For two consecutive days, there was no movement in the Tibetan military camp, and no siege was launched.
This made Zhao Ziliang's premonition even worse.
He guessed that the deputy general of the Tibetan army, Tie Renxinoluo, was reorganizing his troops.
After all, the Tibetan army had just suffered a loss.
It was a heavy blow, and morale was a bit low.
As a general with extensive experience in leading troops, reorganizing the troops and restoring morale was the best way to improve combat effectiveness.
Zhao Ziliang constantly inspected various sections of the city wall, reminding the generals who defended the city to be more vigilant, but not to be too nervous and cause too much psychological pressure on himself and the soldiers.
On the fourth day of the battle, the Tubo people finally took action again.
In the morning, the Tang army had just finished breakfast in the city, and the Tubo army came in full force.
It didn't take long to arrive at the city.
All kinds of siege equipment were ready.
As for how powerful they were, It still needs testing to know.
This time, the Tubo army did not besiege the four gates.
The largest number of troops and horses were gathered at the south gate.
Only a small number of troops and horses were deployed at the other three gates to contain the Tang army and prevent the Tang army from deploying most of its troops on the south city wall.
On the tower of the south city gate, Zhao Ziliang used a telescope to observe that the main and deputy generals of the Tibetan army were there, but it was no longer Lang Zhidu who gave the orders, but Iron Blade Xinuoluo.
After observing for a while, Zhao Ziliang said to a follower beside him: "Bring some Tibetan prisoners here."
"promise" Not long after, the soldiers came over with several Tibetan prisoners.
"General, the people are here" Zhao Ziliang turned around and asked one of the prisoners: "Who is that man in the Tibetan army wearing shining armor and riding a famous horse?"
The prisoner replied: "It's Lang Zhidu, the second prince and son of Zanpu."
The other prisoners also nodded.
"Then who is the person next to him?"
"It's Lieutenant General Iron Blade Xenoro" As long as the real owner is confirmed, there is no need to let the prisoners stay on the city wall.
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "Take them down."
Following the movements of the Tibetan soldiers, Zhao Ziliang and other generals at the south city gate also roughly saw the commanding ability of Iron Blade Xinolo.
Although the Tubo army was not neat enough in marching and their execution was not very good, But there is a huge difference compared with the previous two days.
It can be seen that Lang Zhidu and Tieren Xinuolo are not generals on the same level at all.
Due to the constraints of the Tibetan army from the other three directions, Zhao Ziliang could not deploy all his troops on the south city wall.
The Tubo army did not deploy troops on the other three walls several times, and Zhao Ziliang could not concentrate all his troops on the south city wall.
The Tubo army did not attack at the beginning.
After organizing the offensive formation, they began to use siege equipment.
The first ones they introduced were simple ballistae and bed crossbows.
The catapults were deployed in the middle of the army formation and were protected by the army.
There was no need to worry about being attacked by the Tang army.
Raid destruction.
After the deployment of these long-range siege equipment, Iron Blade Signoro began to order the projections on the city wall.
Stones and stones were thrown one after another from a distance, and some large stones hit the city wall, causing the city wall to emit Violent vibrations and small stones hitting people can also cause heavy casualties.
Different from the trebuchets, the Tubo people had a larger number of crossbows and crossbows.
The crossbow arrows were shot from a distance, and many Tang troops defending the city were shot to death.
However, they may have been captured by the Tubo troops in previous battles.
I picked up some Tang Army craftsmen and hurriedly These crossbows, bed crossbows and trebuchets were built while busy.
It may be a technical problem, or it may be intentional by the craftsmen.
In short, the power and range of these siege equipment are almost inferior to those used by the Tang army. few.
Seeing that his side had suffered casualties, Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered: "Instruct the trebuchets to launch a counterattack.
First, focus on attacking the opponent's trebuchets.
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This thing is too destructive to the city walls and houses in the city.
We cannot let them keep throwing it, and then let them Our crossbows and crossbows attack the enemy and strive to destroy the Tibetan siege equipment in one fell swoop."
"Obey the order" The messenger quickly conveyed the order, and the Tang Army's trebuchets in the city, the crossbows and crossbows on the city wall quickly counterattacked the enemy.
Being on the city wall has the advantage of being high up, and the field of vision is relatively wide.
Therefore, the Tang Army's crossbows and crossbows on the city wall can easily find where the Tibetan army's siege equipment is.
As soon as Zhao Ziliang's order was issued, the Tang Army's crossbows and crossbows were He took off his camouflage and began loading crossbows to fight back.
Being condescending has advantages in range and vision, and in terms of operating siege equipment, the Tang army soldiers are undoubtedly much more skilled than the Tubo soldiers.
The Tubo soldiers fired one crossbow, while the Tang army had already fired three.
After calibration, the accuracy improved.
The Tibetan crossbows and ballistae were destroyed by the Tang army's crossbow arrows.
Generally speaking, it is very difficult for the defenders to use trebuchets to counterattack enemy trebuchets outside the city.
This is mainly affected by the field of vision.
Because the trebuchet is too large, it cannot be installed on the city wall and can only be installed inside the city. , but because the city wall blocked the soldiers’ sight, The soldiers could not accurately find the enemy's location.
In order to solve this problem, Zhao Ziliang asked craftsman Zheng San to build a tower higher than the city wall at the trebuchet.
Special soldiers were on the tower to report the enemy to the soldiers launching the trebuchet below.
The location of the trebuchet.
"Swish swish" The two sides kept using crossbows and arrows for long-distance shooting.
The Tubo people wanted to use crossbows and crossbows to cause a lot of damage to the Tang army on the city wall, but they did not expect that the Tang army also had a large number of crossbows and crossbows, and deployed them on the city wall to attack them.
The siege party poses a greater threat.
Seeing that one after another of his bed crossbows and ballistas were destroyed by the Tang army's crossbows, and even the soldiers operating the bed crossbows and ballistas suffered heavy casualties, Iron Blade Signoro's face became a little serious.
He knew that his side was attacking.
There was a big gap between the city and the Tang Army, but he didn't expect that the gap between the two sides would be so big.
He also didn't expect that the Tang Army would deploy the equipment originally used to attack the city on the city wall to launch a counterattack against him.
"It seems that this battle is not going to be easy," Iron Blade Signoro said with some emotion.
Lang Zhidu, who was riding next to him on horseback, snorted coldly: "You now know how powerful the Tang army is.
Don't always say that I don't know how to fight.
It's not that I am incompetent, but that the Tang people are too cunning."
Iron Blade Signoro said in a deep voice: "Second Prince, no matter whether the Tang people are cunning or not, the battle is not like the previous ones.
Look, although our bed crossbows and crossbows are seriously damaged, the soldiers who operate these siege tools are also There were a lot of casualties, but we also had a heavy blow to the Tang soldiers.
It caused a lot of damage, but our losses were more serious, and their losses were lighter.
For siege warfare, as long as the casualty ratio is less than three times, it is worth it, because we have more soldiers and they have fewer soldiers.
We They can afford it, but they can’t.”
Although Lang Zhidu accepted Iron Blade Xinolo's statement, he still refused to give in.
He hummed: "If you don't say it well, you can't sing it nicely.
I see that not many Tang people on the city wall have died.
This is not a solution.
We must think about it."
We need to get the Tang army to fight us outside the city, so that we can take advantage of the power of our Tibetan cavalry and camel soldiers, and also take advantage of our army's large number of troops."
Iron Blade Xinuolo thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It can be seen from the Tang army's deployment of bed crossbows and crossbows on the city wall that the Tang general guarding this place is not a simple person.
It will take a long time to lead the Tang army out of the city.
Let’s talk about the difficulty.
Do you think you are the opponent of the Tang people in terms of cunning?”
Lang Zhi shook his head like a rattle after hearing this, "The people of the Tang Dynasty are too cunning.
I don't like cunning people the most.
If you have the ability to fight with me for 300 rounds with real swords and guns," While the two were talking, they saw a large number of stones flying out from the Tang Army City in the distance.
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Not only were all the Tibetan soldiers stunned, but even Lang Zhidu and Tiebian Xinolo were dumbfounded.
"What's going on?
Did the Tang Dynasty deploy trebuchets in the city?"
Lang Zhidu muttered to himself.
The stones flying out of the city flew high and far, and their accuracy was a bit off.
None of the Tubo army's trebuchets was destroyed, but the Tubo army surrounding the trebuchets suffered disaster.
The stones thrown were all After the boulder hits the ground, it will roll far forward at an extremely fast speed.
All Tubo soldiers on the rolling path of the boulder will have no time to escape and will be crushed to death.
The Tubo army formation will be filled with blood, corpses, and screams.
Again and again.
Iron Blade Signorro reacted and shouted: "Quickly send an order to the soldiers to dismantle the trebuchet and move it to the rear.
Go quickly!"
"yes" Although Iron Blade Xinoluo responded in time, the disassembly and assembly of the trebuchet was an extremely cumbersome task, and it was impossible to complete the work in a short time.
Before the Tibetan army could disassemble all the trebuchets, The Tang army continued to throw rolling stones from the city.
The accuracy of the rolling stones thrown from behind increased each time.
The Tubo army's trebuchets were destroyed one after another, causing heavy casualties among the soldiers.
Seeing this situation, Iron Blade Xinolo sighed: "It's too late and ordered the first echelon to start attacking the city.
The other echelons retreated out of the range of the Tang army, and let the archers follow the first echelon to hold down the formation.
This matter is not to be attacked."
The city will only suffer greater casualties from the Tang Army's long-range siege weapons."
"yes" The siege battle of the Tubo army finally began.
This time, under the command of Iron Blade Xinoluo, the Tubo army fought well.
They were suppressed by archers, and there were siege soldiers carrying ladders and pushing manhole rails.
Approaching the city wall, behind are the sword and shield men who are looking at them.
Zhao Ziliang saw the Tibetan army's siege deployment and immediately ordered: "The sword and shield soldiers are on the left, the spear soldiers are on the right, the sword and shield soldiers protect the spear soldiers, the spear soldiers are responsible for attacking, and the sword and shield soldiers are responsible for covering.
The enemy's archers under the city and the archers on the well fence suppressed them."
The deployment was completed quickly, and the effect was very obvious.
The Tibetan army climbing on the ladder was knocked down as soon as they climbed to the top of the city.
When they attacked the defenders, they were covered by sword and shield soldiers.
As more and more Tibetan soldiers attacked the city, Zhao Ziliang mobilized young men to throw stones and rolling logs at the city
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