"Let's talk. How can you go to the city? Sambu looked at the allies who had surrounded a tent and said loudly: "We have so many people and so many siege equipment that we can't even go up to the top of the city?" ”

"My lord, I don't know what the outward stake is made of, it's not like a stone, it's so hard that you can't cut it with a knife. The ladder can't be lifted, and we can't use the strength to go up. It's really not funny. A guy with a bandaged arm said loudly, "I don't know what the immoral man came up with." ”

"I thought about it, the warriors below will all lassoze their horses, how about we climb to a certain height first, and then throw the rope over and lassoe that stake and then climb over?"

"Not good! People can't use their strength in the air, and they climb the rope very slowly, so they have become a live target. ”

"What about putting a hook in front of a long log, hooking that stake, and crawling over it?"

"The wood is too slippery, and you can only go up one at a time, what's the use."

"With so many of us, we can attack at the same time at four city gates, how many people can they have in the city? As long as you can go up the city wall, you win. ”

"Not necessarily, I heard that the Tang Army has a very powerful formation, which can suppress many people who are more than him. At the beginning, 2,000 infantry could resist the onslaught of 1,000 cavalry, but our same number of infantry was no match for them. ”

Everyone in the big tent spoke freely, so many people gathered together not for tourism, Tubo was to transfer the contradiction and grab some food by the way, the Turks were for revenge, the Western Regions coalition army was persecuted, everyone had something to do, but it couldn't be delayed for too long, not to mention the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty, maybe it was on the way, just so many people would eat poor every day.

"Having said all this, there is still no way to be sure of the siege of the city wall?" Sambu listened impatiently and said: "If it doesn't work, use the most stupid way, send someone to the city every day, bring an axe to chop up the stake, if it doesn't work in one day, it will be two days, and if it doesn't work in two days, it will be three days, and I still don't believe it." ”

The faces of the Turkic commander-in-chief Ebi Ahun and the commander-in-chief of the Western Regions Coalition Army, Reyeji, were ugly, and Sambu's statement was to fill it with human lives, thinking about the dense piles on the city's head, I don't know how many lives it would take to get rid of them all. But what Sambu said is not wrong, since he can't think of a way, he can only use the stupidest way, although it is a bit cruel, Ci is not in charge of the army. Tens of thousands of soldiers with high morale, a lonely city in the wasteland, and thousands of trapped defenders, if such a disparity in strength really can't be taken, it will be a great damage to the prestige of their main generals.

Unlike the bleak atmosphere under the city, everyone on the city wall was laughing and laughing, although the casualties of the defending side were few, but there were no such as the firearms battalion, for safety, Li Dongsheng forced them to wear armor to ensure their safety to the greatest extent. Who knew that this cement pile would have such a good effect, and when the enemy soldiers snorted and hummed up, and then turned into faces facing the sky, everyone laughed out loud on the city, and everyone shot with bows and arrows as if they were hunting. When the enemy finally retreated, looking at the casualties, only three of them had strained their arm muscles due to their bow and arrows, and one of them broke his foot on the steps in excitement.

Everyone looked at Li Dongsheng with admiration, not only the soldiers of the firearms battalion but also the strong men who were summoned, this adult always had wonderful ideas, and the effect was extraordinary. Li Dongsheng smiled and said, "Don't look at me like this. Nothing in the world can be useful all the time, maybe they've figured out how to crack it. Everyone takes turns to rest, do not slacken, and be prepared for a long battle. ”

"Master Hou, they can't attack from above, so we must prevent them from coming in from below. It's all sandy here, and it's easy to dig tunnels. Xi Junmai made a suggestion.

"Yes, we're going to guard against it. Go find dozens of water tanks and bury them along the city wall, send people to listen day and night, and report any abnormal noises immediately! ”

The next day, as soon as the sky was blue, the enemy camp outside the city began to beat drums. Li Dongsheng was on duty last night, and he took turns on duty with Yu Chi Baolin and Xi Junmai. I didn't go down to the city tower all night, I squinted all night in the house on the city wall, at this time I heard the sound of drums outside the city, I opened my eyes and went to where the female wall was, and I saw the figure of the enemy camp in the distance, and soon a team of armored soldiers rushed out and rushed towards the city gate neatly. At this time, Li Dongsheng suddenly remembered one thing, why didn't he think of making a telescope when he made glass, otherwise, the enemy's movements would be under control, and he wrote it down in his heart, and when he repelled the coalition forces this time, he must get one.

The enemy slowly approached, and Li Dongsheng looked at their serious expressions, and felt that their temperament was completely different from that of yesterday's companions, and they looked calm and solemn, as if they were ready to sacrifice.

"Everyone's ready! Today the enemy is different, so don't be careless. Li Dongsheng shouted loudly: "The firearms battalion is all armored, and the strong men are on standby in the back." ”

Hundreds of soldiers from the firearms battalion rushed to the stacks of arrows, lined up and waited for them to climb up, with shields, spears, bows and arrows, and forks under their feet, and stones and oil were all in the corners, and they could just drop them when the time came.

The morale of the soldiers of the firearms battalion defending the city today was obviously higher than yesterday, and even the strong men did not have a nervous look, and Li Dongsheng stood next to them, giving the soldiers defending the city incomparable confidence. Li Dongsheng established his prestige with one undefeated battle after another, and the soldiers and officers of the firearms battalion unconditionally obeyed him, and they were of one mind from top to bottom, believing that Li Dongsheng could lead them from victory to victory.

It was still the same routine as yesterday, the enemy army rushed under the city wall, and the soldiers of the firearms battalion defending the city shot arrows, paid a heavy price and rushed to the city wall, and then took a ladder to the top of the city. The soldiers of the firearms battalion were waiting to see the jokes of the enemy today, and those who were in a hurry picked up their bows and arrows and were ready to shoot.

Soon their smiles disappeared, and the enemy still climbed up with their stomachs up as they had done yesterday, but they did not bring knives or axes, and they did not resist, but used axes to cut down the cement piles, and although the enemy fell like raindrops, they also cut down a lot of cement piles. Looking at the cement piles that are slowly shortening, the face is ugly, and the enemy directly uses human lives to fight this, and you can see the determination of the enemy army.

Finally, dozens of ladders reached the top of the city, and the enemies below let out thunderous cheers. The enemy on the ladder scrambled to climb up, and Li Dongsheng said sharply: "Use the push fork to push the ladder away!" ”

The three soldiers of the firearms battalion used a push fork and shouted: "One, two, three, force!" "Pushing the siege ladder away from the city, I only heard a scream, but there were too many enemies, and someone still poked his head out of the ladder, but he was greeted by either a spear, or boiling oil, and he also let out a scream and fell, and the battle entered a white heat in an instant.