In the Tang Dynasty, the weapons were far more powerful than those of the Northern Barbarians.
This is why although the Northern Barbarians are brave, they can still only manage a 50-50 split against the Tang army. And if the Tang Dynasty had a powerful general to lead the army, then the Northern Barbarians would be destined to suffer a disastrous defeat.
Hundreds of years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, from the initial Taiping King Xu Zhengqi to King Yan and Mr. Xu, the Northern Barbarians had always been helpless against the Tang Dynasty. They knew that the land of the Tang Dynasty was rich and livable, but they could not completely defeat the Tang army. The most successful The few attacks he made only caused trouble in Longxi Mansion.
As time passed, even the Northern Barbarians themselves felt that they would never be able to occupy the territory of the Tang people.
Therefore, as long as they can plunder the territory of Datang every time, it is enough.
But this time, it was related to the life and death of their Northern Barbarian clan.
They were still more willing to face the Tang people than the more ferocious savages. At least the Tang people wouldn't eat their bodies.
Before the catapults assembled by the northern barbarians could reach the attack range, the catapults from Dragon City were already roaring down.
With a loud roar, the slings of the northern barbarians were destroyed one after another.
By the time the catapults on the Dragon City side stopped attacking, in the snow outside the city, the northern barbarians' catapults had been completely destroyed.
Without the catapult, the Northern Barbarians would have to face the overwhelming attack of the terrifying Eight Bull Crossbows on Dragon City.
Under such circumstances, siege is a joke.
"King, are we still attacking?"
Without the assistance of the catapult, they would have no way to make a move against Dragon City.
As for the ladders used to siege the city, there was no way to deliver them under the city wall.
"Hold on!"
Tuoba Aofeng had a sullen face. Attacking the city now would be to risk death.
If he sacrificed his life to take over Dragon City, he wouldn't mind tens of thousands of people dying in the fight.
But in this situation, they don't know how many people will die, let alone whether they can get close to the city wall.
After witnessing the power of Tang's catapult, Tuoba Aofeng's heart was as cold as ice.
The Northern Barbarian army was stationed outside Longcheng, looking for opportunities to attack the city while gathering the tribesmen who were slowly coming.
Although winter has also entered Longxi Mansion, compared to their home, the cold here is not unstoppable.
But everyone understood that they could not stop at Longxi Mansion, they had to continue south. Because the savages from the north will follow their footsteps.
Their tribesmen who fell on the way south will guide the savages to follow them all the way. Similarly, the corpses of their tribesmen will also become the rations of those savages.
It's not that the northern barbarians don't want to clean up the corpses of their people, but they don't have the strength.
They have to maintain every ounce of physical strength and save food.
Because everyone knew that when they arrived at Longxi Mansion, their people would face an unprecedentedly brutal battle.
They must keep enough food for their tribesmen to fight and fight for their chance to survive.
Tuoba Aofeng couldn't sleep all night. He informed the high priest of his dilemma, hoping that the high priest could solve his problems.
However, the high priest made no response.
The high priest's tent was near the king's tent, but the holy guards guarding the tent simply ignored Tuoba Aofeng's orders.
As long as the high priest did not issue an edict, Tuoba Aofeng would never get the chance to meet the high priest.
"Could it be that God wants to destroy our Northern Barbarian clan?"
Tuoba Aofeng knelt in the snow, his face full of pain.
The day he became the Northern Barbarian King, he stood at the pinnacle of his life. However, he never dreamed that instead of achieving greater glory, he would directly start to decline.
"King, the high priest has summoned you!"
Just when Tuoba Aofeng was almost desperate, a holy guard guarding outside the high priest's camp appeared in front of him and brought good news.
At that moment, Tuoba Aofeng stood up excitedly, but because he had been kneeling in the snow for too long, his legs and feet were a little stiff from the cold, and he almost fell to the ground.
It was the sharp-eyed Holy Guard who helped Tuoba Aofeng in time.
After a while, Tuoba Aofeng entered the high priest's camp.
In the camp, the high priest wore a long, white robe and a golden mask on his face, with only a pair of sharp eyes exposed.
In his hand, he held a scepter made of pure gold.
The high priest simply sat there, holding the scepter in one hand, saying nothing, and looking calmly at Tuoba Aofeng who walked in.
When Tuoba Aofeng saw the high priest, he bowed respectfully, then knelt on the ground and waited for the high priest's instructions.
"Tomorrow, attack the city!"
"Heavy snow!"
The high priest's voice was clear, but these words, which did not sound intimidating, made Tuoba Aofeng's restless heart calm down.
"Follow the decree!"
Tuoba Aofeng didn't ask any more questions.
Because the high priest has made it very clear.
Tomorrow, when we attack the city, there will be heavy snow.
Tuoba Aofeng didn't know how heavy the snow would be tomorrow, but since the high priest said so, the snow should be very big.
When Tuoba Aofeng walked out of the high priest's tent, he discovered that the wind and snow seemed to have gotten stronger. He was used to Feng Xue's eyes, and at this moment he couldn't see people and objects ten steps away.
Although it was night, even during the day, with such heavy snow, it was enough for them to sneak close to Dragon City.
Once they approach Dragon City, they may invade the city.
As long as we enter the city, the dawn of victory will be right in front of us.
Tuoba Aofeng felt better and better as he walked in the wind and snow of his boss.
What he was thinking about was the siege tomorrow, but he forgot that his people no longer had much firewood to keep out the cold. On such a stormy night, it is understandable that the temperature will be very low.
On this night, I don’t know how many people in the Northern Barbarians will die silently.
Perhaps Tuoba Aofeng didn't forget, but he was simply powerless.
Although he is a king, he cannot conjure firewood out of thin air to keep out the cold.
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In Dragon City, Mr. Xu didn't fall asleep either.
When the wind and snow became more and more severe, Mr. Xu stood on the top of the city and looked at the northern barbarian camp from a distance.
The camp was huge, but where the huge camp was located, there was only very little firelight.
This is not because there are few people in the camp, but because the northern barbarians do not have enough firewood to keep out the cold.
In order to prevent the northern barbarians from invading the south, when he knew that the cold winter would come early this year, Mr. Xu led the soldiers of the Longxi Mansion to cut down the mountains and forests around Longcheng.
Strong walls and clear fields!
But not only did he move the people away, Mr. Xu was basically targeting the Northern Barbarians.
Although he knew that there were many old, weak, women and children in the Beiman camp, Mr. Xu was still as hard-hearted as ever. In the year when the Northern Barbarians invaded Longxi Mansion, the crimes committed in Longxi Mansion were too numerous to be recorded.
Since the Northern Barbarians could kill the old, weak, women and children of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Huaiyi had no psychological pressure to sit back and watch the Northern Barbarians' old, weak, women and children die tragically.
There are no innocents in the war of races! (End of chapter)