Chapter 1317: Entering the Pit

As expected by everyone in the Tang Army, the current coalition forces were already on the verge of death. They gathered tens of thousands of troops and came to attack Baitu City aggressively. As a result, before the attack on the city even started, a night attack by the Tang Army alone cost the army nearly ten thousand people. The losses of people, especially horses and food and grass were even greater. So after preparing their army, they mobilized all their troops and headed towards Baitu City.

As the desolate horns sounded in the coalition formation outside the city, thousands of soldiers of the Zahu coalition who had been prepared grasped their swords with one hand, raised the prepared simple siege ladder with the other hand, and headed towards the city wall. direction is approaching.

As expected by Huangfu Chaobo and others, the coalition forces indeed targeted several gaps on the east wall. There were five gaps, two large and three small, and a large number of soldiers were deployed at each of them. When attacking a city, there are as many as two or three thousand men, and as few as more than a thousand.

On top of the city tower, Huangfu Chaobo and Guo Jia stood there, looking calmly at the tens of thousands of Hu soldiers rushing towards the city. However, their faces were very calm, and it could even be said that there was a hint of a smile on their faces. . If this kind of attack with ten thousand people comes again, Huangfu Chaobo is sure to keep these coalition forces under Baitu City.

Sure enough, thousands of miscellaneous soldiers rushed towards the city wall like being driven away, and they didn't even look like the Han army was attacking the city.

What happened next went very smoothly. Under the rapid and fierce attack of the coalition soldiers, the Tang Army's several gaps were quickly unable to hold. They were captured by the coalition soldiers one after another, and then a steady stream of coalition soldiers poured in from these gaps. Entered the city wall.

An Xu was originally a centurion from the An clan of the Yue Di people around Shanan City. Last night, during the Tang army's night attack, the first round of attacks hit their An clan's camp. As a result, a thousand An clan troops were attacking. Almost all losses were lost, leaving less than 300 soldiers.

Therefore, in today's first round of attack, the remnants of An's soldiers, together with the thousands of other soldiers and horses who were lucky enough to survive last night, and several other small tribes were assigned to the siege team.

An Gui felt uneasy about abandoning his own horses and marching to attack the city on foot with swords and shields in hand. However, the situation was overwhelming. Their thousand soldiers and horses now only had more than 300 left, and he became There was only one centurion left, and at the request of the other large tribes, he had to lead his own warriors to attack the city.

"Go ahead and tell everyone to be careful and look after each other as much as possible. Don't show your head easily. If you can attack the city, don't separate easily. It's best to attack as a group and don't be divided and annihilated by the Tang army." An Gui He said to the tribesmen around him;

Although he knew that the other tribes were using them as cannon fodder, An Wei had to knock out his teeth and swallow them in his stomach. As a last resort, he had to ask his tribe to be more careful.

After reaching a distance of seventy steps, An Gui raised the simple wooden shield in his hand, and at the urging of the Huns behind him, he accelerated his pace and rushed towards the city wall.

"Be careful of arrows!" At this moment, a shout came from behind the team.

Without thinking, An Gui raised the wooden shield in his hand. As soon as he raised it, he felt the impact of the arrow hitting the shield, which slowed down his speed a lot. This shows how sharp the Tang army’s bows and arrows were. However, at this time, An Gui did not have the time or mood to express these emotions, because, except for him, although most of the soldiers attacking the city had simple shields, there were still many who did not, so Several rounds of arrows from the Tang army came down, and continuous screams suddenly sounded from the siege team.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long. Soon, the coalition archers following them had reached the shooting distance. With an order, thousands of arrows flew towards the city head, and Behind the archers, there were thousands of elite horse archers, using the speed of their horses to launch a mounted shot at the city head.

In this way, the bows and arrows at the top of the city were quickly suppressed.

Without the interference of arrows from the city head, An Gui and other soldiers who were attacking the city quickly rushed towards the gap in the city wall.

While rushing, An Gui looked at the tribesmen around him. After looking around, he was reassured. Although the Tang army's bows and arrows caused a lot of damage to the siege troops and horses, the losses to his own tribe were not very big. big.

Soon the coalition siege soldiers approached the city wall. Following bursts of roars, several wooden ladders were put up by the coalition soldiers to the gap in the city wall that was about ten feet high. Several mixed warriors climbed down from the wooden ladder using their hands and feet. Climb up the ladder to the gap and fight with the Tang soldiers above.

Because this is outside the gap in the city wall, there are not many soldiers and horses that can be deployed. In addition, there is a certain gap between the city walls on both sides and the gap, so the support that both sides can provide here is also very limited. After losing dozens of people, the coalition soldiers captured a large gap. Seeing this, both the soldiers attacking the city and the generals who were watching the battle hundreds of steps outside the city gave out loud cheers.

Hearing the cheers, An Gui raised his head and looked in the direction of the city. He was very happy. It turned out that there were already many coalition soldiers standing in the gap in the city wall. It seemed that the gap had been occupied. In this way, this The city was basically declared occupied.

With this thought in his mind, he couldn't help but walk a lot faster. He followed the soldiers who were going and climbed up the ladder to the top of the city. What he saw in front of him surprised him. Unlike what he imagined, there was no way to walk behind the gap in the wall. Instead of the gravel slope leading to the lower city, there was a large pit about two feet deep and dozens of steps long and wide.

It can be seen that this big pit was dug recently, because the soil around and at the bottom of the pit is all new soil. These are not the most important. The important thing is that in the other directions of this big pit, it is also nearly two feet high. The soldiers who had climbed up the city wall earlier had been squeezed into the pit by those who came after them, and were milling around there, unable to advance or retreat.

"No, I've been fooled..." An Gui immediately realized that he and others had obviously been fooled by Tang Jun. Tang Jun, who had obvious gaps, deliberately stayed here to attract them here, and then...

It's a pity that although An Gui saw it, he was unable to save himself, because the soldiers who were climbing up to the top of the city from behind him saw that the people in front did not continue to move forward, so they pushed the soldiers in front of him from behind. The people continued to advance, so although the soldiers in front tried their best to retreat, they were still pushed into the big pit by the coalition soldiers behind.