839 Sword refers to Damascus 10
When the smoke dissipated a lot, Tang Shang then asked people to start reloading and continue firing. After a few rounds, he turned to the West City Wall. Fortunately, the artillery can continue to be fired after a short time. It's just a little bigger. The effect was quite good. After four shots were fired against the two walls, whether it was the west wall or the south wall, the sling basically stopped. They just hit a ball with a diameter of nearly two inches. The power is not small. The destructive power of the trebuchet above is still great.
Later, Tang Shang took the opportunity to expand the position and re-supported the shield. At this point, more artillery can be transported to the city wall. With more than ten artillery on the city wall, there are more than a hundred musketeers. After following up, the robbery of the city wall officially began.
At this time, to the south of the city, the war was nearing its end. The addition of Gao Yan and others really made the food army unsustainable. They didn’t know how to deal with the opponent’s cavalry, and the bows and arrows of their cavalry could not reach the opponent. , On the contrary, it was beaten enough by the opponent. After losing some people, the cavalry would not entangle with the cavalry, but Gao Yan did not come here to entangle the cavalry. Their mission is Need more pawns to kill.
Three thousand cavalry are cruising on the periphery, and from time to time they will attack from the front. The feather arrows and artillery in the army have never stopped. It seems that their cannonballs and arrows are in general, and the food army can't get close at all. After paying a great price, it is natural to choose to retreat.
The evacuation must not be able to withdraw into the city, because they have already seen the opponent's people on the wall, which means that the enemy has attacked the wall. In desperation, General Kemari can only turn around with more than 10,000 remnants. The holy city, he knew, the king was over.
The most unlucky person in this battle was the leader of Aleppo’s reinforcements, Harri Kirahan, who was hit by a stray bullet and fell off his horse. He also broke his neck head-to-head. If it weren’t for his death, the food army. Not so fast. Kemari only took away more than 10,000 people. It was not that the 60,000 army was killed by nearly 50,000, but many people broke up and did not follow Kemari. The casualties in this battle were actually more than 20,000, and several were captured. Thousands of people. But anyway, apart from the reinforcements, there are 30,000 fewer people in Damascus, which is enough. ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм
In Damascus itself, there were nearly 100,000 defenders. Two consecutive days of muskets killed them. Their losses were not small. In addition, there are now 30,000 fewer defenders in the city. For Li You, It's a real good thing.
With the occupation of the city wall and the reduction of the defenders, and the cavalry Gao Yan blocked the army that was planning to abandon the city, Li You also changed his cautious style and sent troops to encircle Damascus. Twenty field guns were facing each other outside the city gates, just not letting people out, intending to wipe out all the defenders in the city.
At dusk, the strange scene finally appeared. The wall was full of musketeers and crossbowmen, just guarding the wall, they became the defenders instead. And the food army in the city didn't know what to do now, the morale was gone, and the king's capital had become a huge prison.
Originally saw that the city wall was occupied, knowing that the king would not protect him, Prime Minister Ivuo forcibly pulled Hisham to escape, but unexpectedly he encountered a cavalry when he left the West Gate, and his army was in contact with the other side. After a while, nearly a thousand people were killed and injured, and they had no choice but to retreat to the city. Then, a large number of troops were driven off the city wall by the enemy, and at this point, they could no longer leave the city. Regardless of the 50,000 troops in the city, they no longer have the guts to fight. Otherwise, if more than 10,000 people go out of the west gate, they will not be blocked by the 3,000 cavalry brought by Gao Yan.
As for the commander-in-chief Ishag, he originally thought of coexisting and dying with the king, but he didn't expect his monarch to come back. Now it's fine, don't even want to run away.
At night, Li You did not return to camp, but ran to the wall of the West City, where he roasted meat and drank wine. He needs to think carefully and calmly about what he should do tomorrow. This choice is very important, whether he chooses to surrender or slaughter. This will play a decisive role in Huoxun's rule in the future.
It is also because this is a difficult choice that Li You cannot have the heart to sleep peacefully. Only Maro Ono is with Li You, and he needs to ask carefully before making a decision.
On the contrary, Ono Maro only accompanies Li You to drink and eat meat. He doesn't want to say anything else. He only says that Li You has actually made a decision. Asking is just seeking a psychological comfort. In fact, this decision has been formed since the purge of Kufa, but Li You is reluctant to face it, because he is not a real butcher. New Bayi Chinese website debut
"Maro Ono, I know what you mean, but you really think I can do it?"
Ono Maro sat on the ground, bowed his head and said: "Lord, you are the true king that your subordinates have seen. You can not influence your decision-making judgments by your own personality. This makes your subordinates extremely admire and let the prince stay with you. On the ship, you don’t want him to see the start of such a bloody war. You have already decided that this will definitely be a bloody war."
Li You sighed and sighed: "Sometimes, it is really painful to abandon your own temperament and make decisions based on the actual state. This makes you have to calm down and think about the consequences. Maybe this It is also my biggest shortcoming."
"Lord, you are wrong. Many people will eventually face a dilemma because they can't do this. When will the lord be under control? It may be difficult to decide, but the result is always good."
Li You and Ono Maro clinked their glasses and said, "If that's the case, let's make a decision!"
In the early morning, reflecting the blood-red sunset, Li You looked at this city of paradise for a long time, especially the nearby garden in the city, full of fragrant and bright roses, the red ones were so delicate and beautiful.
After three days of cleaning in the city, the brutality of the pirates has been fully displayed. As for those in power, there is really no one left. The worst is the palace. Except for women, there is not one left. The inhabitants of the city were also looted, whether they were nobles or ordinary people, but the good thing is that most of the ordinary people were not slaughtered like the nobles. Of course, this was only for the people who did not resist.
And Isfahan, three thousand miles away, also experienced the merciless baptism of war. After two days of the war, Isfahan finally changed hands. The original strong city looked particularly fragile in front of the artillery fire. More than 20,000 defenders fought, but It is not an opponent of firearms, so far, the Fars area after several battles has also been completely controlled.
Once the Fars area is lost, Markland and Sistan, as well as the Khorasan area are completely out of the control of the food, so the food army of Isfahan will be retaken, this is an inevitable result, so here is still There was a battle, and now it’s time for the siege army from Huoxun to withdraw and attack. (End of this chapter)