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Chapter 367 Shanzhou Offensive and Defensive Battle (3)

Herzzan's headquarters originally had [-] cavalry and [-] heavy infantry, which is considered to be a relatively strong army among the various tribes in Tubo. However, when they filled the city in the first two rounds, they suffered quite a loss, especially when they were attacked by the Tang army's dying prisoners. The loss was the heaviest, even so, and now his troops are still strong enough to fight, the cavalry has almost no losses, and the infantry still has more than [-] soldiers. Compared with the defenders in the city, the total force still has nearly three times the advantage , and this is exactly where he dared to attack the strong city. Of course, with the general order in his body, he would not be able to attack if he didn't want to. Once he was frustrated again and punished for several crimes, he didn't believe that Gar Qinling would forgive him lightly. Therefore, Herzzan, who had made up his mind, used his strength this time to quickly divide the whole army into four parts. Except for the cavalry who were responsible for covering, all the infantry formed three squares. The team adopted a wave-like attack, which did not give the defenders a chance to breathe.

"Report, General Helian died in battle!"

"Report, General Dari Mingzan is seriously injured!"

"Report, General Yuegutai is dead!"

As soon as the siege battle started, it was at a fever pitch. Less than half an hour after the first phalanx charged up the city, a series of bad news came back one after another. Three thousand heads of households died twice. One serious injury, nearly half of the [-] soldiers were lost, but they never even rushed to the top of the city. When such a situation happened, Herzzan was so angry that his nose was crooked.

"Attack, continue to attack, don't stop, second phalanx, go up!"

As a general in charge of the army, Hezzan knew the truth that a fortified city is difficult to attack, but he never expected that less than a quarter of an hour after the start of the battle, the first siege team was completely disabled, and his face It was extremely difficult to see the extreme in an instant, and the drum was pounding in his heart. But now, Herzzan has no possibility of withdrawing and retreating at all, so he can only bite the bullet and order the second phalanx to continue filling down the city.

The tragedy of the battle is nothing more than ants attacking the city, but seeing the ladders rising below the city, the wood and rolling stones on the city rain down, the screams come and go, life is like grass, and teams of Tubo officers and soldiers fill the city Either they turned into corpses lying on the ground, or they were carried down after being severely injured. A fierce battle was fought from the third quarter of the past until the end of the last hour. No matter how violently the Tubo officers and soldiers rushed, the city of Shanzhou remained motionless. The anxiety is still there, but the Tang army has firmly gained the upper hand, and never left the Tubo army with the slightest opportunity to take advantage of it!

"The cavalry obey the order, get off the horse, get on with Lao Tzu, and charge to the city!"

The first phalanx was disabled, and the second phalanx failed to do well. Seeing that the attack of the third phalanx would also retreat, Herzzan was already red-eyed, and he didn't even care that the cavalry under him were not attackers. The expert in the city, with a loud roar, jumped off his horse, and was about to lead his troops in the final desperate fight.

"Woooooooo..."

Before Herzzan could unleash his final madness, a shrill horn sounded suddenly from the Tubo Central Army. Hearing this, Herzzan was secretly relieved. The remnant hastily withdrew from the chaotic war, and so far, its infantry has lost more than one-third.

"Great Minister, the general is incompetent and failed to enter the city. Please forgive me."

With such a huge loss of troops, but with nothing to gain, Herzzan was in a very disturbed mood. He rode his horse back to the central army, and immediately fell to his knees, pleading guilty in panic.

"Decree: Dawang's troops attack the west city, Suo Lunzan's troops attack the east city, attack!"

Gar Qinling ignored Hetzzan at all, let him kneel there anxiously, and issued an attack order with a solemn face. As soon as the order was issued, the horn sounded loudly again, and the two troops who had been on standby for a long time The Tubo army roared and rushed towards Shanzhou City, and the flames of war that had just stopped ignited again!
"Great Prime Minister, the last general, the last general..."

Hezzan knelt for a while, seeing that Gar Qinling never even looked at him, the fear in his heart became stronger, but for the sake of his own life, he could only bite the bullet and walk forward, but He kowtowed vigorously a few times, and called out loudly.

"Get out!"

Gar Qinling glanced at Herzzan with a grim face, and drank impatiently.

"Ah, yes, the last general is guilty, the last general should die, the last general..."

Hearing Gar Qinling's bad tone, Hezzandon trembled all over with fright, jumped up like an electric shock, lowered his head, not daring to look at Gar Qinling's face, and begged crime.

"Since you are convicted, it's good, the truth will give you another chance, come here with your ear!" Gar Qinling snorted coldly, called Herzzan to his side, and whispered to his ear , I could hear Herzzan's complexion changing from red to white.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister, if there is another mistake in this matter, I will come to see you at the end!"

Knowing that Gar Qinling's patience with him had reached its limit, Hertz praised himself without any further hesitation. As soon as Gar Qinling finished speaking, he fell to his knees on the ground, swearing swore up.

"Ok!"

Gar Qinling didn't say any more, just let out a cold snort, and with a wave of his hand, he drove Herzzan away like a fly. His extremely solemn eyes crossed his own front line and landed on the head of the chaotic city. superior.

The Tubo army attacked the city in two ways, and the battle became fierce in an instant. Although the defenders had an absolute advantage in location, under the desperate assault of the Tubo officers and soldiers, the city defense was inevitably tense everywhere. In just a quarter of an hour, the Tubo army rushed to the top of the city several times. Although they were all counterattacked by the defenders, the casualties of the defenders were unbearable. Nearly a quarter of the officers, soldiers and two thousand civilians were lost. Even Cheng Hedong, who was the chief general, had already had his arms wounded. However, the influence on the morale of the army was huge, and the defenders on the top of the city gradually couldn't hold on anymore. This made Cheng Hedong see it in his eyes and worry in his heart!

Cheng Hedong still has some troops, the [-]-odd reserves on hand have not yet been mobilized, and there are many secret weapons secretly transported by Li Xian, but Cheng Hedong dare not throw in rashly, because this is On the first day of the war, if the cards were exhausted, the city might not be able to hold on. Therefore, no matter how difficult it was, Cheng Dongdong could only grit his teeth and lead his personal guards to fight the fire everywhere. He kept running back and forth on the top of the city, his armor had already been soaked in blood like it would be fished out of the bloody water.

"Go, transfer Liu Chi's troops to the city immediately!"

The night on the plateau came early, just after Shen Shi, the sky gradually darkened, but the fierce battle between the offensive and defensive sides did not slow down due to the arrival of the dark, and the Tubo army who was desperately attacking the city ignored the disadvantage of the dark , lit a torch, and continued to attack the city defenses. Seeing that the situation was not right, Cheng Dongdong didn't dare to hesitate any longer. He killed a Tubo head of a hundred households who had rushed to the top of the city with a knife, and roared, Finally, the order to transfer the reserve team to the city was issued.

"Boys, come on, kill Fan Fangou, kill, kill!"

Liu Chi, the guerrilla general, is the most powerful general under Cheng Hedong. His martial arts skills are rare in the army. However, his official career was not good. Before Cheng Hedong took office in Shanzhou, Liu Chi was just a school lieutenant. Fortunately, Cheng Hedong himself was also a military general. The guerrilla general, who was appointed as the reserve team this time, Liu Chi often asked Cheng Hedong to fight for the starting lineup, but he was scolded bloody by Cheng Hedong every time, so he reluctantly accepted the task. Today's battle At the time of the big rise, Liu Chi could only sit and watch, and he was too suffocated for a long time. Now that he got the general order, how can he still hold his nerves, and led a thousand elite men under him, roaring and rushed to the top of the city, Like an angry lion, the Tubo soldiers who had just rushed to the top of the city were turned on their backs. After a few charges, they stabilized the crumbling city defense. So far, the tragic offensive and defensive battle fell into a stalemate again. The meaning of stopping, the battle became extremely fierce, but as the night became darker, the advantage had shifted to the defenders unconsciously.

"Second brother, it's already getting late. The city is desperate to take down. It's useless to attack by force. It's useless to fight again tomorrow."

Seeing the increasing casualties on their own side, the Tubo generals were a little bit impatient, but because of the majesty of Gar Qinling, no one dared to stop the battle lightly. In the end, Gar Zampo stood Will come out and tactfully propose a truce.

"Attack another wave! Blow the horn and attack!"

Dark night has always been a big taboo in siege, unless it is to attack at night, otherwise, the attacking party can only waste its military power in vain, how can Gar Qinling not know this, but he has other ideas Planned, did not accept Gar Tsangpo's suggestion, but with a cold face, issued an order to attack, all the Tubo generals saw that Gar Tsangpo had hit a wall, no one dared to say more, After a while, a shrill horn sounded suddenly, and the already exhausted Tubo siege troops immediately, as if they had eaten gunpowder, put forth their last remaining courage and launched the final frenzied attack again. The defenders felt the pressure suddenly increased, and had to go all out to defend the city. The city was in emergency several times, and the battle was the worst since the war began. No one noticed the cavalry with more than [-] troops At some point, under the cover of chaos and darkness, the brigade quietly crossed Shanzhou from the east of the city where the fierce battle was raging, and was sneaking towards the east at a high speed.

As the saying goes, "hardness cannot last long, and softness cannot be defended." Although the Tubo army's strong attack regardless of the cost was extremely fierce, no matter the time or location, they were not on the side of the Tubo army. It was destined to be a hopeless siege battle. After the battle, corpses were scattered on and off the city, and blood flowed everywhere. It was so miserable.

(End of this chapter)