Tang Dynasty good husband

Chapter 80
On the top of the city, Qin Chao's face was ashen-white. Two thousand Turkic cavalry rode their horses galloping, densely packed, billowing thick smoke covering the sky and covering most of the Turkic cavalry.

Turkic cavalry generally don't talk about formations, and formations are too cumbersome for them.

The Turkic cavalry in front of me is also the same, but a little different.

The [-] Turkic cavalry were divided into four places, with about [-] people in each place, and the remaining [-] people stood at the position of the general at the back of the army formation.

The cavalry everywhere is divided into small units of varying numbers, and the multiple small units alternate in turn, which is quite similar to Qin Chao's segmented shooting method, but the Turkic people are definitely not for uninterrupted strikes, but to avoid Was hit by arrows from the top of the city in a wide range.

Turning around and looking at the situation in the city again, Qin Chao's expression became even more angry.

Under the leadership of Liu Shunshi, the city is still in chaos, and the process of dispersing the crowd is still very slow. If this progress is followed, a large number of people will inevitably be burned to death, choked to death by thick smoke, or died of trampling.

Qin Chao is such a combination of contradictions. When he is in danger, he will desperately find a way to put himself in a safe environment first, and when he is safe, he will blame some people with grief and indignation. matter.

"War is like this, either you die or I die, no one wants to involve civilians, but they are here, who can blame them? Everything is destiny, life and death are safe!" Su Lie stepped forward He comforted him, he already knew Qin Chao's order, but Liu Shunshi was obviously not a reliable county magistrate, so who could blame him?

Qin Chao's face was full of unwillingness: "Life and death are up to fate, but this is not their fate!"

"We can't protect ourselves..." The corner of Su Lie's mouth twitched a few times, reminding him kindly.

"How about the defense at the top of the city?" Qin Chao suddenly remembered his own situation. He only brought more than 300 soldiers, and it was impossible to rely on this number of people to defend against [-] Turkic cavalry.

"Except for our more than [-] sergeants, there are about [-] people in the civilian army at the head of the city, all of whom are traffickers and pawns, with less than [-] swords and guns, and less than [-] bows and arrows. There is a serious shortage of arrows, and morale is low. Dangerous." Su Lie said.

Qin Chao was taken aback for a moment. He thought that the situation might not be too good, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

Not even enough weapons, so what can so many people do on the city wall?
Seeing that Qin Chao was in a daze and the Turkic cavalry outside the city were getting closer, Su Lie hastily reminded: "Our army should keep the city wall intact. Then the whole city will be destroyed."

"Yes, try to keep the city wall intact." Qin Chao seemed to have caught something suddenly, repeated Su Lie's reminder, and then continued to order: "Send people to guard the city wall and stairs, and prohibit anyone from approaching. Beheaded. Announce to the whole army, those who are afraid of war, spread negative news, and disturb our army's morale, beheaded. Order people to quickly find weapons, agricultural tools, sticks, and make sure to have one. In addition, organize [-] strong men under the four sides of the city, has been needed."

"promise!"

There was nothing wrong with Qin Chao's order, and his consideration was very comprehensive. This also made Su Lie realize that Qin Chao just messed up his own way before, and Qin Chao, who is awake, is the general who can take on important responsibilities.

Su Lie did not despise Qin Chao because of this. When he went to the battlefield, he also had the same problem, but compared to Qin Chao now, he was far inferior.

Su Lie turned around and went to arrange manpower for the task that Qin Chao had arranged just now. Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianhu were the best candidates, and they each led ten soldiers away from the city wall.

The Turkic cavalry came in a flash, and the arrows coming and going made this battle a lot more worthy of its name.

Su Lie sat in the middle, commanding the entire battle without any confusion.

Arrows fell to the ground on both sides, but Turkic rockets rarely fell into the city.

When Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianhu left the city wall, Qin Chao told them to organize their manpower and stand by near the city wall. If they saw a rocket shoot in, they would send people to put it out immediately.

With a two-foot-high city wall as cover, it was not easy for the Turks to shoot rockets directly into the city.

In addition, Su Lie's battle experience is extremely rich. As early as when the Turks came into range, he ordered the whole army to throw fire, trying to prevent the Turkic cavalry from approaching as much as possible.

And at that distance, it is absolutely impossible for the Turkic bows and arrows to shoot into the city.

This is the advantage of the defensive side, and not only that, with the two-foot-high city wall as the backing, the defensive side must be stronger than the offensive side in terms of defense, and the range of bows and arrows is also far higher than the offensive side. As long as you stand high, you can shoot far.

The first wave of attack was not satisfactory. The Turkic people retreated hastily after leaving behind a hundred corpses. Only a few dozen of the defenders on the top of the city were injured by arrows.

Su Lie directly ordered people to pull out the arrows, simply bandage the wounds, and then asked these people to leave the city wall. How many people got down from the city wall, and how many spare people came up from below. After a fight, the city wall was only damaged. Just thousands of arrows.

Occasionally rockets fell into the city, but after a long journey, the rockets were at the end of their strength, and were quickly extinguished by the soldiers and civilians waiting below, and then the rockets were disposed of. If they were harmless, they were sent to the city wall and returned to the Turks.

"Hehe, the Turkic people are still nomads after all, and it is really hard for them to attack the city." Seeing the end of a wave of menacing battles, Qin Chao smiled pointedly and said sarcastically.

"That is to say, the Turkic people have identified the openings for our army. If they fight all the way, the dozens of cities along the way alone can consume the Turkic people to death." Su Lie agrees with Qin Chao's words.

I have never fought against Turkic people before, and I always thought Turkic people were awesome.

However, after today's battle, it was discovered that the Turks were nothing more than this. Whether it was a field battle or a fortified battle, the Turks performed only slightly better than the bandits. Such an enemy could reach the hinterland of Guanzhong, and it could only be found from the air. Reason.

"If you are the attacking side, what is the situation?" Qin Chao couldn't help being curious, how did the ancients attack the city?Could it really be as in the legend, it was all piled up by human life?

"There are many methods. Surround without attacking. Wait until the supply is exhausted. If you dare to go out of the city, you will be in my arms. Make ladders, carry strong crossbows, use ladders and crossbow bolts as supports, and climb the city wall. Or mobilize stone catapults , smashed several openings in the city wall, and the cavalry poured in one after another." Su Lie mentioned three methods, which are the three methods commonly used in siege warfare, and basically the only three methods available.

In fact, the ancients did not have any particularly good methods for attacking the city. If the city wall was tall, the defenders in the city were elite enough, and the supplies were sufficient, even if the enemy ten times their size kept besieging the city for a year, as long as the city wall was not damaged, the defenders would be able to defend themselves. If there are enough soldiers, it is absolutely impossible for the city to be lost.

There are two other methods, one is fire attack and the other is water attack, but these two methods are too cruel and have many conditions, so they are rarely used.

Qin Chao gave a thumbs up to Su Lie who didn't know why. He felt that he was wrong. He really overestimated the IQ of the ancients. The ancients really attacked the city like this...

(End of this chapter)