Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2617 Have you run out of gunpowder

The soldiers and horses of the Great Food Kingdom came to the city of the Protectorate of the Western Regions once again.

Xu Jian was a little surprised. He didn't expect that after the chaos last night, the people of Dashi Kingdom could continue to attack the city this morning.

But soon, Xu Jian understood again.

The people of the Great Food Kingdom did not think about taking down the towers now, they just need some cannon fodder to consume their Datang's gunpowder.

After thinking about this, Xu Jian smiled slightly, and said, "Today we don't use gunpowder, but sharp arrows and other tools for defending the city."

Facing the enemy in front of them, they don't need to move out the gunpowder.

Because these enemies are very tired, they can't attack the tower without gunpowder.

That Yelvshi wanted to consume his gunpowder, but he just refused to let Yelvshi do what he wanted.

After Xu Jian's order was issued, someone immediately made preparations.

Yelushi glanced at the tower, but he didn't talk nonsense, he was very angry now, and he only wanted to vent his anger through war.

"Rush me."

With an order, the soldiers of the Great Food Kingdom swarmed over.

However, although they rushed over, their momentum was quite different from before.

They are all tired.

And when they rushed over, everyone was full of fear and anxiety.

They are very afraid of gunpowder. If the gunpowder explodes around them, will they die immediately?

As a soldier, one shouldn't be afraid of death, but the power of the artillery is too great, so they have to be afraid of death.

The wind is blowing and it is already very cold.

When the soldiers of the Great Food Kingdom rushed over, they did not encounter the artillery attack, which made them stunned for a moment, not knowing whether they should be happy or not.

And just when they were somewhat fortunate, sharp arrows came flying from the city tower like rain.

The power of sharp arrows is naturally inferior to that of artillery, but with so many sharp arrows flying in, they can kill many people at once.

The enemies rushing forward fell down one after another.

Yelushi's eyes narrowed slightly: "There is no gunpowder in the Tang Dynasty?"

This situation made him a little happy, and then he shouted loudly: "Siege the city, attack the city for me."

The morale of the soldiers of the Great Food Kingdom improved somewhat, but good morale is useless. After all, they did not rest all night, and they were very tired, so when they rushed over, they were still intercepted by Tang Jun's sharp arrows and other tools for defending the city down.

Their casualties kept increasing, but they still couldn't get close to the city.

As night fell, the soldiers of the Great Food Kingdom no longer wanted to attack the city. They were very, very tired.

"retreat."

This time, Yelushi chose to retreat without any hesitation.

Although they failed to capture the city tower, Yelvshi was still a little excited, because he felt that they had consumed all the gunpowder of Datang, and even if there was, there might be only a little bit. It should be a quick thing to capture the Protectorate of the Western Regions, right?

The soldiers of the Great Food Kingdom returned to the barracks. They were very tired, so after returning to the barracks, they began to rest.

But at this time, their barracks are very scattered, and they are all newly built. The purpose is to prevent the Tang army from setting fire to their barracks. As long as the barracks are scattered, even if there is fire, it will not burn too fast.

When the soldiers went down to rest, someone came to look for Yelushi.

"General, we don't have much food left, we can only last for a month."

In a month's time, the weather may be entering November.

At that time, it will be extremely cold here, and if there is no food, it may be difficult for them to even retreat.

However, after hearing this, Yelvshi didn't have any worries.

"The Tang Dynasty has no gunpowder. As long as we protect the remaining food and grass, we will be able to break through the Protectorate of the Western Regions in less than a month. As long as we break through the Protectorate of the Western Regions, what do we have?"

The Protectorate of the Western Regions links the commercial exchanges between the mainland of the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, so the city is very prosperous, and naturally there is a lot of food stored. They don't have to worry about anything if they capture the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

But now, Yelushi is very confident in capturing the Protectorate of the Western Regions. ,

Although they now add up, there may only be about a hundred thousand soldiers left, but the Tang army only has [-], or even less than [-], which is twice the number of the Tang army. Can they still not attack the Western Regions Protectorate?

He thought there should be no problem.

The soldiers of the Great Food Kingdom began to rest.

On Tang Jun's side, Xu Jian and a group of generals gathered together.

"Everyone, after the soldiers and horses of the Great Food Kingdom have rested, they will definitely continue to attack. Our gunpowder can still be used for two days. We can't use it unless it is a last resort. Now, we must do a good job with it. The Great Food Nation is ready to fight to the death."

Xu Jian needs to explain the situation clearly to everyone. With the reduction of gunpowder, their battle will become more and more difficult. Of course, if they can last for a while, as the weather gets colder and colder, their defense will become more and more difficult. It will become very easy.

"Don't worry, general, even if we die here, we will never let the Protectorate of the Western Regions lose it."

"That's right, that's right, unless the people of the Great Food Kingdom kill us all, otherwise he will never get the Protectorate of the Western Regions, but he wants to kill us all, how is it possible?"

"That is, it is impossible for the Great Food Kingdom to capture the Protectorate of the Western Regions."

These people in Datang were not afraid of death, Xu Jian finally felt relieved when he saw them so, as long as everyone was not afraid of death, then there would be no problem in defending the city.

"Okay, everyone is like this, I am very relieved, then tonight, we will have a big one, gather five thousand soldiers for me, and tonight, we will attack the camp."

In this case, only those who are not afraid of death can attack the camp.

After Xu Jian said this, everyone couldn't help being stunned for a moment, a little shocked.

"General, what are you talking about, raiding the camp?"

Xu Jian nodded: "That's right, attack the camp."

Xu Jian was just a literati before, but now he abandons literature and pursues martial arts, but even though he abandons literature and pursues martial arts, his arrogance is not inferior to those martial artists at all.

"The enemy today is very tired. They may not be able to wake up after they fall asleep. In addition, they will not expect us to attack the camp. Our chances of success in attacking the camp are very high. Moreover, their barracks are now a bit scattered. , Rescuing each other takes a long time, which provides us with an opportunity to attack the camp tonight and kill them, as many as we can."

Constantly weakening the enemy's strength is the key to their ability to hold on to the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

(End of this chapter)