Chapter 108: Hulao is too dangerous for a bird to cross
The eighth day of November.
Early in the morning, the alarm bell rang at the front gate of Hulao, indicating that there was a large-scale enemy invasion.
When Xia Yu hurried to the city tower with Li Shimin, he found that the generals had arrived. King Xiao Qin hurriedly asked: "But the Xia army is here?"
"Exactly." Li Shiji said quickly: "The scouting horse reported that a large number of Xia army infantry were erecting multiple pontoon bridges on the Si River, preparing to cross the river."
Xia Yu was a little strange, raised her eyebrows and said: "So fast? What siege equipment are there?"
Generally speaking, large siege equipment is inconvenient to carry on the march because it is too bulky, so they are basically made on-site when needed.
But it always takes a few days, right?
But the Xia army came to attack the city after only one day, which was very unreasonable.
"Going back to the military division, I only found a hundred light ladders and a crash car." Li Shiji paused and smiled a little weirdly: "It seems that His Highness made Dou Jiande so angry yesterday, and then after a night, he
I can’t wait to take revenge.”
"Haha!" Xia Yu was happy, touched his chin, and said leisurely: "Do you think Dou Jiande disrespects the word 'natural danger' too much? Generals, you have an obligation to make this guy correct his attitude, knowing that the world is dangerous.
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"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed when they heard this.
Indeed, what a joke are you trying to break through a world-famous gate like Hulao with just some light ladders and a crash car!
"Please rest assured, military advisor." Shen Yue said with a dark smile: "Dou Jiande is traveling across Hebei, and there is a vast plain. He may not know that Hulao Pass is so dangerous that it is difficult for birds to cross. The general will definitely entertain them well today."
"Okay!" Xia Yu turned her head with satisfaction: "Your Highness, how about we just sit on the fishing boat and watch General Shen and the others attack the enemy?"
"Very good." Li Shimin knew how to delegate power very well: "Mr. Mao, you and General Shen can do whatever you want."
"promise."
Immediately, the generals brought two mazaars for Li Shimin and Xia Yu, and they sat on the top of the tower, overlooking the front of the pass, and watched the show leisurely.
Half an hour later.
On the narrow Yangchang mountain road in front of the pass, countless Xia army infantry came in a mighty manner carrying hundreds of easy-to-carry ladders.
Looking around, it stretches for miles.
After finally climbing to the front of the pass, Wang Wan, the forward general of the Xia army, was already out of breath. When he raised his head, he was a little dumbfounded.
I saw a majestic pass in front of me, built between two cliffs.
The front wall is not only less than a hundred meters wide, but the two wings also extend from the top of the mountain, forming an inner "concave" with the wall.
This also means that any enemy who attacks Guanqiang will be besieged from three sides.
What makes people even more maddening is that the wall is too high, reaching 15 or 6 meters, which is much higher than capital cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang.
The city walls extending out from the two cliffs are even more winding and circling, as if they are floating in the night sky, and they are all on top of razor-shaped cliffs, making it difficult to climb!
Mother, how do you fight like this!?
Wang Wan's face turned green. He had been fighting in the Hebei Plain for several years, but he had never seen such an extremely dangerous pass.
However, despite the coming, it is impossible not to fight.
Dou Jiande was supervising the battle from behind. If he retreated without fighting, according to military law, it would be a death penalty for losing his head.
There was no other way, so Wang Wan had no choice but to bite the bullet and shouted: "Brothers, Your Majesty has an order: whoever reaches the city first will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and promoted to the third level. Kill him!"
"kill--"
The Xia army arrived for the first time and had a smooth journey. Their morale was extremely high. They immediately shouted and swarmed towards Guancheng.
On the top of the city, Li Shiji shook his head slightly: He really doesn't think Hulao Pass is a dish! He waved his hand.
In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired from the front and both wings of Hulao Pass.
Poor Xia Jun couldn't think about the front or the rear, left or right, and fell down one after another in the dense rain of arrows, causing countless casualties.
On the mountain road, blood flowed into a river for a while, and the roar shook the sky.
However, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, martial arts was in full swing in China, especially the Xia army, which came from the border areas of Yan and Zhao, and was even more brave.
Faced with the fierce rain of arrows from the Tang army, the Xia army did not flinch and rushed forward towards the city wall.
Li Shiji was slightly surprised and waved his hand again.
The two wings closed on the wall, and immediately, cannon stones as big as basketballs fell like rain. Those who were hit immediately had their brains burst, bones broken and tendons broken.
On the front wall, the Tang Army soldiers pushed the slide rails and released three huge stone balls!
"Boom!"
The stone ball was one meter in diameter and extremely heavy. After falling from the extremely high city wall, it immediately ran down the steep mountain road.
For a moment, it was roaring like thunder, rolling faster and faster, and it had the potential to crush the top of Mount Tai.
"Be careful, get out of the way!"
Seeing the ferocity of the stone balls, Xia Jun was frightened out of his wits, and they all wanted to dodge.
However, the mountain road in front of Guanqian is narrow, with the narrowest point only more than thirty meters. A large number of Xia troops and ladders have gathered, so where can they hide?
In just an instant, the stone ball had already arrived and violently crashed into the crowd of Xia Jun.
I could see that wherever the stone ball passed, there were already a lot of dead and injured, and the roaring was so loud that it simply crushed out three alleys of flesh and blood.
More than a dozen ladders were smashed into pieces and completely damaged.
Wang Wan was clever and did not rush to the front, but he was almost crushed by the stone ball. He was so frightened that he was sweating all over and his legs were a little weak.
Now, he finally understands what it means to be 'one man is in charge, and ten thousand men are not allowed to open it'!
"Quick, don't be afraid, charge forward and kill those who retreat!"
Seeing that Xia Jun was already cowering after being hit head-on, Wang Wan quickly waved his sword, encouraging and threatening at the same time.
The Xia army had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue moving forward, hoping that the Tang army would stop throwing stone balls.
This thing is really terrifying!
Fortunately, the stone ball was too heavy, and it would take time for Tang Jun to lift it up the slide. Xia Jun finally arrived at the city despite the rain of arrows.
However, just as they were about to set up a ladder and prepare to attack the city, they discovered a big problem.
First of all, perhaps as a result of the original builder's intention, everything under the city wall is sloped, with almost no flat land at all.
This also means that the two legs of the ladder are not stable at all, so how can people climb it?
To make matters worse, Xia Jun discovered that their ladder was only thirteen meters high. After leaning against the city wall, it was still two or three meters short of the city head!
You can’t go up here!?
The Xia army's faces turned green and they were dumbfounded, but the Tang army would not understand them and took the opportunity to push down the heavy rolling logs one by one.
“Boom—Crack!”
Although the rolling log is not as heavy as the stone ball, it still weighs over a thousand kilograms. Plus, it is still terrifying because it is located at a high altitude. Where it fell, the ladder was completely destroyed, and Xia Jun was directly turned into a meat pie.
What's worse is that there is a slope in front of Hulao Pass. After the rolling log bounces on the ground, driven by the potential energy of gravity, it rolls down the mountain road.
Good guy, the stone ball is round and has a limited diameter, but the rolling logs are four or five meters long. A few rolling logs can almost cover the narrow mountain road without any blind spots.
Now the Xia army was in bad luck. The heavy rolling logs rolled over, knocking down the Xia army piece by piece, and destroying the ladders one by one.
Wang Wan was cunning and quickly found a recess in the mountain, and then he narrowly escaped another disaster.
But Xia Jun collapsed.
There is no way to attack this attack, you can only take a one-sided attack, and even gods can't stand it.
"Run!"
Seeing that Tang Jun was still vigorously throwing horizontal beams down one by one, Xia Jun, no matter how brave he was, could no longer hold it back. They all yelled, dropped the ladder, and ran away with their heads in their hands.
When Wang Wan saw something was not going well, he didn't want to be beaten into pieces by the rolling logs, so he immediately ran away.
Behind the Xia army's formation, the only attack car was heavy and difficult to climb uphill. Dozens of strong Xia army troops had just spent a lot of effort to get close to the city. When they looked up, they saw that the front army had collapsed.
Without saying a word, these Xia troops threw the crashed car away and fled with the brigade.
On the top of the city, the Tang army couldn't help but cheered when they saw that they had easily defeated the enemy.
That's it?
Xia Yu and Li Shimin looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Xia Yu shook his head and said very puzzledly: "I can't figure it out. This is not to attack the city, is it clearly to die? If Xia Jun keeps attacking like this, as long as there is enough food and grass, we can defend Hulao Pass for a hundred years!"
"Haha!" Li Shimin also said with disdain: "I once said that Dou Jiande has never encountered a real opponent since he started his army. Therefore, he is too arrogant and arrogant."
"When his spirit is weakened, Hulao Pass will become his burial place!"
At this moment, Li Shiji and Shen Yue came up and said with a smile: "Your Highness, military advisor, fortunately you have fulfilled your orders and repelled the Xia army."
"Are there any casualties?" Li Shimin asked.
"Well," Li Shiji blinked and said humorously, "A sergeant injured his foot while carrying a rolling log. I wonder if this counts?"
Li Shimin and Xia Yu looked at each other, then laughed.
