Not only that, Lu Xiaoxian collected all the poisonous herbs such as arsenic-frost and aconitum from the Chinese medicine shops in the city, boiled them into juice and smeared them on the arrows. As a result, all the arrows shot by the defenders of the city wall became poisonous arrows, and as long as the Tibetan soldiers were hit by the arrows, their muscles immediately cracked, their wounds festered, and the huge pain made the wounded constantly let out a terrible wail.

The poisoned arrow is not terrible, what is terrible is the inexplicable fear caused by it, like a plague, which spread rapidly in the army, the heart of the Tibetan army began to waver, and the momentum of the siege gradually slowed down.

In the raging fire, under the threat of poisoned arrows that were constantly fired, the offensive of the Tubo people was contained, and the corpses were piled up under the city of Taozhou, but they never attacked the city wall again, and had to withdraw their troops until dusk.

After Tubo collected his troops, Lu Xiaoxian still did not have them. At night, the defenders of the city still beat drums and fired cannons like last night, making a posture of night attack.

The Tibetan people dare not sleep if they want to, and they really can't hold it if they don't sleep, which is simply miserable.

On the fourth day, the Tibetan army mobilized nearly 10,000 archers to cover fire, and at the same time dispatched new siege towers to cooperate with the siege.

Underneath the siege tower is a huge four-wheeled base, propelled forward by manpower. The upper part is a tall tower with multiple spiraling ladders inside, covered by thick wooden planks on the outside, and a drawbridge door that can be opened and closed at the top. Soldiers can be well protected inside, and when they get close to the city wall, they can put down the drawbridge door, and the soldiers can directly rush out of the tower to fight in the city, so as to avoid the shortcomings of the previous ladder casualties.

The siege tower was a great threat to the defenders, and at the moment of crisis, Lu Xiaoxian adopted the method of rotation and organized people to fight desperately in batches. They roped to boulders to crash into siege towers, while firing a barrage of rockets to burn them.

Under the stubborn resistance of the defenders, the Tibetan army lost the siege again, suffered heavy casualties, and demoralization was low.

At night, there was still constant harassment of the Tibetan army's camp.

On the fifth day, the Tibetans no longer climbed the city walls, but focused on the city gates.

The city wall is an earth-stone structure that is not flammable, and fire attack has little effect on the city wall, but for wooden city gates, fire attack is the most effective method.

This time, the Tibetans miscalculated again. When the city of Taozhou was built, I thought that the enemy would attack with fire

The wooden gates were covered with a layer of fireproof leather, and the "Five Star Pool" fire extinguishing facilities were set up on the city walls, which were filled with water.

When the Tibetans attacked the city gate with fire, the defenders on the city wall released the water from the "five-star pool" and quickly extinguished the flames on the city gate.

The fire attack worked, but the Tibetans were not discouraged, and they kept ramming the city gates with crashing cars, regardless of casualties.

Finally, the north gate of Taozhou was overwhelmed and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the Tibetan soldiers were overjoyed, and they roared and poured in along the city gates.

Qin Ling, who had been observing the situation on the battlefield, finally relaxed his brows. Although the losses were huge, the city gates were finally stormed. As long as the follow-up Tubo cavalry also entered the city gate, it would not be far from breaking the city.

Qinling was a little too happy too early, and when he saw the Tubo cavalry rushing to the city gate, he only heard a boom, and the jack gate fell, blocking the city gate again.

Qin Ling was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that there was a jack gate hidden behind the Taozhou city gate. When the Tibetan soldiers had just smashed the city gate just now, the defenders did not put down the jack gate.

And now, a part of the Tubo soldiers have entered the city gate, and when the Tubo cavalry is still outside the city gate, the jack gate has been lowered, and the Tubo soldiers inside and outside have been cut into two sections.

The Tibetan cavalry in the lead arrived at the gate of the city but could not enter, they reined in their horses and wanted to retreat, but the cavalry behind did not know the situation and were still galloping forward, and when they found that the situation was wrong, it was too late, as if they had hit a wall. In this way, the Tibetan cavalry could not enter or retreat, and suddenly became a mess.

The advantage of cavalry is that it is fast to maneuver, and cavalry that has lost the ability to maneuver is no different from a living target.

Of course, the defenders on the city wall would not give up such a great opportunity, they were condescending, and waves of arrows rained down, and the Tibetan cavalry immediately suffered heavy casualties.

The remnants of the defeated army were finally withdrawn, and less than half of them remained.

Obviously, the defenders had premeditated this.

There is no doubt that those Tubo soldiers who attacked the city of Wengcheng called the heavens and the earth to be ineffective, and they must have also become live targets.

Qin Ling could even hear the screams of the Tibetan soldiers who were imprisoned in the urn city, and he closed in pain

on the eyes.

……

The siege lasted for eight days, and the Tibetans tried their best to break through the city, but the defenders were always able to use different methods to disrupt their attack at the right time and appropriately.

Sometimes, the Tibetans would launch more than 20 attacks in a day, and they suffered heavy losses, paying the price of nearly 10,000 casualties, but the city of Taozhou was still firmly controlled by the defenders.

Of course, the price paid by the defenders of the city was not small. After eight days of battle attrition, there were only more than 2,000 soldiers left in the defending city, and not only the old people of Guangwu who were the reserve were all engaged in the battle, but even the young and strong people also joined the ranks of defending the city.

The real contest in this contest is not strength at all, but perseverance.

……

In the tent of the Chinese army in Tibet, the atmosphere was unusually dull.

Qin Ling didn't expect that this battle would be fought like this. Taozhou City, which he originally thought was captured, lost so many Tubo warriors, but he was never able to break through, which made him feel a sense of helplessness.

"Big talk!" Hate Shui glanced at Qin Ling and said cautiously, "There is a sentence I have always wanted to say, I don't know whether to say it or not!" ”

Qin Ling's face was gloomy, and he said irritably: "What else is polite to me, let's talk!" ”

Hatred Water nodded: "Dare to ask, what is the purpose of your attack on Taozhou City?" ”

"Does that need to be said? Of course, it is to force out Wang Xiaojie! ”

"In that case!" Hatred Shui asked rhetorically: "Then according to what we can see, even if we really capture Taozhou City, will Wang Xiaojie appear?" ”

Qin Ling was silent.

In fact, there is no need to remind Qinling that even if he captures Taozhou City, Wang Xiaojie will not show his head nine times out of ten. The battle has been fought, and Wang Xiaojie has already appeared if he wants to appear.

Of course, Qinling knew that it was just a small Taozhou city, and it took so long to lose so much but he couldn't capture it, which made him somewhat unwilling. That's why he was ruthless, and he must take Taozhou City. Now that I think about it, there is still some disgusting ingredient in it.

In order for the generals to remain calm at all times, Qin Ling certainly knew in his heart that he had committed the taboo of soldiers.

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