At this moment, Cheng Chuliang and his men were still one thousand meters away from the city wall. Tens of thousands of soldiers were ready to go. The surrounding refugees had also discovered them, but these refugees could no longer make any sound. Our archers were not fools. As long as any refugees paid attention to this side, we had to send these people away.
Although there are no organized troops in the city, and even if there are, they have probably fled to the south by now, but we still have to abide by some rules on the battlefield. If someone finds us, we will shoot them. If these people still rush into the city unconsciously, we will pretend not to see them.
This cannot be considered a war at all. Cheng Chuliang is an old man on the battlefield. When he was young, he followed his father to fight everywhere. After he became an adult, he followed Li Xiang to fight everywhere. It can be said that he has seen countless battlefields, but he has never seen such a tragic battlefield.
According to the scouts, the area under the city wall was sticky and disgusting. I don't know how many people died here and were burned by the boiling oil on the city wall. Mixed in with the crushed fragments of these people, if there were anyone under the city wall now, they would probably have vomited their bile. The smell was so bad.
Cheng Chuliang had already given the order, wet the gauze on his body with the strong liquor in the army, and then covered his nose with it. He had to pass through here quickly later.
Although it cannot achieve the disinfection that His Highness mentioned, it is much better than taking no measures. According to His Highness, such places must be passed quickly, and after passing, the exposed skin must be washed with strong liquor, including those livestock. If anything is found wrong, these animals must be abandoned.
If people get sick, they must be isolated quickly. It's not that we are unkind, but in today's era, if you really get this kind of dirty disease, there is no way to treat it. We can only leave you with enough food and water to help you get through the last days of your life.
Of course, if you follow the military doctor's advice and cover all exposed skin and wipe it with liquor afterwards, the chance of getting sick can be reduced to a minimum. If you are careless and do not follow the military doctor's advice, you can only blame yourself for not taking it seriously enough. It's not that the court doesn't give you face, but that you want to die.
Cheng Chuliang has already applied for his right hand. It has been three hours since the first refugee was rushed in. The sky in the east is already turning pale. Daytime is our most advantageous time. Night is not a forbidden zone for the Tang army, but it is not recommended for us to launch an attack at night.
If we rush in now, it will definitely be bright, and we can bring our advantages into play. According to what Cheng Chuliang said, we should kill a wave of refugees first after entering and drive all of them out of the city, or drive them to the south of the city, so that we can start searching slowly.
If anyone kneels down and begs for mercy, let them gather in an open place. They will have to work for us later. Everything must be completed within a few hours. Then we will burn down the city here and take away the valuables. As for the refugees, we will continue to drive them south.
Li Xiang did not think of this at the time. If he had thought of this, there would be no need to order the army to retreat. You want to use refugees to deal with us, but we can also use refugees to deal with you, and the number of these refugees will increase.
The attack horn was finally sounded, and the Tang Dynasty cavalry took the lead and charged directly towards the gate. Some refugees felt the sound of the earth shaking, and then they saw a very neat team of cavalry appearing on the distant horizon. It was impossible for the Arab Empire's cavalry to appear here, so these people must be the Tang Dynasty's special forces.
These people were all wearing bright armor and holding strange weapons. It was obvious that they were not our people. Although the cavalry of the Arab Empire was powerful, due to the lack of iron, they had no way to make armor for their soldiers. That's why they developed so many light cavalry. Originally, they developed this because of insufficient resources. Later, they discovered that cavalry without armor were more mobile. As long as our speed is fast enough, we can even defeat those heavy cavalry.
So in this situation, they gave priority to the development of light cavalry, and announced to the outside world that it was because of strategic needs, but in fact only they themselves understood that it was because they lacked iron and had no way to make armor for these cavalry. If there was enough iron, who would be willing to wear a black robe or a white robe to the battlefield? One blow from the sword could take your life.
If they had armor on, they could at least resist them and not let them die so quickly. Look at some generals of the Arab Empire, they were wearing armor. If the advantage of light cavalry was really that great, why did these generals wear armor? Why didn't they make themselves lighter?
Of course, Cheng Chuliang and his men had no time to figure this out. At this moment, they had already rushed into the city. The city was like a real version of hell. The streets were littered with mutilated corpses, and some people were killing people in the streets.
They had no decent weapons. Wooden sticks, stones, and all kinds of things that could kill people became weapons in their hands. They were now a group of killing monsters. They didn't care whether the people in front of them posed a threat to them or not. They only wanted to release the pressure in their hearts.
The common people in the city suffered the most. They all closed the gates, but it was of no use. The walls built with adobe were very low, and two people could carry one person in and open the door directly. When the door of your home was opened, it was the beginning of a nightmare for the whole family.
The first thing they had to do was to fill their stomachs with the smell of blood. No matter what kind of food they had at home, they would just stuff it into their stomachs. Then they would drink up all the water they could see. Once they had enough strength, they would immediately transform into the devil's spokesperson and start killing the entire city...
