The fires are shining under the night sky, and it is so lively.
Piles of bonfires and little torches complement each other, as if a vibrant downtown suddenly emerged from the ground in this border area.
People were divided into two shifts, and they didn't even stop at night, worked all night, and started building three earthen mountains.
Xue Chongxun stood on a hillside and looked down at the lively scene, feeling that the lively scene seemed to be full of poetry and painting.
If you look at it with the eyes of a poet, it is indeed the case, and the world is so magnificent; but the fact that everything is now has no poeticity, it is just a life-and-death battle between two civilizations for living space.
Without pity and emotion, the creation of gorgeous night colors is just because Xue Chongxun and others think it is more practical to try to use long-range attacks.
If we change the method and use human life to fill it up, the flesh and blood will flow into a river, it will probably show the essence of this game more.
At this moment, a figure was coming up from the bottom of the hillside. The guards standing there did not stop them at all, and they must be an acquaintance.As soon as he got closer, Xue Chongxun really saw clearly that the person coming was Wang Changling.
The sight here is quite wide.Xue Chongxun said something casually.However, Wang Changling held his fists calmly, which was very polite.
Wang Changling's physical strength was not as good as Xue Chongxun. He was a little tired when climbing up. He exclaimed and said: It is difficult to attack this place, and the difficulty lies in the inability to unfold. No matter how many people there are, it is useless.Thirty miles away, the terrain is dangerous... Whoever controls this place can control Hehuang and even Longyou areas in the middle of applause.
Xue Chongxun smiled bitterly and said: So if such a big city can become famous in the court and the people, if we capture Shibao City this time, we will definitely become famous all over the world.
Wang Changling said: This city is known as the iron blade. One man should be a pass without opening ten thousand men. Just like there are hundreds of troops in the city, there will be no casualties of 20,000 to 30,000 people who will not get involved... If the lord's tactics can be effective, it will be a masterpiece.
Hearing this, Xue Chongxun felt better, with a smile on his face, and he looked at him with anticipation, his heart full of expectations.
I hope those gunpowder balls can work and successfully win the Shibao City. In this way, without consuming too much national strength, it will be an extremely important strategic location for the Tang Dynasty. It will be full of glory to return to Chang'an!
……
The dozens of miles from Xishixia to Yaoshuigou were busy. The war had begun, but the fighting had not begun. The people on the Tang Dynasty only focused on building mountains day and night.
The main force of the coalition forces stationed on the Huangshui Line to the east and did not squeeze in. Their role was to prevent the Tubo reinforcements from coming from Shibao City to cause the entire army to be wiped out.
However, Tubo was defeated in Jishishan a few months ago. It is estimated that he has not recovered yet and has not mobilized his army to compete in Shibao City again.
The construction site of the three artificial earth mountains is less than 200 feet away from the stone fort. The Tang people have already calculated clearly that as long as the height drop is reduced, this distance will be within the range of the heavy catapult.
But the Tubo people were condescending but had no choice but to take the construction site. Their skills were really limited. Although they learned some craftsman skills from the Han people and could also make equipment such as crossbows, catapults, carriages, and ladders, the quality was not satisfactory, and the range was greatly reduced, which was not as far as two hundred feet, and the accuracy was even worse.
The Tubo people wanted to stop the construction site from continuing construction, so they could only come out of the square platform and use close combat to solve the problem.
Xue Chongxun accepted the suggestion of the general of Jiannan Army and transferred the 200 infantry troops to station in the cliff to prepare for defense.
It is useless to deploy too many soldiers in this place. They can only be placed vertically in the valley and cannot be placed at all. Two hundred people can resist it for a while. If something happens, it is time to temporarily increase troops from behind.
At this time, there were no cranes and other equipment, and the speed of repairing fortifications was so slow that even if you were working day and night, you would have been busy until June that it had not been completed.
The two sides confronted each other in the Yaoshui Valley for a month, without even a single battle.
Finally, the first battle took place one night in mid-June.
The Tubo people probably could no longer tolerate the Tang Dynasty's Xianbei people repaired fortifications under their noses, and they had been repaired for more than a month. They took advantage of the dark moon and wind from the square platform to try to destroy the fortifications. It happened that the Tang army defenders had been careless for a long time, so they succeeded in the sneak attack.
When the Tubo army came to kill the generals, the two hundred Tang troops had not yet formed a battle formation and did not resist it.
During the melee, some Tubo people rushed to the foot of three artificial earth mountains, where there were only some Tuyuhun slaves who were carrying soil and working hard labor. They were powerless to resist and were immediately killed and fled in scattered.
The Tubo people sprinkled oil on wooden racks and labor tools and set fire. The fire burst into flames and burned all the woods.
But they had no choice but to have the Tushan that had been built up. At this time, there was no explosives and they could not blow it up directly. In desperation, they could not find a way to destroy it.
So they raised the thick wooden pillars to crash the earthen mountain like a city gate. Unfortunately, the Tang people's construction method was based on the strict earth ramming. The soil was rammed very strongly and would not move for a while after being hit.
Xue Chongxun also heard the news of the raid and immediately ordered Zhang Wulang to dispatch troops to quickly reinforce, and at the same time he met with the Tuyuhun Grand Minister Fu Lu, asking him to transfer the Tuyuhun Army as the follow-up troops to continue to follow up.
Zhang Wulang dispatched three regiments of cavalry and rushed to the bottom of the stone fort. A fierce battle broke out immediately. The Tuyuhun army behind him also came, filling the narrow valley with a lot of people. It turns out that there are too many people.
Xue Chongxun climbed to a high place to see the situation on the battlefield, but he couldn't see it clearly at night. He only saw the fire in front of him and heard noise in his ears. Anyway, it started fighting.
He was also a little anxious, mainly because he didn't know much about construction and didn't know what level of damage the earthen mountain could withstand. If the construction site that had been hard-working for more than a month was completely destroyed, wouldn't it be a waste of work?
He found Zhao Si from the Si Workshop to ask: Will the earth city you built collapse?
But Zhao Si was most afraid of taking responsibility, and Xue Chongxun knew about it for more than a month.
As expected, Zhao Sijue stammered and said: There is no problem with material and structure, and it will generally not collapse, but if it is destroyed by humans, it is hard to say...
If this ambiguous thing is, Xue Chongxun could not judge what the situation was.
Of course, Zhao Sijue would not slap his chest to guarantee: he is an engineering department and is only responsible for construction. Anyway, the built earthen city does not collapse itself, so it is not his business; being destroyed by humans is the responsibility of the garrison, and nothing to do with him. Of course, it is not necessary for Zhao Sijue to be the blame for others.
Xue Chongxun frowned and felt very depressed.
If all previous efforts are wasted is not just a matter of delaying time. There are nearly 100,000 coalition forces on the banks of Huangshui on the east, mainly Tuyuhun people, and how much food should they eat and drink every day!
This battle is about national strength. If the Tuyuhun people are so exhausted, their territory may be consumed.
After realizing the seriousness, he immediately wrote an order in person, mailing Zhang Wulang: Repel the enemy within half an hour and retake the construction site.
Zhang Wulang was supervising the battle behind the officers and soldiers of the Jiannan Army in front. After receiving the letter from the messenger, he unfolded the paper and put it under the fire to see Xue Chongxun's handwritten letter, and he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.
He looked up and saw that there were people in front of him, and swords and guns flashed brightly in the fire.
Originally, the cavalry were reinforced, but now they are dismounted and fought because the local area is too small and the infantry can be arranged more densely.
The general around him said: The place is too narrow, and it will take too much time to use it.
Zhang Wulang said angrily: Those who order the front army to advance, fight for the bloody path, and take a step back will be killed!
The war drums were beating with the sound of killing and screams. The Tang cavalry dismounted were still wearing heavy armor, and the dense formations were crowded with people and even turning around. What martial arts tricks could they do at this time?
There is no place to show you, and you can stab someone when you see it, or be stabbed by someone, and you can only bear it and have no place to hide.
A general shouted loudly: Even if you die, you must stand firm and don’t fall down... In this situation, if you fall down, you will be stepped into a paste.
Arrows were flying above the head, and no one knew when an arrow pierced into the flesh from a thin part of his body with his armor.
Everyone opened their eyes wide, and most of them had fear on their faces. It was nonsense to treat death as if they were home. Prospering their lives was just a responsibility, and retreating was just a violation of the law.
Fortunately, the Tang army's combat effectiveness was indeed stronger than that of the Tubo people and had better equipment. The situation was already very obvious. The Tang army advanced step by step, and the Tubo people retreated while fighting.
When the sky gradually turned white, the Tang army finally regained the construction site and Tubo retreated to the square platform.
The Tuyuhun soldiers behind were useless, and they were ordered to pursue them at this time, and followed the Tubo defeated soldiers to rush up the cliff path...
The result was obvious. He was smashed back by a pile of rock-rolling wooden crossbows, killing many people, and died inexplicably.
Zhang Wulang walked to the construction site and saw that fortunately the three earthen mountains were still standing there, but the wheelbarrows, wooden frames, ladders and other things around were all burned, and the embers were still blazing with blue smoke.
Xue Chongxun then came to the construction site to inspect it. He felt relieved when he saw that the fortifications had not been damaged.It is not a big deal that those tools are destroyed, they are transported from behind.
There was also a burnt smell and a bloody smell in the mist. Many corpses fell from all over the ground. The broken sword and gun were inserted crookedly into the soil, which was particularly messy. The troops were silently carrying the bodies and cleaning up the battlefield.
Xue Chongxun asked coldly: Where is the person in charge of the construction site? Are you dead?
At this time, a general with a bun of hair was scattered and covered in armor rushed towards this side. Before he could reach the ground, he was stopped by Xue Chongxun's guards and seized his sword.
Finally, if you are careless and misleading, you deserve to die!The general hurriedly fell to his knees.
You're so right.Xue Chongxun waved his hand, dragged it down and chopped it, and the head level passed the eyes of the three armies!
Four or five sergeants immediately rushed up, pressed them to the ground, grabbed their arms and left.The general looked desperate and could not say a word... The sin he said should be dead.
Within a moment, the general's head rolled into the soil with a click.Xue Chongxun looked around the officials and generals and said: The construction site is almost completed, and anyone who has dereliction of duty will cut off whoever makes mistakes!
Piles of bonfires and little torches complement each other, as if a vibrant downtown suddenly emerged from the ground in this border area.
People were divided into two shifts, and they didn't even stop at night, worked all night, and started building three earthen mountains.
Xue Chongxun stood on a hillside and looked down at the lively scene, feeling that the lively scene seemed to be full of poetry and painting.
If you look at it with the eyes of a poet, it is indeed the case, and the world is so magnificent; but the fact that everything is now has no poeticity, it is just a life-and-death battle between two civilizations for living space.
Without pity and emotion, the creation of gorgeous night colors is just because Xue Chongxun and others think it is more practical to try to use long-range attacks.
If we change the method and use human life to fill it up, the flesh and blood will flow into a river, it will probably show the essence of this game more.
At this moment, a figure was coming up from the bottom of the hillside. The guards standing there did not stop them at all, and they must be an acquaintance.As soon as he got closer, Xue Chongxun really saw clearly that the person coming was Wang Changling.
The sight here is quite wide.Xue Chongxun said something casually.However, Wang Changling held his fists calmly, which was very polite.
Wang Changling's physical strength was not as good as Xue Chongxun. He was a little tired when climbing up. He exclaimed and said: It is difficult to attack this place, and the difficulty lies in the inability to unfold. No matter how many people there are, it is useless.Thirty miles away, the terrain is dangerous... Whoever controls this place can control Hehuang and even Longyou areas in the middle of applause.
Xue Chongxun smiled bitterly and said: So if such a big city can become famous in the court and the people, if we capture Shibao City this time, we will definitely become famous all over the world.
Wang Changling said: This city is known as the iron blade. One man should be a pass without opening ten thousand men. Just like there are hundreds of troops in the city, there will be no casualties of 20,000 to 30,000 people who will not get involved... If the lord's tactics can be effective, it will be a masterpiece.
Hearing this, Xue Chongxun felt better, with a smile on his face, and he looked at him with anticipation, his heart full of expectations.
I hope those gunpowder balls can work and successfully win the Shibao City. In this way, without consuming too much national strength, it will be an extremely important strategic location for the Tang Dynasty. It will be full of glory to return to Chang'an!
……
The dozens of miles from Xishixia to Yaoshuigou were busy. The war had begun, but the fighting had not begun. The people on the Tang Dynasty only focused on building mountains day and night.
The main force of the coalition forces stationed on the Huangshui Line to the east and did not squeeze in. Their role was to prevent the Tubo reinforcements from coming from Shibao City to cause the entire army to be wiped out.
However, Tubo was defeated in Jishishan a few months ago. It is estimated that he has not recovered yet and has not mobilized his army to compete in Shibao City again.
The construction site of the three artificial earth mountains is less than 200 feet away from the stone fort. The Tang people have already calculated clearly that as long as the height drop is reduced, this distance will be within the range of the heavy catapult.
But the Tubo people were condescending but had no choice but to take the construction site. Their skills were really limited. Although they learned some craftsman skills from the Han people and could also make equipment such as crossbows, catapults, carriages, and ladders, the quality was not satisfactory, and the range was greatly reduced, which was not as far as two hundred feet, and the accuracy was even worse.
The Tubo people wanted to stop the construction site from continuing construction, so they could only come out of the square platform and use close combat to solve the problem.
Xue Chongxun accepted the suggestion of the general of Jiannan Army and transferred the 200 infantry troops to station in the cliff to prepare for defense.
It is useless to deploy too many soldiers in this place. They can only be placed vertically in the valley and cannot be placed at all. Two hundred people can resist it for a while. If something happens, it is time to temporarily increase troops from behind.
At this time, there were no cranes and other equipment, and the speed of repairing fortifications was so slow that even if you were working day and night, you would have been busy until June that it had not been completed.
The two sides confronted each other in the Yaoshui Valley for a month, without even a single battle.
Finally, the first battle took place one night in mid-June.
The Tubo people probably could no longer tolerate the Tang Dynasty's Xianbei people repaired fortifications under their noses, and they had been repaired for more than a month. They took advantage of the dark moon and wind from the square platform to try to destroy the fortifications. It happened that the Tang army defenders had been careless for a long time, so they succeeded in the sneak attack.
When the Tubo army came to kill the generals, the two hundred Tang troops had not yet formed a battle formation and did not resist it.
During the melee, some Tubo people rushed to the foot of three artificial earth mountains, where there were only some Tuyuhun slaves who were carrying soil and working hard labor. They were powerless to resist and were immediately killed and fled in scattered.
The Tubo people sprinkled oil on wooden racks and labor tools and set fire. The fire burst into flames and burned all the woods.
But they had no choice but to have the Tushan that had been built up. At this time, there was no explosives and they could not blow it up directly. In desperation, they could not find a way to destroy it.
So they raised the thick wooden pillars to crash the earthen mountain like a city gate. Unfortunately, the Tang people's construction method was based on the strict earth ramming. The soil was rammed very strongly and would not move for a while after being hit.
Xue Chongxun also heard the news of the raid and immediately ordered Zhang Wulang to dispatch troops to quickly reinforce, and at the same time he met with the Tuyuhun Grand Minister Fu Lu, asking him to transfer the Tuyuhun Army as the follow-up troops to continue to follow up.
Zhang Wulang dispatched three regiments of cavalry and rushed to the bottom of the stone fort. A fierce battle broke out immediately. The Tuyuhun army behind him also came, filling the narrow valley with a lot of people. It turns out that there are too many people.
Xue Chongxun climbed to a high place to see the situation on the battlefield, but he couldn't see it clearly at night. He only saw the fire in front of him and heard noise in his ears. Anyway, it started fighting.
He was also a little anxious, mainly because he didn't know much about construction and didn't know what level of damage the earthen mountain could withstand. If the construction site that had been hard-working for more than a month was completely destroyed, wouldn't it be a waste of work?
He found Zhao Si from the Si Workshop to ask: Will the earth city you built collapse?
But Zhao Si was most afraid of taking responsibility, and Xue Chongxun knew about it for more than a month.
As expected, Zhao Sijue stammered and said: There is no problem with material and structure, and it will generally not collapse, but if it is destroyed by humans, it is hard to say...
If this ambiguous thing is, Xue Chongxun could not judge what the situation was.
Of course, Zhao Sijue would not slap his chest to guarantee: he is an engineering department and is only responsible for construction. Anyway, the built earthen city does not collapse itself, so it is not his business; being destroyed by humans is the responsibility of the garrison, and nothing to do with him. Of course, it is not necessary for Zhao Sijue to be the blame for others.
Xue Chongxun frowned and felt very depressed.
If all previous efforts are wasted is not just a matter of delaying time. There are nearly 100,000 coalition forces on the banks of Huangshui on the east, mainly Tuyuhun people, and how much food should they eat and drink every day!
This battle is about national strength. If the Tuyuhun people are so exhausted, their territory may be consumed.
After realizing the seriousness, he immediately wrote an order in person, mailing Zhang Wulang: Repel the enemy within half an hour and retake the construction site.
Zhang Wulang was supervising the battle behind the officers and soldiers of the Jiannan Army in front. After receiving the letter from the messenger, he unfolded the paper and put it under the fire to see Xue Chongxun's handwritten letter, and he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.
He looked up and saw that there were people in front of him, and swords and guns flashed brightly in the fire.
Originally, the cavalry were reinforced, but now they are dismounted and fought because the local area is too small and the infantry can be arranged more densely.
The general around him said: The place is too narrow, and it will take too much time to use it.
Zhang Wulang said angrily: Those who order the front army to advance, fight for the bloody path, and take a step back will be killed!
The war drums were beating with the sound of killing and screams. The Tang cavalry dismounted were still wearing heavy armor, and the dense formations were crowded with people and even turning around. What martial arts tricks could they do at this time?
There is no place to show you, and you can stab someone when you see it, or be stabbed by someone, and you can only bear it and have no place to hide.
A general shouted loudly: Even if you die, you must stand firm and don’t fall down... In this situation, if you fall down, you will be stepped into a paste.
Arrows were flying above the head, and no one knew when an arrow pierced into the flesh from a thin part of his body with his armor.
Everyone opened their eyes wide, and most of them had fear on their faces. It was nonsense to treat death as if they were home. Prospering their lives was just a responsibility, and retreating was just a violation of the law.
Fortunately, the Tang army's combat effectiveness was indeed stronger than that of the Tubo people and had better equipment. The situation was already very obvious. The Tang army advanced step by step, and the Tubo people retreated while fighting.
When the sky gradually turned white, the Tang army finally regained the construction site and Tubo retreated to the square platform.
The Tuyuhun soldiers behind were useless, and they were ordered to pursue them at this time, and followed the Tubo defeated soldiers to rush up the cliff path...
The result was obvious. He was smashed back by a pile of rock-rolling wooden crossbows, killing many people, and died inexplicably.
Zhang Wulang walked to the construction site and saw that fortunately the three earthen mountains were still standing there, but the wheelbarrows, wooden frames, ladders and other things around were all burned, and the embers were still blazing with blue smoke.
Xue Chongxun then came to the construction site to inspect it. He felt relieved when he saw that the fortifications had not been damaged.It is not a big deal that those tools are destroyed, they are transported from behind.
There was also a burnt smell and a bloody smell in the mist. Many corpses fell from all over the ground. The broken sword and gun were inserted crookedly into the soil, which was particularly messy. The troops were silently carrying the bodies and cleaning up the battlefield.
Xue Chongxun asked coldly: Where is the person in charge of the construction site? Are you dead?
At this time, a general with a bun of hair was scattered and covered in armor rushed towards this side. Before he could reach the ground, he was stopped by Xue Chongxun's guards and seized his sword.
Finally, if you are careless and misleading, you deserve to die!The general hurriedly fell to his knees.
You're so right.Xue Chongxun waved his hand, dragged it down and chopped it, and the head level passed the eyes of the three armies!
Four or five sergeants immediately rushed up, pressed them to the ground, grabbed their arms and left.The general looked desperate and could not say a word... The sin he said should be dead.
Within a moment, the general's head rolled into the soil with a click.Xue Chongxun looked around the officials and generals and said: The construction site is almost completed, and anyone who has dereliction of duty will cut off whoever makes mistakes!
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