(Xie: a wave of tips from the two brothers moshaocong and mouses1984.) ）

The Tang army's siege of the city stopped the chaos at the head of the city, and Dorjee and others knew that the enemy was the first to resist the enemy. At that moment, they shouted and ordered the soldiers to stop fighting.

Dorjee Yaoyao pointed at the noses of Duorang and Sanjik and said: "After the Tang army is repulsed, I will come to you to settle accounts, you had better not think about escaping, otherwise you will not be able to hold the city, and we will take your lives first." ”

Duorang was dumbfounded: "Dorjee, are you a mad dog?" You can kill the Iron Blade General, but you blame us. When he was ambushed the night before, there was chaos, and everyone was not enough to protect themselves, how to save the Iron Blade General? We're not afraid of you, after this battle, let's go to the general to confront us face to face and see if we're at fault? What does it mean to see death and not to be saved? Thousands of brothers have escaped, is it all called seeing death and not being saved? Do you want us all to die at the hands of the Tang Army? ”

Dorjee was speechless for a while, and the words of the general were not unreasonable, should the whole army be held accountable for the death of the commander? The culprit is Meng Tuke, speaking of which, Duorang and Sanjik really don't have much blame, they were too impulsive just now.

General Tsering, who was old and serious, stepped forward and said, "Don't say anything, each of them will return to their respective positions and prepare to kill the enemy." Let General Sanjik more, and the two of them will go all out to kill the enemy and make up for their mistakes. In this way, our brothers can also say some good things for the two of you afterwards. ”

Duorang and Sanjik nodded and said: "General Tsering, rest assured, we will fight bravely to kill the enemy, live and die with the city, and will never take another half step back." ”

Dorjee shouted, "You'd better talk." Turning back, he spat at Meng Tuke, who was captured by the soldiers behind him and pressed under the battlements, and said, "Meng Tuke, you must be the first to block the arrow, if you dare to escape half a step, I will leave you in the city." ”

Mengtu Ke was silent like ashes, several soldiers tied him hand and foot, and handed the rope head to Dorjee, who pulled Mengtu Ke like a dog, quickly returned to his own defensive area north of the city gate, and loudly ordered to prepare to meet the enemy.

When the chaos calmed down at the head of the city, more than 100 projection vehicles in front of the Tang army under the city had been pushed to the front of the formation. Some of these catapults were brought by Li Mi, and the other part was made in a hurry yesterday, and the number is pitiful. But there is no way, and the only thing used to suppress the enemy is these hundred catapults.

The catapult advanced within a distance of 300 paces, and at the same time entered the range of the throwing cart behind the Tibetan city wall. The catapults had not yet begun the first round of bombardment, and the Tubo people began to project at the same time. Countless stones flew out from behind the city and landed in the catapult array, immediately scattering more than a dozen catapults, and the Tibetan soldiers and horses at the head of the city cheered and shouted strangely.

Liu Dehai gave the order to launch with a blushing face, and dozens of catapults began to throw the rocks towards the city. Rocks rained down on the top of the city, killing several Tibetan soldiers who got carried away. But the scale of this projection is obviously too small, and it looks like child's play. It is completely inconsistent with the aggressive siege posture of the Tang Army.

"Marshal, do you need to order a storm? The number of catapults was not enough to suppress the defenders at the head of the city, but the losses were heavy, so it was better to storm and fight hard. Song Jiangong said.

Wang Yuan frowned and was silent, his eyes staring thoughtfully at the closed city gate. He also knew that this was not the way, the siege equipment was insufficient, and the role of the catapult was very small, so he could only be beaten passively if he continued like this. At this time, it would be good if there were Shenwei cannons in hand, but unfortunately a large number of catapults and dozens of Shenwei cannons were still lying on the opposite bank and sleeping soundly, unable to transport them across the river. In order to take the city as soon as possible, he couldn't wait for the rope bridge to be built. It will take at least two or three days for the rope bridge to be built, and then the reinforcements from Tibet may arrive.

"It is not advisable to storm strongly, tens of thousands of Tibetan soldiers and horses are guarding the city wall, and a strong attack is tantamount to self-defeat, and it will definitely not be able to attack the city wall. Our superiority in forces is not great, and we cannot storm it. Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"What then? What kind of siege is this? Marshal, the last general is not whining, these catapults are useless at all. The number is small, because of the attack, most of the stones can't even throw away the walls of the city, which is not possible. Song Jiangong said urgently.

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Don't be impatient, there are thousands of ways to attack the city, and a strong attack is the lowest method, and you will see a turnaround soon." But we can't do nothing. Liu Dehai, Fu Yuan's crossbow pushed up and broke the dozens of arrow towers around the city gate first, and those arrow towers will be a big trouble for a while. ”

Liu Dehai promised loudly, and more than 30 Fuyuan crossbows were pushed to the front of the formation under the protection of the shield soldiers. However, because of the terrain, he had to push closer to shoot, so he could only use the shield soldier to use the big shield as a wall to protect the launch of the Fuyuan crossbow.

After more than 30 Fuyuan crossbows were in place, the iron-headed crossbow arrows were quickly wound. The command flag was waved, and dozens of iron-tipped crossbow arrows roared out. With the experience of attacking Bison City, Liu Dehai also learned the tactic of concentrating dozens of crossbow arrows to attack one point, locking the target in one place. Most of the dozens of crossbow arrows hit an arrow tower, and in the explosion of earth and rock, the tall arrow tower was cut off by the crossbow arrows and collapsed with a bang.

The Tibetan soldiers and horses at the head of the city hurriedly avoided and hid behind the battlements with their heads in their hands, in case they were hit by the collapsed earth and rocks.

After two arrow towers were collapsed in a row, the Tubo people came to their senses and ordered to throw the building and shift the target to attack at the location of the Fuyuan crossbow. However, Fu Yuan's crossbow was flexible and flexible, and it was too cumbersome to adjust the attack position of the throwing building, and by the time they moved their position to the direction, Fu Yuan's crossbow had already moved to another place and began to shoot at the next target. After the two more arrow towers were blown down, the Tubo people gave up the practice of dealing with Fu Yuan's crossbow, and honestly ordered the soldiers on the arrow towers to evacuate so as not to die. Let the Tang army collapse dozens of arrow towers within a radius of hundreds of steps to the left of the city gate.

The process was extremely slow, and the Tang army showed great patience and slowly cleared the arrow towers on the city wall with the Fuyuan crossbow. Casualties on both sides were also minimal. The catapults of the Tang army had to be locked by the Tubo people because they were equally heavy, dozens of them were destroyed, and hundreds of people died. The Tibetans only began to shoot the Tibetan archers on the tower, and more than eighty of them were killed. Other than that, there were no other casualties on either side.

A siege battle of 80,000 or 90,000 people against each other began for nearly an hour, and it was really rare in the world to have such a result.

The Fuyuan crossbow returned triumphantly intact and completed their mission. After the arrow towers on both sides of the city gate tower were cleared, the Tang army's henchmen who attacked the city were removed, but it also exposed the Tang army's intention to storm from the city gate. A large number of Tibetan soldiers began to gather on the city wall hundreds of steps on both sides of the city gate. The city wall was densely packed with nearly 5,000 archers and 6,000 garrison infantry. It was like a swarm of wriggling ants crawling around the city walls, squeezing around.

Wang Yuan looked at the sun that was almost overhead, reached out and grabbed a handful of the soil under his feet and slowly loosened it, the sand was slightly flying, and the wind was very small. Wang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

"Uncle, it's time for you to behave, there is no wind in the four fields, and so many Tubo soldiers and horses have gathered near the left side of the city tower, this is a good time for your Nanzhao soldiers to show their skills. Do it, I will send five thousand archers to cover your men. Wang Yuan smiled at Ge Luofeng beside him.

Ge Luofeng swallowed and nodded, "Brother-in-law, what you promised me must be fulfilled." When the city is broken, I will give me two thousand armor and five hundred horses, and some of the captives. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Don't worry, you still don't believe what I said?" Do you want me to swear to the sky? ”

Ge Luofeng said: "That's not necessary. ”

A soldier wearing trumpet armor on the side suddenly spoke in a coquettish voice: "Brother, what conditions are you still talking about on the battlefield?" Why don't you give the order to attack? How did it become so calculating now? ”

Ge Luofeng glared at the soldier and said, "Sister, you turned your elbow outward, and for the sake of your husband's victory, you didn't care about your brother's life or death." Is it easy for brother? I Nanzhao poor jingle sound, this time the army came to fight, those ministers quarreled to the death, don't you know? Give them some explanations in general, do you want Brother to be accused by them when he goes back? ”

Ah Luo, who pretended to be a pro-soldier, was speechless, and when he returned to Nanzhao to ask Ge Luofeng to send troops, Nanzhao was indeed noisy in the country. Ge Luofeng insisted on bringing 10,000 soldiers and horses out to help under pressure, and he really needed to give an explanation to the ministers. It's no wonder that Ge Luofeng likes to talk about conditions, Ge Luofeng's life is not easy, unless he brings back the spoils of war to shut up those people.

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I won't treat you badly." You can rest assured. ”

Ge Luofeng nodded and said, "It's also to blame me for being small-minded, brother-in-law, how can you talk now." At this time, the wind was very small, which was suitable for my Nanzhao soldiers and horses to use their means, so I gave the order to attack. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "I'll send a big shield to protect your people." ”

In the sound of drums, thousands of soldiers and horses rushed out of the Tang army's formation, spread out on the ground in several rows, and gathered a few steps away. This was to prevent the intensive bombardment of the buildings thrown by Tibet. After entering within two hundred steps, entering the dead corner of the throwing tower launch, the formation quickly concentrated, and rushed to the area on both sides of the east gate of the Rhythm City.

The Tubo soldiers at the head of the city suddenly cheered up, and the Tang army finally began to officially attack the city, although only a few thousand people were dispatched, but they finally began to move. The Tang army soon entered the range of bows and arrows at a distance of 100 paces, and the Tubo soldiers and horses at the head of the city immediately began to bend their bows and arrows to shoot arrows down.

Five thousand Tibetan archers shot a dense rain of arrows, enveloping a large area of the Tang army under the city. The soldiers of the Tang Army put their big shields on top of their heads, and one by one they stood still like chickens with their heads shrunk in the rain, neither returning fire nor retreating, allowing the dense feathered arrows to rattle on the shields, and everyone's big shields were full of arrows. Hundreds of shields burst apart because they couldn't withstand the dense accumulation of arrows, and the Tang army below was immediately shot into hedgehogs before they even had time to turn around. But the Tang army did not seem to retreat because of the passive beating, but just stood in the rain of arrows with shields and umbrellas.

"Stop, stop! The Tang Army is wasting our arrows. These guys are playing with straw boats and borrowing arrows. General Tsering sensed that something was wrong and shouted loudly and ordered to stop shooting.

"What straw boat borrowed arrows?" The other generals on the side did not understand General Tsering's words.

General Tsering looked at them with disdain, these guys don't learn and don't know how to do anything, they know how to drink and listen to music and play with women all day long, and they don't read more books. Like myself, I read the history books of the Han people, knew many allusions and methods of the Han people, and even wrote poems of the Han people. For a moment, General Tsering felt that he was one rank higher than all the Tibetan generals present.

"I don't have time to explain to you now, in short, this is a ploy of the Tang people, stop shooting arrows immediately, and don't waste arrows. Look at you idiots, the pot of arrows is running out in the blink of an eye. 100,000 arrows kill only a few hundred people, do you think it's worth it? General Tsering said angrily.

The generals also felt that something was wrong, so they ordered their archers to stop shooting. Everyone looked at the Tang soldiers standing with shields under the city to see what they were doing.

General Tsering explained: "They are about to retreat, and tens of thousands of arrows are planted in their wooden shields, and these arrows will be shot on our heads in a while." See, they moved, they moved. ”

In General Tsering's narration, the Tang soldiers slowly removed their shields because the rain of arrows above their heads stopped shooting. The Tibetan soldiers and horses at the head of the city were suddenly surprised to find that there were two people under each big shield, one holding a shield in both hands, and the other holding a bow and arrow.

By the time the shield was removed, all the bows and arrows were facing the city. The next moment, thousands of arrows whizzed through the air and shot straight towards the city.