Chapter 315: The Second Merchant Branch
At the foot of the Erwolf Mountain, the camp of the Tubo army.
Lang Zhidu sat on the throne of the lord of the tent, the wolf lords and tribal chiefs of all sizes sat on both sides, and the deputy general Iron Blade Sinoro sat on the first on the left.
Lang Zhidu shouted, "Iron Blade Snero, how is the camp built?" ”
Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo said: "Second Prince Qiyu, in half an hour, the camp and all the large and small tents can be set up, and more than a dozen siege ladders have been built, and when the camp is completed, the siege ladders built are enough, so that the sons can attack the city after a full meal!" ”
"Good!" Lang Zhidu led the troops for the first time, and he was really high-spirited, and he waved his hand very hard, "Since this is the case, then pass the order and let the men immediately make a fire to cook food!" ”
"No!"
After Lang Zhidu and his soldiers and horses were full of food and drink, he immediately lit up the army and marched towards Fanhe County, with smoke and dust rolling and flags blazing along the way.
Ge Shuhan rushed to the city with more than a dozen people who did not collect the night and shouted: "General Qiyu, the Tubo army is here!" ”
Zhao Ziliang stood at the head of the city and asked, "How many people came?" How much is left in the Tibetan camp? ”
"There are 5,000 men and horses left in the camp, and all the others have been brought over by Lang Zhi!"
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and ordered: "Now that you don't stay outside the city at night, it's no longer useful, let's go into the city to rest!" Come on, open the gates and let them in and rest! ”
Soon after Ge Shuhan and others entered the city, the vanguard of the Tibetan vanguard of 5,000 cavalry came to the city first, followed by 2,000 camel soldiers, although the cavalry and camel soldiers of the Tubo people were not in a neat formation, but from the momentum exuded from this army, it can be seen that these cavalry and camel soldiers are the elite of the battle-hardened battlefield, after the arrival of 5,000 Tibetan cavalry and 2,000 camel soldiers. The four city gates of Panhe County were surrounded by water, and not a single mosquito wanted to fly out.
Of course, the Tibetan cavalry could not attack the city, their role was to besiege the city, prevent the people inside the city from escaping, and also prevent the people from outside from entering.
Soon, the Daxu of Langzhidu arrived. There are more than 30,000 infantry accompanying them, and the equipment of the Tibetan infantry is basically the same, unlike the Tang Dynasty, which divided the infantry into multiple arms, the weapons of the Tibetan infantry have spears, furry leather shields and short knives, and not every soldier is equipped with all these weapons, some soldiers only have spears, some only leather shields and short knives, and some soldiers have bows and arrows.
All the Tang soldiers and civilians standing on the city wall felt that the entire ground was shaking when the Tubo army arrived, and the army of 40,000 people was definitely a huge army. The entire Anxi regular army was only 24,000 people, and the Hexi army was only more than 73,000 people at its peak.
Zhao Ziliang saw the formation of the Tubo people, and immediately said: "It is rare for Wang to guard the west gate, Gao Xiuyan to guard the east gate, Zhang Shouyu to guard the north gate, and Ma Lan to follow Wang rare and be a deputy general!" The first wave of attacks by the Tibetans was bound to be ferocious. Be sure to resist! ”
"Yes!"
After these people left, Zhao Ziliang remembered Brehan who was locked in a cell. After thinking about it, he ordered someone to be sent to release him from prison, and soon Brehan was brought over by two servants.
Boler rarely bowed down after Zhao Ziliang: "See the general!" ”
Zhao Ziliang saw that the weather was still very good when Brehan was imprisoned, and seeing that the soldiers guarding him did not embarrass him, and provided him with good food and drink, so he asked: "Brehan, General Ben has locked you up for so long." Are you convinced? ”
Brehan said: "The subordinates are the servants of the general, even if the general wants to execute his subordinates, the subordinates will never complain!" ”
"Do you know what's wrong?"
Brehan lowered his head: "Yes, the subordinates know that they are wrong!" ”
Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "According to your crime." You can't escape from death, but now that the enemy is besieging the city, this general is the time to use people, give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, and allow you to go to the city to defend the city and kill the enemy, if you wait for the enemy to push back and you don't die, even if you are not guilty, are you willing? ”
"Yes, my subordinates are willing to go to the soup for the general, and I will not hesitate!"
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "Come on, give him his weapons and armor!" ”
The Tubo people finally have to move, Zhao Ziliang stood on the city gate tower with a telescope to check the movement and movement of the Tubo army, and found that the main attack direction of the Tubo army is still at the south gate, after all, the terrain near the south gate is the lowest, and the other three gates are higher, if the siege is carried out at the other three gates, the Tang army defending the city has a condescending advantage, as the deputy general of the Tubo army, of course, the iron blade Xi Nuoluo will not let Lang Zhidu make such a low-level mistake.
Lang Zhidu was really leading the troops for the first time, and he didn't understand anything, so he shouted and ordered: "Iron Blade Xi Noluo, order the whole army to attack, this prince will fight and go down to Fanhecheng!" Hahaha·······".
Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo was shocked, and immediately persuaded: "The second prince can't, the county town of Panhe is only so big, the city wall is not wide or long, and our army does not have enough siege equipment, even if all the soldiers are sent to attack the city, there are only three or four thousand people who really work, and more than 30,000 people are all gathered under the city can only be in a hurry, in case the first time can not break through the county town of Panhe, our army will lose its sharpness and morale will plummet!" ”
Iron Blade Sinoro opposes Lang Zhidu's decision every time, which makes Lang Zhidu already dissatisfied with him, and now he opposes Lang Zhidu's decision, Lang Zhidu can't help it anymore, and pulls out the short knife on his waist and points at him and says angrily: "Fart, I am the second prince, this prince is the main general, you actually disobey this king's general order?" Believe it or not, Prince Ben beheaded you for disobeying military orders? ”
Iron Blade Xi Noluo's face changed greatly, his blood was attacking, his face flushed, and he almost fainted in anger, but fortunately, his concentration was very strong, and he barely suppressed the tumbling qi and blood.
Lang Zhidu was still shouting: "What are you stunned, why don't you go and give the order, do you really want to die?" ”
Iron Blade Sinoro sighed, and could only grit his teeth and agree: "Yes, Second Prince!" ”
Iron Blade Xi Nuo Luo's ability to combat experience commanded the Tubo general, but the main general is Lang Zhidu, a reckless man who doesn't know anything, he actually admires Lang Zhidu's martial arts, but Lang Zhidu doesn't understand at all in marching and fighting, he really doesn't understand why Xi Dezu Zampu would let Lang Zhidu serve as the commander of the army, although Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo is confident, but when he encounters a pig-like teammate like Lang Zhidu, he can't show his military talent at all.
The Tubo army finally started a full-scale attack in accordance with the military order of the second prince of Tubo, Lang Zhidu, except for 5,000 cavalry and 2,000 camel soldiers, all the infantry rushed to the four city walls with their weapons in one go.
Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but wonder a little when he saw that the Tubo army had launched a full-scale attack at the beginning, and said to the generals and colonels around him: "Are the Tubo people stupid or stupid? At the beginning, all the infantry were launched to attack the four gates, didn't Lang Zhi know that the attack area and space were so large, and there were only a few thousand people who could really do it, and no matter how many people came, they could only deliver food under the city wall? ”
Dong Yanguang said: "General, this attack may be an order from Lang Zhidu, and his quite talented deputy general is afraid that he will not be able to speak!" ”
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "There is only this possibility, in this case, if we don't take advantage of this opportunity to kill and injure as many Tubo soldiers as possible, it will be too wrong for their boss!" General Chuanben ordered all recruits and all strong men to be ready to defend in turns every two quarters of an hour, so that all recruits and all strong men were familiar with the real battle, and told the other three guards that they should properly arrange the defensive forces and not miss the defense! After the enemy arrives at the city, pour as much oil, stones, rolling wood, and boiling water as possible to the location below the city where there are many enemies! ”
"Yes!" As soon as the herald agreed, he immediately turned around and gave the order.
The deafening shouts of killing came from far and near under the city, there were too many of them, densely packed like ants, there were no siege tactics, and the only thing that could be called a tactic was the crowd tactics.
The huge superiority in numbers formed an overwhelming power, and the Tang troops on the city wall, especially those recruits and strong men, were terrified.
Zhao Ziliang had long expected this situation, and immediately pulled out his sword and shouted: "Don't be afraid, although there are many people in Tubo, they can't come up so many people at once, we have enough time to throw boiling water, rolling wood and stones to kill and injure them, pay attention, a veteran with two recruits and two strong men, cooperate with each other, and the veteran should teach the recruits when to dodge and when to attack ······."
Looking at the chaotic Tubo army that rushed to the city wall, Zhao Ziliang also sighed for a while, if it weren't for Lang Zhidu's second goods fooling around, this situation would definitely not appear in the siege battle, this is simply sending food to the Tang army.
Seeing the Tubo army pouring into the city, Zhao Ziliang immediately raised his sword and shouted: "The archers release their arrows, and the others throw stones!" ”
Wave after wave of arrows were shot down, and the Tubo soldiers fell one after another, but the Tubo people seemed to be not afraid of death, and rushed to the city wall one after another, and one by one the siege ladders were carried over by the Tubo soldiers and erected on the city wall, and there were more and more Tubo soldiers under the city.
Zhao Ziliang calmly commanded with the treasure knife, "Don't panic, soldiers, the enemy's siege ladder is limited, only one person can come up at a time, everyone has enough time to shoot the arrows, aim and shoot again, and the soldiers who threw the stones are also sure to smash it!" ”
Zhao Ziliang's words seemed to be very magical, and the soldiers of the Tang army inexplicably relaxed after listening to his words, and calmly attacked the Tubo soldiers on the cloud ladder and the soldiers under the city wall, and the Tubo soldiers on the cloud ladder fell down one after another after being attacked.
In addition to the South City Gate, the other three city gates, under the separate command of Wang Yuanyuan, Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan, also began to kill and injure a large number of Tubo soldiers.
On the edge of the city wall, the Tibetan soldiers continued to climb the ladder without fear of death, and at the city gate, many Tubo people carried rams to constantly hit the city gate, but where can the reinforced city gate be able to break through for a while? I only heard the sound of incessant crashing, but I didn't see the gates of the city being broken. (To be continued.) )