For the Western Regions, where the rainfall is low, it is a good thing to be happy, however, for the rain, the soldiers stationed in Liancheng are not happy, because it rains "stone rain" in Liancheng.

Three hundred heavy trebuchets were deployed at the same time, and the large stones changed from far to near, from small to large, and finally smashed into the city wall.

Some smashed on the side of the city wall, some smashed on the city wall, some crossed the city wall and smashed into the buildings in the city, some people were frightened and screamed, and some people were unlucky, they were hit by a big stone, and the big stone weighing more than 200 catties was smashed on the body, not dead but also crippled, and it was a mess for a while.

Before I had time to clean up, the second and third rounds of stone rain followed.

The first round is a salvo, the second round begins, 300 heavy throwing stones are divided into three batches, using uninterrupted projection, for a time the stones are like "rain", smashing the Wangcheng thump.

The 100 households of Tubo Tashi, who assisted in the town watch, risked being hit by a boulder, and Kadi, the general of the eastern expedition of the Pahanna, who was under the city wall, said with an angry face: "General Kadi, as a guard, don't you feel ashamed to hide here like a mouse? ”

Kadi was upset, and said angrily when he heard this: "Tashi Baihu Chief thinks that what is going to be done is appropriate?" ”

"Counterattack, let the Tang army be so arrogant?" Tashi said indignantly.

"How to fight back?" Kadi spread his hands: "The Tang army has surrounded the entire city, Tashi Baihu has not seen it, the trebuchet position, there are archers next to it, there are heavy infantry guards in front, and there are cavalry on both sides, what are the consequences of fighting head-on with the well-equipped Tang army, I believe I don't need to say that Tashi Baihu also knows." ”

Tashi continued to ask, "What about trebuchets, why don't you fight back?" ”

"How? The trebuchet of the Tang Dynasty can be cast 500 steps away, while the trebuchet in our hands can only be cast at most 200 steps, which is not enough at all. ”

Tashi was speechless: Tubo's manpower trebuchet can only throw 150 steps at most, and it is not stable, worse than the one in Ahuada's hand.

"What then? Let them hold back? ”

Kadi said helplessly: "Let them toss, anyway, if we hide in advance, we won't be able to hit us, so we should listen to it." ”

Tashi looked out for a moment, and said with a somewhat ugly face: "I'm afraid, we can't hide even if we can't hide." ”

Can't hide? When Kadi looked at it, his face immediately changed greatly, and the swords, shields, and archers of the Tang Army, escorting the soldiers with long ladders and cloud ladders, advanced forward, and the momentum was not small.

"Come on, gather for me, the Tang army has begun to attack the city." Cardi roared loudly.

The Tang army is getting closer and closer, and if it doesn't take action, it will have to watch it attack the city, even if there is a risk, Kadi still gritted his teeth and gave the order.

If you refuse to fight, you will be able to escape, and according to military law, it is the key to killing.

As soon as he emerged, Datang's trebuchet immediately sped up its projection, and after a while, more than a dozen people were killed and injured, and Kadi could only let his subordinates retreat.

As soon as they retreated, the siege troops of the Tang army began to advance again, for fear that the city wall would be lost, Kadi could only let his subordinates go up to the wall to face the battle, and just on the city wall, the Tang army besieging the city stopped its footsteps, and those trebuchets exerted their strength again.

The Tang army fought very thieves, just to force himself to show up and increase the killing of trebuchets, the problem is that knowing that it is a conspiracy, Kadi really can't relax.

He kept cursing the Tang Army in his mouth, but in Kadi's heart, he admired the well-trained Tang soldiers.

Throwing boulders with heavy trebuchets here, and marching there, if you are not careful, you will hit your own people, just imagine how many deaths and injuries a powerful stone will cause in the crowd.

Others don't dare, but Datang dare.

In addition to the well-trained soldiers and the protection of the iron shield regiment, Datang is also very confident in the quality of his trebuchet, unlike Alida, the trebuchet in his hand is either Datang takes the eliminated ones as a reward, or asks someone to imitate them, and the quality is worrying.

After tossing back and forth for two days, none of the Tang troops who were preparing to attack the city climbed the city wall, and Kadi did not hurt any Tang army, but Kadi still took advantage of the dark moon and high wind to withdraw all his men to Tiancheng.

Abandon Wangcheng directly.

There is no point in holding on, it can only increase casualties sharply, and there is an order from above, if you can't hold it, you can withdraw, if you don't care about face, you will give up on the first day.

The Tang Dynasty soldiers took Wangcheng without blood and won the first stage victory against Liancheng.

After capturing Wangcheng, the Tang soldiers thought that they could celebrate and rest for two days by the way, but Zhang Xiaosong strictly ordered to attack Tiancheng immediately and not give the enemy a chance to breathe.

Compared to Wangcheng, the difficulty of capturing Celestial City has increased more than tenfold at once.

The cliffs on three sides of the city, there is only one big road leading to the heavenly city, it is this big road, it is also hard to dig out from a giant, it is said that it is a thunderstorm, a big stone is split from the middle, the first king of the Khan inadvertently found that as long as it is transformed, it can be transformed into a strong city that can be attacked and defended, so he sent people to build a city here.

The road leading from Wangcheng to Tiancheng was carved and expanded from the crack split by the heavenly thunder, and when I walked on the road, there was a feeling of a glimmer of sky.

The road is not big, only one foot and three feet, and no more than ten people can pass side by side, and at the end of the big rock there is a gate made of fine iron, which is very solid.

The slope is very steep, the height difference is more than seven zhang, the trebuchet is not easy to install, from the low to the high, the slope is very large, the projection is very difficult, far away, not at all to rely on, close, and into the enemy's range.

Including bows and arrows and a small trebuchet of its own.

The range of the large trebuchet is long, it can be thrown upward, the potential energy is greatly weakened, and the trebuchet of the Diphana is thrown from high to low, making up for the lack of technology, and the trebuchet battle on the first day of the attack on the Celestial City ended in a great victory for Aeda.

The terrain is uneven, the installation is not easy, the first time to put in 30 new trebuchets, in addition to the trebuchet, bow and arrow, but also hundreds of pounds, chiseled into a round rolling stone to push down, damage more than 10 precious trebuchets, together with the death and injury of many soldiers.

Liancheng, which has been run with all its might for generations, is really impregnable.

That night, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Xiaosong glanced around at the leaders present, and then said with a straight face: "You are all cheerful people, don't talk about it, early tomorrow morning, take turns to attack Tiancheng, no matter how much price you pay, within ten days, you must take Liancheng." ”

Ashina Xian was a little surprised and said, "Ten days? Isn't it too urgent, now the craftsmen are trying to improve the trebuchet, and if they want to capture the dihana in a short time, they will have to pay a great price. ”

Fight a protracted war, slowly look for opportunities, and take it step by step, now there are a lot of soldiers with fine food, and there are dangers to defend, attacking at this time, it is taking human lives to fill.

"Zhang Jianjun thinks twice, if he takes Liancheng within ten days, even if he takes it, it must be worth the loss." Sulu Khan also persuaded on the side.

The generals and leaders present all looked at Zhang Xiaosong nervously, wanting to hear his decision.

The fruits of victory are in their hands, and for the time being, everyone present has received a lot of trophies and military exploits, and as far as they are concerned, they are already very satisfied, if it weren't for Zhang Xiaosong being here, most of the people present would have gone home with the spoils of war a long time ago.

At the last minute, there was a huge cost, and no one wanted that to happen.

Zhang Xiaosong sighed, and then explained: "Don't get me wrong, you know that it takes a lot of money to take Liancheng in the short term, or the price of blood, how can I, Zhang Xiaosong, be a cold-blooded and ruthless person, and I have to exchange the blood of the soldiers for my own prestige and military merits." ”

After a pause, Zhang Xiaosong continued: "Tubo Zanpu Chide Zuzan has sent the great general Deji to lead a large number of elite cavalry, wanting to attack when the Western Regions are empty, and the general of Weidong Muhammad also led a large number of troops to come to reinforcements, preparing to attack the Western Regions in one fell swoop, and if we don't take Liancheng as soon as possible, we will be in a state of attacking on both sides, and if we don't take it as soon as possible, the Western Regions will be in danger." ”

"The Western Regions is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and it is your home, the lives of your parents, wives and children, relatives and friends are in your hands, are you homesick and burned by the enemy, your parents are slaughtered, and your wives and daughters are crying in the arms of the enemy?"

"Can't!" Ulma, King of the Western Night Kingdom, said loudly.

Sulu Khan stood up in time and said: "Who doesn't know that there are eggs under the nest, and the wolf ambitions of Tubo and Great Eclipse? Listen to Zhang Jianjun, yes, I am willing to listen to Zhang Jianjun's dispatch. ”

"I would like to listen to Zhang Jianjun's dispatch." Ashina Xian immediately echoed loudly.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, in other words, the more support you get, the more reliable you must be at critical moments.

Ashina Xian and Sulu Khan were convinced that no matter how much loss they suffered, as long as the Tang Dynasty allocated a little resources, the two clans would soon recover.

"I would like to listen to Zhang Jianjun's dispatch." Everyone said in unison.

The two major forces in the Western Regions have expressed their stance that in the face of Zhang Xiaosong, who dared to kill, and then think about the powerful Tang Dynasty standing behind him, no one dares to be sloppy at this time.

You must know that before Zhang Xiaosong started the war, he wiped out a clan with a wave of his hand.

No one wants to be the object of Zhang Xiaosong's second prestige.

Zhang Xiaosong hit the head of the case with a punch and said loudly: "Okay, it's decided, Zhang Rui, go back and let the soldiers prepare, and you will be the first to hit the striker tomorrow." ”

In order to show fairness, Zhang Xiaosong took the lead in sending the elite of the Tang Dynasty.

"Order!" Zhang Rui said resolutely.

"Okay, let's all disperse, tomorrow morning, we will meet this heavenly city, which is known as the first pass in the Western Regions." Zhang Xiaosong said with blazing eyes.

On the way back to the big tent, Guo Ziyi looked at Zheng Peng, who was bowing his head and contemplating, and couldn't help asking, "Third brother, what are you thinking?" ”

Zheng Peng paused for a moment, shook his head and said, "I'm thinking, if I attack tomorrow, how many soldiers will die here." ”

Captured in ten days, it is better to fill in this place with human lives in ten days, now the army is more than 50,000 people, Zheng Peng estimates, if it is really attacked, it may have more than half of the casualties, and then it will be really a river of blood, miserable.

said that he was worried about the safety of the soldiers, but in fact, he was thinking in his heart: Do you want to take out the cross-era killing weapon in advance?