Chapter 181: Plateau Strange Soldiers (III)

The news of the killing of Tubo Zampu was not spread ten miles away. The Tang army sentries on the periphery killed Tubo soldiers one by one. Li Qing did not stop. After simply dealing with the casualties, he immediately rushed north and rushed straight to Shibao City.

At this time, on both sides of Shibao City, two Tubo armies, one south and one north, were ready. At the countdown, the bowstrings of the attack on the Tang army were getting more and more full, and they were about to break out.

However, fifty miles behind them, another army was ambushed, like a wolf who had found prey, waiting for the opportunity to come with his unchanging patience.

In Shibao City, the Tang army's attack has been ongoing for almost a month, with more than 10,000 soldiers missing, but the castle remains unmoved. Two miles below the castle, 30,000 Tang troops stand in a daze on the vast plateau. The cold wind is biting, the flags have frozen and are frozen into a semi-solidified shape. The sky is gloomy, dark clouds are drooping, and a blizzard is approaching.

The sound of war drums sounded, and two thousand Tang troops rushed out of the camp. They carried the ladder and drove hundreds of cattle and horses toward the narrow mountain path. The tails of the cattle and horses were coated with thick tinder oil.

This is the most effective method Chu Zhilian has ever used, which can greatly reduce the casualties of the Tang army, and the number of rushing to the cliff is increasing. Even five days ago, there was a hand-to-hand battle with the Tubo army on the top of the city, and almost attacked Shibao City. However, there are advantages and disadvantages. A large number of livestock corpses also hindered the mountain roads, and blood flowed out and condensed into dazzling red ice, which slowed down the Tang army's attack speed. It no longer had the exciting effect a few days ago, and even made the Tang army's attack more difficult.

When they arrived at the mountain pass, the Tang army lit the tails of the livestock. The cattle and horses were frightened and rushed to the mountain without any chance. The Tang army followed behind and shouted with mechanical steps without passion. It seemed that it was just a formality. The countless failures in a month had already worn off the confidence of the Tang army, but the Tubo army was in a high spirit. The stones were like rain, and the logs fell head-on like hail, and they fell straight on the heads of a group of running oxen. The running oxen groaned and rolled down the mountain one after another. The Tang army following behind could not hide and was knocked over a large area. The Tang army began to shake, retreat, and fled, but there was a military supervisor at the foot of the mountain, so they had to turn around and attack again, retreat and attack again, coming and going, like waves, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky, but when they reached the peak, they stopped. No one dared to rush up the cliff, and hid on the edge of the narrow road and shot arrows on the city.

Chu Zhilian was furious and drew his sword and roared fiercely: "Come on my turn to beat the drums. From now on, all officers under the commander will take turns to attack the city, and those who do not go up to the cliff will be killed!"

A month of unfavorable attack on the city has exhausted Chu Zhilian. He wanted to withdraw his troops and return to Shanzhou, but Huangfu Jiedu's attack orders came one after another. Sometimes seven or eight military orders came a day, and his deadline was only three days left. If he didn't get off the city, he would be killed!

Chu Zhilian was like a gambler who was looking red. He took a desperate bet and suppressed all the bets. All the officers next to him were shocked, but no one dared to say a word. The forward general Wang, who was surrounded by him, stared at the top of the city with a rare thug, staring at the top of the city, trying to find the flaws in Tubo's defense. He had been searching for a month and had not found anything, but today it was different. Perhaps under pressure, he finally discovered the problem.

"General Chu, General Chu discovered a doubt."

Chu Zhilian looked back at him and said angrily: "What's the suspicion? You fucking said it just!"

"yes!"

Chu Zhilian's irritability made the sweat from the king's forehead slowly flow down. He said anxiously: "A month ago, I found that there were about 2,000 Tubo defenders on the city. In this month, we killed at least 1,000 people. But now you see that the Tubo defenders on the city are still about 2,000. Has the dead people resurrected again?"

"What is this suspicious point? Is there no soldiers in his city to replenish it?"

Suddenly, Chu Zhilian opened his mouth wide and his eyes widened, "I have been attacking for more than a month but no reinforcements from the Tubo people. This is impossible! Did the Tubo people still have one trick?"

He suddenly understood and looked at both ends of Sun and Moon Mountain. Suddenly, a thunder sounded like a thunder appeared on the ground. Countless Tubo cavalry broke out on both sides of Sun and Moon Mountain. The two Tubo troops quickly formed an endless ocean, as if stormy waves, as if surging crazes, as if surging, surging war swords. The heavy chain mail wrapped the whole body tightly, revealing only a pair of hideous eyes and a bloody mouth. The cold eyes shot out the gauntlets. The sound of horns in the stone castle city, and suddenly a dense army surged out from the city wall.

"Form a formation! Form a formation! Prepare to fight!"

Chu Zhilian screamed in a hurry: "Archer! Where is the archer?"

But the Tang army had lost confidence and morale was low. Some war horses had already begun to tremble and retreated, and many people's eyes showed fear.

The Tubo cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the horse's hooves were like thunder, raising the murderous aura in the sky, facing the trembling rain of arrows of the Tang army, without any mercy, without any stop, wielding the sword to kill the Tang army.

The Tang army was defeated, Chu Zhilian died in the army in battle, and 70,000 Tubo troops rushed thousands of miles away, opening their mouths and rushed towards the land of Longyou.

One, two, countless pieces, suddenly there was heavy snow all over the sky, and the first heavy snow this winter finally came.

It was already one hour, and the wind and snow were ripped in the sky, and the slanting thorns were pouring on the earth. The fog rolled, and nothing could be seen within three steps. Apart from the howling wind, he could hear heavy breathing nearby and the sound of war horses. An army marched hard in the wind and snow, heading towards Shibao City. This was naturally Li Qing's strange army. The opportunity they were waiting for finally came. The Tubo army brigade had already chased the defeated Tang army. The defense of Shibao City was empty, which was a rare opportunity, but the sudden arrival of the blizzard disrupted his deployment. They had traveled for three hours in an hour.

More than 4,000 Tang soldiers finally arrived at the cliff of Shibaocheng. Under the cliff was a dense pine forest. The Tang army rested in the pine forest for a while. At this time, the wind and snow gradually stopped. Another shrill wind blew from the north, pushing away the thick red clouds, and the stars emerged. The moon above the cliff moved westward, emitting a yellow light among the remaining clouds after the blizzard. A thick layer of light and soft bedding had been laid on the ground, emitting a golden light.

The sky was clear, but the temperature dropped sharply. The soldiers were so cold that they jumped up. They cut off and pulled off the withered vines from the cliff, revealing the bare stone wall. Li Qing looked up at the straight cliff, stroked the frozen stone wall, and waved backwards in a low voice, "Let's start!"

The soldiers soon rushed to a large group of white moving objects. From their 'ba!' screams, they knew that they were flocks of sheep. Li Siye picked up a sheep, looked at Li Qing hesitantly, and said, "Where did Yangming hear it? I have never heard of this method."

Li Qing smiled slightly, "I also read it from the book, but I have never seen it with my own eyes."

He patted the stone wall and said confidently: "Although it is not colder now, the terrain here is high, which is much colder than the Central Plains."

Li Siye nodded, "Then try it! If it really doesn't work, let's go up from the front."

As he said that, he pulled out the horizontal knife, raised the knife and dropped it. A blood arrow marked it out, chopping off a lamb leg. He immediately took advantage of the blood heat and pressed it on the wall. In an instant, blood turned into ice, and frozen a lamb leg firmly on the stone wall. Li Siye slapped the knife surface casually. The knife buzzed and trembled, but the lamb leg did not move at all. "Okay! It's really done."

Li Siye was overjoyed and cut off a lamb leg and pressed it on the stone wall. It was ready in an instant. After waiting for a while, he stepped on it carefully. The sheep ladder was very strong, and his nearly 200-pound body was still stable when he stepped on it.

"Everyone, let's do it!"

Dozens of specially selected martial arts soldiers immediately started their work to build a sheep ladder. Once the sheep ladder is completed, Li Siye would personally lead five hundred Tang troops to climb from the back mountain to the stone castle city.

However, Li Qing led 3,000 people to the front of Shibao City. This was his double insurance. If the back mountain failed, he would hit the door directly from the front and attack. Time passed by little by little, and gradually it was already the fourth hour. The moonlight was bright, and you could see several small black dots moving back and forth on the top of the city from afar.

At this time, Duan Xiushi came from the back mountain to report that the sheep ladder had been set up, and Li Siye led 500 people to the cliff, but there were soldiers patrols on the city wall and they could not climb up.

The critical time came, Li Qing pondered slightly, and with a wave of his hand, three thousand soldiers rushed out of the ambush and rushed towards the narrow path under the stone castle city. But as soon as he approached, he was immediately discovered by the Tubo soldiers on the city. The shouts on the city suddenly sounded, and there were only hundreds of defenders on the city. The sudden brigade of Tang army made all the Tubo troops panic and rushed to defend the city. The stones and wood fell like rain, blocking the narrow mountain path.

Let’s talk about Li Siye. He led 500 soldiers to the cliff silently. It was only more than one meter wide from the city wall to the edge of the cliff, but the city wall was very long and stretched three hundred feet. More than a dozen Tubo troops were patrolling back and forth. Five hundred Tang soldiers held their breath and pressed their bodies tightly against the city wall, waiting for news ahead.

Suddenly, there was a turmoil in the city, screaming and cursing. The troops guarding the city were insufficient. More than a dozen soldiers on patrol ran downstairs to help move huge rocks to block the city gates, preventing the Tang army from rushing open with giant trees.

The opportunity came. Nan Jiyun listened carefully for a while and there was no one on it. He and Li Fei Shouyu looked at each other and nodded at the same time. The two of them carried large bags of quiver pots and hook rope bags on their backs, aimed the arrows tied with flying hooks at the battlements. The two flying hooks dragged long ropes and drew a beautiful arc, accurately hooking the inner side of the city wall.

The two of them pulled it very tightly, and they jumped hard at the same time and climbed up to the city. The walls were frozen very smoothly and had no strength at all. Fortunately, they had hemp ropes tied to their boots, which barely had some friction.

At this time, they were already hanging in the air, with a cliff a hundred feet high below. If a Tubo soldier finds a hook rope, they will both fall to pieces, and none of the five hundred Tang troops will be spared.

Time passed by little by little, Nan Jiyun was less than three feet away from the battlements, but suddenly the sound of footsteps came from above his head. A Tubo soldier appeared in front of him. The two of them looked face to face, and they were stunned.

It turned out that the defender who stayed at Shibao City was Tie Ren Sinoro, the chief general who led his army to attack Shazhou. He was demoted to defend Shibao City because of the defeat in Shazhou. Compared to the field battle, he was more skilled in defending the city. Under his defense, the Tang army attacked for a whole month but failed to capture the city. However, Li Qing's sudden attack on the city just now caught him off guard. He immediately transferred all the soldiers to carry huge rocks to block the door. However, when he found that no one was patrolling the city wall on the north and south, he immediately sent one person back, and the Tubo soldiers who arrived at the west wall happened to see Nan Jiyun.

Nan Jiyun reacted first. He pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist and flew hard towards the Tubo soldiers. The horizontal knife was extremely sharp and pierced his head. The Tubo soldiers screamed and fell to the ground and died. However, Nan Jiyun was unable to support his body with one arm, and suddenly slid down more than one foot, and the rope grinded his palms out of blood.

The screams of the Tubo soldiers attracted the attention of the other two Tubo soldiers. With the moonlight, they saw the Tubo soldiers lying on the ground from afar, and a long sword penetrated into his face. The two of them were so scared that they shouted.

At this critical moment, Li Fei Shouyu climbed up the battlement, but saw more than 20 Tubo soldiers rushing towards this side. Before he could think about it, he took off his bow and shot it. He had quick eyes and hands, and the arrows were shot without any effort. Every time he went, one of his people turned over and fell to the ground. Suddenly, two arrows shot from the side at the same time, but shot through the throats of the two Tubo troops at the same time. Li Fei Shouyu looked back and saw Nan Jiyun standing proudly on the battlement. He held the shooting bow in his hand, his face slightly raised, and glanced at the Tubo troops sideways. Another string sounded, and the two arrows were still shooting through the throats of the two Tubo troops at the same time.

"Good arrow!"

Li Fei Shouyu praised him and saw that more than 20 Tubo troops were almost shot and killed. He immediately took out more than a dozen hook ropes, hooked the city wall, and threw them down.

At this time, Tiebian Sinuoluo had already learned that the Tang army had flipped up from the west. He immediately realized that he had been fooled. He was angry and anxious, and he didn't care about blocking the door. He immediately led more than 200 people to rush towards the city wall to the west. As soon as he reached the top of the city, he saw an arrow flying towards him, as fast as lightning. He instinctively lowered his head, and the arrow shot through his helmet and took it out more than ten feet away. Tiebian Sinuoluo was so scared that he didn't dare to look up. He just ordered the soldiers to rush forward to kill, but it was too late. Li Siye led the first group of Tang troops to climb up the city wall. He laughed loudly and drew his sword and rushed into the crowd of Tubo soldiers.

As more and more Tang troops climbed up, the balance of victory had tilted towards the Tang army. One hour later, Shibao City, a strategic land that was crucial to both the Tang and Tubo, finally changed hands and was occupied by the Tang army. All four hundred Tubo soldiers were annihilated. Iron Blade Sinuoluo was captured by Li Siye. At this moment, the city gate was wide open, and the Tang Dynasty's dragon flag was flying high on the Shibao City. The Tang army at the foot of the mountain rushed up. Li Qing took off his helmet and waved his hand hard to Shibao City. An extremely bright smile appeared on his face.

In November of the fourth year of Tianbao, Li Qing, the governor of Shazhou who had just killed Zanpu in Tubo, succeeded in attacking Shibao City again. The battle situation in Longyou reversed. The unstoppable Lunmangbuzhi and Tuyuhun kings retreated in a hurry. The Tang army took advantage of the situation to counterattack. The Tubo army was defeated and countless people were killed and surrendered. In the end, less than 30,000 people fled back to Jiuqu.
Chapter completed!