Chapter 154 White Bull
The military newspaper said that the Wolf-Tooth Army arrived at Talas City in the afternoon and besieged the city in the evening. At dusk, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and the crossbow arrows were like storms and rainstorms, which lasted for a long time. Until all the houses in the city turned into rubble, and ordinary soldiers were killed and injured. The Wolf-Tooth Army stopped the rain of arrows and began to attack the city.
The Wolf-Tooth Army relied on ferocious beasts and war horses. They galloped in front of the city walls, and the men and horses jumped up the city. The monks in the city walls stepped in groups to intercept. The Wolf-Tooth Army had long spears and iron hooves, and the momentum was extremely fierce. The monks of the Great Food could not fight, and the stars fell like rain. Although the defending monks, Hu Tu Wen and others tried their best to kill the enemy, they were quite captured, but were sniped by the Wolf-Tooth Army's cannon and hated them on the spot.
In just half an hour, the Wolf Tooth Army entered the city in large numbers. The defenders formed a formation to compete and relied on the large shield and spear to give the Wolf Tooth Army a considerable injury. However, because the city was already flat, the defenders were eventually broken through the formation by the ferocious beasts and war horses. Under the iron hooves, the defenders were killed and injured, so they could not fight.
Afterwards, the Wolf-fang army ran back and forth in the city. Those who entered the south gate came out from the north gate and those who entered the east gate came out from the west gate. In this way, the defenders in the city were trapped in death and could not extricate themselves.
It was day and night, and the bloody waves in the city were surging, mixed with blood-colored spiritual energy, dyeing the night sky red, and the fierce fighting and howling sounds spread a hundred miles away.
The sky was not clear and the battle was over. The city of Talas fell into the hands of the Wolf Tooth Army. The army guarded the city, but only thousands of people broke through and escaped westward. All the rest died and nearly 20,000 were killed or injured by the Wolf Tooth Army. Corpses were blocked inside and outside the city, and blood was flowing, and people could not move.
The first ray of morning light fell and suddenly appeared on the top of the city, and Li Ye looked solemn.
The Wolf Tooth Army's capture of Talas City was his breakthrough point for breaking the stalemate, but more than 10,000 casualties still made him heartbroken.
The Wolf Tooth Army's 100,000 soldiers are equivalent to the combat power of 200,000 Qi training monks. They attacked a city where only more than 100,000 Qi training monks were stationed. With proper tactics, clearing obstacles in advance, and having the advantage of military branches, the combat power of nearly 40,000 monks was still damaged.
The monks of the Crescent Moon Sect should not be underestimated.
However, after this war, the balance between the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi in the Black Khanate was completely broken. In the future, the Wolf Tooth Army could only drive straight in, and there would be no more army or city in front of them that could stop them.
This will trigger changes in the entire battle situation. The Dashi Army will be forced to retreat. Not only will the offense and defense be easy, their front line will also face a complete collapse. As for where to stabilize it, it depends on the attack speed of the Langya Army and the return speed of the Dashi Army.
The elite cavalry of the Wolf-fang army has the advantage of foot strength. Under normal circumstances, they will go deep into a very long distance. In this process, the Wolf-fang army can choose whether to cut off the Dashi army's back defense route according to the development of the situation, so that they have difficulty returning home and die in a foreign land.
No matter how the situation develops, as long as the Tang Dynasty does not make big mistakes, it will completely control the situation!
Of course, there is another prerequisite to achieve this goal, that is, the Tiger Guards in Hulun City cannot be defeated by Malen's Guards. Once the Tiger Guards end up like Xi Luchi's personal army, the Wolf-fang Army will not be able to rush westwards and must return to rescue the Yulin Army. At that time, the battle situation will undergo new changes.
A good situation will form a new balanced situation, while a bad situation will lead to a complete defeat of the Tang army.
Unlike Li Ye's relatively calm expression, Mallen's expression was very distorted, his whole face was wrinkled into a bun, and the anger in his eyes was no longer in the mood to hide it.
"What do you think Mullen will deal with it?" Li Maozhen asked Li Ye with great interest.
"Or withdraw troops immediately or give it a try." Li Ye took it for granted
Authentic, Mullen doesn't have many choices.
If Mullen chose to withdraw his troops, there would be 50,000 new forces as cover, and the Tiger Guards, which had been fighting fiercely for many days, could not pursue them, but it would be hard to say whether the retreat would be cut off by the Wolf Tooth Army.
If Mullen chooses to give it a try, he can turn the situation around as long as he defeats the Tiger Guards, but if he cannot defeat the Tiger Guards, his Guards will fall to death.
Neither choice is easy to make.
As Shangguan Qingcheng led the elite cavalry of the Wolf-fang Army, he quickly captured Talas overnight and almost wiped out Xi Luchi's personal army, the situation was already developing in a direction that was beneficial to the Tang Dynasty.
Before King Qi could speak, Malen had already made his choice.
The Dashi Guards came out of the camp and began to prepare for the offensive.
"Although the Tiger Guards are guarding the city, the city walls have too weak limits on Qi training cultivators. The Dashi Guards have an advantage in military strength. Although the casualties during the attacks during the days of siege are greater than those of the Tiger Guards, if they cooperate with the 50,000 soldiers to lose their lives, the Tiger Guards will be in a worrying situation."
Li Maozhen glanced at Li Ye, speaking seriously, but there was an excitement in her narrow and long eyes.
She knew very well that at this time, Hulun City and the entire battle situation had reached the final point of winning and losing, and it was time for her to play. "Whether to defend Hulun City will determine the direction of the war between Datang and Dashi."
Li Ye nodded and said nothing.
The situation is clearer.
It depends on who will win today.
The Dashi Guards began to take over the city.
They still have about 100,000 soldiers, more than 10,000 people, endless and boundless. One hundred thousand troops rushed forward. Anyone who saw them would be shocked.
It was a kind of fear similar to the face of a big river breaking and floods coming. The personal power was too small and could not control one's own destiny in such a situation.
King Qi looked eager to try and said with a look of eagerness, "The army of 300,000 qi training cultivators in the Tang Dynasty, but their actual combat power is far more than that. You should use it now, right? It's a pity that you have been fighting this war into a wise war, rather than a head-on battle. I feel regretful when I think about it."
The "intelligent war" mentioned by King Qi lies in the fact that the Tiger Guards showed weakness from the beginning.
He used 100,000 people to fight 150,000 people to lure the Dashi army to give up the advantage of defense and take the initiative to attack; and when the two armies were facing each other, they only used conventional combat power, which was the means that the Tang army had used before, and forced the Dashi Guards to attack Huluncheng even though their own losses were serious.
Mullen felt that his 50,000 new force could decide the outcome as long as he was put into the battlefield.
But for Li Ye, although the 50,000 spears did not appear, they were also openly power and must be considered during combat. If you do not have the confidence to defeat the opponent, the wisest choice is not to fight.
From the moment he learned that the Dashi Guards appeared in the Qihe River Basin, Li Ye issued a combat order to Zhao Polu and Chen Qinglin as in advance to show that they were weak. He dared to fight because he was not afraid of the 50,000 new forces entering the battlefield.
During these days, the Tang army seemed to be brave and fought with all their strength, but it was just to make Malen feel that victory was expected and to put all his strength into it, rather than return to the Dashi Country to defend.
If the Dashi Guards return to the country to defend, there will be benefits of local combat, the Tang army will undoubtedly be time-consuming and labor-intensive to attack cities. The opponent is a little more responsible, and the Tang army wants to capture Dashi. Let's talk less
It will also take years.
After years of war, the burden was too great, and it consumed too much on the Tang Dynasty's national strength. In this process, many unpredictable variables and risks gradually appeared, threatening the victory of the war.
What Li Ye wanted was to do his best to fight to the death with Mallen in the Qihe River Basin.
The opponent's guards were exhausted from fighting for a long time and could not retreat smoothly. Then, at the right time, try to wipe them out as much as possible.
As long as Malen lost his Guards, no matter how vast the territory of Dashi was, he would be allowed to gallop.
After all, with the foundation of the Tang Dynasty and the development of cultivation over the years, the reason why there are only 300,000 qi-training cultivators is that they cannot have more numbers, but that Li Ye made a choice to allocate the best combat power after weighing the pros and cons.
"The next battle is not as easy as you said. Although the Tiger Guards have the means to put the bottom of the box, the power of the True God of the Crescent Sect cannot be underestimated. Hu Luncheng is not allowed to support the city of Talas in two days. And this duel will take less than two days to decide the outcome."
Li Ye saw that the Dashi Guards had already begun to leap to the city and fought with the Tiger Guards, and his eyes turned to the wasteland in the northwest. A stream of yellow smoke had appeared at the end of his sight. It was conceivable that Mullen's 50,000 new force arrived.
"Zhao Polu, be prepared. Once Mallen's 50,000 troops are put into the battlefield, use the means of being in the bottom of the box according to the prior arrangement." Li Ye ordered Zhao Polu.
Zhao Polu took the order and left.
Just like the days before, the battle became extremely fierce at the beginning. The two armies fought inside and outside the city wall for a while. The Dashi Guards quickly attacked the city. The Tiger Guards relied on streets, alleys, houses and other terrain to defend, and the terrifying muffled sound of bows and crossbows came from time to time.
The ordinary heavy crossbow of the Wolf Tooth Army cannot break the round shield of the Dashi Guards, but the magic tool crossbow can be used. The crossbow formations of commanding heights are set up at various key intersections. Every time the roar sounds, the monks of the Dashi Guards will be penetrated, and the formations are dense, and even people will be strung into gourds.
Suddenly, over the city, the monks of the two armies were scattered and fought each other, and the rabbits rose and fell, and they refused to give in to each other, fighting hard. From time to time, some people vomited blood in the sky and fell into the city due to severe damage.
It would be fine if it fell into one's own military formation, but once it fell into the enemy military formation, it would be attacked by groups, and there was basically no possibility of taking off again.
Finally, the 50,000 new forces of the Dashi Guards attacked Hulun City from the North Gate.
They had been raising their energy for a long time, had abundant spiritual energy, complete armor, good condition, and the highest fighting spirit. As soon as they came into contact with the soldiers of the Tiger Guard, they attacked the Tiger Guard formation like tigers. Soon, they rushed out of the breakthrough, attacked the Tiger Guards' ranks, and rushed left and right.
The soldiers of the Tiger Guard fought hard, but after all, they were killed and retreated step by step because they were far less powerful than the other party.
Seeing that the defense area behind the northern city wall was mostly out of control by the Guards, at this time, behind the Tiger Guards array, a drum sounded with a special rhythm but heavy but thunderous sound.
Hearing the drums and knowing the orders, this is a necessary quality for soldiers. The soldiers of the Tiger Guard who fought against the new guards immediately fought and retreated under the orders of the general and the school, leaving the vast streets and alleys.
Just when these new forces thought the Tiger Guards could not resist them and could only be forced to retreat to defend the next line of defense, teams of strange vans suddenly rushed out at the end of the streets and alleys.
White cow.
In the momentum of the battle, people are worse than horses and horses are worse than chariots. The white cows in the Tiger Guard are not just used to transport soldiers.
Chapter completed!