826 The Secret of the World 1
At the ambush point sixty miles south of Kufa, the commander-in-chief Lalia is still very confident about the upcoming war. With 30,000 ambushing an army of a similar number, the odds of winning are very high. On a small hill, he Looking at the advancing enemy army in the distance, he waved his hand, and the generals next to him ordered preparations for the offensive.
The terrain here is actually not complicated. It is less than two miles from the Euphrates River. The banks of the river are full of trees and dense forests. There are many low hills on the side. These low hills are also covered with low shrubs, which are very suitable for the army to hide. There is a distance of about two hundred meters between the low hill and the woods, and the road is on the side of the woods. Over the low hills is the desert, the rough terrain is like this.
The scouts sent by Wang Yanzhang had already entered this area, and they shot a lot of feather arrows at the suspected points along the way. They didn't find any ambushes, so they went back to report.
On the battle horse, Wang Yanzhang looked at Li You’s telescope for a long time, and then he came to Li You’s carriage and said to him: “Lord, the terrain ahead is relatively small and densely forested. If there is an ambush, it would be a little troublesome. ."
Li You took the telescope in Wang Yanzhang's hand and looked at it. After watching for a long time, he said, "You let Dong Kui fire at the inside of the biggest hill, and use explosive bombs to shoot forty."
The army stopped at the periphery. Li You got out of the car and ran to a small hill to observe. When a round of twenty rifled guns fired and the largest hill in the distance exploded, Li You returned from the binoculars. I really saw the ambush, and after another round of shells fell, Li You put away the binoculars and returned to the carriage.
When he came back, he let the army retreat and turned to the desert. The food army commander Lalia didn't know what to do now. The other party clearly saw that there was an ambush here, so he had only two choices. Either withdraw to defend the city, or go over the hill and fight the opponent.
To say that the other party didn't fire the cannon just now, Lalia might be bolder and dare to touch the other party, but now, he really didn't dare. It turns out that these generals have only heard of artillery, but they have not really seen its power. Now they have seen it. It has been reported just now. They ambush hundreds of deaths and injuries. If they fight, it will be tragic. No one. Knowing that, in desperation, he eventually led the army back to Kufa.
There is no way, defending Kufa is the most important thing. Once Kufa is lost, the enemy can easily take the sword to Damascus, and the responsibility of losing Kufa is not something everyone can afford. So Lalia must go back.
Li You set up a camp on the edge of the desert, only 30 miles away from Kufa, and will be able to reach the city directly tomorrow. As for whether there will be a sneak attack by the enemy at night, he doesn't know, all he can do is to build the defense.
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Without waiting for Li You to answer, Wang Yanzhang said: "With the guy in our hands, Kufa City will be taken within three days."
Li You smiled and said, "Where did I want it for three days, it's different from Basra. It takes just one day to build a small city within a radius of two miles."
Through Nassin, Li You knew what the city of Kufa was like. For a city less than three miles long and two miles wide, how could it withstand the attack of forty thousand troops, as long as the artillery blasted the city gates open. The rest is much simpler.
Before dawn, Li You had already begun to reorganize the army, and he hoped to defeat Kufa today. Early in the morning, he led his army to the west of Kufa City, where there are two gates. At present, the cannon is being prepared. They only attacked one side in order to allow the food army to take the initiative to abandon the city. They all knew that once they struggled hard, people would not die less in street fighting.
Above the city wall, the governor of Kufa Zhili, Akadura, looked at the enemy army more than a hundred feet away in black, and had nothing to do. Their trebuchets couldn't reach that far, and the opponent clearly knew what they had here. Armed Forces will keep such a long distance. He only hoped that when the opponent attacked the city, he would be able to kill as many enemy troops as possible. Therefore, the walls were piled up with stones and woods, and there were countless feather arrows prepared.
The reason why Li You placed all the people 400 meters away from the city was because they were afraid of the trebuchets in the city, and they did not carry any siege equipment, so they would naturally not be besieged on a large scale.
The operation is basically the same as the attack on Basra. First place the huge shield at close range, and then push the cast cannon up. In terms of distance selection, it is also outside the range of the bow and arrow. The only weapons that can hit them are trebuchets and heavy crossbow arrows, but with the protection of a huge shield that is as high as a person, these heavy weapons basically do not pose any real threat.
Outside the two city gates, about one hundred and fifty meters away, four cast cannons were ready. Although there were many heavy crossbows shooting feather arrows to attack, they were of no use at all, and they waited to order the cannons to fire. With the swing of the flag, the cast cannon finally exploded, and the spherical iron shells slammed heavily on the city gate. The thick city gate was hit and sawdust flying across the city. Although there is no effect yet, it will wait. This city gate will definitely be breached.
Below the city, the gunners are reloading ammunition without rush or slowness, hiding behind the huge shield, and the amount of ammunition has doubled than usual, in order to make the shells more powerful. Originally, they were loaded with a catty of medicine. Now it is two catties , The speed and strength of the shells have increased a lot, but that's the only way to go. How long it takes to break the door depends on the thickness of the city gate.
Two city gates, each with four cast cannons bombarded, and the sound of the artillery never stopped. After a short while, one can hear the sound of a cannon. On the city wall, Governor Akadura was really anxious because Someone has just reported that the city gate is about to be out of support and has been cracked. If this continues, the city gate will be gone.
Faced with this situation, the military commander-in-chief Laria reluctantly said to Akadura: "Your Excellency, let the soldiers go to war. It is not a good way to go on like this. Once the city gate is broken by the enemy, our morale will be reduced. Will be hit hard."
Akadura didn't know this, but the opponent's artillery was sharp, and it was no good to go out. It would be better to defend the city and fight with the opponent in the city, so that there were fewer casualties. Besides, even if the city gate was gone, the enemy would have to pay a heavy price if they wanted to come in. Therefore, he did not agree to the suggestion of the military commander Lalia.
Within half an hour, the city gate was breached, but Li You did not order an attack. Instead, he withdrew the artillery, replaced it with a catapult, and began to throw heavy kerosene on the wall. Now, Ah Kadura was completely helpless. Not only was the city burning up, but even the walls were burning, but they couldn't do anything. To say that it was really bad enough, the opponent attacked from a distance, not at all. The idea of a battle in the city, this battle simply cannot be fought. A genius remembers the Chinese in one second 8/1/z/o/m/ (end of this chapter)