the fireball had no lethality and was just superficial. He thought that boulders should be thrown, and even the humble officer believed that boulders should be thrown. !”

Li Ye narrowed his eyes, "You dare to disobey my order?"

Anyi said without compromise: "General Solan said yesterday that fireballs are not allowed to be used. I dare not disobey his orders!"

There was silence all around, everyone was looking at Li Ye, and Li Ye laughed, "It seems that you really don't take my words seriously!"

He took a few steps forward, waved his long spear in his hand, and saw a flash of cold light, extremely fast, "Poof!" Anyi's head flew into the air, Li Ye waved his long spear, and the tip of the spear stabbed into the head accurately. In the neck.

The surrounding generals exclaimed and retreated one after another.

Li Ye held up the bloody head and shouted sternly: "Military orders are like mountains. Anyone who dares to disobey my orders will be punished!"

Anyi stood on the top of the tree with his mouth open, eyes wide open, and a ferocious appearance. His body was still leaning against the city wall, with his hands on his chest, and blood spurting out from his headless neck. This bloody scene frightened everyone. broken.

Li Ye immediately ordered: "General Wukan took over the trebuchet and issued the order!"

Wukan and Anyi are both Solan's confidants. Li Ye named Wukan and was obviously preparing to find an excuse to kill him too.

Wukan turned pale with fright and almost peeed out of fear. He was the one who encouraged Anyi to resist the order just now. Now he gave in. He quickly took the order flag from Anyi's hand, raised the black flag high, and ordered the trebuchet. Replace the fireball.

Li Ye shook off the head from the tip of the tree and shouted: "Take away this disobedient!"

Several civilian husbands quickly carried the body and head down.

At this time, the coalition soldiers running under the city were in chaos. They stepped on the poisonous arrows on the ground and fell one after another. Li Ye shouted: "Fireball launch!"

Wukan raised the red flag, and the fireballs of the eighteen trebuchets were ignited and launched at the same time. Eighteen fireballs with thick smoke rose into the sky and hit the enemy's heads.

This kind of fireballs are made of cloth balls wrapped in layers of cloth and soaked in kerosene. Each one is as big as a blocking stone ball on the road and is full of elasticity.

Solan is actually right. This kind of fireball has no lethality. In fact, even if a huge stone is used to kill at most hundreds of people, it is of little significance. However, the fireball has a deterrent effect and will shock the hearts of the soldiers, thus It affects morale, especially now that the soldiers have stepped on poisonous arrows. When they are in panic, the appearance of the fireball will undoubtedly be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Eighteen huge fireballs with billowing smoke streaked across the sky, hitting the enemy's heads. The ball hit the ground, bounced high again, and continued to rush towards the crowd. The enemy soldiers were in panic, poison arrows, The fierce fire and thick smoke crushed the fighting spirit of many soldiers, and countless soldiers turned around and fled.

Kun Shidu was furious, swung his sword and shouted loudly, "Don't retreat, kill me!"

Airot quickly advised: "It seems that there is a hidden weapon on the ground. Why not go back and check the situation before continuing the attack!"

Although Airot is the leader of the Sogdian Army, he is an out-and-out food general and represents the attitude of the Caliph. Kundushi dare not not listen to his suggestions.

"Okay! Pull back and take a look first."

Kundushi immediately ordered the withdrawal of the troops. The bell rang and the soldiers retreated one after another. Many soldiers fell to the ground, suffering from poisonous effects and suffering.

"King, there are poisonous arrows on the ground!" several generals reported.

Kundushi didn't know what to do for a moment. He turned back and looked at Airot. Airot looked at it carefully and said, "It's okay if it's an arrow, but it's troublesome if it's a poisonous needle."

"General, is there anything you can do?"

Airot nodded, "Just thicken the soles of the boots, or cut two pieces of cooked cowhide and put them in the shoes. The arrows won't be able to pierce. You can give it a try!"

Kundu Stone cut two pieces of leather and put them in the shoes, took half an arrow and stuck it on the ground, and asked the soldiers to step on it. The arrowhead was stepped into the soil and the sole of the shoe was pierced, but the two layers of cowhide were not pierced. Kundu Stone Immediately ordered all soldiers to thicken the soles of their shoes.

After struggling for a long time, it was already noon, and Kundushi once again ordered the army to attack.

"Woo——"

The sound of the attacking bugle echoed in the wilderness, low and desolate, and the army once again charged towards the city wall like a tide.

But this time the attack on the enemy did not have the same murderous momentum as earlier, and it was not as thrilling. The soldiers on the city did not feel the pressure of the enemy, but instead geared up and waited for the enemy to come forward.

Li Ye immediately ordered: "Change to the boulder projectile!"

Wukan honestly raised the yellow flag and the red flag, eighteen trebuchets set off, and eighteen huge boulders flew into the air and hit the enemy's heads.

A group of small black dots appeared on the top of their heads. They suddenly enlarged and the boulder came into view. The soldiers yelled in fright and ran away. A dozen people were still unable to dodge. The boulder crashed to the ground, dust flew up, and one person was smashed into a meat pie. , another seven or eight people were knocked down and sent away by the rolling boulders. Some were bloody and bloody, and some had broken bones and tendons.

But the maximum number of casualties per round was two hundred, which was nothing to the twelve thousand soldiers. It only had a slight impact on morale.

The seven thousand soldiers who attacked the northern section took the lead in rushing across the moat and hung up the siege ladders on the top of the city. The soldiers surged up like ants, and what greeted them was hailstones of rolling wood and rocks.