Chapter 409: The Battle of the Siege (Central)

Haman looked coldly at the towering city walls. Is this the city of Shiva known as the Aral Sea Gate? It is useless. Damascus, which is defended by 100,000 troops, was also broken by him. Can a small country's capital block the imperial army?

Haman looked down on Shiva City, but he wanted to see what Li Qingan, who was called the Arabs by the Caliph, looked like? It is said that he is about the same age as him, would he be his opponent?

Haman raised his head proudly. In his opinion, Li Qingan was not as powerful as he imagined. With just a strong city, did he think that 30,000 Tang troops could withstand a hundred thousand troops? He snorted coldly and turned to Shayhe who was silent and said: "Is this Li Qingan who you fear like a tiger? I think he is just a stupid man who doesn't understand the art of war."

Shaikh said hard, "You will know if you fight a war."

"Hmph! I can, you will soon see how Iraqi soldiers attacked the city." Haman turned his horse and headed towards the camp.

From the afternoon to the late night, the soldiers in the Dashi military camp were busy assembling various siege weapons. The siege squatters first appeared in the prototype. The huge city cart stood tall in the middle of the military camp. Thousands of soldiers shouted horns and slowly lifted a ten-meter-long sieve ram with iron chains and installed them on the wooden rack.

Thousands of camels came to the center of the military camp carrying huge incendiary bombs and began to unload goods. This incendiary bomb was Abu.

When Muslims were in charge of Khorasan, they invented that in order to compete with the fire thunder of the Tang Dynasty, a fire bomb was a circular wooden tincture oil container. The tincture oil inside was invented by the great cannibals in the study of cracking Greek fire. It was actually a refined oil with extremely strong combustion power. It was housed in the container of wooden balls and wrapped in thick cotton cloth soaked with tincture oil outside the ball. This is also a powerful weapon. The flames can burn everything. Haman is a weapon-only polite player. He never looked down on Abu.

Muslims, but this weapon only made him praise Muslims very much. He called it the sky fire to fight against the thunder of the Tang army.

In the night, Haman stared at the dark city. His handsome face showed a hideous smile in the darkness and murmured to himself: "Li Qing'an, if you defeat you, I can surpass Abu Muslims, come and compete! I have been waiting for a long time this day."

On the top of the city, the Tang army was also busy and moved the heavy thunder to the north city. There were three sturdy stone forts on the east city, and five hundred thunders were stored in it. In order to facilitate transportation, the Tang army also pulled a steel cable between the east and the north city, high in the east and low in the north, and could send the transport baskets loaded with thunder to the north city as fast as possible. Five were placed next to each heavy thunder. According to the principle of prevention, there would also be a half-person-high wooden barrel next to the thunder, which contained clear water. In case of a failed throw, it was used to urgently deal with the thunder to prevent self-destruction damage.

In addition to the thunder, ten thousand large crossbows with gunpowder-helped arrows are also ready. They are placed in large iron boxes, and one hundred crossbows are also ready. Nearly 100 Tang soldiers are hurrying to sleep. Tomorrow, a fierce battle between life and death will begin. In the northeast corner of the northern city wall, Li Qing'an stood in front of the battlements and stared at the brightly lit Dashi Army camp. He could vaguely see countless figures swaying in the barracks. There were also dark giant shadows standing above the barracks, just like monsters looking at the city in the dark. The Dashi Army concentrated all 100,000 troops in the North City, and gave up the attack on other city gates. It was obvious that the commander of the Dashi Army who would launch a thunder attack as soon as the war started. Moreover, this person was very smart. He knew that the Tang army had attacked the North City, and the defense of the North City was definitely not as good as that of his.

His city walls were solid, and at the same time, he did not siege the Nancheng, which also had a gate, and gave the Tang army a way to retreat, in order to eliminate the Tang army's determination to resist resolutely. As long as the Tang army withdrew, in the desert, in an unfavorable situation where the troops were far inferior to the other party, the Tang army would face the end of pursuing defeat. This was also the commander of the Dashi Army who knew the tactics of war. Li Qing'an pondered his opponent bit by bit. He had already felt the impatience of the other party, a man who was very happy with merit, a commander who did not understand strategy. This person did not know what consequences his failure would bring to Dashi. Just knowing that Li Qing'an was in the city, he was so impatient to attack. Gradually, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of Li Qing'an's mouth. Since the other party was so anxious, it would be better to use the necessary to show weakness to push up his heat and let him be burned by victory!

Thinking of this, Li Qingan turned around and said in a deep voice: "Transfer my order to remove the thunder and half of the heavy catapults and crossbows, and only the minimum defense is retained at the top of the city."

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At the fifth o'clock in the morning, the east sky turned white, and the sky was already dark. At this moment, the Tang army looked at the army and discovered the enemy situation. There was movement in the Dashi military camp. Nearly a hundred heavy catapults began to slowly leave the military camp and approach the city wall. At the same time, the drums of the Dashi Army's attack sounded, rumbling, like a muffled thunder passing through the early morning. This was the Dashi people's siege routine. He used heavy catapults to open the way, and then gave the defending army a devastating blow, and then attacked the city again.

During this period, there will be heavy siege hammers hitting the door. These nearly 100 heavy sieves are the first step of the Great Food Army. They slowly advance along the open space between the desert towards Shiva City. Each sieve is as high as three meters high. It is on the same level as the Tang Army's heavy sieves. The huge rocks thrown can reach 800 steps, and it takes two hundred people to move. The hundred sieves move slowly. Haman is in the middle of the team, looking at the city with a cold and arrogant look. He wants to burn the city to white ground with a huge incendiary bomb.

At this moment, a strange sound came from the head of the city, and then a black spot appeared in the air. The sharp sound was getting closer and closer. Hundreds of iron arrows roared, some passed over the heads, and some hit the catapult. The catapult walking in the front was hit by the iron arrow. The belt broke and broke, and it scattered. Haman was almost hit by a big arrow. An iron arrow roared past his scalp. The war horse was frightened, and its front hooves were raised high, and a long roar of horror. More than a dozen personal guards were so scared that they quickly helped him off the horse, "His Highness Emil, go back to the camp!"

"No!"

Haman shook off his personal soldiers. He stared at the dozen black dots that appeared in the sky. It was a huge rock thrown by the Tang army. With a bang, the huge rock hit the ground, causing sand and dust more than ten feet high. Another loud noise came, and a scream came. Several catapults were smashed by the Tang army's huge rocks, killing and injuring hundreds of people.

"They are not many, don't be afraid!" Haman yelled, "Start the sky fire!"

Dozens of big food soldiers holding torches ran forward and lit the cotton wrapped around the wooden ball. The cotton was soaked in tinder oil and burned into a huge fireball. The soldier shouted, and the catapult suddenly shot out. Dozens of huge fireballs rose into the air, and smoke rose in the air and flew towards the city wall. With a loud bang!', a fireball hit the top of the city. Tang army shouted and fell to the ground. Several Tang soldiers could not hide and were hit by the fireball. They were immediately burned into firemen. The wooden shells shattered, and a large amount of tinder oil overflowed.

Come, the burning fire cotton was ignited, and the flames spread everywhere with the flowing tincture oil. A sea of ​​fire suddenly became a sea of ​​fire within a dozen feet of feet around. More than a dozen Tang soldiers were ignited by the fire, screaming and fleeing, some fell down the city wall. As a large number of fireballs hit the city wall, the northern city of Shiva City suddenly fell into a sea of ​​fire inside and outside the north city of Shiva City. More than a dozen heavy catapults and crossbows were engulfed by the fire. The most tragic thing was more than two thousand Tang soldiers. They fled in all directions, some were engulfed by the fire and burned into coke. Most of the Tang soldiers' hair and armor were ignited and rolled on the ground wailed.

At this time, the east side of the north city wall had not been affected by the fire, and several heavy trenchers were projecting huge rocks. Bai Xiaode's eyes were red in anxiety. He stamped his feet at Li Qing'an and shouted: "General, the stones have no effect. Switch to the sky-shaking thunder!"

Li Qingan looked at the Tang army who was wailing in the fire. In any case, it was not the time to use the thunder of the sky. His lips were almost bleeding. He shook his head firmly, "No thunder of the sky is allowed, and he ordered all the Tang army to withdraw from the northern city."

In a moment, more than a dozen incendiary bombs were hit on the east side of the North City Wall, and the entire North City was trapped in a sea of ​​fire.

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Haman looked at the huge fire on the city wall, and as the Tang army wailed in the fire and kept falling from the city headed by flames, he couldn't help but laugh proudly and immediately ordered: "The first, second, third and fourth legions launched an offensive, and be sure to take down Shiva City before noon."

"His Highness Emil, we cannot invest so much force. The Tang army's thunder bomb has not been fired yet, so we will suffer heavy losses."

Shaikh rushed up and begged, "His Highness Emil, we can only invest in one legion and test the strength of the Tang army first."

"General Shaikh, you are old. The Battle of Talas has turned your courage into a mouse. Have you not seen it? The Tang army's catapult has been burned to ashes."

He laughed proudly again. What was the fear of Tang Jun? See how he captured Li Qing'an alive at noon!

Fireballs crossed the sky, crossed the head of the Dashi Army and flew towards the city. The fire was surging on the city. Accompanied by the Dashi Army's fierce offensive, the 40,000 Dashi Army launched an attack. The endless sand fields under the city were covered with dense troops. They arranged into four large arrays, like four black carpets, shouting slogans neatly, rolling up murderous auras in the sky, and approaching Shiva City step by step. The spears were like dense forests, and the cars climbing the city were moving forward like hills.

Unlike the ladders of the Tang army, the Great Cannibal used the City Car, just like the nest car used by the Tang army, which was usually five to six meters high and built with large wood. However, in order to attack the city of Shiva, the Great Cannibal's City Car was widened and raised again, becoming a giant monster. The base was five meters wide, wrapped in raw cowhide, with wooden wheels tightly on the base, and three hundred camels slowly pulled forward. There were more than one hundred people on the top of the City Car, pulling up huge leather-covered wooden boards as cover to resist the enemy's bows and arrows. At the same time, shooting holes were opened on the wooden boards and intensively shooting arrows at the city head. When the City Car approached the city head, the huge wooden boards would be put down and become a wide wooden bridge. The large food soldiers could rush to the city head. The City Car was effective in siege, but the disadvantage was also obvious, that is, it was easy to become a huge living target, and the catapult could destroy it a few times.

When the Dashi Army gradually approached the city wall, the fireball stopped firing, which was necessary, otherwise it would not only hurt its own army, but also unable to reach the city. As the fire source was cut off, the flames began to gradually extinguish. At this time, a large number of civilians rushed to the city. They cooled the city with ice water that had been prepared, transported away the burning Tang army's wreckage, and used fine sand to extinguish the burning open flames. At the same time, ten thousand Tang troops immediately entered the North City position from the east and west walls. Hundreds of flexible small catapults were also installed in place, and the movement was extremely rapid. The Tang army grabbed this short period of about a quarter of an hour. If you miss this golden time, not only Li Qing'an's counterattack plan would fail, but Shiva was also facing the danger of being broken. This required the Tang army to have extremely high qualities and be able to enter the combat state in the shortest time at the fastest speed.

There was silence on the top of the city. Eight thousand Tang soldiers took their bows and arrows. The first round of 100 thunders were also placed in the catapult, waiting for the final shooting order, and the counterattack was about to begin.

Li Qing'an stared at the 40,000 Dashi Army under the city with serious eyes. At least 20,000 Dashi Army had entered the range of bows and arrows. The closest twenty city-mounted cars was less than ten feet away from the city wall. He could even see the murderous faces on the city-mounted cars. The time for counterattack was ripe. Li Qing'an gritted his teeth and ordered: "Counterattack!"

The drums were loud, and thousands of arrows were suddenly fired in the city, as dense as rain. Thousands of Dashi Army rushed in the front were caught off guard and were shot down one after another. The Tang army's counterattack made the Dashi Army even more excited. They neighed and joined the ranks of pushing the car to climb the city. The car to climb the city rumbled forward. The Dashi soldiers under the city were aggressive and the offensive was tide. At this moment, a black spot suddenly appeared in the sky. This was the Tang army's thunder. Within a range of five miles wide and two hundred steps deep, one hundred Dashi Army's thunder with white smoke fell from the sky. All the Dashi Army

It was the first time they saw this flat black sphere. They all raised their heads and looked at them blankly. Suddenly, a thunder blew up the head of the Dashi Army in the middle. A bright yellow light flashed in the air, followed by a shocking explosion. A ball of black smoke rose up. Dozens of Dashi soldiers directly below were blown to pieces. Hundreds of Dashi Army were overturned by huge air waves, and countless casualties were injured. The iron shells were blown into pieces. The fragments were mixed with hundreds of poisonous iron nails and shot in all directions, and the screams were heard.

Then ninety-nine deafening thunders exploded one after another in the crowd, deafening, the explosion sounded across the sand, the earth was shaken, the tragic level of the explosion was unbearable, and the extreme fear made the Great Food Army crazy. They threw down their weapons and neighed, ran away, people stepped on people, and people suppressed people. The war horses stomped on the human body and ran wildly, but they had nowhere to go, and there was explosion and death everywhere around them, and the battlefield seemed to have become slaughtered by hell.

There were large pieces of explosive corpses everywhere, with blood and blood flowing into a river. Within two hundred steps, the Great Food Army suffered a catastrophe. They were like wheat fields ravaged by the storm and rain. They fell in pieces. They were almost invisible to see the standing people. Only the undead who were wriggling and moaning in the pool of blood. Twelve of twenty chariots were blown up. Their huge bodies either collapsed or fell horizontally, and the corpses were lying on the pillows of blood.

The first attack of the Tang army caused almost all the troops to be wiped out, with nearly 20,000 people killed and injured. The Dashi Army had never seen such violent weapons. In this tragic battlefield, the army behind them stood there for a moment and fled back frantically. Even some soldiers who operated heavy catapults were shocked and fled with each other. For a moment, they were defeated like a mountain of defeat.

At the moment of the explosion, Haman's heart was about to stop beating. He could not believe what he heard and saw. There was such a fierce weapon in the world. He could no longer think of a suitable word to describe his feelings. This young general who only had weapons theory only felt a chill on his back, and he even felt a sense of despair. Arabia should not be enemies of the Tang Dynasty.

But this thought only flashed through his mind. His arrogant personality made him unable to accept such failure, no! He has not failed yet.

Haman drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Don't escape! Launch the sky fire bomb, burn all the Tang army, and send all the troops to suppress them, and those who retreat will be killed!"

"His Highness Emil, you can't be so confused. You're going to destroy our empire."

Shaikh shouted desperately behind him. He had seen Li Qing'an's strategy, and used the abandonment of long-range weapons to lure the Arab army into a large-scale pressure, and then used thunder to kill the living forces in large quantities, but Haman didn't see it at all, which made him anxious.

"His Highness Emil, we can't be suppressed by the army anymore, we will all die."

Haman seemed to be crazy, and he suddenly turned around and pointed his sword at Shaykh and cursed: "Shut up, you dirty old dog!"

Shaikh felt like he was hit hard, and tears blurred his eyes. It was over. The Abbasid Empire would be destroyed in the hands of this idiot. He sighed to the sky: "Your Majesty the Caliph, you are famous all your life, but in the end you are defeated by mistakes in employment."

Under Haman's order, the drums of the attack of the Dashi Army rumbled, and nearly a hundred burning fire bullets roared towards the Tang army's city. This time, the Tang army quickly evacuated, and the entire northern city was once again trapped in a sea of ​​fire.
Chapter completed!