Chapter 423: Blessings and Misfortunes
In the third siege, the morale and combat strength of the enemy army were significantly lower than the previous two times.
I didn't wake up, and I stayed up all night.
As we all know, whether working, studying or fighting, it is necessary to maintain sufficient physical strength and sleep time, not enough sleep will lead to a serious decrease in efficiency, and it will also make the skin on the face prematurely age, and grow dark circles and eye bags.
Let's not talk about skin aging, everyone doesn't care, but when tens of thousands of enemy soldiers are neatly lined up with two big dark circles under their eyes, one by one wearing post-modern smoky makeup, and a group of rural killers Matt are not mainstream in besieging the mainstream world and fighting the spirit of the siege, the picture effect is quite joyful.
The main general Amur Dun stood in front of the Chinese army formation, coldly watching the soldiers under his command run weakly, set up a ladder, climbed the wall with a knife, and then was hit by the Tang defenders with a hook and sickle, the people on the ladder and ladder drew a semicircle straight from the air, and fell to the ground heavily, seeing that the soldiers who had finally climbed the city wall just showed their heads, they were poked out of countless blood holes by countless steel knives and halberds, and from time to time a few dozens of small black clay pots with white smoke flew in the air, and fell to the city wall with a bang, and countless siege soldiers screamed and fell to the ground......
Amurton's eyelids twitched, this damn black clay pot!
The siege was difficult, the defenders were extremely stubborn, and the camp was in a big fight last night, all because of this damn little jar!
It...... What the hell is it?
When the Western Regions Coalition Army set out on the expedition, the estimated siege time was three hours!
In other words, they originally planned to take Xizhou within three hours, but now, they have been fighting for three days, and Xizhou is still not moving.
The monarchs and envoys of the alliance of the Western Regions gathered together. When discussing the attack on Xizhou, everyone was optimistic, and in recent years, the countries of the Western Regions have coveted Xizhou, especially the Western Turks and Gaochang, Gaochangguo is because of resentment, because Xizhou was originally Gaochang. The Tang Emperor took it without saying a word, and took over the military and political power of Xizhou, and Gaochang lost a city in a daze, and it was a city with a very important strategic location, how could the monarch of Gaochang not hate? And the Western Turks' coveting of Xizhou is a well-known reason, because among the thirty-six small countries in the Western Regions, the Western Turks are the most powerful, and they are strong enough to compete with the Tang Dynasty. The strategic location of the city of Xizhou is extremely important to the Western Turks, and it is a key to the future competition with the Tang Dynasty.
Coveting Xizhou, naturally we must first have a full understanding of it, in recent years, the detailed works and spies of the countries of the Western Regions have been in and out of Xizhou, and every detail in the city of Xizhou has been memorized, and then transmitted back to China, and the low and fragile city wall of Xizhou. Only the garrison of the two Ochichong Mansions and so on are also in the record of the spies.
Such a dilapidated city wall. It was able to withstand the siege of tens of thousands of troops for three whole days, and there was no sign of collapse and collapse until now, but the enemy and us fell into a difficult stalemate and tug-of-war.
This is a fact that Amurton absolutely cannot accept!
The city wall, which can be broken down with a soak of urine, was attacked by tens of thousands of troops for three days and failed to take it down, but caused heavy casualties. Passing back to the Turkic Khan can only prove that Amurdun is incompetent, even if he captures Xizhou, he will have no success after going back, Rao is Amurdun calm and calm. I can't help but start to get anxious at this moment today.
Attacking the city to achieve this scene, it will be fatal to go back.
The drums of war rumbled, and the sand on the ground shook gently with the rhythm, but it was a pity that the morale of the enemy troops attacking the city today was too low, and from dawn to morning, two full hours passed, and the city was still firmly held in the hands of the defenders, and there was no sign of falling.
Amurdun's eyes were gloomy, he stared at the city with hatred, shook his cloak fiercely on his horse, and said angrily: "Mingjin, collect the troops!" ”
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As the main general, no matter how angry he is, he must sober up and calm down in a timely manner, and then look at the overall situation, weigh the pros and cons of gains and losses, the success or failure of the war, and the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers are all in his thoughts, and his lives are also in the Khan's thoughts.
The troops withdrew, and the camp was returned, and the city, as usual, was again a scene of shaking cheers.
Defend the city again and again, now the morale of the defenders has been in Changhong, the army no longer has the original kind of sluggish and desperate depression, this time the enemy attacked fruitlessly, and once again retreated like a tide, after everyone cheered, the eyes of gratitude and admiration have unconsciously looked at the young man standing silently under the arrow tower at the head of the city, needless to say, the last trace of resentment of the soldiers of the Zhichong Mansion against him, with the joy of the victory of defending the city, has completely disappeared.
Compared with the cheers and laughter in the city, like the joyful atmosphere of falling into a sea of joy, Li Su's heart became heavier and heavier.
He is the commander of the city, and at the same time the most sober and calm man.
In general, the balance of strength between the enemy and us is still very large, and the fact that we are still carried away under such a disadvantage shows that the unlucky day is not far away.
succeeded again and again, everyone gradually deified him and the earth-shaking thunder, they felt that with Li Su and the earth-shaking thunder, or rather, even Li Su could not do without, as long as there was the earth-shaking thunder, the city would not be able to be broken anyway.
This kind of idea of being extremely deified and exaggerated is undoubtedly the most dangerous, but Li Su couldn't convince them, and even Jiang Quan and Cao Yu couldn't help but show their love and dependence when they looked at the earth-shattering thunder in the basket now, and taught Li Su how to persuade them?
Siege of the city for three days in a row, and the city is still not overcome, the enemy's main general is obviously not a vegetarian, his patience and tolerance must have reached the limit, the next siege, will be an extremely tragic and difficult battle, in this vicious battle, the earth-shaking thunder can still help the defenders usher in the next victory? The young faces in front of me cheering, I don't know how many people will die with hatred in the next offensive and defensive battle.
Perhaps, including Li Su himself.
"Don't drive Li, you did a good job today, the last general will ask for orders, and lead another thousand soldiers to attack the enemy camp tonight!" Jiang Quanxing rushed to Li Su and said with a smile.
Li Su smiled: "General Jiang has worked hard, he hasn't slept all night, so let's go and rest." ”
"The end will not be tired, Li don't drive, let's go out of the city again tonight......"
Li Su suddenly straightened his face and said coldly: "You are not allowed to go out of the city tonight." ”
Jiang Quan was stunned: "Why?" ”
Li Su sighed and said: "Don't underestimate the heroes of the world, we caught the enemy off guard last night, it was really a trick, but it can't be repeated, the enemy commander is not incompetent, the enemy camp must be prepared tonight, if you attack again, you will fall into a heavy siege, people have set up a set, just waiting for you to drill into it......"
Jiang Quan said unconvinced: "The last general will change direction tonight, change the tactics to attack and harass, the enemy army will not be able to defend against it, can they not lay an ambush in all directions of the enemy camp?" ”
Li Su shook his head: "No matter how many tactics you change, it's useless, you can only do it occasionally, and you can only win by surprise, the enemy is on guard, how to take it by surprise?" General Jiang, how did General Xiang Tian Xiang die, have you forgotten? ”
Jiang Quan was shocked, and his face became a little ugly, but Li Su's words did make sense, the enemy army was prepared, and it was impossible for the attack to be effective, Xiang Tian was reckless and led a thousand soldiers to raid, but he was ambushed by the enemy, and the lessons of the past cannot be forgotten, and Jiang Quan did not dare to risk the lives of the soldiers.
Li Su sighed: "To say something that you don't like, General Jiang, you lead a thousand soldiers out of the city to attack and disturb, it's easy to say that you can't ambush in the middle of the battle, on the battlefield, it is inevitable to sacrifice your life, but General Jiang don't forget, everyone who goes out of the city has a thunderstorm on his body, this thing is the top secret of my Tang Dynasty, if it falls into the hands of the enemy and is found out by them, His Majesty will never spare us, even if we finally defend this city, after all, there will be no end to death, so I must not let you and the soldiers take risks, one is for your lives, The second is for the earth-shaking thunder, I say so, do you understand what I mean? ”
Jiang Quan's expression became more and more depressed, nodded weakly, and said with a fist: "It's the last general Meng Lang, even so, we are guarding the city in peace, with the earth-shaking thunder, presumably the enemy army will not easily break the city, Xizhou has us, there is a sky-shaking thunder, it will be impregnable, although it is ten thousand and unbreakable." ”
Li Su smiled bitterly, this is too full, there is no impregnable city in the world, with sharp weapons, as the most sober general in the city, Li Su now only hopes to hold on for a while longer, until Li Shimin frees his hands from the north, if the war in the north is unfavorable and the Xue Yantuo Khanate is not destroyed for a long time, then Li Su and the defenders of the entire Xizhou City will be more auspicious.
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The enemy army rested for a whole day, and after retreating until the next morning, the enemy camp was very calm, especially at night, when several bonfires in front of the enemy camp were even extinguished, and it was as quiet as a ghost domain.
Li Su and Jiang Quan stood side by side at the head of the city, looking at the dark enemy camp in the distance, Jiang Quan's face twitched a few times, and his expression became a little afraid.
Quiet does not mean calm, and gradually, Jiang Quan also saw that there were many invisible killing opportunities hidden in the dark enemy camp. If it weren't for Li Su stopping him during the day, there would be many soldiers under his command tonight.
Turning his head sideways, he glanced at Li Su gratefully, but found that Li Su's face was solemn, Jiang Quan couldn't figure it out, now that the city was defended with earth-shaking thunder, the enemy army was repulsed several times in siege, and it could be seen that the enemy was helpless with the earth-shaking thunder, it can be said that the situation was a good time, why did Li Su never see a happy look on his face, but became heavier and heavier?
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PS: There is one more ...... A few days ago, I changed 30,000 words in four days, and I felt that my kidney was hurt, so I took a break last night...... (To be continued.) )