Chapter 1,252 Attacking Dingyang

The Tang army's attack did not begin until three days later. Of course, during these three days, the Tang army did not do nothing every day. Hua Xiong, the commander of the Baotao Camp, led 10,000 Xiliang cavalry to Dingyang City every day to challenge them. Unfortunately, neither the survivors nor the commander Xu Huang hesitated to defend the city and never fight, which made Hua Xiong very depressed. He only cursed at the city gate on the first day, and sent several soldiers with loud voices to curse in front of the city in turn on the second and third days.

In the Tang army camp, thousands of civilians and craftsmen had made more than a hundred various equipment, including twenty giant catapults, thirty giant well sieges, dozens of battering rams and other various equipment.

Not only that, on the night after the meeting ended, the three thousand digging troops led by Dugu Ba had already started digging tunnels. Because the entire valley was less than two miles wide, Dugu Ba only dug three tunnels at the same time. The three thousand digging troops were divided into several waves and started digging tunnels day and night.

The twenty captive soldiers of Shangjun sent from Hukou Town had also arrived at the camp. After repeated confirmation, the Tang army finally determined that there were several small roads that should be able to go around to the west and north of Dingyang City, but these roads were small roads that could not be used by the army, let alone carrying food and grass.

After discussing with the generals, Tian Yu decided to send 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers and horses, carrying about ten days of food, to go around to the north. If possible, it would be best to occupy the military formation on the northern ridge. If not, then go directly to the west of Dingyang. As long as Tang soldiers appear in the west of Dingyang, it will be a fatal blow to the morale of the soldiers and horses and the people of Shangjun.

Originally, Tian Yu meant to send 5,000 soldiers, but in the end, under the strong support of Pang Tong, he sent the Iron Eagle Sharp Soldiers and Yuanrong Crossbowmen of the Guards, and then selected 1,000 elite soldiers from each of the three camps to form a 5,000-man assault team. After carrying ten days of food, they set off overnight.

After the departure of the detachment army, the siege of the Tang army had already begun. With the order of the commander Tian Yu, dozens of catapults launched an attack on Dingyang City. At the same time, all the crossbowmen on the wells began to suppress the enemy's counterattack in the city.

The Tang soldiers who had been prepared for a long time, under the protection of the big shield, carried the soil bags that had been prepared, and rushed towards the moat of Dingyang City. In order to attack Dingyang, Tian Yu specially mobilized another 5,000 guards from Hedong, specifically for the early filling of the river. There was no way, he could not use elite soldiers to do what these captives did.

As the catapults and wells began to attack, the battle of Dingyang officially began.

On the top of Dingyang City, Yang Laoliu's troops happened to encounter the Tang army guarding the city when attacking the city. At this time, he was hiding behind the battlements, trying his best to curl up his body, pulling a shield over the top of the city, protecting his head, and dared not move.

A few days ago, the soldier who was looking forward to the Tang army's attack on the city in front of him had been hit by a stone bullet that fell from the sky in the first round of stone throwing attacks. His legs were broken and he lay on the top of the city wall, crying for help more and more weakly, but at this time, no one dared to move.

All the old soldiers found the best hiding place to avoid the stone bullets that fell from the sky from the Tang army. At this time, it would undoubtedly be a death wish. Maybe he would not save the person but himself.

Today, it was Yang Laoliu's turn to guard the city. Because the Tang army did not attack the city in the past few days, only 500 people were left on the top of the city wall, which happened to be Yang Laoliu's 500 people.

Unexpectedly, the Tang army would launch an attack at this time.

The tragic scene on the top of the city wall was shocking even though Yang Laoliu had experienced more than a dozen battles. Dozens of stone bullets flew onto the city wall at a time. Although the catapults were not very accurate, each stone weighed about dozens of pounds. If you were lucky enough to be killed, it would be fine. If you were like the unlucky guy in front of him, your legs would be broken and you would slowly die of blood loss. It can be said that you can neither live nor die.

"Fuck, if I survive this battle, I will definitely join the Tang army. I was originally from Hedong, but now I have become the enemy of the Hedong army." Yang Laoliu prayed that he could escape the disaster and shouted in his heart;

Under the cover of catapults and wells, the Tang army guards spent half a day filling the moat outside Dingyang City with dozens of siege passages.

However, even so, the Tang army did not rush to attack the city wall, but continued to pour stone bullets and crossbows into the city, suppressing the defenders in the city. The rest of the people also wanted to fight back, but their trebuchets could not hit the catapults outside the city. Although they destroyed several Tang army trebuchets, the catapults in the city were soon found by the Tang army catapults and immediately faced several rounds of stone bombs.

In desperation, the king had to order the catapults to withdraw from the attack range of the Tang army.

In the city, the king of the city was on the nest car a hundred steps behind the city wall, observing the situation of the battle on the top of the city. Seeing that the coalition forces could only be beaten but could not fight back, he was immediately desperate.

"French military division, what should we do in this situation?"

"There is nothing we can do about it. The weapons of the Tang army are stronger than those of our coalition. Judging from their situation, they should all have giant weapons, and our best ones are only large weapons. Since there is no way to fight back, let them attack. Is it possible to attack the city with catapults?" Fazheng replied calmly;

When several people heard this, it was indeed true. The Tang army's weapons were strong, but just like the cavalry, how could you still climb to the top of the city wall? You know, in order to deal with the attack of the Tang army, the city wall was specially reinforced and thickened.

"General Yokoye, is there any reward for arranging soldiers to monitor the tunnel?" Fazheng suddenly asked;

The Tang Army's Dizi Army became famous in a battle with the Qi Army. They easily captured two fortified cities in Qi one after another, which attracted the attention of the princes all over the world. This also made the Dizi Army appear in the eyes of the princes all over the world. In addition, there is an ancient method of digging into the ground to attack the city. However, before the Tang Army's digging army appeared, the world had never heard of this, so everyone did not pay much attention to it. How can we not pay attention to this now.

"Don't worry, military advisor. I have ordered dozens of large pits to be dug behind the city wall, and large listening urns have been placed in them. Soldiers have also been sent to monitor carefully for twelve hours. There has been no report yet. As soon as there is news, I will send someone to inform the military advisor immediately. "The King of the Remaining One immediately replied;

"That's very good. It has been more than three days since the Tang Army arrived. Logically speaking, the tunnels of the Digging Army should be close to the city wall in these two days. Therefore, General Yokoye will be sent additional manpower to monitor carefully."

"Also, on the mountain ridge above the North City, is there any movement at the military formation?"

"There is no news for the time being. Three thousand soldiers and horses are arranged to defend the mountain ridge. In addition, except for a trail from under the southern city wall to the mountain ridge, the roads in other directions have been destroyed by my order. If you want to use the rest of the There are several ways to go up the mountain, and you will definitely not be able to hide it from the soldiers on the mountain ridge." The remaining king said quickly;

"Be careful and you won't make a big mistake!" Fazheng replied, then turned around and left the chariot, heading towards a residence in the city. He was a guest general, so he had nothing else to do except serve as military counselor, and This kind of simple siege battle did not require his participation at all, so he did not start more starts on the nest car.

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