Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 177
"Are you going to fight or not? If you really want to be a coward, don't blame me for ordering a siege!"

Li Ke still wanted to force the other party out of the city, threatening and clamoring in every possible way.

But since the appearance of Meiji, the defenders on the city have calmed down, and even the general who had clamored to go out of the city to fight earlier also shrank back and stopped arguing with Li Ke.

"Just accept your little tricks, Li Ke! My Tubo army will stick to the city, even if you fight for ten days and ten nights, you will never break my arrow stove!"

Mei Ji looked from the building, she had no intention of going out of the city at all.

Li Ke sighed, knowing that this aggressive method would be useless. He brought troops here this time just to lure the snake out of the hole, but he was not ready to attack the city. Now that the opponent is not going out of the city, he can only go back first and mobilize the siege equipment. Ready to attack.

He yelled a few more times, taking advantage of his words, and then led the cavalry back to the camp.

As soon as he returned to Daying, he immediately called Ma Liu Zhi, Gu Wu and the others to discuss the next step.

"Your Highness, we have brought enough fellows this time, as long as we surround this Dajian Stove and cut off his route for help, the other party will definitely be trapped to death!"

Gu Wu was the first to speak and proposed a plan to siege the city.

Ma Liuzhi is impatient, so of course he would not agree: "This strategy is not good, we are only besieging the city here, and cannot cause damage to Tubo. Then they can spare their minds to deal with other small countries?"

Li Ke thought for a moment. Ma Liuzhi's worries were reasonable, but he did not consider the Xiangxiong Kingdom.

He immediately asked Gu Wu: "Have you received the letter from the Kingdom of Zhangxiong?"

Half a year ago, Li Ke had made an agreement with the Zhang Zhung Kingdom to attack Tubo with heavy troops.

Two days ago, Nibera and other countries suddenly allied forces to start a war with Tubo. This was beyond Li Ke's expectations, so he had no time to make an appointment with Xiangxiong, so he had to send a letter in a hurry, asking Xiangxiong to send troops at the same time.

The Zhang Zhung Kingdom has a long history of grievances with Tubo, and there are constant wars, so as long as they send troops on their side, they should soon send troops to conquer.

Gu Wu nodded and said: "Xiangxiong is sending troops to the northwest of Tubo, and it should be fought in the next few days."

"Ah."

Li Ke nodded. Now that the Xiangxiong Kingdom is sending troops, the Tubo people will be distracted, and they will definitely not be able to take down the southwestern countries in a short time. In this way, they will have more time left.

Li Ke thought about it and said: "It seems that Songtsan Gampo sent Meiji here to rely on these 20 people to stick to the Dajian furnace, stick to it, and not let our Shu army go east!"

"Depending on the opponent's strength, if we really stick to the arrow furnace, we won't be able to attack it."

What he said made Ma Liu Zhi immediately discouraged, and he muttered: "This is the first battle, is it really necessary to procrastinate here?"

Li Ke sighed, and looked at the marching map again.

The location of Dajian Furnace is very important. If you don't take it down and go further west, you may be in danger.

Only by occupying Dajian Furnace first, and using it as a stronghold, can we send troops westward.

"Let's surround yourself first!"

Li Ke finally made the decision to besiege the city. He asked his cavalry to go around the other two city gates and block the east and west gates to put some pressure on the opponent.

At the same time, he also ordered Ma Liuzhi to prepare heavy siege weapons and set up a posture.

We must fight, but a blind attack will definitely not be effective. The Arrow Furnace has been an important military location for thousands of years, and its city defense is stable and has gone through many experiences.

If you only rely on conventional weapons such as ladders, boulders, and battering rams, it may be difficult to break through.

Moreover, there are more than 20 troops in the city, and you only need to guard this main gate. As long as the opponent concentrates on defending it, no matter how many troops you have, it will be difficult to take it down.

In the city, inside the defender's mansion, Yetuo, Meiji and another guard general were sitting together. They were staring at the map of the city defense and discussing the strategy of defending the city from time to time.

This general guarding the city was named Lang Ri, who had been guarding Dajian Furnace for many years, and now that Yetuo and Mei Ji came, Lang Ri was reduced to the third place in the city.

"General Yetuo, Lord Meiji, you see, our Dajian Furnace only has a gap at the south gate to attack the city. The road at the gate of the west gate is narrow, and it is backed by a high mountain, so there is no room for his army to move around. And the gate of the east gate is a big river. Turbulent and unable to launch an attack."

Langri knew the terrain better. He compared the map and introduced the key points of defense to the two superiors.

"Hmm..." Yetuo nodded, and said with satisfaction: "The South City Gate is as solid as gold, with two walls inside and outside, and Lord Meiji sits in the fortress, no matter how hard the Shu army attacks, they can't get in!"

This is because I almost fell into Li Ke's plan today. Fortunately, Mei Ji gave me some advice and I didn't leave the city.At this moment, he was working hard to please Mei Ji, fearing that she would report the matter to Songtsen Gampo.

This time defending the city, the highest military command was entrusted to the general, but Mei Ji was Songtsan Gampo's close attendant, well-known for her reputation, and extremely resourceful in strategy, she also entrusted it to her, and she dared not do anything wrong.

Mei Ji ignored Ye's flattery. She was still staring at the map. After a long time, she slowly raised her head and looked at Nalangri.

"I have already seen the west city gate. The mountains on both sides are steep and it is not easy to hide soldiers. I think it is absolutely impossible to be breached. But the east city gate is the closest to Shu, only separated by a big river..."

When Meiji mentioned the East City Gate, it meant that she was worried about the defense here.

Lang Ri laughed, "The river at the east gate is very fast, and it is absolutely impossible for the army to cross the river and attack the city. Besides, there is a vast expanse outside the east gate, and the view is excellent. Even if the Shu army is not afraid of death, they want to come here by boat. There is also time to mobilize troops to deploy defenses and shoot them in the water!"

"Where's the bridge?"

Mei Ji still didn't let go.

Langri said confidently: "It has been cut off long ago!"

Meiji nodded, but still added: "We still need to keep some people guarding the east gate, tell them to be vigilant, and pay attention to the situation on the other side of the river at all times!"

Meiji seemed to be very worried about the east side, which aroused Yetuo's curiosity: "Master Meiji, the south gate is the key point! The opponent's army is gathered at the south gate, so how could they go around and fight from the east?"

Mei Ji sighed: "Li Ke is very strategic and often does amazing things. Now he has opened up the formation and swaggered to set up the south gate, I'm afraid it's a trick of suspicious soldiers..."

This Mei Ji is Songtsen Gampo's confidant and is quite talented. She completed the task well the previous time when she seduced the old King Nibala, but her plan was ruined by the coup launched by Li Ke.

Since then, Mei Ji remembered Li Ke.

Afterwards, she was assigned to Dajianluo to guard the city.

Facing Li Ke again, this Mei Ji recalled all of Li Ke's past resumes and studied them carefully.

She was originally extremely arrogant, and she thought that she could not lose to any man in strategy.But after seeing several cases of Li Ke winning more with less and winning by surprise, she couldn't help but raise her vigilance.

Although Li Ke Chen Bingnanmen seems to be going to attack the city head-on, Meiji is still worried. She is worried that Li Ke will once again resort to a strange move and catch her by surprise.

(End of this chapter)