Nine hundred and seventieth chapters snatch Yazhou
The Tubo army in Yazhou City also heard the explosion hundreds of miles away. An uneasy mood enveloped every Tubo soldier. Some soldiers who had participated in the Longyou Battle knew what was going on, but many recruits did not. They
Kneel down and pray, asking the Buddha to protect the God of Thunder from falling on them.
Shang Dongzan was extremely worried. He knew in his heart that the reinforcements must have been attacked by the Tang army, but the result was unpredictable.
But soon, a dozen cavalrymen escaped back. Among them were soldiers from the previous five hundred cavalrymen, and two escaped cavalrymen from the reinforcements. They brought two unfortunate news. The five hundred cavalrymen were ambushed by five thousand Tang troops.
The casualties were exhausted, and the second unfortunate news was about the reinforcements. The entire army of 20,000 reinforcements was wiped out, and the general Lun Jiare was killed. There were very few escapees, and almost all of them were killed by the Tang army. The surviving cavalry described the two rounds of explosions to the generals.
The generals were so frightened that they were worried that such a powerful weapon would fall on their heads.
The news that the reinforcements had been destroyed was a heavy blow to Shang Dongzan. The morale of the 30,000 Tubo troops gradually declined, and some people began to play songs from their hometown.
On the fourth day after the Tibetan reinforcements were completely annihilated, 60,000 Tang troops came to the city. The soldiers began to build a plank camp. At the same time, 150 steps east of the city wall, the Tang troops were building three ultra-high trebuchets.
, this kind of trebuchet is three feet high and the throwing rod is five feet long. It can throw a small iron fire mine weighing forty kilograms four to five hundred paces, and it can also throw a large iron fire mine weighing two hundred kilograms two hundred paces.
outside.
In war, deterrence is extremely important. It can effectively damage the enemy's morale and reduce the enemy's courage to fight decisively.
As night fell, the three trebuchets began to fire. This time they fired small iron fire mines without quenching iron nails. The reason why they were placed in the east was because the Tibetan army camp was in the east and the people lived there.
To the west and south, and in the middle are labor camps.
Three iron fire thunders flew over the city wall, shot into the Tubo military camp, and exploded. The Tibetan soldiers were gathering in the barracks to eat when an iron fire thunder landed in the open space of the crowd. Iron fragments burst out, killing more than a dozen people.
The soldier was shot and fell to the ground. The Tibetan soldiers who were eating were so frightened that they ran away and went back to their houses to hide.
Zhou Fei and his men were also eating dry flour cakes in the yard. The explosion made everyone look at each other, and then everyone hugged each other and cheered. The bombing of Yazhou City finally started.
Once the explosion starts, it will not stop. It will continue for two days, stop on the third day, and attack the city on the fourth day.
The next morning, Guo Song and his brigade generals stood on a high place and watched the trebuchets attacking the city. He pointed at the city wall with his riding crop and said with a smile: "Everyone, if the city wall is blown down, can we get in?"
Li Bing said: "If the city wall collapses, the enemy will definitely concentrate their forces to repair it, so just blow it up, as many as they can!"
Everyone burst into laughter, and Pei Xin said: "What if we call in the civilians to repair it?"
"You are stupid! If the civilians come to repair it, can't we just attack it directly?"
Pei Xin scratched his head, "That's right!"
Everyone laughed again, and Guo Song said with a smile: "Then give it a try and order a large iron fire mine to attack the city wall!"
The flag officer rushed to deliver the order. After a while, the three giant trebuchets were replaced by large iron fire mines, which were thrown directly at the city wall. Two of the three iron fire mines landed at the bottom of the city, one at the top of the city, and three at the city wall.
There was an explosion together, and the sound of the explosion was earth-shattering. The city was shaking violently, and bricks and stones were flying. When the smoke dissipated, a gap of ten feet wide was opened in the city wall.
Shang Dongzan was shocked and ordered: "Quickly mobilize 10,000 civilians to repair the city wall!"
Lieutenant General Lun Duosang quickly advised: "General, don't send civilians. The enemy will take the opportunity to attack the city."
Shang Dongzan came to his senses and quickly changed his order and ordered 6,000 Tibetan soldiers to come and repair the city wall.
Guo Song immediately mobilized five thousand crossbowmen and fired arrows into the gap in the city wall. The arrows were like locusts, which overwhelmed the Tibetan soldiers and made them unable to lift their heads. They had to carry sandbags forward and use sandbags to fill the gaps.
At this time, a large iron fire mine fell on a group of Tibetan soldiers carrying sandbags, and exploded violently. The Tibetan soldiers were bloody and wounded, and more than 200 people were killed by this iron fire mine.
hurt.
After paying the price of thousands of casualties, the Tibetan soldiers finally blocked the gap...
On the third and fourth days, the Tang army stopped its trebuchet attack, and craftsmen were re-reinforcing and repairing the damaged trebuchets. The Tubo army soldiers were also able to breathe a sigh of relief. In the past two days, there were continuous explosions, and they suffered more than 3,000 casualties.
Some of the casualties were inside and outside the east city wall.
On the night of the fourth day, Pei Xin led 5,000 infantrymen lurking outside the West City. The cavalry did not have an advantage in the street fighting at the city gate. On the contrary, the target was too large and could easily be attacked by the enemy hiding in the dark.
More importantly, the cavalry could not pass through the hole in the city wall.
In the city, the Tang army attacked the city for two consecutive days, causing chaos in the city. The Tibetan army could no longer take care of the workers. An iron fire thunder once fell next to the labor camp and exploded. Many workers were frightened and fled the labor camp and hid in the west.
Residential area.
Zhou Fei also took the opportunity to lead his men to hide near the west city wall, close to the courtyard.
In the darkness, his subordinate Shen Yaozu flew back, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said: "General Qi, I have checked clearly. There are eight Tibetan soldiers in that room."
Zhou Fei nodded and looked at the sky again. It was around two o'clock. Considering that it would take half an hour to empty the cave, it was time to set off.
He waved to his eight men and said, "Follow me!"
Their weapons were limited and they could only attack with nine people.
Eight elite men followed Zhou Fei all the way and arrived next door to the target courtyard in a moment. Zhou Fei slowly looked towards the courtyard. Two Tibetan soldiers were sitting against the wall in the courtyard, talking about something.
It was really difficult to start. Considering that there was no back door inside, Zhou Fei simply took the risk. He jumped over the wall and threw himself at the two Tibetan soldiers.
The two Tibetan soldiers looked up and saw a man rushing toward them. They were so frightened that they got up quickly, but it was too late. They only heard "Crack! Click!" and two heads fell to the ground.
Zhou Fei's men also rushed over. They kicked open the door and rushed in...
In just a moment, they cleared away all the Tibetan soldiers in the room, and other subordinates followed Shen Yaozu and joined the courtyard.
Zhou Fei waved to everyone, "Come here and help!"
Shen Yaozu said quickly: "General, it's not the third watch yet!"
Zhou Fei shook his head, "The Tubo people are likely to come again. We can't delay it any longer. It's too dangerous. Anyway, even if the cave is broken, the soldiers above won't know."
At this time, a series of gunpowder arrows shot into the sky outside the south city, and the explosions in the air were particularly clear.
Zhou Fei immediately ordered, "Do it!"
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Shang Dongzan stared at the gunpowder arrows exploding in the sky from the top of the west city. Lieutenant General Lun Duosang whispered: "General, this seems to be a signal for action!"
Shang Dongzan nodded, he thought so too, and said in a deep voice: "This is a signal sent to the city. Are there Tang Army spies in the city?"
"General, if there are spies, they can only be among the laborers!"
Shang Dongzan remembered something like a flash of lightning in his mind, and he blurted out, "Not good!"
He immediately said to Lundosang: "Hurry up and take people to the entrance of the cave to see if you will be discovered by the Tang army?"
Lun Duosang immediately led two thousand soldiers to rush down the city wall and rush to the west of the city.
With more people and greater strength, in less than a cup of tea, the entire cave was emptied of rocks. Zhou Fei and one of his men carefully used an iron hook to take out the first city brick. After the first city brick was taken out, the following
The city bricks were ready to be extracted, and in just a moment, a big hole was opened.
"Light the oil lamp!" Zhou Fei turned around and ordered.
A soldier lit the oil lamp and handed it to Zhou Fei. Zhou Fei moved the oil lamp up and down. Pei Xin, who was in the distance, saw the oil lamp. He was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Come in!"
They were lurking a hundred steps away, and five thousand Tang soldiers jumped up and followed Pei Xin towards the city gate.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!" The alarm bell sounded on the west city. The Tibetan soldiers on the city noticed the Tang army soldiers rushing below the city.
Pei Xin took the lead and rushed into the city cave. He immediately ordered: "Dismantle the siege quickly!"
Zhou Fei led his men to push down the courtyard wall, and Pei Xin led a large group of soldiers to rush out, only to see two thousand Tibetans coming to kill him.
Pei Xin shouted loudly, swung Panlong's golden gun, and went up to kill him, and his men followed suit.
Five thousand soldiers had already rushed into the city. Zhou Fei and several firearms battalion soldiers fixed a giant iron fire mine weighing more than 300 kilograms above the cave. Zhou Fei turned around and shouted: "Quickly, let's light the fire!"
His men rushed outside one after another. The firearms battalion soldiers lit the match ropes and everyone ran out.
Just a moment later, there was a violent muffled sound, "Boom!" The ground was shaking, the bricks and stones of the entire city wall rose into the air, and the broken bricks and stones fell like rain.