Chapter 431: Hearing the Singing of Nian Nu (2)

It's uncomfortable.,It's burned to the present.,It's late.,I'll be changed later.,See if you can code it out.。

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Stopped a few generals who were so angry that they wanted to go to war, and thought about it.

Or is there interference, do you really see the arrogant appearance of Tang Jun, and don't get angry?

suppressed the anger in his heart, tried to calm his mood, and thought about Li Wei's intentions. Like last time, I couldn't guess Prince Tang's intentions, and it was another big defeat if I couldn't get it right. On the contrary, just as Prince Tang didn't think of his eldest brother's intentions, it was also a big defeat, almost killing himself for life.

At this time, there is obviously no reason to start a war.

There are a lot of things going on in the Tang Army, and the people are coming in July, and this news is not to be hidden, so a few days ago they were still building houses and dividing fields. Therefore, building a house and dividing the land is something that must be done, and it also plays a role in confusing it.

Then release the people, he also knows the intention, the war is about the land, it is the people. People are also a major factor, such as Tuyuhun, if all of them are moved, can the Tubo tribes be moved to Qinghai, they can also be moved, but it will take at least ten or twenty years, will the prince of the Tang Dynasty let Tubo wait for ten or twenty years?

If this thing is done well, it is no less than winning a battle.

But this people are not easy to move, not only have to find a way to deal with their own obstacles, but also have to consider food, clothing, housing and transportation.

In August, the harvest will be made again, and the wheat will not be allowed to rot in the ground. Unless hundreds of thousands of people from the Tang court come over, it will be impossible.

Speaking of the real war, September will also be more beneficial to the Tang army. If you prevent the people from moving, you will inevitably cause a lot of resentment. The Tang army had food in hand, and that was the most favorable time for the Tang army to fight. He didn't believe it anymore, there would be no sacrifices for the besieging Tang army?

I also thought of Jiuqu Military City, but I skipped it all at once. This is not the original Jiuqu Military City, there are only one or two thousand troops, which can be captured immediately. The current Jiuqu Military City has expanded a lot, and there are many garrisons in it. Even if there are 12,000 people, if they don't attack for ten days and half a month, they won't want to take it. A lone army attacking the city in the rear, is it a gift for yourself to make an appetizer?

Do you want to, or is it tens of thousands of troops who also nailed their own army here, so that the people could escape from Qinghai?

So he ordered all the soldiers not to talk about war, and they couldn't fight well, because the army was not as much as the other side, and the morale was not as high as the other side's. Even if Kaesong fights, it will definitely lose. Then he sent out scouts to inquire into the various ways.

The Tang Dynasty army was still scolding the city, which was a little ugly.

Pei Xingjian just laughed, although doing so, it was a bit child's play, and it was not useless.

It was just an order to let the rear army set up camp and set up a solid camp, which lasted until March, and was very familiar with this terrain.

The camp was set up, it was dark, and the soldiers who scolded the city had to come back.

The next day, Li Jin led another 15,000 troops, with a large number of baggage arrived, the Tang army in addition to the party army, there are more than 80,000 soldiers in Qinghai, but the whole army can not be dispatched, all checkpoints have to be guarded. In addition, the black tooth is often left, and 15,000 people will be left for him to be surrounded from the west of Chiling.

There can only be so many soldiers who can be mobilized.

This change has also been discussed for a long time, originally taking into account various factors, preparing for a later attack, but not a large-scale attack, at that time, the three cities of Jiuqu, on Zanpo will inevitably be lost. Instead, they continued to take advantage of the July emigration to launch some small-scale offensives like the Battle of Niuxindui. But it will not be on a large scale, mainly to stir up public resentment, and wait for an opportunity to fight in August. After all, among the Tubo people, there are very few direct Tubo soldiers, only 20,000, and the 20,000 Niu Xindui have just annihilated nearly 2,000 people. This time period was something that Zampa didn't expect. As for the harvest, there are the people, the Tuyuhun people who are intercepted, and there are some party members who can be borrowed.

But the campaign will not be very large, and it is to prepare for the encirclement of party members.

It is still a style of play supplemented by war and based on attrition.

Later, on Qinling's dispatch of troops to the three states of Jiannan, Li Wei and Pei Xingjian made a calculation, afraid that things would change. This is an arrangement on the bright side, and if there is a dark arrangement, it will be even more tricky. So the time adjustment was brought forward. There are some benefits, and there are disadvantages.

What is beneficial is that it can amplify the results of the battle. As for the Nine Songs and Three Cities, Li Wei wanted to get them, but he didn't think about them at all. This is the thing in the palm of his hand, why bother thinking about it, but the soldiers of Tibet, and the elimination of living power is what he is most interested in.

In advance, it is very unreasonable, I am afraid that if Qinling is here, he will suffer a big loss.

Before mentioning it, there was more time, and for Xue Rengui's arrival, he arranged a defense line in Songzhou, built a castle, and won time.

But the disadvantages, the sacrifice will be very heavy, and if the sacrifice is heavy enough, Li Wei will not be reluctant to sacrifice again. Also, they have mainly become dependent on the party, and they will have more say in the future, and in addition, they will have to promise some benefits, such as the land of Jiuqu that Li Wei promised, and even the land of Dafeichuan and Wuhai in the future, which must be promised. In essence, Li Wei also did not want a more powerful party member.

In addition, there is an appearance that does not know whether it is good or bad. This time, the Tuyuhun people will migrate more, and Qinghai will be emptier. It seems to be a benefit, but there are many people who have migrated, and the court cannot ignore it, and the pressure on logistics is heavier, but except for Qinghai, the court has not actually benefited. It will only give Nuo Haobo a greater say in Lingzhou, and when he returns to Qinghai in the future, he will also have a greater say. If the people who have really migrated, will they be sincerely grateful to the Tang Dynasty? No, all they are grateful for is that Nuo Hao bowl fought for them again and again. He is still a butcher and a murderer.

So far, the future trend is beyond the imagination of Qinling and Li Wei, so they have to fight and talk about it.

The siege equipment is divided, that is, all kinds of ladders, very regular ladders, there are main ladders and folding ladders, and the main ladders also have baffles to reduce the damage of soldiers when approaching the city, and then use wheels to push the main ladder under the baffle to the city wall, open the folding ladder, reduce the danger and difficulty before the ladder, and the destruction of the ladder by the enemy. As for the Tibetan siege, it is still the simplest flying ladder, that is, a long ladder made of various materials, which is low cost and easy to manufacture. Tang Jun also used it, but it didn't work as well as a ladder.

The other is the horizontal roller car, that is, the crash car, which is also more scientific than the crash in Tibet, with wheels and a solid top covered with damp felt cloth to prevent the enemy from sabotage. Then there was a pendulum-shaped spiked log, and some wooden gates, after dozens of impacts of this kind of wood, could hit a gap alive. However, the soldiers who crashed into the car were very dangerous.

Trebuchet, which has been there for a long time. However, it is not as powerful as it is now, and the operation is also complicated.

After dividing up, Li Jinxing and Pei Xingjian led 25,000 people and set off towards Hongji City with a swagger. It wasn't that easy, but I was ready to retreat, and all the small city outposts built by the Tang Dynasty were evacuated together. Knowing that there are many advantages to defending, but the troops are insufficient, and there is no way to retreat, Zanpo has no choice but to act.

Then start cutting down trees and building nest cars. It is not the kind of tower that Li Wei built in Jiuqu Military City, but the kind of large tower more than five zhang high built by Jiang Xingben when Hou Junji attacked Gaochang City, and a safe post can be set up on it, which can overlook all the movements in the city very clearly. Then command the car to be thrown and the rocks to be thrown. For a while, the flying stones were like rain, and they dared not do anything, under the cover of the guns, they filled in the trenches and pushed the ladder to the female wall. In order to build these siege equipment, almost all the trees in the valley of Gaochang City were cut down, but when the city was attacked, it only took half a day for Gaochang City to be conquered.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty, there was also a siege machine, which could be built at the current level of the Tang Dynasty. Linchong Lu bus, several zhang high, the car is divided into five layers, can carry hundreds of soldiers, equipped with machine crossbows, poison arrows, guns, halberds, knives and spears and other weapons and equipment to destroy the city wall facilities. During the attack, the people pushed the cart to the foot of the city, the roof of the car could be level with the city wall, and the soldiers rushed to the city through the overpass to fight the enemy, and the car underneath the city wall was destroyed by hitting the wood and other tools.

Arguably the largest combat vehicle in the world, it is bulky, but it has great deterrent power. It's a pity that Li Wei doesn't know.

There was still no siege, but seeing these large siege equipment, the Tibetan defenders in the city were even more depressed.

After three days, there was no movement, watching the Tubo people take advantage of the danger of the city wall to withdraw the materials in the city to Hexi one after another, Qi Ming was a little anxious, and said: "Your Highness, will the party people regret it?" ”

"No, but they will hesitate. The sacrifice is heavy, and it will completely offend the Tubo people. ”

"So many benefits?"

"General Qibi, unlike your Qibi, is very loyal to the imperial court, therefore, the imperial court has always placed your Qibi department at the throat of Liangzhou to protect the safety of the Hexi corridor. There was little handover with the Tibetans. However, the party members continued to be placed in Xilean Mountain and Jishi Mountain after being lonely. Once Tibet goes north, it will not be able to break through this line of defense, and once it is broken, it will inevitably take the party members to vent their anger. ”

It is also what Li Wei wants to see the most, so that the party members will be tightly tied to the Tang Dynasty before Tubo has no danger to solve the danger. When the time comes, the imperial court will also recruit soldiers, and even they will take the initiative to participate in the war in order to defend their homeland.

But it's not what the party members themselves want to see.

"But, General Chebi, don't worry. The party members themselves were very embarrassed, but we left them, and it was a big deal to act according to the original plan. The three cities of Jiuqu will still be accepted, and Tubo will still be embarrassed. And without the support of our Tang Dynasty, it will be difficult to maintain this year, and once we are unhappy and leak the matter, we will usher in greater oppression. The wheat was about to ripen, and our army arrived at the city of Wansu and Hongji again. They were only responsible for attacking the Jiuqu Military City, and then there would be sacrifices in the subsequent attack on Hexi, but they could do it. In the end, I will agree. ”

But after thinking about it, he said, "Give them some confidence." ”

With that, he pushed the tall nest cart out, sent soldiers to stand on it and command, and then hundreds of trebuchets also pushed to the front line. The archers took cover behind the trebuchets and threw stones and gunpowder into the city. After some bombardment, Li Wei said: "The shield bearer takes cover, fills the trench." ”

There were still Tibetans on the head of the city who resisted, and then the dense stones and gunpowder in the sky rained down like drops, and smashed many battlements of the city walls. The Tibetan soldiers suffered numerous casualties, and few soldiers resisted. Just a moment, on the moat, three trenches were filled.

Li Wei said: "Stop. ”

Let the soldiers return again, and then ask the scouts to inform Pei Xingjian to be under Hongji City, and do the same.

After that, every day the gates of the two cities were filled with wide ditches. It doesn't matter if there is a drawbridge or not, but the casualties are also very serious, and after several days of siege, although there was no real attack, there were thousands of casualties on both sides. June is over quickly.

On Zanpo was very poor, the Tang army had casualties, and the casualties of his men were even heavier. The main thing is morale, there is no siege, once the siege is made, he doubts that he will not be able to hold on for a day. If it weren't for the retreat route to Hexi, it would have been possible for the soldiers to surrender without a fight.

At this time, his subordinate general Mang Dianre came up with an idea: "General, tomorrow is the first day of the seventh month." ”

"Hmm."

"There is a plan for the subordinates, since the Tang Dynasty has opened and released the people, we have many troops to withdraw to Hexi. It is better to send the army to disguise itself as ordinary people, blend into the territory of Hehuang, and take advantage of the main force of the Tang army in Jiuqu to seize the pass and attack the city and plunder the materials. Moreover, it also made the Tang Dynasty disgusted with the people of Tuyuhun, even if the people were released and searched strictly, the people's grievances would be heavy. Kill two birds with one stone. ”

"No, you see, the two armies of the Tang Dynasty are only about forty or fifty thousand people, and their strength is superior to ours. However, not the whole army was dispatched, and there were still more than 40,000 Tang troops in the rear. If it weren't for the full armor, Hugh said that if he captured the pass and attacked the city, he might have been completely annihilated. Besides, send us Tubo people, and the Tang army will find out. Sending Tuyuhun people to go, the army's heart is shaking, what is the combat effectiveness. Maybe some of the soldiers will leak the secrets themselves. ”

"So what do we do?"

"I'm thinking about why Prince Tang did this." However, Ronzanpo's eyes narrowed and he asked, "How many party soldiers are there in our army?" ”

"About half."

"Not good."