Seeing that Ilduqi finally made a statement, Sonam Qunpei and the Fifth Dalai Lama were all happy. The three of them then began to discuss the details, preparing what to do in case they received the news of Tulubaihu's defeat.

In the end, the three of them agreed that in order to gain greater credit, as long as they got the news, they would immediately raise the flag and send envoys to return to the Tang army. In case of not being able to deal with it, the rebels in southern Tibet will get the news and come to fight with themselves for the first prize, but the gains outweigh the losses.

In front of interests, it has nothing to do with father and son, such a situation is really impressive.

They are privately plotting here, and Gu Shi Khan Tulu Baihu, who is holding on to the city in Naqu City, does not know at all, and still plans to defend the city with all his might, in order to drag the Tang army under the city as much as possible.

With the cooperation of the two Tang armies in the west and the east, these Tang troops assembled outside Nagqu City, after more than half a month of assembly, finally all concentrated outside Nagqu City and made all preparations for battle.

On this day, the morning sun surged, the loud swan horn sounded loudly, and the Tang army finally began to attack the city.

Hearing the siege horn from outside the city, Tulu Baihu, the defender of Naqu City, who was still in a hangover, instantly woke up from his sleep.

Tulubaihu rubbed his swollen eyes, and his heart was shocked and suspicious, how could he be so good, why did this siege alarm sound? Could it be that today the Tang army began to attack the city?

It's just that this Qu City, the soldiers are strong, and the defense is well-prepared, how can it be so easy for those Tang troops to attack the city.

At this moment, the door slammed open, and a panting soldier ran in quickly.

"General, it's a big deal, it's a big deal!" The little soldier replied with a frightened and panting face: "The city, there is a large number of Tang troops outside the city, pushing hundreds of cannons, pushing towards the north gate of my Naqu City, shouting all the way to attack!" ”

The soldier's words were like a scoop of cold water, pouring down on Tulubai's head, and he stood up from the head of the bed, his eyes widening.

Okay, after being silent for so many days, the Tang army is finally going to start attacking the city!

"Let's go! Take Ben Khan to see it! ”

"Yes!"

Tulu Baihu, who came to the head of Naqu City, followed the direction of the small soldier's arm and pointed in the direction of the small soldier, and was horrified to see that in the north of Naqu City, in the dense Tang army array, a total of as many as 180 heavy artillery of the same size were launched, lined up in a straight line, and slowly pushed forward together. These heavy cannons that move forward silently, shining faintly silver in the reflection of the morning sun.

180 steel heavy dragon bombarders shining with silver gray light were slowly pushed by the Tang gunners to a kilometer outside the north gate of Naqu. Next, the Don gunners began to fix the gun mounts, adjust the angle of fire, reload gunpowder and shells, and soon made preparations for battle.

These 180 heavy dragon cannons, lined up along the right side of the city wall in the south of Naqu City, majestic and majestic, the black hole of the cannon mouth, straight towards the opposite side of the city wall, its dignified momentum, so that the enemy defending the city, frightened to begin to weaken their legs.

Good guys, these cannons look so terrifying, you can imagine how powerful they will be when they are fired.

The main general, Tulu Baihu, saw such a terrible cannon for the first time in his life, and his face was also brushed with cold sweat.

At this time, at the head of Naqu City, there were many young men and women who were drawn from the people and came to participate in the defense of the city. For these people, it was the first time in their lives to see such a strange and huge cannon, and their faces were not only afraid and worried, but also inexplicably excited and curious.

They chattered in a low voice, unaware that these heavy cannons with huge black muzzles would be the best tools for them to ascend to heaven for free.

Seeing the Tang army coming with artillery so proudly, Tulu Baihu, the battle-hardened general, almost intuitively felt that if the Tang army was allowed to attack the city like this, it would definitely cause extremely terrible damage and blows to the city walls, and such a result must be prevented before the Tang army began to attack the city.

Tulubaihu quickly thought about it, and shouted at the soldiers and young men who were defending the city: "Everyone, panic! In my Naqu City, there are enough soldiers and horses, and the defense is thorough, the Tang Army wants to capture this Naqu City, I'm just afraid that he doesn't have such a good mouth! In addition, there are still 2,000 cavalry in our city, and when these Tang artillery is approaching, our army can send cavalry to kill them out of the city, catch them by surprise, and make their artillery a pile of useless scrap metal! “

As soon as Tulubaihu said this, the soldiers at the head of the city were greatly encouraged, and the people's hearts were much calmer, and the degree of panic was much less.

It's just that although Tulubaihu said so, he didn't have a bottom in his heart.

Will these Tang army artillery really be wiped out so easily by the cavalry who sneaked out of the city, and will the Tang army commander really guard against such negligence? Could it be just wishful thinking?

Tulubaihu was forced to calm down on the surface, but he couldn't help but sigh quietly in his heart.

Do your best, let it be the fate of heaven.

Tulubaihu took a long breath and quickly began to arrange the battle, he ordered that the 2,000 cavalry in the city wait at the north gate, and wait for the Tang army's artillery to get closer, and then go out of the city to raid, and this northern city wall is also guarded by him with elite soldiers.

To his surprise, the artillery of the Tang Army, which was slowly advancing, all stopped when they were eight hundred steps away from the north gate of Naqu City. Then these Don gunners were extremely skilled in loading the fixed gunpowder on the spot, measuring the spacing with a gun gauge, adjusting the angle of fire, and began to prepare for firing.

Tulubaiham's eyes widened.

No way?

You must know that among the contemporary artillery in his impression, the most powerful Hongyi artillery can only hit about 400 paces away, why did these Tang artillery stop at 800 paces away and start preparing to shoot, can their artillery hit so far?

Could it be that it was because the Tang army was afraid of death and was afraid that its own cavalry would sneak attack out of the city, so they stopped at such a distance, planning to bombard indiscriminately without aiming?

Tulubaihu is so cranky, of course, because he doesn't know that the accurate firing range of the Tang army's artillery can actually reach 1,000 steps, and the reason why it is 200 steps ahead now is because considering the city, compared with the surrounding terrain, the bottom of the city wall is specially heightened, so the Tang gunners should consider the elevation angle and projectile degree, and the Tang army will further advance these artillery pieces in order to more effectively break the city wall.

Just when Tulu Baihu was suspicious, at this time, they heard faint shouts from a distance in the Tang army's array.

"Ready!"

"Put!"

Turubihu saw from a distance that in front of the Tang Army's artillery array, a person who looked like an officer was holding a red flag in his hand and waved it down vigorously. At the same time, he shouted violently, and 180 steel heavy dragon bombers with a huge caliber and 32 pounds of shells fired in unison.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

In the continuous sound of huge cannons that shattered the eardrums, the muzzles of 180 heavy dragon bombardment guns immediately floated crimson afterburners, flashing with dazzling golden fire, and in the dense billowing white smoke, 180 huge jet-black iron bullets weighing 32 pounds, with the whistle of death, slammed into the northern wall of Naqu City.

In the dull and heavy sound of huge impact, these 100 jet-black 32-pound iron bullets, as if they had eyes, hit the right side of the entire northern city wall in an evenly distributed state.

On the right side of the northern city wall of the entire Naqu City, nearly a hundred large holes appeared in an instant, and at the edge of each big hole, the thick and cracked lines were as dense as spider webs, and they spread unscrupulously to the siege, and a large number of city wall bricks splashed and cracked, and a piece of dust and mist filled the city, and the entire northern city wall was trembling violently as if it had asthma.

On the north city wall, a large number of Tulubai Amber soldiers who were shocked to the ears, eyes, nostrils and mouth bleeding together, everyone was shocked to the point of blood surge, and their eyes were shrouded in the dust and mist that choked their noses, while the city wall under their feet shook violently like a pendulum, and nearly 100 Tibetan soldiers who were unsteady on their feet fell from the city wall screaming like broken leaves blown by the wind, and then fell into meat cakes.

The Tang army's heavy artillery salvo this time actually caused the northern wall of Naqu City to fall into a lot of chaos in an instant.

Those Tibetan soldiers who have battlefield experience are in good condition and can barely support. But a large number of men and women, who were shocked to the point of bleeding from their mouths and noses, and whose faces were covered with dust, and who had no combat experience, screamed in horror, turned around and fled from the road of the city wall.

"Don't run! Come back to Lao Tzu and continue to defend the city wall! Those who violate military orders will be killed! ”

Hit by the surging waves of sand and dust, Tulubaihu, who was covered in dust and hair, looked extremely embarrassed as if he had just come out of the desert.

He coughed violently, stood up against the battlements of the wall, and roared at the Tibetan soldiers who fled wildly, to stop the chaos. It was only in the midst of this confusion, though he shouted hoarsely, to little avail, and a young man, who had been deaf in both ears, ran past Tulubaihu with a wail, completely ignoring the warning of the supreme governor of Naqu City.

"Bastard, don't run!"

Tulubaihu was angry and angry, he drew his sharp sword from the ground, shouted angrily, and stabbed the fleeing fellow from the back to the chest, and stabbed a big hole, and the fleeing young man's body shook a little, and then fell from the city wall, and fell into a mess of meatloaf.

Finally, after Tulu Baihu and his guards slashed and killed seven or eight people one after another, these defeated Tibetan troops re-stabilized, the escapees returned to their posts in fear, and the situation on the entire northern city wall stabilized slightly.

At this time, the gunners of the Tang Army, who had just finished the first round of salvo fire, were already clearing, charging, and reloading ammunition in preparation for the next round of shooting.

Tulubai's teeth were clenched, the anger in his heart was beyond measure, his eyes rolled, and he immediately ordered: "Put down the drawbridge, all the cavalry immediately go out of the city to charge, and be sure to kill all the Tang gunners!" Let their cannons turn into squibs, dead cannons! ”

"Order!"

Soon, the two thousand elite horsemen in the city, after lowering the drawbridge at the north gate and opening the city gate, rushed out of the city with a clamour.

The two thousand cavalrymen had barely crossed the drawbridge when they heard another bang behind them.

Some cavalrymen subconsciously looked back, but saw that the drawbridge was being pulled up by the soldiers at the head of the city, and the city gate had already been tightly closed.

For a while, the faces of all the cavalry were full of gloom and loneliness.

They knew that by doing this, Turubihu had decided to use them as outcasts, and as soon as they led their army out of the city, there was only one way to go but to die on the battlefield.

Once you succeed, your bones will wither, this is the fate of soldiers.

Seeing the Tibetan cavalry who came out of the city, when they left the city, they showed a hesitant and helpless state, Tulu Baihu couldn't bear it, he gritted his teeth fiercely, and his eyes were already blood-red.

"Brothers, come forward quickly, as long as you kill those Tang Army gunners, General Ben will definitely not treat everyone badly, after you come back, General Ben will personally celebrate your achievements!" Tulubaihu was at the head of the city, shouting at the cavalry.

Hearing the encouragement of the commander, the cavalry who went out of the city also knew that they had no other way out than to kill the Tang gunners in desperate despair.

Sadly, what can I do but believe in these words of Tulu Baihu, which are so full of false elements. After all, military discipline is difficult to disobey, and those who disobey orders must be immediately executed. So, they let out a beastly shout in unison, and then slammed the horse's belly, rushed forward towards the Tang army's artillery array in the distance.

The horses' hooves rumbled and the dust was flying, and on this midsummer morning, the Tibetan cavalry galloped like arrows from the string, shooting at the artillery position of the Tang army.

Eight hundred steps!

Six hundred steps!

Three hundred steps!

When they reached about 300 paces away from that row of Tang artillery, a group of Tibetan cavalry quickly dispersed into a straight line, and in the eyes of everyone, it was the Tang gunners who had already seen what they were going to kill in front of them.

The effective attack distance of the bow and arrow is sixty paces, so they should speed up and rush to this distance, so that those Tang gunners can taste the power of the bow and heavy arrows.

"Rush, rush over, shoot all these Tang gunners!"

After running closer and closer, a group of Tibetan cavalry roared loudly like a group of crazy beasts, and in the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, these Tibetan cavalry with bows and arrows pulled their bowstrings to the Tang gunners on the opposite side.

It can be expected that as long as they run within the firing range, these Tang gunners will resolutely escape from the heavy arrows of the Tibetan army.

What these Tibetan cavalry didn't expect was that at this seemingly smooth time, an accident happened.

All the Tibetan cavalry clearly saw that these Tang gunners were like a group of rabbits chased by eagles, turning around and fleeing behind, and behind them, a dense row of muskeoners appeared.

To be precise, it was two rows of more than 4,000 musketeers, because one row was standing, the other was kneeling, clothed in a sizzling fire rope, holding a loaded fire gun, and quickly made an aiming posture, and the whole formation could not see the end from the beginning.

At this time, Tulubaihu, who was observing with a clairvoyant mirror at the head of the city, his light brown pupils suddenly contracted to a little in horror.