Eight hundred and fortieth chapters new long-range weapons
In this way, the self-sufficient system of Kuozhou City was formed. The highland barley stored in the city was used to make tsampa, but the stock of highland barley was too small, so tsampa could only be used as snacks. The main food source was goat milk and yak milk.
Or sick cattle and sheep can be killed to improve food. If you stick to this arrangement, the first to be unable to hold on will be the Tang army surrounding the city. The enemy cavalry can only carry supplies for a month at most, but they can hold on until the third day.
The spring of the second year.
If my master's plan is perfect, as long as the Tang army's veterans are tired and their arrows are out of food, they will retreat. He can take the opportunity to go out of the city to pursue. In this ravine, the speed of the cavalry may not be able to outrun the infantry.
Shanzhou and Shanzhou are still theirs.
Li Siye quickly led the rear army to the city, circled around the city wall of Kuozhou, and then set up camp and invited Tian Zhen, Duan Xiushi and Xu Bin to the tent.
Tian Zhen was the first to ask him for instructions: "We have captured four more tame slaves, more than 20,000 people in Dongdai, and 50,000 livestock alone. Should we send them to the rear to be given to Weiliang?"
"No need for the moment, I just walked around Kuozhou City. Maybe the Tibetans want to engage in a war of attrition with us. Kuozhou City was originally the garrison of Longyou Ningsai Army, and the city wall is stronger than I thought. I want to
It will be very difficult to capture it within a period of time, so we must be prepared for a long-term war. The milk produced by these four Dongdai cattle and sheep will just supplement the army's food and grass."
Duan Xiushi asked: "But it is winter now, and the vegetation has withered and turned yellow. How can we support more than 50,000 livestock?"
Li Siye put his hands behind his hands and said: "This is not a problem. The animals on the plateau are very resistant to cold and hunger. Yak can also eat the withered vegetation. Moreover, there are many pines and cypresses in the nearby mountains. Plateau sheep can also eat coniferous and cypress leaves to cross.
After the cold winter, there is no need to worry about consumption in the future. Our army will often eat mutton to improve their food, so these cattle and sheep will only become less and less day by day, not more. Send an order to the entire army, except for the siege troops, the rest of the sergeants will
They all went to the mountains to cut grass and cut pine branches, and sent some people to help the herdsmen build felt tents. Since they have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, from today onwards they are regarded as common people under the rule of the Tang Dynasty."
The Tang army took the initiative to set up camp outside Kuozhou City, and divided and built two camps as a temporary residence for the surrendered slave Dongdai. Then they mobilized the majority of herdsmen to collect some food in advance before the first snow this winter.
Yellow grass is used as a winter reserve.
These are preparations to nip problems in the bud. However, fighting against the Tubo people is the worst way to do it when you have no choice. Of course, we must find a way to capture Kuozhou City as soon as possible, which is the root of all problems.
Li Siye constantly sent people to collect intelligence and inquired about the situation in the city from the surrendered Dongdai officials. He roughly understood that even if Su Piru expelled 20,000 Dongdai slaves from Kuozhou City, the city was still filled with nearly 100,000 people.
160,000 people and livestock. The combat strength of these people is nearly 70,000, which is the same as the total strength of Feihuqi and Han Haijun. Even more are ordinary Tubo herdsmen and livestock. To feed so many people and livestock, a large amount of food is required.
and fodder.
Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he ordered the guards in the tent: "Invite the four Dongdai Dongben to the tent."
After the four leaders who tamed Dongdai surrendered, they received a great degree of preferential treatment. The Hexi Army continued to let them manage their respective tribes, and also awarded them honorary official positions such as Zhonglang General. Despite this, they still felt a little uneasy in their hearts.
.The rulers in the world are all difficult to serve. If they fail to do their job even a little bit, they are afraid that the senior officials of the Tang army will find an excuse to get rid of them.
When they heard that Li Siye invited them to enter the Chinese army's tent, the four of them were very frightened. After entering the tent one by one, they knelt down and hugged their chests and said: "I see you, Your Majesty, for my humble duty."
Li Siye stepped forward to help them up, asked the four of them to sit down and asked: "You have also stayed in Kuozhou City for a while, do you know where the fodder and grain are stored in the city?"
The four people quickly stood up to report. Li Siye waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, just tell me one by one. If it's not comprehensive, others can add to it."
One of them looked at each other and the other three, and said first: "The food in the city is stored in the warehouse in the center of the city, but the stock of fodder is too much, so only some hay sheds can be built, and most of them are piled in the open air. Su Piru
Ruben was worried that the Tang army would use fire when attacking the city, so the forage accumulation point was some distance away from the city wall."
"Oh." Li Siye asked with bright eyes: "Do you have a specific location and how far it is from the city wall?"
"This, a humble position..." Taking advantage of this person's speech, another person took the initiative to intervene and said: "I know that due to the hoarding of too much forage, it occupies almost all areas in the center of the city, but every forage yard has
The outer perimeter is more than 800 steps away from the city wall."
"More than eight hundred steps?" Li Siye regretted not bringing the Xuanwu cannon in. If the forage yard is more than eight hundred steps away from the city wall, then the weapons he deployed outside the city must have a range of at least a thousand steps.
Only the improved Xuanwu cannon can achieve this range.
I am afraid it will be too late to send orders to mobilize Xuanwu cannons now. It is nearly 500 miles from Gulang County to Kuozhou. The mountain road is rugged and even transporting ten Xuanwu cannons will be a huge loss of manpower. Rather than leaving the near and far away, it is better to rush there at short notice.
Create a weapon that can hurl violent thunderbolts to a range of a thousand steps.
Although they did not carry artillery, they did bring a large amount of powerful fire mines and grease to use as weapons for siege. But now it seems that good steel should be used on the blade, and the fodder in the city is used as an attack target to defeat the enemy.
Subiru's best tactics.
With a smile on his face, he waved to the four of them and said, "The information you provided is very important. Let's go down and rest first. It will be a great achievement if we can capture Kuozhou City this time."
The four of them bowed and hugged their chests: "It is our honor to serve the king."
After they walked out of the big tent, Li Siye immediately sat down in front of the desk, spread out a large piece of paper, and drew a sketch on it. Then he ordered General Xu Bin to come to the big tent.
After Xu Bin entered the tent, Li Siye handed the sketch to him and said: "We have learned that the Tibetan people piled fodder in the center of Kuozhou City, so we need something to throw a fierce fire thunder filled with grease into Kuozhou City.
The center of the city is like this."
Xu Bin held the drawing and blinked. This thing looked like a watermelon, but he could see the thing hanging with lines below, which looked like a basket. Maybe it was because Li Siye's painting skills were so poor.
I can't tell what this is.
Li Siye pointed to the drawings and said: "Let's make several large Kongming lanterns. The inside is made of flexible bamboo woven frames, and the outside is wrapped and sewn with cowhide to make it airtight. A copper stove is hung below and filled with grease.
Roll a large oil twister and light it, causing the air to expand and rise. Hang a hanging basket at the bottom, which contains two soldiers and several fierce fire thunders. When the wind blows, identify the direction and light the Kongming Lantern, and float it into Kuozhou.
Throwing it over the forage field in the city will cause a raging fire to break out in the center of the city, burning all the forage in Subiru, and Kuozhou City will be destroyed without attack."
Xu Bin crossed his hands happily and boasted: "My lord is really unparalleled in resourcefulness. This plan is a good way to conquer Kuozhou and defeat Su Piru. I will send people down to rush to build it, and strive to make seven or eight within five days."
Come."
The materials for making hot-air balloons are all readily available, and yak skins are everywhere in the felt tents of the Tibetan herdsmen. These women received orders from their superiors to sew them all night long. They may not know that the things they sewed can transform Kuozhou.
The Tibetan people in the city were plunged into a sea of fire and desperate situation. If they knew about it in the future, they would not know how to feel.
The ingenious people from Hexi have already woven a frame out of mulberry strips, the women have sewn the skin on, the brass lamp oil stove has been fixed, and ten hot air balloons are lined up in the camp.
This kind of hot air balloon with immature technology is more dependent on the weather, and the wind force must be moderate. If the wind is too strong, the hot air balloon is difficult to control and can easily be blown away by the wind.