It can be said that among the many subject countries faced by the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo people have the strongest combat effectiveness, and their soldiers are also the most fierce existence. Although the bravery of the Tubo people did not reach the level of military feats in the Great Qin period, when the soldiers often hung the enemy's head on their waists to fight, they were definitely the best in terms of desire for victory and willpower, which even the famous Tang Dynasty general Su Dingfang could not deny.

Therefore, when the Tubo people rushed to the city, Guo Shifeng knew that the time for a bloody battle was coming.

"Archer prepare!" Guo Shifeng ordered, the guards around him raised the flag in their hands, and the defending generals on Hezhou City saw the slogan of the flag, and understood Guo Shifeng's order, and let the archers behind him stand by.

The Tibetan cavalry did not dare to release their arrows now for fear of injuring their own people by mistake.

"Shoot the arrows!" Just when the first group of Tibetans set up a ladder on the city tower and climbed halfway, the Tang army archers on the city tower quickly stepped forward and fired a wild shot at them.

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! Sou! ”

A feather arrow quickly shot at the Tubo people under the city, because the distance is close, the crosshair is very high, this round of arrow rain shot, half of the Tubo people fell down the ladder with arrows.

"Keep shooting—" Guo Shifeng ordered.

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! Sou! ”

Another round of arrows rained down on the Tibetan crowd below the city.

"Ahh

"Ouch-"

"Whew-"

The Tibetan people who were climbing continued to be hit by arrows, and their mouths kept screaming in pain, and they fell down the ladder one after another.

Lu Dongzan, who was watching the battle not far away, frowned when he saw this scene, it was not the first time he had encountered such a means of defending the city as the Tang Army, the siege of the city a few days ago, seeing that his soldiers were about to board Hezhou City, it was only these rounds of arrow rain that made their siege fall short. I have to say that in terms of timing, Guo Shifeng did a good job, and every time he gave an order, the climbing Tubo soldiers had no way to advance or retreat, and could only be trapped on the ladder and killed by the rain of arrows.

"Blow the horn and intensify the attack!" Lu Dongzan said expressionlessly, he felt that the siege was not strong enough, and the soldiers under the city did not put enough pressure on the Tang army in the city.

The lieutenant general beside him ordered, "Yes." ”

"Woo-woo-"

The horns of the bull to intensify the offensive sounded in the Tibetan camp. The two commanders who were supervising the battle behind the siege army heard the horn and their faces became very gloomy, they glanced at each other, and gave a death order not to break through Hezhou City and absolutely retreat. Because they knew what it meant for the prime minister, who had always been very strict with the army, to give orders to intensify the offensive, which meant that the prime minister was not satisfied with their attack, and if they did not strengthen the offensive again, even if they did not die on the battlefield, they would die under the ruthless methods of the prime minister.

"Sons, whoever is the first to rush to the head of the city will be rewarded with ten taels, thirty oxen, and one hundred sheep, and you will be given another freedom." Two commanders gave the order for a reward.

The soldiers of the Tibetan people are basically all slaves, and they are eager to be free, because only in this way can they not be oppressed by the nobles, their women can not be slept with by the nobles, and they can rely on their military merits to get rich rewards.

Therefore, although the rewards of the two commanders were not rich enough, they could not withstand the temptation of freedom, and when the Tubo people who were besieging the city heard such a reward, they all turned red in the eyes and rushed to Hezhou City with a roar.

"Kill—"

The two commanders also rushed forward under the escort of their own guards, and soon climbed the ladder to the city, and they were about to start fighting desperately.

"Be steady, don't mess around, keep firing arrows!" Guo Shifeng shouted loudly. As the Tubo intensified attack, he could feel that the momentum of the Tubo people besieging the city had changed, and the pressure on the soldiers on the city tower was much greater. But what can this be, no matter how strong this oppression is, he has to withstand the attack of the Tubo people. If you want to capture Hezhou City, Lu Dongzan you have to ask Guo Shifeng if he agrees.

Just when the two commanders joined the siege, the archers of the Tang defenders on the city tower were a little overwhelmed.

It's not that they don't want to fight desperately, it's because their numbers are too small, and they shot too fast just now, which has led to a drop in physical strength now, and it is difficult to pull the bow away, and they must take a break before they can continue fighting.

Seeing this scene, Guo Shifeng immediately ordered the archers to retreat and let the pikemen step forward.

As soon as the spearmen stepped forward, some Tubo people climbed the city tower through ladders, and the spears in the hands of the Tang pikemen pierced out, and they pierced the Tubo soldiers who had just emerged.

"Ahh

"Kill—"

However, how could the combat power of the spear be compared to the lethality of the archers, and not long after, under the leadership of the two commanders, in the southeast of the Hezhou City Tower, the Tubo soldiers had already swarmed up and climbed the wall of Hezhou City.

"Poof—"

As a long knife of a Tibetan commander slashed the throat of a Tang Dynasty guard, the hand-to-hand combat between the Tang Dynasty soldiers and the Tubo soldiers began. Then, at this gap, a steady stream of Tubo soldiers climbed up the city tower and continued to kill the guards of the Tang Dynasty.

"Follow me-" Guo Shifeng roared coldly, quickly pulled out the long knife on his waist, and rushed towards the Tubo people who climbed the city tower, he had already experienced countless battles like this, there was not much panic, some were just merciless killing. Guo Shifeng personally participated in the battle, and the guards around him followed him closely, and the group instantly entered the battle group of the Tubo people.

"Ahh

"Ouch-"

As soon as Guo Shifeng joined the war group, his long knife flew up, and there were constantly Tubo soldiers falling in a pool of blood, he rushed forward like a killing god, and wherever he passed, there were no Tubo people standing, only Tubo soldiers who fell to the ground and left blood.

Lu Dongzan, who was watching the battle not far away, saw his soldiers ascending the city tower, a faint smile flowed from his mouth, and he ordered the deputy general beside him, "The Tang army can't stand it, send another 2,000 people over!" ”

"Two thousand more?" The deputy general asked a little puzzled, now that two thousand are attacking the city, the city is already very crowded, if you send another two thousand people, it will be even more crowded, which is not conducive to the siege of your own soldiers!

"This siege must not let the Tang army slacken, go quickly!" Lu Dongzan rarely did not get angry. The adjutant general received the order and left in a hurry. In an instant, I saw that two more thousand Tibetan horsemen rushed out of the camp to the city, and the horsemen turned over and got off their horses, pulled out the saber at their waists, and prepared to attack the city.

"Prepare stones and wood!" Suddenly, at this moment, someone from the castle tower ordered.

When the soldiers defending the city heard this, they immediately picked up the large stones and most of the tome behind them and smashed them at the enemy under the city.

Bang!

The huge stones fell, and the Tubo soldiers who were climbing on the ladder fell down the ladder, and then smashed their companions under the city, and the stones that fell with them smashed steadily on the Tubo soldiers who were preparing to attack the city under the city.

"Ahh

"Bang!"

The sound of stones, the sound of screams, and the chaos of the city.

"Puff-" And in front of Guo Shi's cover, when he slashed down the Tubo soldiers with a knife, he was confronted by one of the two thousand commanders who had just landed in the city. The other party's body is taller and stronger than Guo Shifeng, and he is murderous, and at first glance he is a person who licks blood on the knife edge. When he saw Guo Shifeng, the other commander's commander was also stunned for a moment, and then showed a cruel and bloodthirsty smile, because he found that he had encountered a big fish, and if he killed this Tang Jun, it was estimated that he would have made a great contribution.

But he underestimated Guo Shifeng's combat effectiveness too much, just when he was stunned, Guo Shifeng had already rushed forward with his sword, and in an instant, before the commander had time to make preparations to dodge, Guo Shifeng's long knife had already cut his throat.

"Poof-" A stream of blood gushed out, soaking Guo Shifeng's clothes, and the head of the commander rolled to the ground.

A thousand commanders were killed with a knife, and Guo Shifeng had a high fighting spirit, and once again strode forward, killing the Tubo soldiers who were constantly swarming to the city.

"Kill—" The soldiers beside him were encouraged by him, and followed closely behind him with their swords. In a moment, under Guo Shifeng's hard fighting, the enemies who rushed to the city were wiped out. At this time, the city ushered in a more dense enemy charge, which was the 2,000 siege soldiers newly invested by Lu Dongzan.

Seeing the dense crowd of people under the city, Guo Shifeng decisively gave an order.

The defenders of the city received the order and poured a large pot of boiling water down the city wall.

Dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water.

But the Tubo soldiers under the city are neither pigs nor dead pigs. So when a large pot of boiling water was poured down, a terrible scream came from the city, and the screams were very miserable, which made people feel creepy. This is more shocking than the rain of arrows, and more powerful than the attack power of large rocks and large wood. As long as the person is dipped in boiling water, he is either scalded into a dead pig, or he is burned and sheds a layer of skin and dies on the ground in pain, which looks very miserable.

"Ahh

"Aru—"

"Basang and—"

The Tubo people in the city cried for their fathers and mothers.

"Keep pouring water—"

"Quick, send someone to boil water—"

On the city tower, Guo Shifeng calmly commanded the city.

The scales of victory in the war seemed to be quietly tilting in favor of the Tang army.

Lu Dongzan, who was watching the battle not far away, saw this scene, his face became even more gloomy, and his body exuded a chilling murderous aura, which made several lieutenants who accompanied him shudder.

"Prime minister, do you need to step up your offense?" Someone asked in a low voice.

Lu Dongzan didn't speak, but was silent for a long time before he said lightly, "Order the troops to retreat, we will come back tomorrow to attack the city." ”

"Yes."

The lieutenants around him looked relieved, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Woo woo-" The Tubo people blew the horn of retreating, and the Tubo soldiers who were still fighting hard just now heard the horn and retreated like a tide, leaving only corpses all over the ground.

Guo Shifeng stood at the head of the city, looking at the distant figures of the Tubo people, and then looking at the mountains of corpses piled up under the city, his face was very gloomy. Because with the increase in the number of sieges, the casualties of the Tubo people each time they attacked the city decreased, which shows that they are slowly adapting to this siege method, as long as they are accustomed to and familiar with the siege method, Hezhou City may not be able to hold it.