Li Yong had always been very confident that the Tubo people would definitely come to attack Xinghai City in order to get him, but as time passed, he couldn't help muttering in his heart, could it be that he felt good about himself? Or is Songtsen Gampo not really ambitious at all? If the Tubo people did not attack Xinghai in the end, then he would lose a lot of face, not only in front of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, but also in front of the emperor and a group of important ministers, in the future the news will spread, it will be a loss of face in front of all the people in the world, maybe Songtsan Gampo finally knew, he will laugh at him for being amorous, just when Li Yong was eating, while suffering from gains and losses, suddenly a personal soldier walked in, and said excitedly.

"Grandpa, there are scouts coming and going!"

Li Yong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, so he directly threw down his chopsticks and said in a continuous voice.

"Quick, scouts come in."

It didn't take long for a dusty scout to follow his soldiers in and say respectfully.

"Qiyu County Prince, I felt a tremor on the ground about forty miles southwest of Xinghai City, as if a large force of cavalry was coming, and the small one didn't dare to slack off, so he hurried back to report it!"

Li Yong laughed when he heard this.

"Okay, good, it can be regarded as looking forward to the Tubo people, you have worked hard, go down and rest, this guild will give you credit! The alarm bell was sounded, and the battalions were ordered to stop training and be ready for battle at any time. ”

Li Yong did not beat the drum to gather the generals, because these days he and the soldiers have been constantly deducing, and they have already arranged the defense of the city properly, just waiting for the Tubo people to attack the city, and the soldiers hurriedly went to give the order, Xue Wanche strode over and said excitedly.

"Grandpa, I heard that there are scouts coming to pay homage? But is there any good news? ”

Li Yong laughed.

"Good news, of course, the scout felt a tremor on the ground forty miles southwest of Xinghai City."

Xue Wanche rubbed his hands excitedly when he heard this.

"The Tibetans are really here! That's great! It's kind of looking forward to them! ”

If Songtsen Gampo saw Xue Wanche's excitement and surprise as if he had fulfilled his wish, he might be so angry that he vomited blood, Li Yong said with a smile.

"Let's go and have a look at the walls!"

The scout galloped back to report the news, and the Tubo people must be on their way, and the Tubo people should have been not far from Xinghai City at this time.

"Okay, let's see how many people are coming from Tibet."

Xue Wanche's mood was more urgent than Li Yong's, the two of them strode out of the city lord's mansion and walked towards the city, they met many generals along the way, and it was not their turn to be on duty today, so they also wanted to feel that the city was on the top of the city, even if the Tubo people rushed to the city today, it was impossible to attack the city today, and they had to be prepared if they wanted to attack the city, Li Yong and a group of generals climbed to the top of the city, and with the ringing of the alarm bell, the soldiers on duty on the city wall had already woken up, and they all stared at the outside of the city with burning eyes, looking at each other, Li Yong didn't see the shadow of the Tubo people, he put his hands on the city wall, he could feel the city wall was trembling slightly, Li Yong said in a deep voice.

"The walls are shaking!"

When Xue Wanche and the others heard this, they hurriedly reached out and touched the city wall, and said happily.

"Sure enough, it's trembling, continuous trembling, it's the cavalry of Tubo."

The generals were all happy when they heard this, and the Tubo people finally came! It's kind of looking forward to you! Li Yong took out the telescope and began to look out, even if he used the telescope, he couldn't see clearly, he could only see the yellow expanse in the distance, which should be the smoke and dust raised by a large force of cavalry, Li Yong said with a smile.

"I can only see the yellow expanse, it seems that the distance is quite far!"

Xue Wanche also raised the binoculars and looked out, smiling while staring wide-eyed.

"Look at it like this, at least thirty or forty miles."

Li Yong looked up at the sky, shook his head with some disappointment, and said.

"It seems that the Tubo people will have to go to sunset if they want to get to the city, so we are looking forward to it in vain."

Li Yuntian listened and hurriedly said.

"Grandpa, then we can attack the camp while the Tubo people are not firmly established, and we will definitely be able to make some gains!"

Xue Wanche nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, yes, they are besieging the city with a large army, and they think that we will definitely defend the city with firearms, and they must not have imagined that we will go to the night attack, plus they are sleepy and lack of people and horses from afar, and they will definitely be able to make some gains."

Li Yong shook his head slightly.

"No, what if I accidentally defeat the Tibetans again? Once the Tibetans flee in all directions, they will not be able to complete the task of inflicting heavy losses on the Tibetans, for the sake of safety, let's defend the city honestly and wait for the army to encircle. ”

Xue Wanche, Li Yuntian and others couldn't help but stroke their foreheads when they heard this, and almost forgot about it! You can't beat the Tubo people too hard! If it is an attack on the camp, maybe it will really defeat the Tubo people all at once, and it will be more than worth the loss, so even if you can't hold back the itch, you must be restrained, Xue Wanche rubbed his hands and nodded.

"That's right, if the night attack directly kills the Tubo people, then it will be troublesome, speaking of which, I, Xue Wanche, have also fought a lot of battles, but I have never fought this kind of battle, and I am afraid that the enemy army will be sent away!"

Xue Wanche is a straightforward character, he likes to charge into battle the most, but now that the enemy army is coming, he can't rush out and kill happily, it really makes him uncomfortable, and his heart is like a cat's paw scratching, not only Xue Wanche, Li Yuntian and other generals of the Shenji Battalion don't have this feeling, Li Yong said with a smile.

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and when the army is surrounded, there will be a time when you will kill until you are soft."

Xue Wanche said with a smile.

"It's impossible to be soft-handed, I'm afraid that the Tubo people won't be able to chop enough, after all, so many people grab it!"

Li Yuntian waited for him to listen and nodded again and again, how could he be soft on such a thing as snatching people's heads? Every time you cut down a Tibetan person, it's a feat! Speaking kung fu, I can already see that there is a large black shadow in the distance is slowly moving towards this side, and the tremor of the city wall is getting stronger and stronger, that is, the cavalry of Tubo, the black clouds are pressing the city and want to destroy it, Li Yong suddenly remembered this poem, the Tubo cavalry in the distance is galloping, magnificent, it is really like a boundless black cloud to destroy the city, however, Li Yong looked left and right, but found that the faces of the soldiers around him did not change much, because their hearts were full of confidence, Therefore, he was not frightened by the momentum of the Tubo cavalry, and the Tubo cavalry in the distance was constantly approaching, and finally stopped at a distance of more than ten miles from Xinghai City, as if they were preparing to set up camp, obviously not intending to attack the city immediately. The Tubo army stopped advancing, and then divided two groups of cavalry to go around the city on both sides, as if to encircle the entire Xinghai City, Li Yong couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

"The Tubo people have also surrounded the city, this is for fear that we will send people to ask for help!"

Xue Wanche said disdainfully when he heard it.

"Phew, we're afraid we'll ask for help, we're afraid they'll run away!"

Li Yuntian groaned.

"Grandpa, should we really send someone to pretend to ask for help? Otherwise, wouldn't it arouse the suspicion of the Tibetan people? ”

Li Yong listened and thought for a moment and shook his head slightly, the outside was surrounded by a large army of Tibet, at this time, sending people out to ask for help was basically equivalent to sending them to death, not that Li Yong had the kindness of a woman, if it was really a last resort, Li Yong of course supported sending people out to ask for help, but he felt that there was no need to send people out to die now, they were all soldiers under his hands, they were all living lives, Li Yong shook his head and said.

"There is no need, on the night of Minzhou, after my father was drunk, he could be very arrogant and say that as long as the Tubo people come to beat the Tubo people, so we don't send people for help, and the Tubo people should not doubt it, but they will only feel that the duke is extremely arrogant."

The generals couldn't help nodding when they heard this, and felt that what the county prince said was also reasonable, the Tubo people came from afar, and they all came, so it was impossible to run away because of this matter, right? The Tubo people are not called brave and good at fighting, but are called timid as mice, Li Yong held the telescope and observed carefully, and groaned.

"There are more Tibetans attacking than we expected!"

At this time, the Tubo people had completely appeared in their sight, and Xue Wanche also held a telescope to observe carefully, and estimated.

"Looking at this scale, I'm afraid there are 100,000 people."

Xue Wanche has been on the battlefield for a long time and is very experienced, although it is a rough estimate, but it is also eight or nine not far from ten, and the army of 100,000 is indeed a relatively common configuration, Li Yong said with a smile.

"It seems that Songtsen Gampo really sent troops to reinforce it, but I don't know if Songtsen Gampo personally led the troops here."

Xue Wanche's eyes lit up and he said happily.

"I hope Songtsen Gampo is really here, see if I don't chop off his dog's head with a knife!"

Xue Wanche didn't know what it meant to be afraid, Li Yong turned his head to look at the generals and asked with a smile.

"There are 100,000 Tibetan iron horsemen outside, beyond our imagination, are you afraid?"

Li Yuntian and the others couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

"How can you be afraid?"

"I'm not afraid that there are many Tibetans, but I'm afraid that the Tibetans will be scared away without being beaten in two days!"

"That is, there are so many Tubo people, as the saying goes, people are more courageous, I hope they can be brave, and we can also let go of our hands and feet!"

"The more Tubo people who come, the better, so that we don't have to tie our hands and feet, and we can have a good fight!"

Li Yong said with a smile.

"It's getting late today, the Tubo people shouldn't attack the city, but they can't be careless, the soldiers on duty at night must be vigilant to prevent the Tubo people from sneaking up on the night!"

Zheng Zhongyi arched his hand.

"Grandpa, rest assured, the last general will definitely keep an eye on the Tubo people, and he will definitely not relax his vigilance."

Tomorrow the Tibetans should be attacking the city, right? A group of generals looked at the Tubo army in the distance and couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts, there was a feeling that they had been looking forward to it for so long and finally entered the cave room, the Tubo army was camping, and it could be said that the people were sleepy and lacking horses, but he was not afraid that the defenders in Xinghai City would dare to come out and attack the camp, 100,000 iron horsemen rushed to come, and the overwhelming momentum was estimated to have scared the Tang army in the city stupidly, and they still dared to go out of the camp to fight? Moreover, the firearms of the Shenji Battalion are suitable for defending the city, not suitable for raids at all, so he calculated that the Shenji Battalion would not dare to attack the camp, besides, even if Li Yong really led the troops to attack the battalion, then he should be happy, although the passers-by who had been driving for a day were sleepy and lacking, but after all, it was also an army of 100,000, and the pile could also pile the Shenji Battalion to death, and directly capture Li Yong alive, which was much easier than attacking the city, Songtsan Gampo rode on a horse and looked at Xinghai City, and said with a smile.

"The walls of this Xinghai City don't look very high!"

They had attacked the city of Songzhou, which was occupied by the Tang Dynasty, and the city wall was changed to be high and thick, and there was a deep moat, which was a headache, Saamu said with a smile.

"It's really not high, it's not difficult to capture it, and within three days, this city will be broken!"

Songtsen Gampo shook his head slightly and smiled.

"If it weren't for the surprise of the town guards, we would have been able to break through this city within three days, but we don't know how powerful the firearms are, so it's hard to say whether we can capture Xinghai City within three days."

Saamu said in a deep voice.

"The last general doesn't believe it, can this firearm still be powerful in heaven? Within three days, Xinghai City will be broken! ”

Songtsen Gampo said with a smile.

"My current mood is a little contradictory, I hope to break the city as soon as possible, and I hope that Xinghai City can hold on for a long time, otherwise it doesn't mean that it is actually difficult to live up to the reputation of firearms?"

Saamu couldn't help scratching his head when he heard this, he felt that it didn't matter if the firearms were powerful or not, as long as Li Yong was robbed to Tubo, just forcing him to ask for the secret recipe for burning knives and wine was attractive enough, Songtsen Gampo squinted his eyes and stared hard at Xinghai City, but the distance was too far, except for seeing the majestic city wall, he couldn't see anything else, he couldn't see the cannons, and he couldn't see the people on the city wall, Songtsen Gampo said with some regret.

"It's a pity, it's too far away to see the people in the city clearly, in fact, I really want to go up and see if Li Yong is in the city."

Although he had never seen Li Yong's real person, he had seen Li Yong's portrait in Zhenzhu, so if he saw Li Yong, then he would definitely be able to recognize it, Saamu was startled when he heard it, and hurriedly persuaded.

"Zampu can't go too far! No one knows how powerful the artillery is and how far the range is, Zampu is a citizen of the dawn, and he can't risk his life! ”

Songtsen Gampo waved his hand and smiled.

"Rest assured, we all have to be cautious until we figure out the power of firearms. It suddenly occurred to me that Li Yong once made something called a telescope, and it is rumored that he can see far away clearly with that thing, and even see things on the moon. ”

Saamu nodded his head.

"The last general has also heard of telescopes, and they are very useful for war! It can better observe the enemy's situation. ”

Songtsen Gampo sighed lightly.

"What a pity! Whether it is a heavy purchase or a secret search, but never able to get a telescope. ”

Saamu laughed.

"Zampu doesn't have to be annoyed, if Li Yong is captured, our whole army can have a telescope."

Songtsen Gampo laughed.

"You're right, when Li Yong is captured, how many telescopes you want can't be obtained? My 100,000 iron cavalry in Tibet have already come to the city, can't they still break through Xinghai City? ”