"This black-clothed general is stronger than Xiao Bolu's, and he lost a lot of good sons and daughters in today's fighting, do you have a plan to break the city?" Gao Xianzhi's big tent was brightly lit, and the expressions of the people in the tent were clear, Bian Lingcheng looked dazed, and didn't seem to know how the battle during the day was different from the past, Duan Xiushi's brows were tightly locked as if he was thinking about something, Li Siye was eager to try, as if he wanted to ask for battle, and he looked weak with a white cloth wrapped around his chest......

"Duhu, the terrain of Talas City is dangerous and difficult to defend, and the generals of the other side are people who know the soldiers, I am afraid that this battle will have to be considered in the long run, if I am in a hurry, I am afraid that it will hurt the vitality of my Anxi Protectorate. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" After thinking for a moment, Cen Shen took the lead in speaking, attacking Jiancheng in the era of cold weapons has always been a very troublesome thing.

"Yes, that big cannibal learned our power yesterday, I'm afraid he won't go out of the city to fight." Duan Xiushi echoed his words, if the other party can't defend it tightly, it won't be a day or two to break the city, "Although the enemy army suffered thousands of injuries yesterday, they were all servants of Shi Guo and Kang Guo, and the black-clothed food was not injured, but Ross City was not overnight. ”

Except for Bian Lingcheng, they are all battle-hardened people, and they know that if the black-clothed food can't hold out, then there are only two ways to break the city, either to surround the city on all sides, and wait for the defenders to lose their food and grass without a fight, or they can only try their best to attack the city and fill it with human lives; As for the use of strange tricks to break the city, judging from the response of Humet and the defenders in the city today, it seems that they did not leave such an opportunity.

Judging from the current situation of Gao Xianzhi's army, neither of these methods is feasible, a long-term siege requires sufficient grain, grass and troops, and their troops may be barely enough, but from Anxi to Talas City, thousands of miles away, with the current strength of the Tang Dynasty, it cannot support a long-term expedition of 100,000 people.

And the second one is also unacceptable, this war of the Anxi Protectorate can be described as the elite of the elite, if too many soldiers and horses are damaged under the city of Talas, even if they can break through this city, it will be worth the loss, when the time comes, what will they do to deal with the reinforcements of the black clothes? Moreover, the Tubo people are still eyeing the side, and they will definitely not let go of this good opportunity to take advantage of the situation to attack.

That is to say, now the Tang army can only choose to take Talas at a relatively small cost in a short period of time, but Hou Meide, who is defending the city, is not a mediocre general, and it is not easy to win easily.

"Du Hu, why don't you lead your subordinates to attack the city lightly tomorrow?" Seeing that no one answered for a long time after Duan Xiushi spoke, Li Siye stood up and said, but most of his men were heavy infantry, and if they wanted to attack the city, they could only wear light armor, so the losses suffered so far would be great.

Li Siye's subordinates are all the essence of the Anxi Protectorate, but Gao Xianzhi was reluctant to waste them on the ant-attached siege city, and immediately rejected his request, "The siege of the city is not the strength of the Modao team, and after the city is broken, you will have your own meritorious service." ”

"Most of the big eaters who are injured at the head of the city today are injured by trebuchets, since Captain Li has brought so many craftsmen, if he orders these craftsmen to make trebuchets overnight, if there are dozens of trebuchets, Talas City will definitely be able to fall." Tian Zhen, another shogunate judge under Gao Xianzhi, suddenly had an idea.

After saying that, Bian Lingcheng, Mou Assassin Sanchao, Asirota Dahan and others all set their eyes on Li You, but Gao Xianzhi and Duan Xiushi and the others did not have any joy on their faces, as if they had already considered this issue.

"Please forgive me for joining the army, but this matter is not easy." Originally, Li You's official position was not qualified to participate in this kind of high-level military discussion, but considering his outstanding performance a few days ago, coupled with everyone's misunderstanding of his background, Gao Xianzhi still sent someone to call him over, and Li You spoke when he heard Tian Zhen's speech.

There are indeed many famous examples of using trebuchets to break the city, and an important reason why the Jin army broke through Bianliang City is that they made a large number of trebuchets, and in the battle of Xiangyang, the Mongols' return artillery also caused great damage to the Song army, but the current situation is different, "The big cannibal seems to have already thought of the next section, so he cut down the huge trees around Talas City, but we can't find the materials to make so many trebuchets, and it is cumbersome to carry the trebuchet to make, even if there are materials, it will not be done overnight." ”

There was not much wood around the city of Talas, first a batch was cut down by the great cannibals, and the rest was almost consumed today, which is also one of the things that must be done when defending the city in ancient times, those experienced generals will definitely not leave the enemy with the opportunity to collect materials nearby, and it is not easy to transport it from the rear. Gao Xianzhi, Duan Xiushi and the others nodded slightly when they heard this, obviously they had already thought of what Li You said.

"But though the last general can't build so many trebuchets, there's another thing that might help protect the Lord." Seeing that everyone looked a little depressed when they heard this, Li You suddenly said.

"Oh? What kind of powerful equipment does Captain Li have? Why don't you take it out and take a look? Duan Xiushi's eyes lit up and he immediately asked; Li Siye, Cen Shen and the others were also shocked, but they only frowned slightly, and then immediately changed their happy looks, concentrating on preparing to listen to Li You's method.

Li You's journey from Anxi to Broken Leaf City was not just a march and training, but he remembered that an important reason for the failure of the Battle of Talas was that the Tang army could not attack the city, so it gave the black-clothed food the opportunity to attack from both sides, if Talas City fell into the hands of the Tang army, they would have the advantage of the city, and they would definitely not be defeated so quickly.

The thousand cavalry under his command can't play much role in the siege war, but there are still a large number of skilled Tang craftsmen in the team he entourage, if they are allowed to go into battle to kill the enemy, it may not work, but it is extremely convenient to make some siege weapons, not to mention that Li You has read through the "New Book of Ji Xiao" in Daming before, which is very recorded Some weapons that can be used now, he selected some of them after consideration for these craftsmen to develop, and took every opportunity to collect materials on the way.

Through his careful guidance and the concerted efforts of the craftsmen, a useful thing was finally made before this; He didn't disclose it before, firstly, because he was worried that the plot would be leaked to the black-clothed food in advance, and secondly, he was afraid that Gao Xianzhi would not pay attention to it, and now these two issues are not very important.

It's probably not easy to send news into the city now, but now if Gao Xianzhi thinks that his thing is useful, he will definitely accept it.

"The Admiral will call this weapon a thunderbolt!" Li You replied with a slight smile. (To be continued.) )