lazy tang

Chapter 475 Lanzhou
Jieli took a deep breath of the dry and cold air on the grassland, and there was a trace of humidity in the air.This is a sign that spring is coming, so hurry up and finish this battle.Returning to the grassland with spoils of war is the serious business of fattening the cattle and sheep that have survived the winter.

Five miles away is Lanzhou City with the Li character banner.Until now, Xieli still can't figure out that Li Shimin, a generation of famous generals, would actually make such a mistake.He personally led 2 soldiers into Liangzhou, surrounded by barren Gobi.Jieli easily severed the connection between Li Er and his subordinates. There were originally 3 soldiers in Liangzhou City.Counting Li Er's 20 people is only [-] people, and behind him is the [-] grassland coalition forces.

As long as this general Tiance of the Tang Dynasty is killed, it will greatly deter the Tang army in the northwest.Victory would be within easy reach, at least there would be no problem in snatching Long You to the bottom.Xieli never considered the broken city wall of Lanzhou City to be only three feet high.

With a wave of the whip in his hand, tens of thousands of soldiers from various tribes began to charge with shouts.They carried the ladder and pushed the cart.Numerous infantry archers and cavalry followed behind, and the infantry archers slanted up to implement invincibility and began to projectile.The horse archer urged the horse to throw the arrow when the horse's speed reached its peak. Such an arrow could fly far.

There were so many arrows that the sky was darkened for a moment.Xieli was very satisfied with the density of the arrows.Under such coverage, the city of Lanzhou must have suffered heavy casualties.His invincible prairie army will break through the city.In future battles, holding Li Er's head in his hands will surely cause Tang Jun's morale to decline.

Hou Junji, who had already become a general, was now hiding behind a shield like a school lieutenant.There is no way not to do this, Li Er is sitting in the tower behind him.The prince himself was on the front line, and his general could only squat on the city wall like a soldier to resist the Turkic arrows.

There was a sound of "bang" and "bang" on the shield, and every time it sounded, Hou Junji felt his arm tremble.The Turkic people deserved to be good at riding and shooting. The strength of the arrow alone can reach the level of an ordinary captain of the Tang Army.Hou Junji, who was bored, unexpectedly discovered that there was a small iron plate on the back of the shield, on which was written a few small characters made in Lintong.

The aimless projectile will continue until the Turkic army comes to the city.When the sound of "bang" and "bang" stopped coming from the shield, Hou Junji immediately jumped up.He called out five or six soldiers, raised a lance, yelled a chant, and overturned the ladder that had just been put on the city wall.The Turkic soldiers who had already put their hands on the top of the city wall screamed and fell down.

Before they could catch their breath, several soldiers covered them with large shields.The sound of clanging on the shield is endless!
The moment the siege battle started, countless blood and screams flew up.Li Er stood on the tower, the muscles in his cheeks were as hard as a stone.In any case, we must persist here for five days. After five days, various departments of the Tang Army will attack Lanzhou from all directions.The exhausted Turkic people will be hit like never before.Whether you can win this battle depends on whether you can survive these five days.

"Boom!" Li Er felt that the city wall under his feet trembled, and then he saw dust on the side hall of the tower.

"Tabuster!" Master Sheng Yan roared, his eyes were as big as copper bells.Then there was a huge roar on the city wall, and Li Er's pupils shrank.A wall stack more than ten steps away, together with several soldiers were smashed into the air at once.

Hou Junji trembled in fright, the soldiers who were knocked into the air smashed on him, and slapped him on the arrow stack at once.His chest feels stuffy, and there seem to be countless flies flying in front of his eyes.My ears were ringing, my mouth and nose were salty, and my body was covered with blood, and I didn't know if it was someone else's or my own.

"Your Highness!" Master Sheng Yan said eagerly.Now we can no longer hide the secrets of gunpowder, otherwise the walls of Lanzhou City will be smashed down in the afternoon. With 20 people pouring in, there is nothing to say.

"Blow up those trebuchets!" Li Er ordered with a pale face. He didn't expect that the Turks also had trebuchets.It must have been made by those craftsmen captured from Hebei. The grassland people do not yet have such craftsmanship.

As soon as Li Er's order was issued, the eight-ox crossbow arrows with sparks shot out.There was a rumbling sound in the distance, and a dozen trebuchets were instantly reduced to a pile of broken pieces.The soldiers who operated the trebuchet suffered heavy losses.

Xieli's pupils shrank, and they really brought firearms.And it seems to be more powerful than before. I have experienced the power of this thing under the city of Shuofang, and now I hear the explosion, and my heart still trembles unconsciously.

"Uncle, they have gunpowder!" Tuli exclaimed.

"I'm not deaf, keep attacking the city!" Jieli growled, and Tuli immediately fell silent.He was really afraid of this uncle. If there was even the slightest disobedience, he would be chopped into pieces and fed to the dogs like other Ashina family members.

During the morning siege, there was no further explosion.Jieli felt relieved a little. Tang Jun has such powerful gadgets, but unfortunately there should not be many of them.Looking at the thick smoke on the Lanzhou city wall and the half-burned city tower, it can be captured in less than three days.Li Shimin, wait for Ben Khan's butcher knife!
A wine glass made from the head of the Duke of the Tang Dynasty should be very valuable.

Hou Junji was given two sips of water by the soldiers, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.Lying next to it was a corpse that hadn't had time to restrain itself, its sternum had been exposed, and half of its head had disappeared.Perhaps it was a hallucination, Hou Junji found that his hands and feet could still twitch a few times unconsciously.

The Turks blew their horns, three long and two short!Seeing the Turkic evacuation signal, Hou Junji heaved a long sigh of relief as he watched the Turkic people retreat back as if the tide was ebbing.

From the bottom of the city wall to the farthest range of the crossbow.There are many Turkic corpses scattered, and it is conservatively estimated that there are more than 1000.In less than one morning, more than 1000 people were killed, and Hou Junji thought the result was not bad.

A lieutenant of the Chinese Army shouted in the distance: "The first team is full, the second team is full, and the third team is full, count! The motherfuckers are rolling, there are still several days to beat."

"How many casualties are our brothers!" Hou Junji asked his lieutenant in the middle school.

"I just saw that more than 30 people died. Three times as many people were injured, and more than a dozen of them were seriously injured. It is estimated that they will not survive for a few days."

After looking at the corpses under the city, he thought about his own casualties.Hou Junji felt that he had the ability to let the Turkic people shed their last drop of blood under the city of Lanzhou.

When it was time to report the number again in the evening, Hou Junji lost confidence.Of the three teams of his own, a full [-]% of them were killed or injured.Although more Turkic people fell under the city wall, Hou Junji couldn't be happier.

Life and death are ordinary things!Hou Junji really wanted to say this, that's what the veterans said when he joined the army. At that time, the veterans didn't speak impassionedly, but just said very plainly, as if saying that I had already eaten.

Hou Junji couldn't be calm, and behind him was Li Er.His Royal Highness King Qin of the Tang Empire, General Tiance.Once something goes wrong, the lives of the whole family are not enough to fill in it.

After thinking about it, Hou Junji still came to the top of the city tower that was emitting lingering smoke.Li Erduan was sitting on a tiger leather chair. Although half of the city tower had been burnt down, Li Erduan still sat on it with a calm face.Looking at the lingering smoke, I ate a scallion pancake and a porridge deliciously.

"Your Highness! Send some firearms to the brothers. Today we lost nearly 2000 people in battle...!"

"2000 people? Well! This time I brought 2 people alone, so I can last for ten days alone." Li Er heard Hou Junji's battle damage report, he just made a simple calculation, and issued a night owl laughter.

Years of fighting has made Li Er's heart extremely hard.Casualties to him are nothing more than a number.2000 people were lost in one day, exactly 2 in ten days.But after ten days, Xieli should have no strength to continue attacking the city.

"But...! Your Highness, your safety...! If there is a mistake, the subordinates will really bear the blame!" Hou Junji said worriedly.

"You can't escape the blame! People will die on this city wall from the moment the battle starts. The soldiers are dead, and the captains will fill it. The captains are dead, you will fill it. Wait until you die too I'm done, I'll fill it up." Li Er's words left Hou Junji speechless, whether this is the King Qin of the Tang Dynasty or a desperate gambler.

On the third day of the siege, the corpses at the base of the city wall were already half as high as the city wall.The entire city tower was burnt to the ground by rockets, leaving only ruins, and Li Er hid in the city tower without the calmness of the previous two days.As cold as a turtle, two lines of clear snot flowed out from the nostrils.

The stars came out, and the Turkic people in the distance did not leave. Looking at the dotted bonfires outside the city, they seemed to reach the sky all the time. I don’t know how many enemies there are. The first people to attack were the Tuyuhun people. These people are very good. To deal with it, as long as the leading general is killed, they will collapse.

The Xue Yantuo people came up next. They were all very strong. They rushed up with their upper body bare, and their chests were covered with black hair. These guys had thick necks, and even a sharp horizontal knife could not remove their heads. When he came down, he might get stuck on the blade instead. That's how his most ferocious team died. It was a very powerful veteran. He stopped for a while, and his head was smashed by the flail of Xue Yantuo's soldiers.

The scimitar of Zhaowu's nine surnames is very powerful. Most of the people died under the scimitar today, and the wounds were on the joints and throats that the armor could not cover.

"Your Highness! Send some gunpowder bombs to the brothers!" Hou Junji's tone was filled with tears, and the battle damage reported by the lieutenant just now almost drove him crazy.The Turks were really desperate. Several times, more than a dozen people rushed to the crenel.It was Hou Junji who led the people himself, wielding a steel knife and pushing them down.

"Well! One for each person, save it." Li Er said with a cold face, he knew that Hou Junji was not in a hurry.Absolutely will not come to ask yourself.

After hearing what Li Er said, Master Sheng Yan immediately took Hou Junji to collect the gunpowder.He has asked to fight several times, but he has not obtained Li Er's permission.

The idea that the Turks seemed to fill up the city walls with corpses made Xieli go crazy.Li Shimin, who is definitely opposite him, should have reached his limit, as long as he puts more effort, he can use Li Shimin's head to drink.

There were piles of dead bodies under the city walls, especially in front of the city gates.The gate of Atsugi city was covered with traces of hacking and axes, and more than half of the corpses lying on the ground were scalded to death by hot oil or golden juice.Because of the large amount of golden juice sprinkled on the cloth, the whole city gate stinks.

"Uncle, I have a solution." Tu Li suddenly said.

"Speak!" Xie Li took a sip of strong wine, and the restlessness in his heart burned like a raging fire.He opened his mouth and gnawed on the neck of the maid beside him, and Tuli saw blood flowing down.The maid did not dare to shout, her eyes were filled with fear and tears.

"There are the most corpses in the city gate, so why don't we send people to set the corpses on fire at night. I got some kerosene from the Tang Dynasty, as long as we pour it on the corpses. It won't extinguish the water, as long as the human oil is burned, This fire can burn the city gate. At that time, we only need to break through the city gate to rush in."

"You got Datang Fire Oil?" Jie Li's eyes suddenly lit up!
"I bought it from General Datang with a lot of money, only three barrels!" Tu Li subconsciously took a step back and said.

"Okay, let's do it like this. Let's burn it tonight, but we will see how powerful the fire oil is in Datang." Xie Li laughed wildly.

More than a dozen black shadows sneaked out of the camp, and soon blue flames ignited inside the gate of Lanzhou City.Almost in an instant, the blue flame suddenly soared by ten feet.The fire soaring into the sky made the soldiers of the Tang army on the city wall into a mess.

The fire quickly ignited the corpses in front of the city gate, except for the smell of burnt flesh.The corpses were also burning in the distance, and the human oil was sizzled by the fire.The crow that was eating, "quack" and "quack" flew away far away.

Jieli looked at the fire and laughed wildly.In order to attract the attention of the Tang army on the city wall, the Turks launched a night attack.Countless Turkic people rushed towards the city wall of Lanzhou carrying ladders like in the daytime.

Hou Junji shot a crossbow arrow, and before it could be wound, he ignited a gunpowder bomb and threw it down.With a bang, a human arm flew up.This new type of gunpowder bomb is much more powerful than the previous ones.The previous black powder bullets were not so powerful.

There were explosions one after another, and the soldiers threw out their only gunpowder bomb almost immediately.If one more Turkic is killed, he can live longer.

Amidst countless explosions, the Turks fled in all directions.They were very afraid of this powerful weapon, and even Xieli's face in the distance twitched twice.It seemed that Tang Jun was really in a hurry, and they all started to use gunpowder.

Hou Junji was very happy, and he only needed to load some gunpowder tomorrow.If you can survive this most difficult day, leaving Lanzhou City alive is more important than anything else.

While being proud, suddenly the Turkic people cheered loudly.Not knowing what was going on, the Lieutenant of the Chinese Military Academy rushed over.

"General, it's not good, the city gate has been burnt through."

(End of this chapter)