Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 557

The Upper and Lower Bazhais are the gateways to the west of Songzhou, and have been heavily defended since ancient times. However, due to financial reasons, the villages here have long been unusable, and their original defense capabilities have basically been lost. The Walled City.

But after Su Dingfang's army came, Du He, who was in charge of ordnance and city defense maintenance, carried out renovations here. In just one month, he transformed the earthen village into two fortresses made of cement and brick.

Duhe's design is very strict and tricky, and the layout of the watchtower, archery hole, stone stack, and rolling platform is reasonable, allowing soldiers to take advantage of the geographical advantage when defending.Arrows, fire oil and other weapons and materials can be sent to each combat position in time from the slideway at the back.

In the middle of the wall, there is an iron sheet-wrapped gate about two feet wide and three feet high. The gate alone took a hundred craftsmen and ten days of work.In front of the two villages, there is a trench about four feet wide and five battles deep, which is full of sharpened bamboos. Once the enemy falls into the pit, there is no need to think about it, and there will be absolutely no life.

The two young generals of the Eastern Palace, Luo Tong and Wu Deng, were defending the Upper and Lower Bazhai respectively. They divided the original 1 troops into two, and then added [-] soldiers from Songzhou each to serve as defenders.The next support point was Qu Gang, with [-] troops led by the deputy commander Xie Yingdeng to garrison. At the same time, Wu Deng and Luo Tong were restrained and responsible for the front-line command.

Today is the tenth day of defense, and Luo Tong looked solemnly at the fallen Tibetans below. In Wooden's words, these Tibetans were like crazy rabbits, falling one by one, one by one. In the film, one is to use people to build trenches, and the other is to shoot with bows and arrows at a suitable distance. Even if one arrow is shot, it will consume the defenders on the city wall.

Seeing that the enemy charged not only with casualties, but also that the trenches under the city wall were about to be filled. It's true, everything else is nonsense.Immediately, he ordered the soldiers to throw jars containing fire oil and wine into the back ditch, and then set fire to the Tubo corpses with rockets, forming a wall of fire to prevent the enemy from attacking.

Xie Yingdeng, who was in Qugang, saw the thick smoke billowing from the Upper Bazhai Village, and thought that there was something wrong with the defense. After handing over the task of defending the city to the deputy general, he personally led two thousand cavalry to rush over.Seeing the wet towels on the faces of the soldiers, and looking at the burning trench below, a cruel smile appeared on Xie Yingdeng's face, and he immediately called a school lieutenant to come over Xiabazhai told the guard Wooden there about this method.

Knowing that the deputy commander came, Luo Tong, who was inspecting the weapons reserves, hurried back to the top of the city. After seeing the ceremony, he pulled off the towel and said with a smile: "Xie Shuai, why are you here? Is it uncomfortable to be idle in the back, so I also want to Come up and relax."

Xie Yingdeng is the veteran of the Six Commands, and he taught them a lot of military tactics when they were young and inactive. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a teacher, so the generals of the Six Commands have always been very close to him, even in serious battlefields. , Seeing him is also cheerful.

"Oh, you can't come if you don't come. You, Luo Tong, are wearing new official boots, and you have done more things than a first-rank prince. The billowing black smoke has caused such a big commotion. If I don't come here in person Take a look, that's not too dereliction of duty, if someone is dereliction of duty with His Majesty after you return to Beijing, it's not that you can't afford to go around."

Haha, "Xie Shuai, your joke is a bit big. Tang Jun on the front line of Songzhou is all brothers. Who would dare to do such indecent things? Besides, if the official ranks crush people to death, who can control them except Su Shuai It’s you! Let’s go, I will lead you to the command post below to sit for a while, the enemy will not attack for the time being, let’s go eat something to calm down.”

Under the guidance of Luo Tong, Xie Yingdeng came to the command post, found a chair and sat down, and said lightly: "You are so playful, what do you mean besides Su Shuai, it is me, let your father hear this, you must I can't smoke you." Luo Cheng is also the deputy director of Songzhou Road this time, and he is currently in Songzhou City. When he came, he specially told the old brother to take care of his son.

Cut, "Xie Shuai, the county magistrate is better off now, my father is far away, even if he wants to kill the last general, he will be too far away. Although the last general has killed many Tubo people in the past few days, he has also lost a lot of his own troops. Yes, as of dawn today, our troops have suffered 2000 casualties. You have also seen how much capital the Tibetans have invested outside, and they are attacking day and night. , this task is not easy to complete!"

After glancing at Luo Tong, who was selling tea, Xie Yingdeng snorted coldly, and then said flatly, "Nonsense, did you forget that the Liu rate was brought out by Lao Tzu, and you only put 3000 people on the city wall and strictly ordered them to stay for four hours?" Once the shift is changed, the soldiers will have enough time to rest and recuperate, and the combat power will not be lost too much. And just yesterday you transferred [-] arrows from Du He. The city is high and solid. Where did you come from? With so many losses, from the perspective of this commander, the battle damage is no more than a thousand, who are you kidding!"

"Let me tell you, Su Dingfang was already a famous general at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and after years of training by General Li Jing, his tactical command ability is not comparable to that of ordinary generals. More importantly, he was personally appointed by the prince. Commander-in-Chief, even if you don’t accept it, let me bear it, otherwise something will go wrong, and this commander will recognize you, but the military law will not recognize you.”

Luo Tong's thinking was common among the six generals who participated in this battle. In their opinion, Luo Cheng and Xie Yingdeng should be appointed as the generals in terms of relationship, military exploits, and abilities.Didn't Su Dingfang fight a few battles with the wind, so why did he become a commander in chief? If it weren't for the order of the prince to stand there, the six generals would not obey orders obediently.

Seeing that his little thoughts were exposed, Luo Tong smiled awkwardly, and while fiddling with the food, he said flatteringly: "Yes, yes, Xie Shuai, what you said is right, and I will warn those tongue-twisters at the end of the day." You bastards, whoever dares to say anything wrong with Su Shuai will be dealt with severely."

After eating two mouthfuls of food, Xie Yingdeng warned worriedly: "Luo Tong, once the troops are stretched or the pressure is too great, you must tell me immediately that the battle of Songzhou is related to the overall situation, and you must not miss His Highness's orders because of loyalty." The overall situation. After dinner in a while, I will go to Wooden's place. The longer you two can defend, the more time Songzhou will have to prepare, and the greater the chance of victory.".
(End of this chapter)