Chapter 336: Wei Gong Clapped His Hands (2)

Lying on Tulou Mountain, the young general Luo Wuquan asked quietly: "General Li, the last general is a little puzzled. ”

This person is a brave general under Li Qianzhong, the governor of Songmo, because most of the soldiers in Li Jinxing's hands are mainly Jintan people, and there are also a small number of Khitans. Hearing that Li Jinxing was going to Qinghai, Luo Wu recommended himself and asked to follow Li Jinxing. At this time, Luo Wuquan was not famous at all, everyone didn't care, Li Jinxing also brought some soldiers over, saw him brave, and took Qinghai by the way. If the Tang Dynasty army returns from a defeat, and Li Jinxing's soldiers also return to Liaodong, then this history may be erased by the history books.

In fact, Li Jinxing didn't pay much attention to him and was appointed as a team leader. But later, after hearing the prince's remarks, I also felt quite emotional, the prince can do this, then I am a gentleman, and there should be no prejudice. So one day I saw that Luo Wuquan was training, and his martial arts were excellent, so he let go of his prejudice and transferred him to a small lieutenant next to him. It can only be like this, the age is too young.

"What's the confusion?"

"General Li, if our 12,000-strong army suddenly strikes out at this time, and thousands of soldiers in the city cooperate to go out of the city, the enemy will definitely be defeated. Why don't we move? ”

"That's right, when they see us dispatching, the Tuyuhun people must know that there are ambushes, and the army is in turmoil. Even though the Tuyuhun people are all cavalry, the battle is fierce, and the morale of the army is chaotic, and they will only fail. But don't forget that they are more than 10,000 people, because they want to flee for their lives, and they are eager to go home, and we block their only way home. Fight hard, even if it is a big victory, it is a miserable victory. ”

"Will the plan be released?"

Anyway, he was waiting, idle and bored, Li Jinxing casually chatted and said: "Do you know a sentence, go to war, then fight and plan, then cut the army, and then attack the city." ”

"I've heard of it."

"Cities are dead, but men are alive. The prince once asked me a question, if Shancheng, Shanzhou, Kuozhou, and Hezhou were given up together in exchange for the 200,000 troops of the Tuyuhun people and the Tubo people, would it be worth it? ”

"It's worth it," Luo replied immediately. It doesn't matter if you lose 12,000 people, if you lose 200,000 people, even Tuyuhun and Tubo will not be able to recover in ten or eight years. As for the lost city, recapture is.

"But what strengths does the enemy have, and what weaknesses does it have?"

Luo Wuquan looked at the Tuyuhun people who were besieging Shancheng in the distance, thought for a while and said: "The Tuyuhun people are coming by surprise this time, and they are all cavalry. ”

"This is nonsense, how many will you see that the Tuyuhun people have infantry in the field?"

Yes, they dismounted while encamping, or could not fight immediately while defending the city. But in the field, it is rare. That family doesn't have horses? Growing up grazing on horseback since childhood, the one would be so stupid as not to ride a horse and get off the horse to do infantry field battles?

But Li Jinxing's eyes lit up when he said this.

This time, Su Hegui dispatched more than 10,000 cavalry to come quickly, not only soldiers, but also more than 10,000 horses. This is a gift from heaven. There are a lot of horses in the Tang army, brought from the capital, and temporarily sent from the ranch of Lingwu Longyou, but when they arrive in Qinghai, they are not as good as Qinghai horses to adapt to the weather here. Either the pack horses brought by the government soldiers, what kind of horses can do, pull plows and plough in the countryside, or pull small carts to the grass market, they can't run, and it's not even suitable for practicing horsemanship. In other places, it can be reconciled, but in Qinghai, these horses can only be used as mules.

Obtaining these war horses, coupled with a large number of war horses obtained one after another, can form a powerful cavalry and conduct field battles with Tibet. This time finally fulfilled a wish of Liu Renliang in Shanzhou.

Luo Wu thought for a while, and then said, "They didn't bring food and baggage. ”

"yes, that's exactly what it is."

"But when you are hungry, you can kill horses to satisfy your hunger."

"Then if they don't even have firewood, what will they do?"

That's where the problem comes in. Although it is said that Tugu Hun Ru Mao drinks blood, is it really Ru Mao drinking blood? The Tuyuhun people have also been civilized for a long time, even more civilized than Tubo, and they eat meat as their staple food, but they can't really eat horse meat raw.

"But how?"

"You'll see it later." looked at the battle situation under the city, and shouted: "Pass the order, prepare to attack." ”

……

The Tuyuhun people raised the siege ladder and crossed the moat.

There are also many kinds of wooden ladders for siege, the best is the ladder in the Central Plains, with six wheels below, which can be folded in the middle, and there is a baffle above, and people push the wheels under the baffle, which can prevent the bow and arrow on the head of the city, and the ladder is erected during the siege and pushed to the bottom of the city wall, and then the soldiers raise their shields from the baffle and climb to the city head with the help of the ladder.

It is not invincible, and if a huge rolling wooden stone is smashed down on the top of the city, any board will be broken. In short, there are more mobile types of attack, but the defense, especially the side protected by the city wall, has an advantage.

The Tuyuhun people also have a variety of siege equipment, such as the simpler one is to hit the wood, and the huge crash car, which is to hit the city gate. There are many kinds of ladders, but for the sake of speed, there is only one type of wooden ladder that can be folded at both ends. When opened, it is similar to the ladder used in the countryside, but the length is longer.

Seeing the Tuyuhun people ascending the city, Xue Ne shouted: "Smash! ”

One by one, huge stones fell down, and a terrible howl of ghosts and wolves was immediately heard from under the city wall.

However, because there was no "defense", most of the soldiers in the city woke up from their sleep, so there were soldiers who came to the city to support, but there were still few. Those who were under the city were not prevented from crossing the river far away.

As if seeing the dawn of victory, Su Hegui shouted: "Rush me, those who enter the city, and allow you to burn and loot as much as you like." ”

"Whoa!" All the soldiers came to their senses at this moment. Shancheng is not big, but it is an important trade hub in Qinghai, there are many people in the city, and there are many shops, at least in the view of these poor Tuyuhun people, it is a small golden city.

One by one, they swarmed.

There was a fierce battle outside the walls, but there was silence inside the walls. Li Wei was retreating towards Wengcheng with his guards, and he happened to see soldiers pushing Murong Zhi and others out on the street.

There was a cloth stuffed in his mouth, but he stared at Li Wei with hateful eyes. These people are all the most trusted warriors in Sugui's hands, and they are also dead soldiers. However, Li Wei did not have mercy, nodded his head, and a group of soldiers flashed out of the houses, in addition to many people holding torches, a few dressed as civilians.

Then these people began to set the houses on fire with torches, shouting loudly in Tuyuhun language: "Kill, kill." ”

Shouting and yelling.

Before Murong Zhi could figure it out, Qi Ming came over and said, "You are all heroes, but it's a pity, regardless of right and wrong, you advocate for the tiger." But let you die for a while, and I tell you, in a moment we will let your army into the city, as you wish. ”

At first, I didn't react, but after following Su Hegui for a long time, I finally figured it out, my body kept writhing, and a frightened look flashed in my eyes.

Seeing Li Wei walking away, Qi Ming said, "Cut it." ”

The soldiers raised their horizontal knives, cut off the heads of these people to the ground, and scattered them all over the street, and even dressed them in Tang Dynasty armor, disguised as Tang soldiers who fought to the death. The men, dressed as civilians, got blood from the ground, climbed up to the top of the city, and engaged the soldiers on the top of the city. However, they were outnumbered, and in the blink of an eye, they were "killed" one by one. Xue Ne took Murong Zhi's head from the soldiers and threw it out of the moat.

Murong Zhi knew, Su Hegui was extremely angry, and shouted: "Enter the city, bloodbath!" ”

Not only for the soldiers to burn and loot, but also to slaughter the city.

"Bloodbath! Bloodbath! The Tuyuhun soldier roared loudly. This word deeply stimulated them, since they were washed in blood, it was a rare opportunity in a lifetime to do something wrong. One by one, like wild beasts, they launched an attack on the city.

Su Hegui continued to observe the movement in the middle of the city, which could not be seen outside the city, and he could hear the shouts of killing inside the city, and he could also see the smoke rising from the burning houses. But the shouting and killing voice weakened, and it was heartbroken, knowing that entering the city to cooperate would play an important role, but after all, they were all his cronies.

Finally worked, the internal and external attack, the Tang army at the head of the city panicked, while fighting with the Tuyuhun people outside the city, while raising bows and arrows to shoot at the city.

"They are all good men in my Tuguhun, I don't know how many strong men can survive in it." Su Hegui muttered. As soon as he finished speaking, more soldiers rushed to the city. After Xue Ne shot an arrow and killed a Tuyuhun soldier who was fighting the Tang army at the head of the city, he shouted: "Withdraw." ”

It's almost time.

Hundreds of Tang soldiers on the city immediately fled to the city. The Tuyuhun soldiers who climbed to the top of the city were still few and did not dare to chase them, but some people had already begun to lower the drawbridge, and some people touched the city and opened the city gates.

"Into town!"

With He Sugui's order, the army rushed across the drawbridge and rushed towards the city. The Tuyuhun people below the city also returned from the earthen embankment, mounted their horses, and rushed to Shancheng.

……

I sang for so long for this moment. Li Jinxing shouted loudly: "Rush." ”

Luo Wu got up and said, "General Li, my subordinates understand. If he rushed out just now, the Tuyuhun people would definitely be desperate, and even if they won, they would be a miserable victory. But now it's different, since you have the city of Shancheng, you can attack and retreat, and you can even get a lot of weapons from the warehouse in the city. In the darkness of the night, I don't know where our army came from and how many of them were. It's better to go into the city and wait for the dawn to judge the situation. There must have been an ambush in the city at this point. ”

"What else?" Li Jinxing asked with a smile. This Khitan man will be amazing in the future, if there is a Master to guide him, he must be a great general.

"Also, although there are arrangements, but for the safety of the people, all the people in the city are transferred to the warehouse, and even the belongings are taken away by the people. But our army was so forced that they had to hurry into the city. I can't remember to notice it. ”

"Yes, what else?"

"In the field they are cavalry, and their speed is their strength, but when they enter the city, they become their weakness. If it is really Shancheng, it will be a trouble in their hands. The two fortified warehouses are in the hands of our army, and there are also a large number of long-range weapons. You can also use the cover of the corner tower, climb the city wall, condescend, and shoot at them. Moreover, Shancheng is a big city on this side, but it is really nothing in the Central Plains. More than 10,000 people marched into the city, and almost all the streets, together with the war horses, were occupied. Throwing gunpowder at will can kill a large number of people. ”

"Exactly, but we'll have to get the spirit out of our spirits and force them into the city." Li Jinxing said, turning over and getting on the horse. Twelve thousand warriors stayed up for most of the night, waiting for this time. With a bang, he rushed down Tulou Mountain and quickly rushed to the west gate of Shancheng.