Man Tanghong

Chapter 707 The Outrageous Battle (End)

For a while, the arrows and stone bullets of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the arrows and stone bullets of the Turks began to fly across the battlefield.

Arrows rained down, and boulders fell across the sky.

The screams and the sound of gold and iron colliding can be heard endlessly.

But the loudest ones are the sound of crossbows and shouts of killing.

When the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty approached the city wall, a lot of rolling logs and stones rolled down the city wall, and a lot of golden juice was also poured on it.

However, these ordnance can only cause damage to the sword and shield soldiers under the city, and cannot cause harm to the soldiers hidden in the building car.

When the sword and shield soldiers waded through the road and the pikemen pushed the building car close to the moat, a piece of wood was spread out on the building car, and behind the wood board was an iron plate.

The soldiers stood behind the iron plate and started a face-to-face contest with the Turkic soldiers and horses on the city wall.

After the soldiers on the building car attracted the attention of some Turkic soldiers and horses, the jumping soldiers quickly ran down the top of the city on the ladder, and then quickly climbed up the top of the city.

The war is far more tragic than those in later generations of film and television dramas, and it is also more complicated than those in later generations of film and television dramas.

The scene of rushing directly with a ladder will never appear in the scene of the regular army attacking the city.

Only when the common people revolted, or some grass-headed kings raided a certain city or place, and they didn't have large-scale ordnance to help out, and they didn't know how to build large-scale ordnance, would they do this.

When the regular army attacked the city, they usually used crossbowmen and slingers to open the way, and guarded the building carts and other ordnance as high as the city wall with swords and shields. The enemies above are fighting at the same position to attract firepower, and then the jumping soldiers rush forward with the ladder.

Doing so can greatly reduce battle damage, and can also break through the city more quickly.

If you encounter some cities without moats, the bridges on large ordnance such as building cars can even be directly built on the enemy's city.

If you just charge towards the top of the city with a ladder, no matter how many soldiers your side has, as long as the enemy is not bad, there are not too few soldiers and horses, and you can't charge up at all.

"Puff puff……"

When the jumping soldiers on the ladder rushed to the top of the city, some crossbowmen began to shoot iron crossbow guns.

The iron crossbow spear as thick as the baby's arm pierced deeply into the city wall. After the jumping soldiers handed over the ladder to the spearmen who rushed up from behind, they began to climb up the iron crossbow with their knives in their mouths.

Building vehicles, ladders, and iron crossbow guns, three kinds of weapons helped the soldiers of Tang Dynasty to rush to the top of the city. The offensive was so fast that the Turkic people had to be divided into three groups and use different weapons to deal with it.

To deal with the soldiers on the building carts, they have to take out spears and bows and arrows to deal with them, to deal with the spearmen on the ladder, they must use stones and other objects, to deal with the jumping soldiers on the iron crossbow spears, they must use logs and gold. juice etc.

Once one item cannot be satisfied, the corresponding soldiers and horses will immediately take advantage of it.

When the two sides are at a stalemate, there will be jumping soldiers cutting down the suspension bridge on the moat, and pure shield soldiers will push the siege chisel to attack the city gate.

It can be said that there are four groups of soldiers and horses, and there are four ways to attack the city at the same time. As long as one way is successful, the city will be broken.

"Still quite satisfactory?"

Seeing that Li Shimin frowned at some point, Li Yuanji couldn't help asking.

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "As far as it is concerned, it is indeed quite satisfactory, and there is nothing outstanding."

Li Yuanji didn't see anything outstanding, so he stared at Li Shimin and asked, "If the second brother attacked the city, what method would the second brother use?"

Li Shimin glanced at Li Yuanji, and said indifferently: "If it were me, I would take you and elder brother with me, lead more than a hundred riders to Huai'an City to scold my mother, and tell Jieli that Li Jing has already given away his Kehe Dun, And a group of women were sent to our camp, we have already enjoyed them one by one, very nourishing."

This sounds shameless, but when scolding or calling for formation, it is basically the same.

There is no Wen Zou Zou Zou Zou Zou Zou Zou Zou's dialogue, basically it starts with "straight mother thief" and "into your mother", and then picks the most painful and stinging other party's words.

If you can successfully stimulate the opponent and let the opponent take the initiative to fight out of the city, then you can defeat the opponent with the least cost and take the city.

Li Shimin always did this before.

So Li Yuanji didn't react too much when he heard Li Shimin say such unsavory words, but instead asked: "Then what if Jieli isn't fooled?"

Li Shimin still said indifferently: "Then Ji Tuli, Tuli is not as smart as Jieli."

Li Yuanji thought about it carefully, if he used this method to stimulate Tuli, it was really possible to stimulate Tuli.

It's just that the commander-in-chief of the army is Su Dingfang now, and Su Dingfang has to decide how Su Dingfang fights.

It is a big taboo on the battlefield to order two players, or to change generals on the spot.

"Let's see how Su Dingfang fights."

Li Yuanji said with emotion.

Li Shimin turned his head at this time, and said curiously: "I admit that Su Dingfang is somewhat capable, but you entrusted such an important battle to Su Dingfang, do you value him too much and trust him too much?"

Li Yuanji laughed and said: "I have only one under my command who can lead an army to fight. I don't value him or trust him. Do I trust you?"

Li Shimin was so stunned that he didn't want to talk anymore.

Li Yuanji did not continue to argue with Li Shimin, but concentrated on watching the battle.

At this time, Hou Junji had dispatched the second siege siege, and the first siege siege had been burned down by the fire oil poured on the top of the city.

At this moment, Su Dingfang ordered people to beat the drums.

Yin Kaishan, who had been waiting for a long time, also joined the battlefield.

Yin Kaishan used the same method to send the soldiers and horses under his command to the city wall, and started a fierce battle with the Turks.

For a while, the pressure on the Turks doubled, and gaps appeared in some places.

The Turkic reinforcements arrived at the first time, and filled the city wall to the brim in an instant.

Such a battle lasted for a full hour, Su Dingfang suddenly beat the drums, and Luo Shixin also joined the battlefield.

But at this time, Hou Junji led his people back down, began to rest, and regrouped.

So back and forth, Hou Junji retired after Yin Kaishan retreated, and Yin Kaishan retired after Luo Shixin retired.

Anyone could see that Su Dingfang was using a rotation tactic to drain the enemy's energy.

After three rotations, Su Dingfang suddenly ordered all the soldiers and horses to press up together.

Just when Li Shimin frowned and wanted to say nothing more than that, there was a sudden shout of killing from the west of the city.

Li Shimin was also taken aback, and said in astonishment: "Shocking?"

To be precise, it is the sound of the south hitting the north.

"Oh!"

Accompanied by a violent explosion, the gates and buildings in the west of the city disappeared immediately.

Judging by the fires spreading all over the west of the city near the city gate, someone should have lit the fire oil barrel.

"The city is broken!"

Various cries of breaking the city began to sound in the west of the city.

The Turkic people on the south wall of the city panicked. Before they could react, the warriors who had built a bridge over the moat with wooden planks suddenly pushed the cart to the edge of the city wall. city ​​head.

The soldiers in the building car rushed out and killed the top of the city.

The city wall suddenly fell into chaos.

"The technique of exhausting the enemy is to attack the east and attack the west, and then cover up the truth with lies. Su Dingfang really has the ability to determine the direction."

Li Shimin sincerely sighed.

By now, he has already seen that the troops attacking Huai'an in the west of the city were simply suspicious soldiers used to confuse the Turkic people.

From the beginning to the end, Su Dingfang wanted to invade Huai'an from the south of the city.

Su Dingfang used a total of three tactics, and they cooperated so perfectly that he couldn't help but also praised them.

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Don't you say it's well-behaved now?"

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said: "Don't be complacent, the number of Turkic people in the city is far greater than those on the top of the city. Although Su Dingfang attacked the top of the city, it will take a lot of effort to take down the Turkic people in the city.

Moreover, the loss of Su Dingfang's siege is definitely not small.

If it were me, I would never have paid so many troops. "

Li Shimin always likes to win by surprise, that is, to use surprise to defeat the most enemies with the least number of troops.

So Su Dingfang used a large number of soldiers to attack the city, and it is reasonable for him to say such words.

You can't expect a commander who has achieved the most dazzling record in this era to admit that other commanders are better than him.

After all, if you don't have the same record, it's right for people not to admit that you are strong. Who will let others have this ability.

As far as Li Shimin's performance in the Battle of Hulaoguan is concerned, there are almost no people who can surpass him in this era. The famous god of war in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, may have this ability, but he does not have this opportunity. There are only three thousand people who can be compared with Li Shimin The iron cavalry made a surprise attack on the Turks.

But he didn't do his best, and he didn't catch Xieli, but was taken advantage of by Zhang Baoxiang.

What can be compared with Li Shimin's performance in the Battle of Hulaoguan is probably only one of the few classic battles in history in which less is more than more.

For example, the battle of Kunyang played by Liu Xiu, and the battle of Julu played by Overlord Xiang Yu.

Therefore, it is enough for Li Shimin to comment on Su Dingfang in this way. He is not looking down on people, nor is he exaggerating.

"As long as the city is broken, it will be fine. Once Huai'an City is lost, Jieli will lose his foothold in our Tang Dynasty, and he will have to withdraw his troops when the time comes."

Li Yuanji said with a smile.

Li Shimin was silent for a while, nodded his head and sighed: "That's true, but it's a pity that Li Xiaogong and the others have not been able to take Li Yi down to this day, otherwise they could have made a detour to Yanzhou, and joined us in attacking Xieli. Li was completely buried in my Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuanji laughed and said: "There will be opportunities in the future. Now that the Tang Dynasty has been calmed down, as long as we recuperate for a few years and save enough money, we can send troops northward and completely eradicate Jieli.

Didn't Emperor Wu say that Kou can go, so can I. "

Li Shimin said with a look of disgust: "Liu Che's words are not domineering at all from your mouth. Moreover, Liu Che's achievements are not worthy of your praise."

If he didn't know what kind of prosperous Tang Dynasty Li Shimin made in history, Li Yuanji would definitely spit on Li Shimin's face without hesitation.

The rule of Zhenguan in history is not inferior to Liu Che in terms of hegemony, and is far better than Liu Che in terms of sainthood.

Li Shimin not only conquered all the younger brothers around him and opened up a huge territory for the Tang Dynasty, but also made the Tang Dynasty very prosperous.

Liu Che only completed the first half, but failed to complete the second half, which earned him a reputation of being aggressive.

So Li Shimin has the right to look down on Liu Che.

(End of this chapter)