Seeing that Shi Jin had the upper hand, the officers and soldiers of the Yanyun Army shouted loudly, their voices shaking the sky, and their morale was like a rainbow. However, the officers and soldiers of the Tubo Army couldn't help but become a little anxious, and they also shouted, but the taste was completely different from that of the Yanyun Army, as if it was... As if urging Sang Kun.
Sang Kun became angry and yelled, and he attacked Shi Jin with his sword. Each sword was like a tiger's wind, and the cold light shone on the snow. The power was very shocking. Chen Jie waved his spear to block, blocking every sword from the opponent. The knives intersect, and the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong is dense and harsh.
The two sides fought for more than ten rounds without deciding the outcome. The shouts of the soldiers on both sides shook the earth like a wave, and everyone's blood boiled. The two fought for more than ten rounds, and Sang Kun showed signs of cowardice. After fighting for a few more rounds, Shi Jin made a sudden attack. Sang Kun was in a hurry and almost lost his sword. He became frightened and slowly turned his horse's head to escape. Chen Jie was about to kill him. When he got excited, he immediately rode up to catch up.
Tianyou saw him on the city wall and shouted: "Oh, what's going to happen! Hurry up and claim the gold!" At this moment, the horns of the Tibetan army sounded loudly, and nearly ten thousand Tibetan warriors rushed out howling. It turned out that the Tibetan general Zanbutai saw that Sang Kun was in danger, so he ordered the cavalry to charge to rescue Sang Kun. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding..., the sound of the golden bells on the city wall rang loudly.
Chen Jile turned his horse's head and galloped towards the city gate. Upon seeing this, the Tibetan cavalry immediately gave chase. Chen Jie galloped to the city gate on horseback. The city gate immediately opened a crack. Chen Jie quickly rushed in, and the city gate immediately closed. The Tubo army rushed to the city gate and was not allowed to enter. They huddled together. The Yanyun army on the city wall fired thousands of arrows. Suddenly, they saw the Tubo cavalry below on their backs. The Tibetan cavalry were greatly frightened, so they turned around and ran back, quickly out of the range of their crossbows, but they had already lost hundreds of people.
Zanbu Tai was furious and ordered the army to attack the city. The Tibetan army launched a wave of attacks on Xizhou City. Arrows in the sky were like locusts, countless city-carriages on the ground rushed towards the city gates and walls, countless ladders leaned against the walls, the ant-like Tibetan army kept surging towards the city walls, but kept falling down; Yan Yun's army could not The arrows were fired intermittently, and the locust-like arrows caused ripples in the tide of the Tibetan army. Rolling stones and wood rumbled down the city wall, hitting people and causing flesh and blood to fly everywhere. They hit the ladder and broke suddenly.
The Tibetan army attacked for a whole day without making any progress. Instead, they suffered heavy losses. There were mountains of corpses under the city wall, and the remains of countless siege equipment were scattered around. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Zanbutai had no choice but to order the troops to withdraw and return to camp. In the big tent, Mrs. Zanbu was very angry, "Damn it! Damn it! After attacking for a whole day, there was no progress, but thousands of people died!" All the generals looked a little downcast. After today's battle, everyone was I tried my best, but couldn't get in. Let alone get in, the opponent's defense didn't seem to be able to even open the slightest gap!
Duosang frowned and said: "Yan Yun's army is holding on to Xizhou. Although Xizhou is not a majestic pass, it is a city with strong walls. It may be difficult to attack by force. You have to find another way! The Han people have a saying: ' It's better to attack with force than to outwit'!"
Huck said angrily: "It's simple! How to outwit us?" Duosang thought: "We won't gain anything from the whole day of fighting today. I'm afraid Yan Yun's army will get carried away. People will be careless when they are proud. Why don't we send troops tonight?" If an elite team climbs up from the weakly guarded part of the city wall and seizes the city gate, they may be able to succeed."
Zanbutai felt that this was a clever plan, nodded, glanced at the generals, and asked: "Which of you is willing to lead the army in a sneak attack?" Ha Ke and Sang Kun came out together and said: "The last general is willing to go!" None of them. Thinking that the other party would also ask for a fight, he couldn't help but glance at the other party. Zanbu chuckled and looked at Huck, "Let Huck go this time!" Huck was overjoyed and thanked him, but Sang Kun was a little depressed and said to himself: The general must have seen that I lost to Shi today. Jin, so he doesn't think favorably of me. I must make contributions to wash away this shame.
The Tibetan army was cooking up and down the fire, and the smoke from the kitchens in the military camp was curling up, reflecting the red clouds in the sky. Soon after, the sky turned completely dark, and the piles of bonfires in the Tubo military camp were like stars in the sky. The Tibetan army soldiers gathered around the piles of bonfires, eating, drinking and talking, making it noisy.
Soon after, the noisy camp gradually became quiet, and finally only the bonfire was still burning. In the middle of the night, Huck led a group of about a thousand Tibetan elites wearing soft armor and holding short soldiers to leave the military camp and quietly marched to the northeast corner of the city. Before that, the scouts had already investigated clearly, and the security in that place was the weakest. of. As soon as Huck's elite troops left the camp, Zabutai personally led an army of 100,000 people to leave the camp and went to ambush outside the north city gate. He only waited for Huck and the others to succeed and then rushed into the city.
Huck led a thousand elites quietly to the northeast corner. He glanced up and saw that the city wall was quiet. Although a torch was lit, the light was dim. Huck gestured to a few people around him, who immediately unhooked their body hooks, dropped the steel hook, shook it, and then threw it hard towards the wall. The steel hook flew up the wall with the rope. A few soft popping sounds. Everyone under the wall held their breath and listened, and saw that there was no movement on the city wall. The few people who had just thrown out the lock hook began to slowly pull the rope down, and then they felt that the lock hook had caught the city wall and could not be pulled any further. Several people whispered to Huck: "That's it."
Huck made a gesture, and the sergeants immediately climbed up the rope to the top of the wall. Huck stood below and looked up, seeing that the top few soldiers were about to climb the city wall. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding... Suddenly the sound of bells sounded loudly, which was particularly harsh in the silent night. It turned out that Yan Yunjun had arranged a rope on the city wall. The rope was connected to the bells, and the people who were sneaking up the city wall were The Tibetan army touched the rope, and the bell connected to the rope immediately rang loudly.
Huck and others were shocked, and then fire surged on the wall, and then they saw countless Yanyun troops appearing above. Huck knew something was wrong and shouted hurriedly: "Back off! Back off!" Everyone retreated immediately, and the few Tibetan soldiers who were still hanging in the air hurriedly fell down.
Shoot the arrow! Someone shouted loudly on the city wall, and then arrows rained down. The fleeing Tibetan soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, and screams were heard. Huck was also hit by an arrow, but fortunately it only hit his arm.
Zanbutai heard the noise in the southeast corner and couldn't help but frown, because the movement was completely different from what he expected and the situation seemed wrong.
A moment later, Huck and others were seen running back in a very embarrassed state. Zanbutai asked angrily: "Did you miss?" Huck was greatly ashamed, but Sang Kun, who was next to Zanbutai, looked gloating. look. Huck held his injured left arm with his right hand and said to Zanbutai: "They arranged bell traps everywhere on the city wall. Our people didn't notice it. They touched those things while climbing the city wall. As a result, the results were exposed. !" Then he knelt down to plead guilty and said: "Please, General, punish me!"
Zanbu frowned and said, "Forget it, this can't be considered your fault. Get up."
"Great generals!" Zanbutai glanced at the city in front of him and snorted, "I don't believe that my army of hundreds of thousands can't take this small city!"
Early the next morning, there was a thunderous roar outside the city. The Tibetan army once again attacked the city. The offensive was more fierce than the previous day, and they attacked from the west, north and south at the same time. The Tibetans seemed determined to win. However, after a whole day, the Tubo army still failed to attack the city, and suffered greater losses than yesterday. The soldiers of the Tubo army couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, and felt that such an attack was like banging their heads against a wall.
Zanbutai was helpless and very frustrated. At this time, Duosang suggested: "General, we can capture some Han people and drive them as the vanguard to attack the city. The Yanyun Army has always regarded itself as the protector of the Han people in order to gain fame and reputation, and will definitely hold a meeting. The city will let those people in, and then we will take the opportunity to rush into the city, and we are not afraid that we will not be able to defeat Yan Yun's army!"
Everyone's eyes were wide open, and they praised Bu Tai with admiration: "What a plan! What a plan!..." Huck said, "This is just Duosang's own guess. What if the Yan Yun army just didn't open the city gate? Aren't we going to do it again?" All the hard work in vain?"
Zanbutai frowned again. He felt that what Huck said was very possible. If he were to defend the city, he would never open the city gate for a few people. From this point of view, I'm afraid This strategy is not feasible! Duosang smiled and said: "I am sure that the Yanyun Army will fall into the trap! Take ten thousand steps back and say that if the Yanyun Army really does not open the city gate and does not care about the life and death of the Han people, then we will slowly kill those people in front of them. , even if the officers and men of the Yanyun Army are made of steel, their military morale will definitely be shaken. When we attack fiercely, the Yanyun Army will definitely not be able to withstand it, but we can defeat it in one battle!"
Zanbu nodded excitedly and said: "Okay, okay, Duosang said it well! Duosang, you, hurry up and take people around to capture as many Han people as possible!" "Yes!" Then nearly 10,000 Tubo troops left the military camp. Divided into several teams to search for Han people in all directions. Although most Han people had already heeded the warning of Yan Yun's army and fled into the nearby mountains, many people still stayed in their homes and refused to leave. As a result, they were killed by the wolf-like Tibetan army. After being able to survive, the cries of calling for children and mother-in-law echoed throughout the countryside, and there were miserable scenes everywhere.
Chen Jie received an urgent report from the scouts that the Tibetan army was harming the surrounding villagers. Without a second thought, he left Xuanzan to defend the city and led two thousand warriors out of the city. He wandered around the nearby countryside to intercept and fought seven fierce battles, killing more than 2,000 Tibetan troops and saving more than 5,000 civilians. However, tens of thousands of civilians were still captured by the Tubo troops and taken to military camps. Chen Jie's two thousand warriors could not save them, so they could only temporarily return to the city.
Chen Jie led his cavalry into the city gate. The rescued people knelt down on the street to thank Chen Jie and the soldiers for their life-saving grace. Everyone's face was filled with tears, some were crying with joy, and some were grieving relatives who had died. Chen Jie got off his horse and shouted to all the people: "Don't thank me. If you want to thank me, thank King Yan!" Then he called an officer and ordered him to take these people down and resettle them, and then he and Tianyou climbed onto the city wall. .
The two stood on the city wall and looked at the Tibetan military camp outside the city. Chen Jie couldn't help but curse: "The **** Tibetans can't help us, but they go to harm the people! They are really a bunch of thieves! There are many people who were captured and taken to military camps, but I couldn't save them!"
Tianyou frowned and said: "I'm a little worried..." "Nonsense, what good things can happen if the people are captured by the Tubo people, but worrying is useless!" Tianyou shook his head, "That's not what I meant," and took a look Chen Jie, "General, have you ever thought about why the Tibetans did this?"
Chen Jie said without thinking: "The Tubo people are greedy. Population, especially young women, is a valuable asset to them. To rob people is to rob wealth. What's so strange about that!"
"I'm afraid it's not that simple! The Tubo people used to plunder the population after conquering a place. Not to mention the Tubo people, this is not the case for other people? But during the siege of the city, they divided their troops to plunder the population. This is really unbelievable!"
Chen Jie also felt that something was wrong, "Then what do you think they want to do?" Tianyou frowned and said, "If my prediction is correct, I'm afraid their purpose is not those people, but to use those people to blackmail us. To drive away the empire. The common people attack the city first. This tactic has been around since ancient times. If the defenders open the city gates and let the people in, the attackers will take the opportunity to invade, and the consequences will be disastrous. However, if the city gates are not opened, the attackers will definitely kill people. Common people, the morale of the defenders will be greatly shaken, and the attackers can take the opportunity to break through the defense line!"
Chen Jie's expression changed, "Damn, what a vicious strategy!" Tianyou nodded, "Although it is vicious, it is also very effective!" Looking at Chen Jie, "General, we have to think of a countermeasure, otherwise tomorrow They will definitely be caught off guard!" Chen Jie lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked up at the military camp outside the city and said categorically: "We must not watch the people being killed by them!" Tianyou was shocked, "But General, if this happens, the city will be damaged. If we can't stop, we will lose a big thing for a small thing! Furthermore, if the city is lost, the people will not be spared!"
Chen Jie said angrily: "According to your opinion, we have to watch those **** massacre the people?"
Tianyou sighed, "For the sake of the overall situation, I'm afraid this is the only way!" "No! Protecting the people is the overall situation! As soldiers, if we can't protect the people, what kind of soldiers are we? We can die, but the people must be unscathed. ! No one dies in this world. As soldiers, it is natural for us to die on the battlefield, but we have to ask ordinary people to block the knife!"
Tianyou said: "General, what you said is good! But the gains and losses of Xizhou are very important. If something goes wrong, we will not be able to explain it to King Yan even if we die!" Chen Jie glanced at Tianyou, "I have made up my mind, you don't want to You said too much!" Tianyou said angrily: "I firmly disagree!" Chen Jie held down the handle of the knife and glared: "How dare you!" Tianyou looked at Shi Jin without fear.
The night passed and morning came. The unique sound of the Tubo army's leather drums dispersed the gauze-like mist. Only a brown wave was slowly approaching, and at the front were tens of thousands of men, women and old men in ragged clothes. young! They were thrown together by ropes and driven by the ferocious Tibetan soldiers. Everyone was extremely frightened. The children and women were crying. Even the strong people looked at a loss.
The Tubo army drove tens of thousands of Han people close to the city wall. The Tubo army stopped, and Zanbutai glanced at the Yanyun army on the wall. Seeing the panic on the wall, he couldn't help showing a proud expression. Raising his right hand, thousands of crossbowmen immediately fired arrows at the people in front. The arrows flew past, and the people walking at the back were shot to the ground. There were loud cries and shouts. Some people They turned around to rescue their relatives who were shot down, while most of the people rushed towards the city gate in panic. Xizhou City is different from the big cities in the Central Plains. There is no moat but only city walls. The extremely frightened people rushed directly to the city gate. Many people banged on the door: "Let us in! Please let us in!..." Sad and shrill. The cry for help made those Yanyun soldiers who were going through swords and fire feel very sad.
An officer named Chen Zhan couldn't stand it anymore, so he ran to Xuan Zan and begged: "General, please open the city gate and let the people in! They are so pitiful!" As soon as he finished speaking, several more officers came. plead.
Tianyou frowned and said: "It's not that I don't want them, it's really that the current situation is too dangerous. If there is a slight mistake, not only will they not be able to save them, but the entire Xizhou will be lost!" Then he pointed his hand at the enemy's wings: "Look, the enemy's The cavalry troops are already ready to attack. If we open the door, they will rush into the city with losses. At that time, the city will fall. Not to mention the people outside the city, even the people inside the city will not be able to save it! We must not do it for small reasons. Big loss!" The officers were silent, feeling a tightness in their chests.
At this moment, another series of screams and cries came from outside the city. Everyone was startled and quickly looked down. It turned out that the Tubo people had fired another wave of arrows, and many people had suffered. Many people who were seriously injured but not dead were still lying on the ground. It was too miserable to see; one The little girl, who was not yet one year old, sat next to her lost mother and cried loudly.
The Yanyun soldiers were furious. Someone shouted: "Open the city gate quickly!" With this voice, the soldiers shouted: "Open the city gate! Open the city gate!..." At the same time, some people ran towards the city gate. The soldiers who wanted to open the city gate struggled to block the soldiers who wanted to open the city gate. When the soldiers saw this, they roared angrily: "Are you **** Hans? Why are you looking at my fellow villagers helplessly?" Don't you save them if they are killed?" Why don't the soldiers guarding the city gate want to rush out to save people? However, due to their responsibilities, they must not open the door without the general's order. They only heard the captain of the city gate shouting excitedly: "You* *****Don’t you think I’m willing to save people? But no one can open the city gate without an order!”
"I stabbed you bastard!" Someone pulled out a knife and was about to take action. The situation was about to get out of hand! "Stop it!" An angry shout suddenly came from the ladder on the nearby city wall. The noisy and restless city gate immediately fell silent. All the soldiers turned their heads and looked towards the city wall ladder, and saw Xuan Zan with an angry face. All the soldiers knelt down one after another, and many of them actually started crying. One officer cried: "General, please open the city gate. We can't just watch our fellow villagers being killed!" All the soldiers begged one after another.
Tianyou's heart was trembling. Why would he want to do this? However, the matter was big and small. How could he jump in on his own knowing that this was an enemy's conspiracy? At this moment, a messenger galloped up to Xuan Zan, reined in his horse, dismounted, ran up the wall and ladder, and reported: "General, General Chen Jie ordered the villain to inform the general that he has led four thousand warriors to follow. The east city gate is out of the city! General Shi Jin will lead his cavalry to raid the enemy's formation, asking the general to seize the opportunity to rescue the people..."
When all the soldiers heard this, they were all shocked. The messenger continued: "Chen Jiejun said that if, if he can't come back, the general must guard the city!" Tianyou was stunned and hurried up the city wall. At the same time, only earth-shattering shouts were heard from under the city wall in the northeast, and Shi Jin led four thousand warriors to rush out, suddenly rushing towards the majestic formation of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops. The four thousand soldiers were at full speed. Mercedes-Benz, roaring like thunder, moving forward indomitably! Tianyou cursed with tears in his eyes: "Damn it!"
The Tubo people did not expect that the other party would have cavalry to stand out, and they were stunned for a moment.
Four thousand soldiers raised up smoke and dust and kicked into the middle of the flanking cavalry. They charged and killed the Tibetan soldiers, causing the Tibetan soldiers to fall on their backs and panic. The four thousand soldiers, like a sharp blade, passed through the enemy's cavalry in an instant, and then crashed into the Tibetan army's formation like a stormy wave. Everyone risked their lives and moved forward, waving their weapons like crazy, as if four thousand soldiers were fighting. Thousands of crazed tigers, the Tubo infantry were killed until their corpses were covered in blood and they retreated in horror. The hundreds of thousands of troops were actually moved into position by these four thousand warriors. The Tubo army no longer cared about attacking the city, and turned around to respond with all their strength. Hundreds of thousands of troops besieged the 4,000 Yanyun army. However, the 4,000 Yanyun army clashed with each other and were invincible. They fought until the sun was dim and the sky and the earth turned pale!
Seeing that the enemy army was completely attracted, Tianyou quickly ordered the city gate to be opened. Tens of thousands of people swarmed in. There were too many people and the city gate was small. It was impossible for them all to enter the city in a short while.
The situation of Chen Jie's warriors quickly deteriorated. Although they were brave and invincible, the difference in strength was too great. After a fight, they were heavily surrounded by each other! At this time, more than half of the four thousand warriors have been lost! Shi Jin killed an enemy general with one shot. He turned to look in the direction of the city gate and found that half of the people had not entered the city. He frowned, turned to look at the enemy's flag, raised his spear and shouted loudly. : "Everyone, follow me and charge!" The Yanyun warriors got rid of the enemy in front of them and followed Shi Jin towards the Tubo flag. The iron hooves surged and roared, the roar was thrilling, and the fighting spirit rushed into the sky. Life and death were no longer considered!
Although the Tubo soldiers had the advantage, they still couldn't help but tremble in fear when faced with such Yan Yun's army. At this time, three solid lines of defense had been lined up in front of the Tubo commander's flag, with huge shields like walls and spears like forests. Not to mention light cavalry, even if they were light cavalry, It would be difficult for the heavily armored cavalry to break through, but the Tubo general Zanbutai, who was behind the heavy protection, couldn't help but tremble when he looked at the murderous Yanyun cavalry rushing towards the sky! At this time, no one has the intention to pay attention to the direction of the city gate!
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
