At the foot of the Chiling Mountains at the end of June, the grass is fragrant and wildflowers. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info but on the top of the mountain, but the remnant snow has not been cooled. The wolf smoke that went straight up added a little solemn aura to the icy Chiling Mountain Peak.

Wearing fine chain mail inside and thick leather fur outside, the Tibetan attacker made the iron blade Xi Noluo, facing the rising sun that had just jumped out against the blowing mountain wind, standing on the stone castle and the square platform city wall like an iron tower.

The stone castle city is composed of two square platforms facing each other across the road, the large square platform is slightly southeast, and the small square platform is slightly oblique to the northwest. Between the two square terraces, there is a narrow path that only allows two or three people to walk side by side.

The winding mountain road leads to the foot of the mountain, and is the only way to attack the stone fort.

As far as the eye could see, the corpses of the Tang Army were densely packed on the ridge path, which made Iron Blade Xi Noluo happy and surprised.

Happily, relying on the dangerous terrain of the stone fort and the rolling wood and stones stored before the war, the Tang army lost tens of thousands of soldiers in just a few days after the war, but it did not even touch the walls of the large and small square platforms.

What was surprising was that the commander of the Tang Army was obviously Wang Ba, and he was determined to use the tactics of crowds to storm the stone fort.

On the first day of the attack, the Don army suffered thousands of casualties, and the defenders were unscathed. Iron Blade Xi Noluo thought that the commander of the Tang Army would retreat in the face of difficulties, but he did not expect that the Tang Army's subsequent attack would be even more crazy. Countless Tang soldiers were like ants before the rainstorm, huddled together and swarmed.

There were only 600 soldiers under the command of the iron blade, and the Tubo warriors were tired and sore from throwing the rolling wood and stones, but the Tang army still stepped on the corpses of their companions and desperately climbed along the road.

The Tang Army's unyielding courage was greatly admired by Iron Blade Sinoro. However, the stupid tactics of the commander of the Tang army only allowed the brave Tang soldiers to die worthlessly on the mountain road of the attack.

Thinking of this, Iron Blade Sinoro suddenly realized that the commander of the Tang Army had also changed a little in terms of tactics.

Yesterday, hundreds of Tang troops, dressed in strange armor and costumes, did not go up the road, but used flying claws and ropes, like a group of apes, to flexibly climb on the rugged rocks.

They crept to the small square platform to the north, and tried to use the rope to climb the wall and attack the defenders.

Fortunately, the alert mastiff smelled the enemy's breath, and the Tang army was climbing on the city wall, and in an instant, they were all shot by the feathered arrows of the Xiaofangtai defenders.

Yesterday evening, after the Tang army once again dropped thousands of corpses and retreated, Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo went to Xiaofangtai to inspect and found that the hundreds of Tang soldiers killed by feather arrows were all party soldiers.

"Damn the party slave, it's just a matter of disobedience to Tubo, and he even dares to work for the Tang people, it's really hateful!" Ironblade Sinoro was dismissive of the party's actions as a tiger.

More than 100 years ago, the Dangxiang Department was nomadic in the Jiuqu area of Qinghai, and after the rise of Tibet, some of the Dangxiang people became slaves of the Tubo people, and the rest of the Dangxiang tribes fled north and became a subsidiary tribe of the Tang people. Therefore, the Iron Blade Sinoro looked down on the weak party members very much.

"Will the Tang people still attack so strongly today? Seeing soldiers like dust, the heart of the commander of the Tang Army is really ruthless! You have to send people to beware of the party slaves, those cowards, so-so in battle, but as agile as monkeys in climbing. Send a few more mastiffs to the side of the small square platform to prevent the sneak attack of the party slaves. "The red sun has risen, and the ironblade Sinoro has begun to ponder the battle of the day. Although he had never met the commander of the Tang Army, he felt the iron heart of the enemy generals from the strong attack a few days ago.

Asking himself, Iron Blade Sinoro felt that he could not spare the lives of his men no matter what.

Thinking of this, Ironblade Sinoro looked back at the exhausted defenders. Since the beginning of the war, although they have killed several times the Tang army, the warriors of Tubo have also been exhausted by the continuous attack of the Tang army. Nearly half of the rolling wood and stone stored in the stone castle have also been consumed.

"Are reinforcements dispatched? When will I arrive? Ironblade Sinoro stared at the wolf smoke rising into the air, calculating how long he could hold out: "Three days, three days at most." If the reinforcements did not come, the baggage in the fort alone would not be able to cope with such a fierce attack by the Tang army in any case. ”

Thinking that the stone castle might be lost in his own hands, the iron blade Sinoro was terrified. The military law of Tibet is so strict, and the generals of the defeated army will not only lose their honor and lives, but will definitely affect the entire family and will not be able to raise their heads.

"Even if the whole army is destroyed, I will kill and wound as many Tang troops as possible! There are still three days left, and at the worst of all, we will kill and injure 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers of the Tang Army! Iron Blade Sinoro comforted himself: "I want the Tang Army to prepare how many soldiers' bones in exchange for this fort!" ”

Wisps of smoke curled in the morning light.

In the Tang army camp at the foot of Chiling Mountain, the numb soldiers were swallowing meat porridge under the urging of the fire commander and the team leader.

Since the beginning of the war, the food in the army has been more abundant than usual. But the heavy casualties in the past few days have made it difficult for the officers and men of the Tang Army to swallow.

Many soldiers have lost the robes they have been with day and night, and some have lost their older brothers or younger brothers. And if you still attack today, I don't know how many more people will die. With such a state of mind, many soldiers really couldn't eat.

However, the soldiers also knew that the military order was like a mountain. Since the coach Ge Shuhan has decided on a strategy of attacking, the soldiers can only fight forward against the falling wood and stones.

The drums of the Chinese army were pounding, and Shu Han, the handsome guy, did not wait for the soldiers to finish their meals, so he was impatient to convene a meeting of the generals.

On the way to the Chinese army's big tent, Zhang Shouyu, the envoy of Hedong and the soldiers and horses, complained angrily to Gao Xiuyan, the general of Hedong: "What kind of hell battles have you fought these days? Our army's Hexi Army and the Party Xiang Department became the main force in attacking the fortifications, and they attacked against the wood and stones of Tibet, losing so many soldiers. But the Longyou army hid behind us and attacked a few times without pain. The strength of the Longyou Army far exceeds that of the rest of the armies, but the casualties are equal to our army, which is really infuriating! ”

"Be careful! Be careful! Gao Xiuyan persuaded in a low voice: "Ge Shuhan has the support of the saint and has great power. We are under the roof, and we can only bow our heads and give in. ”

"Although our Hedong Zhang family is not a famous family, it is also a loyal martyr. Now he is being ridden on the head by a turkey man, which is unbearable! Zhang Shouyu said hatefully.

Zhang Shouyu's eldest brother is Zhang Shouyu, who was the founding prince of Nanyang County. During the Kaiyuan period, when Zhang Shouqi served as the envoy of Youzhou Festival, he repeatedly defeated the invasions of the Khitan and Xi tribes, and was praised by the sage in poems.

Not only that, An Lushan, who is now in full bloom, was also promoted from the side when Zhang Shouqi was guarding Youzhou.

At that time, An Lushan was just a prodigal son in Youzhou, doing some indiscriminate things with fellow villager Shi Siming all day long.

One day, the bold An Lushan went to steal sheep in the walled city of the Youzhou Army and was caught by the guards. The guard wanted to kill An Lushan, which coincided with the Youzhou Festival to make Zhang Shouqi inspect the military village. An Lushan saw the opportunity and shouted: "Don't you want to destroy the two people? What is killing Lushan! ”

Zhang Shouqi saw An Lushan's tiger on his back, and he relieved his words. An Lushan and Shi Siming were appointed as junior officers of the Youzhou Army.

Although An Lushan has a poor character, since he joined the army, he has been brave and unusually brave in battle, and he also knows how to curry favor with Zhang Shouqi.

Under the care of Zhang Shouqi, An Lushan has repeatedly made military exploits, and his official position has been rising. In order to thank Zhang Shouqi for his regeneration, An Lushan once worshipped Zhang Shouqi as his father-in-law.

Although Zhang Shouqi has been dead for several years, Zhang Shouyu is confident that with his eldest brother's Yu Lie and An Lushan's support, he can fight against Ge Shuhan.

"Zhang Bingma envoy, Dong Yanguang, the deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu, is a high-ranking official, but he was cleaned up by Ge Shuhan, so let's be cautious." Gao Xiuyan is not proud of his family background, and his actions are much calmer.

"Dong Yanguang, a greedy villain, I'm ashamed to be with him!" Zhang Shouyu was even more disdainful of Dong Yanguang: "Back then, he was the first to attack the marshal in order to compete for favor." If not, why would we storm the stone fort with wood and stone? ”

Seeing that Zhang Shouyu mentioned Wang Zhonghei, Gao Xiuyan was silent for a while. Wang Zhongsi has served in Hedong for a long time, and the reason why Gao Xiuyan, who has no backing, was able to be promoted to another general is entirely due to Wang Zhonghe's clear rewards and punishments.

Therefore, for Dong Yanguang, Gao Xiuyan is also particularly disgusted. It's just that he won't and won't dare to show it like Zhang Shouyu.

In silence, the two came to Ge Shuhan's Chinese army tent. The one who lifted the curtain for them was Li Sheng, the captain of Ge Shuhan's tooth army. The two knew that Li Sheng had been Wang Zhonghe's tooth soldier, and they were very kind to him.

Gao Xiuyan was about to say a few words to Li Sheng, but saw Li Sheng winking at the big tent.

Gao Xiuyan was startled, and before he could understand what Li Sheng meant, Zhang Shouyu had already strode into the big tent.

"Zhang Shouyu! Gao Xiuyan! As the vanguard of the army, the two of you led the troops to attack for several days, why couldn't you capture the stone fort for a long time! Has so-and-so treated you badly in terms of soldiers and horses, and money and food? Ge Shuhan's roar came from the tent: "Tongluo has come to report that 20,000 Tibetan reinforcements have approached Dafeichuan. If you can't take the stone fort today, come and see you! ”

"Geshu is handsome, the terrain of the stone fort is steep, and the mountain road is narrow and difficult to climb. Our army has tens of thousands of male soldiers in the air, but it cannot be used, and many siege equipment cannot be carried to Chiling. If we can't attack for a long time, it's not that we're slacking. Zhang Shouyu retorted dissatisfied.

"Humph!" Ge Shuhan was noncommittal, and asked instead: "Deputy Envoy Dong Jiedu, how are you?"

"Geshu Jieshuai, our army is strong and strong, and the number of Tibetan defenders is small. can't attack for a long time, it is clear that Zhang Bing and Ma are not willing to do it. Dong Yanguang was very afraid of Ge Shuhan, and he was also disgusted with Zhang Shouyu's cold eyes on weekdays, so he chose to throw himself into the well without hesitation.

"Come on, escort Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan out!" Geshuhan ordered.

"Geshu Jieshuai, we don't have ......" Without waiting for Gao Xiuyan to argue, Liu Poyu, the head of the Longyouya Cavalry, stepped forward with several tooth soldiers according to the order, and pressed Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan's shoulders hard.

"Farewell General, why plead." Zhang Shouyu stopped Gao Xiuyan, in his mind, at most, it would be a few military sticks, no big deal.

"Push it out of the gate and cut it!" Ge Shuhan waved his hand lightly, as if to drive away a few mosquitoes and flies.