Chapter 337: Smoke and Ash (1)
Chapter 337: Fan Hu Ash (1)
Twelve thousand people are not few, and nearly half of them are cavalry, including 5,000 party soldiers. However, many of the Tang Dynasty troops were Hu and Fan, and they couldn't tell the difference.
The black rushed over, and there was no edge in sight. Su Hegui immediately found out, and he felt quite puzzled, where did this army come from? Could it be that there is still a large army stationed near here, the scouts did not inquire, and when they heard that Shancheng was urgent, they rushed over.
I don't know how many people, especially at this time it is the fifth watch, the moon has set, and the sky is the darkest scene, Su Hegui thought for a while, and urged: "Enter the city, all enter the city." ”
If there are few Tang troops who come, they can still rush, if there are many, the city has not entered, and there are still thousands of Tang Dynasty troops in the city, and they will be attacked inside and outside, and they must be defeated. Anyway, the city gate is opened, rush into the city, and close the city gate, which can be attacked and defended.
The city gate was so big that the rush was chaotic, and after the law enforcement team killed dozens of people again, it was normal to get up and rush into the city. When the Tang army was about to arrive, finally the last man entered the city. Su Hegui shouted, "Close the city gates, close the city gates." ”
Pull up the drawbridge and close the gates. Now I regret it a little, just now I built some pontoon bridges and made some embankments over the outer moat. Without these, it would have been easier to defend the city. So he ordered: "Defend the city, defend the city." ”
Let Helian Cheng take two thousand soldiers to the head of the city to defend the city, which is just upside down from just now. He also asked another general, Su Hexin, to lead 2,000 men and go straight to the east gate. This city gate is also going to be taken down, and not far behind is the Tang Dynasty Heyuan Army garrison.
Only then did he order: "Rush to the north and south warehouses." ”
If you want to defend the city, you must have equipment, all in those two big warehouses, and the prince, about in the city, this is not in a hurry, wait for the warehouse to be taken, and then slowly look for it is not too late. As long as you are in the city, you can't escape if you want to.
He led the army to rush to the South Warehouse, and Su Heyou hurriedly ran over with a team of people and said, "Oh no." ”
"What's the matter, report it quickly." After entering the city, he immediately asked Su and You to take a team of people to find Hu Sheng, and the others did not instruct, but Su and You followed suit, this is to protect Duan Mingzhen, and kill Hu Sheng again. If it can't be delayed any longer, if it spreads out, it will be difficult to kill it again, and people will say that Su He is trustworthy.
came to Hu's house, but none of them. This is strange, others understand that one by one they were killed by the Tang army in the city. But Duan Mingzhen and Hu Ying should be at home. At this time, the complaints of other soldiers were heard. The marshal said that those who entered the city were allowed to be baptized in blood, and some of them were in a hurry, so they were created into private houses, but there was nothing.
Li Wei ordered to take the valuable goods and withdraw to the warehouse, but what is the valuable goods?
For example, the flower belly pocket of the four girls of Wang Mazi's family, which was worn by the grandmother, was left to the mother as a dowry, and then the mother passed it to the eldest sister, the eldest sister passed it to the second sister, and the second sister passed it to the third sister, is it considered an heirloom? Is it considered a valuable cargo?
Anyway, the time is relaxed, so everything that can be moved has been moved, and everything that can be taken away has also been taken away, what are the chickens, ducks, and dogs, one has not stayed, and my chicks can lay two eggs a day, isn't it a valuable thing? My puppy barks when someone comes, isn't it a valuable thing? What's left in the house and shop?
Su and Yousui felt that something was wrong when they heard it, and immediately came to report it. Mainly let Li Jinxing force, Su Hegui was a little flustered, after all, this time the Tang Dynasty army was a total of 180,000, and he was alone in the depths. But immediately remembered, not only was there no one in all the houses, it stands to reason that when the army entered the city, it would flee in the direction of the east gate, but the east gate was tightly closed, and there was no movement at all.
Su and Gui's hairs stood on end. After thinking about it, he shouted: "Attack the warehouse." ”
In any case, it is better to take down the warehouse first and take down the equipment, which is equivalent to a moment of dawn, look at the situation, and then make a judgment.
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At this time, the urn city was also in chaos.
There were two large warehouses inside, one for weapons and the other for food.
Because of its special geographical location, Li Wei did not want it to develop into a commercial city, specifically a military fortress, a key road in the past. As for commerce, it was still carried out in Fan City, and after arriving in Shanzhou, Li Wei specially set aside a large piece of land, and then enacted three chapters, in which the murderer paid for his life, and the injured person was compensated for medical expenses, and the person who stole or robbed was fined 10 times the amount of the person, and he could not be compensated for being a slave of this person.
There are no other terms, if you have the ability to develop heroin, it doesn't matter if you sell drugs here, it doesn't matter if you launder money, if you want to smuggle arms, you can enter and exit from the city gate, it's up to you. Scammers don't catch them, and they don't have the ability to be cheated out of money here. If you want to build a few shops here, no one cares if you have to pay taxes, and the land is set aside for you to build, but the area is limited, and you can't build as many as you want. There is only one article, and the incoming and outgoing goods must be taxed, and the tax is not very heavy. However, the victory is in a large amount, and overall, it is still very impressive. And the biggest advantage is that it doesn't matter which country you are, whether you are a Tibetan or a Tuyuhun person, you are all equal here. Business grows here.
Shancheng finally alleviated the business atmosphere, after all, there are many people staying, although there is a system, it can not guarantee that the soldiers below are corrupt and bribe-taking, and if they relax their vigilance, they will blend in many scouts, and even if they mix in a large number of enemies, if they don't know, the consequences will be serious.
And once the plan to build a large castle is implemented, there must be a large amount of grain and grass materials to supply forward, such as the construction of a stone castle in Shicheng Mountain, the special geographical environment, the area is not big, and you can only garrison soldiers, but you can't use materials.
In fact, he didn't know this history. After several major defeats in the Tang Dynasty, Shicheng Mountain was gradually occupied by the Tubo people, who remembered to build a stone fort here. In order to take this fort, Goshuhan sacrificed countless men. This also shows that he did not learn the art of war in vain, of course, this time the strategy also has the credit of Li Jinxing and Heizhi Changzhi, and their various suggestions have made his plan more perfect.
This time, a lot of solid clay and stones were brought in, and the warehouse was built into an urn city. But the grain was scarce, and for the sake of the people, it was mixed with weapons to free up the granary. The volume is large, with more than a dozen warehouses, covered with green tiles, and the outside is made of bricks and stones. But it was still crowded, the people brought a lot of materials, this scattered family is a lot, especially some stores have more goods, can not be scattered together, so one by one, the goods are distinguished, the belly pocket is put together, the grain is put together, and the cloth is placed together. It's really not good, your piece of flower belly pocket is good-looking, I'm afraid that people will take it, and you secretly make a mark. Thousands of soldiers tossed until the third watch, and they had not yet sorted it out.
The goods are easy to handle, but what about the puppies, chickens, and ducks?
There is no way, put it outside the warehouse together, wait until after the war, the relationship is good, recognize it, take it back, if the chickens and ducklings can't recognize it, they have to quarrel slowly. That's it, it's still crowded. The Tuyuhun army entered the city, and the sound of horses' hooves, shouting, and shouting woke up the dogs together, and they barked one by one, and the chickens and ducklings were running around the feet of the livestock on the stone stakes, and the children were crying, and the adults were sobbing, and they were in a mess again.
Li Wei walked in and comforted: "Don't be afraid, folks, Lone is also here, Lone has a clever plan, come to catch turtles in an urn, and the war will end in a short time." ”
But at this time, he couldn't persuade him like this. The army of people has entered the city, how can they not be afraid. Li Wei had no choice but to send some soldiers to guard and comfort, and he couldn't mess up at this time. Coming back to the Lu wall, the Tibetan cavalry had gradually rushed over.
Li Wei waved his hand and said, "Release!" ”
There are fifty trebuchets behind the wall, and there are also fifty in the North Cang, but they are not small trebuchets like Huling, they are all large trebuchets, each with ten extra-large trebuchets, which require more than 20 people to operate in order to be ejected, and the maximum range can reach more than 300 steps, that is to say, all the north and south are projected, which can cover most of Shancheng. Because the trebuchet is large, the gunpowder bag is also large.
Fifty huge black shadows shot into the air, then fell, and a deafening sound rang out. Needless to say, it was even more chaotic, the dogs barked and the chickens didn't mention, and all the children were so frightened that they cried. Fifty loud noises echoed from the north. Then the flames rose.
Although it was a commercial artery, not all the people were rich because of the mountains, and many people made walls of stone and thatched. There are also people who are elegant, especially the Central Plains people, who like wooden houses that are warm in winter and cool in summer, and are green tile roofs, but houses built with wood. There are also some people who have some firewood piled up in their homes for cooking. In this explosion, sparks and high temperatures ignite these flammable materials.
Seeing the heavy casualties of his soldiers, Su Hegui didn't feel heartache at this time, and shouted with a saber in his hand: "Capture it." ”
With a loud bang, both sides approached the wall.
But where it is easy to attack, there were originally more than 6,000 soldiers in the city, but Li Jinxing was not at ease, and reinforced 3,000 soldiers, reaching more than 9,000 people. These soldiers guarded the city more than enough, and they shrank in the urn city, and the volume was even smaller.
The walls of Lu were full of black-pressed Tang troops, and when they saw the enemy approaching, they shot out one bow and arrow after another. Not afraid of waste, all can be picked up afterwards, although there is damage, re-make it, you can still use it. On both sides, there were almost 2,000 Tang troops, taking turns to release arrows.
Dense arrows and crossbows form an impermeable web. Even with the shield in his hand, the Tuyuhun people fell one after another. There are very few warriors who can rush to the wall. In fact, it can be ignored, there is no threat at all, but it is still allowed to be stabbed to death by the Tang army with a spear.
Su Hegui saw that this could not be done, and once again ordered the soldiers to dismount, brave the fire and smoke, and remove the beams of the house to make a wooden strike. But so easy to bump into? There is a city gate tower on the gate of the urn city, and the soldiers inside are more dense, and there are a small number of rolling wooden stones, and a Tuyuhun soldier can't get close.
Su Hegui changed his order again and hit the wall. It's just a warehouse, the wall is not so thick, it's wrong to think like this, this wall may not be as thick as the city wall of Shancheng, but it's not much worse. Even a few groups of Tuyuhun people approached with the help of the house, and they also lifted the collision wood and collided with it, but they did not move.
Su Hegui's face was pale, and this time there was less luck. Then I thought about it, so I had to make up my mind from the city wall, and attack the urn city from the city wall. The idea is still good, and it can't be said that his reaction ability is worse than Li Wei, but this plan was set by Li Wei a few days ago, and it has been perfected by Li Jinxing, Qi Mingming, and Hei Tooth Chang, so is there a loophole for him to drill?
In fact, there had been fighting at the city walls for a long time. Su Hexin and Helian Cheng climbed the city wall and began to set up defenses, but they immediately discovered these four strange corner towers and sent people to inspect them. You can't see it in the city, but you can see it on the city walls, and when you see the situation in the city, you immediately lose your soul, you can't hear the shouts, and the city is in chaos. So he immediately ordered his men to attack the corner tower.
But again encountered the iron plate. The corner tower is all made of stone material, divided into two floors, and each of them hides two hundred soldiers, holding huge crossbows and strong bows in their hands. There weren't many people, but it was on the city wall, just a passage. Seeing that the Tuyuhun people were coming, the captain inside began to give the order to fire. It was another net of arrows, and soon there were mountains of corpses about a hundred steps in front of the city tower. It's also good, I made a cover, so I fired at each other. But the soldiers inside stopped, stopped playing with you, and shot as long as you climbed over the mountain of corpses, but did not come, and hid in the corner tower bunker to rest.
If this continues, the whole army will be wiped out, Helian Cheng selected fifty strong men, holding shields, carefully protecting their bodies, and approaching in the rain of arrows. However, there was only one door left in the corner tower, which was already full of mud bags, and the door was sealed alive, and it could not be pushed open. On the contrary, there were big holes in the wall, "brush", and with a sound, dozens of spears stretched out, and more than half of the fifty soldiers were stabbed to death, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated. At this moment, his back was exposed, and a burst of secret arrows were shot from the second floor, and none of them escaped.
Seeing such a situation, Su Hegui shouted: "Heaven will kill me." ”