Chapter 361: Shooting the Sun (Three)

This is the fourth update today. There is another update in the afternoon and two updates in the evening. The afternoon is very hard, and I have less than five or six hours of sleep every day in the past few days. Therefore, I ask everyone for some tickets to cheer up my tired spirits.

In addition, this month not only has the battle with Lunqinling, but also has a funny storyline and the prince ascended the throne, so this month Laowu really wants to compete for ***.

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Malaji made a comeback the next day, and he changed his approach.

The first day was heavy losses, not many people died, hundreds of people, but more than two thousand cannon fodder fled into the city, which was similar to death in battle. I couldn't bear to leave my children and could not trap the wolf, and I would not mention whether I attacked the city or entered the city, at least I had to fill up this annoying moat.

At this time, you can see the role of a moat, which can drag it down in time, and can also use this river to kill and damage many enemy troops who are sieging the city.

So the cannon fodder continued to be in front, and the regular troops were holding shields and some siege equipment, such as hitting wood and crashing cars. Tubo itself also had a trench, a very backward trench. This is also thanks to Princess Wencheng, who got married to Tubo and sent a large amount of dowry, not only items, but also many craftsmen. Later, Princess Jincheng married and took advantage of it. These craftsmen lived a life worse than pigs and dogs in Tubo. In order to survive, they had to pass on their craftsmanship to the Tubo people.

Some of the weapons used by Tubo to kill the Tang Dynasty today were invented by them, some came from other ethnic groups, but some were from Han craftsmen. This kind of catapult is also related to these craftsmen, but it is even rougher than the original scattering machines of the Tang Dynasty. The launch speed was slow, the range was not far, and the weight of the projected objects was limited, which could also be regarded as long-range attack weapons.

Cannon fodder was in front and archers were behind. While using bows and arrows to reflect on the city head, they forcibly supervised the cannon fodder to fill the river and prevent them from surrendering. Then there was the kind of catapult, and even pushed out two towers. Slowly arrived at the moat, one by one, and one arrow flew towards the city head, especially the tower became condescending. However, it was far away and did not cause much harm to the Tang army. However, the catapult smashed more than a dozen large stones under the pull of dozens of people, and two fell on the city head, killing more than a dozen Tang soldiers.

Li Wei ordered: "Concentrate gunpowder and shoot at the two towers and the trencher. The rest of the archers will shoot indiscriminately."

There is no way, although moats have advantages, but also disadvantages. When the moat is close, the more the defenders on the city can kill the enemy. However, when they are too close, the river will soak the foundation and endanger the city walls. This depends on the situation. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the soil was soft and the city walls must be far away from the moat. In some places, the wide Qinhuai River is used as the moat. Even on the head of the city, ordinary bows and arrows cannot shoot the opposite bank. However, although Hongji Bridge is close to the Yellow River, the soil in this area is stronger than that of Nanjing, so it can be slightly closer.

This is the disadvantage. If you want to effectively kill the regular Tubo soldiers after cannon fodder, there are only strong crossbows and strong bows, as well as the stones and gunpowder dropped by the catapult. However, there are too many cannon fodder coming. If it weren't for indiscriminate shooting, it is very likely that several floating bridges and embankments will appear in a while.

Of course, without his instructions, his subordinates took the initiative to avoid Dangxiang people. However, there were many people and crowds together, and Dangxiang people were still shot by arrows from time to time and fell down.

Tuoba Yuan and other Dangxiang people were so anxious that they walked around, but they could not say anything else. It was not easy for the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty to achieve this level. If they were released, the Tubo people would probably see it sooner or later. Once the Tubo people saw through it, the Dangxiang people would immediately suffer a catastrophe.

Amid the miserable shouts, the catapult aimed at targets. In fact, the word aiming is not very accurate. The direction is aiming, but the range is adjusted by the light and weight of the pressing object and the speed of the pressing arm loosening when dispensing.

This method of launching has a very poor accuracy.

Therefore, once you go to the field, the effects of gunpowder and catapults will be infinitely weakened. However, when siege, it is impossible to ride a horse to attack the city, and they will get rid of war horses one by one. Moreover, there must be no fewer people siege the city. If there were a few sparse, they would not have to approach the city wall, and they would have been shot to death by arrows.

Dozens of gunpowder packs were finally thrown into the sky. This time, the Tubo people had more experience. When they saw them ascend to the sky, their eyes were staring at each other. When they saw them falling in this direction, they immediately fled. Before they fell down, they caused panic among the Tubo people.

Another round of gunpowder packs rose to the sky.

After the three gunpowder packs exploded, more than a hundred people were killed, and the trenchers and two towers were all destroyed. Without these two weapons to cover, the Tubo people gradually increased their casualties under the city. However, they also caused them to throw a lot of debris into the moat in a mess, and some places actually had a small dam. Only then did Malaji sound the horn of withdrawal.

Tuoba Yuan watched the enemy evacuate, so he followed Li Wei.

In fact, after standing on the city tower for a long time, Li Wei saw another opportunity. Compared with Lun Qinling, there is a distance, but ordinary generals really do not have the vision to see farther than him. Moreover, from Li Jing's lineage, they are all tricks that are not worthy of death. They do not have the vision to see farther than Lun Qinling, but their ability to see loopholes is no less than Lun Qinling.

After fighting for most of the day, the loopholes were revealed.

Looking at these generals of the Party Xiang, Li Wei suppressed his smile and said with a tense face: "You are following the back of the orphans, what do you want to say?"

"That, that," Tuoba Yuan wanted to say, but he really couldn't speak.

"Speak quickly, why bother twitching?"

"Your Highness, can you think of another way?"

Hongji City is different from Lily City. Lily City is also fighting, but Lily City does not have a tall wall and directly attacks the city. Although the Dangxiang people dispatched 35,000 soldiers, the proportion is still very small among the more than 300,000 troops. The Tubo people never expect the Dangxiang people to attack the city directly.

This is an illusion.

He was too cruel to the Dangxiang people and was also cruel to Tuyuhun, but he even won over the upper class aristocrats. Even if he was cruel, he was more favorable than the Dangxiang people. Therefore, when fighting for Tubo, most of them worked hard but did not work hard. Or after defeating, he would win the fruits of victory, and each one was more brave and poorer than the other.

This made the Tubo people look down on it very much, believing that this was a group of greedy and fearful of death and insatiable races, and even Lunqinling neglected this matter. Therefore, the Dangxiang people in Lily City could escape the disaster. However, Hongji City was different. If they filled a moat, they had to be cannon fodder. If the Dangxiang people could not fight, they would be cannon fodder. If this continued, more Dangxiang people would die tomorrow, or even die at the hands of the Dangxiang people on the city.

But this became a great fighter. Li Wei did not say it immediately and continued to say with a tense face: "General Tuoba, you are an official of the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that for the two or three thousand people of your tribe, the lonely general will take over the entire Hongji City, more than 10,000 soldiers in the entire Hongji City, and even the entire Jiuqu situation is corrupt?"

Tuoba Yuan can't speak.

Li Wei changed his voice, pondered for a moment, and said, "I will think about it again."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Tuoba Yuan immediately felt overjoyed and said with a deep impression.

Li Wei pretended to be meditated, turned around, and said, "I have it."

"I knew that Your Highness must have a solution."

"Don't praise me. If you want to save thousands of you Dangxiang people, you have to take a risk."

"Please give your orders, and I am willing to go up to the mountain of swords and sea of ​​fire for you."

"It's not that serious. Do you see a forest over there? Put you down the wall with a rope at night, don't be afraid of the cold, sneak across the moat and quickly enter the woods. Not far from the woods, it seems that it is the camp of your Dangxiang people. Gu has been paying attention today for a long time, and you quietly enter their camp and a word for Gu can not only save your tribe members, but also make a wonderful achievement."

"What's the matter?"

"Come here." whispered in his ear.

"Your Highness, you should have done this long ago," Tuoba said happily.

"Wrong, I don't want to do this because of your tribe. If you have a large-scale war like this, it doesn't matter if you win or lose a battle. I am afraid that I will take this lead, and the other tribes will be greedy for me, and they will learn from me and make a rash move. Then I will ruin my big business."

"yes."

"Go down." But Li Wei was very cautious. Before the arrangement had begun, he immediately wrote to the generals of all walks of life. He wanted to learn this trick, but he could not pursue more than eight miles. Before chasing, he would make a military order in front of various military supervisors. If he could not win, he would behead him and show him to the public.

Indeed, blindly defending, he also made many mistakes in the fighter. For example, this time the Tubo people were very arrogant, and they were sure that they only defended and did not counterattack. But once they attacked, they would give Lunqinling a chance. Therefore, only eight miles can expand the results of the battle and the distance is very safe. Going to the highest point of the city tower, you can see it from a distance and not really clearly, and you can't see it in the Bali area, but if you ambush an army, you can probably see it. This Bali area can make the blind guarding the city flexible, otherwise the tactics will be too rigid.

When night came, Tuoba Yuan asked the soldiers on the city to put them down quietly with ropes, and came to the moat and wade into the water quietly. In late September, the weather in Qinghai officially became cold. He swam across the moat and trembled constantly on the shore. Then he trotted and sneaked into the woods.

After a long time, Tuoba Yuan returned and entered the city. Just as he was about to report, Li Wei said, "Don't be anxious, go in and change your clothes first, and then talk."

"Here!" After changing his clothes, he immediately leaned down and said, "Your Highness, our tribe members are grateful."

"I have had a bloody oath with you, the Gangxiang people, and will regard you, the Gangxiang people as the people of the Tang Dynasty. It is worth doing this, and there is no need to thank you."

Tuoba Yuan was crying, and suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Highness, let me be your slave."

"When you get up, Gu is the prince, not another general, you can have a slave. Gu only has his personal bodyguard, and he is a guard, not a slave."

"Then I'll be your guard."

"Don't be ignorant of the world. If you want to be the guard of His Highness the Crown Prince, compete with me first." A captain Qi Zi of the guards was anxious. If there were too many things, it would be not rare. Seeing that his group of people were not holding their heads up, you boy, the prince helped your tribe members, but instead he was ungrateful and was about to gain a better position.

"Don't," Li Wei stopped Qi Zigang, and said to Tuoba Yuan: "You are the Ranger General. Gu is also observing you and has the talent of generals. He is just because he is illiterate and does not know about military books. After this battle, Gu will send someone to teach you how to read, and then give you some military books. In the future, he will not only be the Ranger General, but also the general of our Tang Dynasty. Do you understand?"

"Here!"

There was nothing to say all night, the next day, the Tubo people started to fill the river again. If they didn't fill the river, they could not attack the city. Li Wei looked behind him and said to Luo Wuji: "General Luo, are you ready?"

"It's ready, Your Highness."

"General Li has been praising you, but Gu has not seen your battle. Can you let Gu see your majestic posture on the battlefield today?"

"Here!"

"And I will cheer for you in person."

"Here!" Luo Wu felt his blood boiling when he heard this.

"You go down and prepare."

Luo Wu calmed down the city wall. Li Wei began to order again: "Drop gunpowder without deliberately aiming, and the faster the better."

Bunches of gunpowder flew out, but in fact, gunpowder was still very useful. Without it, the difficulty of defending the city would have to increase. With the sound of explosions, shrilling screams, and the tragic phenomenon of some soldiers being blown to pieces, the Tubo army began to panic again.
Chapter completed!