Xiruozandra suddenly thought of Wei Nuo and the others, and asked, "By the way, is there any news from Lanzhou now?"
Several generals in the hall looked at each other, obviously they didn't understand the situation very well. One of the generals replied: "Since I sent a letter the day before yesterday, there seems to be no news in the past two days."
Xi Ruozanzhuo was startled, "Shouldn't it? Didn't we agree that we would send a letter once every two days? Regardless of whether there is news or not, we have to send the letter!"
Another general asked: "Marshal, is there something wrong? Or have they been exposed?"
"Hmm..." Xiruozandra murmured in silence for a long time, pacing back and forth uneasily in the center of the hall.
The general who was just here said: "Marshal, don't worry too much. General Yi Mo thinks it's because they have a large army on the border in the past two days, so the inspection is stricter, that's why it's like this. Let's wait and see in the past two days."
Xi Ruozanzhuo said: "Ignore them for now. The Han army is likely to attack the city this morning. Order immediately to prepare for the enemy."
In the Han army camp, Gao Jun began to order generals and led 50,000 troops to prepare for departure, leaving only Wang Yan and the remaining troops to stay in the camp to provide support at any time.
The rising sun is rising in the east, the autumn wind is howling, the soldiers' helmets are fluttering in the wind, and the bright armor is dazzling in the sunlight. Gao Jun, Lu Zuo and others had led their troops to the outside of Shanzhou City and ordered the three armies to stand by where they were. Lu Zuo put up a pavilion with his hands and looked at Shanzhou City. He couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that Shanzhou City would become stronger. The city wall is nearly two feet higher than when I left."
Gao Jun took two steps forward with his horse under his belly and squinted at Shanzhou City. The green and black city walls, towering towers, flags waving everywhere, and densely packed soldiers. Judging from their formation, they should be Already prepared, but? Gao Yun had doubts in his mind, turned his horse's head, and asked Lu Zuo: "Brother, it seems they have no intention of leaving the city to fight with us!"
Lu Zuo nodded, "They have such natural danger to defend, why should we resist? It seems they want to wait for work!"
"Brother, what should we do now?"
Pang Gu moved his horse forward and said, "Marshal, let me lead the troops to attack the city first."
Gao Yun couldn't make up his mind, so he looked at Lu Zuo and asked him to indicate. Lu Zuo nodded slightly, "Let's tentatively attack the city first and then make a decision."
Yin Ji asked in a low voice with confusion: "Master, why don't you let your master and the others start to coordinate now?"
Gao Yun is also very strange in his heart. Since we have people in the city to support us, why do we want to find a way to resolve the battle as soon as possible? Why do we need to sacrifice our soldiers to do this kind of test? So he also asked: "Xiao Yin Ji is right. Brother, seeing how strong their city defenses are, I'm afraid we are just doing it in vain!"
"It's too early to say this now. We must first use the attack to attract their attention to our side, and then take action slowly. We must not act too hastily." Lu Zuo said, pointing to the many defenses they had prepared on the city wall. Equipment, "Look at their city defense equipment, it seems they have been prepared for a long time. Let Pang Gu lead 20,000 people to test it first."
"Okay!" Gao Yun said loudly, "Where is Pang Gu?"
"The end will be here."
"You lead 20,000 elite troops to attack the city."
Dust was flying outside Shanzhou City. The army led by Pang Gu gradually approached Shanzhou City. At almost an arrow's distance, the giant ballistae in the front row of the Han army began to form a formation. On the other side, in the tower above Shanzhou City, Xiruo Zanzhuo was observing the situation below the city from the observation deck. He saw the opponent's giant ballistae arrayed in formation. A rough count revealed that there were nearly a hundred ballistae chariots. Xiruozandra quickly ordered the archers in the arrow tower and the archers in the female wall to prepare first. Although there were many local soldiers, Xiruo Chanzhuo still dismissed them. His own advantages were obvious. It was simply a fantasy for the Han army to break through Shanzhou City.
Pang Gu saw that the giant ballistae had already set up a formation, and ordered the archers to line up in front, and the trebuchets were ready behind the giant ballistae. Then Pang Gu gave the order, "Attack the city..."
The war drums sounded, and the archers in the front row of the Han army were the fastest. At the moment when the drums sounded, the arrows rushed straight towards Shanzhou City with fierce force, followed closely by the giant arrows of the giant ballista and the trebuchet. The boulders also rumbled straight towards the city head. The war drums of the Tibetan people over there are beating, resounding throughout the world. The arrows in the arrow towers on both sides of the city corner are like locusts, and the flying arrows from the perforations in the female wall are also flying continuously. The Tibetan side has taken advantage of the geographical advantage and is condescending. Said, there is also a strong wall as a barrier. The two sides attacked each other. Except for some damage to the eaves of the city tower by trebuchets and some small holes in the city wall caused by boulders, there were almost no casualties in Dabo. But there was a sharp contrast on the side of the Han army. The effort of a cup of tea had already been damaged by two out of ten, and the scarlet blood everywhere looked extremely dazzling under the sunlight. This scene made Xiruo Chanzhuo very excited, and from time to time He pointed at the corpses and said with a smile: "They are really vulnerable, so vulnerable!"
Xiruo Zanzhuo in the watchtower was stroking his mustache and laughing, his pride was palpable. The two lieutenants under his command also laughed loudly beside them, "These Han troops really overestimate their capabilities. With such strength, they dare to attack the city."
"Haha..." Xi Ruozhanzhuo laughed, "It seems that this person named Gao Yun is nothing more than that. I heard that this person is just the martial arts champion who just became the number one scholar this year. It seems that he is still too young."
"Marshal, why don't you take a pair of men out of the city and kill them."
Xiruozandra thought for a while, and seemed to find something was wrong. His face darkened, "No! It's not the time yet! Don't you think it's strange?"
"What's weird?"
Xiruozandra pointed to the formation of the Han army under the city and said: "Look, although the formation of the Han army looks like a typical siege formation, there are no siege equipment such as siege vehicles and ramming vehicles."
"That's right. It seems like they have no intention of attacking the city?"
Xiruozandhuo's face darkened, and the short mustache at the corner of his mouth twitched, "It seems that they are just making a tentative attack to understand our situation."
Sure enough, the Han army's attack was only temporary, and soon the troops were withdrawn. Pang Gu came to Gao Yun's horse and said with an annoyed look on his face: "Marshal, Brother Lu, it seems that the enemy has been prepared for a long time, and our attack is ineffective. Two thousand brothers are dead, and there are still two thousand The brother was slightly injured."
Gao Yun sighed and looked at Lu Zuo beside him, "Do you want to continue the attack now?"
Lu Zuo's eyes were firm and cold, and it seemed that he could hear Xi Ruozandra's proud laughter in his ears. Lu Zuo was silent for a moment and then said: "Strengthen the siege equipment and continue the attack. Let's..."
The horn sounded, and the Han army was about to start preparations for the second round of attack. Different from the first round of attack, this time the Han army's siege vehicles, ladders, ramming vehicles and other siege equipment began to be prepared in the Chinese army. The arrows of the bows and arrows were also on fire. This time the Han's attack was bound to frighten the Tibetan army, so that Tibet's army could focus all its attention on defending the city.
