readx; And the end of the city was originally a small city, since the first year of Wu Zetian's longevity, the Tang Dynasty general Wang Xiaojie recovered Anxi, the Tang Dynasty intermittently rebuilt the end of the city, more than ten years later, and the end of the city became a circumference of nearly 20 miles, the city is five feet high of the medium city, especially three years ago after the battle of Sabize, Li Qing'an again ordered the end of the city wall to be heightened and reinforced. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At this time, the end of the city has become one of the male cities of Anxi, up to seven zhang, the width of the city is five zhang, three carriages can be parallel, especially the moat outside the city, and the end of the river communicates, three zhang wide, two zhang deep, the north and south two city gates hang the suspension bridge high, become an easy to defend and difficult to attack the city, at this time the Tang army has realized that the Tubo army will launch an attack on Anxi, they gave up the garrison of Lancheng, Niyang City, Crossbow City, Dianhe City, Qitun City and other small cities, and concentrated all the forces to the end of the city, At this time, there were more than 7,000 Tang troops in the city, and a large amount of ordnance and food was hoarded, which was enough to defend the city for a year.

Soon after the Tang army in Sabi City withdrew to the end of the city, the Tang army scouts came with the news that the 30,000-strong army of the Tubo army had arrived twenty miles away.

'When! While! While! In the four corners of the city wall, the Tang army set up forty heavy trebuchets, and mobilized more than 4,000 men from the end of the city, dressed them in the armor and uniforms of the Tang army, and also put on the defense of the city, as well as thousands of young women, who will bring water and food to the soldiers and civilians in the city, this is a crucial battle, if the end of the city falls, then the territory of Anxi south of the Tulun Desert will be occupied by the Tibetans.

A quarter of an hour later, the figure of the Tibetan army has appeared at the end of the oasis, 30,000 Tibetan troops are divided into three phalanxes, black pressure to the end of the city marching, three miles away from the city, the Tibetan army began to set up camp, obviously, they are going to carry out the siege of the city.

It was not their forte for the Tibetan army to conduct siege battles, and they could not make sophisticated siege equipment, but in recent years, the Tibetan army has learned a lot of advanced technology from the captured Han craftsmen, and they can also make some large siege equipment.

This time, the Tibetans had to climb high mountains after a long journey from Luo, so they could not carry heavy siege weapons such as trebuchets and battering rams, and only carried hundreds of dismantled ladders.

Although the Tibetans were reluctant to attack the city, the last city was an obstacle they could not bypass, and it was impossible for them to place the enemy's heavy troops in their rear, which would not only seriously threaten their supplies, but also cut off their retreat.

The Tubo army was busy setting up a large camp three miles away, and assembling a ladder, while the Tubo general Shang Jiasu approached the city under the escort of hundreds of Tubo elite soldiers, to check the defense of the end of the city, Shang Jiasu is an experienced veteran, and the tight defense of the end of the city made him frown, to capture the city first of all, you have to cross the moat, and then the city wall up to seven zhang makes it extremely difficult for them to climb the city, but these Tubo troops can overcome, the key is that they don't know the other, how many troops does the Tang army have in the end of the city?

He squinted his eyes and looked at the Tang army at the head of the city, his position was in the south city, the city head was densely packed with soldiers, there were as many as four or five thousand people, just now he also saw thousands of soldiers on the east city wall, which couldn't help but make Shang Jiasu gasp, so calculated, the Tang army should have tens of thousands of soldiers in the city.

Attacking the city in a ratio of three to one, which is very unfavorable to the Tubo army, Shang Jiasu secretly cursed Shang Xi Dongzan, originally, if it was 70,000 people to attack Anxi, then with a siege ratio of seven to one, it would not be a problem to take and the end of the city, but now, Shang Xi Dongzan himself went to attack Tocharo, and let him gnaw the hard bone of Anxi, he only had 30,000 people, even if he took the end of the city regardless of casualties, then at least more than half of the loss would be lost, what about the back? What did he take to attack Khotan, and what did he use to attack Shule?

Shang Jiasu pondered for a moment, if he didn't fight hard, Shang Xi Dongzan would never agree to increase his troops, thinking of this, he turned his horse's head and headed towards his own camp.

At the head of the city, He Lou Yurun was also watching the movements of the Tubo army, he was most worried that the 30,000 Tubo army in front of him was only the front army, and the real main force was behind, this is the characteristic of the Tubo army, he liked to send part of the front army to attack in the front first, and the main force was behind, if the 30,000 people were only the front army, then the Tubo army in the back should be at least 70,000 or 80,000.

Only by virtue of the end of the city and his 7,000 troops and horses can not withstand the attack of the 100,000 Tubo army, if it is really conquered by the Tubo army and the end of the city, then Anxi will be in danger, He Lou Yurun has been worried about this for several days, and also sent pigeon letters to the states of Hexi, he hopes that Li Qingan can receive his express report and come to support the end of the city as soon as possible.

But a few days have passed, and the Tang army scouts have never been able to get the news of the main rear army of Tubo, and it has been this army of 30,000 people from beginning to end, which makes He Lou Yurun's heart can't help but ignite a glimmer of hope, if there are really only 30,000 people, then he has the ability to keep and the end of the city is not lost.

At this time, a small black dot appeared in the sky, hovering over the end of the city, He Lou Yurun saw this small black dot at once, and his heart was suddenly full of surprise, this is the pigeon that reported the news back.

"General Helou!"

A soldier came galloping with a pigeon letter, "It's a letter from Suzhou, and the general has sent news." ”

"Give me the letter!"

He Lou Yurun stepped forward a few steps, took the pigeon letter from the soldier's hand, the slender letter tube is red, which means that the situation is urgent, there is a circle of gold above the letter tube, which is the symbol of Li Qing'an, so the soldier can recognize at a glance that this is a leather letter sent by Li Qing'an, and the source of the pigeon letter is generally engraved below the letter tube, and the word 'Suzhou' is engraved on this letter tube.

In fact, you don't need to look at the letter He Lou Yurun has deduced the general military situation, Li Qing'an has arrived in Suzhou, there are nearly a thousand miles away from here, he opened the pigeon letter, only to see that it was Li Qing'an's handwritten letter, only a short sentence: 'Hold the end of the city for four days, the official will be promoted to one level, the three armies will be rewarded, and if you can't hold it for four days, you should be beheaded!'" ’

Just this short sentence made He Lou Yurun's blood surging, Li Qingan gave him a four-day deadline, four days, he had to defend it desperately no matter what.

At this moment, there was a rumbling drum in the camp of the Tubo army, only to see thousands of Tubo troops rushing out of the camp, they held swords and bows, spears were sharp, holding high long ladders and wooden planks, like a tide to the city, the war drums of the Tang army also sounded, four thousand Tang troops deployed in the south city, strictly prepared, the first tentative offensive and defensive battle in the Tubo army arrived and the last city two hours later, it officially kicked off the prelude to the attack.

．．．．．．．．． One hundred and eighty miles south of Sabite, before dawn, in a clearing of pine forests, fifteen soldiers of the Tang Army patrol team led by Lin Mu were surrounding a pile of dirt, and a dead Tang soldier had just been buried in the soil, which was already the sixth dead Tang soldier in their ranks.

The night before, they unfortunately encountered the highland wolves, after a bloody fight, the wolves left more than 100 wolf corpses and fled, but the patrol team also paid a heavy price, four soldiers were bitten to death, two soldiers were seriously injured, and the two soldiers finally could not survive the night, and died one after another.

According to the rules of the Tang army, the dead soldiers were all burned on the spot and the bones were brought back to his family, but after the Tubo army had just passed, it was likely that there were still Tubo troops nearby, and the black smoke from burning the corpses could be seen dozens of miles away, which would undoubtedly expose their targets.

"Incense!" Lin Mu said in a deep voice.

He inserted a wooden stick into the grave, followed by other soldiers, in their own way of praying for their dead comrades.

Sixteen Tang soldiers gathered in a circle, silently looking at the six comrades-in-arms who were sleeping in the pine forest of the plateau, and piles of graves would also be their home.

After a long time, Lin Mu took out a leather bag, handed it to the fire commander of the fallen soldier, and said, "Put all his things up!" Don't forget to bring his hair with him, too. ”

Lin Mu sighed and walked out of the pine forest, he sat on a big rock, looking at the snow-capped snow-capped peaks of Kunlun Mountain in the distance, the death of his men made his heart a little heavy.

Lin Mu has always had a premonition that the Tubo army will not only have 30,000 people, they must still have a large team behind, this premonition makes him refuse to give up the task, but continue to look for it in the southwest, even if he can't find the Tubo army, he should find the logistics base of the Tubo army.

According to the habits of the Tibetan army, an army of 30,000 people will inevitably be followed by a herding army of the same number, both old and weak, women and children, this is actually the whole tribe with their young men on the expedition, but their speed is a little slower, will fall in the distance, they often choose the lake to live, more than 100 miles away from the Tibetan army.

Lin Mu knew that there was an Ulan Lake twenty miles ahead, there was geothermal heat in the lake, and under the influence of geothermal heat, the grass there grew exceptionally lushly, even in winter, the sheep could find pasture for the winter, Lin Mu suspected that Ulan Lake was the logistics base of the Tubo army.

At this time, the soldiers walked out one after another, and the fire chief said: "Team Linzheng, it's already packed, let's go!" ”

Lin Mu nodded, stood up and said, "Let's go!" Go to Lake Ulan. ”

Sixteen Tang soldiers mounted their horses one after another and galloped towards the southwest.

There were still eight miles away from the Ulan Lake, and the Tang cavalry rushed up a gentle hill, and the sapphire-like Ulan Lake appeared in front of them, and the Tang troops all reined in their horses and looked at the situation ahead in shock.

It seems that this is indeed the logistics center of the Tubo people, but this is not the reason for their shock, but a black and oppressive Tubo cavalry team is galloping towards this side, the team is five or six miles long, at least 20,000 people.

Lin Mu's heart became excited, and sure enough, he guessed correctly, the Tubo army had another 20,000 reinforcements, so there were 50,000 Tubo troops that were about to be put into attack and the end of the city.

This was an extremely important piece of information, and Lin Mu shouted in a low voice: "Hurry up!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly several cold arrows came, a Tang soldier screamed, fell from his horse, only to see a large group of Tubo cavalry gushing out of the woods not far from the south, and the north of the Tang army also rushed a group of Tubo cavalry, the two armies were as many as 15,600 people, they were the outer garrison of the Tubo camp, when the Tang army sentry galloped in the wasteland more than ten miles away, they were discovered by their spies hiding in the woods, they were not in a hurry to intercept, when the Tang army approached the Ulan Lake, they attacked from the north and south, Cut off the rear route of sixteen Don sentinels and surrounded them.

Although Lin Mu was shocked in his heart, he was not flustered, his eyes swept left and right, and he saw that there were less than a hundred Tubo troops blocking the way in the southeast corner, perhaps because there were 20,000 Tubo troops in the southeast who were galloping towards this side quickly, relatively speaking, there were the least number of people there, and breaking through them, there was a forest on the side.

"Follow me!"

Lin Mu roared, waved his spear and rushed towards the southeast corner, more than 100 Tubo soldiers like black charcoal screamed, waved their long swords to meet the battle, spears and swords struck each other, when the sound was loud, Lin Mu was extremely powerful, a spear pierced the chest of a Tubo centurion, picked him off the horse, and then pulled out the horizontal knife, slashed sideways, the knife was as fast as lightning, another Tubo soldier screamed, his forehead was split, and the blood spurted out.

At this time, the arrows of the Tubo army were like a rainstorm, and the last five Tang soldiers and their mounts were shot, the war horses fell, the Tang soldiers rolled to the ground, and hundreds of Tubo soldiers rushed up to split the five Tang soldiers into pieces.

The last ten Tang soldiers have reached the time of life and death, they can only fight a bloody way, have a chance to live, ten Tang soldiers are like crazy tigers, following them is fighting desperately in the dense Tubo army.

Their spears pierced the chests of the Tuboans, and cut off their necks with horizontal knives, and when the spears were broken, they chopped with knives, bited with teeth, and stabbed with daggers, their eyes were blood-red, and their roars were like thunder, and in a moment, more than 30 Tubo soldiers in the southeast corner were killed, but the Tang soldiers were also constantly shot by the cold arrows of the Tubo army, and they fell off their horses screaming, and then their heads were cut off by the ferocious Tubo army.

More than 200 Tubo soldiers also entered the battle group, they were ferocious and abnormal, forming more than a dozen small teams to constantly attack the Tang soldiers, trying to rush them away and leave them alone, and then surround and kill.

The youngest Tang soldier was unfortunately washed down by the war horse, he rolled to the ground, and immediately dozens of Tubo soldiers rushed to him like wild wolves, all with hideous eyes, staring at his head, the young Tang Army was only sixteen years old, in the face of death, he was so frightened that he cried: "Father, mother, save the child!" ”

Lin Mu yelled: "Don't cry! ”

He slashed a Tibetan soldier to death with his sword, trying to save the young Tang army, but only heard a long scream, he gave up, the swords of dozens of Tibetan soldiers had already cut the young Tang army into a blur of flesh and blood, and a Tibetan soldier raised his head and heart high, and laughed proudly.

At this time, there were only four people left in the Tang army, watching the tragic death of the young Tang army, Lin Mu and the other three Tang soldiers bit their lips, they shouted like crazy, burst out with their last strength, slashed their knives and spears, fought bloodily, killed one enemy after another, and finally killed a bloody way and broke out of the encirclement in one fell swoop.

But the team Zheng Lin Mu deliberately slowed down a step, for the three subordinates to block the pursuit of the Tubo army, at this time he had been hit by three arrows, his stomach was split by a sword, and his intestines also flowed out, he covered his stomach with one hand, and waved his knife with the other hand to kill, his war horse was covered in blood, and it was difficult to support it, 'Plop! With a bang, the front hooves fell to the ground, knocking Lin Mu to the ground, he couldn't stand up, and he was struggling to half-kneel, supporting his body with a knife.

The three Tang soldiers who had already broken out of the encirclement were shocked, and turned around to come to the rescue, Lin Mu scolded: "Get out! Get out! Report back to Lao Tzu. ”

The three Tang soldiers roared, turned around and rushed into the woods, at this time, more than 30 Tubo soldiers surrounded Lin Mutuan, they raised their swords high, and walked towards him step by step, Lin Mu laughed miserably, and said to himself: "Lao Tzu will never die in your hands." ”

He turned his knife and stabbed himself in the chest.

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(To be continued)