There is a big tree at the head of the village. According to the village elders, this big tree was planted in the Yaoshun period and has been around for more than 1,000 years. The village is not large, with only a few dozen families. Due to its remote location, it is a paradise and few people come to the village. Most of the people in the village are Turkic, and they are naturally skilled in bowing horses. Raise some cattle and sheep, go to the mountains to hunt, and occasionally go to Rong County to exchange fur for some daily necessities.

The village is quiet. Ge Shuhan climbed to the big tree at the head of the village to play as usual, Ge Shuhan did not like to read, so he rode a horse and ran with his father and brother to hunt in the mountains with a bow and arrow. Today, my father and brother did not go hunting, but went to a nearby village to propose marriage to my brother. He brought with him ten bearskins, fifty minkskins, and a tiger skin that he had been reluctant to sell.

The elder brother is eighteen years old, and he has reached marriageable age. People in the village get married later than the men in the Central Plains, and it takes a long time to save enough for these dowries. After the elder brother got married, the family had to start saving animal skins to prepare a dowry for Ge Shuhan. Nowadays, the dowry is also rising year by year, and the surrounding beasts seem to know that this area is dangerous, so they have taken refuge in other places, and the people in the village go out to hunt farther and farther.

Geshuhan was lying where the branches of the tree were parting, when he suddenly noticed smoke rising in the distance. This is a signal of an enemy attack. Ge Shuhan did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly jumped from the tree and ran to the village chief's house. The village chief is an old man who claims to have seen more of the world when he was young. Hearing Ge Shuhan say that there was an enemy attack, he secretly analyzed it. The village is under the jurisdiction of Rong County, belongs to the border area, and further west is the territory of Tuyuhun, Tuyuhun has always been attached to the Tang Dynasty, how could he suddenly send troops to attack?

"Quickly go to Rong County to report, Tuyuhun rebels."

The old village chief came to a conclusion that was similar to the facts. The Tubo soldiers pressed Tuyuhun to the border, and Tuyuhun had already destroyed the country since several wars with the Tang Dynasty. At this moment, Tuguhun is more like a nomadic tribe on the grassland. Murong Xuanchao, the tribal leader of Tuyuhun, did not dare to call himself Khan, so he could only claim the title of king in the tribe. The Tubo army pressed the border, Tuyuhun had no power to resist, and Murong Xuanchao could only choose to submit. Tubo ordered Tuyuhun to organize 10,000 soldiers as the vanguard to attack the county seat of the Tang Border Pass.

Rong County is located in the border pass, the city wall is three zhang high. During the reign of Taizong, the city wall of Rongxian County was only two zhang high, and the rammed earth was piled up. Over the years, each Rong County Commander was prepared for danger in times of peace, and gradually increased the city wall to three zhang. At such a height, there is barely the strength to defend in the face of war. Zhuge Weicheng, the county commander of Rongxian County, was a jinshi at the beginning of this year, and he was full of joy after winning the list, but he was unexpectedly sent to Bianguan County as a county official. The ancestor is Zhuge Zhan during the Three Kingdoms period, hundreds of years ago, the Zhuge family spread all over the Wei, Han and Wu dynasties, and then the Zhuge family gradually declined, and when it came to the generation of Zhuge County Order, only Zhuge Acropolis was an official. Although it was only a small county order, the Zhuge family finally saw a little hope.

After receiving Ge Shuhan's message, Zhuge Acropolis sent people to Shanzhou to report on the one hand, and ordered the city gate to be closed on the other. There are only 200 soldiers and horses stationed in a regiment in the county seat, and when the school captain Xiong Zhuang got the news, he immediately gathered all the men and horses and gathered them in the county office. "Everyone goes to the west gate to go to the city", Zhuge Acropolis is worthy of being the descendants of the Zhuge family, and arranges to organize the young and strong people to carry the tools to defend the city, stones, tung oil, and rolling wood, and these young and strong people are ready to join the army at any time. Liu Xiancheng began to arrange for the people to withdraw from the county seat, and once the war started, there would be no chance to get out of the city.

Two hours later, the enemy finally arrived. Seeing that the enemy army did not carry siege equipment, Zhuge Acropolis felt a little relieved. Although the city wall of Rongxian County is only three zhang, it is powerless to rely on cavalry alone.

Goshuhan was armed with a bow and arrows, and the quiver was filled with thirty arrows.

"Zhuge County ordered, the people began to go out of the city, and the next step can only be to defend it." After Liu Xiancheng finished speaking, he was already determined to die. There are only 200 people in the entire county, and there are only 3 or 400 young and strong people, how can they hold it?

"Liu Xiancheng, you go to the prison and release all the prisoners, and tell them that the foreign enemy is the Tang Dynasty, and it is a hero who assists in defending the city and killing the enemy, and he who thinks he is cowardly will leave the city immediately." Zhuge County ordered.

"This ......" is a big crime to release prisoners privately, Zhuge County ordered the private release of prisoners, even if the enemy succeeds, it is inevitable that they will be held accountable and dismissed afterwards.

"Go quickly, it's all this time, what is personal honor and disgrace?"

Dozens of prisoners, except for seven female prisoners, all stood at the head of Rongxian County. Dressed in prison uniforms, he pointed at the enemy between his words.

"Just such a few people are coming, as for inviting all the gentlemen out?"

"Zhang Rentu, you can see clearly, there are at least two thousand soldiers and horses below."

Zhang Rentu didn't mind, "When Lao Tzu killed the Turks back then, what were 2,000 people?" After watching Lao Tzu kill the enemy, you can watch from the side. ”

"Okay, can you beat it with a stick in your hand?"

"What are sticks afraid of? These fans dare to be sent to the head of the city, and Lao Tzu smashes his brains with a stick. ”

The enemy army under the city began to move, and some people shouted in the Tang language, which meant to surrender without killing or other persuasion words. Joke, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have never seen a city surrender without a fight.

Zhuge County Commander saw the other party's outfit and understood that this was Tuyuhun's troops. The black-armored cavalry of Tubo Fanzi is famous in the Western Regions, and the cavalry in front of him is obviously improvised patchwork. If you give Zhuge an extra thousand soldiers and horses to the Acropolis, this county commander wants to open the city gate and go out of the city to fight. There are only eight strong crossbow machines at the head of the city, and Zhuge Acropolis has long ordered that all the crossbow machines on the other sides of the city be removed and installed on the west city gate. It is impossible for the other party to spare the west gate and besiege the other gates.

The opponent's 5,000 soldiers and horses slowly approached the gate of Rongxian County and stopped beyond the range of bows and arrows.

The war is on the verge of breaking out.

The head of Rongxian County is like a rabble, with soldiers, people, and prisoners mixed together. The soldier picked up the bow and arrow, wound the arrow, and the arrow was wrapped in flammable materials and dipped in tung oil, and the power of the shot was doubled before it was fired. This moment is to fight for Rong County, and this moment is to fight for Datang.

The enemy army began to attack the city.

Countless foot soldiers armed with long ladders, wanting to reach the top of the city. The dense crowd crawled towards the head of the city.

The archers set fire to the arrows, and after some of the soldiers of the Tuyuhun tribe were hit by arrows, the attack slowed down slightly. When the opposing general saw it, he beat the war drums to boost morale. Organize cavalry to carry bows and arrows, enter the palace in a suppressive manner against the city, and assist the besiegers. At the moment when the enemy's offensive was at its strongest, Zhuge defended the city and ordered eight crossbow machines to shoot ten rounds at the enemy. The crossbow arrows in the crossbow machine were as long as a kilometer, and once they were shot into the densest place in the enemy's formation, several people were instantly shot through the body by the crossbow arrows.

The enemy retreated, leaving dozens of corpses in front of the walls.

Zhuge defended the city and inspected the city, and the casualties were not large, and the enemy army obviously did not organize an effective attack. The first wave of attacks was often tentative, and Zhuge Acropolis called Ge Shuhan to his side.

"You can go to Shanzhou to meet the Shanzhou assassin Shi to move the rescue soldiers, and tell the truth about the battle situation in Rong County. There are two mountains between Rong County and Shanzhou, in case the city of Rong County breaks, you can tell the history of the thorn to guard the mountain pass. ”

When the enemy army was coming, Zhuge Acropolis had already ordered the soldiers to light the wolf smoke used for communication. At this moment, Shanzhou Assassin Shi received military information, if he sent reinforcements, he might be able to base himself on Rong County. Zhuge Acropolis sent Ge Shuhan to report the news, and he had a selfish motive. Ge Shuhan is still young, and if Rong County breaks the city, it will be better to leave a life.

Ge Shuhan was ordered to go to Shanzhou.

Suddenly, a loud horn sounded.

Tuyuhun's soldiers attacked the city again.

A thousand cavalry swept past the city, and immediately the cavalry shot arrows at the head of the city with bows and arrows, and was caught off guard, and this wave of arrows caused dozens of people to be injured at the head of the city.

"Prepare shields to guard against arrows."

Zhuge Acropolis checks the number of crossbow arrows, and can also fire three rounds in a salvo. Ordered to use crossbow machines against the opponent's cavalry, so that the opponent's blood was sprinkled all over the land of Rong County.

The crossbow machine fired a volley, and the opponent turned on his horse, and the formation was disrupted. Seeing the heavy casualties, the enemy commander stopped the cavalry fire and launched ten improvised trebuchets. It was a makeshift trebuchet, and boulders flew towards the city, each falling stone and smashing on the city, sending up a large cloud of dust.

The opposing team's footmen swarmed in.

One by one, the ladders were lowered on the city wall, and the Tuyuhun soldiers held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other to cover their heads, and attacked along the ladder as if they were not killed.

Zhuge Acropolis ordered all crossbows to be aimed at local trebuchets. The trebuchet is extremely powerful, and if the opponent is allowed to launch powerful stones and fall into the city, Rong County will be breached sooner or later. There are not many crossbow arrows left, and before these crossbow arrows are exhausted, if you can't destroy all the opponent's trebuchets, Rongxian will be difficult to defend.

The rain of arrows from the opposing side covered the besieging infantry. Finally, the first foot soldier jumped up to the top of the city. Zhang Rentu had already prepared, swept thousands of troops with a wooden stick, and was hitting the head of the foot soldier who had made great contributions to Tuyuhun.

Brains are spilling and blood is bursting out.

"Dare to spread wild in Lao Tzu's territory, go west." Zhang Rentu succeeded in one blow, without any smugness.

Suddenly smoke rose from the city.

The other side used rockets. The fact that rockets are used at this moment means that the number of rockets carried by the other party is not much. The offensive has not decreased, and only when the enemy army is hurt can the other side give up this wave of siege.

"Throw the sassal wood, pour the tung oil, and get on the rocket." Zhuge Acropolis gave an order, and hundreds of rolling logs were smashed down at the head of the city in an instant, dozens of barrels of tung oil were down, and the archers lit rockets and shot at the rolling logs under the city. For a moment, the city was like a sea of fire. Tuyuhun's soldiers cried and shouted for their mothers, and the offensive at the head of the city finally stopped.

The enemy forces finally retreated.

Zhang Rentu was wearing prison uniforms, standing at the head of the city, majestic, like a god descending from heaven.

Zhuge Acropolis was secretly surprised. "Zhang Rentu, what crime did you commit?"

Lao Tzu killed two people, and his wife took advantage of Lao Tzu to go to the Western Regions and had an affair with a little white face. Lao Tzu came back and killed them all with one sword. Let Lao Tzu report to the official? I can't afford to lose that person. ”

"When this battle is over, this official will intercede for you."

"Live until tomorrow, it's still early today, and it's dangerous for these people to attack the city."

Indeed, as Zhang Rentu said, if Tuyuhun's soldiers continue to attack the city, Rongxian may not be able to defend it. The crossbow arrows are all used up, there is not much tung oil left, and there are still some rolling logs, and there is not much left of these things.

The only thing we can count on at the moment is reinforcements from Shanzhou.