Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Denal's expression changed and he said, "Emperor Liang wants to go west? And he wants to completely conquer Sasan?"

Simmons nodded and said: "That's right, the emperor believed that the Mesopotamia occupied by Sasanian is the recognized center of the world from Congling to Gaul Phoenicia, and his Chang'an Luoyang is only recognized by people east of Congling. If he wants to be the real lord of the world, he must capture Taixifeng in the Mesopotamia."

When Denard bowed his head and pondered, Simmons shouted loudly again: "But Xizheng is as short as a year and a half, and as long as two or three years. I am worried that you will marry Miss Denard to someone else while I am away. So I have prepared a dowry gift for engagement, and I want to make this marriage a success first, and then I will marry Miss Denard back after I become famous. The dowry gift includes 1000 taels of gold, [-] top-quality pearls, and agate..." The money-greedy Denar heard With such a generous dowry gift, he was immediately moved.

Miss Denard on the side also muttered: "Father, don't make things difficult for others..." Finally, the manager of the manor whispered in Denard's ear: "Master, this Simmons not only brought a dowry, look, He also brought dozens of soldiers and horses. Compared with our soldiers, his soldiers and horses can be compared with our soldiers. Although the Sassanid soldiers left just now, there is no guarantee that they will not turn around and attack my castle after eating and drinking. The little ones think that they can come in first, at least..."

Before he could finish his words, Denard made up his mind, and hurriedly said: "Quickly open the city gate and let my future son-in-law in!"

The south gate of Crescent Fort opened with a bang, and Simmons entered Crescent Fort in a neat line with fifty spearmen, twenty heavy cavalry, and several large carts of bride price.

At the same time, on the northwest side of Crescent Fortress, under the shadow of a sand dune about five or six times high, Kossack and his hundred Sassanid cavalrymen had already eaten and drank enough, and then fed their war horses with hay.

Kosak stood up and said: "Brothers, are you full? Now let's go to take the castle."

Seeing that the soldiers were still a bit demoralized, he encouraged them and said: "During the conversation with the owner of the castle, I found out that he is a cowardly coward, and the soldiers in the city must be vulnerable. Don't worry, everyone. The defenders in this castle are not like the Guishuang soldiers we just came into contact with. They will be defeated at the first touch, and they cannot withstand the best attack of our hundreds of cavalry. If we can deceive their city, we will not have to pay any price."

Finally, he encouraged again: "Cheer me up, as long as we work hard. Tonight we don't have to sleep in the wilderness anymore, and there are women to warm the bed."

Only then did the Cossack soldiers shout happily in unison.Then the hundred and ten riders lined up and rode their horses to gallop.In the billowing sand and dust, crossing the sand dunes appeared again in the sight of the defenders of Crescent Castle.

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Denard was in his mansion, checking several large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry one by one, his eyes narrowed into slits while smiling.And Simmons and Miss Denard were chatting about me in the flower-filled courtyard.At this moment, the manager rushed in in a panic and said, "Master...Master, the Sasanian army has really returned!"

With a clang, a gold ingot in Denal's hand fell to the ground...

Chapter 829 Fierce Battle at Crescent Castle

Simmons, who was chatting with Miss Denard in the garden, heard the movement in the room, and hurried in to ask what happened.

Before Denard could speak, the manager of the manor told the whole story.Simmons sneered and said, "It's just the stragglers of a hundred Sassanians. Don't worry about Lord Denard. I'll lead the troops out of the city to wipe them out."

Denard hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, this is too risky." Simmons said with a smile, "Don't worry, Mr. Xihou, I can't lose. You don't even need to send a single soldier."

"Hey, it's not that I don't believe that you can wipe out these Sassanians. I'm worried that you will kill them. They still have a large army behind them. How should we deal with them at that time. Although the emperor of Liang Kingdom is determined to go west Zheng, but isn’t their large force yet to come? We can’t afford this short-term loss.”

Denard hurriedly finished his explanation, then paused and said: "We still need to make excuses to them, and delaying our troops is the best policy. It's useless to talk here, let's go to the top of the city to see what these Sassanids think. What are you doing?"

Not long after, several people went to the top of the city surrounded by soldiers.As soon as Kosak saw Denard coming out, he said without waiting for the other party to speak: "Before, I haven't asked the Lord Xihou of this castle what to call him."

"To tell you the truth, I am the Lord Xihou of this Crescent Oasis. My name is Denar, and I dare to ask the general what to call him. I didn't agree before, you go and get the seals that can prove your identity, and my Crescent Oasis will Have you been sent down? Why did you come back so soon."

Kosak laughed loudly and said, "I won't hide it from Mr. Xihou, I am Kosak."

"What, you are Cossack!" Denard blurted out with his mouth wide open in surprise.In recent times, the name Kosak has frequently appeared in letters exchanged by Guishuang nobles.Even in such a remote place as the Crescent Oasis, Denard had heard of it.

"Yes, I am Kossack. In fact, we are not lost with the army. Sassan's five thousand cavalry are stationed twenty miles to the northwest, and they should be heading here now. I was just here for a test. Are you hostile to us Sasan? If you were an enemy from the bottom of your heart, you would launch a surprise attack when you saw us hungry and thirsty just now. Fortunately, you have withstood the test, otherwise you will face disaster."

When Denard heard what he said, he was already stunned.Kosak changed the subject and said again: "Don't you want to prove the token of our Sasanian army? I have an official royal amulet with my name engraved here. You can see it when you take it." After finishing Kosak He lifted up a gem-carved seal.

With a wave of Denard's hand, someone dropped a hanging basket under the city wall.One of Denard's personal attendants rode forward and put the seal of Cossack into the hanging basket.Denal took a second look at the agate seal and was sure it was real.In fact, he knew it was true without looking, because there were no so-called sand bandits nearby, so they must be the Sasanian army.And how dare ordinary low-level Sasanian generals pretend to be their lords to negotiate privately with an enemy lord in the future?

When Denard was hesitating on how to respond, Kosak shouted again: "Verified, quickly open the city gate. After we complete the handover procedure and ceremony, you and your people will officially become our Sasanian subjects , will not be attacked and killed by my Sasanian cavalry again. Then I will return with my soldiers and horses, and guarantee that Qiu will not commit any crime."

Although there was no intimidation in the content of his words, the tone was full of threats.The impression given to Denard is that if he is not allowed to enter the city, he will immediately launch an attack on Crescent Fortress.The steward whispered in Denard's ear: "My lord, don't believe what he says. Once he enters the city, he might be able to do something."

Simmons on the side sneered and said: "No, Master Denard, you can let them enter the city. If they really leave as quickly as he said, we will ignore them for the time being and wait for Daliang's army to arrive. Ruo Wan As soon as he has any schemes or mistakes, I will kill them immediately."

Denard thought so too, what Simmons said was a way to have both.If your strategy of slowing down the army can succeed, then continue.On the contrary, let Simmons behead the opponent. Anyway, the opponent is going to use a knife. Who cares whether there are really five thousand Sasanian cavalry behind him.

Thinking of this, he immediately shouted to Cossack under the city: "General Cossack, wait a moment, I will ask the soldiers to open the door for you." At the same time, Simmons had already walked down the wall quickly. arranged.

Kosak was secretly happy, knowing that he was about to succeed in fraudulently opening the city gate.But after a while, when he was getting impatient, the gate of Crescent Fort opened with a creak.Kosak quickly waved his hand and said: "Command, enter the city." Then he whispered: "After entering the city, listen to my orders. When you do it, you must be surprised, and kill the vital people and all the people with weapons. !"

Kosak stepped forward and approached Crescent Fort step by step.When he entered the city gate, he found Denard leading a group of soldiers standing on the main street to meet him.He was still nearly ten battles away from Denard, and the other party shouted: "Please dismount the respected general Kosak and come to my government office to have a talk."

Kosak did not answer, and continued to ride his horse towards the opponent, and the speed became faster and faster, and finally he whipped the horse.The same is true for the cavalry behind him.More than a hundred riders galloped on the road paved with granite strips, and their momentum was extremely huge.Hundreds of lances were also raised.

Denal's face suddenly changed color, and the opponent rushed over, and the bones of him and the soldiers under his command behind him would be mixed into a ball of meat and spread on the road.Fortunately, he was prepared enough and yelled, "Run!"

In an instant, Denard and a group of people around him disappeared from Cossack's sight, and the people behind him ran back like flying.It turned out that Denard and his cronies deliberately stood at the intersection of the side alley and the main street, as long as they moved a few steps to the side, they could avoid the impact of the Sasanian cavalry.

Kossack saw the target disappear, but it was impossible to turn his horse's head and rush into the side alley to pursue Denard, so he could only charge forward with his horse.The same is true for the Sasanian cavalry following behind.After they stabbed seven or eight of Denard's soldiers with lances, they found that there was no one on the street.In front of him was the Denard mansion with the gate closed and the high wall standing tall.

But at this moment, their horses had slowed down, and they turned their heads to chase the fleeing Denard.Unexpectedly, as soon as they turned their horses around, they found densely packed soldiers behind them.

In fact, there were not many people on the other side, only about 50 people, but they blocked the street that was only three battles wide.The spears stood erect like a forest.Needless to say, that's exactly what Simmons brings with him to the Lancers.

Chapter 830 Motives for Raiding Around

It was only then that Kosak realized that others had already prepared for it.Looking at the pikemen in front of them, they were far stronger than the Guishuang soldiers they had seen in the past, both in terms of equipment and mental outlook.

There was a drum in his heart, and he already regretted entering the city so hastily.Now that things have come to an end, we can only fight with all our might, and maybe we can turn the situation around.

He pointed the spear in his hand to the air and said, "Come on!" The dozen or so riders who were originally behind the team, but are now in front of the team, galloped again.Worthy of being Sasanian's elite cavalry, they transformed into a small conical formation in a short distance of a hundred steps.The rest of the Sasanian warriors, including Kossack, jogged along with them, and only waited for the small awl to penetrate the opponent's long spear array before crushing them with iron hooves.

At the same time, Simmons's fifty spearmen dropped their spears in unison amid the sound of orders, and erected a spear wall composed of densely packed spears across the street.

The leader of the conical cavalry formation was a centurion, and he danced his lance frantically, successfully opening a gap in the forest of spears.Although when his horse rushed into the gap, five or six spear blades appeared in front of him.In an instant, it plunged into the body of him and his mount.Those long spears were bent like bows under the impact of the horses, but the rear ends of these long spears were stuck on the ground, so they did not cause any harm to the spearmen.

The horse rolled and fell to the ground amidst the mournful cry, and the centurion, who was already dead, was completely pierced by the gun.The warrior behind him couldn't dodge enough to trip over the dead horse in front and rolled to the ground.The man on the saddle flew up and landed behind the spear array, his head hit the stone, his brain burst and died.The horse of another Sassanian cavalry behind him directly hit the buttocks of the lost horse in front, and the rider also flew out, hitting a spear blade head-on.

The war cavalry on both sides of the miniature conical cavalry formed a similar fate.In the blink of an eye, there were only three or four riders left among the ten or so riders. They did not dare to charge forward and hurriedly drove their horses back.Kosak lost his mind for a moment, but the fifty commanders marched forward with their guns chanted.The speed is not fast, but the forest of spears and spears that are as long as two battles seems to be overwhelming.

Kosak's mind was blank for a few short breaths.But he immediately regained his composure and made a decision.He shouted loudly: "Go around to the rear of them from the side streets and alleys on both sides." Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of horseshoes rushing forward again. There was a wailing sound, followed by a violent impact on the body.

Kosak hurriedly turned around to look, but saw a heavy cavalry galloping past behind him, but it was not his own cavalry.Many of the cavalry behind him were killed by these cavalry horizontally, some fell off their horses when they were stabbed by cavalry spears, and some fell to the ground after being directly hit, and then were trampled to pieces.

Kossack reacted faster than his cavalry, straightened his lance and charged at the cavalry galloping past.But he heard the sound of shouting in unison, and at the same time his mount let out a mournful cry, and then his rear hooves leaped high, throwing himself off the horse.Just as Kossack was about to stand up, a horse passed by his side, crushing his thigh with a bang.Cossack endured the severe pain and wanted to straighten his upper body, but the blades of the two long spears pierced into his shoulder sockets and upper arms again.His eyes went black from the pain, and the moment he passed out, he vaguely heard someone shouting in his ears: "Whoever wants to live, let him live!"

At the same time, a large number of crossbowmen under Denard climbed to the roof and other commanding heights, and shot at the Sasanian cavalry. Although these arrows could not penetrate the heavy armor of the Sassanian cavalry, they could not withstand the dense concentration of arrows. .They still shot many Sassanid cavalrymen in the faces and throats.

The pikemen continued to advance side by side, sweeping forward like an iron broom.The remaining Sasanian war cavalry were forced to retreat. They tried to escape from the side streets and alleys, but as soon as they entered the streets and alleys, the Guishuang soldiers who had been guarding there for a long time immediately set up to resist horses. Greet them.And Simmons led the iron cavalry to continue to shuttle and attack in the streets and alleys.

The number of Sassanian cavalry became less and less as the battle progressed. In the end, the remaining [-] or [-] cavalry were pushed to the front of the mansion wall by the spear array and huddled together.After being stabbed by Simmons' mercenaries in turn, they fell in a pool of blood one after another screaming.The last seven or eight Sasanian cavalrymen had completely collapsed. They dropped their weapons and jumped off their horses.Obviously begging for surrender.

Kosak woke up again in severe pain. He felt that he was floating, and finally realized that he was suspended in mid-air.As soon as he kicked his legs and stretched out his hands, he realized that his hands and feet were gone, and his face suddenly turned pale.

There were a few laughs from below, and when I looked down, I realized that Denard and a few people were looking up at him.Denard said: "Kosak, you didn't expect it. I was tricked by Lao Tzu instead of plotting against me. He also lied that there is an army behind you. You treat Lao Tzu as a pig, and you can take the risk of taking these hundred horses into the city with soldiers. Is this Lao Tzu the kind of person who would betray the Liang court so easily, forsaking righteousness for profit, greedy for life and afraid of death?"

In fact, this was Denard's bragging. How could he guess that Kosak must be cheating at first?He learned the truth only after torture and interrogation of the rest of the captives.

Kosak said bitterly: "If you want to kill or slice, it's up to you. Give me a good time."

Simmons sneered and said: "Of course you will die, but not now. That's why I asked the medical officer to amputate your limbs to prevent your wounds from festering and dying. We will wait until the imperial army is gathered and we will attack you Sassanid." , and then kill you to sacrifice the flag!"

Denard rolled his eyes, took Simmons' words and said to Cossack: "Do you want to die or live? If you want to die, there are many ways to die. You can choose from different ways. I can kill you with one blow." I will give you a good time, and even leave a whole body. I can also cut you alive to eliminate the hatred of the people of Guishuang!"

Kosak was startled, but he still said stubbornly: "Denar, what do you want? You tortured me to death, my king will avenge me, and I will give you back and your family a hundred times."

Denal rubbed his nose and said, "Don't be stubborn, you won't have so much nonsense when you see my methods. I just want to know, what is the real motive for you to come to our place to plunder? It's not just for robbing Looting and plundering? If it is to delay the Liang army’s westward expedition, it is even more impossible. Because this will only speed up the assembly of the Liang army.”

After Kosak heard this, his eyes were slightly closed, and he ignored Denard.Denal snapped his fingers, and walked up to several burly men who were shirtless, holding a Sasanian prisoner.Then the shrill screams could be heard from almost any corner in Crescent Fort.Miss Denard in the boudoir covered her ears in shock.

Chapter 831

In the Crescent Fort, Kosack's fine hairs exploded one by one, and his body with severed limbs trembled slightly in mid-air.In front of him was a bloody, skinless corpse that had just died.It was only then that he realized that the flaying that Denal said was not an exaggeration, it was really a person's skin that was peeled off.Even though he had experienced hundreds of battles and seen countless bloody scenes, he had never seen such a terrifying scene.Even Simmons, who was there at the beginning, slipped out of the scene.

When a Crescent Fort skinner came to him with a skinning knife in his hand, Kosac's will immediately collapsed, and he muttered, "Don't skin me, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything."

Denal waved his hand to make the skinner retreat, and said with a sneer, "Then tell me why you came to Guishuang's hinterland to harass you."

When Kosak finished speaking, Denard showed joy on his face.He hurriedly found Simmons, and said to the latter: "Boy, listen, you can make a great contribution to the Daliang court this time. It will definitely be useful to your future future."

Simmons asked puzzledly, "Yue Zhang, what can I do for you? I don't bring many soldiers here now, so how can I contribute to Daliang?"

Denard went on to say: "Hey. You don't need to send troops to fight, you just need to send a message to the nearby Liang army. Tell them what we captured Cossack and why they raided everywhere, and it will be established. Great job."

Denard then repeated what Kosak had confessed.It was only then that Simmons knew that the original purpose of Cossack's tossing around the Indus River Basin was to contain the troops of Xihekou and Heihubao Liang Army, so that they would not dare to launch a rash attack on Suguan.Because at this time, not only Suguan, but even Gedrosia province did not have many troops.Most of the standing soldiers in the entire province were transferred to attack the Liang army on the right bank of the Amu Darya River in North Guishuang.

This is quite valuable information. If Liang Jun can get this news as soon as possible, one can take advantage of it and recapture Suguan at a very small cost, and even invade the Gedrosia province on a large scale.The second is to make the Liang army stationed in the Amu Darya River Basin in North Guishuang vigilant and prepared.

Simmons immediately said to Denard: "There is no delay, we must notify Liang Jun of this matter immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier from Crescent Fort came to report that there was a group of messengers from the Liang army outside the city asking to see him.It turned out that Liang Jun finally found the traces of Cossack and judged that they were fleeing towards the Thar Desert, so he sent multiple messengers to contact the lords of Guishuang Xihou between the Indus River Valley and the Thar Desert.

When Simmons heard the news, he said happily: "They came at the right time."

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On the left bank of the Amu Darya River, Lanshi City.The Sassanian army surrounded the city in darkness on three sides, only the side near the Amu Darya River, because the Sassanian army did not have warships.This army of tens of thousands of troops was naturally brought by Sulehar, the governor of the three eastern provinces of Sassanid.In fact, the total strength of the soldiers and horses he transferred this time is more than [-], and the remaining [-] will be deployed along the Amu Darya River, all the way to wipe out the small Liang army and pro-Liang forces along the Amu Darya River, and deploy along the Amu Darya River Build a stronger line of defense.

Although the Sasanian Empire and its predecessor, the Parthian Empire, never agreed on a border with Daliang.However, the traditional boundary between the resting place and the former place of North Guishuang is along the western edge of the Amu Darya River Basin.After Daliang occupied and controlled Guishuang, the Anxi Kingdom also took the opportunity to expand eastward, occupying part of the left bank of Amu.But now, except for Lanshi City, the Liang Army on the left bank and the forces pro-Liang Army have all been driven across the river, and the Amu Darya River has become the actual boundary.

At this time, Sulehar stretched out his fist and raised his thumb, then turned around, pointed his thumb towards the ground, and calmly said two words: "Attack!"

The sound of the horn followed, and hundreds of counterweight trebuchets began to swing, continuously throwing boulders weighing nearly a hundred catties.

In addition to the counterweight trebuchet, there is also that kind of crude human trebuchet.Guishuang peasants captured by the Sasanian army, prisoners of war, and some surrendered soldiers of Guishuang Xihou who surrendered to Sassanian manipulated it.A group of 30 people shouted the chant in unison, and all pulled down the catapult arm.Throw tens of catties of boulders.

In Lan's City, there are only two thousand Liang Army infantry left by Guan Yu, and hundreds of Liang Army's defeated soldiers who retreated into Lan's City from other strongholds.At this moment, a small number of them are monitoring the enemy's situation through the lookout of the battlement wall at the head of the city, and the rest of them hold their swords, guns, shields and bows tightly, crouching under the stairs.

In addition, Lan's City is different from the cities in the Central Plains. There are towers seven or eight battles high at the four corners of the city wall.More than a dozen archers of Army Commander Liang are hiding in these commanding heights, waiting for the opportunity to shoot precisely at the enemy.

After the boulder hit the stone city wall, it made a deafening noise. Even the soldiers who were not on the wall but in the city could feel the ground trembling.Not to mention the longbowmen in the tower.

Not far from Sulehar was a counterweight trebuchet. The throwing arm was pulled up heavily by more than a dozen tons of trolley stone bags. Draw an arc in the sky and fly towards the city wall.There was a loud bang, and the boulder just hit the corner of a pile of walls.A corner of the stacking wall was instantly shattered.A Liang Bing who was watching through the observation hole behind the pile of walls let out a cry of pain, and squatted down covering his blood-stained eyes.It turned out that a gravel splashed into his eye socket.

The trebuchet was restored to its original shape, and the Sasanian soldiers were busy loading the next round of boulders into it.At this moment, Sulehar found that several soldiers who were on the stone fell down one after another, and all of them were pierced by a thick arrow without exception.

When Sulehar's heart froze, he heard a whistling sound in his ears, and then a soldier next to him seemed to be pushed by someone, and fell backwards on his back, with a stab in his chest. With a heavy arrow.

"Boss, be careful!", "The enemy army has sharp archers in the tower!" Sulehar's personal guards yelled and surrounded him, and retreated quickly.

In the tall tower at the corner of the city, a longbowman sighed repeatedly: "It's a pity." He almost killed the enemy general Sulehar, but it was a pity that he shot the arrow.A boulder hit the city wall near the high tower, and he, who lived on a high place, suddenly felt the floor shake violently, and the arrow was deflected by a foot, allowing Sulehar to escape the scythe of death fortunately.

When he drew the next arrow, there was another loud roar, and the tower shook even more than before.This time the boulder hit the tower directly.Suddenly he found a fist-wide crack in the wall of the tower.He hastily exclaimed: "It's not good that the tower is about to collapse, brothers, retreat quickly! Withdraw quickly!"

Chapter 832

Under the Lan's city, Sulehar, who was almost dying just now, regained his composure and continued to observe the Lan's city which was bombarded by his own catapult.In more than an hour, [-]% of the battlements on the three sides of the city were destroyed, turning into small piles of ruins piled up on the top of the city and rubble that fell to the foot of the city.In addition to these few towers, there is only the last one that is crumbling.

Sulehar calculated in his mind that it would take at least three or four hours to completely knock down the city wall, and it would be dark by then.He didn't want to wait any longer, and saw that the basic line of the city was flattened by the catapult, and all the traps should be destroyed.So he waved his hand directly and said, "Siege the city."

The Sassanid army, which had already lined up on three sides, rushed towards Lan's City like a tide.It was the Guishuang soldiers on the left bank of the Amu Darya who surrendered to Sasanian who fought in the front line.They carried the ladder to the city and rushed to the forefront.The Sasanian infantry followed closely behind, followed by hundreds of Syrian archers.

When the Guishuang cannon fodder erected the ladder, the rolling wood and the rocking stone arrived as scheduled.Just not as much as Sulekhar expected.It seems that there are fewer defenders at the top of the city than he imagined.The Syrian archers fired random arrows, and immediately shot and killed many Liang soldiers who were throwing rolling wood and rocks down the city.Because there is no cover of the wall, as long as Liang Bing appears on the edge of the city, it is easy to expose himself to being shot and killed by the opponent's crossbow.Therefore, after Liang Jun was suppressed by these enemy archers, he never showed up on the top of the city.

The Sasanian sword and shield infantry seized the opportunity, carried the shield scimitar on their backs, and quickly climbed to the top of the city with their hands and feet.A sword and shield soldier had just protruded half of his body from the top of the city, when a heavy arrow pierced into his chest with a piercing scream, and he fell backwards in all directions.The moment he fell, he saw a dozen giants floating in the air. They were the hot air balloons raised by Liang Jun in the city, and they replaced the collapsed arrow towers.There are four or five deployed on each city wall, and seven or eight longbowmen are loaded in each hot air balloon basket.

But how could more than a hundred longbowmen stop the enemy army climbing up from the city wall that was nearly ten miles long.Sasanian infantry kept rushing to the top of the city.Some Sassanid infantry rushed to the top of the city first, but unexpectedly found that the top of the city was empty.Then they brandished their swords and shields to kill along the corridor. When they approached the entrance of the stairs, a large number of soldiers from the Liang army rushed out, and the shield wall was pushed in front of them in an instant, and dense spears stabbed out.

How could a small group of Sasanian skirmishers stop such a neat and swift attack.They didn't have time to cry out, and they fell into a pool of blood amidst the sound of bones and flesh being broken.The phalanx of Liang army infantry that surged up from several stairways continued to advance along the corridor. Those Sasanian soldiers who climbed the city wall did not dare to go forward to fight alone, and retreated one after another. Then they gathered into a group and arranged them in a phalanx with Liang Jun fought.

The infantry of both sides clashed fiercely with spears stabbing across the shield wall.The archers on both sides were not willing to be lonely, and continued to shoot arrows at the opposing infantry from the sky and under the city.

At the beginning, Liang Jun relied on the superiority of local troops and was able to drive the Sasanian skirmishers to the middle of the city wall.But after these Sasanian stragglers gather, they can temporarily withstand the Liang army's offensive.Most importantly, the Sassanian soldiers below the city are still rushing up along the ladder, which will pose a threat to the flanks of the Liang army phalanx at the top of the city, and the arrows of the Sasanian archers are too dense, and they will also attack the Liang army at the top of the city. The army suffered many casualties.

Therefore, the two sides only confronted each other for more than a dozen breaths before Liang Jun retreated and retreated to the lower entrance of the stairway again.The Sassanian army also learned their lesson and did not rush to attack the staircase.Instead, they waited in formation at the head of the city, waiting for more companions to climb up the city wall.When their soldiers and horses gathered at the top of the city to a certain number, they launched an offensive on the stairway again and rushed to the bottom of the city.

This time, the Sassanid army was far stronger than the Liang army, and there were several battlefields at the head of the city.Facing the Sassanian army flooding in like a tide, the Liang army at the foot of the staircase threw out their spears and spears at the Sassanian army's foot, and the Liang army in the last few rows threw their spears and spears like javelins. Like a torrential rain, it covered the Sasanian tide.

Amidst the screams and cries of pain, the torrent of the Sasanian army was immediately contained.A Sassanian centurion who was stabbed in the thigh by a javelin fell on the floor of the city head. He just grunted twice in pain when he suddenly discovered that there were countless small criss-cross grooves on the stone floor of the city wall, and now There is a light yellow liquid flowing in the groove.Seeing such a weird scene, he immediately thought of the rapidly burning liquid in Liang Jun's usual explosive bombs.He shouted with all his strength: "No! There is a trap, hurry up..."

Before he could utter the word withdraw, a fire dragon rushed over from the entrance of the stairs.Then the whole city burned into one piece.The Sasanian soldiers gathered at the head of the city also turned into burning men howling in pain.Some jumped out of the city, and some rushed towards the stairway with open arms, but then fell under Liang Jun's spear.

Sulehar looked at the sea of ​​flames at the top of the city, the muscles at the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said helplessly: "Send the order, withdraw the troops!" After a pause, he roared violently: "Continue to use the trebuchet to bombard the blue Shi City! We must completely destroy their city walls into a pile of ruins!"

Hundreds of trebuchets of various sizes were in operation again, and huge boulders flew towards Lan's City continuously.In Lan's City, the longbowmen in the hot air balloons continued to shoot at the outside of the city, and they took turns to take turns to relay every half an hour.The Sassanid soldiers operating the catapults were constantly shot and injured.In the end, Sulehar was forced to equip them with heavy armor and shield protection.

Lan's City was far stronger than Sulehar imagined. From day to night, there were only a few cracks in the walls of Lan's City, but none of them showed signs of collapse.Sulehar had no choice but to change his strategy of knocking down all the city walls, and concentrated all the trebuchets on one city wall.

The Sassanian army lit piles of raging bonfires in front of the position, brightly illuminating the fields outside Lan's city.Those catapults didn't have the slightest intention to rest, and continued to bombard Lan's City with boulders one after another.

In addition to the Liang army defenders, there are also tens of thousands of civilian business brigades in Lan's city. It is impossible for them to fall asleep amidst the roar of collisions throughout the night.Of course, Sulehar didn't fall asleep until midnight.

At dawn, after Sulehar, who had only slept for less than two hours, woke up, the guards came to report that the walls of Lanshi City were about to collapse.

Sulehar excitedly returned to the formation, waiting for the moment when Liang Jun's city wall collapsed.But another soldier rushed to report: "General Manager, there are enemy troops crossing the river to reinforce Lan's City."

Sulehar's expression changed suddenly, and surrounded by his own soldiers, he rode his horse and galloped towards the Amu Darya River.

Chapter 833 Ma Chao's Counterattack

Sulehar immediately stood on the banks of the Amu Darya River and looked into the river. Sure enough, he saw a large number of warships ferrying soldiers and horses from the east bank of the river to the west bank.The ships of war were open dhows of a curious shape.There are also a large number of round shields hanging on the sides of the ship.

Sulehar secretly wondered, the upper reaches of Lan's City pass through the high mountains of the Hindu Kush Mountains, and it is difficult to sail, so where did these ships come from?He didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to use bows and crossbows to try to shoot these Liang army warships in the waterway.