When Li Daozong and the others rushed to Gaochang City, the huge army influx immediately caused a commotion in Gaochang City.

After communicating with Li Daliang about the situation here, they are not worried about the situation here.

"General Li, General An, I have a reluctant request." After they finished discussing the war, Zhou Shaoshan spoke.

"Political Commissar Zhou, please speak." Li Daozong and An Xinggui no longer ignore this political commissar who looks ordinary, but has great personal charm.

"Let these prisoners go, explain the relevant situation to them, and let them go back to promote the policies of our Tang army to the people of Gaochang and other cities, which can effectively alleviate the troubles we encounter next, and it is impossible for our army to take them with them in subsequent battles." Zhou Shaoshan said.

Li Daozong and An Xinggui thought about it, and then agreed.

Although these captives are said to be the elite soldiers of Gaochang and the Turks, in fact, as Zhou Shaoshan said, the next actions of their army cannot carry them at all, and more importantly, these captives have inevitably changed their opinion of the Tang army after these ten days of concentrated walking.

Release them at this time, don't worry about them coming back and going against the Tang army, besides, it is impossible for them to enter the capital in front, at most, they will return to other cities in Gaochang.

After the two agreed, all the soldiers immediately released the captives, and at the same time told them that the Tang Dynasty allowed them to go home, and asked them to tell their families or the people in other villages that the Tang army did not target any Gaochang people, as long as they did not attack the army, they would not do anything to these people, and they would not embarrass them.

Whether ancient or modern, it is rare for ordinary people without organization to dare to oppose the army, even if some of the army is clearly an aggressor.

What's more, in these countries in the Western Regions, there is basically no family and country feelings.

Although these captives were a little stunned, they all left in the end, but what shocked them even more was that when they left, the Tang army actually sent them two days of dry food.

Although these dry foods themselves are their previous dry foods, they ...... Which army have you ever seen release prisoners and give them food?!

This...... Unheard.

The ordinary soldiers let go, they were a little dazed at first, but they soon dispersed in all directions of Gaochang, they all came from all directions of Gaochang, even if some family members were in Gaochang City, they could only temporarily follow their colleagues to leave, they knew very well that it was impossible for the Tang Dynasty army to let them into the city.

There is only one exception.

Anda.

As the general of the Turks, Li Daozong and they not only released Anda, but also released Anda's remaining more than 800 Turks, but there is one point, Anda needs to return to the capital of Gaochang with Ju Wentai's ashes, explain this matter to the Gaochang people, and bring Li Daozong's national credentials in.

Anda agreed.

He can't agree if he doesn't agree, as for the corpse, it is impossible for the corpse to have a corpse, it is summer at the moment, they have been walking on the road for twelve days, if the corpse is kept, it will stink a long time ago, and it is possible to breed the plague, how can it be possible to keep the corpse, the corpse is cremated.

When Anda entered the capital of Gaochang with Ju Wentai's ashes, the people of Ju Zhisheng who got the news were at a loss and died? That's how your own father died? Including those ministers of Gaochang are also at a loss.

His Majesty the King, who has always been ambitious and wants to oppose the Tang Dynasty, finally ...... Scared to death?

From Anda's expression and his words, they could tell that the other party was telling the truth.

But...... It's hard to receive.

Whether they can accept it or not, they can only accept it.

In the letter that Anda carried, Li Daozong asked Ju Zhisheng to surrender immediately and unconditionally, and ordered Gaochang to surrender without any opinions.

And at the end, Li Daozong added a sentence in accordance with His Royal Highness's request: Don't say it unexpectedly!

But how could Ju Zhisheng surrender, he still had illusions.

And Anda left, completed the task assigned by the Tang people, and he left the capital of Gaochang, which was the request given to him by the Tang people, and after he explained the things, he left immediately.

Anda didn't object, because he knew that in the small country of Gaochang, he didn't know how terrifying Datang was.

Ju Zhisheng didn't let anyone stop him, an Anda has a fart, he is nothing in the Turks, and since the Tang people are willing to let him go, it is also a good thing, he will report to the Turks after he goes back, and the Turkic Khan may lead the army to support.

Anda left, and after Anda left, Li Daozong directly ordered the siege of the city!

Or rather...... Test.

The first thing to be tested was the counterweight trebuchet, which this new one carried in total and then assembled, and it took the craftsmen of the army more than an hour to assemble the two counterweight trebuchets.

Counterweight trebuchet, about 10 to 12 meters high

Compared with the counterweight trebuchet that can be made in this era, it is made by Datang Ordnance, and it first uses a new ball bearing, which allows it to convert a higher proportion of gravitational potential energy!

In addition, the necessary structural parts have been strengthened and fixed to make it easier to disassemble.

There is also the addition of pulley block structure, which can add more counterweights.

If it weren't for the horse-drawn carriage, it would be too troublesome to transport it remotely, and it is estimated that the cast iron block would have to be carried directly as a counterweight.

Here, the best choice is to use local materials, such as earth and stone, and they use stone and earth.

Put the stones first, and then add the sand and soil cracks, and the breeding is full.

Specially wound wire ropes allow for the projection of heavier stones.

When the formation was successful, after the engineer's precise calculation, the two counterweight trebuchets were directly aimed at the huge city tower on the Gaochang city gate.

The first projection was made of two slightly polished round stones of about 30 kilograms.

Li Daozong, they watched curiously not far away.

When the two soldiers directly pulled down the rope next to them, the buckle fell off instantly, and then the counterweight quickly fell from the sky, and then the round stone in the chute track quickly drew out in the lube-coated track groove, and with the long swing arm suddenly drew an arc, when the stone reached the highest point, the rope at the end of the pocket just slipped off.

Then the stone egg was directly ejected, and watched the terrifying stone leap over a distance of about 300 meters, directly and accurately bombarding the upper part of the tower above the Gaochang city wall.

Li Daozong and An Xinggui were stunned!

The terrifying power directly blasted out a huge hole in the roof of the wooden tower on the Gaochang city wall, and directly penetrated the entire city tower, and then smashed into the streets of Gaochang City, smashing out a huge hole.

The soldiers standing on the wall of Gaochang looked at this scene with horror on their faces...... Can they really defend against each other?!