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    The city gate exploded, but Guo Wuzhen immediately discovered a very painful problem.  Originally, the effect of using a car formation was very good, but combined with the long bow, it was simply a killer in such a dangerous city.  Explosives are also good, otherwise the city gate would not be so easy to explode.  But the two did not cooperate well, and the city gate was obviously blown open, but because the car formation blocked the mountain road, the cavalry below could not rush up quickly, and the best opportunity to seize the city was lost.  Either loosen the iron ropes of the car formation, which must allow the soldiers on the mountain road to retreat. Otherwise, if the front is loosened, the car formation behind will suddenly move sideways due to the error of the terrain and the weight of the stones, and the stones blocking the front will look like  If it falls like rain, it will cause great harm to the soldiers.  "When all these things are finished, Tubo is not a fool. They will have already blocked the city gate with stones and mud bags."  In fact, the Tubo people had already begun to block the city gate, although they suffered heavy casualties under the sharp arrows shot by longbows.  It's better than letting the blood camp rush into the city.  Guo Yuanzhen looked a little anxious and asked: "General Xiao, why didn't you send more soldiers up just now?" Since we were ready to blow up the city gate, we should have sent more soldiers up just now to take advantage of the situation to seize a position at the city gate.  Although there will be casualties, as long as the cavalry is dragged up, this stone city will be captured.  This is quite a mistake.  "Mr. Guo, this time we are not attacking the city, we are forcing it. It doesn't matter whether we capture it or not. There is no need to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers." Guo Yuanzhen suddenly realized.  No wonder, no wonder, he just saw that the flags were Tianshu Army, Tianji Army, and Tianquan Army, but the whole number was wrong. Tianshu Army was led by that fierce boy from Gaochang, and Tianquan Army was led by Guo Guo, who had been ignored by the imperial court.  Led by Qian Guan, the Tianquan Army was led by the rebellious boy who gave the old Xue family a headache.  But now it is Guo Zhiyun, Wang Junchuo and Xiao Song who appear here.  I'm afraid that what actually came was two militia divisions and the Tianxuan Army. This was deliberately disrupting the flags to confuse the enemy.  The real big drama may still be in the East.  What kind of drama, Guo Yuanzhen didn't ask, he asked again: "Let me use an analogy, if you want to capture this city, do you think it will work if you use your gliding thing?" "It's hard to say, if you use it randomly,  , maybe it works. But since the First World War in Shanxian, many people are now paying attention to it. As long as the torch is lit at night to warn the sky, the glider will lose its effectiveness in attacking the enemy in the air.  If you watch it, it will become a living target. This method of siege is not feasible. You can also see that it is very powerful, but it is not as powerful as you think.  As long as a thick mud bag is blocked behind the city gate, the effect will be lost. Or blow up the city wall, but bombing the city wall requires a lot of explosives. For example, even if the city wall in Chang'an and Luoyang uses explosives, such explosives must be placed at the city foundation.  It can only work below. How to dig tunnels in a stone mountain city like this? But it is not impossible. " "Tell me about it?" Guo Yuanzhen wants to regain the Dafeichuan, several Tubo guards on the mountains in southern Sichuan, and several on the Dafeichuan.  This city gave him a headache. It could be taken, but it would cost the lives of many soldiers.  This result was not what he wanted.  Therefore, when facing the younger generation, he also humbly asked for advice. The master is the teacher, who made him unfamiliar with these new weapons.  "Mr. Guo, look at the mountain." There is a fierce attack on the mountain, not by soldiers, but by longbows who continue to shoot. At the same time, the trebuchets are restarted, and miserable howls can be heard from time to time in the stone city.  "At this time, the firepower on the city has been suppressed. As long as we send soldiers to take the opportunity to attack the city, although they have to sacrifice their lives, the difficulty and loss of the attack have been reduced infinitely. This is a big castle, and a castle as big as this is not  If you add this kind of dangerous terrain, there are not dozens of them in the whole of Tubo. As for the small guard posts, the killing range of the trebuchets may cover them all without having to conquer them, and the soldiers inside will take the initiative.  Surrender. It is impossible to take down these large stone cities without making some sacrifices, but our method is not without its solution. If the enemy is well prepared and has a large amount of burning oil, he can take advantage of the terrain and attack from above.  If it falls down, although the soldiers may escape down the mountain, the vehicle array may even burn down the surrounding trees. Without the turning point, the vehicle array cannot take root on the mountain road or cut down the surrounding trees in advance.  Go, the same car array can't winch up the mountain. " "Yeah, what should we do in this situation?" Guo Yuanzhen started to worry a little.  Without the cover of the vehicle formation, the longbowmen would not be able to take root, and even the trebuchets would not be able to gain a foothold on the mountain road, putting the checkpoint within attack range.  "There are ways. Every mountain can't be that smooth, such as protruding rocks. It shouldn't be very difficult to find two turning points. Even if you can't find it, you can also use a hot air balloon to put chili powder and lime powder in the sky.  Of course, there are ways to resolve it, such as wearing blindfolds, but in this case, there are still ways to resolve it, such as sacrificing the lives of some soldiers, burning them on the mountain, and then soaking them in cold water to make the stones crisp.?, then smash out a hole, and use explosives to forcefully blast out the concave and convex areas.  In the final analysis, there is no invincible existence, it mainly depends on the talent of the commander.  Another example is the longbow, which can also be cracked.  " "Tell me," in Guo Yuanzhen's eyes, this longbow is simply the pinnacle of cold weapons. How to crack it? "First of all, it is simple to make. I believe it won't be long, and this longbow will soon be popular.  Everyone uses long bows, but there is no advantage.  Besides, it has its own shortcomings, requiring soldiers to have strong arms.  Even though the blood camp was dominated by strong and well-selected Tibetan soldiers, only half of them could use longbows normally.  Not to mention this, even during positional warfare, you can also make an extra large square shield to reduce its lethality.  Moreover, to use a longbow, you must dismount, so it is at a disadvantage during battle.  You can use the speed and flexibility of the cavalry to reduce its hit rate, while the cavalry itself can use its speed to increase its damage to the opponent.  Of course, if used properly, the terrain can also be used to carry out water and fire attacks.  Even in a siege, you can also make a kind of cloud ladder with a movable iron plate in front. When approaching the city wall, the soldiers under the ladder pull down the baffle and face each other. The longbow has no lethality.  In short, no matter how powerful the weapon is, it will still kill you.  Only people are alive.  " "Not bad, not bad," Guo Yuanzhen praised. Just like the bloody camp's major victories, these new weapons played an important role, but on the other hand, although the weapons are important, the bravery of the soldiers, Wang Hua and the generals  Command is the real important factor. After he praised him, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Song. Maybe he now understood Wang Hua's purpose of making Xiao Song the leader among the three. In terms of qualifications, Guo Zhiyun was very senior in the blood camp.  Deep down, Wang Junchuo has been staying in the blood camp and has not left. Moreover, these two people are outstanding in terms of personal force and command ability. Guo Yuanzhen even made a list of famous generals of the Tang Dynasty in his own mind. These two people are enough to be included in the list.  Top ten. But in the long run, Xiao Song's future is probably better than the two of them. Because of his wisdom, just like Sun Bin was disabled, he still defeated Wei and killed Pang Juan.  Method, for example, there are many stones in front of the car formation now. Although this kind of stone city is rough but thick, it still has a weakness, that is, it is not very tall.  As long as these stones are piled under the city wall, the Tubo people will be in a dilemma.  If you continue to use rolling stones and wood to defend, it is possible that within a few days, the stones will be piled directly on the top of the city.  Without the use of stone or wood, the distance of the arrow is not far enough, so he can only be beaten passively.  In the final analysis, it depends on what you need and make a choice based on your needs.  " Xiao Song's need was to force the city, so he was not in a hurry to attack the city. With a wave of his hand, several thousand soldiers went up and replaced the soldiers on the mountainside. At the same time, he used the gap in the car formation to move the stones in front of the car formation.  Behind the vehicle formation, this is used to decompress the vehicle formation, and it is also used as a catapult. Of course, the trebuchet and longbow attack are very fierce at this time, and this is to protect these soldiers. Night is coming, and the blood camp is still using it.  The car formation launched sporadic attacks from time to time. On the second day, another large-scale rain of stones and arrows fell on or inside the city. At the same time, there were soldiers holding explosive bags and placing them in the hole under the city gate.  . Then the fuse was lit and retreated. Because it did not fall on the city foundation, it still could not cause a devastating blow to the city wall. Of course, if the bags of explosives were replaced by three plastics and four plastics, the city wall would probably collapse all at once.  But the huge explosion caused the city wall to shake severely for several times, making Zhuoji Mangri startled on the top of the city. For a few seconds, he thought that the city wall was about to collapse.  There was some carelessness in the appointment during the Battle of Ting, but appointing Zhuo Jimangri was a correct choice. If it had been any other general, he would have fled with his men long ago. Although Zhuo Jimangri has always had a heart from yesterday to now.  It's hanging in the throat, but soldiers are still organized to resist. This is the base camp of the Tubo people in Jishi Mountain. Don't think that the Blood Camp has started to build a castle on Jishi Mountain. As long as it occupies Jishi Mountain, it can dominate this place at any time.  Retake it. If you lose this place, it¡¯s not like there is no place to build a city. But how difficult is it to build a city here? There is a place, although most of Jishi Mountain is a cliff, and some peaks are covered with snow all year round.  , but there are still a few roads for people on both sides to travel, and there are some places suitable for building cities on these roads. But once the Blood Camp captures Jishi Mountain, can the Tubo people build a city under their noses? If Jishi Mountain is lost.  , the Dangxiang people and the Tuguhun people in the south of Jishi Mountain, and even the Dangxiang people and Qiang people in the east, may all be included in Wang Hua's bag. They can even use Jishi Mountain to capture the Bailan tribe in the south and Misang in the east.  It was a big one, and after shaking off the dust, he couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately wrote a letter about what happened from yesterday to now, with a slight exaggeration, and sent it to Xinolo.  We have already grabbed things. If we grab the base camp again, it will be over. No matter how much we grab, there will be nothing.Use.  The battle at Xue Song Street Pavilion is not over yet.  This time the number of people he brought over was very small, but they were all elite soldiers.  Not only did the battle at Jieting stop Xinolo's eastward advance, but after the battle at Jieting, he still had important tasks ahead of him.  Of course, the remaining four thousand soldiers are elite, and they are not as high as the one thousand soldiers Gao Xinu took away. That is the real elite force.  It is obviously impossible for these four thousand soldiers to imagine taking the wolf pack tactics to the extreme like Gao Xinu.  8.n But at this time, the Tibetan soldiers fell heavily, and many people fled far away, causing the team to disperse. After more than ten rounds of arrow rain, the number of remaining soldiers was not as large as that of Xue Song's men, and the victory was determined.  .  In fact, just when Tigul drew away four thousand soldiers to chase Gao Xinu, the balance between the two sides collapsed.  At that time, Xue Song ordered his soldiers to attack. Even 4,000 men, not as many as the opponent, were enough to defeat the remaining Tibetan army.  But that would sacrifice many soldiers, which Xue Song was unwilling to do.  ¡°And Wang Hua has repeatedly warned that unless the situation is unavoidable, it is best not to fight forcefully if you can.  But we cannot hold back from the enemy just because we are afraid of sacrifice. All generals must grasp this measure.  After these hard battles, the soldiers grew up rapidly.  Not only the soldiers, but also the generals have grown up.  Wang Hua even thought in his heart that even if the blood battalion is reduced to 50,000 or 90,000 people, as long as it is a true elite and dozens of strong generals grow up, with such an army, it is possible that in the future, it will be like Huo Qubing.  Sweeping across the north, they defeated the Turks and turned them upside down.  Of course, we are still some distance away from this ideal.  Tigul was still commanding the soldiers to resist, but facing this group of warriors who looked like tigers down the mountain, more Tibetan people began to run away.  At this time, Tuoba Tao shouted loudly and slapped the horse's back with the sword in his hand. The horse felt pain and jumped up. The two got up, and Tuoba Tao had already rushed to Tigul's side.  Seeing that something was not going well, the cronies around Tigul quickly wanted to rush over to protect Tigul.  "Drink, drink" Tuoba Tao shouted twice, and with two dull shouts, he raised and lowered the scimitar in his hand, and the two guards asked him to kill him off his horse.  The war horse was still running wildly and had already rushed to Tigul's side.  Tuoba Tao didn¡¯t know Tigul, but he had spotted Tigur on the top of the mountain and knew that this man was the main general of Tibet¡¯s arrival this time.  The scimitar flashed in the air, then slashed down with a cold sound of wind.  It is true that this is a tiger general, and Wang Hua considered that Xue Song was under a lot of pressure at the beginning, so he placed two tiger generals, Gao Xinu and Tuoba Tao, under Xue Song.  Tigul had no choice but to raise the straight knife in his hand to resist. The two knives collided and a spark shot out in the air.  When there was a clear crisp sound, Tigul's straight knife sank due to its weak strength, and his arms also felt numb.  A guard next to Tigul also wiped it with a straight knife. Tuoba Tao bent down and passed the knife. The force of the knife in his hand did not stop, and he wiped it along with Tigul's straight knife.  As soon as the blood flashed out, Tigul's head was wiped off by his knife. The horse was still galloping forward, and Tuoba Tao caught the falling head in the air.  A wave of horse heads shouted: "Who is he?" Asked in Tubo language, a Tibetan guard saw his bravery and couldn't help being stunned, and replied stupidly: "Tigul." Tuoba Tao  Holding the head and shouting: "Tigul is here" This loud shout was like spring thunder.  Many people on the battlefield couldn't help but turn around and looked in this direction. Seeing that Tigul's head was in the hands of the opponent's general, they all lost their will to fight and fled in all directions.  It is not easy to escape even if you want to. The soldiers of the Blood Camp have rested their horses until now. Although the horses are not as sophisticated as the horses that Gao Xinu took away, they are more energetic than the horses that traveled a long distance from Tubo.  The vast Lianhechuan River immediately became a slaughterhouse.  In the distance, when Bangsun was still hesitating, he saw soldiers running away from behind and running towards this side.  In fact, we cannot escape like this. If we want to escape, we can only flee to the south. Will we still find the army if we escape here? When the army comes, the common people are helpless. If there are only one or two, we cannot ignore the strength of the common people from Guanzhong to Longyou.  .  He stopped a soldier and asked: "What happened later?" "General Bangsun and General Tigu died in the battle. The army has been defeated." Already defeated? Bangsun was stunned after hearing this, but at this time he also  He immediately came to his senses.  The army behind them was defeated, and their own army seemed to be at a disadvantage.  It also makes sense. Four thousand versus one thousand are at a disadvantage. The other party is four or five thousand versus nine thousand. It would be strange if they don't have the upper hand.  Is this the true strength of the Tang Dynasty¡¯s army???Why were hundreds of thousands of troops beaten to pieces by the Blood Camp? But the situation must have been bad, so he immediately blew the horn.  Retreat, or escape.  He fled south with his men, but after Gao Xinu saw him escaping, he continued to harass the opponent. Xue Song also sent an army to snipe from the side.  Ten thousand people came to the street pavilion and when they fled to Xinolo's army, only four thousand soldiers were left.  Defeated? After hearing the deserter's report, Xinolo couldn't help but feel slightly absent-minded.  It was possible that reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty would come to support him, so he sent Tigul to seize the street pavilion.  But how many soldiers can be supported? How many Tang soldiers are needed to defeat the 10,000 soldiers under his command? He called a few deserters and asked what happened.  He has no doubts about the long bow. The Tang Dynasty was far ahead of the Tubo in ordnance technology, which he did not want to deny.  But the battle still relies on people to execute it.  But the confrontation between the two sides later made him puzzled again. When did the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have such fighting power? This gave him a smell of conspiracy.  Immediately divided the troops into two places, and personally led an army of 20,000 to the street pavilion.  The original arrangement was restored. Xue Song himself returned to Duanshan Mountain with 4,000 soldiers, while Gao Xinu and 1,000 soldiers continued to stay in Jiequanting.  However, Duanshan has many more war horses, armors and weapons, which will have to be transported back to the Eight Prefectures after Xinuolo retreats.  As well as patches of blood on the Lianhe River, as well as countless corpses with their armor stripped off.  Xinolo was not Tigul. He rode on his horse and looked at it for a while, not to laugh at the other party's arrangement.  Yes, Broken Mountain is not big, it is an isolated mountain, and it is not connected to other mountain ranges, so it is named Broken Mountain.  But the commander of this army is by no means a mediocre man. There must be a water source on the mountain. It is a siege. Will it work? It will definitely work.  Maybe for four or five days, maybe for five or nine days, there was a lack of water on the mountain and the camp was in chaos.  But can you besiege the opponent in the street pavilion for five or nine days? And if the opponent does this, he must have some support.  So in this way, this broken mountain has become the last garrison place. From a high position, it is to capture the opponent's camp. This is not a weak army, but a very strong army. How many sacrifices will be made by the general who commands this?  Who is it? Could it be that Zhang Renyuan came in person? He was doubtful in his heart, but he wanted to remove it from another place, so he immediately ordered four thousand troops to remove Jiequanting.  Seeing the enemy coming, Gao Xinu grimaced and remained silent.  The sound of cavalry thundered on the ground.  The Tubo people were getting closer and closer. Gao Xinu shouted: "Let go!" Sharp arrows flew out. One after another, the Tubo people were hit by arrows on their horses and fell off their horses.  Xinolo watched from a distance, and took a breath of air in his heart. Such a powerful bow and arrow, even at a distance of two hundred steps, could still have such lethality.  However, the cavalry also had the advantage of being fast. Xenoluo personally beat the war drum to encourage the soldiers.  Seeing that the enemies fell one after another, but there were still countless Tibetan soldiers getting closer and closer to the camp, Gao Xinu lit the fuse in a long bamboo tube, covered the bamboo tube with a pile of grass, and said: "Withdraw."  Hundreds of warriors got on their horses again and galloped into the distance.  Now Xinolo is still a little unfamiliar with the enemy's tactics, so when he came, he had already told him to occupy the main camp and not pursue the poor enemy. He only needed to control the dangerous area of ????the street pavilion in his hands.  The Tubo soldiers dismounted one by one, and Xinuoluo also came over on horseback, intending to set up defenses after seizing it.  But before they reached the street pavilion, they heard a series of thunders coming from the ground.  The war horses he dismounted were so startled that they stood upright. If not for his superb riding skills, they might have been overturned and fell off their horses.  The war horse fell to the ground again, neighing for a while, and he finally calmed down. Then he looked up and saw constant noises in the direction of the Jiequan Pavilion, and streaks of dust and turf were thrown into the air.  And all the soldiers were thrown into the air by the huge momentum, rolling like a ball in the air.  "Dynamite, this is not the Tang Army," Xinuoluo immediately figured it out.  No wonder it has such fighting power.  He turned to look at Broken Mountain. The flag of the Yulin Army had been lowered on Broken Mountain and replaced by the battle flag of the Blood Camp. A touch of red showed bright blood colors in the breeze.  Looking at those red flags, almost all the Tibetan soldiers stopped and fell into a daze.  But Xinolo was thinking about another question, why did the blood camp appear in Qinzhou? Thinking of this, he also thought of the unexpected strong counterattack Qinzhou City encountered, and his body couldn't help but shudder. Where is he now?  , but in the Tang Dynasty, and it was far away from Jishi Mountain. Could it be that after Wang Hua's great victory, he still felt unsatisfied and wanted to eat his own army of 10,000 people at once? You are reading Chapter 59: Killing Generals and Changing Flags,  If there are any errors, please contact us in time to correct them!  Return: Wan Tang recommends that you use QQ browser to update your bookmarks to have the latest chapters updated in a timely manner []
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