Eight hundred soldiers poured fire oil into the city, drenched the Tibetan soldiers under the city into dogs, and some of the fire oil was smashed on the siege engines and ladders. The Tibetan people didn't know what the oil was, let alone the power of the oil, and they didn't care when they saw something wet sprinkled on them, so they continued to flock to the siege, because the siege had more benefits waiting for them, rich rewards, and freedom that could be obtained.

"Killing" the Tubo people charged like crazy, climbed the ladder vigorously, and climbed to the head of Hezhou City. But at this time, Datang's archers had already prepared rockets and were targeting them.

It was the Grim Reaper reaching out to them, ready to pull them into hell.

This is the cruelty of war, no matter where you are, your life is not your own, and it is a luxury to be alive on the battlefield.

Lu Dongzan found from a distance that the defense of the Tang Hezhou City seemed to be a bit strange, because he found that when his men rushed to the root of the city wall, there was no sign of landing the city at all, in fact, all the Tubo people who appeared on the city wall were killed, and many people could only fool around under the city wall.

"Shoot the arrows!" Guo Shifeng gave the order to attack.

As soon as his voice fell, "Whoosh! Sou! Sou! Whoosh" rockets shot at the Tibetan soldiers under the city.

Usually there are rockets in the siege of the city, but the lethality is not large, and there is no arrow convenient, so it is not used much, today the Tang Dynasty guards use fire ≈, ww ☆ w. arrows, so that the Tubo people have no heart to guard against at all.

"Boom"

A rocket hit a Tibetan soldier and ignited the oil on his body. When the oil is encountered, it is unstoppable as soon as it is ignited. Before the Tibetan soldier could realize what had happened, he was already buried in the flames. Because as soon as his body caught fire, all the fire oil around him was ignited by him.

"Boom!"

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The rockets of the Tang guards shot one by one to the city, to the cloud ladder, to the siege vehicles, and to the Tubo soldiers. The fire oil that had just been thrown down burned completely, and suddenly the city was turned into a sea of fire.

"Ahh

"It hurts me to death"

"Fire, fire"

"Oops"

The screams came and went, rendering Hezhou City into a hell on earth.

Hezhou city has become a sea of fire within twenty steps from the city wall, as long as the Tubo soldiers who are in it are all surrounded by fire, they have fire oil on their bodies, no matter how they fight, they can't extinguish, they are too numerous, they can only scream in pain in the crowded space, and some of the soldiers rushed out of the fire circle, rushed to the direction of their companions, but when they rushed to their companions, the companions wanted to extinguish the fire on their bodies only to find that this fire could not be extinguished, And in an instant, several of his companions were also burned by the fire.

The Tang defenders on the city of Hezhou were not idle, and the archers continued to shoot arrows, targeting the enemy outside the ring of fire. Because of this fire, the enemy outside the circle was frightened, they couldn't get close to Hezhou City, so they lost their threat, and the Tang defenders on the city tower could shoot them as they wanted.

Ladders and siege vehicles were also on fire.

The siege engine was fine, there were not many soldiers, and it burned to a pile of ashes after it caught fire.

But the ladder is different, the Tubo soldiers above can't go down, and the bottom escapes, as soon as the ladder catches fire, they are finished, and they are all burned to death on the ladder, and they don't even have a chance to escape.

Raging fire, terrible screams.

Obviously, Guo Shifeng gave Lu Dongzan a profound lesson, the cities of the Tang Dynasty are not attacked casually, even if you have siege equipment.

Miserable, tragic, tragic.

I can only use these three words to describe the current war situation. The Tubo soldiers turned into firewood, just like the firewood that Lu Dongzan gave to Li Hong.

Lu Dongzan's face was extremely gloomy, he didn't expect the battle situation to develop like this, his original intention today was to kill and injure the Tang defenders to a greater extent, so that the Tang defenders would be overtired, so that there would be more opportunities in the city to facilitate them to open the city gate.

Now his idea has not been realized, but there has been such a demoralizing scene, Lu Dongzan's heart is about to spurt blood. If it is like this for another two or three days, his army will have to be defeated. Fortunately, he was able to break through the gate of Hezhou City tonight and capture Li Hong alive. Lu Dongzan comforted himself so much in his heart, and quietly waited for the result that he didn't know what he was waiting for.

"Minister, what should we do? Retire, right? Sambas whispered. He is not a weak person, on the contrary, he does not have a cold heart and strong strength, how can he be the captain of Lu Dongzan's personal guard and command 20,000 eagle horsemen? It's just that now he doesn't dare to face the battlefield under Hezhou City, because this is not a battlefield, this has become a sea of fire in Shura. The screams of the burned Tibetan soldiers were sounds he had never heard in his life, and there was no despair, remorse, and deep resentment in his voice, like the curse of a terrible ghost when it was burned by the heavenly fire.

Sambas, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he heard these voices, and he felt a chill down his spine, and he felt what fear was like for the first time.

"Retirement?" Lu Dongzan snorted coldly, "Wouldn't it be cheaper to withdraw the army so easily, Li Hong?" ”

It's not that Lu Dongzan doesn't want to retreat, it's that he doesn't dare to be sure if the retreat now will be enough to make the Tang army guards relax their vigilance, so as to give him an opportunity to take advantage of tonight.

"After this fire, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our soldiers to have the courage to rush to Hezhou City." Sambas replied truthfully. Isn't this nonsense, even people like him feel fear, let alone ordinary Tubo soldiers?

Lu Dongzan didn't answer Sambas, he kept silent, kept silent.

Lu Dongzan is a hard-minded person, and he is also an iron-blooded and ruthless person. But as the prime minister of Tibet, he also cares about a lot of things. With power and wealth, all he cares about is fame, supreme majesty.

However, this time he took the initiative to attack the Tang Dynasty, he chose Hezhou City but found that his decision was not very correct, he has now fallen into a strange circle, if this battle does not achieve a big victory, he knows that he will lose a lot of things, the only key to victory is to care about the capture of the Tang Dynasty prince Li Hong.

To retreat, or not to retreat?

Lu Dongzan is also hesitating, in fact, he is hesitating whether he will attack the Tang Dynasty this time, whether to capture Li Hong alive, or whether he can't capture Li Hong alive.

One is the huge benefits, and the other is to keep what is due now.

It's a dilemma for everyone.

"The Great Phase"

"Great Minister, retire!"

"Minister, the sons can't bear it."

The generals around Lu Dongzan began to dissuade. Not to mention the Tibetan soldiers, even the Tibetan generals can't bear it now. They now feel the same as Sambas, except for fear, there is only fear left.

Lu Dongzan is unwilling, he is really unwilling.

But in the face of so many people's requests for retreat, he can't be cautious, because this is the backbone of Tubo, and it is the cornerstone that supports his tyranny in Tubo.

Because these people are the nobles of Tibet, the real nobles of Tibet. They have their own cattle, sheep, horses, their own slaves, their own dead soldiers, and their own territories.

"Retire!" Halfway through, Lu Dongzan still gave the order to retreat.

Immediately, he rode away on horseback.

Because he didn't want to see Li Hong's smug smile on the tower of Hezhou City, he didn't want to see the contempt of the Tang guards on the tower of Hezhou City, because he... I'm really unwilling!

"Retreat!" Sambas received Lu Dongzan's order, shouted to the army, and rode closely behind Lu Dongzan and left.

"The Tibetans have retreated," shouted the soldiers on the tower.

"Really retired?" The guards of Datang in Hezhou City were all relieved. Because it means that today's battle is over, they have survived again, now they can rest, and today they can save another life to eat.

"It's a pity"

"Lu Dongzan is too shrewd!"

"This coward!"

Only the generals such as Guo Shifeng and Heizhi Changzhi felt very sorry in their hearts, if Lu Dongzan continued to order the siege of the city, they were confident that they could leave more corpses under the city of Hezhou, and they could kill more Tubo people.

Because of today's siege, they have always taken the initiative, and there are powerful killing weapons such as fire oil. If Lu Dongzan sent troops to attack the city again, in the case of a great decline in the morale of the Tubo soldiers, they would definitely be able to destroy the siege soldiers this time without much effort.

pity

It's a pity

Tubo people are not stupid, Lu Dongzan can bend and stretch!

"Today's results are good, everyone has worked hard!" Li Hong understood the thoughts of the generals, so he said with a smile. When the generals heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this, they no longer complained, but hugged Li Hong down the Hezhou City Tower. The task of cleaning up and cleaning up the battlefield was given to Yuwen Chongtian and Liu Wenjie.

"Today's battle is so cool!" Yuwen Chongtian said excitedly, "This is the sharpest day for our defense since the attack on Hezhou City by Tubo, and it is also the day when we annihilate the enemy the most. ”

"There is a defensive weapon like fire oil, and it can also be used unscrupulously, can you not be sharp?" Liu Wenjie said with a look of disdain, "Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince watched the battle today, can the officers and men of the three armies show themselves without fighting to kill the enemy?" Just now, you didn't try to show yourself, did you? ”

"It's like you didn't." Yuwen Chongtian said disapprerovingly, and then he whispered again, "Don't say it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does have the courage to withstand the brutality of this kind of killing when guarding the city today." ”

Liu Wenjie said with a smile, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not an ordinary person. ”

Yuwen Chongtian nodded affirmatively, "Indeed." ”

"I'm following him, such a highness will definitely become a myth, if I don't follow him, I will regret it in this life." Liu Wenjie said to himself. Yuwen Chongtian said in a firm tone, "Me too." Conquer the battlefield, make meritorious achievements, and glorify the ancestors, just around the corner. ”