Tibet

Chapter 246
The first siege battle was over, and the five thousand Shiguo soldiers mainly attacked the southern half of the west city guarded by Li Ye's recruits, while only one thousand soldiers attacked the northern half of the west city, which had little impact on the overall situation.

The enemy's casualties are also mainly concentrated in the southern section. In this battle, the Shiguo army suffered about 400 casualties, of which over [-] were killed. Most of the soldiers were slightly burned by the fire. The injuries were not serious, and they could continue to fight with a little treatment. .

This is a tentative siege battle. Through this fierce battle for more than an hour, both sides have tested the reality of the other side.

In the big tent, General Larry of the Second Army of the Stone Kingdom reported today's combat situation to everyone.

"Obviously, the southern section of the city and the northern section are two different defensive tactics. The resilience of the southern section is obviously stronger than that of the northern section. We took a ladder to climb to the top of the city. Almost all of the more than [-] soldiers who went up the city from the southern section killed.

About 300 people also went to the city in the northern section, but 260 people successfully retreated. According to the reaction of the soldiers, there were sword arrays and spear arrays on the southern wall, and only spear arrays on the northern wall. The enemy army was very chaotic. "

King Kundushi said a little impatiently: "Tell the key points!"

Larry was a little embarrassed, and quickly said: "To put it simply, there are three points. First, the defense capability of the northern section of the city wall is not as good as that of the southern section. Second, the siege ladder is a little weaker. The next battle needs to increase large-scale siege weapons. The third is firepower." In the battle, the opponent threw a lot of hay and set it on fire, which caught us off guard and caused us a lot of losses."

Airot, the leader of the Sogdian Legion next to him, said slowly: "I have participated in more than a dozen siege battles, and it is normal for the defenders to use fire. At the beginning, it made us very passive, but then we gradually mastered the solution. "

Kun Dushi hurriedly said: "Ask the general, how to break the opponent's fire battle?"

Airot smiled and said: "There are two ways, one is to move. Once the defenders set fire, the attacking party can quickly move to a place where there is no fire and continue to attack the city. It is impossible for them to set fire to the entire west city. Reality.

The second method is to set up a fire extinguishing army. This is the method used by the Abbasid Caliphate. When attacking Damascus, the defenders used the military kerosene invented by the Persians, and poured barrels of fire oil down to ignite it. The oil cannot be extinguished by splashing it with water. The only way is to cover it with soil, and they are difficult to burn. The Caliph specially organized 5000 people to deal with this kind of fire oil.

But it is not necessary to pull out the sweat. I see that the defenders use hay to light the fire. Behind them is the moat. Soldiers can directly push the hay into the moat with forks. 1000 people are enough. "

Everyone applauded, and Larry also said: "Today is indeed too sudden, and everyone is not prepared at all. If we knew in advance that the other party would set fire, we would not be so embarrassed. I also agree with General Airot's method of forming a team." Specialized troops for fire prevention."

Everyone looked at Kundushi. He is the chief general and needs him to decide tomorrow's battle. Kundushi pondered for a moment and said decisively: "Continue to attack the city tomorrow. I suggest using 1 troops, and Shiguo sends [-] troops." army!"

He then said to Airot and Eguri: "The Sogdian Army and Tocharian each sent [-] troops. Let's try to take Kesai City tomorrow!"

In a compound not far from the west city wall, more than a dozen sweaters wearing masks were slowly boiling poison. The large clay pots were full of arsenic syrup. Apply the poison and set aside to dry.

This method was not thought of by Li Ye, but by Prince Alorie. A few months ago, the Tocharo Dashi Army attacked Kesai City and encountered the arrow array laid by Li Ye, which left a deep impression on Alorie. This time he To upgrade to follow suit, coat every arrow with poison.

Each poisonous arrow is about five inches long, that is, the arrow is coated with poison, and the other end is sharpened with a knife to facilitate insertion into the soil.

As night fell, hundreds of soldiers took ladders down to the city and began to place arrows outside the city. A total of [-] arrows were inserted into the soil without a sound.

On the top of the city, Arolie said to Li Ye worriedly: "Tomorrow the enemy army will attack the city in a large scale. I found that General Solan is not in a good condition. I am very worried about the northern part of the city tomorrow. I will stay in the north. If the situation is critical, I implore General Li to rescue in time."

Li Ye nodded and said: "Tomorrow I will hand over the defense to Xu Jian and Yu Changyang. The two of them performed very well today, and they can all be on their own. I will lead [-] soldiers above the city gate to defend against the enemy's battering ram. , but no matter where there is a crisis, I will rescue it in time."

Li Ye also knew why Suo Lan was in a low mood. In the first battle in the morning, the army of Pull Khan did not perform well, killing more than 500 enemies, but he himself suffered nearly [-] casualties, and was attacked by the enemy twice.

The reason is still poor response. The enemy took the ladder to the city, caught the defenders by surprise, and caused chaos. A large number of casualties occurred at that time. On the other hand, the new army only suffered more than [-] casualties.

Li Ye is also a little worried. If tomorrow is still as chaotic as today, it will be a big trouble.

But there are some things that must be decided by the high-level leaders, and they can't do it for them.

After pondering for a long time, Li Ye slowly said to Prince Arolie: "Let me tell you a historical story of the Central Plains Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period, the powerful northern warlord Cao Cao wanted to attack the weak Eastern Wu Kingdom. The ministers of the Eastern Wu Kingdom were terrified. , wanted to surrender, and the king of Soochow was unsure whether to surrender.

At this time, a minister surnamed Lu said to the king that our ministers can continue to serve as officials even if they surrender, and there will be no loss. But if you surrender, the king, if you are lucky, you will be a slave if you are unlucky. If you are not lucky, you will be killed directly by the other party. Then the king came to his senses. It turns out that everyone can surrender, but his family cannot. "

Prince Arrowle nodded, "I understand what the general means!"

Before dawn the next day, the war drums in the camp of the coalition army sounded again, and the black army marched out of the camp. This time the momentum was much bigger than yesterday, and the enemy army started a formal attack.

Three teams appeared on the plain, lined up neatly, with banners flying, and the whole team's spears flashing, full of murderous aura.

In addition to hundreds of siege ladders, there are several heavy siege weapons in the team, mainly five heavy-duty siege ladders that cannibalize people. This siege weapon looks like a gate knife, and the gate knife part The ladder is usually placed in the knife slot like a knife.

When they arrived at the city wall, hundreds of soldiers yanked the ropes and pulled up the ladders, which would be placed heavily on the top of the city. The ladders were filled with soldiers in advance. The biggest advantage is that the climbing link is omitted. Build a protective wall so that later soldiers can quickly go up to the city.

This kind of heavy-duty siege ladder is a bit like a nest car. The key is to arrange more than a dozen people to go directly to the city, and cover the soldiers from the upper city behind. This is a major advantage that ordinary siege ladders cannot have.

Of course, the biggest weakness of this kind of heavy siege ladder is that it is bulky, and there are only five in total.

But the five heavy-duty siege ladders were all placed on the north side, and Li Ye's heart sank into the abyss. The opponent came out yesterday, and there were loopholes in the defense of the northern section. General Khan, can they hold on?

Just then, someone shouted, "The king is coming!"

I saw King Murdo walking quickly with a group of guards, followed by Prince Arolie. King Murdo ordered with a sullen face: "Call all the generals!"

After a while, more than [-] generals of Rahana rushed over, and King Murdo slowly said to the crowd: "Prince Alorie has resigned from the post of General Ye Hu. He thinks that he is not capable of defending the city wall. From now on, Li The general will serve as General Bahana Yehu, and General Li has the right to kill any general who does not obey General Li's order!"

King Murdo handed Ye Hu's scepter to Li Ye, "General Li, I'll leave it to you to pull out the sweat!"

Li Ye pondered for a moment, took the scepter and said slowly: "From now on, I will be the commander in chief of the northern section of the West City. I have my words first, and those who don't obey my orders will be killed!"

From the corner of Li Ye's eyes, he could clearly see a few faces with sneering sneers.

(End of this chapter)