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In the river valley, the war horses neighed. Wang Haibin was riding on the horse, building a pergola with his hands and looking at the cliff in the distance. The cliff is red in color and is particularly conspicuous. There are two small black spots on the cliff. The large black spot is called Dafangtai, which is in the shape of a triangle. The smaller black spot is Xiaofangtai. A ridge path passes between the two square platforms. Pass.
This is the dangerous place of Guanshan, Shibao City!
Stone Castle faces a river valley, backed by mountains, with rolling hills and cliffs on both sides, like an eagle spreading its wings. There is no other way but this narrow path. If you want to capture Stone Castle City, you can only fight, and you can only attack by force through this trail.
Wang Haibin, the envoy of Feng'an, was ordered to attack Shibao City. It was his first time to come to Stone Castle City. After looking carefully, he realized that Stone Castle City was far more difficult to defeat than he thought. It was much more difficult to defeat! No wonder the imperial court and Tubo fought for decades but couldn't get it. The terrain was too dangerous. Using a cliff as a castle is truly unique and unimaginable.
The Tang Dynasty had spent decades and tens of thousands of soldiers fighting for this strategic location, but it was still in the hands of Tubo.
After not speaking for a long time, the scene of soldiers training came to mind, and Wang Haibin was making final considerations. After receiving the order to attack Shibao City, Wang Haibin knew that Shibao City was difficult to attack, so he collected all the information he could, studied it carefully, and also invited veterans who had participated in the battle of Shibao City to give guidance and target the army. sexual training.
Although Shibao City is dangerous, it is not big. It can only garrison about a thousand troops. However, it stores a lot of grain, rolling logs, and stones, which is enough to hold on for several months and cause damage to tens of thousands of troops.
Wang Haibin thought deeply and concluded that a big price must be paid to capture Shibao City. Although the price is high, the strategic position of Shibao City is extremely important, and no matter how high the price is, it is worth it! If the Tang army controlled Shibao City, it would not only connect the Longyou and Hehuang areas, but also put strong military pressure on Tubo, change the strategic pattern of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and turn the Tang Dynasty from passive to active.
Wang Haibin summed up this battle in two ways: one is lightness. Fighting on mountain roads, the space is limited, and it is difficult for the Tang army to give full play to its advantages. The Tang army's trump cards such as Mo Dao, Fuyuan Crossbow, Zhang Zhang Crossbow, siege equipment, and cavalry charge were all unavailable.
There is also no use for the Mingguang Armor and Xiyao Armor that Tang Jun loved. Iron armor has good protective capabilities, of course for bows and arrows and close combat. When fighting in Stone Castle City, the biggest threat is not bows and arrows and close combat, but rolling logs and rocks.
With a garrison of about a thousand, it would be impossible to form a powerful rain of arrows. The Tubo army relied on danger and would not fight the Tang army in close combat. No matter how good the protection was, it could not be used here. On the contrary, if a stone or piece of wood falls from the mountain trail, a large area will be killed and injured. Therefore, flexibility has become the key to the success of this battle.
In order to allow the soldiers to adapt well, Wang Haibint selected similar terrain to train the soldiers' maneuvering skills, hoping to be effective.
The second strategy formulated by Wang Haibin is attrition. The stone castle is on a cliff. Although the threat of rolling wood and stone is great, after all, it will be used up. As long as the Tang army is determined, no matter how high the price is, it can be paid, and it will eventually be used up. . When it was all gone, that was when Stone Castle was captured.
Looking back, I saw the military camps all over the mountains and plains. This time, the Tang army dispatched 50,000 troops, coming with great fanfare, ready to take over Shibao City at all costs. Wang Haibin increasingly believed that this attrition strategy was right. Even if all 49,000 troops were exhausted, as long as there were still 1,000 troops left to control Shibao City, it would be a victory.
In order to capture Shibao City, Li Longji made full preparations. He ordered the troops of the Western Region and the Anbei Protectorate to go on the defensive. He even shelved the Anbei Protectorate's plan to fight the Turks and mobilized reinforcements from elsewhere to Hexi. As for the baggage of grain and herbs, Don't talk about it, prioritize protection.
These 50,000 troops were only part of the army that attacked Shibao City, but Wang Haibin, the envoy, was responsible for the first wave of attack missions of these 50,000 troops.
The first wave of attacks was equivalent to a death squad, and very few people could survive. Not to mention the soldiers, it was also a question of whether Wang Haibin himself could survive. However, Wang Haibin didn't care about this at all. He was thinking about how to fight.
"Dying on the battlefield is a well-deserved death for a soldier, not something to think about!"
The soldiers under his command were dressed in leather clothing, holding a shield in their left hand, a sword in their right hand, and carrying bows and arrows on their backs. Their load was much lighter than that of iron armor, and they were completely light. This is a situation that cannot be helped. The only advantage is that it speeds up the Tang Army's charge. Speed ??is more useful here.
When the bugle sounded, Wang Haibin's calm face suddenly glowed with light, his eyes became hot, he put his horse's belly in his hands, and came to his army,??No! We must continue to charge! "The soldiers' eyes were filled with the light of battle.
Wang Haibin sighed secretly and waved his hand: "Go!" It would be great for these brothers who get along day and night to live another hour.
The soldier responded and shouted: "Charge! Kill! Revenge!" He rushed up the mountain path without hesitation.
"Revenge! Revenge!" The whole Chiling was boiling again. The Tang army was angry. Everyone was eager to fight and asked for a fight.
The battle continues, the blood is boiling, and the passion is burning!
Listening to the boundless shouts, Wang Haibin remembered the "Shicheng Poem" written by the famous Sui Dynasty general Shi Wansui, "Who opened the stone city gate? Genggu mistakenly heard the wind and the rocks fell. The white ridge in the sky is better than the golden soup, suppressing half of the southwest sky." As the poet said, Shibao City is not big, but it is a city of soup and ponds, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The Shibao City was built in the fifth year of Daye. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty visited this place on his westward tour. Seeing the steep pass here, he ordered the construction of the Shibao City. But I didn¡¯t expect that a hundred years later, in the Tang Dynasty¡¯s fight for this pass, countless people would die. Was it God¡¯s will? (To be continued. If you want to know about the funeral, please log on to www.qidian.com. There are more chapters. Support the author and support genuine reading!) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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