Chapter 546: Beacon Fire (5)
Hara Lake, located at the foot of the Shule South Mountain, the origin of the Buha River, is adjacent to the Buha River but is not connected, the lake is extremely shallow, and the lake surface is extremely wide, the water is salty and black, and it is also named "Black Sea" or "Wuhai", Wuhai City, the key pass of the Tangbo Ancient Road (only the ruins remain) are located here.
Wuhai City is built by the lake and river, it is the place where Tuyuhun must pass through to enter Tubo, when the garrison is the most, it has reached 15,000 people, but the resident people are few, only a small part of the family members of the army, etc., it is a typical military fortress type city, it occupies a small area, that is, it is a radius of four miles, the city wall is made of stone, but it is not very high, only three zhang up and down, generally because the nomads do not have the habit of guarding the city, therefore, in the city building process, it is not very particular, take a meaning and forget it.
In the early years, when Xue Rengui invaded Tibet, after capturing the city with strange soldiers, he had made a great repair to the city, intending to defend it with danger to lure the Tibetan army to attack, but unfortunately Gar Qinling was not fooled, did not attack Wuhai, and turned to attack Xue Rengui's baggage troops, thus forcing Xue Rengui to take the initiative to give up Wuhai City, and finally suffered a crushing defeat in the battle of Dafeichuan. But the destroyed city fortifications were not repaired, just stationed a large army here, perhaps because Wuhai City is located in the inner belly of Tuguhun, and it should not be invaded again, of course, wishful thinking will never be a reality, after six years, ** reappeared under the city - Wang Bing's department, which ran hundreds of miles, arrived in Wuhai at three o'clock on August 29!
"All stopped!"
In the gallop of the horse, looking at the Wuhai City that was getting closer and closer, Wang Bing's tense face not only did not relax, but became a lot more dignified, just because this road was too smooth, except for encountering a few small groups of Tubo sentinel spies, he had never been intercepted, and even the nomads had never seen half of it, this situation was obviously a little wrong, and then he saw that his army had rushed to a place less than two miles away from the city, and there was a dead silence on the city, Wang Bing's doubts in his heart could not help but be a little deeper, For the sake of prudence, he did not dare to wave his army directly to the head of the city, but cautiously restrained the soldiers and horses one mile from the city.
"General, something seems to be wrong in the situation, I am afraid that there is ...... in this city"
After Wang Bing restrained his soldiers and horses, he did not rush to make a decision, but looked thoughtfully at the empty city, and did not say a word for a long time, and Wan Liangcai, the guerrilla general who followed closely behind him, also had a bad premonition, so he rode his horse forward, and opened his mouth to inquire.
"Hahaha......"
didn't wait for Wan Liang to finish speaking, but he heard a loud laughter on the head of the city suddenly sounded, and then saw a bearded general leaning out of the city saucer, and proudly pointed at the ** under the city, and shouted loudly in Chinese, which is not very skillful: "Tang Kou under the city listen, a certain is the commander of the Great Fan Wanfu Xi Sunalu, and my family's plan is not only you, but Li Jinxing's old thief is already in the catastrophe, if you don't descend early, you will be called to die and have no place to be buried!" ”
"Ho-ho, ho-ho, ho-ho, hoo-hoo......"
As soon as Wan Liangcai's words fell, a burst of majestic shouts and shouts had already sounded violently, and countless Tubo soldiers suddenly appeared on the originally empty city, one by one with swords and guns in hand, bright clothes and armor, and the murderous aura rose into the sky.
"General Liu, this general Linger led his troops and horses to line up on the spot to prevent thieves from sneaking up, General Wan, you immediately led the infantry to cut down trees as a ladder and prepare to attack the city!"
Although Xi Sunalu's words are extremely arrogant, it sounds like a lie and threat, but Wang Bing knows that things may really have an accident, but Wang Bing knows better - in such a field now, once the army's heart is shaken, it will be a catastrophe, whether it is hesitating or withdrawing the army, it is difficult to have a way to live, only by storming Wuhai City, can there be a glimmer of life, in view of this, Wang Bing did not pay attention to the noise of the defenders at the head of the city, and gave the order with a solemn face.
"No!"
Wan Liangcai, the commander of the infantry army, and Liu Shuangshun, the cavalry captain, are both old men in the Anxi army, both of whom have experienced a hundred battles, and they will not be unaware of the embarrassment of their current situation, but they do not lack the courage to fight.
"Bastard, damn dog thief! Come on, Kaejo attack! ”
Sisunalu performed smugly at the head of the city, thinking that even if he didn't withdraw his troops because of this, it should be panicked, but he didn't expect that ** completely regarded a big scene he had carefully planned as air, and he didn't even have a trace of reaction.
"General, no, don't, the prime minister has a strict order, we can only defend, we must not attack without authorization, only to hold for three days, it is a great achievement, and please take back the general's order."
Upon hearing that Sunalu had given such an order, his lieutenant Lu Yan Daden was in a hurry, hurriedly stood up, and pleaded bitterly.
"Hmph, angry old man, Tang Kou is rampant, if you don't kill it all, how can you get out of this evil anger, needless to say, Tang thieves are now scattered, only a thousand horsemen are arrayed under the city, it is a good opportunity to break the thief, wait for the old man to kill Tang Kou, if you don't dare to go, defend the city."
Although Xi Sunalu is embarrassed and angry, he also does not lose the eyesight of a veteran on the battlefield, since he can see that after the long-distance attack, it is already the end of the crossbow, and there are few cavalrymen who bully ** to serve as guards, and he refuses to let go of such a great opportunity to make contributions in one fell swoop.
"Since the general is going to fight, the last general will not dare to disobey the order, if he attacks now, the infantry army seems to be useless, and it is managed by the last general, is it good for the general to sweep the battle at the head of the city?"
Seeing that Xi Sunalu had made up his mind, although Lu Yanda was not willing in every way, he did not dare to persuade him again, so he could only retreat and plead.
"That's it, it's up to you!"
Xi Su Nalu and Lu Yanda are at the same level, both are ten thousand captains, and the relationship in the past is also acceptable, at this time Lu Yanda has given in, and Xi Suna Lu is not happy for himself, plus he thinks that he has 1,500 elite cavalry in hand, which is enough to defeat the end of the strong crossbow, and he no longer holds his own opinions, and casually said a perfunctory sentence, and then hurriedly went down to the city, and did not mention the cavalry.
Although Wuhai is located in a bitter cold place, however, by the mountains and lakes, there is no shortage of trees, although a group of ** officers and soldiers are tired, but the wood is very numb, only a little more than a quarter of an hour, the sound of trees falling to the ground in the woodland by the lake has been resounding one after another, but Wang Bing's face does not have a trace of relief, and the melancholy in his eyes is even stronger, just because he knows very well how bad the situation is now.
This siege is already a battle against the water, and there is no way to retreat, if it is not successful, it will become a benevolent, but even if Wuhai City is conquered, for Wang Bing and others, it may not be able to escape, if the Anxi army is really destroyed, only the remaining Hexi army is afraid that it will be difficult to achieve the predetermined strategic plan of driving straight in, once the attack momentum is stopped by the Tubo army, Wang Bing's department in the rear of the enemy will still be unable to escape the dilemma of being attacked on all sides, and at that time, not only the Tuyuhun Tubo army will cover up, I am afraid that the army in the Tubo country will also come to encircle and suppress, and in such a situation where there are no reinforcements outside and there is a shortage of food and straw inside, it is inevitable that the whole army will be wiped out, in other words, it will not be able to capture the city and die! Capture the city, the chance of survival is not great, do not fight to death, only fear of fighting or have to die, in this case, Wang Bing's mood is really bad to the extreme, but as the main general, for the sake of morale, the anxiety in his heart can not come out, Wang Bing can only tense his nerves, silently bear the pain of inner torment.
"Sons, kill the Tang thieves!"
Just when Wang Bing was pondering uncertainly, the thick gate of Wuhai City suddenly opened, and Sisu Nalu rushed out of the city gate hole first, waving a long horse lance, and roared again and again to lead his troops to launch a surprise attack on the ** cavalry arrayed under the city.
"Look for death!"
Seeing that the Tubo army actually took the initiative to attack, Wang Bing was not surprised and rejoiced, just because he had realized that the opportunity to win had arrived, he didn't dare to have the slightest hesitation, turned over on the horse's back, took out the horizontal knife on his waist, slashed forward, and shouted: "Get on the horse!" ”
"Boom ......"
A thousand ** cavalry originally led their horses to stand, this time listening to Wang Bing's order, they didn't dare to slack off, but after listening to a muffled sound, a thousand ** neatly felled all turned over on the back of the horse, everyone held the handle of the knife, and a sense of slaughter suddenly became great.
"Attack!"
Although the Tubo cavalry had all rushed out of the city gate and was coming to the ** at high speed, Wang Bing did not rush to give the order, but waited quietly until the Tubo cavalry rushed to the distance of only about two hundred steps from the ** cavalry array.
"Datang is mighty, Datang is mighty!"
The order has been given, and the Anxi iron cavalry, which has long been in strict formation, has launched one after another, roaring the battle horn, followed closely behind Wang Bing, and quickly adjusted the assault formation during the march, with Wang Bing as the arrow, like a sharp arrow off the string to meet the surging Tubo cavalry, but listening to the sound of horses' hooves like thunder, the killing aura suddenly rose, and a cavalry duel on the plateau began......