Under the suppression of powerful bows and arrows, the soldiers and horses defending the city of Nanzhao could not raise their heads at all, and at the same time, the Jiannan infantry by the moat began to calmly assemble the pontoon bridge to cross the river. Patches of large logs were laid out along the moat, connected by ropes from side to side, and stretched to the opposite bank one by one. In a short period of time, more than 50 pontoon bridges were built on the moat of Beicheng, spanning the river nearly eight zhang wide.

Ah Leopard at the head of the city naturally knew what the Tang army was doing, and he couldn't tolerate all this, so he roared angrily and ordered the barbarians who were cowering behind the battlements to return fire under the city. The barbarians braved the rain of arrows to poke their heads out and shoot arrows under the city, although a round of arrow rain shot down a lot of Tang troops, but the barbarians themselves suffered no less casualties than the Tang army. Under the dense rain of arrows, even if only half of your face is exposed, the chance of being shot is amazing. The sight of hundreds of barbarians falling and screaming with arrows stuck in their faces shocked everyone.

Ah Leopard was very angry, and this anger carried a kind of helplessness and humiliation. From the very beginning of today's siege, the Tang army showed a disdainful attitude. The bravado of the cavalry, the calmness of the infantry advancing in formation, the suppression of the fire of powerful bows and arrows, and the methodical siege steps all conveyed a message to Ah Bao and his barbarian soldiers: the Tang army had strong confidence in taking this city.

Ah Leopard felt very powerless. When he received the task of guarding this city, although Ah Bao knew that it was not easy, he was still a little confident. Because the city of Datang is too strong, it is as impeccable as a copper wall. As the Tang people boasted, having this city as a fortress can be ten. But Ah Bao now understands that being able to use one as ten is under the condition of having the armament of the Tang Dynasty, and the Nanzhao soldiers and horses led by him do not have this ability.

The armor and equipment are not as sophisticated as the Tang army, the bows and crossbows are not as strong as the Tang army, and the experience of defending the city must be far behind the Tang army. His soldiers and horses are only suitable for shuttling and jumping in the woods, and are not suitable for holding the city. Moreover, many important facilities were destroyed and demolished by the Tang army when they abandoned the city, such as the four bed crossbows placed in each enemy tower. There were at least four enemy towers on each wall, and there were originally four bed crossbows placed in each enemy tower, and forty-four powerful bed crossbows could easily smash the Tang army's wooden platoon one by one. However, they were all burned. So much so that the crossbowmen could only be arranged in the enemy tower to shoot weak arrows, which had no effect at all.

Ah Leopard's sigh did not slow down the pace of the Jiannan army's siege of the city, when dozens of pontoon bridges on the moat were built, thousands of ladders were carried by the soldiers to rush across the pontoon bridges to the city, one by one were erected. These ladders are topped with hooks, and once they are hooked to the edge of the wall, they are basically impossible to knock down from above.

But there was one thing that was beneficial to the barbarians defending the city, and that was that when the Jiannan army rushed to the bottom of the city wall, the powerful bow and arrow suppression was forced to stop, because it would injure the Tang army itself. The archers of the Tang Army had actually turned into siege infantry, and they were climbing along the erected ladders to the top of the city.

At this time, the truly tragic siege battle was considered to have begun, and the barbarians at the head of the city finally dared to lean out and greet the swarming Tang army with bows and arrows, javelins, and blow arrows. But they were immediately sniped by the crossbowmen of the Tang army under the city. Thousands of Tang troops with crossbows in their arms stood at the edge of the moat, using the straight-line attack ability of the crossbow in a short distance to shoot upwards, shooting a large number of barbarians at the head of the city.

Even so, the barbarians had to stop the Tang army's siege to the death, and at the risk of being sniped at any time, they frantically shot arrows under the city, threw stones, and poured slightly boiling water down, causing a lot of casualties to the Tang army.

But all this could not stop the pace of the Tang army's attack, and when the suspension bridge at the gate of the city was loosened by the continuous fire of a advancing Fuyuan crossbow, the suspension bridge fell with a bang, splashing dust. When the dust settled, two rushing cars pushed by dozens of strong men rumbled towards the city gate, and the sound of 'clanging' against the city gate made the barbarians at the head of the city panic.

Although it was a heavy and sturdy city gate with double logs, and although it was reinforced with dense iron bars behind the gate, under the violent impact of the two rushing cars, the city gate quickly cracked, and the logs were smashed and fell off, and the iron bars behind it and the hundreds of giant trees supporting the city gate also began to loosen. Finally, at the moment when hundreds of Tang troops attacked the city, the city gate was also opened.

Ah Bao knew that the urn city was no longer defensible, and shouted and ordered to retreat to the inner city wall. Nearly 2,000 barbarians immediately ran away, and with the crossbow sniper from the enemy towers on the inner city wall and the cover of hundreds of archers, they were able to retreat back to the inner city wall in disarray. At the same time, the North Gate Urn City completely fell into the hands of the Tang Army.

The urn structure of the castle is also a highlight of the defense. As we all know, the urn city is actually a fake city gate circled outside the real city gate. If someone who doesn't know the details breaks through the city gate and thinks that it is done and enters in a big way, then it will answer the saying that the turtle in the urn is caught. The condescending arrows from all sides will bring to the destruction of the soldiers and horses that rush into the urn city.

And the urn city of this lane city is different from the urn city structure of other cities, because the city is not big, the whole urn city has actually wrapped all the inner walls of the city, generally speaking, it is the structure of the two-layer city wall. Attacking one city is actually equivalent to attacking two cities, which is why when this city was built, it boasted that one should be ten. After breaking through the urn city, it was actually more difficult for the besieging troops to attack the inner city, because the terrain was cramped, and no matter how many soldiers and horses could not spread out.

The Tang army obviously knew the structure of this city, but after breaking the North Urn City, the Tang army did not rush into the city. They stopped outside the walls of the urn city, and the archers gathered again, calculating the angle and shooting arrows at the inner city walls across the tall walls for a new round of suppression. The Tang army did not intend to fight hard at such a time, but to suppress the opponent with absolute force.

Ah Bao scolded repeatedly, looking at his soldiers and horses who were forced to curl up under the battlements again, and hated it but there was nothing he could do. Fortunately, the Tang army could not rely on suppression to launch a strong attack this time, and they could only stare dryly on the wall of the urn city dozens of steps away. Because they could not attack from the two narrow walls that connected the inner walls of the Urn City, they would be shot immediately, and they would die as many as they could.

The two sides were in a stalemate, Ah Leopard felt more and more settled in his heart, Tang Jun's actions looked a little strange, they didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, they had no intention of attacking at all, but they wasted a lot of arrows to suppress. This kind of suppression is useless if it does not cover the attack, it just looks more intimidating, and what is the point of it except wasting supplies.

Ah Bao always felt a little weird, Tang Jun's actions seemed very weird, and he couldn't figure out what they were going to do. Soon after, someone shouted in alarm: "General Abao, it seems that something has happened in the city." ”

Ah Leopard, who was engrossed in the situation in front of him, turned his head in shock, and looked from the high city wall into the city, and a scene that he would never want to see appeared in front of him. In the distance, at the long street of the south gate, a group of cavalry is rushing into the city like a torrent, the armor is dazzling in the sun, the sword is shining, everywhere you go, a chicken and dog jumping, the soldiers and people in the city are holding their heads and running around.

"What's going on?" The leopard roared.

"Retribution...... Report to the general, it seems that the south gate has been broken. The brute soldiers around him were also dumbfounded.

"How could it be that the city was broken? It can't be, how is this possible. Ah Leopard shouted angrily.

No one could answer his question, and only a moment later, the Tang cavalry swept through the few streets and alleys of the city, slaughtering the few Nanzhao soldiers and horses in the city, and then the sound of hooves rumbled under the walls of the northern city.

"Disarm immediately, or there will be no forgiveness." A silver-helmeted general rode a large white horse, carried a silver spear, and shouted towards the city with a smile.

The barbarian soldiers' faces were like earth, looking left and right inside and outside the city walls, looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Impossible, if you want us to surrender, don't think about it." The leopard roared.

"Are you going to let everyone die with you?" Liu Jun exclaimed with a smile.

"Die for the lord of the country, die without regrets. Brothers, do you say yes or no? Ah Bao looked around at the more than 2,000 barbarians on the left and right, and shouted loudly.

Except for a few echoes, most of the brutes kept their heads down and remained silent.

Liu Jun's laughter came from under the city: "Hahaha, you barbarian, you have to drag the people around you to die when you die, it's really poisonous." I, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, have always been reluctant to do more killing, unless you stubbornly resist to the end. Anyone can be spared, but you can't be spared by this stubborn character. Hearken, brutes, kill this fellow, and I will spare all your lives. ”

All the barbarians standing beside Ah Leopard had different expressions on their faces, and there was something wrong with their expressions when they looked at Ah Leopard.

Ah Leopard shouted angrily: "I see who dares!" ”

The barbarians hurriedly turned their heads and didn't dare to look at him, after all, no one dared to really do anything because of his might.

Ah Leopard frowned and was silent for a moment and shouted: "That's it, if I really die, can I let my brothers go?" ”

Liu Jun smiled: "Of course, as long as they disarm and surrender." ”

Ah Leopard sighed and said, "The matter has come to this, and I have no choice. But can you tell me how you broke through the city? I have soldiers and horses on three walls, and although there are not many of them, it is not so easy to break through my two walls. ”

Liu Jun smiled: "Actually, it's very easy, the north gate is a feint, and the south gate is a formal attack." Didn't you see that before the battle, I led the cavalry around the city? We will go south to attack your southern gates. ”

"Feints? You mean, the North Gate is a feint? Ah Leopard said in amazement.

"Yes, my father-in-law, Deputy Marshal Wang, said, give you a face, and let the 25,000 army play with you head-on. The task of breaking the city was left to me. You continue to mobilize troops and horses to reinforce the northern city gate, and when I attack the southern city, it seems that there are less than 1,000 people defending it. It's just too easy. The drawbridge was broken, and the car was rammed to smash the urn city gate, and then the bow and arrow were used to suppress and crush the inner city gate. And then my cavalry just went into the city. There are not two hundred of my people who have died, and all your people are finished, it's as simple as that. Liu Jun smiled innocently.

Ah Leopard almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and when the battle was in full swing just now, he saw the cavalry of the Tang Army constantly running around the city, making it a miasma. I thought they were just showing off. Unexpectedly, they really launched an attack after they kept sending troops and horses to the north gate. The so-called cavalry siege was just a pretense, they had already prepared everything, and perhaps some infantry had already made a detour back to the south of the city and broke through the weakly defended south gate in one fell swoop.

"Despicable, what kind of skill are you relying on your forces to attack me several times more than me? If I have 10,000 more soldiers and horses, you can't do anything. The leopard roared.

"Who told you that you don't have so many soldiers and horses? My father-in-law, Deputy Marshal Wang, said that he wanted to crush you and play with you. Besides, don't blow up, we don't even use heavy siege weapons, it's just a strong attack. Don't think too highly of yourself, you Nanzhao barbarians hide in the forest and release cold arrows, it's almost the same, learn to defend the city? Forget it. ”

Ah Bao didn't want to have more verbal disputes with him, so he took out a long knife and put it across his neck and said: "You're right, I always lose the city, I hope you keep your promise and don't hurt the lives of my Nanzhao brothers." Lord, I've done my best, I'm going to serve the gods, I hope that the wisdom and wisdom of the lord can keep my Nanzhao safe, and I hope that Nanzhao can survive this catastrophe. ”

With that, the long knife twitched, blood gushed from his neck, and he fell to the ground and died.