Chapter 1403 A practice of night raids, called horse picking bells, people
Chapter 1403: A method of night attack, where horses are asked to pick bells and people are given titles (please subscribe and vote)
Speaking of this, the spy who had entered Jianchuan City many times also had a depressed face.
The Tang Dynasty finally built such a fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but because of the negligence of the defender, it was handed over to others, which is really painful.
Now, Cheng Changshi intends to capture this fortress-like city with the help of more than a thousand wolf soldiers.
In the eyes of this spy, it was like a dream, even if these 1,600 Ryu troops were replaced by the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Even at this moment, there are only hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled people in this fortress. If you want to attack it, you have to think carefully.
Cheng Chubi nodded noncommittally, squinting his eyes and staring at the city head.
He could see that there were not many garrison soldiers on top of the city. In addition, although the city gate was open, there were not many passing merchants coming in and out.
This made Cheng Chubi couldn't help but complain.
"After the main force of Tibet left, I felt that the soldiers defending the city didn't seem to care too much."
The spy nearby couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this.
"This city of Jianchuan has fallen into the hands of the Tibetans for many years. For many years, the Tibetans have been squandering wealth in the south of Jianchuan.
We have long since wiped out all the tribes from the south of Jianchuan to the border of Erhai Lake and surrendered them all to Tubo."
"If I, the Tang Dynasty, raise an army to attack this fortified city, I will definitely mobilize an army and mobilize a large number of people.
I'm afraid that the Tibetan people in Jianchuan City will already know the news when the army arrives at Erhai."
"So, since the Tubo people did not receive warnings that someone was raising troops to attack, and they knew that these mountain trails were not suitable for large-scale marches."
"I didn't take any precautions, it was just a matter of fate."
After hearing the detective's considerate analysis, Cheng Chubi nodded in agreement.
I sniffed happily, fortunately I'm here, fortunately I don't need to rely on those extremely heavy siege equipment to attack Jianchuan City.
Otherwise, as the spy said, we can only squeak along the road, transporting siege equipment towards Jianchuan City.
"What you said makes sense. Fortunately, otherwise Cheng would have had a headache as to how he could approach Jianchuan City quietly."
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Cheng Chubi has been staying here from noon to dusk, at this time.
Cheng Chubi then gave the order to let the army, which had been resting in the valley, begin to move forward quietly.
When they arrived not far from Chugu, the whole army stopped and rested.
Time continued to move forward bit by bit, and every half an hour, someone would rush to Cheng Chubi to tell the time.
Cheng Chubi, on the other hand, has been on the top of the mountain, staring at the city head. He can see that there are not many lights in the city, and they are sparse.
It seems that there should be no problem with the intelligence. There are indeed not many defenders in Jianchuan City. In addition, torches are only lit at the four corners of the city wall and at the north and south gates for lighting.
Elsewhere, it was also dark, only every two or three quarters of an hour.
Only then would a patrol with torches board the top of the city. After a round of inspection, they would go straight down to the city.
As the night grew darker, the intervals between the patrols' appearances became longer and longer. It would take almost half an hour until midnight before one came up.
Seeing this scene, Cheng Chubi, who was already a little exhausted mentally and physically, couldn't help but perked up. It seemed that these Tibetan people were really lazy.
Just when he raised the corner of his mouth slightly and was about to mutter something to Li Mo beside him, he heard a burst of snoring.
Cheng Chubi turned his head and saw that Li Mo had fallen asleep silently leaning against the tree trunk at some point.
It's just that the snoring sound was not made by him, but by the special girl Cheng Fa.
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Cheng Chubi personally walked at the front of the team. Everyone had small stones stuffed in their mouths to prevent them from suddenly wanting to speak.
This is the most common way of fighting at night since ancient times, where the horse picks the bell and the man takes the bell.
Although those wolf men have never done this before, they are all considered excellent hunters. Naturally, they know very well that they must not make a sound when approaching their prey.
The group of people walked quietly by the faint light of the crescent moon and stars.
After marching to the main road, Cheng Chubi took a deep breath and stretched out his hand to tighten the strap on his back as he looked at Jianchuan City, which was getting closer and closer.
On his back, he carried an explosive bag weighing twenty kilograms of gunpowder. Not only him, but Cheng Fa and Cheng Da were also carrying explosive bags of the same weight.
Behind Cheng Chubi were the more than eighty elite grenadiers, who would become the main force covering the large forces in seizing Jianchuan City.
With their extraordinary arm strength, it was really easy to throw the iron kettle grenades over the city wall that was only two feet high.
When it comes to street fighting, the destructive power and huge explosion that the tin kettle grenade can cause is enough to make enemies who have never seen gunpowder weapons lose the courage to fight back.
The closer they got to Jianchuan City, the slower Cheng Chubi and others moved. They were still more than a hundred steps away from Jianchuan City.
Cheng Chubi paused and signaled to a group of canine soldiers to stop as planned.
It was not until the team was completely silent that Cheng Chubi led the elite grenadiers to continue moving forward.
The light from the torches on the top of the city was not very strong. Even so, Cheng Chubi and others deliberately detoured a certain distance, first marched from the side to the bottom of the city wall, and then quietly sneaked towards the city gate.
When he entered the city gate, Cheng Chubi heard the sound coming from the top of the city. He couldn't help being startled and quickly raised his hand to signal.
Everyone stopped in time, and their hearts suddenly lifted.
Cheng Chubi listened for several breaths, and finally understood what the strange sound was. It was clearly the sound of snoring one after another.
Cheng Chubi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and motioned for the others to stay where they were, while Cheng Fa and Cheng Chubi continued to quietly reach the city gate.
Looking at the huge double-door city gate, Cheng Chubi and Cheng Fa began to sneakily install explosive packs there.
After installing it, Cheng Chubi carefully pulled the fuse a few feet away, then huddled under the city wall. After taking it out and lighting it, he put the incense, which had been covered with a cloth cover to cover the light, to the fuse head and lit it.
Immediately, a subtle chirping sound was heard, and the lead wire went along the base of the wall towards the city gate.
Cheng Chubi did not dare to stay any longer, turned around, walked as lightly as possible, and walked towards the distance. It took him seven or eight breaths.
I returned to where I was before and turned around, but I could no longer see the sparkle of the fire. I couldn't help but start to worry. Could it be that the lead was broken?
Just when Cheng Chubi began to doubt himself, he suddenly saw a dazzling light flashing through the city gate in front of him...