I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

In fact, it's not surprising that Li Tai was worried. Looking at the Tibetan soldiers pouring up from the city like a tide, anyone would feel a little panicked.

Li Shen took away 20,000 horses, and there were only 30,000 in the city. Although there were no enemy troops at the north and south gates, troops were still required to guard the city.

The remaining people have fifty thousand troops to the west and more to the east, at least one hundred thousand troops.

They are now surrounded by enemies from both sides and will face five times more enemy forces.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will definitely be able to withstand the enemy's attack. Since King Ji arrived at the fortress, he has been asking the court for supplies to defend the city.

Now that we have sufficient supplies, as long as we destroy their siege equipment, the Tibetan army will be unable to do anything. "

At this time, Li Zhiming must give everyone firm confidence, including Li Tai and Li Zhi.

Although the two of them are not guardians and do not hold any positions, their status is extraordinary.

They are princes, and in the eyes of the soldiers, they represent the court and His Majesty.

As long as the two of them stand on the city wall, all the soldiers will have a spiritual support and will not feel like they are leaderless.

"I hope so." Li Tai murmured.

Although Li Zhiming said firmly, he still had no confidence in his heart. The difference in the number of people was too huge.

Fifty thousand versus two hundred thousand and ten thousand versus fifty thousand are different concepts.

What's more, they currently have less than 10,000 people on this wall.

Even Li Zhi beside him cursed in his heart:

This damn Li Shen, why did he have to transfer so many people? Ten thousand cavalry plus Zuo Xiaowei and Prince Ji's guards, a total of sixteen thousand people are not enough.

He also took 10,000 more people with him. What use could riding ordinary horses do?

It cannot form a unified scale and cannot keep up with the speed of the cavalry. Bringing out an extra ten thousand people is simply redundant.

Seeing the worry on the faces of Li Tai and Li Zhi, Li Zhiming continued to comfort him:

"Don't worry, you two princes. There are still so many people in the Tang Dynasty when we are established. In critical moments, let them go to the city wall to help defend the city.

If the city is destroyed, there will be no good end for these people, and they will not refuse. "

Li Zhiming was really afraid that these two ancestors would run away in fear, which would greatly damage their morale.

While he was talking, the Tubo army had already arrived at the city. A group of dozens of people pushed a simple ladder towards the city wall.

When we reached a certain distance, we immediately started to put the ladder up on the city wall. The key areas were near the gate of Wengcheng and the horse face of the city wall.

One of these two places is to cover the troops who hit the city gate, and the other is to knock out the output point on the city wall.

What remains is the location of the main city wall near the urn gate.

The siege equipment of Tubo was not developed and did not have as many styles as those of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, there were ladder trucks for sieges, special vehicles for installing city gates, high platform vehicles that could shoot at the city wall, etc.

Tubo's siege equipment was relatively simple, mainly using ladders, and after the city walls were erected, they relied entirely on men to charge.

The archers below shot upward to cover.

When the first ladder successfully hit the city wall, the siege truly began.

Through the ladder, the Tibetan army below began to charge towards the city wall, holding their shields in front.

There was no need for Li Zhiming to give orders at all. The corresponding guards had already started attacking.

There will be several people guarding the position where the ladder is set up on the city wall. Their task is to use stones, rolling logs and other objects to smash down the Tibetan troops who come up.

Why not push it down? Because it cannot be pushed, the angle between the ladder and the ground is very small, and there is a base, so it cannot be pushed down.

A large pot was set up on the city wall, and vegetable oil was being burned.

Originally, they used traditional gold juice, but Li Shen thought it was too disgusting. If he supervises the battle on the city wall, he would be smoked to death.

That’s why he switched to vegetable oil, which was not short of money anyway.

Tubo ladders were built one after another on the city wall, and countless Tubo soldiers rushed up desperately.

The Tang army on the city wall shot from the side with bows and arrows, and the Tubo army kept falling off the ladder like dumplings.

The city wall of the Qinghai capital is six feet high. Even if you fall from half way, you will still be injured.

Not only were there ladders, the Tubo army also prepared many ordinary long ladders with hooks on their heads. They rushed to the bottom of the city wall and hooked the ladders to the city wall.

Climb up the side of the ladder, so that the Tang army above will be distracted from worrying about them.

However, this kind of long ladder is easy to knock down. They are like mice, secretly clinging to the wall and climbing up the city wall when no one is prepared.

The battle was tense, and the Tibetan army was unable to attack the city wall for a while. The two sides fought against each other.

Curses, roars, and wails intertwined together to form a unique melody of this era.

Every moment someone is hurt, every moment someone dies.

Countless Tibetan soldiers fell in the charge, and their blood stained the ground red.

Their bodies and helmets were crushed in the mud, and the Tibetan soldiers behind them continued to move forward.

The ground was covered with stones, rolled logs, arrow feathers, and more of them were the corpses of Tibetan people.

Li Tai and Li Zhi had been standing in the arrow tower watching this issue. They were frightened by the cruelty on the battlefield.

They had never seen such a tragic scene before, but they had only heard others talk about it, such as their father's deeds in the war.

Hearing is one thing, seeing is another. Really seeing has a great impact on them.

"Look at them retreating." Li Tai said suddenly.

On the battlefield, the Tubo army began to retreat in an orderly manner.

"Send the order to start resting immediately, counting casualties, and replenishing supplies." Li Zhiming immediately ordered.

"General Li, are the enemy troops retreating?" Li Tai asked.

"Back to my lord, this is just the first wave of attacks. They should take a short rest before continuing the attack."

Li Zhiming looked at the Tibetan army not far away and replied.

"Deputy Protector, the casualty report has come in." A messenger ran over.

"How many casualties have we had?" Li Tai asked anxiously.

"Back to my lord, more than a hundred people were killed and more than 400 were injured. Most of them were slightly injured and could still fight. Only a hundred or so were seriously injured and could no longer fight."

"Five to six hundred casualties?" Li Tai was a little surprised. There were less than 10,000 of them in total, and they suffered so many casualties in the first wave of attacks.

"Your Highness, this is already very small. If His Highness Prince Ji hadn't built the city wall so high, our casualties would have been even greater."

Li Zhiming explained that the casualties had exceeded his expectations. He originally thought there would be a thousand casualties.

Fortunately, King Ji designed the city wall to be high, which greatly restricted the local archers.

After attacking for nearly an hour, they only suffered five or six hundred casualties, which made him very satisfied and very grateful to King Ji.

Li Tai didn't know the cruelty of war, but Li Zhiming did.

"But we only have more than 10,000 people guarding the city here. Do we need to transfer people from the north and the south?" Li Tai asked.

"We can't transfer people. There are not many people guarding the north and south. If the other party makes an attack in the east and west, we will be very passive."

(In the next two days, I will draw the city walls and siege equipment for your reference.

And today is the first day of the college entrance examination. I wish all the children of book friends a good start, success, and gold list titles.

Be able to exert 200% of your abilities and get good grades. )