The ironclad command vehicle is equipped with a telescope of 100 magnification, so that it can zoom distant objects closer by a hundred times, and the distance of more than 20 miles can only be seen with this high-power telescope, which is less than 100 meters according to the standards of later generations. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At a distance of less than 100 meters, people with slightly better eyesight can even recognize their companions, while at a distance of 20 miles, they can't even see a single figure.

Therefore, at this time, the Tang soldiers could clearly see the Tubo soldiers, but the Tubo soldiers could not see the Tang soldiers twenty miles away at all.

"Here, let me see."

Li An took the high-powered telescope and observed it carefully.

"Stone Fort City, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, if there is no ironclad artillery car, just relying on soldiers to charge, many people will die."

Li An carefully observed the terrain of Stone Castle City and came to an extremely important conclusion, that is, Stone Castle City is too easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is impossible to successfully capture it with only backward cold weapons, and many people will die.

According to historical records, Wang Zhongsi just didn't want to see a large number of soldiers die in battle, so he refused the emperor's will and insisted on refusing to attack Shibao City.

Later, the Tang Dynasty general Ge Shuhan, fought against Tubo in Longyou, and fought a lot of victories, but these were all piled up with human lives, and a winning battle often lost more than 10,000 soldiers, so that a famous saying was created, a general will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and Ge Shuhan's reputation is exchanged for the lives of the Tang soldiers, and such a price is obviously too great.

Ang Lee pursues zero casualties, of course, a small number of casualties are acceptable, but the death of 10,000 soldiers at every turn is something that Ang Lee cannot tolerate.

"What Li Shilang said is that this stone fort city is built on the mountainside, completely blocking the road next to it, as long as Tubo occupies the stone fort city, our army will be difficult to overcome, however, the main force of our army is already equipped with artillery, but we can use artillery troops to bombard the stone fort city."

Guo Yan looked in the direction of Shibao City and opened his mouth to analyze.

"That's right, since there is an artillery unit, Shibao City is no longer a big problem, but this group of barbarians in Tubo doesn't understand this truth, and they still want to confront my Datang, it's really self-inflicted!"

Li An expressed his heartfelt emotion, this dying struggle of Tubo reminded him of the braided dynasty of later generations, the courage of the braid dynasty was much stronger than that of Tubo, and it was actually bold to declare war on the eight powerful countries, which is an extremely shocking thing, what is the specific reason, Li An does not understand, and at this time, Tubo provoked trouble, probably because of the premonition of the crazy act after the crisis.

Tubo saw that the Tang Dynasty was gradually becoming stronger, and a large railway connected the core of the Tang Dynasty and Anxi smoothly, so if it continued to develop, Tubo would be suppressed and breathless, either bow down to the Tang Dynasty in a proper manner, or suffer the fate of the country sooner or later.

In order to maintain this goal, some of the Tibetan nobles took risks and launched a provocative action against the Tang Empire, trying to sabotage the railways built by the Tang Dynasty and retarding the rapid development of the Tang Empire, so as to prolong the time controlled by the Tang Empire as much as possible.

This is just like the later generations of the Wa State and the United States, seeing that the Chinese Empire began to rise rapidly, they felt very nervous and vigilant, and tried every possible way to find a way to slow down the development of the Chinese Empire, so as not to affect their dominance of the world, especially the Wa Kingdom had invaded China many times, and was very worried about the retaliation of the Chinese Empire, and tried every means to oppose the Chinese Empire, and attracted a large number of so-called allies to fight against the Chinese Empire.

It is impossible to stop the development of the Chinese Empire, and the small tricks of the Wa State cannot delay much time, and similarly, the development of the Tang Empire is also unstoppable, and any attempt to block the development of the Tang Empire is extremely stupid and ignorant, and there are many such ignorant people within the Tibetan aristocracy.

"Li Shilang, our army can directly rush over and bombard Shibao City with artillery outside the attack range of the Tubo army, so that the Tubo army will definitely be powerless."

Guo Yang used another telescope to observe the situation around Shibao City and spoke.

Li An also observed for a while, and felt that Guo Yan's idea was very good, in order to reduce his own losses, he should attack from a long distance, after all, the terrain of Stone Fort City was too dangerous, in case the ironclad artillery cart rushed over and was attacked by rolling logs and boulders, it was very likely to be destroyed, and if the fireball rolled down, the situation would be even more serious.

The ironclad artillery carriage was only wrapped in a layer of iron armor, but the iron armor was not very thick, and it was more than enough to block swords and crossbows, but it was still a little powerless in terms of defending against large rolling wood stones, and because there were many shells inside, the ability to defend against fire attacks was even weaker.

In this case, in order to prevent losses, the best way is to use the artillery of the ironclad artillery carriage to launch long-range artillery bombardment on the enemy until the Tibetan army submits.

"Okay, Brigade Marshal Guo, you immediately lead the 1st Ironclad Artillery Brigade to rush up and launch an artillery bombardment of Shibao City, and the 2nd Brigade will follow and send reinforcements at any time."

Li An finally gave the order to attack, and asked all the troops under his command to carry it out immediately.

The two ironclad artillery brigades rushed towards the Stone Fort City in front of them, while Li An led all the remaining vehicles to follow closely and keep a distance.

Since this battle will definitely achieve the final victory, there is no need for the logistics vehicle to be behind at all, as long as it is outside the attack range of the Tubo army, and Li An, as the commander, there is no need to hide behind.

"King Guangping, are you feeling better?"

The car stopped for a quarter of an hour just now, and Li Yu took advantage of this quarter of an hour to lie on the seat and take a nap, his face was a little better at this time, but the car started again, which made him a little uncomfortable.

"Li Shilang, Xiao Wang is fine, it's just a little breathless."

Li Yu is still a little uncomfortable, but, after all, he is very young, so he can bear it completely, if he comes more than ten years late, the situation may be completely different.

"Haha! It's okay, the last battle went too fast, and we won without seeing anything, this time, we must take a good look and see how my elite army of the Tang Dynasty taught the Tibetan barbarians. ”

Li An smiled and looked at Li Yu, whose expression was not very good.

"What Li Shilang said is that Xiao Wang must take a good look this time to see how the Tibetan barbarians kneel and beg for mercy."

Li Yu was still a little uncomfortable, but as soon as he heard that the Tang Dynasty army was about to start teaching the Tibetan barbarians, he suddenly became energetic, and his complexion seemed to be much better.

As the Tang Ironclad Legion got closer and closer, the Tubo sentinels soon found that the situation was wrong, after all, their Tubo army, even if there were many people, could not make the sound of the machine, and there was only one possibility for this terrifying sound, that is, the Tang Dynasty's army was killed from behind.

After a period of panic, the Tibetan soldiers and horses began to prepare for battle, and the Tibetan generals, who were still resting in the house, immediately walked out of the house and commanded their men and horses to prepare to roll wood and stones.

However, these primitive weapons could not serve the purpose of blocking the Tang Dynasty army at all, and they were just busy in vain.

Through the binoculars, Guo Yang saw everything on the Stone Castle City, and saw that these stupid Tibetan barbarians, who were still preparing stones and rolling logs when they were dying, showed a contemptuous smile on the corner of their mouths.

"All the artillery trucks of the whole brigade, lined up in a straight line, are ready to bombard the stone fort city."

Guo Yang issued a military order.

Soon, fifty ironclad artillery carriages, according to Guo Yan's military order, lined up in a straight line, and aimed all their gun ports at the stone fort city in front.

The Tubo guards who were closely observing the situation saw that the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses were all some iron bumps, and their hearts suddenly felt a little weak, although most of the Tubo barbarians did not understand the military science and technology of the Tang Empire and what level it had developed, but the generals of Tubo knew more about the situation of the Tang Empire, and had heard that the Tang Dynasty had a very advanced and terrifying secret weapon, and a large piece of iron lumps in front of them was not the rumored secret weapon of the Tang Dynasty.

Since there are only more than 1,000 steps left in the distance, and when he looks at it with a high-powered telescope, it is only more than ten steps, so Guo Yang can clearly see the facial expressions of the Tubo generals, and when he saw several Tubo guards, he looked frightened, and the corners of his mouth showed a smile again.

Similarly, Li An and Li Yu, who stopped two thousand steps away, also saw the frightened expressions of the Tubo guards, and looked at each other and smiled, feeling very enjoyable.

"Li Shilang, the Tubo guard is obviously afraid, will he lead the crowd to surrender?"

Li Yu said curiously while looking at the Stone Fort City directly in front of him with a telescope.

"If the king of Guangping encounters such a situation, will he lead the people to surrender?"

It's a bit inappropriate for Li An to speak like this, but Li Yu is not an outsider, they are already very familiar with each other, and there is nothing that cannot be said.

Li Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, paused for a moment, patted his chest and said: "I, Li Yu, as the grandson of the Tang Emperor, of course will not surrender, but these Tubo barbarians are not necessarily, I think they will surrender." ”

"Oh, since King Guangping thinks so, then the general will let Guo Lushuai persuade him to surrender and see what the effect is."

Li An smiled and immediately conveyed the military order.

Of course, Guo Yang would not violate Li An's military order, and immediately ordered an ironclad reconnaissance vehicle to step forward, and shouted with a megaphone, telling the Tubo soldiers to surrender immediately, otherwise, the stone fort city would be flattened.

Since the ironclad artillery brigade is the most elite unit in the Tang Dynasty, soldiers who can speak the Tibetan language are of course a must, especially at the critical moment of attacking Tibet, how can there be no translator.

An ironclad reconnaissance vehicle stepped forward to shout and persuade the Tibetan soldiers to surrender so as not to suffer a catastrophe, and at the same time of persuading them to surrender, Guo Yang, Li An, Li Yu and others all used high-powered binoculars to observe the movements on the city, especially the expressions of the Tibetan generals, in order to speculate on their inner thoughts.

"Li Shilang, these Tubo generals are very scared, they are discussing, it seems that there are still disputes, some agree to surrender, and some disagree."

Li Yu quietly looked at the Tubo generals in the city and spoke.

"That's right, there are a few Tibetan generals who plan to surrender, but the Tibetan generals seem to be determined to resist to the end, you see how angry he is."

Li An has been using high-powered binoculars to observe the expression of the Tubo general, and it is the Tubo general who decides whether the Tubo army surrenders, and the other generals can only provide advice.

"Heh, it's okay if you don't surrender, let these Tubo barbarians taste the power of my Tang Dynasty ironclad artillery car."

The corners of Li Yu's mouth outlined a smile, and he waited to see the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses wield.

"The Tubo lord has made a decision, and immediately sent an order to let the ironclad reconnaissance vehicles in front return, and all the ironclad artillery trucks are aimed at Shibao City, ready to open fire."

Li An made a decision immediately and issued a combat order.

Sure enough, as soon as Li An's military order was issued, a pile of boulders rolled down from the city wall of Tubo, and it fell towards the ironclad reconnaissance vehicle in front with strong potential energy.

Seeing a large number of boulders suddenly rolling down from the city wall of Tibet, the ironclad reconnaissance vehicle quickly dodged to the side, and quickly evacuated this dangerous area and returned to the back of the ironclad artillery vehicle.

Guo Yan leaned out of the ironclad command vehicle, personally waved the order flag, and issued a military order to attack.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Two brigades of ironclad artillery vehicles, a total of 100 ironclad artillery carriages, lined up in a straight line and launched a round of salvos at the stone fort city in front.

The power of the cannonballs is huge, and the salvo of a hundred cannonballs is even more destructive, so just a few rounds of salvos came down, and the stone castle city was already full of crying fathers and mothers.

War is always cruel and bloody, never full of tenderness and mercy, so despite the howls of pain coming from the stone castle, the hundred guns of the ironclad artillery carriage did not stop roaring.

After a few volleys, the interior of Stone Fort City was already full of gunsmoke, and many temporary houses were set on fire by artillery fire, especially a lot of fire oil and firewood used for defense, which were originally used to kill and injure enemy soldiers, but turned out to be buried in their own graves.

"The Tibetan barbarians actually refused to surrender, now they know how powerful the Tang Empire is! However, this stone castle city is also destroyed, and it must be rebuilt. ”

Watching Shibao City turn into a sea of fire, Li Yu clapped his hands and applauded, happier than anyone else.

Of course, Li An would not sympathize with the Tibetan soldiers, the battlefield does not allow sympathy and pity, paused, and said: "Bombard for a while, and then persuade to surrender again, I believe that the Tibetan soldiers will definitely surrender this time." ”

"Xiao Wang also thinks so, the Tubo barbarians are no longer able to stop the attack of my Tang Dynasty, and if they don't surrender, they will be wiped out, such a death really doesn't mean much, but once the Tubo barbarians surrender, we have to allocate part of our energy to manage these prisoners, which is really too troublesome."