Above the city gates, under the black rams.

Li Xuan sat on the short couch, calmly looking at the Naqu River full of human heads, and his face showed a look that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

In the frightened and tense atmosphere, the ropes under the water were finally broken one by one, and countless soldiers breathed a long sigh of relief.

By this time, the others had already begun to move on, but the knives in their hands kept stirring.

Break the rope under the water completely.

Li Xuan's right hand was raised, gently swinging forward, and the next moment, the soldiers on the left and right sides of the city wall were a mile away, and at the same time stretched their bows and arrows.

In an instant, countless feathered arrows shot out at the same time, landing on the surface of the river with incomparable precision.

Suddenly, many soldiers who bent down to cut the rope only felt a pain in their backs, and in an instant, the long arrow had pierced through their hearts.

The blood splashed on the surface of the river, and then the corpse directly broke through the blood flower, and then slowly floated forward.

Zan Xiruo stared at the city.

It is difficult to move forward in the water, not to mention, there are triplines inside, and you have to cut them.

Under all kinds of delays, it is even more difficult for the soldiers to move forward.

At this time, the arrows shot from the top of the city wall are more powerful, and it is rare that they are more accurate.

Or more accurately, these archers, as well as catapults and crossbow archers, had predetermined angles of their shots.

As long as anyone enters this range, they will immediately be within the coverage of the arrow stone, and the rest, as long as you continue to move forward, then there will definitely be a moment of attack.

Zansiruo's eyes were solemn and his breath was deep.

This is Li Xuan's method.

Use the dense and endless means to delay your progress in every possible way, and then use catapults, crossbows, and long arrows to harvest quickly, firmly and accurately.

Unconsciously, the three thousand Tubo soldiers have been killed and wounded thousands, and the amazing thing is that the Tang army's bow and crossbow consumption is not large.

But this is not the most terrifying, in Zansiruo's eyes, the depth of the Naqu River in front of him proves another thing.

The king of Nanchang of the Tang Dynasty, he is storing water again.

The soldier waded directly across the long river, which was only up to his neck, and the speed of the water was not very fast.

Although the river is wide, there is not much water in it.

September was cold, but it was not the dry season, not to mention the heavy rain that had just fallen several times in a row a while ago, and Li Xuan had specially accumulated a summer of water.

These currents are sufficient to compensate for the loss of water from the lake.

Therefore, in today's Cuona Lake, someone must be intercepting the water.

Once Zanxi Ruo's army fully attacked the city, the dam would be opened immediately to release water, and Zanxiruo's 50,000 people would probably not survive much in the end.

He didn't forget that Li Xuan was in Cuona Lake, and there was a water army.

"Order, the left and right front armies to step up the offensive." Zan Xiruo's words immediately pushed the 6,000 people of the front army into the abyss again, but he didn't care.

The generals around were all staring closely at Tang Jun's response, and they had already substituted themselves in their hearts.

If it were their own subordinates, would they not have been able to successfully kill such a cold and orderly massacre.

Slaughter, is slaughter.

Trebuchets, Fuyuan crossbows, feather arrows, pits, almost everything, slaughtered nearly half a hundred Tibetan soldiers.

In just a quarter of an hour, before you know it, thousands of people have died under the city.

But weirdly, it reveals an atmosphere that is not very impatient, and there are many places where you can see the opportunity to keep you going, but every step forward, there are countless traps, countless slaughter methods waiting for you.

Zanxiruo raised his head and looked at the black daqi above his head, the city in front of him, the lake in the west, and the cavalry in several cities in the east, the sailors who were ready to attack......

It's dense, as if a fishing net full of countless barbs is waiting for you to pounce on it directly.

Li Xuan sat coldly behind the fishing net, and with a slight pull, your whole body was immediately covered in bloody bruises.

……

With a "whoosh", a long arrow shot from behind, instantly piercing the chest of a frightened Tubo soldier who was about to turn around.

Blood burst and blew up on the faces of the other comrades in the vicinity, all of whom were terrified.

"Keep going, those who dare to retreat, kill." A broken cry came from behind him.

The others subconsciously turned around and saw a red law enforcement soldier riding past from behind, with a strong bow clenched in his hand.

His eyes were fixed on everyone in front of the formation, as if anyone who really dared to turn back would really be killed by an arrow.

And in the rear of the entire left and right front armies, hundreds of law enforcement officers with strong bows were staring at everyone, forcing them forward, forward, and forward.

Blood was covered in the water, and whoever was moving forward in this environment had to face this disgusting scene.

From time to time, they had to bow their heads to clean up the stumbling blocks under the water, but as more and more corpses around them, the water became more and more muddy.

The bows and arrows above their heads were shooting in an orderly and cold manner, and for a moment they didn't know how many people had died in this blood-colored waterway.

Finally, someone gritted his teeth and rushed directly across the five-zhang wide Naqu River, fortunately not stepping on any stumbling ropes, and not being shot by any feathered arrows above his head.

Although he was wet, he still gritted his teeth and climbed onto the riverbank, and his extremely heavy leather armor and collar were heavy and cold the moment he came out of the water.

At this moment, he heard a "poof", and the next moment, his whole person directly "fell".

The people behind saw it more clearly, and suddenly saw that the person in front was just about to climb the riverbank, when suddenly, the entire riverbank collapsed at once, and the whole person fell straight down.

With a "poof", a broken lance stabbed directly from the water, and then stabbed him into the chest.

Blood flowed out immediately.

People died.

When the people behind saw this scene, their faces couldn't help but change, and they were chilled.

It wasn't just one or two people who were chilling, countless people up and down the entire city wall all looked at the man in black clothes and black armor under the black curtain at the head of the city.

It was as if from his body, an endless chill came out, enveloping everyone present.

Horror and cruelty.

"Go on!" A cold drink came from the rear, directly interrupting everyone's distraction.

Zan Xiruo stepped forward indifferently, and shouted coldly: "Left and right front army, rush forward." ”

Countless people couldn't help but shudder.

The Tang Dynasty and the Tibetan people, the commanders of these two armies, are all cold and ruthless iron-blooded monsters.

One is as calculating as a god, and the other is a probe with his life.

The entire battlefield, crisscrossing the north and south, nearly 100,000 lives were all in the hands of these two people.

……

Finally, driven by the cold-blooded law enforcement team, more than 4,000 Tibetan soldiers were driven down the Naqu River one after another.

For a moment, even the water surface was three feet high.

But the arrows at the head of the city rained down, and even the archers who shot the arrows were brought in hundreds from all sides.

Even if there are ten arrows per person, it is still enough to kill most of the Tubo soldiers in the water.

Finally, someone crossed the obstacles, stepped on the corpse, and landed on the shore, and when he finally stood firm, at this moment, the catapult and the Fu Yuan crossbow stopped moving at the same time.

The soldiers on either side of the ground in an instant grasped the crossbow arrows.

Suddenly, infinite despair welled up in my heart......

Zan Xiruo calmly watched all the Tubo soldiers in the Naqu River die, then turned to look to the side, and said directly: "Order, transfer 5,000 cavalry to Cuona Lake, and destroy the embankment." ”

"Yes!" The general on his side did not hesitate at all, and directly got up and turned away, killing directly towards Cuona Lake.

The generals around were respectful and solemn.

They all knew that if they didn't destroy the embankment upstream, then even if they broke the previous mechanism of the military formation, they would eventually be completely defeated under the flood.

"Someone, come forward and deliver the message." With a slight flick of his right hand, a feathered arrow with a secret letter was placed beside him.

The surrounding generals were slightly stunned, the organs in front of them are so dense, you still have to let people pass the message forward.

At this moment, one of the guards stepped forward, took off the long arrow with both hands, then turned on his horse and walked slowly towards the city gate in front of him.

……

Above the city, Li Xuan watched this scene calmly.

Even if thousands of cavalry were heading towards Cuona Lake, he didn't care, but when someone stepped forward with a secret arrow, Li Xuan sneered lightly: "The greeting is over, and now it's finally time to start the main meal, everyone, cheer up." ”

Wang Dezhen glanced at Li Xuan with some confusion, and then looked at Xiao Siye.

Xiao Siye frowned slightly, and there was a hint of abruptness in his expression, as if he understood something, but he didn't fully understand.

"Dashuai, but the 6,000 people just now, are they Zanxiruo greeting us?" Xiao Siye said a word, and everyone around him suddenly looked awe-inspiring.

Li Xuan nodded and said, "Of course, take six thousand new soldiers to test our arrangement, and at the same time use the iron and bloody wrist to make the rest of the soldiers fearful, this is how Zanxiruo greeted us." ”

Everyone's eyes subconsciously looked at the white lion elephant flag in the distance, as if there was another Lunqin Mausoleum.

But in fact, standing there was the elder brother of Tan Qinling, the former prime minister, the former deputy minister and the current prime minister of Tubo, who had fought with Pei Xingjian several times, and even delayed him in the Western Turks for more than two years.

This person's wrist was completely displayed in front of everyone this time, and no one dared to underestimate this brother of Qinling.

Everyone's eyes fell on the Zansilo guard on the central gallop.

So he rode on his horse and went on slowly, until he came to the gate.

The strange thing is that he didn't encounter the slightest obstacle on this road.

Or, to put it more bluntly, there are no traps at all on the road leading directly to the city gates.

At this moment, Zan Xiruo looked up at Li Xuan, and Li Xuan also looked up at Zan Xiruo.

The two of them looked at each other from a distance of three miles, their eyes full of cold murderous intent.

Li Xuan's expression was calm and terrifying, and Zan Xiruo also looked indifferent......

With a "whoosh", a long arrow appeared in the sight of the two.

It was the guard who directly drew the bow and arrow, and in an instant, the straight arrow had already shot straight towards Li Xuan's eyebrows.

This turned out to be a marksman.

At this moment, a cold sword light flashed in front of Li Xuan, and the long arrow shot was broken in two in an instant.

The sword light turned into a finger wrapping soft in an instant, and the arrow that was cut off instantly fell into the sword light.

The sword light stopped, and a thousand bull knife fell in front of Li Xuan, but the blade was facing outward, and the knife was facing Li Xuan.

The arrow stopped directly on the blade.

Li Xuan stretched out his hand to take down the arrow, and Zhou Qian on the side had already withdrawn the long knife.

Li Xuan took off the secret letter, first scanned it briefly, and then said calmly: "Tubo is a minister of praise, please see the former minister of Tubo on the Qinling, please ask His Royal Highness the King of Nanchang to allow, Tubo is willing to give 10,000 Tang slaves as a gift, so I wish to talk about the return of Qinling, Tubo is willing to offer 10,000 catties of gold, 10,000 catties of silver, and 10,000 catties of jewelry, in order to redeem it." ”

The breathing of the surrounding generals suddenly became heavy.

Just by meeting with the Qinling Tomb, Tubo was willing to pay 10,000 Tang slaves as a meeting gift.

If Li Xuan is willing to let go of the return of the Qinling, they are also willing to pay 10,000 catties of gold, 10,000 catties of silver, and 10,000 catties of jewelry to redeem the Qinling.

For a while, the city's complicated gaze fell on Li Xuan.

(End of chapter)