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Volume 3 Taihang Mountain Chapter 854 Two Wings Breakthrough

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    While the Tang army and horses on the front were gathering, the Turkic cavalry on the flanks were already making preparations.

    Tens of thousands of people who came from nearby counties were driven by the sabers of the Turks. They carried earth bags on their backs and made a path in the reeds.

    The common people became the best cover for the Turks. Their soldiers mingled among the common people to avoid the arrows of the defenders on the opposite side.  Of course, the Turks had absolutely no mercy for these target Han people. Any people who escaped or hesitated would be immediately beheaded by their swords.

    In Persia and in the Western Regions, they slaughtered more than a million people. Now these people are nothing.  Although Li Tang sent people to rescue these people, the Turks ignored them.

    So the Turks became even more reckless when attacking the city.

    The sky was already bright, the morning breeze was blowing, and the reeds were filled with moisture. The Turkic soldiers held the scimitars they carried and marched through the mud.

    After two hours, they paved a road in the reeds, followed by the Turkic cavalry in bright armor from behind, who suddenly stepped on the road, passed through the reed swamp, and assembled on the flat ground ahead.  After waiting all morning, Sergeant Zhao suddenly saw countless Turkic soldiers emerging from the reeds. They took off the grass circles on their heads and emerged from the reeds like ghosts.

    At this moment, several Zhao Jun generals who originally advocated an attack to prevent the Turks from paving the way in Luze all looked pale. If they really entered Luze to fight, then Zhao Jun would have been ambushed.

    General Wei Chigong, who was guarding the right wing, sneered and said: "Your Majesty really knows what's going on. The Turks are really ambushing in Luze."

    The Turkic infantry and cavalry crossed Luze and launched an attack.

    Li Chongjiu, who was in the middle of the army, looked from a distance and saw that the Turkic army had erected three large banners here.  Because it's condescending.  The troop deployment of the Turks is clear at a glance.  The three-sided banner represents three generals.

    The equipment of the Western Turkic cavalry is similar to that of the attached cavalry of the Eastern Turks, but is different.  The helmets of the Western Turkic cavalry have visors that protect the entire head.  He wears a breastplate to protect his neck and upper body, as well as the front of his legs and knees, but there is no armor behind him.

    At the same time, they are not equipped with leather shields and gauntlets. This is obviously for the convenience of archery. At the same time, the Turks are not equipped with long weapons such as spears and horses. Their weapons are only scimitars and bows and arrows.

    Compared with cavalry, infantry has fewer men and horses, but it cannot be ignored.  Especially the crossbowmen with white hats in the army.  There are thousands of people and horses.  These foot archers picked up bows and arrows and carried double-headed spears on their backs for easy throwing.

    This special dress caught the attention of Li Chongjiu. Pei Ji, who knew the details of the Turks, said: "Your Majesty, this is the servant army of the Turks. It is composed of Persian prisoners of war and slaves, but there are not many people and horses."

    Li Chongjiu nodded to Pei Ju. He knew that in this era, Persian light-armored archers could still fight and were considered levies, while Persian spearmen and shield soldiers were improvised peasant armies.  These infantry are a good supplement to the single infantry lineup of the Western Turks.

    Around the Persian infantry.  It was a large number of Turkic infantry who used slings and bows.  The heavily armored Turkic cavalry formed the front row. When the entire army advanced and approached the Zhao army's camp, the cavalry withdrew to both wings, and the Zhao army was expected to face the cavalry.  But they saw the infantry dispatching to attack their own positions.

    Li Chongjiu looked at them for a while and said: "The Western Turks' soldiers and horses have good coordination with horse and foot. They should be tempered by long-term combat." The Turks' infantry raised their heavy shields.  Arrive at the Zhao army camp.  It can be seen that the infantry of the Western Turks are stronger than those of the Eastern Turks, at least not using leather shields.

    The attack lineup of the Turkic army.  Shocking indeed.  The orderly columns made the deployment of troops less crowded.  Not loose either.  The first row of the infantry phalanx has spears, the second row has heavy shields, and the third, fourth, and fifth rows are all archers.  Each infantry phalanx, in units of hundreds, advanced slowly. Between each infantry phalanx, there were varying numbers of cavalry cruising back and forth.

    Farther away, the cavalry of the Turkic Army stood there like an endless ocean, arranged like a steel forest.  Although there were many soldiers and horses, they did not advance rashly with a large number of people. Obviously, Tongyehu Khan was also a general who was good at commanding troops.

    The Turkic infantry did not advance rashly, but Zhao Jun's soldiers were also ready at the Banqiang.  But when Wei Chigong waved his hand, tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers entered the position.  Sergeant Zhao quickly climbed up the wooden ladder to the upper board wall, while another wave of soldiers entered the lower board wall, and all the wooden boards at the entrance to the shooting room were pulled open.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? More than thirty ballistas were cleverly hidden, and there was a row of trebuchets behind the city wall. There were various boulders, kerosene bombs and other equipment in the stone nests.?They were all in position, just waiting for the Turks to attack.

    After the Turkic infantry approached, the formation remained unchanged, and then began to clear the Luzhai in front.

    When the Turkic soldiers reached 200 steps, Yuchi Gong waved his hand and gave the order to shoot.

    "Qingya, shoot!"

    Zhao Jun's crossbow arrows covered the entire sky. The Turkic soldiers who raised their shields felt the shields in their hands sink, and a row of arrows were inserted into the shields.  Dozens of Turkic soldiers were hit by arrows in their hands and feet and fell to the ground. Turkic soldiers rushed up from behind to take their places.

    After a round of shooting, Zhao Jun's crossbow machine began to load. Taking advantage of this shooting interval, the Turkic soldiers were extremely calm and did not advance rashly.

    Seeing that the Turks did not advance rashly, Yuchi Gong pressed his hand down and ordered the second and third rows of crossbowmen waiting behind the city wall not to fire arrows.  The ground was densely covered with arrows, like weeds, and the Turkic infantry phalanx continued to advance.

    "Put on the archer!"

    Yuchi Gong gave an order, and three thousand foot soldiers climbed up the city wall from the bamboo ladder.

    "Click the rocket and scatter!"

    After the small drum rumbled, Zhao Junbu's archer took out the arrows wrapped in cotton cloth, lit the fire, raised the bow forty-five and shot toward the sky!

    With the sparking arrows, he jumped out of the wooden wall, swaying a dazzling red, and shot towards the Turkic phalanx on the opposite side, which was neatly lined up and with flags fluttering.

    The Turkic soldiers held their shields high and squatted on the ground, but when the flaming arrows hit the ground, many Turkic soldiers jumped up on tiptoes to avoid them.  There was a slight commotion in the Turkic army's array, but only a moment later, the Turkic soldiers gathered again.

    Yuchi Gong looked at it, nodded and said: "The Turks have a second chance, keep shooting!"

    The three thousand archers of the Zhao Army continued to shoot arrows, while the crossbowmen of the Zhao Army on the lower wall fired a second time after loading.

    The casualties of the Turkic army are increasing, but they are within an acceptable range.  Their soldiers held their shields high and advanced with their necks stiffened. The sunlight reflected by the armor and swords of the Turkic cavalry behind the array kept flashing. It was obvious that they were very bored in such an offensive battle involving infantry, so they were ready to move.  But the entire front remained motionless.

    "shoot!"

    When they approached the wooden wall eighty steps, the Turkic archers, spear throwers, and slingers began to shoot at the Zhao army's wall.

    In the gap between the two armies, arrows crossed. The Zhao army used the wooden wall to cover it, while the Turkic army relied on the shield to cover it. This kind of exchange of fire clearly gave the Zhao army the advantage.  The Turkic archers fell down one after another during the exchange of fire. When the soldiers on the side saw Paoze dying next to them, their spirits were tense. They just numbly repeated the action of shooting arrows, and screams kept coming and going.

    In the village on the other left wing, after the rumble of drums, the Tang army also began to advance.  At this time, the intentional Turkic attack had begun for almost half an hour.

    The Tang army attacked the left wing with its general Changsun Wuji. The Tang army invested 50,000 troops here.  The defenders were Wang Mahan's 30,000 Yi Guards.

    Wang Mahan built a double-layer board wall on the outside based on the village's fortifications. Inside, the village's courtyard was used as a support point to fortify everywhere.

    After the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty formed their team, the infantry picked up heavy shields and carried bamboo ladders on their shoulders and advanced towards the Zhao army's wall. Behind them, the crossbows and catapults brought from Chang'an also advanced in sequence, pressing towards the village.  The Tang Army's crossbows were also very advanced. When they first attacked Luoyang City, the Tang Army's trebuchets that bombarded Luoyang City could shoot boulders of fifty kilograms and throw them two hundred steps. The eight-bow bed crossbow arrows were like spokes of a cart and the arrowheads were like giant axes.  Shoot five hundred steps.

    The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were pushing crossbows and catapults, and they were approaching the village.

    It can be expected that the defensive power of Zhao Jun's wooden walls is somewhat insufficient under such bed crossbows and catapults.

    However, Wang Mahan did not want to rely on board walls to defend the left wing. He thickened the rammed earth wall in the village internally as a second line of defense.  He placed many roadblocks on the roads in the village, making it look like a maze.

    The strength of the first wave of the Tang Army was about 5,000, and they stopped after approaching the village.  The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty raised their spears and stuck them on the ground. The long wind blew and the spears covering almost all the plains swayed like a forest in the wind.

    "General, the trebuchet and crossbow are in place!"

    Changsun Wuji had no expression on his face. He glanced into the distance and said, "What are you waiting for? Let Zhao Jun see how powerful we are!"

    A sharp whistling sound sounded, and Sergeant Tang held his breath as he watched the stone hurled through the sky above his head and smashed into the unknown village, making a soft muffled sound.

    The Tang soldiers under the trebuchet roared, pulled the stone rope, and after the stone was thrown, it drew a parabola and smashed into the Zhao army's formation. From a distance, they saw wheat piled up in a farmhouse.The stalks and firewood branches floated up, and the wooden houses shook precariously for a while, causing a cloud of dust to rise.

    Such a stone-throwing blow did not injure many people, but it could damage morale.

    After the Tang Army's trebuchets fired two rounds, Changsun Wuji pointed his flag forward. The Tang Army's infantry phalanx began to move forward, but the trebuchets did not stop firing.

    Li Chongjiu withdrew his gaze from the fighting on the left wing. At present, both the left wing and the right wing were already fighting, but the main force of Li Tang's Chinese army did not move at all.

    "Could it be that Li Shimin planned to break through from both wings?" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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