Chapter 3155 Burning all the food
A few dozen miles west of Suiye City, beside a river embankment.
Atami is located in a nearly closed basin of the Tianshan Mountains. The terrain is extremely high. The lake is not frozen all year round. It is wide from east to west and narrow from north to south. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides and is surrounded by rivers and streams, green and black in color, salty and bitter in taste, with roaring waves and turbulent waves. Arowanas and fish are everywhere, and spirits and monsters appear among them, so they travel around and pray for blessings. Although there are many aquatic animals, no one dares to fish.
Several mountain passes allow the water of Atami to overflow and flow north along the ridge, nourishing the nearby soil.
Suiye Water is a river that originates from Atami. It pours down from the mountain pass in the west of Atami, flows through Suiye City, flows west, and meanders to the north.
Because there are Gobi deserts and sand dunes near Suiye City, the surging river water has been washed away for many years, causing the river channel to twist and turn, sometimes wide and sometimes narrow.
Xue Rengui rode his horse and stood on a towering sand dune next to the river, overlooking a dam made of sandbags and stones piled up in the river. It cut off the rushing river water, filled the river bed, and then slowly flowed to the river. downstream.
There is a huge difference in water levels above and below the dam.
In the dark night, the sky in the east is faintly white. A long dark night is about to leave, and the red sun is about to shine on the Gobi Desert.
Behind him, flames shot into the sky in the direction of Broken Leaf City.
The scouts galloped from a distance. When they got close, they dismounted from their horses, knelt down on one knee, performed military salutes, and shouted loudly: "Report! The enemy troops are taking turns to besiege Suiye City!"
"Explore again!"
"Here!"
……
Round after round of scouts kept coming from the direction of Suiye City, bringing the latest situation from afar.
"The enemy troops continued to attack wildly, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties!"
"The enemy troops mobilized their elite troops to attack Xicheng!"
"Xicheng is in danger!"
……
Xue Rengui always stood on the horse's back, looking in the direction of Suiye City, his square face as firm as iron and calm.
Soldiers on the left and right surrounded him, and a pair of armor shone with a cold luster in the night.
Suddenly, a flame rose from the southwest of Suiye City, and it was particularly obvious in the night.
Xue Rengui held the horse's reins in his hand, and his tense mood suddenly relaxed. He raised his other hand high and said loudly: "Dig!"
After a while, there was a muffled "boom" sound, the ground shook and the mountains shook. The sandbag dam blocking the river instantly exploded into pieces. The river water accumulated in the upper reaches was released, like a beast breaking out of the cage, roaring and roaring towards the downstream. Galloping away.
The huge energy of the water impact caused the riverbeds on both sides to shake.
The power of heaven and earth cannot be resisted!
Xue Rengui reined in his horse, turned around and ran down the sand dunes, galloping towards Suiye City, shouting: "Come back with me and catch him off guard!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Thousands of soldiers who had worked for several days to build a dam to block the river followed closely behind and attacked Suiye City.
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Yuanwei took the lead, beating his horse and galloping across the Gobi Desert, followed by hundreds of people who dared to die.
The wind whistled in his ears, and ahead was the Arab camp. This mission had a narrow escape, but Yuanwei was surprised to find that he didn't have much fear, and he only had the excitement surging in his blood!
A man from Guanzhong has always established himself as a soldier. If he has not killed several enemy bandits in a battle formation, how can he dare to stand upright in front of the villagers?
Ask those disabled old men in the countryside who use crutches. Who doesn’t have the lives of a few bandits on his hands? Who hasn’t charged into battle and regarded death as a return?
The bloody nature of the Guanzhong people has been cultivated from generation to generation, and will not completely dissipate just because they indulge in pleasure for a short period of time. When faced with a dangerous situation and shouldering a heavy responsibility, the stubborn, manic, and bloody nature of death will surge into my heart again, causing the fighting spirit to surge and morale to skyrocket!
At a distance of tens of miles, the war horses were galloping at full speed and they were careless.
Several war horses appeared in the darkness ahead. The knights on the horses were startled by the sudden attack of the cavalry. They shouted loudly on the horses, but the jabbering sounds were incomprehensible.
Yuan Wei leaned forward against the saddle without saying a word, and the soldiers behind him did the same, just charging forward blindly. Horse hooves thundered in the Gobi desert, and hundreds of people remained silent.
Those war horses were Arab scouts. Finally, they discovered that the attacking cavalry was not one of their own, so they quickly galloped toward the east camp, shouting and shouting all the way.
As they got closer and closer to the Arab army camp, patrolling cavalry were alerted by the shouts and gathered one after another.
Yuanwei took the crossbow arrow, but couldn't see clearly in the darkness. He just shot the crossbow arrow out casually, then pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist and shouted: "Kill!"
The soldiers behind them raised their crossbows one after another. After a volley, they shot the enemy troops in front of them until they screamed in agony and the formation was in disarray. Then they all drew out their swords, mobilized their horses, and rushed up after Yuan Wei.
"Bang bang bang"
The horses collided with each other, making a dull sound. The screams of humans and the neighing of horses resounded in all directions on the vast Gobi desert. The Tang army had the advantage of attacking. The horses were faster. They fired a round of volleys to disrupt the enemy's formation. At this moment, they charged straight into the enemy formation. The swords in their hands were slashing and flying. into the enemy formation.
This enemy force probably numbered in the hundreds, which was about the same number as the Tang army. However, they were suddenly attacked and fired with another round of crossbow arrows. They were caught off guard and were thrown into disarray. They were so energetic that they were suddenly charged by the Tang army. scattered.
The Tang army was not reluctant to fight. After breaking through the enemy's formation, they did not stop. They wildly mobilized their horses and rushed towards the Arab camp.
The group of cavalry reorganized their position and finally stabilized. When they saw the direction in which the Tang army was attacking, their expressions suddenly changed with fright, and they hurriedly chased after them.
The scouts on the side also rushed back to the camp to report the situation.
At this moment, all the armies were surrounding Suiye City, taking turns to attack the city. No one expected that Suiye City, with only a few thousand people, would actually dare to detach a group of soldiers to sneak attack. And looking at the direction of the Tang army's attack, it was exactly where the army's food and fodder were hoarded. If the Tang army succeeded... the consequences would be unimaginable.
It's just that the Tang army was resolute. When encountering enemy obstruction, they fired a round of crossbows without saying a word, and then charged immediately, without fighting the Arab soldiers at all. With just one stick of incense, he broke through at least four or five waves of enemy troops and quickly reached the vicinity of the camp.
In the dark camp, a ball of fire suddenly appeared, and then countless exclamations sounded in the darkness, with silhouettes of people and soldiers in chaos.
Yuanwei was overjoyed. He pointed the horizontal knife in his hand at the place where the fire was lit and shouted: "Rush over!"
"Here!"
The soldiers behind him responded loudly and rode on horseback.
At the same time, they sheathed their horizontal knives, then took off the thunderbolts and kerosene bombs hanging on their bodies. Controlling their balance on their two legs, they took out the fire sticks and blew them into the wind, then used the thunderbolts and kerosene bombs to All the leads are ignited.
The Tang army also set up elaborate ambushes in Damascus, and even bribed many generals and soldiers, and they were integrated into the supply camp early on. At this moment, Xi Zuo lit the torch. Although he was immediately discovered by the Arab soldiers on the left and right, they stepped forward to kill him and extinguished the torch, but the momentary light illuminated the direction of Pao Ze who came to attack him.
The distance of tens of feet is reached in the blink of an eye.
Yuanwei held the horse's belly between his legs, stood up from the horse's back, controlled the reins with one hand, and used the force of the horse's forward motion to throw out the thunderbolts and kerosene bombs tied together with ropes with the other hand. Falling into the dark tent. Then, just before the war horse was about to enter the camp, he firmly held the reins, controlled the war horse under his hips, turned sharply to the left, and galloped away.
"Boom!"
Thunderbolts and kerosene bombs fell into the tent, and there was a sudden explosion and a ball of fire.
He stretched out his hands and all the hundreds of soldiers followed Yuan Wei's movements and galloped past the camp, throwing out all the thunder and kerosene bombs and falling into the enemy camp.
"Boom boom boom!"
There was a series of muffled thunder-like explosions. When the sky-shaking thunder exploded, the kerosene bombs were shattered. The kerosene inside was blown away in all directions. Some even flew several feet into the air, and then were thrown in all directions. This kind of kerosene is a weapon recently developed by the Manufacturing Bureau. It contains flammable substances extracted from petroleum. It will ignite even rocks wherever it goes. The temperature is extremely high and it is extremely difficult to extinguish.
In just an instant, the entire camp was ablaze with fire. The fire took advantage of the wind and swept all the Arab tents into a sea of flames.
Screams and curses sounded in the camp. Countless Arab soldiers ran out of the tents in fear, fetching water and digging sand to put out the fire.
When the Arab army went on an expedition, it had always been a tradition to "fight to support war" and they carried very little food. If even this small amount of money is burned down, it will be a big trouble... (End of chapter)