Chapter 437: Rushing to Shattered Leaf Fang
Chapter 437: Rushing to Shattered Leaf Fang
The Taraz Desert is more than 100 miles away from the town of Broken Leaves in the east, and the whole desert is south of the Chu River, which is more than 800 miles long from east to west, narrow from north to south, and only more than 200 miles at the widest point. It was the autumnal equinox, and a huge camel caravan marched through the middle of the desert. A few days earlier, they had set out from the city of Sim, crossed the Kara Mountains north, and then turned east into the Taraz Desert.
There are more than 3,000 camels in total, and the mighty 'swing' and 'swing' are moving in the direction of the rising sun, which is as spectacular as the seasonal migration of cattle and sheep on the grassland.
The caravan is led by two guides. Both of them used to be Tang Min in Broken Leaf Town, one was a Six Monkey and the other was called Iron Bull.
"That person surnamed Wang really thinks that the general actually agreed to his suggestion, crazy, crazy!" Iron Bull grunted discontentedly.
The six monkeys 'licked' and 'licked' their dry lips, pulled a rag on the top of their heads, blocked the scorching fire in the air, and said with a wry smile: "I thought I was bold enough, but I didn't expect that a mountain is higher than a mountain, in terms of guts, this Wang Zhongji is not under the general, to be honest, I really admire him!" ”
Tie Niu was not convinced, and said: "The general listens to his opinion, why does he still let him lead the army and command?" In terms of qualifications, Zihou is more suitable for you. ”
"Don't talk nonsense! The Admiral has his own considerations. Military orders are like mountains, no matter what, the general's orders are not to be disobeyed! "The six monkeys can't figure out why Li Huaitang believes in this Wang Zhongsi so much, not to mention anything else, such an important surprise attack was actually 'handed over' to him, you know, Wang Zhongsi has only been here for a few days.
Back a few days ago, under the city of Zhezhi. At that time, all the generals were notified to wait in the general's tent. The general Shi Po ordered the starry night to withdraw the army, and planned to divide the troops into two routes, one was led by Gongsun Yaowu to return to Ningyuan, and the other was led by the general himself, preparing to go north from Xijian City to bypass the Fergana mountain range, and go directly to the upper reaches of the 'medicine' killing river to cut off the retreat of the Tuqi Shi people.
At this point, everyone understood the general's intentions, the attack on Shiguo was fake, and it was true to lure the snake out of the 'hole', and when Sulu Khan couldn't help but come to take advantage of the fire to rob, the army quickly retreated and surrounded and annihilated the Turks who thought they had a plan in one fell swoop, laying a solid foundation for the future capture of Broken Leaf Town.
After several days of observation, Wang Zhongsi finally 'figured' the two trump cards in Li Huaitang's hand. It is precisely by mastering these two killer skills that Li Huaitang's adventurous plan has a feasible 'nature'. The so-called trump card is not the invincible iron horse, nor the terrifying crossbow, but the sea holly that has been hovering in the sky and the flying slave who has been sending messages for thousands of miles. With these two strange troops, there is no secret about the enemy situation in front of Ning Yuanqi, and its every move is transparent, and the victory is naturally a matter of course.
Regarding Li Huaitang's arrangement, Wang Zhongsi was silent, and only in the end did he make a splash, and on the basis of Li Huaitang's plan, he proposed to make a detour to the desert and attack Broken Leaf Town.
As soon as the surprise attack suggestion was said, the generals were in an uproar, and Li Huaitang's eyes were even brighter, and he carefully looked at the map over and over again, and adopted it on the spot. Fortunately, Ningyuan Iron Cavalry carried a lot of camels, including more than 1,000 camel cavalry with red camel cavalry as the team, and the success of crossing the Taraz Desert was very high.
Death for a confidant. Wang Zhongsi took over the burden 'excitedly', he knew that this was a trust, an honor, and a wisdom and 'heart', all from Li Huaitang, a heroic figure who was only a few years older than him.
Before the fall to the Turgish, Shattered Leaf had been one of the four towns of Anxi. Recovering the lost land is the dream of every hot-blooded man, and its merit is equivalent to opening up the territory, and its glory can shadow future generations. However, Li Huaitang did not hesitate to give him this opportunity.
More than that, Li Huaitang also 'drawn' 800 Tang mercenaries and some of the former Broken Leaf Datang remnants to join the raid team, which won a jubilation from the soldiers, and in their minds, it was a great honor to be fortunate to participate in the battle to recover their homeland. Wang Zhongsi began to admire Li Huaitang's depth, the imperial army is sometimes very simple, but not everyone can do it.
Benefiting from the capture of Sim City, Wang Zhongsi waved his army to the north quietly, and by the way, he borrowed Tu Bulie's and other wolf teeth from Bai Xiaode, so that he could have more chances of success.
Even when marching in the desert, Wang Zhongsi had to be cautious and did not dare to slack off, and the secrecy measures were very thorough, even the lighting of fires was prohibited. In the north of the desert is the Chu River, with countless oases, not far from the center of the desert, where herders may appear at any time, while in the south is the town of Taraz, where tens of thousands of Turgish rangers and tribes are stationed, and they often enter the desert. Fortunately, they were not found for several days in the desert.
Nocturnal is an obstacle for grassland herders, and the long-term 'meat' diet with less vegetarian diet has led to these Hu people being more or less afflicted by night blindness. Wang Zhongsi chose to walk out of the desert in the evening, and under the cover of night, he went straight to the town of Broken Leaves, which was hundreds of miles away.
Stealing people can be addictive, but Tu Bulie is addicted to stealing the city. This time, he automatically asked for help and led thirty wolf-tooth warriors as the vanguard.
Successfully arrived at the foot of Broken Leaf City, Tu Bulie felt that the Turks were scattered, and the atmosphere of war could not be infected here. Yes, Broken Leaf City should be safe, the east and south are the mountains of Lingshan, and the passages are all stationed with their heavy troops, to the west is the desert, and to the west of the desert is the territory of the allies of the Shi people, and to the southwest is their own territory, Mohe Dagan was ordered to guard there, and to the north, it is also the territory of the Turgish. In such an environment, can it still be unsafe? Sneak attack? No way! Unless the enemy army can fly! Or all the soldiers stationed in the key passages were suddenly killed.
Under the darkness of the night, the ruined city of Broken Leaves was peaceful and quiet, and no one knew that war was coming.
There was no 'gate' in the direction of the west city of Broken Leaf City, and after the Turk Cavalry Shi people occupied the magpie's nest dove, they opened a city 'gate' in the west city to facilitate the herdsmen's cattle and sheep to enter and exit.
Without the need for special tools, the Wolf Tooth Warrior once again climbed the low Broken Leaf City by stacking a human wall. Strangely, there was no fire on the city, and there were no patrols, and the snoring clearly told Tu Bulie that the defenders on the city were unsuspecting and sleepy.
Ignoring the dead defenders, Tu Bulie and the others went straight to the city and targeted the city 'gate'!
Under the city gate, the scene has changed, there are two dim oil lamps, and the faint light seems to be swallowed up by the darkness in the city gate' and 'hole' at any time. With the help of a light that is better than nothing, Tu Buyeo 'touched' to the edge of the city 'gate'.
The latch of the 'door' was heavy, and the two wolf-toothed warriors struggled to lift and move to the side.
"Oops!" When the more than 100-pound 'gate' bolt was erected against the side wall of the city's 'gate' and 'hole', there was actually a person at the bottom.
The wolf-tooth warriors were taken aback, but they didn't expect that there were several Trough soldiers sleeping in the 'gate' and 'cave' of the city.
Obviously, the Tuqi Shi had just woken up from his dream, and shouted in a daze: "Spare my life, the Great Khan spare my life, I don't dare, I don't dare to sleep anymore......"
Tu Bulie reacted extremely quickly, scolded angrily, and the rest of the wolf-toothed soldiers understood, and under the cover of the noise, they simply and neatly twisted the necks of several 'confused' and 'confused' Turquoise soldiers.
After occupying the city 'gate', Tu Bulie did not act rashly, in the silent night, the piercing creak of the city 'gate' could be heard far away, and Wang Zhonghe's army had not yet arrived, in order to reduce the movement, they deliberately slowed down. Before sensing the tremor of the earth, Tu Bulie couldn't bear it.
At the entrance of the city's 'gate' and 'hole', Tu Bulie left ten soldiers to be responsible for opening the 'gate' to meet Wang Zhonghe's army, and he himself led the remaining twenty 'elites' to climb the city wall again. The 'interlude' just now seems to have alarmed the defenders at the head of the city, and once they are allowed to go down to the city to inspect, they will inevitably come out of the basket.
Tu Buyeol's worries were right, the guards at the head of the city did lead their troops down. Cannes was not vigilant, but more because he was afraid of being reprimanded by the night watchman. What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom. Lateness at night was his lead, and when he heard that his subordinates reported that the night watchman had suddenly arrived, how could he dare to be lazy, and in a panic he led people to 'want' down the city to cover up his sins.
Cannes and his party walked in such a hurry that they did not notice that there were more than a dozen crossbows facing him in the dark, and the torches illuminated him as a good target.
"You guys? Yes! "When Cana saw Tu Bulie, it was too late, more than a dozen crossbow arrows flew at great speed, and his 'fat' body was hit by five crossbow arrows, and he fell in a pool of blood in an instant.
"Enemy attack!" The remaining light soldiers shouted 'chaos' and turned to try to escape.
The defenders, who had only just woken up from their sleep, escaped the slaughter of the wolf-toothed warriors, and the sharp Han knife easily cut a deep scar on their body.
Cannes realized his greatest value, and at the cost of his life, issued an early warning of attack.
What made Tu Buyeo feel stunned and incredible was that he didn't wait for a long time to imagine the terrible scene after stabbing the hornet's nest, judging from the other party's panicked voice, there were not many defenders on the city, and the vigilance was not high, and there were even defenders who approached suspiciously and asked what was going on, and when they reacted, the deadly crossbow arrows had drunk their blood.
The surprise army came just in time, the thunder faintly broke through the darkness, and the vibration was felt, the dilapidated city wall trembled slightly, and the sand on the surface fell. The herdsmen of the steppe are quite familiar with this scene, which is the effect of thousands of horses galloping.
The entire Broken Leaf Tooth went from stunned surprise to panic. The trembling earth was greeted by the creaking of sour teeth, and the two big 'doors' in the direction of Xicheng were pushed open!
The defenders blocking the 'gate' of the city came late, and just happened to meet the camel riders who rushed into the 'gate' of the city, and the lack of effective organization caused the defenders to be knocked over and scattered.
"Kill!" The cavalry entering the city frantically and excitedly, relentlessly pursuing every enemy that came before their eyes, the heads at their fingertips waiting for them to harvest, the shining silver stars, and the rich rewards beckoning to them.
Broken Leaf City is not large, except for a part of the soldiers who control the city 'gate', the rest of the camel cavalry rolled the iron hooves torrent, quickly flooding the whole city.
Autumn is the season when herdsmen are concentrated, when many herdsmen, cattle and sheep who have returned from scattered grazing from all over the country are gathered, and the unorganized herdsmen add to the panic in the city.
In wartime, the city wall is a safe barrier, and in winter, the city wall is a warm arm, but at this time, the four walls of Broken Leaf City have become a cage for herders, if they are attacked in the open field, there is always a chance to pick up a life if they scatter and flee, and now, even if they find horses, they can't find an escape exit. Rampage camel iron riders are everywhere, and the Grim Reaper dates them around every corner......
The uproar and panic spread to Sulu Khan's palace.
The palace manager appeared in front of the two Kedun in embarrassment, and reported with a sad face: "Oh no, a large number of unknown iron horsemen have entered the city from the west 'gate', Kedun leave quickly!" ”
Both of them were disheveled, and their faces were pale. After all, the princess of the 'Jiao' River is older and more experienced, she barely calmed down and shouted: "In the direction of Xicheng? Could it be Mohedagan? He wants to rebel? ”
The tradition of the Turgish people is that the Khan goes out to fight, and the Kedun stays behind, and this time it is the princess of Jiao' River and the princess of Tubo who stay behind. Since the princess of Tubo got married, the days of the princess of the 'Jiao' River began to be sad, and she only heard the newcomers laughing, and who saw the old people crying. The result of the two fighting for wind and vinegar was, of course, the defeat of the princess of the 'Jiao' River of Huang 'Hua' yesterday. When Sulu Khan was in charge, the open and secret battle between the two only affected the palace, and Sulu Khan went on an expedition, and the evil consequences began to 'wave' to the entire Broken Leaf City, and even the city defense could not be spared. The 'fat' difference of the city guard is even more like a 'flower' change, yesterday was still a 'Jiao' River Princess's cronies, tomorrow it will be replaced by the power of the Tubo Princess, the frequent change of generals has led to the city defense army at a loss, military discipline is loose, the defense is useless, the Xicheng guard general Kana who was killed by Tu Bulie is the house slave of the 'Jiao' River Princess, and he only took office yesterday. With the mentality of taking a vote and leaving, where did Cana have the heart to take care of things, and as a result, his 'sex' life was upside down.
The manager didn't know how to speak, and his eyes were also black, and he didn't know who ate the leopard's gall and dared to take advantage of Sulu Khan's expedition to rebel. Subconsciously, he didn't expect that it was Ning Yuan Tieqi who was wreaking havoc in the city.
Tubo princess Zhuoma didn't care so much, and pointed to the main pipe: "You, go quickly, quickly prepare war horses and guards for Ben Kedun!" ”
Princess Jiao' River suddenly had an idea, and pretended to be calm and said: "Sister, don't be afraid, Mohe Dagan has a relationship with my Ashina family, I'll persuade him to withdraw from the army, and wait for my good news!" ”
Zhuoma was stunned, and when she came back to her senses, the princess of the 'Jiao' River had already rushed out of the 'door'.
The manager looked out of the 'door', looked at Zhuoma again, and suddenly said "confused": "Aren't the Ashina family and Mohedagan mortal enemies?" ”
"Huh?!" Zhuoma immediately woke up, understood that he had been fooled, and hurriedly ran outside the palace. As soon as I arrived at the big 'gate', I only heard the sound of horses' hooves, and there were only hundreds of horsemen in my blurred vision, who were galloping eastward, gradually moving away.
"Damn! The slut took all my horses away! "Dolma 'wants' to cry without tears.
didn't catch up with the 'Jiao' River Princess, but Zhuoma heard Tang Yan who made her frightened: "Hugh is going to leave the Tubo slut!" ”
Dolma turned his head to follow the prestige, a fiery dragon was galloping quickly, the hideous face of the knight on the camel's back was clearly visible, and the armor on the knight's body was so unique and familiar.
"Ahh Li Huaitang? , no, no, how is that possible? ”
Subjective will can't defeat objective facts, it's the Han people who come to ride, it's an acquaintance of Zhuoma, it's Tu Bulie and the six monkeys...... Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon