The defense officer stationed at the east gate of Talas City was a commander of a large food army, with 500 well-equipped and well-trained soldiers under his command.
Seeing that the beacon tower brought news of the enemy's approach, and fires were ignited everywhere in the city, the captain's first reaction was to order his men to brace themselves, pick up weapons, wear armor, and prepare to defend against the enemy.
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The captain and his guards climbed up to the watchtower on the second floor of the east gate tower. Below were the soldiers who were waiting in full formation, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
There was chaos everywhere in the city, but near the east gate, there was total silence.
On the dark streets, apart from distant noises, you can occasionally hear the chirping of animals and the shouts of residents, but other than that, you can't hear any movement anymore.
The Dashi soldiers at the east gate tower were in this weird and tense atmosphere, suffering through every minute and every second.
Soon, the sound of footsteps was heard at the end of the street.
In the darkness of the night, an army covered in black robes lined up neatly and ran quickly towards the city tower along the street.
Captain Dashi originally thought that the people coming were reinforcements from the military camp in the city. He was about to breathe a sigh of relief and order to lift the alert. When he took a closer look, he suddenly realized that something was wrong and shouted quickly: "It's the enemy! Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows!"
Bowstrings reverberated, arrows shot through the air, and a dense rain of arrows struck from the top of the city, shooting at the intruders who were approaching quickly.
The arrow hit the black robe, making a clanging sound of metal, tearing off the army's camouflage, revealing its shining armor.
By the light of the fire, a big eater saw clearly the pattern of the armor, and then loudly exclaimed: "They are people from the Tang Dynasty! They are the army of the Tang Dynasty!"
Sun Aying led two hundred soldiers, fifty of them into teams, and three into groups, forming an arrow formation. With the help of armor and shields, he withstood the rain of arrows. Without stopping, he rushed directly to the east gate tower.
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Standing at the bottom of the stone steps, Sun Aying looked up.
Dozens of heavy armored infantrymen from the Great Food Army had already set up tower shields that were as tall as one person. The shields were connected by hooks, forming an airtight shield wall that would lead to the tower.
The passage is tightly blocked.
Before the war started, Sun Aying discussed the siege tactics with the team leaders, so he naturally had some plans to deal with the current situation.
I saw Sun Aying shouting behind him: "Hook!"
After a while, several iron hooks connected to ropes were thrown out of the Tang Army's shield array and hung directly on the tower shields of the heavy infantry of the Great Food Army.
When Sun Aying saw that the hook rope was fixed, he shouted again: "Pull!"
There were dozens of soldiers in the Tang army. They grabbed the rope and exerted force. In an instant, the rope was stretched straight and there was another roar.
The huge force pulled away all the tower shields set up by the Great Eater, and even some of the Great Eater's heavy infantry were dragged off the tower.
The shield wall was broken and cover was lost. The Dashi soldiers on the tower fell into panic for a moment.
Some Dashi soldiers wanted to block the corridor with debris, some drew their swords and prepared to engage in battle, and some were afraid of the well-trained elites of the Tang army and began to retreat.
Before the enemy commander could react, Sun Aying ordered: "Crossbowmen!"
The swordsmen and shieldmen in the front row of the Tang army staggered half of their positions, and the crossbowmen holding powerful crossbows took up their positions. They aimed at the Dashi soldiers gathered on the tower and pressed the crossbow machine.
The crossbow arrows were like locusts, attacking the tower overwhelmingly.
At such a close distance, even heavy infantry wearing iron armor could not withstand the crossbow bolts.
Within a few breaths, the Dashi defenders suffered numerous casualties and were in chaos.
The commander of the Grand Food Army, who was standing on the watchtower of the east gate, looked at the battle taking place on the tower below, his heart was like a turbulent sea and his hands were trembling.
This Tang army only has 200 people, but in terms of personal bravery, battle formation coordination and timing, it far exceeds any opponent the captain has ever seen.
Compared with them, the French Royal Guards and the Byzantine Cathedral Army looked more like a group of amateur soldiers.
"Sir, the Tang army has captured the city tower! What should we do?!"
Hearing the anxious warning sounds from his subordinates, the captain woke up as if from a dream, looked down, gritted his teeth and said, "Pour down the kerosene!"
The Dashi soldiers who heard this military order were all stunned.
Someone hesitated and said: "Sir, there are many soldiers of our army on the tower."
The commander turned his head, his face full of madness, waved his arms and shouted: "This is an order!"
The Dashi soldiers looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then worked together to bring the barrels containing kerosene.
A soldier was about to pry open the lid of the barrel when he saw something strange out of the corner of his eye.
A skull made of steel floated in the air. Under the light of the fire, it looked like a demon crawling from the prison of karma to the mortal world, looking particularly terrifying.
With a scream, the frightened Dashi soldier threw away his weapon and fell to the ground, his face turned earth-colored, and he kept chanting the name of Allah in his mouth.
Other soldiers on the top of the city also saw the terrifying black figure and began to retreat.
The captain was frightened at first, then took a closer look and shouted loudly: "That's a guy wearing a mask and pretending to be a ghost! Don't forget, we are all warriors blessed by Allah! Pick up the bow and arrow and kill him!"
Hearing this, a soldier plucked up the courage to raise his bow and arrow, and was about to draw it.
The steel skeleton disappeared instantly, and the next second, it appeared directly above the soldier's head.
As a gust of cold wind blew by, the soldier who raised his bow and arrow felt a chill on his neck, and then his head slowly slipped from his neck and rolled to the ground.
It was a flash of sword light, but it was as fast as lightning, so fast that it was beyond ordinary people's understanding. No one present had ever seen such a weird sword technique.
Under the light of the fire, the owner of the skull mask slowly revealed his true identity.
It was a slender figure holding two blades and hidden in a black robe.
Her feet stepped on the bricks of the city wall, and with a strong push, her body seemed to have lost weight, and she flew directly into the soldiers of the Great Food Army at low altitude.
The two daggers, like the wings of an eagle, drew two streamlined trajectories in the air, passed through the crowded crowd, and finally stopped in front of the captain.
After a period of silence, several soldiers on the watchtower fell to the ground and died.
The remaining soldiers looked at the black figure, horrified and lost the courage to resist.
They ran downstairs along the stairs of the watchtower. They would rather face the well-trained Tang army than spend even one more second with this monster.
Facing this assassin so close at hand, the commander's legs seemed to be filled with lead water, and sweat kept dripping from his forehead.
He asked in a hoarse and weak voice: "Who are you? No, what are you...?"
The masked man did not speak, and all he answered was a dazzling sword light.
The captain's head slowly began to fall.
His eyes slowly closed, and the last thing he saw in his sight was a group of Tang soldiers rushing into the watchtower and cutting off the flag of the Food Army.
This chapter has been completed!