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Chapter 569 The End of the Hero (4)

"puff……"

Repeated setbacks and non-stop toil for days, Gar Qinling was already exhausted, and then hit by Funiuchuan's rapid fall, his body was completely unable to bear the internal fire. He stopped, but felt a sweetness in his throat, a mouthful of blood spurted out uncontrollably, his burly body swayed, and he almost fell to the ground.

"President, Prime Minister, you..."

Seeing that Gar Qinling vomited blood, the reporter who came to report the incident became impatient. Without caring much, he jumped up, supported Gar Qinling's crumbling body, and called out anxiously. stand up.

"It's okay, the truth is okay, go, the generals of all ministries will come here to discuss matters immediately, go!"

Gar Qinling waved his hand first to stop the calling of the caller, then wiped the corner of his bleeding mouth with the back of his hand, shook his head vigorously, took a few breaths, and managed to calm his mind. Some sons weakly issued the Jujiang Order.

"Ah...no!"

Baoma looked at Gar Qinling worriedly, and was about to remonstrate, but saw that Gar Qinling's brows were already furrowed in displeasure, and he didn't dare to say any more, he could only be nervous. Hurry up to promise, go to beat the drum and gather together without mentioning it.

"Ugh……"

After reporting to the horse, Gar Qinling did not sit down again, but stood there dumbly for a long time. Finally, he shook his head with a bitter face, let out a long sigh, and strode forward Go, although the footsteps are still steady, but the back is bleak...Fucheng City, the former capital of the Tuyuhun King, in the third year of Longshuo ([-] A.D.), when Tubo destroyed Tuyuhun, it still used this city as the capital. The military and political center that governs Tuyuhun, the city is divided into inner and outer parts, the outer city is about five feet high, and the four sides are more than three miles long. The whole city is square, which is a typical city system in the Han Dynasty. The other three sides are boundless prairie, stretching for more than a hundred miles, until blocked by mountains, the terrain is flat, which is good for herding, but there is no danger to defend.

From a military point of view, stationing troops in Fucheng City is an act of self-destruction, not a way of fighting, but then again, as far as the land of Tuyuhun is concerned, there must be danger to defend against the enemy, and there must be enough to defend against the enemy. However, it is really hard to find where the food, fodder and luggage came from, especially in such a time of successive defeats, it is impossible to find a more suitable place than Fucheng City in a hurry, after all, as Fuqi City, the military and political center of Tuyuhun, is the best place for the Tubo army to resist, no matter in terms of city defense fortifications or reserves of food and supplies. Of course, this best place is only relatively speaking. Well, this may be the case for the Tubo people, but in Li Xian's view, it is really not worth mentioning. Although it is difficult to break the city, it is not that big. Therefore, after capturing Funiuchuan, Li Xian did not go straight Instead, they marched forward without slowing down. When they reached the city, they did not rush to launch a battle against the city. Instead, they set up a camp three miles away from the city, showing a steady and steady posture. .

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

The Tang army did not take the initiative to attack, and the Tubo army did not dare to act rashly. The night passed peacefully. When the first ray of sunlight in the morning pierced the darkness before dawn, the sound of horns sounded like a burst of horns in the Tang army camp. There was a sudden sound in the camp, and the originally quiet camp suddenly boiled up. After a few moments, groups of officers and soldiers walked out of the camp in neat lines, and pushed towards Fucheng Chengping.

"The Tang thief is coming, the Tang thief is coming!"

The momentum of the Tang army's large-scale mobilization can be described as extremely large, and it is impossible for the sentries on the top of the city to not see it. With the roar of the alarm, all the Tubo troops in the city panicked, and groups of soldiers rushed into chaos. He rushed to the top of the city, raised his swords and guns, and looked at the approaching Datang army with great vigilance, feeling a strong sense of tension that a big battle was coming, which was suffocating.

"Sanlang, bring your people up, and open the city gate to Gu Bang!"

The army moved in a meandering manner, and within a short while they had formed a formation at a distance of [-] paces below the city. Li Xian didn't talk nonsense, and directly issued an attack order.

"promise!"

Xiao Sanlang had already known the overall battle plan from the military meeting before the war. Now that Li Xian was the first to call his name, he would not be surprised at all, so he hastened to respond. After making a promise, he rushed back to the main formation, and after an order was given, the first brigade, which was already ready, began to move forward.

"Order, all the troops stand by and are not allowed to take a step closer to the city wall without authorization!"

Seeing that the first brigade of the Tang army was indeed the first to attack, Gar Qinling's face twitched slightly, but he was not at all confused. He just ordered with a gloomy face. No other words.

"Fire!"

There was silence on the top of the city, not only did they not shoot arrows, even the dozens of large defensive crossbows on the top of the city remained silent. Thousands of defenders just watched quietly as the artillery battalion of the first brigade He was busy a hundred paces away from the city, but Su Qingsheng obviously didn't intend to accept the favor of the Tubo army. Once the artillery was set up, he immediately ran to Xiao Sanlang to ask for instructions. After getting permission, he unceremoniously The order to attack was issued.

"Boom, boom..."

As the order was issued, the gunners who had been on standby for a long time did not dare to delay a little bit, and lit the fuzes with matchlocks one after another, but amidst a huge roar, smoke billowed up, and eighteen infantry guns The first fire was fired, and eighteen shells weighing more than ten catties roared and smashed on the top of the city, but the results expected by the artillerymen did not appear—except for two of the eighteen shells hitting the wall, three It flew over the head and landed on the open space in the city. The other thirteen shells all hit the top of the city, but except for the three shells that jumped and rolled and smashed to death and injured a few unlucky Tubo defenders, the rest of the shells were like mud. It's like a cow has entered the sea, without even splashing waves.

"Boom, boom!"

The infantry artillery had just finished firing, and the heavy artillery also fired. Two huge artillery shells roared sharply and drew a smooth curve in the air. One hit the city gate, and the other smashed heavily on the wall not far from the gate. On the wall, the results of the battle were unsatisfactory. The one that hit the wall was fine, only a not-so-small hole was blown in the wall, but the one that hit the city gate broke the city gate. , but never saw the fragments flying in the air, but made a muffled loud noise, and then there was no sound.

"Damn it, I don't believe it yet, come again!"

Su Qingsheng has been an unswerving cannon advocate since the first time he saw artillery. In his opinion, there is no target that artillery can't break through. At this moment, there is no response to seeing a salvo. Huo Ke jumped up, and then he tugged his sleeves angrily, and roared furiously.

Ok?Something is wrong!It wasn't just Su Qingsheng who was puzzled by the results of the volley, Li Xian who was watching the battle in the battle was also suspicious, so he raised his brows, casually pulled out the binoculars hanging from his waist, aimed at the top of the city and took a closer look. After observing carefully, after this look, I really saw something strange—looking through the hole in the city gate, the back was filled with sandbags, which effectively slowed down the impact of the shells. However, if you carefully observe the sporadic debris splashed with the second bombardment, you can also see that the top of the city is covered with cushioning materials such as wool and cowhide in half and half, which also effectively slows down the attack. The impact of the shell.

As expected, he is worthy of being the God of the Tubo army. He was able to find out the correct way to deal with it in such a short period of time. It is a pity that he was born at an untimely time!Thinking of Gar Qinling's ability, even though he was an opponent, Li Xian still couldn't help but praise him in his heart, but praise is nothing but praise, Li Xian didn't intend to let him die Once the truth was found out, Li Xian no longer hesitated, and hung the binoculars back to his waist, and then he looked serious behind him, and ordered in a cold voice: "Decree: the artillery battalion advances thirty steps, the infantry The artillery focuses on bombarding the enemy's defensive crossbows, the heavy artillery is not allowed to stop, and bombards the city gate with all its strength, and the departments of the first brigade are responsible for covering!"

"First Brigade, go forward!"

After two consecutive rounds of attacks without great results, Xiao Sanlang inevitably murmured in his heart, when he was thinking about countermeasures, he received a general order from a messenger, so he dared not be negligent, so he raised his hand and called out After drinking, he gave an order. Immediately after hearing the sound of drums "dong dong", the whole army of the first brigade began to move forward.

"Command: Defend the City Crossbow Attack!"

The first brigade had just pressed forward, and Gar Qinling immediately gave the order to attack without hesitation.

"Boom, bang..."

With the general order, the crossbowmen who had been prepared for a long time did not dare to delay a little bit, and they all tried their best to pull the thick rope tied to the trigger of the city defense crossbow, but when they heard a burst of tight reeds, dozens of them Huge steel arrows roared and smashed towards the officers and soldiers of the marching first brigade. Although most of them were poorly aimed, three crossbow arrows still hit the marching queue of the second regiment. Flying, a dozen officers and soldiers were torn to pieces on the spot, and a dozen others were seriously injured and fell to the ground.

"All regiments are free to fire and suppress the firepower of the city!"

Seeing that the defensive crossbow at the top of the city had been activated, Xiao Sanlang's face immediately darkened, and he roared with a livid face.

"Bah, bah..."

The casualties of comrades-in-arms have already made all the officers and soldiers red-eyed, but they did not dare to act without the order. Now that Xiao Sanlang has issued the order, the officers and soldiers of the various regiments will not be very polite at all, and they all rushed out. As they advanced forward, they fired at the same time. The dense rain of bullets immediately shot down a large area of ​​the Tubo soldiers who were busy surrounding the dozen or so defensive crossbows. However, these Tubo soldiers were obviously dead soldiers. There were heavy casualties, but they still refused to stop the loading work. As soon as someone fell down, someone rushed out from the side, rushing forward and following up, braving the strong firepower of the first brigade, and reloading the city crossbow without any delay. Without showing any weakness, they launched a confrontation with the first brigade, and for a while, you came and went to fight like a raging fire.

(End of this chapter)