Chapter 431: Listening to Niannu’s singing (2)

I feel uncomfortable and it's still late. I will be updated later to see if I can get it out.

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After stopping several generals who were furious and going to fight, Lunzanpo thought.

There is still interference. If you really see Tang Jun’s arrogant look, don’t you get angry?

Suppressing the anger in his heart, trying to calm his mood, thinking about Li Wei's intention. Just like the last time, I could not guess Prince Tang's intention, and it would be another big defeat. On the contrary, just like Prince Tang did not expect his elder brother's intention, it was also a big defeat, almost causing him to die for a lifetime.

There is obviously no reason to start the war at this time.

There were many things about the Tang army. People were about to come in July, so this news could not be hidden. Therefore, a few days ago, they were still building houses and dividing land. Therefore, building houses and dividing land is a must-do, and it also played a confusing role.

Then he also knew the intention of letting go. The war is about land and people. People are also a major factor. For example, if Tuyuhun is moved, can Tubo tribes be moved to Qinghai? But it will take at least ten or twenty years. Will the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty let Tubo wait for ten or twenty years?

This is done well, no less than winning a battle.

But this people are not easy to move, not only should they find ways to deal with their own obstacles, but they should also consider food, clothing, housing and transportation.

In August, we have to harvest again and we cannot let the wheat rot in the field. Unless more than 100,000 people in the Tang Dynasty come here, that is impossible.

Besides, the real battle will be more beneficial to the Tang army in September. If he blocks the migration of the people, he will inevitably cause a lot of public grievances. The Tang army has food in hand, and that was the most favorable time for the Tang army to fight. He didn't believe it anymore, and the Tang army would not sacrifice if it sieges the city?

I also thought of Jiuqu Army City, but I skipped it all at once. This is not the Jiuqu Army City that was originally, with only one or two thousand troops, and it can be captured immediately. Now, Jiuqu Army City has been expanded many times, with many garrisons inside. Even if there are 10,000 or 20,000 people, if you don’t attack for ten or half a month, you can’t take it down. A lonely army attacks the city in the rear. Could it be to give it to yourself for appetizing snacks?

I can’t understand, or if I have tens of thousands of troops, I will nail my own army here so that the people can escape from Qinghai?

So he ordered that all soldiers should not fight, and they would not fight well. The army was not as large as the opponent, and their morale was not as high as the opponent. Even if they opened the city to fight, they would definitely lose. Then they sent scouts to inquire at various channels.

The Tang Dynasty army was still scolding the city, which was a bit unpleasant.

Pei Xingjian just laughed, and even though he did this, some jokes were not useless.

He just ordered the rear army to set up camp and set up a solid camp. Last year, the battle was fought until March, and he was very familiar with this terrain.

The camp was set up and it was getting dark. The soldiers who cursed the city had to come back.

The next day, Li Jin led another 15,000 troops and arrived with a large amount of baggage. In addition to the Dangxiang Army, the Tang army had more than 80,000 soldiers in Qinghai. They could not be dispatched in the entire army and had to guard all the checkpoints. In addition, Heichi Changzhi had to leave him 15,000 men to encircle him from the west of Chiling.

There are only so many soldiers who can be mobilized.

This change was discussed for a long time. It was originally considered various factors and prepared to attack later, but not a large-scale attack. At that time, Lunzanpo would have been abandoned by the nine-curve three cities. Instead, Lunzanpo was successively immigrated in July and launched some small-scale attacks like the Niuxindui Battle. But it would not be large in scale, mainly to arouse public grievances, and wait for an opportunity to fight in August. After all, among the Tubo people, there were very few direct Tubo soldiers, only 20,000 people, and these 20,000 people Niuxindui had just annihilated nearly 2,000 people. This time period was something Lunzanpo did not expect. As for harvesting, there were people, intercepted Tuyuhun people, and some Dangxiang people could use the help of some Dangxiang people.

But the battle will never be very big, and it is to prepare for the encirclement of Dangxiang people.

It is still a way of playing with battle as the supplement and consumption as the main focus.

Later, when Qinling sent troops to Jiannan, Li Wei and Pei Xingjian checked the plan, fearing that things would change. This was an open arrangement, and if there were arrangements in the dark, it would be even more difficult. So he adjusted the time in advance. There were some beneficial ones, but some disadvantages.

What is beneficial is that it can expand the results of the battle. As for the Nine Curves and Three Cities, Li Wei wanted to get it, but he never considered it. This is the thing in his palm, so why bother to consider it? It is the Tubo soldiers, and destroying the power of life is what he is most interested in.

It is unreasonable to start early. I am afraid that Qinling will suffer a great loss here.

Before the introduction, the time was more sufficient, and for Xue Rengui to arrive, he arranged defense lines in Songzhou, built castles, and won time.

But the disadvantages are that sacrifices will be very heavy. If you have already sacrificed enough, Li Wei will be reluctant to leave. In addition, he has become a dependent on Dangxiang people, and they will have more say in the future. In addition, they have to promise some benefits, such as the Nine Curve Land that Li Wei promised, and even the Dafeichuan and Wuhai land in the future. This must be promised. In essence, Li Wei does not want a stronger Dangxiang person.

In addition, there is a person who does not know whether it is a benefit or a disadvantage. In this way, the Tuyuhun people will migrate more and Qinghai will be more empty. It seems that there are many people who have moved, and the court cannot ignore it. The logistics pressure is heavier. However, except for Qinghai, the court has not actually gained any benefits. It will only give Nuo Hobo a greater say in Lingzhou, and in the future, he will also have greater say in Qinghai. Will the people who have really moved sincerely be grateful to the Tang Dynasty? Wrong, what they thanked was only Nuo Hobo to fight for them again and again. They are still the butcher or the murderer.

Until now, the future trend is beyond Qinling and Li Wei's imagination, so I have to fight before talking about it.

One point is used to siege equipment, that is, various cloud ladders, very regular cloud ladders, including main ladders and folding ladders, main ladders and baffles, to reduce the damage of soldiers when approaching the city. Then, use wheels under the baffles to push the main ladder to the bottom of the city wall, open the folding ladders, to reduce the danger and difficulties in front of the ladders, and the damage to the ladders by the enemy. As for the Tubo people siege the city, it is still the simplest flight ladder, that is, long ladders made of various materials, which are low in cost and easy to manufacture. The Tang army also used it, but it is not as effective as the ladders.

In addition, there is a horizontal roller car, that is, a crash car, which is designed more scientific than a Tubo crash car. It has wheels and a solid roof covered with wet felt cloth to prevent the enemy from destroying it. Then there is a pendulum-type pointed wood, and some wooden city gates can break a gap after dozens of impacts of this kind of wood. However, the soldiers who crash into the car are very dangerous.

This has existed for a long time. However, it is not as powerful as it is now and the operation is complicated.

After the division was completed, Li Jinxing and Pei Xingjian led 25,000 people to set off towards Hongji City in a swagger. It was not that easy, but they were preparing to retreat. It turned out that all the small city outposts built by the Tang Dynasty were all evacuated together. I knew that there were many benefits to defending, but the troops were insufficient and there was no way to retreat. Lu Zan Po had no choice but to do so.

Then he started to cut down trees and build a nest chariot. It was not the towers built by Li Wei in Jiuqu Army City, but the large towers built by Hou Junji, which were more than five meters high in Gaochang City when he was sieging the city. A safe outpost could be set up on it, which could clearly see all the movements and stills in the city. Then he commanded the throwing cart to bomb the stones. For a moment, the flying stones were like rain, and he did not dare to take responsibility. Under the cover of cannon stones, he filled the trenches and pushed the ladder to the female wall. In order to build these siege equipment, almost all the trees in Gaochang City Valley were cut down. However, when the city was siege, Gaochang City was conquered in just half a day.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was also a kind of siege equipment that could be built at the current level of the Tang Dynasty. The Lv Gong Bus was several meters high. The car was divided into five floors and could carry hundreds of soldiers, equipped with organic crossbows, poison arrows, guns, halberds, swords, spears and other weapons, and equipment to destroy the city wall facilities. During the attack, everyone pushed the car to the foot of the city, and the roof of the car could be as good as the city wall. The soldiers rushed to the city through the overpass to fight with the enemy. Under the car, they used tools such as crashing wood to destroy the city wall.

It can be said to be the largest chariot in the world. Although it is bulky, it has a great deterrence. Unfortunately, Li Wei doesn't know it.

There was still no siege, but seeing these large siege equipment, the Tubo defenders on the city became even more frustrated.

After three days, there was no movement. Seeing the Tubo people using the danger of the city wall to withdraw the materials in the city to Hexi one after another, Qi Bi Ming was a little anxious and said, "Your Highness, will the Dangxiang people go back on their word?"

"No, but they will hesitate. They will sacrifice heavily and will completely offend the Tubo people."

“That’s so many benefits?”

"General Qibi, unlike you Qibi, you are very loyal to the court. Therefore, the court has always placed your Qibi tribe at the throat of Liangzhou to protect the safety of the Hexi Corridor. There is no big handover with the Tubo people. However, the Dangxiang people will continue to be placed in Xiqingshan and Jishishan in the future. Once Tubo goes north, it will be stopped if it cannot break this line of defense. Once it is broken, it will inevitably vent its anger by the Dangxiang people."

It is also what Li Wei wants to see most, so that the Dangxiang people will be closely tied with the Tang Dynasty before Tubo has resolved the dangers. At that time, the court will also recruit soldiers, and they will even take the initiative to join the war in order to protect their homes.

But it is not what Dangxiang people themselves want to see.

"However, General Qiebi, don't worry. The Dangxiang people themselves are very embarrassed, but if we leave them, we can do as we plan according to the original plan. The Jiuqu three cities will still be taken over, and Tubo will be embarrassed. They will be difficult to maintain this year without the support of our Tang Dynasty. Once we are unhappy and leak things, we will usher in greater pressure. The wheat is about to mature, and our army will come to Wansu and Hongji City again. They are responsible for attacking Jiuqu Army City and then attacking Hexi. But they will have sacrifices. But they can do it. In the end, they will agree."

But after thinking about it, he said, "Give them some confidence."

After saying that, he pushed out the tall nest chariot and sent soldiers to command, and then hundreds of trenchers were pushed to the front line. The archers covered the trenchers and shot stones and gunpowder into the city. After some bombing, Li Wei said: "Shield protects and fills the trench."

There were Tubo people on the top of the city to resist, and then the dense stones and gunpowder in the sky came down like raindrops, smashing many battlements of the city walls. Tubo soldiers were killed and injured, and there were very few soldiers who resisted. In just a moment, three trenches were filled in the moat.

Li Wei said: "Stop."

Ask the soldiers to return again, and then ask the scout to inform Pei Xingjian to use the artillery under Hongji City.

Every day after that, wide trenches were filled at the gates of the two cities. It doesn’t matter whether there is a suspension bridge or not, but the casualties are also very serious. Although there was no real attack for several days, there were thousands of soldiers and soldiers on both sides. June ended soon.

Lun Zanpo was very poor, and the Tang army suffered casualties, and his subordinates suffered even more casualties. The main reason was morale, and there was no siege. Once the city was attacked, he doubted whether he could hold on for a day. If it weren't for the retreat of Hexi, the soldiers might have surrendered without fighting.

At this time, his general Mangdian came up with an idea: "General, tomorrow is the first day of the July 2019."

"Um."

"The subordinates have a strategy. Since the Tang Dynasty opened and released the people, many of our troops retreated to Hexi. It would be better to send troops to dress up as people, mix into Hehuang, and take advantage of the main force of the Tang army to seize the pass and attack the city and plunder materials. Moreover, it also made the Tang Dynasty disgusted with the people of Tuyuhun. Even if the people were released and the search was tight, the people would be resentful. They would kill two birds with one stone."

"No, look at it. The two armies of the Tang Dynasty only have about 40,000 to 50,000 troops, and their troops are stronger than ours. However, instead of the entire army being dispatched, there are more than 40,000 Tang troops behind. If it weren't for the full armor, don't say that the enemy was taking the pass and attacking the city, the entire army might be wiped out. Besides, if we sent us Tubo people, the Tang army would discover. Send Tuyuhun people to the place, and the morale of the army would shake, and what combat effectiveness would be? Maybe some soldiers would leak the secrets themselves."

"So what should we do?"

"I'm thinking about the reason why Prince Tang did this." However, Lun Zan Po narrowed his eyes and asked, "How many Dangxiang soldiers do our army have?"

"About half of it."
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