Hedong City is also called Puban City, because it is close to Pujin Pass, it is the bridgehead of Guanzhong to Bingzhou and Hebei, and it is also the last fortified city of Guanzhong to defend against the invasion of enemy troops in Hebei, so its strategic position is extremely important. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Especially in the confrontation between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty for decades, Hedong City highlighted a special strategic position, in Bingzhou, its status is second only to Taiyuan City, but its military significance is more than Taiyuan.

After hundreds of years of continuous construction, Hedong City has become one of the few male cities in the world, the city wall is three feet high and two feet wide, and is made of fine blue bricks, and it is a solid city, and the city wall is filled with rubble.

The circumference of Hedong City is about 30 miles, it is a big city, the city has a population of more than 90,000 people, the special geographical location makes its business very prosperous, the shops in the city are next to each other, there are thousands of large and small warehouses, not only the business is prosperous, the handicraft industry is also very developed, the lacquerware, bronzeware, rice vinegar, winemaking, papermaking and other special products of Hedong County are famous all over the world, in the Kaihuang period, the population of Hedong City was as much as 300,000 when it was the most prosperous.

It can be said that eighty percent of the population of Hedong City lives on commerce and handicrafts.

But in the face of war, no matter how prosperous the business will wither, no matter how famous the handicraft shops will close, so the people of Hedong City have a stronger desire for peace than in other places, they don't care whether it is the world of the Great Zhou or the world of the Tang Dynasty, as long as it can bring them peace and tranquility, they will resolutely support it.

It is precisely for this reason that when the more powerful Great Zhou Empire occupied Hedong County, they supported it from the bottom of their hearts, and they just hoped that the war would end one day earlier.

'Knock-knock-knock! The dreary and heartwarming sound of war drums sounded outside the city, and the city began to enter a state of war, and a large number of people living along the city walls began to move to the center of the city to avoid being injured by boulders and stray arrows.

20,000 soldiers quickly went to the city, occupying their respective positions, Wei Wentong is known for being good at defense, when he led thousands of Sui soldiers to block the attack of tens of thousands of Wagang troops on Luokoucang, and later in Lou Fu Pass, he withstood the attack of the Turkic armies in the north and south, and even Zhang Xuan praised him for defending the city, no one can stand out.

Wei Wentong is mainly good at the deployment of troops defending the city, he can make every soldier defending the city give full play to his ability, he only invests 18,000 troops to defend the city, and the other 14,000 people are supplemented, and the gap over there is quickly replenished, so as to ensure that there is no gap in the city.

Wei Wentong looked at the main force of the Tang army three miles away, but his heart was as calm as water at this time, it was impossible for the Tang army's 60,000 troops to be put into the siege, at most 40,000 people were invested in the siege at a time, and his defenders had more than 32,000 people, and nearly 25,000 people, and the grain storage could last for half a year.

Before, he heard that the commander of the Tang army was Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and he was a little worried, Li Shimin was a rare person in the Tang Dynasty clan who had extremely strong combat and command ability, and even Qu Tutong, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, was willing to be Li Shimin's deputy general.

Under Li Shimin's strong leadership, whether he could hold Hedong City or not, Wei Wentong began to be a little unconfident.

But at this time, when the war really came, Wei Wentong recovered himself, and he resolutely determined that as long as he defended the city and obtained the law, Li Shimin would never be able to capture Hedong City.

This is also the main reason why Wei Wentong made up his mind not to ask Su Dingfang for help, the city of Hedong is strong, and the food and troops are sufficient, why should the outside army support? That would allow the Tang Army to create fighters to besiege the city and send reinforcements.

Thinking of this, Wei Wentong's anxiety in the past ten days was swept away, and he thought of the eagle letter sent by the Son of Heaven last night, encouraging the soldiers of Hedong City to completely defeat the Tang army's attack with the courage of winning a hundred battles.

Wei Wen's heart soared, and when he saw that the Tang Jun drum was quite powerful, he shouted: "Give me the drum to cheer!" ”

The rumbling drum sounded at the head of the city, which was also the order for the army to assemble, a group of soldiers rushed from the city to the head of the city, in all directions, such as ants gathered, a quarter of an hour later, 18,000 soldiers rushed to the head of the city, densely lined up in the north and west of the city, on the towering city wall, the banner was unfurled, the army was like a forest more than ten miles long, and also formed a majestic and magnificent momentum.

This is Wei Wentong's repeated unpleasant moves, with the sound of drums to boost morale, spread out his own advantages to resolve the worries of the soldiers, it should be said that this method is very effective, when he led 3,000 Sui troops to resist the attack of tens of thousands of Wagang army, is to use the constant sound of war drums to inspire the morale of the soldiers.

At this time, tens of thousands of Tang troops under the city thundered with joy, only to see a three-zhang square, two-zhang high wooden platform slowly come out of the army under the pull of dozens of healthy horses, and a yellow dragon banner with silver edges was inserted in the wooden platform.

Standing under the banner is a general, wearing a golden helmet, wearing silver armor, and holding a royal lance, which is Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

Huya Lang General Wang Xuanjing whispered to Wei Wentong: "General, that's Li Shimin, the King of Qin." ”

Wei Wentong nodded, he didn't expect Li Shimin to come out in this way, it was really very imposing, and it suddenly boosted the morale of the Tang army.

At this time, Li Shimin held up his horse lance and shouted: "The soldiers of the Tang Empire, the time for everyone to make contributions has come, it is said that Hedong City has never been conquered, but today, the Tang Army wants to create this history, let Hedong City kneel and tremble at our feet!" ”

Tens of thousands of Tang troops shouted like a tsunami again, and they raised their spears together and shouted: "Victory!" ”

"Victory!"

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The morale of the Tang army began to recover rapidly under the encouragement of Li Shimin, and their fighting spirit began to rise, and they firmly believed that Hedong City would tremble under their feet.

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An hour later, Li Shimin's army besieging Xicheng launched the first siege of the city, led by Qin Qiong, the general of the left army, to carry out a tentative attack, although this was only a tentative attack, but Li Shimin still invested an army of 25,000 people, more than 100 siege equipment, including heavy siege weapons such as nest cars and ladders, no less than a formal attack.

The 25,000-strong army was arranged in five phalanxes, each separated by a hundred paces, like five huge black carpets, which rose and fell on the earth, and the morale of the army was high and murderous, and they slowly approached the city wall from three miles away, the drums beat like thunder, the trumpets covered the sky, the flags covered the sky and the sun, the spears were like forests, and the shields were like mountains, and they were shining with the black of death in the sunlight.

The general Qin Qiong rode on the war horse, brandished a single gong and pointed to the city and shouted: "The Doumeng army and the heavy shield army go first!" ”

"Woo~~"

The sound of a low horn resounded through the heavens and the earth, and in the middle of each team erected a dozen wooden doumeng, which was used to defend against the flying stones in the city, accompanied by the huge sound of wheels under the wooden doumeng, as well as nearly a hundred nest cars and ladders, the team began to slowly kill towards the city wall.

The drums in the city were also loud, and Wei Wentong also went all out, although he also knew that this was just a tentative attack by the Tang army, but the other party invested more than 25,000 people, which still caused him great pressure, and he also invested 10,000 people to defend the west city and personally commanded the battle.

"Trebuchet ready!"

With Wei Wentong's loud shout, the twenty heavy trebuchets on the head of Xicheng creaked open, three zhang high, six zhang long, the trebuchet was condescending, it could be thrown three hundred and fifty steps away, and it took fifty people to pull it.

Twenty swarthy trebuchets stood at the head of the city, the bronze armor pieces on the fuselage glittered in the sun, like twenty huge gold-armored gods of war, a hundred-pound boulder was put into the bomb pocket, and fifty people pushed the chain winch, gradually tightening it, and waited for the order to launch.

In the middle of the battlements, 5,000 soldiers carried 2,500 large yellow crossbows, and a thick three-foot-long arrow had been set on the bowstring.

Behind the 5,000 soldiers were lined up 5,000 large archers, and the bows and arrows used for defense were different from those used for peaceful warfare, and they did not need to shoot far with arrows, but they had to be heavy, so that the arrows could rely on their own gravity to shoot through the enemy's armor, so they were generally used large arrows, finger-thick shafts, sharp arrows with streamlined tips, and bloodletting grooves on the four sides.

The enemy had gradually entered the range of the trebuchet, and Wei Wentong gave the order to shoot, and he shouted in a hoarse voice: "Shoot! ”

The red flag waved, and the army struggled, only to see the long arms of the twenty gold-armored gods of war swing out violently, and twenty boulders flew into the air, roaring and smashing towards the city.