Chapter 838: Cornered
Ben Danbu comforted.
"Don't panic, the Tang Army doesn't have a siege ladder, can they still fly up?"
I don't know if this Danbu is comforting himself or other officials, but Qi Ben and other officials are really relieved when they hear it, and they also read it, and they really didn't see that the Tang army has siege equipment, how can the Tang army attack without siege equipment? Unless the Tang army can fly the eaves and walk the wall, since the Tang army can't attack it, what are you afraid of? As long as he doesn't show his head, what else can Tang Jun do? Thinking of this, Qi Ben and other officials suddenly felt a lot more relieved, at least they were not as panicked as just now, outside the city, Li Yong had been holding a telescope to observe the movement on the city wall, and saw that the defenders on the city wall were all hiding under the bunker, and they didn't even dare to show their heads, so they couldn't help laughing, Li Yong waved his hand while holding the binoculars, and several horses rushed out of the military formation, they were not fast, because each of them was carrying a rope hard, and the rope was connected to a wooden box, which was very large and heavy, It takes a few people to move, so the speed of these horses is not fast, but they are not far from the city gate, so they soon came to the city gate, to the city gate, they carefully put down the wooden box, one of them jumped off the horse, carefully took the fire fold and came up, the stabbing fuse burned, they unanimously patted the horse and left, remembering the instructions of the county prince, they kept whipping, as if there was a beast chasing behind them, all of this was seen by a person, that is, this single cloth, Although he felt that the Tang army could not attack the city without siege equipment, but he still couldn't rest assured, so he lay on the bunker and showed half of his head and looked out in fear, and then he saw that the Tang army suddenly rushed out of the four horses, these four horses carried a big wooden box and walked towards the city wall unhappily, from beginning to end, this list was full of question marks, because he really couldn't understand what the Tang army was doing, why was he carrying a wooden box? Is it to accumulate wooden chests and siege the city? But the Tang army only dispatched four horses, only carrying a wooden box, even if he wanted to break his head, this single cloth couldn't figure out why, weird, weird, what kind of mystery did the Tang army do? Ben Danbu kept looking out, and after a while, he saw that the four cavalry fled back in a hurry, but the big wooden box was gone, Ben Danbu was still confused from the beginning to the end, what the hell was Tang Jun doing? I don't understand it at all, he's never encountered this kind of thing in most of his life, what is that big wooden box in? What is it for? Without any clue, he was just about to turn around and ask, when he suddenly heard a loud noise! It was as if a thunderbolt burst in his ears, and with it the earth shook, and he felt that the entire city wall was shaking and trembling, as if it would collapse at any moment.
"What happened?"
"The walls are falling! Run! ”
The soldiers on the city wall were frightened, many people stood up and ran towards the city wall, just now at the moment when the roar sounded, Ben Danbu was also very panicked, he also thought that the city wall was going to collapse, but now the shaking and trembling of the city wall has stopped, and the city wall has not collapsed.
"Don't panic, everyone! Don't run, everyone! The walls did not fall! It's not an earthquake either, it's the Tang Army! It's a big wooden box of the Tang Army! ”
Ben Danbu shouted loudly, at this time he had already figured out that the tremor just now had already started because of the big wooden box, which must be the weapon of the Tang Army! However, this weapon did not seem to have any effect, although Ben Danbu shouted loudly, but the soldiers still rushed towards the city wall, as if they had not heard Ben Danbu's words at all, in fact, they did not hear Ben Danbu's shouting, because their ears were buzzing, and even Ben Danbu could not hear his own shout, so he could only anxiously watch the soldiers in a mess, outside the city, the sound of muskets had stopped, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion did not have any panic, Although this loud noise is not small, but it is far worse than a hundred cannons, for them, this is just a small scene, only the four cavalry who returned quickly were startled, they did not expect that the wooden box they carried was so powerful, fortunately they listened to the words of the grandfather, lit the fuse and returned quickly, if it was too late, wouldn't it be that there were no bones? Li Yong held the binoculars and observed carefully, this is the explosive he expected to make, although it is difficult to blow up the city wall, but it should be no problem to blow up the city gate, if it is to attack Goguryeo, then this trick may not work, after all, the Goguryeo people have a lot of experience in defending the city, and there must be precautions in the city gate hole, but the city is rare on the plateau, so the Tubo people also lack the experience of defending the city, the dust at the city gate disperses, sure enough, the city gate has already been bombed, and you can see the city at a glance through the city gate hole, it really became! The gate of Luo Qi City was really so easy to open, and at this moment, Li Yong couldn't help but be a little excited, and shouted.
"What are you waiting for? Order Xue Wanche to lead the cavalry into the city! ”
Xue Wanche, Li Yuntian and others who knew the plan had also been holding binoculars to observe the city gate, and when they saw the city gate being blown to pieces, Xue Wanche and they couldn't help but be excited, the city gate of Luo Qi City was opened so easily, the only problem was that the power of the explosives was a little too great, the city gate was blown down a lot, and a lot of falling rocks were piled up at the city gate, however, compared to breaking the city gate, this was just a trivial matter, and Xue Wanche, who saw the flag waving, immediately shouted.
"The gates are broken! Rush with me! Rush to the city! ”
Xue Wanche took the lead and rushed up with the cavalry, and not a single arrow fell on the city wall, because the city wall was still in chaos, and many soldiers defending the city rushed down the city wall, and they found that the original city wall did not collapse.
"Don't panic! The walls did not collapse! Come up and defend the city! ”
Ben Danbu shouted loudly, but fortunately their ears were no longer ringing at this time, and the soldiers who ran down the city wall hurriedly climbed the city wall, and at this time a panicked shout suddenly sounded under the city wall.
"The gates are broken!"
"The gates have been breached!"
When Shan Benbu heard this shout, he figured it out between the lightning and the fire, the big wooden box of the Tang Army was not to blow up the city wall, but to blow up the door, no wonder the Tang Army did not have siege equipment, it turned out that the Tang Army did not need siege equipment at all, only a wooden box could blow up the city gate! The gates are open! Some of the cities have been breached before they are defended, this is not despair, this is completely destroyed, so, Ben Danbu was a little relieved in his heart, thinking about the good, the city gate has been breached, so there is no need to worry about not being able to defend the city, so, hearing that the city gate has been breached, Ben Danbu just sighed, let alone two days, not even two hours did not hold, Qi Ben and other officials were still in a state of panic, and suddenly heard the people in the city shouting in panic that the city was breached, Although they don't know what is going on, they are not stupid, and they guessed that it must be related to the loud noise just now, even the city wall is shaking and about to collapse, not to mention the city gate, it is not strange that the city gate is broken, I originally wanted to hold the city on the city wall, but I didn't expect the Tang army to directly break through the city gate, what can I do?
"General Ben Danbu, General Ben Danbu, what now?"
Qi Ben asked anxiously.
What to do? Take two thousand old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to defend the city gate and hold out for two days, or, defeat the Tang army? Don't be funny, this single cloth doesn't have a good airway.
"Of course it's surrender, what else can I do?"
Qi Ben and the others were stunned when they heard this, and exclaimed.
"What? Surrender? ”
This single cloth is already a broken jar, and he said in a deep voice.
"Is there any other way to go than surrender? There are two thousand old and sick people in the city, and the gates of the city have been breached. I'm helpless anyway! Although the Tang Dynasty is powerful in the world, it has always been a country based on benevolence and righteousness, when Jieli Khan waved his troops to the bank of the Weishui River, as a result, he is still alive and well in Chang'an, if we surrender, the Tang army will definitely not kill us, but if we resist desperately, we must not be able to stop, we must die, you choose yourself! I'm not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but how did this situation come about? Is it our sin? ”
The officials couldn't help but be silent when they heard this, yes! How is this situation happening today? It's not because Qinling didn't listen to the advice and had to take the initiative to attack, so that the army of Luo Some City was empty and couldn't hold it at all, only two thousand old and weak, sick and disabled, and the city gate was breached, even if the Daluo Immortal came, he couldn't hold it! Qi Ben couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and sighed.
"That's it, then surrender, there's really no other way!"
Xue Wanche and they came to the city gate at a gallop, but they did not enter the city directly, because a lot of collapsed rocks were piled up in front of the city gate, and the soldiers who rushed to the front jumped off their horses to move the stones, they had to be cleaned up, otherwise the army would not be able to enter the city, although they still had to clean up the stones, but it was much easier to set up a ladder to attack the city, one person and one stone, and it was very fast to clean up the city gate, Xue Wanche They were still riding on horses, staring at the inside of the city gate, in case the defenders in the city suddenly came out, The city gate was so breached and moved, it was impossible that no one knew, there was no one to see at this time, Xue Wanche They really had some doubts in their hearts, in fact, what they didn't know was that there were few people guarding the city gate, and they had already been frightened by the sudden explosion and ran away, just when Xue Wanche was about to wonder if the city was an empty city, he finally saw people through the doorway, Xue Wanche saw this single cloth, he went down the city wall and came to the city gate with his own soldiers, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the Tang army was moving stones, It turned out that not only the city gate was blown up, but also so many stones were blown down, and Ben Danbu walked forward slowly, saying loudly as he walked.
"General, general, we surrender, we surrender, do you need help?"
Thanks to a relative who does business, he usually learns some Chinese, otherwise he doesn't know what to do now, seeing that the Tubo people appeared on the other side of the city gate, Xue Wanche's eyes suddenly became hot and full of murderous energy, just when he was about to kill, he suddenly heard the Tubo people on the opposite side shouting, surrender? And you want to come over and help move the stones? For a while, Xue Wanche was stunned, why did he surrender? How can you surrender so quickly? You surrendered so quickly, so how can you fight? At this time, the rocks at the city gate had almost been cleared, and Xue Wanche shouted murderously.
"Surrender? You must have surrendered! If you want to deceive me Xue Wanche, no way! ”
This single cloth is about to collapse when I hear it, what is a deception? How can our surrender be a deception? Murderous aura, Ben Dan Bu could feel the murderous aura that erupted from Xue Wanche's body, at this moment, Ben Danbu's hairs stood up, because he clearly felt that Xue Wanche really wanted to kill, but since Xue Wanche wanted to kill on a big scale, why did he ask more? That shows that the other party attaches great importance to this, indicating that if it is certain that they have surrendered, then Xue Wanche will not dare to surrender, Ben Danbu hurriedly threw away his weapon, directly raised his hands, and said loudly.
"General Mingjian, we have really surrendered! We are not surrendering, we are really surrendering! There are only 2,000 defenders in the city, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, we can't hold the city, and we have long wanted to surrender! ”
Although I had long guessed that there were not many soldiers and horses in some cities, I didn't expect that there were only 2,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and only 2,000 soldiers and horses were still old, weak, sick and disabled. It's strange that they can hold it, now that the city gate has been breached, they don't seem to have any other choice if they don't surrender, Xue Wanche immediately understood when he heard it, these Tubo people really want to surrender, for a while, Xue Wanche was a little excited, these Tubo defenders have surrendered, this battle has not been fought, what is the point? At this moment, he was very envious of Cheng Biting Jin and them, at least they could fight a fierce battle with the Tubo army, but there were only 2,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people in some cities, even if they didn't surrender, it wouldn't be fun to kill, and it would be boring.
"If you surrender, then throw away your weapons and crouch against the wall with your head in your hands! Otherwise, there will be no mercy! ”
Xue Wanche shouted, but there was a hint of unhappiness in his tone, he was right! Ben Danbu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly squatted in the corner with his head in his hands, and shouted at the same time.
"Quick, quick, throw away all your weapons, squat in the corner with your head in your hands, or you will be killed!"
Those Tubo people who couldn't understand Chinese were originally a little confused, but now they understood, and hurriedly threw away their weapons and squatted in the corner with their heads in their hands.