Chapter 490: The decisive battle in the city

It was dawn, and the fierce battle in the Mocheng City last night was revealed under the sunlight. At this time, a shocking tragedy was dyed red. The moat was covered with corpses under the southern city wall. The highest point of the pile of corpses was more than three feet. The burning city ladder was still blazing with blue smoke, and the air was filled with a pungent odor. On the battlefield in the distance, there were smashed land buckets and rafts everywhere, and bloody corpses lay around the big rocks.

He Lou Yurun stood at the top of the city and looked at the corpses everywhere outside the city. He also felt a little scared. Judging from the situation in front of him, the Tubo army had at least tens of thousands of casualties. A battle of more than two hours would have killed or injured tens of thousands of people. It is conceivable how tragic the battle was last night.

The Tang army was exhausted, wrapped in military blankets or sleeping bags, and each curled up in the leeward under the battlements and slept soundly. The top of the city was covered with blood, which was shocking.

At this time, a soldier ran over and bowed and said, "Report to General, the count has been completed."

"How many?" He Lou Yurun asked back.

"General, our army has killed 1,266 people and injured 1,980 people."

Nearly half of the casualties were killed or killed in one battle. He Lou Yurun couldn't help but sigh. If it weren't for the sudden arrival of 20,000 Tubo troops, the Tubo people would not dare to invest like this, because the military strength was too disparity.

"General, more than two hundred people died on the side of the civilians."

"Don't mention that bunch of trash to me!"

When talking about the civil servants, He Lou Yurun was angry. If they hadn't caused trouble in the west of the city last night, they would not have been so passive. The city almost fell. He Lou Yurun's eyes fell on the three lonely catapults, which were also affected by the fire last night, and were almost burned down, leaving only a pair of black-burned shelves.

He Lou Yurun took a breath. Now that he was short of staff, he still needed these civil servants to help. Thinking of this, he ordered his servants to say, "Every family of the civil servants who fell, each family will give one hundred silver dollars to comfort them. In addition, they will collect other civil servants and ask them to dismantle five trenchers on both sides of the east and west to install them here."

The left and right generals agreed and went to do their business separately. He Lou Yurun looked at the Tubo camp again. There were more than 40,000 Tubo troops. If they launched the same attack as last night, they might not be able to resist it. When will their reinforcements come?

At this moment, a few small black dots flew from the sky, "Carry Pigeon!" a soldier shouted.

He Lou Yurun was excited. He saw clearly that it was indeed a carrier pigeon. Three carrier pigeons hovered for a moment and fell into the city. After a moment, a soldier rushed over.

"General Helou, it is a letter from the general."

He Lou Yurun took the letter tube, but it was still a red gold ring, but there was no address. He Lou Yurun was a little confused. He pulled out the letter tube, but it was empty inside. There was no letter. He looked at the soldiers who were sending the letter in confusion. The soldier was so scared that he shook his head, expressing his unawareness.

He Lou Yurun was stunned. Why didn't he have a letter? And the address was not engraved on the letter. What's going on? At this time, he suddenly asked: "Where is the carrier pigeon? Go and ask several lieutenants in the Noble City and ask if they know each other."

The soldiers ran away. At this time, Helou Yurun understood Li Qing'an's meaning vaguely, but he still needed to confirm that he did not dare to guess without sufficient evidence. After a while, the newsman came again. He said excitedly: "General Helou, those three carrier pigeons are all carrier pigeons from Dianhe City."

"It's true!"

He Lou Yurun was so excited that his fists and palms hit him. Li Qing'an's army had arrived. He did not send a letter because he was afraid that the carrier pigeon would be shot down by the Tubo army, but he used another method to remind himself.

After understanding this, he leaned his head to the east and looked at the figure of Tang Jun, but He Lou Yurun's mood became extremely happy. He suddenly turned around and shouted: "Go and tell the whole army that our reinforcements have arrived, so everyone should cheer up!"

The news spread throughout Qiemo City, and the whole city was cheering, and the whole city was filled with joy.

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Although Li Qing'an was very cautious, his arrival was still noticed by the Tubo army. The problem was not that Li Qing'an's main army was discovered by Tubo spies, but that the team that delivered food and grass last night was ambushed by about 5,000 Tang Army brigade. Two hundred cars of fodder and three hundred cars of beef and mutton were all intercepted. Nearly 300 soldiers escorted to the brigade and 500 logistics personnel were killed. In the end, only two people escaped. It was these two who transmitted the news of the Tang army's attack on the brigade and returned to the camp.

Shang Jiasu couldn't help but be shocked. The Tang army with 5,000 people meant that the Tang army's support had arrived. What made him even more worried was that the five thousand Tang army was heading south. Where would they go? It was without thinking that he must be Ulan Lake, which was the logistics location of their 40,000 troops.

Shang Jiasu was extremely anxious. Although he deployed 3,000 troops to defend Wulan Lake, the number of people was still relatively small. If the Tang army really attacked Wulan Lake, the consequences would be unimaginable. How could his 40,000 troops make a living? Moreover, Mocheng is not like Hehuang, which can also plunder civilians. Thousands of miles here are deserted. Where can he get food? At present, they only have three days to store grain, and the horses have less forage, which is only two days enough, but it will take at least three days to go to Wulan Lake from here.

Shang Jiasu began to feel anxious. If the army retreated to Ulan Lake and the logistics of Ulan Lake were gone, then the 40,000 troops were cut off at that time and were in the wilderness of the desolate plateau.

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Shang Jiasu only felt two tremblings. The serious consequences made him feel scared. What should he do? How can he solve the crisis in front of him? Shang Jiasu looked at the high Qiemo wall in the distance. He actually knew that there was another way to solve it, that is, to conquer Qiemo City, and the food in the city would definitely solve the survival crisis in front of him.

Although Pi Dou is gone, they still have about eighty stairs to climb the city, and they can fight again. From last night's battle, he also discovered the weakness of the Tang army defending the city, that is, the lack of troops. If they fight again, the city will definitely be able to conquer.

Thinking of this, Shang Jiasu made up his mind and resolutely ordered: "Tell me my order and attack the city again!"

In the early morning, the sun had just shone on the city wall. Before the battlefield could be cleaned, the sound of the offensive drums in the Tubo camp sounded again.

"Dong!Dong!Dong......"

Teams of Tubo soldiers began to rush out of the camp and quickly gathered in the open space in front of the camp. Shang Jiasu once again invested 30,000 troops. This time, the 20,000 new forces later became the main force of the siege.

The drums were shaking the earth, and they rang again after a war ended, causing the heart to stop beating. The sound of the attacking drums made Helou Yurun's heart fall into the abyss. He thought that the Tubo army would retreat south after learning that Lao Cai was attacked, but he did not expect that the Tubo army would be fierce and attack Qiemo City again. This made Helou Yurun admire the strategy of the Tubo general, which was undoubtedly to take the sir from the fire.

"Damn it, it's so difficult for me to get promoted to another level!"

He Lou Yurun was fierce and kicked the Tang soldiers who were sleeping beside him, "Get up all of them! Damn, the Tubo people are calling again."

Only He Lou Yurun's roar was heard on the top of the city. He kicked the sleeping soldiers one by one. The soldiers were so tired that the sound of the Tubo people could not wake them up.

"Get up! Bastard, stop sleeping, get up quickly!"

The soldiers were all pushed to wake up one after another. They stood up sleepily and looked blankly at the Tubo army that began to gather in the distance. At this time, the bells on the city wall rang again, and the sound was extremely sharp and harsh, "Dang! Dang! Dang!"

All the Tang troops rushed to the top of the city. In addition to the seriously injured soldiers, the slightly injured soldiers also bandaged the wounds and went back to battle. They cheered up, took the bow and arrow, and prepared to fight again.

"Brothers, the general's tens of thousands of reinforcements are a hundred miles away. We only need to hold on for another two hours, just two hours, we can completely defeat the enemy. Brothers, today's battle will surely be recorded in the history of the Tang Dynasty!"

He Lou Yurun was making the final mobilization of the soldiers in a hoarse voice, and the Tang army was also gathering quickly. Including the lightly wounded soldiers, the Tang army had combat effectiveness and there were still 5,000 people. He Lou Yurun was most worried that the Tubo army was attacking from both sides of the north and south at the same time. They still had 40,000 people, which should be done. Now the only thing that the Tubo army expected last night's bloody battle was that after the Tubo army had no more siege weapons. He destroyed hundreds of siege ladders last night. He believed that Tubo had few siege ladders and could not fight on both sides.

The facts proved that He Lou Yurun's judgment was correct. The Tubo army did not have so many siege ladders, and they could not organize two-sided attacks. The Tang army had just entered the war preparations. The first wave of siege team of the Tubo army came to fight, and about 15,000 people came. The three black square troops lined up into a vertical line, like a river rushing, and came from the southwest corner of Qiemo City.

As the saying goes, there are gains and losses, and there are gains and losses. Although the Tubo Red Card Army spent too much time on destroying the catapult last night and missed the best fighter, today shows the seemingly stupid results of the Tubo army last night. It is not a simple matter to install a new catapult, and it takes at least half a day. So at this time, the head of Xicheng was empty, and the Tang army lost the catapult to strike from a long distance.

The Tubo army seized the Tang army's gap and took the 5,000 raft platoons as the vanguard, and rushed in a mighty way. The raft was to cross the moat, but also to resist the Tang army's crossbow.

When Tubo entered within 700 steps, three hundred crossbows on the city were fired at the same time. Three hundred female arrows and two thousand one hundred arrows roared towards the Tubo army. The Tubo army erected a raft, and powerful iron arrows shot on the raft, making a series of "doles!doles!doles!' sounds, most of which were nailed on the raft.

This is experience. After a bloody battle, both sides will discover the weaknesses of the other party and use them. Without the impact of the huge rock of the catapult, the Tubo people would be much more relaxed in dealing with the Tang army's bed crossbow. The Tubo people fought with the Tang army for nearly a hundred years, and they knew how to deal with the bed crossbow.

Similarly, the Tang army also knew how to deal with the Tubo people's city climbing ladders. Their ladders were composed of sections of wooden ladders temporarily tied and spliced ​​together, and the outside was wrapped with cowhide. Since the ladders needed seven meters long, the shape of the ladder was wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, thick at the bottom and thin at the top. This made the number of people climbing the city into a pyramid shape. There were many people below, and at most two people could be ranked side by side. If the number was not large, the Tang army could use teams as units to deal with a city ladder. In addition to bows and arrows and rolling wood and stones, the Tang army also used tinder oil, which was a powerful tool to deal with the Tubo army.

After a night of bloody battle, the Tang army also learned from last night's lesson. Last night, the Tang army suffered too many casualties, mainly because they were injured by arrows under the city. This time, the Tang army soldiers would no longer leaned over and shoot at the city like they did last night. They would use the shooting holes on the city wall and the shields of their comrades to shoot.

The Tang army's crossbow did not exert much power, and the first Tubo army rushed to the city. With a sound of "boom!", he boarded a raft and erected ladders to the city wall. At the top of the city, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and wooden stones were smashed from the city. The arrows were like dense rain and stones were like hail. Nearly a thousand Tubo soldiers who rushed through the moat were shot by arrows and were hit by stones, with broken bones and broken tendons, and wailing. At this time, the Tubo army also began to counterattack. They were in groups, one raised a shield and one shot, and arrows were shot overwhelmingly into the city. The dense arrows up and down formed a net of arrows.

As dozens of city ladders were successively built on the city walls, Tubo soldiers rushed up, and the second batch of Tubo troops siege 15,000 Tubo troops once again entered the battlefield. At this time, the Tubo army had already invested 30,000 people, while the Tang army had only 5,000 people. They fought a desperate bloody battle with the Tubo army with a huge difference of one and six.

More than a dozen city stairs were poured with tinder oil, and the fire ignited in screams. More than a hundred Tubo soldiers on the city stairs were burned unbearably and jumped off the city stairs.

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Two Tang soldiers carried the crucible and poured the melted iron juice from the crucible onto the Tubo soldiers on the city ladder.

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At several places where the Tubo army was attacking, fierce Tubo soldiers rushed to the top of the city and were constantly killed by the tenacious and brave Tang army. Both sides flew with blood and blood, fighting for life and death. A Tang soldier was pierced by a long sword. He burst out his last strength and fell off the city wall with his arms and Tubo soldiers.

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A bloody and cruel offensive battle was held in Qiemo City.

The Tubo army seemed to be a devil army from the region. The capture of Qiemo City had become their last chance to survive, and the last ten thousand people were also engaged in the battle. They had ignored death and tried every possible way to think of it.

Under the suspension bridge, dozens of Tubo people climbed onto the suspension bridge stepping on the bodies of their mountain-stacked companions. They tried hard to cut down the iron wedges that pulled the city bridge, and the long chains flew away, and the city bridge collapsed with a bang.

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The fall of the moat bridge caused the battle to take a sharp turn. Three thousand Tubo soldiers in raw cowhide held a 15-meter-long giant tree that hit the city. Under the dense protection of more than a thousand shields, they rushed towards the city gate again and again. At this time, the Tang army's bows, huge rocks, and tincture oil could not shake the thousand-legged iron beetle.
To be continued...