"Quick, lift up, speed up!"

The Tibetan army had not yet arrived, but there was already a great chaos in the city, and a bearded man in bare armor was standing by the stairway by the city gate tower with angry eyes, shouting at a group of soldiers who were hurriedly carrying the wooden rolling stones, this person was Zhang Mingwu, the garrison captain of the city.

Zhang Mingwu, a native of Lantian in Guanzhong, his father and ancestors are ordinary military households, and he does not have much prestige, but he has been martial arts since he was a child, and has learned a good martial arts, since Yonghui replaced his father in the army for three years, he has repeatedly made military exploits, and has been promoted from a small soldier to a battalion of captains, although the official rank is not high, but he has touched the threshold of the general, and if there is a new merit, he can be promoted to a guerrilla general, for him and other grassroots who have risen from the bottom, it is quite difficult.

From a lieutenant to a guerrilla general, it seems that there is only a difference of one level, but this level is not so easy to promote, especially for pure soldiers like Zhang Mingwu who have no background and backing, if you want to go one step further, you have to fight with your life, for this reason, Zhang Mingwu asked for help, and wanted to be transferred to Shanzhou, which is the most likely to go to war, but by mistake, Shanzhou did not succeed, but was transferred to such a horn and pimple in Hezhou, and then met Yao Wangshu such a lazy assassin history, Zhang Mingwu even if he had the heart to prepare for martial arts, but he couldn't start, It can only be done as much as possible, using the authority, preparing some conventional city defense equipment such as wooden rolling stones for the purpose of just in case, this is just from the instinct of a soldier, but I didn't expect it to really come in handy, since I learned the news of the arrival of the Tubo army, Zhang Mingwu has immediately ordered the closure of the front and rear gates, and urged the soldiers in his hands to prepare for war, of course, Zhang Mingwu is very self-aware, and does not think that with such a little soldiers and horses under his command can repel the Tubo army in the field, All he thought about was just relying on the support of the city wall to hold on to help, as for whether he could hold it, Zhang Mingwu didn't have any bottom in his heart, but no matter what, as a commander-in-chief, Zhang Mingwu had the courage to die with the city.

"Report, Lord Zhang, Yao Thorn Shi Qiang opened the back door and went to Anxiang, saying that he was going to ask for reinforcements, please make it clear!"

Just as Zhang Mingwu was busy preparing for the battle under the governor, a soldier rushed up from the city, and one kneeled to the ground, reporting in an anxious tone.

"What? This bastard! Damn it! ”

As soon as he heard that Yao Wangshu actually abandoned the city and fled at the moment of battle, Zhang Mingwu's mind was dizzy, and he almost vomited blood in anger, slammed his fist on the city wall, and scolded in annoyance.

"Master Zhang, the thief army is here!"

As soon as Zhang Mingwu's scolding stopped, an exclamation on the head of the city got up, Zhang Mingwu couldn't be angry, turned around hurriedly, and rushed to the front of the city gate tower.

"The whole army goes to the city, prepare for war, prepare for war!"

Zhang Mingwu has been practicing martial arts for many years, only glanced at it, and has estimated the scale of the enemy, this time there are more than 10,000 people who are walking and riding together, and the heart sank to the bottom, he knows very well that with such a few men and horses, it is almost impossible to hold the city, but Zhang Mingwu does not plan to learn from Yao Wangshu, and roared and issued an order to prepare for war. Nervously gazed at the Tibetan army that had been adjusting its formation for a long time under the city.

"Ninggu Sidu, let your people go, General Ben will lead his troops as cover!"

Hertzzan didn't pay attention to the few defenders in the city of Zaohan at all, nor did he intend to consume his elite soldiers, and as soon as the whole army was completed, he squinted at Ningusto, yawned, and gave a nonchalant order.

"Ah, this ......, okay, then there will be General Law."

Ning Gu Sidu has been under the rule of the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and he knows how the combat power of the ** is, and he is not very willing to gnaw hard bones, but when he saw Hertzzan's non-negotiable face, he was helpless, and he thought that there was still an ambush in the city, so he reluctantly agreed.

"Well, it's easy to say, if you can get down this city, this general will definitely give you great credit, and you won't be able to lose it."

Hearing that Ningusdhu agreed to attack the city, Hertzzan immediately showed a satisfied smile, and happily comforted Ningusto, and then suddenly succumbed, and with a wave of his hand, two thousand cavalry on each of the left and right wings rushed out of the array, quickly killed the city, and splashed waves of arrows onto the city.

"Go up, rush to the city, and whoever goes to the city first, reward fifty horses, thirty cows, and one hundred sheep!"

As soon as he saw that the Tubo army had been dispatched, Ning Gusi didn't dare to slack off a little, turned around, and roared at the more than 4,000 tribal soldiers who were following behind, and gave a heavy reward.

"Hohoho ......"

The Salar tribe is said to be the largest tribe in Hezhou, the population is a lot, but it is very poor, relying on nomadism for a living, for them, the coins in circulation in the Tang Dynasty are definitely not as practical as cattle, sheep and horses, this heard that the head of their own family gave such a heavy reward, they all went crazy, roared indiscriminately, carried the shoddy ladder and rushed towards the direction of the city wall, although there was no formation at all, but the wild momentum came out, but it was also spectacular.

"Steady, steady, crossbowmen ready!"

The city wall of Caohan is low, and there is a lack of ballistas and other defensive weapons, that is, even the large arrows and shields are not neat, the Tubo cavalry under the city head shoots arrows randomly, and the Tang officers and soldiers in the city are all pressed to the point that they can't raise their heads, this battle has not yet started, and the momentum has been pressed down, Zhang Mingwu saw this, he was anxious, but he was helpless, he could only hold on to a shield, and roared with all his might, in order to stabilize the army's heart.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Seeing the Salar tribesmen rushing closer and closer, Zhang Mingwu didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and shouted the general's order, and the more than 200 crossbowmen who had already been ready immediately stood up, and fired their bows almost at the same time, and more than 200 feather arrows roared into the Salar rebels, and in an instant, more than 30 rebels who rushed to the forefront were shot into hedgehogs, and then the rest of the Salar soldiers ignored the miserable howls of their own wounded soldiers, trampled on them, and rushed to the city like a tidal wave, and the cloud ladder was erected, With a shout, he climbed up the ladder to the top of the city.

"Put the Rolling Stones!"

Zhang Mingwu didn't expect such a rare rain of arrows to be able to curb the serar clan's wild charge, and when he saw that the other party's ladder was erected, he hurriedly ordered.

The wooden rolling stone has always been a sharp weapon to defend the city, but seeing Zhang Mingwu's order, the defenders on the head of the city immediately moved according to their words, braved the rain of arrows of the Tubo cavalry, and threw the wooden rolling stone to the city. It was already unable to support it, leaving more than 200 corpses, and even the ladder could not be carried, and all of them were withdrawn in chaos, and a good siege battle turned into a farce.

"Bastard, Ninggu Sidu, you are bringing a lot of soldiers and horses, just such virtue, and you still want to cut the land and become the king? Useless stuff! ”

Seeing that the Salar soldiers were so unbeaten, Hertzzan's face immediately darkened, and he glared at Ninggustu angrily, and scolded him without giving him the slightest face.

"The general is angry, and he will personally lead the army to attack the city!"

Ning Gu Sidu didn't expect his subordinates to be so useless, and was scolded by Hertzzan like this, his face immediately couldn't hang up, and he took off his fur jacket angrily, bare-chested, pulled out the scimitar on his waist, and dropped a sentence, and rushed to his own rebels, and slashed several of the fastest fleeing rebels with the back of his knife, and scolded angrily in his mouth: "Bastard things, whoever let you retreat, go up, give it to Lao Tzu, who dares to take a step back, Lao Tzu beheaded his whole family, go up, hurry up, take the city of Caohan for Lao Tzu, Double the reward! ”

"Take the reward, rush, rush!"

The Salar tribesmen are all masters who remember to eat and not to fight, this reward has doubled, and the morale that has just been lowered instantly rose again, and they completely forgot that they were beaten by **, and they ran back again, one by one baring their teeth and roaring, and the wildness completely broke out.

"Go up, follow Lao Tzu, suppress the city!"

Hertzzan didn't want to have more mushrooms under the city of Caohan, and when he saw that the Salar tribesmen were rushing into the city again, he immediately led the whole army of cavalry to press, leaving only more than 1,000 infantry in the rear to hold down the position.

After all, Hertzzan is a general's talent, although it is just an ordinary general, but the ability to command the battle on the spot is not lacking, he pressed the command, the attack efficiency of more than 6,000 Tubo cavalry has obviously increased a lot, but seeing the two Tubo cavalry of 3,000 each back and forth, with the tacit understanding to the extreme, the rain of arrows shooting at the head of the city has never stopped, dense like raindrops to suppress the defenders at the head of the city so that it is difficult to raise their heads, and the casualties of the ** officers and soldiers who risk death to throw wooden rolling stones under the city have increased dramatically, and when the battle is not long, there have been more than 100 ** The officers and soldiers were killed or wounded and lost their combat strength, and the situation of the battle suddenly took a sharp turn, and the Salar tribesmen who had no suppression of the city rushed to the city, and the situation was in danger for the ** defending the city!

"Brothers, kill thieves, kill thieves, kill thieves!"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhang Mingwu had to fight hard, roared, personally led the guards to rush out of the city gate tower, and rushed to kill the city defenses that had been broken through in several places......