Section 313 Connecting the Lines of Defense
Facts have proved that the Tubo people are not good at attacking cities, and their methods are too simple, and they are far less fancy than the Tang people when they attacked cities. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
To a certain extent, the Tubo people defeated the Tang people from Feichuan and took the initiative on the battlefield, but they did not see them fight cities (except for the Western Regions), and they were indeed lacking in siege.
It's not that they don't have this knowledge, they have fought a lot with the Tang people, and of course they will have a lot of knowledge in this area.
They don't have many craftsmen, and the Tibetan people are used to playing with horses and like to move on horses, so they are not interested in being craftsmen.
Relying on the captured Tang people or craftsmen of other nationalities to build siege equipment, after all, there are still few, and the Tubo people do not respect them, it is rare for them to work hard, either grinding foreign workers or not doing it.
At first, some Tang captives tried to sell their craftsman skills to the Tibetans in order to get a better life, but they found that what they got was to do dead work and live and die, and the Tibetans did not treat them as human beings at all, even if they had skills!
The hearts of the Tang craftsmen were getting colder, and in a word: the Tubo people don't know how to respect knowledge!
When Princess Wencheng went to Tibet to get grass, she brought a large number of craftsmen from the Central Plains with her, and the attitude of the Tubo people was, "This is a gift from the Tang people who are afraid of us (if they are not afraid of us, how can they send their women to the grass?)" That's why! )”
With such a view, their attitude towards Tang craftsmen can be imagined!
The Tubo people not only have this attitude towards the craftsmen, but also towards the people under their rule, and even treat the landlords and elites of the ethnic groups under their rule even more ruthlessly!
Who called you rich! If you don't rob someone, who will rob you?
Don't even give people a way to go, as a result, the Tubo people occupied Longyou, Hexi in the Anshi Rebellion, even if they ruled for a hundred years, they couldn't let the people there return to their hearts, so that when Tubo collapsed, there was a Zhang Yichao, uprising and rebellion, and returned to the Tang Dynasty!
The Jin State and the Liao State have done well, ruling the Han occupied area, and the Han people have gradually become them, and the strongest is the braided country, such as the pockmarked face Kangxi and even the former Han emperor Zhu Yuanzhang worshipped, and once sacrificed the Ming filial piety tomb six times, alleviated the people's grievances, and became a Manchu and Han family.
The Han people do the best, as long as they speak Chinese and write Chinese characters and change their Chinese names to enter Sinology, even if they are barbaric, they can become Buddhas on the spot, and the Han people admit that they are the same kind as themselves!
There are no craftsmen to return to the heart, the siege equipment of the Tubo people is of inferior quality, the catapults either get close or fall apart without a few hits, and the Tubo people are in a hurry, so they whip up the Tang craftsmen.
The Tang craftsmen who were whipped had no heart to do things for the Tubo people, and the Tubo people were whipped even harder!
Sabotage, doing forks and breaking down, the Tubo people commented: "Tang craftsmen have no ability!" ”
On the other hand, the Tibetan region is bitterly cold, there are not many trees, and there are not many minerals.
Their religious belief is this religion or Buddhism, this religion pays attention to all things have spirits, mountains have spirits, trees have spirits, even stones have spirituality, and they should not easily touch the environment (the fish in the lake are not beaten, and the fish in Qinghai Lake are eaten by the Tang people), this is not good, there is a lack of raw materials for making instruments, and there are not many things to practice in theory.
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Without good and numerous siege equipment, and no Tang captives to help them consume the opponent's defensive strength, the Tubo people attacked a not very high city wall, and also left thousands of corpses, and the Tang people's city wall did not seem to have changed, but the spirit of the Tang army was even more vigorous, and it was not a problem to fight for 300 rounds.
The sacrifice of thousands of Tibetans was in exchange for 5,000 Tibetan cavalry to cross the road, and then they found that the Tang people had built more such walls on the road, and also used the method of throwing arrows between two sections of fire bombs.
And it was very difficult for them to make a detour, and it was even more difficult for them to attack the wall from the other side of the mountain.
On Migu commented: "He x disgusting fight! ”
After this section, and then to the third section of the city wall, this time the road is blocked!
The Tang army on Xiongguan was full of red face (well fed), morale was strong, and they were united in their hearts and minds, vowing to protect their homeland!
At the same time, bows and arrows were sharp, bed crossbows and trebuchets were raging, and the walls were full of defending items, and there were no gaps to take advantage of, which made the Tubo people very demoralized, and even when they scolded the Tang army, they were powerless to say "We have praised your princess".
Beyond the Xiongguan, it is the golden wheat field of the Tang people, although it is close at hand, it seems so far away in the sky.
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On the fact that he did not believe in evil and sent many scouts along the mountains and rivers to find the weak points of the Tang army's defense, and after inspection, he was surprised!
The Tang army established a layered defense system behind the mountains at various intersections, and built the Great Wall everywhere, and most of them liked to start parallel to the roadside, accompanied by mountains, and then closed the wall and closed the road.
God knows how they built so many walls so quickly!
The power of cement is fully revealed, the use of cement can be repaired quickly, and the imperial court has money for Feng Xiaobao, he has enough cement and manpower.
In the mountain infantry alone, he has 60,000 people!
There are also nearly 60,000 people in the territory!
Moreover, the Tang people are diligent, like worker bees, working hard, and when they work in Tonghuang County, few people are hanging out on the streets, and they are all busy with work.
Almost everyone has contributed to the construction of the fortifications, for example, Feng Xiaobao personally participated in the repair of a section of the city wall and carved a commemorative letter.
The army, farmers, herdsmen, craftsmen, and businessmen all responded to Feng Xiaobao's call for "Sunday Voluntary Labor" and participated in the construction of the city wall.
Feng Xiaobao respects talents, and everyone is willing to give him his life.
The slogan is also sensational: "The stronger the walls, the safer everyone!" ”
The old-timers in the army carefully designed and used the mountain and water potential to build the most efficient defense system at the minimum cost.
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There is a bridge on the Huangshui River, which is the masterpiece of the Tang people, and it is ingenious.
He had seen it in ancient times, but when he saw the impregnable bridgehead on the bridge, there was one at the head of the bridge, and there was also one on the other side of the bridge, and he didn't even have the courage to take a look.
If you want to capture this bridge, I'm afraid that 50,000 people will not be enough to fill it!
As long as the foreign aid of the Tang people is not interrupted, 50,000 people is really not enough to fill it!
The wheat of the Tang people, the 50,000 people who were in the ancient world were salivating, but they couldn't get to the edge, they tried their best to find a way everywhere, but unfortunately any road was blocked by the Tang army.
I can't eat the wheat of the Tang people, and I can't get close to the Tang people's Tonghuang County, which is full of wealth.
A small number of Tibetans even ran to the north of the Datong River and found that there were fewer city walls, but the Tang army relied on the river and it was not so easy to cross the river.
If you want to cross the river, you will have to pay a heavy price!
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Standing on the mountain and looking at the smoke rising in the Tang Dynasty, the feeling of 'we are wrong' arose for the first time.
In the distance, there were people moving in the wheat fields, and the Tang people began to harvest the ripe crops. (To be continued.) )