Chapter 370 The Sjum of Hezhou

"Come on, lift it up, speed up!"

The Tubo army has not yet arrived, but the city of Panhan is already in chaos. A bearded man with bare armor is standing angrily by the ladder beside the gate building, shouting a group of soldiers who are hurriedly carrying wooden rolling stones. This person is Zhang Mingwu, the guard lieutenant of the city of the city.

Zhang Mingwu, a native of Lantian in Guanzhong, his father and ancestor are ordinary military households, and he is not very famous. Only he has learned good martial arts skills since he was a child. Since Yonghui replaced his father in the army in three years, he has repeatedly made military achievements. He has been promoted from a small soldier to a battalion captain. Although the official rank is not high, he has touched the threshold of the general. If there is any new skill, he can be promoted to a guerrilla general, which is quite difficult for him to climb up from the bottom.

From a lieutenant to a guerrilla general, it seems that there is only one level difference, but this level is not so good. Especially for Zhang Mingwu, a pure soldier who has no background and backer, if he wants to take another step forward, he has to fight for his life. For this reason, Zhang Mingwu asked for help a lot and wanted to be transferred to Shan, who is most likely to fight. State, but by mistake, he didn't go to Tanzhou, but he was transferred to such a place as Hezhou. Then he met Yao Wangshu, a lazy history. Even if Zhang Mingwu was willing to prepare for martial arts, he had no way to start. He could only do his best to use his authority to prepare some conventional city-keeping instruments such as wooden rolling stones. I thought that in case, this was just the instinct of a soldier, but I didn't expect it to really come in handy. Since he learned the news of the Tubo army, Zhang Mingwu has immediately ordered the closure of the two gates before and after, and urged the soldiers in his hand to prepare for the battle. Of course, Zhang Mingwu is very aware of himself, not In order to repel the Tubo army in the field with such a few soldiers and horses under him, all he thought was that he only hoped to rely on the support of the city wall to stay and wait for help. As for whether he could hold it or not, Zhang Mingwu had no bottom in his heart at all, but anyway, as a unified officer, Zhang Mingwu's courage to die with the city was not lacking.

"Report, Lord Zhang, Yao Shiqiang opened the back door and went to Anxiang, saying that he was going to ask for reinforcements. Please make it clear!"

Just as Zhang Mingwu was busy preparing for the battle under the governor, a soldier rushed up from the city, one on one knee, reporting in a panic.

"What? This bastard! Damn it!"

Hearing that Yao Wangshu actually abandoned the city and fled at the moment of the war, Zhang Mingwu fainted and almost didn't get angry to bleed. He punched the wall and scolded angrily.

"Lord Zhang, the thief army is coming!"

As soon as Zhang Mingwu's scolding stopped, there was an exclamation on the head of the city. Zhang Mingwu couldn't take care of being angry. He quickly turned around and rushed to the gate tower. As soon as he saw the smoke rising behind a small mountain beam in the distance, and the Tubo army that rolled in just a moment, it had surged like a wave to the place far away from the city. .

"The whole army is going to the city, prepare for war, prepare for war!"

Zhang Mingwu has been doing martial arts for many years. After only a glance, he has estimated the scale of the enemy. At this time, there are more than 10,000 people walking and riding, and his heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley. He knows very well that there is almost no possibility to defend the city with such a little people under his hand, but Zhang Mingwu does not plan to learn from Yao Wang. Shu roared and issued the order to prepare for war. In an eye, the whole head of the city suddenly became chaotic. A group of officers and soldiers rushed to the head of the city, holding their own weapons, and nervously watching the Tubo army that was adjusting their formation under the city.

"Ning Gu Sidu, let your people go, I will lead the army as a cover!"

Herzzan didn't see the little defenders in the city of Han at all, nor did he intend to consume his elite soldiers. As soon as the whole army was ready, he squinted at Ninggu Sidu, yawned, and casually ordered.

"Ah, this..., okay, that's the general."

Ning Gusi has been under the rule of the Tang Dynasty for a long time. He knew the combat strength of the Tang army and was not willing to gnaw hard bones. However, when he saw Herzzan's face, he had no choice but to be tight. In addition, he thought that there was still an ambush in the city, so he reluctantly agreed.

"Well, it's good to say that if you can get this city, the general will definitely make a big contribution to you, and you won't lose it."

Hearing that Ning Gusi agreed to attack the city, Hertz immediately smiled with a satisfied smile and comforted Ning Gusidu happily. Then he waved his hand, and 2,000 cavalry on the left and right wings rushed out of the array, rushed to the city, and poured a wave of arrows on the top of the city.

"Up, rush to the city, go to the head of the city first, reward 50 horses, 30 cows, and 100 sheep!"

As soon as he saw that the Tubo army had gone out, Ning Gusi did not dare to neglect it a little. He turned around and roared at the more than 4,000 tribal soldiers who were following him in a mess, opening a heavy reward.

"Huhehe..."

The Sala tribe is the largest tribe in Hezhou. It has a large population, but it is very poor. They live on nomadic. For them, the coins circulating in the Tang Dynasty are definitely not as practical as cattle, sheep and horses. Hearing that their leaders gave such a heavy reward, they all of them became crazy, roaring and carrying The rough cloud ladder ran in the direction of the city wall. Although there was not much formation to say, the wild energy came out, and it was also spectacular.

"Stabilize, stabilize, the crossbow is ready!"

The wall of Panhan is low, and there is a lack of defensive weapons such as crossbow guns, even large arrows and shields are not complete. Under the head of the city, the Tubo cavalry shot random arrows, and the Tang officers and soldiers in the city were all so suppressed that they could not raise their heads. The battle had not been fought, and the momentum had been suppressed. Zhang Mingwu saw this and was anxious, but he was helpless. You can only hold a shield and roar as hard as you can to stabilize the army.

"Fighting arrows!"

Seeing that the Sara clan soldiers rushed closer and closer, Zhang Mingwu did not dare to hesitate any more. He roared and issued a general order. More than 200 crossbowmen who had already been ready immediately stood up and shot almost at the same time. More than 200 feather arrows roared into the Sara's chaotic army, and rushed to the front 30 in an instant. The rest of the soldiers shot into hedgehogs, but the rest of the Salar soldiers ignored the howling of their wounded soldiers and trampled on them. They rushed to the bottom of the city like a wave. As soon as the ladder stood up, they shouted and climbed up along the ladder to the top of the city.

"Pray wood and rolling stones!"

Zhang Mingwu did not expect such a rare rain of arrows to contain the rush of the Sala people. When he saw the other party's ladder standing up, he hurriedly ordered.

The wooden rolling stone has always been a sharp weapon for guarding the city, but seeing Zhang Mingwu's order, the defenders at the head of the city immediately moved according to the words, braved the arrow rain of the Tubo cavalry, and threw the wooden rolling stone down the city. At that time, they beat the Sala soldiers who were climbing the city to tears, and the tribal soldiers who did not have armor were rolled by the wood. As soon as Shi hit it, he was either dead or injured. Even if there was a heavy reward, he was hit by the garrison's several waves of cutter, and the greed in his heart was awakened. After only a quarter of an hour, he couldn't stand it. He left more than 200 corpses, and even couldn't even take care of the ladder, and all of them were retreated in chaos. Back, a good siege turned into a farce.

"Buncle, Ning Gu Sidu, you are very soldiers and horses. With such virtue, do you still want to cede the land as the king? It's useless!"

Seeing that the Salar soldiers were so indifferent, Herzzan's face immediately turned black. He glared at Ninggu Sidu angrily and scolded him without giving him any face.

"The general calmed his anger, and he personally led the army to attack the city!"

Ning Gusi didn't expect his subordinates to be so useless. When he was scolded by Hertz, he couldn't hang up immediately on his face. He took off his fur coat angrily, pulled out the machete around his waist, and left a scene. The horse rushed to his soldiers and slapped over several people with the back of the knife. The fastest chaotic soldier scolded repeatedly: "Buckhole, who let you retreat, go up, it's all up to me. Who dares to take another step back? I cut off his whole family. Come on, go up, take the city of Han for me, and double the reward!"

"Take the reward, go, go!"

The Sala tribe soldiers are all the masters who remember to eat but don't remember to fight. This reward doubled, and the morale that had just fell down rose again in an instant. They forgot that they had just been beaten by the Tang army. Once again, they ran back bravely and roared one by one, and the wildness completely burst out.

"Up, go with me, suppress the head of the city!"

Herzzan didn't want to have more mushrooms under the city of Hanhan. At this time, the Sala tribe soldiers rushed to the city again. He immediately led the whole army to suppress it, leaving only more than a thousand infantry to suppress the array.

After all, Herzzan is a general. Although he is just an ordinary general, his ability to command the battle is not lacking. In his command, the attack efficiency of more than 6,000 Tubo cavalry has obviously improved a lot, but he saw two Tubo cavalry of 3,000 cavalry coming and going, cooperating with the extreme tacit understanding and shooting at the city. The rain of arrows on the head has never stopped. They suppressed the defenders at the head of the city like raindrops and rarely raise their heads. The casualties of the Tang officers and soldiers who risked their lives to throw wooden rolling stones under the city have increased sharply. In a short period of war, more than a hundred Tang officers and soldiers have lost their combat effectiveness, and the war situation has suddenly turned down sharply, and there is no suppression of the city head. The Sara clan soldiers rushed to the top of the city, and the situation was already in danger for the Tang army defending the city!

"Brothers, kill the thief, kill the thief, kill the thief!"

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Zhang Mingwu had to fight desperately. He roared and led the guard out of the gate and rushed to the city defenses that had been broken through several times. Seeing that their masters were so brave, they were unwilling to lag behind, and roared and launched a bloody battle with the Sara clan soldiers who rushed to the head of the city. ......