On June 3rd, the seventh year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, Xue Wanjun and Wei Zheng set out from Chang'an to the north. At this time, it was already the sixth day that the Turkic army besieged Guji Town.
Li Shan, who had sunken eye sockets and a pale face, sat tiredly on the ground, leaning against the wall. Beside him, Zhu Shitou was using a dagger to chop cooked horse meat into minced meat.
Food and grass are getting less and less, the Turks' offensive is becoming more and more fierce, there are more and more wounded soldiers in the wounded barracks, and we don't know when reinforcements will arrive... maybe they won't arrive.
The sound of wailing echoed in his ears, and Li Shan had become accustomed to it. He had long run out of wound medicine, and there was no clean cloth. He had no way to deal with the wounded soldiers after they were brought over, and even several sets of specially made knives were useless...
Li Shan just counted people at first, but soon gave up.
It makes no sense. As long as he doesn't fall, he won't be carried to the wounded barracks. If he falls, he will die even if he is carried... In other words, Li Shan is just acting as a mascot here, although he has tried his best.
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"Mr. Lang..."
Li Shan looked at the minced meat on the chopping board and said, "Half of it will be sent to Zhang Shigui at the top of the city, and the other half... let's see who of them wants to eat..."
The wounded soldiers at this time can eat... Li Shan comforted himself, at least he didn't have to starve to death.
"Mr. Lang..." Zhu Shitou wanted to give some advice. Li Shan hadn't eaten anything today, but after a long hesitation, he turned around and entered the wounded barracks with a big bowl in hand.
Among those seriously injured, those who could still speak and move were basically those with broken legs and feet who could not walk. However, they did not refuse the minced meat and they were quickly wiped out.
It has been six days, and the Turks still have not been able to capture this small fortress. Li Shan thought in his heart, if there is enough food and grass... maybe he is not here, because Tuli Khan and Jieli Khan did not invade the whole country.
Zhang Shigui may be able to hold on.
However, an army of more than 100,000 troops attacked for six days. Even if he was not good at attacking the city... Jieli Khan was too useless.
Obviously, Jieli Khan underestimated this small fort. He attacked it for three days in a row. Although it seemed tragic, he could not break the city. Then he began to build siege equipment, mixed the other tribes with the king's tent troops, and used wooden carts to cover it.
, launching attacks one after another.
Although the fort is not big, the waves of offensives put unparalleled pressure on Zhang Shigui and Xue Wanche. After all, there were too few troops at hand. The enemy had more than 100,000 troops, and the Tang army only had so few soldiers.
, one less one dies.
Zhang Shigui on the top of the city seemed to be in high spirits, but in fact he was extremely exhausted. Last night, the Turks attacked at night and quietly climbed up to the top of the city. If he hadn't been worried about the night patrol and happened to arrive, the city would have been destroyed.
Generally speaking, the barbarians on the grassland are not willing to fight at night. On the one hand, horses are easily frightened and stumble at night. On the other hand, most of the barbarians are blindfolded and have difficulty seeing at night, so they actually risked a night attack... Zhang Shigui thought in his mind, only to
Even Jieli Khan can’t wait any longer.
The sound of fighting was not far away, but Zhang Shigui was indifferent. These days, he no longer had to give orders, everyone knew what they should do.
When to use a knife and when to use a gun.
When to shoot arrows and when to shoot rocks.
When to rest and when to be alert.
Zhang Shigui turned his head and glanced at the east wall. Over there was Tuli Khan, who had been unable to do any work, so he basically deployed his troops from there... Now there are no reserve troops.
But just yesterday, a group of fierce barbarians climbed up the city wall from the east side. If Xue Wanche, who was taking a rest, had not arrived in time, the city would have been destroyed.
However, Xue Wanche interrogated the prisoners and found out that those barbarians were not under Tuli Khan, but were members of Jieli Khan... Jieli Khan had been ignoring the east side for the past five days, but unexpectedly a strange force appeared.
Now that we can no longer mobilize people from the east, who knows if Jieli Khan will come again... Where else can we mobilize people?
The lightly wounded in the wounded barracks... there are no more lightly wounded now, they are all seriously wounded.
"Mr. Lang, please eat something."
Looking at the bowl handed over by his personal guard, Zhang Shigui sighed, "Did His Highness send it to you?"
The bodyguard nodded, "Your Highness asked the bodyguard to chop him into mincemeat."
Zhang Shigui shook his head and pointed at the resting soldiers under the city wall. They had already eaten all the grain and rice. There was not a grain of rice or a handful of noodles in the entire fort. Only large pieces of cooked horse meat were left.
There were more than a thousand cavalry in the city, and they attacked several times and captured hundreds of good horses, but they were starving for the time being.
Can I eat another bowl of soup cakes or rice in this life?
The sound of fighting gradually subsided. Zhang Shigui casually glanced at the barbarians receding like the tide, then looked at the next wave that had gathered in the distance, mentally calculating how much rest time he could have.
Zhang Shigui also didn't expect that the Turks might have to take the risk to try this fatigue tactic due to their large numbers of people... But if it failed, they would be destroyed and killed. If they succeeded, Yanmen's reinforcements would not arrive, and they would not be too many.
How many days will it last?
Zhang Shigui looked at the dark Turkic camp from a distance and thought he might as well give it a try. He might be able to draw reinforcements from Yanmen, or he might be able to draw back the Turkic troops when they ran out of food and supplies.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the lying soldiers getting up one by one, hiding under the city wall, or holding up shields. Zhang Shigui's eyes narrowed, and he watched with an expressionless face as dozens of wooden carts were slowly pushed closer.
War is life or death. This is always the fastest way to learn. After the fierce battle at Yanmen Pass, the Xi people's skills in making siege equipment have advanced by leaps and bounds.
Although the wooden cart is simple, it is fully functional. The long body of the car covers dozens of soldiers. There is a thick baffle on the front of the car to protect it from falling stones. The cowhide is covered with fireproof. The front of the car is loaded with huge logs for collision.
Door hammer.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty on the city wall just silently watched the wooden chariot getting closer and closer. The Turks could still suppress it with rain of arrows, but the Tang army had very few ordinary feather arrows, not to mention crossbows... They just hoped that the Turks would send more
point.
Getting closer and closer, amidst loud shouts mixed with maybe seven or eight kinds of grassland gibberish, two wooden carts drove side by side, and the huge tree in the front section hit the city gate hard. Zhang Shigui above him shook his body, thinking about what to do.
Be anxious, don't be anxious.
The two guards raised their shields to cover themselves. Zhang Shigui listened boredly to the sound of arrows hitting the shields. He lamented that it was a pity that the barbarians were not good at making arrows... There was no way. Although Tang bows were not necessarily of the same specifications, they were roughly the same.
, but the bows on the grassland are basically all homemade. If you shoot a good arrow with a different bow, the effect may be very different.
The bamboo whistle suddenly sounded. Zhang Shigui pushed away the guards, held a shield in his hand, and shouted loudly. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty stood up one after another, beating stones, spears, and knives one after another.
Those who climbed were chopped down one by one.
Relatively speaking, the top of the city...compared to the two or three days when the battle just started, it was much, much quieter. Only the sound of swords clashing could be heard from time to time, and the screams of the barbarians when they were pushed off the top of the city. The soldiers had no energy to call for peace.
, the barbarians didn’t bother to shout any more, it seemed that both sides were reaching their limit.
I really don’t have time during the National Day. It is estimated that normal updates will resume on the 10th. I can upload as many code words as I can in these days.