Seeing that Shi Jin had the upper hand, the officers and soldiers of the Yanyun Army shouted loudly, their voices shaking the sky, and their morale was like a rainbow. However, the officers and soldiers of the Tubo Army couldn't help but become a little anxious, and they also shouted one after another, but the taste was completely different from that of the Yanyun Army, as if it was...
As if urging Sang Kun.
Sang Kun became angry and yelled, and attacked Shi Jin with his sword. Each sword was like a tiger's wind, and the cold light shone on the snow. The power was amazing. Chen Jie waved his spear to block, blocking every sword from the opponent.
When the knives intersect, the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong is thick and harsh.
The two sides fought for more than ten rounds without deciding the winner. The shouts of the soldiers on both sides shook the earth like a wave, and everyone's blood boiled. The two fought for more than ten rounds, and Sang Kun already showed signs of cowardice.
After fighting for a few more rounds, Shi Jin made a sudden attack. Sang Kun was in a hurry and almost lost his sword. He became frightened and slowly turned his horse's head to escape. Chen Jie was just about to kill and he immediately galloped to catch up.
Tianyou saw him on the city wall and shouted: "Oh, it's going to happen! Hurry up and claim the gold!" At this moment, the horns of the Tibetan army sounded loudly, and nearly ten thousand Tibetan warriors rushed out howling. It turned out that the Tibetan general
Zanbutai saw that Sang Kun was in danger, so he ordered the cavalry to charge to rescue Sang Kun. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding... the sound of the golden bells on the city wall rang loudly.
Chen Jie turned his horse's head and galloped towards the city gate. Upon seeing this, the Tubo cavalry immediately chased after him. Chen Jie rode his horse and galloped to the city gate. The city gate immediately opened a crack. Chen Jie quickly rushed in, and the city gate immediately opened.
Close it. The Tibetan army rushed to the city gate and was not allowed to enter. They huddled together. The Yanyun army on the city wall fired thousands of arrows. Suddenly, they saw the Tubo cavalry below flipping on their backs. The Tubo cavalry was greatly frightened and turned around and ran away.
He went back and quickly got out of the range of the crossbow, but he had already killed hundreds of people.
Zanbutai was furious and ordered the army to attack the city. The Tibetan army launched a wave of attacks on Xizhou City. Arrows in the sky were like locusts. Countless city assault vehicles on the ground rushed towards the city gates and walls. Countless ladders were placed against the top of the wall. Ants
The Tubo army continued to surge towards the city wall, but kept falling down; the Yanyun army kept firing arrows, and the locust-like arrows caused ripples in the tide of the Tubo army, and the rolling stones and wood rumbled down the city wall.
When it hits a person, flesh and blood fly everywhere, and when it hits a ladder, it breaks suddenly.
The Tibetan army attacked for a whole day, but did not make any progress. Instead, they suffered heavy losses. There were mountains of corpses under the city wall, and the remains of countless siege equipment were scattered. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Zanbutai had to order the troops to withdraw to the camp.
In the tent, Mrs. Zanbu was very angry, "Damn it! Damn it! After attacking for a whole day, there was no progress, but thousands of people died!" All the generals looked a little downcast. In today's battle, everyone used
Even though he exerted all his strength, he just couldn't get in. Let alone get in, the opponent's defense didn't seem to be able to even open the slightest gap!
Duosang frowned and said: "Yan Yun's army is firmly guarding Xizhou. Although Xizhou is not a majestic pass, it is a city with strong walls. I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter with a hard attack. We have to find another way! The Han people have a saying: '
It's better to attack with force than to outwit'!"
Huck said angrily: "It's simple! How to outwit us?" Duosang thought: "We won't gain anything from fighting all day today. I'm afraid Yan Yun's army will get carried away. People will be careless when they are proud. Why don't we send troops tonight?
If an elite team climbs up from the weakly guarded part of the city wall and seizes the city gate, they may be able to succeed."
Zanbutai felt that this was a clever plan, nodded, glanced at the generals, and asked: "Which of you is willing to lead the army in a sneak attack?" Huck and Sang Kun came out together and said: "The last general is willing to go!" None of them.
Thinking that the other party would also ask for a fight, she couldn't help but glance at him. Zanbu smiled and her eyes fell on Huck, "Let Huck go this time!" Huck thanked him happily, but Sang Kun was a little depressed and said to himself.
:The general must have seen that I lost to Shi Jin during the day, so he doesn't think highly of me. I must make contributions to wash away this shame.
The Tibetan army was cooking up and down the fire. The smoke in the military camp was curling up, reflecting the red clouds in the sky. Soon after, the sky turned dark. The piles of bonfires in the Tubo army camp were like stars in the sky. The Tubo army soldiers gathered around the piles of bonfires.
There was a lot of noise while eating, drinking and talking.
Soon after, the noisy camp gradually became quiet, and finally only the bonfire was still burning. In the middle of the night, Huck led a group of about a thousand Tibetan elites wearing soft armor and holding short soldiers and left.
The military camp quietly marched to the northeast corner of the city. Before that, the scouts had already investigated clearly, and the security in that place was the weakest. As soon as Huck's elite troops left the camp, Zabutai personally led an army of 100,000 people to leave.
Military camp, go to the north city gate to ambush, wait for Huck and others to succeed, then rush into the city.
Huck led a thousand elites to the northeast corner quietly. He glanced up and saw that the wall was quiet. Although a torch was lit, the light was dim. Huck shot a few people around him.
With the gesture, the men immediately unhooked the lock hooks on their bodies, dropped the steel hook, shook it, and then threw it towards the wall with all their strength. The steel hook flew up to the wall with the rope, making several soft snaps. The wall.
Everyone held their breath and listened, and saw that there was no movement on the city wall. The few people who had just thrown out the lock hook began to slowly pull the rope down, and then they felt that the lock hook had caught the city wall and could no longer be pulled. Several people whispered to each other.
Ke said: "Okay."
Huck made a gesture, and the sergeants immediately climbed up the rope to the top of the wall. Huck stood below and looked up, and saw that the top few soldiers were about to climb the city wall. Ding-dang-dang-dang-dang...suddenly...
The sound of bells was loudly ringing, which was particularly harsh in the silent night. It turned out that the Yan Yun army had arranged a rope on the city wall, and the rope was connected to the bells. The Tubo army who was sneaking up the city wall touched the rope, and the bells connected to the rope were touched.
It immediately made a loud noise.
Huck and others were shocked, and then fire surged on the wall, and then they saw countless Yanyun troops appearing above. Huck knew it was not good, and shouted urgently: "Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Everyone retreated immediately, and those few
The Tibetan soldier who was still hanging in the air hurriedly fell down.
Fire arrows! Someone on the wall shouted, and then arrows rained down. The fleeing Tibetan soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, and screams were heard. Huck was also hit by an arrow, but fortunately it only hit his arm.
Zanbutai heard the noise in the southeast corner and couldn't help frowning, because the noise was completely different from what he expected and the situation seemed wrong.
After a while, he saw Huck and others running back in a very embarrassed manner. Zanbutai asked angrily: "Did you miss?" Huck was greatly ashamed, but Sang Kun next to Zanbutai looked gloating.
With an expression on his face, Huck held his injured left arm with his right hand and said to Zanbutai: "They arranged bell traps everywhere on the city wall. Our people didn't notice it and touched those things while climbing the city wall. As a result, as a result
It’s been exposed!” Then he knelt down and begged, “General, please punish me!”
Zanbu frowned and said, "Forget it, this can't be considered your fault. Get up."
"These generals!" Zanbutai glanced at the city in front of him and snorted, "I don't believe that my army of hundreds of thousands can't take this small city!"
Early the next morning, there was a thunderous roar outside the city. The Tubo army once again attacked the city. The offensive was more fierce than the previous day, and they attacked from the west, north and south at the same time. The Tubo people seemed determined to win. However, after a whole day
, but the Tubo army still failed to enter the city, and suffered greater losses than yesterday. The officers and soldiers of the Tubo army couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, and felt that such an attack was like banging their heads against a wall.
Zanbutai was helpless and very frustrated. At this time, Duosang suggested: "General, we can capture some Han people and drive them as the vanguard to attack the city. The Yanyun Army has always regarded itself as the protector of the Han people in order to gain fame and reputation, and will definitely hold a meeting.
The city will let those people in, and then we will take the opportunity to rush into the city, and we are not afraid that we will not be able to defeat Yan Yun's army!"
Everyone's eyes were wide open, and they praised Bu Tai with praise: "What a plan! What a plan!..." Huck said, "This is just Duosang's own guess. What if Yan Yun's army just didn't open the city gate? Aren't we going to do it again?
All the hard work in vain?"
Zanbutai frowned again. He felt that what Huck said was very possible. If he were to defend the city, he would never open the city gate for a few people. From this point of view, I'm afraid
This strategy is not feasible! Duosang laughed and said: "I am sure that the Yanyun Army will fall into the trap! Take ten thousand steps back and say that if the Yanyun Army really does not open the city gate and does not care about the life and death of the Han people, then we will
They slowly slaughtered the civilians in front of them. Even if the soldiers of the Yanyun Army are made of steel, their military morale will definitely be shaken. When we attack fiercely, the Yanyun Army will definitely not be able to withstand it, but they will fall in one battle!"
Zanbu nodded excitedly and said: "Okay, okay, Duosang said it well! Duosang, you, hurry up and take people around to capture as many Han people as possible!" "Yes!" Then nearly 10,000 Tubo troops left the military camp.
Divided into several teams to search for Han people in all directions. Although most of the Han people had already heeded the warning of Yan Yun's army and fled into the nearby mountains, there were still many people who stayed in their homes and refused to leave. As a result, they were killed by the wolf-like Tibetan army.
After being able to survive, the cries of calling for children and mother-in-law echoed throughout the countryside, and there were miserable scenes everywhere.
Chen Jie received an urgent report from the scouts that a Tibetan army was harming the surrounding villagers. Without thinking, he left Xuanzan to defend the city and led two thousand warriors out of the city. They roamed the nearby countryside to intercept and fight fiercely.
In seven battles, more than 2,000 Tubo troops were killed and more than 5,000 civilians were saved. However, tens of thousands of civilians were still captured by the Tubo troops and taken to the barracks. Chen Jie's two thousand cavalry could not save them, so they could only return temporarily.
Enter the city.
Chen Jie led his cavalry into the city gate. The rescued people knelt down on the street to thank Chen Jie and the soldiers for their life-saving grace. Everyone's face was filled with tears. Some were crying with joy, and some were grieving for their relatives who had died. Chen Jie turned over.
He dismounted and raised his voice to the people: "Don't thank me, but thank King Yan!" Then he called an officer and ordered him to take these people down and resettle them, and then they climbed the city wall with Tianyou.
The two stood on the city wall and looked at the Tubo military camp outside the city. Chen Jie couldn't help but curse: "The **** Tibetans can't do anything to us, but they go to harm the people! They are really a bunch of thieves!"
There are many people who were captured and taken to military camps, but I couldn’t save them!”
Tianyou frowned and said: "I'm a little worried..." "Nonsense, what good things can happen if the people are captured by the Tubo people, but worrying is useless!" Tianyou shook his head, "That's not what I meant," and took a look.
Chen Jie, "General, have you ever thought about why the Tibetans did this?"
Chen Jie said without thinking: "The Tubo people are greedy. Population, especially young women, is a valuable asset to them. To rob people is to rob wealth. What's so strange about that!"
"I'm afraid it's not that simple! The Tubo people used to plunder the population after conquering a place. Not to mention the Tubo people, this is not the case for other people. But during the siege of the city, they divided their troops to plunder the population. This is really unbelievable!"
Chen Jie also felt that something was wrong, "Then what do you think they want to do?" Tianyou frowned and said, "If my prediction is correct, I'm afraid their purpose is not those people, but to use those people to blackmail us and drive away the empire.
The common people attack the city first. This tactic has been around since ancient times. If the defending party opens the city gate and lets the people in, the attacking party will surely take the opportunity to invade, and the consequences will be disastrous. But if the city gate is not opened, the attacking party will definitely kill people.
Common people, the morale of the defenders will be greatly shaken, and the attackers can take the opportunity to break through the defense line!"
Chen Jie's expression changed, "Damn, what a vicious strategy!" Tianyou nodded, "Although it is vicious, it is also very effective!" Looking at Chen Jie, "General, we have to think of a countermeasure, otherwise tomorrow
They will definitely be caught off guard!" Chen Jie lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked up at the military camp outside the city and said categorically: "We must not watch the people being killed by them!" Tianyou was shocked, "But General, if this happens, the city will be damaged.
If we can't stop it, wouldn't we lose a big thing for a small thing? Moreover, if the city is lost, the people will not be spared!"
Chen Jie said angrily: "What do you mean, we have to watch those **** massacre the people?"
Tianyou sighed, "For the overall situation, I'm afraid this is the only way!" "No! Protecting the people is the overall situation! As soldiers, if we can't protect the people, what kind of soldiers are we? We can die, but the people must be unscathed.
!No one dies in this world. As soldiers, it is natural for us to die on the battlefield, but why should we ask ordinary people to block the knife?"
Tianyou said: "General, what you said is good! But the gains and losses of Xizhou are very important. If something goes wrong, we will not be able to explain it to King Yan even if we die!" Chen Jie glanced at Tianyou, "I have made up my mind, you don't want to
You said too much!" Tianyou said angrily: "I firmly disagree!" Chen Jie held down the handle of the knife and glared: "How dare you!" Tianyou looked at Shi Jin without fear.
The night passed and morning came. The unique sound of the Tubo army's leather drums dispersed the gauze-like mist. Only a brown wave was slowly approaching, and at the front were tens of thousands of men, women and old men in ragged clothes.
Young! They were thrown together by ropes and driven by the ferocious Tubo soldiers. Everyone was frightened to the extreme. The children and women were crying. Even the strong people looked at a loss.
The Tubo army drove tens of thousands of Han people close to the city wall. The Tubo army stopped. Zanbutai glanced at the Yanyun army on the wall. Seeing the panic on the wall, he couldn't help showing a proud look. He raised his right hand.
Thousands of crossbowmen immediately fired arrows at the people in front, and the arrows flew past. The people walking at the back were shot to the ground one after another. There were loud cries and shouts. Some people turned around to rescue those who were killed.
Most of the relatives who were shot down rushed toward the city gate in panic. Xizhou City was different from the big cities in the Central Plains. There was no moat, only city walls. The extremely frightened people rushed directly to the city gate, and many people beat the door hard:
"Let us in! Please let us in!..." The shrill cry for help made those Yanyun soldiers who were going through swords and fire feel very sad.
An officer named Chen Zhan couldn't stand it anymore, so he ran to Xuan Zan and begged: "General, please open the city gate and let the people in! They are so pitiful!" As soon as he finished speaking, several more officers came.
Plea.
Tianyou frowned and said: "It's not that I don't want to deal with them, it's actually that the current situation is too dangerous. If there is a slight mistake, not only will they not be able to save them, but the entire Xizhou will be lost!" Then he pointed his hand at the enemy's two wings: "Look, the enemy's
The cavalry troops are already ready to attack. If we open the door, they will rush into the city with losses. At that time, the city will fall. Not to mention the people outside the city, even the people inside the city will not be able to save it! We must not do it for small reasons.
Big loss!" All the officers were silent, feeling a tightness in their chests.
At this moment, there were screams and cries outside the city again. Everyone was startled and quickly looked down. It turned out that the Tubo people had fired another wave of arrows, and many people had suffered.
, I saw many people who were seriously injured but not dead, still lying on the ground, miserable; a little girl who was not yet one year old was sitting next to her lost mother, crying loudly.
Yanyun's soldiers were furious. Someone shouted: "Open the city gate quickly!" With this voice, the soldiers shouted: "Open the city gate! Open the city gate!..." At the same time, some people ran towards the city gate.
The soldiers who wanted to open the city gate struggled to block the soldiers who wanted to open the city gate. When the soldiers saw this, they roared angrily: "Are you **** Hans? Why are you looking at my fellow villagers helplessly?"
Don't you save them if they are killed?" Why don't the soldiers guarding the city gate want to rush out to save people? However, it is their duty to open the door without the general's order. They only heard the captain of the city gate shouting excitedly: "You*
*****Don’t you think I’m willing to save people? But no one can open the city gate without an order!”
"I stabbed you bastard!" Someone pulled out a knife and was about to take action. The situation was about to get out of hand! "Stop it!" An angry shout suddenly came from the ladder of the city wall next to it. The noisy and restless city gate immediately
It became quiet, and all the officers and soldiers turned their heads to look towards the city wall ladder, and saw the angry expressions on their faces. The officers and soldiers knelt down one after another, and many of them actually started crying. One officer cried out: "General, please open the city wall."
Come on, we can't just watch our fellow villagers being killed!" All the soldiers begged.
Tianyou's heart was trembling. How could he want to do this? However, how could he jump in knowing that this was an enemy's conspiracy? At this moment, a messenger galloped up to Xuan Zan, reined in his horse, and turned over.
Dismounted, ran up the wall ladder, and reported: "General, General Chen Jie ordered the villain to inform the general that he has led four thousand war cavalry out of the east city gate! General Shi Jin will lead the war cavalry to raid the enemy's formation, and he wants the general to seize the opportunity.
Saved the people..."
When all the soldiers heard this, they were all shocked. The messenger continued: "Chen Jiejun said, if, if he can't come back, please make sure to hold the city!" Tianyou was stunned and hurried up to the city wall.
At the same time, earth-shattering shouts were heard from under the city wall in the northeast, and Shi Jin led four thousand warriors to rush out, suddenly rushing towards the majestic formation of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops. The four thousand soldiers were galloping at full speed.
The roar was like thunder, and he moved forward indomitably! Tianyou cursed with tears in his eyes: "Damn it!"
The Tubo people did not expect the enemy's cavalry to stand out at all, and were stunned for a moment.
The four thousand soldiers raised up smoke and dust in the sky and kicked into the middle of the enemy's cavalry. They charged and killed the Tibetan soldiers, causing the Tibetan soldiers to flip over in fear and confusion. The four thousand soldiers were like sharp blades and passed through the enemy's cavalry in an instant, and then they were like a stormy sea.
Generally, they collided with the Tibetan army's formation. Everyone risked their lives and moved forward, waving their weapons like crazy, like four thousand crazy tigers. The Tubo infantry were killed and their corpses were covered with blood. They retreated in horror. Hundreds of thousands
The army was actually moved into position by these four thousand warriors. The Tubo army no longer bothered to attack the city, and turned their heads to respond with all their strength. Hundreds of thousands of troops besieged the four thousand Yanyun army, but the four thousand Yanyun army was invincible in all directions.
, and the sky and the earth changed color as they fought until the sun dimmed and the clouds became miserable!
Seeing that the enemy army was completely attracted, Tianyou quickly ordered the city gates to be opened. Tens of thousands of people swarmed in. There were too many people and the city gates were small. It was impossible for them all to enter the city in a short while.
The situation of Chen Jie's war cavalry deteriorated rapidly. Although they were brave and invincible, their strength was too different after all. After a fight, they were heavily surrounded by the opponent! At this time, more than half of the four thousand war cavalry had been lost! Shi Jin shot
After picking and killing an enemy general, he turned to look in the direction of the city gate and found that half of the people had not entered the city. He frowned, turned to look at the enemy's flag, raised his spear and shouted loudly: "Everyone
, follow me and charge!" The Yanyun warriors got rid of the enemy in front of them one after another, followed Shi Jin and rushed towards the Tubo flag. The iron hooves surged and roared, the roar was thrilling, and the fighting spirit went straight to the sky. Life and death were no longer considered!
Although the Tubo soldiers had the advantage, they still couldn't help but tremble in fear when faced with such Yan Yun's army. At this time, three solid lines of defense had been lined up in front of the Tubo commander's flag, with huge shields like walls and spears like forests. Not to mention light cavalry, even if they were light cavalry,
Even the heavily armored cavalry would be difficult to break through. However, the Tubo general Zanbutai, who was behind the heavy protection, could not help but tremble when he looked at the murderous Yanyun cavalry rushing towards the sky! At this time, there was no one at all.
Still have time to pay attention to the direction of the city gate!
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.