Chapter 215: The Turtle

Li Wei turned his head to look at the princess who was looking at him like a curious baby, and suddenly grabbed it and said, "I have no comment." ”

The prince didn't say it, Pei Xingjian couldn't force the prince to say it, but the little girl pouted, didn't say it, and looked at her again, obviously not wanting to tell herself.

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She didn't see the prince's clever plan for the time being, and the next day she played in a decent way. Pontoon bridges were erected over all the ditches outside the city, and then the large camp was re-encamped, with the north and south gates being the center of gravity, and a part of the soldiers was divided, and two smaller camps were set up on the east and west sides. This is a side response, and at the same time, in this way, the rebels in the city are really blocked in the city. But the connection can't be stopped, it's not that during the first battle of Kunyang in Wang Mang's new Han Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of people besieged Kunyang City, and Luo Shengyan's army was only 17,000 people. And Luo Shengyan is also going back. It is impossible to encircle Yaozhou. The terrain outside the city is very complicated, and if it is at night, the scouts can still communicate with the outside world by lowering them with ropes from the city.

In the afternoon, Luo Shengyan led his men back to Erhai. The Tang army began to build bridges again, which were built by the prisoners, directly from the Frog River to the city gate. This is already within the range of the defenders' bows and arrows, and it is somewhat dangerous. The pontoon bridge gradually took shape, and suddenly a burst of arrows fell down on the head of the city, and several prisoners fell in the river with arrows, trying to escape back, and there were Tang troops guarding with bows and arrows behind them. I had to shout at the city wall, we are our own people, we can't shoot.

It didn't work much, and the arrows on the city were more dense.

The princess said: "Prince, it turns out that you said that you would treat the captives well, but you can do this......"

"Little girl, your heart is too soft," Li Wei patted her shoulder, the action was a little intimate, but the princess couldn't cry or laugh, this kind of intimacy has nothing to do with the kind of intimacy between men and women, this pat, it's like patting her brother or his subordinates on the shoulder. They all say that they are beautiful, but ......

Qi Xu Li was too worried, and the princess was ready to sacrifice the tiger with her body, but it was impossible for this tiger to eat.

Li Wei said again: "Do you want to attack the city?" ”

"Yes."

"So do you want to build these pontoon bridges?"

"Yes."

"That's it, don't use these captives to build a pontoon bridge, do you want Lone's soldiers to build it? Besides, did you see the pile of bones in the village yesterday, did you think about your people? By doing so, Lone has been righteous to them. Half-truths were spoken. But yesterday it annoyed him. The war is very ruthless, and he is also sending prisoners to the Central Plains, not that there are many people in the country, the population of Tubo is not large, and the population of the Tang Dynasty is not large, but the land is hoarded in the hands of a few people, and it has nothing to do with the population, even if the output of one mu of land can only be two stones, a place as big as the imperial court will not let thirty or forty million people starve. Although the captivity of the population has caused damage to the local area, from the perspective of Tibet, it is the right thing to do. However, the old and weak should not be slaughtered.

This is not in line with the ideological views of his previous life.

In fact, it could be done a little more humanely, such as giving them some shields, covering them, and being dozens of meters away, so that hundreds of people would not be shot and killed as they are now. But the princess obviously didn't understand, and was speechless when she heard it.

Hundreds of prisoners were sacrificed, and six pontoon bridges were erected. There was still no attack, and on the third day, the Tang Dynasty army continued to train, although there were many rebels in the city, it was just a bunch of rabble, the real enemy did not come, and the combat effectiveness of this army was not too strong. Training is a must. However, he asked the soldiers to go out of the city and cut down a lot of plants, spread them out with horse dung, and put them on the ground to dry. After a day of sunbathing, pile it up again. On the morning of the fourth day, after looking at the direction of the wind, it was a southeast wind, and Li Wei rode to the southern camp and gathered the army. Prepare shields, ladders, and tower carts, and it's time to storm the city.

But before the siege, the half-dried bushes and weeds, as well as horse manure, were placed by the river, lit with tongues of fire, and began to have the soldiers beat the drums. After a while the weeds began to burn, not very dry, and there were many plants with a spicy taste, and the smoke blew in the wind and drifted towards the city. There was a coughing sound from the head of the city, and he couldn't see it, and he heard the sound of war drums outside the city, so he covered his nose, closed his eyes, and hurriedly put his bow and arrows, wood, and stones down to the city.

After a long time, there was no movement of Tang Dynasty troops under the city, and the smoke gradually dispersed, and I saw the Tang army standing outside the river bending down and laughing. It was just a fake attack, but it lost a lot of defending equipment for no reason.

In the afternoon, I came again, knowing that it might be fake, but what if it was true? A lot of supplies were lost.

The princess thought for a moment and said, "Prince, is this your siege method?" ”

"Exactly, how?"

"It's a good idea." As long as the bows and arrows, stones, and sassal wood defending the city in the city are consumed, the enemy defending the city can only defend the city with white edges, and carry out white-knuckle battles, can the enemies in the city still win?

The enemy in the city also saw that at night, the night fog fell, and at the fourth watch, I saw that the Tang Dynasty army camp did not move, and the city gate was opened, not for the purpose of attacking the camp. Even if they were told that the Tang army was now all asleep, they would not have the guts to attack the camp. This is to pick up the weapons that were left under the city. As they moved towards the city, they carefully listened to each other's movements. The fog was a little heavier, and it was not noticed, and the courage was a little stronger again, and more soldiers poured out.

Suddenly, countless torches lit up, and one by one they screamed badly, and their intuition made them run towards the city gate. But it was too late, and countless arrows rained down through a moat. The generals who defended the city called to close the city gates, close the city gates. Regardless of whether there are subordinates outside, there are many cavalry in the Tang army, and if they rush over at this time, there is a good chance that the city gate will be lost. Not much was recovered, and five or six hundred of his men were lost, and the soldiers in the city were even more angry.

On the fifth day, the grass was cut and then attacked with fire, and in the afternoon the soldiers who defended the city began to relax and be stingy with the equipment used to defend the city, and the rolling stones and logs that were put down gradually decreased. But no one dared to take advantage of the darkness of the night to come out and pick up the city again. On the morning of the sixth day, it came again, this time it seemed to be a real game, and a group of Tang troops rushed in under the cover of smoke, covering their noses with towels.

"Prince, are you going to attack the city?"

"No, the sacrifice of the siege is too heavy now, and it is still attrition, but it gives them an illusion."

In the smoke, the Tang army tiptoed in, the ladder was also set up on the city wall, and the soldiers at the head of the city were closing their eyes together, when they suddenly heard the shouts of their companions in their ears, shouting one by one: "The Tang army has attacked the city." Hearing this, the enemies in the city were in disarray, but there were "masters" in charge, and they immediately ordered reinforcements from the soldiers. Seeing this, the Tang army hacked to death hundreds of enemies defending the city, and had to retreat from the city wall, but cut off the cable of the drawbridge.

There was already a pontoon bridge, and it was one thing whether the drawbridge could be put down or not, and the city gates were not opened, or they did not enter the city. Even if the gates are opened, the army cannot rush in, and the enemy still has a chance to close the gates again. But the princess asked puzzledly: "Prince, why didn't you send more troops just now?" ”

It's a pity, what a great opportunity.

"You don't know what's going on in the city, where the enemy has blocked the gates with mud bags. If you want to open the city gates, you need to move these mud bags, and you have to fight fiercely, and you have to sacrifice a lot, and you don't want to. ”

"They want to be turtles?"

"The turtle is good, it can live a long life," after finishing speaking, Li Wei also smiled bitterly. There is also the danger of the city wall, and there is a frog river, and the enemy stays in the city, and it is indeed difficult to have a good way to be a turtle with a shrunken head. Unless you storm, but now is not the time to storm.

It was not without benefit, this sudden attack by the Tang Dynasty army startled the enemies in the city. Then when it was burned again, regardless of whether there were Tang soldiers under the city wall or not, countless stones and sassals smashed down desperately again. On the seventh day, they began to smash the beams and tiles of the roof, but they had no choice but to demolish the houses in the city. But the Tang army had a hard time, and if they stayed for one day, the food would be lost for one more day, and perhaps the houses in the city were not demolished, and the Tang Dynasty army had to withdraw by itself.

So he added another fire, and told the soldiers to bow and drink, sing, and dance outside the city, and do whatever they could to despise people, and even put the woman's clothes on the flagpole and stick them on the pontoon. But the rebels in the city just can't hold out.

At the end of the day, Li Wei asked the army hidden in the camp to come out, there was no need to play, and the play had no effect, and said with a wry smile: "It's really a turtle." ”

The princess giggled, standing in a field of spring flowers, this smile is very beautiful. Looking at this prince all the way, he looked light and breezy and confident, and it was difficult to see him have such an expression of eating turtles. But there was a plan, when night came, he began to dig tunnels in the camp, and he dug for two nights, almost digging out a dungeon, and only then put planks and floating mud on it, and let the soldiers step on it, and there was no trace to see before stopping.

"Prince, what are you doing here?"

"It's your own."

"Can you tell me?"

"No, you can't. Be good, go back to study, there are some things you can ask, and some things you can't ask, "Barbarian girl, Li Wei is not angry, besides, with the credit, plus the bright and moving, there is no way for people to have a seizure."

The princess blinked and walked away.

The next day, when the answer finally came out, Li Wei had 3,000 soldiers, heavily armed, enter the tunnel, and then hide the traces, and the army began to organize the camp, and threw the remaining dead grass under the wall on the other side of the river with trebuchets and set it on fire. There were already a lot of sassal trees under the city walls, and with this dead grass, the two gates immediately burned on both sides. One by one, the soldiers on the walls had to retreat to the side. Then the soldiers were ordered to set off in the camp. The army set out south.

"Prince, I understand what you're going to do."

"What is Lone going to do?"

"The various departments of the Mengshe Zhao in the southwest Erhai are still being suppressed by these people, as soon as you lead the army to leave, the enemy in the city must think that you can't capture Yaozhou City, so it is better to put down the battle in Erhai first. Actually, you didn't plan to go to Erhai, but just let them create an illusion. When they thought that your army was far away, they opened the gates of the city, and let their guard down, and three thousand warriors came out of the ground and took the city in one fell swoop. ”

Don't think that there are many rebels in the city, they have already taken the air, and they are a group of rabble, once the three thousand Tang troops enter the city, there is no need for a large army to come to reinforce, and it is possible to take Yaozhou City at once.

"This time you've finally guessed it."

The army went all the way west, but when it entered the deep mountains, it immediately stopped, found a valley and re-established its camp. Then send scouts out to inspect them. After a while, the scout came back and reported: "Your Highness, the enemy has opened the gates, but be careful to move the stones under the walls back to the city again. ”

"Well, we'll find out and report again." Li Wei said with his eyes closed. This is certain, even if he really arrived in Erhai, he would come back to attack the city after quelling the rebellion, but he only moved the stones back, and the other pieces of wood and arrows burned up with two fires, one south and one north.

After a while, the scout came again and reported: "Your Highness, they have closed the gates again. ”

"Well, let's probe and report again," Li Wei was still very calm, the enemy was frightened, and he only left, they would be cautious.

In the evening, the scouts returned, and reported: "They have connected the ropes to the drawbridge." ”

"Well, we'll find out and report again."

The night was uneventful, and the next day the scout returned, and reported: "Your Highness, something is wrong, the city gates are opened in the morning, but suddenly many soldiers pour out of the city, and all the pontoon bridges are demolished. Then quickly enter the city. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to ***(***.***) to vote for recommendation, ***, your support is my biggest motivation. )

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