Chapter 1336: The Strategy to Break the City

As the former commander-in-chief of Yangcheng in Xi'an, he knew the situation of Yangcheng in Xi'an very well. After leaving the Chinese army's tent, Tang Shi immediately took Gao Lan with him to the rear camp.

"Old Tang, do you have any good ideas? We have issued a military order in front of the general. If we can't attack clearly, we will be embarrassed." Gao Lan didn't care about anything else. He waited until there were no other generals around. , so he pulled Tang Shi and asked repeatedly;

"General, don't worry. We, Old Tang, would not dare to build it in any other city. This Xi Anyang was built under our personal supervision, and everything is printed here." Tang Shi said solemnly, saying, He pointed at his head.

Looking at Tang Shi's appearance, Gao Lan felt a little relieved. Although he had been to Xianyang a few times, compared to Tang Shi, it was definitely not worth mentioning. Now seeing Tang Shi's vowed appearance, He finally calmed down.

He looked around, then motioned to the two soldiers to put a little distance between them. Gao Lan asked cautiously: "Okay, is there any good solution? If you don't come out, I always feel a little unsure." "

"Hehe, the general may not know!" Tang Shi smiled and said: "When we first arrived in Xi Anyang, although we quickly captured the city, in order to prevent the counterattack of the miscellaneous soldiers and horses, we defended the city Reinforcement was carried out, but because it was too hasty, a section of the city wall in the southwest corner of Yangcheng, Xi'an, was not strong, and only the original old city wall was reinforced. "

At this point, he paused for a moment and then said: "Later, although Xi Anyang was reinforced again, that section of the city wall was not demolished and rebuilt. It was just covered with another layer of bricks on the outside, because that section of the city wall was The length is not too long. If others come to attack the city, it may be difficult to find this flaw, but for the future, it can be easily done. "

Gao Lan was overjoyed when he heard this. He patted Tang Shi on the shoulder and said, "Okay, great. If this is really the case, you must be the first to take the lead in this battle."

"Don't worry, General. Since we are now colleagues, we should take care of each other. However, if we want to capture the city at once, we need to prepare a large number of catapults, so..." Tang Shi said;

"Don't worry, our Tang Army's craftsmen are first-class throughout. Today's catapults have long been made and can be disassembled and assembled at any time. Now we only need the craftsmen in the barracks to install them. Let's go back later. Let’s go back to the camp, tell me about the condition of that section of the city wall, and how many catapults and stone bombs are needed?”

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Gao Lan's actions soon reached the ears of Tian Yu and Fazheng. The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing. Instead, they focused on the intelligence before their respective cases. How many cases were in front of them? The book is already filled with domestic intelligence from Fushi. These things were specially ordered by Huangfu Chaobo and sent from Fushi.

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On the top of the city of Xi'an, Zhao Jun guard Zeng Sheng led more than a hundred personal guards and stood on the top of the city. Looking towards the west a few miles away, what caught his eyes was a stretch of tents stretching for more than ten miles. That's where the Tang army camped. Looking at the continuous tents, the guard couldn't help but take a breath.

He was originally a captain in the Zhao army. Although he was not the most capable in Zhang Liao's army, he was better because of his calmness, so this time he was selected by Zhang Liao from the army.

He was appointed as the guard general of Xi'an City. Of course, his official position was also promoted by two levels, from the original captain of a thousand people to the rank of Zhonglang general.

Like him, there were a dozen generals from various cities who were promoted. According to Zhang Liao's arrangement, each of their cities had at least three thousand soldiers and horses, and as many as five or six thousand. For example, in Yangcheng, Xi'an, there were enough The six thousand troops became the largest city in the entire Shuofang and Wuyuan counties, second only to Guangmucheng, which was guarded by Zhang Liao personally, and Song Xian's army stationed in Feiyang.

Zeng Sheng knew that General Zhang Liao once said that he did not need to lead his troops to fight to the death, but only needed to hold on for about half a year. At the beginning, everyone thought that there should be no problem for them to hold on for half a year. But now it can be seen that When he reached the army outside the city, Zeng Sheng knew that he had taken it for granted.

Although his heart was filled with ups and downs, after all he was a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles. Zeng Sheng's face did not reveal any timidity. He looked at the Tang Army camp outside the city and said to the soldiers next to him: "Give me the order." , the patrol posts will be doubled tonight, and all soldiers will be ready to fight. "

"Yes, General!" The soldier promised, then turned and went to the other gates to deliver orders.

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In the back camp of the Tang Army's camp, the lights were brightly lit and were not extinguished all night long. Hundreds of craftsmen, with the help of thousands of civilians, assembled the catapults overnight. When it was twilight, fifty medium-sized catapults were finally pressed. The Tang Dynasty's requirements were assembled. After the Tang army had used the imperial food, the 30,000-strong army left the camp and rushed towards Xi Anyang.

Three hundred steps away from the west wall of Yangcheng in Xi'an, Gao Lan commanded an army of 10,000 troops to go towards the north and south cities respectively, while the main attack in the west was handed over to the 5,000 troops led by Tang Shi. As for Xu Huang's 15,000 troops, they guarded the catapult to ensure its safety.

Under Tang Shi's command, fifty catapults came to the southwest of the city wall and stopped two hundred steps away from the city wall. They were arranged in three rows from two hundred to two hundred and fifty steps, ready to attack the city wall more than two hundred steps away. The attack distance of the medium-sized catapults is exactly two hundred to two hundred and fifty steps. Tang Shi's arrangement just allows these catapults to cover the entire city wall within the attack range.

After the catapults were deployed in place, the armies in the north and south also sent signals that the troops had been deployed in place. When Tang Shi looked up at Tian Yu in the central army, he saw a red flag suddenly waved down towards the city wall. That was the signal to start the siege.

Seeing this, Tang Shi quickly looked at the general in charge of the catapult beside him and ordered: "Pass the order, the catapult aims at the southwest corner of the city wall fifty steps north for test firing!"

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the general quickly accepted the order and turned to order the soldiers operating the catapult: "Aim at the city wall for test firing!"

"Fire!"

"Swoosh..."

"Boom..."

A stone bullet flew out in the direction that had been aimed at long ago, and soon fell in the direction of the city wall, but unfortunately, this stone bullet did not hit the city wall, but fell a few steps in front of the city wall. Immediately, the soldier in charge of observing the landing point of the stone bullet passed the news over. After a careful comparison, the school ordered the cable of the catapult to be adjusted, and then conducted a second round of test firing.

This went on and on until the fifth round, when the first stone bullet landed accurately on the city wall, splashing countless rubble on the top of the city wall and injuring several Zhao soldiers who were responsible for observation on the top of the city wall. For a moment, tragic cries for help rang out on the city wall. Seeing this, the Tang soldiers cheered at once, and Tang Shi even shouted, "Quick, quick, pass the order down, all catapults launch an attack, and smash it down to the previous position. The first round of first climbers are ready to attack, wait for the catapults to stop attacking, and then follow me to attack!"