This Wei Xi has ideas, and Datang has no shortage of good craftsmen, and the two are a match made in heaven. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past, the Chinese catapult was like a scale, with stone or fire bullets hanging on one end, and a rope pulled by a person at the other end to throw the projectiles.

Because of the limited manpower, the bullet power is insufficient, and the attack range is also short.

A launch requires as few as a dozen people, and as many as 100 people to pull the pole, and the effect is not very good.

Wei Xi's invention of the counterweight trebuchet, spread on the ground, facing the south gate of the castle, the pole is 15 meters long, one end of the counterweight of 10 tons, the other end of the hanging stone projectile is 100 kilograms, when the counterweight falls, the stone bullet can be sent 300 meters away, hit the target there.

This is a very terrible weapon, the first time used in the battlefield of Tibet, the Tang army painstakingly transported them to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there are only five, there are three, the walled fort of Nathan is fortunate to eat the first time to hit the stone bullets.

The first blow destroyed the gatehouse at the top of the city, and smashed the building as if it were swept by the hands of a giant, and smashed it to the point (chain reaction).

The second shot hit one of the soldiers at the head of the city, sending him flying in the air and missing nowhere!

The third shot landed on the wall, and immediately centered on the landing point, cracking like a spider's web and opening up an unknown number of cracks.

The engineering battalion operating the catapult was very experienced in the first to shoot indiscriminately, that is, to fire freely, and enter the castle to create panic.

After firing more than a dozen volleys, and then focusing on the fire, three trebuchets hit the same wall, smashing the defenders there with great fear!

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The Tang army bombarded unhurriedly, like the attack of the god of thunder, each blow had the momentum of thunder, the stone chips on the city burst out, the city wall shook, the ground trembled, the first time I saw it, not to mention that the defenders of the city were afraid, even the attackers' men and horses were panicking, and some fools even wanted to kneel down and bow to the trebuchet, thinking that it was a weapon of the gods!

Changbayo, Dangxiong and Deschamps were also watching, and all three of them could see the joy of each other.

Fortunately, I took refuge early, General Wei, I have the ability to be unpredictable!

Only on Qinling has the ability to fight him, but it's a pity that Qinling is gone!

Bandaging his right shoulder, he leaned weakly against the city wall and sighed, knowing that the fortress could not be defended.

Of course, ordinary Tubo people can't take his walled fort, but it is different with the Tang people, the Tang people's ability to defend and siege the city is completely better than the Tubo people, and the Tubo people don't know how many streets are so far.

The best thing to do is to rush out and burn the other party's three trebuchets, but seeing the three generals who are waiting for the battle before the battle, plus Shi Wanchao, think about it or forget it!

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The trebuchet smashed the city wall like a professional chengguan demolition, smashing the city wall first and then collapsing, and the gap was like a human tooth falling out, which looked very ridiculous and terrifying.

"The general's weapons are really powerful!" Changbayo and Shi Wanchao talked.

"Yes!" Swanchao replied briefly.

"It looks like the city is about to be destroyed!" Changbayo asked again.

"Uh-huh!" Swanchao is lazy and authentic.

"General Shi is going into the city together?" Changbayo asked tentatively.

Shi Wanchao knew what he meant, asked him impatiently, and also looked at him with a slanted face: "Okay, I won't go into the city, I only kill people outside the city, mainly to protect these three baby bumps!" ”

He has a military order, the trebuchet is good to say anything, if the trebuchet is not there, punish him as a soldier, start from scratch!

Changbayo was overjoyed and said to Shi Wanchao: "After the castle is broken, we will invite you to drink, and there will be a heavy reward!" ”

Soon, one part of the city wall was dismantled by trebuchets and there was no problem in going immediately, and General Sanfan commanded the troops and rushed in through the gap!

Dangxiong entered the city first, while Deschamps and Changbayo did not.

And the people of the city ran out of the two gates, east and west.

Why don't you run north and south?

There are three trebuchets in front of the south gate, which is the key defensive area of the Tang army, and the ugly man who rode his horse back and forth is waiting to be impatient, he even defeated Nathan, and it is a dead word to rush out.

To the north, there is no city gate, and the Tongtian River is near.

The fight that entered the city, and those who ran out were also intercepted by Changbayo and Deschamps.

Not long after the battle, many of the Tibetans surrendered, and the Tubos who had surrendered were not so reluctant to gather them, take away their weapons and horses, and let them crouch on the ground.

The rules of the Tibetan people are generally to kill the leaders, and as long as the others do not resist, they will become their own slaves, and no one will kill their own slaves indiscriminately, which is wealth!

Therefore, the slaves were also very honest and did not resist, especially the cavalry, who had the skill of riding and archery, and used it everywhere, whether it was used as cattle or horses, at least it could save their lives.

And Changbayo saw that the other party had no fighting spirit, and shouted quite experiencedly: "Nathan has run away!" ”

When he and Deschamps entered the city and arrived at the mansion, they saw that it was a mess inside, and when Dangxiong stood in the hall roaring and cursing, his subordinates looked at him helplessly.

The Nathan actually took a boat and ran away with his wife, children, concubines, daughters and henchmen!

Riding a boat, it is really a tall thing for the Tubo people who are accustomed to crossing the river on sheepskin rafts, and Nathan has been preparing the boat as a back road, and no one knows that he has a boat, so he took a large number of people and soft people, and fled calmly.

He went down the river, and the banks of the river were in a mess, and he could not pursue him down the river.

The good thing was that he fled in a hurry, the city fell completely into the hands of the attackers, and the numbers of personnel, supplies, and livestock kept coming, which made Changbayo and Deschamps smile.

Only when Dangxiong wants to have a super friendship relationship with all the women of a single family is frustrated, his anger rises, and he yells impatiently in the hall.

Ahh Ahh Roar! Roar!

"He is like a wolf who is not satisfied!" Changbayo shrugged his shoulders and instructed his men to make a large pot of Tang people's chrysanthemum tea for Dangxiong to quench the fire.

"You can't make this tea, just throw him into the river and soak it!" Deschamps said with a bad idea.

"Immerse yourself in the river, good idea, you go and do it!" Changbayo smiled: "It's better that the two of you are dead, and everything is mine!" ”

"You really deserve to be a businessman!" Deschamps is just talking, how dare he provoke the anger of the hero.

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Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Shi Wanchao ordered his subordinates to put away the trebuchet, and then he led his troops into the city.

When I arrived in the hall of the lord of the house, I didn't say anything, but stretched out my hand to ask for someone!

He came here mainly for two purposes, one was to escort the trebuchet, and the other was to take away the Tang slaves, raise them well, and send them back to their hometown in the future.

"What do you say, anyone who can speak Tang is your person? Men and women, all counted? Deschamps' eyes bulged when he heard this.

"What, do you have an opinion?" Shi Wanchao sneered, shook his big fist and said to Deschamps: "If you don't accept it, you will fight!" ”

"You!" Deschamps was not convinced, everyone thought that he wanted to pull a knife at each other, but he argued: "We are friendly troops, we want to fight civilly, not martial!" ”

When did the bullish Tubo people say that they want to settle it peacefully? If you don't want to be ashamed, I still have to be embarrassed! Chang Bayo pulled Deschamps aside and said to Shi Wanchao: "Just do what General Shi said!" ”

The Tang Army Staff sent Shi Wanchao is one thing and one thing, and if you want to convince the Tubo people, you have to be bigger and harder than their fists! The Tibetans were obediently convinced. (To be continued.) )