Chapter five hundred and seventy-four: death battle
"We must at least stick to it until dark and then break through." Yuan Chang said.
"Where can you break through?" Peng Shuangmu seemed a little desperate, "There is the main force of Tubo in Tiande."
"Of course we can't go back." Yuan Chang said angrily: "At that time, Li Xiang, kindly reminded you that the Tubo people would come. You treat your kindness as a donkey. Now it's too late to say anything. Peng Shuangmu, tell me, in this situation, can your clan uncle defend the virtue of heaven?"
Peng Shuangmu shook his head.
Yuan Chang's words made him unable to refute in the face of facts. The Tubo army's sweeping of heavenly virtue will inevitably become the next fact. This is the most basic judgment as a general.
"So we can only continue to move forward and go deep into the Western Regions." Yuan Chang said decisively.
"The Western Regions are almost the old nest of Tubo now." Peng Shuangmu sighed.
"It's just about the same." Yuan Chang: "How big is the Western Regions? How many ethnic groups are there? How many Tubo people and how big can it control? As for the influence, there are indeed some, but it is better to be in charge of the current officials. When it comes to the knife, it is always much stronger than any influence."
Li Hai bounced the bowstring and continued on the side: "Now that Tubo has come out in full swing, the power in the Western Regions will be even weaker. It is a good time for us to directly attack the Western Regions. Hehe, when they suffer losses under Li Xiang and want to turn back, if we stand firm, we can give them a head-on blow."
Peng Shuangmu swallowed, and the other party seemed to make sense.
Tang Ji walked past the three of them with a horizontal sword and said, "Now, it's useless to say these things. The opponent is going to attack. Let's hold it until dark. Although the enemy's main force has left, the remaining ones are several times more than that."
Peng Shuangmu glanced at the flag opposite and said, "Derry Chinan left with his elite troops. The ones who stayed behind were called Senobud. There were not many elite troops in the headquarters, but most of them were led by small tribe army, Han army, and some miscellaneous Hu army. The combat effectiveness was much greater."
"There are also Han troops?" Li Hai asked in surprise.
"Of course there is!" Peng Shuangmu said: "In the past few decades, Tubo has eroded a lot of land in the Tang Dynasty. People in these places will naturally surrender to them."
"It's a bitch." Li Hai spitted.
"Prepare for the battle! General Peng, the task of guarding the fort is left to you. Li Hai and I will take the cavalry. If we find the right opportunity, we will bite them. As long as we hold on until dark, we will have a chance to break through." Yuan Chang said.
The yellow beard and his subordinates who entered the Ku Ren Castle were huddled in the same corner, watching the fully armed Tang Jun swaying in front of him with some anxiety. Earlier today, he was fighting and dying with these people, but now he has been in their nest. If the other party wants to deal with him, it will be effortless.
But where can I go?
I met the Tubo army halfway, and I didn't even let myself say a word of explanation. I directly crushed the army and crushed it. In a blink of an eye, my remaining troops were destroyed in the army like bubbles. If I hadn't run fast, I would have turned into flesh and paste as a nourishment for the land.
I really can't live this day.
He wanted to cry a little.
Tang Ji strode to Huangbeard and looked at him with his head tilted. Huangbeard looked at him awkwardly, stood up straight, trying to say something, but opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"You Tang Yu is very good!" Tang Ji said.
"I often deal with General Peng and often go to Muyu City to trade." Huang Huzi subconsciously pulled Peng Shuangmu as a shield.
Tang Ji nodded: "We won't talk about what happened before. If we don't work together, no one can survive. Yellow beard, don't you think?"
"yes!"
"Okay, it's easy to have this consensus. All of you are cavalry, and I've seen it. You are not bad at all. Now you are organized into my cavalry brigade and fight with me." Tang Ji said.
Tang Ji did not discuss with him, but ordered, and Huang Bei had no choice but to nod.
Several soldiers came over with several boxes and placed them in front of Huang Huzi and others.
Tang Ji kicked open the box cover, and a pair of shiny half-body armor appeared in front of Huang Huzi and others: "Look at you, a bandit, you can't even afford the armor, it's really shabby. This old sheepskin coat can't help but shoot with the arrows. You can wear these armor first. If we win, we will give it to you. If we lose, we will all die. There is nothing to say, and we will probably be stripped away by the Tubo people first."
"Thank you, general!" Huang Beard was overjoyed. He didn't expect that this Tang general would even give them armor.
"Thank you, thank you. I will thank you if you win." Tang Ji said: "Put it out quickly, the doggy life is coming."
More than a hundred long-held horns were blowing, and amid the sound of the horns, countless cavalry charged towards the Kuren Fort.
Xenobud looked down on the Tang army in Muyu City.
In fact, over the years, they have clashed with the Tang army on the border many times, with more victory and less losses. In addition, whether it is Tiande or Ansui, in recent years, they have spent money to eliminate disasters. Once Tubo shows signs of coming, they will give a lot of money to eliminate disasters.
After a while, the Tubo army looked down on the Tang army even more.
Not to mention, his troops are now several times the opponent's troops.
In Xenobud's view, when two thousand cavalry rushed, the other party would definitely not be able to withstand this broken castle. If they were dispersed, the rest would be simple.
However, ideals are full, but reality is extremely skinny.
In fact, the combat effectiveness of the border troops of the Tang Dynasty was not bad. Coupled with various coincidences, Yuan Chang and others arranged a relatively complete defense system in Kuren Fort. As soon as the two thousand cavalry attacked, they were immediately hit by a head-on attack.
Hundreds of carriages, including hundreds of powerful crossbows, and the powerful crossbows carried by Peng Shuangmu's troops, the number of powerful crossbows in this small army is incredible. Generally speaking, it is impossible for a Tang army with thousands of people to be equipped with so many powerful crossbows, but this Tang army is a little different.
The scene of nearly two hundred powerful crossbows shooting together was Wei's view. Even if these powerful crossbows can only fire one at a time, unlike the professional powerful crossbows equipped by Li Ze's other troops, which can continuously fire six, it is enough to deal with the same simple equipment.
The powerful crossbow broke through the air, no matter whether it was a man or a horse, if it was a side, it would either die or be injured.
The Tubo army never expected that such a Tang army, whom they met halfway, would have such a powerful attack power. When people were surging and horses were overwhelmed, the army horns kept ringing in the Kuren Fort, and more than a thousand cavalry rushed out from the two holes. They were led by Tang Ji and Li Hai respectively, and cut them over like two pairs of scissors, one crossed the left and the right.
Tang Ji held a Mo sword in his hand, which Yuan Chang specially got for him, and he owed Li Han a favor. Each Mo sword was not easy to fight and was expensive, but there were still some ideas. But on the battlefield, Mo sword was indeed the king of weapons. With one knife, as long as you have enough strength, you can turn people into two pieces without any damage to the blade. Behind Tang Ji was followed by Huang Bearded and a bandit. Huang Bearded can become the leader of the bandits, and his combat effectiveness is actually quite good. His accomplices can escape from the Tubo 1000 horseback cavalry, whether it is horsemanship or personal combat effectiveness. At this time, with Tang Ji, the pioneer of the way, these guys who have changed their armor have an extremely strong combat effectiveness.
Li Hai on the other side was not rushing forward like Tang Ji, but was located in the middle of the charge. He was guarded by soldiers on the left and right of his front hand, in order to give him time and space to draw his bow.
Above this distance, the Tianfei Bow only half of the city has enough force. The sound of strings rubbed against the scalp and earlobe of the Tang soldiers, and flew over like lightning. Every arrow shot out, a Tubo soldier fell backwards and dropped his horse.
Sometimes his subordinates slashed out with one knife, and just as the other party struggled to hold it, an arrow suddenly wiped the body of the Tang army soldier and flew over and shot him onto the horse.
Such archery gave great support to the charge soldiers on the battlefield. The progress of their half of the cavalry was faster than that of Tangji's troops.
When the two Tang troops crossed the left and right, there were only a few of the first two thousand Tubo cavalry that had attacked, and the rest could only flee in a panic with their tails.
At this time, Huang Huzi and his subordinates became more powerful. The flying grabs in their hands flew out and plunged into the backs of the escaped enemies, dragging them back.
When Xenobud's reinforcements rushed up, the two cavalry had already crossed and ran around the back of the Kuren Fort and entered the infantry's defensive circle. What welcoming the reinforcements was another round of baptism of the power crossbow.
Xenobud had to deal with the enemy in front of him seriously.
According to the information he knew, the Tang army in Muyu City should not have such combat power. The two leading Tang soldiers who had just appeared had never heard of them.
Could it be that the Tang army has launched a large-scale reinforcement of Muyu City? If this is the case, wouldn’t this trip be in danger of failure?
The first victory in the battle was full of joy and thunder in the Ku Ren Castle.
Compared to the cheers of the soldiers, the generals became more solemn.
After the appetizers, the next meal is the main meal.
Sure enough, after the reorganization, the infantry and cavalry attacked again and cooperated with each other. The infantry lined up in an orderly manner, surrounded by powerful crossbows, and the stone cannons slowly moved forward. The cavalry kept sweeping by quickly before the infantry to prevent the cavalry in the fort from suddenly attacking again.
"Li Hai, have you had a rest? The Tubo cavalry ran around and saw it so dizzy. Can you kill some of them?" Yuan Chang hummed.
Li Hai laughed and pulled the Tianzhu bow, but this time, the bow was full.
With a buzzing sound, a Tubo general with a powerful braid fluttering onion fell from the horse with a backplant, which was more than two hundred steps away. He never expected that he would be killed by an arrow above this distance.
Chapter completed!