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Chapter 399: Attack of the Raiders (1)

The rain has been falling, and it hasn't stopped since it was just dark yesterday. This time, it lasted a whole night. When the wind blew, the cold became tighter. Heavy, but the officers and soldiers of the Tang army who patrolled the wall of the village did not dare to be slack in the slightest. Lin Chengbin who was standing on the tower felt a little bit at ease.

Half a month has passed since the start of the war, but the battle in Hezhou is still stalemate. Zhan Zhan, but he doesn't envy his colleagues on the front line of Hezhou, because he knows very well that the front line of Datong River is the key to the decisive victory of the two sides-the Tubo army will definitely appear, but it's hard to say when it will come, maybe Just in these two days!

"woo woo woo woo……"

Just when Lin Chengbin was in a state of unrest, the tall tower suddenly shook gently, and then, the vibration not only did not stop, but became more violent, and the dust on the ceiling was so shaken that it fell straight down. Before everyone could wake up from their horror, they heard a shrill horn sounding suddenly on the hills miles away. It was the lookout post calling the police. There was no doubt that the enemy had arrived!

"The whole army is on the wall, prepare for battle, prepare for battle!"

As soon as he heard the sound of the horn, Lin Chengbin reacted immediately. He didn't dare to be negligent. With a loud roar, he rushed down from the watchtower and rushed up the wall of the village, shouting and directing a group of officers and soldiers to go up the wall to prepare Meet the enemy.

"Dong dong..."

The officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty just took their positions on the wall of the stronghold, when they heard a dull and orderly sound of footsteps coming from far and near along the valley, and immediately saw a black line rushing out of the corner two miles away , the speed is not fast, but it is like an incomparably thick city wall moving, and its momentum can be described as terrifying.

"Send a message!"

Lin Chengbin was not swayed by the majestic momentum of the Tubo army at all, but silently estimated the number of enemy troops, and when he saw that there were more than [-] of his vanguard, he dared not delay any longer, and pointed at the people following him. One of the guards gave an order in a low voice, and immediately saw the guard rush down the wall of the village, quickly ran to the camp, took out a birdcage, and released several carrier pigeons with shaking hands, rushing forward. After going up to the sky and circling over the stockade, they each flew in all directions.

"Bowman, get ready!"

Looking at the Tubo army that was getting closer and closer, Lin Chengbin's face remained calm, but he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy in his heart, because the Tubo army came at such an untimely time. The tank bombs were all damp and unusable. Facing the violent attack of so many troops from the Tubo army, it was obviously extremely difficult to support the whole day as planned. The certainty was not impossible, but it was also pitifully low. , but the matter has come to this point, if there is no war, we have to fight!
"Ok!"

When the Tubo army came within a mile of the wall of the village, a young general who rode his horse and walked under the black mantle suddenly raised his hand, and just let out a soft sound. The ground stopped at the same place, and this young general was Gar Sita, the fourth younger brother of Gar Qinling.

"Toldo!"

It has been some time since Gar Siddha led his troops to the Datong River Valley. The reason why he did not rush to launch a surprise attack was because he was waiting for this timely rain. Dare to take it lightly, relying on dozens of unexploded bombs picked up on the battlefield, a group of Tubo skilled craftsmen studied for a long time, although they could not find out the formula of gunpowder, they discovered a fatal weakness of clay pot bombs, that is Afraid of the water and the tide, this is the root cause of Gal Siduo's offensive in the rain. At this moment, seeing the sparse defensive formation of the defenders on the wall, the corner of Gar Siduo's mouth twitched, He showed a ferocious smile, raised his voice, and let out a drink.

"The end is here!"

As soon as Gar Sita finished speaking, an extremely burly general came out from the side. This person was Toldo, the number one brave general under Gar Sita's command, but he was nearly two meters tall with a complexion. As black as charcoal, the beards spread all over his face like steel needles, the leopard stared at him, and the evil spirit rose spontaneously. In his hand, there was an iron rod as thick as a bowl. Made of steel, it weighs a hundred catties, but it can be held in Toldo's hands, but it seems to be useless, which shows its bravery.

"It's the six quarters of the hour, and I planned to have lunch in Yunwu City. Whether I can eat this meal depends entirely on the general."

Gal Sita looked at Toldo with admiration on his face, pointed the horsewhip in his hand to the east, and gave instructions in a teasing tone.

"Promise, the final general will definitely invite the general to have a drink and feast at the largest restaurant in Yunwu City. If you don't get drunk, you won't return!"

Toldo is a master who is not afraid of anything, not to mention that the Tang army in the village only has more than a thousand troops, even if there are twice as many, Toldo doesn't care. Joking, I was happy to follow along with the last time, so I put my legs together, slapped my chest suddenly, and let out a bold statement with a big grin.

"Okay! General Ben has memorized this sentence, let's start!"

Hearing that Toldo was so confident, Gar Sita couldn't help laughing, raised his whip, and casually issued an attack order.

"Promise!" Toldo promised in a loud voice, turned around, walked to the front of the army, raised the iron bar, and shouted: "The general has a word first, and we will have a drink in Yunwu County at noon. My sons and daughters, use your abilities to take this stronghold for me!"

"Huho, hoho..."

As soon as Toldo's words fell, tens of thousands of troops roared together, and the thunderous voice vibrated back and forth in the valley until the walls of the village were shaken, and the momentum of the Tubo army suddenly rose to the peak vertex.

"Brothers, behind us is our home, where our parents, wives and children are, how can we allow the Tubo bandits to be presumptuous, show your courage, and kill him to your heart's content!"

Amidst the bursts of shouts from the Tubo army, the officers and soldiers of the Tang army, who were alone and lonely, couldn't help but change their expressions. Many soldiers even trembled involuntarily. Needless to say, their morale was low. Since then, Lin Chengbin didn't dare to be negligent, so he pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, raised it high above his head, and let out an angry roar with all his strength.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The officers and soldiers guarding the village are basically local people from Lanzhou. Hearing what Lin Chengbin said, he immediately remembered that the old and young at home were still behind him. Once the wall of the village fell, it would be an unspeakable catastrophe. With a shake, they let go of their throats and roared. Although their voices were not as powerful as those of the Tubo army, there was a ruthlessness in them, and the morale, which was already extremely low, was greatly boosted.

"attack!"

Toldo was born at the bottom, and he became the head of a thousand households by virtue of his bravery. Since he didn't understand Chinese, he couldn't understand what the defenders on the top of the city were shouting. The yelling obviously had the meaning of fighting with our own army, and the anger in my heart immediately arose, and I stopped talking nonsense. I smashed the iron rod in my hand to the ground, and issued an attack order with a loud roar.

Datong Village, as the name suggests, is a military village guarding the Datong River Valley. This village is located in the narrowest part of the Datong River Valley, with a width of no more than twenty feet. The wall of the village crosses the entire valley. There is a door in the middle, which is a three-inch wooden door covered with iron. This village was originally built by the Tubo people. After being captured by Li Xian's night attack the year before last, it was rebuilt. Standing on the wall, there are all kinds of arrow towers, watchtowers, and crossbows for defending the city. There are more than a thousand people. It is obviously extremely difficult for this kind of manpower to defend the stockade, especially without clay pot bombs and other weapons for defending the city. The situation is really not optimistic. Countless, because of this, the Tubo army rushed fiercely as soon as they launched, and what they wanted was to be ruthless in one go!

The valley is not too wide, and there are only 3000 Tubo troops who can mobilize at the same time. Among them, [-] archers are used as cover, and [-] shield swordsmen are guarding two large chariots rushing towards the gate of the village. Hundreds of elite soldiers carried the ladders as the vanguard, and rushed towards the wall of the village like raging waves. The shouts were deafening, and murderous aura rose into the sky.

"Aim at the car, let it go!"

Lin Chengbin only glanced at the situation before he recognized the situation. From his point of view, the most dangerous thing was the two large ramming vehicles that crashed into the gate. , Seeing the enemy army swarming in, Lin Chengbin couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and roared and issued an attack order.

"put!"

"put!"

A total of six large defensive crossbows were placed on the walls of the twenty-foot stronghold. When Lin Chengbin gave an order, the captains of each crossbow did not dare to neglect and ordered their soldiers to pull the triggers one after another. , six huge iron arrows cut through the space like a rainbow flying from the sky, and shot towards the city with a howl.

"what……"

The attack power of the huge crossbow bolts is astonishingly strong, but unfortunately, the accuracy is not very good. Only two of the six crossbow bolts hit the first charging car. The huge impact penetrated the shield formed by the Tubo shield swordsmen. Shoot the entire chariot backwards, and immediately fell to the ground. As for the other four crossbow arrows, although they never hit the target, they plowed four dead gaps in the Tubo rushing queue. Suddenly, all the Tubo officers and soldiers standing in the way of the crossbow arrows were shattered into pieces, and those who were rubbed were also bloody and howling, the momentum was really astonishing.

"Rush up, vertical ladder, vertical ladder!"

Seeing that his attack formation was thrown into chaos by the six crossbow arrows, Toldo immediately panicked. He waved an iron rod and roared angrily, driving all his subordinates to rush forward. The crossbow machine was reloaded again, and the Tubo army had rushed to the bottom of the wall of the village. More than a dozen ladders were raised high in unison, leaning towards the top of the wall, and the extremely tragic offensive and defensive battle began.

(End of this chapter)