Tibet

Gao Xiuyan told Li Ye before that the biggest weakness of the flying ladder is its rope, which is also the best way to crack the flying ladder.

Li Ye adopted Gao Xiuyan's suggestion. He selected a thousand archers and placed them on the walls of each horse. They used bows or crossbows to shoot at the ropes of the flying ladder. There was a probability issue here. One person may not be able to hit the target. Then if you increase the number to ten people, the possibility increases tenfold, and if you increase the number to one hundred people, the possibility increases a hundredfold.

But placing bets on one place is definitely not Li Ye's style of doing things. He not only prepared a thousand sharpshooters, but also prepared two thousand heavy armored infantry. If the sharpshooters failed, the heavy armored infantry would be used to deal with it. Twenty Tibetan soldiers climbed the city on flying ladders.

Just thirty steps away from Li Ye, two flying ladders had been erected. Li Ye could see clearly. He drew out two arrows, opened his bow and nocked them. The two arrows were as fast as lightning, and they hit the two ropes, but there was no trace of anything. As a result, he discovered that each flying ladder actually had seven or eight ropes, and it was impossible to tell which rope was useful.

He simply threw away his bow and arrow, and the eight flying knives on his body were shot out quickly. All eight ropes were cut by the flying knives. In the innermost hiding place, the extremely tight rope suddenly broke, and two long ladders were seen coming from There was a heavy crash from the air, and there was a scream. Sixty Tibetan soldiers who were climbing on the ladder were smashed to death on the spot.

At the same time, accidents occurred one after another on the flying ladders, but only 30% of the twenty flying ladders were lost. The Tang army still underestimated the wisdom of the Tubo people. The Tubo people set up a lot of suspicious ropes, and most of the ropes shot by the sharp archers were useless. In the end, fourteen flying ladders were erected on the top of the city.

The soldiers of the Tubo army jumped onto the city wall one after another and fought fiercely with the Tang army on the city wall. Ma Chongying was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "I heard that all the siege soldiers gathered towards the flying ladder!"

He had already seen that all the other siege ladders seemed to have been destroyed and there was no way to reach the city. Only the flying ladder could reach the city.

He then ordered again: "Up the battering ram!"

On the top of the city, heavy armored infantry advanced to fight, while other Tang soldiers moved out of the way.

The power of the heavy armored infantry was fully demonstrated at this moment. No matter how many Tibetan soldiers climbed to the top of the city, they were cut into two pieces with one sword.

Li Ye watched as the soldiers below the city gathered like a swarm of ants from all directions toward the fourteen flying ladders. There were also two heavy battering rams mixed in with the crowd and rushed towards the city gate.

Li Ye immediately issued several orders, "Send an order to add two thousand heavy armored infantry to surround the enemy's flying ladder access to the city."

He turned back to Li Baozhen and said: "Prepare two thousand cans of kerosene and 10,000 bundles of wheat straw. When the fire breaks out in Weng City, immediately use kerosene to attack the enemy's flying ladder!"

"Follow the order!"

Li Baozhen went down, and Li Ye ordered Lei Wanchun again: "On the Wengcheng side, use not only fire but also arrows. Bring two thousand heavy crossbow soldiers over immediately."

"I humbly obey my orders!"

The fierce battle between the two sides has reached fever pitch. A steady stream of Tibetan soldiers rushed to the top of the city, and at the same time, groups of heavy armored infantry rushed over to support them.

The top of the city was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​​​blood. Corpses with severed limbs and internal organs were piled all over the ground, filled with a pungent stench. The blood gathered into a small river and flowed down the city along the drain holes on the edge of the city wall, dyeing the entire moat red.

But the Tubo army was not intimidated, and still rushed forward regardless of the cost and fought fiercely with the Tang army's heavy armored infantry. However, it had no effect on capturing the city. As long as they rushed forward, they would be killed by the shining cold Mo Dao without hesitation.

But even if the Tubo soldiers successfully broke through the heavy armored infantry encirclement, it was useless. On the walls on both sides, there were still 300 archers and crossbowmen waiting in full formation.

"Boom!" There was a muffled sound from the city gate, and the city shook. This was the Tibetan army's siege ram hitting the city gate. Before that, the Tang army had lowered the suspension bridge on its own initiative to prevent the Tibetan soldiers from destroying the suspension bridge.

Although this was a bit strange, the siege Tibetan army did not take it to heart.

Two thousand heavy crossbowmen have been ambushed above the urn city. The urn city is very large, about the size of eight basketball courts, and can accommodate thousands of troops.

At this time, the Wengcheng was filled with two thousand cans of kerosene and thousands of bundles of wheat straw. The wheat straw was spread on the ground, which seemed to prevent slipping, but in fact, it was all covered with kerosene.

At this time, two Tang Army soldiers were tied around their waists with ropes and slowly lowered down. They opened the door bolt of the city gate and were immediately pulled up to the top of the city by ropes.

"boom!"

There was another loud bang at the city gate, but the city gate burst open. Two hundred soldiers holding a battering ram rushed into the city. The Tubo army cheered outside the city. Five thousand Tubo soldiers in charge of attacking the city gate surged toward the city gate. And enter.

In the distance, Ma Chongying was overjoyed and immediately shouted: "Blow the trumpet and attack!"

"Woo——"

The ten thousand soldiers who had been waiting for a long time rushed towards the city gate.

At this time, Lieutenant General Lun Mangre rushed forward and said urgently: "Commander, I'm afraid the Tang army is cheating!"

Ma Chongying was startled, "Why?"

"It's too easy to attack the city. It's only been one morning. Are we going to capture Jincheng? Impossible! Besides, the suspension bridge was lowered by ourselves, not us!"

Lun Mangre's words were like a bucket of cold water that woke up the hot-headed Ma Chongying. He began to realize something, but he was still a little unwilling to withdraw his troops now. He immediately ordered: "The reinforcements stop attacking!"

The military order was issued, and the reinforcements of 10,000 Tibetan soldiers stopped running. Ma Chongying stared at the city head and gate. He wanted to be sure whether it was a trap or a defensive mistake by the Tang army.

The reinforcements stopped running, but the siege continued. Ma Chongying was too eager to capture Jincheng County.

Li Ye knew that the other party had seen the flaw, and immediately shouted: "Operation Ignition!"

Thousands of kerosene cans on the top of the city smashed down the Tubo soldiers gathered around the fourteen flying ladders. The kerosene flowed all over the ground, and dozens of rockets were shot out immediately. The fire burst into flames and instantly engulfed the crowds of people waiting on both sides of the flying ladder. Countless soldiers.

At this time, a raging fire broke out in the Wengcheng. The five thousand Tibetan soldiers who were preparing to attack the inner city were instantly engulfed by the fire. There were screams and wailing in the Wengcheng. The soldiers trampled on each other and fled towards the city gate lifelessly. .

The suspension bridge has been pulled up again to prevent the enemy troops from escaping. A large amount of wheat straw and kerosene were poured at the city gate, making the fire even more intense and making it impossible to escape.

There were also a thousand powerful heavy crossbow arrows fired at the densely packed Tibetan soldiers at the city gate, and all the hundreds of soldiers who were about to escape from the city were shot down.

The moment the fire burned, Ma Chongying seemed to be woken up by a head-on blow. He suddenly woke up and said, "No, it's a trap!"

He immediately shouted: "Order the entire army to retreat!"

"Dang! Dang! Dang!" The retreat bell rang.

The Tubo soldiers in the chaos turned around and fled. The flying ladder was engulfed in flames. At this time, no enemy troops climbed to the top of the city. On top of the city, the Tang army fired thousands of arrows, and the Tubo soldiers were shot down one after another.

The precious kerosene has stopped on the city. This is 10,000 cans of kerosene that Yuchiguang spent a year transporting from the country of Bukhan. He must save as much as possible.

Only wheat straw continued to be thrown in. Many Tibetan soldiers ran with fire all over their bodies. After only running a few dozen steps, they fell to the ground and curled up from the heat.

At this time, there was thick smoke billowing in the Wengcheng, and the situation below could not be seen, but the Tibetan soldiers were silent.

The fierce fighting on the battlefield was suddenly stopped by two fires. All the Tibetan soldiers who could escape fled back. All the Tibetan soldiers watching the battle from a distance had a look of horror in their eyes.

Ma Chongying felt a sudden pain in his chest. He sent 20,000 soldiers to attack the city, but only 5,000 or 6,000 people escaped.

He held back the pain and sighed, "Withdraw troops and return to camp!"