Chapter 60: Big Break Ha Catch (Part 1)

Outside the city of Samarkand, there were many generals in Hachazhi's tent, and three of them were particularly eye-catching. One was Gu Taibai who was defeated in Talas. In the battle of Talas, Gu Taibai's army was almost completely lost. Despite this, he was still the two assistants that Hachazhi trusted the most. Hachazhi's trust in him did not change at all, and the other was still the same.

The other is Mohammed, who is one of Hachat's two most trusted assistants and Hachat's nephew. This person inherited Hachat's advantages, and was also extremely tall, and it was particularly eye-catching when he stood there.

The third thing that is eye-catching is of course Hacha himself. This young teacher-made iron-fisted figure is as tall as Muhammad, nor as majestic as Gu Taibai, but his unique temperament.

Hacha just sat there, like a basin of beating flames, which could give people energy, warmth and activeness. Hacha just glanced at the generals, and it was very calm and his voice was not loud: "Although the Tang army surrounded us in the city, it was like a beast, and his teeth were still extremely sharp. We attacked many times. Are you very depressed?"

Since surrounding Geshuhan in Samarkand, the Dashi army has launched many siege battles and repelled the Tang army, which has a great blow to the morale of the Dashi army. After hearing this, the generals did not know how to answer and remained silent.

Hacha continued: "If you think there is no hope, then you are wrong. I am still full of confidence in defeating Samarkand!"

His tone was very calm, but he had a charm. When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but brow, their eyes became brighter, and they had confidence, and looked at Hacha.

This subtle change did not escape Hacha's eyes. He continued: "You have followed me for so many years, and you all know my character. I will not say anything I have not been sure about, let alone do it! Although the Tang army occupied Samarkand and had a strong defense, we also have an advantage. Gu Taibai, you said."

These generals were the loyal subordinates of Hacha. They followed Hacha and fought in battles, and had no complaints. They knew that Hacha would never do anything that was unsure. He said that if he had confidence, he would definitely have confidence. The generals were a little decadent, but now they were full of confidence, staring at Gu Taibai and waiting for his analysis.

"Yes, sir!" Gu Taibai responded and began to analyze: "The Tang army is indeed good at fighting, the most warlike army we have ever seen. Compared with the Persian army, one is in the sky and the other is underground. Even compared with the Byzantine army, they are still better. The Tang army is our strongest opponent and our luck. If a person is invincible in the world, he will be very lonely. We should be proud of having such a strong opponent!"

Gu Taibai is also a good speaker. His few words also aroused the generals' confidence, which was in sharp contrast with his frustration just now.

"The most important thing is that we should win the battle! Let the Tang army know that we can, but they can't!" Gu Taibai continued: "Our advantage lies in that, first, we have the advantage of military strength, they only have more than 100,000 troops, while our army in Samarkand has more than 300,000 troops, and we have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength. Second, although the city walls of Samarkand are solid and conducive to perseverance, the food and grass in the city will eventually be used up one day, and we only need to surround Samarkand, and they will never escape! Third, our reinforcements can come continuously, but the reinforcements of the Tang people are far away. Do I need to tell you the reason?"

Mohamed took over the conversation and said, "That's because we are close to us, and the Tang army is far away in the sky. If the Tang people want to obtain reinforcements, unless their reinforcements have wings and flew over!"

All the generals understood that these advantages were just a replay of the old tune. Even so, under the instigation of Hachazhi, the generals were still full of passion and confidence, and they were all willing to fight the Tang army to the death.

It is not about newness, but about its effectiveness. For Hacha, a person who is full of temptation, even a straw will have magical effects in his hands, which can arouse the fighting spirit of the generals, let alone a real advantage.

Hacha only has magical personal charm and is good at inspiring. In front of him, his subordinates could only obey orders, so how could they think of anything else? If someone could resist his personal charm, they would definitely think: Dashi surrounded the Tang army in the city of Samarkand for so long, why hasn't it succeeded yet? Dashi's army has so many advantages and has to seek help from a long siege battle. This is a failure in itself! a great failure.

Unfortunately, these generals have never thought so under the halo of Hachazhi for a long time.

I have to say that this is the magical place of Hachazhi!

The subordinates did not think about it, not that Hacha just didn't think about it. He knew very well that in a sense, he had failed. Hacha had only made every effort since he gave up his teaching profession and joined the army. No matter who it was, there was only a fate of failure in front of him. And this time, it seemed that his good luck had come to an end.

During the Iraqi border war, he left a deep impression on the Tang army's bravery and good fighting. The indomitable aura was the first experience he had in his life. He had to admit that the Tang army was the strongest opponent he had encountered, and even his most elite Peacock Army might not be able to gain advantage.

He led an army of 500,000 to meet the enemy, but in the end he was unable to fight back the Tang army of less than 150,000. If he hadn't had tens of thousands of elite peacock army in his hands, he really didn't know what the consequences would be. Even if he had a large number of peacock army, he would have just tied with the Tang army.

In order to suppress the Tang army, he had to use the last weapon "Greek Fire". If there were no Greek Fire, this battle would probably have been his failure.

Although the Tang army retreated, Hacha did not have the joy of victory, because the Tang army suffered very low casualties, but his casualties were very large. Hacha had to sigh: "This is the worst battle I have ever fought in my life!"

The matter was far from over. The Tang army retreated to Samarkand and stopped retreating. The reason was that he understood that the city of Samarkand had a large amount of food and grass, and the Tang army could have been able to defend for one or two years with its strong city walls.

A year or two later, the Tang Dynasty reinforcements would arrive no matter what. Later, the Turks were gone, and the Tang Dynasty could concentrate its troops and fight against the Great Food. Although the Tang Dynasty reinforcements would not come too much in a short period of time, they would advance westward in a year or two. By then, if he had not yet taken away the Tang army in Samarkand, he would face the dilemma of fighting on both sides.

Not to mention how many reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty would come, it would be enough for him to bear the tens of thousands of Tang troops in the city. Outside the city of Samarkand, Hacha only commanded the Dashi army to launch more than a hundred siege battles, and the results were the same. Not only did he end up failing, but he also left countless bodies, causing his army to suffer significant losses.

The losses of the army were not only what Hacha was most worried about, because he could make up for the losses. What worried him the most was that the combat power of the Tang army was still so strong. Whenever the Dashi army began to attack the city, the Tang army's arrows were shot overwhelmingly, and his army suffered major injuries before reaching the city wall. By the time he climbed the city, his combat power had been greatly reduced.

Many times, the Tang army left the city to launch a counterattack, and waves of offensives shocked him. If he hadn't relied on the Greek fire, the siege might have ended long ago, and of course it would have ended with his failure.

"If there was a good craftsman who could make the Greek fire erupt ten feet of flames, it would be great. It would be able to burn the city directly." Hacha had only thought about this problem countless times, but no craftsman could do it.

Greek fire, also known as Roman fire, is the name given to the Arabs. However, the Byzantines called wildfire, ocean fire, flowing fire, liquid flame, artificial fire, and fire of defense. For a long time, Greek fire was the top secret weapon of the Byzantine Empire.

Some people say that the reason why the Baying Empire existed for thousands of years was mainly two magic weapons, one was the strong capital Constantinople, and the other was the mysterious Greek fire. Indeed, the Greek fire brought victory to the Byzantine Empire many times and avoided the disaster of national destruction. Not to mention anything else, it was said that in the war with the Arab Empire, Arabia seized a large tract of territory of the Byzantine Empire, but could not defeat Constantinople.

What exactly is Greek fire? Until now, no one has given a prepared answer, and its recipe has long been lost. One thing that is certain is that in history, the Greek fire has indeed appeared, similar to the current "flamethrower", which can spray out very long flames.

Greek Fire was invented by a Syrian craftsman named Galinicos. Galinicos was a Christian and an architect in Syria. When he studied waterproof materials for construction, he had a deep understanding of chemistry, especially alchemy. After the rise of the Arab Empire, it expanded greatly, and the war quickly burned to Syria. At that time, Syria belonged to the Eastern Roman Empire. He was a devout Christian, so he naturally wanted to escape to Constantinople.

When he passed Asia Minor, he found that a black viscous substance could float on water and burn. In fact, this should be the oil produced in the Middle East. He had a sudden idea and wanted to make it a weapon, but with the knowledge he mastered, he actually achieved success.

There are many ways to use Greek fire, which can be used as jets or projections, and played an extremely important role in the battle of the Arab Empire's attack on Constantinople. The warships of the Great Food were basically burned to the Greek fire, and this battle caused the Navy of the Great Food Empire to be completely damaged.

The strange thing about Greek fire is that it burns wherever it is touched, and it will burn on the water surface, and it will become more violent. This is the key to the failure of the Dashi Navy.

After the Byzantine Empire obtained the recipe, only a few people knew the recipe as a top-secret weapon. That's it. After experiencing the loss of Greek fire, Dashi dug out his mind to get the recipe. After many efforts, he finally got what he wanted.

Similarly, the Dashi Empire also adopted very strict confidentiality measures, and only a few people could master the formula. The benefits of doing so, although they can be kept confidential, also make the Greek hot formula easily lost.

Until now, historians can only speculate on the recipe of Greek fire, but cannot find strong evidence. It is speculated that Greek fire is composed of oil, quicklime, sulfur or naphtha, saltpeter, and sulfur.

It is generally believed that the launching device of Greek fire probably includes an essential component such as oil tanks, manual air pumps, conduits, pipe port lighters, etc. The function of manual air pump is very critical because it is the power source for injecting Greek fire. Before injecting, the Greek fire is first heated and pressurized, so that after the valve is opened, it will surge out. The fire mechanism at the injector pipe port will ignite passing liquid at any time, and the final discharge of flame will be fire.

These are just speculations and still leave many loopholes.

Hacha not only had Greek fire, but also had a large number. Otherwise, he would have been useless in front of the Tang army.

Despite this, Hacha still couldn't get any advantage. After many failed sieges, he could only adopt the strategy of besieging the city.

Hachazer's other concern was that the walls of Samarkand were tall and strong, and abundantly stored. Why did Samarkand have such abundant storage? This has to start with the establishment of Samarkand.

The meaning of Samarkand is "fertile land", so you can imagine the fertility here.

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With the opening of the Silk Road, Samarkand became a hub city on the Silk Road, occupying an extremely important position, and its wealth became even more abundant. The location, population and reserves here are first-class, and the food and grass in the city are sufficient for the Tang army to eat. There is no problem in sticking to it for one or two years.

By the way, Samarkand is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, and later the capital of the Timur Empire was here.

It is precisely because Samarkand's strategic position is extremely important that Gu Taibai spared no effort to put all the treasures he collected here when he was running this place. After Henglus' defeat, Gu Taibai had no time to transport them away, so the Tang army followed him. The wealth that Gu Taibai had painstakingly accumulated has now become the treasure of the Tang army. This is "investing the enemy with food", and Hacha is always angry whenever he thinks of it.

"Send the order and start siege!" Although Hacha set his strategy as a long-term siege, it would not hinder the siege.

His subordinates never discounted his orders and acted according to their orders.

Not long after, the Dashi army drove out the camp and came to the city of Samarkand, preparing to attack.

Hacha just came to the high place as usual and directed the siege. Behind him was his personal guards, all of whom were tall and thorny, as if they had endless power. They were wearing iron armor and Damascus swords on their waists, and were majestic.

Not far away, the Peacock Army lined up in an orderly battle formation, ready to give the Tang Army a head-on attack at any time.

The Peacock Army is the core force of Hachazhi and cannot be used at will. However, since the battle with the Tang army, Hachazhi's Peacock Army has been deployed frequently, because other Dashi troops are difficult to compete with the Tang army.

Armor is a major weakness of the Dashi Army. Only the Peacock Army has all iron armor, good protection ability and can compete with the Tang army. Even if it encounters the Dragon Martial Army of the Tang Dynasty, it is not necessarily a disadvantage. It is precisely because of this that Hacha only dispatched the Peacock Army and repeatedly reversed the decline.

Today, when siege the city, Hacha naturally wanted the Peacock Army to be prepared to fight. It can be said that Hacha is now extremely dependent on the Peacock Army, and he has never relied so much on the Peacock Army in his life.

This is the case, and there is nothing we can do about it!

The Peacock Army is tall, well-equipped, well-trained, neatly formed, and as powerful as a rainbow. Compared with other Dashi armies, it is a standout and unsatisfied group.

The forefront of the Dashi army was the siege troops, and after them a team of troops wrapped in steel was particularly conspicuous. This was Hachazhi's "trump card" and the fire-breathing soldiers using Greek fire.

Greek fire is too precious and powerful, and Hacha only cherishes it very much. His formations are very different, one fire spitting soldiers and the other shields are intersecting. The shields used by the shield player are made of stainless steel. Although they are heavy, their protection ability is excellent and they are not afraid of any arrows.

The shield player's duty is to move the shield and protect the fire spitting soldiers. Although the power of Greek fire is great, it can only spray about two meters after all, and it must be close to it to exert its power. To reach such a distance, you will inevitably be hit by the enemy's arrows. Without good protection, you will not be able to do so.

As soon as the fire spearman moved, the shield hand in front arranged the shields into an iron wall, and the shield hand behind held the shields on his head. The shields on each side were connected, which was tantamount to a moving iron wall.

It is precisely because of this that the powerful crossbow formation of the Tang army had no choice but to use the fire spitting soldiers. If their shields were made of wooden, the fire spitting soldiers would have killed and injured the powerful crossbow formation of the Tang army.

With good protection, the fire-breathing soldiers attacked the city gate many times, but because the city gate was made of fine steel and was not afraid of fire attack, they did not break through Samarkand.

The reason why Hacha sent fire-breathing soldiers was to welcome the Tang army who had left the city. Since siege, the Tang army has been going out of the city from time to time to attack the Dashi army. It was precisely because of the existence of Greek fire that the Tang army drove back to the city.

This time, Hacha is no exception. The two major forces of the Fire Spitfire and the Peacock Army are necessary.

"Tell the troops, old ways! Shoot with crossbows when you are away, and use rolling wood to beat stones when you are close. If the Greek fire reaches the city, smash it with stones!" Geshuhan stood on the top of the city, looked at the Dashi army rushing down the city like a tide, and gave a decisive order.

The Tang army's crossbow formation had no choice but to use fire-breathing soldiers. When they arrived at the city, they smashed it with stones. The effect was amazing.

The Tang army's crossbows were shot at the Dashi army with overwhelming crossbows. After the attack of the arrow rain, there were many corpses under the city. By the time the Dashi army rushed to the city, the formation was already messy and the combat power was greatly damaged.

Despite this, with Hacha alone, the Dashi army would have the confidence and courage to attack. For them, Hacha was just an undefeated myth, and was the hero in their hearts. If he wanted to fight, the soldiers would fight unswervingly.

The Tang army's attack was extremely sharp, and the Tang army was indestructible in defending the city. Although the Dashi army fought bravely and continued, no one retreated, and still could not attack the city.

The battle was fought until the evening, and the Dashi army left countless corpses, and the corpses under the city were piled up one after another. I don’t know how many of them were.

Geshuhan was looking at the formation of the Dashi Army, and Tian Renwan's excited voice came: "What is that? A large area of ​​darkness!"

Geshuhan looked into the distance and saw smooth water lines rushing towards the back of the Dashi Army!
Chapter completed!