Chapter 837

Hearing that Songzhou City was fine, Niu Jinda breathed a sigh of relief, and after asking about the situation in detail, he sent a messenger to continue his departure.

This Hongling messenger was not specifically to inform him of the situation of Niu entering Dasongzhou, it was the messenger's task to send a letter to Chang'an, and it was just a coincidence that he met him, so he had no right to leave this guy behind, although Lao Niu was confident that he would send back the Tubo people who came to attack.

"General, what shall we do? Do you want to notify others? By the time the messenger left, the 10,000 men led by Niu Jinda had already packed up and were ready to leave at any time.

"Arrange someone to notify the chief manager, and also send someone to inform Zhi Sili and General Liu Lan." Niu Jinda is a pioneer, this kind of news will naturally not be hidden, although the messenger is likely to be encountered by Hou Junji, but there should be no less notice, it is better to be troublesome than to act by feeling.

At this point, the old general is much more reliable than those gentlemen of the Western Regions Army, and he will never do such a strange thing as destroying people's city gates in a drill, and finally having to attack and take down the entire city.

"Inform the army, continue to set out, double the distance to forty miles." After arranging for someone to inform the other three armies, Niu Jinda gave the order to continue the march.

"Whoa!" After receiving the military order, everyone retreated, and the time was not long, and the army set off again, but this time the speed was a little slower than yesterday, not because they were not in a hurry to go to Songzhou to relieve the siege, but because they were afraid of the enemy's ambush.

The loss of Gansongling happened yesterday, and the messenger they encountered was also sent from Songzhou yesterday, that is to say, the 10,000 pioneers of Niu Jinda were not far from Songzhou, and under such circumstances, it was easy to fall into the enemy's ambush circle if they continued to hurry in such a daze.

Moreover, it was only Gansong Ridge that was lost, not Songzhou City, there was a strong city wall, and it was impossible for that place in Songzhou to be captured in ten days and half a month, and there was no need for Niu Jinda to rush to the road.

Thirty miles of marching every day for four days, and finally on September 14, Niu Jinda led the army to appear on the other side of Songzhou City.

Damn it, it's too special, right? Outside the city, there is horse manure everywhere in the mountains, and there is no good place outside the entire Songzhou.

Defending, camping, the 10,000 troops brought by Niu Jinda faced the same 10,000 or so Tubo army, and carried out their work in an orderly manner, treating those who were eyeing them as nothing.

The guys from the right leading guard are not ordinary border troops, according to the later military branches, the defenders in Songzhou City are at most armed police forces, that is to say, they belong to half army and half police. However, the 16th Guard is different, they are regular field troops, and there is no comparison at all in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness.

The bows of the Songzhou garrison are still old-fashioned longbows, and the arrows are still flat-headed long arrows, but what about the sixteen guards? All the bows are all pulley bows with different outfits, and the arrows are all triangular arrows, and both the shooting distance and the strength of the attack are one in the sky, and there is no comparison at all.

Looking at other heavy weapons, the Songzhou defenders are still using old-fashioned crossbows, the kind of big guys who can't move the shooting angle, just hanging the strings need to use two horses, and the kind of portable bed crossbow equipped by the sixteen guards can be freely assembled, and the control is only carried out by two people.

The same is true for the armor, the sixteen guards have been partially replaced with new plate armor, although only the body parts, but for those defenders who are still using leather armor and silk armor, this is already the difference between longbow and cannon. Even if the Songzhou defenders had a new type of plate armor as armor, it would be impossible for more than 2,000 people to lose battle in the battle of Gansongling.

As for the rocket army, artillery and steel crossbows that use firearms, the Songzhou defenders dare not think of it, no, it should be said that they can't think of it, because they don't know that there is such a thing at all.

In comparison, the only thing that can be commended about the Songzhou defenders is that they are all cavalry, and the quality of the war horses is far better than that of the Sixteen Guards, nothing more.

Therefore, in such a situation, the elite of the 10,000 Tang Dynasty Sixteen Guards, not to mention facing the 10,000 Tubo army, even if the 50,000 Tubo army is all on board, it is difficult to say whether they can get benefits from them.

"Hey, Tang Jun on the other side, which guard are you, who is the general, report your name!" In the process of confrontation, the Tubo people couldn't hold their breath for the first time, and a few guys who seemed to be the captains or captains of the Tang Dynasty broke away from their own formations and galloped back and forth in front of the 10,000 right leading guards led by Niu Jinda.

A few days ago, relying on the strength of the crowd, they killed 2,000 people in the Tang Dynasty, and these Tibetan guys were a little carried away, thinking that all the Tang Dynasty troops were the same combat power, and their contempt suddenly rose.

"General, forget about the death, look at them upset." A veteran of Niu Jinda's personal guard complained.

"You guys look at it yourself, this kind of thing also needs to be asked Lao Tzu, do you need to report it if you pee?" The little ant-like character, the cow's progress is not seen at all, and if the guards want to kill them, then they will be killed, who cares.

"Well, general, you can take a look." The guard smiled, turned his horse and left, and a moment later the man was already appearing near the assembled bed crossbow.

"How about brother, can this thing be used now?" Looking at the two crossbowmen sitting together and talking and laughing, the guard jumped off his horse and asked with a smile.

"If there is anything that can't be used, something that will be regularly maintained every day, it can be used when it is put up." The crossbowman pursed his lips as if he had been insulted by something.

"Can you take that guy down?" The guard raised his eyebrows, with a wicked smile, and pointed to a certain Tubo fan who was showing off his martial arts and said.

"Yes, that's great, but I need him to stop, if he's always jumping around like a rabbit, there's no way." The crossbowman is also afraid of the world's chaotic temperament, after hearing the question of the guard, he jumped up from the ground at once, took off the helmet down, revealing a bald head, and said excitedly.

Since this bed crossbow has been improved, every day except training is training, I never know what this thing feels like to a living person, and now there are generals' personal guards running to ask, if the crossbowman is not excited, then there is a ghost.

"Aim at him first, and give him a shot if he dares to stop." This guard is actually a character who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, Lao Niu agrees with him to toss, he naturally has to toss a big one, otherwise he can shoot down that Tubo fan with a bow.

(End of chapter)