The sudden appearance of the steam convoy put the members of the three tribes above and below the city on high alert.
If they come to help the attackers below the city, then the city will only be destroyed faster.
If they came to help the defenders, the attackers would also be in big trouble.
The commander of Yue Xizhao shouted loudly and asked: "What do you do?"
Upon hearing the inquiry, Li Min suddenly had an idea. He was in the Chinese army and couldn't help but pick up the loudspeaker and shouted loudly:
"Don't get excited, everyone, don't get excited, we are here to deliver supplies to you! Aren't you the food and weapons you want?"
Food and weapons?
When did we buy food and weapons from the Tang Dynasty?
While the siege soldiers below the city were stunned, Datang's steam convoy continued to rumble in.
The speed of the steam chariot was so fast, but within a short time, a preliminary confrontation was formed with the siege soldiers.
The speed of the steam chariots never stopped, and they were forming a siege on the siege.
"Stop, stop!"
"Stop it!"
"If you don't stop, we will attack!"
However, I only dare to talk about these two parts, Yue Jie Zhao and Lang Qiong Zhao.
They really didn't dare to take the initiative.
Once they take the lead, Datang can counterattack without any scruples.
When the time comes, I'm afraid they will still be the ones to suffer.
"shoot!"
But at this moment, Li Min held up a loudspeaker and loudly gave the order to attack.
Whoosh!
Whizzing!
The sky was filled with arrows, and they suddenly fell like raindrops.
The soldiers of Yueji Zhao and Langqiong Zhao had very thin armor and could not be compared with those in the Central Plains.
Even the Turks' armor was much better than theirs.
Although they still hold shields in their hands.
But even with the strength of their shields, they couldn't withstand the powerful crossbows of the Tang Dynasty.
For a time, the soldiers of these two groups suffered heavy casualties!
"Fight back! Fight back!"
Their hopes of luck were shattered, and it turned out that the Tang army was really coming to fight against them.
Their soldiers, while dodging the rain of arrows, took out their bows and arrows and began to fight back.
Unfortunately, when their bows and arrows hit the steel chariot, they could only make a tinkling sound and were quickly bounced away.
Their bows and arrows could only leave scattered shallow marks on the chariot, not even a deep pit.
The crossbow arrows of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be endless and would never stop.
Soldiers from both groups kept falling.
At this time, the Mengxun soldiers on the city wall were surprised and happy when they saw this scene.
Great! Really great!
Unexpectedly, Datang's Steel Team actually attacked two troops.
Although they still don't know Datang's motives, at least they can force back the troops of Yue Xi Zhao and Lang Qiong Zhao who attacked them first!
"attack!"
On the city wall, Wang Duan Gongming, the emperor of Mengxun, also decisively issued the order to attack.
As a result, the soldiers on the city wall directly fell into the well and threw bows, arrows, rolling logs and other weapons for city defense at the bottom of the city as if they were free of charge.
In this way, the troops of Yue Jizhao and Langqiong Zhao are just adding insult to injury, and the defeat will be faster.
They quickly organized their soldiers and evacuated the battlefield.
However, the speed of Datang's steel chariots was really too fast. With the speed of their two legs, how could they possibly outrun a steam car?
Of course, not everyone in the Yueji Zhao and Langqiong Zhao participated in the siege.
Each of them left five thousand cavalry to support them.
At this time, the commander-in-chief of the two armies quickly ordered their respective cavalry to meet their siege soldiers.
Try to rescue them.
If they don't rescue them, their losses will be too great.
At this moment, the third team of steel chariots from the Tang Dynasty appeared and violently attacked the two cavalry units.
A few years ago, Datang's steam tricycle actually had this defect.
Steam tricycles are afraid of violent impacts.
If it collides with a galloping horse, the horse will certainly be shattered to pieces.
But steam tricycles also have the risk of rolling over.
And once it rolls over, it is impossible to hold it up on the battlefield.
But today's steam cars have no shortcomings in this regard.
The steam vehicles manufactured in the Tang Dynasty are even more durable than the dump trucks of later generations.
Therefore, today's steel chariots are not afraid of collisions with cavalry at all.
As for the cavalrymen of Yue Ji Zhao and Lang Qiong Zhao, their bows and arrows could not break through the defense of the steel chariots.
Even in terms of speed, it is slower than the steel chariot.
Facing the steel chariots of the Tang Dynasty, they were like dogs biting hedgehogs, unable to eat at all.
And their cavalry fell in pieces like straw.
The battlefield was completely one-sided.
The steel chariots of the Tang Dynasty had extremely rich experience in fighting against cavalry.
But this was the first time that the cavalrymen of Yueji Zhao and Langqiong Zhao encountered the steel chariots of the Tang Dynasty.
Facing the steel chariot, they really couldn't defeat it and couldn't escape. They could only watch the soldiers around them being reduced in number.
Finally, the commanders of Yue Ji Zhao and Lang Qiong Zhao realized that something was not going well and had to tearfully order their cavalry to retreat.
By this point, these two cavalry units had lost almost 70%.
As for the infantrymen who attacked the city, there were very few who could escape the pursuit of the steel chariots.
Fortunately, when Datang's Iron Chariot continued to pursue them menacingly, they finally discovered a weakness of the Iron Chariot.
That is, as long as they leave the road and run onto the rugged wilderness, the steel chariot will be unable to continue chasing them.
Relying on this method, they finally got rid of the pursuit of Datang Iron Chariot.
Finally, the Yue Analysis and Langqiong Zhaos counted the number of people.
As a result, it was sadly discovered that in each of their units, only three to four thousand soldiers escaped!
And when they first attacked the city today, their number was 15,000!
The losses in this battle were so heavy that the leaders of both groups felt like they were about to vomit blood.
Fifteen thousand soldiers were not the entire strength of their tribe, but they were almost the same.
After this battle, their strength was actually lower than that of Meng Xizhao, whom they jointly attacked.
After they return, they must think carefully about their next strategy.
…
On the city wall of Meng Xunzhao, the ethnic group of Meng Xunzhao were cheering excitedly.
If the city is breached by any of the two armies, all of their tribesmen under Meng Xunzhao will end up in a miserable state.
Men will be massacred and women will endure unimaginable humiliation.
But now, their enemies have been driven away.
They are finally safe!
However, at this time, Wang Duan Gongming, who was under Meng Xunzhao, and the generals of the tribe were still deeply worried.
Datang's steel chariots certainly helped them defeat the invading enemies.
But what is the intention of Datang's assassination?
Are they really here to help us?
If the Tang Dynasty also came to invade them, it would be true that they had just driven away the wolves and the tigers had come again!
At this moment, on top of the city wall, they suddenly saw a car approaching their city gate quickly.
At this time, the eyes of all the defensive soldiers on the city wall were attracted.
The purpose of Datang's visit will probably be revealed soon.
At this moment, on the city wall, a soldier suddenly pointed at the chariot and shouted: "Look, princess, the princess is on that chariot!"
"It's the princess! It's Princess Yutong!"
"It turned out to be the reinforcements brought in by the princess!"
"Princess! Princess!"
On the city wall, the soldiers under Meng Xunzhao couldn't help but cheer loudly.
Within the city wall, the tribesmen of Meng Xunzhao soon learned what had happened, and they also shouted loudly for the princess.
At this time, Duan Gongming was also overjoyed and quickly ordered people to open the city gate.
He also personally led the generals of Meng Xunzhao to welcome him out.
Since the princess is also on their chariot and is not being held hostage.
This is enough to prove that these are the reinforcements invited by the princess.
Of course, the more important point is actually.
It's a blessing, not a curse, but it's a curse that cannot be avoided.
Because the Tang Dynasty didn't need any conspiracy at all and could easily destroy their city.
Therefore, Duan Gongming opened the city gate generously and welcomed him personally.
Li Min also got off the chariot with Princess Duan Yutong.
The chariot is still very tall.
Li Min, on the other hand, was in the carriage at the back in order to observe the battlefield.
When getting out of the car, Li Min jumped out easily.
But Princess Duan Yutong is not so relaxed.
On the carriage, I dared not get off.
After hesitating for a moment, she wrinkled her cute little nose and said to Li Min: "Brother, help me."
Li Min laughed and couldn't help but stretched out his arms to help Princess Yutong.
But unexpectedly, Duan Yutong jumped down and jumped directly into his arms.
Li Min was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and gently put her on the ground.
Duan Yutong's pretty face turned red, and for a moment, she looked really cute.
In front of the city gate, Duan Gongming and the generals looked at each other, and they all saw surprise in each other's eyes.
It seems that Princess Yutong has a very close relationship with the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty.
In this case, they will feel more at ease.
However, at this time, Gongming felt a bleeding feeling deep inside his heart.
His eldest daughter has already married into the Tang Dynasty.
And this little daughter is not only more beautiful than the eldest daughter, but also smarter and more sensible.
Duan Gongming loved this little daughter very much.
He is going to recruit the bravest warrior in the tribe as her husband-in-law, and keep her by his side, visible at any time.
But now it seems that his wish is destined to fail!
Soon, the two sides were close to each other, with only a dozen steps separating them.
Duan Yutong rushed to Duan Gongming's side and shouted happily: "Father!"
Duan Gongming stroked Duan Yutong's hair, laughed and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Yutong!"
Duan Yutong said with a smile: "Why do I have to work hard? Father, you are the ones who have worked hard! By the way, father, let me introduce it to you!"
Duan Gongming laughed and said: "Who in the world doesn't know the reputation of the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty?"
"His Royal Highness, the King of Shu of the Tang Dynasty, personally led the army to relieve the danger of my tribe and save tens of thousands of my tribe from the fire and water. Please accept my worship!"
After saying that, Duan Gongming and other generals all bowed to Li Min.
Li Min quickly supported him and said: "King Nanzhao, there is no need to be polite. We are neighbors. Neighbors are in trouble and it is our duty to help each other. Why do we need to be grateful?"
After hearing Li Min's words, Duan Gongming quickly said: "Your Highness, the little king would never dare to call himself the King of Nanzhao. In the land of Nanzhao, I, Meng Xizhao, am probably the weakest now. How can I deserve this title?"
Li Min smiled slightly and said: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Doesn't the king have the ambition to be the king of Nanzhao?"
Can it be without?
There must be dreams!
But dreams are just dreams and must be based on reality.
Duan Gongming couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "However, I, Meng Xunzhao, have very little strength, so I really don't dare to think of this!"
Li Min smiled slightly and said: "What if, plus the strong support of Datang?"
Duan Gongming had a thoughtful look on his face and couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean, Your Highness?"
Li Min said meaningfully: "The Nanzhao area is in constant turmoil, and it will actually disturb our border with the Tang Dynasty."
"For me, Datang, of course I hope to have a unified Nanzhao that is on good terms with me, Datang! I wonder what your Majesty wants?"
After listening to Li Min's words, the ecstasy on Duan Gongming's face flashed away, but the excitement could not be concealed.
Duan Gongming's opportunity has come!
Duan Gongming couldn't help but said: "That's why I wish, but I don't dare to ask my ears! If the Tang Dynasty can help Xiao Wang unify Nanzhao, Xiao Wang will definitely never invade with the Tang Dynasty."
"The little king is going to host a banquet in honor of His Highness. Your Highness can make some preparations. We are here to welcome you."
The so-called "little preparation" is being polite.
In fact, Li Min was asked to take care of the bodyguards.
The city is the headquarters of their Mengxun imperial edict.
As the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty, even if they were temporarily partners, the King of Shu would have to bring a large number of guards into the city.
Unexpectedly, Li Min laughed and said: "We are all generals leading troops to fight, why do we need to go to such trouble? I was about to taste the wine of your Mengxunzhao tribe, and now I can finally get my wish!"
After saying that, Li Min raised his feet and walked towards the city.
As for Li Min, only Li Yuanfang and a dozen guards accompanied him.
Duan Gongming took a deep look at Li Min and said, "Your Highness, please!"
"Your Majesty, please!"
There is indeed a lot of delicious food in Nanzhao.
However, there were many delicacies that Li Min did not dare to taste.
For example, if there were dishes such as snakes and field mice, Li Min would not even dare to take his chopsticks.
On the other hand, those wild birds and mountain deer and other game were quite delicious, which gave Li Min a real treat.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Duan Gongming and Li Min began to discuss how to unify the entire Nanzhao.
After discussion, the two finally decided that they would first take the Yue Xi Zhao and Lang Qiong Zhao.
After all, these two troops had just been defeated by the Tang army and suffered heavy casualties.
Their military strength is probably only one in ten.
As long as they attack quickly while they are not looking for foreign aid, I believe they will be able to capture these two tribes very quickly.
As for the remaining three tribes, it will not be too late to make plans after integrating these two tribes.
The soldiers were very quick, so the two decided to send out troops that night and directly attack Yue Xizhao, which was closest to them.
That night, Duan Gongming ordered all the 10,000 soldiers and horses in the tribe.
At the same time, Li Min also sent a thousand steam vehicles and 10,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to cooperate with Duan Gongming's soldiers and quickly marched towards Yue Xizhao.
The distance between the two tribes was not far. That night, they arrived outside the Yue Jizhao tribe.
At this time, Yue Ji Zhao and Lang Qiong Zhao suffered a huge defeat, which was almost a disaster for them.
The two groups were in panic at this time.
The two of them have attacked Meng Xizhao, and Meng Xunzhao will come to take revenge on them sooner or later.
When Meng Xun's edict came, they had no way to resist.
Therefore, these two departments decided to unite one or two of the other three departments to jointly fight against Meng Xun's imperial edict.
Of course, they know very well that weakness is the original sin.
The strength is weak. If it cannot rise as soon as possible, other tribes will swallow it up sooner or later.
At this time, they were extremely wary and suspicious of Meng Xunzhao.
But despite all calculations, they never expected that Meng Xunzhao would attack tonight.
In their imagination, at the very least, Meng Xunzhao would need several days of preparation before he could attack.
Therefore, when it was too late at night, their tribe had almost no defense.
And their city walls are almost the same as those of Meng Xunzhao, both are very low.
They didn't send many soldiers to defend.
Therefore, the soldiers ordered by Meng Xun easily broke through the city wall, then quickly opened the city gate and charged towards their tribe.
In the middle of the night, countless members of the Yuejizhao tribe were awakened from their sleep by the sound of killing.
Yuexi Zhao's soldiers woke up from the panic and rushed out of the house with bare hands without even being able to dress properly.
What awaits them is ruthless slaughter.
Because they were not prepared, their combat readiness was obviously not level one, and they were not prepared for any eventuality.
Their weapons and armor are now stacked in the warehouse.
It will only be distributed to them when there is a war.
But now, it is obvious that the other party will not give them time to find armor and weapons.
For a time, the imperial edict could not help but lead to chaos.
The king of Yue Jizhao hurriedly summoned five hundred soldiers and rushed out of the east gate.
Fortunately, his soldiers are very elite and usually have ice armor on their side.
In the chaos, Meng Xunzhao's soldiers were unable to stop him and were actually rushed out by them.
However, Meng Xunzhao's mission was to eliminate their effective forces as much as possible.
They also do not chase those who rush out.
Then, Meng Xizhao only spent midnight, and by the time dawn came, they had completely controlled Yue Xizhao's palace.
The only drawback is that their king ran away.
However, Li Min soon brought over the corpses of the king of Yue Xizhao and the five hundred soldiers he led.
It turned out that one thousand steam cars led by Li Min were stationed ten miles outside the city.
The king of Yue Jizhao and the five hundred soldiers he led broke into their encirclement.
The outcome can naturally be imagined.
So far, Yue Jizhao has been captured by them.
With the death of the king of Yue Xi Zhao, it also means that the tribe of Yue Xi Zhao has been declared extinct.
Of course, as a small country, Yue Jizhao would not only have a palace and a city.
However, the remaining cities, or even villages, basically lack the ability to protect themselves.
Not to mention resisting Meng Xun's edict.
In the Nanzhao area, the battle was extremely chaotic.
These small countries are often destroyed.
The small villages below don't even care much about who rules them.
They just need to choose to obey and pay their taxes on time.
Therefore, as long as they capture their palace, it is basically equivalent to occupying the entire country.
Yue analyzed the imperial edict and was easily captured by them.
The next target is Lang Qiong Zhao.
However, if you want to continue using the old method, it will obviously not work.
The war here will definitely arouse the vigilance of the Langqiong imperial edict.
Their defense is bound to be very thorough.
One day later, Xue Rengui arrived with 30,000 cavalry.
Duan Gongming couldn't help being surprised and happy when he saw that Tang Dynasty had sent so many soldiers and horses.
Of course, I was happy to receive a lot of help.
What is surprising is that the power of the Tang Dynasty is really too huge.
It is very easy to swallow them.
…
In the following time, Duan Gongming continued to look for the weaknesses of Lang Qiongzhao.
It's a pity that they huddled within the city and did not engage in direct combat with them at all.
If you want to take down Langqiong Zhao, you must attack head-on.
But Duan Gongming only had 10,000 troops.
And Lang Qiongzhao also has almost 8,000 troops.
There is not much difference in the strength of the two sides. If we attack forcefully, we will definitely not be able to defeat them.
Duan Gongming found Li Min and wanted Li Min to send 10,000 troops to help them attack the city.
As a result, he was flatly rejected by Li Min.
Are you kidding? I, the Tang Dynasty, can help you unify Nanzhao and I can contribute.
But for things like siege, don't come to me.
The siege was like a huge meat grinder, with heavy casualties.
I, a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, Jin Gui is here, how can I accompany you to participate in the siege?
However, we can't stay in such a stalemate and do nothing!
Li Min couldn't help but use an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and began to detect the situation in Langqiongzhao City.
However, Li Min didn't find any obvious flaws.
Moreover, it must be said that Langqiong Zhao was extremely cautious.
Considering it was night, the intensity of inspections was not low at all.
Even if Li Min sent soldiers to attack the camp at night, there would definitely be losses.
How can we help Duan Gongming break the city?
You can't stay like this forever.
Duan Gongming is an ambitious person, but his ambition is not that big.
He currently only has 10,000 troops.
If he can't win the Langqiong imperial edict for a long time, I'm afraid Duan Gongming will be disappointed and will probably lose his enterprising spirit.
If he doesn't want to continue fighting, but is satisfied with his current territory, why would he have to find someone else to cooperate with him?
This is very likely to happen. After all, Duan Gongming has now taken over a small country, and his territory has doubled.
After detecting the terrain again, Li Min saw a river flowing through Lang Qiongzhao, and Li Min couldn't help but have an idea.
Li Min couldn't help but find Duan Gongming, and then asked him: "If you set a fire inside Langqiongzhao, what are the chances that you can break the city?"
After pondering for a while, Duan Gongming couldn't help but said: "It depends on the size of the fire. If the fire is big enough, there is at least a 90% certainty!"