Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 567 The End of the Hero (2)

On September [-]th of the first year of Yifeng, the Double Ninth Festival had just passed, and the sky was already cold. Although it was not to the point of freezing, the frost had already fallen. When the north wind blew, it added a little more The bleakness and coldness of the Funiuchuan Guan wall are better, and the patrols on the wall of the Funiuchuan Pass can be exercised to get some warmth, but the fixed sentries on duty on the ventilated arrow tower are not so convenient. The cold was so cold that the skin was purple, and they could only keep stomping their feet to keep warm, but it really didn't do much. They all cursed their miserly bosses angrily. What a scam.

"Straight mother, it's so cold that I don't want to give you a leather jacket. This ragged armor can do nothing. Those bloody thieves are... ah, Tang, Tang, Tang..."

A Tubo soldier standing on a high arrow tower was so cold that he couldn't bear it. He stomped his feet and cursed. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a seemingly There was a situation, and I hurriedly looked at it, my face turned pale in an instant, my eyes were rounded, and I couldn't speak a complete sentence stammering.

"Qiangba, you grandson, what a mess... Ah, Tang, Tang Jun, damn it, the Tang thief is here, the Tang thief is here..."

Another soldier on duty saw his colleague's extremely strange expression, so he couldn't help but cursed, and followed his line of sight curiously. Just looking at it, his face was also extremely pale in an instant, and after stammering twice, he was finally After regaining his senses, he didn't care much, and shouted wildly at the top of his throat. In an instant, the wall that was originally in order was completely chaotic.

"A man should be a serious danger, so how can Confucianism miss this life..."

Tang Jun is indeed coming, but the marching speed is not too fast. He galloped his horse and sang loudly all the way. The passionate singing was powerful and high-pitched.
After successive victories, the morale of the soldiers was high. Li Xian, who was riding in front of the army, was also in a good mood. It was not entirely because of one victory after another, but more because of Gar Qinling's tacit understanding He was very satisfied with the cooperation—Gar Qinling fully contracted his troops and tried to fight a battle to defend Fuqi City. Li Xian was naturally happy to see the result. Open the door of convenience, rein in the troops at the mouth of the Buha River, and let the defeated Tubo troops flee to Fuqi City. Do you have a plan? Needless to say, you want to wipe out the Tubo army in Tuyuhun. Playing a cat-and-mouse game with the Tubo army on the vast prairie, it would be better to go head-to-head to catch the turtle. As for Gar Qinling's thoughts, Li Xian already knew it well, left and right are just the end of the hero's path The plot is just at work, but there is nothing to say.

"The whole army will stop, and line up on the spot!"

The army moved in a meandering manner, although it was not very fast, it was not slow either. In less than half an hour, it had already entered the city of Funiuchuan Pass. Li Xian raised his hand and stopped at a distance of [-] steps from the city. After the soldiers and horses were mobilized, after a shrill sound of horns, the entire army of more than [-] people formed an attack formation under the pass city.

The gate wall of Funiuchuan was originally not considered high, only about three feet high. In the past ten days, although the Tubo army has tried their best to strengthen the gate, they have not only raised the city wall to more than five feet, but also set up walls on it. Defensive facilities such as watchtowers, arrow towers, and even a few city defense crossbows were installed. Unfortunately, the city defenses are still pitifully simple. Not to mention that the Tang army dismissed them, it was Gar Qinling himself. This is not optimistic, except for Suo Lunzan, a member of the Wanfu Commander, and more than a thousand Tubo people to guard the wall, the rest of the nearly four thousand people are all gathered soldiers from various tribes of the Tuyuhun. The idea was not to stick to it, but to take advantage of the geographical advantages of the closed wall to consume as much of the Tang army's vitality as possible. As for the life and death of those tribal soldiers, Gar Qinling didn't care at all.

"Get your bloody spirits up, prepare for battle, prepare for battle!"

Suo Lunzan obviously understood the unspoken meaning of Gar Qinling. When arranging the defense of the city this time, he did not send all the more than [-] guards under his command to the city, but basically placed them in the city. After passing through Guancheng, it was reserved for the reserve team. As for the top of the city, all of them were miscellaneous soldiers of various ethnic groups. Although the number was quite large, there were a total of [-] people, but their combat effectiveness was not so high. Now, in the face of the overwhelming army of the Tang Dynasty, every one of them trembled until their legs became weak. As soon as this situation of cowardice before the battle happened, Suo Lunzan immediately saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. In addition to being annoyed, there was nothing he could do, he could only force himself to tighten his face, raised his voice and roared to cheer up the miscellaneous soldiers.

"Brigade Commander Xiao, I will give you half an hour to blast open the city gate!"

Li Xian only glanced at the city defenses, and he could almost see the reality. He didn't want to waste energy here, and he was too lazy to talk nonsense, so he just waved his hand indifferently and gave the order to attack.

"promise!"

Xiao Sanlang was taciturn by nature, he only responded to Li Xian's generals in a straightforward manner, he didn't say any nonsense such as rhetoric, but he acted without slowness at all, so he returned to the headquarters immediately. He immediately ordered the officers and soldiers of the first brigade to move forward, and escorted the artillery battalion to push towards Guancheng.

"Fire the cannon, hurry up, the action is so fucking fast!"

The battle was imminent, and the commander of the Artillery Battalion, Su Qingsheng, was so excited that his black face flushed with excitement. It was not surprising that he had the most powerful troops in the first brigade, but he couldn't catch up with the previous battles. Seeing that the war is coming to an end, but his artillery battalion is still empty-handed and has not even gained anything. It has become the laughing stock of the whole brigade. This makes Su Qing, who has always been proud and arrogant, feel so embarrassed. It is better to hold back his strength. After some performance, this time it was finally his turn for the artillery battalion to show off its power. Su Qingsheng couldn't help but get a little too excited, and only then did he get close to the predetermined battle position a hundred steps away from the city. When the brigade commander issued the general order, he already started blah blah blah, commanding a group of men to unload the cannon from the carriage and assemble it on the spot.

There are not many types of artillery in the Artillery Battalion. There are only two models. One is a light infantry artillery with a total of eighteen pieces, and the other is a heavy artillery for siege. There are only two in total. The number is not many, but But the bulkiness is astonishing. Not to mention anything else, even a light infantry gun is actually not that light. Even if the gun mount is deducted, the gun body made of pig iron weighs hundreds of catties. As for the heavy artillery, it is even more serious. The actual weight of the whole artillery is more than two thousand catties, and each shell weighs more than thirty catties. The quality can't be improved, and the quality of fine steel can't pass the test. In addition, the power of black powder is not too great. All kinds of factors are added together. In order to ensure the power, the weight of this artillery can't be reduced. .

"Command: Defend the City Crossbow Attack!"

Although the defenders on the top of the city had heard that the muskets of the first brigade were extremely sharp, they had never experienced it themselves, but they were not very afraid. Seeing that the Tang army did not launch a battle against the city, they were only a hundred steps away from the city. They stopped at a distance of left and right, and there were inevitably some babblers, wondering how busy Tang Jun was there, even Sorenzan, who had been defeated by the first brigade, couldn't figure it out. What are those big black guys, but knowing that Tang Jun must not let Tang Jun assemble those black guys smoothly, he hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and gave an order.

"Boom, bang..."

Now that the lord general had given the order, the defenders dared not neglect. The only four defensive crossbows on the top of the city fired one after another. The place where it was shot shot over, the strength was not small, and the momentum was also great, but unfortunately the accuracy was extremely poor, all four giant arrows shot into the empty space, except for shoveling up a large piece of soil on the dry grass, it was the first time in a row. None of the sides of the brigade touched the slightest bit.

"The first regiment, approach and attack, suppress the firepower of the city!"

The Tubo army's ballista attack failed to achieve the slightest result, but it succeeded in arousing Xiao Sanlang's anger, so he planned to order some appetizers for the defenders at the top of the city.

"promise!"

Wan Chenghe, the head of the first regiment, was gearing up for a long time. Hearing that the general order had been issued, there was no reason why he was not excited. He hurriedly responded, waved his hand, and shouted the order: "The first regiment, go ahead!"

"Boom, boom, boom..."

With Wan Chenghe's order, the drummers lined up on both sides of each company did not dare to neglect in the slightest, and beat the small drums hanging on their chests one after another. With the sound of the drums, the officers and soldiers of the first regiment, which were divided into three phalanxes, Started moving forward.

"Bowman, get ready!"

Suo Lunzan had suffered from the volley of muskets, and when he saw the first regiment start to press forward, he panicked involuntarily, shouted orders at the top of his voice, and the miscellaneous soldiers dared not Confused, they poked their heads out from behind the city plate, aimed their strong bows and crossbows at the first regiment of officers and soldiers who were slowly pressing forward.

"Stop advancing, each company can shoot freely, and focus on attacking the enemy's ballista!"

The defenders at the head of the city were well prepared, but unfortunately Wan Chenghe didn't plan to give the defenders a chance to perform. The whole regiment stopped after only twenty steps forward. This position happened to be the archer at the head of the city Outside their attack range, even if some soldiers with strong archery skills can shoot arrows here, they are already at the end of their battles. It is impossible to pose much threat to the officers and soldiers of the first regiment. The four city defense crossbows of the first regiment were still being reloaded at the moment, and they would not be able to fire arrows again for a while.

"Bah, bah..."

With Wan Chenghe's order, the shooting performance of the first regiment began immediately, but seeing the three rows of soldiers from each formation shooting and reloading in turn, the gunshots instantly exploded like fried beans.

(End of this chapter)