Kang Yanze stood outside the military camp, looking at the city, frowning slightly.
Today's battle looked like a draw on the surface. Judging from the battle damage and scene ratio, they had a certain advantage.
After all, the Tubo did not dare to fight head-on. They ran away when encountering their cavalry troops, as if they had encountered a cat and a mouse.
But Kang Yanze knew very well that from a strategic point of view, they were defeated in this battle, completely defeated.
Tubo's intention from the beginning was obvious, which was to waste time.
By observing the Battle of Hezhou, they recognized themselves clearly and knew that the Central Plains soldiers were superior to them in terms of equipment, morale, and combat effectiveness.
Even if they have all the people in the army and have an absolute advantage in military strength, it will still be difficult to fight against the strong soldiers of the Central Plains on the frontal battlefield.
Therefore, they built a chain of fortresses and harassed them with cavalry so that they could not attack the city with peace of mind until they showed their flaws or ran out of food and fodder.
Today's forced termination of the siege is a reflection of the achievement of Tibet's strategic goals.
The Tubo tribes were fighting in their own country, and their food and grass had to be transported thousands of miles from Kaifeng and the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, so the imperial court in the Central Plains would definitely suffer.
Regarding Tubo's move, Kang Yanze couldn't think of a way to deal with it for a while.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the Tubo cavalry cannot be compared with the cavalry of the Dianqian Division. However, compared to the riding skills, the Central Plains cavalry trained day by day is still slightly inferior to the tribes who grew up on horseback. In addition, the opponent does not have the drag of iron armor, and the speed
occupies certain advantages.
The opponent was divided into more than a dozen small waves of troops, using terrain and speed to harass their siege troops.
Siege is the most difficult part of the battle. At this critical moment, being attacked can easily disrupt the rhythm.
The city is also a defensive fortress. Even though the opponent has no weapons to defend the city, it is still extremely difficult to conquer.
Under the current situation, the siege troops will be constantly harassed by cavalry, and the city will be really difficult to conquer.
"Du Jian, Commander-in-Chief, please have a meal with us!"
The voice of a soldier interrupted Kang Yanze's thoughts.
Kang Yanze responded and asked: "What time is it? I don't even feel hungry."
The soldiers casually said: "At three o'clock in the morning, it is getting dark quickly here in Huangzhou, and it is almost winter. If you eat too late, you have to wash up in the dark. For the sake of convenience, Commander Ji has advanced the meal time."
This unintentional remark gave Kang Yanze an idea and he burst out laughing: "What a surprise!"
He walked towards Murong Yanzhao's handsome tent with high spirits.
"Come on!"
Kang Yanze walked into the big tent: "The general thought about it over and over, but ignored the simplest way."
Murong Yanzhao was roasting mutton in the tent. Hearing this, he became very interested and hurriedly said, "Speak quickly."
Kang Yanze said: "We only need to attack the city at night. They rely on their familiarity with the terrain and the agility of the cavalry. How can we blind them and see how they can come and go freely? We only need to guard against their night attacks. Don't
Just let them touch it close by."
Murong Yanzhao's eyes lit up and he said: "This is a good idea. But..."
He frowned and said: "We are already at a disadvantage when attacking a city. Attacking the city at night will increase our disadvantage."
Kang Yanze smiled confidently and said: "If it were yesterday, the general would not have dared to be so bold. In today's battle, the general discovered that the city was only strong and there were no defensive equipment that would pose a threat to our army. Our army also had siege equipment.
If you use a sharp weapon and strong fire, you may not suffer a loss if you fight at night."
Murong Yanzhao was quite impatient and said hurriedly: "How about giving it a try tonight?"
Kang Yanze said: "Let's do it tomorrow night. The soldiers are tired from today's attack on the city. Let's take a good rest. Tomorrow morning we will repair the siege equipment that was damaged today and arrange secret sentries at night. Once we are fully prepared, we can attack the city again."
Although Kang Yanze's move was simple, it hit Tubo just above seven inches.
On the second night, Kang Yanze attacked the city at night, which directly disrupted the rescue rhythm of the Tibetan soldiers.
In vain, the Tubo cavalry did not dare to speed up the attack even if they held torches, and could not increase their speed at all.
They thought about getting closer in the dark, but there were hidden sentries from the Central Plains lurking in important places around Dang City. They would be discovered by the hidden sentries before they even got close to Dang City.
The enemy is overt and we are in the dark, and the situation is reversed.
If they reveal their whereabouts, they will be attacked and killed by the Central Plains cavalry.
The Central Plains cavalry could light torches to pursue them, but the Tubo cavalry could only flee in the dark, and more than a hundred of them were injured and died in one night.
The brave one lit the torch and fled, and then he became the target of the Central Plains cavalry...
"Dong dong dong!"
The rapid and intense drumbeats were loud and loud.
Kang Yanze once again launched an attack on the city.
This time is different from the previous two.
After two tentative attacks, Kang Yanze used his trump card this time... Fierce Fire Oil.
"boom!"
Flames shot into the sky and spread along the corridors of the city walls.
The fierce fire oil burned violently on the rammed earth, and the Tubo soldiers on the tower let out miserable howls.
The dark liquid spread in all directions, and the pungent smell mixed with the smell of burnt corpses was nauseating.
The fire broke out so quickly that in the blink of an eye half of the sky had been burned red. The fire spread like a galloping horse and swept through a large section of the city wall in an instant.
The effect was so wonderful that Kang Yanze, who was supervising the battle, was dumbfounded.
"wrong!"
Kang Yanze spoke out.
This is definitely not the power of fierce fire oil.
There is only one possibility for this situation to occur.
The Tibetan soldiers on the tower definitely put out the fire with water!
The water accelerated the spread of the fierce fire oil, leading to the current situation!
Kang Yanze completely guessed it.
It is common sense to put out fires with water.
Therefore, when the fire broke out, the guards on the tower directly used water to put out the fire.
It has long been common sense to use sand and soil to extinguish fires when defending a city in the Central Plains. However, the Tubo soldiers who cut off the culture of the Central Plains had no access to this knowledge at all.
At this critical moment, the ignorant Tubo soldiers unintentionally did Kang Yanze a big favor.
The Tubo soldiers on the city tower became more active when they saw the water extinguishing the fire. The superstitious ones knelt on the ground and regarded it as heavenly fire.
In the area filled with fierce fire and oil, no one survived, and no one dared to step forward to put out the fire.
"Fighter!"
These two words flashed in Kang Yanze's mind, and he immediately arranged for his soldiers to attack and set up all the ladders in the area where the fire spread. The soldiers waited on the ladders one after another, waiting for the fire to weaken.
As the fierce fire oil burned out, the Tubo soldiers did not wait for reaction.
The soldiers on the flying ladder jumped into the city first.
In an instant, more than a hundred Central Plains soldiers had gathered on the city tower.
They stepped on the hot tower and rushed towards the city gate.
More and more soldiers from the Central Plains came to the city.
The Tubo tribe soldiers who lost the advantage of the city wall once again saw the power of the Central Plains infantry.
The infantrymen of the Central Plains, who looked like wolves and tigers, relied on their strong armor and powerful weapons to wield their weapons wantonly and massacre the soldiers on the tower.
Even Kang Yanze never thought that Dangcheng could be captured so easily.