Don't be a prince

Longyou Road - Songzhou

As the closest border town between Datang and Tubo, it is unknown how many Tang soldiers and Tubo warriors were buried here.When the battle was at its most intense, the city walls of Songzhou collapsed.However, the rebuilt Songzhou city wall is four feet high, and the whole body is made of cement mixed with boulders. The city gate is also made of cast iron tenon and tenon. Tang Jun once experimented with the largest battering ram.At the end of the collision, I didn't even bother to count. Anyway, there was no change in the city gate except for an invisible pit.

Yu Chigong fell in love with Songzhou City from the first time he saw it. He didn't believe that someone could capture this city.

People in Songzhou like spicy food, but Yu Chigong likes it too, so when he got out of the hut, his complexion was not very good.

The general waited at the door of the latrine, and waited for Yu Chigong to come out before he cupped his hands and said, "General, your guess is indeed correct. The scouts found the camp of the Tibetans in a mountain col thirty miles away. It is roughly estimated that this The number of Tubo people who invaded at one time may have reached 30."

When he said this, the general was full of admiration for the general, what kind of ability is this?The scouts didn't have any news, and the general already knew that the Tibetans were going to invade.

Seeing the general's eyes full of stars, Yu Chigong chuckled, he admired this young man named Guo Shi very much, and even directly promoted him as his assistant when he was a teenager.

Patting Master Guo on the shoulder, Yuchi said with a smile, "This is not called foresight, nor is it divination, but a guess based on facts. Didn't you realize that those merchants who went to Tubo to sell grain and buy livestock should have spent a month One back and forth, but the one who went to Tubo three months ago did not come back?

Although the road to Tibet is rugged and dangerous, if there is a natural disaster such as snowstorm and avalanche, people may die for a few days.But what does it mean for someone who hasn't come back for three months in a row? "

Master Guo rolled his eyes and said in horror: "Could it be that these people have..."

Yu Chigong nodded: "That's right, they won't be able to come back."

Guo Shi's eyes turned red immediately, and he said angrily: "As the saying goes, if the two armies are at war, they should not kill the envoys. Although merchants are not envoys, it is wrong to implicate them! General, we want to kill all the Tubo people. revenge!"

Yuchi Gong snorted and said: "Naturally we have to deal with them properly. Their Zanpu still has a marriage contract with Datang, but they took advantage of Datang to attack Goryeo and wanted to invade Datang. Such a son-in-law is worthless." .

According to General Ben's order, the entire army was shrunk to the city of Songzhou, and the surrounding counties were ordered to relocate the people near Songzhou temporarily, so as not to be implicated by the flames of war.In the battle of Songzhou that year, our Tang Dynasty lost because of the collapse of the city wall.Now, I want to see what they can do with Songzhou! "

Guo Shi cupped his hands and said: "The last general knows, let's go down and deliver the order. Also, general, the battle is about to start, you should eat less spicy food, too much spicy food is bad for the stomach."

Seeing that Master Guo was about to leave, Yu Chigong stopped him and said: "Although your ancestral home is the Guo family in Taiyuan, you have not been involved too much. Because of the Wang family's affairs, it is a pity that you lost the opportunity to enter the college. This battle is over, this general will recommend you to study in the academy. After finishing your studies, I will recommend you to study in the martial arts academy. How about it?"

Hearing this, Master Guo immediately turned around and knelt down on the ground: "Thank you, General, for your cultivation!"

Yu Chigong laughed loudly, picked up Master Guo, patted him on the shoulder, and signaled that he could leave.During this period of getting along, Yu Chigong also saw through the nature of this young man.For such a young man, he still likes to help the leader.

At this time, Yu Chigong didn't know that it was because of his sudden idea that he also created a famous general in the next generation of the Guo family.Of course, this is for another day.

Kuozhou - Governor's Mansion

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche looked at the Tuyuhun envoy in front of them, although they were angry in their hearts, their expressions were calm.

Xue Wanjun frowned and said: "If my general remembers correctly, you can't get close to Kuozhou within [-] miles. What is the reason that you gathered so many people [-] miles away?"

The envoy of Tuyuhun replied: "It's because one of our tribe's flocks ran away. The general also knows that we nomads, cattle and sheep are the lifeblood, so we approached Kuozhou in order to find sheep."

Hearing this sentence, Xue Wanche couldn't help it immediately, and angrily said, "Looking for sheep? Ask yourself if you believe it or not, do you need a hundred thousand troops to find a flock of sheep? I can't find my horse tomorrow, is it?" Isn't it possible to bring an army of [-] to your grassland to find them? Rebel if you want to rebel, what excuses do you make up!

What I hate the most is you guys. If you want to fight, just tell me, what are you doing there, are you waiting for the Turks to attack, and then attack?How cowardly, I look down on you from the bottom of my heart! "

Seeing what Xue Wanche said, Tuyuhun's envoy sat down on the ground in fright.

Xue Wanjun glanced at his younger brother in dissatisfaction, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He waved his hand, and immediately two soldiers came over and dragged the envoy out.

The envoy of Tuyuhun suddenly found out that it was not good, and said loudly: "The two armies do not kill the envoys! The two armies do not behead the envoys! You are breaking the rules! Tang people, have you not figured out the situation? It is not just the We are not only Turks, but all countries and all tribes!"

Seeing that the two executioners stopped, Xue Wanjun said angrily: "Drag him down and cut off his two arms and throw them back! Why did the two armies fight without beheading? You are rebelling and committing crimes! I will tell you when I go back." Wang Murongshun, it doesn't matter how many people you come, as long as they dare to attack Datang, be prepared to leave their heads in the border town of Datang."

Xue Wanche laughed loudly and said: "10 people is still a little less. I have wanted to be the Duke of the country for a long time. If I kill more people, I can also be promoted to the title. Go back and tell that soft bastard that there are no 20 people, don't Come here and show yourself!"

After Xue Wanche finished speaking, the two soldiers carried the howling Tuyuhun envoy out.

Glancing at Xue Wanche dissatisfied, Xue Wanjun said: "We in Kuozhou have insufficient troops. Although we have gunpowder weapons, we are more than enough to defend the city, but not aggressive enough. If Tuyuhun really sends out 20 troops, I'm afraid we really can't bear it."

Xue Wanche said nonchalantly: "Didn't the Ministry of War send us a batch of big killers, just to use them. Moreover, since the Great Tang was conquered, we have always recruited soldiers voluntarily, and we can only recruit soldiers when they are full. To a large number of sergeants. As long as we hold on for a while, reinforcements will arrive."

Xue Wanjun looked up at the roof, and sighed: "Who can say for sure, maybe it's true as he said, it's not just our place where the war happened."

Beisha City, Songzhou, and Kuozhou were just preparing for battle, but at this moment Gaochang was already fighting.

Gaochang - city head

The newly built Gaochang City is not 01:30 stronger than the earthen city of the Gaochang people, so that when the situation is critical, the soldiers even threw gunpowder directly under the city.

Arrows shot into Gaochang City like raindrops, so that the roofs around the four walls were almost filled with arrows.

Hiding at the observation port of the city wall, Su Dingfang took a look at the situation outside with a telescope. Su Dingfang frowned and said, "Damn, people from Kucha, Khotan, Zhaowu? The Turkic people are there too? Grandma, those colorful and messy flags What country? Damn it, when did Lao Tzu's Gaochang City become a sweet pastry, attracting so many stinky flies?"

No matter how many arrows there are, there will be times when they are exhausted. When the rain of arrows is over, Su Dingfang said without hesitation: "Open the shield!"

Following Su Dingfang's order, the shields on the top of the city were opened with difficulty, and the sergeants who had prepared their forks earlier immediately started to attack the ladders that had already been put on the city wall.And if you can't push it away, a stone will be thrown down immediately.The enemies who had already climbed up the city were cut down with a knife before their feet even crossed the wall, and fell down from the top of the city howling.

The battle of defending the city is so tense.What made Su Dingfang speechless was that the coalition forces of these miscellaneous countries knew the shortcomings of gunpowder weapons very well. After desperately approaching the city wall, they immediately suppressed the city with bows and arrows.If it weren't for the soldiers who risked being shot and threw gunpowder bombs down the city, the enemy might have climbed the city wall by this time.

Thinking of the large amount of defensive materials prepared in Gaochang City, Su Dingfang was full of respect for the former Gaochang staying in Yutai.It seemed that the general had foreseen this scene and prepared these things.Thanks to these preparations, the consumption of gunpowder weapons can be reduced.

Consume slowly!The enemy army outside is densely packed, who knows how many there are?

With trembling hands, Su Dingfang picked up a fork on the top of the wall, forked it into the siege ladder, and raised the ladder a little with a roar.Seeing this, the soldiers on both sides immediately understood the general's intentions.A huge boulder was dropped, and immediately helped drag the ladder up.

If the ladder is pushed down, the enemy can still be lifted up again. Blowing it up will waste gunpowder and weapons. If this is the case, just lift it up.It is also a good use for burning fire!

The tense siege battle lasted until evening, and the crazy Turks still had no intention of stopping. A large number of torches gathered under the city, and there were still siege ladders built up to the top of the city in the pitch black.

Fortunately, Su Dingfang had expected that he would divide the soldiers into three waves and take turns to defend.

The offensive and defensive battle continued for another night, and the Turkic attack eased up early the next morning.To defend the city is to wait for work with leisure, but to attack the city is not acceptable.The siege can only go all out, so at least on this point, Tang Jun is profitable.

The day and night of the offensive and defensive battle caused a large number of corpses to pile up under the city.There are even some who are not completely dead, still struggling to crawl out of the pile of corpses.

This is not the scariest thing, what shocked Su Dingfang so far was that the enemy retreated, but did not take away the corpses of his companions, even the wounded.

Looking at the corpses piled up under the city, a cruel possibility suddenly appeared in Su Dingfang's mind.

perhaps....

Maybe....

The enemy wants to use the corpses to pile up a ladder to climb the city wall.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yifang couldn't help saying: "They are all crazy! They are crazy!"

Su Dingfang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "In order to win, you have to do everything! The winner gets everything, and the loser gets nothing, but what they did is too inhuman."

Zhang Yifang sighed: "It seems that Gao Chang can't take it anymore, general, there is still a hot air balloon in our city, it is not as good as you..."

Su Dingfang rebuffed: "You want this general to be a deserter? Get out, you don't know what the charge is for fleeing before a battle? Even if the court won't ask for the crime, I can't bear to watch the soldiers of Gaochang City fight against the enemy alone. If you die, you will die." , it’s no big deal. But you, you still have an old mother who needs to serve, and your brother is unfilial, so you should go back.”

Zhang Yifang laughed and said: "The generals are not afraid of dying in battle, how can the last general be a deserter? Let the messenger sit down. I believe that the imperial court will send troops to support us after receiving the news."

Su Dingfang laughed and said, "Alright, let's see how long these miscellaneous hairs can run rampant!"

Although he was smiling, Su Dingfang felt very bitter in his heart.He knew that it wasn't just the countries in the Western Regions and the Turks who chose to attack Datang.After all, his teacher, Li Jing, once said that now, even if Tubo and Turks join forces, they are no longer the opponents of Datang.

Turks are not idiots like Tuyuhun, they dare to act like this, they must rely on something.This kind of reliance is very likely to be...

Attack the Tang Dynasty all over the world!

Fengzhou - the head of the city

When Cheng Yaojin received the scout's letter, he immediately smiled, and said to Cheng Wu, the lieutenant beside him, "Send people down immediately, and lay gunpowder bombs on the grass in front of the city wall."

Cheng Wu wondered: "General, the time for laying gunpowder bombs should not be too long, why are you laying them, once they get wet, wouldn't it be..."

Lieutenant General Cheng Wu was originally Cheng Yaojin's family general, so he dared to ask questions.

Cheng Yaojin was very patient about the general who had saved him more than once on the battlefield, and the letter in Yangyang's hand said: "The original words of the patriarch of the Sunset tribe in the northern grasslands, the Western Turks urged them to attack the Tang Dynasty together, and, The troops of the Western Turks have already entered the grasslands that originally belonged to the Eastern Turks, and they are heading towards Fengzhou."

Cheng Wu said angrily: "Since the enemy is coming, they should attack. Why did they only communicate with each other?"

Cheng Yaojin smiled and said: "This request has been passed. They are originally a family. Now that Tang Dynasty has treated them kindly for many years, they can choose to report the letter and evacuate the western grasslands. By the way, make more leg holes, since we have learned the news in advance, we have to be prepared.

Tell the soldiers, once the battle starts, don't be too strong, pretend that you can't fight, let their troops get closer to the city, and then let's light the fire again, hehehehe..."

Remembering that he was not afraid of being scolded and asked the prince for advice on how to use gunpowder weapons, Cheng Yaojin was proud. Gunpowder weapons are destined to gradually replace cold weapons. In this way, whoever can play well will have military merits.

Turkic is really a big hand. This time, 20 troops came. Now, I don't need to lie about military achievements, and I am outstanding enough!

Thinking of this, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help laughing wildly on the top of the wall.

Lingnan - Lianzhou

Unlike Gaochang, the war here has been going on for more than ten days.As the leader of Lingnan Road, Feng An rushed to Lianzhou with his troops.

Because Lingnan Road is not afraid of foreign enemies, the city has not yet spread, and the west line of Lianzhou and Yongzhou has not been established.However, because of this, people took advantage of it instead.Today, to the west of Yongzhou in Lianzhou, the land of Datang has been occupied by rebels.

That's right, the rebels.

Jiaozhou originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but Zhang He, the governor of Jiaozhou, colluded with the Pyu Kingdom of Chenla and formed an army to invade north. Isn't this a rebel army?

Standing on the top of the city of Lianzhou, looking at Zhang He under the city, Feng Ang said angrily: "Zhang He, you are just a reckless person. It is the result of the court's favor to become the governor of the Tang Dynasty. You are not grateful, but you still want to rebel. ?"

Chapter 5 and Six

Under the city of Lianzhou, Zhang He, who was sitting on a steed horse, laughed, pointed to Feng An at the top of the city and said, "Feng An, you are over 70 years old this year, and you are not staying at home to take care of yourselves, so you went to Lianzhou; What are you doing? Do you want to humiliate yourself? Let me tell you, you are sorry for the ancestors of the Feng family. The ancestors of the Feng family have built such a good foundation for you. Facing the vast territory of Lingnan, you don’t even want to occupy the land as the king. dare.

What's so good about Li Tang that you are like a dog, offering a large area of ​​Lingnan, and Feng's century-old foundation to please?If you want me to say, you should think about it, Li Tang's cruelty has aroused public outrage all over the world, not only our Jiaozhou, Chenla and Piao countries, but also the Turks and Tubo, and even the big cannibals as far as the far west. The warship has also approached the South China Sea.In such a situation, Li Tang's country is forged with iron, and it will melt.

God grants opportunity, if you don't take it, you will suffer from it.You still open the city gate of Lianzhou and let me wait in.If you are sincere, when the territory of the Great Tang is divided up in the future, it is not impossible that you cannot be counted. "

On the top of the wall, Feng Ang laughed angrily: "Zhang He, it seems that Jiaozhou is still too far away, so you can't even speak Tang dialect well now. Do you think it's that easy to rebel against Li Tang? Old man I was lucky enough to spend some time with the Prince of the Tang Dynasty. He said that he doesn't hate people who can't defeat the enemy, but he hates the idiot who betrays the owner and seeks glory. Now it seems that you are that idiot.

So what if the whole world attacks Tang?So what if Datang is defeated?Carve up the world, are you an idiot qualified? "

After finishing speaking, Feng An picked up the bow on his back, while Feng Zhidai presented the lightning arrow that had already been lit.

Seeing Feng An's actions, Zhang He was not afraid at all, he sneered and said, "Old Feng An, you are over 70 years old, at this age, I am afraid that you can't even hug your grandson, and you still want to open your bow? it's so funny!"

However, Feng An didn't intend to answer at all. He opened the bow and shot the arrow in one go. Under Zhang He's surprised gaze, an arrow didn't hit him, but hit his saddle.

Seeing this, Zhang He laughed even more heartily: "Hahahaha, so what if you can move the bow? Old man, you can't even aim right now. Be careful that you break your arm with too much force!"

He opened his bow and shot an arrow, which really made Feng An panting, and couldn't help but put his hand on the top of the wall. Feng An smiled and said, "Why should I shoot you, I just need to send the arrow near you, Zhang He, it seems You have no idea what kind of power Datang has mastered."

After finishing speaking, Feng An did not avoid it, and looked at the arrow on Zhang He's saddle with a smile.

Just to allow Zhang He to live longer and fully understand his own stupidity, Feng An didn't ask Feng Zhidai to tie another part of the fuze.

next moment.

boom!

Thunderbolt exploded.

The Thunderbolt Arrow newly developed by the Gunpowder Department completely abandoned its long-range effect and classified it into the semi-long-range category, so it boldly increased the dose.

Such a dose, although the shooting trajectory of the Thunderbolt Arrow cannot be controlled, it will be uncontrollable if it is farther away.

but....

Now that Tang Jun uses the thunder arrow, do he still need to be accurate?

After an explosion, Zhang He who was on the horse was directly thrown off the horse.

I don't know where the shattered pieces of the Thunderbolt went. Anyway, he was dressed in white, and now his chest had all turned red.

People from Jiaozhou, Chenla, and Pyu had seen such weapons before, and they were taken aback.In the army, many people who deeply believed in witchcraft howled and turned around and ran away.Superstitions are the most marketable of them all.Feng An obviously shot an arrow, but there was a sound like a thunderclap, making them think that Feng An had gained the power of Thor.

When one escapes, a second escapes, eventually turning into a real rout.

Lianzhou Inspector Fang Jiang came over, cupped his hands to Feng An and said, "Mr. Feng used to set three arrows in the south of the Five Ridges, but now he is old and strong, and he retreats the enemy with one arrow. He is really my No.

Feng An curled his lips and said: "Don't flatter me, His Majesty's archery skills today are beyond my reach, what's more, His Royal Highness's archery skills have been admired by me in the early years, and now they must surpass me.

Speaking of the prince, now the emperor is conquering Korea, and the prince is in power.Hurry up and write to the court to report what happened here.Small countries like Chenla are timid, but ambitious.If Zhang He is not bluffing, the real headache for us should be Dashi!

Dashi travels across the ocean to attack the Tang Dynasty, and the surrounding small countries will inevitably follow. At that time, I will have no time to worry about fighting on land, and it may be up to you! "

Taking a look at the abundant eight-ox crossbows and gunpowder weapons under the city wall, Fang Jiang cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Feng came here for help a hundred miles away. The officials are already inexplicably grateful. How can you dare to help Mr. Feng again!"

Glancing at Zhang He, who was left alone in the city, Feng An snorted coldly: "Cut off the head of this traitor, and send it to Chang'an with the memorial!"

...

The speed of sending letters from the border to Chang'an depends on the speed of the horse and the perseverance of the messenger.But when war comes, a method handed down from ancient times is faster than sending letters.

Beacon Tower!

As early as after hearing Quan Gai Su Wen revealing that the whole world was attacking Tang, Li Chengqian ordered to cancel the rest of all courtiers, and began to discuss countermeasures with Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

In the end, the unanimous result of the three people was: war!Battle at any cost!

Even if the Tang Dynasty is alone, even if the military strength of the Tang Dynasty is far inferior to that of many countries, but with the city and gunpowder weapons, even if the Tang army fights hard, the enemy will only be more difficult.

War is burning money, whether it is Datang or Tubo.Although there are many of them, the cost is only greater.Unless they have the determination to die together with Datang, the one who has the last laugh in this battle must be Datang.