Chapter 370: Aim and Shoot

With a "snap", a ladder made of bamboo was erected on top of the city. Immediately afterwards, the ladders seemed to be agreed, and gradually set up on the top of the city.

A ragged soldier grits a weapon in his mouth and climbs up the ladder.

"One, two, three-" The four Tang sergeants jointly lifted an iron fork, forked it on the ladder, shouted a trumpet, and pushed the ladder outward.

The ladder that had been set up at the head of the city was gradually pushed away from the city, erected, and then slowly tilted, falling backwards into the crowd of Tibetans.

"Wow-" It was as if it was a waterfall falling from the sky, and the hot oil poured down from the city, scalding the skin and flesh of the Tubo people who were climbing up, and rolling them down. The hot oil fell, and the soldiers who couldn't dodge hunched their heads and howled in pain. And the Tubo people who dodged were not so lucky, the hot oil fell to the ground, splashed, and burned people on all sides.

In addition to the hot oil, the head-sized rolling stones were lifted by the Tang soldiers and smashed down, smashing the heads of the Tubo people who were climbing to the point of bleeding.

"Shoot the arrows!" Niu Jinda waved the horizontal knife in his hand, pointed down, and in an instant, ten thousand arrows were fired, and the arrows rained down and fell on the Tibetan crowd who were besieging the city.

However, after only three rounds of shooting, Niu Jinda no longer allowed the soldiers to shoot arrows. For he suddenly found that the siege was now carried out by the ragged slave soldiers, and that the well-equipped regular army did not send a single person.

Fan didn't waste arrows for these slave soldiers.

At this moment, suddenly, among the slave soldiers who were besieging the city, a rain of arrows shot towards the city, and the Tang soldiers who were caught off guard were hit by arrows one after another.

Niu Jinda was suddenly shocked and angry, looking at the archers who came out of those slave soldiers, and couldn't help but secretly complain that he was careless, and he actually fell for the tricks of these Tubo people.

It turned out that from the beginning of the siege to just now, these Tubo people had not shot a single arrow, but now they suddenly shot arrows, which really caught the Tang army off guard.

The soldiers who were shot were quickly carried to the back, and under the command of Niu Jinda, the archers also began to return fire.

Compared with the arrows of the Tubo people, the feather arrows of the Tang army were sharper.

The feather arrow fell, and the huge kinetic energy even nailed to the ground along with the person.

Song Yi stood on the side of Niu Jinda, picked up a two-stone bow and shot feather arrows downward. He shot so accurately that almost every arrow was stuck in the archers who were hiding among the slave soldiers. I couldn't help but let Niu Jinda secretly scream.

After shooting more than ten arrows, Song Yi threw his bow and arrows aside, picked up a horizontal knife, and slashed at the head of the Tubo man who was climbing up.

In this way, from the dawn of the morning, these Tubo people began to drive the slave soldiers to attack the city with flesh and blood, and under the city of Songzhou, layers of corpses gradually accumulated, and the blood that flowed out soaked the land, making the soil a little slippery. However, the slave soldiers who rushed up from behind didn't care about the slippery dirt, because what they were stepping on was the corpse of their companion in front.

Seeing that it was almost noon, a long and desolate horn sounded on the side of the Tibetans.

Hearing the sound of the horn, the slave soldiers who were fiercely attacking the city slowly retreated.

On the clearing, countless corpses were placed in various postures. The strong smell of blood can be smelled from afar.

Looking at these corpses, and then looking back at the injured Tang soldiers, Niu Jinda couldn't help but let out a slight sigh.

Songtsen Gampo rode on a tall horse. This is a Qinghai horse snatched from Tuyuhun, which is much better than the Tubo horse they used in terms of load capacity and explosive power. Many soldiers in the Tang army used this kind of horse.

Glancing back at the horn sound in the direction of Songzhou City, he nodded to the generals around him, signaling that he could attack.

A bearded general drew his scimitar and roared loudly in the Tibetan language.

The Tubo soldiers who heard the roar of the generals immediately drew their weapons one after another, pierced the sky, and roared with the generals.

The army moved slowly. The slave soldiers were still in the lead. With empty eyes, they rushed towards the Tang army camp with mechanical steps. It swept in like a tide.

Seeing this situation, Li Daozong couldn't help frowning slightly, these Tubo people used this tactic, obviously they wanted to use these slave soldiers to consume the arrows and energy of the Tang army, and when the Tang army was tired of killing and the arrows were almost used, they were killing with elites.

If you follow the tactics of the Tibetans, maybe you can really succeed in one fell swoop.

Li Daozong looked intently, and saw that the slave soldiers who ran over were at least all over the nearby area, densely packed, and reunited. And a mile away, there were neat Tibetan soldiers.

Suddenly, Li Daozong found that among the Tibetan soldiers, a group of people were gathered together. Although I couldn't see the appearance of the group of people, I could faintly see their armor. These people were all neatly dressed in armor, and under the light of the sun, they reflected a sparkling light, presumably some kind of shining jewelry. Based on this judgment and intuition, Li Daozong concluded that this group of people might be the big people in Tibet, and even Songtsen Gampo was among them.

If they can be served in one pot, then this battle can be won directly. Thinking of this, Li Daozong looked at the artillery who had already set up a formation.

"Li Tong, come here!" Li Daozong shouted at a young man in the artillery who was adjusting the artillery.

This Li Tong is the commander of these two hundred artillerymen, uh, it was appointed by Zhang Yunwen before the war, let him take these artillery with him well. Hearing Li Daozong's call, he came to Li Daozong's side with a "whoosh": "Hehe, General Li, what's the important matter here?" “

"Come on, look somewhere, do you see it, it's just some shining places, can you hit there?" Li Dongzhe said with anticipation on his face.

Li Tong visually measured the distance and shook his head: "It's too far to hit." Unless you're going thirty feet ahead! ”

Li Daozong was silent for a moment, and said to Li Dao: "When you bring it back, don't adjust the range to the fullest, just shoot at that position!" Li Daozong pointed to the position between the two rejection horses, "Wait until the Tubo people go there before they are allowed to fire the cannon!" ”

When Li Tong heard this, he smiled "hehe" at the moment: "The general wants to attract that group of people!" No problem, see us later! ”

After speaking, he saluted Li Daozong and went down to adjust the range of the artillery.

By this time, the slave soldiers were approaching the first wall of rejection.

Standing behind the second rejection horse, the Tang sergeant with a bow and arrow and a steel crossbow began to become nervous as he watched these slave soldiers slowly approach.

Finally, after the slaves had crossed their horses and marched twenty paces, one of the soldiers pulled the trigger of the crossbow violently.

As if receiving a signal, countless soldiers let go of the tight strings in their hands and pulled the trigger on the steel crossbow.

In an instant, countless feathered arrows and crossbow arrows were fired into the formation of the slave soldiers from both the front and above.

Patches of slave soldiers fell to the ground like harvested grass, with at least one arrow stuck in their bodies.

Songtsen Gampo, who saw this scene from afar, couldn't help but take a deep breath, his eyes full of shock. With such a terrifying and dense rain of arrows, if you let your cavalry charge, how big will the loss be? He could hardly have imagined it.

"Let's go up and take a look!" After a moment of silence, Songtsen Gampo and the ministers and generals around him slowly walked forward more than thirty zhang away. I was about to move on, but I was stopped by some generals. It is said that the battlefield is dangerous, just watch it here.

Seeing that the group of people had moved forward a lot, Li Daozong was secretly happy in his heart, and his eyes turned to the battlefield again.

With an absolute numerical superiority, these slave soldiers gradually narrowed the distance between them and the second line of rejection.

As soon as he entered the middle of the two rejection horses, Li Tong, who couldn't wait, ordered: "Open the cannon!" ”

Suddenly, one after another shells flew out, landed in the center of the two rejection horses, and exploded.

The loud explosions and flames would have completely stunned the slave soldiers. Their empty eyes were now filled with fear. Many slave soldiers didn't even care that it was on the battlefield, but even knelt on the ground, muttering and prostrating their heads.

Seeing this situation, the artillerymen were stunned and looked at Li Tong one after another. But Li Tong looked at Li Daozong.

At this time, Li Daozong suddenly pointed ahead and shouted at Li Tong: "Li Tong, come and see, have those people entered the firing range?" ”

It turned out that when Songtsen Gampo heard the power of the mortar, saw the sparks and the fallen and moaning slaves, and heard the earth-shattering explosion, he couldn't help but move forward.

Ministers and generals spoke out one after another. Songtsen Gampo said: "What are you afraid of, didn't you see that the firearms of the Tang Army were fired when the soldiers arrived at that position?" The range of the firearm must only be in that position, and it doesn't hurt if I wait a little longer! ”

The ministers and generals had no choice but to follow Songtsen Gampo and walk forward for about fifty zhang.

Li Tong set up a pergola in front of his forehead with his right hand, observed for a moment, and still shook his head: "The cannonball still can't hit!" ”

When Li Daozong heard this, he was immediately disappointed.

At this time, Li Tong said again: "But if you put the cannon on it, I'm afraid you can hit it!" As he spoke, Li Tong pointed to the tall guard tower on his head.

Li Daozong was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, Li Tong, you immediately go to the guard tower with the mortar!" Bring a few more people, bring more shells, aim at that group of people for me, and reward him with dozens of shells! ”

Li Tong smiled "hehe" and patted his chest: "Don't worry, general, your subordinates will definitely complete the task!" ”

As he spoke, he beckoned five groups of ten people and began to climb up the watchtower.

After only four people climbed up, there was no extra space on the watchtower. The remaining artillery had to go to other towers.

Of course, before going up, Li Tong gave them a detailed description of the goal.

Songtsen Gampo saw some Tang soldiers climbing the sentry tower from afar, and immediately smiled and said to the nearby ministers and generals: "These Tang soldiers, now sending people to the sentry tower, do you want to see my Tubo army?" ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

After the two of them set up two mortars on the guard tower, Li Tong visually measured his height and target distance, and after correcting the outside angle, he shouted: "Aim at the target, prepare to shoot!" ”