Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 181 Two-pronged approach
When Li Ke's plan to lure the enemy out of the city failed, he immediately began to think about other plans.

It is of course not a good idea to attack the city head-on with the main force.

Li Ke never wanted to spend too much force here.

Therefore, he could only look for ways to defeat the enemy on the east and west sides.

He personally went to see the high mountains at Ximen, but when he saw the bare and extremely steep mountain walls, he gave up his plan to attack the city from Ximen.

That can only be broken through from the east gate.

But the big river at the gate of the city became a problem.

The big river is fast-flowing, flat and open. If you want to cross the river by boat, you may be spotted by the other party before the boat reaches the river bank.

Although the terrain of the East City Gate is not dangerous and the city walls are not too tall, as long as the opponent is on guard and guards the East Gate with bows and arrows, the soldiers crossing the river can be shot into the water one after another.

So crossing the river by boat is naturally not a good idea.

If you want to attack from the east, you can only quickly cross the river, quickly approach the city wall, and break through the city gate directly before the opponent can react in time.

Li Ke thought of building a bridge.

There used to be a chain bridge at the gate of the east city.

It's just that this bridge is obviously not enough for the army to cross the river quickly.

Moreover, the bridge has been destroyed by the Tubo people. If the bridge is built at this time, the other party will definitely have insight into their intentions.

Then you can only build the bridge yourself.

But if you want to build a bridge, you can only build it quietly, and you can't let the other party discover it.

Fortunately, this time they brought special forces. Among them, there are many soldiers with excellent water skills.

On the night when he failed to lure the enemy, Li Ke asked Gu Wu to take the special forces to try swimming and build a temporary bridge.

The so-called bridge is actually just two iron chains. Gu Wu led the special forces to swim in the dark, through the icy cold river, and swam to the opposite side.

They took the chain to the other side of the river, and then quietly tied the chain on the other side.

The lamps could not be lit, and the river was extremely cold, so one night's work was not enough to build the chains.

Therefore, Li Ke had no choice but to let the army rest and send cavalry to besiege the city to cover his intention to transport troops to the east gate.

After cultivating for three days in a row, he decided to attack the city after he was fully prepared.

The main force attacked from the south gate, which was covering the east gate.

He wanted to attract the other party's attention to the south gate.

Just as Li Ke was leading his army to attack the south gate, Gu Wu and Ma Liuzhi had arrived near the east gate with an army of 7 people.

Each of the vanguard has prepared a flat and wide plank for laying the bridge.

The special forces entered the water first, and they swam from a distance and swam all the way to the opposite bank.

As soon as they got to the opposite side, the special forces immediately grabbed the iron chains that had been laid before and quickly went ashore.

Since it was daytime, as long as the sergeants went ashore, they would be discovered by the other party.

But at the same time, the special forces will firmly nail the iron chain to the ground on the opposite bank with the wooden hammer they carry with them.

On the river bank, the vanguard quickly arrived and nailed the other end of the chain, carrying the plank across the river.

As they crossed the river, they laid planks to complete the bridge.

Then, the army will be able to drive straight in.

The enemy's defenses at the east gate were not tight. When the army crossed the river smoothly, they would soon be able to break through the city defenses and enter the city.

At this time, Ma Liuzhi and Gu Wu had already led their troops into the city and were fighting with the defenders led by Na Langri.

The numbers of the two sides were equal, but the Shu army broke through the city gate, and their combat strength and morale were far superior to the opponent's.

Ma Liuzhi had already reached the forefront first, and he killed the troops led by Na Langri one by one, causing them to retreat again and again.

After all, this road is narrow. If you charge forward, you can still maintain an orderly formation. Once you retreat, it will be miserable!
It is most difficult to maintain a unified formation when retreating. If you are not careful, you will be trampled down by your companions. After you fall to the ground, it will be difficult to get up again.

Even if he could get up, what he had to face was the Shu army chasing after him like a torrent.

Ma Liuzhi took the lead and led this group of soldiers to continuously attack and kill, causing the opponent's blood to flow like a river, and he was powerless to parry.

The Shu army's eyes were red from killing, and the knife's edge and eyes were all scarlet.

And Na Lang Ri knew that he could not stop the Shu army from entering the city, so he could only urge his men to retreat.

Gradually, the Tubo people were forced to leave this small road and fled to the main city.

Along this road, as many as [-] Tubo soldiers were killed and trampled to death.

Corpses were scattered on the road, and some had even been trampled into a pulp.

So far, the East City Gate has been completely broken.

Ma Liuzhi's heart was agitated, he led all the soldiers to raise their swords and shouted.

At the same time, Gu Wu also caught up. He quickly ignited the signal arrow in his hand and released it into the air.

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At the same time, the main force of the Shu army was still besieging the south gate. Without the defenders on the city wall, the main force could climb up the tower.

The fire has gradually diminished, and Shu troops have already climbed up the tower.

Li Ke couldn't wait any longer. He had received the signal before, knowing that the East City Gate had been captured.

Now just wait for my side to quickly occupy the highest point, and then enter the city.

On the city tower, the enemy and the enemy have been fighting together, and both sides must compete for the highest point.

The ladder is continuously transporting the Shu army to the high wall and joining the battlefield.

Li Ke couldn't wait any longer, he rode forward and approached the gate of the city.

"Crash into the city!"

With an order, a group of wrestlers slammed into the city gate with a huge battering ram.

The city gate was very strong, and it took four or five knocks in a row before a few cracks appeared.

But there was still enough time. Li Ke ordered the soldiers to continue to attack the city, while he carried Fang Tian's painted halberd and climbed up the ladder.

The most important thing now is to take down the city tower as soon as possible. After taking down the highest point, you can use the high point of the city wall to attack the Wengcheng.

Ascending to the tower, there was a Tubo man slashing at him with a knife, his knife was extremely fierce, if this knife hit him, he would fall to the bottom of the city immediately.

Li Ke stepped on the ladder lightly, leaped to the side, and avoided the knife.

With one hand, he pulled out the city wall, and then lightly jumped onto the wall.

At this time, the Tubo man was still unwilling to give up, but he wanted to come again with a knife.

But Li Ke has already stood firm, how can he be afraid of him anymore?

Fang Tian swept across the sky with his halberd, and the Tubo man's head was immediately cut off and flew down to the bottom of the tower.

His body tightened, and then he fell down slowly.

Scarlet blood splashed all over Li Ke, awakening Lu Bu's martial spirit in his body.

He quickly rushed forward with his halberd in hand, aiming at the entrance of the tower.

Along the way, many Tubo people wanted to step forward to stop him, but they were naturally not Li Ke's opponents. A swipe of the long halberd would kill a few people.

Rushing to the entrance of the tower, he looked down. At the stairway, there were many Tibetans climbing up the stairway, and at the bottom of the stairway, tens of thousands of people were crowding up to seize the stairway.

Naturally, Li Ke couldn't let these people rush forward.

He raised his head to the sky and screamed, lightly tapped his feet, held Fang Tian's painting halberd, and jumped down to kill.

(End of this chapter)