After a two-day march, passing through the open plateau area that is gradually rising for more than 100 miles, Zhonghe Peak is in sight. The top of the tall mountain peak, covered with snow, and below the snow line, white clouds drifted in the middle, like a white scarf around the mountain. Further down is an endless sea of green, with peaks running north and south blocking the way of the army.

Although I know that on the other side of Zhonghe Peak is Taihe City, the capital of Nanzhao Kingdom, but in the face of this tall mountain, not to mention the army, it is difficult for birds to overcome. They could only march from the valley at the northern foot of the mountain and continue westward, bypassing the remnants of the mountain peaks and turning south to attack the sheep and baa cities that lay across the valley.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the first month of March, the army arrived at the open valley west of the city of Yangjiba, and the scale of Yangheba City was really not small. The length and width of the city are more than six or seven miles, which shows that it is a large city that can accommodate 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and civilians.

In fact, the city was built by the river barbarians, and it was originally the center of residence of the river barbarians. Ge Luofeng's father, Pi Luo Ge, conquered the river barbarians with the help of the power of the Tang Dynasty to unify the six edicts, and this city also became the second largest city in the Nanzhao Kingdom, and became a huge barrier in front of the capital of Nanzhao.

The valley where the city is located is the only passage to the Longshou Pass in the north of Taihe City, and on both sides are the remnants of Zhonghe Peak, which is more than five or six hundred zhang high, and it is impossible for the army to cross these peaks to bypass. Only by taking the sheep and Baa City can you reach Taihe City on the shore of Erhai Lake.

After camping outside the city, Wang Yuan took Song Jiangong, Liu Jun, Liu Dehai and others to observe the terrain as usual. Hundreds of steps away from the West City Gate, everyone carefully observed the defense system of this city and found that this city was stronger than they imagined.

The city wall of the west city is high and large, roughly estimated to be more than two zhang, not only heightened and reinforced, but also from the city wall of the circular arc outside the city gate, but also imitated the Tang Dynasty city to build the outer urn city. Nanzhao people have been following the Tang Dynasty for so many years, but they have also learned a lot of things. At this moment, the city is densely packed with many people carrying sacks on their backs and walking up to the city wall, strengthening the height of the city wall and building defensive fortifications.

The moat outside the city is also a natural river, which is the Peach Blossom Creek that flows out of the peaks in the north of the city and the Green Jade Creek that flows out of the mountains in the south of the city. These two streams are the second of the eighteen streams in Cangshan, and the streams that can be on the list of these eighteen streams and have their own names are not nameless babbling streams in the mountains, they can basically be regarded as rivers. These two streams, which were drawn as moats, were also five or six zhang wide, and were apparently widened.

Looking at the city wall, there is a raised fortress every few dozen steps, which is obviously not built for nothing, the fortress must have been built to defend against the siege, and it is not known what is placed in it.

"It doesn't seem to be easy to take down this sheep and baa city. Ge Luofeng obviously intends to stop us here. All his forces should be in this city for defense, what do you think, lieutenant marshal? Song Jiangong frowned and stroked his beard.

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "No wonder he is like this, this is the last barrier to the Dragon Head Pass in Taihe Beicheng, and if it is properly guarded, it is entirely possible to block us here." Our supply lines are too long, and they can't afford to consume them. ”

Liu Jun said: "Father-in-law, I'm afraid that the tactics of dealing with Nongdong City can't be applied to this city, we have no other way but to attack the West City Gate, and no matter the cavalry and infantry, there is no way to go around the back and raid the city gate in other directions." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Of course not, attacking each city must be adapted to local conditions, and the city is flat on all sides, except for the city itself, there is actually no geographical advantage." This is a different city, as you can't move your horses and horses through the mountains and forests on either side to the rear or flanks. And even if they did, they would not be able to break through the other walls, because there were enough defenders in the city. All the soldiers and horses of Ge Luofeng should be in this city, and there will be no situation where the troops are overstretched. ”

Liu Dehai said: "Deputy marshal, then how do we attack the city?" Or is it a hard-hitting attack? The lowly immediately ordered the soldiers to cut down trees to make wooden platoons, which were needed for the siege of the city. ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "The top priority is not to make that thing. We have less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and there are at least 30,000 barbarians in this city, so the chance of victory is not great, and the casualties must be not small. Ge Luo Feng must have the idea of consuming the strength of our army here, so he can't attack it. ”

Song Jiangong said: "Does the deputy marshal have an idea, why not talk about it." ”

Wang Yuan said: "I do have some ideas, after returning to the camp, I will gather all the generals to discuss it together, and everyone will discuss it." ”

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The setting sun shone on the head of the city, and Ge Luofeng stood on the city tower and looked at the soldiers and people who were busy building fortifications on the city walls on both sides, frowning. The Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses have already set up camp in the city, and the camp that cannot be seen at a glance is magnificent, and the flags are rolled. **In the camp, war horses galloped back and forth, and the noise shook the sky and covered the sun. All this is a great visual shock.

A few days ago, when he learned the news that Langdong City had been lost for half a day, Ge Luofeng was greatly surprised. He had hoped that General Ah Bao would be able to delay the Jiannan army for a few days and buy himself some time to prepare. After retreating at Huadianba that night, Ge Luofeng realized that he could no longer take it lightly, and the opponent he had to deal with was not Xian Yu Zhongtong a few months ago. The new commander of the Jiannan Army was determined to set the iron hooves of the army on the land on the shore of the Erhai Lake, and he tried his best to deter him, but he had no intention of turning back.

The situation was already very critical for Ge Luofeng, although he was still calm on the surface, and he made bold statements to his subordinate officials and generals to annihilate all the ** who dared to invade the border of Nanzhao. But in fact, Ge Luofeng had no bottom in his heart. The means of poisonous miasma attack are useless, the poisonous snake flood, all kinds of means have been identified and ineffective, this ** is not afraid of the sky and the earth is not afraid to break in, and the resoluteness of the attitude is staggering.

Ge Luofeng understood that he could no longer take it lightly, he had to take out everything he had to resist the attack of the Jiannan Army, and if he was not careful, he might be wiped out. The more he was at this time, the more he realized how wise his father's choices were when he was alive. At first, he felt how humiliating it was for his father to grovel to the Tang Dynasty, but now he understands that his father is not bloodless, but to preserve the existence of Nanzhao. Now, the crisis is coming, is Nanzhao going to destroy the country because of his stupidity? Ge Luofeng didn't dare to think about this question.

Ge Luofeng is Ge Luofeng after all, and he will not admit defeat easily, so he ordered Ah Bao to stick to Langdong City, and he rushed back to Taihe City in the starry night to issue an order for conscription. All men over the age of thirteen and under the age of sixty were drafted into the army, and in this way, within a few days, he had 20,000 more soldiers on hand. Coupled with the original more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, he barely had the same number of troops in his hands.

And Ge Luofeng specified the strategy, he wanted to use the geographical advantage of Yanghe Baa City and Taihe City to drag down **. **Running hundreds of miles deep into the hinterland of Cangshan, their supply will be very difficult. When the number of troops consumed to the first level is sharply reduced, and there is little food and grass left, they can only retreat. To this end, Ge Luofeng drove almost all the manpower of men, women, and children to begin to strengthen the city defense of Yanghe Baa City and the city defense of the north and south of Taihe City.

After day and night of dispatching troops and working day and night, before the arrival of **, the walls of Yangba City were raised to a record height of two feet and five feet. This height is the highest of almost all the city walls. The edges of the walls were curved, which was designed to prevent the ladders with iron hooks from catching the edges. On the western city wall, there is a fortress every few dozen steps, and in each fortress there is a bed crossbow. There were more than two hundred bed crossbow forts in total.

These bed crossbows are things that Nanzhao has never appeared in so many years. When his father was alive, he secretly used a lot of Nanzhao beauties and jewelry from the officials of the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo State to exchange these things. The father hid them like treasures, and did not dare to show them, because after the appearance of these things, they would inevitably arouse the suspicion of the Tang court.

Now, these things at the bottom of the box, Ge Luofeng, are also going to be taken out to deal with **, because there is nothing to scruple about, in the face of the disaster of destroying the country, Ge Luofeng will go out with everything.

"Brother, look, ** is chopping wood on the peaks on both sides and transporting it back to the camp, I don't know what to do these days? These are all the mountains and forests of our Nanzhao Kingdom, and if they are cut down indiscriminately, the gods and ghosts will punish them. Behind Ge Luofeng, Princess Aluo, who was wearing a colorful skirt, frowned and pointed to the military camp under the city and said angrily.

"Sister, don't be angry, this time my brother will let them all die here, use their corpses as nourishment, and nourish the forests on the mountain. Sister, you better leave here and go to Taihe City, Auntie and Grandma they need you to take care of them, the people in Taihe City need you to appease them, there is a big battle here soon, you are not suitable to stay here. ”

"Brother, I'm not leaving, I'm going to kill the enemy here. Kill these bandits who have broken into my Nanzhao. I know that Brother Ah is actually very anxious, our troops, weapons and armor are not as good as theirs, so if we can have one more person, we will have more strength. Brother, I'm not leaving. Arlo shook her head.

"Hey, that's it, you stubborn sister, I can't do anything with you. Let's go, let's go back and gather the subordinates and generals to discuss the strategy of defending the city again, although I have discussed it dozens of times, I always feel uneasy. ”

Ge Luofeng sighed and turned around and went down to the city, but Ah Luo didn't leave, Feng stared at the busy scene in the ** military camp under the city, her eyebrows frowned, and her red mouth turned into a red cherry.