Chapter 993: Another Confrontation Between the Two Sides (Fifth Update)
When Zhang Xiaosong continued to look for the Tibetan baggage troops, the main force of Tubo in front was about to be overwhelmed.
The soldiers in the two places of Ashina Xian and Qarlu seemed to be crazy, and charged with grenades when they seized the opportunity.
The key is that the horses of Ashina and Qarlu are not afraid of explosions, and the horses of Tibet are afraid.
Both sides set up camp and scouts went back and forth, both wanting to go around behind each other to see the enemy's deployment.
No, Ashina didn't want to see the deployment, they were looking for an opportunity to sneak attack.
Because there are hot air balloons in the camp of Ashina Xian, the deployment of the Tibetan army is clear at a glance.
Fortunately for the Tubo general Bo Ze Ke (mĒ), there seems to be only one hot air balloon in Ashina Xian and Ge Lulu.
He was expecting the other party to run out of alcohol, or gasoline or diesel.
He thought that Datang was not worried about these two tribes, so he didn't give so many good things.
Now he is waiting, waiting for the grain and grass to come, and he will defeat the two tribes in one go.
In that way, the two tribes will definitely feel that the Tang Dynasty does not attach importance to them and gives them little things.
What Bozeko didn't know was that in normal history, the two tribes faced the Turkic Shi tribe of Sulu, the Great Food Department of the White Clothes, and his Tibetan tribe.
The two of them resisted, and then he didn't have time to go back, and in July, Guo Zhiyun had all the grain and grass there, and took the opportunity to play the land of Jiuqu.
He brought out 40,000 soldiers and horses, and the rear was less than 40,000, plus the transportation of grain and grass, which involved even more.
Now Ashina offered two parts to deal with only one of him, as well as hot air balloons and grenades, he thought he could defeat the other party at once.
A hot air balloon floats in the sky, secured with a rope underneath.
The people of Ashina Xianbu looked up and observed the flag with binoculars, and there were several large boxes next to them.
These boxes are the same as the boxes for hot air balloons in the sky, and the soldiers feel confident when they look at them.
There were five of them, three of them and three of them in Qarluq, adding up to eight hot air balloons.
The reason why they put one on is that they are reluctant to use it, and in their opinion, this is something given by the gods.
And the god of heaven is His Majesty of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty gave binoculars and hot air balloons, and a grenade that exploded with a bang when it caught fire.
The people of the two departments are also waiting, waiting for Zhang Xiaosong.
They have already received the news that Zhang Xiaosong defeated the Great Eater in White and defeated Sulu again.
I don't know where I'm running now, but I'm probably looking for an opportunity.
They are also happy with the diet, they don't have canned food, meat floss, compressed biscuits.
But they have oil tea noodles, flour fried in oil, with sesame seeds, cooked bean flour in it, and then mixed with dried onion powder and dried cabbage powder.
Rinse it with water, stir it and drink it, it's still very sweet, and it's sweetened.
They saw that the Tibetans were going to launch a large-scale attack, but they were not afraid, and they had the advantage in numbers.
In the confrontation between the two sides, Zhang Xiaosong is looking for it.
Guo Zhiyun launched an offensive against the land of Jiuqu, with cavalry assembled and infantry arrayed.
Tubo in the land of Jiuqu only realized at this time that the situation was wrong, and the banner of the Tang army was not the envoy of the Longyou Jiedu, but the envoy of the Hexi Jiedu.
But anyone with a little war-mindedness understands what that means.
It is necessary to storm strongly, draw the troops from behind, and prepare for the defeat of the battle and retreat.
At the same time, if necessary, the soldiers of the Longyou Jiedu envoy will also be attacked.
The combined strength of the two knots is more than 140,000, is this place worthy of Datang's treatment?
As the supreme commander of the garrison army in the Land of Nine Songs, Tashi Kure did not dare to slack off, and also urgently mobilized his own army.
He must form a team, otherwise the scattered small team will be swallowed up by the tide of troops of the Hexi Jiedu envoy.
Guo Zhiyun waited, waiting for the other party to prepare, he was in a hurry to launch an offensive today because the wind was blowing westward, and it was a breeze.
He wants to play the second biggest, and he will achieve his tactical goal in one day today and take the lead in the strategic arrangement.
The two sides lined up, not all cavalry, but crossbowmen, pikemen, and shield soldiers.
Datang had an additional 4,000-strong Modao army formation, which was divided into two formations, facing the other party's cavalry formation.
The Tibetan cavalry would rather attack the Tang cavalry than face the Modao.
Because behind the Mo knife hand is a strong archer, and he can't fight with such a military formation.
Either use your speed to dodge or dash hard.
Datang Mo knife, fight to the death and never retreat. To rush it is to change your life.
It's easy to chisel through, but if you can't chisel through, it's completely finished.
So far, it has never been chiseled.
Both sides lined up and were outnumbered.
In the rear, Guo Zhiyun looked up at the flag and drew his knife.
The herald conveyed the order, and twenty hot air balloons in the rear that were already ready to take off were raised.
The cavalry jogged in the rear, ready to speed up at any moment.
Then twenty cars were pushed to the vacant places of the Chinese army and the front army, and rows of large sky-skimming monkeys were placed on the cars.
The hot air balloon rose to a height of 100 zhang and stopped, and the people below pulled it hard.
Guo Zhiyun glanced back and waved his knife.
The soldiers who were tugging on the rope let go of their hands, the people in the hot air balloons adjusted the blowtorches, and others quickly retracted the ropes.
The hot air balloon slowly floats towards each other, the monkey car adjusts its angle, and the person behind it lights the torch.
Not long after, the hot air balloon floated away from the middle of the battlefield between the two sides.
There was a hot air balloon that suddenly fell down, and the people above quickly increased their firepower and rose up again, higher than others.
Then it goes down a little bit more, up and down.
No one on either side laughed, and they couldn't laugh.
In the position of the Chinese army behind Tubo, Tashi Kure looked at the hot air balloon in the sky, his face full of helplessness.
As the general of Tubo, he already knew how to fight in hot air balloons, and Tubo was deceived by Li Yi.
Hot air balloons were made, alcohol was bought, and they have been burning their own balloons.
The alcohol is gone, and the hot air balloon still can't be raised.
"All military formations, not allowed to move." Tashi Kure gave the order, passing it on one by one.
The formation in front of them really didn't move, and the soldiers didn't look at anything in the sky.
As if the siege was not within range of the enemy's bow and crossbow at the head of the city, the army moved forward, and the enemy's catapults and bed crossbows were fired.
Whoever is smashed or shot is unlucky, the person in front falls, and the person behind fills the position.
When the bows and arrows of both sides were within range, they began to charge.
Now the Tibetan soldiers know that they can throw things down on the hot air balloon, so hold on, how many things can the hot air balloon hold?
The hot air balloon was floating, floating above the head of the array in front of Tubo, and the Tubo array did not react at all.
The hot air balloon continued to float backwards, and Tashi Kure looked up, his palms covered in sweat.
He did not order the crossbow to be fired into the air, a hundred zhang, and the range was not enough.
His Tubo tried it with a large Kong Ming lantern, tied a thin rope and put it in the sky, and then beat it with a bed crossbow with the longest range.
Don't say a hundred zhang, forty zhang flew up, and there was no strength, and it fell down.
And the crossbow bolts flew up, all kinds of deviations.
It seems that only hot air balloons can hit the enemy's hot air balloons, and the direction of the wind is also a problem, depending on which way to blow, blow to the enemy's place, and your own side will take the initiative.
Tashi Kure thought about it, sighed, and ordered: "The Chinese army moves, dodge. ā
He has no choice, the other party is obviously running for him, can he hide or not?