It is easy to think about but difficult to do, the mountains and tombs of Chudi are endless, and almost every city lies on the main road. If you want to reach Langzhou City in the north, whether it is Tanzhou City or Yiyang City, which was attacked before, these two fortified cities cannot be bypassed in any way, and they not only have strong city defenses, but also have the elite garrison of the Tang Army at this moment, thinking of this, it seems that they have returned to the original problem.

However, the map attached by Xizhou Tian Hongyou gave Pan Chongche a flash of inspiration, so there was the defeat of the sheep that was not very good a few days ago, and there was a dark Chen Cang this time. Turning to the west, he rushed into Chenzhou City in the land of Dongxi, then went up the river, and finally attacked Langzhou, the base camp of the Wuping army.

The Han army was mostly native of Lingnan, and they had long been accustomed to trekking through mountains and rivers, and even though the road was more difficult and dangerous, on August 12, Pan Chongche's army still successfully arrived in the marble valley fifteen miles south of Chenzhou City, and the outline of the city in the distance was clearly visible. Pan Chongche immediately ordered to occupy all the high ground in Yunshi Valley, and set up camp in a fan-shaped siege to prepare for the siege.

After the army under his command reported that the stock of grain and grass was insufficient, Pan Chongche was not surprised, because the deployment of this surprise attack was too hasty, and in order to quickly achieve the results before Li Yuan's army returned to the division, so that the Han army did not have more time to return to Chenzhou to prepare supplies, grain and grass, so this battle must be ended as soon as possible, otherwise not to mention that the battle was fruitless, whether the lives of the soldiers could be saved is a question.

Chenzhou City, as one of the three major cities in the land of Dongxi, is located on the west side of Yuanshui, facing the water on one side and mountains and forests on three sides. It is also inhabited by the barbarians of Dongxi, but this city does not seem to be favored by the rulers of the Peng family, and it still maintains the style of the construction of a hundred years ago, and is still an earthen city made entirely of gravel and earth.

Perhaps in the year of construction, Chenzhou was sparsely populated, or because the barbarians liked to live in the mountains, the scale of Chenzhou City was not large. As a state office, it can only accommodate about 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the city is built very low.

The only advantage is that the walls are quite strong. Because the walls are made of sand and mud, and the craftsmen who built the city a hundred years ago used almost all of the sand and gravel used by local materials, the silt scooped up from the water is mixed with the sand and then tamped, and after the air drying, these sand and gravel are as hard as iron, which has to admire the wisdom of the ancients.

Of course, no matter how strong Chenzhou City is, the size and capacity of its city determine that it is impossible to have too many soldiers and horses stationed in it, which makes Pan Chongche have no fear and dare to expose all the troops under his command in front of Chenzhou City, after all, the number of Wuping Army flags fluttering on the head of the city is indeed only a handful.

The Southern Han army has approached the city, but the imaginary defenders of Chenzhou have not shown any panic. When reconnoitring the city defense of Chenzhou, Pan Chongche saw that the Wuping sergeant standing on the city wall was not chaotic at all. The walls were being strengthened in various places, carrying earth, stones, bows and arrows, and other items, as if they were going to hold the city.

Pan Chongche sneered in his heart, these Tang people are really beyond their own strength, this is a mantis arm as a car. With Pan Chongche's consideration, the best strategy for the Wuping army at this moment should be to concentrate its forces to capture Xizhou as soon as possible, and then quickly return to the division of Chu, why divide troops to defend this small Chenzhou city? The Dongxi barbarians are notoriously difficult, and the 100,000 Chu troops in the past were difficult to overcome, and this Wuping army commander Li Yuan is really too confident, young and impetuous!

August is about to pass the halfway point, and the autumn in the mountains and fields is even worse. On the first night of the garrison in Yunshi Valley, the soldiers and horses of the Han army who were sleeping on the high ground of the valley experienced the change of seasons. The cold rain continued all night, beating like a drum on the tent, and the temperature was surprisingly cold in the middle of the night, so that the soldiers had to use braziers in their tents to keep out the cold.

As the commander-in-chief, Pan Chongche naturally felt the power of God, but he regarded it as a warning from God that he needed to attack the city immediately and not postpone it.

On August 13, Pan Chongche ordered an attack on the city of Chenzhou. The dense rain of arrows overwhelmingly covered the city head, and hundreds of siege chariots rushed into battle in turn, suppressing the defenders of Wuping at the head of the city, so that the armored infantry could quickly advance to the bottom of the city wall, and finally carried the cloud ladder to start the tragic ant attachment tactics.

When the siege began, the defenders fought back fiercely. In the tower, several crossbow machines of the Wuping army roared from time to time, and once the crossbow arrows of eight or nine feet long penetrated directly into the Han army's array, they could directly string several Han soldiers who were charging into meat skewers, and this terrifying lethality made the Han army frightened.

At the same time, the defenders of Wuping at the head of the city also braved the rain of arrows, and in turn returned to the charging Han army from time to time for missing arrows. As the Han army approached the city wall, a large number of boulders and clods of earth were thrown down from the city, and the boiling golden soup was poured on the head, and the corpses of the Han soldiers were soon stacked under the city walls.

Pan Chongche watched the battle in the Chinese army with a blank face, in the end, he had been in battle for a long time, and he was numb in the face of life and death, but he still did not flinch at this moment, it was normal for the siege to cause a large number of casualties, but he had the capital to fight against it.

Because the Chenzhou city in front of him is really short, and the number of defenders is at a disadvantage, the city will be broken under the strong attack, and after the city is broken, these Tang people will all be unable to escape, and then they can be slaughtered by the Han army, and the gap between the casualties of the two armies will be balanced immediately.

The siege lasted until the evening, and the Han army launched seven large-scale charges in succession, several times attacking the city. However, the Han army failed to break through the city of Chenzhou, and the soldiers suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and the generals and officers also suffered more than 10 casualties.

The Wuping army naturally suffered many casualties, but these thousands of defenders stubbornly resisted the attacks again and again, and even the corpses of their comrades who died in battle were not cleaned up, and they always stood at the head of the city with their swords in hand, as if they were determined to die with the Han army here.

This situation was obviously unexpected by Pan Chongche, and seeing that the morale of the soldiers was fluctuating, he had no choice but to order to stop the siege and withdraw the army and return to the camp to rest and recuperate. However, he did not forget to announce the order for the whole army to carry out a large-scale siege of the city at the time of Hai. Pan Chongche clearly ordered that in addition to the wounded soldiers and more than 1,000 logistics soldiers and horses, all the rest of the soldiers and horses, including the soldiers of the elephant cavalry, also had to get off their mounts and participate in the siege battle at night. This night battle will take Chenzhou City in one fell swoop, and those who retreat will be immediately killed.

At that time, it was already dark night. More than 10,000 Han troops took advantage of the cover of darkness and flocked to Chenzhou City like a tide along the siege path during the day. This time it was surprisingly smooth, hundreds of ladders were erected on the edge of the city wall, but there was no resistance, and almost effortlessly, thousands of Han troops took the lead in attacking the city.

The most bizarre thing is that when a large number of Han troops poured into the city, the Wuping soldiers and horses in the entire city seemed to have evaporated from the world and disappeared without a trace.

Pan Chongche received the report and entered the city, and when he stood on the head of the city and looked at the dark city, he was puzzled. Just as he was about to order the soldiers and horses to rush into the streets and alleys of the city to search for the traces of the Wuping army, suddenly the fires were lit up everywhere, and the mountain wind was permeated at night, and it soon became a sea of fire. Faintly I could see that many figures were setting fire to the city, and it seemed that Wu Pingjun himself was setting fire to the city.

Shaking his head contemptuously, Pan Chongche couldn't help but feel funny in his heart, this was such an obvious plan to lure the enemy, the Wuping army was too rough, and the Han army couldn't wait to ignite a fire before it entered the depths of the city. Then he calmly waved his hand and gave the order, and the whole army immediately withdrew from the outside of the city, only to let the Tang people themselves enjoy the pain of being burned by the fire.

The fire burned all night and did not stop until dawn. Pan Chongche waited outside the city for a long time, and finally decided to lead his troops into the city, and the oncoming heat suddenly made the whole army a little uncomfortable, but saw that the streets and alleys of the city were all black charcoal, and all the houses were destroyed, but there was not a single corpse lying on the ground.

After a short time, the sergeant who searched had already come to report that there was no trace of Wuping's army in the city, and there were not even civilians. The soldiers of Wuping, who had previously fought against the city, seemed to have disappeared out of thin air in the fire, and there was no trace at all. Pan Chongche was even more puzzled, last night outside the city deliberately ordered the army to surround on three sides, and no one escaped from the city gate, even if he died by self-immolation, there must be a handful of ashes, right?

When Pan Chongche drove his horse to the East City Gate and saw the riverbank near the East Gate, he suddenly realized. I saw dozens of small boats docked horizontally and vertically on the shore, which seemed to be improvised boats made of lush vegetation along the river. And there are some weapons and materials scattered here, and the footprints are disorganized.

"Hehe, it turns out that Tang Jun escaped along the river, mother's ......."

Pan Chongche frowned and scolded halfway, his eyes looked north along the calm river, and inexplicably turned back to the opposite direction, and an ominous premonition suddenly instinctively surged in his heart, and he shouted, "Not good! Tang Jun is afraid that he will go around behind us, so he will quickly send an order back to the division......

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