It's freezing cold!
Mixed with the howling north wind, snow foam floated in the sky again in the middle of the night.
In such cold weather, people will freeze to death. Besides, between Taozhou and Shibao City, across the ridge of the Yellow River, there is an endless stretch of wasteland lying across the wilderness.
The Tibetan generals never expected that the Tang Dynasty would choose such weather to send troops to Shibao City, so they were still huddled in front of the charcoal fire and taking a nap.
When they relaxed their vigilance, Pei Min had already led the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who had made a surprise attack on Shibao City to the city.
Wang Zhongsi took the lead and said: "General Pei, I will ask you to be the vanguard to build a ladder to attack the city!"
"We'll take the ladder later."
Pei Min waved his hand and ordered his followers: "Go and bring the things up!"
This siege was all done by light cavalry, and there were a group of horses without people. The things carried by the horses were tightly wrapped in oil paper. Except for Pei Min, even the other generals did not know what was wrapped in the oil paper.
At this moment, General Pei spoke and personally directed people to unload things from the horse.
When Pei Min opened the things wrapped in oil paper, Wang Zhongsi and Li Linhuai were dumbfounded, because what was wrapped in oil paper was clearly fireworks, and there were bundles of long and thin fireworks cannons.
"Are these fireworks?"
Regardless of Wang Zhongsi's surprise, Pei Min ordered: "Send out these fireworks and have our soldiers tie them to arrows and listen to my general's orders."
Military orders are like mountains!
Wang Zhongsi didn't understand what medicine Pei Min was selling in his gourd, but General Pei would never treat the battlefield as child's play.
He had no choice but to put aside his doubts and obey his orders.
Unlike Wang Zhongsi, Li Linhuai felt that the oil paper package containing the fireworks looked familiar. When he was receiving the military uniforms before leaving, he seemed to have seen it in the tent where the princess kept the medicinal materials.
Li Linhuai looked thoughtful and hurriedly followed General Pei's instructions and asked the small leaders of each team to receive the fireworks.
After the fireworks were distributed, Pei Min ordered Wang Zhongsi and Li Linhuai and his son: "Use a ladder to attack the city!"
Covered by the howling north wind, Li Linhuai and his son and Wang Zhongsi, who were ordered to move quickly, set up a ladder at the base of the city wall. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, who were as agile as ghosts, climbed up the ladder...
In the stone castle, the Tibetan generals guarding the city could still squint in front of the charcoal-burning stove, but the soldiers responsible for patrolling in the ice and snow could only lean against the cold wall and curse.
A Tibetan soldier who had finished his nap was so filled with urine that he planned to move to a place leeward to clean his hands. He subconsciously looked under the city wall and saw clearly the dense black spots in the snow, and Tang soldiers climbing up the city wall using ladders.
He was so frightened that he said: "The enemy is attacking, the Tang army is attacking the city, the Tang army is attacking the city!"
With the shout of the Tibetan soldiers, the dead stone castle city seemed to explode in the middle of the night. The sound of horns and footsteps came from the city wall. The Tibetan soldiers who received the signal of enemy attack kept swarming towards the city wall.
Seeing that Li Linhuai and Wang Zhongsi, who were leading the way, were about to climb the city wall, they alerted the Tibetan generals guarding the city. Pei Min, who was riding on the horse, said in a deep voice: "Listen to my general's order and fire arrows!"
Pei Min gave an order, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who received the order pulled the bowstrings together, and dense arrows shot towards the city wall.
Because the walls of Stone Castle City are extremely high, the power of arrows hitting the walls has been greatly weakened.
For the Tubo generals, the Tang army's attack was like scratching an itch in their shoes and did not pose a threat to them.
Just as the Tubo soldiers picked up poles and poles to knock down the ladder built by the Tang army, as arrows shot onto the city wall, countless fireworks exploded on the city.
The fireworks were magnificent, illuminating the city as bright as day.
The people in the city who were awakened by the enemy attack and looked up to watch the fireworks, as well as the Tibetan soldiers guarding the city, were all stunned!
Fireworks were set off during the siege. What was the Tang army doing?
The Tibetan general who was frightened by the news of the siege and rushed up to the city wall subconsciously looked up at the fireworks exploding in the air. He just smelled a faint scent of medicine and felt something was wrong. He covered his mouth and nose, and then he found that the soldier closest to him threw his He covered his eyes with the fork in his hand and fell heavily to the ground.
"No! Fireworks are poisonous!"
Just as he was about to call out to the city guards to cover their mouths and noses, his eyes suddenly stung, and tears could not help but flow down.
Then a wave of dizziness hit him, and then the knife with a cold light from behind slashed his neck silently. The man who climbed up the city wall from the ladder looked at him coldly.
After all, he couldn't hold on to the city wall, and he fell heavily to the ground.
Stone Castle is very easy to defend but difficult to attack!
Although the Tibetans relaxed their vigilance due to the cold weather, seizing the Stone Castle City was still destined to be a bloody battle.
Not to mention the soldiers who had been stationed at the border fortress all year long knew that it would be difficult to capture Shibao City. Li Linhuai and Wang Zhongsi, who followed Pei Min on this expedition, were also determined to die.
They thought they would have to pile up a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood to capture Stone Castle City at a huge price. However, because they could release mist-filled fireworks, they greatly reduced casualties during the siege.
Li Linhuai and his son, Wang Zhongsi, were responsible for setting up ladders to climb the city. Pei Min commanded the soldiers who had fired their arrows to hit the city gate with a ram.
After a night of bloody fighting, when the sky was dark, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty finally captured Shibao City!
After Li Linhuai killed the last resisting Tibetan soldier, he looked at the camp where the Tang army was stationed outside Shibao City, covered in blood.
Li Kailuo, who was cleaning up the battlefield, urged him: "What are you looking at? Come and help treat the wounded soldiers quickly, so that they can be sent to the camp where our army is stationed for rescue."
"Don't you think it's weird for father to see the fireworks during today's siege?"
It’s a little strange!
The fireworks were actually mixed with a tear-jerking drug that could make people faint, causing the Tibetan soldiers to be defeated?
Li Kailuo originally thought that this expedition would cost him half his life, but in the end he was unscathed, and Stone Castle City was already within his grasp.
When Li Linhuai mentioned the fireworks, he finally came to his senses: "Are you saying that the fireworks might have been made by that girl?"
"It's not possible, it must be her. Only today in Linhuai did we know that the decoction brewed every day in the Taozhou military camp is not only a good way to dispel the cold, but also an antidote to today's fireworks fog, so the attacking soldiers and the Tibetan soldiers defending the city We all inhaled the mist of fireworks, but were safe and sound. Only the Tibetan soldiers guarding the city were poisoned."
Being reminded like this, Li Kailuo, who had been killing Tubo soldiers all night, suddenly came to his senses.
Li Linhuai continued to look in the direction of the Tang camp: "Father, the princess should have come to Shibao City with the army to practice medicine."
Probably because the Tubo soldiers were dizzy and too tired, Li Kailuo turned to stone!
Confused for a moment, he couldn't help laughing.
Ouch, that’s terrible!
How could young people have such a tacit understanding?
So sour!
"My son, who dares to talk nonsense and say that you are a piece of wood who doesn't understand amorous feelings? My father will definitely beat him to the ground."
