Since the departure of General Pei Xingjian of the Tang Dynasty, Ashina Duzhi has led his troops to attack Kucha City for the third time. The first two times made him want to eat the young man on top of the city alive!
He knew that the Tang army was brave and good at fighting, and that it would be difficult to attack the defense line formed by them. As for the siege, Ashina Duzhi never thought that it would be successful in just one attempt.
He came here again and again just to put some psychological pressure on the young general who was currently guarding Kucha City, hoping to paralyze his opponent and then attack the city unprepared.
Or let this young general get into chaos because he has troops approaching the city and the huge pressure.
But what he didn't expect was that the first two troops approaching Kucha City made him angry and hastily flee back to the grassland, not to mention that his strategic goals had been shattered and eliminated.
Every time he felt that he was standing outside the range of the Tang Dynasty's bow and arrow, but every time the bow and arrow hit the person next to him, bringing out a handful of gorgeous blood flowers.
About 150 steps away from the city gate, he was shot by a Tang Dynasty bow and arrow. It can be said that he underestimated the brave soldiers in the opponent's formation.
So he retreated to a distance of two hundred steps from the city gate. Unexpectedly, the situation was still exactly the same as the first time. Several warriors around him were shot dead by him. This made him grit his teeth, but he still had no choice but to do so. Continue to back away.
The distance of two hundred and fifty steps was a distance that even the strongest warrior could not effectively kill.
After shooting an arrow from such a distance, the arrow can only fly here with no force. You don't even need to pull out your weapon, you can gently separate the flying arrow with your hands.
But this time he obviously underestimated the young general in Kucha City. This time the young general stood on the city tower in full armor, holding something like a stick in his hand and measuring it in front of his eyes.
Li Hong put down the telescope and asked Fang Zhan next to him: "Are you sure he is Ashina Duzhi?"
"Going back to the Great Protector, yes, the one with a black cloak on his body is Ashina Duzhi. The last two times, the general has sent people to follow them. Each time, their retreat routes are inconsistent and difficult to grasp. Obviously, they are also afraid. Let's set up an ambush on the road," Fang Zhan said after putting down another telescope.
"Okay, let's try it today. I still don't believe it. They can't have the final say on the grassland. Are Quan Yi and Lawless ready?" Li Hong handed the telescope in his hand to Hua Meng next to him, and then took it A big trumpet in my hand during the summer solstice.
Lawless and Quan Yi each led a thousand cavalry and had already set up an ambush five miles in front of Kucha City. This time, Li Hong planned not to let Ashina go back.
"Hey, who is Ashina Duzhi? Come out and say something. You have been surrounded by us. I now order you to put down your weapons and surrender immediately." Li Hong took a trumpet made of tree bark and shouted to Ashina outside. Duzhi shouted.
Ashina Duzhi looked at the generals around him, then looked back at the 30,000 men he led. He snorted and motioned for a general next to him to stand up and speak.
"Fang Zhan, prepare to fire the reverberating arrows." Li Hong said excitedly as he watched a figure slowly walk out.
"Yes, the Great Protector." Fang Zhan took the sounding arrows that had been prepared long ago, waited for the sniper crossbow to be fired, and immediately fired the sounding arrows, ordering an ambush on both sides of Ashinadu's support, five miles away. Yi and Lawless attack.
Li Hong looked at the figure slowly walking out with some excitement, and then asked Hua Meng to hand the telescope to the crossbowman next to him, and said: "Ignore the figure walking out, that is definitely not Ashinadu." , use a telescope to see for yourself.”
After Li Hong finished speaking, he was still worried. He picked up a crossbow from his feet. This crossbow, like the crossbows placed on the tower, was the longest range and most lethal crossbow. Li Zhi specially gave him twenty tools for him to use.
A cold, threaded arrow was put into the slot. As Li Hong shook the handle with one hand, the gears on the crossbow made a gentle clicking sound, and the pulley controlled the bow string to slowly retreat until Lock it into the card slot.
After placing it on the battlement, he began to take aim. The position of Ashina Duzhi had already been locked by him, but because of the obstruction of other soldiers, Li Hong could only wait for the person who came out to get a slight gap before shooting.
"Report..." A scout suddenly rushed to the top of the city and shouted loudly.
Li Hong continued to aim and asked quietly: "What's the matter?"
"Back to the Great Protectorate, we just received news that Wenlu and other small towns were attacked by Ashinadu's cavalry." The scout said loudly.
"Yes, I understand." Li Hong remained unmoved and continued to aim at Ashina Duzhi, a hundred and fifty steps outside the city, and said calmly.
"Daduhu, do you want me to lead the troops immediately..." Fang Zhan asked nervously.
"No, this is Ashinadu's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. He is waiting for us to disrupt our position so that he can take advantage of the situation and capture Qiuci." Li Hong decisively pulled the trigger while speaking.
As the arrow made a sound of breaking through the air, a black afterimage of the arrow seemed to have torn the air, and with a hint of shock, it shot towards Ashina Duzhi's throat in the blink of an eye.
Before the sound of arrows piercing the sky fell, the sound of resounding arrows immediately sounded in the sky.
"Missed!" Li Hong grabbed the telescope and saw the Western Turks' cavalry team panicking. The figure slowly walking out slowly fell off the horse and fell to the ground. This was another crossbow. Shot by hand.
Li Hong observed again and again and saw that his arrow hit Ashina Duzhi's collarbone and did not hurt his life.
"Disappointing." Li Hong cursed in frustration, and then stared at the Western Turkic cavalry team that was not completely panicked at this time.
But until he saw smoke and dust gradually rising from both sides behind the Turkic cavalry, someone slowly relaxed his brows. At this time, the shaking of the earth naturally disturbed the Turkic cavalry.
Khan's injury had already made their military morale unstable. Now, coupled with the fact that there were soldiers from the Tang Dynasty surrounding them, the Western Turkic cavalry suddenly became confused and the entire team suddenly became loose.
Ashina was so angry that she forgot to take a look at the towers of Kucha City. From such a long distance, they could actually shoot such powerful and heavy arrows. It was obvious that the other party had deliberately induced them to do so in the past few times. Find out your retreat direction, or to ambush troops in the rear.
But he actually got fooled! His men had bandaged his wounds with white cloth, but he had to pull out the arrow by himself: "Withdraw."
"Surrender quickly, Ashina Duzhi. Otherwise, if you are caught by me, I won't be so polite." The voice of the old man on the tower made Ashina Duzhi support him because of the thing on his lips. He could hear it very clearly, as if he was speaking not far away from him.
Ashina Duzhi had no time to pay attention to Li Hong's ridicule and provocation. Under the escort of his own soldiers, he led the team to retreat from the side of Kucha City.
"Open the city gate and pursue the Iron Buddha." Li Hong looked at the Western Turkic cavalry who were already in chaos and ordered loudly.
The first two times I showed weakness were just to paralyze Ashina Duzhi. When the distance was one hundred and fifty steps, I would shoot the distance of one hundred and fifty steps, and not shoot any more than one step.
At 200 paces, naturally he would only shoot at a distance of 200 paces. This plan was to make Ashina Duzhi decide according to common sense that no arrow could kill a target 200 paces away.
The thousand cavalry led by Lawless Sky and Quan Yi are now like a column of wolves on the grassland. There is no noise in the entire column. The silent fighting spirit and the soldiers aiming with crossbows in their hands exude fierceness. The fierce iron-blooded killing aura quickly pursued Ashinadu's cavalry.
In terms of cavalry, the Western Turks' cavalry was naturally very powerful, but the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was not bad either. Years of war had made the Tang people adapt to life on horseback, so they were not at a disadvantage in pursuit.
In addition, Li Hong, who has always been protective of calves, likes to equip his troops with the best first, so these war horses are also high-quality war horses obtained from Tuyuhun. In terms of endurance, physical strength, and explosive power, compared with those of the Western Turks War horses all have certain advantages.
What's more, today's war horses still wear iron shoes. If he can't catch Ashina Duzhi's war horse, then Li Hong can find a piece of tofu and think about when it is appropriate to die on it.
Li Hong, who had been in his ninth reincarnation and tenth life, had once fought with Tu Baiqi. Seeing the defeated Ashina Duzhi leading the remnants to run towards Wenlu, he was so excited that he wanted to immediately mount his horse and chase him out of the city.
"No, Your Highness." Xiaoxue called out sweetly, and without anyone noticing, someone ran out of the city gate on his food stamps, with two hundred cavalry randomly pouring out behind him to follow closely on both sides.
Li Hong ignored the shouts of the four women and two eunuchs behind him and rode wildly on horseback. The two hundred cavalry on both sides followed silently.
Their mission on the battlefield is very simple, which is to protect His Royal Highness from harm, no matter where they are. Moreover, they only obeyed the orders of Li Hong. Others could not control them, not even Bai Chun and others.
The pursuit for forty to fifty miles made Ashina Duzhi exhausted. The two wealthy villages in Wenlu area were naturally looted by them, and even some old, young, women and children died tragically in their hands.
Li Hong sat gloomily on horseback, looking at the small town of Wenlu, which once served as the governor's palace of the Tang Dynasty. Now it has become like a ruin due to the indiscriminate killing of Ashina Duzhi.
"Supposedly, these people are all members of their tribe." Li Hong muttered after inspecting the small town and looking at many crying people.
(End of chapter)