Chapter 443: Tongguan is finally lost
Attacking Fengling Pass overnight, it can be seen how arrogant the rebels have become, do you really think that it is safe to take this small Fengling Pass? Qin Jin secretly sneered on horseback, until this moment when he saw that Fengling Pass was surrounded, his mind calmed down, and he was no longer as uneasy as he was on the way. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The rebels have already committed a taboo by attacking the city overnight, as long as they are in one blow, they can be defeated and the situation reversed!"
Qin Jin shouted, cheering for the soldiers around him. In fact, even if he didn't, everyone was ready to fight.
The first person to clench the saber in his hand was Wuhu Huaizhong, who had already been broken under the nose of the Yan army, how could he say anything more to rest and regain his energy? Even if he was tired to death, he had to fight desperately.
A high-pitched Turkic phrase exploded, and the response surged like a tsunami. Qin Jin never thought that he could create such a shocking momentum with only five thousand people.
More than ninety percent of these 5,000 cavalry were Tiele people, and more than half of them were members of the Tongluo tribe, so their will to fight was by no means comparable to that of the newly recruited united soldiers, still less that of those Tang troops who were waiting for death in the local area. These people were originally under the command of An Lushan, but later because of Sun Xiaozhe's improper handling, the Tongluo Department, which was already detached from morality, completely parted ways with it.
Tiele and the people of the Luo tribe have always hated An Lushan's massacre of their people at the beginning, which is also the fundamental reason why the same Luo tribe has the same combat power as the Luoluo River, but the status is not the same.
Therefore, every time Tongluo rushed to kill the Yan army, it was a revenge, and this time was no exception.
Whew......
The horn whimpered and swirled, like a sharp sword piercing the thick and rapid sound of war drums. However, due to the cover of night, the Yan army, which rushed towards the wall of Fengling Pass like ants and locusts, was difficult to determine where the enemy attack came from for a while.
The fighting method of the cavalry with the Luo tribe is the most primitive grassland method, which is completely different from the Shenwu army's set of emphasis on discipline first, so the role of Qin and Jin in the army is more symbolic, and all the commands are from Wuhu Huaizhong and Wuhu Huaizhong's subordinates.
However, the prestige of Qin and Jin has long been different from what it used to be, especially after the battle of Jiangzhou, the Shenwu army almost wiped out the elite of Cai Xide's department in Qushankou, and the warriors of Tongluo have been in awe of him like a god. Now Qin Jin rushed to the front, just like the head wolf on the grassland taking the lead in attacking and fighting, everyone was unprecedentedly excited, followed by those Yan soldiers who didn't know where the enemy attack came from until this time.
A rain of arrows suddenly fell from the dark void, and a large number of Yan soldiers who were attacked behind them immediately fell, and the attack on Fengling Pass inevitably weakened.
Seeing this scene, Qin Jin knew that the opportunity must not be lost and never come again, if he could not take advantage of the panic of the Yan soldiers and defeat them in one go, then the five thousand of them would likely be counterattacked.
Just by the light of the dotted torches, Qin Jin could also preliminarily judge that the Yan soldiers besieging Fengling Pass were at least around 20,000. Although he didn't know how the 20,000 men crossed the Yellow River in a short period of time, and even directly surrounded the Fengling Pass, once he could not maintain the advantage, the 20,000 people counterattacked, and the cavalry of the Tongluo Department was exhausted after all, and it was almost to the end of the strong crossbow when the oil was exhausted, and as long as it was frustrated, the decline was almost irreversible.
Therefore, Qin Jin is really gambling, and he has no choice but to bet. Can we really stand by and watch at this time, waiting for the five thousand cavalry to recover their strength, or the Shenwu army from the two places of Jiang and Jin will arrive here and then take action? At that time, I am afraid that everything will be too late, even if I want to take regret medicine, I am afraid that I will not have to sell it.
Realizing this, Qin Jincai worked so hard to forget the law that the commander of the first army should not easily make risks, he just wanted to bet that God's position would still be on his side, so many crises could be turned into dangers, and this time it will definitely not disappoint.
Suddenly, Qin Jin intuitively fell forward with the war horse under his crotch, and the whole person lost his balance and flew away, he already understood that the war horse must have been injured, and the horse's loss of front hooves was equivalent to a death sentence for the war horse, and the knight on the horse was fierce and auspicious.
Although Qin Jin's riding skills are not very good, his reaction is definitely first-class fast, and at the same time that the war horse just fell forward, he had already pulled his feet out of the stirrups, and the whole person was tense and ready to go, as long as the horse fell to the ground, he jumped away as fast as possible.
Otherwise, after the horse crashes to the ground, once the knight on horseback fails to react, it is likely that he will be crushed by the huge body of the horse, causing the first trauma.
In this first section, Qin Jin easily defused it with his own reaction, but the danger did not disappear, but pounced more fiercely and viciously. Cavalry charges often in groups, and anyone who falls off their horse will be crushed into meat sauce by the fast-moving herd.
Now, Qin Jin is actually in danger of being crushed into meat sauce. As soon as his front feet landed, he felt his back tighten, and his whole body rose from the ground, and then landed on the back of a horse with an empty saddle.
At the critical moment, it was Wuhu Huaizhong who saved Qin Jin's life with his extraordinary strength.
I only heard Wu Hu Huaizhong shouting loudly:
"Be careful, the swallow thief has released the arrow, let's rush up and beat them all back into the womb!"
Since learning Chinese, Wuhu Huaizhong always likes to tell jokes, and he can't imagine that it is no exception on the battlefield at the moment of life and death. Qin Jin only felt that he was so excited at this moment that he couldn't be more excited, and the stimulation of picking up a piece from the Ghost Gate Pass made his adrenaline surge, and at this time, only one kind of message shot out of his red eyes, which converged into one word, that is, kill!
"Kill!" After Qin Jin shouted, the five thousand cavalry had already rushed into the ant locust-like Yan soldier formation.
In fact, long before the two armies came into contact, several rounds of arrow rain had already caused the Yan soldiers to be in chaos. The worst situation estimated by Qin Jin did not appear, perhaps they chose to attack the city overnight and had exhausted most of their sharp energy, and the pressure of the cavalry of the Luo Department was like the last straw that crushed the camel, and the situation on the entire battlefield was reversed without warning.
The war drums sounded a few times in a chaotic manner, and then there was no more sound.
Qin Jin knew that if the drums of war stopped and there was no Ming Jin to collect the troops, it must be that there was a problem with the command of the Yan soldiers, or it could be said that the Yan soldiers had no intention of responding to the battle.
In this regard, Qin Jin was greatly unbelievable, even if the Yan soldiers who attacked the city were exhausted and became the end of the strong crossbow, when they encountered the Tongluo cavalry who also became the end of the strong crossbow, it was impossible for the army to collapse without even a round.
"Drive away the Yan soldiers, and the poor Kou Mo chase!"
Even so, Qin Jin still subconsciously issued a military order, at this time, as long as the besieging Yan soldiers were dispersed, because together with the cavalry of the Luo Department had already exhausted their physical strength because of the overnight rush, if they pursued again under the excitement, maybe something unexpected would happen.
However, Qin Jin's military order was still too late. Most of the cavalry of the Tongluo tribe were warriors of the steppe, and the first thing they did after defeating the enemy was to plunder property. Since joining the Tang Army, he knew that the head could also be exchanged for money, so harvesting the head became the top priority after defeating the enemy soldiers. Even if they themselves are exhausted, there can be no exception.
Wu Hu Huaizhong's restraint on his subordinates was obviously not as strict as that of the Shenwu Army's infantry army, and even if he repeatedly ordered it, more than half of the men and horses still pursued him.
The expected battle disappeared in the moment of contact between the two armies, and the Qin and Jin dynasties paused, and the Yan soldiers with dense torches did not retreat to the banks of the Yellow River, but fled on the spot in all directions.
This situation made Qin Jin even more puzzled in his heart, could the Yan soldiers who were able to conquer Tongguan be so vulnerable? Or was there another reason for this?
"Report, the Fengling guard will enter Gao Qi to ask for a meeting!"
came so quickly, almost as soon as the Yan soldiers outside the city withdrew, the guards of this Fengling Pass rushed to ask for a meeting, which shows that this person is also quite bold, although it is reckless to rashly go out of the city to ask for a meeting, but Qin Jin still gladly received this person.
When the Fengling Guard appeared in front of Qin Jin, he was shocked to find that he was still an acquaintance. A year ago, when he led the Xin'an Army to go through a lot of hardships from Fengling Pass to Tongguan, he was responsible for receiving this person.
"The Fengling guard will go in to meet the envoy, so that the monarch will not come harmless!"
Qin Jin dismounted, helped him up, looked up and down a few times, and found that Gao Qijin had more than ten large and small wounds on his body. You can imagine what kind of fierce battle he has just experienced. The gate of Fengling Pass is similar to that of an ordinary county town, the city wall is not high, and the moat is not deep, so it is not easy to withstand the onslaught of 20,000 troops without breaking it.
However, Qin Jin was more worried about something else.
"Come on, what's going on in Tongguan?"
After saying that, he stared straight at Gao Qijin, the guard of the Fengling Tomb, waiting for an answer. Gao Qijin lowered his head, and the light in his eyes, which was originally a little excited, suddenly dimmed. Seeing this, Qin Jin's heart suddenly fell again, and luck was just an illusory bubble after all.
"Envoy ...... Tongguan is lost!"
After saying a few words, Gao Qijin, the guard of Fengling, suddenly howled and cried.
What does the four words of the loss of Tongguan mean to the Tang Dynasty where they are struggling to fight, needless to say, the bitter weeping of the fierce generals has already explained everything.
It's one thing to have expected it for a long time, and now it's another thing to really get the news of the loss of Tongguan. Qin Jin involuntarily stumbled, but thanks to his relatives supporting him behind him, he didn't fall to the ground.
"Tongguan ...... Isn't there an army of 200,000? Isn't there a high-ranking minister leading the army?"
Qin Jin asked one after another, but who could answer this question......