Chapter 56: The Battle of Niangzi Pass VI
After returning to the Princess Mansion, he put on Xiaomi Mi 3 and put on Huahua's battle armor to start building up the tacit understanding with Huahua.
This time with Huahua, he must be the most popular man on the battlefield! He cannot be upstaged by Li Shimin like in the battle of Chang'an! May 14th is sunny, so it is good to kill people, climb the city walls, and rob.
Jieli's chief wizard prayed devoutly in front of the Wolf God for countless days of good fortune.
The Turkic vanguard force consisted of 10,000 warriors from their own tribe and 20,000 warriors from other tribes.
Among them, the first wave of 5,000 vanguard troops, each with twenty people protected themselves tightly with a huge shield, abandoned their beloved horses, carried ropes and grappling hooks on their backs, and marched step by step towards Niangziguan to the beat of the offensive drum.
The lady closed the eight-niu crossbow and got ready to go.
The flag officer silently calculated the distance of the Turks in his mind. After they had entered the effective shooting range of 300 steps, he threw down the red flag in his right hand and made a sharp sound from the specially made whistle in his mouth.
Immediately afterwards, one hundred and fifty arrows shot through the air.
However, the expected situation of people falling on their backs did not appear. The thick arrows shot on the Turks' huge shield could only be embedded in it, but could not effectively penetrate.
Only a few luckier arrows penetrated the giant shield, but the chance of this was very small. Most of them only shook the giant shield for a few times, and then became firmly embedded in the giant shield like a decoration on the giant shield.
Dou Xianniang was shocked when she saw it, and she fired two more waves without believing in the evil.
The result was still the same. Three rounds of crossbow arrows only killed at most ten unlucky Turks. The protective power of the giant shield was evident.
Dou Xian Niang hurriedly reported the matter to Princess Pingyang.
But Princess Pingyang disagreed and said: "These people are too few. When there are more of them, we can use secret weapons."
General Dou, you continue to command the crossbows, but don’t use too much, just use your imagination.”
Dou Xianniang left doubtfully. Although she was a little worried about the safety of Niangziguan, she trusted Princess Pingyang in her heart. Since the princess said there was a secret weapon to deal with the Turks, then there was, and she just had to follow the arrangements.
Return to your position and start to slow down the firing frequency of the Eight Bull Crossbow.
Jieli saw the great effect of the giant shield from a distance and ordered the entire army to attack! Fifty thousand pioneer warriors held the giant shield high and slowly marched towards Niangziguan; another five thousand people followed behind them pulling trebuchets; the wooden ladders also failed.
Crosses; countless rope hooks.
They rushed towards the city wall desperately to the sound of war drums.
Princess Pingyang remained calm and composed, and ordered Chai Shao to move 500 barrels of kerosene and 50 barrels of unknown liquid marked with a "0 well" to the top of the city.
She also asked Dou Xianniang to send people to remove the ordinary eight-niu crossbow arrows, and began to replace them with special arrows with a large ball of cotton wool tied behind the arrows. The arrows were also coated with a literary and artistic yellow-white unknown substance.
Just when the first wave of Turkic siege soldiers arrived at the city and began to find ways to climb up, the main force of the Turkic vanguard also entered the range of the eight-oxen crossbow.
Princess Pingyang waved her hand, causing the flag officer to immediately wave the small red flag in his hand.
The arrows soaked in the "〇 well" shot towards the Turks' rear without hesitation.
The moment the arrow hit the giant shield, a burst of green light flashed, instantly igniting the cotton wool filled with diesel on the arrow, and the burning diesel was thrown around due to inertia.
With ten consecutive waves covering all fixed points and attacking without blind spots, the Turks' 50,000 vanguard were successfully trapped in the fire.
Just before the Turks could react, countless amounts of kerosene were sprinkled on the city wall, chilling the crowds of Turkic soldiers below the city.
Chai Shao unscrupulously threw a blazing torch downwards... Half of the eight oxen crossbows were removed and replaced with lightweight trebuchets. A distance of about a hundred steps was enough to throw kerosene to half of the Turks.
On the soldier's head.
Not to mention that the city has already prepared the most advanced giant trebuchet, which can throw objects weighing up to 500 kilograms in various postures to any place within 500 steps.
The kerosene was thrown into the Turkic array as if it was free of charge, and the eight-niu crossbow was ignited in a planned manner.
The fate of the 50,000 Turkic vanguard has been decided! Death! Zhao Deyan has been notified by Princess Pingyang and knows that this move will be planned, so when the rockets blocked the retreat of the vanguard, he hurriedly warned Jie Li: "Great Khan, the Tang army
We must attack with fire! Let Tu Li and other generals withdraw quickly!"
Jie Li was a little hesitant, not wanting to be so easily frightened by a few rockets from the Tang army and retreat.
But with such a delay, what power does diesel have?
How can we stop it without burning until there is no residue left?
In an instant, the fire blocked the retreat of the vanguard troops.
The look of fear on Zhao Deyan's face became even worse. Regardless of being rude, he immediately lit up two thousand lancers and rushed into the fire formation. They used their long spears to drive away the burning giant shields and siege equipment one by one, finally clearing a way out.
Princess Pingyang was a little dissatisfied when she saw Zhao Deyan rescuing the Turks, but she quickly guessed Zhao Deyan's purpose.
It was him who came up with the idea of building siege equipment and giant shields. If he didn't take this opportunity to throw away the blame, then the fate waiting for him would be a knife in the camp! After all, he was a Han, and he couldn't bear such a huge blame!
After this act of risking one's life to save others, the Turks would not put all the blame on him but throw the blame on Jieli's head.
It is also more conducive to Zhao Deyan stabilizing his position within the Turks.
Thinking of this, Princess Pingyang immediately ordered the kerosene attack to be stopped, pretending that there was not enough kerosene, and only sparsely shot some arrows downwards, leaving enough time for Zhao Deyan to save people.
However, this time to save people was calculated by Zhao Deyan. The damn ones were already gone, and less than half of them could survive.
The power of kerosene was as powerful as intercontinental missiles in ancient times. Those who were stuck with kerosene and kept burning were ordered by Zhao Deyan to be expelled and not allowed to approach the safe passage.
So when Zhao Deyan withdrew from the battlefield with his face blackened by smoke, less than 30,000 Turks were rescued! Zhao Deyan staggered to Jie Li and knelt on the ground with a bang, howling and crying.
, while crying, he took the blame on himself.
What "I didn't expect that the Tang army would have so much kerosene!"
; "My crime deserves ten thousand deaths, which resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of troops! It's all because of my incompetence!"
Such nonsense.
The Turks who were rescued came forward to intercede for Zhao Deyan.
Tu Li has to be said to be the best supporting actor of this century. He was the first to rush forward and still managed to come back alive.
Led by Tu Li and assisted by Kugel and Xiong Man, Zhao Deyan was saved.
Otherwise, even though Jie Li did not want to kill Zhao Deyan, someone must bear the responsibility for the death of more than 20,000 soldiers. As the Great Khan, he could not easily take the blame.
Even though Zhao Deyan had stirred up the blame and made Jie Li the scapegoat, at least on the surface, the crime still belonged to Zhao Deyan, so he had a way to step down.
So the matter ended with Zhao Deyan being fined one year's salary.
Jie Li found the steps, and Zhao Deyan gained a large number of die-hard Turks.
Another happy win-win, only the lonely souls who died in the battle below the city were crying, and their families were sad.
Jie Li led the defeated army back to the camp to continue discussing how to deal with the Tang army's terrifying Eight Ox Crossbow.
At Niangziguan, there were loud gongs and drums, firecrackers blasting, and beaming eyes everywhere.
Princess Pingyang also accepted all kinds of flattery from her subordinates with a smile, but when others asked about key issues such as diesel, she would arbitrarily avoid revealing the remaining amount of kerosene or where the diesel came from.
After all, diesel is much more flammable than original kerosene. It is a top raw material for murder and arson. No matter who you are, it will make you jealous.
It was sunset after Princess Pingyang had dealt with countless curious baby-like minions.
At this moment, Wen Yi quietly walked in, whispered into Princess Pingyang's ear: "Your Highness, there is news from 007: The Turks are having a headache for our Eight Ox Crossbow, and it is estimated that they will attack by force next, let us do a good job
Prepare."
Princess Pingyang nodded and said: "I understand. I have a task for you. Let 007 find out which generals the Turks are able to conquer and fight well. You ask Wang Tianhu and the others to find opportunities to kill these people.
It will be much easier to deal with the Turks who have soldiers but no generals."
Wen Yi nodded in agreement and turned around to arrange the arrangements.
Princess Pingyang looked at the setting sun outside the door and leaned comfortably on the back of her chair and breathed a sigh of relief.
He said to himself: "O people of the world, people of the world.
I don’t know how you found a monster like Wenyi. Originally, I thought it was God’s blessing that Niangziguan could be defended for three days. Who knew that it could be so easy to defend with what this kid had tinkered with.
But why would such a monster favor you? As a prince, my eldest brother is surrounded by losers and losers. Could it be that our Li family cannot escape the fate of fratricide?"
I feel melancholy alone in my tent... It's a dark night with very few stars.
Literature and Art, Wang Tianhu each led two teams to carefully approach the vicinity of the Turkic camp.
According to the original plan, Wenyi, a habitual arsonist, was responsible for lighting the fire, and the first target was Jieli's large transport camp. The Turks were organized into tribes, and even the food and grass were prepared by each tribe.
Therefore, it is impossible to set fire to everything like Cao Cao burned Wuchao, but as the new Khan of the Turks, it would be interesting if Jieli had to look at the faces of his subordinates to even eat.
Wang Tianhu was responsible for assassinating the generals on the list listed by Zhao Deyan, and was basically the second-largest figure in each tribe. Originally, Wang Tianhu wanted to kill those tribal leaders, but Zhao Deyan stopped him. His explanation was: Jieli is currently too strong, so he can only do his best.
Only by weakening the forces of Jieli and then building up a force that has objections to Jieli can the internal disputes among the Turks be effectively provoked.
Chapter completed!