Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2417

Xu Jiankuang.

At his level, there is nothing he can do about madness.

He knew that whether he was mad or not, Tubo would attack Gancheng, so it was better to be more mad.

Crazy, even if he died today, the history books of later generations can still leave a few words of his rhetoric.

And just after Xu Jian finished speaking, Che Gu was already furious, and shouted loudly: "Siege the city."

As soon as the order was given, the Tubo soldiers and horses rushed over frantically. On the tower, Xu Jian looked calm and said, "Archers are ready, launch."

For a moment, Datang's sharp arrows rained like rain.

These sharp arrows swished away, and the Tubo soldiers and horses under the city were killed and injured a lot.

These were all fired by the Divine Crossbow of the Tang Dynasty, so they were accurate and numerous. Although they only had [-] soldiers and horses, the current situation is a bit like a thousand arrows being fired at once.

The Tubo soldiers and horses rushing forward fell down one after another.

They fell in a pool of blood, and also in the snow, which was stained bright red by blood.

Although Datang's sharp arrows were very dense, the Tubo soldiers and horses did not intend to retreat, they were still rushing forward.

Tang Jun used sharp arrows to repel wave after wave of Tubo soldiers and horses. However, as the Tubo archers advanced, their range had reached the tower.

When the Tubo archers fired sharp arrows, the Tang army on the tower of Gancheng was shot and wounded soon.

The sharp arrows from both sides kept coming and going, and there were casualties on both sides.

However, in comparison, Tubo suffered more serious casualties.

And they fought like this for a day, Tang Jun just used sharp arrows to stop them outside the city.

The sky was dark and the wind was cold.

Siege became very difficult for Tubo.

"General, what should we do, shall we continue to attack?"

Che Gu's eyes were fixed, and after a long time, he finally said: "Retreat."

He was a little angry. He thought that they could capture a small Gancheng in half a day, but who would have thought that they would attack for a day without even touching the gate.

He underestimated Tang Jun here a little bit. Of course, the weather was a bit unfavorable for them.

Now that the sky is dimming, it is very difficult for them to attack the city, so they can only retreat.

After Che Gu's order was issued, all the Tubo soldiers and horses retreated one after another.

The outside of Gancheng soon became quiet again.

Looking at the Tubo soldiers and horses going away, Xu Jian breathed a sigh of relief.

It was only temporarily because he knew that the Tubo soldiers would continue to attack the city tomorrow.

However, judging from today's situation, they can still guard for a few days.

However, it is difficult to say whether they can defend until the reinforcements arrive in Songzhou City.

And with their current situation, they can only continue to defend. Whether they can wait for the arrival of reinforcements depends entirely on their own luck.

"Command, continue to pour water on the city wall tonight. I want the ice on the city wall to be three feet thick, and I want Tubo soldiers and horses to be unable to climb the ice wall."

After Xu Jian gave such orders, someone immediately took orders.

It was freezing cold.

There was a fire burning in Tubo's barracks.

A group of people gathered together to warm themselves by the fire.

In Chegu's camp, a group of Tubo generals gathered together.

"General, I didn't expect the Tang army to be so powerful. They blocked us for a day with only bows and arrows. It's abominable. General, will we continue to attack the city tomorrow?"

Everyone cast their gazes over, and Che Gu said: "Datang's reinforcements may arrive here soon, we must break through Gancheng and plunder the materials inside before the arrival of Datang's reinforcements, so we must make a quick decision. Continue to attack the city tomorrow, no matter what, let those people know how powerful we are."

"Here!"
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Songzhou City.

As the largest border town between Tang and Tubo, there are almost [-] soldiers and horses stationed here.

These [-] soldiers and horses are responsible for the safety of the border of the Tang Dynasty, and have never let down their vigilance against Tubo.

The Songzhou city guard was named Zhang Shouming. Among the generals in the Tang Dynasty, he was not a famous general, nor did he have any outstanding achievements, but he had one skill, that is, he was good at defending the city.

With him around, the city will basically not be lost.

And he was just a man in his thirties.

A person of this age is in the prime of life, which should not be the case, but he has become a good general.

Early this morning, a spy ran over in a hurry.

"General, the people from Gancheng have sent news."

"The people in Gancheng sent news, what news?"

The spies handed over the news directly, and Zhang Shouming was a little shocked and nervous when he saw the contents of the letter.

"Damn it, Tubo attacked Gancheng in Tang Dynasty. The magistrate of Xu Jian didn't have many troops, so he might not be able to last long."

After hearing this sentence, some people next to him also became angry.

"This Tubo is really brave. He dared to attack our Tang Dynasty. It seems that it is time for our Tang Dynasty to exterminate them."

"Damn, hate, it seems that the news from Tubo is true. Tubo has suffered a snowstorm, and they need supplies now, but they don't have any, so they can only come to grab them, but they also underestimate us."

"That's right, that's right. Did they think they could plunder the material by bringing troops and horses? Don't even think about it, General, let's send troops to support it."

It is useless to scold Tubo here, their Gancheng is already very dangerous, what they need to do now is support.

After someone said this, the others immediately reacted.

"Yes, General, we should send reinforcements as soon as possible. We must support the brothers in Gancheng."

"That's right, that's right. Although Gancheng is small, it is also our Great Tang territory. My Great Tang territory is sacred and inviolable. We must support them and repel these Tubo soldiers."

"Yes, yes, send troops, General."

All the people were talking, Zhang Shouming nodded when he saw this, and said: "Zhang Erhei, you lead [-] troops and rush to Gancheng to rescue Gancheng."

Zhang Erhei is Zhang Shouming's cousin, he looks very dark, but he is a strong man, he is a fierce general in Songzhou City, and he is very desperate in battle.

After Zhang Shouming gave such orders, Zhang Erhei immediately took the order and retreated without any hesitation.

After Zhang Erhei left like this, Zhang Shouming ordered: "Although our soldiers and horses have already gone to Gancheng to support them, the people in Tubo are very cunning. Maybe they will raid our Songzhou City and order the soldiers to do a good job of loosening the city." The defense of the state city."

"Here!"

After the soldiers of Songzhou City took orders, they immediately began to strengthen the defense of Songzhou City. As long as Songzhou City is on guard, it is almost impossible for Tubo to break through easily.

(End of this chapter)