There were no bones or corpses, and it seemed as if nothing had happened. Only the buzzing vultures circling at low altitude reminded people that a brutal massacre had just occurred here. (Note 1)
The stone steps under the stone castle were covered with stains of blood. In the silent silence, nearly a thousand Tang soldiers leaned on each other and hid at the base of the wall under the crenellations of the stone castle, breathing heavily. Their foreheads were covered with blood stains.
It was covered with white cloth strips, and the blood had already soaked the plain curtain into blood red. Most of the wounds on the foreheads and necks of the soldiers had scabs, and sweat passed through them, dripping to the ground, and spreading into a handful of floating sand.
After a day and night of siege, everyone finally advanced to a place five feet away from the stone fortress. The Tubo people found huge rocks from somewhere and smashed the axle cart that everyone relied on. In desperation, they only
Able to rush out of the axle cart and move towards the fortress wall step by step despite the arrows flying in the sky.
The stone steps are like an alley leading to hell. Every step the Tang army takes will pay a heavy price. A famous soldier was shot through the head by an arrow, shot through the heart, and was blinded.
They fell off the cliff; each brother had their ribs broken and their arms broken by rolling stones, but they still climbed to the top of the fortress...
The Tang army advanced inch by inch, fought for every square foot, and launched round after round of attacks on the stone castle with the unwillingness to die.
Zhang Shouyu glanced at the sky and finally gave the order for a general attack. Behind him were a thousand Mo Dao Shou wearing silver heavy armor. They were the real aces of this Tang division! The Mo Dao Shou rushed forward under the cover of shield soldiers.
He climbed up the stone steps and climbed hard step by step.
"Let go of the rolling wood, let go of the rolling wood!" Iron Blade Xinolo was horrified. In the blink of an eye, the Tang army's Mo Daoshou had advanced to within a hundred steps under the cover of the shield soldiers. He did not expect that the Tang army would still have such a fierce force at this point in the battle.
!
He had to order his soldiers to throw down the last batch of rolling logs. Ordinary feather arrows had no effect in front of the heavy armored infantry! This was the only chance to stop the Tang army!
Although he led his troops to defeat the Tang army attacking the city again and again before, he really relied on his energy. Now that the huge rocks and rolling logs for defense have been exhausted, and his hands are full of wounded soldiers and disabled generals, what can he use with the elite and heavy soldiers?
Armored infantry to contend?
Iron Blade Xenoro looked up at the sky and roared unwillingly. Where are the reinforcements? Where are the reinforcements?
Modao's army had reached the stone platform fifty steps away from the fort wall. At the most critical moment, they were suddenly blocked by the Tubo people.
Huge boulders and rolling logs were thrown down from the sky. More than a hundred swordsmen had no time to dodge. They were thrown off the cliff together with the shield soldiers who were guarding them. They screamed repeatedly. Among the stone steps, the road leading to the fortress had been piled up.
Boulders and rolling logs blocked the way, making it impossible to move forward.
Zhang Shouyu's eyes turned red with anger and he shouted: "Cut away the rolling wood and fight with me!"
After saying that, he grabbed a Mo Dao that had been thrown on the stone path and slashed at the rolling log in front of him.
"Bah!" "Bah!" With two swings of his sword, he immediately chopped open a huge tree, pushed hard, and used the strength to bring the dead tree down the cliff. Wu Hai and Tao Cheng beside him understood and grabbed it.
The Mo Dao scattered on the ground was slashed at the rolling wood.
They had never used the Mo Dao before, but they did not feel any awkwardness or discomfort when they learned how to use it. They only felt that they had endless energy, and they all vented it on the rolling log in front of them with a Mo Dao.
"One, two, push!" A group of wooden shield bearers, under the command of their captain, squeezed and pushed the boulders blocking the stone path.
"Push harder, one or two, push!"
"push!"
The hard work finally paid off, and a tiny crack appeared between several boulders.
The captain of the Tang Army was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Push him!"
A group of shield soldiers held the locust feather arrows above their heads and moved the boulders to both sides.
Iron Blade Xinolo let out a beast-like roar: "Brothers, follow me and kill. The time has come to be loyal to Tubo and Zanpu!"
At this moment, they had no means to stop Mo Daoshou's advance. Instead of waiting for the Tang army to attack the city and chop themselves into pieces, they might as well rush down and fight to the death!
Iron Blade Xinuolo grabbed a spear and rushed down the stone castle first. They were only a few dozen steps away from the Tang army, and they arrived in a moment after running quickly.
Hundreds of Tibetan spearmen got involved with the Tang Dynasty's Modao army, and began a bloody and brutal hand-to-hand fight on the narrow stone path.
The Tubo people have completely given up the defense of the city and no longer throw stones. They want to compete head-on with the Tang army!
"Ah!" A Tang soldier who looked like seventeen or eighteen grabbed a horizontal knife and ran forward with a wooden shield. He protected his face, but his chest failed to cover his lower body. A Tubo soldier was about to
The spear pierced his lower abdomen, stirring constantly.
"Ah!" Tang Bing had a look of pain on his face, and big beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks.
"Haha, hahaha!" The Tubo spearman smiled lustfully while shaking the spear shaft. He wanted to pierce the Tang bandit's intestines and let him bleed to death!
"Fuck you!" Wu Hai dodged from behind the Tang soldiers, picked up the Mo Dao and slashed at the Tubo soldiers.
But with a flash of silver light, a red blood line emerged from the Tibetan soldier's left shoulder to his right waist.
"Uh!" "Uh!" The Tubo man's eyes widened in disbelief, and he fell down in front of Wu Hai.
"Xiao Jiu'er, Xiao Jiu'er!" Wu Hai ignored the tragic death of the Tubo soldier, rushed to the Tang soldier, threw away the Mo knife in his hand and hugged him tightly.
"Brother Wu, I, I... I'll give this to my parents after I go." The young man took out a purse from his clothes and slowly untied it: "This is my hair.
Tell my parents to call off the engagement."
The young man forced out a smile and said in a trembling voice: "I, I am not lucky. Little Taohua can... marry a good family. Don't let me miss their happiness." After saying this, the young man's wrist slipped and it was broken.
Angry.
"Xiao Jiu'er, you can't die, you can't die!" Wu Hai hugged Xiao Jiu'er and shook him wildly, but the boy never opened his eyes again.
"Ah!" "Ah!" "Oh my God!"
Wu Hai stuffed his purse into his waist, grabbed the Mo Dao and rushed toward the middle of the stone path.
The battle between the two armies has reached a fever pitch. The Tang army wielded Mo Dao and chopped all the Tibetans who were approaching into pieces of meat. The Tibetans were not to be outdone. They flashed their steps and found the opening to stab the spears in their hands and stab them hard.
On Tang Bing's lower abdomen.
The soldiers of both armies cut with knives, stabbed with spears, stabbed with daggers, and bit with teeth...
At this time, the stone road has become a hell of Shura and a slaughterhouse of living beings, with fresh lives disappearing every moment and every minute.
Countless Tang people and Tubo people closed their eyes unwillingly. Their corpses were piled on the stone path, and their blood moistened the stone steps and flowed all over the ground. In the face of death, all ethnic groups are so equal.
Outside the Chinese army's tent at the foot of Chiling Ridge, Ge Shuhan paced anxiously. The general attack on Shibao City had been launched for three days, but it had not been taken down yet. After careful calculation, the Tibetan army led back by Gao Xiuyan was also
It's time to reach Jiuqu. If the Tubo people come to their senses and only need 5,000 people to rush to the stone fortress, they will be completely defeated.
What power allowed the Tibetan army, which only had a thousand soldiers, to maintain a tight defense for nearly a month? He stared at the bluestone fortress and sighed deeply.
"Report, report to the commander, report..." A messenger stumbled to Ge Shuhan and knelt on the ground.
"The scouts discovered that a large group of Tibetan cavalry was coming from Baigu and Wanxiu!"
Ge Shuhan was shocked when he heard this and said loudly: "What are you talking about? How come there are Tibetan reinforcements coming from the southern front?"
"General Abus, General Abus only besieged but not attacked the city of Arsu. At first, the Tibetan defenders did not dare to act rashly. However, after discovering that General Abus did not carry any siege equipment at all, they led a large army to support Shibao City.
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"Ah!" Ge Shuhan was furious, his throat felt sweet, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Heaven is going to kill me! Pass my order to Zhang Shouyu and tell him to take down Shibao City before nightfall, otherwise he will come to see you!"
"yes!"
Ge Shuhan smiled bitterly, looked at the towering Chiling Ridge, and asked himself, is he really going to be defeated by this strong city?
On the stone road, the Modao Army led by Zhang Shouyu has advanced to a position ten steps away from the fort gate. On the fort gate are carved the three characters "Shibao City", and below it is also written in Tubo language "Iron Blade City"
.(Note 2)
Haha, it’s because of this fortress, it’s because of it that so many of my brothers died!
Ten steps, the stone path within ten steps was piled with corpses, making it almost difficult to move another step. The soldiers on both sides had exhausted their strength and could no longer lift heavy weapons. They dropped their weapons one after another, smashed them with their fists, and used
Hit your head and bite with your teeth.
"Ah!" Zhang Shouyu bit the tip of his tongue hard, using severe pain to awaken the last of the blood in his body.
"Brothers, rush forward and avenge the death of Pao Ze!"
Five steps, four steps, three steps...
Zhang Shouyu could clearly see the Tubo military flag fluttering on the top of the stone castle. With a wry smile on his lips, he swung the Mo Dao with all his strength and slashed at the iron blade Xinolo's neck.
The next moment, this Stone Castle will change its flag!
Note 1: Liuyun specifically checked and found that ** has the most vultures in the family! Animal protectionists should not say that there are the most vultures in Africa...
Note 2: Shibao City is also called Iron Blade City. This city was built in the Sui Dynasty, around the fifth year of Daye (609 AD) when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty personally led his troops to conquer Tuyuhun in the west. According to legend, the word "Shibao" was named after Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.
Guang wrote it himself.
ps: I’m finally finished. I’m so excited. It will be the end of this volume in three chapters at most! Revenge, how should Xiao Qi face Gao Xiuyan?
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