readx; It's summer now, and it's okay to stay up during the day, except for a little harder at night. For this reason, Wei Hong asked the soldiers to sleep during the day and move at night.www.biquge.info Two days later, the altitude sickness of the soldiers subsided slightly, and Wei Hong ordered another march. Because the soldiers were not yet able to find a good idea, although this place was less than a hundred miles away from the dome, they did not arrive for a day and a night, until the dawn of the second day, and only faintly saw the dome of the king of Zhangxiong built in the 'ravine'.

The reason why it is said to be a 'ravine' is because the city of the dome is built on a mountain and is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Perhaps the vault is not as prosperous as any city in the Tang Dynasty, but with the protection of the natural barrier, it makes the vault's city defense extremely strong.

When Wei Hong saw the vault, the Zhangxiong soldiers guarding the green dragon also saw Wei Hong's army, and suddenly the war drums shook the sky and the horns sounded in unison. At the same time, Wei Hong also led his cavalry to attack the vault, and arrived at the city of the vault in an instant. When I was in the distance just now, I felt that the wall of the vault was not high, and when I got to the front, I realized that it was simply impassable. And there are also a large number of defenders running on the city wall, in the final analysis, this is the royal capital, the heart of the entire Zhangxiong, even if the whole country's army is sent out to meet the battle, the number of defenders of the royal capital must definitely be guaranteed, at least to avoid the opportunity to be stabbed in the heart by the enemy.

Sun Tzu Youyun: "Go to the army to fight, then fight again, fight again, and attack the city again." "Siege warfare is the most difficult to fight, and if you can avoid attacking fortifications, try to avoid them. If you forcibly attack the city, it is very likely that you will put all your own family foundation into it.

The defenders on the city wall seemed to have discovered that Wei Hong was bringing cavalry, and there were no siege equipment, so they just stood on the city wall and looked at Wei Hong, and did not take the lead in attacking. It's like a zoo in the future, no matter how fierce the tiger barks in the cage, the visitors outside can also be calm. To put it simply, Wei Hong's cavalry was no threat to the vault.

There are two ways to siege a city, one is a direct siege, and the second is a siege. The first method is not difficult to understand, and the significance of the second method is to cut off the water and food, cut off all the sources of goods in the city, turn the city into a dead city, and finally break up the defenders of the city without a single soldier. However, for Wei Hong's current situation, neither method is feasible. Now that Zhangxiong and Tubo are fighting fiercely, time waits for no one, and the front-line battlefield will never give Wei Hong a few months to besiege the defenders in the dead city. Moreover, this is the vault, the heart of Zhangxiong, and the storage of materials in it must be extremely rich, and it is obviously unrealistic to want to besiege this city.

I thought it was too simple when I came, and now I realize the difficulty of things, but unfortunately it is too late. Wei Hong could only give an order first, ordering the 8,000 army under his command to surround the vault from the front. Then send 1,000 cavalry from Saimaga to infantry, and divide them on the mountains on three sides of the vault, so as to prevent the vault from sending 'mountaineers' to take the mountain danger as a way to survive.

On the first day, Wei Hong did not move, set up a large camp in place, and hid alone in the camp tent to think about the siege strategy. Until the middle of the night, there was no eyebrows, but the anxiety was abnormal, if there was a pot of wine now, it could be drunk to relieve a thousand sorrows. Just when Wei Hong was worried, Saimaga appeared, sat in front of Wei Hong, and asked softly, "What is the plan?" ”

Wei Hong shook his head, indicating that he couldn't think of it. Saimaga did not speak, but when he saw a fly on the ground that was so frozen that he could not fly, he stretched out his two fingers and pinched the fly. deliberately placed the fly in front of Wei Hong, carefully pulled the fly's wings with two hands, and seemed to say to himself: "There are many ways to kill flies, some people like to pinch it to death directly, and some people like to pinch its head." But I prefer to rip off its wings and leave it to fend for itself. Of course, some people disdain my approach, but it is undeniable that my approach is more reflective of the power of the means. ”

At first, Wei Hong didn't care about Saimaga's words, holding his chin with one hand, and lazily watching the flies that had lost their wings crawl around on the ground. When the fly crawled a few times and was caught by a spider the size of a small thumbnail, Wei Hong's eyes suddenly lit up. Looking up at Saimaga, Mao Sei suddenly said, "You mean, extraordinary times, with extraordinary means? ”

"Hehe, Mr. is quick to think, and naturally he can understand it at all. There may be some means that a powerful country like you Datang despises, but it cannot be denied that this method is very effective. Saimaga said, although her tone was flat, but you could feel a strong eclecticism in her tone.

As the saying goes, those who achieve great things are not informal. Especially in the military, it doesn't matter what the method is, as long as it can achieve the strategic goal, it is a good way! Immediately, the sadness on Wei Hong's face disappeared, he stood up, called Cheng Chu silently, and shouted to Cheng Chumo: "Pass my order!" Send a thousand cavalry, divided into five teams of two hundred men each. With the dome as the origin, spread out for a hundred miles, whether it is a village, a county seat, or a cultivated land, it will all burn me on fire! Remember, all but human lives will be burned to ashes for me! I'm going to force Zhang-zhung to fight a field war with me! ”

Although this kind of thing is a bit suspicious of hurting the innocent, it is an extraordinary time to use extraordinary means, after all, it can't be a sigh of hope.

Cheng Chu acquiesced to the order and quickly assigned a thousand soldiers and horses to dispatch overnight to launch an attack on the people's settlements around the vault. Because Zhangxiong is located on the plateau, most of the people's settlements are in the form of tribes, not like the Tang Dynasty, where there are cities everywhere. Therefore, a thousand cavalry is like no one, and there is nothing to stop the pace of the cavalry. That night, countless fires appeared in the night sky near the dome, and even the cries of the old and weak women and children could be faintly heard, which was extremely penetrating.

Originally, the defenders of the vault could not hold out, after all, no fool would use his weakness to touch the strength of his opponent. As a result, Wei Hong's trick made a fuss, and the defenders in the city couldn't hold it back anymore. After all, this is at the feet of Zhangxiong's Son of Heaven, how can Wei Hong wantonly destroy fields and houses on such a large scale that Zhangxiong can tolerate? If the Zhangxiong royal family ignores it, it will definitely lose the support of the people, and there is no need for Wei Hong to attack at all, and the chaotic people in the country alone can overthrow Zhangxiong.

In the early morning of the next day, the gate of Zhangxiong City, which had been closed, finally slowly opened, and 6,000 infantry poured out from inside, arranging troops in front of the Dome City, preparing to fight Wei Hong to the death. Wei Hong, who had been waiting for a long time at this moment, finally showed a smile, pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed the tip of the sword directly at the enemy camp, and shouted: "Kill me!" (To be continued.) )