In the early morning of the second day, the sun had just sprinkled on the earth, and the Tang army wore armor and swords, and marched towards Songzhou City again with dull steps.

Songtsen Gampo stood on the city wall and looked indifferently at the Tang army under the city wall. Beside him is known as his right-hand man - Lu Dongzan. A man with a big beard and a simple appearance, but his eyes sometimes flashed with fine light.

On the other side, there are envoys who have been sent to the Tang Dynasty to seek relatives and have watched the Tang army's military exercises.

"Zampu, please see, the combat power of the Tang Army is indeed not comparable to our clan, they have the momentum of being five, their formation is changing, and their advanced armor and weapons are not comparable to us." As he spoke, the envoy pointed to the ragged soldiers near the city walls who were armed with rudimentary weapons.

Songtsen Gampo was a young highland boy, his face was reddened by the sun, but his eyes were bright, and at this moment, his eyes burst out with a light that did not match the brightness - desire!

"If my army could be equipped with such good equipment, it would not have suffered such a big loss! From the attack to the present, I have lost almost 40,000 soldiers and horses! They are all good sons of the tribe! ”

Thinking of so many people lost in the hands of the Tang army, Songtsen Gampo became angry like crazy.

The population of Tubo was already sparse, and he brought out the old capital of 200,000 horses, but he didn't expect that in the face of the Tang army, which was several times smaller than them, he also lost 40,000, how could he not be heartbroken?

Of course, one of the big reasons for the loss of 40,000 soldiers and horses was that Songtsen Gampo underestimated the enemy.

He thought that the soldiers and horses led by Li Ji and others would be as bad as Han Wei, the guard of Songzhou before, so he sent 30,000 soldiers and horses to rub the sharp spirit of the Tang army.

Unexpectedly, these 30,000 soldiers and horses were gone, and he was depressed and didn't eat for several days, and because of this, he began to accept the words of the envoys, face up to the Tang army, and no longer dare to be careless.

Lu Dongzan rolled his eyes, and said lightly in Songtsen Gampo's ear: "Zampu, please don't be angry, now we still have 160,000 soldiers and horses, although the combat strength is far inferior to the Tang army, but if we hold Songzhou City, I am afraid that it will not be difficult, as long as we hold Songzhou City, we can put forward conditions to the Tang King, and he has no reason to refuse." ”

"That's right! As long as we hold Songzhou City, we will have the advantage! Songtsen Gampo issued an order to his side, "Today, everyone must not rashly go out of the city to meet the enemy, and all of them will defend the city wall!" ”

Left and right promised: "Yes!" ”

Lu Dongzan looked at the Tang army screaming under the city wall, and his small eyes shot a ray of gloomy light. "Zampu, although our frontal combat strength is inferior to that of the Tang Army, a sneak attack seems to be feasible."

Songtsen Gampo turned his head to look at Lu Dongzan with an inexplicable expression. "You mean..."

"Tonight, Zampu, you can launch a round of sneak attacks tonight, not to achieve much success, just to make the Tang army unable to sleep peacefully. Of course, it would be great if the Tang Army could be destroyed! ”

Songtsen Gampo clapped his hands and smiled when he heard Lu Dongzan's advice: "The prime minister's idea is really amazing!" The initiative is ours, and it is not simple to force the Tang Army to retreat? Do as you say tonight! ”

Lu Dongzan leaned over and said yes. At the end, Songtsen Gampo added: "Send envoys and continue to ask the Tang Dynasty for marriage, this king will not believe it, Songzhou City is in my hands, and you Li Shimin still refuse to marry your daughter!" After saying that, he threw up his sleeves and left.

Lu Dongzan had the heart to open his mouth to persuade, but when he saw Songtsen Gampo's firm appearance, he sighed softly, didn't say anything, and ordered the left and right to do this.

On the city walls, the tragic offensive and defensive battles continued. The Tang army finally covered up the front and set up the siege ladder to prepare for the siege, but the Tubo suddenly killed a small force to destroy the siege equipment of the Tang army.

Or burned with fire, or cut with a knife, and when the Tang army reacted, the Tubo people had already withdrawn to the city, so two or three times, the Tang army had no engineering equipment!

No, it's not that there isn't, it's just that it can be used very little, and it can barely support a siege battle.

Li Ji had to order the troops to be withdrawn with a gloomy face, and this siege was over, after leaving more than 100 corpses, the Tang army retreated ten miles again and stationed there.

"Quick! Give Lao Tzu to recruit people who can work as carpenters in the army, and send them to other cities to find carpenters to build siege equipment, the more the better! The Tubo people, Lao Tzu will definitely break your corpses into pieces when he climbs the city wall! Cheng bit the gold and scolded his mother in the camp.

This time the march was hasty, and there was nothing to prepare for the siege, so today it suffered another big loss, and had to suspend the battle to build siege equipment.

Chen Fei saw Cheng Biting Jin walking around angrily, hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Uncle Cheng, the stone-throwing cart can also be built, I have a good thing that may come in handy." ”

"Good stuff? What's good? Cheng Yanjin stopped turning around and stared at Chen Fei.

"It's to install something similar to a thunderbolt on the stone-throwing car, and throwing it out can not only 'coax', but also release poisonous gas, which is definitely a siege weapon!"

"Wait!" Cheng Yanjin frowned and interrupted Chen Fei: "Is what you said going to use the raw materials to make thunderbolt fire again?" ”

"Yes, there's something else to add..."

"Don't think about it, I can't collect those things at the moment, and everything that can be used has been used up and destroyed in that heavy rain."

Cheng Biting Jin's words poured a basin of cold water on Chen Fei, the kind that was cold to the heart.

"In other words, all we can use now is fifty Thunderbolts?" Chen Fei's voice was several points higher.

"It's weird, didn't the old man tell you about it before? Why do you ask again? Cheng Biting Jin kicked Chen Fei away with a stinky face, "Boy, go think about something useful, don't always bother Lao Tzu!" ”

Chen Fei.......

When night fell, in the course of a day, dozens of carpenters were temporarily recruited in the barracks to build siege vehicles, siege ladders and other objects overnight, Chen Fei couldn't sleep, so he stayed in the camp to watch them build.

"The carpenter... Carpenter... Woods... Hey, how do I feel like I have an idea, but I just can't remember it all of a sudden, it's uncomfortable! Chen Fei patted his head and sighed at the hazy waning moon in the sky.

"Hey, if only every night were so quiet, I hope the Tubo people will not do anything so tasteless as attacking the camp at night......" As soon as the words fell, a rapid drum sound came from outside the camp to alarm.

"Enemy attack! The Tibetans attacked at night! ”

"Holy! Crow's beak! Chen Fei slapped himself angrily and hurriedly stood up to find his war horse. If the war is not right, he can run away as soon as possible......

However, the night attack of the Tubo people was completely thunderous and rainy, and thousands of cavalry came up and threw a fire at the camp of the Tang army.

The fire set by the Tibetans was quickly extinguished by the Tang army, and apart from the loss of a few battalions, there were no casualties on either side, and this night attack looked like a joke.

Tang Jun didn't take it seriously, and soon everyone was busy again, or preparing to sleep.

When it was ugly, it was the time when the garrison was at its laxest, and the sentries dozed off while standing on the watchtower. The Tibetans had already attacked at night today, so they naturally thought that the Tibetans would not come again, and the garrison was gradually relaxed.

In the camp tent, the soldiers fell asleep deeply, snoring one after another, a rare peaceful time.

Just a few miles away from the camp, a force of no less than 100,000 Tubo soldiers was secretly approaching the Tang army camp.

The Tubo people almost dispatched most of the main forces, and the Tang army was unaware!

(End of chapter)