Since the Tang army occupied Xinyougang, the Baiji people in this area either fled far away, or mobilized nearby soldiers and horses to defend it.

Zhang Guigui and the others first attacked a settlement of the Baiji people, but found that it was empty, and then came to this town called Gao Miao. It is a large town with a population of more than 1,000 people, and there is also a tuntiansu nearby. In order to prevent the attack of the Tang Dynasty, more than 200 officers and soldiers were driven from the county seat, and the officers and soldiers of the Tuntian Institute and the people from several villages around the town also hid in this town, and the people in the town had exceeded 3,000 people, and the soldiers who participated in the defense of the city also exceeded 1,000 people.

After Zhang Guigui and the others arrived, they saw the dense crowd and knives and guns on the city wall, and immediately felt a little headache.

Hou Cheng said: "Precious, the prince has explained, you are not allowed to attack fortified towns, or let's go somewhere else." ”

Zhang Guigui said depressedly: "Where else can I go?" We just went to a place, and there was no one there, right? I think it's the same if I go somewhere else. ”

After speaking, he pointed to the people on the city tower and said, "Look at those people, how many are wearing military uniforms?" It's all the people, and if we can storm the wall, we'll be scared away. ”

Qualcomm didn't want to run anymore, he said: "I think it's okay, or let's try it." ”

Hou Cheng said: "Forget it, we have 500 people, and they are all cavalry, siege is not our strong point, so don't go." ”

Zhang Guigui said: "Didn't we bring some ladders? "They did bring some ladders, which were assembled, and each section was more than a foot long, and when inserted together, it could become a ladder. In order to attack the city, many cavalry carried a short ladder on their backs.

Qualcomm said, "Okay, I'll go siege." So saying, he jumped off his horse and beckoned his soldiers to dismount and prepare for the siege.

Hou Cheng saw that he couldn't resist them, and said, "Okay, I'll take someone around the town." Fearing reinforcements from the enemy, he galloped towards the back of the town with a small group of cavalry.

The Tang army began to form a team, and the sequence of the ranks was square shieldmen, pikemen, archers and round shieldmen.

There are three main types of shields of the Tang army, one is a long shield, rectangular, with a height of two meters and a width of one meter, which is a large shield operated by two people and used to cover the formation and encampment of troops. One is called the square shield, which is rectangular, one meter two long and 64 centimeters wide, and is used on the move, and the soldier holds the shield in both hands to shield the arrows. There is also a round shield, 64 cm in diameter, in which the soldier holds the shield in one hand and a knife in the other, which is used in individual combat.

Once the ranks were lined up, Qualcomm commanded the troops to move forward.

When the Tang army reached a distance of 150 steps under the city, arrows began to be released on the head of the city, and the arrows flew in a disorderly manner, and the Tang army was protected by shields and armor, and few people were injured, and the troops approached the city wall step by step.

Finally, the Tang army stopped at a distance of only 50 paces from the city wall, and the crossbowmen began to fire arrows at the city wall, and several rows of arrows flew up the city wall, causing great casualties to the soldiers who lacked armor protection on the city wall, and they dodged one after another, and the number of arrows sent downward was greatly reduced.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Gao Tong commanded a group of soldiers armed with round shields and rushed towards the city wall with a ladder.

Zhang Guigui and Gao Tong observed the Tang army's siege of the city, and they saw that the Tang soldiers quickly rushed to the bottom of the city, set up a ladder to the city, and then the soldiers held round shields and Tang knives in their mouths, and began to climb upward.

At this time, many Baekje people appeared at the head of the city, they braved the bows and arrows of the Tang army, threw stones and rolling logs downward, and many Tang soldiers were knocked down, and the Tang soldiers behind still bravely continued to climb upward.

Qualcomm ordered the archers to approach the walls and fire accurately, and the defenders at the head of the city suffered heavy casualties. The Baekje people were also desperate, the people in front fell, and the people behind rushed up again, continuing to hit the Tang soldiers who were climbing on the ladder.

Eventually, the soldiers on two ladders climbed to the top of the city, but they were soon knocked down again, and the soldiers behind continued to climb upward.

Suddenly, a thick wooden trunk came out of the city wall, and put it on the head of a ladder, pushing it off the wall, standing upright, and then falling backwards, and the three soldiers who were climbing on it fell to the ground along with the ladder.

The Baekje people on the city wall cheered together.

Then, the Tang army's second ladder was also pushed down by the Baekjes. The Tang Army had a total of five ladders, and now two of them were scrapped.

"Sketch grandma." Zhang Guigui said angrily. He shouted, "Attack with fierce fire oil." ”

Qualcomm said, "I'll go." As he spoke, he ran towards the city wall with a round shield in his hand and several of his own soldiers.

At the bottom of the city wall, Gao Tong commanded the soldiers to light the strips of cloth on the clay pots, and threw dozens of clay pots filled with fierce fire oil they had brought to the city walls. The fire burned fiercely, and the Baekje people on the city wall were burned to the point of howling wolves.

Qualcomm climbed the ladder and climbed up himself.

The fire oil was so powerful that Qualcomm climbed on top of it, but it didn't encounter any obstruction from the Baekje people. He stood on the city wall, only to realize that there was a raging fire in front of him, and he could not pass through. He spotted a spot a few meters away where there was no fire, covered his face with a round shield, and rushed over with gritted teeth.

The fire was so fierce that Qualcomm passed through instantly, and his hair and clothes were on fire. Fortunately, his body was not stained with fierce fire oil, but his clothes were burning, and he slapped a few times to extinguish the flames on his body.

Just then, an arrow flew and landed in his chest, making a crisp thud and landing on the ground. The protective power of the Mingguang armor is not covered, it is a real steel plate.

Qualcomm was startled, looked up, and was a little dumbfounded, he saw a large group of Baekje officers and soldiers rushing towards him, at least more than a hundred people.

It turned out that these officers and soldiers were those regular soldiers who drove from the county seat, and they did not show their strength and had been hiding behind the city walls.

At this time, several pro-soldiers behind Qualcomm also jumped over the wall of fire and stood beside him, and Qualcomm shouted: "Kill." "Rushed up against the Baekje people.

The fierce battle began, and Qualcomm and the others and the officers and soldiers of Baekje slashed and killed each other. In the tragic melee, the heavy armor on Qualcomm and the others and the sharp Tang knife in their hands showed great power. The knives and spears of the Baekje people slashed at their bodies, and there was almost no damage, and the Tang knives of Qualcomm and others were directed, but the Baekje people were full of flesh and blood. After a short battle, the outnumbered Baekje people began to retreat, and Qualcomm and others rushed forward to kill. I want to chat with more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~