Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 202 Trench
"Has Bazhuo's scouts come?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Yes, Your Highness! According to the news from the secret sentry we set up outside, there are more than five groups of Xue Yantuo scouts lurking outside our camp."

"Now that the "accurate" news has been sent back to Ba Zhuo, at this time Ba Zhuo may have ordered all the troops to kill him." Wang Fangyi said.

"So, Xue Yantuo should appear in front of us soon, can all the ministries be prepared?" Li Chengqian said.

"According to His Highness's instructions, barbed wire fences have been built outside the camp, and trenches have been dug outside the barbed wire fences. Xue Yantuo wants to break through the camp without paying a price. I'm afraid he won't even be able to touch the corners of the camp." Wang Fangyi said.

"Okay! Go and keep an eye on it. It's a critical juncture. Don't be careless! And send people to Shengzhou, Shuozhou, and Lingzhou to ask for help." Li Chengqian said.

"Promise!" Wang Fangyi led the order to retreat.

"Wang Quan, you set off immediately and go to Xiazhou to ask for help! We will wait here for the reinforcements to arrive." Li Chengqian ordered.

"Promise!" Wang Quan took the order, "Your Majesty, take care!"

Now is the time to give full play to his status as the crown prince. Song Junming, Liu Lan and others in Xiazhou heard that Li Chengqian was besieged, and they would surely lead troops to rescue him.

If they don't save him, they will be dereliction of duty. If something happened to the crown prince, they will be blamed. Under the emperor's wrath, their heads will definitely be smashed.

Therefore, Song Junming and others had to send troops to rescue no matter what. In order to convince Song Junming and others, Li Chengqian directly sent his personal eunuch to ask for help.

This is also an important reason why Li Chengqian dared to camp here to defend and wait for reinforcements, and dared to use himself as a bait.

Otherwise, he would not be so stupid. He used 20 partial divisions to provoke Ba Zhuo's [-] troops, precisely because there were Tang troops in Xiazhou, and Tang troops stationed in Shengzhou, Shuozhou, and Lingzhou.

Li Chengqian dared to make such a fuss, otherwise, he would have patted his ass and left back to Chang'an long ago!

At first, Pei Xingjian and others thought that Li Chengqian would leave first, but they didn't expect the crown prince to stay.

It's too late for them to react!The prince would never leave the camp even if he said nothing, and Xue Yantuo's army might appear at any time.

It would be too late for the prince to leave now, and it would be terrible if he met Xue Yantuo's army on the way.

Everyone had no choice but to let the prince stay in the camp.

At this time, Xue Yantuoduo Mi Khan gathered [-] soldiers and horses, led by the general Menggu Atai, to attack this place. He was bound to wipe out the Tang army completely and capture the Tang prince back alive.

Xue Yantuo's soldiers and horses are on their way, and Xue Yantuo's army will arrive at the battlefield soon and launch the first wave of attack.

This prince from the Tang Dynasty who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth must know how powerful their generals Xue Yantuo are.

Menggu Etai led his troops to the trench outside the Tang army camp and stopped.

Standing in front of Meng Gu Ai Terrace was a trench six meters wide at the mouth, four meters wide at the bottom, and nine meters deep, with many sharp objects inside.

On the opposite side of the trench, another two-meter-high earth embankment was built.

This is according to Li Chengqian's instructions, Tang Jun piled up all the soil dug out of the trench and put it on his side.

In order to make it easier for one's own side to bulldoze and fill up the trenches during the counterattack, and carry out an effective counterattack.

In addition to this function, the two-meter-high earth embankment can also effectively affect the sight of Xue Yantuo's army, making it impossible for them to see the situation of the Tang army on the opposite side.

Meng Gu Atai looked at the ditch in front of him and ordered: "Order the soldiers to cut down trees on the spot and build a bridge to pass through this ditch."

"Yes!" The messenger led the order and conveyed the order to the army behind him.

The [-] army immediately dispatched [-] soldiers and horses to cut down the trees, and soon enough trees were cut down. As long as the wooden bridge can be successfully built, they can pass through the trench smoothly.

To wipe out all the Tang troops hiding behind the trenches. Of course, except for the prince of the Tang Dynasty, no one will be left behind. This is the order of Domi Khan to Menggu Etai.

A pair of simple wooden bridges are assembled, and the next step is to drive the bridge, and then the whole army passes through, and then kills the opponent.

Can the people of the Tang Dynasty allow them to successfully build a bridge so easily?
The answer is obviously no!

Although the people of Xue Yantuo could not observe the situation of the Tang army on the opposite side, the Tang army could observe the movement of Xue Yantuo's army on the opposite side through the watchtower.

Menggu Etai ordered people to cut down trees to build a bridge, and wanted to build a wooden bridge over the trench. The sentinel saw it, and the sentinel passed the news to the generals in the camp.

When Xue Yantuo's army wanted to connect the wooden bridge that had been built from one side to the other, Tang Jun immediately covered the opposite side with arrow rain.

Countless arrows flew into the sky, drew an arc in the air, and shot like a torrential rain.

Xue Yantuo hurriedly erected his shields to defend.

After a wave of attacks, the Tang army behind the embankment stopped shooting. After all, their arrows were limited, and they couldn't afford to make them casually.

The two sides fought for the first time, at the cost of 2000 Xue Yantuo casualties and zero Tang Jun casualties, Tang Jun replaced the glory of the first battle.

Menggu Etai sent people to fight back aimlessly, and at the same time ordered people to try to build a wooden bridge, preparing to rush over and kill all directions.

After many efforts, Xue Yantuo finally built the first wooden bridge. With the first one, there will be a second and a third one.

"General! The wooden bridge has been driven!" Said the lieutenant general of Menggu Etai.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Meng Gu Etai laughed loudly and said, "Send the order, the whole army rushes over and kills all the hateful Tang Dynasty people on the opposite side."

"I'd like to see how these rats, who only hide behind, shiver under the peak of our Xue Yantuo army."

"Also remember, the prince of the Tang Dynasty must be captured alive!"

"Obey!" The deputy general took the order and was about to leave.

"What's that?" Meng Gu Atai looked forward, and he found something flying towards it, to be precise, it was heading towards the wooden bridge that was driven over the ditch.

At this time, countless black dots flew in the sky, and they quickly grew larger in front of Menggu Atai and his Xue Yantuo army.

"Bang, bang," countless stones whizzed forward and slammed into the trench fiercely. The huge impact force completely destroyed the wooden bridge that Xue Yantuo's army had just erected.

The Tang army behind the embankment on the opposite side actually used a trebuchet and smashed large stones as ammunition towards the wooden bridge above the trench.

This made Menggu Atai's plan to build a wooden bridge over the trench in vain.

After two waves of throwing stones, Tang Jun behind the embankment stopped and continued to shoot, as if he could see the situation here.

Seeing this, Menggu Etai was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and finally managed to erect the wooden bridge, which was ruthlessly destroyed by Tang Jun!

Meng Gu Etai was very angry, but he had no choice but to think of a way again.

(End of this chapter)