Half a month later, Li Siye stood on the mountain trail of Qianquan Mountain, looking far into the distance and looking at the earth at the end of his field of vision.
After watching for a while, Li Siye asked the general behind him: "What time is it now?"
The general replied: "General, it has just passed Youshi."
Li Siye: "There is still no news from the direction of Julan City?"
General: "I haven't seen the messenger."
Li Siye clasped his hands behind his back, pacing anxiously on the spot, and asked: "The Protector of Zhou and General Duan, where are they?"
General: "Most of the troops led by Zhou Duhu have stopped at Helie City, south of Rehai, about half a day's journey from our army."
Li Siye kept pacing and asked again: "Are the soldiers ready?"
General: "The horses, armor, and supplies are all ready, and the three thousand soldiers are ready to go."
Li Siye said hello, stopped, looked at the getting darker night, and whispered: "It's tonight."
After another half an hour, the rapid sound of horse hooves could be heard on the mountain road.
A rider dressed as an Orion quickly entered the Tang army's camp, and under the leadership of the soldiers, he met Li Siye.
Taking a bamboo tube from the hunter, Li Siye first checked the seal by the light of the fire. After confirming that it was correct, he took out the letter inside and read it carefully.
After taking a long breath, Li Siye shouted to his subordinates: "Let the men mount their horses and set off!"
Julan City is located eighty miles east of Talluos City. It is located on a hill with a higher altitude. It is commanding and has an excellent view. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is the bridgehead of the eastern defense line of Dashi and also a step in the Tang Army's Western Expedition.
Just a roadblock.
Long Qi took about a hundred of the Dragon Rangers and crouched under the wall of the east gate of Julan City.
Wearing black armor, he adjusted the broken knife at his elbow to a suitable position and whispered to the tribesmen beside him: "What's the situation at the east gate now?"
The tribesman replied: "The imam is giving a sermon in the atrium, and the soldiers of Dashi have just started to pray. According to past practice, in the next half hour, the defense on the city wall will be the weakest."
Long Qi: "How long has it been since the messenger rushed to the Tang Army?"
Tribe: "It's been almost an hour since we set off. Calculating the time, the Tang Army's vanguard cavalry should be arriving soon."
Long Qi took a deep breath and said: "According to the drill beforehand, each group is responsible for the defenders of a section of the city wall. They should be more agile with their hands and feet so as not to alert the enemy."
The Dragon Rangers took out hooks and other tools, looked at the rocks on the city wall, and began to climb up.
The Dashi garrison on the wall has not been exposed to war for a long time, so its defenses are weak.
Many Dashi soldiers took advantage of the evening ritual of the Dashi teaching and the military commanders to go to worship, gathered together to chat, and some even dozed off.
The rangers climbed up the city wall effortlessly, and taking advantage of the dim sky, they worked in groups of three to deal with a target and approached the defenders on the wall.
Long Qi first nodded to the left and right, then came behind the Dashi soldier who had his back turned to him, covered the latter's mouth with one hand, and stabbed the enemy's back directly with the blade of the other hand.
In an instant, blood burst out from above the city of Julan.
The Dashi soldiers were unprepared. Facing a group of three Dragon Rangers, they lost their lives before they could even realize what was happening.
Seeing the corpses on the ground on the top of the city, and no living Dashi soldiers anymore, Long Qi said to the tribesmen: "Go to the winch to prepare to lower the suspension bridge, and then block the corridor with debris. Watch for more people to watch upstairs and keep a close watch."
Pay attention to what’s going on inside and outside the city.”
After burning an incense stick, the Dragon Rangers on the watchtower issued a warning.
Long Qi stood on the wall, looking into the night by the light of the fire at the city gate.
I saw several horses coming up the road and stopping outside the city gate. They were all patrolling scouts dressed as cannibals.
Those Dashi patrol scouts galloped on their horses while shouting loudly towards the head of Julan City.
Even Long Qi, who couldn't understand Dashi's words, could guess that these Dashi scouts must have discovered the advancing Tang Army vanguard, so they came to warn them.
Long Qi made a gesture to the top of the watchtower, and after a while, a sharp archer from the Dragon Department shot the several Dashi scouts in the middle of the road.
Long Qi said to the tribesmen beside him: "The Dashi scouts have come to report the news. This means that the Tang army is not far from here. Let's lower the suspension bridge."
Sure enough, not far behind those scouts, three thousand cavalry troops led by Li Siye had arrived outside Julan City.
The suspension bridge of Julan City had been lowered, and lights flickered on and off at the top of the city. Li Siye knew he had succeeded, and was overjoyed. He urged his horses and shouted loudly to the Tang army beside him: "The city gate has been breached! Charge in.
Go to the city!"
Accompanied by the thundering shouts of killing, the forwards of the Tang Army's cavalry passed through the city gate and broke into the alleys of Julan City.
The cannibal's evening ritual had not yet ended. The imam was standing on a high platform holding a scripture. The soldiers heard the movement outside the city. They turned around and saw the tsunami-like cavalry rushing into the city. They couldn't believe their eyes for a moment.
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"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy!"
The captain of the Great Food Army hurriedly climbed up to the high platform. He just drew his sword and shouted a few words when an arrow pierced his throat and he fell to death on the spot.
Facing the intruding Tang army, Dashi soldiers were in chaos.
Some people ran to the railings next to the atrium to look for weapons, some rushed into the houses and planned to resist, while more people were dumbfounded and stopped in place, not knowing what to do.
The Tang army that rushed into the city was first hit by a hail of arrows, and then crashed into the large food army.
Horses, spears, hammers, two-handed knives, etc. were waved in the hands of Tang soldiers.
Blood, broken flesh and bones, accompanied by screams and cries, were flying all over the sky.
The soldiers of the Dashi Army who were caught off guard were initially massacred unilaterally. However, as the war progressed, the corpses of the Dashi soldiers were piled higher and higher, blocking the passage in the city. The blood pooled into a river and even caused the hooves of horses to slip.
Although the Tang army was large in number, it could not move forward in the city, and its advance slowed down.
Under the organization of the officials, some fierce and unafraid of death soldiers began to use the narrow streets in Julan City to make their final resistance.
Long Qi led the rangers on the city wall, using bows and arrows to clear away the enemies who were still resisting. However, facing the heavy armored shield walls and city lanes, they had little effect.
At this moment, the beacon fire at the highest point of the main building in the city, used as a warning when encountering the enemy, was lit by the food army.
The blazing flames burning on the huge firewood pile were clearly visible even from miles away.
General Li Siye knew something was wrong and saw that the progress was slow. Regardless of the persuasion of his subordinates, he jumped off his horse with his own soldiers, took the lead, and rushed into the enemy's formation carrying the Mo Dao.
Facing the densely packed shield wall of Dashi soldiers, Li Siye waved his Mo Dao, exerted all his strength, and shouted loudly.
The Mo Dao, which was one foot long and weighed fifteen kilograms, seemed light and weightless in his hand.
Under the illumination of the fire, the blade flashed out in a semi-circular arc. Within the attack range of three meters, all human bodies, armors, shields, and weapons were cut into two pieces. Those who were not lucky enough.
In an instant, the originally airtight shield wall was defeated by Li Siye's Mo Dao's full blow, and the Great Food Phalanx suddenly collapsed.
Seeing this scene, the Dashi soldiers were so horrified that no matter who they were, they could no longer muster the courage to resist and began to flee one after another.
Li Siye swung the knife with his backhand, and the blood on the knife splashed to the ground like a heavy rain.
He shouted loudly: "Leave two teams behind to clean up the battlefield! Others mount their horses and advance towards Talos City at full speed!"
This chapter has been completed!