Chapter 800: The Siege Prelude

The entire Tibetan army began to advance and approached the city, but the soldiers on the city wall did not feel nervous at all, because the atmosphere of the great battle had already been destroyed by the two groups of Tubo people.

"The Tubo people dare to come forward, the war is finally about to begin!" Xue Wanche sighed with emotion, as if he had been looking forward to the cave house for forty years.

Li Yong couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"Even if the Tibetans want to attack the city, they have to pass the artillery and musket level first, so you just need to take a look first."

When Xue Wanche brought 10,000 elite foot soldiers to defend the city, he was responsible for throwing stones and throwing rolling wood and pouring hot oil to stop the Tubo people when they climbed the ladder, and if the Tubo people climbed the city, they would fight with the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, and Xue Wanche's favorite thing was to fight, if the two armies fought in the field, the fight was to charge, but now it is the battle to defend the city, and if you want to fight, you can only wait for the Tubo people to climb the city, but you can only watch it first, but Xue Wanche doesn't want to wait anymore, He was now desperate to kill a few Tubo people to have a good time, he turned his head and shouted.

"These Tibetans don't know if they can climb to the top of the city, and they can't just wait and go, get my bows and arrows."

Although Xue Wanche is strong in martial arts, he likes to charge into battle the most, but his riding and archery skills are not bad at all, and because he is born with divine power, his arm strength is amazing, although he is not a marksman, but he is also a good archery player in the army, Li Yong only smiled when he heard it, although Xue Wanche is strong, but how many people can he kill with a bow and arrow? Dozens or hundreds of people, compared to the 100,000 army, it is not worth mentioning at all, so let Xue Wanche kill it, anyway, he can't rush out and directly break through the Tubo army formation, Li Yong held the telescope and was observing carefully, and suddenly he who was originally holding the telescope and moved lightly suddenly froze, because he found a flying flag, although he didn't know much about Tubo, but this flag still knows, Li Yong stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, and said in a deep voice.

"Old Xue, look at the flag over there!"

Xue Wanche and the others also hurriedly raised the telescope to look in the direction pointed by Li Yong, Xue Wanche jumped up directly with excitement and shouted.

"Isn't that the royal banner of Tubo Zampu? Songtsen Gampo really led the troops himself! Songtsen Gampo's turtle son is really here! ”

Li Yuntian also nodded excitedly.

"That's the royal banner of Tubo Zampu, no doubt! If it weren't for Songtsen Gampo in person, who would dare to raise the royal flag of Zampu? Isn't that trespassing? Therefore, it must be Songtsen Gampo who personally led the troops. ”

Li Yong said with a smile.

"It seems that my father-in-law is really fragrant! Even Songtsen Gampo couldn't help but come in person. ”

Li Yong was still a little unconfident in his heart before, doubting whether he could attract the Tubo army to come, what he didn't expect was that his attraction was even greater than he imagined, and he directly attracted Songtsan Gampo, and when Li Ji led his troops to encircle, he directly killed or captured Songtsan Gampo, then Tubo, which had just completed the unification, was bound to be in chaos, and it was really once and for all, Xue Wanche grinned.

"The county prince can not only turn stones into gold, but also know such a divine weapon as firearms, if I were Songtsen Gampo, I would also come to snatch the county prince back."

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and when they found the arrival of Songtsen Gampo, not only did they not feel any worries, but they felt even more excited, and suddenly, Li Yuntian slapped his thigh and said with some annoyance.

"Oh, I knew that Songtsen Gampo would come, we should have brought a Zhenguan cannon, this distance will definitely be able to bombard the Tubo King Banner, maybe a cannon will directly bombard Songtsan Gampo to death!"

The Zhenguan cannon is the largest cannon made by the firearms supervisor, the farthest range and the most powerful, of course, it is also the most bulky artillery, but the unrivaled power is still Li Er greatly admired, and personally named the Zhenguan cannon, although the Zhenguan cannon is powerful, but it is too cumbersome, so the firearms supervisor only made five, this expedition, Li Yong did not bring a Zhenguan cannon, because bringing the Zhenguan cannon will greatly slow down the marching speed of the entire Shenji battalion, but it can't improve much combat effectiveness, Li Yong said with a smile.

"Even if you bring the Zhenguan cannon, it's useless, do you think Songtsen Gampo will stay under the king's flag?"

Li Yuntian nodded.

"That's right, how can Songtsen Gampo be as timid as a mouse, and dare to stay under the king's flag!"

Songtsen Gampo was cautious, he did not stay under the royal flag, he did not stay at the forefront of the military formation, but stayed in the middle army, originally the guards also wanted to build a lookout for Zampu to take charge of the battle, but was stopped by Songtsen Gampo, because he felt that Li Yong was extremely treacherous, in case there were more powerful artillery hidden on the city wall, then wouldn't it be too dangerous for him to stand on the royal platform?

"Saamu, you lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack the north gate, Ge Songdan, you lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack the south gate."

Songtsen Gampo ordered in a deep voice, which means that the siege battle officially kicked off, the warriors of Tubo brandished scimitars, carrying the ladder towards the city wall, this time there is no need to start the siege from more than ten miles away, their physical strength is also more abundant, carrying the ladder to run fast, the sound of muskets and artillery is intertwined, the screams on the battlefield are completely covered, Songtsen Gampo rode on the horse and paid close attention to the battlefield in front of him, slowly, his face also became solemn, before he was very emotional about the power of artillery, Because the power and movement of the artillery are too great, but now, he suddenly found that the musket is far more powerful than he imagined, and even, more powerful than the artillery! Although the artillery is powerful, it is impossible to fire intensively, but the musket can be fired intensively, and the accuracy is quite good, and, to his horror, he found that the power of the musket is also very large, even the elite warriors in armor have been shot and fallen! At such a distance, if it is a bow and arrow, unless it is a skillful shot, it is impossible to shoot the elite warrior in armor to death! However, the musket did it! That means that muskets are far more powerful than bows and arrows! Moreover, what also shocked him was that the muskets on the city wall were like shooting without money, you know, the arrows are not easy to make, it is impossible to shoot so uninterruptedly, who can afford this? However, the muskets on the city wall were firing non-stop, was it because Li Yong was young and vigorous and ordered to shoot regardless of it, or was it because it could have been consumed? For a while, Songtsen Gampo was a little uncertain in his heart, because he didn't know much about muskets. Of course, there are also soldiers who dodged muskets and artillery and carried the ladder to the city, they erected the ladder just climbed the ladder, and then there were stones falling from the city, the soldiers who could dodge the muskets and artillery to the city were a minority after all, and the foot soldiers in the city have been watching the musket disease and the artillery to the might, they are itching, and now they see that there are finally Tubo people on the ladder, so what are you waiting for? Throw stones! Anyway, how to demolish the houses in the city is not distressed, so although the stone is thrown to greet the line, the city is extremely miserable, a group of Tubo warriors desperately charged, but the soldiers in the city are orderly, especially the musketeers are not even red and breathless, because it is too easy to load the musket and then shoot, if the city is not used to use muskets or bows and arrows, then don't say that you are not willing to waste the bow and arrows so much, even if you are willing to waste the bow and arrows so much, the arm is so sore that you can't pull the bow at this time, the sun is gradually sinking in the west, Songtsen Gampo frowned, said in a deep voice.

"Collect the order!"

Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the Tubo warriors who were originally carrying the cloud ladder charge were like being amnestied, and quickly retreated, and the Tubo army retreated like a tide, and the originally noisy battlefield suddenly became quiet, and a gust of wind blew, and the heavy smell of gunpowder and blood was very pungent and disgusting.

"Phew! This is a retreat? This Tibetan people are too weak, right? I'm not even warm yet! ”

Xue Wanche spat out the city as he spoke, and then threw his bow and arrow to the soldiers behind him.

Li Yong said with a smile.

"This is only the first day, Songtsen Gampo is just a test, the good show is still to come, the soldiers defending the city today are working hard, since the enemy has retreated, let's start changing the guard, let the soldiers who defend the city today go back and have a good rest."

Li Yuntian said with a smile.

"What's the hard work, they didn't even sweat!"

Li Yong looked around and found that it was really, the surrounding musketeers and foot soldiers really didn't even sweat, the musketeers filled the gunpowder and then shot outwards was not a tiring job at all, and they had to fight leisurely, it was strange to be able to sweat, and those foot soldiers were even more leisurely, they didn't throw a few stones from beginning to end, they kept holding their arms to watch the show, it was strange to be able to sweat, the musketeers and foot soldiers next to them couldn't help scratching their heads when they heard it, they couldn't blame them for not sweating, they wanted to sweat, but the Tubo people didn't give them a chance! Li Yong said with a smile.

"If you're not tired, you should be hungry, hurry up and change your guard, so that the soldiers defending the city today can eat and drink well."

The troops outside the city were withdrawing, the city was changing guards, and a group of generals gathered in the conference hall, and the atmosphere was quite relaxed.

"Looking forward to the stars and the moon has finally brought the Tubo people to hope, and as a result, that's it?"

"What kind of bragging and good fighting, it's really a laughing person!"

"This battle is too boring, and it's not as good as our daily exercises!"

"It's really not as good as our daily practice! Are we here for war or for vacation? ”

Li Yong strode into the conference hall and sat down on the handsome seat, and the generals immediately stopped their voices and hugged their fists in unison.

"I've seen my grandfather!"

Li Yong waved his hand and said.

"No need to be polite, after a day's battle today, do you have any opinions? Let's talk about it, talk about it! ”

Xue Wanche scratched his head and said.

"There's nothing to say, today's battle is too easy, I hope the Tubo people can fight harder tomorrow!"

Li Yuntian nodded.

"It's quite disappointing, the Tubo people are too soft, what kind of warriors, it's a joke, I hope the Tubo people can learn a lesson tomorrow, and then attack the city well!"

Li Yong listened to a black line, you should go to Songtsan Gampo to say this, in fact, when he walked in, Li Yuntian and their discussion he waited to hear, originally he also wanted to tell two sentences, although today is very easy, but after all, it is only the first day, tomorrow to defend the city can not be careless, but now, he suddenly felt that he could not say so, because everyone seemed to be holding back their strength to think that tomorrow would be big, Li Yong is really a headache now, because he must drag the Tubo people, but he must hold the city, So you can't hit too hard and can't hit too lightly, how can you not give people a headache? If it's just to defend the city, it's simple, just let go of your hands and feet and hit hard, Li Yong muttered.

"You say, are we fighting a little too hard today?"

Xue Wanche, Li Yuntian and the others couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, they had been complaining that the Tubo people were fighting too weakly just now, but they really didn't think that they were fighting too hard, because they really didn't use much force today, they were all fighting leisurely, Xue Wanche shouted.

"County Prince, we haven't worked hard here, how can we be considered too hard?"

Li Yong groaned.

"I also know that everyone fought very easily today, but today, the Tubo people didn't even touch the city wall, coupled with the deterrence of artillery, will they be disheartened and then retreat?"

Li Yuntian scratched his head and said.

"This is also true, although we feel that we are not strong, but today the Tubo people have lost a lot, who made our firearms too powerful?"

Li Yong groaned.

"So, tomorrow we have to see the opportunity to act, at the beginning, let it go again, give them a little hope, of course, we can't let them attack the city, just let it go and then take it, let it go and then take it, do you understand?"

The generals nodded in unison.

"The last general obeys!"

Li Yong said in a deep voice.

"Let's all go and rest, but we still have to be vigilant, beware of the Tubo people attacking the city at night, let's disperse!"

In fact, it is unlikely that the siege of the city at night will happen, because most of the people in this era have night blindness, but Li Yong still has to remind, who knows if Songtsen Gampo will go crazy, and the generals have a headache when they leave, and they can't even fight a good battle, this battle is too difficult, before they also hoped that Yingjun Gong and their army could return to help later, so that they could have a good time with the Tubo people, and now they suddenly hope that Yingjun Gong and their army can quickly return to help and surround the Tubo people, in this way, At least they can fight happily, compared to the ease in Xinghai City, the atmosphere of the Tubo army is a little dignified, the loss of the army today is not small, especially the people who went to the battlefield and retreated, when they think of the tragic situation on the battlefield, their hearts are more dignified, the death of the people killed by firearms is too miserable, the generals of Tubo gathered in the king's tent, and the expressions on their faces are also a little dignified, although they also expected that they would not be able to capture Xinghai City within a day, but the casualties of today's siege are still beyond their expectations.