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

Chapter 1240 The flood is raging and the country’s gate is open

Countless soldiers were densely packed on the city wall on the north side of Anduo, holding swords tightly in their hands and looking determined.

The torch kept making a crackling sound, which made people more and more nervous.

Lun Qinling stood among the crowd, looking at the movements of the Tang army in the distance.

In the gap in the city on the side, thousands of soldiers are frantically driving piles and filling rocks. The city wall has been restored to half...

A loud "rumbling" sound seemed to resound from the horizon.

It was deafening, resounding throughout the world.

People's minds are blank at this moment.

In the void, there seemed to be an invisible sound wave directly impacting.

The people standing at the top of the city suddenly became unsteady, swaying and breathing rapidly.

"Here we come!" Lun Qinling grabbed one hand on the female wall, his face was ashen and his teeth were clenched.

He had been standing here all the time, and without even seeing the Tang army's scouts, the King of Nanchang had decisively released the water, and his determination was terrifying.

"Don't fight, hurry up the city wall." Lun Qinling looked to one side and shouted in a low voice: "As long as we hold on to the city wall, after the flood has passed, this city will still be ours, and the 20,000 comrades outside the city will rush in and fight with us. Let’s hang the Tang people together.”

"Yes!" Thousands of soldiers immediately ran up the city wall as if flying, as if running for their lives. I don't know how many swords were thrown on the ground.

The flood roared in the distance, and the entire city was shaking.

Lun Qinling looked at the entire city expressionlessly.

In Guancheng, almost all those who could be evacuated were evacuated.

There were only three thousand soldiers on the north wall and two thousand soldiers on the south wall.

The south gate is completely open, and you can clearly see a two-foot-wide deep trench leading straight out from the south gate to the farthest point.

In the city, there are dozens of trenches of different depths and towers two feet high. Even at this moment, there are still more than a dozen archers inside.

On the road, there are sharp wooden stakes piercing diagonally to the north, iron chains pulled at the same height as the city head... and so on, Linlin has more than a dozen arrangements.

If the city wall did not collapse, even if the water flowed through the city gate, Lun Qinling would be confident enough to give Li Xuan a good fight.

But unfortunately, the city wall suddenly collapsed, destroying everything.

The "rumbling" sound of water flow approached quickly, and in just two quarters of an hour, the flood had already appeared at the end of the line of sight.

The bright moon hangs high, and it is purgatory on earth.

Time passed in a breath, and the rushing water rushed from top to bottom along the mountain road, impacting at extremely high speed.

Big and small rocks, gravel, dead wood, short arrows, and even dust, everything was swept up fiercely, and then slammed towards the city wall.

Everyone on the city wall stopped breathing at this moment, and they could only stare at the majestic power of heaven and earth.

With a "boom" sound, the water waves hit the city wall heavily.

In an instant, the city wall creaked, an extremely unbearable sound.

"Bang bang bang..." The wooden piles that had just been driven on the collapsed ruins were completely blown away in the blink of an eye.

With a "boom" sound, the half-finished city wall collapsed completely in an instant.

The water flow rushed in directly along the gap in the city wall, but this time, the speed of the water flow also slowed down very quickly, and then slowly spread in the city.

It was at this time that another huge wave of water formed an obvious water line and rushed towards the city wall at extremely fast speeds.

With a "boom", the moment the water hit the city wall, the walls on both sides of the gap that had not collapsed completely collapsed in an instant.

A two-hundred-meter-long gap suddenly appeared in the city wall, and countless soldiers fell into the water...

Lun Qinling closed his eyes in a deep voice, it was over.

The water flowed in all directions, but at this moment, Lun Qinling's eyes were looking further away.

A towering torrent rushed over with more than a dozen waves, and then slammed against the wall.

At this moment, the entire city wall began to shake violently, as if the next moment, they would all collapse in an instant.

time flies.

The water rushed into the city through the gap at extremely high speed, but outside the city, the accumulated water quickly rose to less than one meter from the top of the city.

In the pale faces of all the Tubo soldiers, more water flow directly hit them.

With a "boom", the spray directly wet the soldier's trouser legs.

Lun Qinling looked at this scene with great regret, but in an instant, he became more determined.

"The youngest ones in the army, who still have parents and wives at home, left on the prepared raft." Lun Qinling looked directly to one side.

Under the firelight, he could clearly see the desire flashing in everyone's eyes.

……

The water rushes down, and at Mayong Pass, the strongest torrent has passed.

Li Xuan stood at the top of the city and waved directly.

Under the city gate, Cui Ding and Qiu Zhenmu raised their hands to Li Xuan at the same time. The next moment, hundreds of small boats rushed directly towards Anduo Pass along the remaining water flow.

There were seven or eight people standing on each small boat, all holding crossbows in their hands, and the crossbows were filled all over the boat.

After the first group of people left, Li Xuan looked at Hei Te Changzhi and Li Jinxing behind him and nodded.

Hei Te Changzhi and Li Jinxing surrendered to Li Xuan at the same time, and then led more ships to kill Anduo.

"Where is Wei Shaofu?" Li Xuan turned to look at Zhou Qian.

Zhou Qian immediately cupped his hands and said, "We'll be there in half a quarter of an hour."

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded slightly and looked towards the north.

Finally, in his sight, a larger ship appeared, with dozens of people standing densely on it.

The ship was so fast that it barely passed the nearly four-meter city gate.

There are many ships here. At a glance, there are more than twenty ships.

These boats are heavy and can keep moving forward even in the roughest waves, not to mention that the currents are much smaller now.

What really allowed these ships to move forward smoothly were the dozen or so horses pulling them in front and the small wheels under the hulls.

Li Xuan boarded the ship directly, stood at the bow, looked at the small catapult in the center of the ship, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "With these ships, we can completely occupy Anduo, and even spy on Nagqu... Shaofu, If it succeeds, you take the lead."

Wei Hongji handed over his hand seriously: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. If we can really achieve something, then the hard work of this official will not be wasted."

"Definitely not." Li Xuan was extremely glad that the emperor made a wise decision by sending Wei Hongji to him.

Previously, most of the boats used by Li Xuan in Changzhou were sharp-bottomed boats, which were tall and large, not only difficult to transport, but also bad luck when they arrived.

On the contrary, these flat-bottomed boats make it easier to walk on this mountain road. But if you want to build such a ship, it is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and labor-intensive. The key is that you must have people who have mastered the technology.

But right now, the only person who truly masters shipbuilding technology is Wei Hongji.

From the wood, to the models, to all the refining of the viscose, Wei Hongji did everything by himself.

It's really not too much to give a first credit.

Li Xuan raised her head, looked at the mountain road ahead and the soldiers on the mountain road, and said with a stern face: "Kill."

"Kill!" All the soldiers shouted at the same time.

……

The ship followed the current and rushed towards Anduo Pass at extremely high speed.

The violent sound of fighting clearly reached Li Xuan's ears in the dark night.

The fire flickered, and countless crossbow arrows flew up and fell at the same time.

"Ding ding ding..." The Tubo soldiers on the city wall fell to the ground without even reacting.

On the city wall, Lun Qinling had disappeared without knowing when.

There was only one leather-armored general, trying his best to command.

After the turbulent water flow, the Tang people's ships finally came over.

However, under the impact of the water flow, even if the soldiers on the city wall could barely stand firm, they were already exhausted by the power of heaven and earth and could not draw their swords and bows at all.

The Tang people came very fast and rushed to the city wall in a blink of an eye. In an instant, a wave of crossbow arrows flew directly up.

In the blink of an eye, the city wall was covered with casualties.

Qiu Zhenmu was on the left and Cui Ding was on the right. A small group of ships had already entered the city along the gap.

Some people continued to rush forward, and even wanted to rush out of the city along the current and into the wider Tubo world.

The other two groups of people turned around and faced behind the soldiers on the north wall. Countless crossbows were caught off guard and landed directly on the city head.

After a series of heavy casualties, the Tibetan soldiers on the city finally came to their senses.

More than two thousand people were arrayed on the mile-long city wall, and it was not easy to kill them all.

They quickly grabbed their swords and bows and were about to counterattack. At this time, Hei Te Changzhi and Li Duozuo came over with more guards from the right leading army.

In an instant, more crossbow arrows fell.

As soon as the black teeth arrived, the Tang army's attacks immediately began to be orderly.

They began to sweep along the gap on both sides. As soon as the gap was empty, people immediately rushed up to the city wall.

Fighting at close range and besieged on three sides, the Tibetans were quickly defeated.

The Tubo general was about to continue to resist, but at this moment, he heard a "pop" and a figure jumped directly into the water.

The Tubo people are also good at water.

One jumped into the water, and soon after, more people began to rush into the water.

People's hearts are broken.

In the end even people who didn't know how to swim jumped into the water.

The killings ahead are still continuing.

Compared with the Tang army, which had high morale and was full of strength, the Tubo people were more frustrated and faced difficulties in resisting.

dang dang...

When Li Xuan arrived at the city wall by boat, he saw thousands of Tibetan soldiers tied with ropes and driven off the city wall into the water.

It was not too cold in the summer, but no one escaped.

The big ship entered the city of Anduoguan directly along the gap, with the black paper held high.

From this moment on, this place completely belonged to the Tang Dynasty.

The sound of fighting became clearer at this moment.

On the wall south of Guancheng, there are still more than two thousand Tubo soldiers resisting stubbornly.

Behind them are ladders that can be easily climbed up and down. They still have a way to escape. They are not in a hurry and have a stable mentality.

Relying on the city wall and the Tang army kept shooting at each other.

Li Xuan's eyes fell on the city gate in the distance, and the city wall was being slowly closed.

Under the water, more than a dozen Datang naval forces were forcefully closing the door.

A hundred meters away, or even further behind, wooden piles were nailed directly to the boat.

Many ships have even been hit and sunk into the water.

It can be seen that Lunqinling has indeed made a lot of arrangements here.

"Up the ram." Li Xuan looked behind him. The next moment, several soldiers had already lifted the ram and installed it on the bow of the ship.

"Let's go!" Li Xuan shouted coldly, and the ship started moving and rushed directly to the city gate.

The small boat in front immediately got out of the way, and then saw that the big boat had hit the wooden pile hard.

The next moment, the wooden pile that had been soaked in the water for a while was knocked away.

The big ship continued to move forward rapidly. At this moment, Wei Hongji suddenly shouted: "Slow down, slow down, there are chains ahead."

"No need." Li Xuan directly pressed Wei Hongji's hand, and then shouted with sharp eyes: "Rush, keep rushing, speed up."

Wei Hongji was stunned.

Li Xuan's eyes were firm.

The big ship moved forward like flying, and then hit the chain hard.

The huge impact force made the iron lock straighten in an instant.

The hard collision angle was also cut out at this moment, but the entire ship was already moving forward slowly and there was still no sign of stopping.

But the chains had been pushed to their limits.

The next moment, there was a "collapse" sound, and the chain suddenly burst apart in front of Li Xuan's eyes.

The huge power was released instantly, and the big ship rushed towards the city gate.

The city gate that was about to close was suddenly slammed shut.

(End of this chapter)