Shen Wu heard the captain's words and fell into silence.
After taking a breath, Shen Wu gritted his teeth and said to the team: "I will give you another team of soldiers and horses, and be sure to guard the crenel you are guarding. If you can't resist the Turks, shoot a loud arrow at the place where the Turks are the most numerous.
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The team was stunned.
Shen Wu didn't say much. He told the soldiers of the Zuosan Tongjun Mansion beside him, "The men from the fourth team and Team Yao are going to help with the defense."
The soldiers of the four teams under Shen Wu were actually less than one team, with only more than thirty people left.
After hearing Shen Wu's order, they all stood up and came to Yao Duizheng's side.
Captain Yao didn't say much, and led the soldiers of the fourth team to the crenel he was responsible for again.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the crenellations, they saw the Turks rushing towards the city wall. There were less than ten soldiers guarding Weize Pass at the entrance of the crenellations.
Team Yao was rushing up with the soldiers from the fourth team to help.
In one encounter, two of the soldiers from the fourth team were injured.
There were simply too many Turks and their offensive was too fierce.
Even if they tried their best, they still couldn't resist.
The only thing they were lucky about was that when Li Xiuning was guarding Weize Pass, he dug a wide and deep trench outside Weize Pass.
As long as this trench existed, the Turks would not be able to use weapons such as siege vehicles for the time being.
Otherwise, the Turks could easily reach a place higher than them by using siege engines and fight them head-on.
In that case, let alone resisting, they might be overwhelmed by the Turks once they meet.
"The team is at its best, more and more Turks are gathering together."
Some soldiers threw stones at the city wall and shouted at Team Yao.
Captain Yao gritted his teeth and said: "Fire the arrow!"
Although he didn't know the purpose of Shen Wu asking him to shoot the noise arrow, since Shen Wu mentioned it, he had no other choice but to do it.
As Captain Yao gave an order, the soldiers in the team who were carrying loud arrows immediately bent their bows and aimed an arrow at the place under the city wall where the Turks had the most people.
After the sounding arrow is shot, it makes a sharp whistle sound.
next moment.
A thick pillar of fire suddenly rose from the city wall, shot out like a missing arrow, and plunged into the crowd of Turks.
Where the pillar of fire passed by, the Turks screamed one after another. Some of the Turks who were swept by the pillar of fire either covered their arms or their necks.
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Blood gushed out from the place they covered.
The Turkic man who was snatched up to his neck could not even let out a scream, and spit out mouthfuls of blood as soon as he opened his mouth.
The Turks who were concentrated in front of the pillar of fire were even worse. They just flashed and followed the top of the pillar of fire into the soil.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty on the city wall and the Turks outside the city wall were all shocked by the pillar of fire that suddenly shot out from the wall of Weizeguan.
Jie Li, who was sitting on a movable observation platform watching the battle, suddenly stood up with his eyes widened in shock.
Tu Li hurriedly asked Liang Shidu, who was sitting not far away, "What kind of weapon is that?"
Master Liang also stared in disbelief. After hearing Tu Li's question, he didn't know how to answer.
After a brief shock, Jie Li also looked at Liang Shidu.
He didn't know how lethal the pillar of fire was.
But the deterrent effect of the pillar of fire is obviously very strong.
Where the pillar of fire fell to the ground, the Turkic soldiers and horses were already in a mess. Most of them were obviously frightened by the pillar of fire falling from the sky.
If the Tang army used hundreds or even more fire pillars at one go.
Then the army under his command will most likely be frightened back.
No matter how brave the Turkic warriors are, their scalps will go numb when they see the pillar of fire suddenly falling from the sky.
"Chen...chen..."
Master Liang opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't tell what the pillar of fire was.
Seeing that Jie Li frowned and seemed to be angry, he hurriedly said: "I have never seen this kind of ordnance, but I guess that this kind of ordnance is not suitable for forging, and the number of the Tang army should not be large.
Otherwise, Tang Jun would not have waited until now to use it."
Tu Li puffed his beard and yelled with eyes wide open: "You actually don't even know what weapons the Tang army used, what use do you have?!"
Tu Li always disliked Liang Shidu.
Once you catch Master Liang making any omissions, you will find trouble for Master Liang.
Master Liang lowered his head slightly and said nothing.
Jie Li seemed not to have heard Tu Li's words. He briefly appreciated what Pinliang Master Du said and nodded in agreement.
There should be numerous weapons of this kind with unknown lethality and extremely powerful deterrence.
Otherwise, the Tang army would have used it as early as when they started to attack Weize Pass.
If they use this kind of ordnance earlier, they can form a deterrent to their troops and reduce the consumption of the Tang army.
Moreover, if this kind of extremely powerful ordnance could be easily forged and equipped in large quantities, the Tang army would have already used it on battlefields everywhere, and there would be no need to wait until this moment to take it out.
"What a bowl, please be patient. Let's see how many of these pillars of fire the Tang army has."
After Jie Li agreed with Liang Shidu's statement, he sat down calmly.
He had an army of 200,000, and the Tang army would not be able to kill them all.
Even with the help of this kind of ordnance, it can only deter his army for a while, but cannot continue to threaten him.
When Tu Li heard what Jie Li said, he glared at Master Liang and did not attack Master Liang again.
"Snapped……"
"Pa bang bang..."
Just as Tuli was about to sit down, there was a series of explosions where the pillar of fire landed.
Sparks suddenly burst out from the fire pillar.
Sparks flew everywhere, and the surrounding Turks screamed as if they had been injured.
The Turks within a hundred feet around the pillar of fire suddenly became a mess, either running or screaming.
Jie Li stood up again and said in disbelief: "This kind of weapon has such power?"
Before, he was not clear about the destructive power of the fire pillar, but now it is clear that the destructive power is extremely strong, so strong that he cannot believe it.
Master Liang also looked at the position of the fire pillar in disbelief, not knowing how to evaluate it.
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But the power displayed by this kind of ordnance far exceeds that of trebuchets and other ordnance.
Its lethality and deterrence were among the best among all the weapons he had ever seen.
"The number shouldn't be too much..."
Master Liang comforted himself and said.
Although Jie Li was shocked by the power of the fire pillar, he also agreed with Liang Shidu's words.
The Tang army certainly didn't have many such weapons with strong lethality and deterrence.
Otherwise, the Tang army would have equipped it on a large scale and used it to kill all directions.
They can also kill them to Weize Pass.
Jie Li sat down again and stared closely at the city wall of Weize Pass. He wanted to see how many such weapons the Tang army had.
He wanted to tell the Tang army after the Tang army had used up this kind of ordnance that it was impossible for him to defend Weize Pass with this kind of ordnance alone.
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On the city wall of Weizeguan.
After Captain Yao ordered people to release the sounding arrows, he waited with great anticipation. When the fire pillar soared into the sky, he opened his mouth in shock, and the soldiers around him also opened their mouths in shock.
When the pillar of fire hit the ground, he started shouting excitedly.
"Our Tang Dynasty actually has such a sharp weapon!"
"Our Tang Dynasty actually has such a sharp weapon!"
The soldiers around him also shouted excitedly.
"Pa bang bang..."
When there were dense explosions, when sparks shot out from the fire pillar, injuring the enemies within a few feet of the fire pillar, and frightening the surrounding Turks who were hundreds of feet away, they became confused.
Captain Yao was shouting at every point on the city wall with the loudest voice in his life.
"Hurry up and fire the sounding arrow!!"
A pillar of fire can knock down a group of enemies and scare away a large group of enemies.
The crenel where he was sitting clearly felt the pressure lighten.
The Tang Dynasty had such a sharp weapon to help them fight, let alone 200,000 Turks, even if it had to deal with more Turks, it still had a chance to win.
The only rationality left in his mind told him that there should not be too many of these sharp weapons. Taking advantage of the fact that the Turks were not prepared yet, using them all at once would definitely cause heavy damage to the Turks.
As his shouts fell to the ground, the sound of arrows sounded from all over the city wall.
He didn't know, and neither did most of the soldiers on the city wall.
The person holding this pillar of fire is their highest commander, His Highness King Qi.
They used a certain King Qi, who did not want to be named, as a weapon.
A certain His Highness King Qi, who did not want to be named, could only become a scalper.
"Huhuhu..."
As the sounding arrows from various places on the city wall fell to the ground, pillars of fire rose into the sky.
As soon as one pillar of fire landed on the ground, another pillar of fire rose into the sky.
Sometimes two pillars of fire fly out together.
When fifty pillars of fire flew out of the city wall, Weize Gate was boiling with excitement.
"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"
"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"
"..."
I don’t know who took the lead in shouting, and suddenly Wei Ze closed his door and started shouting at the same time.
The shouts overwhelmed the drums of the Turks outside the pass, the roars of the Turks, and the screams of the Turks.
Jie Li, who was sitting firmly on the lookout, could no longer sit still. Fifty fire pillars, burning with raging flames, were pierced outside Weize Pass.
Where the fifty pillars of fire were located, the Turkic soldiers and horses were either killed or wounded.
Although the damage was within the range that Jieli could bear, the deterrent force formed by the pillar of fire forced the surrounding Turkic troops to withdraw a hundred feet.
The offensive composed of Turkic soldiers and horses obviously stalled.
Some Turks who were injured by the sparks splashed from the fire pillar, or were frightened, obviously began to stop moving forward, and even retreated a bit.
"Didn't you say that the Tang Army did not have many such weapons?"
Jie Li stared at Master Liang with some annoyance and asked.
Master Liang hurriedly stood up and bowed: "The trebuchet and large crossbow we are using were prepared by tens of thousands of people and took a year to prepare.
The ordnance used by the Tang army was far more powerful than trebuchets and large crossbows. It was more complicated to forge and required more manpower.
The Tang Army had not used similar ordnance on the battlefield before, so this kind of ordnance was obviously newly made by the craftsmen of the Tang Army, and the quantity was definitely not too large."