The distance of one or two hundred miles was not enough for a day's march for the Spike Army Jingqi. They set off from Julan City in the morning and arrived outside Talas City in the afternoon.
The vice-employee Emir Xi Luchi stationed in Talas City has been following the battle in Hulun City, where the two armies have been fighting for more than 20 days. According to Mullen, it is now the critical time to decide the outcome.
In Xi Luchi's view, the battle of Hulun City has undoubtedly become the decisive point of this war. It is very likely that the Talas City he is defending will not see large-scale battles between the two armies, which made him secretly regret it for a long time.
He did not expect that the Spike Army would suddenly appear outside Talas City, which surprised him very much. As soon as he heard the news, he flew into the air and looked at the situation where the Spike Army was marching.
Not far from the city of Talas there is a small river, the deepest part of which cannot submerge a man's head, and there are shallows everywhere. Now, the Jingqi of the Spike Army is galloping in from the east, adjusting their formation on the other side of the river.
The tail is still in the smoky wasteland, and the front is already on the riverside surrounded by weeds. However, because of the timely discovery, it will take some time for the Spike Army to fully adjust their formation, and Talas City has plenty of time to respond.
"The Tang army came from afar, and we happened to go out of the city to stop them. Although the small river outside the city is not wide, it is still a favorable terrain. The river beach will always slow down the opponent's horses. Our formation by the river can make the Tang army suffer a lot! "
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The Guards are progressing smoothly in Hulun City, and victory is within easy reach, or so Mullen said. They are the vanguard of the army. They came to the Black Khanate early and stationed in Talas, but they have never fought against the Tang army. Seeing that the friendly army is about to make great achievements, they have no chance to win the battle.
Now that the Spike Army is here, it is their chance to show their talents.
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Satuke said impassionedly: "The holy army fought in the south so that the Tang army could not shrink back in Hulun City. The caliph said that the army was about to completely defeat the Tiger Guards. From this, it can be seen that the Tang army is not an opponent of the holy army! As long as Lord Amir fights, the Tang army will Will collapse!"
At present, most of the Black Khanate has fallen, and he, the heroic prince who was famous all over the country, is now cast aside by everyone. Every day he has to face parts, officials, suspicious and resentful eyes, which has tortured him a lot.
Now that he had the opportunity to see Tang Jun's defeat and relieve his hatred, he certainly didn't want to miss it. If Tang Jun can be defeated as soon as possible and the lost territory can be recovered, his reputation can be re-established earlier.
Seeing that all the generals believed that the army had a chance to win, and wanted to fight one after another, Xi Luchi was still very happy, after all, the army's spirit was available.
But he had no intention of going out of the city to fight the Spike Army.
Xi Luchi's voice was calm: "The Spike Army is all elite cavalry, good at breaking formations, but short at attacking cities, so we don't need to confront them head-on.
"If we go out of the city to fight against them, although we have a favorable location, the river is too small to hinder ordinary soldiers, but it is impossible to hinder the army of monks. Moreover, the horses of the Spike Army are not ordinary horses, and it is easy to break into our formation .”
After he said these words, many people disagreed, saying that even if the Tang army looked powerful, they could defeat the Karahan army, and they could not be compared with the holy army, otherwise they would not be able to defend the city of Hulun soon. and so on.
However, Xi Luchi was determined, and he was not moved by the people's words of asking for a fight, so he gave the order to defend the city in a sharp voice.
When the military order is issued, everyone can no longer say more, and can only bow and accept the order.
But from their eyes, it can be seen that they are quite dissatisfied with this military order, thinking that Xi Luchi, who has always been wise, made a foolish move and missed the opportunity of the war.
Xi Luchi looked at the Spike Army outside the city, thinking very clearly. Mullen is about to win in Hulun City, so he just needs to guard Talas and don't let the Wolf Fang Army take advantage of it.
As long as his part is not defeated by the Spike Army, causing trouble for Mu Lun and hindering the entire battle situation, when the Tiger Guards are defeated by Mu Lun, the Spike Army will deal with it anyway they want
Shangguan Qingcheng stood in front of the army immediately, and looked at Talas City across the river. After waiting for a long time, there was no sign of the opponent opening the door to fight, and he was slightly disappointed.
"Siege the city!" Shangguan Qingcheng raised his hand and gave the order for the army to cross the river and besiege the city.
Although the Dashi army did not go to battle, and the Spike Army's ability to charge the battle could not be fully utilized, this was also within her expectation. When they attacked Balasagon that day, the army of the Black Khanate also defended the city, but what was the result
The army traveled for half a day today, but the distance of one or two hundred miles was far from exhausting for a group of Qi training monks who had recuperated in Julan City for almost a month. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are now in high spirits.
When the army crossed the river grandly and rushed to besiege the city, Xi Luchi didn't send out his troops to stop him. This made Shangguan Qingcheng realize that the opponent was determined to be a turtle and would never reveal any flaws or make any mistakes.
Since the other party is not coming out right now, in Shangguan Qingcheng's view, there is no need for them to leave the city forever.
The Spike Army is besieging the city on all sides this time.
The conventional tactics of encircling three ques and one were not adopted.
Because Shangguan Qingcheng didn't intend to let the 200,000 troops in Talas City have the opportunity to continue to fight against the Tang army.
"General, according to the report of the Western Regions Trading Company, the Dashi army in Talas City is mainly Xi Luchi's pro-army. There are more than one hundred thousand people, all of whom are Qi training monks. In addition, there are also soldiers from the Dashi standing army. Elite."
Chu Zheng said behind Shangguan Qingcheng, "Talos is a strong city, the city is not particularly big, it is much worse than Suiye City, and the troops that can be stationed in the city are limited.
"But Talas is also a big food army. There are many troops stationed around the middle node of the northern front of the Black Khanate. These troops can come to help within two days, and they can arrive within half a month if they are far away. .”
Talas has already stationed 200,000 troops, as well as Xiluchi's monks' army. Of course, within dozens of miles, there will be no large numbers of troops crowded together. And the reinforcements that can arrive within two days are enough to deal with all emergencies and accidents.
In any case, there is no problem for Taros to hold on for two days, at least in the eyes of Xiluchi and Mullen.
The meaning of Chu Zheng's words was very clear. If the Spike Army attacked Talas City for more than two days, the Dashi Army would rush to help.
Even for the monk army, the ordinary army is almost not qualified to fight against it, but the proportion of monks in the Dashi standing army should not be underestimated. Once they cooperate with Talas City, they will undoubtedly create a quagmire for the Spike Army, and the Spike Army will be in danger by then.
Shangguan Qingcheng didn't say much, and no emotion could be seen on his snow-white face.
Looking at Talas City, she only asked Chu Zheng a question, and also asked all the soldiers of the Spike Army, "Are you afraid?"
This sentence was like pouring a large pot of oil on the fire, including Chu Zheng, all the soldiers of the Spike Army shouted in unison: "Spike Army, mighty!"
"Spike Army, mighty!"
For a moment, the roar was like a turbulent wave hitting the shore, and the bullfighting was angry.
Seeing the siege of the Spike Army, Xi Luchi was puzzled, and his eyes finally turned into anger, "I ordered the city to be guarded, just considering the overall situation of the war, and I don't want to add any trouble to this war that we are determined to win. .but what does that mean
"A group of cavalry, pure cavalry, actually surrounded my city?! What do they want to do?! If there is no guards here, they can do whatever they want, and reproduce the old incident of capturing the city of Bars Khan?! My pro-army They are Qi training monks, although their number is only over one hundred thousand, but in terms of combat power, they will definitely not lose to the Caliphate Guards!"
Xi Luchi felt humiliated.
"Master Emil, let's go to battle! The Spike Army is too insulting. They only have 100,000 people, and they dare to besiege the city from all directions! Let's concentrate our forces and break out of a city gate, and we will definitely be able to defeat them!" Huai prion??/p>
Xi Luchi stroked his bushy beard without speaking, his face was very gloomy.
After a while, he said: "Hold on!"
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Under Xi Luchi's order, his pro-army went to the top of the city and lined up densely.
They made up their minds that if the Spike Army gave up their horses and attacked the city, they would give the Spike Army a head-on blow, absolutely not revealing the slightest gap, so that the Spike Army could take advantage of it.
Of course, the Spike Army would not leap to the top of the city for no reason, although the top of the city of Talas was very low in their eyes, and the beasts and horses could jump over it.
In front of the fortified army formation, Shangguan Qingcheng pulled out his long knife and pointed towards Talas City, his eyes were calm and his voice was calm, "Crossbow!"
At this time, the soldiers of the Spike Army had already dismounted from their horses and squatted beside their horses. There was a huge crossbow in front of each of them. If you look closely at the shape of the giant crossbows, you will find that they are no different from the siege crossbows equipped by the Tiger Guard infantry.
This magic crossbow has a unique name called Eagle Eye.
There is no special idea in this name, it just highlights that it can shoot far, because the eagle eye can see far.
This is the standard heavy crossbow for the infantry of the Tiger Guards and Habayashi Army. It is for them to use when attacking cities and plundering land. Especially when facing a fortified city, adjust the scheduling of the heavy crossbow. almost completely covered.
Because it is heavy and large, it needs to be controlled by soldiers squatting on the ground, and it is not suitable for cavalry to control it on horseback. The cavalry in the Spike Army and the Habayashi Army were not equipped with eagle eyes.
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But what is the existence of the Spike Army
It was an army similar to Li Ye's army, not to mention unique among the Chang'an Forbidden Army, even among the three pure qi training monk armies, it was also unique.
Who is Shangguan Qingcheng
In the previous life, when Li Ye set himself on fire in the Xuanwu Building, he killed the rebels alone and said that I used my blood as the person who made his Majesty's heroism. He was Li Ye's most trusted and closest guard in Prince An's Mansion. He grew up with him and knew him best. thoughtful person.
In the past years, when the Spike Army led by Shangguan Qingcheng fought, it didn't appear at the most critical juncture, it didn't face the most powerful enemy, it didn't undertake the most arduous and core tasks, and it did its best to fight for A decisive victory for the army
There are indeed not as many Shimen and Taoist monks as there are in the New Moon Sect, but the Tang Dynasty has a profound foundation, and the Chang'an Forbidden Army has only 300,000 pure qi-training monks. Is this because Li Ye is full of food and deliberately hides his clumsiness
No, he just knows the battlefield, so he uses good steel for the blade.
Li Ye never forgot that Shangguan Qingcheng was his most trusted person, and the Spike Army was the sharpest knife in his hand.
The Spike Army is well known to the world, and even Xi Luchi knows its past in great detail. But do they really understand Spike Army? Maybe they understand, but what they know is always just history. And Li Ye, in order to ensure the combat power of the Spike Army, is constantly adding new means to it.
Cavalry are cavalry not because they cannot fight on foot.
But because they are elite.
The white-robed and white-horse Shangguan Qingcheng stood in front of the army immediately, and the westerly wind blew her cloak, making her look like a god of war.
Following her order, in the army formation behind her, outside the three city walls, a hundred thousand eagle-eyed heavy crossbows shot out dazzling clouds. Flowing clouds that radiated aura light from all sides formed a gorgeous sea of stars at the head of Talas City, and then fell into the city.
The sound of air explosions in the city is as dense as a summer rainstorm.
Clouds of smoke and dust rose, filling the air in an instant.
Exclamations, screams, and wailing were endless.
The round shield was held at the top of the city to guard against the monks who were defending. When they found that the crossbow arrows did not land on themselves, but fell into the city instead, they all turned their heads in astonishment. When he saw the smoke and dust in the city, the soldiers fleeing, and the people running like wolves, he couldn't help being startled.
It's not just people who are hurt, but houses as well.
The houses in Talas City are all loess walls. Now that the roofs are broken and the walls are damaged, smoke and dust will naturally billow.
Before they figured out the situation and figured out the purpose of the Spike Army, the second round of clouds had already risen from all directions, and it was here in the city of Talas, gathering into a sea of stars and falling down!
This time, the chaos in the city was even worse, more soldiers and civilians were killed and injured, and the houses were more severely damaged. Not only the roofs collapsed, but even the walls had gaps.
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"What is the Spike Army doing? Could it be that they knew they couldn't attack the city, so they shot and killed the soldiers in the city with heavy crossbows, thereby inflicting unbearable casualties on us?"
Satuke's face was as black as ink, "The people in the city also suffered countless casualties, the Tang army is too cruel and senseless!"
Su Nadine also said: "I think Tang Jun knew that he couldn't conquer Talas City, so he just vented his anger with his heavy crossbow! How despicable and shameless!"
Xi Luchi looked outside the city, and saw the cavalry of the Spike Army who had dismounted and turned into infantry, with an uncertain expression on their faces.
"Lord Emir, take the opportunity to fight!" Satuk began to persuade again.
Xi Luchi took a deep breath for a while, and then suppressed the anger and dissatisfaction in his heart.
After a while, he suddenly burst out laughing, laughing very proudly: "The Tang Army has heavy crossbows, we are indeed unable to defend ourselves, and the round shields of the monks are only enough to protect ourselves. If we disperse into the city to protect others, the city will definitely be empty. This is an opportunity for the Spike Army to take advantage of!
"However, up to now, the Spike Army has no other means other than the heavy crossbow. In the words of the Tang people, they are at the end of their rope! Everyone, civilian casualties are nothing, and ordinary soldiers are nothing. As long as the monk army is here, Talas is as stable as Mount Tai!
"We only need to hold on for a few days. When the reinforcements arrive, or ignore the outcome of the battle in the city, the Spike Army will retreat. At that time, it is time for us to chase and kill them!"
Speaking of this, Xi Luchi stared at the outside of the city like a sword, "I don't believe that the heavy crossbows in the Spike Army can kill all the non-monk soldiers in the city. Do they have so many crossbows?"
These words made everyone think so. Although they were aggrieved, they stopped talking when they thought of the bright future. They just pointed fingers and scolded the Spike Army outside the city for being despicable.
How many crossbows does the Spike Army have
More than Xi Luchi imagined.
Shangguan Qingcheng heard the abuse from the top of the city, and also heard the screams in the city, she showed no expression.
The most convenient thing about fighting in a foreign land is that you don't have to worry too much. In order to win the war, the killing can be ignored, because that is not the people of Datang.
The Spike Army is the army of the Tang Dynasty, not the army of the Black Khanate or the Great Food Kingdom, and has no duty to protect the people here. If there is, it is after they have been completely conquered.
This is war.
Half a day later, the sky was completely dark, not to mention that there were no houses in Talas City, and even the walls of the houses no longer existed. There were only ruins left, which looked quite flat. As for the corpses in the blood pool, there were already too many to describe.
But at this time, Shangguan Qingcheng ordered to stop shooting with heavy crossbows, and all the soldiers mounted their horses.
The city has become flat land, although it is not absolutely flat, but there are no houses to block it, and the beasts and horses can already walk on the flat ground. This is exactly what Shangguan Qingcheng wanted.
"Into the city!"
Shangguan Qingcheng gave the order to attack!