(2-in-1, the update is late, forgive me!) ）

Song Jianquan led the cavalry to arrive, and when he learned that Gongsun Lan was injured and more than ten soldiers had died, he panicked and begged for forgiveness. When Wang Yuan asked, he learned that the section of the valley that had entered the valley from the flooded grassland of Huadian Dam was full of driftwood and silt, and Song Jiangong had spent a lot of effort to clear the road, not that he was deliberately late.

Wang Yuan gave up after a few words of comfort, after all, he was also a mistake, he didn't expect that there would be thousands of barbarians here, and he thought that at most a small group of barbarians were preparing to dig embankments here.

In order to eliminate the threat posed by this embankment, Wang Yuan did not stop and ordered people to dig a foot down the embankment made of straw bales in the middle and began to slowly discharge the floodwater. Due to the blockage of the river below, the flooding in the grass below is receding before setting up camp in the evening, and as long as the speed of the flood discharge is controlled, the meadow below will not flood.

After tearing open several layers of straw bales, the water rushes down with a roaring sound, and the momentum is amazing. The flood valley below was suddenly flooded. Everyone smacked their tongues, this is only a controlled flood discharge, if the huge gap of two or three feet wide is completely dug up, the flood in the dam will surely wash away everything below, and the consequences are unimaginable.

Half an hour later, the water level in the dam dropped significantly, Wang Yuan ordered to dig a foot deeper, and just like that, the gap was opened foot by foot, and by the fifth watch, a large amount of flood water accumulated in the entire dam gradually poured to the bottom, completely losing the threat.

When the dawn appeared in the east, Wang Yuan, Song Jiangong, Liu Jun and others returned to the Huadianba meadow below with two thousand tired cavalry. The water in the meadow below was a little deeper, but it didn't flood the dry ground on which the barracks stood. The water flowing in from above is flowing at about the same rate as the water coming out below, and the water level is falling at a slow rate.

It seems that this is the norm in the Huadian Dam flat land this season, and when the weather is hotter in the future, the water level here should be deeper, because the snow above melts faster. That's why this place is uninhabitable.

In fact, the renovation is very simple, dredging the channel through the middle of the meadow, digging deep and widening to allow the water to flow through here faster. More than a dozen ponds in the meadow were dredged deep to store water, and the area could soon be transformed. But Wang Yuan wouldn't let the army waste time on this now. After returning to the camp, he simply rested, and the army immediately pulled out the camp and set off.

After sending troops from Yaozhou for two days, it was better to walk on a rugged and dangerous road. Ge Luofeng didn't let people stop, harassing them every night, and all kinds of obstruction tricks made people overwhelmed. It stands to reason that repeated such unconventional harassment would be a blow to morale, but this is not the case. The morale of the officers and men of the whole army did not seem to have become depressed because of the continuous attacks, but because of Vice Marshal Wang's repeated appropriate responses, they were full of confidence in Wang Yuan.

It's like an experience, everyone is going through this kind of experience, and after going through it, they will become stronger.

Jiannan soldiers and horses were actually afraid of the methods of the Nanzhao barbarians from their hearts, whether it was a poisonous miasma attack, a poisonous snake and poisonous insect attack, and other strange attack methods, these were all shadows in Tang Bing's heart. Fighting with Nanzhao, everyone actually has a deep fear of these unknown means in their hearts. And now, under the leadership of Vice Marshal Wang, these methods of Nanzhao have been dissolved one by one, which has caused subtle changes in the hearts of the soldiers. From the initial fear to the current one, this is a psychological leap, but also a leap in the morale of the enemy.

On the third day, the march was faster, connecting the three peaks of Baiyun, Heyun, and Sanyang, and completing the remaining forty miles of the road, and finally arrived at the foot of the city before dark. Lane Dong City is a city under the jurisdiction of the Yaozhou Governor's Mansion when the establishment of the Yaozhou Governor's Mansion is still sound. It was built on a huge plain southeast of Sanyang Peak.

The significance of building this alley city is, on the one hand, the tentacles of Yaozhou Prison Prefecture stretching out to the hinterland of Nanzhao, which is convenient for better supervision and control of the barbarian forces. On the other hand, it also serves as a springboard. From Nongdong City to the southwest, continue to march along the trend of the peaks of Cangshan Mountain, you can reach Yangtho Baa City, and arrive at the dense barbarian settlements and densely populated towns around Erhai Lake. To the east from Nongdong Castle is the vast area occupied by the Hara clan and a large area west of Queensland. In fact, a few years ago, the establishment of Anding City in the territory of the Fu clan benefited from the springboard of the Langdong City. It's a pity that the city was destroyed by the Fu clan and killed people.

Another important strategic significance of the establishment of Nongdong City is that the short distance of 90 miles from Nongdong City to Yaozhou is a difficult passage to enter Nanzhao. There are seven or eight snowy peaks of Cangshan Mountain with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters on this passage, and the barbarian soldiers and horses can attack with all means at will. Then this is also the road that Wang Yuan led the army to walk. And once you arrive at Nongdong City, although there are still snowy peaks on the plateau, whether it is east or west, there are hundreds of miles of plateau flat land between the valleys, and there will no longer be such a treacherous terrain, and the difficulty of marching will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Nongdong City is like an important strategic hub, once you arrive here, you can gallop freely to the east and west, at least within a radius of hundreds of miles, the barbarian soldiers cannot stop the powerful Tang army. As a soldier and horse who went deep into the border of Nanzhao to fight, Nongdong City is a transit base for grain and grass materials, which plays an extremely important role.

Nongdong City had been occupied by Ge Luofeng as early as last year, so Wang Yuan's first goal was to take Nongdong City and firmly occupy it, as the first support base and fortress to enter the territory of Nanzhao Kingdom.

The army set up camp on the gentle slope of five miles north of Nongdong City, and after settling down, Wang Yuan took Song Jiangong and other generals out of the camp on horseback to observe the enemy's situation. Dozens of horsemen arrived close to the city to observe the city up close, and at night, the city was dark, and there was no light to be seen, only the tall city walls and towering enemy towers stood under the deep night sky.

Song Jiangong had some understanding of the situation in Langdong City, stood beside Wang Yuan, and said in a low voice: "Deputy Marshal, although the scale of this city is not large, but because of its important location, it took a lot of effort to build it when it was built, and it was extremely strong. The city wall is two feet two feet high and more than one foot two wide. The periphery of the city wall leads a bubble of river water and is a moat, which is nearly eight zhang wide and one zhang deep. There are urn cities in the south, south, west, and northwest, and there are eighteen enemy towers built on the four city walls. When the Yaozhou Governor's Mansion built the city, its goal was to defend the city with 5,000 soldiers and horses to resist ten times the enemy's attack, and it could hold on for a year when there was enough food and grass. ”

Wang Yuanda frowned, it was built so solidly at the beginning, and now it has become a difficult bone to gnaw when it falls into the hands of the enemy, if it is really as Song Jiangong said, it seems that it will take some time to take this city. And I don't have time to delay here, because there is only one month left.

"General Song, since it is so strong, how did it fall into the hands of Nanzhao?" Liu Jun said.

In fact, when the Nanzhao soldiers and horses sent troops to attack Yaozhou, the defenders of Langdong City did not even defend the city, and when they heard that the Nanzhao soldiers and horses were coming, they abandoned the city and gave the city to Ge Luofeng. If I defend the city, even if Yaozhou falls, this city will not be lost. I'm afraid it's still like a nail in the coffin. Zhang Qiantuo, a bastard, is incompetent, and the generals stationed here are also straw bales and have no guts. No matter how strong a city is, it also needs to have brave generals to defend the city, otherwise what is the use? Song Jiangong said angrily.

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "What General Song said is very true. It is the city that is strong, not the hearts of the people. No matter how strong a city is, it can't resist the weakness of people's hearts. Tomorrow morning, we'll take a look at how strong the city is. It's best if the other party abandons the city and flees, because I don't want to waste too much time here. ”

Song Jiangong said: "Deputy marshal, I'll fight this battle tomorrow." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Tell me how you plan to attack?" ”

Song Jiangong said: "I can only storm it, cover it with archers, first break through the North Urn City, and then attack the city." ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Wouldn't that casualty be too big?" ”

Song Jiangong said: "But if you want to break through this city quickly, you must pay a price." The number of barbarians must not be much, give me 10,000 soldiers and horses, and I will not be able to take this city to meet me. ”

Wang Yuan shook his head with a smile and said: "Of course I believe you, a strong attack may not be a good way, but now the situation is unclear, it is inconvenient to make a decision, I also have some ideas, I will talk to you in detail after returning to the camp." Let's discuss and make a decision, even if there is no good way, we don't care about the delay of this day or two. If I pay too much to take this city, it will not be the result I want, and the fierce battle is still to come. ”

Song Jiangong nodded and said, "Okay, go back to the camp and listen to the teachings of the deputy marshal." ”

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In the early morning of the next day, the horn of the Jiannan army was loud, except for 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard the camp, 35,000 Jiannan troops all came out of the camp, and spread out on the plain in the north of the city.

At the head of the city, General A Leopard, the favorite general of Ge Luofeng, stood at the head of the city, looking at the formation of the Jiannan Army with banners waving under the city, and his brows were tightly locked. The lord of the country, Ge Luofeng, knew the importance of this city, so he sent himself to lead his troops to garrison this city, just to block the Tang army here. But Ah Bao knew that this was an impossible task, Ge Luofeng only gave himself 6,000 soldiers and horses, and it was a fool's dream to resist the attack of more than 40,000 Tang troops with these 6,000 soldiers and horses.

But Ah Bao also understood Ge Luofeng's thoughts, the lord of the country wanted to drag the Tang army step by step, let the Tang army fall deep in the border, and make them pay the price for every step. And the lord of the country has rushed back to Taihe City to arrange the defense around the city of Yang and Baa and Taihe City, and if he drags on here for a day, the lord of the country will have more time to arrange the defense and recruit manpower to carry it out, so he has a great responsibility.

But even if he was sitting in a strong city, when Ah Bao saw the formation and momentum of the Jiannan Army under the city, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

A Tang soldier holding a banner and flying horses rushed to a hundred steps away from the city, and shouted loudly to the head of the city: "Listener to the guards of the Southern Zhao State in the city, my deputy envoy of the Southern Jiannan Festival of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Yuanwang, the deputy commander of the Tang Dynasty, led a large army to crusade against the rebellious ministers such as Vaer, and now our army is coming to this city, and this city will be conquered soon." But my deputy marshal didn't want to kill more, and it was the rebel minister Ge Luofeng who fought against Nanzhao, and there was no forgiveness for the people of Nanzhao. Therefore, he urged the generals and people in the city to surrender the city as soon as possible, and the deputy marshal of our Jiannan Army promised you and others that they would spare their lives. As long as you unload your armor and disarm, you can leave on your own. Don't let down the benevolence of my lieutenant, if you don't obey the order, you will die here in an instant......"

The big voice of the Tang army under the city has a loud voice, although it is a hundred steps away, but it sends the words clearly to the city, word by word, into the ears of the barbarians. Many barbarians whispered to each other. In the face of such a strong Tang army formation, the barbarians were already terrified, and the words of persuasion to surrender in this situation would still have an effect.

"Bring the bow." Ah Leopard frowned and stretched out his hand, and the brute next to him handed over a strong attack.

A leopard bent his bow like a full moon, shot out with an arrow, and the arrow flew out like a meteor, and was in the middle of the chest of the Tang soldiers who were chattering in their throats. The annoying shouting stopped abruptly, and the Don soldiers rolled over and fell off their horses.

The barbarians at the head of the city raised their weapons and cheered, screaming strangely. Ah Leopard smiled and handed the strong bow to the people around him, a proud smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. But this smile instantly turned into a look of consternation, and the barbarians at the head of the city also had their mouths half-open with a look of consternation on their faces.

The shouting Tang soldiers who were shot in the city got up from the ground slowly, climbed on the back of their horses with difficulty, and shouted towards the city: "You barbarians, you don't eat and drink, wait to be killed one by one." After that, he carried the banner and galloped back to the Tang army without looking back.

"This ...... Kill or not? With the strength of General Abao's arm...... Can't shoot the other party's Tang Army? Obviously seeing the ...... who was shot in the chest, the barbarians were stunned and asked each other in astonishment.

Ah Leopard shouted angrily: "What are you screaming about? My leopard can shoot through two layers of Tang Army armor with one arrow, and that dog thing wears at least three layers of armor, so he can't shoot him. When it comes to real combat, who will wear such layers of armor? Don't you see that he is so slow that he can't even climb on the horse? ”

The barbarians suddenly realized that this was the reason, but even so, they still couldn't say what they felt in their hearts. Look at his body, he doesn't even have leather armor, and then look at other people's soldiers, the armor is bright, and even a shouting soldier wears three pieces of armor in order to keep him from dying, which is too happy.

"General Abao, the Tang Army's formation has moved." Someone pointed out loudly.

Ah Bao hurriedly built a pergola and looked into the Tang army formation, but saw that the ant-like Tang army formation had really changed, and it seemed that it was about to attack.

"Prepare to meet the enemy." Leopard yelled. All the barbarian soldiers immediately became nervous, and all kinds of bows and arrows were removed, all kinds of bows and arrows were attached to the bowstrings, and all kinds of blowpipes were also set up on the battlements of the wall, ready to shoot downward. On the four enemy towers at the feet of the urn, the crossbowmen were also ready.

In the formation of the Tang Army, the cavalry of the black pressure galloped out from both sides of the Tang Army's formation, like two long dragons rushing straight to the bottom of the city of Nongdong, the dust flying into the sky, the sound of hooves rumbling, the earth shaking, and the smoke billowed out, covering the sky and the sun.

Ah Bao was unmoved, and said with a smile: "Are these Tang Jun stupid?" Siege with cavalry? Is this a suicide by hitting a wall? ”

Before he could say anything, he saw that the two cavalry of the other party had charged a hundred paces away and turned their horses' heads diagonally to the east and west, and they turned around and went straight to the east and west.

Ah Bao frowned and scolded: "Show off what? Is it great to have cavalry? The elephant cavalry of my Nanzhao Kingdom is much more powerful than you. ”

Directly ahead, the dust raised by the thousands of iron horsemen of the Jiannan Army had not yet dispersed, and the drums in the Tang Army's formation were rhythmically beating in the thick smoke. The sound of the big drums accompanied by the uniform shouts of the Tang army shocked the heart. The smoke and dust dissipated, hundreds of steps away from the city, the queue was neat, and the black and pressed soldiers of the southern infantry with swords and guns were all over the city.

"Stand!" Song Jiangong's long sword was raised.

Brush Brush Brush! In front of the Tang army, wooden rows were erected with a height of several feet, and every dozen rows were the Great Wall composed of a layer of wooden rows, which covered all the soldiers of the Tang army. This is the method that Wang Yuan came up with last night, and it was inspired by the move of Ge Luofeng to lead his troops to attack the mountain bag on the south bank of Lushui that day. Moreover, this wooden raft has another purpose.

"Enter!" Song Jiangong's long sword pointed diagonally ahead.

"Knock knock!" The neat and uniform Tang infantry marched towards the city with neat steps, and after a cup of tea, they entered the range of bows and arrows at the head of the city.

"Shoot the arrows!" Leopard yelled. Thousands of barbarians at the head of the northern city immediately began to fire arrows at the city. Arrows, pikes, blowing arrows, and crossbow arrows on the enemy tower smashed into the Tang formations like a storm. The wooden platoon held high by the Tang Army was like a huge barrier that shielded most long-range attacks, but there were still soldiers screaming and falling to the ground. But even if a soldier fell to the ground, the formation was still not chaotic, and the team still advanced forward like an iron wall.

One hundred steps, eighty steps, fifty steps. The densely packed Don army soon reached the wide moat. Bringing a soak of river water as a moat is a classic work of this city, and the wide moat is another natural barrier for this city in addition to the strong and tall city walls.

The Tang army in the front row stopped by the moat, and the formation of the Tang army began to squeeze and chaos, and more Tang soldiers fell, because the formation was too dense, even if there were wooden platoons, they could not cover all of them, and the Tang army behind the five or six layers of wooden platoons did not have wooden platoons to cover them, and at this moment approaching the city became a live target.

"Ready!" Song Jiangong roared and swung his long sword again.

The creaking sound of the bowstring resounded throughout the battlefield, and tens of thousands of Tang Army archers bent their bows and pointed at the head of the city.

"Shoot!" Song Jiangong shouted.

"Buzz." It was as if countless flying locusts had come to the sky above the city, and tens of thousands of arrows that covered the sky and the sun under black pressure were thrown from the ground and shot towards the barbarians at the head of the city. In the face of such a scene, who dares to remain quiet. Even Ah Leopard, who knew that Tang Jun's lethality of this kind of upward shooting was not high, subconsciously shrank his head. Because, the senses of tens of thousands of arrows coming at you are too exciting and terrifying.

The barbarian soldiers all shrank their heads and hid behind the battlements, but their ears crackled like hailstones, and they looked like fried beans, and arrows fell everywhere, except for the dead corners, where the city was shrouded by arrows.

"Change! Shoot! Song Jiangong's ruthless voice sounded dryly under the city. The ten banners of the army stood in all directions and waved in unison with his command, and as soon as the first wave of arrows was fired, the second wave of archers fired a second round, alternating in turns, so that the barbarians at the head of the city were forever bathed in the baptism of countless arrows in an uninterrupted way.

This is the second point that Wang Yuan told Song Jiangong, not to kill or kill, but to suppress, while suppressing the enemy's defense of the city, so that the soldiers and horses can calmly build a wooden pontoon bridge on the moat, and complete the most important step in the siege.