Chapter 476
This time, Zhang Yi did not stop Wang Zhe from attacking Qingtang, and even supported him to take down Qingtang City at one time, which surprised Wang Zhe and the generals.
They thought Zhang Yi would have to make something wrong this time, but now it seems that this guy is not as he imagined, just behaves blindly.
"Okay, since the Jingyang County Body has asked us to attack, if we don't take Qingtang City, we will be a little sorry for the Jingyang County Body's expectations."
Wang Zhe said half-jokingly, and at the same time, he waved his hand and asked someone to go and order the troops.
"Don't, it's nothing to do with me. If you win, your military achievements will be yours. If you lose, you will have to take the blame. I just wish you success."
Zhang Yi said as he bowed to the sky, and smiled and asked Wang Zhe and the others to start siege the city.
In fact, there is almost no problem for them to take down Qingtang City now. The continuous internal strife has greatly reduced the Tubo soldiers in Qingtang City and the young and strong Tubo who can fight with swords.
Previously, Qingtang City claimed to have 100,000 male soldiers who can fight. After this internal strife, one or two of them were probably gone.
The Tang army quickly assembled, but there were still some Tubo people on the wall of Qingtang City. Even outside Qingtang City, they could see that many people on the wall threw away their weapons and ran away.
Such a situation was extremely beneficial to the Tang army. The Tubo people were no longer interested in fighting, and it was a foregone conclusion that they had taken Qingtang City.
"No further ado, attack!"
After the army was assembled, Wang Zhe didn't say much and simply issued an offensive order.
The Tang army soldiers who could not wait were howling one after another, waving their weapons toward Qingtang City.
This time, Wang Zhe was careful not to continue to trap Qingtang City from all sides, but only attacked from three sides. The remaining side deliberately opened a gap for the escaped Tubo people to run there.
After all, the fight between trapped beasts is very terrible.
However, it would be too naive to think that Wang Zhe would let these Tubo people go so kindly. There were Tang army archers on both sides of the gap, and it was not easy to rush out from here. It was already extremely lucky that ten people could rush out by one or two.
Sixty thousand Tang troops rushed to Qingtang City from three sides. The Tubo soldiers on Qingtang City were all weak when they saw this scene.
If it were before, they would have the courage to stick to it, because at that time they had the support of the people behind them, and their inner morality and the eyes of the people made them unable to retreat.
But after the civil strife last night, everything changed. The people looked at them no longer like their relatives and friends, but instead looked at them like their enemies, let alone the support from the people. When the Tang army attacked them, it was already thankful that those young and strong people did not stab them with a knife.
What's more, after the civil strife last night, their number dropped sharply, and even the number of young and middle-aged Tubo in the city also dropped sharply. Now, there are not 50,000 men, women, young and old in Qingtang City. How could it be the opponent of the Tang army?
You know, there are 60,000 fully armed Tang troops outside the city, and they are not miscellaneous soldiers. All the Tang soldiers are regular soldiers, fully armed and well-equipped, and there are many tactics that they can't understand even if they can't read.
In the situation of inevitable defeat, no one would be foolish enough to sacrifice his country in this place. Even those loyal and righteous people would not want to die in this place like this, because the civil strife in Qingtang City made them ashamed.
So, when the Tang army outside the city started charging for magic weapons, people began to throw down their weapons and flee.
Even infectious diseases, as long as there is the first one, then there will be a second, third, and countless others next.
There were more and more Tubo soldiers running away, and fewer Tubo soldiers sticking to it. However, no one could stop those Tubo soldiers who fled, because anyone with some official titles and status had long run faster than them.
Especially those who followed the Tubo generals had already gathered together, just waiting for the Tang army to break through the city and be neglected to prevent the weakest defense from the Tang army, which was the northwest.
Most of the Tubo soldiers chose to escape, leaving only a small number of people who could not defend the city wall at all. The Tang soldiers almost drove straight in and did not receive any decent resistance.
From the start of the siege to the breaking of the city, it was less than a quarter of an hour to see how fast the Tubo people retreated.
As soon as Qingtang City was captured, thousands of Tubo troops had already prepared long ago immediately rushed out from the northwest of Qingtang City.
In the northwest direction, it was the hole that Wang Zhe left to prevent the Tubo people from fighting against beasts.
"General, those Tubo people will indeed escape from there."
A general galloped from a distance on a war horse.
"Under the temptation of life, they will naturally run from there. When there is a road to walk, they will not choose to open up a path themselves."
As Wang Zhe said that, he directly activated his horse to sit down and began to walk towards Qingtang City. While walking, Wang Zhe also issued an order to the general who had just come to report the situation of the war.
"Send cavalry to block Tubo soldiers everywhere. In this battle, try not to let these Tubo people escape. I will slaughter all the Tubo soldiers around Qingtang City and the surrounding Tubo soldiers."
When Wang Zhe said this, his eyes were full of evil. During this period, the actions of the Tubo people had exceeded the limit they could accept, so now it was time for the Tang Dynasty to ask them for interest.
"promise!"
After receiving the order, the general bowed his hand, and immediately turned his head and rushed northwest.
Since Wang Zhe said that, he must have to take several cavalry teams to pursue the Tubo people in person.
If the Tubo people want to break through the encirclement, they must break out of the place where archers ambushed in the northwest.
If thousands of Tubo cavalry want to rush out there, at least two-thirds of the troops must be left behind. At that time, there will probably only be a thousand Tubo cavalry who can rush out there.
In that area, nearly 10,000 Tang cavalry were waiting. Once the Tubo cavalry rushed out, they would strangle them without hesitation.
"Qingtang City, Qingtang City, after so many years, our Tang Dynasty army can finally step in."
Wang Zhe, the ancient city of Qingtang, which was in front of Wang Zhe, sighed.
For a long time, the Tubo people used Qingtang City as their base to occupy in Hehuang. Now they directly took Qingtang City, which was to directly destroy the Tubo people's arrangements for many years.
Moreover, they were not just taking down Qingtang City. In this battle, the entire Qingtang City was almost dead. If the Tubo people did not immigrate from other places in large numbers, the term Qingtang City would become completely history.
Chapter completed!