Chapter 33: Reinforcements Arrival

The battle lasted for a whole day, and Moju didn't stop until it was dark.

Looking at the piles of corpses under the city, the Tang army was shocked. They were surprised by the abnormality of the Turks. In the past, when the Turks attacked the surrender city, the attacks behind would not come immediately, and even if they arrived, they would not be as fierce as they are today.

Today's Turkic soldiers seemed to be desperate for their lives, regardless of life and death, attacked the city one after another for a whole day. This is something that has never happened before. How could Zhang Su and the others not be surprised?

"General, what's wrong with the Turks? It seems that they are impatient." Some generals couldn't help it and had to ask.

These words were exactly what the generals thought, and they agreed in unison: "Yes, General!"

Zhang Su shook his head and sighed: "No matter what the reason is, the Turks are extremely tenacious today and deserve our respect! The siege is not their main strength, but they are willing to live and die and launch a tide-like offensive. As the saying goes, 'The coming is not good, and the good will not come', we should not look down on them as we used to, and we must take it seriously."

Since the construction of the Suicheng City, the Turks have come to attack for countless times, and they are not as brave and fearless as today. The generals have long lost their contempt and nodded, "Abide by the order!"

"You must rest well and nourish your spirits and have a good battle with the Turks tomorrow! The evil battle is still behind." Zhang Su reminded him and strode away.

The most terrifying enemy is not a well-equipped enemy, but a desperate enemy! Today's Turks are such enemies. Their actions that are not afraid of life and death can be said to be crazy, and no one dares to take it lightly. All the generals responded and made arrangements.

When Zhang returned to the mansion, he sat in a chair, thinking about it, but he couldn't understand why the Turkic army had such a big change. He didn't fall asleep until he became tired.

The next morning, after using the battle meal, the Zhangshou arrived at the city early. Not long after, the horns of the Turkic camp were connected, and the Turkic army drove out the camp one after another and began to attack the city.

Like yesterday, the Turks' attacks came one after another, without stopping, and they fought until dark before they stopped. After a day of fierce fighting, the Turks abandoned countless corpses, but still did not climb to the top of the city.

On the third day, there was still a bloody battle. Although countless corpses were abandoned two days ago, the Turks were still brave enough to attack, and the fierce battle was until noon. After Zhang Su calculated that reinforcements should have arrived.

The north is the strategic direction of the Tang Dynasty's key business operations. The police transmission here is very convenient. The beacon is ignited at a moment and can be seen hundreds of miles away. Even if the Tang army from the east and west cities did not come, the Tang army from other places should come.

Zhang Su looked into the distance, but saw nothing. He couldn't help but feel disappointed and muttered in his heart: "What the hell is Marshal Zhang doing? I'm fighting so fiercely, but he doesn't send a single soldier, which is amazing!"

Although Zhang Suo could not fully understand the deployment and mobilization of the Tang army, as the chief general of a city, he also knew a lot. He knew that since last winter, the court had been dispatching troops to the north. Now there are hundreds of thousands of Tang troops gathered in this area, which is a rare big move in recent years.

Zhang Shougui held heavy troops in his hand, but did not send one soldier or another, which was really amazing. Zhang Su thought about it for a long time and made up his mind in secret: "If he did not send troops, after the battle, I would write a letter to the emperor and reveal that he was respectful to his own troops!"

It’s not a big mistake for Zhang Su. Any general in his situation would think so.

In disappointment, Zhang Su continued to command the Tang army to defend the city. He fought until almost evening, when the Turkic rear team suddenly became in chaos. Zhang Su looked closely and saw a team of Tang army soldiers in the distance, rushing towards him in a row of battle formations.

"Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming!" The Tang army on the top of the city couldn't help but cheer.

The Tang army cheered, but Zhang Su was very disappointed because he found that the number of Tang soldiers was not large, almost one thousand people. Moju had 60,000 soldiers under the city. No matter how good the Tang army was fighting, a thousand reinforcements would be of no help. It would be impossible to let him not be disappointed.

The Tang army rushed over like lightning and penetrated the rear of the Turkic army. Then, a Turkic army wearing iron armor and holding a Damascus scimitar came up and stopped them.

Moju fought a war with the Tang Dynasty for a lifetime and was very familiar with the Tang army. He knew that the Tang army had strong mobility and had quick reinforcements. Once he started fighting here, the Tang Dynasty reinforcements would arrive within three days, so he had already deployed the reinforcements to fight.

This Turkic army is the elite that Mochuo has built this winter. The difference between them and ordinary Turkic army is that, first, they have to be strictly selected, tall, particularly powerful, courageous, and dare to fight, which is not inferior to the Dragon Martial Army of the Tang Dynasty.

Second, their equipment is extremely well-equipped, all with iron armor, Damascus scimitar, and the best war horses.

There were as many as 5,000 Damashan leather swords supported by Dashi, and 50,000 kilograms of tart iron. Mochu made all the tart irons into Damas scimitars, a total of 10,000 scimitars. Therefore, he equipped the most elite army of 10,000. In order to strengthen Moji's power, he specially allocated two thousand to Moji.

These two thousand elite soldiers are used to suppress the formation and will not be used until the critical moment. However, Moju has always had a wish, which is to fight with the Tang army and see how powerful it is. However, three days of fierce battles are all sieges and cannot join the battle. The arrival of this Tang army happened to give him a chance, and he transferred a thousand people to fight without hesitation.

Like Tubo, the Turks lacked iron, which largely limited the improvement of the combat power of the Turkish army. The iron needed by the Turks was mainly obtained through trade with the Tang Dynasty. However, the Tang Dynasty banned the export of iron. Although the Turks spent a lot of effort, the results were minimal.

It is precisely because of this that the Turkic army mainly used leather armor, and iron armor was only a dream for them.

The Turkic army wearing iron armor is very rare. When the Tang army saw it, they couldn't help but be stunned. They really didn't believe it. However, the Tang army is a Tang army after all, so whether you wear iron armor or leather armor, you can cut and kill it.

With a command, the Tang army shouted and rushed up with a horse spear. The two armies collided, and the Turks fell off their horses one after another. Moju saw it and slapped his forehead: "I just wanted to chop and kill, but I forgot the horse spear, and I forgot that the Tang army would charge before chop and kill! Not good, I will suffer a great loss!" He hurriedly ordered and transferred the other thousand people to the top.

After the horse spear passed, the Tang army waved its horizontal sword to fight with the Turkic army. It has to be admitted that after being protected by iron armor, the protection ability of the Turkic army was greatly improved, and the casualties were too small. If it were in the past, in this battle, the Turkic people suffered at least a hundred casualties, but now there are only about twenty people, which are only slightly larger than the Tang army.

Even if the Turkic army was wearing iron armor and using iron weapons, they were still no match for the Tang army, because the Tang army had a good organization. Although it was a hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers cooperated well and could reinforce each other. However, the Turkic army did not have this tacit understanding and relied on the ability of individual soldiers to fight to a greater extent.

In terms of individual fighting skills alone, the Turkic army is no worse than the Tang army. However, war is a competition of the whole, not a collision of personal strength. No matter how strong the individual ability is, it is useless if it cannot be transformed into overall strength.

The individual soldiers have strong combat capabilities but poor overall strength. This is a common problem among nomadic peoples because they lack organizational discipline. The Mongolians solved this problem well, so the Mongolian army swept across the Eurasian continent.

With one blow, the Tang army still had the upper hand and advanced a lot towards the city. Just when the Turkic army was unable to support it, another thousand Turkic elites arrived and then stabilized their positions. If they hadn't arrived in time, the previous thousand people would have retreated in a while.

"I don't believe it, I can't beat it if I have two thousand to one thousand!" Moju was very confident.

However, what he could not imagine was that the Tang army had no disadvantages at all, and had a slight advantage, advancing towards the city little by little.

"The combat power of the Tang people is really amazing! With the same equipment, we have twice the strength of the troops, and we barely tied. Why is this?" Mo Ju didn't understand the whole story at all.

The threat from the grassland has lasted for thousands of years. So many powerful nomadic peoples were defeated by China because of their lack of organization, which dispersed the power of the nomadic peoples. Only Genghis Khan truly built the nomadic peoples into an invincible whole.

This question is naturally not something Moju can understand. Seeing that the Tang army was about to rush to the city, Moju gave up the idea of ​​using only two thousand elite troops to kill and mobilized other Turkic troops to come for reinforcements.

The Turkic army, which was originally going to attack the city, came from the city, and then the Turkic army surrounded it. For a moment, this Tang army with a thousand people was trapped in a heavy siege. It was impossible to rush to the city.

Zhang was busy mobilizing the army to pick them up into the city, but Moju had already expected that he had deployed heavy troops to intercept them at the city gate. Looking at this situation, even if he went out of the city to welcome them, the two armies would have to pay a considerable price. In this situation, there was no way to do so, so he could only do so.

Zhang Suofei was on his horse and was about to lead his army out of the city. He saw the Tang generals pulling a hard bow, pointing an arrow at the city, and holding his fists and saying, "General Zhang, the situation is urgent, it is impossible to enter the city. Take care!"

Without waiting for Zhang Su to say anything, he led the Tang army to break through the siege.

Mo Ju hurriedly commanded the Turkic army to chase after him, and the two thousand elites were the ones who chased him the most. While he was chasing, the Tang army suddenly stopped, slightly rectified its formation, held a horse spear in his hand, and rushed up in a battle formation.

Two thousand elite soldiers were busy preparing to take on the battle, but in the face of the Tang army's attack, the formation was scattered. After a series of slashes and slashes, the Tang army withdrew from the battle and galloped away.

Moji led his army to chase after five miles but failed to catch up, and then gave up. After returning to the camp, two thousand elite soldiers suffered more than 300 casualties. If he had fought fiercely with the Tang army in the past, at least six or seven hundred casualties would have been killed or seven hundred. The effect of iron armor would be good. However, it was too few to equip the Turkic army in large quantities.

Besides, Zhang Su looked at the Tang army who broke through the siege and was surprised: "Are they here to reinforce? If you want reinforcements, you have to go to the city. Before I could pick them up, they retreated. What's the point?"

I have been looking forward to reinforcements. When the reinforcements arrive, they immediately retreat, and no one will be dissatisfied. At this moment, a general came over with an arrow and presented his hands and said, "General, they shot in."

When Zhang Suo saw that there was a letter tied to the arrow shaft, he moved his heart. He hurriedly took the letter and took it apart. When he saw it, his face changed drastically. He was so surprised that his chin hit the foot: "Is there such a thing? Why is this?"

After a look, if the letter had not been jointly signed by Zhang Shougui and Chen Wanrong, he would have believed that it was true. Zhang Shougui was the commander and Chen Wanrong was the military supervisor. Generally, only one person could sign it. The two of them signed it together to show the importance of this matter.

"General, what are you saying?" The generals saw his suspicion and were very curious.

The letter Zhang handed over, handed over the letter in his hand, and took it back halfway, pondering and saying, "Let me think about it before talking about it." Regardless of the general with a red face, he left alone.

That night, Zhang did everything and read the letter all night. He didn't fall asleep until the fourth hour.

Before the fierce battle the next day, Zhang Suo gave an order that shocked everyone: "Today, please be more at ease, don't fight too hard. Leave this corner to the Turks."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sound of surprise sounded: "General, why is this?"

"We can't beat them!"

"There is no reason to keep fighting without using force, so there is no such war."

Zhang Su shook his head and said in a daze: "This is the command of the Grand Marshal. I don't understand what mysterious they are making. Execute the order!" He took out the letter yesterday and handed it to a general.

The general took it and saw his eyes almost falling out. He angrily handed the letter to the next general.

There is only one sentence in the letter: "Leave a corner of the city for the Turks! If necessary, you can leave half of the city for the Turks!"

"We have always been unable to let the enemy enter the city. Once we enter the city, it is a big question whether we can defend it. Have you ever seen such a way to defend the city?" The generals asked each other, their eyes full of doubts, and they shook their heads to each other, sighing and not speaking.

The military orders of the Tang army are very smooth, and even if you don’t agree, they must be implemented. This is an important reason why the Tang army was able to win battles and create countless glory.

They disagree with this kind of order that violates common sense of military law. However, the signature in the letter was the joint signature of the commander-in-chief and the military supervisor of this battle, and it has an irreversible effect. No matter how great the degree of your disagreement is, it must be implemented, and the generals couldn't help but remain silent.

"General, even if we execute the order, we will leave a corner of the city for the Turks. If the Turks use this as a basis to attack the city, can we defend it?" A general took the lead in breaking the silence and asked a very realistic question.

Zhang Su nodded and said, "I thought about it for a night and I should be able to defend it. Don't talk about a corner of the city, even if we leave half of it for them, we can take it back. When we go to the city to fight, our strength is insufficient. In the city, that is our world!"

No one spoke, and the generals couldn't stop thinking, and finally agreed with his conclusion: "It's safe to defend. General, how can we execute this order?"

As soon as Zhang Suo summoned his hand, all the generals gathered together. Zhang Suo whispered, and all the generals nodded and said yes.

Mo Juda was excited today because his siege was effective. He had used war meals early, dressed up in an orderly manner, rode his horse out of the camp, and commanded the siege. With his order, the Turkic army rushed down the city like a few days ago.

The Turkic soldiers were very brave and climbed the city with the rain of arrows on the top of the city. The first wave, like the previous few days, still did not touch the city. Three waves of offensives were not effective. In the fourth wave, they finally made some progress, because several soldiers had already stepped onto the city. Although they shot a rain of arrows on the Tang army into hedgehogs, this was the first time they climbed to the city, which indicated that the Tang army's combat power had declined.

Not only Mo Ju was excited about Mo Ming, but even the Turkic soldiers were also motivated. They all shouted "Khan! Khan!" and rushed towards the city without hesitation.

After several rounds of fierce confrontations, hundreds of people in the Turkic army had already stepped onto the city. It was a great victory for hundreds of people to step onto the city. Just work harder to defeat the Tang army, gain a foothold on the city, and respond to the people behind to the city. Then this battle is not far from victory.

Moju didn't care about anything else, so he flew off the horse, waved his scimitar, rushed down the city, preparing to take on the arrows and stones to inspire morale. His personal soldiers were so panicked that they stopped desperately before giving up.

But the good times didn't last long. The Tang army counterattacked and killed hundreds of Turkic soldiers on the top of the city. Zhang Suo threw down a bloody head and laughed loudly, "Moju, you hear it clearly, no matter how many people you have, I will still kill them!"

"The situation on our way up the city is getting better and better, which means your strength is declining!" Mo Ju was very happy and ordered a death battle.

A bright prospect is the best to inspire morale. Without his order to fight to the death, the Turks would also desperately attack the city. When the sun sets, the Turks made considerable progress, and hundreds of people entered the city.

Now, it is the critical moment of siege. We cannot withdraw our troops just because it is dark. Moju ordered a night battle. The Turks fought torches and continued to attack the city in the rain of arrows. They fought until late at night. The Tang army counterattacked the entire line and cleaned up all the Turkic troops entering the city.

The city has lost its "base", and it is meaningless to attack again. Moju is ready to rest for a night and attack again tomorrow and order to withdraw his troops.

As Moju expected, the first few waves of the siege of the next day were not going well, and then it was better and better. After noon, two or three hundred soldiers broke into the city. Under Moju's supervision, Turkic soldiers rushed towards the city like a tide, and more and more people rushed to the city. When it was dark, there were almost a thousand Turkic soldiers entering the city.

One thousand people entered the city, which was the beginning of victory. Moju didn't care about anything else. He climbed up the ladder, entered the city, and commanded the expansion of the results of the battle.

Just as he entered the city, Zhang Suozheng ordered the generals: "Just leave this area to the Turks."

Although the orders of Zhang Shougui and Chen Wanrong are confused, Zhang So and others are clear that Zhang Shougui has experienced many battles and is a famous general in the army. Chen Wanrong has fought in Tubo, and Fei Junxing and other generals who participated in the war highly praised Chen Wanrong. Such orders that violated common sense of military law must have had some plans.
Chapter completed!