Chapter 118: Tubo abandons the city for the first time
The so-called taking in moderation, using it sparingly, the heart is as clear as the earth, and the line is like the rope and ink, Xu Zhen's sharing of military exploits not only won Li Daozong's appreciation, but also convinced many generals.
Niu Jinda hindered and framed Xu Zhenduo, while Liu Lan was dissatisfied with Xu Zhen's youth, and Niu Jinda had a secret discussion with him, wanting to put Xu Zhen in danger, but Xu Zhen nominated the two to break the city, and took the initiative to share the merit and hatred, which can be described as broad-minded and tolerant.
There is a cloud in the husband's "Shangshu": there is no anger in stubbornness, there is no preparation for a husband, there must be forbearance, it is helpful, tolerant, and virtuous. Xu Zhen's behavior towards Niu Jinda and others was finally recognized by many military robes, and they all thought that although Xu Zhen was not old, he was a virtuous and tolerant person.
Gossip and mention, after Xu Zhen's initiative to share, Li Daozong is also willing to be a good person, separating the military horses of the Dao Dao, dealing with them on three sides, and discussing the attack on Songzhou City separately, the morale was greatly boosted for a while, and everyone competed for the first!
**This group of heroes is generous, but the Tubo army in Songzhou City is gloomy, and the sergeants who fled back from the pass are frightened, remembering the situation at that time and still being afraid, and the horror is about to usher in the **siege, which can be described as panicking.
Qizong Langzan and Lu Dongzan came to comfort, but they were surprised when they heard the sergeant describe the power of heaven and earth, and they were all surprised.
They are all people who worship faith, or serve the Immortal Heaven, or believe in the Buddha, no matter which one they are, they are the support of their lives, and the grassland people who believe in the power of ghosts and gods are enough to change the heavens and the earth, and after hearing about Xu Zhen's deeds, they are even more frightened.
Although Qizong Langzan was interested in Xu Zhen, he only had a two-sided relationship with Xu Zhen, and he had no way to understand Xu Zhen and his person, so he had to think of Murong Hanzhu.
When Murong Hanzhu was in Tuyuhun, he had clashed with Xu Zhen many times, and he should have known Xu Zhen well, but after all, he couldn't let go of his face, so he ordered someone to summon Han Wei.
Under some questioning, Han Wei was indignant, claiming that it was Xu Zhen who caused him Han Wei to be heavily punished and humiliated.
However, when asked about the thunder artillery shell, Han Wei just didn't know, only said that there had never been such a thing in **, thinking that it was a product made by Xu Zhensheng, for Xu Zhen's Zhenwu general and the construction of the Shenhuo camp, Han Wei expressed disdain, but kept hinting at the power of artillery fire in his words, and many Tubo people were even more frightened.
Yu Han Wei couldn't get any important information, Lu Dongzan and the others didn't know anything about the ** equipment, and the Qi Sect had to order someone to invite Murong Hanzhu.
Lu Dongzan saw that Zampu was going to summon Murong Hanzhu again, and he was very unhappy, so he said, ** The momentum is great, and there is the help of gods and thunders, the military strength of the two sides is equal, Tubo Erlang is used to the grassland of horses, and he is not good at defending the city, and he will not be able to defend it after a long attack, so he will not abandon the city.
Many old ministers were also afraid of Xu Zhen's thunder, and when they saw the tragic situation of the surviving sergeant's broken bones and shrapnel torn apart by the stray shrapnel, they were even more frightened in their hearts, and they had already retreated, so they seconded the proposal one after another to support Lu Dongzan's performance.
Qizong is full of ambition and is about to do something big, which coincides with Murong Hanzhu, and now the old courtiers are conservative and consolidated, and they only know how to keep the success but don't know how to open up, how can they get praise?
At that time, the soldiers came to the city, and saw the posture of the old courtiers, after all, the Qizong praised the benefits of Murong Hanzhu, hesitated, and drank the guards, and wanted to see Murong Hanzhu in person, Lu Dongzan and others were even more jealous, and they admonished one after another.
Although this Qizong is not young and vigorous, but the situation is critical at the moment, these old ministers are still pushing back, and he can't help but be angry, seeing that everyone wants to abandon the city and leave, he is even more indignant.
The hall was noisy, but Murong Hanzhu did not summon him, and the Qizong praised it and was overjoyed, and hurriedly sat down.
Since being excluded, Murong Hanzhu has become low-key, no longer participating in deliberations, and always can't excuse himself, only making a sad mood.
However, now that he is coming from three sides, he can't sit still anymore, so he has to come to see him, but he didn't expect to meet Rongzan to invite him, so he came to the military hall.
He is a famous man of the Great Sui, and he is a genius, and he knows everything about the military system of the Tang Dynasty and all kinds of equipment and military, but Xu Zhen has created something unprecedented, and he does not know why, even when Ganzhou was defeated, he also failed to see the divine power of the Shenhuo Battalion.
After listening to a lot of military information, Murong Hanzhu groaned slightly, and the Qizong praised it without speaking, who dared to speak, and the eyes of the hall suddenly fell on Murong Hanzhu!
This genius Han Shi completely ignored the meaning of the star, his mind was immersed in it, and he only cared about thinking about countermeasures, and after a long time, he finally broke the silence and frowned.
"Zanpu, tonight's situation is critical, Xu Zhen made a murder weapon, which has already shocked the hearts of our army, and there are many strange talents in the Tang Dynasty, such as Yan Lide, Jiang Xingben, Li Deqian's generation, all of them are skilled craftsmen who can be made, and now Liaodong is preparing for war, some of them may have gone to the battlefield, but there must be one person who came to Songzhou with the army and presided over the manufacture of siege equipment."
"**The momentum is like a rainbow, the heroes are excited, and there are siege weapons, I let go of the army, cowardly and fearful, there is no way to defend, one eliminates the other, the enemy is strong and I am weak, the momentum has fallen, if the city is strong, trapped on three sides, I can't say that I have to fold all here!"
As soon as Murong Hanzhu said this, Qizong Rongzan's eyes suddenly darkened, he saw Lu Dongzan and the others thinking of retreating, and his heart was full of anger, he thought that Murong Hanzhu had a strange dedication, where did he know, waiting for the same result, but he seemed to have regained his original feeling, with Murong Hanzhu by his side, he always felt extremely relieved.
"Even so, what did the military advisor teach me?"
Murong Hanzhu looked at Qizong Rongzan's expectant gaze, and sighed lightly in his heart, the catastrophe was coming, after all, he still thought of him Murong Hanzhu, but unfortunately, if he obeyed him Murong Hanzhu early, why did he do this?
"It is already difficult to save the defeat, when the damage is reduced, if you blindly procrastinate, you can only add casualties, in a certain opinion, you should leave 2,000 men and horses to defend the city, and the rest of the troops retreat from the north gate, retreat to Gansongling, in order to take a breather, slowly plot, so as to minimize the loss!"
As soon as Murong Hanzhu said this, the Tubo ministers suddenly gasped, as soon as this strategy came out, Zampu and most of the military horses were naturally able to leave freely, but the two thousand men and horses could only be wiped out in the end, which was a strong man's broken wrist!
Lu Dongzan and other courtiers had already retreated, knowing that this move was ruthless, but they didn't dare to refute it, but Qizong Langzan felt sorry for the army and the people, and questioned with a sad face.
"Strategist, do you really have to sacrifice the lives of these 2,000 people? Can we keep 500 men and set up more flags at the head of the city to pretend to be the main force, so as to deceive the enemy and buy time for evacuation? This king has heard that the Han martial saint has a plan for an empty city, so isn't it just right to borrow it this time? ”
Murong Hanzhu smiled helplessly and bitterly: "Zan Pu is quick to think, and it is also a great good thing to be able to think about this method, but at this time, the ** heavy weapon is in hand, and the ambition is bound to win, even if we and other people from the headquarters stay, they will not hesitate to attack the city, and this only five hundred people will not have any substantive meaning. ”
Seeing that the whole minister was like this, he could only endure the pain and order, mobilize the whole city, and first recruit the warriors who would voluntarily dare to die, but the Tubo sergeant saw that the surviving sergeants in the pass were in such a miserable situation, how could they dare to stay, and the Tuzong Langzan had no choice but to force 2,000 men and horses, but he escaped with his headquarters to the north gate.
Before leaving, Han Wei asked for battle, claiming that he was the governor of Songzhou, and he was afraid of the strong army and horses of Zampu, so he could not hold Songzhou once, and he did not want to lose Songzhou for the second time, so he volunteered to live and die with Songzhou.
Qizong was flustered, and he had thought about retreating, but he didn't have time to think about it, but he felt Han Wei's loyalty, so he allowed Han Wei and his accompanying soldiers to stay, and then left Songzhou in a hurry.
After going out of the north gate, the defenders completely blocked the north gate, and then hurriedly divided the other three gates, but saw that there were a lot of them, and they could not be counted, and the defenders had already lost their hearts.
After this Murong Hanzhu went out of the north gate, he was the only one who didn't see Han Wei, and he was shocked, and after asking, he realized that he was left in Songzhou, and a sense of foreboding suddenly emerged, but these 2,000 people and horses had become outcasts, so they let it go.
The art of war has many military nobles and speeds, ** although this box brought siege baggage, but the morale was monstrous, and it was not long before enough preparations were made, and the tide came from three sides, and Songzhou was surrounded by water!
Han Wei saw the ** under the black pressure under the city, his heart was overjoyed, and when he saw that the hearts of the Tubo people were scattered, he summoned his own soldiers and ran around to persuade them in the Tubo language.
He was also in a hurry, knowing that if he persuaded to surrender at this time and let the Tubo soldiers sacrifice the city to survive, he would inevitably be regarded as a thief, but he did the opposite and persuaded people to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight!
The Tibetan people are also good at rushing and killing on the grassland, not good at defending the city, many soldiers know that they have been abandoned, and they have different thoughts, or there are passive people who want to surrender, or there are tragic and strong people who want to die, no matter what kind of person, they don't want to be trapped in the city, to be the lamb to be slaughtered, Han Wei's strategy is effective!
Let's say that under Li Daozong's order, the soldiers of all the armies marched forward bravely, and were about to storm the city, but they saw the south gate rumbling open, and hundreds of Tubo troops who dared to die bravely charged out!
Niu Jinda, who was in charge of the south gate, was overjoyed, and first ordered the archers to shoot randomly for a while, suppressing the opponent's momentum, and then leading the heavy cavalry to meet the battle decisively!
The two torrents collided violently, and the heavy and sturdy armor was like a hot sharp knife cutting through cooked butter, instantly breaking through the formation of the Tubo army and killing the cavalry formation!
This Niu Jinda was a brave and fierce man, and he turned back with the cavalry and slaughtered the scattered Tubo army!
On the other hand, Liu Lan, who has a murderous personality, didn't know how to appreciate the tragedy of the Tubo army at all, and ordered people to massacre, and the city suddenly flowed into a river of blood!
Han Wei and his own soldiers saw that there were still eight or nine hundred Tubo troops who did not dare to go out of the city, so they persuaded these people to surrender.
These Tubo troops had no courage, and when they saw that the daredevils were slaughtered, they had already lost their hearts, and they listened to Han Wei's advice, put down their swords and guns, and Han Wei raised the Tang flag and opened the east gate to surrender.
Xu Zhen led his subordinates to charge first, and the small group of enemy troops facing him were not people who dared to die, nor were they people who wanted to surrender, they just wanted to find a way out of the way.
was about to lead the troops to intercept, but saw a group of men and horses rushing over from the side, but it was a team that lost its thinking!
This fierce general is also a character, and he is very skilled in swords, bows and horses, but Xu Zhen was attracted by a junior colonel under his command!
But seeing this little colonel riding a white horse, a white robe is even more eye-catching, like the Eastern Han Dynasty brocade horse super, a spear is superb, it is really invincible!
"Zhou Cang, go and inquire, who that person is!"
Zhou Cang got the order, led the army to rush over, the two teams of men and horses gathered into a torrent, intercepted the Tubo deserter, seeing that there was no hope of escape, the Tubo army finally abandoned its weapons and surrendered.
Zhou Cangyu immediately asked loudly: "Brother Wu Na in white, dare to ask the name of the honorable person!" ”
The man saw that Zhou Cang was majestic, rushing left and right, bravely covering himself, and did not dare to hold it up, so he hugged his fists on horseback and replied: "Brother is so courageous!" A certain is a flag school official under the command of the general manager, Xue Rengui is also! ”