"Immediately reply to Liu Bowen and explain the situation to him, as for the Tibetan envoy, drive out of Chang'an!"

Li Jing asked the clerk to write back to Liu Bowen.

"Did you understand the military deployment just now?"

Li Jing looked at the generals.

"Got it!"

The generals answered.

"Where is the Kamui cannon now?"

Li Jing asked again.

"According to the time, the Shenwei cannon has now reached this position! After noon, you can arrive outside Wuhai City!"

The captain of the artillery team stepped forward and pointed to the combat sand table.

"Good! Everyone go back and prepare, after lunch, launch an attack on Wuhai City, we must take Wuhai City today!"

Li Jing said with a serious face, taking Wuhai City is not only a shame for Datang, but also a change in the future fate of Datang and Tubo.

Tubo will eventually become a part of the Tang Dynasty and enjoy peace forever, which is something that everyone likes to see, and Li Jing is just speeding up the progress of this matter!

"Yes!"

The generals were overjoyed, saluted and retreated, waited for a few days, and finally waited for the attack on Wuhai City, the regent said, whoever is the first to kill into the city will be given the first credit!

Everyone wants to fight for this first credit!

"Zhongyan, when will the first batch of fine salt be transported from Chaka Lake?"

After the generals left, Li Jing asked Fan Zhongyan beside him.

"In two days, the first batch of fine salt will be transported from Chaka Lake to Chang'an!"

Fan Zhongyan said.

"Good! When the time comes, you will return to Chang'an with the salt transport team, and hand over the method of making fine salt to the imperial court, and you will be fully responsible for all the affairs of the Salt Administration Department, and make fine salt in all the salt farms in Datang!"

Li Jing instructed Fan Zhongyan.

"Remember the teachings of the Lord Regent! Retire!"

Fan Zhongyan answered, saluted and withdrew.

After lunch, the Tang army officially launched an attack on Wuhai City!

……

Wuhai City.

After receiving the news that the Tang army was marching towards Wuhai City, Non Qinling immediately summoned the generals to discuss how to defend the city!

Now that the situation has reversed, they have become passive, and there are no reinforcements, and even the Haikou Ranch has been broken by the Tang army.

On Qinling, I don't understand why the Tang army did not have altitude sickness this time, and the Tang army was able to defeat it in the first place, largely because of the altitude sickness of the Tang army.

But now there is no time for him to think about this, there are more serious problems waiting for him, and the Tang army will soon come to the city and attack Wuhai City.

Now there are only 50,000 defenders in Wuhai City, and it stands to reason that it should not be a big problem to hold the impregnable Wuhai City!

However, the Tang army has a siege weapon in its hands, the Shenwei cannon, and it is said that no matter how strong the city wall is, it will turn into a pile of rubble and scum in the fierce fire of the Shenwei cannon!

"See the big talk!"

On Qinling walked into the hall of the meeting, and the Tibetan generals hurriedly saluted.

On Qinling sat down on the main seat and waved his hand: "The common rites are exempted, the enemy army will soon arrive in Wuhai City, I won't say anything else, now the grain and grass are still sufficient?" ”

"Grain and grass can last for about a year, if there is no grain and grass replenishment after a year......

The Tibetan official in charge of grain and grass stood up and reported the situation of grain and grass to Non Qinling, who interrupted him by waving his hand, one year of grain and grass was enough.

This battle to defend the city will last half a year at most, and if the Tang army fails to take Wuhai City within half a year, the balance of victory will be tilted in favor of Tibet.

On the contrary, if they fail to hold Wuhai City for half a year, they will all die here, no matter how much food they have, it will be useless, it will only be cheaper for the Tang Army!

"How's the wall going? Are all the equipment and materials for defending the city ready? ”

On Qinling asked again.

"The city wall has been strengthened many times, all kinds of equipment and materials have been moved to the city wall, and everyone is ready to fight to the death with the Tang army!"

The Tibetan logistics officer saluted.

On Qinling nodded, and continued to ask other generals, whether other aspects were ready, whether they were ready to sacrifice their lives for Tubo, and so on.

Although the generals were stunned in their hearts, they were forced to talk about Qinling's obscenity, so they could only nod their heads and agree.

"When will our reinforcements arrive? How many soldiers and horses are there? ”

One of the generals asked stiffly.

"We won't have any reinforcements, as long as we can hold on for half a year, there will be hope, if we can't hold on, you should know what the consequences will be!"

On Qinling did not evade, and directly told everyone the truth, everyone's hearts were half cold after hearing it, this is the territory under the governance of Qinling, and there is not even a reinforcement.

If it weren't for the Qinling expedition and the tyranny that offended everyone, how could the tribes conquered by them surrender to the Tang army? Why didn't Tubo send troops to reinforce it?

They knew that Qin Ling was the culprit, but they didn't have the courage to stand up and refute it, so they could only bow their heads with gloomy faces, no one knew what they were thinking at the moment?

"Other tribes rebelled and took refuge in the Tang Dynasty, did even Tubo give up on us? Don't the Tibetan people know what it means to lose Wuhai City? ”

Mang Buzhi asked under pressure from the Qin Ling.

"I have sent people back to the mainland many times to report the situation here to Zampu, maybe someone in the DPRK is obstructing it, and is unwilling to draw troops and horses from the mainland to reinforce it."

"Maybe it's because the nobles in the country hate me Qinling, and want to see me fend for myself, so I persuade Zampu not to send troops to reinforce me, in short, we won't have any reinforcements, and we can only rely on ourselves to defend this Wuhai City!"

On Qinling sighed helplessly.

"What?!"

The generals were shocked!

When is this, which is more important, don't the high-ranking officials in Tubo understand at all? How can you still fight in the nest.

"Whether Wuhai City can be defended or not, this is not only a matter of our personal glory, but also related to the future of my Tubo, I hope everyone can work together with me!"

"As long as we block the enemy's first attack, we can hold Wuhai City, as long as we wait until the envoy I sent to Chang'an, the peace talks are successful, and the Tang army will retreat!"

On Qinling said again.

"We are willing to live and die with Wuhai City, and we are willing to follow the great theory and swear to defend Wuhai City to the death!"

The generals saluted.

"Excellent! Everyone's gone!"

After waiting for a satisfactory reply, the meeting was dismissed and asked them to go back and adjust their state as soon as possible!

The generals breathed a sigh of relief, and they felt more and more that today's Lunqin Tomb was very different from the previous ones!

In the past, although the Qinling Tomb was very imposing and very majestic, it was also kind to them.

But now, his face is only cold, more strict than before, the slightest mistake will be beaten, the soldiers have long been dissatisfied with the Qin Ling!

The generals did not dare to disobey the military orders of the Qin Ling, and each entered his post to inspect his own defense area, so as not to make any mistakes, and they didn't want to be punished by the Qin Ling again!

Wuhai City is very important to Tubo, once lost, Tubo will be in danger, and it may be in danger of being beaten to the royal capital by the Tang army at any time.

Wuhai City is also the key to Tubo's recapture of Tuyuhun, which is isolated by the Kunlun Mountains between Tubo and the Western Regions, and there is only one passage between Tuyuhun.

Therefore, if you want to reverse the situation, only by occupying Tuyuhun can Tubo have the opportunity to compete with the Tang Dynasty for the Western Regions, once the Tang Dynasty has a change, Tubo can not only occupy the Western Regions, but also go all the way to the east to conquer the Tang Dynasty's city!

Wuhai City is also the last barrier of Tubo in Tuyuhun, and it is one of the most important lines of defense, so Tubo has invested a lot of manpower and material resources here, and the city wall that has been continuously strengthened is even more impregnable!

In addition, several wells were dug in the city, which was enough to ensure the long-term defense of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Woo~Woo~Woo~

At this moment, a loud military horn sounded outside Wuhai City, and the Tang Army finally attacked Wuhai City.

In the second year of Fude, the seventh day of the fourth month.

Li Jing led the army to Wuhai City, five minutes earlier than the scheduled time!

Coupled with the miscellaneous army that surrendered from various tribes, they attacked the 150,000-strong army and surrounded Wuhai City, and the encirclement was impassable!

"Order the artillery, use the Shenwei cannon to destroy the walls of Wuhai City for me!"

Li Jing rode a war horse, stood in front of the army, and gave the battle order.

If he can use artillery to blast the city wall, he will not stupidly use the tactics of crowds to attack the city, which will only be a protracted battle, and it will also lead to heavy losses for our army, and he will not be able to take it if he can't do it!

Instead of wasting time, why don't you give the order to open the way with artillery, and wait for the city walls to be blown up, and then send a large army to attack the city and kill him with a river of blood!

At the head of Wuhai City, the Tibetan soldiers entered their respective defensive positions, and the archers filled their bows and arrows, and the tight bowstrings could burst out with great power at any time!

They were ready to fight, and they didn't dare to slack off at all, they knew in their hearts that there was destined to be a vicious battle today, either they died, or the Tang army died!

"Fire!"

With the order of the captain of the artillery team, the gunner ignited the fuse behind the Kamui cannon, and the fuse burned rapidly with sparks.

Fifty Shenwei cannons roared like thunder together, and the cannonballs shot out from the muzzles of the cannons, smashing towards Wuhai City in the distance.

As if the stars in the sky fell from the sky and fell to Wuhai City, with a thunderous sound, twenty or thirty catties of iron balls smashed into Wuhai City, like an iron stone embedded in the city wall.

The tremor made the Tibetan defenders stand a little unsteadily, many people staggered, their hands loosened, and the arrows flew towards the city, and half of the arrows sank to the ground.

Before they could come to their senses, the cannonballs of the Tang army came towards Wuhai City again, and they were once again fiercely attacked by artillery fire!

Because they were inexperienced and did not know how to dodge the attack of the cannonballs, many soldiers were killed by the shells that fell to the head of the city.

The soldiers immediately made a mess and scattered in all directions to find cover, dodge the attack of the Tang army's shells, and if they were lucky, they escaped a catastrophe, and those who were unlucky were directly reimbursed by a room of people, and the city wall that they regarded as impregnable was even more riddled with holes!