The shouts of charging were heard in the wilderness, and the army of the Tsarist Empire launched an attack.
Tens of thousands of hussars roared like wild beasts and rushed towards Chang'an City like a tide.
They waved the Chasik sabers in their hands, which shone with a cold light in the morning light.
It looked so terrifying that Vice Premier Sun left the city wall involuntarily and took several steps back.
Zhang Yi glanced at Vice Premier Sun, and Xiao Liu snorted disdainfully. This big shot spoke more arrogantly than anyone else, but his courage was not as good as that of a woman.
Others did not notice this detail. The two marshals and generals held telescopes in their hands and observed the invading enemy with serious faces.
Today is July 28. On the second day after the arrival of military observation groups from the two countries, the Chang'an Defense War officially started.
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"What tricks are they using? What do they want to do?"
"Do you want to use a knife to split the city wall? Ha, it's really ridiculous!"
The generals who were watching the battle were talking a lot, wondering why the cavalry was charging so madly. Under the protection of the tall city wall, such a charge was meaningless.
"Everyone, they are showing off the power of the Tsarist Empire and trying to scare people!" Xiaoliu said loudly.
The generals smiled and nodded, deeply impressed by the princess's courage.
"Prepare the giant crossbow!" Zhang Yi ordered.
The Tsar's hussars rushed several hundred meters away from the city, put away their swords, stretched their bows and fired arrows towards the city.
The soldiers of the Royal Forest Army held huge iron shields to provide protection for the spectators. Of course, their key protection objects were Zhang Yi and Xiaoliu. The dense arrows hit the strong shields and were bounced in all directions.
It looks dangerous, but in fact it is safe and sound, just like standing in a hailstorm with an umbrella.
Vice Premier Sun turned pale with fright and huddled up. Now everyone noticed his performance.
Marshal Zhu Hao felt embarrassed and couldn't help but glare at him.
The enemy was just showing off their force, and even Princess Xiaoliu knew that. Besides, the enemy's riding and shooting skills were really average, far inferior to the wolf cavalry.
"Launch the giant crossbow!" Zhang Yi roared.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Hundreds of ballistas fired giant arrows up to three feet and five inches together, with a shrill sound of piercing the air, piercing into the cavalry, piercing several people with one arrow, and annihilating more than a thousand people with one shot.
This terrifying anti-personnel weapon can be called the pinnacle of the cold weapon era. Greater China and Little China also have giant crossbows, but a legion can only have a dozen or so. The centralized use of hundreds of crossbows like this has never been possible.
Never.
The generals were shocked.
However, this is just the beginning.
"Launch the catapult!" Zhang Yi issued a new order.
Woo! Woo! Woo!
Hundreds of catapults were launched from behind the city wall, and with a huge roar, huge incendiary bombs fell into the enemy's ranks, bursting instantly and sending fiery snakes flying in all directions.
The enemy troops suddenly fell on their backs and howled like wolves and ghosts.
They turned their horses and fled in haste.
They just fired a wave of arrows, but were attacked by a round of giant crossbows and catapults. None of our men or horses were harmed, but they themselves lost thousands of people.
"Okay, hahaha!" Princess Xiaoliu was so happy that her clear laughter echoed on the tower, and everyone clapped their hands.
So inspiring.
The tsarist imperial hussars came arrogantly and returned in disgrace, leaving corpses on the ground.
At this point, no one dares to doubt Zhang Yi's strength anymore.
With a powerful weapon in hand and an elite army, he has become a new generation of heroes.
Seeing that victory came so easily, Vice Premier Sun calmed down at this moment, pretending to be nonchalant, and secretly looked at Zhang Yi and Xiao Liu from time to time.
Zhang Yi noticed this, and Vice Premier Sun became jealous. He was not firm in his belief, and was far inferior to Marshal Zhu Hao and Commander Chen Yiyi. He was a villain who had infiltrated the top management. Zhang Yi concluded for him that
Focus on the battlefield.
At this moment, there is no time for distraction.
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"The Tsarist Empire, hussars, ha, that's all!" General Deng Yun sighed.
This sentence caused different reactions and different opinions from everyone.
In Xiao Liu's view, General Deng Yun was the kind of person who didn't dare to be the first to eat crabs, but after seeing others eat them and being fine, he wanted to eat them himself.
"General Deng, how about we give you a troop of troops and ask you to lead a team to seize the Tsar's double-headed eagle flag?" Xiaoliu sneered.
General Deng Yun was dumbfounded and didn't know how to reply. How could he have such ability? He must be like a meat bun beating a dog and never come back.
Everyone laughed, Princess Xiaoliu was so funny, she defeated Deng Yun's army calmly. Others didn't dare to say such things, so she was the only one who could say it.
"Never underestimate the enemy," Zhang Yi said, "Tsar Andrei has been planning for a long time and wants to capture Chang'an City in one fell swoop. This wave of attacks is just to test our reality."
"It makes sense. Zhang Shoufu's judgment is correct." Marshal Zhu Hao said, admiring Zhang Yi's calmness.
Marshal Yang Ting also nodded repeatedly, saying that if ordinary people could kill thousands of enemy troops in one attack, they would be dancing with joy. But Zhang Yi remained motionless and could see through the enemy's intentions at a glance. This kind of military quality is rare.
Sure enough, after this exploratory attack, the Tsar's siege troops were dispatched.
They first lit countless bonfires, and the battlefield was filled with smoke, blocking the view of the military observation group.
With the protection of smoke, they pushed hundreds of trebuchets onto the position and stopped 500 meters away from the city wall. The enemy built large trebuchets, which looked very clumsy, but they still had a certain power.
What is surprising is that they actually built a huge siege tower, which is more than ten meters high, one or two meters higher than the city wall.
The siege tower is like an arrow tower. It is made of wood and covered with several layers of animal skins to block arrows. It has wheels underneath and is pushed forward slowly by hundreds of people.
In the billowing smoke, eight siege towers suddenly appeared, walking towards the city wall like huge monsters.
Countless infantrymen, holding large shields and carrying sandbags on their backs, rushed to the moat. The trenches were quickly filled in and covered with thick wooden boards so that the siege tower could be close to the city wall.
In China, siege warfare mainly uses ladders. This was the first time that such a giant siege equipment was seen, and the generals were a little shocked.
The siege tower integrates offense and defense. Archers hide inside and shoot outwards. After approaching the city wall, they will put down their pedals, and a large number of infantry will continuously climb the city wall.
Vice Premier Sun panicked again and shouted.
"How to defend this? It seems that the Tsarist Empire still has some means. I heard that Zhang Shoufu has set up three lines of defense in Chang'an City?"
What do you mean, you want to give up the first city wall before fighting?
Zhang Yi glared at him and said depressing words in front of the two armies, which was a taboo for military strategists. Zhang Yi fiercely pulled out the Chinese Dragon Bird Sword...