Everyone rushed to the city head and saw a black line on the snow-white ground from a distance. Guo Xin said anxiously: "Li Dutong, we must hide all the camels to the north as soon as possible!"
The military city was too small, and more than a thousand camels were crowded into Guancheng. A single shot from the opponent's bow and arrow would kill most of the camels. This was the basis for their return to Anxi, and Guo Xin valued it very much.
Li Chenghua took out her clairvoyance and looked in the east and west directions. She soon saw a few small black spots in the snow, both in the east and west directions. These were enemy spies. She shook her head and said, "Now take the camels."
It's too late to send him out of the city, it's a sheep entering the tiger's mouth."
Guo Xin also discovered the other party's spies, and he suddenly became worried. Li Chenghua smiled slightly and said, "Maybe we can scare the enemy!"
She immediately turned back to her opponent and ordered: "Prepare the big yellow crossbow and thunder arrows!"
The three hundred inner guard soldiers carried one hundred and fifty large yellow crossbows, one for each of them.
At this time, Qu Afeng, the female captain of the Internal Guard, stepped forward and suggested: "Capital Commander, I humbly recommend lighting another fire!"
Qu Afeng was originally An Jia's deputy. After she suddenly came to her senses and returned to the Tang Dynasty, Li Chenghua appointed her as the captain of the female internal guard camp. This time she followed Li Chenghua to Suiye to investigate.
Seeing that Dutong was a little confused, she explained: "Zoroastrianism believes in fire, and the army of the Saint Sisters is also called the Army of Light, and they are also devoted to fire. If they are hit hard in the fire, they will think it is Ahura."
When a great god becomes angry, they will immediately lose their fighting spirit, and the opposite is true as well. If they win in the fire, their morale will be greatly boosted."
Li Chenghua thought it was reasonable, so he said to Guo Xin: "Please ask Governor Guo to light a fire on the top of the city immediately."
There was plenty of firewood in the city, and the soldiers immediately lit a bonfire at the top of the city.
Ten thousand camel cavalry came closer and closer. The Sogdian army liked to call itself the Army of Light. Their battle flag was a blazing flame.
The main general is called Kang Dingli, and he was originally a general of Kang State, but was poached by the Holy Women's Association with a high salary.
After strictly interrogating the Tang army's scouts, they learned that 600 to 700 remnants of the Tang army were hiding in Yibo City. Commander Kang Fulai immediately ordered deputy general Kang Dingli to lead 10,000 troops to annihilate the 600 to 700 remnants of the Tang army.
On the vast snowfield, ten thousand camels were galloping. When they were still five miles away from the military city, a low horn sounded, and the team gradually slowed down their running speed. When they were three miles away from the military city, the army finally stopped.
Come down.
The wall of the military city is not high, only two feet. The perimeter of the wall is only about six miles. It is long from east to west and short from north to south. It is a very standard rectangle.
General Kang Dingli looked at it for a moment, then turned around and ordered: "General Zewa, you can lead 3,000 people to attack the city. The city wall is not high, and you can take a ladder up to the city!"
The Sogdians' approach to city siege was similar to that of the Persians. If the city wall was too high, they would focus on attacking the city gates and use big logs to break open the city gates. If the city walls were not high, they would either throw a rope ladder up to the city, or just use a human ladder.
Yibo Military City is only two stories high, about six meters high, and can be climbed up with four levels of ladders. Generals with a little experience will choose this option.
Three thousand people rode camels and continued to gallop in the snowy field. They had to reach the city before they could get off their camels to attack. Otherwise, there was no way for people to get through the thick snow three miles away.
There is a raging fire burning on top of the city, which looks quite strange to the Sogdians. Fire is their belief and totem. It should be burning on their own position. How can it be burned on the other side's city? Could it be that the other side has changed too?
Believe in Zoroastrianism?
It was Ahura who was still protecting the Tang army.
The three thousand soldiers were very surprised. They ran closer and closer, and gradually came within 500 steps.
On top of the city, Zhan Yannian shouted, "Launch!"
One hundred and fifty thunderbolts of arrows flew into the air, puffing up smoke, and shot towards the galloping camel warriors.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
One hundred and fifty arrows and thunderbolts exploded in the crowd, fire burst out, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and smoke filled the air. Hundreds of people were killed, thousands were injured by shrapnel, and there were screams and wails.
Sogdia had never seen such a powerful firearm. The soldiers behind him were so frightened that they shouted: "Hu Da is angry! Hu Da is angry!"
The remaining more than a thousand people turned their camels and fled. At this time, a second round of arrows was fired and exploded among the injured soldiers. Many of the soldiers' bodies were blown away. The Sogdian soldiers behind were frightened and looked at the city in horror.
The fire on the head.
This kind of fire and thunder that they had never seen before reminded them of the great god Ahura Maz. The Tang army must have been protected by the god, so that they suffered the divine punishment of fire and thunder. In the teachings of Zoroastrianism, there is this kind of fire and thunder.
The combination of fire and thunder means that the great god is angry and punishes the world.
Seven thousand soldiers retreated one after another, and the general Kang Dingli was also frightened. What he thought of was not that Hu Da was angry, but that the Tang army had such powerful weapons and they were no match for them.
Kang Dingli also lost his fighting spirit and ordered: "Retreat Broken Leaf!"
The seven thousand camel cavalry retreated, and the Tang army opened the city gates, fought out of the city, killed the injured and surviving soldiers, and confiscated strategic items.
The dead soldiers were piled up together, burned and buried deeply. The dead camels and injured camels were all used as food, as well as thousands of bags of dry food and bread.
Three generals in the army were captured and brought back to the city for interrogation to learn the inside story of Suiye's sneak attack.
Li Chenghua was pacing back and forth in the room. At this time, Qu Afeng came and handed her a confession, "Du Tong, this is the confession given by the other party!"
Li Chenghua sat down and took a closer look, and then he roughly understood the whole story.
The cause is the struggle between the Holy Women's Society and the Illuminati. The Illuminati controls the male believers, and the Holy Women's Society controls the female believers. The royal power of the Nine Sogdian Kingdoms is basically related to the Illuminati and has nothing to do with the Holy Women. But since ten years ago,
After Jinshan Ling took control of the Saints' Society, the Saints' Society began to expand. First, they made a lot of money from the East-West trade, and then they pushed the princesses of Shiguo and Bahanna to the throne. The Saints' Society controlled the rich production.
The kingdom of gold, silver and stone and Bahna.
At this time, internal strife broke out in the Illuminati. The new leader received the support of the Holy Women's Society and came to power. In return, Jinshan Ling was upgraded to the Saint of Light. Soon, the new leader died of illness, and the Saint of Light also served as the leader of the Illuminati. She was actually a saint.
The Illuminati annexed the Illuminati.
In order to protect their own interests, the kings of Kang, An, Shi, Mi, Cao, He and other six countries secretly formed an alliance against the Holy Maiden Society.
At this time, in order to consolidate its rule, the Saints' Society began to build an army. The Six Nations Alliance seized this opportunity and sent a large number of soldiers to join the Saints' Society's army in their own names, effectively controlling the Saints' 50,000 troops.
On the surface, these 50,000 troops obey the command and dispatch of the Saintess Society, but in fact they are secretly loyal to the Six Nations Alliance.
But why the Suiye attack was not mentioned in the confession. The captured general was only a middle-level general. He knew about the Six Nations Alliance when he was drinking with his cousin, who was a high-ranking official. He had such confidential information as the attack on Suiye.
Don’t know anymore.
In addition, their army came from Bukhan and did not stop. They launched a sneak attack on the night they arrived in Suiye. There were a total of 20,000 troops stationed in Suiye.
Li Chenghua handed the confession to Guo Xin and asked, "What does Governor Guo think?"
After reading the report, Guo Xin frowned and said: "The attack on Suiye should be an order from the Six Nations Alliance. This army is stationed in Bahanna. They are attacking Suiye. The Saintess Association should not know about it. The distance is too far, and there are many
It’s almost winter, and business has come to a halt.”
Li Chenghua also stayed in Suiye for several years and knew Bukhanna better. She asked: "The king of Bukhanna is Arole, right? How could he be seized by his sister?"
Guo Xin sighed and said: "After the death of the old King Murdo of Bukhanna, Arole became the king. Her sister Adele came back from the Saint Sisters Association. She is a saint and cannot marry for life. Arole feels sorry for her sister.
So he made his younger sister the palace manager. Later, Arole married the princess of Tosoh Kingdom. Who knew that this princess of Tosoh Kingdom was also a member of the Saints Society, colluded with her sister Adele, and was poisoned to death within half a year.
, Arole had no son, and Adele became the queen of Bahna with the support of the Saint Society.
Soon, the Stone Kingdom followed suit, the King of the Stone Kingdom died suddenly, and the Princess of the Stone Kingdom became the Queen of the Stone Kingdom."
Li Chenghua smiled and said: "Since the 20,000 garrison is controlled by the Six Nations Alliance, why don't they launch a coup to overthrow the queen of Bukhanna and Shiguo and restore orthodoxy? There are also troops to attack Suiye, and Queen Bukhanna will
have no idea?"
Guo Xin smiled bitterly and said: "There may be a deeper secret here, I don't know about it."
Li Chenghua nodded, at least she could send the first report to the emperor.