Chapter 1257

As Fazheng said, the Tang army could not rely on the catapult and Jinglan to invade the city. In the end, it would depend on the actual combat of the soldiers to decide the outcome of the war. There are many preconditions to subdue the soldiers without fighting.

After half a day's fighting, the catapult finally stopped attacking. After the siege passage was buried, the soldiers of Tang Dynasty who had been ready began to attack the city. Nearly two thousand soldiers escorted the siege ladder, the ram, the LV bus, and the moat car to the direction of the city wall.

"The Tang army is attacking the city!" With the shouts of the guard taxi, the city wall seemed to come alive. Xu Huang ordered another soldier to go to the city to replace the one on duty just now.

Yang Laoliu was very lucky. In the last round of the stone throwing attack, he was injured by flying stones, and his body was covered with blood. So he and the rest of the injured soldiers pulled down the city wall together, while the other injured or uninjured soldiers needed to face the attack of the Tang army together with the other city climbing soldiers.

Soon, the Tang soldiers attacked the city, and the two soldiers became a regiment. However, the Tang army at the head of the city only lasted less than a quarter of an hour, and was driven down from the head of the city by the Allied soldiers.

In just a quarter of an hour, the casualties of the two sides exceeded hundreds.

However, the generals of both sides did not hesitate. After one of the soldiers was withdrawn, the other soldiers, who had been ready for a long time, immediately put into the battle.

The War didn't stop until the evening. With the sound of the army in the Tang army, the Tang soldiers who were still in the middle of the fierce battle immediately took turns to cover, took the injured comrades back, and then escorted the retreated equipment slowly out of the attack area at the head of the city.

Then, escorted by ten thousand cavalry, he retreated to his camp without looking back.

After withdrawing the camp and arranging the troops, Tian Yu gathered the generals in the Chinese Army's tent for discussion.

"What's the loss of the army today?"

"Report back to the general, 800 people died in the war, and more than 1500 people were seriously injured."

"How about the loss of weapons?"

"Five catapults were damaged and ten were lost. More than ten pieces of other instruments were lost. "

"General Dugu, how is the tunnel going?"

"Report back to the general, now we are a mile outside the city wall, and it will take two to three days to dig into the city, because the closer we get to the city wall, the more careful we have to be to prevent being overheard by the guards."

The loss of troops and equipment was within the scope of Tian Yu's acceptance. The loss of about 2000 a day was tolerable in the case of the Tang army.

"The war will continue tomorrow, but there is one thing to tell you, that is, the river has begun to thaw. It is estimated that the peach blossom flood season will be in these days. Now that the floating bridge on the river has been removed, all our contacts with China will be interrupted during this period. Fortunately, the food and grass in Hukou town is enough for the army for three months. For the sake of safety, we will decide to send one school soldier back to Hukou tomorrow to strengthen the defense of Hukou town. At the same time, we will ask general Hua to send 5000 cavalry to guard the logistics convoy along the way just in case. "

Several generals ordered by Tian Yu quickly got up and set out to receive orders.

"Everyone, according to the usual practice, the peach flood season usually starts at the end of March and ends at the beginning of April. But this year's peach flood season has been advanced nearly 10 days, so the ending time should be the same. There are 20 days from the beginning to the end. I would have hoped that the army would break dingyang and Chen Bing would leave the city in these 20 days. But if you want to achieve this goal, you need to work together. "

"We are willing to work together with the general to achieve the goal." All of them agreed in unison;

"well, let's work hard together!"

The war in dingyang is going on step by step every day. Although it is tragic, the generals of both sides have no fluctuation, just constantly changing the soldiers and horses participating in the war.

The Shangjun people in the city thought that they had figured out the context of the Tang army. Apart from the strong attack, they had to dig tunnels to attack. And Tian Yu is waiting for the news of pianshi. According to the information of the prisoners, if they go around from the north, the time should be five to six days, and Tian Yu is waiting for the news.

On the third day of the siege, Dugu Ba sent someone to report to Tian Yu that the tunnel was between the city wall and the moat. When he asked about Tian Yu's arrangement again, Tian Yu ordered him to stop digging.

Pang Tong and Tian Yu can think of what Fazheng and Xu Huang can think of, so they dare to believe that the garrison in the city has been full of ears behind the city wall, because this is the only way to crack the tunnel attack at present. The width of dingyang city was less than two Li. Dugu Ba finally chose only three tunnels. Tian Yu didn't want the three tunnels to be found by the garrison, so he had to be more cautious when he got to the back. Moreover, he was ready to cooperate with the large-scale attack in the east when the deviant troops appeared in the west of dingyang City, and finally attacked the city at one stroke.

Just when Tian Yu ordered Dugu BA's troops to push the tunnel slowly, in the valley hundreds of steps north of dingyang City, the Tang army had already reached the valley at the foot of the mountain ridge, but it was helpless to face the nearby mountain ridge.In a grove in the middle of the gully, several figures are staring at the ridge hundreds of steps away. Several people have been here for more than a quarter of an hour, but they still can't think of a way to climb the ridge.

For a long time, the leader said dejectedly, "let's go. Let's withdraw first and see the situation of the other routes."

Having said that, a few people carefully out of the crown wood cluster, around a boulder behind, and then this turned a few hundred steps away to a depression.

As they approached the mountain pass, a group of crowns at the entrance of the pass came out. A soldier saluted them and said, "Liu Xiaowei, the other Xiaowei have come back."

Liu Xiaowei, with a gloomy face, nodded, did not speak, and walked towards the mountain depression. As soon as you walk into the mountain pass, you can see that there are thousands of Tang troops hidden in it. This is the one who left the camp and wanted to go around to the west of dingyang city.

Liu Shang is the commander of the army. According to the establishment of the Tang army, the general of the guards is one level higher than the general of the ordinary barracks. Therefore, in the ordinary barracks, the commander of the guards is the commander of the guards.

This time, Tian Yu set up a partial division, in addition to the Iron Eagle sharps and Yuanrong crossbow soldiers, he also transferred an elite army from the three battalions. They were led by Liu Shang, commander of tieyingruishi, Yu Xin, commander of Yuanrong crossbow, Ren Fang, commander of Yingyang camp, Yuan Quan, commander of baotao camp and Fang Ge, commander of xiongqu camp.

Before departure, Tian Yu had already told several people that Liu Shang was the main general and Yu Xin was the deputy general, and the other three generals needed to obey their orders. If the main and Deputy generals disagreed, the decision would be made by five people after voting.