Chapter 624: Foot Soldiers
Chen Bing stretched out his hand and fished it in the air, wanting to catch the mist in front of him, but unsurprisingly, he naturally fished out of the air. As the first line of defense of Qianyou, his pressure is really a little big. Because the general came back after the military meeting and said that they would face a blow from Raza with all his might.
If it is a normal battle, Chen Bing is not afraid of the opponent, no matter how elite the Tubo soldiers are, the right Qianniuwei will not be worse than them, but the problem is that the upcoming war is not a normal battle. Looking at the fog that was getting thicker and thicker, his heart was very upset.
The superiority of the Tang army's equipment was almost completely canceled out in this fog.
The drums of the fourth watch fluttering in the wind reminded him that he was getting closer and closer to the moment of battle.
Behind him, there are two lines of defense. The second line was defended by Chu Sheng, the third line was personally led by the general Liu Ruyan, and further back, it was Li Xiang's camp. In Liu Ruyan's words, it is to let a soldier appear outside Li Xiang's camp, and that is the defeat of Right Qianniuwei.
If it was normal weather conditions, Chen Bing dared to guarantee that such a situation would never occur, but today, his heart was beating drums. At this moment, he could even see the subordinates more than ten steps in front of him.
At this time, he was particularly eager for a strong wind or a heavy rain to disperse the fog cleanly.
Unfortunately, there is no wind, and neither is the rain. But it was the fog that made his armor wet, and a touch of it was a handful of water.
Night, very quiet.
Thousands of soldiers stood silently in their positions, silently waiting for the coming big battle.
On top of a trebuchet behind him, there was a night dog, chirping incessantly. It thought it was a big tree, but in fact, a few days ago, all the trees here had been cut down to the ground, and even the stumps had been dug up, and now they had long since become ashes from the stoves of the gang leaders.
Chen Bing was a little tired of this night dog, so he bent down and picked up a stone seed from the ground, and smashed it hard, and the night dog fluttered its wings and flew in the direction of Huangyun Mountain, chirping while flying.
In the dead silence, there was a sudden crisp sound of bells.
First there was the sound of a bell, and then there were countless bells.
Chen Binghuo stood up.
"Enemy attack!" Before he could speak, an officer shouted loudly, and the sound of the battle horn sounded, and the trebuchet that had just fallen on the night thundered, and the huge throwing arm was raised high, throwing the stone projectile out, and flying into the invisible fog.
Since they knew that there would be heavy fog this morning, and since they knew that the enemy would definitely start a final decisive battle on this foggy day, the Tang army would naturally make some arrangements.
In front of the position, they set up countless mechanisms, which were more used to report information and remind the enemy of where they had arrived. Whether it's a trebuchet or a crossbow, the firing range is measured in advance, and when the time comes, even if you can't see a blind shot, as long as there are enough of them, you can still kill and injure a large number of enemy troops.
The long-range suppression of the left and right Don armies has always been known for covering shots.
However, to Chen Bing's surprise, the enemy did not use cavalry to take the lead in the charge, but did the opposite, using infantry as the first wave of attack team.
Summoned a personal soldier and asked him to immediately go to the second line of defense to report the incident to Chu Sheng.
Right Qianniuwei thought that Raza would use cavalry to try to open the gap, so a lot of arrangements were made to deal with cavalry, but when he came, he was a foot soldier, and a lot of work was wasted.
It's a nuisance.
There was a scream in the thick fog, and the trebuchet's attack had some unexpected effect in such weather, that the enemy could not see the flight path of the stone projectiles falling from the sky, and when they heard the whistling sound, it was too late to dodge.
The crossbows were fired one after another, piercing through the fog and disappearing, and batches of crossbow arrows shot into the air overwhelmingly, raining down, but no one knew what the outcome of the battle was.
The shouts in the dense fog became louder and closer, Chen Bing drew his horizontal knife and shouted with all his strength: "Prepare for battle!" ”
Behind the side vans, the spearmen of the Tang Army stared at the front, and behind them, the sword and shield soldiers stood quietly behind. Behind, the crossbowmen were still desperately firing into the fog.
In the thick fog, sparse feathered arrows struck back. After fighting for such a long time, the Tubo people even had few arrows left, and with this little bit of feathers, the Tang army was not rare to hide at all.
A big black thing suddenly appeared in front of Tang Jun.
It is about ten zhang long, and five or six zhang wide.
The thing moved slowly, but slowly advanced through the fog.
Tang Jun finally saw what it was.
It was a wooden raft with vines tied together poles the size of a sea bowl, and then carried and carried by hundreds or more soldiers. Seeing this thing, Chen Bing suddenly understood, but he was afraid that the strong crossbows and crossbow arrows earlier would not have very good results. Only those trebuchets may have caused some damage to the opponent.
Seeing those black-headed wooden platoons crashing towards the Tang Army's side van position, Chen Bing felt bitter in his heart.
Fuck it!
The van shattered.
In the rear, countless Tibetan foot soldiers rushed up with a roar.
"Kill them!" Chen Bing roared angrily and rushed forward.
The previous mistake of anticipating the enemy made the tripping horse rope and other things that blocked the cavalry completely useless, and these large wooden platoons made by the enemy from local materials also minimized the power of the Tang army's crossbow arrows. If it is clearly visible, the Tang army has countless ways to deal with this large wooden platoon, first break it up, and then use covering fire to kill and injure its soldiers in large numbers, but under such visual conditions, they can do nothing.
Next, it can only be a real fight between the two sides.
There is nothing to be tricked into.
A full 5,000 Tibetan elites slaughtered the Tang army on the opposite side in the dense fog.
The two sides are equal in number, and in the dense fog, any combat cooperation has lost its effectiveness, and some are just the most primitive hand-to-hand combat, whose strength is greater, whose speed is faster, and whose reaction is more keen, who can obtain a temporary victory in this bloody battle.
The reason why it is said to be temporary, because the person who just survived the battle between the two may be pierced in the heart by a spear that is coldly poked over the next moment.
Chu Sheng's flank guard listened to the earth-shattering shouts from afar, and was so anxious that the ants on the hot pot kept spinning in place.
"General, let me go up and support!" Chu Sheng looked ahead, and soon after the battle, he rode lightly to Liu Ruyan, the general of the Right Thousand Niuwei. "Listening to this shout of killing, I am afraid that there are many enemies. And they are already entangled with Chen Bing. ”
Liu Ruyan glanced at him and said coldly: "Chen Bing has 5,000 people in his hands, are you afraid that he won't be able to stop him?" ”
"I'm not afraid that he won't be able to stop it, I'm distressed by this style of play, the loss is too great!" Chu Sheng stomped his feet.
"What kind of play will not lose much?" Liu Ruyan shook his head and said: "Raza actually didn't use cavalry to charge, but used foot soldiers to charge into battle, what does he want to do?" ”
"Who knows what that brute wants to do?" Chu Sheng said with some annoyance.
Liu Ruyan listened attentively for a moment, her brows furrowed more and more, and she suddenly said: "Chu Sheng, before the second line of defense, immediately rearrange the obstacles to prevent the cavalry charge." ”
"General, all the partial vans and the like, where is Chen Bing!"
"You always have a trip, don't you? No matter what you have here, as long as you can stop the cavalry from charging and reduce the speed of the cavalry, you will immediately arrange it for me. ”
"General, now that the two sides of the fierce battle are between us, how can the Tubo cavalry come over?" Chu Sheng was a little unimpressed.
"How do you get here, go on a rampage!" Liu Ruyan said coldly: "Didn't you hear that the battle in Chen Bing's place is moving to both sides, what does this mean?" It shows that the Tubo infantry who rushed into the formation was consciously pulling Chen Bing's subordinates to the two wings, and the middle was being vacated. ”
Chu Sheng was taken aback, listened carefully, his face also changed, he turned around and gave orders one after another, and the soldiers under his command immediately became busy.
"General, please go back! I can hold the second line of defense. Chu Sheng suddenly turned to Liu Ruyan and said.
"Laza's blow, it's not so easy to block" Liu Ruyan turned over on the horse, looked at Chu Sheng and said: "Kill, slow down, it's okay, you don't have to fight with them." I'll take care of the rest! ”
"Got it!" Chu Sheng smiled and nodded.
Liu Ruyan rode his horse and walked a few steps, suddenly turned around, looked at Chu Sheng and said with a smile: "I underestimated Laza, I boasted about Haikou earlier, and a Tubo soldier rushed to the Chinese army, even if I lose!" Now it seems that I am indeed going to lose, but it doesn't matter, where is Li Han, Li Kang, and Min Rou in the Chinese army. Our task is to kill and injure them in large numbers, Chu Sheng, what I said earlier, you should fart, you don't want to die for such a sentence, understand? ”
"Understood, General!" Chu Sheng laughed.
Liu Ruyan rode his horse and galloped away.
If Laza's elite cavalry rushes madly, Chu Sheng will definitely not be able to seal it here, and once the third line of defense is engaged, under such a sight condition, there will definitely be a lot of Tubo soldiers who will rush out.
Chu Sheng was busy arranging the tripping ropes, and all the unwanted messy things were thrown by the soldiers in front of the position more than a thousand steps to more than a hundred steps, and all the strong crossbows were concentrated by him on a distance of more than a thousand steps.
"Come on, grandpa is waiting for you!"