In early July of the second year of Changyuan, the fortifications of the Tang Tu coalition under the Shibao cliff were finally completed. Three real-time earth mountains rose from the ground. Although they were still not as high as the cliff, the target was within range.
On the day of completion, the Tang army held a sacrifice to worship the gods in a proper manner.
The troops placed horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs, pigs and animals under the Tushan Mountain, and then presented grains and fresh fruits, and then knelt in front of them to worship.
This scene made Xue Chongxun feel like he was in a cult, but seeing that everyone was very pious, he remained silent and looked at the holy spirit in front of him and took the lead in bowing.
After worshiping, Xue Chongxun unfolded the manuscript written by Wang Changling and recited: On the fifth day of the seventh month of the second year of Fuwei, Xue Chongxun, the chief officer of the Duke of Wei of the Tang Dynasty, used the ceremony of sacrifice to tell the emperor that only the Emperor Haotian God, the Five Emperors of Shenzhou, the Yan Emperor Zhuanxu, Shaohao, Taihao, the Sun and Moons of the World... The Stone Fort City was built in the Sui Dynasty, and was no different from the Han territory...
When he thought about the later claiming that the Stone Castle City belonged, Xue Chongxun seemed to be claiming sovereignty in the Chiling area and the indisputable Holy Spirit territory of the Tang Dynasty, and his expression also condensed.
Wang Changling wrote in his book with emotion, warning people not to forget the hardships of his ancestors in overcoming obstacles and exploring territory.
A tribute immediately turned the war into a war of justice.
After reciting the sacrificial text, Xue Chongxun was still immersed in the sacred and inviolable atmosphere of Wang Changling's article.
At this time, the civil servant in a spotless white robe took the blood of the animal and knelt into the copper basin dripping into the wine in front of him. It was called a blood sacrifice, which was quite the spirit of me using my blood to recommend Xuanyuan.
After spending a little while to tinker with the ceremony, the morale of the Tang army was boosted, and Xue Chongxun ordered the attack on the city.
The Tang army was responsible for using long-range attacks on the earthen mountain. When they were rushing to the square platform, they were of course Tuyuhun people, which was an obligation in accordance with the terms of peace talks.
The coalition forces of the two countries formed their own formations. The Tang army drove the parts of the stone-throwing cart to the earthen mountain to assemble them. The cliff was crowded with people.
There is nothing wrong with Xue Chongxun at this time. The generals will do the war, so he took Wang Changling, Yu Wenxiao and other staff members to hide away and ran to a hillside behind to watch the show.
After the rumbling of the war drum, I heard a few sore teeth sounds of wood rubbing violently. With a bang, a fireball of black smoke flew into the sky. Unexpectedly, it didn't hit the cliff and rolled down on the cliff. When the gunpowder inside ignited, it ignited a brilliant and dazzling fire.
So after another moment, after the people on the earthen mountain adjusted their angles, several fireballs finally flew up.
So six catapults threw in turn, continuously throwing gunpowder balls as big as stone mills onto the castle.
At this time, Xue Chongxun saw the siege with his own eyes for the first time during the day. Last time, he was so excited that he wanted to use four regiments of Nanya soldiers to attack the stone city, but it was night and he couldn't see what it looked like.
Now he thought the scene was very intense and spectacular, but he didn't think so dull. The narrow valley was filled with people wearing bright armor, but because of the military discipline, it was very quiet.
In addition to the shouts of the generals, the sound of the huge catapult cart turning was even more uncomfortable than hearing sawing wood.
After the gunpowder balls flew up, they exploded and burned, and thick smoke rose. After working so hard for more than two hours, the cliff was filled with smoke, as if it was covered by heavy fog.
Seeing this, Xue Chongxun became happy and looked around and smiled, saying: There are arsenic, sulfur, vicious, grass-headed black, and babean in the smoke, which is enough for them to drink a pot.By the way, Shao Bo, what will happen if you suck these things?
Wang Changling said calmly: If you have bleeding from the mouth and nose, vomiting and diarrhea, and if you have poisoning, you will die of death.
Xue Chongxun laughed: I poisoned them all, let’s go up to take over the city, Stone Castle City, Iron Blade City, but Er.
At this time, the stone-throwing car stopped, and the Tuyuhun army platoon began to rush up the only path up the mountain.
There were originally two square platforms with levels under the city, but there were no enemy soldiers at this time, and they all shrank to the top of the mountain.
Xue Chongxun and others also looked at the top of the mountain, looking forward to the results.
Unexpectedly, after the Tugu soldiers rushed up, they were immediately resisted. All kinds of things rolled down, and some people rolled down from the mountain. From a distance, they looked like stones during mudslides. When they fell off the cliff, those people were digging around in the air, as if they were flying, but they fell to the foot of the mountain in an instant, basically meat pie.
There was a quarrel on the battlefield for a while, and the Tuyuhun people retreated.The stone thrower started to operate again.
After a while, Zhang Wulang climbed up from the bottom of the mountain to find Xue Chongxun. Xue Chongxun asked without waiting for him: How could the Tubo people still bear so much poisonous smoke?
Zhang Wulang took off his helmet and said: I guess he would cover his mouth and nose with a wet cloth, so I can hold on for a while.We can only smoke them for a few more days. I asked Xue Langzheng for this matter, the poisonous fireball is not enough.
Xue Chongxun said: This matter is fine. There are many craftsmen in the army. I ordered Zhao Sijue to quickly transport materials from Shancheng to get there and do it when it comes.
The battlefield became a construction site again, and the poisonous fireballs were rushing to work behind. The dirt mountain in front was thrown up with a catapult. The catapult worked in turn, day and night.
At the intersection below the square platform, there were strong bows and crossbows to prevent the Tubo people from rushing down from above.
After a day and night, not only was the smoke on the top of the mountain filled the mountain, but even the Tuyuhun soldiers guarding the mountain pass smelled the pungent smell. Some could not stand the bleeding from their mouths and noses. They had to cover their mouths and noses with a wet cloth, but people could not completely filter the poison if they had to breathe. If Xue Chongxun could make activated carbon, it would be better.
The Tuyuhun soldiers at the Yamaguchi had to evacuate.
On the seventh day of the lunar month, the stone-throwing car stopped again.
After the wind blew for a day, the Tuyuhun soldiers wrapped their heads and faces with wet cloth and rushed to the top of the mountain again. This time, they did not encounter any resistance at all.
After a long time, the generals in front came to report that they had already captured the Stone Castle City.
Most of the Tubo people in the city were poisoned to death, while the rest hid in a closed stone house and could not organize defense. They only came out after the Tuyuhun soldiers came to the city.The remaining Tubo soldiers were surrounded and were all surrendered.
At this point, Shibao City fell into the hands of the Tang army again, and for the first time in 60 years, a flag with the name of the Tang Dynasty was planted on the top of the mountain.
The Tang army coalition forces in Tuyuhun invested nearly 100,000 troops and manpower. The city was besieged for two months, and more than 200 soldiers and craftsmen were killed and injured, while more than 600 Tubo were poisoned to death and captured.
If you didn’t see the number of corpses with your own eyes, you couldn’t believe that more than 600 people here could block the 100,000 army.
The captives were naturally beheaded, leaving only the general named Tie Ren who guarded the city. Xue Chongxun planned to escort back to Chang'an to seek credit.
When he climbed the castle and looked down at the mountains, the rivers and mountains were all in his eyes, and his heart became wide open. He really wanted to sing a song. The scenery of the north is frozen thousands of miles away and snow falls.Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there are only the wild and wild..., but this poem is an anti-poem at this time. He dared not shout in public. It is worth swallowing the vigorous poetry back into his stomach. He felt a little uncomfortable, as if he was full of strength and was useless.
Yuwen Xiao said from the side: If it weren't for Xue Lang's magic plan for poisonous fireball, this city would never have been taken down at the cost of 200 casualties.As long as we write the war into a memorial and report it, the first contribution will undoubtedly belong to Xue Lang.
Wang Changling also said: The lord's main achievements are naturally unswerving. Even if the Tuyuhun people are working hard, isn't it just the lord's contact and negotiation?In this way, the lord's regained his title as a county prince is just around the corner.
The title is just a cloud... Xue Chongxun turned around and waved his hand, signaling the generals and guards who were on the side to avoid it.
He looked at the endless mountains and sighed, "All the king's land is under the sky, and the place that is doomed to succeed or fail is the Daming Palace."
Now Princess Taiping has the final say in the Daming Palace, and Princess Taiping is Xue Chongxun's biological mother. Of course, the Daming Palace that Xue Chongxun mentioned is not referring to this time, but is worried about Taiping's situation after he stepped down.
Of course, Wang Changling understood the meaning, but he was not good at talking too much about the royal family for a while, so he could only remain silent.
Yu Wenxiao frowned, and the ravines on his face became deeper. What are Xue Lang’s plans?
Xue Chongxun pondered for a long time, but finally didn't say it.
Yuwen Xiao and Wang Changling both paid attention to his expression, knowing that he had already been calculating, but he just didn't want to say it.
It is not easy for a staff member to ask about such matters, so he has to slowly guess.
The three of them stood on the top of the city and continued to silently look at the surrounding scenery. The mountains were undulating and the rivers were thousands of miles away, which was very spectacular.
Although it looks desolate and remote here, it is very important to play a strategic position.
From now on, the Hexi and Longyou areas will be connected together. The security of the Southern Silk Road will surely bring frequent trade with Central Asia. The fertile land of Longyou will become the granary of the Tang Dynasty...
Before Tubo recaptured Shibao City, the army could no longer reach the Tang army stronghold in Longyou, Hehuang; coupled with the solid fortifications that the Tuyuhun people surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and Jishishan areas, the Tubo people basically had no hope on the eastern front.
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Xue Rengui, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, was wiped out in Dafeichuan, and the Tang army lost tens of thousands. The failure of a war affected the fortune of the Tang Dynasty for decades. The failure of a war led to the Tang Dynasty being passive in the eastern front battlefield that contained Tubo for a long time, and had to invest more troops and national strength to defend, which not only affected the economy of the Longyou region, but also continued to consume national strength.
And the current victory of Cheng Qianli and Xue Chongxun in the Longyou area will inevitably have a far-reaching impact that lasts decades and a hundred years.
The knowledgeable people in the Tang Dynasty would definitely realize what the successive victory in the northwest region during the first year of Changyuan to the second year of Changyuan was meant.
Sure enough, the news of the great victory in Shibao City came to Chang'an. Before Xue Chongxun's memorial arrived, Chang'an immediately issued an edict, rumoring that Longyou Jiedushi Cheng Qianli and Fujidao marching chief Xue Chongxun came to the capital to meet the saint.
Xue Chongxun arranged some personnel in Shanzhou, allowing Zhang Wulang to continue to take charge of the military power of the Jiannan Army, and Yuwen Xiao continued to develop the Northwest Intelligence Network.
He finally accumulated some strength here, and of course he could not give up completely just because he returned to Beijing.
On the day of completion, the Tang army held a sacrifice to worship the gods in a proper manner.
The troops placed horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs, pigs and animals under the Tushan Mountain, and then presented grains and fresh fruits, and then knelt in front of them to worship.
This scene made Xue Chongxun feel like he was in a cult, but seeing that everyone was very pious, he remained silent and looked at the holy spirit in front of him and took the lead in bowing.
After worshiping, Xue Chongxun unfolded the manuscript written by Wang Changling and recited: On the fifth day of the seventh month of the second year of Fuwei, Xue Chongxun, the chief officer of the Duke of Wei of the Tang Dynasty, used the ceremony of sacrifice to tell the emperor that only the Emperor Haotian God, the Five Emperors of Shenzhou, the Yan Emperor Zhuanxu, Shaohao, Taihao, the Sun and Moons of the World... The Stone Fort City was built in the Sui Dynasty, and was no different from the Han territory...
When he thought about the later claiming that the Stone Castle City belonged, Xue Chongxun seemed to be claiming sovereignty in the Chiling area and the indisputable Holy Spirit territory of the Tang Dynasty, and his expression also condensed.
Wang Changling wrote in his book with emotion, warning people not to forget the hardships of his ancestors in overcoming obstacles and exploring territory.
A tribute immediately turned the war into a war of justice.
After reciting the sacrificial text, Xue Chongxun was still immersed in the sacred and inviolable atmosphere of Wang Changling's article.
At this time, the civil servant in a spotless white robe took the blood of the animal and knelt into the copper basin dripping into the wine in front of him. It was called a blood sacrifice, which was quite the spirit of me using my blood to recommend Xuanyuan.
After spending a little while to tinker with the ceremony, the morale of the Tang army was boosted, and Xue Chongxun ordered the attack on the city.
The Tang army was responsible for using long-range attacks on the earthen mountain. When they were rushing to the square platform, they were of course Tuyuhun people, which was an obligation in accordance with the terms of peace talks.
The coalition forces of the two countries formed their own formations. The Tang army drove the parts of the stone-throwing cart to the earthen mountain to assemble them. The cliff was crowded with people.
There is nothing wrong with Xue Chongxun at this time. The generals will do the war, so he took Wang Changling, Yu Wenxiao and other staff members to hide away and ran to a hillside behind to watch the show.
After the rumbling of the war drum, I heard a few sore teeth sounds of wood rubbing violently. With a bang, a fireball of black smoke flew into the sky. Unexpectedly, it didn't hit the cliff and rolled down on the cliff. When the gunpowder inside ignited, it ignited a brilliant and dazzling fire.
So after another moment, after the people on the earthen mountain adjusted their angles, several fireballs finally flew up.
So six catapults threw in turn, continuously throwing gunpowder balls as big as stone mills onto the castle.
At this time, Xue Chongxun saw the siege with his own eyes for the first time during the day. Last time, he was so excited that he wanted to use four regiments of Nanya soldiers to attack the stone city, but it was night and he couldn't see what it looked like.
Now he thought the scene was very intense and spectacular, but he didn't think so dull. The narrow valley was filled with people wearing bright armor, but because of the military discipline, it was very quiet.
In addition to the shouts of the generals, the sound of the huge catapult cart turning was even more uncomfortable than hearing sawing wood.
After the gunpowder balls flew up, they exploded and burned, and thick smoke rose. After working so hard for more than two hours, the cliff was filled with smoke, as if it was covered by heavy fog.
Seeing this, Xue Chongxun became happy and looked around and smiled, saying: There are arsenic, sulfur, vicious, grass-headed black, and babean in the smoke, which is enough for them to drink a pot.By the way, Shao Bo, what will happen if you suck these things?
Wang Changling said calmly: If you have bleeding from the mouth and nose, vomiting and diarrhea, and if you have poisoning, you will die of death.
Xue Chongxun laughed: I poisoned them all, let’s go up to take over the city, Stone Castle City, Iron Blade City, but Er.
At this time, the stone-throwing car stopped, and the Tuyuhun army platoon began to rush up the only path up the mountain.
There were originally two square platforms with levels under the city, but there were no enemy soldiers at this time, and they all shrank to the top of the mountain.
Xue Chongxun and others also looked at the top of the mountain, looking forward to the results.
Unexpectedly, after the Tugu soldiers rushed up, they were immediately resisted. All kinds of things rolled down, and some people rolled down from the mountain. From a distance, they looked like stones during mudslides. When they fell off the cliff, those people were digging around in the air, as if they were flying, but they fell to the foot of the mountain in an instant, basically meat pie.
There was a quarrel on the battlefield for a while, and the Tuyuhun people retreated.The stone thrower started to operate again.
After a while, Zhang Wulang climbed up from the bottom of the mountain to find Xue Chongxun. Xue Chongxun asked without waiting for him: How could the Tubo people still bear so much poisonous smoke?
Zhang Wulang took off his helmet and said: I guess he would cover his mouth and nose with a wet cloth, so I can hold on for a while.We can only smoke them for a few more days. I asked Xue Langzheng for this matter, the poisonous fireball is not enough.
Xue Chongxun said: This matter is fine. There are many craftsmen in the army. I ordered Zhao Sijue to quickly transport materials from Shancheng to get there and do it when it comes.
The battlefield became a construction site again, and the poisonous fireballs were rushing to work behind. The dirt mountain in front was thrown up with a catapult. The catapult worked in turn, day and night.
At the intersection below the square platform, there were strong bows and crossbows to prevent the Tubo people from rushing down from above.
After a day and night, not only was the smoke on the top of the mountain filled the mountain, but even the Tuyuhun soldiers guarding the mountain pass smelled the pungent smell. Some could not stand the bleeding from their mouths and noses. They had to cover their mouths and noses with a wet cloth, but people could not completely filter the poison if they had to breathe. If Xue Chongxun could make activated carbon, it would be better.
The Tuyuhun soldiers at the Yamaguchi had to evacuate.
On the seventh day of the lunar month, the stone-throwing car stopped again.
After the wind blew for a day, the Tuyuhun soldiers wrapped their heads and faces with wet cloth and rushed to the top of the mountain again. This time, they did not encounter any resistance at all.
After a long time, the generals in front came to report that they had already captured the Stone Castle City.
Most of the Tubo people in the city were poisoned to death, while the rest hid in a closed stone house and could not organize defense. They only came out after the Tuyuhun soldiers came to the city.The remaining Tubo soldiers were surrounded and were all surrendered.
At this point, Shibao City fell into the hands of the Tang army again, and for the first time in 60 years, a flag with the name of the Tang Dynasty was planted on the top of the mountain.
The Tang army coalition forces in Tuyuhun invested nearly 100,000 troops and manpower. The city was besieged for two months, and more than 200 soldiers and craftsmen were killed and injured, while more than 600 Tubo were poisoned to death and captured.
If you didn’t see the number of corpses with your own eyes, you couldn’t believe that more than 600 people here could block the 100,000 army.
The captives were naturally beheaded, leaving only the general named Tie Ren who guarded the city. Xue Chongxun planned to escort back to Chang'an to seek credit.
When he climbed the castle and looked down at the mountains, the rivers and mountains were all in his eyes, and his heart became wide open. He really wanted to sing a song. The scenery of the north is frozen thousands of miles away and snow falls.Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there are only the wild and wild..., but this poem is an anti-poem at this time. He dared not shout in public. It is worth swallowing the vigorous poetry back into his stomach. He felt a little uncomfortable, as if he was full of strength and was useless.
Yuwen Xiao said from the side: If it weren't for Xue Lang's magic plan for poisonous fireball, this city would never have been taken down at the cost of 200 casualties.As long as we write the war into a memorial and report it, the first contribution will undoubtedly belong to Xue Lang.
Wang Changling also said: The lord's main achievements are naturally unswerving. Even if the Tuyuhun people are working hard, isn't it just the lord's contact and negotiation?In this way, the lord's regained his title as a county prince is just around the corner.
The title is just a cloud... Xue Chongxun turned around and waved his hand, signaling the generals and guards who were on the side to avoid it.
He looked at the endless mountains and sighed, "All the king's land is under the sky, and the place that is doomed to succeed or fail is the Daming Palace."
Now Princess Taiping has the final say in the Daming Palace, and Princess Taiping is Xue Chongxun's biological mother. Of course, the Daming Palace that Xue Chongxun mentioned is not referring to this time, but is worried about Taiping's situation after he stepped down.
Of course, Wang Changling understood the meaning, but he was not good at talking too much about the royal family for a while, so he could only remain silent.
Yu Wenxiao frowned, and the ravines on his face became deeper. What are Xue Lang’s plans?
Xue Chongxun pondered for a long time, but finally didn't say it.
Yuwen Xiao and Wang Changling both paid attention to his expression, knowing that he had already been calculating, but he just didn't want to say it.
It is not easy for a staff member to ask about such matters, so he has to slowly guess.
The three of them stood on the top of the city and continued to silently look at the surrounding scenery. The mountains were undulating and the rivers were thousands of miles away, which was very spectacular.
Although it looks desolate and remote here, it is very important to play a strategic position.
From now on, the Hexi and Longyou areas will be connected together. The security of the Southern Silk Road will surely bring frequent trade with Central Asia. The fertile land of Longyou will become the granary of the Tang Dynasty...
Before Tubo recaptured Shibao City, the army could no longer reach the Tang army stronghold in Longyou, Hehuang; coupled with the solid fortifications that the Tuyuhun people surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and Jishishan areas, the Tubo people basically had no hope on the eastern front.
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Xue Rengui, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, was wiped out in Dafeichuan, and the Tang army lost tens of thousands. The failure of a war affected the fortune of the Tang Dynasty for decades. The failure of a war led to the Tang Dynasty being passive in the eastern front battlefield that contained Tubo for a long time, and had to invest more troops and national strength to defend, which not only affected the economy of the Longyou region, but also continued to consume national strength.
And the current victory of Cheng Qianli and Xue Chongxun in the Longyou area will inevitably have a far-reaching impact that lasts decades and a hundred years.
The knowledgeable people in the Tang Dynasty would definitely realize what the successive victory in the northwest region during the first year of Changyuan to the second year of Changyuan was meant.
Sure enough, the news of the great victory in Shibao City came to Chang'an. Before Xue Chongxun's memorial arrived, Chang'an immediately issued an edict, rumoring that Longyou Jiedushi Cheng Qianli and Fujidao marching chief Xue Chongxun came to the capital to meet the saint.
Xue Chongxun arranged some personnel in Shanzhou, allowing Zhang Wulang to continue to take charge of the military power of the Jiannan Army, and Yuwen Xiao continued to develop the Northwest Intelligence Network.
He finally accumulated some strength here, and of course he could not give up completely just because he returned to Beijing.
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