People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1268 Small means, effective massacre
The sky was dark and the wind was blowing coldly.

There are many branches and trees, which are murderous.

Li Xuan was dressed in black clothes and armor, with her hand on the hilt of the cold Eight-sided Han Sword, and she strode up to the top of the city with a calm expression.

The atmosphere around him instantly became solemn.

Everyone on the top of the city lowered their heads at the same time: "Commander."

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and stepped directly into the bright firelight of the city. The temperature also warmed up at this moment.

On the city wall, every ten feet, there was a burning vertical fire with a huge iron pot cooking on it.

The iron pot is filled with boiling hot water and can be poured down from the top of the city at any time.

On the side of the iron pot, there is a large urn filled with cold water.

……

Li Xuan walked under the black banner, turned around and looked at the entire world outside.

In the surrounding fields, there were gusts of cold wind.

The Nagqu River below the city has completely frozen, and the Tibetan cavalry can cross it directly.

The river was completely frozen even a few days ago.

To Li Xuan's surprise, Zan Xiruo even waited a few more days just to be on the safe side.

Now, the Tubo people finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Li Xuan's eyes fell on the mountains and fields at the end of his sight. Countless Tubo cavalry jumped directly into Li Xuan's field of vision from outside the world.

A rough count revealed that the number of Tibetan cavalry was as many as 30,000.

Li Xuan suddenly looked surprised, but soon he understood and praised Xiruo for putting all his main strength on Naqu and Li Xuan.

As long as that song is played and Li Xuan dies, all the power of the Tang Dynasty in Tubo will collapse.

Go straight to the yellow dragon and capture the king first.

Li Xuan pressed her hands on the female wall, a cold feeling came into her mind, and she couldn't help but have a cruel sneer on her face.

Although Zan Xiruo came directly towards him, it was somewhat shocking to him, but if he thought about it carefully, he realized that more of it was actually part of Li Xuan's calculations.

After all, Naqu is the only one who keeps playing for a day, and Zan Xiruo may be overturned in one day.

The more he divides his troops, the easier it will be for Li Xuan to seize the opportunity to attack Huanglong.

The difference between Zan Xiruo and Lun Qinling is here. Lun Qinling likes to take risks and dares to take risks, while Zan Xiruo has to be more cautious.

Try not to win as much as possible and be undefeated.

Li Xuan looked at the lion-elephant flag that suddenly appeared in the distance. He finally understood that Zan Xiruo had completely penetrated the dangerous situation the Gar family was facing now, so he was now in a terrible position.

I'm afraid that some flaws will be revealed and Li Xuan will see them.

Today, Zan Xiruo is on the offensive and Li Xuan is on the defensive.

He only needed to send 2,000 cavalry each to harass the various Tang armies, leaving 8,000 to guard the rear. Then the rest was to gather 30,000 troops to completely defeat Nagqu.

He didn't know how many troops Li Xuan had in Naqu City, but there was no reason why 30,000 troops would not be able to defeat Naqu when catapults and Fuyuan crossbows were difficult to perform in the winter.

In Li Xuan's original calculation, Zan Xiruo would mobilize at least 5,000 troops from each branch, and a total of 15,000 people to cut off Li Xuan's retreat. But now, 9,000 cavalry are also used in Nagqu. It can be seen that Praise Xiruo for his serious treatment of Li Xuan.

Li Xuan looked calmly at Zan Xiruo under the banner of the lion elephant. For a moment, Zan Xiruo also seemed to have a feeling and raised his head to look at the city.

The eyes of the two people collided fiercely for a moment, with calm determination and cold murderous intent.

Under the banner of the lion, the flag is waving.

Immediately, countless Tubo armies quickly spread towards the city walls in all directions.

Even at this time, after the Tibetan army dispersed in front, there were still tens of thousands of cavalry behind the lion and elephant flag.

"This person is really terrifying." Li Xuan shook his head in amusement, and then said in a cold voice: "Send the order."

"Yes!" All the generals behind him raised their hands at the same time.

"Today, no Tubo people are allowed to set foot on the city wall." Li Xuan's face was cold, and the generals around him bowed solemnly.

……

"Dong dong dong!" The war drums kept ringing.

Tubo soldiers from all directions spread out in front of the entire city wall, even in front of the city gate.

A row of thousands of soldiers at the front rode forward, holding shields in their hands.

The two were about two meters apart, and they looked cautiously at the top of the city wall from time to time, as if there would be an attack at any time.

But the city walls remained calm.

Five rows behind them were infantrymen carrying ladders.

They are the main force in attacking the city.

After the soldiers carrying the ladders, there were ten thousand people with cold expressions and holding swords and shields. It was obvious that they were the real elites in hundreds of battles.

Farther back, there were rows of catapults aimed directly at the city head.

Although the sky is freezing today, you can still pull the rope and open the bow. However, these things become extremely brittle at low temperatures and will be directly damaged in a short time.

Li Xuan withdrew the catapult and Fuyuan Crossbow into the city. At least the temperature in the city was much higher than outside the city.

But if Zanxi couldn't care so much, the catapult here was itself a crude knock-off made by Tibetan craftsmen.

It's very expensive, but not powerful enough.

In today's weather, it is extremely easy to be damaged, but it is better than nothing.

The lion and elephant flag appeared behind the catapult, and there were tens of thousands of cavalry beside Zan Xiruo.

These are his last reserves.

Standing on the city wall, Li Xuan could clearly see all of Zan Xiruo's arrangements.

He raised his gaze and looked behind the lion-elephant flag, further back.

...The Tubo cavalry moved forward slowly but firmly. It was not until about three hundred steps that they suddenly dismounted and rushed straight towards the Nagqu River at great speed.

In an instant, thousands of long bows were raised on the city wall at the same time.

The moment the Tubo soldiers stepped onto the river, thousands of arrows from the city wall had already shot out.

"Plop!" Before the arrow hit the ground, a scream could be heard on the river.

Immediately, the feather arrows fell and the screams stopped.

A whole piece of feather arrows were nailed directly to the ice and the corpses above the ice.

The body that fell on the ice instantly shed endless blood.

The red blood was unusually conspicuous on the ice, but what was more conspicuous was the cold blade that had pierced the corpse's cheek.

The entire ice layer is densely covered with fragmented weapons that only protrude a finger high from the ice surface.

Some of these fragmented weapons were consumed by the Tang army during this period, as well as those of Tubo soldiers captured in previous wars, and many of them were even originally sunk at the bottom of the water.

At this time, Li Xuan sent people to freeze everything on the ice.

As long as anyone steps on it, the broken blade will immediately cut through the soles of their feet.

Countless arrows rained down from overhead...

Now, almost every step forward costs them blood.

After receiving the reward, Zan Xiruo was immediately speechless.

The King of Nanchang of the Tang Dynasty seemed to only know how to play with these small tricks.

"Send the order, keep moving forward." Zan Xiruo's cold voice sounded, and a guard immediately turned around to send the order.

The expressions of the Tubo generals around him had already become extremely serious.

They have all experienced Li Xuan's little tricks. They are so dense that it is difficult for people to even take a step forward.

But Zan Xiruo's expression was still cold, as cold as his heart.

Countless Tubo soldiers, under the forced military orders, could only continue to advance against the rain of arrows above their heads, the ice under their feet, and the broken blades.

Arrows flew in the air, broken blades sliced ​​leather boots on the ice, and screams and wails suddenly filled the air.

But soon, the screams and wails stopped.

The river is so wide that one person can immediately occupy a large area by lying down.

Many people, either actively or passively, stepped on the corpse, held up their shields, and rushed across the Nagqu River to the shore.

Li Xuan watched this scene calmly. In just a short time, nearly a thousand Tubo people had fallen.

All the cannon fodder in the front row were completely dead.

The cannon fodder that rushed up later shrank, and the distance between them and the people behind them was invisibly shortened.

Corpses covered the ice, and more bodies stepped on the ice and rushed directly to the shore. But at this time, Li Xuan's methods had just begun.

With a "boom", a trap pit appeared directly, and the three Tubo soldiers who had just stepped on it immediately fell into it.

Under the dark sky, it was impossible to see clearly, and even the screams stopped instantly.

"Puff, puff, puff", countless dense pits were dug out on a continuous stretch of ground.

At the same time, hundreds of people fell into the pit at the same time, and the wailing sounded again.

……

"How stupid!" Yang Zhirou couldn't help blurting out a sentence.

All the generals around him turned to look at him at the same time, their eyes calm and surprised.

"Commander." Yang Zhirou immediately raised his hands towards Li Xuan and said apologetically, "I made a mistake."

Li Xuan did not look back, just waved his hand indifferently, looking at the densely packed Tubo soldiers below who were still advancing, he said calmly: "If Zanxi is using these soldiers to find flaws in the city wall, after all, even if we dig a trap, we will not be able to do anything." It’s just a row of digging, and if you go further, you should damage the city wall.”

Yang Zhirou immediately understood that the soldiers below were still just cannon fodder used by Zan Xiruo to test Li Xuan's defense arrangements.

The soldiers carrying ladders at the back, and those holding swords and guns even further back, are the real main force.

"Strength, weakness, reality, these changes, if Zan Xi can't compare with me, I can only roll them out in one breath." Li Xuan saw the worries of these people behind this at a glance.

He could indeed concentrate his forces to attack a little, but he was worried that with Li Xuan's dense methods, not only would his attack on the city be ineffective, but his morale would even be damaged by constant casualties.

So he first spread out his soldiers in an all-round way, and then calmly looked for flaws in the city wall.

They are all dead anyway, and when more people die in the beginning, no one cares about the damage to morale.

Li Xuan lowered his head and watched many people avoid the trap pit and rush forward.

At this time, they also discovered that there seemed to be no arrows falling from above their heads.

No, it’s not that no arrows fell down, but that the arrows were still locked on the Nagqu River, forming an intercepting death network.

Every time the Tibetans attacked, they would leave hundreds of corpses behind.

When rushing over, you have to avoid the trap pit ahead...

With a "buzz" sound, countless crossbow arrows suddenly flew into the air, and then fell hard in front of the trap pit passage.

In an instant, hundreds of soldiers who had just rushed through the trap pit fell to the ground silently.

Everyone has several crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies, or in other words, all the crossbow arrows have not missed.

Yang Zhirou stood by the side and looked sideways at Li Xuan, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes.

After following Li Xuan for several months, he knew that Li Xuan first fixed the angles of the layout of the archers, crossbowmen, and catapults, and then adjusted the positions of the traps outside.

Zan Xiruo hadn't understood this until now, so he fell straight in, and the loss was countless casualties.

From a distance, it looked like he was giving away someone's head on his own initiative.
But in fact, all his actions were planned to death by Li Xuan, and he was then killed in the most effective way with the least effort.

massacre……

(End of this chapter)