Datang: Showdown, your father and I are Li Shimin

Chapter 125
"Report-"

"Report—report to the general! The deputy general Liu Xu Qinwan of the Bazhou Customs Guard General Lian led [-] Bazhou troops to rush to help Maozhou.",

Before the messenger could finish his sentence, a general with long beard and beard walked quickly behind him.

The general held a long-handled Mo Dao in one hand, was eight feet long, and had an extremely majestic physique, like a bear. He suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Xu Mao and said, "Qin Wan, the deputy general of Bazhou garrison General Lian, came to rescue Mao. state!"

Afterwards, Liu Xu, who was slightly thinner, also followed closely and stepped forward.

"I will wait for the name of General Lian, General Zhao, to come to relieve General Xu's urgent need!"

"Okay!" Xu Mao couldn't help but smile. The [-]-odd people may not seem to be important, but they are very important for stabilizing the morale of the army.

If there were no more than [-] sergeants, the defenders in the city would be unstable and might defect.

"Hurry up, quickly send an order to completely seal Ximen with sandbags, rocks, rolling logs, etc., and never allow the Tubo army to enter Maozhou!"

"Soldier, go quickly to find out the progress of General Qin's reinforcements!"

Xu Mao looked at the surrounding defenders, and many people were secretly looking towards the tower. Immediately after the defenders under the city wall, one after another, holding torches, climbed up the tower along the stairs. eyes sparkle,

"Here!" A few orderlies immediately ran down the tower; at the same time, nearly [-] sergeants stood on the wall in an instant, holding bundles of bows and arrows and laying them on both sides of the battlements and the aisle.

Many people pulled the long straight bows in their hands from time to time, and the bent wood made a piercing "creak" sound, and the arrows in their hands reflected the orange light of the brazier.

At the same time, outside the pass, the Tubo army finally began to gather, and the flags painted with tribal totems were raised high. Commander Suowang, General Danbayang and a group of lieutenants jumped on their horses, and he held up the torch at the same time.

"All soldiers! Beat the drums and assemble! Prepare to attack!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As the drums sounded, the soldiers immediately turned over and got up from the ground, and each took out a torch from the nearby bonfire. Holding the torches, they formed a square formation in a huge open area east of the company camp. Carrying bamboo ladders, and some people pushing ladder carts, each stood directly in front of the army formation, with the tips of knives and guns pointing at Maozhou Pass.

More than [-] torches immediately illuminated the open space like daytime, and the sounds of various weapons clashing and horses neighing could be heard endlessly.

"Soldiers, take this city and rest in Maozhou Pass today!"

"Kill!" Commander Suo Wang waved the scimitar in his hand, the shining blade reflected the moonlight and fire to all places in the formation, and as he gave an order, the drums behind him grew faster and faster.

"Boom boom boom——"

With the rapid drum beat and the thunderous footsteps of the [-] troops, the Tubo army formally launched an assault under the faint moonlight.

"kill--"

Horrific shouts of killing sounded outside Maozhou Pass.

The huge phalanx formed by the torches began to advance a little bit towards Maozhou Pass.

At the same time, the logistics army and craftsmen behind the Tubo Central Army have also rushed to eighty miles away to repair in a mountain.

"General Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, Suo Wang, is about to command the army to attack the city immediately! I also hope that the general will send troops to support as soon as possible!" The messenger dismounted and saluted the rear general Pula.

General Pula looked at the flames and smoke soaring into the sky not far away, and suddenly had a bad premonition: "The Chinese army was exhausted all the way, and they attacked directly outside the pass. city!"

General Chi Nuhan immediately looked at the sergeant who came to report and asked, "What's the situation in Maozhou Pass?"

The messenger replied with an unusually solemn expression: "Return to General, General Danbayang said that there are less than [-] defenders in Maozhou Pass!"

Chinuhan glanced at Pula, shook the scimitar at his waist and said: "It seems that General Suo Wang is sure to capture this city, and I ask General Pula to prepare the siege equipment immediately, so that he can win the battle in Mao tonight." Go to bed in the state pass!"

After hearing this, General Pula also ordered decisively, without hesitation: "Order the craftsmen accompanying the army to use local materials and rush to make siege vehicles immediately!"

"The rest of the sergeants, rest for a while and continue marching!"

After the words fell, the entire rear army was divided into two groups, one group of people rested on the spot, took out dry food and water bags and sat on the ground.

In the other wave, they carried axes, saws, chisels and other tools and walked towards the nearby forest.

"Quick, quick! If you can't take this city tonight, everyone don't want to rest!" The craftsman battalion commander waved his horsewhip, and drew out extremely loud whips one by one.

The craftsmen, sweating profusely, rushed into a forest with various tools on their backs.

Then, huge trees collapsed one by one.

This is followed by peeling, shaving, and trimming straight logs.

The craftsman battalion commander kept waving his whip, whether it would really fall on these laborers.

These ordinary coolies are basically slaves of Tubo. When they were hit by the horsewhip on the back, a blood-red mark suddenly appeared.

Immediately afterwards, the formal craftsmen began to cut and splice these logs.

An extremely thick green gang log is used as a battering hammer, the hammer head is cut into a circle, and it is hung on the frame with hemp rope.

At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army led a group of generals from the Qianjun army to the gate of Maozhou.

Xu Mao leaned on the city wall and looked down. He couldn't help curling his lips in disdain, then turned to look at the sergeant behind him and asked, "How is the city gate locked?"

"Return to the general, we used huge boulders and logs to prop up the city wall, and we were tired of a lot of earth bags. The west city gate has been completely sealed!" The soldiers beside him responded immediately.

At this time, Dan Bayang's voice came from below the city, and a burst of extremely lame Tang official dialect rang out from below the city tower: "General Xu! If you open the city gate and surrender now, I promise Lord Zanpu will continue to seal you as a general. As long as you open the city and let us in, you will still be the general guarding the city, but you are only serving for me, Tubo, and we will immediately turn hostility into friendship and create a great cause for Tubo!"

Xu Mao on the city wall couldn't help laughing: "I, Xu, was born in Datang and died in Datang. I will never live in your Tubo land!"

"I'd rather be the leader of the Tang Dynasty than a bad general of your Tubo. It's really reckless to try to attack and invade the Tang Dynasty!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Mao suddenly opened his bow and set up an arrow, and the arrow flew down from the city wall.

"Whoosh! Bang!"

This time, Xu Mao's arrow was very precisely inserted on the tip of Danbayang's horse's front hoof, as long as it was a little too high, it would definitely hit the horse's hoof.

And this was still what Xu Mao did deliberately.

The horse was frightened by the sudden sharp arrow, and immediately raised its front hooves and turned around suddenly. Dan Bayang immediately hugged the horse's neck tightly in horror, and managed to control it for a long time before surrounding the horse under his crotch.

"Hahahahaha... My warhorses of the Tang Dynasty have never been afraid of arrows. You bastards have the guts to lead an army. Right now, General Qin's army is dozens of miles away. If you dare To stay, I, Xu Moudian, will tell you to come and go! It’s a dream to conquer the Tang Dynasty!”

Xu Mao stood on the battlements and laughed loudly.

Seeing the frightened antics of Danbayang's horses, the soldiers around him burst into laughter and shouted in unison:

"I want to attack the Tang Dynasty! Idiots are talking about dreams!" "I want to attack the Tang Dynasty! Idiots are talking about dreams!"

(End of this chapter)