In the face of Lao Cheng's 'bulldozer' offensive, the big cannibals had nothing to do, and could only watch as the earth platforms outside the city wall piled higher and higher, until they reached the level of the city wall.

However, thanks to the fact that the structure of the city of Dashi is not the same as that of the Tang Dynasty, don't look at the earthen platform that has been piled up, but in fact, the Tang army's attack is still not so easy.

In the Tang Dynasty, there will be a breach in the city wall every other section, which is used to quickly arrange soldiers to the designated position of the city wall, and the big cannibal city is more like a castle, there are only a few exits, and the Tang soldiers who attack the head of the city must be killed from beginning to end before they have the opportunity to enter the main castle, and then go down through the stairs in the main castle, and turn around a dozen circles to reach the interior of the big cannibal city.

In this way, the difficulty of the siege is undoubtedly greatly increased, and the new rifle is equivalent to the level of 98K at most, and there is no automatic loading function, which is very different from the assault rifles of later generations, and the close-range combat is sometimes not as good as the original hand crossbow.

Therefore, although Lao Cheng's soldiers have already attacked the city, they are still fighting very hard, and those big cannibals will hide in the towers of that castle and attack them, and they cannot directly attack the enemy because of the angle.

At the end of the battle, almost everyone found that this time it seemed that they were stuck in a quagmire of war, and they could not advance or retreat.

"Boy, this kind of battle, if it's you young people, how are you going to fight." Lao Cheng couldn't stand the pressure in the end, and the troops attacked several times without achieving much success, making him give up his senseless persistence.

"Burn them, of course." Cheng Chumo looked up depressedly and said.

Just now he saw that the casualties on his side began to increase and wanted to make a suggestion, but the old men were very stubborn and didn't give him a chance to speak at all, so that the former second commander of the Western Regions Legion had to shrink up and be a turtle.

Niu Jinda was stunned at first and then happy after hearing Cheng Chumo's method, but finally frowned: "Burn them?" What is it used to burn, this broken thing is all made of stone, and it is very strong. ”

Cheng Chumo compared with his thumb to the back again: "Weishui, this time we didn't bring much, but we also had two wagons, smashing that thing on the top of the tower, even if it can't be burned, it can roast them to death." ”

Cheng Yanjin was originally helpless, but after suddenly hearing Cheng Chumo's plan, he slapped his thigh: "Good way, just do it!" ”

The army of the Tang Dynasty retreated again, and the cheers of the cannibals resounded on the city wall, which was no longer known how many times they repelled the attacks of the Tang Dynasty, and the victory after victory made them full of hope for the victory of the war, completely forgetting the proverb that the retracted fist will only have power when it is fought next time.

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The Byzantines were very fast, and four days after Houjunji received the news, a vanguard of 20,000 men had appeared north of Minny. However, for security reasons, they did not directly attack Datang's army, but chose to stay where they were, waiting for the arrival of the large army behind.

Speaking of which, the Byzantines are actually a bit bigger, and those old men who shrank in Constantine patted their heads one by two and thought about the problem, thinking that their strength was strong enough, and 300,000 people should be enough to beat the Tang Army back, and by the way, take advantage of some and come back.

But the big-headed soldiers who rushed to the front didn't think so, it was okay for the official to have a hot brain, because they had at least a second chance to shoot, but the big-headed soldiers didn't have a second chance to live, if they died, they were really dead, and there was no chance to regret it.

But when they stopped, Lao Hou began to get anxious, thinking that these Byzantines would rush up in a swarm and directly punch the master to death, but they didn't expect that it was a group of cowards who came and began to cringe more than 100 miles away from the frontal battlefield.

The Lord of Minnytown was also embarrassed because he didn't know what to do now.

Tens of thousands of troops in Datang have been stuffed into Minny City, and a big pocket has been opened, and his choice as an important fulcrum on this pocket is very critical at this time.

So after a long day of hesitation, the city lord of Minni City found Hou Junji: "General, I'm afraid it's not okay to stalemate like this, the vanguard of 20,000 people should be bait, if we don't swallow them, it is estimated that they will definitely run away in the next step." ”

Hou Junji looked at the city lord of Minni City without sorrow or joy: "Then what do you mean?" Should we be proactive? Or get out of the area? ”

The Minny City Lord said, "I think the pockets should be bigger again." ”

"Tell me about it!" Hou Junji narrowed his eyes, and the murderous aura of his body made the Minni City Lord somewhat scrupled, but he only hesitated for a short moment, and soon the Byzantine man in his forties continued: "We can fight, but we need your subordinates to pretend to be invincible. ”

"You mean to show weakness?" Hou Junji asked rhetorically.

"Yes, but I don't know exactly how to do it, it's just an idea." Minny City Lord said.

He doesn't know what Lao Hou's character is, but as the first person to surrender, he always has to show his worth, so this 'degree' needs him to control well, what to say, what not to say, how to leave a good impression on the other party This is very important.

However, he is smart Hou Junji is not a fool, after staring at him with a cold expression for a while, Lao Hou suddenly grinned: "Minny City Lord, you are very smart and know how to judge the situation, but you may not know, in fact, what General Ben hates the most is to swallow and spit out, saying that half of the people are left behind, so what to do next, you should be clear, right?" ”

"Yes, yes General!" The city lord of Minny swallowed with difficulty, paused and said: "I think so, do you think it is possible for us to launch an attack on the army outside the city, and then the army outside pretends to be defeated and leaves, which will inevitably cause others to fight for merit." ”

"You only have 5,000 troops in the city, right? If you want to win an army of 200,000, do you think it's possible? Hou Junji quickly found a loophole in Minnecity's main words.

The Minni City Lord shook his head: "No, no, no, I mean launching an attack, not a frontal battle, for example, we can make the illusion that the grain and grass are burned, so that there is a reason to have to retreat, and Byzantium also has a reason to have to march." ”

Hou Junji squinted his eyes again and stared at the Minny City Lord for a while: "Okay, just do as you want, if you can successfully ambush the enemy this time, I will recommend you to Your Majesty." ”

(End of chapter)