Chapter Twenty-Four: The First to Scale the City Walls
"Long live the Great Tang!"
The war cry of the Tang army shook the sky and moved the nine heavens, causing the earth to tremble.
Li Changguo rode on his war horse, galloping towards Lianyun Fortress, listening to the thunderous battle drums, he couldn't help but feel his blood boiling with excitement, his fighting spirit burning fiercely, and he wished he could take down Lianyun Fortress immediately.
The Tang Dynasty was an extremely prosperous dynasty in Chinese history, and some people call it the "Dream Dynasty", which is not exaggerated at all. In another time and space, Li Chang read history books and had a deep respect for the Tang Dynasty, and he yearned for it very much. After arriving in the Tang Dynasty, he found that the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty far exceeded what was recorded in historical books, and everything revealed the magnificent atmosphere of the Great Tang.
Now Li Changguo is fortunate enough to participate in the Battle of Lianyunbao, and he feels even more honored.
Wrapping his body in horse hide, this is a heroic deed!
After crossing the Telu River, the Tang army rushed all the way and arrived at Lianyun Fortress without any effort.
To be frank, the road from Tulumu River to Lianyungang is not easy to walk, with many mountain roads, rugged and uneven, not suitable for passage. However, for the Tang army, that's nothing at all, each one like Nezha riding a wind and fire wheel in flight.
Terelj M?nkh is the last natural barrier to stop the Tang army's advance, if Terelj M?nkh can be conquered by the Tang army, what else can stop the Tang army's footsteps?
A mere mountain path, what's the big deal!
"This is Lianyunbao?" Li Changguo gave Lianyunbao a thorough look, very surprised, with an incredulous face.
Lianyun Fortress was a key stronghold of the Tubo in the Western Regions, with an extremely important strategic position. Logically speaking, it should have been built to be very solid, like the Golden Pool and Tong City. However, according to Li Changguo's observations, the city walls were low and short, no more than three zhang high.
What was even more unbelievable to Li Changguo was that within his line of sight, there was a small opening, not large enough for a person to enter.
Such an important city has so many defects, if Li Changguo hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it even if you killed him.
"That's right!"
Li Siye caught the disdain in Li Changgui's words and laughed, saying: "Brother, you don't think about it, Tubo is so poor that they can't even afford to wear pants, how can they build strong cities?"
Compared to the Tang Dynasty, Tibet was extremely poor, no different from a beggar. Li Siye spoke with extreme pride, holding his head high and puffing out his chest.
"Good grief!" Li Changguo rubbed his cheek, muttering to himself: "No matter how I look at it, it looks like a slum or a shantytown in modern society!"
Li Changguo's metaphor is indeed vivid. At first glance, the Tibetan Empire's strategic stronghold in the Western Regions looks no different from a slum.
"Brother, how did you know that Terulun River can be crossed?" Li Siye tilted his head, sizing up Li Changguo, and was eager to pry the answer out of his mouth.
Li Changguo said that if he could cross the river, he would cross it. With divine assistance, from Gao Xianzhi above to ordinary soldiers below, everyone was curious, but Li Changguo kept a poker face and didn't explain. They were so curious that they discussed and speculated in many ways, but none of them made sense.
Li Siye didn't know how many times he had asked Li Changguo, and Li Changguo joked with him, saying "You guess yourself".
"We'll see who gets to the top of the city wall first! If you get there before me, I'll tell you!" Li Changguo weighed his long spear in his hand, and a fierce light shot out from his eyes.
"Alright! It's settled then! I must be the first to climb up the city wall!" Li Siye agreed with a smile, grasping his broadsword and charging forward.
"Kill!"
Li Siye let out a thunderous roar, as if thousands and tens of thousands of explosive thunders were rumbling in his ears, shaking the heavens and causing the earth to tremble.
The heavy sword in his hand weighed over fifty kilograms, but in his hands it was like a four-tael cotton flower, flying up and down, like a windmill. All living things that stood in front of him, whether human or horse, were reduced to fragments, flesh and blood splashing everywhere, fresh blood bursting forth.
"This is no human, it's purely a slaughter machine!"
Li Changguo had sparred with Li Xun many times and was extremely familiar with his martial arts skills, but this was the first time he saw Li Xun launch a fierce attack, and he couldn't help but greatly admire his bravery.
It is said that "those who block the blade of justice will be shattered along with their horses", and indeed it is true.
"Kill!" Li Changguo burst out with a shocking roar, the mountains and rivers shook, his long spear danced in his hand. Whether it was the Tubo soldiers or their war horses, anyone who blocked Li Changguo's way would be killed instantly, no one could withstand him for even a moment.
Li Changguo was different from Li Siye, who wielded a broadsword and charged straight into the Tibetan army, unstoppable and unopposed. Wherever he passed, there would be a trail of corpses and flowing blood. Li Changguo, on the other hand, rushed towards that gap, intending to climb up onto the city wall through it.
His calculations were very accurate, and the gap was not large, only allowing one person to pass through. Provided that no one blocked it, if someone blocked it, it would be impossible to pass through. It was precisely because of this that the Tibetans did not even repair it.
The Tibetan's calculation was correct, but unfortunately, the one who took charge of breaking through the gate was Li Changguo, a brave and fierce warrior. With his long spear, he charged forward like a dragon emerging from the sea. Anyone who blocked his way would be killed, and any horse that got in his way would be trampled to death. In just a short while, Li Changguo had already reached the gate.
The Tibetans, seeing that things were not going in their favor, immediately gathered their men to block the way, but it was too late. Li Changguo's long spear touched the ground and he soared into the air like an eagle, landing inside the pass.
Just then more than twenty Tibetan soldiers arrived, but they became the souls under Li Changguo's gun.
Kill the Tibetan soldiers scattered here, and Li Changguo went straight to the top of the city wall.
"Devil! Devil!"
Looking at Li Changguo, who was full of murderous spirit and covered in blood, the Tibetan soldiers did not dare to provoke him and kept retreating, shouting that Li Changguo was a devil.
Li Changguo charged into the Tibetan army like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, killing and causing the Tibetan soldiers to cry out for their fathers and mothers as they scattered in all directions. Without much effort, Li Changguo climbed up onto the city wall.
At this time, Li Siye was struggling to climb up the city wall, covered in blood, like a bloody man, and shouted loudly at Li Changguo on the city wall: "Brother, how can you be so fast?"
"War is about using your brain!" Li Changguo stabbed a Tibetan soldier with his spear and rushed to answer Li Siye: "There's an opening over there, I'll take it!"
"That gap is too small, it can't fit me!" Li Siye's build was slightly larger than that of Li Changguo.
"You can't jump?" Li Changguo replied irritably, his hands moving non-stop as he killed and dispersed the Tibetan soldiers, supporting Li Xiangye's ascent to the city.
With Li Changguo's support, Li Siye successfully climbed onto the city wall.
One Li Changguo was enough to make the Tibetans vomit, and now another one, Li Xiyue, who is not inferior to Li Changguo in bravery, has come. Where do the Tibetans dare to resist? Whoosh! They ran far away, and there were no Tibetan soldiers around Li Changguo and Li Xiyue.
"Good! Good! Good!"
Gao Xianzhi rode on his warhorse, surveying the situation on the city wall. Seeing Li Changguo and Li Sigu ascend to the top of the city wall, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed. Immediately afterwards, he reproached himself with a sentence: "I actually didn't believe in making achievements at the border fortress - how laughable!"
"Li Changguo's bravery is not inferior to Qin Qiong and Wei Guang!"
The sharp and piercing quack of Bian Lingcheng's duck is ear-piercing, yet it contains infinite joy and appreciation.
Li Siye was once the first fierce general of the Anxi Protectorate, brave and invincible, until he met Li Changguo. The two joined forces to climb onto the city wall, who could withstand them?
Lianyunbao has been put in the pocket!
