Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2416
Gancheng is in danger.

A group of yamen servants kept persuading the people here to leave.

Even the [-] government soldiers stationed here also joined in.

Some people are easy to talk, so they just leave, and some people are not good at talking, so they have to work hard.

In order to carry out Xu Jian's order, even if they kidnap, they must kidnap the people here.

Although Xu Jian's reputation in Gancheng is very good on weekdays, and he is loved by the people.

But when he did such a thing, he was scolded by many people.

To send people away from their homes is like killing them.

But in the face of these people's scolding, Xu Jian was unmoved.

When a person is alive, he has all hope, but when he dies, he has nothing.

So, no matter what, Xu Jian wanted to make himself more heartless.

"Has the news of the request for reinforcements been sent out?"

After learning about the Tubo soldiers and horses attacking, Xu Jian ordered someone to send out the request for support.

Among them, one must be given away from Chang'an City.

What's more, Songzhou City is the closest city to Gancheng. Songzhou City will also send news for help. If the guards of Songzhou City get the news and send reinforcements, they may need ten days or so.

For Xu Jian and the others, they really don't have much time.

"The news has been sent out, we have to resist it for at least ten days."

Xu Jian nodded: "We have four thousand soldiers and horses. Although the combat power is not particularly strong, it is still reasonable. It should not be a problem to resist for ten days."

When he said this, Xu Jian suddenly sighed in his heart. If their artillery is here, let alone ten days, even if they intercept it for a longer period of time, there will be no problem.

It’s just that the artillery of the Tang Dynasty has never been available anywhere. Only those who lead troops from the capital are eligible to enjoy the artillery. This has some disadvantages, for example, the border defense is not as strong as imagined.

But doing so can prevent gunpowder artillery and other firearms from being captured by the enemy. After all, even if their Tang Dynasty is very powerful, they can't always win battles, right?
Once they fail, these things will become the enemy's winning prizes. At that time, the gunpowder and the like will flow out, which is very bad for their Huaxia.

Therefore, the best way, even if the border defense is weaker, gunpowder and so on must be controlled by the court.

After a soft sigh, Xu Jian asked again: "How are the people in the city retreating?"

"Basically, we can retreat tomorrow."

Tomorrow is the last day, maybe the day after tomorrow, Tubo soldiers and horses will come to kill us.

"Okay, let the people leave as soon as possible. To do a good job of defending the city tower, we must last ten days until the reinforcements from Songzhou City arrive."

The enemy has [-] soldiers and horses, and they have [-] soldiers and horses. It is really difficult to survive for ten days. However, the people in the city have already moved away, so even if they can't last for ten days, there is nothing wrong with it. .

But if he can stick to the city, he will still choose to stick to it.

The weather was cold, and it started snowing in Gancheng at some point.

In previous years, Xu Jian didn't like the snow here, because once it snowed, the people's life would be difficult, but this year, he hoped that the snow would keep falling.

When the snow is falling, it is very unfavorable for Tubo. They want to attack the city, but it is not so easy.

"Send someone to splash water on the city wall, the ice freezes quickly at night."

"Here!"
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The snow in Gancheng didn't fall for a long time, and it stopped in the middle of the night.

But the weather is still cold.

The [-] troops from Tubo came in mighty force, and they arrived after the snow stopped.

The snow is very thick, but the people in Tubo have long been used to this kind of weather.

"General, Gancheng is in front of us. With the damn heavy snow, I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack the city tomorrow."

Although the heavy snow has stopped, the snow is thick and the weather is very cold. It is not a very comfortable thing to attack the city in such weather.

At least for them, they may need to spend more energy before they can capture Gancheng.

Che Gu frowned, and said: "Gancheng is a small border town in the Tang Dynasty. There are at most four thousand soldiers and horses. Our soldiers and horses are ten times theirs. Even if the weather is cold, we must not retreat. This time The battle is related to the life and death of our Tubo, let the soldiers hurry up and rest, and follow me to attack the city tomorrow morning."

Facing four thousand enemies, if they backed down, they would probably become the laughing stock of others.

They never flinched, and he couldn't afford to lose this man.

After Che Gu's order was issued, all the Tubo soldiers and horses began to rest.

In such cold weather, it is very difficult to sleep, but for tomorrow's battle, they must rest.

Of course, for many Tubo soldiers, they were not too nervous, because they felt that they had an absolute advantage. Faced with such an advantage, what did they have to worry about?
Tomorrow, after their troops approach Gancheng, they can attack Gancheng directly. At that time, everything in the city will belong to them.

Everyone quickly fell asleep.

However, they didn't sleep for too long. They started to gather just after dawn. After breakfast, they didn't rest at all, and directly led by Che Gu, they came to the city of Gancheng.

At this time, on the tower of Gancheng, Xu Jian was already waiting for them with four thousand soldiers.

And after splashing water all night last night, the walls of Gancheng were covered with ice cubes. These ice cubes were very thick and slippery, and Tubo’s wall ladders could not be climbed up. This undoubtedly increased Tubo’s siege. difficulty.

"You Tubo, you are so bold, you dare to invade our Tang territory, do you want to be destroyed by Tubo?"

Standing on the tower, Xu Jian shouted to Che Gu, if he could scare away the soldiers and horses of Tubo, that would be a good thing.

However, Kuratani is not so easily intimidated.

He laughed a few times, and then scolded: "You Tang Dynasty are too self-righteous, who are you, a small county magistrate, dare to speak wild words in front of this general, it is ridiculous, ridiculous Extremely, today, if you open the city gate and surrender, this general can spare your life, but if you dare to resist, then don’t blame this general for being rude. After capturing the city, this general will slaughter your Gancheng .”

Tubo massacred the city, they did this kind of thing a lot, so when he said this, he didn't intend to scare him at all.

Xu Jian chuckled: "Really, the official wants to see if you can slaughter the city. It's ridiculous that you, a little Tubo, dare to touch my Tang Dynasty. If you have the ability, you come to attack the city. Let me show you how powerful I am, a little county magistrate."

(End of this chapter)