On the ninth day of the siege, after the ice wall was built, Zhao Ziliang and the soldiers had just had breakfast.
He was about to hand over the city defense task to Wang Nanran and Ge Shuhan, who had just arrived to take over.
He wanted to go back and sleep for two. hour, because he hadn't slept a wink for three days in a row.
Before the handover was completed, a soldier was heard shouting: "The Tibetans are coming!"
Zhao, Wang, Ge Shu and others were startled.
When they turned around, they saw countless small black dots appearing on the horizon.
This was undoubtedly the Tibetan army moving towards Panhe City.
Zhao Ziliang reached out and took the telescope from the guard's hand and looked at the Tibetan army in the distance.
After a long time, he put down his telescope and said to Wang Ranran and Ge Shuhan: "The Tubo people will not attack the city today.
I will leave the city defense to you.
I will go and have a sleep."
Before Wang Rao and Ge Shuhan had time to agree, Zhao Ziliang had already walked down the tower with his followers.
Wang Rao looked at Ge Shuhan and asked: "Why is General Zhao so sure that the Tibetans will not attack the city today?"
Ge Shuhan was also confused and shook his head and said: "My subordinates don't understand why the general is so sure that the Tibetans will not attack the city today."
Soon, Iron Blade Xinuolo once again led his army to the foot of Panhe City.
When he saw that the crumbling wall of Panhe City suddenly turned into a tall ice wall overnight, he became extremely shocked and angry.
"Damn it, damn it."
Iron Blade Xinuolo, who had a very calm temperament, completely lost his composure at this time and became furious, "Damn it, the Tang Dynasty actually built an ice wall overnight.
Could it be that in the past few days?
Is it true that nearly half of my Tibetan army died in vain?"
The Tubo prince next to him, Langzhidu, was an impatient person.
When he saw Iron Blade Xinolo losing his temper, he immediately encouraged him: "General Iron Blade, the Tang people are too cunning, but they thought they were building an ice wall, so let's take them."
Is there nothing we can do?
Even if there is an ice wall blocking us, we can still give the order to attack the city."
Although Iron Blade Xinuolo was furious, he did not lose his mind.
He was initially moved by Lang Zhidu's words, but when he was about to give orders, he remembered that the siege equipment in the army had been seriously damaged in the siege a few days ago. , and siege equipment such as siege ladders cannot be set up on the ice wall at all.
The ice wall is too slippery.
The ladder will soon slip when put up, and the siege soldiers will not be able to climb up at all.
How to attack the city in this way?
Iron Blade Xinoluo stopped the order that was coming to his lips and changed his words: "Send the order to withdraw the troops and return to the camp."
Prince Langzhi of Tubo was astonished, and immediately said anxiously: "General Iron Blade, what do you mean?
We have just arrived and have not set up a military formation.
If we withdraw our troops and return to camp before a battle is fought, wouldn't it be a joke to the Tang army in the city?"
Iron Blade Xinoluo turned around and asked: "Excuse me, Second Prince, how do you fight this battle?
The ice wall is too slippery.
Can our army's siege ladders be able to build the city wall?
In addition to the siege ladders, what are the first few siege weapons like our army's well fences?"
Too many have been damaged every day, and there are not many left.
How can we attack a city without siege equipment like manholes and still cost lives?"
Lang Zhidu was left speechless by the rhetorical question: "This".
Iron Blade Xinuolo waved his hand and said: "Return the troops to camp."
The wolf masters around them already knew what to do and ordered their troops to turn around and return to camp.
However, the wolf masters controlled the troops very well.
Although they were withdrawing their troops, the troops were not in disorder at all, so that the Tang army could not find any opportunity for a sneak attack.
On the city wall.
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When Wang Nannan, Ge Shuhan and others saw that the Tibetans had arrived, they did not even approach the city wall within a quarter of an hour, and they withdrew their troops back to the camp without even setting up their military formations.
They were all stunned.
Ge Shuhan said in disbelief: "The Tubo people We have really withdrawn our troops” "It's true that we have withdrawn our troops, it can't be fake," Ma Lin said, and then sighed: "The general is really a god, he can predict that the Tibetans will not attack the city today."
Wang Rao was also extremely shocked.
How did Zhao Ziliang know that the Tubo people would not attack the city today?
This made him, Ge Shuhan and others very curious.
However, at this time, the Tubo people really withdrew their troops and left, and he was relieved.
In fact, The casualties have been too great in the past few days.
The Tubo people have been attacking the city non-stop using the siege method of wheel warfare for several days. , so that the Tang army could not rest at all.
Without the ability to rest, of course they could not recover their physical strength.
How could the soldiers fight without physical strength?
Yesterday, a section of the city wall was smashed down by the Tubo trebuchet.
If Zhao Ziliang had not reacted quickly enough, he led a large number of troops to the The gap is blocked, and I am afraid that Panhe City has been captured by the Tubo people.
In the afternoon, Zhao Ziliang woke up.
Nie Sanniang happened to be carrying some food on a tray and walked in carrying a large leg of lamb.
Seeing that Zhao Ziliang had already sat up, she said, "I guess you should wake up too.
I'll give it to you."
I’ve heated up some food, let’s eat it while it’s hot.”
Zhao Ziliang touched his stomach and said with a smile: "I am indeed a little hungry.
Hey, why is it so rich?
Take away the leg of lamb and give it to the wounded soldiers.
Just eat a few steamed buns and drink a bowl of gruel." " Nie Sanniang immediately objected: "That won't work.
No one in the army knows that you have a big appetite.
These are specially rationed for you.
If you don't have enough to eat, how can you lead the army to fight?
I heard that the city wall was smashed down by the Tubo people yesterday.
It was you who led the people to block and kill for a whole day before you could barely save the city wall.
Otherwise, the city wall would have been lost long ago, and the Tibetans would have invaded the city.
If you don't eat well, the soldiers will not agree."
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Okay, I'll eat it."
While Zhao Ziliang was eating, he asked: "How is Bo Lehan doing?"
Nie Sanniang replied: "Fortunately, I recovered quickly."
After dinner, Zhao Ziliang came to the room where Bo Bo Han lived.
Bo Bo Han killed more than 60 Tibetan soldiers on the first day of the Tubo siege.
Mo Yang was completely desperate and planned to He died in the battle on the city wall, but he was lucky.
After being seriously injured, he fainted and fell on the city wall.
He was rescued after the battle, but he was in a coma for two days due to excessive blood loss before waking up.
After these days of recovery, , the face finally recovered some color.
"General" Bo Lehan was lying on the bed and saw Zhao Ziliang walking in, and wanted to struggle to do it.
Zhao Ziliang walked over and held him down, patted his shoulder and said, "Just lie down.
I've been unable to get away these days and haven't had time to see you.
How do you feel?"
Brahan said: "My subordinate is still alive, thank you general for taking the trouble."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and patted his arm and said: "You shouldn't have been injured so badly.
Why were you so desperate that day?
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Do you blame me for keeping you in prison for so long?"
Brahan shook his head and said: "How can I blame the general?
The general is my master.
Even if I am asked to die, I will never complain.
What's more, according to the crime of the subordinate, it is a crime of beheading.
General But he only imprisoned me for a few days, which is already an act of mercy outside the law.
My subordinates have nothing to do in return, but can only kill more enemies to repay the kindness of the general."
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "You have a more impatient temper.
You should think twice before doing anything in the future and don't act recklessly.
You should rest well.
When you recover from your injury, you can follow me to kill the enemy."
Brahan said hurriedly: "Yes, General" After visiting Bo Lehan, Zhao Ziliang returned to the main room and had a conversation with Nie Sanniang, then rushed to the county government office with a few followers.
On the way, Zhao Ziliang arranged for a guard to inform the officials and generals to discuss matters in the county government hall.
The attendees quickly arrived.
Zhao Ziliang sat at the top and looked at the left and right sides.
He said: "Everyone is here, let's start the discussion.
General Wang Rao, have the Tibetans come and gone today?"
Wang Rao stood up and cupped his hands and said: "The general knows things like a god, and the Tubo people came and left just as the general said.
They stayed for less than a quarter of an hour and withdrew the troops without even setting up the military formation.
It is really puzzling. , I wonder if the general can help us clear up our doubts."
The officials and generals were also puzzled by this.
When Wang Rao asked, they all pricked up their ears and looked at Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "This matter is simple, because the Tibetan army's siege equipment has been seriously damaged in the past few days, such as well railings, rams, catapults, ballistas and bed crossbows.
The most remaining thing is the siege ladder.
This thing It is easy to build, but the ice wall is too slippery and the siege ladder cannot hang on the ice wall, making the siege impossible, so the Tibetan people will withdraw their troops and return to the camp."
The generals and officials suddenly realized, "So that's it, that's it.
Why did the Tubo people change their gender today?
It turns out that the siege ladder cannot be used on the ice wall."
The officials, generals and commanders all talked in various directions.
Zhao Ziliang pressed his hand, and the hall quickly became quiet.
Zhao Ziliang continued: "The reason why the Tubo people did not attack the city today is because they have no siege equipment, so they will definitely build siege equipment again after they go back today, especially the wells."
This siege equipment is safer than a ladder.
Soldiers can use bows and arrows to suppress our troops at the top of the city.
Moreover, it can be pushed and moved.
Our army has suffered from it these days.
This siege weapon poses a great threat to the defenders at the top of the city.
It is not easy to destroy it because it can be moved.
If there are enough cavalry, the generals who defended the city in the past would send cavalry out of the city to destroy the enemy's wells.
But now our army There are only 600 cavalry.
The general has to keep these cavalry for great use and cannot move them lightly.
Without using cavalry, how can we destroy the enemy's well fence that poses the greatest threat to our defenders?
Do you have any good ideas?
" The manhole railings of the siege army pose a great threat to the defending army.
These days, the Tang army at the head of the city has suffered enough from the well railings of the Tubo army.
This is because the manhole railings of the Tubo army are very rough and the top platform of the manhole railings is very rough.
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It is not large enough, has weak protection, and moves slowly.
If the well fence of the Tubo army had the same performance as that built by the Tang army, Zhao Ziliang's soldiers would have suffered greater losses, and the Tubo army might have broken through the city wall long ago.
How to destroy the Tubo army's well fence, Wang Nan and others had long thought about this problem, but they had not come up with any useful method.
Zhao Ziliang saw that all the generals were thinking hard, but no one came forward.
He also knew that these people had tried their best, so he said: "A certain person has thought of a way.
Hang a large frame at each archery tower, with heavy weights inside.
The frame weighs a thousand kilograms of stone, and the frame is tied with two thick ropes.
One of the ropes is tied to the city wall to lift the large frame containing the stone.
The other end of the rope is tied with a crossbow arrow with an iron hook.
The crossbow arrow is tied with a bed. crossbow launch When the Tibetan army attacks the city, as long as their manhole railings are within thirty meters of the city wall, we will use a bed crossbow to shoot the crossbow arrows with iron hooks at the Tibetan army's manhole railings.
The crossbow arrows will definitely hook the iron hooks.
Live on the well railing and then use the knife If the sword and ax cut off another rope tied to the large frame, the large frame containing a large number of stones will surely fall.
The weight will drive another rope, and the Tibetan army's manhole fence will be pulled down, and all the Tibetan army soldiers on it will fall.
"Go down" After hearing Zhao Ziliang's method, the generals' eyes shone brightly, and they all said that this method was good.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered Wang Nannan and Zheng San to take charge of the matter
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