Chapter 495 The Divine Soldier from the Sky, Fire Phoenix Burns the City
From Qingluoyuan near Dafeichuan, it pushed all the way to the northwest. At every step, the soldiers of the Tang army felt as if they were one step closer to hell.
The thin air, like the fire of purgatory, torments every Tang soldier, including Qin Mubai.
Therefore, the army had to walk and stop, so that everyone can gradually adapt to this geographical environment. Qin Mubai even had the idea to stay on this plateau for a year or two, cultivate all the soldiers into authentic "locals", and then fight against the Chalqin Mausoleum.
But this is obviously unrealistic. The Tubo Dynasty, which had just been severely damaged by Hou Junji, was desperately gathering the last vitality. The Kar Qinling was trying his best to increase the number of troops and mobilize the generals.
Along the way, the Kansai army encountered almost no resistance. The people, animals, soldiers and horses of the Tubo tribe along the way were almost exhausted, and there were no particles in the granary. Therefore, the more you take a step on the plateau, the more difficult it is for the follow-up supply of the Kansai Army.
In addition, the winter on the plateau is always particularly long and fierce. Although it is mid-summer now, it may not be two months later, and the wind and snow are coming.
If it is delayed until then, it will definitely be a disaster for the Kansai army!
There is no turning back arrow, even if it is difficult and dangerous, today's Qin Mubai and the Kansai Army can only grit their teeth and harden their scalps, and march into the city.
A month and a half later, the sun shines heavily on the plateau, and the weather is extremely hot.
Xue Rengui's pioneer led his army to the former place of the war between Hou Junji and the Chalqin Mausoleum - the Pamoli grassland.
Here, it is only more than ten miles away from the royal city.
Xue Rengui quickly established a defensive position to prevent thegar Qinling from sneak attack while the Tang army's foothold was unstable. At the same time, he reported the news to Qin Mubai, the main force in the rear, to report the situation.
At night, the temperature drops sharply. Compared with the heat during the day, it is simply a double day of ice and fire. The tired Xue Rengui and his soldiers did not dare to relax their vigilance. The virtual camp ambushed the soldiers outside to prevent the Tubo people from attacking at night.
Sure enough, the army and China had just sounded the second update. Countless cavalry came from the northwest, rockets flew all over the sky, and the fireworks in the Tang military camp suddenly soared to the sky.
Just as the attacking Tubo people had just arrived in front of the camp, Xue Rengui led the army out and surrounded the Tubo people. The Tubo people were suddenly defeated. In the middle of the fierce battle, Xue Rengui not only repelled the enemy, but also led the army to behead more than 3,000 people and won a complete victory.
From then on, the Tubo people did not dare to rob the camp again.
Seven days later, Qin Mubai led a 70,000 main force composed of elite riders from Yifu and arrived at Pamoli. In terms of military merit, remember Xue Rengui's merits.
Qin Mubai ordered the rectification of the soldiers and horses, and waited for the news of the other six soldiers and horses.
At the same time, wait for Pang Fei's logistics force stationed in the two river basins to send the most important combat equipment - the Shenwu cannon!
Gard Qinling is also really calm. Long before the arrival of the Tang army, he imitated the defense of the city in the ancient military tactics of the Central Plains, sent a large number of civilians and troops to dig a large gap more than ten feet wide in front of Luoxi City, and then introduced the iceberg melting snow water as a moat. Unless a boat is used or a suspension bridge is released from the royal city, this moat is extremely difficult to cross.
Between the city wall and the moat, the Galqin Mausoleum built more than 300 sentry towers, arrow towers and beacon towers by means of "stacking stones and then covering iron shield armor". There were almost no blind spots in the king's city before, and these military buildings have also become the strongest fortifications in the royal city.
From the distance between the moat and the wall of the king's city and these iron stone sentry towers, it can be seen that the garqin Mausoleum has taken into account the sharp weapon of the Tang army, the Shenwu cannon. These sentry towers are both strong and fireproof, and they are not afraid of the traditional long-range fire of the Tang army. Even the Shenwu cannon, which can be launched from such a long distance, will be greatly reduced. Moreover, even if you shoot all the shells regardless of the cost, it is estimated that it will be difficult to flatten this circle of turtle shell-like arrow tower defense, let alone bomb the city gate.
The defense of the royal city is so strict that it is enough to stand up to the four words "solid as a golden soup".
Garqin Mausoleum is indeed a great success in both attack and defense.
After robbing a camp before, the Chalqinling seems to be just a tentative attempt to test the strength of the Kansai army after this long journey. Now seeing the soldiers under the city, he is motionless. As if to be like Qin Mubai, waiting for other soldiers and horses to gather together for a straightforward decisive battle.
The two armies guarded the camp and the city, but they did not move a single soldier for half a month.
Soon, the rest of the people sent military information reports to Qin Mubai. In addition to Pang Fei's headquarters left behind in the two river basins, the other five people and horses successfully captured the military places designated for them by Qin Mubai, and all led the army to advance to the royal city.
Tianluo Diwang is slowly tightening the network port.
At this moment, the Chalqin Mausoleum is like a tiger shark that has fallen into the net. Instead of being in a hurry or struggling, the eight winds do not move. It seems to be waiting for the fisherman to collect the net and then launch a deadly counterattack.
More than 300,000 Tubo soldiers and horses are all stationed in three large camps inside and outside Wangcheng, forming the corner defense system of the Iron Triangle. In addition, there are nearly 400,000 civilians in Wangcheng. In the whole city, there is a gathering of the last Qi of Tubo.
Qin Mubai summoned all the generals to discuss the strategy of breaking the city.
"There are very few people who can calm down like the Chalqin Mausoleum." The old general Li Daliang said, "I have to admit that this boy is a bit of a general. He is now responding to changes invariably, and defending with static movement. He just wants to kill us!"
"He is waiting for the arrival of winter." Qin Mubai said, "Although it is not only the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, I can also feel that the weather is obviously getting cold. On this strange plateau, there is a possibility of snow in another month or two. At that time, our army will be quite unfavorable!"
"If it is a routine war, we can completely surround it without attacking. When its internal chaos or food and water are cut off, we can catch the turtle in the urn." Li Junxian shook his head, "But the current situation is exactly the opposite. Tubo concentrated the national troops and grain and grass in Wangcheng, and was not afraid of cutting off supplies in a short time. On the contrary, if it continues to be consumed, it will be us who cut off the supply. In addition, our army can't adapt to the winter snow. If Garqinling fights back at that time... He is indeed a cunning and fierce opponent, making full use of the right time and place!"
"So, we can only attack the city hard?" The generals said together.
Qin Mubai's eyebrows locked and thought for a moment, "Wait another ten days! - The last ten days!"
"What is the young commander waiting for?" The generals asked confusedly together.
The scene in front of you, even for a day, is very precious. Among other things, a day is only the food and fodder of 400,000 horses, which is an astronomical figure. The rear has to transport grain and fodder to Luoxi City, which is more than three times more expensive than the previous supply!
"At that time, you will know." Qin Mubai took a deep breath and slowly spit it out. A strange smile appeared on his face and said to the generals, "Our army is far away and quite tired. In ten days, the generals will rectify their soldiers and horses, hoping to fight a decisive battle. During this period, our army should not act recklessly, and at the same time, we should be strictly guarded against the enemy's robbing of the camp.
"No!--" Although he didn't understand why Qin Mubai did this, the general order had been issued, and the generals had to receive the general order and then return to the camp separately.
It is valuable for the Kansai Army to get a few days of rest. Many soldiers with strong altitude sickness have gradually recovered and adapted to it. The Chalqin Mausoleum has still not sent a single soldier to leave the royal city.
The other five soldiers and horses have advanced to the vicinity of Luoxi Wangcheng. The distance between each unit is only a few miles. The sound of the horn can be heard from each other, and the beacon smoke is known to everyone.
Seven days later, Qin Mubai's Shenwu cannon and more than 70 five-finger thunder finally arrived in Pamoli!
Qin Shi, the "dog slave" most trusted by Qin Mubai, was ordered again in danger and accepted a secret task by Qin Mubai with many iron valley craftsmen.
In two days, more than 100 craftsmen made more than 600 pieces according to the drawings given by Qin Mubai - flying yuan!
It's a kite!
It's just that this kind of kite is different from the kite used by ordinary people to play. It takes three strong broken armor arrows as the main trunk, takes tough wood as the bone, and takes the vine cloth of the marching tent as its body. Its wings are more than one foot (three meters wide), and the whole is in the shape of a streamlined swallow.
After completion, Qin Mubai invited the generals to the wilderness more than 30 miles behind the camp to test in public.
The generals didn't know what the use of these things were. Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Gar Qinling dressed up as a turtle abnormally, which was beyond my expectation. The city is as solid as gold, and it is unlikely to attack hard. Even if it is barely attacked, the loss of our army will be extremely serious. Then, I have to bombard the Chalqin Mausoleum and fight with it again!"
"Do you want to get out?" The generals asked puzzledly, "With these - Feiyuan?"
"Of course." Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously and said, "Actually, I designed these things very early, and I have done several experiments, and I feel it's okay. In the past few days, I have asked the military craftsmen to make a batch in a hurry, hoping to use it - Qin Shi!"
"Little man!" Qin picked it up and responded to his life.
"Try to have a look with the generals."
"Yes!"
Qin Shi and several craftsmen immediately took action. First, they carried out a special "bed crossbow" made by Tiegu - this is what Qin Mubai saw in history books and was modified by the bed crossbow of the Song Dynasty.
The bed crossbow is originally the peak work of crossbow and arrow weapons. At first glance, it looks like a loom, but the wooden frame body is not the weaving machine, but three iron tire hard bows!
This kind of bed crossbow requires ten people to rotate the two axles on both sides to pull it open, and the range can reach a terrible 1500 meters! On the eve of the alliance of Song Liao Tanyuan, the Khitan general Xiao Dalan was killed by a crossbow arrow, which greatly frustrated Khitan's morale.
However, the bed crossbow of the Song Dynasty shot an iron-headed crossbow arrow. Qin Mubai let the bed cannon made by Tiegu shoot a powerful gunpow blasting arrow with a five-finger thunder!
Now that this crossbow has been transformed again, even Qin Mubai doesn't know whether it can exert its due power.
Qin Shi has already started.
The huge flying gull replaced the thick crossbow and was put on the crossbow. According to Qin Mubai's own test and design optimization, these bed crossbows used to use three iron tire bows as strings, but now only two sides are used to reduce the elastic horny mixed bows, otherwise the flying gull must be torn into pieces by the instant powerful air anti-eating force.
Loaded. Qin Shi looked at Qin Mubai, and Qin Mubai nodded.
"Launch!
The string is ringing!
The big flying gull shaped like a family swallow flies into the sky like a thorn like electricity, and then slides forward gently and falls a few miles away!
This distance has greatly exceeded the effective range of the Shenwu cannon. Compared with the current distance between the Kansai military camp and the Tubo King City, it is roughly the same!
"It worked!!!" Qin Mubai stroked his palm and laughed!
"We understand!" The generals also suddenly realized and laughed, "If these flying yuans are tied with five-finger thunder, they can fly into the royal city of Tubo in the Kansai army camp a few miles away!" At that time, no matter how solid the wall city, tower sentry and moat outside the king's city are, let's take out his heart first!"
Qin Mubai nodded and said, "It's just that there is another problem. Is this divine thunder detonated by impact or is it detonated by lighting the lead first?" If you use the lead, how long should it take? - Qin Shi, I'll leave this big trouble to you!"
"The villain takes the order! The villain immediately began to experiment a hundred times, and within three days, he would order the master!" Qin Shi solemnly agreed.
"Good!" Qin Mubai shouted, "Three days later, the six battalions launched an attack at the same time. But it's not the soldiers and horses attacking the city - it's the divine soldiers falling from the sky and the fire phoenix burning the city!"
"Haha, good!!" The generals laughed together!
Qin Mubai took a breath and said secretly, "Gar Qinling, you are indeed a master of soldiers who have reached the peak of this era. I know that I can't compare with you after ten or eight years of practice. You have also seen my Shenwu cannon, but - if I'm not a little better than you, and it's not in vain that I come from more than a thousand years later? ... With the power and range of these Shenwu cannons now, it is indeed far from enough to bomb down your barrier castle, and I can't build any Scud missiles in a short time. However, I always know how to use the method of ejection and glide to increase the range to carry out airdrop bombing! - Once, our Eighth Route Army killed the bunkers of the little Japan and the puppet army in this way. When I was in the military academy, so many patriotic anti-Japanese war movies were not in vain!"
"Garqinling, you think you are unlucky!"
Three days later, late at night.
A sudden continuous gunshot in the Tang army camp shocked the night sky on the plateau.
The Luoxi City sentry tower, which was ready to be prepared, lit up countless lights in an instant, and the gongs were ringing all over the world!
"The Tang army attacked the city!!!"
The whole royal city was in an uproar, and it woke up from a deep sleep in an instant!
Strangely, the Tubo people did not see a soldier of the Tang army, but a sharp-eyed person saw countless "unidentified flying objects" everywhere in the night sky illuminated by torches.
"That...what is that?" The Tubo soldiers pointed to the air and shouted in panic.
A large number of "unidentified flying objects", like demons walking in the clouds and fog, coincidentally flew to the sky of the royal city, and then began to fall.
In an instant - "Boom, rumbling!!"
Flowers are blooming everywhere, and the explosion is soaring to the sky!
The lead design of the genius Qin Shi is as accurate as a computer!
In the city, it suddenly became a purgatory!!
......
Looking at the smoke and flames all over the sky in the distant city, the frightened people shouted the voice of the horse to make the night sky, and Qin Mubai's face was as silent as water.
"Mr. Yuan Tianang, the demon star in your mouth has created a large amount of murder." He smiled indifferently bitterly and said to himself, "Fantasy Moon Valley, Dafeichuan and Golmud flooded more than 200,000 people alive. In the Royal City, there are 300,000 troops and 400,000 civilians. I don't know how much I'm going to die today... All right! At this point, the great sin has also been borne! War is war, either you die or I live - Garqin Mausoleum, I don't believe you can hide in the turtle shell! Your iron tortoise shell doesn't work in front of me. Get out and fight to the death!"