The ninth chapter through the ages is difficult but bow your head
The Turks were singing, melodious and desolate, the Tuyuhun people were chanting, long and passionate, only the Xueyantuo people were shouting, banging their shields and loudly echoing, "We must defeat the Tang people, we must defeat the Tang people!" The nine surnames of Zhaowu
The people have loosened their hair and taken off their clothes, and are ready to attack. They will be the first to charge tonight.
The delay at the gate of Qiuci City was too long, and the Tubo people could no longer hold on. Li Jing's attack was swift and vicious. Cheng Yaojin's army dragged Songtsen Gampo to the Dafeichuan, while Li Daozong took the opportunity to move along the river.
Nanzhao marched into the warm valley of Tubo. Lu Dongzan's hometown was under the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and could not withstand Li Daozong's wanton destruction.
The glory of the Turks has been exhausted by the Anxi army. If they cannot break through Anxi, the Tubo people plan to retreat to the plateau and wait for a new opportunity.
The bitterness in Tu Shi's heart was unparalleled. He was so confident that he wanted to establish his prestige among the Turks. Who would have expected that all the confidence would disappear with repeated failures under this humble city of Qiuci?
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Tonight is the last battle. Tu Shi is preparing to use the human wave tactic to end this painful and protracted war. The Tang people in the city seem to show no signs of surrender or leaving. When the wind blows, it will be a day of deadly battle. As an old rival, Tu Shi understands
What do those two words mean? Tonight is a day of death, and the gates of hell of King Yama will be wide open.
Guo Xiaoke was carried up the city wall by his guards. He stood at the top like a flagpole, his back still straight. No one would know that he had half a gun shaft inserted in his armor. Zhang Tingyue was standing beside him, all of them
We are old comrades, so there is no need to talk nonsense at this time.
It was very unexpected. The Tang Army was the first to attack. The gunpowder packets were continuously thrown down from the hot air balloon. When they landed in the crowd, they shone with large firelights. The wind tonight was very suitable for them to fight. The wind was not strong from a distance.
After taking off, it happened to pass over the Turkic camp. Unfortunately, its effect was very limited, and it only caused minor casualties to the Turkic coalition forces. The remaining gunpowder was all handed over to Zhang Tingyue when it passed through Kucha City.
The semicircle moon illuminated the Gobi desert in pale white. The Turks were waiting for the moon to come out before they started to attack. Everyone was very well prepared this time. The barbarians slowly approached the city carrying huge wooden shields. The tall ones behind them
The siege vehicle also slowly approached the ancient city of Qiuci, pulled by the animals. This time the siege vehicle was paved with a large slope. Once it was set up on the city head, the cavalry would attack the city along this slope.
The few remaining trebuchets continued to throw kerosene at the place where the soldiers were about to attack to show them the way. Standing on the hot air balloon, the Tang army looked at this spectacle in a daze. Kucha City was like a miracle.
It was illuminated by the surrounding flames like daylight. The ant-like crowds on the city wall were constantly busy, but inside the city was as quiet as ghosts.
The captain looked at the crowd slowly approaching Kucha City and sighed helplessly. Who would have thought that the Turks would dig sixteen trenches in succession on the path that the army must pass, otherwise Tuocheng would have reached Kucha by this time.
The city is here. "Captain, can't we defend the city?" The young soldier beside him asked him in a low voice. "The battle hasn't started yet. Only God knows whether we will win or lose, but this time there are too many Turks."
"What?" "How about we fall down and take away a few people?" the soldier asked again.
The captain raised his hand to fight, but when he saw the soldier holding his head and sobbing in the corner of the bamboo basket, he put his hand down again and said, "Who are we saving? At this time, it's just a breath of air that keeps us from collapsing. If someone leaves first,
The morale of the army will be chaotic, and everyone will die."
The wind became very small and the hot air balloon floated very slowly. Standing at a high place and watching his coat fight to the death, but he was helpless. This feeling made the sergeant on the hot air balloon lose the last bit of courage to speak. "High level three, shoot upward!"
Five hundred steps away, destroy the enemy's wooden shield! "The captain gave the order
The eight oxen crossbows at the top of the city all raised their heads, and with a loud buzzing sound, countless gunpowder crossbow arrows drew a beautiful parabola with flickering sparks and accurately landed on the crowd. With a thunderous sound, Zhaowu Jiu
The wooden shield array of the surname was immediately scattered. Broken wooden shields flew everywhere and smashed the heads of the people under the wooden shields. Some people were lifted high by the blast of air and hung on the spears hanging outside.
Tu Shi watched Cheng Chumo's cavalry strangling the herdsmen on the outside, but they were unable to do anything. To break through the barbed wire fence and crossbow formations arranged by Cheng Chumo, a very heavy price had to be paid. A small city of Kucha plus 10,000 rangers would give a huge
The Turkic coalition caused such huge trouble. Once the army entered the Central Plains densely populated with fortresses, wouldn't it be difficult to move forward?
Cheng Chumo drove the herdsmen like a herd of sheep. Cheng Chumo's army bypassed the mountain pass before attacking him. In this short period of time, the herdsmen hidden behind the army formation were bleeding like rivers.
Seeing that Tu Shi was indifferent to his killing, Cheng Chumo let out a long sigh and had no choice but to withdraw his crossbow array and flee to the distance again. Otherwise, he would be entangled by Tu Shi's cavalry and risk being annihilated. The number was too small.
They can only harass the outside, but they can't achieve the purpose of shaking the entire army. Guo Ping doesn't think about anything now. He just smashes the crossbow machine of the Eight Ox Crossbow over and over again and releases the crossbow guns one after another.
There is no need to aim, there are surging heads right under your nose.
After the crossbow bolt wreaked havoc in the crowd, it exploded with a bang, like a bloody wave in the sea of people, and disappeared in an instant. Chen Shu stood beside him, roaring every time he fired, and broke away.
The wounds on his face looked as ferocious as an evil ghost crawling out of hell.
Now those people under the city wall are evil spirits. They stare at the blood-red eyes and rush forward with howls and howls. Anyone who dares to retreat will be immediately beheaded by the men in red in the crowd. The distance of 500 steps is life and death.
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The kerosene bombs ignited the siege vehicles. The livestock were surprised and pulled the tall siege vehicles over, and smashed into the crowd with raging fire. The soldiers who had nowhere to hide could only cry out in despair.
"Elevation one, level shot, one hundred and fifty steps! Prepare kerosene bombs!" The captain began to howl hoarsely.
Guo Ping fired the gunpowder crossbow gun mounted on the strong crossbow. He shook the handle of the eight-niu crossbow with great effort and began to wind it. The kerosene bullet was a thick hollow tube. After being ejected by the strong crossbow bullet, it would roll in the air and fall to the ground.
When it explodes, the thick grease inside will fly around with sparks. I heard that a lot of sugar is added to it. Guo Ping doesn't know why sugar is added to the kerosene bomb. He only knows that the academy will never give sugar to the enemy.
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After the kerosene bomb flew out, he finally understood why he added sugar to it. The blue flames were like will-o'-the-wisps from hell. They would burn wherever they landed. The enemies holding large shields now looked like
Holding a torch, he hurriedly threw away the burning shield in his hand, but had to greet the falling kerosene bombs again with his bare hands...···
The enemy's footsteps were restrained at a distance of a hundred steps, but little did he know that this was the distance at which the Eight Ox Crossbow was most powerful. Under the threat of death, someone finally slashed to death with a knife the man in red who was holding the line like a headless fly.
They all ran back, and all the Tang troops unanimously gave up the pursuit of those who ran back, and continued to direct their firepower at the Turkic coalition forces that were moving forward.
The riot started in a small area, then turned into a big riot, and finally turned into a collective mass exodus. Not everyone could face death calmly.
Guo Ping and Chen Shu were so happy that they wanted to jump up, but they heard a roar like the earth was shattering coming from the wall behind them: "The city is broken!"
The two of them were suddenly startled and looked back, only to see dust flying in the direction of the back city, and yellow-black smoke pillars rising straight into the sky. This was a sign that the city wall had collapsed and the city was made of rammed earth. Stone cities were almost impossible to see in the Western Regions. The red sandstone was not suitable for building cities, so they could only
The wall was made of mud mixed with wheat straw. After withstanding more than thirty days of attacks, it finally collapsed completely.
The two looked at each other, then separated their eyes, and silently re-wound the Eight Oxen Crossbow. However, Guo Ping's Eight Oxen Crossbow was pointing outwards, while Chen Shu's Eight Oxen Crossbow was pointing inwards. This was the end of the matter, and they were just fighting for their lives.
Earth-shaking loud noises were heard one after another. It was the brothers behind who ignited the gunpowder crossbow, causing a series of big explosions. Half of the sky turned red, flames rose into the sky, and kerosene bombs also exploded. The entire rear building
The houses in the city were all ignited by fire in an instant, which looked very spectacular in the dark night.
Chen Shu took out a flat bottle from his boots, took a sip and handed it to Guo Ping, saying, "If you make a profit, you can live for two more hours. This fire can't be extinguished within two hours, right?"
Guo Ping took the wine bottle, cleaned the bottle vigorously with his own water bag, then brought it to his mouth and took a big sip, and said to Chen Shu: "The last sip of wine in this life, I gave it back to my mother-in-law boots."
"It's bad luck!" "Don't mind it. You don't know how strict your father's military orders are. If he knew that I was drinking in the military formation, he wouldn't be able to escape after being beaten with a military stick. Now there are
If you drink wine, just stop talking."
Guo Ping smiled and said to Chen Shu: "Don't worry, I will never hit you with a military stick again. He is already gone."
Chen Shu looked back at Guo Xiaoke, who was still standing on the city wall like a javelin. He pushed Guo Ping angrily and said: "Fart, the old man is standing on the top of the city to show his majesty. His back is straighter than mine. I'm dead."
Even his old man will not die.
Guo Ping asked for Chen Shu's wine bottle again, knelt on the ground and poured the remaining wine in the bottle on the ground, kowtowed three times, and then smiled at the confused Chen Shu and said, "You know how I know that?"
My father passed away?"
Chen Shu looked at Guo Xiaoke, whose hair was blown by the wind, and then at Guo Ping, who had red eyes and shook his head to express his ignorance. "Because my father has never lowered his head in his life, especially when facing the enemy. Now under his head
Here, I can’t think of any other reason other than that he has passed away..."
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