After passing through the dense forest, Lu Dongzan looked at the open land in front of him. He felt so happy. He did not expect that he had actually passed through Yumen Pass and entered the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. It felt like he was in a dream. If he hadn't walked so hard that he was out of breath, he would have thought it was a lie.
Looking at his cloth-like clothes, Lu Dongzan smiled bitterly and looked back behind him. Yumen Pass was already far behind him, and he could only see a vague shadow.
"Prime Minister, have we really entered the Tang Dynasty?" a confidant on the side said with great surprise.
Lu Dongzan nodded, touched his beard and said: "Yes, we have entered the Tang Dynasty. Now, the Jade Gate is behind us, and the Tang Dynasty is in front of us!"
After Lu Dongzan finished speaking, all the Tubo people following him suddenly cheered.
What does it mean to enter the Tang Dynasty? Everyone knows that the purpose of their battle is not to enter the Tang Dynasty and plunder. For this reason, they did not even bring their baggage or horses, and walked through the obstacles to get here.
Listening to the cheers of the crowd, Lu Dongzan frowned slightly and said: "Shut them up and put things in order immediately. I don't know how long it will take for Luo Zhang, who has closed the Jade Gate, to find us, but as long as he finds us, we will be in big trouble!" "
"Don't forget, we didn't bring much food to pass through Yumen Pass. The most important thing now is to find some food, war horses, carriages and other supplies. As long as we find these, we can survive here, even if the Tang Dynasty's war horses If you catch up with us, we will have the strength to fight!"
Hearing Lu Dongzan's words, his subordinates nodded one after another and immediately felt that it made sense. They immediately ran towards the soldiers under their charge, began to rectify the army and horses, and headed towards the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, Luo Zhang had just discovered Lu Dongzan's trick, and he and Cheng Yaojin each led a team of people to search for the place where Lu Dongzan might appear.
Yumen Pass was in trouble, and Dingxiang City was not much better. It was besieged and attacked by more than 300,000 troops. Dingxiang City only had more than 50,000 people. Although it had artillery, wooden knots, ballistas, catapults, and rolling logs and stone bases, These things are defensive, but there are too many enemies, and their numbers are too few.
For the time being, they can rely on these to resist, but what about time?
Let alone one day, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for half a day!
At the rear of the Western Turks, King Zuo Xian personally supervised the battle. He kept raising the scimitar in his hand and shouting for his soldiers to charge. Even if they were facing the powerful artillery, they would charge for him. Anyone who dared to escape and retreat would be killed. No mercy!
The situation on the east city wall was the same. The soldiers of the Western Turks rushed towards the city wall like crazy. If the catapults and ballistas hadn't cooperated to block them at the same time, they would have been on the city wall by now.
Only the situation on the west wall is slightly better. There are only 50,000 or 60,000 foreign troops and horses here, controlled by Chang Sun Chong. The number of troops and horses is much smaller than before. With the suppression of five artillery pieces, this is the easiest place to defend.
On the north gate tower, after summarizing the information about the city walls, Li Jing immediately ordered to mobilize 5,000 men and horses from the west city wall to rush to support the east city wall. There was no way, there were only so many men and horses. Since the pressure on the west was relatively small and the pressure on the east was high, naturally You have to stick to the east side, otherwise once the east side is breached, Dingxiang City will also be breached.
Outside the three walls of Dingxiang City, there are holes in the ground, all caused by artillery and wooden lumps.
These potholes were originally nothing, and no one thought about filling them. Li Jing would not do it, and the Western Turks would not do it.
But what no one expected was that this originally insignificant hole could actually play a role in this battle.
The Western Turkic army besieged them, but the ground was full of holes. The soldiers had no problem passing through, but the siege equipment ran into trouble.
On the way to Dingxiang City, from time to time a wheel would get stuck in a pothole, requiring many people to push it out.
Once or twice is nothing, but if it happens too many times, no one can bear it. The physical strength of the soldiers is a huge test, and it delays the progress of the siege.
Without siege equipment, Dingxiang City could not be conquered by just relying on ladders.
This made King Zuo Xian furious when he learned the news, and cursed his subordinates as a bunch of idiots.
But at this time, it was useless even if he scolded him. He could only mobilize troops to fill the hole. This operation gave Dingxiang City some time to breathe. Otherwise, according to the offensive posture of King Zuo Xian, Dingxiang City would not be given a break. of!
