Qinling is known as the "god of war" of Tubo, and has rarely lost in the many years of conquest with the Tang Dynasty, and the siege of the city is a thing that outweighs the loss for the Tubo cavalry, how could he not understand this truth?

But many things in this world are like this, sometimes you know that you can't do it but you have to do it, and there is no room for choice, which is a great sadness.

Unfortunately, Qinling is now in such a situation.

Listening to Lu Xiaoxian's words, Zhao Lang on the side nodded secretly.

Before the great enemy is a general, no matter whether he can hold it or not, as the main general, at least he must not be afraid, otherwise the army will be scattered and will defend a fart!

"Master Lu, this defense is still under your command!" Guo Qin's confidence is still a little insufficient.

"How can I command, don't you have a ready-made candidate!" Lu Xiaoxian is confident.

"Ready-made candidates? Who is it? Guo Qin was confused.

Lu Xiaoxian pointed at Zhao Lang and said to Guo Qin with a smile: "Isn't General Zhao a ready-made candidate?" ”

"No way!" Guo Qin and Zhao Lang said in unison.

"What's not to do?" Lu Xiaoxian glanced at the two of them.

Although Zhao Lang is Wang Xiaojie's henchman, he is only a captain who leads a team of 300 people, and he has never commanded a major battle, and he has put the lives of 5,000 soldiers and the people of the city in his hands, how can Guo Qin rest assured.

Although Guo Qin was not at ease with Zhao Lang, he couldn't say it in front of Zhao Lang after all, so he just kept shaking his head and said, "I think it's better for you to command, Gongzi Lu!" ”

Not only Guo Qin is not at ease with Zhao Lang, but even Zhao Lang himself is not at ease with himself. It's no problem for him to charge and kill the enemy with the Whirlwind Brigade, but he has no bottom in his heart when he commands a few people to defend the city.

Zhao Lang also echoed Guo Qin: "Master Lu, what Guo Tingshi said is right, you should take command!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian smiled: "I know what the two of you think in your hearts, in fact, the worries of the two of you are simply superfluous, and now we have no choice." I've always believed that professional things should be done by professional people. When it comes to commanding a war, among the three of us, General Zhao is undoubtedly the strongest, who will command if you don't command? ”

Seeing that Zhao Lang was about to resign, Lu Xiaoxian waved his hand and said, "General Zhao, General Wang sent you to protect me, if Taozhou City is breached, how can you protect me?" again

Anyway, if I was captured alive by Qinling and used to blackmail the king, wouldn't it affect the overall situation? Therefore, your top priority now is to find a way to defend Taozhou City! ”

Zhao Lang was silent.

Lu Xiaoxian then said: "Of course, letting you take command of the city is not to put all the responsibility on you, Guo Tingshi and I will do our best to assist." General Zhao, now that you are in danger, I hope you don't shirk again! ”

Zhao Lang took a deep breath and nodded at Lu Xiaoxian: "Since Lu Gongzi has so much trust in the last general, then the general will definitely go all out." The last general is not sure that he will be able to hold it, but if the Tibetans want to attack the city, they will not have to step on my corpse. ”

"That's right! Heroes on the field of men! Lu Xiaoxian stretched out his hand, "Let's work together to live up to this." ”

Zhao Lang and Guo Qin were infected by Lu Xiaoxian's pride, and at the same time stretched out their hands to shake Lu Xiaoxian: "Work together, live up to this!" ”

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Of course, Qinling knew that the siege of the city was a battle with great attrition, and if the soldiers were simply allowed to go up and pile up heads, even if the Tubo soldiers were loyal to Qinling, they would not be sent to death in vain.

He ordered people to build a large earthen platform a hundred steps away from the Taozhou city wall, the earthen platform was six feet higher than the city wall, and Qinling selected the sharpshooters among the Tubo soldiers, and kept shooting arrows at the city on the earthen platform.

At the same time, in front of the city gate, Qinling sent people to storm the city gate with a wooden donkey with a pointed tip.

Three hundred paces away from the city wall, the Tibetans also set up long-range heavy catapults to throw boulders at the city wall.

Under this three-dimensional attack, the city's defense forces were greatly dispersed. At this time, the Tibetan soldiers who had ascended the city through the ladder appeared, and at this moment, the attack on these soldiers was already very limited.

In order to take the city of Taozhou in one fell swoop, Qinling promised the attacking Tubo soldiers that all soldiers who climbed the city wall would be rewarded, and for the first to climb the city, they would be directly promoted from soldiers to the head of a hundred households, and even if they were unfortunately killed in battle, their families would also receive rich rewards.

It is not enough to send soldiers to death, and generals cannot be idle. The first person to lead the team to climb the ladder this time was none other than Qinling's younger brother Zanpo.

Zanpo is the only brother still alive in Qinling, and he sent Zangpo to attack the city, which shows how determined he was.

Even the generals are at the forefront, how can the Tibetan soldiers be

I can not rush with it.

Don't rush?

I'm sorry, but there's a Warlord in the back.

Whoever retreats will be killed.

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On the towering corner tower of Taozhou City, Lu Xiaoxian and Zhang Meng were bent over to observe the situation on the battlefield.

After looking at it for a while, Lu Xiaoxian's brows couldn't help frowning.

The arrows fired condescendingly by the Tibetan marksmen on the earthen platform were too threatening to the soldiers defending on the city wall.

There are battlements between the moats on the city wall, which can be used to erect city defense equipment, and can also be used by the defenders to attack the climbers. There is a perforation in the middle of the pheasant moat, which is narrow inside and wide outside, and it stands to reason that it should be safe to hide behind the pheasant moat, but this is not the case.

At a distance of 100 paces, the Tibetan marksman could accurately shoot the defending soldiers behind the pheasant. One of the most striking was a hundred household chiefs dressed in tiger and leopard clothes, who fired seven arrows in succession, the first three of whom were all shot in the face, and the last four were shot through the chest.

In just one pillar of incense, nearly 100 people were shot on the city wall, which was not only a drain on the living force defending the city, but more importantly, a great blow to the morale of the defender.

Whether it is the Tang Dynasty, the Tibetans or the Turks, there is a very magical class, this class can top a small army by one person, and it can turn the tide of the war in an instant.

This class is the marksman!

Archers are an important part of an army and are responsible for the vast majority of an army's firepower. However, archers are easy to come by, but marksmen are not easy to come by. Because sharpshooters are very much in need of talent, they must have a strong and tall body, they need considerable strength and endurance, and they must also have excellent mental qualities. So for the army, sharpshooters are all treasures and have the best treatment.

The Tibetan people have been trained in archery since childhood, so there are many archers.

The Tang Dynasty has also produced many marksmen, and Gaozong once tested Xue Rengui's archery skills and let Xue Rengui shoot with five layers of armor. As a result, Xue Rengui pierced with an arrow. On the battlefield, Xue Rengui can also ignore the enemy's armor. At that time, he was ordered to suppress the Tiele rebels, and the enemy sent several generals to challenge, but Xue Rengui shot three arrows in a row, and the three enemy generals fell in response.

There are very few sharpshooters in the defenders of Taozhou City, most of them are soldiers of the Whirlwind Brigade under Zhao Lang, which is impossible to form a balance of power with the Tubo marksmen.

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