"Stop!" With an order, the soldiers of the special guard stopped outside the city of Dingxiang.

"Set up camp!" Li Junxian gave the order again

The soldiers immediately stopped and set up camp. The service battalion and the engineer battalion began to get busy, and the units began to test their weapons to avoid any problems. If there is a problem on the battlefield, then it will be miserable when the time comes. Li Junxian has always emphasized that if there is a small problem on the battlefield, it may affect the fate of a country in the end, and nothing can be taken lightly in the war.

Li Junxian and several officers came to the bottom of Dingxiang City, and looked at the very high city wall of Dingxiang, and couldn't help but be a little surprised. The walls were renovated over many years, so they were so strong that they could not be breached by ordinary means.

"Jun Xian, this wall is too high, and it looks very strong, if we don't have artillery, then I'm afraid we really can't break it." Mulan said.

Li Junxian nodded and said, "Yes! This wall is not something that ordinary people can break, and I'm afraid I don't have the ability to do it, I really don't know how Li Jing broke through it at that time. ”

"What's the matter with General Li Jing here?" Mulan asked curiously.

Li Junxian smiled slightly and did not explain.

According to the original history, this Dingxiang city was personally led by Li Jing to lead thousands of soldiers and horses to sneak attack, but Jieli Khan gave up without fighting. However, in this time and space, because the Tang Dynasty decided to completely destroy the Turks, it openly waged war and did not sneak attack. This also made Jieli prepared, so he was able to mobilize troops and horses in time. And now, Jieli actually insisted on not withdrawing because he wanted to be angry with Li Junxian, which caused Li Junxian to attack this Dingxiang City.

At this time, a man in Turkic costume came here.

"Li Junxian, I am the messenger of our Khan, and I am here to write a war letter."

"The next battle book?"

"Yes. We, the Khan, ask you to attack, and we Khan will defend the city. You can attack as much as you want, our Khan is confident enough to hold this Dingxiang city. You defeated our great Turks in cavalry, but now we are going to win in the battles that you Han people are best at. The messenger said.

"Hmph, Jieli is really courageous, I want to see how he defended this Dingxiang City." Li Junxian replied.

The envoy returned to the Turkic camp and reported to Jieli and the Turkic nobles.

"Go and see, did that Li Junxian make a ladder and a catapult?" Jieli Khan said.

Ladders and catapults were common siege weapons in ancient times, and ladders could be erected over cities. And the soldiers can climb up and storm the city. Catapults, on the other hand, are used to smash the walls of the city and then attack directly.

However, also because of the invention of these two weapons, the walls also became taller and thicker, and became more and more difficult to attack. The ancient city walls were designed to deal with catapults and ladders, but it was never thought that the invention of artillery would make the walls vulnerable. Therefore, Jieli is destined to suffer.

"Report to Khan, Li Junxian's camp is not building ladders and catapults. Instead, it's normal, as usual. ”

Jieli asked in surprise, "How come?" Aren't they going to attack the city? Why don't you prepare catapults and ladders as soon as possible? What exactly do they want to do? ”

"Khan, I don't know!"

At this time, a woman's voice came: "Uncle." We can't underestimate this Li Junxian, I'm afraid he has a conspiracy! ”

"Ashina Yun? Why are you here? Jieli asked.

That woman is Ashinayun, the daughter of the second Turkic khan who has been doing business with Li Junxian for several years, that is, the princess of the Turks. In the past few years, Li Junxian and Ashina Yun have been doing business. made a lot of money, and the Turks were looted a lot by Li Junxian. And Li Junxian relied on this business to be able to afford those officers. Although the soldiers are still raised by the state. However, those officers were paid by Li Junxian to the military department, and then they were paid. It can be said that the Turks are using their own money to develop the special guards of the Tang Dynasty, and they are also using their own money to raise troops for the enemy, and they will also perish on this army at that time.

"Uncle, I have been trading with this Li Junxian for many years, and he is not a good person. He was ruthless towards our Turks and his ruthlessness, and he tried his best to raid our Turks. Moreover, he also formed a special guard, judging from Li Junxian's ability, the combat effectiveness of this special guard should not be small. We have to be very careful, otherwise we will fall for Li Junxian's conspiracy and tricks. It's better for us to stick to the city, because defending the city is actually a relatively mature combat method, and the Han people have a lot of experience to learn from. Li Junxian is good at field warfare, so as long as we avoid field battles with him, then the problem will not be very big. In this world, whether it is any general of the Tang Dynasty or our Turkic generals, they all have a headache for siege warfare. Siege warfare is actually a war of attrition, fighting whose army has more and whose army is elite. Ashina Yun said.

Ashina thought that the siege method used by Li Junxian was that kind of attrition war, so he persuaded Jieli to hold on to the city, because in this way he could obtain the maximum method. Before, Li Junxian and the Turks were engaged in field warfare, so the Turks suffered losses. Now they want to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses and play the battle of defending the city, so that Li Junxian's loss on the besieging side will be a lot greater.

"Khan, Li Junxian's little white face has been dispatched." A Turkic soldier shouted.

Jieli Khan immediately walked to the top of the city wall and watched Li Junxian and their actions.

"Infantry battles are suppressed by a regiment of bows and crossbows, and firearms regiments are prepared." Li Junxian immediately ordered.

"Papapapa......" The infantry regiment quickly came to the bottom of the city wall according to Li Junxian's order and raised his bow and crossbow.

"Whoosh......" The bows and crossbows shot arrows one after another.

"Dingding...... The arrows hit the city wall one after another.

"Khan, should we fire arrows to attack?"

"Fools, can our bows and arrows shoot them?"

"Then aren't we shrunken turtles?"

"This is not called a turtle with a shrunken head, this is called avoiding its edge!"

Jieli is an old politician, and he doesn't think it's a shame to hide from the enemy, so he says that there is no pressure to avoid them. The difference between a politician and a general is that a politician can find a seemingly plausible reason for his actions.

At this time, the firearms regiment had already been set up, and the flying thunder cannon used as a fortified position had also been erected on the ground.

"Flying Thunder Battalion, fire!" Yang Wu, the head of the firearms regiment, shouted. (To be continued......)