If it weren't for the successive defeats that were disturbed, if it weren't for the great desire for a victory, with the amazing and glamorous and meticulous performance of Qinling in the past, he would definitely be able to detect the smell of tar in the air, although Li Qing tried his best to cover it up, and even did not hesitate to burn incense such as musk to cover up this smell, but because of this battle, Li Qing can say that he sprinkled the fire oil in the entire Songzhou City on the "few acres and three points of land" outside Songzhou City, The smell is not something that can be disguised by just incense. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

And this negligence is also destined to be won at the moment, and the Qin Ling will have to pay for his negligence next.

Seeing that morale had reached its peak, the battalion commanders spoke almost at the same time: "Attack!" With that, groups of Tibetan soldiers rushed towards the city wall in front of them with the ladders they had prepared, and almost at the same time, the archers mixed in the barracks drew their bowstrings, waiting to reach within a hundred paces, and shot towards the Tang army on the city wall.

Outside Songzhou City, Li Qing came to the south of the city in person, although Shi Hao and Mu Fan beside him persuaded Li Qing to sit in the General's Mansion more than once, they can rest assured that they are here! But knowing the importance of this battle, Li Qing naturally couldn't sit in the general's mansion with peace of mind, and in a real sense, this was a battle that Li Qing had fought since he took over as the envoy of Jiannan Province, and Li Qing naturally didn't want to leave a defeat and regret in the first battle of his life.

A few days ago, although the Qinling suffered a lot, and Li Qing was recognized by the generals of the states on the surface, Li Qing understood that although the Qinling had suffered before, it did not hurt its muscles and bones, and it still had the strength to fight.

And Li Qing has never denied his ambitions, Li Qing wants not only the approval of a small number of generals in Jiannan Province, what Li Qing wants is at least more than 30% of the generals in the border army of Jiannan Province to surrender from the heart, and dare not have the slightest doubt and disobedience.

Moreover, Li Qing naturally knew that if he was the envoy of Jiannan Dao and shrunk into the general's mansion, then what qualifications did Li Qing have to order the Tang army in the city to fight for himself? At that time, the morale that he had accumulated after many days of painstaking management would collapse, and even if Songzhou City was high and deep, it would not be able to resist the imposing Tubo army.

On the contrary, as long as Li Qing appears on the city wall at this moment, even if he does not participate in the battle, he can also start the role of boosting morale, after all, the Tang army defending the city saw that King Shou, who was the envoy of the festival, was actually on the battlefield, so he was naturally embarrassed to be afraid anymore.

At this moment, the Tubo army under the city gradually advanced, Shi Hao, who was standing on the front line, watched the approach of the Tubo army, unsheathed his sword, looked at the three rows of archers and crossbowmen on the city wall, and said loudly: "Listen to my order, the whole army draws the bow and strings it!" ”

Seeing that the enemy had advanced another fifty steps, and at this moment the Tubo vanguard army was already one hundred and fifty steps away from the Songzhou city wall, Shi Hao raised his voice and shouted: "One hundred and fifty steps away, listen to my order, the crossbow arrows are wound, and the crossbowmen shoot!" ”

As soon as Shi Hao finished speaking, the messengers evenly distributed on the city wall spoke at the same time: "The general has an order, the crossbow arrows are wound, and start shooting!" ”

"The general has an order, and the crossbowmen start shooting!" The sound of one after another echoed like an echo across the city wall, and in a short moment, Shi Hao's order was instantly conveyed to the ears of the Tang army on the city wall.

Shi Hao finished speaking, like locusts, dense black arrows were thrown towards the Tubo army advancing under the city, because the moon stars are scarce, so the Tubo army attacking under the city is not holding torches, and can still attack with the bright moonlight!

A burst of dense arrows naturally caused huge casualties among the Tubo troops advancing under the city, but fortunately, since it was the one who launched the attack, the Tubo army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, had long been ready to be shot.

Seeing their former companions fall at their feet one by one, these Tibetan soldiers did not change their faces, stepped over the corpses of their companions, and continued to rush forward, so that the bumpy entire Tubo army advanced another fifty steps, so that the Tubo army was within 100 steps of the Songzhou city wall.

Seeing that the Tubo army had already approached the city, Shi Hao, the city defense army, had a solemn face but did not see the slightest panic and commanded: "Within a hundred steps, the whole army is ordered, and the archers will shoot upward!" ”

At the same time, the herald also conveyed Shi Hao's order for the first time, "The general has an order, within a hundred steps, the archers will shoot upward!" ”

The military order was issued, and the nearly 3,000 Tang troops guarding the south of Songzhou City received the order as soon as possible, and the two rows of archers standing behind the crossbowmen naturally drew their bows and wound their bows as soon as possible, and they shot at the Tubo army under the city as soon as possible.

When the arrows fell, the city naturally inevitably heard a wail, even with the elite of the Tubo soldiers, in the face of the Tang Army's long-range attacks with layers of bows and arrows, they couldn't withstand it for a while!

Moreover, according to Li Qing's instructions, the two rows of crossbowmen and the two rows of archers in the city did not choose to draw the bows at the same time, and the four rows of people were divided into two groups without the slightest time interval, in other words, the Tang army under the city had to face the projectile of dense arrows in the city all the time.

In a short period of time, the original momentum of the Tibetan army was wiped out by this continuous rain of arrows, if it were not for the temptation of the main general to be tempting enough, I am afraid that some of the Tibetan soldiers would have already retreated, just a hundred steps away, the Tubo army under the city as the attacking side has fallen nearly a thousand people.

Songzhou City, as an important town in the northwest of Jiannan Road, plays a pivotal role, and the number of ordnance stores in the city is already a lot, plus whether it is the reinforcements of Chengdu, or the soldiers and horses of the two states of Wing and Long, which came later, they all brought a lot of bows and arrows, after all, everyone knows that in the battle of defending the city, the number of arrows is naturally very important, so at this moment, the number of arrows in Songzhou City is enough for the Tubo army under the city to drink a pot.

Moreover, he had already made up his mind to finish his work in one battle, at the critical moment, Li Qing naturally did not want to leave any hole cards, Li Qing had only one order, what was the use, in short, there was only one principle, that is, at all costs, it was bound to cause the most losses to the Tubo army attacking under the city.

Fortunately, with the advancement of the team, the archers who were less than 100 steps away from the city wall and mixed in the army looked at the figure of the Tang army that was vaguely visible on the city wall, and they pulled their bows and wound them one after another, launched a counterattack, and formed a confrontation with the Tang army.

The Tubo people grew up on the plateau, they were already strong, their arm strength was amazing, and they pulled up their bows and arrows without ambiguity, so a round of shooting down, even if they occupied the advantage of the terrain, the Tang army in the city still had at least 100 people killed by arrows on the spot, and most of the city defense troops guarding the southern city were Chengdu, and suddenly, so many casualties naturally caused a lot of panic.

Seeing the panicked scene, Li Qing, who was standing in the city tower, said to Mu Fan beside him: "Leading the three hundred sword sect troops to make up for the vacancy is bound to stabilize the situation!" ”

At the same time, Shi Hao, who temporarily acted as the chief general of the Nancheng garrison, also led a hundred personal guards, risking arrows to inspect the vacancy of the defense line back and forth, encouraging the army as he walked: "Hold steady, stabilize it for this general, this is already our last line of defense, behind us are the innocent people of the Tang Dynasty, our food and clothing, we have no way to retreat!" ”

"The Tang Dynasty has raised you for hundreds and decades, and now you are dying for the country, and you should have no regrets!" In a word, it completely encouraged the Tang Army, whose morale was originally slightly low! (To be continued.) )